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Letís face reality. The Lord is the very essence of patience and compassion.
Lam. 3:22 However, there is a limit, a line of demarcation, beyond which His willingness to exercise His perfect patience will not reach. There is a time and a season for everything. Ecc. 3:1 We are quickly approaching the moment when the Bride will be chosen, married and then carried into her place which has been prepared for her. Inasmuch as she goes out on eagle wing power, or the power of the Holy Spirit, He (the Spirit) will go with her and remain with her for the duration of the tribulation period. Rev. 12:14 The restraint against iniquity which He now exercises will be removed and absolute unrighteousness and ungodliness will prevail on the earth during the tribulation. 2 Thess. 2:7 Iniquity will reign in itís fullness, completely unhindered and without restraint of any kind. The vileness of the heart and life of humankind during that period of time staggers the imagination.
In his vision, Ezekiel heard a shout, loud and clear in his ears. The Lord was making certain that he ìgot the message.î Eze. 9:1 The time had come for a separation, a cleansing to take place, destruction was at the door. Those who would escape were to receive a special mark identifying them as being worthy for deliverance. The others would be destroyed by those who watched over the city. Prior to the second coming of the Lord Jesus, the Lord has established a day in the which the spiritual status of all alive will be sealed. The unjust, the filthy will remain forever in that condition. The righteous, the holy will continue in their holiness. Rev. 22:11 Note, this event is scheduled prior to the second coming for in both verse seven and twelve of Revelation twenty-two the statement is made, ìBehold I come quickly.î
Six men of judgment appear with a seventh who is a scribe and is seen carrying a writers inkhorn by his side. Six is the number of man. These who are associated with punishment portray the end of the age. The tribulation period, which is at the very end of the six thousand years, of the dealings of the Lord with mankind on the earth will climax His works with total destruction of the earth as it now is. Jer. 4:23 Seven is the number of perfection. The seventh man is the man who will receive or reject the people of that age. He measures them and will evaluate whether or not they are worthy to be spared from the destruction about to be loosed on the city. There is only one by whom the Bride may be measured and who is worthy to be the measuring rod of God. Those measuring up to the measurer will be made to be in His image and in His likeness. Rev. 21:7.