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It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Psalms 110:1 NKJV The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ——————— Part of this prophecy has already been fulfilled. Christ is now sitting at the right hand of God; but He has not yet come to put His enemies under His feet. They who once rejected Him, O with what dismay shall they behold the Son of God when He appears in His glory! “See, He is coming in the clouds and every eye shall see Him, even those who pierced Him, and his coming will mean bitter sorrow to every tribe upon the earth. So let it be!” ( Revelation 1:7 ) Bitter sorrow to everyone who rejected Him! It was not only the Jews who said, “We do not want this man to reign over us;” it was not only the Romans who pierced Him with a spear; there are many in Christian lands who have crucified Him all over again and have trampled Him underfoot. ( Hebrews 6:6 ; 10:29 ) All who do not love Him are His enemies, and shall be put under His feet. It is a dreadful thing to fall into th...

The agony of those who shall be thrown out of the kingdom of God

There will be wailing and grinding of teeth there, when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out. ( Luke 13:28 NEB'70 ) ——————— It must be very agonizing for those Jews who will be shut out of the kingdom of God. They will see their own ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their own prophets, sit at table in the kingdom of God. It must be very hard to them not to be joining their own kindred. And will it not be hard to many other ungodly people, when they see a father, or mother, a brother, or sister, take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God, and they themselves thrown out! On earth they were always welcome at their father's table, but even a godly father can do nothing to gain admittance for an unconverted child into the presence of God. The anguish of those unbelieving Jews shall be intensified when they see Gentiles, whom they regarded with contempt, flocking from all over the world, in...