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          The Prayer:  Each year perhaps more than a few billion people pray The LORD'S Prayer which includes:

          "Thy kingdom come.   Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."

Matthew 6:10
Proverbs 28:9

          Yet, few people truly realize what they are saying.   Many of these same individuals ignore GOD'S laws and ways while keeping a plethora of substitutions.   Why else are there a multitude of different religious entities?

          GOD'S Will:  GOD has promised all sorts of severe and great tribulations for those who disobey.   And some are more evil than others while some are still gathering curses by their actions or inactions.   So, multitudes praying "Thy will be done ..." may simply be praying for their own demise if they are amongst the disobedient.

          Yes, consequences for disobedience involve dwelling amongst the Tares, the outcasts, and suffering curses for 1,000 years; 1,500 years; or perhaps for eternity.

          The Unalterable Word:  Remember, the grace of GOD opened Salvation to everyone but it's up to individuals to follow that straight and narrow path of obedience that leads through that open door.

          Don't forget:  "He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination" (Proverbs 28:9).   So, who responds to the prayers of the disobedient?

          "My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing (His Word) that is gone out of My lips."

Psalm 89:34; 105:8
Deuteronomy 4:2
Proverbs 30:5-6
Matthew 5:17-19
Revelation 22:18-19

          For Example:  In the beginning GOD ordained a special day to be kept Holy.   He thereby established a special sign:  people were forewarned to keep His Seventh Day of the Sabbath Holy or die (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11; 31:12-17; 35:1-3).   This is a "perpetual covenant" (Exodus 31:16).   People have a choice:  keep it or die.

          Oh, yes, GOD also ordained New Moon fast days and Seven Annual Holy Periods that layout much of His schedule and prefigure events during the Final 42 Year-Hour (Colossians 2:16-17).   But humanity has substituted a plethora of man's special days ... some even celebrate eight days reflecting the Eight Millennial Days from Creation.

          Yet, people repeatedly pray "Thy will be done..." while ignoring GOD'S edict regarding His Seventh Day and His other laws.   They then persist in substituting the First Day of the following week which is exactly the same as the Eighth Day.

          Others substitute Friday prayers but then go back to work later that night and/or work all day on Saturday instead of obeying GOD'S command to keep the Seventh Day Holy which begins at sundown Friday and continues until sundown Saturday (Sura 62:10-12; 4:154; 5:43-48).

          Myriad Excuses:  Actually, there are a wealth of differences between man's laws and practices that contradict GOD'S laws.   Even falsely pious people often get violently angry, some even curse The Word of GOD (Revelation 19:13), if one ventures to discuss GOD'S laws which differ from their practices.   This is not a new phenomena but apparently goes back to the beginning, to the preflood days of the antediluvian world.

          Prophecy Pertains To Everyone:  The will of GOD includes that everyone should obey to enter the Kingdom Of GOD (John 3:16-18; Revelation 19:13; II Peter 3:9).   However, GOD gave all humanity a free will to do as they choose.   But GOD set obedience as a criteria for entering the more righteous Congregation (Deuteronomy 30:1-3, Isaiah 56:1-8).   And faith without works (obedience) is dead or non-existent faith (James 2:14-26).

          "Not everyone that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven."

Matthew 7:21

          Again, why pray for one's own demise?   Obeying GOD is not difficult.   Scripture describes a seven millennial day week from Creation and events affirmed the arrival of man's double portion on the Sixth Day.   Today everyone can see it.   Then humanity entered The LORD'S Day in the Spring of 1996 AD.   And The LORD'S Day is exactly the same as the Third Millennial Day from the 5 BC Birth of Jesus.   Even the 35 Years Of Severe Tribulations described in Revelation 6:1 thru 16:21 and Leviticus 26:14-33 are already well underway.   It's the Beginning Of Sorrows as the Great Tribulations last 1,000 years for some and much longer for others.   Thus, people would be very wise to pursue obedience regardless of immediate consequences (Isaiah 59:15).   Seek meaningful positive prayers (Proverbs 28:9; Job 42:7-10).

          GOD'S Covenants:  Basically GOD'S covenants stipulate:

1. You obey and GOD will do this!

2. You disobey and GOD will do that!

          One condition offers Salvation and the other promises Great Tribulations, the Great Day of His Wrath (Psalm 89:34; Jeremiah 9:13-16).   Oh, yes, there are provisions for repentance, restitution (sin offerings), atonement, and forgiveness (Isaiah 59:21; 61:8; Jeremiah 33:25-26).   But there are punishments for both groups (Jeremiah 16:10-18 versus 17:18; etc.).

          Then, for the multitudes that are not part of the Firstfruits, the Little Flock, that are the first to enter the Kingdom Of GOD as The LORD'S Day gets underway, GOD has promised a New Covenant for the woman that gave birth to the child represented by the Firstfruits.   Satan, of course, afflicts the woman (not the child) for 1,000 years (Revelation 12:12-17; 14:14-20; compare Daniel 7:13-14 with 7:21-22).   O.K., this New Covenant offers humanity a second chance to enter the kingdom.   And, as part of this New Covenant, GOD said:

          "I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and ... they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the LORD:  for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them...."

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Hebrews 8:10-11

          Now it should be noted that before the New Covenant is in effect there are those of understanding who instruct many; yet, some of those of understanding will not enter the Congregation until the time appointed for the end (Daniel 11:33-35).   And Daniel describes that "the end of these wonders" is in the midst of the Eighth Millennium (Daniel 12:6-7; 7:25; Revelation 12:14).   Thus, there are those who know and understand but obviously don't obey.   And, again, Daniel says that some of these people will not enter the congregation until the time appointed for the end (Daniel 11:33-35; 7:25).

          Therefore, after the Main Harvest which occurs early in the Eighth Millennium, there will be a third opportunity for people to depart the Tares.   This third group is prefigured by the Gleanings of the harvest but must undergo 500 more years of tribulations at the hand of Satan (Revelation 20:7-9; compare Daniel 7:21-22 with 7:25; 12:6-7; Revelation 12:14).

          "The End Of These Things":  Daniel inquired as to "the end of these things" using the Hebrew 'acharîyth (J. Strong's Heb. # 319) which means "utter end" (Daniel 12:8); however, responses given Daniel avoided use of that particular uniquely descriptive term.   This further affirms that there shall be no "utter end" (Isaiah 45:17-18).

          Rather, "the time of the end" refers to a 1,500 year transition from "the land of the North" unto the completion of the Southland which marks "the end of these wonders" (Daniel 12:6-7).   Therefore, this "time of the end" lasts the full 1,500 years from 6001 from Creation (Spring 1996 AD) through 7500 from Creation.   Therein, the Firstfruits, the Main Harvest, and a Gleanings come out from amongst the Tares (the outcasts) on three specific occasions.

          Thereafter, those amongst the Tares no longer can transition into the Southland.   And Satan's dominion over the Tares extends "to the end of the earth" (Daniel 4:22).   But this earth is a world without end (Isaiah 45:17-18).   So, the Tares are to be stuck with Satan for eternity.

          Conversely, the more righteous eternal Congregation will be under Jesus at the right hand of GOD (Psalm 110:1; Revelation chapters 21 and 22).   They will dwell in a utopian situation while the Tares (the outcasts) suffer on and on in misery.

          A Final Consideration:  People who reject GOD'S Seventh Day Of The Sabbath (His Fourth Commandment:  Exodus 20:8-11) and substitute the first or some other day of the week are ignoring a great big sign and ought to wake up!   That sign, of course, should motivate people to search out GOD'S other laws.   What else are they ignoring?