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When should we get out of the cities? And how would we be able to go without our loved ones?
Sadly, these answers have eternal consequences, and the plot may not unfold as one wants the script to be written. Most of those believing that they are part of the final remnant awaiting Christ’s return will be sifted out and will become the real enemies of those who are left. This shaking will cause bright lights to fade. We have far more to fear from within than from without. The hindrances to strength and success are far greater from the church itself than from the world. Unbelievers have a right to expect that those who profess to be keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, will do more than any other class to promote and honour, by their consistent lives, by their godly example, and their active influence, the cause which they represent. SM 1:122 Sadly also, that not all couples will be saved as couples. Some individuals are good people in a humanitarian way but good without Christ is still lost, and we need to be examples to these individuals and continue in prayer to intervene for them. The following quotations will be uncomfortable but reflect reality, and sometimes to unite in marriage to a person not used to a vertical dimension in his private life may put your own salvation at risk. Hundreds have sacrificed Christ and heaven in consequence of marrying unconverted persons. Can it be that the love and fellowship of Christ are of so little value to them that they prefer the companionship of poor mortals? Is heaven so little esteemed that they are willing to risk its enjoyments for one who has no love for the precious Saviour? [11] – {AH 66.4} To connect with an unbeliever is to place yourself on Satan’s ground. You grieve the Spirit of God and forfeit His protection. Can you afford to have such terrible odds against you in fighting the battle for everlasting life? [12] – {AH 67.1} Ask yourself: “Will, not an unbelieving husband lead my thoughts away from Jesus? He is a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God; will he not lead me to enjoy the things that he enjoys?†The path to eternal life is steep and rugged. Take no additional weights to retard your progress. [13] – {AH 67.2} Lot’s wife came out of Sodom, but Sodom remained in her heart and she turned into a pillar of salt as an example of choices made. Her choice was superficial and not sincere, and she was not able to fool the Creator of the Universe. 2 Cor. 6:14 “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? “ Read Ezekiel 33 on our responsibility to warn others, as they may miss eternal life. When the whole truth arrives in a duo of husband and wife Paul addresses the scenario. 1. Cor. 7:13 “And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.†You will have to ask yourself the difficult question: who do you honour the most, God or your husband, as for all of us Christ should remain our first love and all else is secondary. Our choices and lives today will establish where we will spend eternity. John the Baptist came to prepare the generation in Christ’s day. The final remnant will also have a prophet that functions as military intelligence with detailed information on the tactics of Satan, and the final movements in Earth’s history. The nuances of that are all buried as treasures In the Bible. Non-believers are concerned that the end of the world is near. They are reading the papers and listening to the news and experiencing COVID 19. All of this supports that the second coming is near. The message left by an end-time prophet warns of the danger to be in large cities and that our brethren may in the end be the people to sell you to the enemies of God. The advice given was to get out of the metropolis areas and initially work them mission wise from outside. As the final movements start to arrive, one should already be established in an off the grid setting not easy to reach as people will turn on each other. This last act of faith, to leave the known for the unknown is seen typologically by Elijah going into the wilderness totally relying on God and being fed by birds. This will be tough enough for a believing couple, yet, it could prove detrimental where two do not have the same faith. A partner with an earthly solution will most likely jeopardize your salvation. At a certain stage, the answers will become obvious, and no lightning from heaven will strike to alter your direction. Family members and previous brothers and sisters in the church may become our fiercest enemies, and we will need to end contact and relationships with those we had close contact with. Continue with you private contact vertically and pray for: Isa. 30:21 “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,†Whenever you turn to the right hand, Or whenever you turn to the left. May we all be left with a vision to be in that number.