{"id":1251,"date":"2022-07-19T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:12:49","slug":"excerpts-from-the-kingdom-election-epilogue-the-birth-pangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"Excerpts from The Kingdom Election: Epilogue &#8211; The Birth Pangs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<strong>Author&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> Friends, this will be the last excerpt. The book is about ready and the next notice I send will be the link to both print and e-book versions on Amazon. I hope these excerpts have whet your appetite to want to read more and find out how you, too, can forsake the matrix of man and religion the enemy wants to keep you blind to and elect to become a citizen of the kingdom of heaven on earth Jesus brought to us. In the Epilogue, I delve into my take on what is going on prophetically right now, and why it will be absolutely critical we forsake this world and embrace completely His kingdom. Sides are being chosen and a great battle has ensued. Don&#8217;t be caught on the wrong one!] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Matthew 24, Jesus gives us a timeline as to how the end of human history will unfold and how understanding the kingdom will be vital to reading the signs of these times. He says, \u201cFor nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. \u2026 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs [Days of Sorrows]. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. \u2026 Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many and because lawlessness is increased, most people\u2019s love will grow cold. \u2026 This <em>gospel of the kingdom<\/em> shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus begins by describing the beginning of the birth pangs as a time characterized by nations rising against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms. The Greek for <em>nations<\/em> here means literally a people or a nation, while <em>kingdoms<\/em> is the same one used throughout the New Testament to define God\u2019s kingdom come to earth. It means a <em>spiritual<\/em> realm, rule, or reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Jesus says nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom, He is not merely restating the same point using different words, as I supposed for many years. No, the kingdom of heaven on earth is one realm, and the kingdom of man and religion ruled by the principalities of darkness is the other. Jesus is speaking of the time I believe we now live in, where the final clash between not only nations of earth but also the two diametrically opposed spiritual realms has begun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Author&#8217;s Note: Friends, this will be the last excerpt. The book is about ready and the next notice I send will be the link to both print and e-book versions on Amazon. 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