And when you shall see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, and then know that its desolation is near. 

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Luke 21:20

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We are living in the end days of Grace period. We are eagerly waiting for the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Zechariah says, “For I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem. The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go in to captivity, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations. (Zec 14:2,3)

AS THE MOUNTAINS SURROUND JERUSALEM, SO THE LORD SURROUNDS HIS PEOPLE FROM THE TIME FORTH AND FOREVER,

(PS 125:2)

Though the enemy’s army was surrounding to battle against Jerusalem and the end was near for Jerusalem, the Lord of Host was surrounding them. The Lord shall never forsake His people.He will fight for them and protect them as a mighty warrior.

Few years back, I was getting ready to proclaim the Good news of Gospel and conduct worship for students in a Nursing College in Trichy. I was getting down from my house with few bibles in my hand. Suddenly, I felt someone was pushing me down. Without my knowledge, I fell down on the ground upside down from the staircases.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a beautiful sight, Bibles which fell down from my hands, were kept on the steps one on each step of the staircase. I felt as though someone was holding my head and was carrying me. There was not even a single injury in my body or to my bones. In fact there was all possibility of a head injury or multiple bone fractures. It is God who had sent His Angels to protect me to save my life.

Praise the Lord. It’s obvious that the Spirit of the Lord will lift up as standard against enemy who comes like a flood (Is 59:19)
Beloved solder & readers! Do not worry or fear about the enemies around you and fighting against you. The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Ps 34:7)

“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” (Mat 24:6-8)
Famines, pestilences, and earthquakes what we see today declares that the Second Coming of our Lord is very soon.
Dear Solders! Are you ready to meet the Bridegroom with our Lamps with lights of our testimony and the oil of the anointing of the Holy Spirit? Shall we prepare ourselves and prepare others to meet our King of Kings.

Dear Loving Heavenly Father,
We thank you for surrounding and protecting us as a Lord of Hosts. Through the prophetic scriptures in the Bible and incidents which are happening in the world today, we realize that we are in the end days and you are standing at the door to meet the Bride. Prepare us for your second coming and anoint us to prepare thousands to meet you in the mid Sky.
In the Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Sol. Dr. I. Emi M. Petricia, AOJ

“ Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake ”

Luke 21: 7

Christian life is not a bed of flowers. It’s a bed full of thorns. Christian life has sufferings, humiliations, insults and other persecutions from others. This verse makes me realize this.

“The love of the world is enmity with God” (James 4: 4).

We cannot love the world and God.

If anyone loves the world and the things in the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [1 John 2:15]

We cannot serve Two masters God and Mammon.

Therefore, in order to continue in the love and unity of the Lord, it is essential that we exercise adequate control over many of our activities in this universe. You cannot love Jesus by loving money. Giving first priority to human means, we cannot give first priority to GOD. We can all be hated by (husbands, children, relatives, friends) when we give first priority to God all our relatives will hate us because we can not satisfy all their needs .

Jesus patiently endured all the sufferings of the cross, as foretold at Hebrews 12:2.

Likewise the joy that we are going to have with God forever is set before us. Therefore, we must endure suffering in the name of Jesus.

"Blessed are you when you are blasphemed for the name of Christ"
 [1 Peter 4:14]
“Blessed are you when people blaspheme and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of evil against you. Rejoice and be glad and your fruit will be abundant in heaven ”. Amen! 
[Matthew 5:11]

I was born and raised in Trichy district in Tamil Nadu. I have been a member of the Institutional Church for over 25 years. I attended all the Gift Schools that started in the lockdown Period last April 2020 through Zoom and participated in all the meetings held by the Army of Jesus. Through it the Lord gave grace to know who God is and how to know Him. Knowing about God is different from knowing God.

Myself, who was silent in the institutional congregation, by the grace of God gave me the grace to conduct three troop churches. I continue to participate in the morning worship in the midst of my weaknesses. I am doing my best to do what I can for God, even when the family situation is not favorable. My God blesses and guides me many times over in everything. Glory to God!

SOL. CHRISTY MANOHAR ,AOJ

But before all these things, they will seize you and persecute you , delivering you up to the synagogue and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.”

Luke 21:12

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Here, we see Jesus prophesying to His disciples of the persecution they will face for preaching the gospel . Even in the life of our master, our Lord Jesus Christ, we see how He was mocked , whipped, struck on the face, spat on , brought before Jewish council, stood before Pilate , before Herod and finally crucified.

Paul states some of the ways he faced persecution ,” Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods , once I was stoned, three times I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep.” 2 Corinthians 11:24,25.

Paul was beheaded in Rome.

The disciples of Christ Jesus withstood the various kind of persecutions, stood before and testified to rulers, and preached the gospel of Christ, the good news, setting the captives free and healing the sick in Jesus’ name, wherever they went!

See what Lord Jesus says on persecution in the sermon on the mount;

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be very glad because great is your reward in heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 5:10-12.

We as God’s children maybe facing persecution at various levels. I have had people talk ill of me for standing strong on the principles of Christ Jesus .
But how does the Bible say we have to react?

Matthew 5:12 says to rejoice for great is our reward in heaven ! Hallelujah!

In Jesus name, may the grace of God be released on you to live as living sacrifices to the Lord, being of one mind, compassionate , loving one another , gracious and kind , not repaying evil for evil , or curse for curse, but blessing, knowing that to this you are called , so that you may receive a blessing (1 peter 3:8,9).

Dr Deepthi Christus, AOJ

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“Faithful is He that called you, who also will do it”.

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1 ThesSALONIANS 5:24

Apostle Paul in verse 5:23 ministered to his Spiritual brothers and sisters that they should keep their whole body, soul and spirit blameless till the second coming of Jesus.

That is sanctification, which means making perfect, whole, pure, holy, complete and blameless. Jesus sanctified us by faith through His blood He shed on the cross. After that He sent Holy Spirit to do the work of sanctification. Now we need to immerse in the water of the word and that water purifies us from inside. Then we feel peace and grace.

We have to apply what we learn from the word .All our organs to be made whole, eyes from lust, mouth and tongue sanctified so our speech is beneficial to all, ears should be prevented from gossip, lies, vulgarity etc. Our mind should be sanctified by thinking what is good, noble, pure, healthy and pleasing to the Lord, hands do only what pleases God and legs should take us only to places where God allows. We have to do and obey what the word taught us.

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And absolutely worthy of trust, “He will do it”.He will fulfill His call by making us Holy, guarding us, watching over us and protecting us as His own.

Apostle Paul expresses his confidence in bcGod in these four words.

• We do not have to worry;
• ‘He will do it’.
• He will save us.
• We must make our minds doubtless by meditating on His promises.

Our prayers won’t go in vain for He will answer it in His own time.

I have a testimony. After my son’s marriage they waited for ten years to have a child. But I have a peace and confidence that God will provide. Then on the ninth year God gave me a promise that “you will see your children’s children Psalms 128:6.. After that with confidence I told everybody about God’s promise and He fulfilled it immediately. So believe in the promises that “He will do it” in His own time. We need to fully trust in His promises and stay faithful and blameless. We should not put your legs in two boats when the waves come it will depart and we will be drowned. Luke 16:9-13.We cannot serve two masters, God and mammon. God will multiply what we have in our hand for our needs and to spare to the poor. He will satisfy our spiritual hunger with His word and our physical needs also.

Heavenly Father help us to examine ourselves  and sanctify all areas  of our life every day. We thank you  for hearing our prayers and answering them.  Amen

Sol.Gigi Jacob, AOJ

And He Said To Them, Nation Shall Rise Against Nation, And Kingdom Against Kingdom.

Luk 21:10

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Disciples of Jesus asked him about the sign of his coming and of the end of the age. Jesus explained different signs and kingdom rising against kingdom is one of the signs.
Throughout the Bible we see our God revealing the future. This is His goodness.

See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you. Isaiah 42:9

Bible is the only book that records the past, present and the future.
We know that there are two Kingdoms according to the Bible.

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• Kingdom of God/Light
• Kingdom of Satan/Darkness

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In the last days, darkness is going to increase. We know that today sin is easily accessible at your fingertips.

But mark this. There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
2Timothy 3:1-4

We know from the above scripture that this is the state of the world today. We are in the last days. Kingdom of darkness is going to rise against us.

In my life I faced a time when darkness came over me. I fell into deep depression. Was not able to do my basic duties. Was not able to sleep properly. By the prayers of faithful Christians, Jesus helped me to overcome my depression.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Rom 12:21

Overcomers will receive the reward. So let us strive hard to overcome.

Be always on the watch and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.
Luke 21:36

Jesus gave us a clear solution to escape the tribulations.

Jesus, help us to overcome all darkness and receive the crown of life.

Sol. Saji Kyle, AOJ

And nothing was lacking to them, from the small to the great, even to sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even to all that they had taken to themselves. David recovered all. 

1Sa 30:19 

While David went to live in one of the towns of Gath, in his desperate venture, to save himself from Saul who was hunting his life, the enemy took advantage and looted everything he had. David was not allowed to stay in their army. When he came back he saw his wives, children and all belongings stolen by the Amalekites. David and his people wept until they had no more power to weep. But David encouraged himself in Jehovah his God. (1 Sam 30:6).

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“And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And He answered him, 
Go! For you shall surely overtake and will without fail recover all.” 1Sa 30:8 

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After getting an answer from the Lord, David pursued his enemies and went to fight with the enemy. He recovered everything. From small to great, sons and daughters, all that the enemy had taken to themselves. He recovered all.
Never go outside the boundary of protection. Especially during war time. The eyes of the enemy will be on you. If you are careless, not alert, the enemy may loot anything from you.

Positioned in the battlefield, you have to take care of your family, children, workplace and all the belongings from the attack of the enemy.

David in his great distress, without consulting the Lord, went to Gath, out of the protected boundary. The enemy took advantage.
You, as a child of God, has protection on every side. When you and your family is inside the protected area, nothing to fear.

2Ti 2:4  No one who wars tangles with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier. 

Has the enemy stolen anything from you?
The freedom in the Lord to serve Him, to fight for Him?
The God given authority to cast out demons and to heal sicknesses?
Your children, their studies, their future?
Their married life?
The joy, peace and salvation of your family members?
Our fundamental freedom to preach and teach the Gospel?
The hopes you had?
Your faith in Jesus Christ?
Are you sitting depressed, crying over the stolen things!

No. Get up! The Lord is showing a green signal. You can pursue the enemy now.
Even the enemy who is looting and plundering our nation has to be chased and driven away forever.
Let’s get strengthened in the Lord. Let us fight with the enemy and recover everything he has plundered.

Sr. Anitta AOJ

Psa 34 : 22 

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Those who trust in Jehovah and serve Him, will not be found guilty. Even when they sin, the Lord forgives them and write it off.
In the book of Genesis we read an incident like this.

“And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are about to die, for the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife. But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, will You also kill a righteous nation? Did he not say to me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the sincerity of my heart and innocency of my hands I have done this.  And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the sincerity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me. Therefore I did not allow you to touch her. Now therefore, restore his wife to the man. For he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours. And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears. And the men were greatly afraid.” 

Gen 20:2-8 

The Lord did not allow Abimelech the Philistine king, to touch the wife of Abraham because Abimelech was a man who feared God.

The Lord appeared in a dream to Abimelech and told him, “Restore his wife to the man. If you do not restore her, …..you shall surely die, you and all that are yours. (20:7)

For taking another man’s wife, the punishment given is death. Death of not only one man, but all that belonged to him.

If he happens to be a leader, when he sins, all that he has under him, i.e. his people, servants, business, workplace, contacts, his party, growth, reputation, progress he made in any field, properties, trees, crops, rivers, plants, everything undergo death.

When the sin is acknowledged and confessed before Jehovah, He forgives and restores everything back to life. He regains all that is lost.

“And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his slave women, and they gave birth. For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.” Gen 20:17,18 

Abimelech confessed his sin not only to God but even to his servants. They all were greatly afraid because all of them were going to die. We see Abimelech as a sincere king, even though he did not know the Lord Jehovah.

In the book of Jeremiah, the Lord accused His own people, the Israelites, like this:

“And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled My land and made My inheritance an abomination. The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? And they who handle the Law did not know Me; the shepherds also rebelled against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things not profitable. Therefore I will contend with you, says Jehovah, and with your son’s sons I will enter into judgment.” Jer 2:7-9 

Not only those who sinned, but even their grandchildren were accused and found guilty because they never acknowledged their sins nor repent.

Find some time today to acknowledge and confess the sins of adultery of our people, especially of the people of your Constituency. Can you take a count of all that are dying away in your family, house, workplace, street, the Government, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Judiciary, Schools, Colleges and other educational institutions, the MN Companies, in the religious centres, Churches, tourist centres, forests, etc? We can restore all of them by acknowledging and Confessing.

While I was claiming the BFF students back to their zeal, the same day I received a phone call from one of them. He called me and said,
“I was going through the monthly magazine Ezuchikural of January and was excited to know all that the Lord did in the year 2021 through His Army. I felt sad for not associating with AOJ for the past few years. Kindly add me.” He came forward to take up the responsibility of SMLA. Next week 4 more persons were brought through him. One was quite new . He wanted to attend BFF. Glory be to God for restoring them.

Lord, Abba Father, help all the AOJ soldiers to restore everything they have lost with satan in the past years because of negligence, sluggishness, spiritual lethargy and spiritual sleep. We beg your pardon. Amen.

Sr. Roger AOJ

As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Luke 21: 6

Jesus was prophesying the forthcoming destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem which did occur in 70 AD. 

But why it was destroyed to the extent Jesus mentioned in Mathew 24:2.

The wonder and delights of this world will pass away.

When Apostles praised the beauty of Jerusalem temple, Jesus told them this verses.

When He comes to judge the world, He will redeem all that are His from their troubles. So the divine judgement came upon Jews, that their city was set as an example before us, to show
that sins would not pass unpunished.

The wrath of the Lord and His warning against sinners, would all come to pass.Just as His anger came upon Jerusalem.

The most beautiful human body soon would be food for worms and the most magnificent building a ruinous heap. See you not all these things?

It will do us good to see through, and the end of them. Titus the Roman Emperor taking
Jerusalem for about 40 Years. He commanded his soldiers to spare the temple when they enter the city. But they in their rage blow of it and a general of his army went and drew a plough over it as God had said in

Micah 3:12. ‘Zion shall be ploughed like a field’.

Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the temple mount a wooden ridge.
We are weary to be taken with glistering prosperity of the sinners, but we ought to
remember what happened to the majestic temple of Jerusalem. There are no places in the world so strong.

But the Almighty God is in control of everything on this earth and HE is
powerful enough to blow up anything.

We may also observe how little God values splendid houses of prayer when they are made of dens of thieves.

A major fire engulfed the medieval Cathedral of Notre-dame de Paris. The cathedral that was one of France’s famous 850 year old landmark and a pride of the of the idolatrous Roman Catholic Church was completely destroyed on April 15th 2019.

This is a confirmation that God’s will be done on earth. He knows everything and will act as per His timings.

Father God, give us grace not to depend on worldly things, positions, rewards and money
and power. Abba Father we want to depend you only not on the worldly things we need
Your grace to walk in light. Help us to have a close relationship with You . We pray in Jesus name.

Sol. Usha Sonny Aoj

And He also said to His disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And he was accused to him, that he had wasted his goods. 

Luk 16:1 

Rich Man – God who is the source of all riches in the world

Steward you and me.

You are the steward of a particular Constituency with whom the ‘Rich Man’ has entrusted a portion of the properties.

What is the portion entrusted to you.

Human Resources: You have to take a survey of the territory of your Constituency.

The people (Gender wise, religion wise, age wise, language wise, literacy wise, etc.) You can divide them into as many groups as possible.

Natural resources: The land, water, sunlight, vegetation, minerals, hills, mountains, forests, birds, animals, flora & fauna etc.

Cultural Resources: The cultural heritage. How old is your Constituency. Take a list of all that you have inherited from the ancestors (The temples, Churches, whether the name itself, what the name of the Constituency means, the Festivals people celebrate, the superstitions they believe, any speciality or reputation this Constituency has, etc. Write down all this.

Infra structure: Road, water resources, railways, ports, Electricity connection, network connections, Industrial development, Educational Institutions, Employment facilities etc

Spiritual condition: Are you the only believer, Are there other followers of Jesus Christ in the Constituency, if yes, are they open to the movements of the Holy Spirit, Are they willing to cooperate or do they resist the operations of the Holy Spirit.

Like this let’s take a survey. All this resources are entrusted with you the day when you took charge of the Constituency.
Jesus who through His death and Resurrection triumphantly took over the whole planet earth into His custody, defeating the power of satan on the earth. He entrusted it with His trustworthy servants and went to His Father.

The whole earth has been divided into

• Continents
• Nations
• States/Provinces
• Taluks/Blocks
• Villages
• Wards
• Streets etc.

Mar 13:34-36 As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving authority to his servants, and each man’s work to him, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. Then you watch, for you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or early; lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping. 

The ‘RICH MAN’ in Lk 16:1 and the “MAN” here in Mk 13:34 is one and the same, Jesus Christ. He has given “AUTHORITY” to His servants. Steward and servant in the corresponding verses are also the same, you and me who have received authority from the Master.
How do we manage them?
Are you accused by the angels of wasting His resources in the court of Heaven? Are you utilizing them fully for building the Kingdom of God.?

Sr. Leema Rose AOJ

That You May Say To The Prisoners, Go Out! To Those Who Are In Darkness, Show Yourselves! They Shall Feed In The Ways, And Their Pastures Shall Be In All High Places. They Shall Not Hunger Nor Thirst; Nor Shall The Heat Nor Sun Strike Them; For He Who Has Mercy On Them Shall Lead Them; Even By The Springs Of Water.

Isa 49:9,10 

Even after my salvation, for a long time, I was under the false impression that I have to work out my salvation by doing exercises of penance, mortification etc. In other words, by my activities, I have to please God and qualify myself. The Lord showed me the folly in it.
Jesus Christ by His death and resurrection, completed our salvation. Nothing has to be added to it.

The only thing we have to do is “Look to Him and believe in Him”

“They looked to Him, and were filled with light; and their faces were not ashamed”.

 Psa 34:5 

“But even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Joh 3:14,15 

Jesus Christ was lifted up to such heights by God the Father, above everything and every name on this earth, so that everybody can see Him.
Anybody who looks to His face, will radiate with the light on His face.

He will be delivered from all kinds of imprisonments.

We, all Adam’s descendants are born prisoners to death and eternal destruction.
Heb 2:15  ‘…..and deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage’. 
Many believers, even after their salvation, are sitting in prisons (of despair, depression, sickness, discouragement, loss of hope, etc).
Why don’t you come out? You can just show identity card “Believer of Jesus Christ” to the watchman (satan) at the door and walk out.
Your duty is just to inform your people that
Your punishment period is over.
Heavenly Father, the Judge, quashed your case
You need not be in prison anymore.
Come out and show yourself to others.
The prison cells of satan in India are full today. Even those whose punishment periods are over, are still held up in prison because nobody informed them of their deliverance. How sad!

We have to go and tell them,
‘……Go out! To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves!’Isa 49:9,10 
Inside the prison they are dying hungry; there is no proper food (Word of God)
No water to drink (Holy Spirit)
No shade for sun; The heat affects them and
There is no proper shepherd to take care of them.
After coming out,
“They shall feed in the ways,
Their pastures shall be in all high places where there is sufficient grass
They shall not hunger nor thirst;
Nor shall the heat nor sun strike them;
He (Jesus) who has mercy on them shall lead them; even by the springs of water.
What a joy!
All our homes should experience this joy! Let us make all the homes in India fill with this joy!

Sol. Gracy, AOJ