Sinners are getting more proficient at sinning, and the righteous are becoming more righteous. Good and evil are maturing; darkness is increasing along with the light.
The fragile empires of men are beginning to be shaken as the economy stumbles along from one crisis to another.
In preparing for the coming harvests, it is vital that we also prepare for both.
There is a culture that prevails in many churches today that is similar in behavior to the ostrich, which hides its head in the sand when danger approaches, pretending that the threat does not exist. This culture is one of the most dangerous and harmful attitudes of our times. Many people want preachers to tell them only positive things, and many preachers today criticize those who speak of the approaching times of difficulty, branding them as negative. How foolish can we be? Many times, Jesus would speak about impending disasters, judgment and frightening things that are coming in our day.
MATTHEW 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places …
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
The forces of light and the forces of darkness are headed for the fiercest clash that the world has ever seen. Darkness is encroaching across our planet, and most Christians don’t want to think about it, let alone admit it.
The two harvests are maturing: the harvest of good and the harvest of evil, and we cannot ignore these facts. At evening time it shall be light
ZECHARIAH 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
As we approach the end of this age, darkness shall increase, but light shall also increase.
The greatest revival will occur at a time when the greatest darkness covers the earth.
We must prepare for the two harvests of good and evil. Although we do not focus on the darkness, we must not hide our heads in the sand, pretending that it won’t happen. God said everything that can be shaken will be shaken.
The kingdoms of men will fall, but the Kingdom of God will stand forever (Hebrews 12:26-28).
Recently, we have again seen how fragile the economic systems of the world are. The stock market acts as a thermometer, monitoring the temperature of the economy.
The economy is again on the brink of major catastrophe. We need to remember that the great stock market crash of 1929 appeared to slowly recover until the underlying effects of the crash surfaced three years later in the form of the Great Depression.
We have heard it all before. That’s what the people said in the days of Noah!
MATTHEW 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. There are two floods coming across the face of the earth: a flood of evil and darkness and a flood of light and righteousness.
Two harvests will be reaped simultaneously.
Dark days lie ahead, and light days lie ahead.
Millions will be swept into the Kingdom of Heaven during a time of great tribulation.
We must prepare in the natural and in the spiritual for these two harvests.
We must be in a place where we can clearly hear God speaking to us. There must be no confusion in hearing the voice of the Lord when He speaks to us.
We need to get out of debt and streamline our lives in such a way that we will be able to move and follow the Lord no matter what it takes.
We must stay very flexible and ready to follow the Lord. In the natural, we need to become as self-sufficient as we can, possessed by an unshakeable faith in God’s ability to take us through whatever darkness sweeps across the earth.