16:8 The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:
16:9 And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.
16:10 He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.
16:11 So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their
heart: and if one had been stiff-necked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished."
Verses 7 and 10 tell it all.
Read Exodus chapters 7-12 to see what God did TO those who refused to obey Him.
Then read Exodus 14 to see what God did FOR those who obeyed Him.
The book of Joshua is a perfect example of what I mean here. All through that book there is war after war, country after country, battling against the Hebrews.
In some cases Joshua is fighting against overwhelming armies, surrounded, and he defeats them simply because God is fighting for the obedient Hebrews.
Isaiah 14:12-15, "How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning!
How art thou cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the nations!
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also
upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend
above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt
be
brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."
Oh and let us not
forget in the early part of the very first book, Genesis 3, where God posed
a simple test for Adam and Eve
as to not eat the forbidden
fruit of one tree out of a probable many in the Garden of Eden.
And what was
their punishment for eating the forbidden fruit? All of us are bearing it to
this very day.
Here are a few more pertinent verses from the New Testament. Some are
repeated from above for emphasis:
"But
know this, that in the Last Days dangerous times will come.
Men will be
lovers of self, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
ungrateful, criminal, heartless, faithless, slanderers, incontinent, merciless,
unkind, treacherous, stubborn, puffed up with pride, loving pleasure more than
GOD, having a semblance indeed of piety, but disowning its power."
2Timothy
3:1-5.
Does that all sound familiar?
Can you equate what you see happening
all around us today with what St. Paul in 2Timothy warned us about 2000 years
ago?
If not then go back and re-read Isaiah 6:9-10 above.
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not
come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin
be
revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself
above
all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as
God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Remember
ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?"
2Thessalonians 2:3-5
Now here is a verse by verse explanation of some
of what will happen and when.
I would render a guess that the 'when' part
has everything to do with how far that God will allow us to fall into another
Sodom:
"As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the
sign of your coming and of the close of the age?"
And Jesus answered
them, "Take heed that no one leads you
astray.
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and
they will lead many astray.
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars;
see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is
not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and
there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the
beginning of the birth-pangs.
Then they will deliver you up to
tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my
name's sake. And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate
one another.
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
And because wickedness is multiplied,
most men's love
will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
And
this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a
testimony to all nations;
and then the end will come.
So when you
see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the
holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains;
let him who is on the housetop not go down to
take what is in his house;
and let him who is in the field not turn
back to take his mantle.
And alas for those who are with child and for
those who give suck in those days!
Pray that your flight may not be in
winter or on a sabbath.
For then there will be great tribulation, such
as has not been from the beginning of the world until now,
no, and never
will be.
And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would
be saved;
but for the sake of the elect those days will be
shortened.
Then if any one says to you, 'Lo, here is the Christ!' or
'There he is!' do not believe it.
For false Christs and false
prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if
possible, even the elect. Lo, I have told you beforehand.
So, if
they say to you, 'Lo, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out; if they say, 'Lo,
he is in the inner rooms,'
do not believe it.
For as the lightning
comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the
Son of man.
Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered
together.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will
be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
then will appear
the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will
mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory;
and he will send out his angels with a loud
trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end
of heaven to the other.
From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as
its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is
near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the
very gates.
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away
till all these things take place.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will not pass away.
But of that day and hour no one knows, not
even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
As were
the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
For as in
those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they did not know
until the flood came and swept them all away,
so will be the coming of the
Son of man.
Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is
left.
Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is
left.
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is
coming.
But know this, that if the householder had known in what part
of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let
his house be broken into.
Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son
of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Who then is the faithful
and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their
food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he
comes will find so doing.
Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all
his possessions.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master
is delayed,'
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and
drinks with the drunken,
the master of that servant will come on a day
when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,
and will
punish him, and put him with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their
teeth."
Matthew 24:3-51
Regarding those verses of Matthew 24, have you noticed if any
of the context have come to pass
already?
Now let us apply all of the previous text to the teaching
of the Catholic Church.
Why also to the Church?
It is because of the same
oxymoron questions regarding changes that detractors say that the Catholic
Church
must make in order for it to keep up with the man changing
times. Where in Holy Scripture is that written?
Since the Catholic
Church is the Body of Christ, (Eph 5:21-24) and since Jesus Christ is God, how
could anyone demand that the
Catholic Church ever change its teaching to
support the whims and wiles of a changing human
morality?
Aren't we commanded to conform to the teaching of God,
instead of some demanding that God must conform to the whims of man?
Isn't the following verse clear enough for those who are calling for changes
in the Catholic House of God?
"But Peter and the apostles answered, We must
obey God rather than men". Acts 5:29
It could not be any
clearer than that.
Obviously those who demand changes in the Church that
Jesus founded have never read nor believed in Holy Scripture.
So,
since Jesus Christ is God, and God never changes then His body, the Church,
cannot ever change either. Simple isn't it?
Why is it that being as simple as
it is, that so many that call themselves 'Catholic' cannot see
it?
Have you heard the story about the frog and the pot of
water?
If not, here it is. If you take a frog and put it into a pot of hot
water, it will simply jump out of it.
If you put the same frog in a pot of
cold water and turn on the heat, it will cook as the heat is slowly
rising
in the water. It happens simply because the frog does not notice the slow rise
in the temperature of the water.
We are that frog!
Satan has us all in a
pot of cool water and he is slowly turning up the heat. But the heat is rising
so slowly that few can see or feel it.
Look around and see what
is happening to our whole country and to many others, as the temperature of our
water in the pot slowly rises day by day.
Stay alert. Perceive, listen
and comprehend what you see and hear. These things are happening now all around
us. Morality and decency are out and immorality and indecency are in. Those
around us are slowly removing God from us and in His place we are receiving
evil.
Equate what you see and hear to what Holy Scripture has taught
us.
"Many shall be chosen, and made white, and shall be tried as fire; and
the wicked shall deal wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the
learned shall understand." Daniel 12:10
Are you on the side of the wicked or
on the side of the learned???
Go back and reread Isaiah 5:20, over and over
again and you will surely come to realize that it is happening NOW,
and at an increasingly rapid clip right before our very eyes, yet so many
cannot see it, or even wish to see it.
It is all so very simple for those who have the eyes to see and ears to
hear and who love God.
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,
or command
the locust to devour the land,
or send pestilence among my people,
if my
people who are called by my name humble themselves,
and pray and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
2Chronicles 7:13-14
"But Peter and the apostles answered, We must obey God rather than men."
Acts 5:29
GOD has spoken to
us very clearly as I have shown.
Is anyone
listening to Him?
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Written by Bob Stanley, May 9, 2014
Updated July 7, 2014
"Have I then become your enemy, because I told you the truth?"
Galatians 4:16
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"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,
or command the locust to devour the land,
or send pestilence among my people,
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves,
and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
2Chronicles 7:13-14
"But Peter and the apostles answered, We must obey God rather than men."
Acts 5:29
GOD has spoken to us very clearly as I have shown.
Is anyone listening to Him?
©
Written by Bob Stanley, May 9, 2014
Updated July 7, 2014
"Have I then become your enemy, because I told you the truth?"
Galatians 4:16
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