Ezekiel 6-7, Song of Solomon 4, Matthew 25:1-30

What God said to me – Because I have delayed My coming people either believe “I AM” not really ever coming or they think there is plenty of time.  Neither is true.  Like sands in an hourglass, time will actually run out.  There will be a point when the door is shut and those on the outside will have no more chance of redemption.  Look at Noah’s day – he preached about the need for people to repent and turn to Me up until the day when he entered the ark, I shut the door, and the rain began to fall.  Look at the parable of the ten virgins – five were prepared and ready for My coming, even with My delay, but the other five thought there was plenty of time to get ready and they were not there when I shut the door, and it was too late.  Notice in each situation “I” shut the door.  Judgment is on My timetable.  Time is running out – there is a day soon coming when I will shut the door so act with urgency and share about the need to repent and to come to Me for salvation.  The door is about to shut!

Ezekiel 4-5, Song of Solomon 3, Matthew 24:23-51

What God said to me – My disciples asked Me for two signs – the sign of My coming again and the sign of the end of the ages.  The sign of My coming was easy – it will be blasted across the skies, and everyone will know that I have arrived.  The sign of the end of the ages is more subtle.  Look at the parable of the fig tree – when it leaf’s out you know summer is near.  So, look at Israel, My fig tree – it began to leaf out when it was miraculously re-established as a nation and through the years it has grown and matured.  I said that the generation that saw it would not pass away until these things took place – the end of the age and My return.  Time is running out – you need to feel the urgency and warn others of what is coming.  Look at the example of Noah – the people who knew Me, Noah and his family, knew that as the building of the ark progressed and neared completion that judgment was drawing closer.  But the rest of the people, even though they saw the ark going up, never understood it until Noah entered the ark and the rain started to fall.  The world is not going to get it until the church is raptured out and judgment begins to fall.  So just as Noah used the building of the ark to warn of the coming judgment, you use Israel, the fig tree, to warn that judgment is imminent.  “I AM” their only hope.  Be bold.

Ezekiel 2-3, Song of Solomon 2, Matthew 24:1-31

What God said to me – I called My prophet, Ezekiel, to speak to his own people – to warn them and to call them to repentance.  I called him knowing that most of them would not be willing to listen to him because they were not willing to listen to Me – and yet I still sent him.  “I AM” a merciful God and “I AM” not willing for any to perish so I have provided men with a creation that points to My glory, and I have provided My word and faithful servants to share and My Spirit to draw and to convict of sin and righteousness and judgment so that all men are without excuse.  I tell you what I also told Ezekiel – take into your heart all of My words and speak to those I send to you – speak whether they listen or not.  Yours is not to convince – yours is to obey.  Yours is not to save – yours is to share.  People for the most part are stubborn and obstinate in their sin but there are still a few who will respond so you share, and I will draw and save those who are Mine.