The dark cloud of the time of the “Gentiles”.

Ezekiel 30:1-3

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 “The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’ For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.” Ezekiel 30:1-3

The Day of the Lord is described in Zachariah 14 as a glorious day of victory for those of us who believe in Jesus Christ, but a cloudy and dark day of agony and destruction for those who live in spiritual wickedness. Jesus Christ will bring the Believers with Him to live eternally in the New Jerusalem, but the spiritually corrupt will receive hell as their eternal destination.

There is going to be a dark period on this earth referred to as “the time of Gentiles” and we see the dark clouds appearing already. Gentiles refer to the atheists who turn away from God, scoff at the need for Jesus Christ to forgive sin, and oppresses the presence of the Holy Spirit. They are the dark cloud hanging over every city in every nation around the world. They are the masses of people of the global culture who welcome the atheistic entity that has power over physiology to give them what to feel, think, say, and do. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people and they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

The Holy Spirit, through the Apostle Jude said this, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.” Jude 1:12-13

Through the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Peter says the following, “But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.” 2 Peter 2:17, 12-16

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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, 3:1