The Day Of The Lord Is Near! Updated (part 2)

Joel 2:1, “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;”

Sanctify the people! The people were to prepare themselves for this solemn time. Under the law, they were to wash themselves and their clothes. They were commanded to cleanse themselves from all legal impurities, to have given sacrifice for all transgressions of the law. To be obedient was to be purged and made worthy to be presented before the Lord in His house.

They were instructed to correct the wrongs in their life, to deal with their stuff, the baggage they were dragging around. Why? Because a move toward correct living is indicative of a repentant heart. Does that mean that we must fix everything before God forgives us? No, but we must be moving in that direction.

Assemble the elders, children, ladies. No one should be excluded. Even the bridegroom and bride were to delay their festivities for this solemn assembly. Everything must stop and all attention to focus on the Lord of Glory.

The sad thing is that many people want to continue on being who they are and living like they are living. They want God to bless them where they are. They want the favor of God but they don't want to change. God will accept the sinner and forgive the sin but the sinning has to stop. Example: Some people accept that a woman can abort her unborn but living baby. As representatives of the Kingdom of God, we cannot accept the abortion of a living child. Nor can we accept leadership that promotes this violation of God's law. God has judged past generations for such flagrant disregard for human life and He will bring the sins of this generation into judgment as well.

Some people accept that homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and transgender lifestyles are tolerable. Many have embraced this new found freedom with open arms. As representatives of the Kingdom of God, we cannot accept these unholy lifestyles as the law of the land. And we can't accept or agree with any elected leader who supports it. We have to do everything that we can to stop this nonsense. We are mandated by God's Holy Word to come out from among them and be ye a separate people saith the Lord. We need to publish our Holy displeasure and let it be known that this nonsense needs to stop. What would Jesus do? He would forgive the sin but the sin must stop.

These two principles are sending the soul of this nation to hell, to say nothing of all the lying, cheating, stealing, killing, doping, adultery, fornication, all manner of sexual sins, and nefarious behavior. People want to live like that and then have the audacity to proclaim, “God bless the United States of America.” That is spitting in the face of our holy and righteous God. It is nothing short of blasphemous for humankind to embrace such unholy and ungodly behavior declaring evil good and good evil. God is not going to bless this nation without national repentance and a move back to God. Repent and return! (continued)