Tribulation Saints

As in the day when Jesus
Walked the sands of the
Holy Land
 

When He sent his disciples
To spread the gospel –
So the days
 
Will come when those
Same words sustain the
The Tribulation saints
 
Don’t be afraid of
Men – He said –
Speak up and say –
 

What you hear in
The dark – say
In the day
 
Don’t be afraid
Of them – they’re
Powerless
 
Be afraid of
God not men –
God reigns
 

Not one sparrow
Falls alone –
God knows
 
Even your hairs
Are numbered
Fear not
 
You are worth
Many sparrows
To God

By Carol Ann Hoel © April 21, 2011

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Matthew 10:26-31 – The Bible (NIV) – So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Revelations 14:1 – The Bible (NIV) – Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Revelations 14:6-13 – The Bible (NIV) – Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.