For behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it

Jer 30:3-9, 22-24

    3      ‘For behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.’ 

            4          Now these are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

            5          “For thus says the Lord,

‘I have heard a sound of terror,

Of dread, and there is no peace.

            6          ‘Ask now, and see

If a male can give birth.

Why do I see every man

With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?

And why have all faces turned pale?

            7          ‘Alas! for that day is great,

There is none like it;

And it is the time of Jacob’s distress,

But he will be saved from it.

            8          ‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.

            9          ‘But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

            22        ‘You shall be My people,

And I will be your God.’ ”

            23        Behold, the tempest of the Lord!

Wrath has gone forth,

A sweeping tempest;

It will burst on the head of the wicked.

            24        The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back

Until He has performed and until He has accomplished

The intent of His heart;

In the latter days you will understand this.

 

More terrible things happening: Of course, we would be distressed; wouldn’t you be? But that is not the result God is expecting out of us. Why? Because God says He will save us from it. We might not understand now, but He promises we will in the latter days. Many Christians believe now are the latter days. Even though Daniel heard something about them, the angel told him the words would be sealed up – until the end.

 

5.         If we could hear God speak, He would probably say: “You hear a sudden sound and want to hide. What if you heard of all the horrors that are coming. Wouldn’t you want to hide too? But that is not My will for you. I want you to stand firm and show the world what confidence in your God looks like.”