June 13, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Last Days Survival–it’s all about Ruth

Ever read the Book of Ruth? Good, read it again and again! It will save your life in these Last Days. It is obvious that these are the ‘last days’ as spoken by Jesus Christ in the Gospels. I am not afraid though I often worry for my kids and close friends. I want all of them to make it; to endure the great destruction that is upon us. I want all of them to make heaven their home no matter the cost, loss of property, and severe persecution.

Without hope and patience, strength of character, and unity of the saints no one will make it to the very end. It will be those individuals (not the ones that planned enough or tried to hide from God’s judgment) who did not love this world but loved each other in the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the truth of Jesus Christ that make it.

These last days are not about you or me but only about Jesus and His coming back to claim all that is His and ‘His battle’ against evil and darkness thereby placing all things under His feet and in His control. The last days are meant for all things to acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord and His judgment against Satan and all who follow him.

To make it, i.e., to endure all the destruction that will take place on earth, we must follow the guidance of the Scriptures. It is in the Book of Ruth that I find the greatest hope and the best examples of what we must do to become victorious in Christ.

Here are some insights into what God wants us to see through the Book of Ruth:

1. Ruth left behind all that she knew and loved. She did not want more of what she knew but more of God who she did not know.

2. Ruth knew that she would be an outsider and possibly persecuted if she would live in a foreign country.

3. Ruth wanted ‘relationship’ not security or prosperity—she saw the true meaning of love through Naomi and that is what she wanted for herself.

4. Ruth humbled herself and was willing to act upon advice she received from others—she considered herself a nobody/a stranger in a new country.

5. Ruth fell in love with an older man, Boaz, who could not believe a much younger woman would respect and love him. It was this type of love that we find between Christ and the Church. God always asks for honor and desires that we love Him. Love is a choice, and we must choose to love God even when nothing around us is good and without hope.

6. Ruth became an ‘overcomer’ in so many ways. In these last days, we must also become ‘overcomers’ as stated in the Book of Revelation. How does this happen? Through the blood of Jesus Christ and the word of our testimony. Do you have a testimony? A testimony that is yours and no one else. Your testimony must be yours alone, not borrowed, not duplicated but solely yours in content, impact, power, and truthfulness. (Ruth’s testimony, Ruth 1:16-17)

7. Ruth learned to love, and it is this kind of love that we must have—it is not given, earned, duplicated, or attained through education. This love comes from commitment, from the heart, and is given freely to others without personal gain.

This is how we will survive in these last days. We must become like Ruth. We must become overcomers having a personal testimony. We must love Jesus freely and without reservation.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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