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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 547
faithful followers. It is our job to have faith, to trust and believe that no matter what form of
persecution comes our way, whether we live or die, our loving Father will give us the strength to
get us through. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had just this kind of faith in ancient Babylon.
King Nebuchadnezzar built an image of gold and gathered all the important people of Babylon
and commanded them to bow down and worship the image. He decreed that anyone failing to
worship the image would be thrown into a burning fiery furnace. Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego refused to worship the image and said to the King, “our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if
not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image
which thou hast set up.” Their faith was rewarded and God saved them in the very midst of the
fire; their lives were preserved and not even one of their hairs was burned (see Daniel 3).
This is an example of how God will protect his faithful followers who refuse to accept the
mark and worship the image of the beast. God also preserved Daniel's life after being thrown to
the lions (Daniel 6:16-27).
God’s holy word tells us: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and
of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7) God will be beside us even in “the valley of the
shadow of death”: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” (Psalms 23:4) Even when
things work out badly, God promises to turn them around for good: “all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans
8:28)
In Hidden Manna For The End Times, David Eells explains that their will be two groups
of people who will be saved out of the end time tribulation. The first group will have developed a
right relationship with God, will have learned to trust him for their provision and will have
conquered sin in their life before the tribulation begins. This first group will have come to this
point as a result persecution and/or tragedy and the leading of the Holy Spirit in their life before
the tribulation begins.
The second group of people will develop a right relationship with God, will have learned
to trust him for their provision and will conquer sin in their life as a result of the persecution they
experience during the tribulation. Both groups of people will be great witnesses for God and will
exhibit signs and wonders. According to Eells, the first group will be those who are a live and
see Jesus coming in the clouds and the second group will be those who are martyred for Jesus
name. Eells provides a lengthy teaching on this in his book and supports it with numerous
Biblical texts. I highly recommend the book.
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God's Provision
God provided manna from heaven for Israel for 40 years in the wilderness. He provided
water from a rock. God fed Elijah in the wilderness with ravens and them miraculously provided
food for him and a widow and her son for three years during the drought that God sent upon the
land (1 Kings 17). Jesus multiplied the five loaves of bread and two fish to feed over five
thousand (Matt 14:15-21; Mark 6:34-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-13). Likewise, God will
provide protection and food for his faithful during the coming tribulation.
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