May God help us through this great storm

THE EDITOR: The Holy Scriptures repeatedly warns us of the awesome dangers that are associated with the time of the end of the age. As a matter of fact more is said about this than any other subject in the Bible. Over and over this message has been repeated by the Holy Prophets and Apostles. The end of the world refers to the end of the ungodly attitudes and behaviours that have become so prevalent that the only way forward is through the destruction of these attitudes and behaviours and those who engage in the same.

Our world today is largely characterised by ungodly and selfish living. Lying, violence, adultery and other forms of sexual immorality, stealing, murder etc seem to be the order of the day. The Grammy Award winner Nora Jones said it well when receiving her award “In a world that is truly weird!” In the Bible we are warned that in the latter days we would become divided and be broken into pieces. We would turn against each other, love would cease and be replaced by enmity, greed and selfishness. We are crucifying Christ with our ungodly lifestyles. Isn’t this what our society has been reduced to, everyone seeking after his own regardless of what means we use to get what we want.

Let us heed the warning of the Scriptures to come out of our Babylonish thinking for Babylon or the world has become the habitation of devils and the holder of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird (Revelation c:17). The world today is a death trap for anyone who insists on living unrighteously. Let us call upon Our Lord who is filled with mercy and goodness that our eyes would be opened to the great deceptions of our time and that we would be restored to his righteous standards of living. To this end we may be saved from the horrible and premature deaths that we are now observing daily. “What shall we do then?” was the question that was posed to John the Baptist, himself a victim of the tribulation of his time. Do violence to no man, be content with your wages, exact no more than that which is appointed to you and accuse no man falsely. (Luke c3) May Almighty God grant us the wisdom to understand the issues of the day so that we may live and be a blessing through this great storm of evil that has come upon us.

ISAAC ALI
Palmiste