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\"\"<\/a>He Will Reign,\u00a0<\/em><\/span>by Tianna (Mallett) Williams<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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This morning when I awoke, the “now word” on my heart was to find a writing from the past about “coming out of Babylon.” I found this one, first published exactly three years ago on October 4th, 2017! The words in this are everything that is on my heart at this hour, including the opening Scripture from Jeremiah. I have updated it with current links. I pray this will be as edifying, reassuring, and challenging for you as it is for me this Sunday morning… Remember, you are loved.<\/em><\/p>\n

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THERE\u00a0<\/strong>are times when the words of Jeremiah pierce my soul as though they are my own. This week is one of those times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whenever I speak, I must cry out,\u00a0violence and outrage I proclaim; the word of the Lord has brought me\u00a0reproach and derision all day long.\u00a0I say I will not mention him,\u00a0I will no longer speak in his name.\u00a0But then it is as if fire is burning in my heart,\u00a0imprisoned in my bones;\u00a0I grow weary holding back,\u00a0I cannot! (Jeremiah 20:7-9)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have any kind of heart, then you too are reeling in the wake of events that are unfolding all over the world. The terrible flooding in Asia that has caused thousands of deaths… the ethnic cleansing in the Middle East… the hurricanes in the Atlantic… the imminent threat of war in the Koreas… the terrorist attacks (and riots) in North America and Europe. Do not the words penned at the end of the Book of Revelation\u2014a book we seem to be living in real-time\u2014take on renewed urgency?<\/p>\n

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The Spirit and the bride say, \u201cCome.\u201d Let the hearer say, \u201cCome.\u201d Let the one who thirsts come forward, and the one who wants it receive the gift of life-giving water… Come, Lord Jesus!\u00a0(Rev 22:17, 20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s as if St. John anticipated the yearning and thirst for truth, beauty, and goodness<\/a> that would eventually overcome a future generation that has “exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator.”<\/em> [1]<\/sup><\/a>Rom 1:25<\/span><\/span>