Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
When Jesus speaks of the future, He says, "Let not your heart be troubled" (John 14:1). Yes, there will be "a time of trouble," but four glorious happenings will also coalesce:
(1) "This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations" before "the end will [can] come" (Matt. 24:14; and that "gospel," says Jesus, will have to include the story of Mary Magdalene and her washing Jesus' feet with tears, Mark 14:9).
(2) The great "angel" of Revelation 18:1-4 will proclaim the message that will "lighten the earth with His glory" (vss. 1-4). The message will at last be demonstrated as "the power of God to salvation" (Rom. 1:16). Servants of God, endowed with power from on high with their faces lighted up, and shining with holy consecration, will go forth to proclaim the message from heaven. A compelling power will move the honest in heart. God will be in the work, and every saint will be fearless of consequences and follow the convictions of his own conscience and unite with those who keep all the commandments of God. Fear of relatives or of economic distress will be powerless. A large number will take their stand in preparation for the coming of Christ.
(3) The re-sent "Elijah the prophet" will arrive "before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn ... hearts" (Mal. 4:5, 6). The work of the Lord will be finely tuned, precisely balanced, powerful, so that what God's people have wanted to see for two millennia will come: Mary Magdalene's demonstration of what "faith" is (Luke 7:50) will "turn [hard] hearts" (they're everywhere now!).
(4) At long last, the words of Jesus will meet their fulfillment: "Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself" (John 12:31, 32). There will be many "Pauls" coming to "Corinth" like him proclaiming nothing but "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:1-5).
Lord, hasten the day!
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 11, 2006.
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