Topping up Your Oil & Trimming Your Wick!
Timely words from Pastor Greg Willis from Alectown, near Parkes, in New South Wales, Australia. We are bracing ourselves for 2022. I wish my readers a fruitful and meaningful year. Be of good courage. Psalm 31:24 Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Topping up your oil & trimming your wick! Jesus said “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” [Luke 21:28]. “Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door” [Matt 24:33]. The ‘things’ Jesus was referring to are the various signs associated with His Second Coming. The most important indication of the Lord’s return is the convergence or merging and intensity of all the signs that Jesus and the prophets said to look for. Wars and Rumours of wars [Matt 24:4] Armed conflict and war between nations is nothing new but since WW11 it is estimated that at least 40 wars are going on around the world at any point in time and right now we have major “rumours of war”. Russia’s mobilisation of its’ military troops on Ukraine’s border, China’s preparation for an attack on Taiwan, and Iran’s nuclear strategy and its hatred of Israel. Russia and China already possess nuclear weapons and both countries recently tested a hypersonic missile that travels at nine times the speed of sound. These types of weapons were once the object of science fiction, but ultimately, we live in times where these realities are paving the way for the red horse of war and destruction that is released throughout the coming tribulation as revealed in Revelation 6. Earthquakes, famine and pestilence [Luke 21:10-11] We have seen the absolute devastation earthquakes cause throughout the world. Statistics reveal a steady increase in the severity of…