FEAST OF TRUMPETS – 2006

Fred R. Coulter – September 23, 2006

Greetings brethren, welcome to the Feast of Trumpet’s 2006. And we’ve certainly seen a lot of things transpire this past year. And every year we get closer and closer to the fulfillment of the events that are prophesied in the Bible, and of course the Feast of Trumpet’s is one of the key important—as you might say—fulcrum points in history because this day pictures the establishing of the Kingdom of God on earth by Jesus Christ and the saints.

Now let’s come to Leviticus 23. Let’s also understand all of the holy days are connected, the Sabbath puts us in contact with God, the holy days tell us what he’s doing—and let’s understand something about the holy days—though they seem unimportant to the world, they are absolutely important to God. Because what people don’t understand about the holy days is this: Every one of the holy days pictures an epical historical event that God fulfills. For example, the Sabbath, right after the creation of man, it was given as a day of rest, sanctified to be holy. It was an epical beginning of man and his relationship with God. And then we come down to the Passover, epical historical event with Abraham, with the children of Israel, an epical historical event with the killing of the firstborn, the destruction of Egypt, and then the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the exodus to leave. Pentecost, the giving of the 10 Commandments, an epical historical event.

And then we come right down through the New Testament with all of these. Passover, the greatest event to take place from the beginning of the history of the world, the prophecy of the death of the Son of God. Who would save the world from sin, happened on the Passover day. And the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, He was, right as it began, He was put into the tomb. Three days and three nights later, He was resurrected, toward the end of the Sabbath. And then on the wave sheaf offering day, He ascended to heaven, an epical historical event. And then Pentecost, the beginning of the church, an epical historical event, and the resurrection from the dead for the first resurrection on Pentecost. An epical historical earthshaking event as we saw on the day of Pentecost. And now we come down to the Feast of Trumpets, and again, it is going to be an epical and historical event, and profound, telling the plan of God, lying out step-by-step how He’s going to fulfill it. And it’s not generally revealed to the world because the world doesn’t know, the world doesn’t understand. And especially today, as Satan is deceiving the whole world with all of these false gospels, and Gnostic gospels, and things like this, and people just going after it head over heels.

So we come to the Feast of Trumpets, and the Feast of Trumpets is an epical event that is going to take place. Now let’s come to Leviticus 23, and pick up here in verse 23, “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath…” so all the holy days are a Sabbath, “‘…a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. No servile work is to be done, and to make an offering made by fire unto the Lord’ ” (Lev. 23:23, KJV). And so with all the holy days because these picture major events that God is going to do, these are special, and we should bring an offering that is special to God. And we should always realize that we are to seek first the kingdom of God in His righteousness.

And then the blessings that God gives us then, are to be reflected in the offerings that we give to God. So you know all about that, and brethren, just realize that we try and use everything that God sends us to preach the word of God, to publish the gospel, to send out books to people, to help them in their circumstances. And we are not here to build an organization; we are not here to build up the name of any man. We are here to preach the truth of God, to help and serve the brethren, and to make known the word of God as much as possible, as God will open the doors for us to reach out to the world, which we’re doing in a very dramatic way with the book now that was published this last summer, “Occult Holidays or God’s Holy Day—Which?” And in there, it contains the entire plan of God, and it is going to be a fantastic book, having an impact on people such as never has been in recent years. So keep all of that in mind when you send in your tithes or offerings for the holy days, and remember that God is able to give back to you in blessing [so] that all of us will have sufficiency in all things. So at this time we’ll take a pause, and we’ll take up the offering.

(Pause – Offering)

And now brethren, let’s continue on and see the meaning of the day of the Feast of Trumpets, which is going to be one of the most, as we can say earthshaking events to hit the world since its creation. Now, let’s come to Matthew the 6th chapter, Matthew the 6th chapter because this is part of our prayer, when we pray, according to the model prayer. So let’s pick it up here, Matthew 6:9, “Therefore, you are to pray after this manner: ‘Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name;’ ” Now, when you are praying that way, just remember, you’re coming before God the Father on His throne, Jesus Christ at His right hand, the 24 elders out in front before the throne, and around the throne is a rainbow and it sits on the sea of glass. There are thousands, and thousands, and 10,000 times 10,000 angels there praising God, and the message is “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is to come, for all these things have been created for your will, and your pleasure.” So when we say “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:9-10, FV), now it’s always going to be done that way. But the reason that we pray for it this way, is because there is always a space of repentance that God gives. And whenever there’s something that comes along that is going to be a disaster that’s going to happen, that there is going to be a judgment by God, He always gives a time and space of repentance. Now we’ll see that in several instances here, as we go through. That’s why in Ezekiel 33, God says, you know, “O Israel, turn you, turn you, for I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked would turn from his way” (Ezek. 33:11, KJV paraphrased) And so, in everything that God does, there is that measure of repentance because God has given free moral agency and choice, and who knows what people will do. And so, that’s why there is given that space. So, we need to realize that that’s part of the will of God. And the reason that we do this, is this: So when we come to God, we don’t come to God and pray to Him and pray for our will to be endorsed by God. Now it is true, as Jesus said that when we ask He will answer, and whatever we desire, He will give. Now that’s according, if it is according to, the will of God.

Now, “Your Kingdom come,” comes in two different ways. Number one, it comes to us upon conversion. Let’s come back to Colossians the 1st chapter, and see that. Colossians 1, it comes to us when we are converted, not that the Kingdom of God becomes within, as some people say. That’s not true. But we come under the jurisdiction of the kingdom of God and Jesus Christ, as our Lord, and Master, and High Priest in heaven right now, and soon coming King, when Jesus returns. Now let’s pick up here in Colossians the 1st chapter, and let’s see how the Kingdom of God comes to us, and in our Christian lives, in the way that we live, and walk, and so forth. Now He says in verse 10, Colossians 1, “That you may walk worthily of the Lord…” and this is our goal, this is what we need to do in everything we do. And we’re going to talk about how we need to have the right kind of attitude and mind set in the end-time, so that we can do the will of God in our lives; that God will be with us; that God will help us; that God will bless us and strengthen us. “…unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.” And all of this has to do with preparing for eternal life. See, because we are in training for eternal life; we’re in training to be kings and priests; we’re in training to rule this world. And the first place that begins is let Christ rule in us. Now, verse 11, “Being strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy.” So, regardless of our circumstances, we’re always looking to God the Father; we’re always looking to Jesus Christ. We are developing, and growing in heart, in mind, and spirit, in knowledge of God. And this gives us the strength, and this gives us the conviction, and this gives us the endurance of the longsuffering, “Giving thanks to the Father, Who has made us qualified for the share of the inheritance of the saints in the light.” Now that’s what God is doing and we have a literal, absolute, inheritance. Now we talked about that in the past. Now, verse 13, “Who has personally rescued us from the power of darkness and has transferred us unto the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Col. 1:10-13, FV). Now that means this, that once we have been called, and have repented, and have been baptized, and received the spirit of God, then we are brought under the jurisdiction of Jesus Christ. We are under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of God. So when we pray, “Your Kingdom come”, we’re praying, that in the first instance, that we are always subjected to the Kingdom of God, that is to God the Father and Jesus Christ.

Now when we understand that, we realize that there is no room for a hierarchical authoritarian government in the ministry of God, or as the Catholics have with their hierarchy. They say, outside of the hierarchical Catholic Church there is no salvation. Well that’s a bunch of humbug. There is no salvation in it because salvation comes from God. So that’s how we are there.

Now let’s notice how it is to work in our lives, and in our hearts, and in our minds. Let’s come over here to chapter 3, and verse 14. And the reason I’m going through things is so that we can see, how do we have the attitude to face all the horrendous things that are going to take place as pictured by the Feast of Trumpets? Now last year, we saw all those hurricanes hit America, we had the tsunami, we’ve had earthquakes, we’ve had wars. And as we’re going to see, that’s just a start. Because what the Feast of Trumpets pictures—in the intervention of God, and the kingdom of God, coming on this earth, and God’s judgment on the world. Because just as the Passover pictured the judgment of God against all the gods of Egypt, and against the firstborn in Egypt, so likewise from the time of Pentecost down through Trumpets it pictures the judgment of God on this world, and it is going to make what happened in Egypt look like child’s play.

Now chapter 3, verse 14, “Above all these things...” and He list all the character things as we covered during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, “put on love…” and that is the key. You must be fortified with the love of God, by loving Him with all your heart, all your mind, all your soul, all your being, and you’re going to hear me say that over, and over, and over again because that is where our strength comes from. Because that is where we’re going to receive the resolve that is going to guarantee that we will be faithful unto the end. That will give us the mind set, as we’re going to see here, in a little bit, that we need to have to be able to be faithful to Christ in the face of the worst disasters that are going to come upon the face of the earth.

Now granted, many of us who are older, God is going to spare us, He is going to take us to the grave in peace, and that will be our place of safety. That’s fine, that’s all part of God’s purpose. But there are those of us who are going to have to live through it, and we’re going to have to be strengthened with the Spirit of God. And you’re not going to be strengthened when you see these things happening and all of the sudden, you start praying, and all of the sudden, you start studying—too late! You have to build and develop the character now. Verse 15, “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which you were called into one body, and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” Now that’s the whole key, we’re to live by every word of God; we’re to live by the words of Christ. And we’re to have His words dwelling in us richly. Now let’s look at it this way, if Christ is going to dwell us, which He is, and God the Father is going to dwell in us, which He is, then the words of Christ ought to richly dwell in us too. Because that establishes our minds, establishes our hearts, establishes our thoughts, and gives us the defense against all the events that are going to take place in the world because you need to be defended here, mentally and spiritually first. Now notice, “…rule in your heart…” So let Christ rule in you. You stop and think about this for a minute—we have to just do a little sidebar here, as they call in legalese—Christ is to rule you, not the ministry. The Holy Spirit of God is to lead you, not the ministry. Yes, the ministry here is to teach, and to help, and give counsel, and advice. But the greatest advice is: Look to God the Father and Jesus Christ, not what we would do of ourselves, or the ministry would do for you. “To which you are called into one body and be thankful…” Yes, “Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Col. 3:14-16, KJV).

Now stop and think a minute, when Paul and Silas were cast into prison, what did they do? They prayed to God, and they sang, and God intervened and helped them, see. So in all circumstances, Paul was a one who really set the standard here. Now, let’s realize this, the kind of attitude we need to have is this: We need to be tenderhearted to God, and Jesus Christ, and the brethren. Now then, we need to have a mind and a forehead of flint, toward all the evils, and troubles that are coming in the world.

Now let’s see that, let’s come to Jeremiah the 1st chapter. Jeremiah the 1st chapter, and let’s see what God told Jeremiah. Now Jeremiah had a really lonely ministry. He had no friends, he had no brethren, the only one he had was his secretary Baruch. And you read through the book of Jeremiah, and see the things that Jeremiah went through. God knew it was going to be difficult, so here’s what He told him. He says here, Jeremiah the 1st chapter and let’s pick it up in verse 15, Jeremiah 1:15, “ ‘For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” now on the end-time God is going to call all the nations, He’s going to gather all the nations, “saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.” That is all the armies of Nebuchadnezzar. “And I will utter my judgments…” Now, we’re going to see that ties in with also with the Feast of Trumpets. “Against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands,” And those two things apply to us today as never before. “Thou therefore gird thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: Be not dismayed”, or that is discouraged, “at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.” In other words, don’t look to the circumstances and how other people react because that really doesn’t make any difference. You have to be looking to God. “ ‘For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee,’ saith the LORD, ‘to deliver thee’ ” (Jer. 1:15-19, KJV).

Now let’s understand, at the end-time, it’s going to be very similar to the same thing. Did we not see on Pentecost how there’s coming the martyrdom of the saints, and how are we going to endure that? We are going to be offered many different ways out aren’t we, [we will be] given a chance to recant, given a chance to accept the beast, and the mark, and all the things that are there. Because remember, Revelation 13 says, what? That into the hands of the beast are given all nations and languages and kingdoms, and he goes to make war against those who have the spirit of Christ. And there’s going to be that martyrdom.

Now let’s come to, Isaiah 50, let’s see how Jesus was strengthened, in a very similar way. How did Jesus endure everything that he had to do, through the crucifixion, the scourging, and the beating? Or, remember when he finished that prayer, and angels strengthened Him. And so, likewise, we need the power of God to strengthen us, and let’s see what kind of mind that God gave him. Now tender toward God the Father inside, but there had to be the strength and the power on the outside, to not be overwhelmed with all the things that He was going to experience. Isaiah 50:5, “The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.” When we get into those situations, understand this, if you have opened the door for Christ in your mind, and Christ rules in your heart and mind, you have closed the door to turn back. It’s exactly what happened with Christ. Now notice, so He could do this, “I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair:” Where they beat him and pulled his beard and smashed him in the face. “I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed” (Is. 50:5-7, KJV). So this is the only way we’re going to be able to face these things in the future.

Let’s come to Ezekiel the 3rd chapter, and let’s see what God told Ezekiel. Now of all the prophets, the two that had the most difficult ministry to do, were Jeremiah, but Ezekiel had the worst one of all. And if you read the book of the Ezekiel, just take it and read a couple chapters every day, and think about what he had to go through, think about what he had to endure.

Now let’s pick up here in verse 4, Ezekiel 3, “And he said unto me, Son of Man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me:” Now, the reason is this: When, as Jesus said, that lawlessness shall be multiplied, and the love of many shall grow cold, there’s going to come a time of great evil, and people are not going to want to listen to the truth of God. That’s why God has to intervene with the events that we see here. That’s why God sends the two witnesses and their ministry. So we’re talking about big earthshaking events that are going to take place. “For all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehand: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Moreover, he said unto me, Son of Man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears” (Ezek. 3:4-11, KJV). Then he was to preach that.

So this tells us, that when we come down to these times, we are not to back off from the message of God. We’re not to make it softer and easier so that we don’t offend people. Because Jesus said, “many are going to be offended”, and it’s going to be a time of great trouble and great difficulty.

Now let’s come to Matthew the 24th chapter, and let’s see something here. Let’s see what it is going to be like. Great historical events of a magnitude that is unimaginable to the human mind—if you think the destruction of the tsunami was great, or if you think that some of the volcanic actions that we have had are great, or the earthquakes, or the floods, or the storms, hang on because they now know the global warming is a general warming of the whole solar system. Even Mars is having a global warming experience, and of course there’s not one single gas driven car up there, is there, nor factories with huge smokestacks belching out carbon dioxide, right? Yes. Now there are two electrical satellite vehicles up there, and surely they are not causing Mars to have a global warming experience. And all of this is part of the things leading up to the time of the end, and all of this is going to upset the weather even more.

Now let’s come here to Matthew 24. Now let’s see something that’s important concerning the day of the Lord. Matthew 24, and he says here, verse 15, “Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (the one who reads, let him understand), Then let those who are in Judea flee into the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; And let the one who is in the field not go back to take his garments. But woe to those women who are expecting a child, and to those who are nursing infants in those days! And pray that your flight be not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath;” So here again, even in the midst of great trouble and difficulty what does God say, “remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy.” “For then shall there be great tribulation…” Now, how great? “…Such as has not been from the beginning of the world until this time, nor shall ever be again” (Matt. 24:15-21, FV). Now we need to let those words sink in.

Now let’s come back here to the book of Amos, and let’s ask the question—so many ministers have used, “Oh, the events are speeding up! Oh, we really need you to send in more money so we can preach the gospel! Oh, we’ve got to hurry and get this done, and hurry and get that done!” Because what they do is that they want to speed up the day of the Lord, so they can kind of glory in their own self predictions of it. And those are the prophecies that Paul said would fail, and they’ve all failed, haven’t they? Why? Because they’re not relying on God, and they’re not looking to the outline of God, as God has said. Now it hasn’t happened yet because we have not comprehended how great God is going to let the kingdom of Satan become before He intervenes directly. And we don’t know how many people God is going to call, and lead to repentance between now and that point. See, because God is interested in mercy, and not sacrifice. But when the time comes that God says it’s going to happen, because it’s under the authority of God the Father and Jesus Christ, it is going to happen. So preachers and men are not to get out there and say, “Oh hurry, the day of the Lord is coming!” And you look back at all the events. “Jesus is going to set his foot on the earth” in all these different years, it never happened, did it? Why, because they’re not willing to put in God’s hands to let it happen. So here’s God’s answer to them, Amos 5:18, “Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a serpent bit him.” So He’s telling us very clearly, there is not going to be any relief once this starts. Yes, we’ll see, Psalm 91, that God will protect you, but also up to a certain point, because there’s going to be a martyrdom of the saints. And this is why we have to have the mind and attitude that Jesus Christ has. So we ask for a tender heart before God the Father and Jesus Christ, and loving the brethren in each other, but we ask for forehand of flint against all the evil, and against all the things that are coming. Because if you get emotionally involved in all these events, as we’re going to read about from here on, that’s going to literally turn this world upside down, you will not be able to handle it. So we need to ask God for the strength so we can handle it. Now verse 20, “Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?” (Amos. 5:18-20, KJV)

Yes, now let’s come to Zephaniah the 1st chapter, Zephaniah, since we’re right close here, just over a couple of pages, and we’ll get to the book of Zephaniah, and that’s right before Haggai, so just a few pages over. Sometimes I try and have the scriptures so they’re convenient to go to, other times I can’t do that. Now let’s pick it up here, in chapter 1:13, “Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. The great day of the LORD is near, it is near…” That’s the message for our time. Notice: He doesn’t say exactly how far, or how close, but it’s near. And even though we’ve had all these false alarms down through time, guess what, it is nearer than when we first believed. “…and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty men shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the trumpet…” Because it is a memorial of the blowing of trumpets, and actually the fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets is reserved for the end-time, and the very day of the Lord. There’s only one fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets that we find in the Old Testament, and that is in I Chronicles, the 5th chapter, when the temple was dedicated, and on the Feast of Trumpets. God put his presence in the temple. The only other fulfillment is the return of Christ. “…against the fenced cities…” No defense is going to help. “…against the high towers.” Doesn’t matter what weapons you have. “And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung” (Zeph. 1:13-17, KJV). And as Jeremiah said, in Jeremiah 25, “…the Lord has a controversy with the nations…” (Jer. 25:31, KJV). He’s going to bring them all to Jerusalem, and in that day, the dead will be from one end of the horizon to the other end of the horizon.

Now let’s see if we can at least begin to grasp this, perhaps no more than 1/10th of all the population of the earth is going to survive through the tribulation, and enter as physical human beings into the kingdom of God. So it’s going to be a horrendous time. There will never ever, ever, ever, ever again be a day like this. Verse 18, “Neither silver nor their gold shall not able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land” (Zeph. 1:18, KJV). Now God is going to spare some. There will be some who will escape, that is true.

 Now since we’re here, let’s come back just a few pages, to the book of Joel. Let’s come to Joel the 1st chapter, and let’s see again the warning concerning the day of the Lord, and all the way through here, it is a day that has never ever had a historical parallel, not even in the destruction of Jerusalem. This is going to be a worldwide event, not like it was in Egypt, where He dealt with just one nation, but this is all nations, all peoples. And so, when we understand the plan of God, we need to realize, it covers the great and the major events in the Bible, and God has given us the knowledge and the understanding of it. Now here, Joel 1:15. “Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.” And it’s going to come. Chapter 2:1, “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion…” Now I don’t know what’s going to happen when that Feast of Trumpets is fulfilled, and we’ll get to the book of Revelation here in a minute, and see how it unfolds step-by-step by step. “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm…” So that means continuously blowing. “…in my holy mountain:” Where’s it going to start. It’s going to start from Mt. Zion in heaven above, and the sound, and the trumpets, and the blasting is going to come from God. And we’ll see how that’s going to be here in just a bit. “For the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like…” We’re going to see in Revelation 9, [there will be] huge armies, and one of them 200 million. And God is going to judge the world, and God is going to judge the nations, and they’re all going to fight against Christ. “There hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them…” Great modern weapons that we have today, “And behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses;” and we’ll read the fulfillment of that in Revelation, in just a bit. “So shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.” Because of all the events that are going to take place, “They shall run like mighty men…”

Now, I’ve read articles recently, where they’re trying to improve the battle worthiness of troops on the ground. Where they have armor that cannot be penetrated with weapons, where they have medication put right into the garments themselves, so if any wound happens it immediately starts working to heal it, and keep them from getting any infection. They are working on putting chips in the minds of the soldiers to be able to give them instant recall to make them better in battle. So what it’s talking about here, we could not picture this in the past until now, [but] we know what it’s going to be like. “They shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.” Isn’t it amazing that today that’s exactly what they’re working on? “They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before them…” Now I want you to kind of, if you can, turn on the vision of your mind, to see, what an awesome event this is going to be. “The heavens shall tremble: the sun and moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible…” That is awesome for all the power and destructions that’s going to take place. “Who can abide in it?” That is, live in it?

Now notice, whenever it comes to that point, there’s a space of repentance. “Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil” (Joel 1:15, 2:1-13, KJV).

Now this is a message directly to the children of Israel, of the hundred and forty-four thousand who repent, and are saved on that next to the last Pentecost.