When we look around, we see that the earth is changing. What Jesus has prophesied in the Bible is coming to pass. We see an increase in natural disasters, pestilences, drought, wars, and so on, which the Lord has foretold in a.o. Matthew 7:24 and Luke 21:10-11. The earth mourns and is exhausted and out of sorts. The earth mourns and waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. Because what is the cause that the earth mourns and that the earth is exhausted?
What is happening to the earth, according to the Bible?
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away (Hosea 4:1-3)
According to scientists, the cause is the global warming effect, but the Word says something else. According to the Word of God, the cause is lawlessness. Many people have left God and His Word, and walk in disobedience to Him; in sins and iniquities.
What happens in the natural (visible) realm is an effect (a fruit) of what happens in the spiritual realm.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate (Isaiah 24: 3-6)
Many people don’t walk in the truth anymore but in the lies of the world. They have no love for God, but love for themselves and for the lusts and desires of their flesh. They love sin and hate righteousness.
The true knowledge of God’s Word is often nowhere to be found. Who takes time to spend with the Lord in prayer? Who takes time and is willing to be taught, instructed, and corrected by the Word and His Holy Spirit?
Unfortunately, many people rather spend time doing other carnal things that satisfy their carnal lusts and desires instead of spending time with Jesus; the Word.
Many Christians serve an imaginary God
There are many Christians, who think they know God, but in reality, they serve an imaginary god, who they’ve created in their own carnal mind from their own thoughts, findings, emotions, feelings etc.. They have created their own god, who looks a lot like themselves. Yes, they have made a god after their own image. Therefore, many believers don’t serve the God of the Word, but in reality, they serve themselves; the god, whom they have created in their mind.
This god, whom they have created in their carnal mind after their own image, doesn’t correspond with the Righteous God of the Word; the Father of Jesus Christ. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But this god, who they serve is a copy of themselves. Whatever they will tolerate and approve, their god will also tolerate and approve.
That’s the reason why there is so much division among believers. They have all created another god and not one god corresponds to the other.
Well….. that’s not true, they have one thing in common, and that is that their god will be a permissive god, who compromises with the world and accept sin. Their god tolerates and approves almost everything. Even when these things go against the Bible; the Word of God, and His will. They serve a god without a will.
The devil leads many people into his trap
The devil, who is the master of destruction, laughs about it and leads many into his trap. The only thing that the devil and his demons need to do, is to keep the people ignorant and keep them far away from the Bible; the Word of God.
The devil knows the power of the Word and he knows that:
- a believer can only get to know God and His will through His Word; Jesus
- as long as believers stay ignorant of the truth, they will not take their position in Jesus Christ in the Heavenly Places and shall not be victorious
If you don’t know the Word, you can’t speak the Word
You can only be victorious and be an overcomer if you live by the Word and speak the Word and do the Word. But, if you don’t know the Word, you can’t speak the Word and can’t do the Word. Only by the Word, you will be able to destroy the works of the enemy of God; the devil, and have full victory over darkness.
Many Christians don’t really know the true Jesus Christ; the Word.
They know and use His Name as some kind of magic formula to get things done or to receive things from Him and treat Him as some kind of Santa Claus.
They sing about Jesus, but do they truly know the Lord Jesus Christ?
Besides that, they use (false) grace and (false) love to compromise with the world and tolerate and accept all kinds of behaviour, that goes against the Word of God.
Jesus didn’t come and He didn’t give His life so that people could remain living in sin (in spiritual bondage to the devil). But Jesus gave His life and His blood, so that people would be freed from their sin nature and reign over sin, and walk in (spiritual) freedom, as true sons of the living God.
The earth mourns and waits
for the manifestation of the sons of God
For the earnest expectation of the creature (the creation) waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Romans 8:19-21)
The earth mourns and waits on the true sons of God, who have been made holy and righteous by the blood of Jesus, and therefore also walk in holiness and righteousness, as the new creation.
When believers shall walk as the new creation, in holiness and righteousness, which means to walk in the will of Jesus; in His commandments (which are also the will and commandments of God), they shall bring the Kingdom of God on this earth.
Wherever they bring the gospel of the Kingdom of God, the darkness shall flee. In those places, we shall see that the land shall also change, and shall line up with the spiritual status of the people.
In places, where there have been revivals (awakenings to the truth of Jesus Christ), the nature of the land has also changed. The result of the spiritual revival became visible in the natural realm.
As soon as an awakening to righteousness takes place, then sickness and pestilence will disappear. The droughts will disappear and the soil will become prosperous and will bear many fruits.
The result of a spiritual awakening
When people are redeemed by the blood of Jesus of their sin nature, and exchange their sin nature for His godly nature, which means that they have been made holy and righteous, then they will separate themselves from sin and iniquity and walk as the new creation in holiness and righteousness. If they walk as the new creation in holiness and righteousness, the land (the creation) will change as well and become peaceful and fruitful.
The land represents the spiritual status of its people
Since the earth is one big chaos, the creation; the earth mourns and waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. The sons of God, who take their authority in Jesus Christ and reign over darkness instead of compromising with the darkness (the world) and be a partaker of the works of darkness, so that the darkness reigns over them and over the earth, which will eventually result in total destruction.
The time has come, for the church to repent of its compromising and permissiveness of sins and iniquities. It’s time for the church to awake to righteousness, acknowledge Jesus; the Word of God and keep His words and His commandments. Yes, the time has come to put away all sins and iniquities from the church, so that the church shall become a lighthouse on this earth again. So that, the people who walk in darkness and seek for help and look for answers, will be drawn to the Light and be saved.
Let us be distributors of life and walk as sons of God, who walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh.
‘Be the salt of the earth’
