Derrick, it sounds like your mom pass away from covid? Prayers that the Lord will bring rest to your heart and replace your pain with His Grace! So again I consider who is this “generation” of people I always thought Jesus was trying to teach His disciples to watch and pray … not only for fellowship with God but to be alert “on watch/on guard” “for dangers” and “the signs of the times” … because a group of believers praying together is very power. And Jesus knew the Roman soldiers were on their way. I think also the demons have the power to make us tired to cause us to fall asleep. They can keep the Gospel away from the unsaved (Luke 8:11-12) Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. And they can surely keep believers from reading God’s Word or praying by making us very sleepy to fall asleep in the midst of our time with the Lord. I find this happens to me A LOT and they also will go to even unscrew my lamp light bulb or have the phone ring. I know a person who would unplug his phone … and still it would ring while praying or reading his Bible. So I’m sure that night in the Garden of Gethsemane the demons probably caused the disciples to be sound asleep. Peter showed his flesh side by slicing off the high priest's servant, Malchus’ ear to try to prevent Jesus from going to the cross. And Jesus calmly restore it back. And said toPeter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? You would think the Roman soldiers would have thought twice to arrest Him after seeing that GREAT miracle?? And how about when they asked for Jesus … and Jesus replied “I AM” He … they drew back and fell to the ground like a bunch of dominoes …. :mdrmdr: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: I'm still waiting for someone here at RITAN to figure out the Rapture and let us all know! TR Go here TR and listen to this video. It is very compelling! She did, brother, it will be one year this Sunday. Thank you for your prayers. Probably the hardest thing was forgiving the doctor who stonewalled me and refused to let my mom try ivermectin. I pleaded and said, if she were a cancer patient dying, she would have the right to try an experimental medication, but was rebuked with “your mother is brain dead and going to die anyway, I’m not going to prescribe that (ivermectin)”. Some bedside manner. I also wrestled with forgiving myself - a week before my mom was ever sick enough to have to go to the hospital, she thought maybe as a precaution against covid she asked me if I would give her some ivermectin (I usually have some on hand for the horses, cows or goats). But I felt uneasy because I did not know the correct dosage so I told her I didn’t think it was a good idea. But then seeing what they put her through in the hospital, for a long time I beat myself up thinking I wish I would have tried it. But I don’t let that rent any space in my head anymore and I have forgiven the doctors, even the rude one, and pray for their salvation. I used to wrestle with the purpose behind my mom’s seemingly untimely departure, but I find peace in that it opened doors for me fr the Gospel to a few who probably wouldn’t have other wise listened, and as I mentioned in my comment above, about “Your kingdom come, Your will be done” It has really given me a reason to be fervent in my prayer life, so I am grateful for that.
I briefly read something interesting recently and need to vet it out more but the basis of the article was that "this generation" was referring to those who entered the Trib. Again, I need to reinvestigate that claim because I read it in passing but thought it was an interesting concept. Of course I'll need to find chapter and verse and examine the context and who Jesus was talking to but now it makes me wonder if there is any credence to this point of view. It could just be taken out of context.
So I think the Lord wants us to watch and pray and to stay alert to all the signs of the times so we are not caught off guard for the rapture event and be ashamed of His coming.
