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Are we fully aware of what angers God?
*- Demons using us to undo what God has done.
*- Why do we think Jesus came to Earth and performed miracles?
[But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].
1 John 3:8 AMPC
*- Jesus’ reason for performing miracles is the same for us performing them — to undo devils’ works.

6 For a [heathen and hostile] nation [of locusts, illustrative of a human foe] has invaded My land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste My vine [symbol of God’s people] and barked and broken My fig tree; it has made them completely bare and thrown them down; their branches are made white.
Joel 1:6-7 AMPC
*- The vine in this verse represents God’s people, and the fig tree represents Israel.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Hosea 9:10 KJV

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew 24:30-33 KJV
*- Jesus referred to the fig tree in reference to His return because the fig tree represents Israel.

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3 For, note well, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will release from captivity My people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.
Jeremiah 30:1-3 AMPC

*- God promised Israel that they would be their own state, but HAMAS continues fighting to overtake Israel to join the two states as one, with HAMAS controlling Israel. That’s not what God promised

*- What does the acronym H.A.M.A.S. mean? Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”
*- H.A.M.A.S. was founded in 1987. The ancient Hebrew word, ḥă·mas, means: cruelty, damage, false, injustice, oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done)
*- When we see evil happening to Israel, that’s when Jesus said He’ll be at the door of His return.

Lifework Assignment:
Stay tuned to News Channels about Israel to become more aware of how close we are to Jesus’ return, and pray for Israel.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love you [the Holy City]!
7 May peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces!
Psalm 122:6-7 AMPC

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Here are the messages notes for this sermon:

*- Why are so many evil actions done on Earth, and why won’t God exterminate wicked ways?
God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26 AMPC
*- God gave us free will to choose whatever we want to do because He wants us to freely and wholeheartedly choose to love and obey Him.

*- What does God plan to do about all of the evil and sin in the world because it’s getting worse?!
*- Why are virtually all the events Jesus said would occur before He returns of a negative nature?

When Are We Leaving?

*- The negative nature is prophetic, noting how unrestrained sin will look and how nature will respond to God’s dissatisfaction. God, our loving Father, plans to rescue us from Earth’s increasing evil as sin becomes more normalized and legalized. Also, the approaching gloomy events are prophetic judgments on sin. Hopefully, people will now return to God. Jesus’ teachings about the end times serve as warnings and preparation to strengthen our faith, encourage us to persevere, and prepare to be ready for His return.

*- Since God won’t stop evil on the earth, how does He plan to rescue us?
51 Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed)
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed).
53 For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us, this nature that is capable of dying] must put on immortality (freedom from death).
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 AMPC

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord!
18 Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 AMPC

*- When will God reach His limit of tolerating sin on Earth and instruct Jesus to return for us?
And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world
1 John 2:2 AMPC
*- propitiation: the means of appeasing (calming God’s anger) which restored (and still restores) man’s relationship back to God.

Lifework Assignment:
Make a list of ten people who you’ll commit to share this message with.
Go to youtube.com/TheFeastoftheLord to copy today’s link after 5:00 PM today.
Be brief and persuasive, explaining why they should engage with this message.
Also, share this message in conversation with people in your life because we want people to go to Heaven.