There is a day that will burn like an oven - a day
of God’s judgment; a day of fear and terror; a day when God’s
mercy will be withdrawn from the earth; a day when people will seek
God and will not find Him. That day is coming, and it is near.
The terrible happenings in our world today: the
terrorism, the hate-crimes, the assassinations, the religious conflicts
and such like, are all pointing to the truth that the end is near.
The Lord spoke to us in a prayer meeting recently
that the days of fear and terror have come upon our world. One would
wonder, if our world could be so perilous, how much more hell where
there is no presence of God, none of God’s love nor of His
mercy. Hell is filled with the wrath of God. It is a place of torment
and anguish; a place of darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth;
and a place of eternal doom for the ungodly and those who reject
or forsake God. The Scripture says: “And I saw the dead,
small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead
were judged according to their works, by the things that were written
in the books. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was
cast into the lake of fire.”-Rev 20: 12a, 15.
“But to you who fear My name the Sun of
Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings”-
Mal 4:2. What a contrast between the destiny of the godly and of
the ungodly. When a person makes his life the habitation of God,
he experiences the peace of God and all of God’s blessings.
That person is freed from the bondage of sin, the fear of death
and the torment of Hell. Then God becomes his righteousness, his
life, his joy, his strength and his hope.
“The end of everything on earth is near.
So be serious and soberminded, that you may give yourselves to
prayer” – Williams (1 Pet 4:7). May you be prepared
and ready to meet the Lord with joy when that day comes.
Written
by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi