Those who enjoy the benefits of their great success, gained at the expense of us all, now wish to deny us the same opportunities that gave them what they have. They are like the wicked pharisees (and not all of them were, but a good number) of the days when our Lord and Saviour walked among us, whom He accused of refusing to enter the kingdom by God's appointed way and denying others access to it, also. They had the riches of the poor, unpaid wages of those who were struggling, in their houses, and possession of lands and property unjustly gained, apart from that justly gained. Today's self-appointed, unelected "leaders", the uber-wealthy, whose wealth is the product of the freedoms they have enjoyed plus that which they have kept from those to whom it belongs, those same wicked now want to deny to all those they consider lesser people the rights and freedoms which gave them their own opportunities for success. Worse still, they want to take all that is left, all that belongs to the people, to themselves to control and use as they wish. They want to deny us our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and, eventually, our very lives. Because of their perverse and ignorant beliefs that we are nothing more than evolved pond scum, they are deep in the darkest and strongest of all delusions and they will pay the eternal price. God is patient and unwilling that anyone should perish but, ultimately, God will not be mocked.
The destruction of the wicked will come, like a huge and unstoppable tornado, like a firestorm in a cyclone, on the day of reckoning, the day of the Lord. I dread that day, for I have already seen even just a glimpse of it, a day of darkness and terror the likes of which mankind has never known, but it surely is coming and will come, of that there is no doubt, and it is coming sooner than many may think.
The witnesses will be frustrated because, in spite of the plagues of fire and hail and blood and drought they bring upon the land, few shall turn from their wickedness and the witnesses will go to their deaths in despair at the hard-heartedness of humanity, but they will arise to eternal life and glory and to the shock and utter horror of their enemies who, having denied the Ever Living God, will not believe their own eyes.
Then the end will come, that great a dreadful day when the earth is swept clean of the wicked and of all that causes sin.
Howl, you wicked, howl and cry out you unrighteous rich, you who trod down the poor of the earth and deny the people that which God gave to all, for all your riches have turned to dust and all your power is now in the mouths of the maggots in your graves and your worm will never perish, nor your souls see the warm light again.
James 5:1-6 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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