(Saved Through the Fire) 13 - God's True Message — Milton Green

This is tape number 13 in a series. We urge you to listen to all the tapes in the series in numerical order So that the whole teaching can be received and understood. Listening to a part of this series or to the tapes out of sequence can lead to a misunderstanding Of the nature the intent and the importance of this series.

The Day of the Lord and the Call to Repentance

Now let's go back over there. We got permission to have a way look here. We don't have to just use. We're not going to use just part of the Bible, are we? The whole Bible is a revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen. So now you're going to read all about him. Now. Here's this day of the Lord. You know, we got a fame found some in Obadiah. Some of my people didn't even know is in there or was you reading an Obadiah this morning.

Obadiah verse 15. It's talking about the day of the Lord the day of the Lord draw us near on all nations as you have done. There it is again as you have done what's going to happen to you. That's the day of the Lord as you've done.

It's going to be done to you. How many understand the tribulation now? What you give out what you get brother you have better repent and head as you far as you can the Lord Jesus Christ and fall at his feet and cry out to him if it a whole world don't like it.

If your mama don't like it and your daddy don't like it and your sister don't like it or anyone else your brother or anyone else Don't like it. You better choose between God who you're going to serve this day and I say in that kindly as I can for the day of the Lord draws near on all nations and As you have done it's going to be done to you your dealings will return on your own head.

Verse 17. But on Mount Zion, there will be those who escape now you're seeing that they're going to escape because they're walking in repentance and holiness. And it will be holy in Mount Zion and the house of Jacob.

This is the house of Jacob. They will possess their possessions. They're going to possess the land then the house of Jacob will be they're going to be a fire and the house of Jacob is going to be a flame and The house of Esau all that holly church of flesh is going to be will be as stubble.

They're going to be burned up in this fire. Why because they have sold their inheritance for the desires of the flesh. And they will set them on fire and consume them. So that there will be no survivor.

Of the house of Esau the whole bunch is going to be destroyed for the Lord has spoken Jeremiah 15. We might start back in Genesis in a minute in Genesis, I mean in Jeremiah chapter 50 I Tell you what, I have.

I have about 14 places. I'm wanting to go to and I'm just trying to know which way to go here. Amen. And Jeremiah 50 verse 2 Declare and proclaim among the nation proclaiming and lift up a standard do not conceal it.

But say the harlot church has been captured Babylon. Now here he is saying to the remnant right here in verse 3 for a nation has come up against her out of the what? North and we know that nation now the north is the powers of darkness.

Amen. That's a son of destruction. This is a flood. It will make their land an object of horror and there will be no Inhabitant that be no spiritual inhabitant in it both man and beasts have wandered off.

They've gone away in those days and at that time declares the Lord the true sons of Israel are the wise virgins will come both they and the sons of Judah as well and Hebrews 8 and 8 this new covenant is made with the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah.

They will go along weeping. Uh-oh. Here the wise virgins are true sons of Israel. They're going along during this time of destruction. They're going to be weeping in Repentance as they go and it will be the Lord their God they will Seek they are going to ask for the way to Then and They're turning their faces in its direction.

It's not babbling or somewhere else. They're heady preside. They will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant. That will not be forgotten. Because this is what has happened across the land.

The Lord says my people have become lost sheep's as they walk in this lawlessness. Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains. They've turned aside falling away.

They have gone along from the mountains to the hill. They have forgotten their what? the resting place of peace and rest. All who came upon them have devoured them and their adversaries have said We're not guilty.

In as much as they have sinned against the Lord they've transgressed the law and we have ground to come into them. They broke God's law. We're not guilty in as much as they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness.

Verse 8. Wander away from the midst of this harlot church babbling. And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans. The Chaldean is a type of the army there, which is the powers of darkness. Be also like a male goat at the head of the flock.

Take some mud. Leave some others out with you. For the whole I'm going to rouse and bring up against Babylon. I'm going to bring an army. Here it is of great nations from the land of the north. That's them.

This is a flood and they shall draw up their battle lands against her. From there. She shall be taken captive. Their arrows will be like expert warriors. Who do not return empty-handed now. Verse 11?

Because you are glad because you're. Because you are glad because you're a jubilant. Oh you who pillage my heritage you take the book of God the people of God the money of God the things of God and Use it for selfish ambition.

You pillage my heritage because you skip about like a threshing heifer and you nay like stands. Your mother will be greatly ashamed. This mother harlot church who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nation's a wilderness.

She's going to be a parched land and you can walk on any of them and it's a parched land. They're not receiving anything but death and it's a desert desert. It's a land of burning waste. It produces no fruit or life.

Why. Because of the indignation of the Lord? She will not be inhabited because the Lord is in his army of indignation against their instruments and she'll become of complete desolation. That's the abomination that he sends to make desolation.

Everyone who passes by this harlot church is going to be a horrified and they're going to hiss because of all her sickness and wounds. It's coming up on her. Draw up your battle lines against this harlot church on every side surround that army.

The army is surrounding her right now and Luke 21 and you that aren't then her voice roars like a sea. Oh, you couldn't bend the bow shoot at her. Do not be sparing with your errors for she has sinned broken God's law sin against the Lord raised up your battle cry against her on every side.

That's how she's a surrounded. She's on every side. She has given herself up her pillars have fallen her walls have been torn down for this is a day of death. This is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance on her and here's the righteous judgment of God as She has done to others.

So due to her if you give out death you get death and then we look in Verse 20 at the search for the righteous. The lamp is burning in Jerusalem verse 20 and those days in that time declares the Lord at that very time.

We believe circle at that time and during that time a search will be made for the sins of the Iniquity, but they're going to be none and for the sins of Judah, but they're going to be none. That's Zion for I shall pardon those in Zion whom I leave what a Remnant and they're going to escape from this army now verse 24 I set a snare for you.

You remember the snare in Job 18 and You were also caught. Oh Babylon why yourself were not aware for you foolish virgins. You were asleep. You have been found and also snee seized. Because you have engaged in conflict with the Lord James 4 for you've chosen to be an enemy of the Lord by blessing God.

And cursing your neighbor. The Lord has opened his armory. He has brought out forth the weapons of his indignation. For it is a work of the Lord of hosts now. I want you to hold something right there.

The Weapons of God's Indignation

Do you know what his weapons of indignation are first? I want you to look at me the Lord is jealous for your hearts. Then your hearts go to to lawlessness the Lord becomes indignant because you do that and then his wrath goes forth and he turns loose his army of Indignation on you and that is the flood.

That's the son of destruction that destroyed now. I'm gonna let you see them here just a minute for those of you not familiar with it. Hold your place and turn back to Isaiah 13. Isaiah 13. Isaiah 13.

He said he was using his Instruments of indignation for destruction and we see it in verse 3. I have commanded my consecrated ones. I Have even called my mighty warriors. That's his army My proudly exulting ones as his army of demons the sons of destruction the flood to execute my anger a Sound of tumult on the mountains and because the joy has been removed by him to and that of many people a sound of uproar of kingdoms a nation gathered together.

The Lord of hosts is mud a string the what? The army for battle they're coming for him from a far country from the farthest horizon. That's the ends of the earth. The Lord and his instruments of indignation you saw over there in Jeremiah 50.

And they are going to destroy the whole land. Well for the day of the Lord, that's his instruments is near there the flood and I will come it will come is Destruction because they are sons of destruction From the Almighty therefore all hands will hang limped who are not in Zion walking straight past every man's heart will melt and They'll be terrified.

Pains and anguish will take hold of them and they're going to rise Like a woman in labor as these sons of destruction move into their body. There's the birth pains. They will look at one another in astonishment in the Holy Church.

Their faces of flame and we're know they're going to run over to the wise virgins and they're going to say our lamp is going out give us the Spirit we need the Spirit and all and Ten and seven will cling to one man and this is happening very very soon.

First time behold the day of the Lord is coming. It's cruel with fury burning anger. Hold your place right there, and I want you to turn with me. To Jeremiah 30 and I want you to see something this day of the Lord.

To Jeremiah 30, I just want to read just a little Jeremiah 30 verse 5. For thus says the Lord. I've heard a sound of terror of dread and There is no peace. Asked now and see if a male can give birth. If a male can't give birth.

Why has he been over like a woman in birth pains in? Pain and torment. Now, let's read it again. Verse 6 acts down and see if a male can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his lawns as a woman in childbirth?

Why have all faces turned pale with plagues? Pestilence weakness and disease alas. For that day of the Lord is great. There's none like it. This is a great tribulation and it is a time of Jacob's distress.

But the true church the remnant. But he will save. He will be saved from it in verse 11. For I am with you remnant declares the Lord to save you. For I will destroy completely all the nations where I've scattered you only.

I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly. Are you being chastened right now and Will by no means leave you unpunished. For thus says the Lord and he's talking about the adulterous again now.

This is why it throws people off. They don't they think it that they keep reading there and they don't know that when he's speaking to the remnant and he's thinking everything. Just going to be alright and it's a remnant in Zion.

He stops to speak a word to and they think well everything's gonna be alright and they continue to teach peace and safety. Are y 'all catching what I'm saying showing you right there? All right. For thus says the Lord to the harlot.

Your wound is incurable. Your injury is serious. There's no one you don't have no advocate the Lord Jesus Christ to plead your cause. You've broken covenant. No healing is for your soul. No recovery for you.

All your lovers have forgotten you. They do not. The lovers were the powers of darkness. They do not seek you for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy with a punishment of a cruel one. That's the son to destruction the flood.

Because your iniquity is great and your sins are numerous. Why do you cry over your injury. Your pain is incurable because your iniquity is great and your sins are numerous. I have done these things to you.

Amen. Now we're back in Isaiah 13 verse 9 you continue to holding on to Jeremiah 50. Now Isaiah 13 verse 9 Behold the day of the Lord is coming Cruel with fury and burning anger to make the land a desolation.

He will exterminate its sinners from it. You remember what we saw in 2nd Thessalonians 1 and that's exactly what he's talking about in Matthew 24. For the stars of the heavens and their consolation will not flash forth their light because we're talking about the spiritual realm because of this cloud and this army of powers of Darkness, the Sun will be dark when it rises.

The moon will not shed its light. Thus I'll punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquities. I'll also put an end to the arrogance of the proud Obeys the haughtiness of the ruthless.

I'll make mortal man scarcer than pure gold and mankind than the goal of Urphur when he shakes the heaven in the earth. That's that when he comes and brings his flood against the foundations. Therefore I'll make the heavens tremble and the earth will be what I Can't hear you.

Looking at me folks. That's the spiritual earthquake when they come to check your foundation and if you're not standing on the Word of God You'll be removed and it's only those things which cannot be shaken are going to remain and that's the elect who walk holy and righteous who hear the Word of God and act on it and that silver and gold if people have and everything else, they'll throw it out in the street and After they've heard this gospel, and they've refused it.

It'll be a witness to them and they'll never Get in the ark and They'll try and revelation said should you could destroy themselves and they won't even they try to commit suicide. And they won't even be able to do that verse 13.

Therefore. I'll make the heavens tremble and The earth to be shaken from its place at the fury of the Lord a host in the day of the Lord in The day of this burning anger now, we're back in verse chapter of Jeremiah 50 verse 25 The Lord has opened his armory and has brought forth the weapons of what?

His indignation. Do you see what these weapons are right now? For it is a work of the Lord God of host and now we just See what he says to the remnant now. See stops and says things to the remnant because the remnant has to know what's happening around you and where you're going to be Remnant and that's why you're here at this meeting here right now, so you'll know now in chapter 28 There is a sound of the fugitives at the exiles and the refugees From the land of Babylon now see they're leaving out of there.

They're going to be leaving more and more. They're going to be refugees and acts exiled. It's coming out of the harlot church and they're coming with their faces to design and they're going to declare in Zion The vengeance of the Lord our God and going to be describing the things that's happening in there.

And because it's vengeance a time of vengeance for the temple of the Lord. Amen. Some and many there comes the army that we've been reading about the weapons of indignation now against Babylon. All those who've been the bold the worst of the nation said cap around her on every side.

Surrounding is the army is surrounding the harlot whore in Jerusalem. Let there be no escape. Here's the righteous judge of God. Repay her according to her work. According to all that she has done so due to her and you remember and in Revelation 18 said give her back twice As much as she's given to others.

For she has become arrogant against the Lord Against the Holy One of Israel. Therefore her young men will fall in their streets and all her men of war will be Silenced in that day of the Lord declares the Lord which is on us right now.

Behold, I'm against you. Oh arrogant one you harlot whore church Declares the Lord God of hosts for your day has come. This is a day of the Lord the time when I shall punish you and the arrogance will stumble in spiritual darkness.

They'll break God's law and they will fall be destroyed and no one will raise him up and I'll shed. The hour shall set fire to his churches. He's going to move the powers of darkness in there as we saw in Psalm 74 and it will devour all this environment.

It's going to leave me like a fire forest. It's been cut down with an iron axe and then once again She has a word to the remnant right here. He says verse 33. Thus says the Lord of hosts the sons of Israel are oppressed and The sons of Judah as well and all that took them captive have helped them vice.

They refuse to let them go, but their Redeemer is strong. Now this is the going to be the remnant the Lord of hosts is his name. He will vigorously going to plead our case. Amen. So that he may bring rest to the earth the remnant, but he's going to continue the turmoil to the inhabitants of that Babylon that is to the foolish virgins.

Amen in verse 36 a curse Against the oracle priests the ones who preach in these false teachers. That's going to be a curse on them and they will become fools. A Curse, he just turns the powers of darkness and make them believe it bittersweet and make them believe the biggest lies that ever was Occurred and they'd be there be a believe what is false and they'll be teaching and it'd be giving people Poison water, you know in Deuteronomy it tells about the false signs and wonders that the Lord will permit people to come.

People to come and do in Deuteronomy 13. To have your heart tested to see where you're going to follow a man or follow God. And so he permits it to happen. This is a choice that people are made. Amen.

Verse 36. A sword against the oracle priests and they will become fools. A sword a curse against her mighty men and they're going to be shattered. A Curse against the horses. The horses is as people that walk strong after the flesh and where people fall them.

They fall after flesh. They fall out the horses and it's going to be against their chariots that carry these carts. And it gets all the foreigners. That's a worldly who are in the midst of her and they're going to become like women.

Women, you know. Well, when a man comes like woman, he's becoming weak. Amen. And a curse against her treasures all of her hundred dollar bills all these things they build up and they are going to be plundered.

Is it already being plundered folks. A Drought and a famine on our waters and they're gonna be dried up. They're going to have it no understanding about the Word of God for it is a land of Adam. Adam Idols.

And they go mad, you know trying to protect over their fearsome idols. Verse 41. Behold the people is coming from the north. We saw it in Jeremiah. This is the sons of destruction the flood the instruments the army of God's indignation and a great nation and they have many kings.

Can I tell you some of the Kings? The Kings are jealousy. Look at me approval of man. Greed Pride. These kings are roots and from these roots see he becomes a ruler demon over certain fortresses and strongholds in you and They come these Kings come to get you to love them more than God and when you love these Kings Of lawless the more you do God.

You break God's law and they have permission to come in and destroy you. Because that's the judgment of God's law. You prove you don't love him with all your heart. Amen. You're not amazing. Verse 41.

Behold the people is coming from the north and a great nation and many Kings. Will it be aroused from the remote parts of the earth? That's what we saw back in Jeremiah. They seized their bows and javelin.

They're cruel and they have no mercy and here they are. Their voice roars like a seed. Do you remember what we saw over in Luke 21? Amen. Well The Kings of Babylon and the harlots have heard the report about them and his hands hang limp and 43 Distress has gripped him agony like a woman in childbirth.

Babylon's Judgment and the Remnant's Deliverance

Let's go over to chapter 51. Verse 1. Thus says the Lord behold, I'm going to rouse against Babylon and against the inhabitants of a hard word the spirit of a destroyer. That's the army. I shall dispatch foreigners to Babylon.

That they may win a her that's these foreigners is going to be the powers of darkness and they made this devastate her land. For on every side every sides mean they're surrounded. They will be opposed to her in the day of the Lord in the day of her calamity.

What she's given out is what she's going to get now. The Lord has a word to the remnant in verse 5. For neither Israel or Judah has been forsaken remnant you hadn't been forsaken By his God the Lord of hosts, although their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.

But flee from the midst of this harlot church and each of you save his life. Do not be destroyed in her punishment. This is the Lord's time of vengeance and Then we go on in verse 7 the harlot church has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord Intoxicating all the earth.

If anyone loves got the harlot more than they do. God he lets them go right in there. It's all in Deuteronomy 13 an example if you want to use example, the nations have drunk of her wine. They've drinking this teaching.

Behold the nations are going mad. Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken well over her bring balm for pain. You already are you already seeing this happen folks? Hold up your hand. Are you already seeing it come down?

The Lord of hosts has sworn by us. Wait a minute. I lost my place right there. Yeah, I looked away in it now he's. He's talking to the remnant like right again right in verse 9. No, let's go in verse 8.

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken well over her bring balm for her pain. Try to go over and heal her. Perhaps you'll be healed. We applied healing to Babylon. We tried to help her, but she was not healed.

Forsake her and let each of us go to his own country for her judgment has reached a heaven. And it towers up the various skies. Is that exactly what we saw in Revelation 18? The Lord has brought about our Vindication.

Now, this is all for Zion that he's destroying Babylon. Come and let us recount in Zion. Let's go to Zion the work of the Lord our God and tell about the judgment that's going over in the harlot poor church today, amen.

Verse 11. Sharpen the heirs fill the quiver. The Lord has aroused the spirit of the king of Medes. That's the flood Kings. The sons of destruction because his purpose is against this harlot church to destroy it for it is a vengeance of the Lord vengeance For his temple verse 13.

Oh You who dwell by many waters abundant in treasures? You've got many buildings. You've got many treasures here on this earth and it's full of dead man's bones. Your end has come. The measure of your end.

Now, we've been reading about the end. That's what Matthew says the Lord of hosts has sworn by himself. Now watch this very closely. Surely I will fill you with a population like what? Locusts and they'll cry with shouts of victory over you.

Don't you look at me right here folks cause Babylon is a world church. That's a church of Egypt. They walk and talk like the world their wisdom is worldly fleshly and demonic. It's just exactly like it was when Moses who's the type of Jesus came to take a people out Egypt and Moses said let my people go.

God says let my people go that they come out and worship me. You've got them in bondage there you divided up my inheritance and you Pillaged my inherits and you have them serving your selfish ambition with your bricks and straw.

Let my people go and you remember all the plagues that came on Egypt these same plagues Are coming upon the harlot church right now. Instead of the locusts, it's the flood and army and sons of destruction.

That's what you just saw God is saying let my people go. That they'll come out and worship me. You know, you just stand here and he just began showing you see that's his vengeance on Babylon for the sake of his Saints when you won't let her go.

Let his people go. It just keeps coming on you and coming on you. Until you destroy him. That's how it is vengeance for his Saints. You know in Revelation 18, he said I'm destroying them as vengeance for you sign.

In other words, they not wanting to let my people go that to come out and worship me. So all the plagues that went on Egypt are coming on the harlot today. I may see that that's vengeance. Those things just make chills on me already see things just a little bit when the Lord just you know, just I Wondered you know, how how was that vengeance for?

Why why was he in other words? Why if God won't destroy him I could see God won't destroy him. But why why is he saying? That you're destroying them because of the people in Zion because the people in Zion and his is his people and They've been holding his people and wouldn't let him go that's why it's vengeance for Zion.

Hey, man. Are you following what I'm saying? I didn't know what I made that clear because I just saw it myself. Now it's one we got over to verse 14, didn't we? Verse 20 praise God. I'm Lord. I just I'm just so thankful to you.

And you're so precious and I just want to thank you for all of us Lord. For what you're showing us. I thank you for that grace and mercy and we just We just honor you and glorify your word in Jesus name.

Praise God. Verse 20. Well, let's go back to verse 14. So you you see it right here verse 14. He's saying right there surely I'm gonna fill you with a population like locusts. That's the powers of darkness the sons of destruction and they go and cry out with shouts of victory over you now.

They're his sentiments of indignation in verse 20, and he says you you demons sons of destruction. My instruments indignation my army you are my war club my weapons of war and with you you army and sons of destruction I'm going to shatter Nations and with you demons, I'm going to destroy kingdoms and with you demons I'm going to shatter the horse and the white rider the horse and riders the ones that ride and follow after flesh instead of following The Lord in the Spirit of God you hear what I'm saying?

And with you demons I'm going to share it. Shatter the chariot and the rider the one that rides after the carts and with you I'm going to shatter the man and a woman and with you demons I'm going to share the old man and he used and with you demons I'm going to share the young man and a virgin and with you demons.

I'm going to shatter the shepherd and His flock folks could anything be any clearer. This is plainer than anything in the morning news, isn't it? Chapter 20 I mean verse 29 they come. They're the earthquake that blames the spiritual earthquake on this earth verse 29.

So the land quake it's a spiritual earthquake and it rise they come to check your foundation and Everything that can be removed is going to be destroyed by him and only those things which cannot be removed.

That's those Who hear the Word of God and act on it are the only ones that cannot the floods not going to remove. For the purpose of the Lord against Babylon stand to make the land of Babylon of what it's going to be a desolation.

Without inhabitant and their abomination it makes desolation. Verse 30 the mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting as they are they're staying in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted and I you know, you know what this exhaust is going to lead into just death.

You're going to drop. They're becoming like women they're weak. They're dwelling places are set on fire because the powers of darkness have entered into the dwelling places. The bars of her gates are Broken now we got a reward to the remnant.

So you need to know what you're supposed to be doing where you're standing while you're saying what's happening on around you because we look at me folks. We know the brethren are going to know the remnant ago.

You got a guy gonna be caught like first Thessalonians 5 like a thief in the night. But you know those who are walking in stubbornness to God's law and they're teaching peace and safety then destruction will come on them.

Like a woman with child birth pains. That's what in first Thessalonians 5. But we are not sons of darkness. We're sons of light and we can see this and know this and see there's going to be so much more.

And so much more we can't even get into right here. No. And you're going to know and see what's going on, but you cannot communicate it to no one. Just go ahead and wear yourself out like I did and try it.

You can only communicate it through those two one thing number one. You're going to walk in love and number two the Spirit of God, that's the only way it'll ever be communicated and That's exactly how the Lord is going to use you to communicate it.

So don't be a coward. If you've got a light you don't hide it on the bushel the lights of divine nature. Because we are lights in the world and that's where it world spreads to get people out of that but I just want to tell you be in the Spirit and walk in love right through Babylon, amen and Love and when you're attacked or whatever you've done people speak against you see one of the things.

That you'll have to get adjusted to that. See people to be scared to death of you. I go and I watch fear all over the place. But the powers that aren't trying to make them scared to death of me because they wanted to make them fear afraid of me.

If they make them afraid of me then you know. They would not listen to what you say. You hear what I'm saying? Fear is a menace to the powers of darkness. I was recently in a place where I was going to be sharing there and I got into a Motel near there and Somebody showed up my motel room at 7 o 'clock in the morning and and you know, it's precious people and all people are precious.

God thinks all people are worth more than the whole world one person worth more in the whole world of God. What will you give in exchange for your soul? Will you give the whole world in exchange for your soul?

Well, in other words, what if you gain the whole world lose your soul if you have a you know. If you have the whole world. You'll lose your soul. So because the soul is more important than the whole world of God.

Are you hearing me? I finally got that turned around and said it so we see now in verse 34 He speaks a word to the remnant right here remnant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Satan has devoured me and crushed me.

He has set me down like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a monster. He's filled his stomach with my delicacies. He's washed me away. Made the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon the harlot church.