{"id":148,"date":"2013-05-18T01:09:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T01:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/?p=148"},"modified":"2013-05-18T01:11:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T01:11:56","slug":"eternity-blindfolded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Eternity Blindfolded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed how fast time is passing by? Do you find yourself saying, \u201cThere is not enough time in a day?\u201d It\u2019s as if there has been an acceleration of time in earth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Things are changing so rapidly. Technology is dated every 6 months; privacy is no longer valued; things that were abnormal are now normal; the forbidden is now tolerated; and freedom of speech, especially when it comes to the sharing of God\u2019s Truth, is now considered a crime of hate to those who don\u2019t agree with the word.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Something is definitely brewing and our generation fails to see it because we have become Eternity Blind-folded.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When a smartphone generation, constantly changing with the latest trends, tries to serve a God that never deviates from His word, the perception of who God is becomes diluted to accommodate the current flow of the culture. \u00a0Even \u201cSpiritual\u201d leaders of this generation are convinced that the God of the Old Testament is not the God of the New Testament. Who told you that?<\/em><\/strong> Hebrews 13:8 says, \u201cGod is the same yesterday, today, and forever.\u201d\u00a0 The judgment seat is now the seat of mercy, but God is still the God that judges. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus provides, beforehand, two examples of what it would be like when the Lord returns and judges a nation of people (Lk 17:22-33). If one would spiritually heed to these judgments, of a people who accepted what God deemed abnormal as normal, they would find that Jesus\u2019 return may be much sooner than one thinks. We can\u2019t allow the number of times that we have heard \u201cJesus is Coming Back\u201d to desensitize us to the undeniable Truth that Jesus WILL return<\/em><\/strong>. And if the Days of Noah and the Days of Lot are any indication of when He\u2019s returning, the Lord\u2019s sudden appearance may be much sooner than any of us ever thought. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Like those in the day of Noah, this nation no longer has a concern for spiritual things. We are preoccupied with living a life of self-indulgence, and to the exclusion of God. Yet, when in need, we do not hesitate to run to him for rescuing. Our perception of who God is, His role as Lord, has been deduced to servant. \u00a0And like those in the Day of Lot, EVERYTHING has become about sex \u2013 pleasing the flesh and without boundaries.\u00a0 From the cartoons on television to every product sold on a shelf, sensual appeal is the marketing scheme used to lure the people. Even the churches have become Sin Dens\u00a0 – <\/strong>home to \u201cChristians\u201d guilty of Sexual Immorality. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Day of the Lord is near, and the enemy is aware. It is for this reason that he has, cunningly, kept us so consumed with ourselves (our personal issues, desires, our flesh, our lives) that we have been Blind<\/em><\/strong> to Eternity<\/em><\/strong> – that which is inescapable<\/em> and swiftly upon us.<\/strong><\/em> He knows that if we are consumed enough with just living, we will be distracted from that which is spiritual, and miss the signs of the Lord\u2019s return. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Has the enemy blindfolded you to eternity? If so, what are you going to do about it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed how fast time is passing by? Do you find yourself saying, \u201cThere is not enough time in a day?\u201d It\u2019s as if there has been an acceleration of time in earth. Things are changing so rapidly. Technology is dated every 6 months; privacy is no longer valued; things that were abnormal are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7XeBW-2o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.watchmansjournal.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}