Time Of Indignation

"I will go away and return to My place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face.  In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me." (Hosea 5:15).

Judgment begins in the House of the Lord. (1 Pet 4:17)

Transgression is full and God's Name has been trampled and defiled in fullness.

The Cross has become a mockery and Christ made out to be a fool.

The Church has become a byword, an object of scorn and ridicule among the nations. (Psalm 44:13,14)

The Church has become antichrist, a dwelling place for demons, a sanctuary of sin. (Rev 18:2)

We follow men instead of the Spirit and even call ourselves by their name, by their doctrinal discipline, or by their denominational institution, instead of the Name of the Lord to Whom we belong. (John 5:43)

His Church is one-- there is no Jew or Greek, no male or female, no slave or free man, we are all one in Christ Jesus. (Gal 3:28)

We divide His Church in ignorance and pride.

The Spirit has long-since left the temple, but religion has marched forward at a frantic tempo.

We consume but are never full; always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of truth. (2 Tim 3:7)

We are divided by our religion, we say "I am rich... I have need of nothing." (Rev 3:17)

We are blinded by our religion, God says "I advise you to buy from Me eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see." (Rev 3:18)

Reason has established the House of the Lord, rather than relationship with the Lord of the House.

You foolish men.  Your religion will not save you because He is a God Who examines hearts. (Jer 17:10; Rev 2:23)

"No, there is no room for you here God, You will only get in the way of our bureaucracy."

"Yes, there is room for you here God, as long as you follow our program."

The Sanhedrin presides at your conventions, it is a gathering of Pharisees and Sadducees, it is a gathering of white-washed tombs. (Matt 23:27,28)

You argue over mint and dill while His sheep starve because you give them no bread, only platitudes and lifeless doctrine. (Matt 23:23,24)

God says, "It is my Spirit that gives life to my Word, but you do not seek my Spirit, so my Word in you is lifeless." (John 6:63)

We read His word with our mind, but do not seek Him with our heart.

We cannot seek God with hearts full of "every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and hatred...full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice", gossip, slander, insolence, arrogance and boastfulness. (Rom 1:29)

His people are trying to grow on crumbs, their hearts full of angst and frustration.

"The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness." (2 Sam 17:29)

White-washed tombs try to give them hope rooted in worldliness instead of repentance.

Their flesh is fed while their spirit starves.

"Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them." (Ezek 34:5).

We will say, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matt 27:46)

God says, "I have not forsaken you, you have forsaken Me." (Rev 2:4)

Those whom He loves, He reproves and disciplines. (Rev 3:19; Heb 12:6; Prov 3:12)

Ask Him for Holy Fire to burn away your dross. (Malachi 3:3; Prov 25:4)

Fire destroys but also purifies. (Numbers 31:23)

All that does not glorify Him will be destroyed. (Malachi 3:2; 1 Cor 3:13-15)

All that belongs to Him will be purified. (Daniel 12:10; Zech 13:9)

Rend your heart and not your garments. (Joel 2:13)

Seek Him in the secret place. (Psalm 27:5; 31:20)

Dwell in His shadow. (Psalm 17:8; 91:1)

Fill your lamp with oil as the darkness closes in. (Matt 25:3,4)

Go into your prayer closet and lift up your prayers to Him during the time of indignation. (Isaiah 26:20)

Preach His Gospel and love one another to the end. (Mark 16:15; John 13:1)

"Behold, I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end...

In the latter period of their rule,

When the transgressors have run their course,

A king will arise,

Insolent and skilled in intrigue and ambiguous speech.

His power will be mighty, but not by his own power,

And he will destroy/act corruptly/ruin/spoil/waste to an extraordinary degree

And prosper and perform his will;

He will destroy/corrupt/ruin mighty men and the holy people/the people of the saints.

And through his shrewdness

He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence/his hand;

And he will magnify himself in his heart,

And he will destroy/corrupt many while they are at ease/secure.

He will even oppose/stand against the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken without human agency." (Daniel 8:19,23-26)

"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever." (Dan 12:3)