The complacency of fools will destroy them
Proverbs 1:20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;
There are those who are speaking the truth in the public square. You have to discern who is giving you light and who is giving you darkness. Who is telling you the truth and who is lying. Be careful, we all are tempted to "hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest". Generally, it is the one telling you what you don't want to hear that is telling you the truth.
21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:
The city gate indicates an official or leader or person of standing. During the pandemic we had three such doctors come forth and make their speech. They were vilified, attacked, ridiculed, and reviled, but they stood on top of the wall, they were in the city gate and made their speech. No one wanted to hear that the pandemic was a bioweapon and an evil scheme and that those we would want to trust were lying to us. But God was faithful to make sure you heard wisdom cry out.
22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Why is that so many people were so easily deceived? They did not pay attention in science class, they decided long ago they didn't have to understand that for themselves just follow like obedient sheep the leader and what he tells you. Put on a mask, done. Shut down businesses and schools, done. Get this experimental vaccine even though everything about it is screaming to beware, done. Lock up, censor and vilify anyone who questions these totalitarian demands, done.
23 Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.
The real problem is not a matter of logic, or education. The real problem is that these ones have never repented, never received the Lord Jesus, they are not interested in His word, or His thoughts or His teachings. That is what happens at the end of the age, we discover who trusted in their own wisdom and who turned to the Lord, repented of their pride, and embraced His word.
24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, 25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,
I don't know if this is taught that much in Christian churches anymore. They teach you need to believe in the Lord and confess that He is lord in order to be saved. OK, that is true. They may strongly encourage you to spend time in the word, in prayer, in fellowship, in worship in order to be sanctified and strengthened in your spirit. OK, that also is true. But ultimately you must listen when He calls, you must pay attention, you must regard His advice and accept His rebuke. If you don't do that then stop saying you love the Lord, you don't even do what He tells you. Stop saying you are a believer who has done wonderful works in His name, you don't have a relationship with Him, He doesn't know you, He doesn't approve of what you do.
26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
I have tried to share with many people these last two years. To a large degree they laugh, they mock, they do not regard anything I say and they refuse to listen. This may sound cruel but disaster is about to strike them, this I know, and at that time I will laugh. This last year I have mocked the Joe Biden regime and that regime will result in calamity overtaking the US.
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
It is going to come fast and furious, in an hour everything will change. There have been many, many warnings, many shots across the bow, many prophecies fulfilled, and yet God is merciful. He is giving people a chance to repent and get into the ark. The saints will be shut into the ark in safety prior to the storm hitting. Once it hits it is too late. You can knock all you want at that point but no one is going to open.
28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
Once we are in the ark we will be with the Lord. The picture is of Noah and 7 souls. The number 7 signifies the church. So this picture is that we, the church, the believers who have been one with the Lord in this age to build the ark, are locked into this ark with Jesus before the storm hits. Prior to that time we are to be witnesses in the hopes that all would be saved and none would perish. But at that time you won't find us, we'll be with the Lord. You assumed we would be at your beck and call, that was arrogant. We are servants of the Lord, we are at His beck and call, not yours.
29 since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord. 30 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
So many do not understand this. Yes God is merciful and long suffering, but your response will determine your judgement. If you hated knowledge you will be judged for that. If you did not choose the fear of the Lord you will be judged for that. If you don't accept the Lord's advice, you spurned His rebuke, you will be judged for that.
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
You reap what you sow. As you have done it will be done to you. If you are one filled with all kinds of schemes then you will be filled with the fruit of those schemes.
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
All you had to do to be caught up with this whole vaccine clot shot was to be complacent. When the shutdown came what did you do? I had an extra 3 hours a day to get into the Bible. I dove in with abandon. But what about others, were they complacent? Did they use this time to binge watch TV? Play video games? Waste their time in so many ways? Were you wayward? That will kill you. Were you complacent? That will destroy you.
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
I was in NYC, the Lord was speaking to me that calamity was coming. I had no peace and no life to take the vaccine. However, refusing the vaccine meant that I and my wife would lose our jobs. We resigned, sold the house, and moved to South Dakota. Here I feel we are now in safety, I feel we can be without fear of harm. This doesn't mean the Lord might not speak in the future to move again, I don't know, all I know is that once I got here I was filled with life and peace feeling that we had sidestepped the coming calamity because we listened to the Lord.
Proverbs 1:20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;
There are those who are speaking the truth in the public square. You have to discern who is giving you light and who is giving you darkness. Who is telling you the truth and who is lying. Be careful, we all are tempted to "hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest". Generally, it is the one telling you what you don't want to hear that is telling you the truth.
21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:
The city gate indicates an official or leader or person of standing. During the pandemic we had three such doctors come forth and make their speech. They were vilified, attacked, ridiculed, and reviled, but they stood on top of the wall, they were in the city gate and made their speech. No one wanted to hear that the pandemic was a bioweapon and an evil scheme and that those we would want to trust were lying to us. But God was faithful to make sure you heard wisdom cry out.
22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Why is that so many people were so easily deceived? They did not pay attention in science class, they decided long ago they didn't have to understand that for themselves just follow like obedient sheep the leader and what he tells you. Put on a mask, done. Shut down businesses and schools, done. Get this experimental vaccine even though everything about it is screaming to beware, done. Lock up, censor and vilify anyone who questions these totalitarian demands, done.
23 Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.
The real problem is not a matter of logic, or education. The real problem is that these ones have never repented, never received the Lord Jesus, they are not interested in His word, or His thoughts or His teachings. That is what happens at the end of the age, we discover who trusted in their own wisdom and who turned to the Lord, repented of their pride, and embraced His word.
24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, 25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,
I don't know if this is taught that much in Christian churches anymore. They teach you need to believe in the Lord and confess that He is lord in order to be saved. OK, that is true. They may strongly encourage you to spend time in the word, in prayer, in fellowship, in worship in order to be sanctified and strengthened in your spirit. OK, that also is true. But ultimately you must listen when He calls, you must pay attention, you must regard His advice and accept His rebuke. If you don't do that then stop saying you love the Lord, you don't even do what He tells you. Stop saying you are a believer who has done wonderful works in His name, you don't have a relationship with Him, He doesn't know you, He doesn't approve of what you do.
26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
I have tried to share with many people these last two years. To a large degree they laugh, they mock, they do not regard anything I say and they refuse to listen. This may sound cruel but disaster is about to strike them, this I know, and at that time I will laugh. This last year I have mocked the Joe Biden regime and that regime will result in calamity overtaking the US.
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
It is going to come fast and furious, in an hour everything will change. There have been many, many warnings, many shots across the bow, many prophecies fulfilled, and yet God is merciful. He is giving people a chance to repent and get into the ark. The saints will be shut into the ark in safety prior to the storm hitting. Once it hits it is too late. You can knock all you want at that point but no one is going to open.
28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
Once we are in the ark we will be with the Lord. The picture is of Noah and 7 souls. The number 7 signifies the church. So this picture is that we, the church, the believers who have been one with the Lord in this age to build the ark, are locked into this ark with Jesus before the storm hits. Prior to that time we are to be witnesses in the hopes that all would be saved and none would perish. But at that time you won't find us, we'll be with the Lord. You assumed we would be at your beck and call, that was arrogant. We are servants of the Lord, we are at His beck and call, not yours.
29 since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord. 30 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
So many do not understand this. Yes God is merciful and long suffering, but your response will determine your judgement. If you hated knowledge you will be judged for that. If you did not choose the fear of the Lord you will be judged for that. If you don't accept the Lord's advice, you spurned His rebuke, you will be judged for that.
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
You reap what you sow. As you have done it will be done to you. If you are one filled with all kinds of schemes then you will be filled with the fruit of those schemes.
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
All you had to do to be caught up with this whole vaccine clot shot was to be complacent. When the shutdown came what did you do? I had an extra 3 hours a day to get into the Bible. I dove in with abandon. But what about others, were they complacent? Did they use this time to binge watch TV? Play video games? Waste their time in so many ways? Were you wayward? That will kill you. Were you complacent? That will destroy you.
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
I was in NYC, the Lord was speaking to me that calamity was coming. I had no peace and no life to take the vaccine. However, refusing the vaccine meant that I and my wife would lose our jobs. We resigned, sold the house, and moved to South Dakota. Here I feel we are now in safety, I feel we can be without fear of harm. This doesn't mean the Lord might not speak in the future to move again, I don't know, all I know is that once I got here I was filled with life and peace feeling that we had sidestepped the coming calamity because we listened to the Lord.