God judges and his judgements are just
Many people do not understand the justice of God because it seems so contrary to His mercy. I am here to proclaim that God's Judgements are true and just. Our nation along with many will see the hand of God as he judges and deals with injustice and unrighteousness. Because of ignorance and Godlessness many will not recognize his hand. Some will end up stumbling in thier ignorance until they connect the dots that God is alive and He is a just and righteous God. Once the dots are connected some will raise a fist at God while others will be humbled under his mighty hand and repent unto their redemption..
Rev 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Rev 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Rev 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Rev 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Rev 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Rev 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Rev 11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Rev 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Rev 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
When God deals with the sin and corruption in a person or a city or a nation he does so for his highest motivaton of redemption and restoration. When people are in the midst of judgement they often miss His redemptive purpose because they do not know Him. They do not understand His justice and his mercy are both very real.
Amos 4:6 "But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities And lack of bread in all your places, Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:7 "And furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city And on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.
Amos 4:8 "So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:9 "I smote you with scorching wind and mildew; And the caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:10 "I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:11 "I overthrew you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
Amos 4:12 "Therefore, thus I will do to you, O Israel; Because I shall do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel."
Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD God of hosts is His name.
Amos 5:1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel.
Amos 5:2 She has fallen, she will not rise again-- The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up.
Amos 5:3 For thus says the Lord GOD, "The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel."
Amos 5:4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live.
Amos 5:5 "But do not resort to Bethel, And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity, And Bethel will come to trouble.
Amos 5:6 "Seek the LORD that you may live, Lest He break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it consume with none to quench it for Bethel,
Amos 5:7 For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth."
Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion And changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth, The LORD is His name.
Amos 5:9 It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong, So that destruction comes upon the fortress.
Amos 5:10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.
Realizing God's purpose for correction is always redemptive will help us move into the redemptive side of His will. For example in Isaiah the Bible says that the day of the vengeance is also the favorable year of the Lord. Many wonder how both can exist together. We know that the rain falls and the sun shines on both the just and the unjust.
Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
We know that if we dwell in an ungodly city which God must deal with then we must realize that as His people we are not appointed unto wrath however we might have to know how to manuever through the midst of difficulty. In the midst of his judgements we must position ourselves to flourish and gain strategy for harvest because many people ask eternal quiestions durring those times of trial. It is in the midst of trial that the harvest is nigh.
Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Isa 61:2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
When God deals with the earth He always has a people who are partnering with him in the process. We are his agents of restoration and redemption. His redemption many times moves through the vehicle of judgement which prepares us for restoration and redemption. How can righteousness flourish unless unrighteous structures are dislodged. Dislodging unrighteousness often takes a sweep of the hand of God, a shaking and an uprooting. As agents of redemption it is a right and responsability of sons to declare the Father's righteousness and justice into the earth. In an imprecatory way we are to confront every structure that does not reflect the righteousness of the King or expemplify and express His Kingdom rule. Our confronting is a spiritual one, not with flesh and blood but it plays out in the natural as the victory is gained in the Spirit.
As God deals with the nations many will fail to realize the motivation of the King becasue they do not know Him. We are not of those who would be ingnorant of the hand of he Lord nor of his righteousness. His jugements are Good and always just.
Psa 97:8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O LORD.
Psa 97:9 For you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
Psa 97:10 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psa 97:11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
Psa 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
Psa 119:75 I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Psa 119:76 May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
Psa 119:77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
Psa 119:137 Righteous art Thou, O LORD, And upright are Thy judgments.
Psa 119:138 Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness And exceeding faithfulness.
Psa 119:139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Thy words.
Psa 119:140 Thy word is very pure, Therefore Thy servant loves it.
Psa 119:141 I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Thy precepts.
Psa 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Thy law is truth.
We must be a people who know how to triumph with favor from our God in the midst of the judgement which will surely come to structures which would oppose the King of Kings and our righteous Lord.
Deu 32:3 "For I proclaim the name of the LORD; Ascribe greatness to our God!
Deu 32:4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.