Our God is a Consuming Fire

[Sue J Love]

“See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.’ This expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:25-29 NASB’95)

This is coming! How soon? Not sure. But it appears by what we read in the news of what is going on in the USA alone, and in the rest of the world, that this could not be very far away. And perhaps it has already begun, to some extent. For as I think about recent events, just in my nation, there have been multiple destructive hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, plane crashes, lightning and hailstorms, and the like, seemingly back to back, with must destruction of private properties and the taking of many human lives.

And then in other nations there are wars, some or all of them involving the USA in one way or another, which are also destroying much in the way of people’s homes and lands and public and private properties, and the taking of many human lives. And I do not get all the news from all these other countries, but I am assuming that they also are having storms and floods and other natural (or unnatural) disasters which are destroying land and homes and business, and which are killing people by the millions.

But it isn’t just all this physical destruction that is going on, and it isn’t just the physical wars which are taking place, but there is a lot of political warfare going on within my nation, and between nations, apparently, and there is a lot of confusion, and upheaval, and daily alterations to our way of life, with many threats of this or that, which are “all over the map,” so to speak. So it is difficult to know what is real and what is not real, but the reality is in all the confusion and upheaval that all of this is causing.

And I believe that is the plan, to cause all the upheaval and confusion and chaos that it all generates in order for the one world government to have to step in to “save the day” and to bring the world together in unity as one people of the same mind, heart, and actions. So if you are wishing for world peace, please know that it comes with a mighty cost. It will mean us having to give up our rights, our beliefs, our practices, our callings of God, etc. in order to unite with the world as one people under a totalitarian regime.

But the Scriptures give us many warnings of these things taking place, and of what that will mean for followers of Jesus Christ. And we must guard against getting sucked into the whole fiasco which is being created by skillful and devious and deceitful people who are plotting our demise. And we must follow the Lord, in walks of obedience to his commands, and we must never compromise our faith, our relationships with God/Christ, the gospel, or moral character in order to unite with the world as one people at (forced) peace.

But God is allowing all of this to take place, or it could not happen, and he warned us a very long time ago, through the prophets of old, and through the New Testament apostles, and through the teachings of Christ and of the Scriptures that these things must take place. Why? For the reasons mentioned in today’s passage of Scripture. God is shaking and will shake the earth, and the people of the earth, and the heavens, in order to remove what can be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken will remain.

Does this make sense to you? Basically, God will judge the people of this earth via a time of trials and tribulations on the earth unlike anything we have ever faced before, in that magnitude, in order that the message of the cross of Christ, which is the message of the gospel of our salvation, will not be totally destroyed, but will be persevered. He will bring his judgments on the earth, and on the people of the earth, to get some people to repent of their sinful ways and to follow the Lord in obedience before the end.

Basically, he has to destroy many or all earthly kingdoms in order to preserve his heavenly kingdom. And I may not be expressing this perfectly well, but the judgments of God will come upon the earth, and on the people of the earth, I believe, to bring many people to genuine walks of faith in the Lord Jesus, and/or to revive his idolatrous and adulterous church before the end of all things, so that many will be saved and will have eternity with God in heaven. For right now, the church in America is in very sad shape.

For right now so much of what is called “church” is not the biblical body of Christ, operating as the biblical body of Christ, in practice, under the headship of Christ Jesus, with all body parts doing their parts in ministering God’s love and grace and encouragement to one another. Multitudes of them are just businesses of human origin which are businesses incorporated (united with) under the state, marketing their gatherings to the people of the world, and thus diluting the truth of the gospel to not offend the flesh.

Few, it seems, are operating as the biblical body of Christ, with each part doing its work, with each working part exhorting and encouraging and instructing one another in the ways of the Lord, and in the ways of holiness and righteousness, and in walks of obedience to the Lord and to his commands, and in the forsaking of our sins. Few, it seems, are still teaching the gospel that Jesus taught, and that his New Testament apostles taught, IN CONTEXT, but so many have altered the gospel to conform it to the flesh.

So, in order for God to get his people back to where they need to be spiritually, under his headship, obeying his commands, and living holy lives pleasing to God, he has to shake things up to bring us all to that point to where we will have to choose God or the flesh, and God or worldly masters, with no more vacillating between the two on middle ground. And the worldly masters who are or will yet be in charge will bring us to that point of decision, too. And if we choose obeying God, it will mean death for us.

But death, resulting in life eternal with God is far better than death resulting in eternity in the fires of hell. And so many people are being given false promises of eternity with God because they gave lip service to the Lord at one time in their lives. But Jesus said that if we want to come after him that we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives. But if we die to sin and obey God, in practice, we have life in him.

We need to take this seriously! Too many people today are expecting that when they die that they are going to be with Jesus for eternity. But Jesus said that not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the ones DOING (obeying) the will of God. And many will stand before him on the day of judgment, claiming him as their Lord, and claiming what they did for him, and he will say, “I never knew you! Depart from me you workers of lawlessness,” because they did not obey God’s commands.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Sing to Me of Heaven

Songwriters: Ada Powell / Benjamin Burke Beall

Sing to me of Heaven, sing that song of peace
From the toils that bind me it will bring release
Burdens will be lifted that are pressing so
Showers of great blessing o'er my heart will flow

Sing to me of Heaven, as I walk alone
Dreaming of the comrades that so long have gone
In a fairer region 'mong the angel throng
They are happy as they sing that old, sweet song

Sing to me of Heaven, tenderly and low
Till the shadows o'er me rise and swiftly go
When my heart is weary, when the day is long
Sing to me of Heaven, sing that old, sweet song

Sing to me of Heaven, let me fondly dream
Of its golden glory, of its pearly gleam
Sing to me when shadows of the evening fall
Sing to me of heaven, sweetest song of all

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Our God is a Consuming Fire
An Original Work / April 4, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

[Oseas]

Greetings in Christ JESUS

Yes, our GOD is a consuming fire

Around 6000 years ago our Lord GOD in His wrath punished the MAN by sent him forth from the garden of Eden, as He revealed to Moses after around 2500 years after Adam, or 1500 years BC, as is written in Genesis 3:22-24:
22 And the Lord GOD said, Behold, the MAN is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the TREE OF LIFE (the invisible GOD is Life-John 1:18, the tree of Life), and eat, AND LIVE FOR EVER:
23 Therefore the Lord GOD sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground FROM WHENCE the MAN was taken -> (the MAN was taken out from the environment of the Garden) .
24 So GOD drove out the MAN; and GOD placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming Sword (Word of fire) which turned every way, to keep the way OF THE TREE OF LIFE.->The own GOD, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, the Life, Father of our Lord JESUS Christ, Self-executing, Self-executable.

But, around 4000 years after Adam, or around 2000 years ago, our Lord GOD sent JESUS to make the reconciliation with MAN He had created, and had drove him out of the Garden (John 5:17 and 43); -> And Paul Apostle revealed: 2Corinthians 5:18-19: ->18 All things are of GOD, who hath reconciled us to Himself by JESUS Christ, and hath given TO US the MINISTRY of reconciliation; 19 -To wit, that GOD was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not IMPUTING their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the Word of Reconciliation.

>-> (the MAN was taken from a place out of the Garden, and was made as GOD said: Genesis 1:26 -> And GOD said, Let us make MAN in our image, after our likeness:...) ->By the way, this will happen again from now on, taking us out from this satanic world of Devil (John 1:12-14) establishing the 3rd heaven-Daniel 2:44-45 and 12:1-3 combined with Ephesians 1:3-23 and Matthew 25:29 and 34 and Revelation 12:10-12, and mainly Luke 20:35-36, take a look),

Revelation 11:15-18 combined with Matthew 5:5 and Revelation 5:10

15 ... The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before GOD on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped GOD,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord GOD Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

18 And the NATIONS were (WILL BE)angry, and thy WRATH is come (again, after around 6000 years), and the time of the dead, that they should be judged(Daniel 12:2 combined with Isaiah 26:19-21, take a look), and that thou should give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and should DESTROY them which destroy the earth.

Revelation 19:8-9:
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of GOD.
8 And to her (to the Church, to the GOD's people, sons of GOD by adoption) was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Alleluia! Praise GOD. Amen.
Matthew 25:29 and 34
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: