I had yesterday and today off. I am putting this together quickly because it is of vital importance to all. We could be looking at a government default on debt between July and September. In the Bible, the cities established or prepared by God were places of refuge and in the future a reward to the righteous who will be saved. Wicked cities often received the judgments of God and were warned before this happened. As we near the return of Jesus Christ and the approach of significant national and global crisis, the Bible counsel to flee the cities is even more applicable now.
ALARM AGAINST THE CITIES
The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. Zephaniah 1:14-16
IN THE BIBLE WICKED CITIES WERE WARNED AND DESTROYED
Jericho - Hebrews 11:30
Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19:29
Nineveh - Nahum 3:7
Jerusalem - Ezekeiel 9:4/ Jeremiah 52:4,5
Babylon - Jeremaiah 51:31
Tyre - Ezekiel 27:32
and many other wicked cities - Micah 5:14/ Joshua 11:12
JESUS MINISTERED TO PEOPLE IN THE CITIES
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Matthew 9:35
Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his] face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. Luke 5:12,13
JESUS OFTEN DID NOT LODGE IN THE CITY
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. Matthew 21:17,18
And when even was come, he went out of the city. Mark 11:19
JESUS WARNED WICKED CITIES OF THE JUDGMENT (Matthew 11:20-24)
JESUS WARNED THAT THERE WOULD BE PERSECUTION IN THE CITIES
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. Matthew 10:23
WICKED CITIES WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE LAST DAYS
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. Jeremiah 48:8
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Revelation 16:19
Here are some thoughts and a recommendation from Christian publications on the subject...
It was not God's purpose that people should be crowded into cities, huddled together in terraces and tenements. In the beginning He placed our first parents amidst the beautiful sights and sounds He desires us to rejoice in today. The more nearly we come into harmony with God's original plan, the more favorable will be our position to secure health of body, and mind, and soul.--MH, pp. 363-365.
Get out of the cities into rural districts, where the houses are not crowded closely together, and where you will be free from the interference of enemies.--CL 9.5
Let every man be wide awake for himself, and try to save his family. Let him gird himself for the work. God will reveal from point to point what to do next. {PH068 22.1}
Country living is the recommendation given by the testimony of Jesus for these last days. We may have to work in the city and labor for souls who live there but we should make our home in the country or rural areas. Let us hasten to take heed to the admonition of the Lord...
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T.K.
