THE EXECUTIVE JUDGMENT AND FINAL

CLEANSING
2 Peter 3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of
his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as
they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the
heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in
the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with
water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by
the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day
of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

Many have forgotten the reality of the Biblical flood. Even

Christians try to explain it away as being merely a parable. Noah,
they maintained means rest. Therefore, Noah was to bring rest to
the people. The flood is symbolic of Christ washing sin away and
we rest with Noah from all work. They made great mention that
nowhere does scripture say Noah tried to reason with the people,
or called them to come into the ark. God simply washed sin away
and all that was left was righteousness.

Now any honest Bible student would see that this fulfills Peter's
prophecy that; "For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of
the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being
overflowed with water, perished:

It also contradicts Hebrews 13:7 when "by faith, Noah, warned by

God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built
an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and
became an heir to the righteousness that is accorded with faith."

Noah: "This one will "comfort" us concerning our work and the toil
of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed."
Gen. 5:29
The word used as "comfort" is "nacham" meaning: give forth
sighs, to breathe strongly, be sorry, full of pity, seeking comfort,
trying to ease, even has a sense of repentance and avenge.

Noah was one who would sigh and cry for the abominations of his
people. This sounds very much like Ezekiel nine to me, where God
commissions an investigative judgment before the executive
judgment-- for judgment was about to befall upon them.

Ezekiel 9.4-5 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of
the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the
foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

The message of Noah was a judgment message.

God says, "My Spirit will not always strive with man I will give him
120 years." Gen. 6:3

For 120 years Noah preached the message,

calling people to repentance and to come into the
ark of safety. But they would not. They hardened
their hearts with the deceitfulness of sin. They
hardened their hearts in rebellion. Therefore they
could not enter the provision God made for their
"comfort" -- all Noah's sighing and pitying could
not ease their terrible end.

As far as human wisdom could see, the event predicted by Noah

was not likely to occur. Rain had never fallen. Why would the God
who had created such a beautiful earth destroy it with by a flood.
I'm sure if Noah had set up a web page or started preaching today,
it would be declared as the ultimate exhibit of paranoia. How could
Noah preach such a message if he was resting in the love of God?

It wasn't sins that were drowned, it was people who hardened their
hearts and would not listen.

This is no parable-- this is history! As it was in the days of Noah so

shall it be in the time of the end. (And so it is)
2 Peter 3.8-9
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with
the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God sends a message of warning before

destruction comes. That is His consistent
pattern throughout the Bible. Prepare thyself to
meet thy God! Get ready — watch and pray,
put on the whole armor, resist the devil and
draw very close to THY GOD — the ONE WHO
CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH!

Before the destruction of Sodom, God sent a

message to Lot, "Escape for your life; look not
behind you, do not stay in the plains but escape to the mountain,
lest thou be consumed." (Gen. 19:17) The same voice of warning
was heard by the disciples of Christ before the destruction of
Jerusalem: "When you shall see Jerusalem encircled with armies,
then know that the desolation of it is near. Then let them who are
in Judea flee to the mountains." (Luke 21:20,21)

There is to be a coming out, a decided separation from the wicked,

an escape for our very lives. As it was in the days of Noah, as it
was in the days of Lot; as it was in the days of Jewish Christians in
Jerusalem, so it will be in the last days.

2 Cor. 6.17 "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye

separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you,"

It is very interesting that the message preached from the churches

in our day is the VERY OPPOSITE to the message Revelation tells
us to preach.

The message we hear now is ecumenicalism — let's join with all

other's who profess to be Christians regardless of their beliefs and
doctrines. The Bible says "Come out of her, My people that you be
not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues."
Revelation 18:4
There can be no compromise between God and the world! "You
can not serve God and mammon" Matt. 6:24 There must be an
active separation from sin or God's people will lose their way and
will not hear His voice.

Like the people living in Sodom, the people are dreaming of

prosperity and peace and pleasure. "Escape for your life," is the
warning from the angels of God. But other voices clamor to drown
out the voice of warning. "Don't get excited; there is no cause for
alarm: The multitudes cry, "Peace and safety" while Heaven
declares that swift destruction is about to come upon the world.
The night before the fire fell on Sodom, the citizens rioted in
pleasure, they threatened Lot and his visitors demanding sinful
pleasure, they scoffed at Lot as he sought to warn his family of the
coming doom; but those people died in the flames! That very night
the door of mercy was forever closed to the inhabitants of Sodom.
God will not always be mocked; "Behold the day of the Lord
comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate; and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it" Isaiah
13:9.

The majority of the people will reject God's mercy, and will be
overwhelmed in swift and irretrievable ruin. But those who heed
the warning shall dwell "in the secret place of the Most High" and
"abide under the shadow of the Almighty." His truth shall be their
shield and buckler. Psalm 91

The time has come to prepare to meet God. The call of the Spirit in
our heart of hearts must be answered. Everything in the life must
be squared by the Spirit with the Word of God, His law and the
everlasting gospel.

As radical developments take place in the formation of the Papal

New World Order, radical, deep and thorough preparation for what
is ahead must be made. All other preparation is in vain if we fail in
the spiritual preparation. We must learn to really communicate with
our Master and Savior making Him supreme in our lives. There
must be time for heart searching, and heart cleansing through the
power of Christ's blood.

Come out of her my people, that you be not partakers of her sins,
and that you receive not of her plagues.
 2 Peter 3:10-12 But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up.

Seeing then that all these things shall be

dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness,
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,
wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Luke 21.35-36
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of
the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may
be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to
pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

The Bible tells us that after Noah and his family entered the ark
and the door was shut, seven days went by before anything
unusual happened. The obedient ones inside the ark had to
depend upon God's Word — for it seemed the predicted event
would not transpire. Outside the inhabitants of the preflood world
had their last parties, celebrating the stupidity of this paranoid old
man and the deluded family members who locked themselves up
in the ark. Silly, foolish people to limit their freedom in such a
strange fashion and to think they expected other rational, people
to do the same.

The flood did come! Filled with anguish the rioting crowd now
began to shriek in anguish. "Oh, for a place of safety! O, had we
only listened and obeyed we would now have rest from this
dreadful fear."

Soon the party will end! Just like it happened to King Belshazzer,
throwing a party while the enemy was at the gates, trusting that
even yet all was peace and safety, so the party-pleasure- crazed
world lives for self-indulgence imagining itself safe and secure
while the greatest of enemies is at the gate and invading every
stronghold, and God will soon step in to end it all.
Yes, there is a judgement. The investigative judgment is now in
progress. The executive judgement will soon take place.

In light of the seriousness of the times what will we do. How will
we choose to live? Soon the verdict will be pronounced — will it be
like Belshazzer "You are weighed in the balance and found
wanting." Or "Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter into
the joy of the Lord"
Painting by Robert Temple Ayres
2 Peter 3.13
Nevertheless we, according to his
promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

A righteous heaven is only righteous if

the inhabitants are righteous. Thus,
those who would be citizens there need
much more than the legal aspect of
forgiving of sins. They need the blood of
Christ to cleanse them and the Holy spirit
lead them into harmony with God's law.
For the will must be united with the Will
of Christ, rebellion cannot enter heaven.

2 Peter 3.14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent
that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;

The Lord is longsuffering:

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Today! Harden not your hearts in rebellion, Today! Harden not

your hearts because of the deceitfulness of sin! Today is the day
of salvation. Christ is longsuffering, not wanting any of us to
perish but that we should all find repentance in Him and be
following Him in loving obedience to His commands.
But now Peter gives us an interesting warning.
2 Peter 3:15-18
Even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom
given unto him has written unto you; As also in all his epistles,
speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to
be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,
as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye
therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware
lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from
your own steadfastness.

It is Paul's writings today, that are being twisted to mean God no

longer has a written standard, a moral code. It is Paul's writings
today, that are being twisted to mean grace does away with faithful
and steadfast obedience to God's moral law.

Peter points out that Paul has given the true light, but people
would wrest it to their own destruction. People would take the
precious blood of grace that was to cleanse us from sin and
trample it under foot by declaring obedience to God's law is not
necessary. (Hebs. 19)

2 Peter 3.18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever.
Amen.

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