Our Gethsemane

[Gus Foster]

"Do not fear what you are about to suffer, behold, the Devil is about to

cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and have

tribulation -- be faithful unto the point of death -- " (Rev 2:10)

The path of the church follows the path of the life of their Lord and

Savior, especially at this end of the age. The life of trials and

tribulation of Jesus is being replicated by His followers. The church age

has experienced crosses all over the globe, and now at the end time will

fulfill the fifth seal of Revelation. We are at Gethsemane; earnest watching

and praying are mandated, even to the extent of wrestling with the Angel,

clutching desperately with all our will and strength. The table is being set

and the white horse harnessed. We can hear the trumpet, and must awake.

Satan and his religious-political-military-industrial-commercial complex are advancing,

no, charging. His roar is deafening, while their moaning and groaning is

drowned out by their gnashing of teeth as these merchants watch their ships

capsize, while we must be conscious of the work of the Holy Spirit and

struggle to keep the worldliness under our skin from permeating our very

soul.

Many slink in darkness rather than contribute to earth's gospel illumination

by showing the light of Jesus that He has shared with us. Babylon is unveiled

and her pretty packages and bubbles that have fueled false hopes now expose

the true unregenerate human nature; listen, can you not hear, can you not see?

The white washed pundits are manifested; nakedness prevails. There are those

that are ignorant, those that are scoffers and those that rest in the arms of Jesus.

Listen to the call; will you not watch, will you not pray, will you not

glorify the Father and the Son?

[Gail]

Thanks for this, Gus!