by Jamie Pantastico | Jul 10, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
…and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart
Our Heart! The innermost being of who we are and it is the Word of God that tells us what we’re thinking. What? How? By feeding on the Word of God, meditating on His Word, and studying Scripture what does it do? It convicts! It convicts us of every evil thought. It convicts of everything that we do contrary to the Word of God. God’s Word reveals to us where we are missing the mark and it is God’s word and His grace that we are able to get on track.
We don’t deserve to continue on day after day being less than what God would have us to be but God doesn’t give up on us because of His grace. God doesn’t say I’ve had it with you. Never! But the Grace of God continues to work in our lives and speaks to us through the power of His Word.
Pick up your Bible and study daily. Meditate on the Word and go boldly to the throne room of God in prayer.
by Jamie Pantastico | Jul 4, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
I Thessalonians 2:19
The apostle Paul is referring to that day when the Lord comes for the Church and believers have that great meeting in the clouds (1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Thessalonians 4:15).
Paul recognized that he would most likely never see those at the Thessalonian Church in the flesh again but the moment they came into the presence of the Lord in that meeting in the clouds Paul would not only see them, he would know them.
We too will see and know our loved ones when the trumpet sounds and all believers of this age of grace dead and those alive will meet the Lord in the clouds.
‘For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. ‘
I Thessalonians 4:14-17
by Jamie Pantastico | Jun 30, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
The antiChrist “the beast” and the false prophet are both men born of women and raised up like any other human. But they will become emissaries of Satan; one the political leader and the other religious leader. They will come on the scene after the body of Christ is raptured.
Here are two verses that identify these personalities as men of flesh and bone. First, let’s look at Revelation 19:20.
‘Then the beast (the anti-Christ) was captured, and with him (the ‘him’ is a pronoun referring to a man the ‘anti-Christ’) the false prophet (another man) who worked signs in his presence, by which he (‘he’ another pronoun that identifies the false prophet as a man) deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two ( men) were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. ‘
Revelation 19:20
At the Lord’s second coming, at the end of the 7 years of tribulation, these two men will be captured. They will be the first tossed into the lake of fire without the benefit of the Great White Throne judgment.
For another passage move ahead one chapter to Revelation 20 verse 10. This is at the end of the 1000-year reign of Christ on earth and we are ready to go into eternity. And we see the Great White Throne Judgment but before that Satan will be tossed in the lake of fire and look who will already be there; the anti-Christ and the false prophet.
‘The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast (the anti-Christ a man) and the false prophet (a man) are (take note that the anti-Christ and the false prophet have been in lake of fire for 1000 years) And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.’
Revelation 20:10
Conclusion
The anti-Christ, the false prophet, both men and Satan (the fallen angel Lucifer) are the three personalities that make up the unholy trinity. The anti-Christ and the false prophet go to their eternal doom first then Satan himself will be tossed into the lake of fire. This unholy trinity will go straight to their eternal doom with no time before the Lord at the Great White Throne judgment. They will be joined by all the lost of the ages who will at least have their moment of time before the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15).
by Jamie Pantastico | Jun 22, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
‘The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?’
Psalms 27:1
For believers, the veil (2 Corinthians 4:3-4) of darkness has been lifted because the light of the gospel has shined on us and we believed the Truth. Praise God for opening our hearts and shining the light of the knowledge of the glory of God upon us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Now, that we have the light of God, the Holy Spirit indwelling us as a lamp in this dark and evil world. We can now see what’s in front of us, we are no longer lost, groping for the wall like the blind, stumbling in the noonday (Isaiah 59:10).
So because we have the Light in our heart, we walk carefully, not like fools knowing the brevity of this life we seek every opportunity to shine the light of the gospel in this dark world (Ephesians 5:15-16).
Scripture Reading
‘But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. ‘
II Corinthians 4:3-4
‘But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.’
II Corinthians 4:3,6
‘For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ‘
Ephesians 5:8
‘He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ‘
Colossians 1:13
‘For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.’
Psalms 18:28-30
by Jamie Pantastico | Jun 21, 2020 | Bible Prophecy, Daily Encouragement |
These groups are bestial in nature just like their father (Satan) and in complete opposition to the Word of God. Everything we are seeing and experiencing in the world today is all part of the end-time scenario; just a pretext and preparation for the real beast “the Anti-Christ”; “the lawless one”; “the man of sin”; “the son of perdition” and the coming beast system.
Each entity is playing their role in the conditioning of the American people for the coming of the “Beast” and his beast system. Demonically powered, each preaching a gospel of death and despair under the guise of equality, justice, and a “New and Better World Order”.
In Romans 13 we have an introduction of the Anti-Christ and his beast system. The Anti-Christ is the very emissary of Satan and will try after seven years to make war against the return of the Lord. What we are seeing across our country and around the world that the time is not too far off for his appearance. Read on.
Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
Revelation 13:1
This isn’t a beast like an animal this is a picture of a government, the revived Roman empire (Daniel 9:26), that will be beast-like in its nature because it will be heartless toward mankind.
So out of the sea of humanity will come this empire, the revived Roman Empire, that is already in-part together and fully functioning. An empire that has been dead since about 300 AD and will be headed up by the Antichrist. Read on.
Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon (who is Satan) gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
Revelation 13:2
Again, what we’re seeing and experiencing daily is a conditioning, preparing the masses to move right into this coming ‘new world order’.
Leading up to the appearance of the Anti-Christ the world will be in turmoil, the apostle Paul writes “that in the last days there will be perilous times or ‘times of stress’.” Paul makes it graphically clear by describing what the world will be like as we get close to the Lord’s return.
‘For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ‘
II Timothy 3:2-4
There has never been a clearer picture of 2 Timothy 3:1-4 than today.
But we don’t have to worry or stress over the horrible seven years of tribulation and God’s wrath because we won’t be here. We will be gone, in the twinkling of an eye, when the trumpet sounds those of us who are alive will be changed following right behind those who have died. To meet the Lord in the clouds and we will be together with the Lord forever.
‘Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ‘
I Corinthians 15:51-52
‘For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.’
I Thessalonians 4:14-18
This is our ‘Blessed Hope’ every day.
God’s grace knows no bounds (Romans 5:20).
Salvation is available to each and every person on the planet. Christ shed His blood, died on the cross, was buried, and rose again three days later for ALL.
That includes ALL Democrats, ALL members of Black Lives Matter, and ALL members of ANTIFA.
My prayer is that God opens the hearts of these men and women to the gospel of grace.
