The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Revelation 9:15-21, “And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind.
16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
17 And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.
19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.
20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;
21 and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.”

The Jews in the State of Israel are suffering a slaughter physically brought upon them by Hamas. It is gruesome to observe even a fraction of what assails them. Those of us who have been following Scripture that speaks of Israel in the end times, know that it has been prophesied again and again in the Bible.

Further, it needs to be said that whether Jew or Gentile, what matters is what occurs to those who reject God’s Son, the LORD Jesus Christ. It’s not altogether whether people attend church, or whether they hold membership in a church, or live a life that brings help to those who are in physical or emotional need. None of these things are what occasions suffering and devastation to fall upon mankind.

He has set forth His reasons in the pages of Holy Scripture. Those who fail to
understand, are those who neglect the Scriptures in their own lives. Even many of those who read His Word, do so in such a slip-shod fashion as to come away as
spiritually empty as if they had never read the Word at all.

God-called pastors and teachers are responsible to explain the meaning of the Word. Yet, multiple sermons are filled with feel-good trivia that never touches the root or meaning of Scripture.

The LORD is not the author of confusion; yet, He allows confusion to reign in the minds and hearts of those who reject Him. The failure to accept Him as LORD and
Savior is equal to harshly rejecting Him altogether. We, who know and love Him, are responsible to share His Word with others. At this point, we must be something before we can do anything to help others to know Him. We are also to encourage others to help us in sharing Christ Jesus with those who are lost.

There is no time equal to Christmas for sharing Jesus as LORD and Savior. Pray urgently for our Jewish friends! Pray for all who do not know Him. Pray especially, for those who know Him, but do not honor His will. If you need to know more, just allow me point you to some whose delight is sharing Christ!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom