Where is Jesus? Why would Jesus allow all these horrible things to happen in this world, that is just being revealed now?
Lately my heart has been so burdened by what is being released on social media and the new regarding “The Files from JE”. I was scrolling through Facebook a few days ago and came across a video. I was sucked in immediately because it was talking about one of the emails that had been recently released and the context of it.
I listened and watched in absolute disgust and yet such agony. My heart became so completely overwhelmed. Here is the email that broke me.
I sat there in absolute sadness, disgust and my heart was completely wrecked. Not only was this girl in such a horrific situation, but the fact that they actually had the audacity to make fun and even teased that “You should dress up as him when you see her”
I immediately broke. My spirit broke. My heart broke. My soul broke. Every fiber of my being broke in that moment. Anguish filled me and so did rage. I cried and pleaded out to Jesus. Father, I don’t understand how people can be so cruel. I don’t understand how these things can happen. I just don’t understand.
Something told me to reread the first part. I did. Jesus was with this girl in that situation. She felt his presence even in the midst of this situation. He helped save her life. Think about that for a minute. She was being exposed to unimaginable things and yet SHE FELT God and Jesus with her.
I broke all over again. Reading that shattered me. How can someone going through such unspeakable things feel this way? Would we say the same if we were in her shoes? I have so many questions for this girl and I don’t even know her name.
Even in horrific, unspeakable, disgusting, tragic circumstances in life, Jesus is ALWAYS there with us. ALWAYS. It brought to mind the vision that Stephen had when he was being stoned for his faith. In Acts chapter 7:53-60, We recount the story of Stephen. A Martyr for his faith in Jesus. He was being stoned to death by an angry crowd in Jerusalem. This angry crowd had top Jewish leaders in it and they accused Stephen of blasphemy and for his strong preaching about Jesus and what he has done. These Jewish leaders rejected his teachings and in turn for his blasphemy, they condemned him to be stoned.
Take a moment to digest that. TOP JEWISH LEADERS condemned Stephen to be STONED for preaching against THEIR laws and beliefs.
Continuing on, we see that during the stoning, Stephen looked to Heaven and saw Jesus STANDING by the right hand of God. Not seated like we see in other places. JESUS WAS STANDING. As if he were there with open welcoming arms receiving Stephen during this tragedy. I honestly believe that while Stephen was being stoned, when he saw Jesus, he didn’t feel any pain that was happening to him. His focus was on Jesus and because of that, he wasn’t thinking or feeling anything in the physical world that was happening to him.
This goes back to the emails. This girl could see Jesus. Jesus was with her even though these horrific things are happening to her. HE IS THERE. He is with her.
Our human nature wants to say, “Well if he was there why would he allow this happen?”
Here is a quick answer. Jesus is NOT the ruler of this world. The devil (aka lucifer) is. This is his domain. This is his world. It is his evil. He wants all the bad, ugly, horrific, traumatizing, painful things to happen to humans.
Why? Because it breaks Jesus’s heart and he knows it. He laughs. He gets joy out of seeing pain and hurt. The devil doesn’t want ANYONE to go to heaven or to know Jesus. The thing is WE as humans have the chance to live with JESUS in eternity forever. The devil USED to live there. There is NOTHING he can do to return. NOTHING. He never gets to go back.
Don’t you think that makes him angry?? He will do everything within his means to keep whoever he can out of HEAVEN.
REMINDER – lucifer was a high ranking angel who was BEAUTIFUL. One of Gods greatest creations. His name literally means morning star. A sense of beauty and light. He was a symbol of wisdom and beauty. He became JEALOUS of God. He wanted to be God and have God’s power. (https://harvest.org/know-god-article/the-origin-and-fall-of-the-devil/#:~:text=’%20Yet%20you%20shall%20be%20brought,Luke%2010%3A18%20NKJV).
Here are the verses from the Bible:
Isaiah 14:12-15
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
**He wanted to above God and because of this, he was cast out of heaven with 1/3 of the angels who were with him.**
Revelation 12:4
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
2 Peter 2:4
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Some people state that the Bible doesn’t specifically state in Revelation 12:4 that 1/3 of the angels were cast out of heaven. If you look deeper into Jewish literature, you will find that stars symbolically refer to angels (https://carm.org/where-in-the-bible-does-it-say-that-one-third-of-the-angels-fell)
To tie this all together, Jesus is God. NOONE OR NOTHING can be above him. Bad things are GOING to happen in this world. Jesus died for ALL the BAD things. It breaks his heart when BAD things happen. He felt every single BAD thing when he was nailed to the cross. EVERY SIN was placed upon him as he suffered. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Past, Present and Future.
1 Peter 2:24
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Isaiah 53:6
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
The Lord laid on Jesus the INIQUITY of us ALL.
The definition of INIQUITY from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iniquity)
iniquity
noun
in·iq·ui·ty i-ˈni-kwə-tē
plural iniquities
1
: gross injustice : WICKEDNESS
2
: a wicked act or thing : SIN
The world wants you. The sin wants you. The devil (aka lucifer) wants you. The lies, the deceit, the hurt, the trauma, the pain, the horror, the sadness, the guilt, the anguish, the shock value it all wants you. BUT! So does Jesus.
Jesus. (https://www.gotquestions.org/names-Jesus-Christ.html)
The names of Jesus are many. He is kind, loving, he is all of the GOOD in this fallen world. He is all the good and the devil is all the bad. Plain and simple.
Conclusion:
In thinking of how to tie this all together in the end, I was really just brought back to this place of focusing on Jesus. Don’t let the world suck you into deep dark “rabbit holes” of horrific things. Jesus already knows what is going on in the dark. All that is in the dark will be brought to light.
Luke 8:17 – For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.
Do not focus on the bad. Do not focus on the horrific things that are flashing on the NEWS faster than we can keep up. Focus on Jesus. He knows.
Next, PRAY. Pray for the girl in the email. Pray for all the men, women, and children in ALL the emails and documents. Pray for healing, safety, covering, protection for the innocent, release from bondage, release from pain and captivity, release from the evil, in the NAME OF JESUS! We all need to PRAY. URGENTLY.
Prayer changes things. Prayer breaks sin. Prayer breaks chains. Prayer sets people free. Prayer gives freedom to those that are bound. PRAYER to Jesus is the answer. The only answer we need! I urge you to pray. The day of Jesus’s return is drawing closer. I feel it in my spirit, like many others I have spoken with. The air surrounding us is becoming heavier, the weight is becoming harder to bear. Jesus said in the end times it would be like this. We need to be on our knees praying for everyone we know and even the ones we don’t. Somewhere out there is a person, a man, a woman, a child that needs your prayers right now.
PRAYER IS POWER!
James 5:16-18
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
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