Go Your Way

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

I think I figured out the day that Jesus will return. I was reading in Daniel 12 today and it will be exactly 45 days after the abomination of desolation is set up. And that set up is going to occur 1290 days after the daily sacrifice is taken away.

 

I read about it in Da 12:11 "And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 "Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

Do the math! Exactly 45 days! Your welcome!

Oh the speculations that have come down to us and continue to come forth from people seeking to interpret these verses and assign dates to the second coming!

Can’t blame them, even Daniel was curious. But what did the angel tell Daniel to do about it? He said in Da 12:13 "But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days."

 

Is there any better advice for all of us. The table has been set for years for the Lord’s return. Every generation since the ascension of Jesus has had cause to say, “This is it!!”

 

People running around like chickens with their heads cut off, knowledge exploding exponentially! This is it right? Da 12:4b " until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."

Whether it is or not. Pilgrim. Be loke Daniel, Go your way. Keep living , keep loving, keep believing, keep serving, because no matter when the end comes, you will be like Daniel, arising to your inheritance, when the Lord returns!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word

Call On Jesus

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I was reading the 96th Psalm this morning and it has some pretty important stuff in it.

Verse 13 says, “For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth.”

His truth is the measuring stick by which we all shall be judged! As Jesus said in Joh 12:48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

Since none of us know when Jesus will return or call us home should He tarry, we always need to be ready. Eternity is an awful long time to spend anywhere, and it’s much better to spend it in heaven rather than hell!

The Psalmist also extols those who know this truth to “proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day” (Verse 2)

What does that sound like?

It sounds like this:

Ro 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Ro 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ro 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ro 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Ro 10:13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."

In a nutshell, none of us deserve heaven on our own, the wages of our sin is death (eternal damnation) but Jesus paid the price for our sins and His payment has been accepted by God and as many who call on His name in this life will be saved! It’s a gift from God, as sinners we don’t deserve it! It doesn’t matter how bad your sins have been, Jesus died for us even while we were sinners! So confess with your mouth…..agree that Jesus is Lord and died for your sins and God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved.

I'm Duane Matz and that's Today's Living Word

Bigger Fish To Fry

 

Good day, I’m Duane Matz and welcome to Today’s Living Word.

 

Have you been praying and waiting on God for an answer? We’ve all been there! We’ve all heard the cliché God answers prayer in three ways, Yes, No, and not yet. Let’s talk about an aspect of “not yet”  that we often overlook. The reality of spiritual warfare!   Let’s talk about it from the book of Daniel:

 

Daniel had been fasting and even abstaining from bathing for three weeks and wasn’t getting an answer from God, finally an answer showed up in the form of an angel. We read about it in Da 10:12,13, “Then he said to me, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. 13 "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.

 

God heard Daniel’s prayer; he has heard your prayers as well. But sometimes God has bigger fish to fry. Know that! Persist in your prayer, and while you wait, throw one or two prayers in for the very real battlefield of civil government.

 

We are reminded of this duty in 1Ti 2:1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

 

Peace, godliness, and reverence for nations. Pray for it! That’s one big fish that our world needs!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word!

Babylon Is Fallen, Is Fallen!

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

Isa 21:6 For thus has the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees." 7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels, And he listened earnestly with great care. 8 Then he cried, "A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night. 9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!" Then he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground." 10 Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.

Babylon, that mighty city, is fallen, is fallen! (Twice for emphasis) A very real part of history. This city and all of its glory would come to an end. Their gods all smashed to the ground.  The Lord wants us to note this well because HE brings it up again in the Book of Revelation!

 

Re 14:8 says, “And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."

In the Book of Revelation  we have a message for the church for all time! It is a reminder of the victory, the final defeat of all that is anti-christian.

 

Babylon in the Book of Revelation represents all the enemies of the church for all time.

 

In the Old Testament, Babylon had carried the unchaste or unfaithful Israel off to captivity. When Babylon fell, it signaled the release of all the captives and their return to the promised land.  This is what is being proclaimed in a prophetic manner in the Book of Revelation.

 

On Judgment Day, Babylon will fall, will fall! Brought low, defeated., she will deceive no more. She will no longer array herself against the Lamb and His church. She is fallen fallen! She will no longer lead the unsuspecting to her poisoned trough of unfaithfulness that brings about judgement to all who drink from it.

When you look around our world today and find yourself feeling overwhelmed by the victories of the enemy, remember they are short-lived. In the end the antichristian forces of the world will be cast down and trampled by the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word