He disciplines and chastise those whom He Loves

When the Lord judges (disciplines/chastise) His people as a nation, what methods do He employ to discipline? He will bring the sword (war), feminine, and pestilence (disease/illness).

When Jesus was in the flesh, the Israelite were seeking a Messiah that would overthrow the Romans and establish His Kingdom and restore them to their glory. However, Jesus came riding on a donkey to die for them and us. Most of His people had their prophecy wrong. In Acts 1 even after the resurrection, they continued to ask Him when He would establish His Kingdom.

Acts 1:6-8 So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel? 7He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know [b]what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed [c]years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power.8But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

Jesus basically said do not worry about the exact time but receive the power of the Holy Spirit and do His Work.

God's people were in bondage to the Roman empire. They had sought the Lord to overthrow Romans and establish His Kingdom. However, His people were blind to the fact of why the Romans were there in the first place. The Romans were there as God's instrument of judgment for their sins. His people were selfish and did not realize they had to repent for their sins but they sought a quick freedom and comfort instead.

Today, many Christians are in a parallel situation. Many Christians are in personal tribulations from sin and they are seeking the Lord to return for a quick release from their pain or issue. The sad part is as of before, many do not even realize the problems they are in is due to their sins of idolatry and harlotry. Unless the eyes of their hearts are open, they will not qualify for rapture until they repent and overcome their personal situations.

I know the many Christians love God but the problem is that they also are lovers of many other things. They are as the world lovers of pleasure too. We cannot serve two masters using grace as an excuse. He has told me if you love anything of the world with or over HIM, you will not be rapture. He will share His temple with NO ONE. Do not defile His temple.

Lev 26:13-18 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should no more be slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect [as free men].14But if you will not hearken to Me and will not do all these commandments, 15And if you spurn and despise My statutes, and if your soul despises and rejects My ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant,16I will do this: I will appoint over you [sudden] terror (trembling, trouble), even consumption and fever that consume and waste the eyes and make the [physical] life pine away. You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.17I [the Lord] will set My face against you and [a]you shall be defeated and slain before your enemies; they who hate you shall rule over you; you shall flee when no one pursues you.18And if in spite of all this you still will not listen and be obedient to Me, then I will chastise and discipline you seven times more for your sins.

In verse 18 coming out of Egypt represents coming out from the world onto salvation. But if one continues to break His commandments and plays the harlot with the world looking back like Lot's wife, then know what God is capable of when He chastise and discipline one of His children or people.

Judgment is coming. The Lord is telling me to warn His body, prepare for dark and difficult days for the test is coming onto all His people to prove your faith and to prepare the Bride purged through the FIRE!

Be wise and prepare yourselves as the new wine sack. Prophecy did not turn out as the OT saints had prepared or expected it. The majority view always seem to turn out wrong. Will history repeat?

Fire of God
Steve Yong Kim

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