The beginning of the Day of the LORD is a sad, evil time. Amos therefore scolded his people saying,
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. (Amos 5:18)
He knew they were not ready to bear the darkness and evil of that day. His people, the chosen people of God, engaged in all manner of wickedness and sin. He thus warned them,
You who turn justice to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.
They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. Since therefore you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. (Amos 5:7-15)
Today, God’s people act no differently and, in fact, follow, and sometimes even lead, the world into greater and greater debauchery. But, for those who will humble themselves and repent of their sins, God yet gives hope. Amos here tells us that our hope rests in hating the evil and loving the good, and in establishing justice at the gate, that is, doing justice in the places where judgment, lawmaking, and acting upon laws occurs, in our courts, legislatures, and executive offices, in our armies and corporate business. This explains why it remains still prudent to support godly men for elective office and appointment.
But, the time comes during the Day of the LORD when “night comes and no man can work,” when darkness covers the earth as the waters cover the sea. What then? Do we despair? No, we continue to hope and to expect our God to intervene for and protect those who trust in him. We remember Psalm 91 and say of the LORD,
“He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.” (Psalms 91:2-3)
So, when we see chemtrails sprayed into the skies and falling onto our heads and into our lungs, let us remember that our God will deliver us from the deadly pestilence. When we hear of FEMA camps getting ready to incarcerate the general population, let us remember that God delivers us from the snare of the fowler. When we hear that radioactive waste from Fukishima or WW III threatens the entire world with cancer and death let us remember,
You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day; Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. (Psalms 91:5-7)
God prepared his overcomers, the faithful remnant of his seed, for this very time. Let us not give in to fear, especially as we see the wicked prevail in all things at this very hour. The reality is that they can only do what God allows. Their time is short. This is the beginning of the Day of the LORD, the day when God will destroy those who destroy the earth, the day when Jesus establishes his Kingdom on earth, the day when God glorifies his overcomers and raises them up to rule the earth with a rod of iron. Therefore encourage one another with these words. Amen.
