What Comes Next?...
Rejoice in what
יהוה has done!
(Psa 118:23-24; Joel 2:26 of 26-32)
What do you have faith is coming?
Consider if your life depends on what you believe!
Written: September 2025
Psalms 118:24: GNB
"This is the day of יהוה's victory; ["the day that the LORD hath made" - KJV] let us be happy." ~ Just like Lot [and Noah], let us celebrate [rejoice in the day of the LORD]! Do we lack faith like Lot's wife, or do we have faith to preserve ourselves alive? (Heb 10:38-39)
Men like Putin, having caused so much suffering in our world he knows most everyone alive wants him dead, including a million sets of parents of the Russian soldiers he sacrificed to his war, what does that do to his state of mind? Does all the harm they have caused make some of them suicidal? Suicide by nuclear war? Does Putin [and other world leaders] have elaborate caves and other measures that make him imagine he might survive a nuclear war? How many world leaders actually believe that? Hitler would surely have committed suicide by nuclear war had it been an option...
Does it all make you, then, fear a nuclear war? How could it not? Do you "expect" one? Isn't fearing and expecting a war one and the same thing? No, it really isn't! I half expect a nuclear war, but, I don't fear it. Please let me explain?
First know as we consider: Jesus did make clear this old world system is going to be destroyed. He even likened it to the days of Lot and Noah. Christ said:
Luke 17:26-30 . . .Moreover, just as it occurred in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of man: 27 they were eating, they were drinking, men were marrying, women were being given in marriage, until that day when Noah entered into the ark, and the flood arrived and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it occurred in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building. 29 But on the day that Lot came out of Sod´om it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 The same way it will be on that day when the Son of man is to be revealed.
So, if you believe in Jesus Christ and in what he taught; you have to expect this old world system to be destroyed. But how? Could it be a nuclear war? How different, do you really think, is nuclear war from fire and brimstone falling from heaven? God said he would never destroy the earth by flood again, (Gen 9:11-16) but he said no such thing about fire and brimstone! Lot [and Noah] had faith that preserved them alive. Do you? Do you have true faith God can protect you; no matter what bad thing happens? (Luke 10:19; Acts 28:3-6; Mark 16:18; Mark 11:20-24) Or, do you doubt and/or long for the things of this old world system; like Lot's wife did? (Luke 17:32-33 of 28-37)
Note what the Apostle Peter said about what we can expect to happen:
2 Peter 3:10-12 ESV . . .But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. (11) Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, (12) waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
Does that convey the idea of a lot of heat? Maybe like Lot's fire and brimstone? So, please remember as you build a hope for your future, Jesus said his return will be like the days of Lot. What does fire and brimstone falling from the sky look like? Does that sound like a nuclear war? Be careful of what you believe and expect! That is your faith... (Mat 8:13 of 10-13) As you speak what you believe out-loud, that is the expression of your faith. (Rom 10:9-10; Mal 3:16-4:3) God tells us the end of this old world system is going to be a bitter experience for those who haven't put faith in Jesus Christ.
Zephaniah 1:14-2:4 MWT . . .The great day of
יהוה is near, near and there is a hurrying of it very much; the sound of the day of
יהוה is bitter; there a mighty man is letting out a cry. (15) A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, (16) a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements. (17) I will bring distress on mankind, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against
יהוה; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. (18) Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of
יהוה. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Zephaniah 2:1-4 MWT Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation, (2) before the decree takes effect --before the day passes away like chaff-- before there comes upon you the burning anger of
יהוה, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the LORD. (3) Seek
יהוה, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of
יהוה's anger. (4) As for Gaza, she will be completely destroyed...
God's day, then, is the bitter end for all who have rejected his command to listen to (Mat 17:5) and put faith in his son.
Do not fail to understand: These days of Armageddon are a great blessing for all who are people of goodwill, (Luke 2:10-14) for all who are following Jesus Christ. Do you see your simple solution? You have judged yourself a friend of Christ (John 15:11-16) and worthy of life; or, you have judged you are a vessel made fit for destruction. (Rom 9:22-24) The simple basis of your judgment: Whether you have put faith in the words of Christ. (John 3:18-19 of 16-21) Jesus said about the time of judgment we see happening:
Mark 13:19-20 CEV . . .This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again. (20) If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and
special ones, he will make the time shorter.
Jesus went on to say:
Luke 21:25-28 GW . . ."Miraculous signs will occur in the sun, moon, and stars. The nations of the earth will be deeply troubled and confused because of the roaring and tossing of the sea. (26) People will faint as they fearfully wait for what will happen to the world. Indeed, the powers of the universe will be shaken. (27) "Then people
[those with faith in Jesus's words] will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (28) "When these things begin to happen, stand with confidence
[raise your heads high]! The time when you will be set free is near."
You should not imagine you can look away or somehow avoid recognizing these truths and taking a stand; taking "your" stand! (Mal 3:16-4:3) You absolutely can not remain ignorant. God has said in Isaiah everyone alive will be awakened to it.
Isaiah 45:22-25 MWT . . .“Turn to me and be saved, all YOU [at the] ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no one else. 23 By my own self I have sworn—out of my own mouth in righteousness the word has gone forth, so that it will not return to me without results, that to me every knee will bend down and every tongue will openly swear, 24 saying, ‘Surely in
יהוה alone there are full strength and righteousness. All those getting heated up against him will come straight to him and be ashamed. 25 In
יהוה all the seed of Israel will prove to be right and will boast about themselves.’”
Eph 5:14 of 1-17 MWT . . .“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from death, (
Eph 2:1-5) and the Christ will shine upon you.”
The tribulation we have been enduring and seen rapidly escalate throughout the course of our lifetime, and even more in the last few years, is now being brought to its end by God's war of Armageddon. Christ and the angels will soon bring "are bringing" an end of all who oppose the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. If you are a person of goodwill, that is a blessing. (Luke 2:13-14 of 8-14) Will the insanity of this world in these last days start a nuclear war. I certainly don't know anything beyond what our Bible teaches, including these few scriptures we have considered. One thing I do know is when the wicked kings of our end days (Dan 8:23-26) are arrogantly asserting they have it all figured out, and are saying there is peace and security, sudden destruction is instantly going to destroy them all. (1 Thes 5:1-3) Whether that will be nuclear war, fire and brimstone from heaven, or what ever else God allows or creates... we all wait to see! What ever the manner of destruction of the wicked proves to be, what you require is a faith that will preserve you alive. [(2 Chron 20:17) Do you truly believe Jesus's words when he said your faith is your fate? (Mat 9:22; Eph 2:8; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Luke 17:19; Luke 18:42; Acts 14:9; Luke 8:40‑55; Mat 8:13; Luke 6:19; Mat 9:27‑30; Luke 8:48 of 42‑48; John 7:37‑39; John 19:34)]
It is even as Peter went on to say:
2 Peter 3:13-15 ESV . . .But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens (
Rev 21:1-4) and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (14) Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. (15) And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
Just as God gave Paul wisdom, He has likewise given you wisdom; if you have been listening to the words of Jesus Christ. (John 6:63; Mark 9:7; John 18:37) See you soon, then, in paradise. (Isa 11:1-13; Rev 21:1-4)
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