Great question, and the answer is: Because our time to “get ourselves right with God” is short and growing shorter by the day. People have had SO MANY warnings over the centuries, and ignored them. Therefore,, we at The Refiner’s Fire have decided to simply "brave" just "tell it like it is" – even SHOUT IT OUT - BECAUSE the time is NOW to get ourselves right with God.
Why? Because terrible things are happening at a record pace, and nobody is guaranteed the next day….
Unfortunately, no one seems to be listening. If the world had actually been doing what YHWH has been commanding since the beginning of time, we wouldn't have rampant sinning! We wouldn't have "gay marriage" shoved down our throats as "normal" today - even LEGALIZED to the point where if you speak out against it, you're guilty of "hate crimes!"
"“Love, kindness and gentleness” didn't work on that, did they? Instead, those "soft voices" warning about God "not liking" homosexuality, were ignored, His ample warnings AND His people have been verbally trampled to death! What’s more, today we don't even GET a voice because it's now illegal to speak out against homosexuality!
THAT’S where “love, kindness and gentleness” got us….
Therefore, we are SHOUTING to the world: "WAKE UP!”
SOMEBODY has to say it loud enough to get people to pay attention. And if some people get their feelings hurt because of it, that's sad, but simply the way it is. The forcefulness wouldn't have been necessary IF people had paid attention all along. At least now, SOME will - if for no other reason than because they're mad at us for being “so blunt”....
The truth is, we can no longer be "mealy-mouthed" about YHWH's Truth. The world is in the awful mess it's in BECAUSE mankind continues to ignore Him. While "love and gentleness" are great qualities, we must ask ourselves a hard question: "Are they really working?"
Take a look around you. What do you see? A world that reeks of SIN - and is, consequently, reaping its rewards in spades! We've got endless fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamies, earthquakes and other natural disasters happening with more ferocity, intensity and frequency than ever before!
We've got so many natural disasters and diseases, etc. that we can't even finish cleaning up from one, before the NEXT one hits...
We've got diseases for which we have no cure - including the AIDS epidemic that started back in the mid-Seventies (thanks to homosexuality - which YHWH considers to be an ABOMINATION!) and was finally diagnosed in the early-to-mid-Eighties.
And in 2020, here's STILL no cure! Know why? Because the ONLY cure is to live according to YHWH's holy Rules! The ONLY cure is to STOP the "abominable" practices!
But it's too late for that, isn't it? I mean, homosexuality is LEGAL today - and you, Mr. and Ms. Believer, will end up in prison if you dare say anything against it...
Be that as it may, every time we find a cure for one thing (or come close to finding one), something NEW comes along....It never ends! And that’s because we are IN THE END TIMES as outlined in the Books of Daniel and Revelation!
We humans have dared to take on YHWH way too often – but guess who's going to win...
I look forward to the day when YHWH cleanses and eradicates filth from the earth, and this time around, He will use fire.
ReplyDeleteSo, do I, Kevin!!! So do I....
DeleteI just want to shout out a thank you to your website. Your website and many others (mashiyach.com, www.icr.org, www.answersingenesis.org, www.genesispark.org and more) have been helpful in acknowledging the biblical record.
DeleteThank you, Kevin! We do our best!
DeleteAmen. This is in time for these end times. Few, if any care, many are just go along with Kardashians seeking immediate gratification for the pleasure of this world. It's liken to the verse that says:
ReplyDelete38. For as they were before the deluge, eating drinking and taking women and giving them in marriage to men up to the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39.And they did not know until the deluge came and took them all, thus will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Matthew 24:38 39 AENT) Many think we will be called up into the mothership like Captin Kirk; I don't believe we be caught in the cloud (raptured); I think some of will be embedded with the shreeks of souls being lost. Some will (IHOP) will left to proclaim YHWH, maybe even teach Torah...
I may be way off and I will accept correction.
Keep on sounding the alarm.
Good word, Kof! But on the day Yeshua returns, there WILL BE a "catching up" of both dead believers (who have died since the day Y'shua rose), and those who are still alive.
Delete1 Thessalonians 4: 16. Because our Master (Y'shua) will himself descend from heaven with the mandate and with the voice of the chief Messenger and with the Qarna (trumpet/shofar) of Elohim; and the dead who are in the Mashiyach will first arise; 17. and then we who survive and are alive will be caught up together with them to the clouds to meet our Master (Y'shua) in the air; and so will we be ever with our Master. (AENT)
There were three "raptures" or "catchings-up" in the Bible that we know of, Enoch and Elijah(Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11) and the "dead in Messiah" who rose from their graves when Y'shua died (Matthew 27:51-53). Whether they "went to heaven" is debatable, because we don't know WHERE they ended up.
The fact is, "heaven" is a complex term that we really don't know much about. Shemayim (heaven) is a plural form, as is "Elohim" - which means there is more than just one aspect to "heaven." The "third heaven" for instance, is a reference to the future judgment hall or throne of the "Ancient of Days" as mentioned in Daniel 7. According to the Scriptures, ONLY YESHUA is sitting at the right hand of the Father (Hebrews 1:3).
We know of no other "rapture" since the day Yeshua died when there was a great earthquake and some dead believers were "resurrected".
Matthew 27: 50. Then again Y'shua cried out with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 51. And immediately, the curtains at the door of the temple were torn in two from the top to the bottom. And the earth was shaken and the rocks were split. 52. And the tombs were opened and many bodies of the Set Apart believers who were asleep arose, 53. And went out. And after his resurrection, they entered into the Set Apart city and were seen by many. 54. And the centurion, and those with him who were watching Y'shua, when they saw the earthquake and those things that had occurred, they were very afraid and said, "Truly this was the Son of Elohim."
Although the word "rapture" is found nowhere in the Scriptures, we are told there will be a "catching up" of believers only upon Yeshua's Second Coming (1 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17); not of the unbelievers who will only be called up before God on Judgment Day at the end of the Millennium. This "catching up" will be when Yeshua returns to Earth; not before. It will occur at the end of that seven year period which will begin when the Antichrist makes a seven year peace treaty with Israel.
Yeshua will rule and reign for a thousand years, at which time there will be the resurrection of ALL (the people who became believers during the Millennium, and all the DEAD unbelievers since the beginning of time who had heretofore remained in their graves). (See Isaiah 13:6,9; Jeremiah 46:10; Joel 1:15; 2:11; Amos 5:18; Obadiah 1:15, Revelation 20:1-15 and Acts 24:15). This will happen after what the Bible describes as very tough times; "Jacob's Trouble" (Jeremiah 30:4-7, Daniel 12:1, Matthew 24:15-22).
Thank you Carmen for your insight. I agree with every word. I may not have articulated what I meant regarding the "rapture" or being caught up. I grew up with that being the end all be all and when wars and rumors of wars occur, halleluyah we are outta' here before grave travesty.
DeleteThank you so much for your teachings and timely words
good post Carmen --- the sodomite spirit has claimed one of my own and I grieve daily --- I pray every day for the return of Y'shua to avenge the blood of the innocent and cleanse this earth, and establish YHWH Y'shua's Torah throughout the nations --- the time for the bundling up of the tares is near and the wheat to be gathered into the barn --- Come Master Yeshua come!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear that the sodomite spirit claimed one of your own! Same thing in my family. And the sad thing is, "the rest of the world is wrong" today; NOT them. Everything YHWH ever considered "bad" is now viewed as good and everything He considered "good" is viewed as "bad" by the world. How very, very sad!
DeleteWay to go, whenever I present scripture to people I want a reaction. Hot or cold, good or bad. Because if there is no reaction, then you haven't struck a nerve. Which means they aren't processing what you've presented." LAODICEANS"!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I would caution about looking forward to "the day of Yah"/ messiahs return;
Amo 5:18) Woe to you who are longing for the day of YHWH! What does the day of YHWH mean to you? It is darkness, and not light,
Amo 5:20) Is not the day of ???? darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
Jer 7:16) “And you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you.
Thus the need for "fear and trembling daily"!
Way to go! I approach with the expectation of getting a reaction. Hot or cold, good or bad. No reaction, no contemplation, "LAODICEANS"!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I would caution against looking forward to the "day of Yah"/return of messiah with any form of glee.
Amo 5:18) Woe to you who are longing for the day of ????! What does the day of ???? mean to you? It is darkness, and not light,
Amo 5:20) Is not the day of ???? darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
Jer 7:16) “And you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you.
Thus the need for "fear and trembling daily"!
Well, maybe you are shuddering, but we at The Refiner's Fire, are not. We figure - whatever happens, happens, and if we die, we die. The important part is knowing WHERE we will spend Eternity - where there will be no more pain. Furthermore, the return of Yeshua will pale in comparison to the end of his Millennium on Judgment Day, and the time when YHWH destroys the old earth and gives us a new one....
DeleteUpon Yeshua's return, EVERY knee will bow; there will suddenly be no more "unbelievers" for a while, anyway, until satan is loosed "for a time" toward the end of Yeshua's earthly reign.
Personally, I'm looking forward to BOTH of those times. If there is pain involved - oh well. I've endured lots of pain in my life, and am looking forward to my new, "eternal body."
Anyway, check out 2 Peter 3 as well as the scripture below. I don't know about you, but ALL this appeals to me:
Isaiah 65:“For, look! I create new heavens
and a new earth;
past things will not be remembered,
they will no more come to mind.
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So be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for look! I am making Yerushalayim a joy,
and her people a delight.
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I will rejoice in Yerushalayim
and take joy in my people.
The sound of weeping will no longer be heard in it,
no longer the sound of crying.
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No more will babies die in infancy,
no more will an old man die short of his days —
he who dies at a hundred will be thought young,
and at less than a hundred thought cursed.
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They will build houses and live in them,
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22
They will not build and others live there,
they will not plant and others eat;
for the days of my people
will be like the days of a tree,
and my chosen will themselves enjoy
the use of what they make.
23
They will not toil in vain
or raise children to be destroyed,
for they are the seed blessed by Adonai;
and their offspring with them.
24
Before they call, I will answer;
while they are still speaking, I will hear.
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The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion eat straw like an ox
(but the serpent — its food will be dust).
They will not hurt or destroy
anywhere on my holy mountain,”
says Adonai.