"This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’" --Acts 2:16-21
Since the prophecy of Joel 2:28-32 was interpreted by Peter on the Day of Pentecost to mean they were now in the “last days,” how much more is the Lord’s Second Coming at hand 2,000 years later! Indeed, the day is far spent, and night is near. This calls for world evangelization; the gospel must be preached to every creature. Go forth into all the world and speak up with the message of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, saints; there's little time and many lives at stake!
Furthermore, in April, we have a reminder of these things when the total solar eclipse occurs. There is much significance to this eclipse on several levels. It is not just a fun spectacle; it is a serious sign in the heavens from the Creator of the heavens and earth. He has aligned it all perfectly since creation. The times always align with the heavens. They did for Nineveh in the time of the prophet Jonah and they did for the birth of Jesus and you can find that they did all throughout history. The immediate sign of this eclipse is a warning of judgement on America if we do not repent and change our ways. But the wider sign to all the world is as a reminder of the imminience of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
To the saints, it's time to live with purpose and share the message of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus' last words were a command to do so. Encourage one another to live accordingly. Let Jesus find us living in obedience, full of the Holy Spirit, and proclaiming the Good News of repentance and faith in Him when He returns.
To all people, saint and otherwise, let's repent and change our complacency, sin, and sinful lifestyles and put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!
