The Day of the Lord is coming as vengeance from the Lord God.

Joel 1:15-18

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“Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty. Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? The seed shrivels under the clods, storehouses are in shambles; Barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.” Joel 1:15-18

In the Day of the Lord, literal physical destruction exists and continues to come to this earth. Food supplies will be short at the same time that joy and gladness are taken from the human spirit. The seeds planted in the earth does not produce the expected crops, the food resources and stored reserves will be in absolute shambles, and the gathered grain dwindles away. Human beings fill with frustration, depression, anger, bitterness, and violence. At the same time, animals will be in misery and restless because the earth is not providing them food and land for grazing. No human being nor animal is spared as even the sheep suffer misery. Click here for a post from Revelation 18 on the collapse of the global economy.

Essentially, the global government and its global culture blames science for the ills of the world and takes no responsibility for their behavior towards God the Creator of all. For example, the United Nations says global warming is manmade and has scientific solutions, but the Bible reveals that global warming is the Fourth Plague. Global warming is here because God is not believed, the remission of sin through Jesus Christ is rejected, and the presence of the Holy Spirit is ridiculed. As quoted, “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelation 16:8-9

“Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.“

The United Nations and its global culture have rejected God and they put their faith in the thing that gives people what to feel, think, say and do. It allows the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. People all around the world conform to the anti-Christian culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. That brings the destruction of the Almighty God to this planet.

The thing giving people what to feel and think replaces the human conscience and human spirit which causes traits of psychopathy to flourish globally. The global culture thrives on the feeling of empowerment as they exhibit egocentric attitudes while exalting themselves above the authority of God the Creator. They feel no remorse, no guilt, and no need to admit they are sinners in need of the remission of sin through Jesus Christ. They manipulate, oppose, ridicule, and try to dominate the Holy Spirit as they despise the life of Holiness. They lack empathy for others as lawlessness and anti-social behaviors fill the world.

The food of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been cut off and the joy and gladness of the Holy Spirit are no longer seen in the churches. Also, the joy and gladness of the Holy Spirit is no longer seen within the spirit of people who are created by God to be the house of the Holy Spirit. The churches no longer share the Message of the Cross, which is that Jesus Christ gave His life to atone for sin, God raised Him from the dead after three days, He now lives eternally in Heaven, and because He lives all who believe in Him will live eternally also. Government lawmakers no longer include the values of the Bible in their policies and laws. The educational system no longer allows the teachings of the Bible in the classrooms. The testimony of Jesus Christ is no longer wanted in any sector of society. “Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?”

For those of us who continue to plant the Gospel Seed, the anti-Christian global culture causes it to shrivel, “The seed shrivels under the clods…” The places which are supposed to be a storehouse for the Gospel of Christ, such as the churches, etc. are in shambles and broken down as service to God and the presence of the Bible withers. “…storehouses are in shambles; Barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.”

Animals are very much part of end time prophecy as they groan and are restless with no place to graze. Even the most docile of animals suffer under the global government and its global culture. “How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.” Even today, animals are becoming foul-spirited, and will become even more so in the days ahead, as quoted, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.” Revelation 18:2 NIV

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11