Sunday, September 16, 2001
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Sunday, September 16, 2001 |
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Seeking God in the evil events By DR. KNOX HERNDON
Tuesday, Sept. 11 was a "day of infamy" but Dee was still trying to walk in the Spirit and see what God had to say to America (in Alaska at the time). Pastor Herndon
By Dr. Lydia "Dee" Herndon
Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 Dee gets Zion's Hope newsletter in the mail (Dr. Mary Rosenthal, a Christian Jew whose organization built the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Fla., which opened February 2001). Mary Rosenthal cancels the October 2001 tour to the Holy Land. Mary Rosenthal talks about his Jewish "brethren" who still lie "according to the flesh" and who have "not submitted themselves unto God's righteousness." Mary Rosenthal quotes prophecy form the Bible about a "future day is coming, however, when Jewish people will turn to the Lord in faith." Mary Rosenthal talks of his thoughts about the conflict in Israel which started October 2000 as possibly the beginnings of "the time of Jacob's trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7) or "the great tribulation" (Matthew 24:21). Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 9 a.m.: Dee gets call from a retired general informing Knox and me that the general's father had died Monday night (the man that died had been close friends with Momma and Poppa Herndon while they were all in the Army; Poppa Herndon baptized the Benton children in the Atlantic Ocean off of Panama in the 1950s.) Dee leaves message in Alaska for Knox to see if he can get home to Atlanta for the funeral Friday. 9:30 a.m.: Call from friend of one of His House's youth group members asking for advice as to what to do for this youth group member who had a terrible crisis the night before (young one had been baptized by Knox just three weeks before). 1 p.m.: Dee gets call from member of His House's congregation wanting to know about the basis of the conflict in Israel. Dee told her to read the Genesis account about Father Abraham fathering Ishmael (the Arabs) and Isaac (the Israelis). 2 p.m.: Longtime Christian friend of the Herndons who knew Knox was in Alaska and called Dee to ask how we were this Christian friend prays for our country and the youth member in crisis. 4:30 p.m.: Dr. Jim Willis calls to see if Knox can come speak at a "What America Means to Me" prayer gathering at the North Fayette Baptist Church that night at 7 p.m.; Dee tells him Knox is still in Alaska but that she was in West Berlin and in Korea and by Knox's side during his whole Army career and as a civilian pastor after retirement. Jim Willis extends invitation for Dee to speak at the evening service. 5 p.m.: Dee had just hung up the phone with Pastor Willis and walks back into the TV room where CNN had been on all day. CNN news anchor Judy Woodruff says the following on international TV: "We as a nation must go to God. No matter what you believe about God, we all need to believe that there is a higher authority from whom we can receive salvation." 7 p.m.: Dee interprets this as what God wants her to speak about at the "What America Means to Me" prayer service. Dee addressed two issues and passes out copies of the Zion's Hope newsletter that she had received the day before. Dee often cannot read all the correspondence that comes in, but God made her look down and read the first page of Mary Rosenthal's newsletter! 1. We must receive salvation from God. If we have it, we are joint heirs with Jesus Christ, and no matter what "trouble" or "tribulation" we go through, we will eternally be with our Lord. 2. From what do we need salvation? Evil cannot resist evil and do good. Do not fight each other because of color of skin, ethnic group, language differences, denomination. Band together with Christians who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and don't be evil and "submit themselves unto God's righteousness." Bless you all! The work of Christ's bride, the universal church, must keep going. And what is that work supposed to be? The last thing Christ says to his disciples before he ascended to heaven was: "Go Ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Matthew 28:19.
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