By D.B. Berg
When I
returned to college determined to study philosophy, psychology, and political
science, rather than religion, I became seriously involved in the study of
socialism and communism. However, I soon saw that the purportedly unselfish
goals of these political systems could never be achieved without the love of
God in the hearts of men, as in the pure Christian communism of the early
church, made possible only by the power of the Spirit of God. Such voluntary
sharing of the wealth with those in need could only come through Jesus.
Nevertheless,
I could also see, as I’m sure most of us can who think honestly, that not all
the rich would be willing to share their wealth with the poor, nor would all
industrialists be willing to sacrifice their pollution to save our lives and
environment, nor the politician his power, nor the militarist his weapons of
war. Very few men are so idealistic as to be willing to give up their own sins
in order to please God that they might try to save their fellow men—only a few!
The vast
majority have often proved wrong. Therefore, the so-called democratic rule of
the majority can never voluntarily bring perfect government and perfect peace
on earth, a fair economy, a healthful environment, a godly education, nor a
righteous religion. Only the direct intervention of God Himself with the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ to set up His own kingdom of totally righteous rule here
on earth will ever bring such a reign of perfection, with peace and justice for
all.
All other
attempts at changes for the better, whether violent or nonviolent, by
unregenerate and sinful man, will only bring more unregenerate and sinful
governments, economies, pollutions, educations and religions and wars resulting
from man’s sinful heart. To truly change these instruments and ailments of man,
you must change man and his sinful heart, something that only God can do.
Otherwise, you will only have revolution after revolution, war upon war, rich
and poor, pollution and disease, political religion, and regime after regime,
with empire following empire!
(Editor: In
a way, we are seeing the counterfeit utopia with today’s European Union and
other such economic unions which promise unequalled economic success through
free trade and free movement within such unions. Immigrants from all over the
world are clamoring to enter into Europe’s “Promised Land.” But those countries
in both Southern and Eastern Europe have found that entrance comes with a
price. Tided to the money these countries receive from Brussels is a moral and
cultural agenda aimed at destroying the former beliefs and values of their
countries. Brussels pushes for the new members of the union to liberlize their
laws concerning marriage. They push to change
the laws concerning abortion to be more abortion friendly. Governments are
encouraged to adopt eutanásia or assisted suicide. Agriculturally governments
must allow genetically modified seeds and widespread use of chemical
fertilizes, etc.
(The European Union is also in favour
of world agreements concerning the environment. Because of Codem – 19 the
European Union cancelled all visits to the parlimentary chambers. However, Greta
Thumburg, the young environmentalist from Finland, was not cancelled, although
there has been an outcry from some European parliment members. Pope Francisco
is also making a call for a new agreement on climate change. Now with the
outbreak of corona virus or Codem-19 there may very well be another push for
some global apparatus that will help the nations share important information
amongst themselves. There will be calls for some international agreement to
deal with such problems as the corona virus. Such an international agreement will
seem necessary and innocent at first, just as the environmental concerns seem to be. But in the end these agreements will lead to a new
world order with government in total control. This is what is prophecized in
the Bible and this is where we are being directed by the powers that be behind
the scenes.)
Finally,
under the antichrist world government, all members of society will have some
sort of mark or biometric number in order to buy or sell or obtain food or
employment. (Editor: In China, because of the Corona Virus problem, the
government has implemented a survellence device used with one’s mobile phone.
This app helps the government know everyone’s where abouts. As technology advances
some sort of biometric
implant could be the famous “mark of the beast” predicted in the Bible as
compulsory in the last days. But the Bible warns us that the “mark” has
spiritual consequences and Christians are admonished to refuse it unto death.)
Those who refuse to cooperate and receive
the mark will be hunted, persecuted, and killed as terrorists by the Antichrist’s
commandment—a time of Great Tribulation.
However, those
who have the invisible seal of God in their foreheads, His own children, the
true believers at the end who have Jesus in their hearts, will be hidden and
spared by the miracles of God until the coming of Christ, when they will join
Him in the air. The only way out will be up! And the ones saved will be all
those who have had this supernatural, regenerative rebirth of the Spirit by
God’s love in Jesus, being born again by accepting Him!
Our only
hope of survival in this life and the future, therefore, is to be prepared
spiritually and even practically, with both the personal experience of
salvation—this change of heart by God’s love in Jesus—and by a working
knowledge of His Word and what it advises us to do under the conditions of the
difficult days that the Bible predicts are coming.
As a young Christian
leader with years of experience in the churches, I could plainly see that most
Christians were unprepared for these certain eventualities so specifically
predicted in the Scriptures. Many Christians today do not know their Bibles, or
memorize Scripture for remembrance and encouragement, inspiration, and
instruction.
I’ve read through Bibles many times, because I believe it. Therefore, I read it. I know it’s the Word of God, because I
know it works, and that’s the best proof you’ve got. Just try it, it works!
That’s the best proof of the inspiration of the Bible. That’s the best proof
that this is the miraculous, supernatural Word of God Himself, by trying it. Why don’t you give it a chance? You’ve
tried everything else, why not try Jesus? Why not try the Bible? You read
everything else.
We talk to
people time and time again who’ve been through college and they’ve read
hundreds of books, huge tomes and textbooks and all kinds of books, but have
never even cracked the Bible, never even read the Bible! The most wonderful,
supernatural, miraculous, amazing, marvelous book in the whole world, which can
tell you the answers to everything—where we came from, how we got here, why
we’re here, and how to survive and be happy while here, how to have love and
peace now and forever, and yet many have never even read it.
The Bible
also tells us how to leave this life and know where you’re going, and to know
that you’re going to be happy forever with God and His Son Jesus Christ in
heavenly places. Not far off in the stratosphere or outer space someplace, but
right here on earth! A new earth, that’s true, a remade, renovated earth, the
old surface all burned away and purified and all that pollution completely
swept away, a newly created earth, sort of like the first one in the days of
the Garden of Eden—beautiful and pure, with a new heavenly city.
That’s where
we’re going, and we won’t have very far to go, because it’s going to be right
here. When it’s time for the new heaven and new earth, we’re not going to
heaven; we’re going to spend eternity right here on the new earth in the new
heaven.
John saw that heavenly holy city coming down from God, out of heaven, right
down here to this earth, so he said, “God is going to
dwell with man.” He doesn’t say man is going to go up and
dwell with Him, but God is going to dwell with man.
Will you
know what to do? Will you be prepared to survive and help others to do so, as
well as to continue to worship God and encourage others in the faith during
days not unlike those of the catacombs church of martyrs under Roman
persecution? These things have already happened and continue to happen to
Christians in many nations. Will you be prepared and will you know what God
expects you to do under such conditions? Your best preparation is the Word of
God!
Edited by Dennis Edwards of fightforyourfaith.blogspot.com originally published on Anchor found at https://anchor.tfionline.com/post/secret-survival-word-god/
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