Dit is nie 'n toets nie

 

ON die rand van 'n globale pandemie? 'N Massiewe sprinkaanplaag en voedselkrisis in die Horing van Afrika en Pakistan? 'N Wêreldekonomie op die afgrond van ineenstorting? Insekgetalle daal die 'ineenstorting van die natuur' bedreig? Nasies op die rand van 'n ander verskriklike oorlog? Sosialistiese partye styg in eens demokratiese lande? Totalitêre wette gaan voort vryheid van spraak en godsdiens verpletter? Die Kerk, ontevrede van skandaal en indringende ketterye, op die punt van skeuring?

To be honest, these headlines aren’t what disturbs me. It’s that our generation cannot interpret the “signs of the times.” It’s like those news stories we’ve heard of large women who did not realize they were pregnant, did not feel or comprehend the baby’s kicks, and thus, did not recognize what the labor pains were… until, like “a thief in the night,” they unexpectedly gave birth in a public bathroom stall. So too, our generation has slowly progressed to the point of the hard labor pains. Yet, we are almost completely oblivious to key markers, wegwysers, en simptome; we are stuck in denial and apathy, lulled to sleep by a false sense of security, comfort, easy credit and banal entertainments. We continue to ignore the prophetic voices that tell the truth of our reality, that seek to prepare us for the inevitable. But in our stubbornness and pride, we cry out: “I’m not pregnant! I’m just gaining weight like everyone else! Mind your own business. Stop fear-mongering. Stop making me anxious. My life is not going to change. Go away!” 

Within just two generations, the world has experienced the most heart-wrenching and obvious signs: two world wars, genocides, an explosion of diseases, skyrocketing suicide rates, broken families and marriages, an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, an unspeakable death toll from abortion, and now, the complete overturning of natural law and the moral order. The more science and technology “advance”, the less civilized we are becoming. This generation is not on a trajectory of order and peace, but versteuring en dood. Just as labor pains are the natural end of pregnancy, so too, the kind of destruction we are seeing in nature en samelewing are the natural end of mortal sin. 

Want die loon van die sonde is die dood, maar die gawe van God is die ewige lewe in Christus Jesus, onse Here. (Romeine 6:23)

It would indeed be a cause for depression and despair if God did not exist. The hopeless wails of the Greta Thunberg’s of the world would be justified. The deliberate introduction of biologiese wapens, harmful pharmaceuticals, destructive vaccines, deliberate poisoning of the food supply, and the primary tools of eugenics: abortion, contraception and forced sterilization—all in order to reduce the world’s population—would sound reasonable to the one who follows through the “logic” of Darwinism and Evolution. If there are no moral absolutes, why wouldn’t the strong eliminate the weak?

Daar is 'n paar verslae, byvoorbeeld, dat sommige lande iets soos 'n ebolavirus probeer konstrueer het, en dit is die minste gevaarlike verskynsel ... sommige wetenskaplikes in hul laboratoriums [probeer] sekere soorte patogene wat etnies spesifiek sou wees, sodat hulle net sekere etniese groepe en rasse kon uitskakel; en ander ontwerp 'n soort ingenieurswese, 'n soort insekte wat spesifieke gewasse kan vernietig. Ander is selfs besig met 'n eko-tipe terrorisme waardeur hulle die klimaat kan verander, aardbewings, vulkane op afstand kan aflê deur die gebruik van elektromagnetiese golwe. —Sekretaris van Verdediging, William S. Cohen, 28 April 1997, 8:45 EDT, Departement van Verdediging; sien www.defense.gov

If there is no God, then the international network of “geheime samelewings” (Freemasonry), the so-called “deep state” behind these seemingly nefarious instruments of death, would seem like brilliant strategists as they seek to bring humanity to a higher consciousness and the planet to a point of “sustainable development.” Then, according to their agenda, the genderless enlightened survivors could inaugurate an Ouderdom van Waterdraer, a world of “true” peace and harmony. If we are merely advanced random particles of matter; if humans are but meaningless molecules on top of the food chain, then why shouldn’t the “law of the strong” prevail?

maar if God exists, then these acts are intrinsically evil. If God exists, then that means He created us. And if He created us, then He established an order. And if we humans wish to survive—no, thrive—then we must return to that order. And that is why God has sent us thousands of unmistakable signs, miracles, and souls to testify that indeed “God exists.” That is why God has sent the Virgin Mary in over 2000 reported apparitions all over the world in the past two centuries: to call us back to Jesus, the Savior of mankind. That is why God has put my career and dreams on hold and called me, among others, to be watchmen who announce—not so much the inevitable destruction that man has prepared for himself—but the new birth wat volg. 

Liewe jongmense, dit is die taak van u om die wagte van die môre wat die koms van die son aankondig wie die opgestane Christus is! —ST. JOHANNES PAUL II, Boodskap van die Heilige Vader aan die jeug van die wêreld, XVII Wêreldjeugdag, n. 3; (vgl. Is 21: 11-12)

Want u weet self baie goed dat die dag van die Here soos 'n dief in die nag sal aanbreek. As mense sê: "Vrede en veiligheid", kom daar 'n skielike ramp oor hulle, soos kraampyne op 'n swanger vrou, en hulle sal nie ontsnap nie. (1 Tess 5: 2-3)

Jesus spoke of a future period where the world, nations, and peoples would be torn apart by intense divisions; that there would be unusual earthquake activity, large famines, and plagues from place to place that would thrust the planet into unparalleled tribulation. These would be “the beginning of the labor pains.” ^[1]Die Matt 24: 8 Then, after the hard labor of a universal persecution by an antichris (ie. the Church’s Passion), there would be born a waar “Era van vrede” in which the remaining inhabitants would declare in thunderous joy and song: “God exists!”

Years ago, the Lord spoke clearly in my heart that a Great Storm like a hurricane was coming upon the earth. To my astonishment, I only stumbled upon this translation just the other day:

Look, the Lord’s hurricane, his wrath, bursts out, a fearsome hurricane, to burst on the heads of the wicked. The Lord’s wrath will not turn back until he has done and achieved his purpose. In the final days, you will understand this clearly. (Jeremiah 23:19-20; The Revised New Jerusalem Bible, Studie-uitgawe [Henry Wansbrough, Random House])

Well, this is the time to “understand” that what is unfolding now is “not a test.” That we are at the end of an era and truly entering into the labor pains that Jesus described in order that the Gospel may, at last, prevail to the ends of the earth. 

Hierdie evangelie van die koninkryk sal oor die hele wêreld verkondig word as 'n getuienis vir alle nasies, en dan sal die einde kom. (Matteus 24:14)

 

YES, YOU

What is the point of saying all this? As Christians, we often say, “Unless the world repents, we are headed for disaster.” But look, the “world” doesn’t repent; individue repent. Thus, this article today is not addressed to an abstract group but to you who are reading this. This is to say that, if you haven’t, it is time to voor te berei for the labor pains at hand. The greatest, most important preparation is that you are in a “state of grace.” This means foremost that you are not living in mortal sin, and if you are, to turn away from it, go to belydenis, and objectively place yourself again in God’s free gift of mercy and salvation: ie. a “state of grace.”

Brothers and sisters, I have rarely spoken in the following terms because few can process it: events are here and coming upon this world that will literally come like a “thief in the night” catching some letterlik by surprise. Millions will be gone from one moment to the next in the “blink of an eye” — and I’m not speaking here of the false teaching of a “pre-tribulation rapture.” If you want to understand this in the context of God’s love, read Barmhartigheid in Chaos. Or consider this exchange of St. John Paul II with some German pilgrims:

If there is a message in which it is said that the oceans will flood entire sections of the earth; that, from one moment to the other, millions of people will perish . . . there is no longer any point in really wanting to publish this secret message [ie. the “third secret of Fatima”]. Many want to know merely out of curiosity, or because of their taste for sensationalism, but they forget that “to know” implies for them a responsibility. It is dangerous to want to satisfy one’s curiosity only, if one is convinced that we can do nothing against a catastrophe that has been predicted…. (At this point the Holy Father took hold of his Rosary and said:) Here is the remedy against all evil! Pray, pray and ask for nothing else. Put everything in the hands of the Mother of God!” —ST. JOHN PAUL II; from Vloed en vuur, Fr. Regis Scanlon, ewtn.com

Yes, this is the second thing you and I must personally do aside from putting our spiritual lives in order: take “responsibility” for what is happening by assuming our dignity as part of the royal priesthood of Christ, and engage in fasting, prayer, intercession and reparation. The last word is not evil; the last say is not that of the wicked. Every bead you thumb, every word you pray, every act of intercession and little sacrifice you offer is one more victory, one more soul, one more defeat over Satan. Neither the labor pains nor the new birth that are coming can be averted now; but the loss of individual souls kan. That’s where the battlefield lies. 

The words of many seers appear to be coming true en on the verge of being fulfilled. The corruption has run too deep; nearly every public institution is rotten to the foundations for the reason that people have behaved as if God does not exist. 

... die aarde se fondamente word bedreig, maar dit word bedreig deur ons gedrag. Die buitenste fondamente word geskud omdat die innerlike fondamente geskud word, die morele en godsdienstige fondamente, die geloof wat lei tot die regte lewenswyse. —POPE BENEDICT XVI, eerste sitting van die spesiale sinode oor die Midde-Ooste, 10 Oktober 2010

Wat kan die regverdige doen as fondamente vernietig word? (Psalm 11: 3)

A cosmic surgery is needed. A divine purification. Understand, it is not only because God exists, but because God is liefde that these days are upon us:

As God die giftige vreugdes van nasies in bitterheid verander, as Hy hulle plesier bederf en as hy dorings versprei op die pad van hul oproer, is die rede dat Hy hulle nog steeds liefhet. En dit is die heilige wreedheid van die geneesheer, wat in uiterste gevalle van siekte ons die bitterste en verskriklikste medisyne laat neem. Die grootste genade van God is nie om die nasies in vrede met mekaar te laat bly wat nie met Hom vrede het nie. —St. Pio van Pietrelcina, My Daily Katolieke Bybel, P. 1482

Are you ready? This is not a test. 

 

 

U finansiële ondersteuning en gebede is die rede waarom
jy lees dit vandag.
 Seën jou en dankie. 

Om saam met Mark in te reis Die Nou Word,
klik op die onderstaande vaandel om skryf.
Jou e-pos sal met niemand gedeel word nie.