{"id":45433,"date":"2021-01-13T19:14:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=45433"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:02:35","slug":"what-is-every-human-being-on-earth-longing-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2021\/01\/13\/what-is-every-human-being-on-earth-longing-for\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS EVERY HUMAN BEING ON EARTH LONGING FOR?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a moment to reflect on one of the most important realities facing all of humanity: the deep, universal longing for hope, peace, and salvation.<\/strong> Every person\u2014regardless of nationality, religion, or background\u2014carries a yearning in their heart for a better world, for answers to life\u2019s pain and confusion, and for a lasting solution to both physical and spiritual suffering.<\/p>\n

This longing is no accident. It was planted in our hearts by God.<\/p>\n

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Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV):<\/strong> “He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

1. Humanity\u2019s Search for a Savior<\/h3>\n

Around the world, people are looking for someone to trust, someone who can bring lasting change. In science, researchers hope for breakthroughs or even contact with alien life, imagining such beings might possess solutions to disease, aging, and death. In politics, societies are constantly searching for the perfect leader\u2014someone who can bring peace, justice, and prosperity. But time and time again, leaders fall short, and people are left disillusioned.<\/p>\n

Even religion reflects this longing. Every major world religion has some expectation of a future figure who will bring deliverance. In Islam, they await the Mahdi; in Buddhism, the future Buddha (Maitreya); in Hinduism, the Kalki Avatar. Christians, however, await the return of Jesus Christ<\/strong>, the true and only Messiah, sent by God to reconcile the world to Himself.<\/p>\n

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John 4:42 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cWe know that this man really is the Savior of the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2. The God-Planted Hunger for Redemption<\/h3>\n

This universal longing isn’t simply emotional\u2014it\u2019s spiritual. God designed it so that people would seek Him.<\/p>\n

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Acts 17:26\u201327 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cFrom one man he made all the nations… so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Only Jesus Christ<\/strong> was appointed by God as the true solution to the world\u2019s problems\u2014spiritual and physical alike.<\/p>\n

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John 14:6 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cI am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.\u201d<\/em>
Acts 4:12 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cSalvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

3. The Rise of the False Messiah (Antichrist)<\/h3>\n

Scripture tells us that before Christ returns, a counterfeit leader will arise\u2014the Antichrist<\/strong>\u2014who will deceive many. He will offer false peace and seem to meet the world’s desires. People will worship him, believing he is divine.<\/p>\n

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2 Thessalonians 2:3\u20134 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cDon\u2019t let anyone deceive you… that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Revelation 13:8 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cAll inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast\u2014all whose names have not been written in the Lamb\u2019s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This man will perform miracles, signs, and wonders\u2014just like Pharaoh’s magicians in Moses\u2019 time\u2014but they will be counterfeit, empowered by Satan to deceive.<\/p>\n

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2 Thessalonians 2:9\u201310 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cThe coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Revelation 13:13\u201314 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cAnd it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven… Because of the signs it was given power to perform… it deceived the inhabitants of the earth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

4. The Mark of the Beast and Global Control<\/h3>\n

The Antichrist will reshape the world\u2019s political, economic, and religious systems. He will establish the infamous \u201cmark of the beast,\u201d without which no one can buy or sell\u2014signifying total control.<\/p>\n

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Revelation 13:16\u201317 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cIt also forced all people… to receive a mark… so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He will even establish peace treaties, fulfilling the prophecy in Daniel:<\/p>\n

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Daniel 9:27 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cHe will confirm a covenant with many for one \u2018seven.\u2019 In the middle of the \u2018seven\u2019 he will put an end to sacrifice and offering.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

5. The Great Tribulation and God’s Judgment<\/h3>\n

Those who resist the Antichrist will suffer greatly. The Bible describes this as a time of tribulation worse than anything the world has ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 24:21 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cFor then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now\u2014and never to be equaled again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Revelation 7:14 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cThese are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After the three and a half years of false peace and three and a half years of brutal persecution, Jesus will return in glory to defeat the Antichrist and judge the earth.<\/p>\n

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Revelation 19:11\u201316 (NIV)<\/strong>: Describes Christ\u2019s return as a conquering King, riding on a white horse, followed by the armies of heaven.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

6. The Urgency of the Hour: Are You in Christ?<\/h3>\n

All biblical signs of the end times are being fulfilled. The final event we now await is the Rapture<\/strong>\u2014the catching up of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16\u201317). It could happen at any moment.<\/p>\n

The question is: Are you in Christ?<\/strong> If He returns tonight, are you confident that you\u2019ll meet Him in the air?<\/p>\n

If not, the only future left is the Great Tribulation and, eventually, the Lake of Fire.<\/p>\n

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Revelation 20:15 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cAnyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

7. The Call to Repentance<\/h3>\n

Friend, you\u2019ve heard the truth. Don\u2019t harden your heart. Don\u2019t delay. Now is the time to repent and turn to your Creator.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cI tell you, now is the time of God\u2019s favor, now is the day of salvation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is not the season for comfort or complacency\u2014it is the time of the Evening Light<\/strong>, the final call before the darkness falls.<\/p>\n

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Romans 13:11 (NIV):<\/strong> \u201cThe hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Maranatha<\/strong> \u2013 Come, Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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