Thoughts on imminent destruction and cookies.

 In 1st Samuel 2:10 Hannah prayed that Jehovah would "give power to his king". The Israelites had no king when she prayed this. So, what was she talking about? 

In Deuteronomy 17, Jehovah made it clear that the israelites would begin to desire to have a king. Further, he told them that when they did, they should appoint one but that it must never be a foreigner. 

In John 19:15, the chief priests announce that Caesar is their king, while demanding the death of Jesus the Christ, who is to be their king and who was in the chronic state of fulfiling messianic prophecy thrhoughout his lifetime, in a way that was so painfully obvious that work-a-day types, like Peter, noticed it and took up responsibilities associated with serving he who would be king. 

Jesus gave fair warning to the Israelites, aka: Hebrews, aka: Jewish people or "the Jews", regarding death and destruction that was coming to them a while after his own death. Some of them listened to him because they knew what he was  and wanted it that way. Others did not listen to him as they either refused to take in knowledge and see what he was or they did see, but preferred to live their life without him. Either way, the former survived and the latter perished. 

When the small form of God's kingdom, as it was on an imperfect earth surrounded by a world ruled by Satan, was destroyed in 607 B.C.E., the Gentiles were raised up in power while the Jews were brought low for failure to listen to God, his prphets, or his Christ and their future king. However, not all Jews failed in this way and, in fact, many Jews and Gentiles worked together for the Christ as first century Christians. Perhaps, further down into history than that. For there has always been a small number of persons devoted to Jehovah God and his kingdom throughout all of our history. 

A small number that, despite being outnumbered, thrived and lived and loved in a big way, protected by their relationship with Jehovah God, for as long as they maintained it and ddi not openly defy him. 

This, then, is the key to survival: working at taking in accurate knowledge and then acting upon it, regarding both the king Christ Jesus and his father, the Grand Creator Jehovah God.  It does not demand perfection, but it does demand effort and a proper heart condition of faith, love, patience and endurance - all of which they will give you, free for the asking (and the use of). 

The path is straight, but narrow and cramped. So, it is easy to see  the ight at the end and to have companions walking with you, but still a path that you are responsible for trodding upon alone, while listening to those who went before you and teaching those who are learning as they follow in your footsteps. 

We have been warned of how to recognize when the descrutcion of Satan's world is near and what to do about it, the same as the Jews were warned about the destruction of their small, now corrupt slice of this system after they failed to keep it as being "no part of this world" . 

According to the signs given by the Christ, it is very near. According to Bible principles the world is in more of a corrupt state than ever before, on a grand scale and with corruption running through every aspect of human existence which one must fight against daily.  The end is almost here. 

Will you listen and live? Or, stay in the corrupt city ruled by Satan and perish with him? The choice is yours. That's what your free will is all about. 

I know the dark side tells you it has cookies. But, it doesn't tell you that so does the light side, and the cookies that are made with the uncorrupted real produce of God are both tastier and better for your body.  

Think about it. 

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Here's where you can look up the scriptures I gave, the destruction of Judah and more: 

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101971012?q=destruction+of+Judah&p=par