Why are human activities in life geared at, towards, for and, on each other? Nearly everything one does has one’s self in mind first, then secondly, how it goes with those around him. Since the wake of mankind, life is centered among human beings, and in most cases, not for good. Do we at times deeply wonder why Cain killed his brother? Why, after just a short period, did men turn violent, becoming very wicked, with every imagination of their thoughts being continually evil-Gen.6:5? Let’s sober up please and each one of us turn to his/her own heart. What occupies your thoughts and desires? Who is most present in your mind, and for what reason do you have to think about him/her? Were we created for the purpose of competing, turning on or against, looking to, striving with, depending on, controlling or ruling over each other? If there be a real creator God, what interest has He in seeing all these men-based struggles which makes, what man lives for? I mean, as a creator and with a purpose, how does God benefit in our competing, striving, arguing, fighting, and even killing one another? When one defeats, or gains acceptance from fellow humans, how does that serve God’s purpose for creating us? Why do we do everything to be commented, accepted, seen, praised, supported- name it, by fellowmen? Can we remember a single moment, when we do things with God in mind; yes, seeking to be accepted and praised by Him? Unless anyone wants to pretend knowingly, we will all admit that there is no time we do, as ones standing before Him, and yet, there is not a single minute that passes without us mentioning or calling His name. He is wondering: If I be a father to you, where is my honour? And if I be your Lord (master), where is my fear-Mal.1:6?” So now, why the hypocrisy? Why is God out of men’s picture, and at the same time, they accept Him as their creator and giver of life? ( our message, “ Of which world?”, found in www.endtimecog.org will explain). Friends, a very great mystery lies in here, and the message you are now reading is out to reveal it. We began by wondering why Cain had to kill his brother Abel who had done him no wrong; why human beings had to become wicked and violent from nowhere and without any good reason-Gen.6:5. From Eden, up to now, history records nothing else other than strives and wars, with kingdoms rising and falling. As early as in the days of Abraham, men would regroup themselves into bands of warriors and invade others without a cause-Gen.14:1-12, simply to prove their greatness and might. Yes, men’s history is about conquest, ruling, domineering, and suppression- read Dan.11:1-the last; 1Chron.18:1-; 19:1-last, and many more. Why?
A DESTRUCTIVE SYSTEM
Get it please if you can. Though God is truly our creator, He right now doesn’t have much share in our lives even though, without Him, no one can live for a minute on his/her own, for, if He should take back His spirit….all flesh will perish together-Job.34:14-15. If this be the case, why would God continue to sustain us as we continue to ignore and reject Him? ( our message, “ man’s creation process”, has details please. Check it from our web). God created us with the purpose of making us into spirit beings that we may rule in His kingdom here on earth-Gen.1:26. But at the time He was creating Adam, the earth had a ruler already, who up to now is ruling it, for, the Earth is given into the hands of the evil one, who covers the faces of its judges-Job.9:24. This ruler is non-else other than Satan the devil and he very well knows what God is preparing man for, which is actually to dethrone him. Satan also knows that, in this physical life, man is incomplete, lacking in knowledge and life-inherent in himself. He, therefore, knows very well that, if there is a way he can separate man from God, then man will automatically die and never reach the God-destined purpose. God, on the other hand, wants man to freely choose to be like Him before He can make him a spirit being, and this is why He allowed Satan to continue being around even after creating man. It is in this arrangement that, Satan began his plan to try and kill man in his effort to defeat God’s purpose. God knew of that possibility and so, on creating man, He warned him against Satan ( our message, “Of which world?”, will give details). Since man in this physical life must acquire knowledge on how to live from somewhere, and God here has given him the chance to choose between the two, Satan took that opportunity and deceived man out of life. So, we have all inherited a lie from our forefathers-Jerem.16:19, which has been continued from generation to generation. In it, Satan made sure, and up to now is making sure that, man remains detouched from His creator and assumes independence which is actually, Satan’s slavery. After that, in his lie, he introduces what seems to be another lifestyle with a knowledge different from that of God. But for anyone who is a critical thinker( and let me say, whose eyes are being opened), its evident that this is not another knowledge, but rather, something that only takes what God says, and then goes the opposite way; yes, something that opposes knowledge. And since, all that is meant by it is to oppose the only knowledge there is in the entire universe, when we accept it, we become fools-Rom.1:2. This is why God is wondering before anyone who is entertaining it, saying, “ if they have rejected God’s law ( the only life-manual), what wisdom have they-Jerem.8:9?”
THE RESULTS
Lets first look into our hearts; what do we find? Uncertainty, suspicion, fear, doubts, sorrow and not a little desperation with all sorts of frustrations and disappointments. As a result, with this kind of heart, we go a step further and blame it on our fellowmen thus inviting the friction we are seeing , with everyone oppressing his/her neighbour; youths being insolent to the elderly, and the base fellow to the honourable-Isa.3:5. Knowledge is acquired information. When it comes to misinformation, though many do call it another knowledge, in reality, it is called ignorance-the absence of knowledge. Now, lets prove God’s truthfulness. The fruits of knowledge-right information are in all goodness and positivity. But the attitudes and reactions which we have just listed above are all evil and negative, and have polluted the earth by our activities; and why? Because of rejecting the only knowledge there is, for, we have rejected (transgressed) the law(life-manual), violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant( our agreement with our creator)-Isa. 24:5. It is this rejection(so-called knowledge) of the basis on which life is built, which Satan introduced to mankind, by which, a curse has devoured the earth, and we are suffering for our guilt right now; we are being scorched from the heart, and from outside- Isa.24:6. The fruits of this rejection are, man against each other, anger, hatrate, jealousy, envy, fighting and killing of one another. Look at Syria with a leader who is extincting the people he is ruling. Now wonder. If he wipes them out, whom will he rule? We have the like of Somalia, Yemen, Palestine, Myamar; look in to the entire globe. There is no single nation which is not experiencing conflicts among its own citizens (not outsiders). Look into families; there are very few in the now-generation in which love rules. Man is against wife, son against father, mother against daughter- Mat.10;35. We are headed to what Joel prophesied when he said, “ a day of darkness and gloom is coming, a day of clouds and thick darkeness , a people whose kind has never been witnessed before, nor will there be their kind after them( an army); who will plough the earth with bombs), for, fire devours before them, and a flame of fire behind them. The land before them is like the garden of Eden, but when they Passover it, it is a desolate wilderness, with nothing to escape them-Joel.2:2-3”. Brethren, are we getting what Joel is describing here? The climax of the fruits of the lie that we inherited from our fathers, the lie that everyone is a god-Gen.3:4-5, is what Joel is reporting, which if God doesn’t intervene, then, Satan will succeed in his plan. Satan is a liar and a murderer-a destroyer- see John.8:44; Rev.9:2-3; 17:8. Many have thought that he is looking for followers against God. Nothing is further from the truth. Satan’s aim is to if possible, kill all human beings and the practice( so-called life, springing from the so-called knowledge), which the right now world is engaged in, in the name of life is achieving exactly that Satan’s will. It is Satan( our message, “ it is Satan”, will give you details please), who has put that evil spirit in everyone who accepts his lies. It is the cause of all wars and conflicts; ranging from family quarters to international levels, for, where do wars and fighting come from among you? From your own hearts-James.4:1. Who wants to escape all this and be saved?
THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS
Have we ever thought that, what we have heard from the above message, has everything to do with the feast of trumpets? Nearly two thousand year ago, God did sent His messenger on this earth to all human beings, proclaiming some good news. What is it about? Right now, everybody is very busy trying to catch up with fellowmen; trying to place one ‘self on the acceptable, recommended, admirable and, respected, so-called level of life. But what we imagine to get once we achieve those men-set standards are never got, but instead, darkness instead of light, gloom instead of brightness, blind-eyed instead of open-eyed, destruction instead of salvation…..the way of peace is never there-Isa. 59:9-11,8. There is a heart desire which burns in everyone, which we mistakenly direct to the things we are now striving for, but even after achieving them, it is never quenched. We go ahead and accept Satan’s lie that it is our fellow human beings who are the barrier, but even after conquering them, we still find it burning more strongly. It is about that desire which Christ came reporting, and it agrees with what some have stated, could be unawares, saying, “ it is in the hearts of men where war brews; therefore it is in the same hearts where construction for peace must begin. It has to do with a change of thoughts( acquired knowledge) which will change the way people do things, thus change the fruits of their doing”. In His message, God is showing us that, what we are living for right now, has nothing to do with his purpose of creating us in these physical bodies( our message, “ the purpose of this physical body”, will explain). For surely, we are living for the purpose of developing this physical, while in His message, God says, we are here to train in his way of life, and for the purpose of inheriting and ruling in His kingdom-Mark.1:15. So, Christ concludes His message by saying, “ repent and obey what am teaching you-Mark.1:15”. Why? For this is a lie, not another life, and it is meant to kill you. Yes, this system( civilization) is destructive and God will not allow it to continue, it will pass away-1 John.2:17; it is falling-Rev.18:2-3; Dan.2:35; Mat.7:26-27( please remember to read our message, “of which world”, for more info).
AN ALARM
The feast of trumpets is about this message, which is warning everyone who wants to live, to stop using this worldly knowledge with its practices, for it will surely kill you-Gen.2:17. Christ’s gospel is a trumpeting, warning the world as he calls it to safety. Witnessing to this, Isaiah says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgressions, to the house of Jacob (primarily, the now-church-Gal.6:16) their sins-Isa.58:1”. Yes, the trumpet that we are blowing, which you are reading now, is not about peace but war. God is putting it clearly, saying, Blow the trumpet in Zion( the church). Sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble( why?). For the day of the Lord is coming ( the climax of these present evils)-Joel.2:1. Brethren, every indication is that, this civilization is now crumbling and whoever is given to hear this alarm must do something about it without waiting any longer. We must begin by rejecting everything that we have stood for, as a result of this lie, and begin afresh, for, if anyone doesn’t turn and become like a child, he will never enter the kingdom of God- Mat.18:2. The beginning point is to know that we are not gods but, dust-of-the-ground-short-lived-perishable beings; that we are nothing- Gal.6:3, and the only way we can become something worthy defending and upholding, is to go back to our maker for further creation( our message, “seek for honour”, has details). This will enable us to delete every imagination, and begin to learn from our maker whose class is the Church-eph.4:11-14, whose knowledge is strictly the written word of the scriptures- the human manual. Everyone who does that sincerely, also notices a gradual disappearance of all anger, hatred, strive, ill competition, fear, sorrow, yes, all the negative attitudes we have seen, and will begin to witness the appearing of peace, joy, happiness, love, friendliness- yes, an outgoing approach in everything one is doing. Don’t you think this is a solution to all that is happening now?
THE STAGE IS READY
One will wonder and say; “ what will it help if I alone accept Christ’s message and begin to apply it as life while all those who surround me are against it?” This ability to understand the message and accept it is God-given, for, no one can come to Christ unless he be drawn by God-John.6:44. We will liken this to Jeremiah who had the same wonder when God commanded him to go and buy a land, while at the same time He told him that the same all land of Israel will be under Babylonian captivity. But God asked him; behold I am the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me-Jerem.32:27? This question is to us now, not to Jeremiah. So now, Joel has warned us of a great trouble, an annihilative war that is coming. And surely its stage is almost ready for the play. As we write, Russia Mongolia and China are holding a joint military exercise, said to be the biggest since the fall of USSR. Japan is watching with admiration, saying that this is quite a step towards a very strong far-east block of nations. What has this to do with war and our concern? And the sixth angel blew the trumpet…..release the four angels who are bound at the great river…..were released….to kill a third of mankind. The number of the troops was two hundred million army-Rev.9:14-16. This army is what Russia and China in union with Japan and most countries around them are preparing. They will soon come against European Union, contending for the control of Jerusalem and the world in general, fulfilling Christ warning about Armies surrounding Jerusalem. So like Jeremiah, we are wondering why we should live godly and yet all prophecies show an earth that is desolated by war. God’s trumpet ( this message) as we have seen, is telling us where the problem lies, and showing us how to escape and be delivered from it. First, whoever heeds this warning will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by the day, nor the pestilence that stocks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday-Psalm.91:5-6. Why? In the same way the angel of the Lord protected Israelites during the woes in Egypt around the time when they were being delivered, so also, it will be around this time when God is in the process of delivering His Church, which has begun by having their knowledge changed from that of the lie to his truth. To those whose minds are thus being developed, God’s angels do encamp around them and do protect them. A thousand will fall at their side, ten thousand at their right hand, but it will not come near them. They will only need to look with their eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked-Psalm.34:7; 91:7-8. Do we believe this trumpet warning? If yes, then, flee from Babylon(the present destructive lifestyle); let everyone safe his soul-Jerem.51:6. Brethren, let’s look into ourselves individually. Is this what we are learning from this shofar (trumpet of war)? If yes, seeing this things are so, what manner of life ought we to live, seeing that the day is almost with us-2Pet.3:11? I may appear as one bragging, or placing self above others. But I am brave, because I am sure I don’t Bragg nor say anything about myself. Am also happy because am very sure that, to those am sent to deliver this message to, those of the household of God( His church), do understand and know where it is coming from. Brethren, this is the watchman’s voice, which is also about this feast of trumpets, for by it, the first phase of the trumpet’s meaning, that of warning is completed. Therefore you son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house( Church) of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me(not from myself)-Ezek.33:7-10. Please, I beg; don’t don’t think about me, what I may be calling or not calling myself. Be busy proving whether this is God’s voice sounding the trumpet, warning, first the Church and also, the physical Israelites. Once you verify, then, take the necessary step, for surely God is revealing it to you desiring to save you from all this.
FEAST OF VICTORY
For those who are now heeding this warning, and have seriously submitted to God for completion, there is good news. The feast of trumpets, as we have previously seen is two-phased. That climax of the present evils is what the first phase is about, whose warning we have heard and are still hearing. Once all is done and the battle is through, immediately after the tribulation of those days(now approaching),….. will appear the sign of the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory….with a loud trumpet call-Mat.24:29-31. The feast of trumpets ends with the fulfilling of Christ’s promise, in which He said, “ I shall return, and welcome you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also-John.14:3”. It is also an answer to His prayer to our father that, he desires to have us where He is, that we may behold His glory-John.17:24; Acts.1:9. All this will take place during the feast of trumpets, for, …….at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and the living in Christ shall be changed( See-Phil.3:21)-1 Cor.15:52. Proving this to be at the time of Christ’s return, He says; for the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a cry of command…..and with the sound of the trumpet of God-1 Thes.4:16. My brethren, if we are following, we are noticing a change of message here; from that of being warned to flee some impending conflicts, and of changing our minds from that which causes the conflicts, to that of being made aware of a wonderful world taking stage; we are hearing the announcement of the end of all evils, and the ushering in of a new age in which, the peace of God is filling the earth in the same way the waters cover the sea-sa.11:9. It is at this time when those who are right now enduring-Rom.2:7, will overcome completely and as victors, will be heard saying, “ this is our Lord( now Christ descending in the air) whom we have waited for-Isa.25:9”. Never again will there be the sound of crying. For the Lord will wipe away every tears from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor shall there be mourning, nor pain anymore-Rev.21:4. Brethren, the feast of trumpets ends with this trumpet of assembling, when while in the air, Christ will send 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-Mat.24:31. But know and understand this one thing (and I am speaking in the Lord and not on my own); Whoever is not, and will not heed to this right-now warning, will also not heed to the assembling call, for he will not be ready to assemble with Christ, since, those assembling will be those who are being made spotless-Eph.5:26-27 now through the changing from the lie of Eden to the everlasting truth which Christ is revealing through His gospel-Eph.4:22-24. Two voices will be heard during this victorious trumpet-call. While those being made spotless now will say, this is our Lord whom we have been waiting for-Isa.25:9, the ones who are rejecting this warning in favour of this worldly pursuit will say, fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne-Rev.6:16. Yes, while Christ will tell those who are heeding now to come and inherit the kingdom prepared for you, He will tell the rejectors to depart to hell, for I never knew you- Mat.7:22. Do we every time, we observe the feast of trumpets which awakens our minds and hearts to this understanding, get ignited and burn with more zeal? Unless we have not understood its significance. Therefore brethren, whenever the 1st day of the seventh month of the year comes, let all that this message has said occupy our minds, not just during the feast but in all the days God will give us to live, and surely, when Christ returns, when the saints go marching in, we will be among the number. He who has ears, let him hear what the trumpet is sounding.
This is coming to you from the throne of God by Christ, through His servant,
THE ENDTIME CHURCH OF GOD