The apocalypse. The tribulation. The end times.

Prophecies, commentaries, teachings, and debates about the biblical aspects and natural outcomes of these abound. Unfortunately, the divisions in Christ’s Body have only produced nearly as many denominations as there are opinions about all this. So how are we to consider what is evident all around us and what the Scriptures reveal is to come?

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Who is praying on the wall?

My prayer is that we would be attentive to what we’re taught in 1 John 4:1–5, not believing everything we hear spoken, but testing the spirits by the Spirit. Doing this will help us prepare our hearts to believe truth that supersedes every human perspective. As Yeshua has said: “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33 ESV).

Regarding the realities of tribulation and the shaking necessary to restore all things, the spiritual shaking must be powerful enough to tear down everything opposed to what is good. The natural shaking, dismantling, and destruction must be sufficient to tear down the walls, temples, and halls of all who oppose God’s plans, purposes, and people.

Consider what Rahab’s family must have endured during Joshua’s battle at Jericho, and the redemption she experienced because of her faith throughout: hearing the children of Israel march around the walls each day; experiencing what was probably a progressive change in the spiritual atmosphere inside and surrounding the walls of Jericho; having the very ground beneath and the walls surrounding begin to move; the gates sealed, such that food and supplies could not be delivered; believing the assurance of the Hebrew spies enough to remain in place, awaiting rescue, having hung that red scarf to the window seal; the red scarf signaling that everyone inside her house feared God, justifying the covenant of her protection. Remember that one of the conditions of her family’s protection and redemption was that they must remain inside the house — no matter what chaos ensued around them. They were to remain under the covering. Anyone exiting the doors of her house, joining the fray of those opposing Joshua in any way, was subject to death (see Joshua 2:19).

If Rahab believed, having only a red scarf as a token, how much more ought we to have sustaining faith when the ground quakes beneath us or the walls crumble around us, knowing that we are covered by the Redeemer Himself? As we intercede from our assigned places upon the wall, let us also remember to confess our faith, to ask for an increase of that faith, and to meditate on Yeshua’s promise: “My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand” (John 10:29 ESV).

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Mavourene Robinson began in full-time ministry in 2014, campaigning for the Howard County Public Schools’ Board of Education in 2017–2018, and for the Maryland Senate in 2022. A lifelong learner about the intersections of faith with international relations and domestic policy, Mavourene is actively engaged in intercession for family, government, education, and religion. She releases prophetic insight at Judgment Begins in the House. Photo Credit:  Luis Quintero from Pexels/Canva Pro.