Divine Plan Program

1. "And at that time shall Michael stand up...and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation...." (Daniel 12:1)

"Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near...

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong."
(Joel 3:9, 10)

1. "He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire."
(Psalm 46:9)

"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore."
Micah 4:3, 4)

2. Many are starving and have no home. (See James 5:1-4)

2. "And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."
(Isaiah 65:21, 22)

3. More than 150,000 people die every day.

"...broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat."

(Matthew 7:13

3. "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth..."
(John 5:28, 29; Isaiah 35:10)

4. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, famines, pestilences destroy the lives of many.

(See Matthew 24:7)

4. "...They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD."
(Isaiah 65:25)

5. "Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."

(Daniel 12:4)

5. "...God...will have all to come unto the (exact) knowledge of the truth."
(1 Timothy 2:3, 4)

6. Many are "lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy...traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God..."
(2 Timothy 3:1-4)

6. "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD." (Jeremiah 31:340 6. "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."

(2 Peter 3:13)

7. "And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;...and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God." (Amos 9:14, 15)

7. "But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Jeremiah 31:33)

TROUBLE FOR ISRAEL

CLOSE YOUR EYES

for a moment to the scenes of misery and woe, degradation and sorrow that yet prevail on account of sin, and picture before your mental vision the glory of the perfect earth. Not a stain of sin mars the harmony and peace of a perfect society; not a bitter thought, not an unkind look or word; love, welling up from every heart, meets a kindred response in every other heart, and benevolence marks every act. There sickness shall be no more; not an ache nor a pain, nor any evidence of decay-not even the fear of such things. Think of all the pictures of comparative health and beauty of human form and feature that you have ever seen, and know that perfect humanity will be of still surpassing loveliness. The inward purity and mental and moral perfection will stamp and glorify every radiant countenance. Such will earth’s society be; and weeping bereaved ones will have their tears all wiped away, when thus they realize the resurrection work complete.-Revelation 21:4