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Will we receive wrath from God?

Jul 20, 2026 · by Mark McMillion · In: Current events, Insights, The Future and Endtime

Does God ever send His wrath on His own people? Usually, I’d be the first to affirm that He does not. A well-known Bible verse tells us, “God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Trials, tribulations, even sufferings—those are things that a child of God can and does experience. But wrath is evidently not something He sends against His people.

Or does He?

I was looking over verses I’ve memorized throughout my life today, and I came to this one: “But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and misused His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.” That’s from the last chapter of 2 Chronicles, describing the final state of the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah as the fearsome forces of Babylon came against them for the third time, around 586 BC.

Then I thought about a prophetic verse that evidently refers to a time soon to come, from Revelation 18: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, ‘Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues‘” (Revelation 18:4). This has to be the voice of the Lord, clearly speaking to “My people,” the saved believers of the last days, imploring them to “come out of her.” And the “her” referred to here is Babylon the Great, the mysterious end-time entity, “that great city which rules over the kings of the earth” (Revelation 17:18).

There’s a case to be made that these verses in Revelation can be applied even now, to the people of God in this present age. Some say that Babylon the Great is now fully formed and manifest in our time, and that the people of God must “come out of her”, if they are not to receive her plagues, both now and in the times soon to come.

A strong comparison could be drawn to Lot, the nephew of the patriarch Abraham, some 4,000 years ago. Lot and his family were increasingly “vexed with the filthy lifestyle of the wicked” (2 Peter 2:8) as they continued living in Sodom and Gomorrah. In Lot’s case, the Lord finally sent angels physically to escort Lot and his family out of Sodom, evidently in the final hours before God poured fire and brimstone upon what had become Lot’s hometown.

But what about now? God says in Revelation that the day will come when the sins of Babylon the Great will have reached unto heaven, and He implores His people to come out. But what if they don’t? What if they are like the impudent, stiff-necked people who inhabited Jerusalem and Judah in the days of Jeremiah? That man was God’s voice to the nation for forty years. And, as we read in that verse from 2 Chronicles, they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and misused His prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people. In this case, when God’s own people have so hardened their hearts and shut their ears, He sometimes allows them to suffer the consequences of their grievous sins.

The good news is that there were a few, even in Jeremiah’s time, who took heed to the warnings of God and the voice of His Spirit. Daniel and his friends were carried away to Babylon as young men, and Daniel went on to become one of Israel’s greatest prophets. In fact, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel all lived during that period, with Jeremiah being the oldest by about a generation.

But we don’t know much about the vastly larger number of people who were the mockers and scoffers, the hardened people who were called by His name but perished in the flood of judgments that the Lord had been warning them about for decades. And the thought has come to my mind: Will there be multitudes of believers in the coming judgments of God upon this earth, described in Revelation, who will be in such a state of lukewarmness, complacency and indifference that they simply will not obey when the Lord says, “Come out of her, My people”?

What is going to happen to disobedient Christians, those who are so joined to modern Babylon that they will be much like Lot’s wife, who had to be virtually dragged out of Sodom, the Babylon of her day? If the modern lukewarm do not “come out of her” (Babylon), do those verses imply that they will then “receive of her plagues”?

I believe that “God has not appointed us to wrath.” That is clear from Scripture. But what about half-hearted Christians who have spent their whole lives, in one form or another, within the allurements of Babylon the Great? These thoughts came to me this morning, and they are unsettling.

There is certainly Scriptural precedent for God allowing severe punishment to come upon those of His people who have hardened their hearts and mocked the messengers of God. May the Lord help us all.

Urdu Daniel chapter 2 video

Aug 27, 2025 · by Mark McMillion · In: Daniel videos and texts

By God’s grace I’ve been able to complete in Urdu the Daniel chapter 2 video in the “Prophecies of Daniel” series. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and one of the main languages spoken in northern India.

Daniel Chapter 2 is considered by scholars of almost all faiths to be the briefest and most concise overall picture of the history and future of the world in the entire Bible. This chapter is in many ways the foundation on which we can understand the many fulfilled prophecies of the past, as well as see what still is to be fulfilled in times soon to come.

It has often seemed to me that this chapter was intentionally designed by God as an easy first step along the path of prophecy. It’s like a preparation for the more advanced prophecy chapters, such as Daniel chapter 7. That chapter is where we will begin to really climb up into the mountains of prophecy.

Thoughts on Present Europe

Aug 20, 2025 · by Mark McMillion · In: Current events, Insights

I’ve just returned from Europe and my heart is deeply stirred for that continent and its people. My children and grandchildren live there. I myself lived in Europe for 25 years of my adult life, across more than 20 countries. From what I can see, there is a growing awareness that Europe now faces challenges unlike anything since the Second World War. Decades of prosperity and peace have left the continent emasculated and unprepared. And now, almost suddenly, it finds itself confronted with a ruthless, unyielding adversary in the leader of Russia.

Oh, that Europe had at least one leader like Winston Churchill today—whose iron will was perhaps the single greatest factor in saving Europe from Hitler, and who later did what he could to limit Soviet Russia’s exploitation of Germany’s defeat. I earnestly hope that today’s European leaders will rise to the occasion and discover within themselves the courage and resolve to unite against their common foe, Putin.

But will they? That is the question. Because it will take more than strong national leadership. Generations of peace seldom prepare a people to quickly stand in defense of their nations when an enemy is at the gate. I almost shudder to imagine what it would mean if today’s fighting-age men of Europe were suddenly called upon to stand alongside Ukrainians against the relentless “meat grinder” waves of Russian soldiers that Putin sends to their deaths in pursuit of what he calls Russia’s glory.

And yet, I see glimmers of hope. To be frank, I am not “woke.” That ideology has plagued Europe for years, and in fact Putin has at times gained ground by portraying Russia as a defender of Christianity against what he calls the moral decline of Brussels and the spread of gender ideology. Across Europe, however, there are growing movements often labeled “far right” or “nativist.” In truth, many of these movements reflect ordinary people who are simply fed up with the godless, secular “progressive” wave that has steadily undermined traditional—and often Christian—values in nearly every European country.

Britain is a vivid example. In some places, local councils have gone so far as to order police to stop people from flying the Union Jack, Britain’s flag, on their own property! Meanwhile, others are arrested merely for standing silently across the street from abortion clinics. Such measures show just how far things have gone astray.

But the backlash is growing—the “natives are restless,” as the saying goes. It reminds me of the story of the boiling frog: slowly turn up the heat, and the frog won’t notice until it’s too late. But across Europe, many frogs are noticing—and they’re deciding to act. I find that encouraging.

Still, the reality remains: the enemy is at the gate—at several gates, in fact. Will there be a deliverer? From the top to the bottom, across the continent Europe needs… well, it needs God perhaps like never before. Will Europe’s leaders and people return to the values and convictions that sustained them through centuries of hardship? Or will this be one of those times when dark forces prevail and civilization retreats?

One way or the other, I believe a remnant of the people of faith will remain in Europe, as they have in one form or the other since Roman times. I find consolation in that. But for me, it is a sad, ominous, foreboding time and I do hope and pray for a better outcome in these things than what seems to be unfolding before us.

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