24 December 2022
Merry Christmas!
Be merry in you heart, because the days are evil. Yesterday's post emphasized this as the basis for drawing a very clear line between ourselves as Covenant children and the rest of the world. Now I am burdened to share something else that will be difficult: Most of us will never experience significant fellowship in the real world until very, very close to the final measures of God's wrath falls.
In other words, most of us will spend the next twenty years in social isolation and loneliness.
I've known this in my heart for quite a while, but didn't want to think about it. Finally, the Lord called me to account on this, warning me that I must address it. So I spent a lot of time in prayer and contemplation. I don't like the answer. It works like this: If you sense a strong calling to the Covenant teaching and a strong life of faith and obedience, be ready to worship at home alone. Get used to it and train yourself for it.
This may not be how it goes for those outside the US, but I'm not called to address their situation. I'm called to reach my fellow Americans. For us, the Lord has already begun to pour out His wrath, and it's going to keep falling for a long time. Part of His wrath is blinding men even more than they are already. This will be a time of polarization. To those with true faith, more shall be given. To those without, what little they do have will be taken.
Keep in mind that this message hit me after more than a year praying for revival. The substance of this prayer was that the Lord would cleanse hearts and renew faith, and that His wrath would fall on my sin first. "Start with me, Lord!" It's for sure, a lot of things in my life were taken away. And I kept hoping that it would spill over into the lives of others. After a year of no signs of revival, the Lord said He had heard, and the answer was mostly "no" on the request to build a local covenant community.
Don't take this as a precise thing. It won't be zero for every one of you, but more like just one or two, maybe three friends who can walk in this message. And those won't likely show up for a while. It's going to be like this for a very long time, until the apostasy is finished in America. The few covenant friends you'll gain will mostly come because of your peace in tribulation. That tribulation is just getting started; it's going to get very rough. At times you will wonder if this is the End Times.
This your Christmas gift, the truth of what's on my heart these days. Convictions and Covenant; let His glory shine!
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