No roads… freezing cold… lots of rock and ice… few people.
Suddenly everyone cares about…
GREENLAND
It Sits On Top Of The World!
Greenland Was Really Green
“Since most of Greenland is covered in ice, snow and glaciers, the Arctic nation is mostly white. So how did it get its name ‘Greenland’ when it’s not really green? It actually got its name from Erik The Red, an Icelandic murderer who was exiled to the island. He called it ‘Greenland’ in hopes that the name would attract settlers.
But according to scientists, Greenland was actually quite green more than 2.5 million years ago. A new study reveals that ancient dirt was cryogenically frozen for millions of years underneath about 2 miles of ice.
A Vibrant Capital City
Almost one-quarter of Greenland’s population lives in the capital city of Nuuk. Vibrant and funky, the city is the biggest, most cosmopolitan town on the island and it packs in quite a lot of museums, hip cafes and fashion boutiques for its small size.
Midnight Sun
Every year, the sun does not set from May 25th to July 25th, and it stays visible throughout the entire day and night. The midnight sun, as it is called, is a pretty cool natural phenomenon that everyone needs to experience at least once in their lifetime. June 21 is the longest day of the year and is also a national holiday. July is the only month when the temperature reaches above freezing.” (visitgreenland.com)
Size Matters
On some maps, Greenland looks bigger than Africa. So, how big is it really?
“All map projections produce some distortion. The Mercator projection — which is still widely used for world maps — disproportionately exaggerates the size of landmasses that are more distant from the Equator. So Greenland, which is roughly the size of Saudi Arabia, looks like it is larger than the entire continent of Africa.” (britannica.com)
The World’s Largest Island
“Greenland is the world’s largest island, with a size of 2.175.600 square kilometers. That area is larger than the following countries combined: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, and Belgium. It is 4.2 times smaller than the United States.
Approximately 80% of Greenland is permanently covered in ice. The Ice Sheet is covering the middle of the huge island and it is the world’s largest glacier. At its thickest point, the Greenlandic Ice Sheet is 3,500 meters.
Imagine a country where there are no roads between towns. You can’t just take a bus or your car to the nearest town. There just aren’t any roads between towns, therefore the infrastructure is based on air and sea traffic.” (greenland-travel.com/)
Tiny Population
The population of major cities in Japan, Mexico and Nigeria are huge:
Tokyo - 36,953,600
Mexico City - 23,000,000
Lagos - 17,803,400
Jerusalem - 1,000,000
A small US city - Chapel Hill, North Carolina Population 59,000. “the location of the nation’s oldest public university — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”
That’s still 3,000 more inhabitants than the whole of Greenland - for a land mass around a quarter of the size of the entire USA!
America - 3,800,000 square miles - 343,150,750 inhabitants!
Greenland - 836,330 square miles - 56,000 inhabitants!
Not Exactly Overpopulated!
“Greenland is officially the world’s largest island that is not a continent. Greenland has just 56,000 inhabitants. They mostly live in the 20% of the country that is not covered by ice and snow. Historically, fishery and hunting have been the key to survival due to the short summers. Greenland’s climate and geography make farming almost impossible, except for the extreme south of the country, where sheep farming is popular.
Resources
The Greenland Government is investigating ways to profit from the mineral resources of the island, which includes gold, natural gas, diamonds, lead and zinc. The idea is to attract foreign investment to this sector and to provide the services needed.
Links to Denmark
Greenland is officially the world’s largest island that is not a continent. Greenland has its own extensive local government, but it is also part of the Realm of Denmark. Despite the distance between Greenland and Denmark - about 3,532 km between their capitals - Greenland has been associated with Denmark politically and culturally for a millennium. Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, when it was redefined as a district of Denmark. In addition to its own local government, Greenland has two representatives in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing.” (denmark.dk)
Why Does President Trump Want It?
Why Does Everyone Suddenly Care About Greenland?
“Greenland’s importance has not changed, even if the recent spotlight makes it feel that way. The island sits astride the shortest route between North America and Eurasia. That means that any long-range missile, bomber, or hypersonic system launched between the US and Russia would need to pass near or directly over Greenland. From Washington’s point of view, it’s a strategic necessity rather than a diplomatic provocation, and the island plays a key role in the defence of North America.
The US has therefore always maintained a permanent military presence there since the Cold War. The Pituffik base (previously known as Thule) is equipped with space-surveillance equipment, missile-detection radars, and early-warning systems. These capabilities are not symbolic – they are foundational to nuclear deterrence, missile defence, and space situational awareness.
Greenland Never Stopped Mattering to the Navy
Russia has been investing heavily in modernising its Arctic bases and fleet of submarines. China – despite not being an Arctic state – has declared itself a ‘near-Arctic power’, increasing its polar presence and research. From Washington’s perspective, allowing either power to establish meaningful infrastructure or influence on the island would be strategically unacceptable.
Security Today Is Inseparable From Industrial Power
Greenland holds significant, undeveloped reserves of uranium, rare earth elements, and other critical minerals essential for electronics, aerospace, weapons systems, batteries, and advanced manufacturing.
Greenland’s rise in global importance is the predictable outcome of geography meeting scarcity, technology meeting power, and a world reorganising around security of supply and access. Greenland always mattered. But the scramble for influence is accelerating, and new opportunities reveal themselves in the melting ice of the Arctic.” (theexposenews.com)
There’s Method To Trump’s Greenland Madness
“The president’s theatrics have forced Europe to recognise the strategic importance of the territory. Greenlanders are the biggest winners. Greenland – a geographical afterthought for most of history – has suddenly found itself at the centre of great-power intrigue, complete with threats, counter-threats, congressional pushback, NATO awkwardness and a level of theatricality usually reserved for Hollywood dramas.
Yet, once the noise subsides, Greenlanders, despite being threatened with invasion, may well emerge as the key winners. For decades, Greenland has been subsidised by Denmark and sheltered by NATO’s security umbrella. Now more money is likely to flow in – both from Copenhagen, keen to demonstrate commitment, and from Washington, eager to secure access and influence.
Expect investment not only in runways and ports, but in minerals, research, hearts and minds. Few places on Earth sit at that sweet spot where cash, protection and strategic attention converge. And unlike most courted territories, Greenland can plausibly play suitors off against each other. Not bad for an island everyone once forgot.” (telegraph.co.uk)
Zelensky Attacks ‘Weak And Indecisive’ European Leaders
“Volodymyr Zelensky said Europe was weak and fragmented in a speech at Davos, attacking its leaders for being too indecisive to stand up to Russia, China or Donald Trump. The Ukrainian president said European powers were too busy arguing among themselves to join together and become a ‘truly global power’. In a remarkably aggressive address to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, he said the countries funding the Ukrainian war effort ‘love to discuss the future but avoid taking action today’.
He singled out the decision to send ‘40 soldiers’ to Greenland as insufficient to protect the island. The Ukrainian president mocked European nations for sending too few troops to the island for any meaningful defence. ‘Forty soldiers will not protect anything,’ he said. ‘What message does that send to Putin, to China – and even more importantly, what message does that send to Denmark, your close ally?’” (telegraph.co.uk)
Greenland’s Election Results Just Changed Everything!
March 2025 - “The Demokraatit party just SHOCKED everyone with a massive victory, jumping from 9% to 30% of the vote. They’re replacing the anti-American leftists who kept saying ‘Greenland’s not for sale.’ Let’s be CLEAR: This is a HUGE shift. While the old guard was busy shouting ‘NO’ at everything American, the new leadership is talking about ‘business’ and ‘pragmatic cooperation.’ Trump’s been crystal clear: ‘We need Greenland for national security.’ He’s offering BILLIONS in investment, to an island with only 57,000 people, but that’s bigger than the Louisiana Purchase.
That means job opportunities and prosperity Denmark has NOT delivered. 4 out of 5 major parties want independence from Denmark. The debate isn’t IF, it’s WHEN. Now a pro-business party is in the driver’s seat. But Trump’s plan likely INCLUDES independence! Trump’s plan could mean:
- Massive financial aid and US investment
- US passports and social services for Greenlanders
- Defense protection
- Employment for Greenland’s impoverished youth
This isn’t about ‘buying’ Greenland. It’s about strategic partnership and mutual benefit. And with anti-American leftists OUT of power, everything is now on the table.” (100percentfedup.com)
Trump Has Crossed All Lines: It Is Time To Cut Off His Global Credit Card
As usual in this world, there is an elephant in the room. To fund the Greenland situation, along with the situation with Iran, the Israel/Hamas war, Somalia, Cuba, Yemen, Venezuela - and now spending $1 trillion on “defence” - the US has to borrow money - huge sums of money, to pay the bills. US debt in now more than $38 trillion dollars - and rising! It seems that there is little effort being made to slow down the borrowing. This is America’s weak spot!
“America has lost its credibility. The only thing that can stop the president is the bond market. The only constraint on Trump Unleashed is the global bond market.
If you have a structural fiscal deficit of 6-7 percent of GDP, a savings rate near zero and a reliance on the goodwill of foreigners to fund an explosive increase in debt issuance, you might wish to treat global creditors with a little care. The US treasury sold $654 billion of federal debt over the four days from January 12-15, about the same in one week as the annual GDP of Argentina or the United Arab Emirates. It did not go well.
This rising spread may simply reflect fears of resurgent inflation… But it may also be the first sign that America is starting to pay a price for the collapse of political credibility.” (telegraph.co.uk)
National Debt Is Already Killing The American Dream
“The government’s $38.5 trillion national debt is suffocating the American Dream, a leading economist has warned. Many factors have been blamed for the death of the American Dream. Most recently, it has been housing stock, with President Trump moving to bar large Wall Street investors from buying up single-family homes. Elsewhere, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon agrees that housing is a barrier but so is education, saying opportunities need to be more accessible to young people across the country.
Meanwhile, the rising cost of retirement, raising children, and owning a car has led many to believe they can only achieve the lofty heights of the American Dream if they have $5 million in the bank.
However, many of these symptoms trickle back to the vast sum America owes to its debtors, according to Kurt Couchman, a senior fellow in fiscal policy at think tank Americans for Prosperity. In the final THREE MONTHS of 2025, the government spent $276 billion in interest on the debt…” (finance.yahoo.com)
Inflation Bites
The US and British governments are finding it harder to borrow money - so they are having to pay more interest on bonds. If you have debts, credit cards, mortgages and hire purchase agreements, then you will pay more interest. This is already causing deep economic problems for people. If governments start to refuse to lend more money to the US and Britain, this will cause deep economic trouble nationally. The financial system is already sliding downhill - reflected in a sudden huge rise in the gold price, as the following article points out.
Gold Surges Past $5,000
“Gold fever is burning hotter than ever after the price of the precious metal smashed through a fresh milestone of $5,000 an ounce on Monday. The surge has reignited speculation that investors are bracing for deep economic trouble - and few are louder about it than Robert Kiyosaki, the bestselling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad.
‘Gold soars over $5,000. Yay!!!!,’ Kiyosaki posted on X. ‘Future for gold $27,000.’ The eye-popping target would represent one of the most extreme forecasts on Wall Street. Most major banks and commodities strategists see gold peaking far below that level.
In fact, experts warn that a move anywhere close to $27,000 would require something far more severe than today’s inflation worries. ‘US is in civil war, China’s taken Taiwan, Russia’s gone after NATO,’ Andrew Glass, founder of Avatar Commodities told Daily Mail as he rattled off the kind of doomsday scenarios that could send gold to such extremes. Others point to a complete breakdown of the monetary system as the only plausible trigger.” (dailymail.co.uk)
Financial Collapse Coming!
We have been warned: A financial collapse is coming and it will strike as out of a clear blue sky - SUDDENLY!
And who will the rest of the world blame for this disaster? The USA and Britain!
As Mr Armstrong warned:
“Now when the financial structure breaks down, all civilization is going to break down. I just wanted to say that much - maybe you can begin to see how serious this thing can become!” (Sermon - 7 July 1984)
Who is Laodicea?
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20)
"I Prefer the Lawless"
Kurt Hahn – a German Jew – devised the Outward Bound scheme in 1941 as a training exercise for naval cadets to help young men develop character through adventure. He fled to Britain at the time of Hitler, and founded Gordonstoun School in Scotland where many of the Royal Family have subsequently been educated. Hahn believed passionately in the virtues of competence and compassion learned while striving for excellence in vigorous endeavour. Speaking of his charges, who came from all walks of life, he famously said, "I prefer the lawless to the listless". For even today, young offenders sent on Outward Bound courses have only half the reconviction rate of non-Outward-Bounders.
Christ effectively repeats what Kurt Hahn says regarding "the lawless vs the listless" when He addresses Laodicea's lack of character development by saying ...
- I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
- So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. (Revelation 3:15,16)
He prefers someone totally cold and lawless to a listless follower! For it is this lack of zeal for the things of God – particularly lacking a genuine love of the Truth (II Thessalonians 2:10) – that makes Laodicea so spiritually distasteful that Jesus Christ has no option but to spue it into the Tribulation.
Mr. Armstrong's Understanding
So who are these people? Where do they come from? In this very unstable world of 2026, with the spectre of Jacob's Trouble not too far off, these questions have become more and more relevant to our lives!
When Mr. Armstrong was alive our understanding of who would comprise the Laodicean church was that it would arise after the true Church had fled. As a result of the Work of the Church (WCG) – preaching the Gospel to the world as a witness as per Matthew 24:14 – radio listeners who had ignored the message would suddenly come to their senses within the Tribulation and become Laodicea, totally separate from WCG. That preaching to the world as a witness therefore was the open door of Revelation 3:8 and when that door shut, at that precise time the beast would arise, the Church would flee and Laodicea would form from those left behind. Note Mr Armstrong's explanation in the 1972 booklet, The Book of Revelation Unveiled at last!
Yes, multiplied thousands who now hear this warning from God will not heed it now. They are deceived. They still believe and follow their various human leaders, or groups. Their minds are not fully opened to recognize this as God's last warning to this world! They are not repenting or turning to God, now! Oh, how well I know that! But when they see these things actually occur which they heard from no others – when they have seen how the world was deceived and misled about the Great Tribulation, and they have gone through it – when they see these terrifying supernatural SIGNS in the heavens, then, at last, hundreds of thousands of them – perhaps even some of you – will at last recognize the TRUTH, and at last turn to God in complete submission, fully repenting, and coming through Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world! We of this ministry well know that our real reward in the harvest of precious lives will mostly come after our labors are finished! ( The Book of Revelation Unveiled at last! )
That was Mr Armstrong's – and our – clear understanding and perspective at that time and many of us felt that as long as our apostle was with us we wouldn't have to worry too much about being Laodicean. Each week we'd be updated with how the Work was growing and spreading, and be motivated, corrected and encouraged, so the concept of being labelled "Laodicean" wasn't generally part of our thinking. After all, the chances are Christ would inspire Mr. Armstrong to tell us when the time came to flee! Absolutely nothing whatsoever was understood about the 40 years of shattering in which we currently find ourselves. Jesus Christ simply did not reveal this period to him, but in hindsight it has been a very valuable time in which we have had to make the revealed Truth our own, and not "just" what we heard each Sabbath and Holy day.
Church Eras
Within the above understanding was another aspect: the 7 progressive Church Eras of Revelation. These eras – from Ephesus to Laodicea – describe God's Church down through the centuries. But that understanding also recognised all 7 qualities in each successive era as well – with the appropriate one dominant in each case. Notice how Mr Armstrong explains this in his sermon: Warning To The Church :
Let me tell you what I have always said for fifty years. Fifty years ago I was writing this. The message to the seven angels of the seven Churches in the second and third chapter of Revelation has a dual interpretation and meaning. Number one: it is telling of the seven successive eras, or stages of time in 1900 to 2000 years, of the Church. But number two: it was telling of the condition in the Church at all times. But it starts out with the Church at Ephesus; and that was the situation that was the dominant situation in the first and second century, and so on – back at the beginning, in the days, and right after the days, of the original apostles.
Laodicea is the DOMINANT condition in the FINAL Church – drowsy, and asleep, and lukewarm. And Christ is going to spew them – most of them – out of His mouth, or at least half of them. Matthew 25 would indicate half of them, and I sometimes wonder if there are half of us that ... We're just not very much on fire for God, brethren. I say that to your shame, every one of you. I say wake up! I'm not going to say, "You're right, and everything is so wonderful, and everything is going fine," and flatter you. I'm going to tell you the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts. And I hope it hurts. I hope it hurts enough that you wake up, and realize, and do something about it. And I hope that you go home from this service, and get down on your knees, and ask for the mercy and the forgiveness of God, and ask Him to come back into your life – because that's what you need to do. And your eternity may depend on it!
Well, now then, I have said that the Laodicean condition will dominate at the tail end. But I have said that all of those conditions – all the way from Ephesus up to Laodicea, all seven – are present at all the time in the Church; but that now, in the Philadelphian Era, we have the Laodicean condition. That's what I am talking about today. It's here. But we are not Laodicea. We also have the condition of Ephesus. We have lost our first love, and it is time to get back to it. Every one of those conditions is in this Church, but the dominant one is what I want to read you now. ( Warning To The Church – July 1, 1978 )
The Apostasy
So the apostasy we witnessed did not come from a clear blue sky. Its seeds were there in WCG in the 1970s when Christ had to lead the Church back on Track following Mr Armstrong's heart failure. Mr Armstrong himself recognised this – and warned us of it:
But, the BAD NEWS, as it appears today, my dear brethren, is that we, undoubtedly of the Philadelphia era – my son's ridicule notwithstanding – are in serious danger of BECOMING also the Laodicean era. I am personally much concerned about that. If YOU are NOT concerned, then indeed we are in mortal DANGER. ( What God Never Did – Never Will – Allow To Happen – GN Aug 1979 )
There was clearly a real danger at that time of WCG actually becoming Laodicea had it not been led back on track. For how does one era end and the next begin? Is it abrupt? Or is it gradual, as one condition becomes progressively more dominant over a period of years? Note what is pointed out in the sermon: From Sardis to Laodicea :
When did the Sardis era end? When did the Philadelphia era begin? Brethren, I want you to know there was no just sudden ending of the one and beginning of the other. There was a transition where one gradually, over a period of some few years, merged from the one into the other. ( From Sardis to Laodicea – June 24, 1983 )
One thing the apostasy should have taught us is that not all who profess to be Church members are truly part of the Body of Christ. Several have yet to genuinely repent – even though they may have been physically baptised. As the apostle John points out: "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us" (I John 2:19) Mr Armstrong also recognised the same within the Church in the 1980s:
[To repent] meant you have to ADMIT you've been going in the WRONG DIRECTION. You have to ADMIT YOU'VE BEEN WRONG. YOU'VE BELIEVED WRONG! YOU'VE LIVED WRONG! YOU'VE DONE WRONG! YOU ARE WRONG, THROUGH AND THROUGH. And many of you have NEVER admitted that
I've come to KNOW even MEN THAT HAVE RISEN UP IN THIS CHURCH to the rank of apostle –well, not apostle but of EVANGELIST. And [they] apparently have NEVER ADMITTED THEY HAD BEEN WRONG. THEY ARE JUST SO 'GOOD'. THEY ACCEPTED THE TRUTH, and they've BEEN ACCEPTING it. They BELIEVE and ACCEPT the DOCTRINE, in THEIR OWN 'goodness' and THEIR OWN 'righteousness' –SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS! And they haven't got any more real salvation than a cat, a dog, or a cow.
A lot of people have come into this Church, and a lot have become ministers and have gone through Ambassador College. They've been taught. But they never had the Spirit of God, and they NEVER REALLY COMPREHENDED THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH. ( Passover Examination – March 4, 1982 )
The Vital Need for Repentance
This critical need for repentance is something we ALL need to take to heart. It would be dangerous indeed to think this applies just to other people, other church groups, for it is specifically mentioned in Laodicea's case:
- I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
- As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:18,19)
God's looking for those who will follow His Way whole heartedly, as brought out so many times in the scriptures, and so very often by king David in the psalms – a man after God's own heart!
- But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
- When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
- (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. (Deuteronomy 4:29-31)
The Fruit of Laodicea
One aspect many forget is that eventually, when they have finally learned their lesson and fully repented, the numerical size of Laodicea appears to be even larger than that of Philadelphia: 144,000 from all tribes in Israel except Dan, plus an even larger innumerable multitude from across the earth. WCG never approached anything remotely near this size. But this repentant fruit will be produced within the Tribulation – not before – for that key aspect of repentance is why they are allowed to go into Tribulation in the first place (Revelation 3:19)!
WHO Are the 144,000? You have probably heard many interpretations. They are all in error. Men are unable to interpret this prophecy. The first thing to notice is that the TIME of the sealing of this 144,000 is yet in the future – it is after the Great Tribulation and the heavenly SIGNS, and just before the plagues of God's Judgments! It has not happened yet!
Second, this prophecy is plain, and means just what it says – 144,000 of the 12 tribes of Israel – 12,000 of each tribe. Where are they today? Where are the lost ten tribes? But these 144,000 are not all!
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands… And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (Rev. 7:9, 13-14)
And what is sealed in the foreheads? They are sealed by the Holy Spirit, in their foreheads. If you will turn to chapter 14:1, you will see that it is the Father's name that is written there. Jesus' very last prayer for His Church was that they would be kept in the FATHER'S name. Today we find the churches of this world under every possible manmade name; many named after men. But 12 times in the New Testament His own Church is the CHURCH OF GOD – yes, GOD'S Church. ( The Book of Revelation Unveiled at last! )
Today's Dominant Condition
So what is today's dominant condition? It certainly is not Philadelphian. But is it Laodicean? Looking at the apostasy in the light of what Mr Armstrong says above about some even becoming evangelists who have no more real salvation than a cat, a dog, or a cow, it is exceedingly doubtful if a large number of those who were with us in WCG were really part of God's Church at all.
But the REAL question is, has that position changed today? What is now the TRUE situation within the plethora of splinter groups? How many have actually taken that full step of genuine, heartfelt repentance, resulting in being impregnated by the very Spirit of Almighty God? Undoubtedly some have – and are therefore described as "the remnant [Strongs 3062 – residue/remainder] of her seed" (Revelation 12:17) when grouped with those who are actively in close contact with God, daily LED by the Spirit that flows through them as zealous embryonic Sons of God. But does it apply to all who profess to be in God's Church?
Could it be that a large number – with a Laodicean mindset – are not YET part of her seed at all? They have YET to repent? Have YET to take that initial major step towards conversion – even though they may have physically gone through the ritual of baptism but just "got wet"? Could it be that such people will only truly repent when they find themselves within the Tribulation, just as Mr Armstrong taught all those years ago? Though I'm sure he never imagined such people would be comprised not of mere radio listeners, but include a significant proportion of those who sat in Church services every week as well!
- Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
- And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
- And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. (Ezekiel 33:30-33)
It appears that one of the purposes of the two witnesses of Revelation 11 could be to wake up the Laodicean church – reminding them of what they should have taken on board years ago, and letting them know it is not too late to reap an eternal reward, but it will come at a price.
Who is Laodicea?
So who IS Laodicea today? Fortunately that is not for us to decide. Jesus Christ – and Jesus Christ alone (John 5:27) – has been given that job by the Father. So at this stage absolutely NO ONE – no human – knows. Yes, "let the people decide" (the meaning of the word Laodicea) is a dominant view within the democratic world at large. And Churches of God within such countries also exhibit the same characteristics – including a characteristic lack of both zeal and love of the Truth in many cases. But the final Laodicean Church is not yet visible. It has yet to form. For until one group is taken to a place of protection and final training, and another group remains to face the coming Tribulation, absolutely no human being can categorically say for sure who is in which group.
Our desire to be counted part of Philadelphia shouldn't be influenced by the promise of a Place of Safety, but more what that will mean – being pillars in God's temple, foundational members of the government of God, and teachers of the Way of God. This focus is far more important and we simply trust Jesus Himself to protect His Church physically at the right time. Realising that OUR righteousness is as filthy rags to God (Isaiah 64:6), our concentration must be to "seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these [physical] things shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:33)
Our goal must be to be counted with those who "overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." (Revelation 12:11) Over and over again, Jesus Christ instructs us, as His end-time Church that our focus must not be on saving our own physical lives – (Matthew 10:39, Luke 9:4, John 12:25) – but rather on the things God counts as important: His character being built within each one of His sons.
Yes, there is a time of great trouble coming on this world, but instead of desperately trying to save our own necks, we need to keep our focus on why were called as the firstfruits and the training programme we are part of: making the Gospel available via His end-time apostle once more ... giving His people the correct spiritual food in due season ... personally getting back on track when we see we have wandered off ourselves ... and to do it all, not fearing what must come, but knowing and trusting that it is God's good pleasure to give His begotten sons the Kingdom (Luke 12:32):
- For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? ...
- ... For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
- Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:29-31,38,39)
- For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for prosperity and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
- Then you will call upon Me, and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart . (Jeremiah 29:11-13 NASV)
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“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
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The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!
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