Acts 7:51-53 – 51 “You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him — 53 you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it.”
Stephen gave a great history lesson of the Jews to the upper tier of spiritual leadership. This just how he finished and did they repent? Did they feel shame for missing what they had been foretold and missed?
No, since they didn’t have the Holy Spirit, they were still blind. So responding the same way demons do when they hear the Word, they picked up stones and killed him. They didn’t want to hear it.
Today bible prophecy, which there is more written about Christ’s second return than His first, is in full bloom. Ignorance is not an excuse because people like me are telling them about it. They don’t want to hear it.
The bad thing though is the reason people don’t want to hear it is because they are not excited about the Lord coming back. The reasons vary, but the reality is they are not interested in Him coming back. If a Christian is not excited about the Lord coming back after they hear about it and the scriptures point to it, there is a Holy Spirit problem.
The lack of the Holy Spirit problem today is rapidly affecting the church. Many denominations have turned away from the literal interpretation of the Word of God.
What are the results? Even though God promised the Jews He was going to rule on David’s throne, apparently to many denominations, He’s not. To other denominations he isn’t coming back, or not until man paves the way. Apparently He doesn’t mind same sex couples as that one is rapidly sweeping through the pulpits.
However, we still have literal verses of prophecy that explain and predict those things above.
2 Peter 3:3-4- 3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
2 Timothy 3:3-4 – 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Don’t be part of the itching ear clan. Seek Truth.