Joel
3:9, “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the
mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears:
let the weak say, I am strong.”
This
is a mighty spiritual war. Wake the mighty men! Call the ones who
will agree together. Strong and mighty are those who will covenant
together and be bound together by the cords of Truth.
Exchange
your cultivating tools for tools of war. We must change our tactics.
We must proceed as Nehemiah and those charged with rebuilding the
wall around Jerusalem. Nehemiah 4:17, “They which builded on the
wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one
with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand
held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by
his side, and so builded...” They did the work with one hand and
held a weapon in the other hand. They were prepared for the attack of
the enemy at any time of the day or night.
It
is time for an all-out assault on the powers of darkness. Go now and
snatch precious souls from the clutches of evil. Go in the power and
might of the Lord Jesus Christ within you. Time is running out. We
are coming near to the consummation of all things. Zech. 12:8, “In
that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he
that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the
house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before
them.” Look for the signs of Christ’s coming in the events
surrounding the nation of Israel. It is there that the fountain will
be opened for the salvation of the house of David. Zech. 13:1, “In
that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.” A
third part will come through the fire and be refined as a precious
metal. Israel will call upon God, He will hear them and He will say,
“It is my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
Joel
3:9-17 is a description of the campaign of Armageddon. V12, “Let
the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for
there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.” The valley
of Jehoshaphat refers to the Kidron valley East of Jerusalem. The
name means, “Yahweh judges.” The campaign of Armageddon will be a
campaign of God’s wrath and judgment. Joel 2:2, “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, neither shall be any more after
it, even to the years of many generations.” This is the great Day
of the Lord. Joel 3:13, “Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is
ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow;
for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the
valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of
decision.”
Now
is the time! Awake you mighty men! Go now and snatch precious souls
from the clutches of evil. Go in the power and might of the Lord
Jesus Christ within you. Time is running out. We are coming near to
the consummation of all things.
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