{"id":4720,"date":"2017-12-07T00:17:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T00:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2026-01-30T00:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:20:21","slug":"alarm-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/07\/alarm-bells\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarm Bells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The burden against the <\/em>Valley<\/em> of <\/em>Vision<\/em>. What ails you now, that you have gone up to the housetops?\u00a0 The noisy city, the joyous city, is filled with turbulence. Your slain ones are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.\u00a0 All your rulers have fled together; they have been captured without the bow; all who are found in you have been captured together; they have fled from afar.\u00a0 Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; do not insist on comforting me because of the devastation of the daughter of my people.\u00a0 For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling down, and of perplexity by Jehovah of Hosts in the <\/em>Valley<\/em> of <\/em>Vision<\/em>; of breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.\u00a0 And <\/em>Elam<\/em> carried the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.\u00a0 And it shall come to pass that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots; and the horsemen shall surely be set in array at the gate.\u00a0 And he uncovered <\/em>Judah<\/em>‘s covering, and you looked in that day to the armor of the House of the <\/em>Forest<\/em>.\u00a0 You have also seen the breaks in the city of <\/em>David<\/em>, that they are many; and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.\u00a0 And you have counted the houses of <\/em>Jerusalem<\/em>, and you have broken down the houses to fortify the wall.\u00a0 You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but you have not looked to its Maker, nor had regard for Him who formed it long ago.\u00a0 And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called for weeping and mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.\u00a0 But behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”\u00a0 Isaiah 22:1-13<\/em><\/h3>\n

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The other day I was sitting in a busy restaurant in Kalispell, Montana, with my family, awaiting the lunch we ordered to be brought to the table.\u00a0 Looking around, as people were busily chatting with others, the noise somewhat deafening, I was reminded of the sadness of just how godless of a society we have become.\u00a0 All around people were self consumed, oblivious to the reality of how our world is quickly being prepared for the “time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jer. 30:7)<\/em>, better known as the Tribulation.<\/h3>\n

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Afterwards we went to Walmart where people were scurrying around, back and forth, slowly making their way to the long holiday lines, while seemingly unaware of the changes in the world around them.\u00a0 Our society, long having abandoned the Way of Life (John 14:6)<\/em>, continuing on in their daily routines, on a path that is not good, one that has denied their Creator.<\/h3>\n

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“God looked down from Heaven upon the children of mankind to see if any was circumspect, seeking God.\u00a0 Every one of them has turned back; they have all together become corrupt; not one is doing good, no, not even one.”\u00a0 Psalms 53:2-3<\/em><\/h3>\n

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If we were to compare the general acceptance of moral standards by our society, verses God’s Word, we would see that we are far off of the mark.\u00a0 When we take a look at what goes on in this country (and indeed in the world) regarding our apostate churches, LGBT agendas, crime, covetousness, drunkenness, drug usage, wickedness and every other abominable thing that could be imagined, things that happen on a daily basis, to the point that no one even takes to heart the condition of the sins of this nation, then alarm bells should be going off.<\/h3>\n

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Alarms are put in place in buildings all throughout the world.\u00a0 If your family happened to be sleeping and a fire alarm went off, it would provide a warning and a chance to escape the horrors of being consumed in a fire.\u00a0 Such alarms are in place in hospitals, schools and other businesses throughout the world, indeed in most places they are required to be.<\/h3>\n

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In tornado alley, the constant siren of a tornado alarm gives people time to take shelter before the storm hits.\u00a0 In the costal states that deal with hurricanes, there are emergency messages displayed or played on air.\u00a0 In other cities around the world, such as Mexico City, there are alarms for earthquakes, one which recently went off and probably saved scores of lives.\u00a0 Many cities around the world have alarms for incoming missiles or other major catastrophes.<\/h3>\n

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Certainly from time to time there are false alarms.\u00a0 There are instances were a fire alarm goes off and there is no fire.\u00a0 Other times an earthquake alarm could go off, but the earthquake is simply a minor tremor.\u00a0 Oftentimes a tornado alarm is given, but no tornado is ever seen or heard by those who react to it.\u00a0 Even hurricanes often dissipate in strength and cause minor damage in comparison to their original capability.\u00a0 Yet in each of these cases, when the alarm is not a false warning, those who listen and adheed to the alarm’s warning are thankful, oftentimes the alarm has saved their lives and the lives of their family members.<\/h3>\n

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Who goes and plans a vacation to Miami, when a Category 5 hurricane warning is in effect?\u00a0 Who takes and tells the local school baseball team to begin the game when lightning is striking in the near distance?\u00a0 Who hears a fire alarm in the middle of the night and simply takes out the battery, going back to sleep?\u00a0 So then, who hears the Word of God read from the pulpit and ignores His warnings?!\u00a0 Would anyone hear an air raid siren and send their children out to play?<\/h3>\n

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Do we not warn children to avoid a hot stove?\u00a0 Are not people crossing a street to check to make sure it is first safe to do so?\u00a0 Do we jump into a lake to swim without knowing how to swim or having a life preserver?\u00a0 Why then to we forsake God’s Word, no longer believing what He has told us?\u00a0 What we need to have are alarm bells going off in every church, in every home across this once great nation, knowing that eventually time will run out!!<\/h3>\n

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“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”\u00a0 Jeremiah 8:20<\/em><\/h3>\n

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The alarm should warn that eventually there will come a time when those who are not Saved will be Left Behind.\u00a0 Such an alarmingly message should be proclaimed from the mountaintops!\u00a0 From coast to coast, people should dust off their bibles that are somewhere in their homes and read the Word.\u00a0 Christians should be knocking on the doors of their neighbors, telling them about the Gospel.\u00a0 A call for repentance and believing into Jesus Christ, should be proclaimed boldly from every pulpit in this land!\u00a0 The seriousness of the situation could not even begin to be understated.<\/h3>\n

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We have a land full of people and indeed around the world, of those who are in ignorance of the things of God.\u00a0 We have those who proclaim to believe in Him, yet they DO NOT believe what the Holy Scriptures say.\u00a0 Certainly God provided a solution to sin, through His Son Jesus, yet people ignore His Word wholeheartedly.\u00a0 In fact they do just the opposite of seeking Him, seeking the things of this world.<\/h3>\n

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“For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”\u00a0 Matthew 16:26<\/em><\/h3>\n

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But you, dear reader, understand that it should not be like this.\u00a0 We might watch as the mad throngs of people continue on the broad path that leads to destruction, but Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins (1st Peter 3:18)<\/em> on the Cross (Gal. 3:13)<\/em> and through Him we can have eternal life (1st John 5:11-12)<\/em>, we can inherit Salvation (Heb. 5:9)<\/em>, indeed we can be on the narrow and winding path which leads to life. \u00a0So consider and consider carefully, do you want to continue on being part of the mad throngs or do you want to diligently seek God, while He may still be found.<\/h3>\n

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“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many entering in through it.\u00a0 Because narrow is the gate and distressing is the way which leads unto life, and there are few who find it.”\u00a0 Matthew 7:13-14<\/em><\/h3>\n

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“Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.\u00a0 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.\u00a0 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says Jehovah.\u00a0 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”\u00a0 Isaiah 55:6-9<\/em><\/h3>\n

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“For He says: In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”\u00a0 2nd Corinthians 6:2<\/em><\/h3>\n

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“So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray; he was cast out onto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”\u00a0 Revelation 12:9<\/em><\/h3>\n

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“And the devil, who led them astray, was cast into the <\/em>Lake<\/em> of <\/em>Fire<\/em> and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.\u00a0 And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away. And there was found no place for them.\u00a0 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. And books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, out of the things which were written in the books.\u00a0 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one, according to their works.\u00a0 And Death and Hades were cast into the <\/em>Lake<\/em> of <\/em>Fire<\/em>. This is the second death.\u00a0 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the <\/em>Lake<\/em> of <\/em>Fire<\/em>.”\u00a0 Revelation 20:10-15<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Amen!<\/h3>\n

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Alarm Bells \u00a0 “The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have gone up to the housetops?\u00a0 The noisy city, the joyous city, is filled with turbulence. Your slain ones are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.\u00a0 All your rulers have fled together; they have been captured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,1348],"tags":[175,488,221,13,196,169],"class_list":["post-4720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-end-times","tag-all-will-stand","tag-allwillstand-org","tag-church","tag-end-times","tag-last-days","tag-tribulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4722,"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allwillstand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}