Seven years ago, my wife and I sat in a well-known church system, completely blind to the unbiblical doctrine and compromise surrounding us. We were ignorant. But as I look at the spiritual landscape today, I am compelled to deliver an urgent message: pleading ignorance is not going to wash.
In Acts 3:17-21, Peter addresses the crowd regarding the crucifixion of Christ, saying, “I know that you acted in ignorance.” Yet, that ignorance did not absolve them of responsibility. Peter immediately follows with an uncompromising charge: “Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.”
True repentance brings a distinct three-tier restoration: it is personal, it is corporate, and ultimately, it is cosmic—culminating in the literal return of Jesus Christ. Like the lame man miraculously healed at the Gate Beautiful, the true church shouldn’t be passive; we should be overflowing with a radical revelation, clinging tightly to the coming King.
The warnings in Scripture are stark, and the hour is late. When God judges the nations, it will not be a slow, manageable transition. It will be sudden, catastrophic, and final.
Consider the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Captain Samson of the vessel Norham Castle wrote blindly in pitch darkness as white-hot fire and ash rained down, convinced the Day of Judgment had arrived. That historical snapshot is a fraction of what occurs when God shakes the foundations of the earth.
If you are currently staying in places of unfaithful practice and compromise just because the building has a familiar name, you must wake up. Leave the falsity of the system. Take the warnings of God seriously, flee the compromise, and join the company of those yearning for His return.
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