ECCE

     In 1Corinthians 11, the apostle Paul warned believers to discern the Body of Christ. This is especially important in these last days.           David wrote in Psalm 120, a Song of degrees (ascent, steps, going up, thoughts) about the conditions he was facing then that are still prevalent today: " In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from deceitful tongue. My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war."      Is the Body of Christ truly crying out to the LORD in these times of distress, when lies run rampant and war and violence prevail? Satan is the father of lies, whose first lie was, "Hath God said...?" Who are we listening to, and are we able to discern the truth from a lie? There are those who hate peace, not as man thinks of peace, but the peace of the LORD, which is a lasting peace.     ...

     Although some churches do not study the Old Testament, future events, as well as our future, are written in it, as they are also revealed in the New Testament.        The prophet Daniel was given a timetable of prophetic events that are continuing to be fulfilled, and will be fulfilled in the future. Daniel had been reading the prophecy of Jeremiah "whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." (Dan. 9:2,  see Jer. 25:1-11 ). This caused Daniel to come before the LORD in prayer, seeking forgiveness for himself and the people of God who had failed to listen and obey the Word of the LORD through His prophets, and through the statutes of God's Word: "We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, w...