March 30, 2025
Greetings and blessings to all of you. In Ezekiel 33:7-9 the Word of God says, “As for you son of man I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth give them a warning from Me. If I say to the wicked, ‘wicked one you will surely die’, but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood. But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he does not turn from it, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your life.” Some of us do understand the concept of “we are living in the last days” so we go about our day to day. Though the signs are all there we choose NOT to look around as events explode one after another. In Ezekiel we are asked to be watchmen.; we are to be a sounding alarm. We are privileged to be “living in such a time as this.” The first time this was said is in the book of Esther. All the Jews were to be cancelled by King Ahasuerus. But God appointed Esther to stop the annihilation of the Jews… thus the Jewish holiday Purim. In some of our churches people do not want to be taught about the End Times or Eschatology. Why is that? Jesus wants us to learn about the “signs of the times.” In the book of Matthew 16:2-3 He rebuked the Pharisee and the Sadducees when they ask Him to show them a sign from heaven. “When evening comes you say it will be good weather because the sky is red. And in the morning, today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening. You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you cannot read the signs of the times.” People are finding offense in so many things that the leaders become a little intimidated or threatened of losing people that he begins to preach/teach in ways he thinks will be least likely to offend. Some leaders just want the people to go home feeling “good” not spiritually educated. In Tim. 4:3-4 the Word says, “for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.” Seeing what happened as it was told BC times- stands as evidence that the Bible can be trusted. We are God’s appointed watchmen of today!
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor ALC