These were the words of Paul in his Second letter to Timothy, one of his more mature letters. It is here that he explains the main objective of his calling is for the Elect to obtain the full salvation package that accords to god-like-ness, the image that was given to Adam and Eve and restored with the “ Only Begotten of the Father” who gave it to us without merit except to believe and to press into the things that are said. To continue to believe more and abide in them. Even as Christ said “Lest you abide in Me you can do nothing”
For you see, if the Elect do not come into this fruition of “godliness”? Then this carnal experience on earth can go on for a long time. But that won’t happen because the Creator God will not allow creation to Glorify another for “For the days will be cut short for the Elects sake.” Others may think so, but that is the trap. Those are the tares, meaning weeds.
The weeds harvest their good things in the worlds age. But us in the nether land? Our roots are planted in the carnally visual, but our growth “is not of this age”. Even as when Christ during His interrogation was asked “are you a king?” And He replied “you have correctly said I am King. However My Kingdom is not of this age (of time and matter). If it was I would fight (for it), however My Kingdom is NOT from here”.
And so say we! Our inheritance and our ownership is something Eternal and ubiquitous. And as we see the threats to humanity are getting bigger and bigger as time progresses, we can be sure that something much greater is taking place just outside of the view of human perceptions, as it relates to the completion of the Elect. We say this because scripture says “The first shall be last and the last will be first”. Meaning that the final gleanings are the fullest. Why? Because those called to be the Elect at the ends of the ages, had to go through more obstacles and obscurities of the salvation message that has been reduced, having been attacked and diluted throughout time and translations. But we’ve been forewarned that “13 evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving (many)and being deceived (themselves).
So this is what we expect. This discovery is for our glory. For this we have a strong reliance on Gods Holy Word AND Holy Spirit. As scripture says that because “We have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things, at least as it pertains to knowing what we need to know when we need to know it. The Holy Spirit is our resource and our copilot that sustains us in the face of evidences that would indicate otherwise. We don’t feel the need to entertain or reconcile with others presentations or notions, or feel the need to convince them. They have the scriptures too.
So clamoring over debris of the ages and climbing over the obstacles amassed over time of the attacks and the erosion of The Gospel message meaning good news, to affirm that God is just, God is true and righteous in all that He has said and done so that nobody, not anybody will have a descending reply. That every knee shall bow, every jaw will drop and every descender will be ashamed that God through His Son (The Word of God. John 1.1) divided humanity perfectly so as to keep the Heavens pure while “the wheat and the tares mature together” and the weak, the feeble and detained get pardoned too, as we see with Lazarus and the rich man . And you can be sure that when unspeakable atrocities are taking place, that just under the scuttle is hidden another reality being a harvest and a deployment of the Elect. So that the intent-full purpose driven wicked shall be irrevocably and Eternally eviscerated. Those that were detained and handicapped will receive mercy and pardons, and The Elect will participate in these exoneration’s and the judgments passed, having been prepared through personal experiences which qualifies them to know mercy and retribution having worked through those things in their sojourning during their lives. Even as we read from Jude for us “to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. As as our restoration point and the object of what we protect till the end. Amen!
And of the tares and impostors eating up the flock? “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
That is why Christ said “16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
And that word “chosen” is from the Greek Concordance #1588 “eklektos” which is translated elect 16 out of 23 usages. So “many are called but few are elected”. If you are getting this, this means you.
The first shall be last and the last is the first. “For God will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because He will make a short work upon the earth.” Don’t let the modern narratives that have not understood this deceive you. That time has been extended in an attempt tor try to negate the validity of Gods word. But you can be sure that “with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
With us having these promises, whatever bad events you think are gonna happen? That is the wrong focus because those have paralyzing effects on people and distract them from the true Gospel message, a term that means “The Good News” and not the bad news. That is for the dis-ingenuous. Watching “end times events” to qualify your faith is like you walking backwards and getting tripped up. You are missing out on the purpose and the blessings of the journey, being Christs likeness as you learn to put it on to reach this pointo 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, to be made known by the Eklisia the manifold wisdom of God,
End times fascinations feed the flesh and fear thinking that the world is going to Hell in a hand basket, when “the wheat and the tares grow together”, you can’t see the wheat. Paul referred to this behavior as being ship wrecked. (1 Timothy 1.19) The scary end time/second coming Jesus stuff doesn’t save you but puts you on hold waiting for the next Jesus to rescue (a synonym of being saved) you when in truth, the phrase “second coming” is not found in scripture and the cross is sufficient for that kind of saving too. So turn away from them lest what happened to the Jews with that view happen to you too. Even as Christ spoke to them saying “For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground (meaning a genocide); and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” The question is, do you? Because it is right now as “The Kingdom of God at hand” as we were instructed to relay as being “The Gospel” meaning “Good News” and not end times, second coming scenario. Check it out! The term “Second Coming” is not in the scriptures, not once!!
The Jews window of opportunity had come and gone because they were expecting to be exonerated by their coming King. And He did come and end the Jews era (Genesis 49.1 and 8-12) and fulfilled all prophecies pertaining to the tribe of Judah the Jews claim to be from. But their time was fulfilled, expired and closed for business back then as that scripture explains. That is also why Revelation 2.9 says “I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. So beware!
But as our Heavenly Father said “let those who glory, glory in this, That they understand and know Me (and My Word), That I am God, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight”.
Yes, what they invested in was on earth like many do today, and all these will be burned, (2 Peter 3.10 and Isaiah 66.24)
The separation of the wheat and the tares is this separation process. To be ground bound and looking down at events to unfold on the earth of destruction’s and woes, does NOT produce faith but fear for self preservation. You cannot save yourself. The bad news is the flood from the mouth of the dragon and is designed to carry people away because there is no transfiguration power in their gospel of bad news and it only glorifies the god of this age Satan. Even as Jesus said when He was on trial and Pilate asked Him:
Here we see Christ expiring in purpose The Old Will, Testament with all its prophecies and rendering all the end time scenarios as being useless because how many righteous people did it produce? Our answer is from Romans 3, 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
And so goes the Law Culture as being unable to convert to Gods expectations because they thought that God would convert to theirs by being a king in their brick made structures, when God told them not to do that saying “if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.‘ This is one of the the judgement’s of the old and modern Jews and Jerusalem along with animal sacrifices.
So whatever preparations you think you need to do to protect (save) yourself from the scary images the media (from mediums and wizards, meaning demons) presents to you, or whatever niceties you thing you need to do to be a good person to please God, are all secondary to Gods calling for us because all religions promote good works and self righteousness does not please God.
To quote Paul again “Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the Elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. Hereby defining the full salvation as obtaining “Eternal Glory”, as being an acquisition we obtain through the gospel and NOT after the supposed “end time” scenarios get played out. THOSE ARE THE DISTRACTIONS.
As a matter of truth, just as the Israelite’s cried out for food in their wanderings and God gave them quail. So much so in fact it was coming out of their nostrils. So too, the end of the worlds scary images are frothing endlessly to take people away (think of Noah’s flood. They cry for peace? But they shall have no peace. However for us? The Kingdom of God is at hand still. And just like a game of musical chairs when the music stops and the time allotted for salvation is over ? If you are not seated? If you are left standing? You missed your opportunity to enter your rest, eternal in the Heavens. For when the end comes like a thief, the scripture will be fulfilled that John in the Revelation wrote of saying “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 Those who are unjust, let them be unjust still; those who are filthy, let them be filthy still; those who are righteous, let them be righteous still; those who are holy, let them be holy still.” Jesus Testifies to the Churches 12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one (consecutively in their own time) according to their work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the (Heavenly) city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
This shows those who reject this gospel, are all outside. Are you all in yet? Have you believed the true Gospel first spoken by the Son of God who expired old Testament prophecies, that people with that Jerusalem in His time. He fulfilled them and expired them. Get it? They no longer have any forward speaking relevance. The only thing that matters is that “The Kingdom of God is (still) at hand for a short time. Repent and believe the Gospel.