THE COMING FAMINE

“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.” Isa.55:6

“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.” Amos 8:11,12.

“Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.” Mic.3:7.

     Among the most profound prophecies of the Bible tells of the day, in the not too distant future, when men all over the globe will long to hear the Word of the LORD: to hear one more appeal; one more tender entreaty; to hear the Saviour’s words: “Son, be of good cheer: thy sins be forgiven thee.” Matt.9:2.

     The events leading up to this time will be very unpleasant. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken: “All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.” Na.3:12. The old luciferian leadership of this world where “every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” is the springboard for the coming devastation this world is soon to face (Gen.6:5). For “they are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.” Ps.14:3-6.

     The injustices, the abuse—the first-degree murder of the innocent—demands a recompense. It is the crescendo of man’s inhumanity to man that calls for the coming judgments of GOD. These judgments reach their climax in “the seven plagues” of Revelation 16, where each of the plagues forecasts the extinction of life on earth. And without the 2nd Advent of Jesus Christ none would be saved. “For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” Rom.9:28. This is why when Christ comes there is to be no millennium of peace for the people of Earth, as Jesus said Himself: “My kingdom is not of this world.” Jn.18:36. This Catholic/Protestant/Muslim/Jehovah’s Witness/Mormon doctrine is flawed at its very core. In fact, false expectations rule the whole religious world from Armageddon to the judgment of the wicked.

     Sin must play out its hand that all can see the destination to which it leads: “Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste…” Isa.24. “For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.” Isa.63:4. “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Lu.21:25-28. This is why all people should draw near to GOD and believe the words of Jesus Christ while His “still small voice” of appeal can be heard.

     We are admonished to “study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Tim.2:15.

     There are various verses of Scripture that identify the broad range of man’s relationship with the Word of GOD, from the atheist and agnostic to the lukewarm and zealous. Within each group is also found a broad range of motivations, from belligerent hypocrisy to the “pure in heart.”

     Here are a few of the verses pertaining to this spectrum of people’s relationship with "the Holy Scriptures:"

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Ps.14:1

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.” Isa.58:1-4.

“I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.” Isa.65:1-5

“But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?” Ps.50:16.

“Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.” Amos 5:18.

“The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.” Lu.12:46

“Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.” Isa.66:5.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.” Isa.59:21.

“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.” Ps.50:3-6.