It has been said so very many times, that “It's always darkest before the dawn.” Today, we see the landscape of mankind, and witness to the darkening of this age, as more and more people are rejecting the Word of Truth and Light. Thus, a new Dark Ages is upon us . . . people are accepting a more palatable, shadowy lie in the guise of New Age and Emergent 'enlightenment'; preferring to see themselves as gods, rather than humbling their souls before the true and living God Who is soon to return. These are they who think of the Gospel as a social help source empowered by people rather than a declaration of redemption through the blood of Christ.
On that blessed day of Christ's Return, there will be a dawn of true salvation – the beast and false prophet that were ruling tyrannically over the nations will be dispatched to the darkness of Gehenna as the LORD establishes His kingdom from Jerusalem over Israel and all the world, bringing in an era of blessed peace and righteousness.
It's become a foregone conclusion that the church of Jesus Christ is witnessing the apostasy in these days. Much of Christendom that had previously “[held] fast the form of sound words” (2 TIM. 1:13) are now “departing from the faith” (1 TIM. 4:1) by the droves. Society as a whole is becoming more and more degenerate as we behold one atrocity after another: grotesque abortion procedures, the exaltation of homosexual unions, the explosion of transgender promotions, especially among our children, the increased persecution of Christians in this once godly nation, the generous liberality that governments the world over are granting to Muslims who increasingly wreak heinous acts of terrorism on defenseless people and on and on . . .
When I was a very young believer in Christ (over 35 years ago as of this writing – where has the time gone??), the LORD pressed indelibly on my heart a vital pair of triplet imperatives of truth, namely:
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IN THIS WORLD?
1) GOD (DEUT 6:4-5; PSALM 86:12)
2) His children (EPH 1:4-6)
3) And their love one for another (GOD towards us, us towards GOD and we ourselves towards one another (LUKE 10:27; 1 JOHN 4:7-8)
Also:
WHAT'S MOST NECESSARY FOR THE CHURCH?
1) The HOLY WORD of GOD
2) Devoted and persistent PRAYER
3) Godly FELLOWSHIP
