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I'm thinking today of 1 Thessalonians 5 .3. It

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says, While people are saying peace and safety,

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destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor

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pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not

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escape. Jesus, of course, is talking about the

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second coming, the ultimate justice, and also

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the ultimate delivery of grace. When it's all

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said and done, this will be one of the greatest

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upheavals, the kind of thing that we all might

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want to avoid. But here they are crying peace

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and safety, and it makes the gospel look harsh.

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I think that Jesus will come again, and the judgment

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will ensue, and people who were crying peace

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and safety will not get what they were asking

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for at the same time think about pregnant women

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well pregnant women as they come to the end of

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their pregnancy they know they could experience

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labor pains at any time and so the truth is while

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they're crying peace and safety somewhere within

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them they know that things can't go on the way

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they are forever there will be a change whatever

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you're going through today as difficult as it

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may be be encouraged god loves you and he's taking

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you to a place in a way that will bless you beyond

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what you can understand beyond what i can understand

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and We can experience a great peace on earth

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just knowing that through. But there will be

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those who are crying out peace and safety. Even

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those who are crying out, Lord, Lord, Jesus,

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will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Rather,

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those who love God through his son, Jesus Christ,

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and do the will of their father the best they

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know how through his son, Jesus Christ. Let that

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be us. God bless you today. Be encouraged.