Greetings and Prayer

Greetings and Prayer

By: Sister Shirley Thomas

Good morning Father, family, friends and enemies. The Day of the Lord “…Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For cthe day of the Lord is coming, For it is at hand: 2    dA day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. eA people come, great and strong, fThe like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations. 3    A fire devours before them, And behind them a flame burns; The land is like gthe Garden of Eden before them, hAnd behind them a desolate wilderness; Surely nothing shall escape them. 4    iTheir appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like 2swift steeds, so they run. 5    jWith a noise like chariots Over mountaintops they leap, Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble, Like a strong people set in battle array. 6    Before them the people writhe in pain; kAll faces 3are drained of color. 7    They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like men of war; Every one marches in formation, And they do not break lranks. 8    They do not push one another; Every one marches in his own 4column. Though they lunge between the weapons, They are not 5cut down. 9    They run to and fro in the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They menter at the windows nlike a thief. 10   oThe earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble; pThe sun and moon grow dark, And the stars diminish their brightness. 11   qThe Lord gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; rFor strong is the One who executes His word. For the sday of the Lord is great and very terrible; tWho can endure it?[1]

I pray that we all prepare for the coming of the Lord Jesus in His second coming—Second Advent—as the ultimate Judge with all authority from His Father. Let us remember the commands and precepts of the Lord as we are blessed with His grace and mercy to see another day of which the end is not promise, so let’s work out our soul salvation by: reading our Bible, worshiping Jehovah, helps and evangelizing His Word. The Lord’s end time is near by looking at the diver’s things on this earth that are contrary to God’s Word showing the end time. When is this time coming to fruition? No one knows, not even the Son who is sitting on the right hand of His Father in heaven. Again, be prepared. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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^c Joel 1:15; 2:11, 31; 3:14; [Obad. 15]; Zeph. 1:14

^d Joel 2:10, 31; Amos 5:18; Zeph. 1:15

^e Joel 1:6; 2:11, 25

^f Ex. 10:14; Lam. 1:12; Dan. 9:12; 12:1; Joel 1:2

^g Gen. 2:8; Is. 51:3; Ezek. 36:35

^h Ex. 10:5, 15; Ps. 105:34, 35; Zech. 7:14

ⁱ Rev. 9:7

² Or horsemen

^j Rev. 9:9

^k Is. 13:8; Jer. 8:21; Lam. 4:8; Nah. 2:10

³ LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness

^l Prov. 30:27

⁴ Lit. highway

⁵ Halted by losses

^m Jer. 9:21

ⁿ John 10:1

^o Ps. 18:7; Joel 3:16; Nah. 1:5

^p Is. 13:10; 34:4; Jer. 4:23; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Rev. 8:12

^q Jer. 25:30; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2

^r Jer. 50:34; Rev. 18:8

^s Jer. 30:7; Amos 5:18; Zeph. 1:15

^t [Mal. 3:2]

^[1] The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.