Isa. 66:14

14 And when ye see [ra'ah] this, your heart [leb] shall rejoice [suws], and your bones [`etsem] shall flourish [parach] like an herb [deshe']: and the hand [yad] of the LORD [Yahovah] shall be known [yada`] toward his servants [`ebed], and his indignation [za`am] toward his enemies ['oyeb]. KJV-Interlinear

14 Then you shall see this, and your heart shall be glad, And your bones shall flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD shall be made known to His servants, But He shall be indignant toward His enemies. NASB

When one day in your life, the truth of the Bible becomes apparent, and clear to you, then you will see the realities of life and foolishness of your former self. This seeing will be true for those who are positive toward God and His written word, as well as for those who are more or less indifferent or even antagonistic toward God and the scriptures.

Too often people discount the Bible as just another book that has somehow managed to stick around for a long time.

For those folks who will read and believe all of these words, for the folks who will be trying desperately to survive in the final days of the Tribulation, those folks to whom these words are addressed, when they will all come true right before their very eyes when the Millennium gets underway, there will be an overwhelming emotional release of happiness and relief.

And despite all of the hardships that they will have endured for seven long years, which most probably will have seemed like an eternity, then they will rejoice. Their whole inner being, their bones, their body, their entire self will be rejuvenated.

Like people who have been confined in concentration camps, like people who have been rescued from some type of long and strenuous ordeal, like people who have been under tremendous stress and suddenly they have been rescued, the pressures and fears and stresses lifted and removed, so these folks will feel an onrushing of relief, and an overflowing of emotions.

Their tears and happiness, and emotions will literally become overpowering for them. They won t be able to hold anything back.

With Jesus Christ standing right before them. With Christ in the flesh, having returned from such a long absence. With everyone having never seen nor heard Christ, except through His written Word, and then suddenly He is there right at the point in time when He said He would be.

Their emotional rush will be unlike anything that has ever been felt in history, nor will be felt by anyone ever again.

This will be a once in history event. Like the creation of Adam, like the closing of the door of the Ark, like those three hours on the Cross, like the Rapture, and like the Second Advent, the emotional highs that, that remnant will experience will be unique, and unique to them.

We can all have similar emotional highs in our life. All of us have our ups and downs. We all have our emotional stresses because of one problem or another. And over time, if we look to God through our daily study, then we will always discover, by looking back on our life, that God as been very good to us.

Sometimes the changes in our life are not immediately apparent. Sometimes it takes years to see and understand. Sometimes we have to see our good fortune, in the lives of others.

And sometimes we have to be very careful that we do not become greedy with respect to what we have and try to keep something good from others.

God placed everyone on this earth. Some people have good circumstances and some do not. Satan rules the world and in his world, the jungle is the law. But in the midst of that jungle, God places an oasis, or two, or three as a safe haven of protection, as a ray of hope, and as a place of opportunity.

Today in our history, the United States is one of those oases. The United States is one of those places of hope and opportunity through which people from all over the world come, to escape the bonds that they have tied to their life, and to find something better. The United States if the destination of choice for the bulk of the world. And here, as in other places in the world, which provide opportunity, there is Bible doctrine, the ultimate oasis of hope and opportunity.

There will be those who will fight the influx of humanity. They take our jobs. They will cost us too much. They don t even speak our language. All arguments of the selfish, the greedy, and the wicked.

Who is ultimately the provider of jobs and money, and intelligence? God is.

None of us have anything that God did not provide us with.

In human history, millions have been killed in the name of expediency. Stalin killed his millions. Mao killed his millions. Hitler killed his millions.

In our future, we will face a population growth that will one day overwhelm our planet. When will that day be? No one knows.

It could be in a hundred years, or in two hundred years, or perhaps even in three hundred years. Where will everyone live? Where will the cattle graze? Who will have jobs and who will not?

In our current day, as the planet grows warmer either by mans actions, or by climate cycle, or by divine design. In our day, as the population grows and continues to double every thirty to thirty-five years. In our current day, as the worlds oil reserves continue to dwindle and could very well run out in thirty years. In our current day, unless technology or new discoveries come up with something very soon. In our current day, in a time when religions fanaticism is on a rampant rise, and liberal thinking seems to be consuming people s minds. In our day, if something good doesn t come along to offset these things, then our generation will see some very bad times in the next two or three decades.

Never before in history, has a generation, come face to face with such dramatic changes and challenges as ours is today.

The world is heading on a collision course for trouble. When that accident will occur, only God knows. But, this is not a time to get righteous, and protective, and greedy, when so many folks need the light of opportunity that Bible doctrine provides.

In the Millennium, the populations and the needs will far exceed anything the world will face prior to the Millennium, and Christ will handle all circumstances with ease.

Sure, in history, circumstances drive people to take chances and seek something better in their life. God always provides Bible doctrine at the end of that tunnel.

If Noah had not built that ark, then none of us would be here today. If Christ had not gone to the Cross, then none of us would be here today. If the temperatures of the northern world had not dropped in the thirteen-hundreds, then we would be praying to Norwegian gods instead of pursuing our Christian heritage.

Lots of events in history can and have, had an impact on our lives, but who we really are, is not determined by world events or circumstances, but is ultimately determined by our daily decision to pursue God or not.

Don t get so caught up in the worlds issues, that you lose track of the real truth of life, and lose your own destiny.

Why?

Because the final words of this verse make that very clear. God will be indignant toward His enemies. Being against God is not where you want to be when your life is finally concluded.

Consider your blessings. Don t deny others, theirs.

Now is the time to post a prayer.