I told you to always be ready to give
an answer to anyone who asks you
about the hope I have given you.
I did not tell you to use My word
for attacking the beliefs of others
or for 'taking the land' in My name.
Do not seek combat with
your brothers and sisters,
but clothe yourselves with love.
Your war is not against the beliefs of others,
but against the spiritual darkness
in your own hearts— pride, greed,
and the desire for power and control.
As you conquer these
and give to the world
the love I gave to you,
all people will know
that you are My disciples.
Do not use My word apart from My spirit—
apart from My love.
Do not be foolish virgins."
"These are the days
of increasing wickedness.
These are the days
of the love of most growing cold.
These are the days
of rebellion against the law of Christ.
These are the days
of the great apostasy in God's temple.
These are the days
of many following the antichrist spirit.
These are the days
of many not holding to Christ's commands.
These are the days
of only a remnant holding to the faith.
These are the days
of the two witnesses prophesying in sackcloth.
These are the days
of them wearing the garment of repentance.
These are the days
of their testimony to the nations.
These are the days
of the synagogue (churches) putting them out.
These are the days
that My Son told you would come.
These are the days
of the earth's birth pains.
These are the days
of the great tribulation.
These are the days
I will carry My faithful witnesses through.
These are the days
when they will overcome
by the blood of the Lamb,
the word of their testimony,
and by not loving their lives to the death.
These are the days
when many will be martyred
like sheep led to the slaughter
but will never be separated
from Me and from My love.
These are the days
to hold onto faith in My Son
and the His commands.
These are the days
to let nothing move you
to forsake His law.
These are the days
to stay founded on the Rock!"
You venerate the martyrs
and commend their faith,
for they died because
they bore My name
and they bore My cross.
You claim them
and claim the same faith
in Me and My cross—
but are you willing
to follow them
to the same cross?
Are you willing
to follow Me
to the cross as they did?
My people,
You cannot carry the cross
and the sword at the same time.
You cannot claim the same
faith of the martyrs
who died for the cross
if you kill for the cross.
You must choose whether
you will be members
of the apostolic church
—the church of martyrs—
or the church of Constantine
warring for the cross.
Which master will you serve?
Which master will you die for—
the One who died on the cross
or the one who painted
a cross on his war devices?
"Pay attention, My people!
Pay attention to the commands
My Son gave you which
you have ignored!
My Son spoke no idle words
and gave you no commands
which would work against My purposes.
Many have declared My Son's commands
to be unrealistic, impractical,
merely idealistic, and even foolish.
They have refused to take up the cross
and have created a 'Christ'
in their own image.
You have been called to follow My Son—
not to pick and choose whichever
of His teachings you think
are realistic or not.
If you do not follow His commands
then He is not your Lord.
If you follow ways that are
against His commands
then you are following
the spirit of the antichrist.
My Son is coming
to raise up every valley
and bring low every high place.
Will you humble yourselves
or will My Son's appearance
catch you by surprise?"
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