TAKE COURAGE AS DELIVERANCE DRAWS NEAR - Deliverance Near - For Whom?

Deliverance Near - For Whom?

The increasingly difficult conditions on earth are striking  evidence that a vast change-indeed, a grand deliverance-is near at hand!  For whom?  Deliverance is nearing for those who pay attention to the warning signals and who take appropriate action.  First John 2:17 shows what must be done:  "The world [Satan's system of things] is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God  remains forever." -See also 2 Peter 3:10-13.

Jesus foretold that the corrupt society of today is soon to be swept away in a time of trouble "such as not occurred since the world's beginning until now, no, nor will occur again."  (Matthew 24:21)  That is why he cautioned:  "Pay attention to yourselves that your hearts never become weighed down with overeating and heavy drinking and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day be instantly upon you as a snare.  For it will come in upon all those dwelling upon the face of all the earth.  Keep awake, (spiritually) then, all the time making supplication that you may succeed in escaping all these things that are destined to occur." -Luke 21:34-36.

Those who "pay attention" and "keep awake" will search out the will of God and do it.  (Proverbs 2:1-5; Romans 12:2)  These are the ones who will "succeed in escaping" the destruction soon to be brought on Satan's system.  And they can  have complete confidence that they will be delivered. -Psalm 34:15; Proverbs 10:28-30.

Next time: TAKE COURAGE AS DELIVERANCE DRAWS NEAR - The Principal Deliverer

The Watchtower, 1997