My Jewels

Posted : 3 Dec, 2011 05:58 AM

My Jewels



� On the day that I make them My jewels.

And I will spare them

As a man spares his own son who serves him.�

Malachi 3:17



PAKISTAN � Christian Shot to Death



A Christian man was shot to death in Karachi on Nov. 16 in an attack the man�s family believes was related to his Christian faith. Jameel Saawan and a friend were opening the door of their cosmetics shop in a commercial district when Saawan was shot in the neck and face by an unidentified young man. �We firmly believe that my father was killed because of his preaching of the Bible, because there is no other reason,� said Zahid Jameel, Saawan�s 25-year-old son. Despite frequent, serious threats, Saawan had shared the Gospel/the Good News of salvation of God for every Arab and Muslim every day after work and talked of setting up an organization to help poor Christians.



No witnesses volunteered information about the murder, and it is unlikely that Saawan�s killer will be caught. Although police registered the case, they have made no progress in the investigation. Saawan�s family is reluctant to pursue the case, fearing for their own safety. Please pray for Saawan�s grieving family and for all Pakistani Christians. Please pray for salvation of our Pakistani brothers and contribute to the salvation of Pakistan by stepping forward and saving them how our courageous brothers do it in Pakistan and in Muslim countries. Because soon the Son of God will establish His reign on earth. Who is the Son of God? He is God.



�And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,

�These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire,

and His feet like fine brass:

�I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.

Revelation 2:18-19



I was in the Spirit on the Lord�s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, �I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,�

and, �What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.�



Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.

His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.

But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me,

�Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen.

And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Write[i] the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.

Revelation 1:10-20



Soon there will be many martyrs in the Kingdom of God. At the end times they will be beheaded. We all can be among them. But like courageous saints we will establish God�s Kingdom on earth like it is in the Kingdom of God.



Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs



When He (the Lamb/ Jesus/the Son of God) opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying,

�How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?� Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

Revelation 6:9-11



My Christian friend Linda told me the other day:

�About the time of the end:



Last year, I had a dream where I heard the angel Gabriel flying overhead, sounding his trumpet, saying that the Gates to the Kingdom of Heaven were soon about to close!

After this came the dreams where I was shown how we must hurry to prepare ourselves,

to make sure we are hidden in Christ! Now, just a few nights ago, I had another dream. I remember no other details from this dream, except for the voice from above that said to me several times over, "You have months to prepare. You have months to prepare. You have months to prepare". The time of the end is upon the whole world, we must hurry and prepare!

Remember Jesus' warning, how some will be caught off-guard with no oil in their lamps!

We must not be caught off-guard!�



Many Christians suppose and even believe that the Anti-Christ will be the future 'president' Putin (from Russia). Look soon in a few months he will come to power in Russia again. The presidential elections will be held in March. The Anti-Christ should be accompanied by the False-Prophet. Is the False-Prophet the current President of Russia Medvedev? Yes, we believe so. Both Medvedev and Putin, work in a ruling 'tandem' and they are going to win in 2012 polls.



Linda said that soon the door will be closed.

When the door to the Kingdom of God will be closed?

I believe that at the day of the Rapture of the Church.



But even during the tribulation, people will be saved. God will send them cataclysms to the earth

to TURN their heart to Himself and call them to repentance. Because there is only ONE God on this earth who is the TRUE and LIVING God.

His name is the God of Israel.



When Putin will come to power (there is not doubt about it) then he could reign for 12 years (2 terms).

So, Christians suppose that the tribulation will be for 7 years (there will be the 7 year peace agreement with Israel) ...many cataclysms, described in the Revelation, will happen during this time and in the midst of this period 3 1/2 years will start the period called as the abomination of desolation. During this period people will suffer and the Anti-Christ jointly with Islam (probably Islam will be the world religion) will behead Christians. There will be many martyrs. America is not in the Bible prophecies and we are afraid that Iran and Russia could attack the USA. Currently the policy of the president of Russia is very aggressive toward the USA. We watch it daily and see and feel what he says about the USA. Of course Iran is dangerous to the USA too. According to the verse below the Rapture of the Church will be at the last trumpet (i.e. at the end of the tribulation).

Briefly:

(1) The rapture will be right before the Second Coming Coming of Jesus to His planet earth created by Him:



The Bible is clear that the Rapture will take place at the Last Trumpet. Many are saying that the Last Trumpet and the Rapture will take place before the Tribulation. They are wrong. But, where does the Bible say the Last Trumpet will sound?



1 Corinthians 15:52 states that the resurrection change will happen at the Last Trumpet.

The Last Trumpet in the Bible is the 7th Trumpet of Revelation 11:15.



LAST TRUMPET!!!



Revelation 11:15 says, �The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: �The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.��

This is the last trumpet! These trumpets are revealed by God to us as the sequence of future events! There are seven trumpets there. The last of the seven trumpets is the last TRUMPET...there is no other 'last trumpet'!!!!!



Some Americans believe that the Rapture will be soon before the tribulation, but God specified here the exact term�.at the last trumpet.



Look at that also:



2 Thessalonians 2

The Great Apostasy

1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin (the Anti-Christ) is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.



5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Fast

13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.



Look who is the Restrainer described above (this is my point of view and the point of view of some Christians):



(2) The restraining power could be the Archangel Michael (Revelation 12:7):

And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon (satan), and the dragon and his angels fought back.



The prophet Daniel says that the Antichrist will become very powerful but that someone else will provide the power he needs. A characteristic of this power, which is evident in both Paul�s and Daniel�s writing, is deception; the Antichrist uses deception to mislead the world. �He will cause deceit to prosper� (Daniel 8:25) as he �deceives those who are perishing� (2 Thessalonians 2:10). Also, in Revelation, we see that Satan will give his power and authority to the Anti- Christ. Let me share with you Daniel�s version of the abomination:



"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered.� Daniel 12:1



Read also the whole chapter. Here are a few verses from this chapter:



Daniel 12:1-3

Prophecy of the End Time



�At that time Michael shall stand up,

The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;

And there shall be a time of trouble,

Such as never was since there was a nation,

Even to that time.

And at that time your people shall be delivered,

Every one who is found written in the book.

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

Some to everlasting life,

Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Those who are wise shall shine

Like the brightness of the firmament,

And those who turn many to righteousness

Like the stars forever and ever.



Christians will be resurrected, transformed and their bodies will be changed and will look like the bodies of angels and Jesus.

They will be raptured by God.

They will meet Jesus and return with Him to His planet earth to establish here His millennium reign. They will reign with Jesus one earth because He justified them. He forgave their sins through their FAITH in Him.

They are HOLY because the righteousness of the Son of God was imputed to them.

They abandoned their sins to live a holy/godly life WALKING with God.

God refined them like GOLD from their sins.



� For My name�s sake I will defer My anger,

And for My praise I will restrain it from you,

So that I do not cut you off.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;

For how should My name be profaned?

And I will not give My glory to another.

Isaiah 48:9-11



We die daily for our sins and iniquities to live in a renewed and HOLY life with God.



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.

This is a faithful saying:



For if we died with Him (Jesus),

We shall also live with Him.

If we endure,

We shall also reign with Him.

If we deny Him,

He also will deny us.

If we are faithless,

He remains faithful;

He cannot deny Himself.

2 Timothy 2:10-13



Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal:

�The Lord knows those who are His,� and, �Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.�

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.

Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

2 Timothy 2: 19-26



Soon the Messenger of God Jesus will return to Jerusalem.

But who can endure the day of His coming?

Who can stand when He appears?

He is like a refiner�s fire.

God is a Consuming Fire.

The God Jesus is our Refiner and Purifier like a refiner of silver.

He is purifying us that we could bring Him offerings and worship in RIGHTEOUSNESS.



Malachi 3

The Coming Messenger



1 �Behold, I send My messenger,

And he will prepare the way before Me.

And the Lord, whom you seek,

Will suddenly come to His temple,

Even the Messenger of the covenant,

In whom you delight.

Behold, He is coming,�

Says the LORD of hosts.

2 � But who can endure the day of His coming?

And who can stand when He appears?

For He is like a refiner�s fire

And like launderers� soap.

3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;

He will purify the sons of Levi,

And purge them as gold and silver,

That they may offer to the LORD

An offering in righteousness.

4 � Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem

Will be pleasant to the LORD,

As in the days of old,

As in former years.

5 And I will come near you for judgment;

I will be a swift witness

Against sorcerers,

Against adulterers,

Against perjurers,

Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans,

And against those who turn away an alien�

Because they do not fear Me,�

Says the LORD of hosts.

6 � For I am the LORD, I do not change;

Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

7 Yet from the days of your fathers

You have gone away from My ordinances

And have not kept them.

Return to Me, and I will return to you,�

Says the LORD of hosts.



� But you said,



� In what way shall we return?�

Do Not Rob God

8 � Will a man rob God?

Yet you have robbed Me!

But you say,



� In what way have we robbed You?�

In tithes and offerings.

9 You are cursed with a curse,

For you have robbed Me,

Even this whole nation.

10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,

That there may be food in My house,

And try Me now in this,�

Says the LORD of hosts,



� If I will not open for you the windows of heaven

And pour out for you such blessing

That there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 � And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,

So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,

Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,�

Says the LORD of hosts;

12 And all nations will call you blessed,

For you will be a delightful land,�

Says the LORD of hosts.



The People Complain Harshly

13 � Your words have been harsh against Me,�

Says the LORD,



� Yet you say,



� What have we spoken against You?�

14 You have said,



� It is useless to serve God;

What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,

And that we have walked as mourners

Before the LORD of hosts?

15 So now we call the proud blessed,

For those who do wickedness are raised up;

They even tempt God and go free.��



A Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another,

And the LORD listened and heard them;

So a book of remembrance was written before Him

For those who fear the LORD

And who meditate on His name.

17 � They shall be Mine,� says the LORD of hosts,



� On the day that I make them My jewels.

And I will spare them

As a man spares his own son who serves him.�

18 Then you shall again discern

Between the righteous and the wicked,

Between one who serves God

And one who does not serve Him.





But as for you, the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are. Deuteronomy 4:20



We all can be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to our God and ready for every good work. Through the FAITH in the Son of God, REPENTANCE of our sins and CONFESSION of our sins to God in a prayer when we ABANDON our sins, we could be forgiven of all our sins.





You shall be like the angels and even Jesus transformed into His glorious Image but you would have been like the devil if you had not been changed by grace and FAITH in the Son of God!



Will you be like some people of Israel in the Furnace?



The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

�Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me;

they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace;

they have become dross from silver.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:

�Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured out My fury on you.�� Ezekiel 22:17- 22





For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver. Psalm 66:10

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