The following three articles are different examples of how we are seeing deception play out in these last days as well of the effects of that deception: good is evil and evil is good. Everything is backwards.
First is an article on the situation our troops are facing and the complete deception on facts we are receiving. Where is the gratitude? Where is the thankfulness for our young men and women laying down their lives to try and help them? There is none. That seems to be the norm these days. The Days of Noah are upon us!
Second is an article on what we are turning our country into: Entitlement USA. We are told day and night that everything we are doing is good and positive. But we are really destroying both those we are “helping” as well as ourselves with this unsustainable aid. Where is the genuine gratitude? All I hear is bold entitlement. The attitude and entitlement is simply amazing in the attached video. My favorite line was plaintiff response to the question what do you do?
Answer? Drum roll please…
“I’m me!”
Third is an article about a topic most having probably never heard about. It was an article run only on WND.com and then discussed by Rush Limbaugh Radio. The complete media blackout on this is simply amazing. The double standard is breath taking and the description obvious. It is becoming bolder and bolder, as deception envelops this world and the hour grows late. (Birth pains?)
All three articles are must reads. With deception becoming the norm we must look harder for the truth and pass it on when we find it as many are being deceived. (As Christ said!) I will try to do some of that hear but check out the sources on my links section (right hand side) they are the sources of truth I have been able to find so far.
Have you ever given any thought to what this world would be like under an Antichrist led “One World Government”?
I have. I am sure you may have as well given the times we live in.
I always end up with the same bottom-line: “control”.
That is the lynch pin that is needed. It is why I post so many articles under the One World Government category that relate to us losing our rights and freedom.
The walls are closing in rapidly on this world. Like the trash compactor in Star Wars, one of my favorite movies.
The link below goes to a series of video clips of an impassioned monologue on what is being done, this very day to our farms.
It is about control, it is not in our best interests, and it is evil from satan himself.
My favorite quote is in the second to last clip when he states (paraphrased): “When have they ever been right? Why would we listen to them?”
This is truly a must see series of videos. It is not meant to be political, put that aside, this is about good and evil. Good morals verses bad.
It is about man’s freedom.
Watch it, and be aware of what is closing in around us.
But fear not, for God promises to keep us from the coming tribulation!
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keepyoufrom the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Jesus will soon come for his Bride, the hour is late, the Bridegroom is at the door.
A great prophecy update this week from my favorite pastor.
He explores the link between the our backing of Israel and the severe weather we are seeing.
It all stems from God’s prophecy in Zechariah 12:3
Zechariah 12:3 – (NIV)
3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.
It is amazing how precisely the amazing “natural disasters” (or “Acts of God”) occurred around our leaders “support” of Israel.
Some might say coincidence?
I no longer believe in “coincidence” or “luck”. God’s hand is at work in our lives and this world.
He has a purpose for each and every one of us in his plan!
Recently, a few hate-filled activists directed their bigotry against actor Kirk Cameron of “Fireproof” and TV’s “Growing Pains.” Kirk’s offense? He dared to say that God tries to protect us from self-destruction by warning us against such things as homosexuality and adultery and by declaring marriage to be a sacred union of one man and one woman.
So much for the godless, phony left-wing virtue of “tolerance”!
As Kirk said in his response, “I should be able to express moral views on social issues. . . without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who preach ‘tolerance’ that I need to either bend my beliefs to THEIR moral standards or be silent when I’m in the public square.”
Kirk Cameron was exactly correct when he said on the “Piers Morgan Show” that the God declares marriage to be a sacred act between one man and one woman. As some pundits humorously quip, “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!”
Contrary to what the haters might say, Jesus Christ Himself preached what Kirk Cameron said about marriage and homosexual lust.
In Matthew 19:1-12, Jesus quotes Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 2:24, saying, “Haven’t you read that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his gather and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So, they are no longer two, but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not tear asunder.”
Earlier, in Chapter 5 of Matthew, Jesus says he didn’t come to Earth to abolish God’s Law, but to fulfill it. He adds, in verse 19, “Whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Thus, in teaching these things, Jesus affirms the Law of God in Chapter 18 of Leviticus in the Five Books of Moses. In that passage in Leviticus, God explicitly warns Moses and the Israelites that adultery, homosexuality, incest, bestiality, paganism, and child sacrifice are all self-destructive, abusive and abhorrent.
Jesus explicitly says in Mark 7:20-23, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him. For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
Radical leftists and extremists such as those who condemned Kirk Cameron like to talk about love, hope, change, and other platitudes they don’t really mean, but do they ever define these values? Except in ways that cast scorn on their political enemies while self-righteously extolling their own arrogance and power?
Well, Jesus Christ and His apostles define them.
In the New Testament, Jesus talks about loving God with all our mind, heart, and soul. He also commands us to love our neighbor. In 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Paul defines true Christian love for us:
“Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love doesn’t delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Thus, Jesus Christ teaches us to tell our neighbors to turn away from self-destruction and cruelly abusing others to believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ, be baptized by the Holy Spirit and filled with His power and start doing good.
In other words, the hope and change that America really needs is for her citizens to turn away from evils like adultery, rape, homosexuality, lying, arrogance, theft, murder, and malice and to rejoice in the Truth of the Gospel of Real Love – Jesus Christ.
Kirk Cameron was perfectly correct when he said homosexuality is “unnatural” and “destructive.”
In fact, studies also have shown that, not only are adult homosexual males three or four times more likely to sexually abuse a child or a young teenager, homosexual service men and women in the military are at least five times more likely to engage in rape.
In addition, people who define themselves as homosexual are more likely to commit suicide, more likely to get sexually transmitted diseases, more likely to get depressed, and more likely to have mental, emotional, and behavioral problems.
Finally, our annual analysis of the movie box office shows that movies with no homosexual content whatsoever make the most amount of money.
Given all these facts, why is anyone in the mass media of entertainment still promoting homosexuality and condemning people like Kirk Cameron when they speak out against it unless they themselves have been trapped by the “lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life” (1 John 2:16)?
Especially when their own audience isn’t buying what they’re selling?
Loving people all over the world should work to heal those trapped in the lust that is never satisfied, so they can really love, by learning how to give, share, and care — as Jesus Christ demonstrated in His Life on earth and in His Resurrected love for all mankind.
I feel like we are being setup. Maybe “conditioned” is a better term. It is a slow creeping persecution that has taken 20-30 years to crescendo. It is a war on beliefs. It is a war on speech. It is intimidation at its core and it is from Satan.
What am I talking about? I am talking about the slow death we are experiencing through “political correctness”, PC and the manufactured “outrage” that usually follows.
This really struck a chord with me while watching some MSM interviews of strong Christians. The last straw probably started with the Franklin Graham interview and snapped as I watched the Kirk Cameron and Michelle Bachmann interviews yesterday and today.
This PC concept seems to expand every so often to restrict our rights further with each expansion. This period expansion seems to be around the concept of “Judgment”. It appears now that by stating our beliefs and opinions as Christians, we are “judging” others and causing them to be “offended” (the last few years major expansion).
Not only can we not express our beliefs but when asked directly by these same people what our beliefs are we are to bite our tongues or lie. Otherwise we will offend and judge others.
If you have been following the news at all, especially the MSM, you undoubtedly have heard about the embattled Sandra Fluke.
I bring this up simply as the latest example of how deception is so prevalent in the world today. How many times over the last 3-4 years have we been presented a story under one premise and yet eventually with the most minimal amount of digging, it turns out to be the exact opposite situation or at very least something very different from the premise originally sold: basically a Lie.
This used to be a big deal (media field day) but now a days we have gotten so use to it that there is no outrage, just a shrug of the shoulders and some muttering under your breath and we move on. Satan and the Media know this.
How many times is that happening each day to you? Is it happening more this month than last? Or have you just stopped tuning in?
I would propose the deception is the new normal these days. The exception is the truth and it shines so bright you can’t look directly at it. Could this be God’s plan? Christ told us we were the light of the world and that we should not hide our light. Is it not true that a light shines brighter on a dark day, or at the midnight hour?
How bright would our light (the Truth of God’s Word) shine if we were bold enough to stand up and let it shine? Something to think about and pray about.
How Bold are we? How dark is our world? How dark is it around us?
This is a mustwatch half hour special that has been put together on our stance on Israel over the last three years. We have not been their ally. We have been anything but. The US need to ponder God’s prophecy from Zechariah 12:2-3.
Zechariah 12:1-5 – (NIV)
Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed
An Oracle 1 This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the LORD. “I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.’
Keep this passage in mind as you watch the video below. We and the rest of the world are fulfilling as we sit here tonight…
Here are the prophecy headlines for this morning. I have added tags to the end of each to give you my take on what set of prophecy may be advanced by the topic of the article.
It is amazing to see how far we have come to accepting our new world religion and without even realizing it.
It is really our new world religion and new world government all rolled into one nice neat and tight package. Most are not aware they are even submitting to it. Diana West does and excellent job laying out how it is happening right in front of us.
Every time I read these articles on Islam’s reactions to perceived transgressions, my mind immediately shifts to what will happen after the rapture of Christ’s church. You can actually feel the Church /Holly Spirit restraining the rage and violence of Islam. (Like someone banging on a door while you hold it shut.)
How quickly will that accelerate once the Restrainer is removed. It is not beyond belief that over night submission would occur, it is already occurring today. Pretty scary stuff if you believe you will be left behind or will have to live through it.
But the Good News is that Christ promises to keep His bride from this time. He tells us when we see these things look up and keep your eyes on Him!
It is like they tell someone frozen by fear on a ledge to not look down and to keep their eyes locked on the rescuer. Christ is our rescuer, Savior! For we can not do it ourselves, only through Him. We need to keep our eyes locked on him.
We are not of this world, and we will be leaving soon.
Lord come quickly, to remove us from this world!
If you haven’t come to Christ yet, come to him now, time is short. Read Romans 10:9, profess your belief in him, and ask Him into your heart.
Romans 10:9 – (NIV)
If you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead you will be saved.
Diana West: U.S. dangerously falters by submitting to violent Muslim dictates
Six U.S. military men have been murdered by Afghan security forces seized by what may be labeled Quran-Burning Rage.
These murders are an outrage in and of themselves, but it’s crucial we don’t see them as isolated. They fit into a pattern that above all spreads “dhimmitude,” the submissive state of Christians and Jews (known under Islam as the “dhimmi”) in thrall to Islamic law.
Quran-Burning Rage follows Pastor Jones Rage, which, after a Florida pastor burned a Quran in 2011, seized Afghan Muslims and inspired rioting. Some rioters overran a United Nations outpost and murdered seven U.N. personnel.
Pastor Jones Rage followed “Fitna” Rage, which seized Muslims worldwide even before the release of Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders’ short 2008 film “Fitna.” That film sparked rioting, arson, boycotts, death threats and, as a bonus, charges that led to the protracted trial in the Netherlands of Wilders for “insulting Muslims.” (He was acquitted in 2011.)
One of the things I have been praying for understanding of, is the concept of watchmen. It is mentioned many times in the Bible, both old and new testament. It was a very important role in the times of the Bible, with significant responsibilities. Jesus himself used the word watchmen and also repeatedly mentioned: to be watchful, watch.
What I have been lead to is Ezekiel. We that are awake and aware of the signs have a greater responsibility.
Some of the quotes in the article below are simply amazing. The boldness that evil has taken, we must be on the doorstep of seeing our Lord Return for us.
The scary part is he mentions that this tactic has worked with other media outlets. How can we trust that we are hearing the truth? Deception was to be the theme of the last days. We are seeing it.
Some of the article was repetitive with what I posted yesterday, but here is the newest response they have gotten from the Islamic organization issuing the threats…
Contacted by WND at a telephone number in Africa, Mohammedi could cite no specific issues with WND’s reporting. Nor would he immediately provide information on how he has dealt with other media reports he’s found objectionable.
Instead, he promised to respond to WND by email with documentation about those cases.
Today, he contacted WND again, but not to provide documentation he had promised.
“Before I send you an example of how we dealt with other media outlets regarding Islamophobic and religiously racist content I would like to share with you our latest message from the global caliphate to the Muslim world; I’ve taken the time to have it translated for you in the attached,” Mohammedi’s email said.
“You see … there’s an easy and peaceful way in which people can come to terms based on common grounds of mutual respect and there’s the other way and it’s called silence,” he continued.
“I hope you will take the time to try and extract the value and much needed understanding from this communication. I have referred the matter of monitoring WND and it’s (sic) employees to our higher council of senior Ulama for instructions based on what we have found on the history of WND’s online activities.”
The attachment was a 23-page brochure promoting a worldwide Islamic caliphate. Called “The Global Islamic Civilization: The Power of a Nation Revived,” it said, “People who follow Islam are divinely selected and guided by the Almighty Allah Himself, these people then form part of a great Islamic civilization, that are united as one nation. a universal empire, known as the Muslim Ummah.”
The religious tract lauds the characteristics of true believers as humility, piety, honesty, loyalty, obedience, good conduct, peacefulness and morality. Those who fall outside of Islam are made up of “ignorance, arrogance, deception, faithlessness, disobedient, indecent conduct, war mongering.”
“Can you imagine having leadership based on the implementation of the qualities of believers? Can you imagine a family, a community a city, a country, No! a nation! built on such a beautiful standard of character. It would be the most moral society on the face of the earth, it is such people that deserve full respect and honor, it is such people who not only deserve to rule the world, it is their right to rule the world.”
Can anyone say One World Religion and One World Government rolled into one? What do you think will happen when all of the Christians are raptured?
The following part of the quote sent a chill over me as pure evil, something out of a movie:
“You see … there’s an easy and peaceful way in which people can come to terms based on common grounds of mutual respect and there’s the other way and it’s called silence,” he continued.
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Mohammedi told WND in the telephone interview that his concern is that publishing material he doesn’t like “creates a problem on a global scale.”
“Some people have different ways of reacting to different articles that are published,” he said. “We’re trying to prevent certain unwanted events from happening due to these publications.
“We need that (publication) to come to an end because if you want peace and stability around the world, you would need these things to come to an end as well.”
Wow!
Lord come quickly, to remove us from this world!
If you haven’t come to Christ yet, come to him now, time is short. Read Romans 10:9, profess your belief in him, and ask Him into your heart.
Romans 10:9 – (NIV)
If you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead you will be saved.
A leader of an Islamic group that warned WND to “moderate” its reporting on issues involving Islam because of the way Muslims may react is ratcheting up the pressure, telling a reporter today, “There’s an easy and peaceful way in which people can come to terms based on common grounds of mutual respect and there’s the other way and it’s called silence.”
The email came today from Faarooq al Mohammedi, who has said he is working on behalf of the Muslim organization called United Muslim Nations International organization.
He initially contacted WND with a warning to take “extra precaution when publishing religiously sensitive material or in creating religiously sensitive suspicions about peoples (sic) religious beliefs and practices.”
36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
There are so many signs around us today that this prophecy is coming to pass. The article and commentary below are both good examples of how we are seeing this occur, if we take the time to step back and look.
Grant Phillips uses a great analogy, in his commentary “Worse and Worse“, of the Fog of Death from the Ten Commandments movie. You know the one we watched as kids with Charles Heston? Which in and of itself shows how far we have come; do you think that would ever be produced today by Hollywood?
The Days of Noah was a horrible time, it was described as humankind at its worse of the worst. Sin, immorality, and hate had completely consumed man (the flesh).
Genesis 6:12-13 – (NKJV)
12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
ALL flesh had been corrupted and violence was the norm. I would say hatred and apathy were also prevalent knowing what usually leads to violence. Life was not valued at all, it was disposable, pleasure was more important.
What does Paul have to say corrupts our flesh and the church?
1 Corinthians 5 – (NKJV)
Immorality Defiles the Church
5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! 2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Immorality Must Be Judged
9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
Does that sound like our current world?
I couldn’t help but think of that when I saw the article below on reactions to Andrew Breibart’s death last night.
Lord come quickly, to remove us from this world!
If you haven’t come to Christ yet, come to him now, time is short. Read Romans 10:9, profess your belief in him, and ask Him into your heart.
Romans 10:9 – (NIV)
If you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead you will be saved.
When an individual passes away, regardless of his of her ideological positions, one would expect he or she would receive respect. In the case of new media mogul Andrew Breitbart, who died early in the morning on Thursday, there has been a surge of vile commentary spewing across the Twitterverse. From comparisons to Hitler to individuals tweeting that they are content the pundit has passed, the messages are disturbing at best.
Below, The Blaze has assembled some of the most disturbing messages we’ve seen on Twitter over the past few hours:
@darrenfiorello: Andrew Breitbart died? Is it wrong that I’m happier about that than when they got bin Laden and Saddam?
@readjunk: I wonder if the state of Douchery will lower it’s flags at half mast? #AndrewBreitbart
@johnkapp: Andrew Breitbart was a racist, sexist, homophobe. Good riddance.
This is unbelievable. Jesus said that we should prioritize our lives in this order.
God first, wife and/or family second, then all the rest.
Just because something is not the first priority in your life, doesn’t make it unimportant to you, but keeping right order of priorities in life can be life changing…
Mark 12:30-32 – (NKJV)
30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.
God first!
Neighbor second – including Wife, Children, Family, Friends in that order.
And there are none greater than these, so sorry, Brian, Country is not listed above those two.
The screeching hyperbole coming out of the left over Santorum is so over the top that if anything remotely close to this was uttered about Obama by a radio host, the left would be in a massive uproar calling for boycotts and firings. And Al Sharpton would organize a march around the radio host’s workplace hoping the walls would fall like Jericho.
But none of that matters when they do it to the right. It’s just fair criticism to say Santorum is the American Taliban.
It is awful what is happening to our brothers and sisters in Christ overseas. We have no idea the level of persecution they are going through. I think their faith is amazing, and appears to be strengthened by the persecution. It has been that way with Christianity through out history, they more it is persecuted, the more and faster it grows.
The post from the Right Scoop was right on, all I can say is Amen, in the name of Jesus!
We need to keep them in our prayers and maybe take our faith a little more seriously.
CBN has produced a great video exposing the Islamic war on Christians by the Islamic group Boko Haram. We just posted on this a few days ago, but this new video better conveys the reality of what’s going on in Nigeria’s North and how the Christians who were born in the North live in fear of even going to church. They are being told they must leave or the bombing will continue.
If Islam was so tolerant and peaceful, wouldn’t the Nigerian government and community rise up and squash Boko Haram and create a safe environment for the Christians to worship, especially considering that Boko Haram has taken credit for the attacks and has made public this war?
I can’t imagine living in this type of fear. Really, what would it be like to know that the single act of going to church could get me killed because a group hated what I believe and wanted to purge people like me from the land? Yet still these Christians insist on praying for their enemies that they would be touched by God.
It’s videos like this that remind me of how unseriously I take my Christian faith at times and why I should be on my knees much more in prayer for them. After all, these are the people Christ was talking about:
“You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.” – Matthew 24:6-9
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” – Matthew 5:11-12
It is amazing what is occurring these days. Once one opens their eyes, the battle we are in is apparent. I am not talking out a physical battle or struggle but a spiritual one. Through a combination of deception, ignorance, and naivety: we find ourselves in an incredible situation.
How can a group boldly make the threats and statements that this Islamic organization makes without any thought of backlash? The audacity of their statement is almost beyond belief, but you know what, this world will submit and is submitting one little piece at a time. It will be interesting to see if any MSM outlets pick up on this. Any bets?
My bet is none will. It really shows how far gone we are as a nation (world) and the late hour we find ourselves in. I am not saying the people of our nation are gone, but we have lost control of the “machine” that controls much of our lives. Too many are asleep and caught up in this world. I am glad to see WND will not back down. They need our support and prayers.
In the end, the question is as Paul stated in Romans 12:1-3.
Romans 12:1-3 – (NKJV)
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Are you of this world, conforming to it, or part of Christ’s kingdom and just a visitor?
A man who says he represents the United Muslim Nations International organization has warned WND to “moderate” its reporting on issues involving Islam because of how Muslims may react.
The warning came in an email to WND from Faarooq al Mohammedi, who said he was asking on behalf of the Muslim organization that WND “comply as it would be in the companies (sic) best interest as we would not want to take you down the same rout (sic) as we have with other non-complaint media firms.”
The email warned WND to take “extra precaution when publishing religiously sensitive material or in creating religiously sensitive suspicions about peoples (sic) religious beliefs and practices.”
He threatened, “We would appreciate it if you could tighten your screening and moderation processes of articles to be published, any fake material published by WND will be taken as a breach of world news standards, religiously sensitive matters are to be based on solid and undeniable facts, failure to produce proofs of such published articles will give us no option but to bring about the complete removal of WND online as well as from the public in any print media.”
The essence of the warning was that WND needed to project an attitude of dhimmitude, the subservient role demanded of nonbelievers in a Muslim society. Dhimmis “recognize” their inferior status and appropriately serve the master Muslims.
It is amazing in the following two articles how contorted our “religions” have become today. Satan has been working overtime as he too senses time is short.
What Rick is doing is fulfilling prophecy in two ways. It is leading to a falling away of the church from foundational Bible beliefs, the Rock, to build a church on. It is also beginning / aiding the roots of “One World Religion”. Helping set the stage for the coming antichrist.
Both the authors do a great job laying out the comparision for the two sides Rick is trying to merge. It is not possible to bridge the gap and still remain grounded on the Rock. Deception is so great these days, I can see why Jesus said over and over when speaking of the last days: “Do not be deceived!”
I think finally God is showing me what it means to be watchful or a Watchman. If you are not studying Bible prophecy, you have a greater risk of being deceived. You don’t know what to look out for or may be too caught up in this world to even notice the path you are on.
Here is the key to illustrating his error: Do Muslims even claim to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as Christians and Jews do? No, they do not. They believe God did not create a covenant with Isaac and Jacob, but rather with Abraham’s firstborn son Ishmael. They believe the Jewish and Christian Bibles are misrepresentations of truth. They believe the Quran accurately and faithfully represents the true personality and will of God.
This is not a minor theological difference. It is as basic and fundamental as it gets.
The following two articles/video do a good job laying out what it means to be a “True” Christian. I put quotes around the true because I have never liked that label, either you are a Christian or you are not, though I understand there needs to be some way to distinguish via text discussions.
The pastor in the video is pretty hard on Franklin Graham as missing the mark. I do agree with the pastors statements on faith, and I don’t think Franklin Graham went far enough to explain his reasoning and beliefs. He walked that PC line and tried to remain polite and non-confrontational. I think that was more out of shock of being ambushed as he was there to talk about his ministry in Africa and also out of politeness and not wanting to escalate the debate. I do begrudge him for that.
That being said, I think we do need to get more bold in our statements on Christ, God’s Word, and our beliefs. Time is short. You can see that I think if you compare this year to 10 years ago, faith is a lot more front and center as a controversial issue, even with a year ago, you can see the escalation.
The second article does a great job laying out what we do know about Obama’s faith choices with his own words and writings. It lays out the facts about the church he chose and what “journey” he has taken that shaped him for the last 10+ years. It is a pretty stunning contrast to Christianity as we know it and well done. Take sometime to read through it yourself.
Rev. Franklin Graham last week revealed that President Obama confided to him and his father during a recent visit to North Carolina: “I don’t go to church.”
Publicly, Obama insists he’s a practicing Christian.
“I have no idea what he really believes,” Graham said during an appearance on MSNBC.
It’s a deepening mystery. Pundits on both the left and right question the president’s faith. The growing debate marks a turning point in American politics, where discussing the personal religious beliefs of an elected official or candidate is taboo.
Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time,” doubts Obama is a practicing Christian.
“I just don’t believe it,” he said recently.
Maher suspects the president is an atheist.
GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum says Obama follows a “phony theology” not based on the Bible and preached by radicals.
I recently picked up a book by Jack Kelly on the seven things you need to know to understand end times prophecy. It was a quick read but packed full of insights. I am always looking for books that boil down the concepts the Bible lays out around End Times Prophecy, especially those that put it into context and on a rough “time-line”, maybe a better terminology would be “order of events”.
This book does that the best I have ever seen. It also lays out key principles to follow with studying any Bible prophecy including: intended audience, translation, pronoun use, etc.
This book is the new book that I will hand out to those I talk to about Bible Prophecy that are just getting started, unpacking all of God’s wisdom of things to come.
Pick it up and take a look at it, I guarantee you will not be disappointed and will have at least one “ah-ha” moment, I had several.
There are seven pieces of information that are essential to understanding End Times Prophecy. These seven things are the building blocks for the strong foundation we want. They are:
This is an amazing article by Jack Kelly. I have been reading and listening to Romans recently and I had so many ah-ha’s while reading his article below that I lost count.
He does a wonderful job unpacking how we were designed to work and how sin has corrupted and confused that design.
I have added in the Scripture text that he referenced so that you can see God’s word on the subject.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (Hebr. 4:12-13)
Some people view the soul and body interchangeably, while others think the soul and spirit are the same. But it’s more accurate to think of them as separate components. Our soul is the conscious part of us, composed of mind (intellect), will, and emotions. It makes choices and controls our behavior by giving orders to the body. Our spirit is the subconscious part, an internal adviser to the conscious soul. It’s our conscience.
Todd had a great commentary this week. It is part of the ongoing up is down, evil is good phenomenon that we are experiencing.
It just amazes me how extreme the contrast is between Christianity and Islam. It plays out every time the same way and yet this world gives Islam a pass and says it’s the Christians or Jews that provoke them.
The real bad guy is this “1984” world are the “Christians” that burned the Korans (accidentally). The Muslims that rioted and killed dozens of people, they were justified.
Let that sink in a minute.
They killed people over the accidental burning of a book! And they are justified?
Todd’s comment of “shouldn’t they be at the Syrian embassy”, I think speaks volumes for the religion. They value a book (not the message in the book, but the book itself, more than human life.
A series of riots has swept over the nation of Afghanistan. Thousands of enraged Afghans have taken to the streets to vent their outrage after U.S. soldiers inadvertently set fire to copies of the Koran when clearing out a library of old books.
More than thirty people have been killed since the unrest began, including four U.S. soldiers. A group of demonstrators tried to attack the U.S. consulate in the city of Herat, setting police vehicles on fire.
We’ve been down this road before. Last year, at least twenty-four people died in protests across Afghanistan after Rev. Terry Jones threatened to burn a Koran outside his Florida church. In 2005, there were violent disturbances over claims of the Koran being mishandled, but those allegations turned out to be false.
Top American officials in Kabul are apologizing profusely for the incident. President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai apologizing for the Koran burning.
“I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident,” Mr. Obama wrote in the letter. “I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies.”
I am just dumbfounded over the idiocy of this situation. It should be obvious that there was no malice on our part. It’s insane to have the president of the U.S. groveling before people who are incapable of understanding the kindness we gave them. Before the American invasion, the Taliban brutalized the nation. We spend over a trillion dollars on this rat hole, and when we leave in 2014, the Taliban will probably be voted back into power.
He also brought up Franklin Graham’s interview and I couldn’t agree with him more. (12:38 min mark)
He also mentioned a follow-up on the interview where Chris Matthews calls for Blacklist of Franklin Graham. It appeared in Real Clear Politics on Thurs. 2/23. I think it just adds to the magnitude of the interview as an example of what is occurring in this world. We are living Bible Prophecy!
Another quote that jumped out at me from Pastor JD:
“You can have this world after we are gone. You will only have it for seven years though.”
He also brought up a lot of other great prophecy events we are seeing unfold in the headlines.
He ended with quoting Philippians 2:9-12.
Philippians 2:9-12 – (NKJV)
9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
The last line does a good job summing up what the interviewers and much of this world lack.
Terry lays out in this weeks Nearing Midnight article something I have been feeling as well. It is strange how what he wrote is almost exactly the conversation my wife and I had late last night.
There is just a feeling of something big looming, accompanied by a sense of anxiousness. The looming thing/event is also preceded by a feeling of a blanket of evil that is enveloping this world. Everywhere you turn, it feels like evil is wrapping its tentacles throughout every inch of our public lives and in some cases appears to be winning the battle.
Worst yet, those of this world seem to be supporting it and promoting it. To them what should be wrong is right. I call it the “1984” effect. What’s up is down and whats good is evil, 2+2=5.
I don’t know how anyone that has their eyes open, could not see we are living in the end times. The signs are so vivid and numerous.
The part of Terry’s commentary that really struck a chord with me was the last 4-5 paragraphs.
He talks about the restrainer and how it will be removed in the last days. Paul addresses it in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-10.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-10 – (NKJV)
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He[a] who now restrains will do so until He[b] is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Then he posed the questions that really hit home for me:
” How can God be ‘taken out of the way’ so evil and Antichrist can take over for a time?”
God promised us that once sealed with the Holy Spirit that it could not be removed from us. So if the Holy Spirit has to be removed, then so do we (the church).
The church must be raptured as Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 and 5:1-11.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – (NKJV)
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 – (NKJV) – The Day of the Lord
5 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
Yet another proof point on the Rapture of the church and a message of joy in this time of anxiousness. Could that anxiousness really be the Holy Spirit prodding us, preparing us, to look up for our redemption draws near?
There is a sense among many at this moment in history that impending disaster presses against the fabric of life on planet earth from every side. This is not mere paranoia pushing against the collective anxiety-ridden psyche of a world uncertain about its future. The threat is real, and it is in Bible prophecy. A quick scan of issues, events, and anticipated actions testify to the reality of the threat and validates the angst.
Israel is ground zero for much of the fear pressing upon a world full of dread. The Jewish state is considered the trigger point for possible nuclear conflict in the Middle East–conflict that is sure to spread globally once unleashed. Iran is the antagonist that is the cause of the most immediate threat to regional and world peace–although the world diplomatic community seems intent on making Israel responsible for keeping war from erupting. This is the way it is, despite the fact that the Iranian regime’s leaders threaten to wipe Israel off the map.
I have watched this interview about 20-30 times now and just can’t seem to get it out of my head. It has bothered me on multiple levels.
I think Reverend Graham did a great job. He stayed true to God’s Word & message and was amazingly calm, I am sure he would tell you the Holy Spirit helped.
What bothered me was the tenacity at which the interviewers came after him. It was obvious they did not know God. They did not understand the concept of knowing a man’s heart through his fruit. They missed the point of the difference between a “good person” and a christian.
The mocking tone was also almost defining, you could feel the contempt in their voice and body language. They could not contain it. It reminded me of Jude where he spoke of the mockers we would experience in the last days.
Jude 1:17-19 – (NKJV)
17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
But what really hit it home for me was how they completely dismissed all of the “fruit” that Reverence Graham laid out for them. Let’s list them. Some he stated and others that have come up recently.
1. Obama’s stance and support on abortion.
2. His stance and lack of support for Israel.
3. His stance and lack of support for the Christians being killed overseas.
4. On the opposite side, the total pass he gives to Muslim efforts / groups.
5. His support of Gay Rights regarding marriage and protected class status/hate speech.
6. His stance on contraceptives within Obama Care.
7. The complete removal of God from everywhere in our public society on his watch.
8. How he has had covered any Christian symbols when giving speeches.
9. How he has omitted God / Creator when quoting historical documents from our founding. (multiple times)
I am sure there are more, but do the above seem at all to point to a Christian? Even if you only believe in 2-3 of them would it be enough to have some questions?
It is true that only God knows a man’s heart and can know if he is saved (born again) but he taught us about the “fruits” so we could have some reference point to discern. It is obvious that the interviewers did not get that.
You could tell the frustration in their voices as they pushed the question over and over. “Why can’t we get ‘America’ to admit that Obama is a Christian?” It is because Americans have doubts because of his actions, his “fruits”. It is what James meant by “without works”. Once you are born-again you can’t help but further God’s Kingdom out of sheer gratitude of the gift of salvation.
Prophetic signs are accelerating, there are so many to try and keep up with that I have felt very overwhelmed and a bit schizophrenic recently. After much prayer, I have decided to not try and keep up with all of them as I have in the past but try to pick the clearest one or two and present it here for you.
The one that stood out this morning to me was the warning that Iran’s spiritual leader gave this week. It was eerie to hear these words and not see it echoed in our media. Many will have no idea of what Iran is telling their people and their Muslim allies. The first quote that jumped out at me was as follows:
Khamenei then claimed the current century as the century of Islam and promised that human history is on the verge of a great event and that soon the world will realize the power of Allah.
We have heard similar things before from Iran’s leaders, but this time around there was a immediacy to all of their statements. Continue Reading »
Revelation 17:14 “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
One of the ways satan has tried to confuse and deter Christians from solidifying their beliefs is by making prophecy seem scary or confusing. I am going to address the latter today, and hopefully the first in the coming days.
(Why does the word Revelation = Scary? Is that what you thought when you read the first word of this post?)
The Lord led me to an article by Mike Taylor from a while back. It really lays out the comparison well between two of the most popular beliefs.
Having studied the different views on end time timelines, there is one that rose above the others, premillennial. What make it stand out to me is that you really did not have to suspend believe for the pieces to fit together. And more importantly, there were not any pieces left on the table as “not fitting” the theory you have assembled.
I believe that the bible is 100% correct and the infallible word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit. God would not layout prophecy that contradicted itself, it all fits together. You just need to continue to pray, study and dig deeply untill they all fit. In all my years of Continue Reading »
A question I have been asking myself recently is what does it mean to be a “watchman”? Jesus uses this term several times throughout prophecy. I have prayed about this and I feel pieces are beginning to come into focus. One of the pieces is summed up well in an article this week by Jim Fletcher, at Israel Watch.
I think being a watchman for God and His signs of the last days has a lot to do with “not being of this world” as Paul so eloquently stated in Romans 12:2.
Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
We are not supposed to “fit into” this world, we are not called to be normal. Jesus said take heart and do not be discouraged if the world hates you because they hated Me first.
John 15:17-19 (KJV) –17These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
This is not a bad thing, it is actually good. I think that is where we have gone so wrong as a church and frankly as parents. We should not try ourselves to conform to this world and we should not teach our kids that is the right way. I think that is a major component of Continue Reading »
I think this article, better than most, points out how we are declining as a nation and will not be the super power soon. Some say it is intentional, others say it is due to ignorance or stupidity, that we are following the path the UK & EU have taken to their pending collapse.
My heart tells me it is God’s Word / Purpose being fulfilled. It doesn’t matter the motives, the result is we are headed off a cliff. I would say that God’s staying hand has restrained us from collapsing completely. We still have some purpose we need to fulfill, our number is not yet full. All the indicators say we should not still be standing, as a nation, economy, world unit, but that is the Glory and Power and Wonder of God. Everything is according to his plan and on his timetable.
While we all were celebrating our Lord’s birth, Lucifer was busing getting this world ready for his time, when the restrainer is removed, and God lets him loose on this planet.
First there was the bills that were passed concerning holding Americans without due process, which didn’t specifically say it would occur, it left the door open to interpretation by not explicitly excluding it. There was a little flare up and now all is quite. Last year it was the crack down of the TSA with Air Travel, at the end of the year that expanded as well to our highways, bus terminals, ports and rail.
Just this week these two articles caught my attention and a couple more puzzle pieces fall into place. The infrastructure has been put in place in the US. It is not fully being used today, but it could be.
If we turn our gaze to Europe, we can see the next steps play out. It is stunning to watch what is happening. The main stream media will not show you, you have to dig a little for it. Depending on how far you dig you can even find, where they plan on taking it as they slowly ratchet the controls down.
I liked the analogy one of the readers commented on: “boiling a frog slowly”.
Do not fear. Release the dread that creeps over you and turn it into waking up those you love.
Christ said: “Do not be alarmed.”
The good news is, we only have to see the build up and the framework being laid.
Christ has promised to keep us from the worst! Praise the Lord!
We hear a lot from prophecy scholars that Israel is the “Mega sign” that we are living in the end times. Sometimes that is something that can float past without it really sinking in what that really means. The video below does a good job at tying the events to there corresponding prophecy prediction.
It seems the Lord is sending me a message early in this new year. I have had the thoughts and feelings to slow down and listen, calm my mind, clear my life of the “clutter”. Normally, I get this feeling every year, wanting to rid my life of stuff and simplify but normally it is just physical stuff and yes I still have those feelings but it is different this year. I feel the Lord is really trying to get through to me to quiet my mind and listen, block out all the “noise” of today and truly listen, because time is short. I think “time is short” is the secondary message I am getting. It is the feeling when someone calls you over to tell you something important and says shhh, shhh, we need to focus here and execute.
This morning I posted an article I have read a few weeks back before the holidays, saved off and re-read this morning after my prayers. It was the one the Lord led me to and I was prompted to post. Then this evening, I listen to my favorite paster from the islands out west, and toward the end, he tells a story about the same topic, we need to “hear the still small voice”.
Are we slowing down to hear what God is asking us?
That is the question I am asking myself everyday now, are you?
The video below is eerie, that is the best word I can use to describe it. It links so many of the biblical prophecies but the authors are not coming at it from that angle, they are truly looking at it from a secular or spiritual (not Godly) perspective. It is truly spooky. They mention things like “the collective”, “human race ascending”, “spiritual reality”, and “human 2.0”.
Human 2.0? “Are you going to ascend or not?” What? This is evil, not of God but of man. When I heard that I thought of Babylon, man saying I can do it, we can be like God.
It will be interesting to see what plays out in the coming months.
I feel something is on our horizon…
(Frank Dimora posted this on his site back on Jan. 3rd, some of his readers thoughts he has listed below as well.)
This article by Matt Leasher really hit home for me this holiday season. It may be something that you want to consider as you kick off your new year. I use to believe and still hear from others quite often, that God doesn’t work these days like he did back then (in the bible). I no longer believe this. God promises in His word that He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The real problem is that we are so “busy” and distracted by all of our electronic gadgets (TV, DVR, Phones, Computers, iPods, iPads, laptops, netbooks, ultra books, kindles, radios, etc) let alone all of the other people in our lives (kids, parents, co-workers, neighbors, clients, pets, etc) that we just do not hear him calling.
When was the last time that you just sat and listened for God’s small voice? We are told that he whispers to us on the wind and that he is always there telling us His will for our lives. We just have to slow down, stop, pray and listen. Not for just a minute or two but longer. The first few times I tried this were agony, I will not kid you, but after a while it was peaceful, clarifying, and very insightful.
God wants us to slow down, take a breath and rest in his peace and quiet. Slow down your mind, and truly rest.
Many of God’s children have the misconception that being “called by God” means that they are to join the seminary and become a minister or a missionary after a beam of heavenly light has burst into their room and told them to do so with a thunderous voice, however, the truth of the matter is that when God calls on us it is usually in a still small voice and unto the common man – like you and me.
We read in 1 Kings 19:11-13 that God called upon Elijah, the humble prophet, in a “still small voice” when Elijah was hiding in a cave, afraid, and running from further service to the Lord. Elijah had already done great things in the Lord’s name at this point. He had called down the fire of God from heaven to defeat the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, (1 Kings 18:20-40), he had confronted King Ahab to inform him that the drought God had brought on the land would end, (1 Kings 18:1-19) and prior to that he had restored life to the widow’s son, (1 Kings 17:17-24). He faithfully did all of these miraculous things in the name of the Lord God of Israel. But when Jezebel, the evil wife of King Ahab, sought to kill him, he then ran and hid in a cave. What I want to point out here is that God called upon Elijah with a still small voice even though Elijah became weak and afraid. Elijah tuned out the world around him by finding a cave to hide in and it was there that God revealed Himself with a still small voice. Elijah already knew God and knew Him well when God gently called upon him to continue His work. This is a lesson for us as well, in that being a believer is a prerequisite to answering the call of God and He will speak to us in His still small voice if we shut off the world around us.
We live in an age and culture where there are always “better things to do” than spend quiet time alone with the Lord. Anytime there is “free time” it is usually spent on self-entertainment. This age of technology has created a cyber world of self amusement so that when the day’s work is done then we are immediately engulfed in our digital devices whether it be TV, the computer, or our cell phones which have now become mini digital do-it-alls. The younger generation of today find themselves walking into walls because their eyes are constantly glued to their cell phones. They have become slaves to the digital world. They cannot hear that still small voice of the Lord because their minds are always too preoccupied with the cyber world. Back in the 19th century, (which was only 112 years ago), when the day’s work was done the only evening leisure was reading by candlelight. In a Godly sense, these were good days but in a humanistic sense, the technological advancements of today’s society are better days. Society sees itself progressing because of technology but I’ll bet from God’s viewpoint of wisdom, He sees our world setting itself up for self-destruction as a result of technology and most disheartening to Him has to be the lack of attention of His calling via the Holy Spirit.
The problem isn’t just a result of technological toys. The problem is the same old problem it has always been – man’s heart. In this Age of Grace that we are living in the Holy Spirit is at work drawing souls to Christ but the physical means that His work is accomplished is through human vessels. The human vessels that are willing to do this work are those that answer the call of the Lord. God can use anyone that is willing. God is not looking for people that are qualified. He is looking for people that are available.
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. (2 Chronicles 16:9a)
God isn’t looking for robots either. He is looking for loyal hearts that love Him and that share in His desire to reach the lost and bring them back to Him. Jesus said:
“The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” (Matthew 9:37-38)
It is amazing how God’s word, His prophecies, always come true exactly as spoken thousands of years ago. (He is batting a thousand.)It should remind us that just because a prophecy does not make sense to us today, does not mean its true meaning will not be revealed tomorrow. We need to continue our study and be watchful taking all that we see occurring back to scripture. It is one of the truths that always echos in my head concerning Revelations and the prophets of old (Daniel, Isaiah, Ezekiel), that these scrolls/words/prophecies will be sealed up for a latter generation, the last generation for which they will make sense.
People may write this off as coincidence, but I would state there is no such thing as coincidence in God’s plan for us. Even from just a statistical standpoint, the odds of 4 to 5 to 6 coincidences occurring in a short period of time and matching Isaiah’s prophecy from God is astronomical. I am reminded of another prophecy fulfillment that a lot of folk call just a coincidence.
The Bible made more than three hundred prophecies about the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ. Just what are the odds of such a coincidence?
Try this:
Cover the entire state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep, put a red X on just one of them, and then blindfold someone and give him one chance to pick it.
That’s what scientists have said are the odds that Christ would have fulfilledjust eight of those prophecies.
And Christ fulfilled more than three hundred.
I don’t know about you, but if all those other prophecies came true, I’m going to expect more of the same when it comes to the remaining ones. To read more about Why Prophecy? follow the hyperlink to the full article on my site.
So how is that coincidence theory holding up? It always amazes me what we can convince ourselves of and how illogical our logic can get. One of the commentors summed it up well:
America is under God’s judgment. Any person can see what is going on in this country. This verse is prophetic for America because we are turning into a wicked and evil nation. 9 11 was a wake up call for America to repent and return to the Lord. A nation goes down in stages….deception, darkness, division, and then destruction. Ronald Reagan said “If we cease to be one nation under God , we will be a nation gone under.” The Bible says in Isaiah 5:20-21 “Woe unto them that call evil good, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” Go ahead and ignore God’s Word and live in sin but be assured payday will be around the corner.
I think a lot of us have heeded the warning, but a lot still remain asleep, please share this article and this site with others that may not be fully awake, time is very short and we must reach out before it is too late.
Americans scrambling to Bible to see previously untold parallels with today
Posted: December 21, 2011
7:40 pm Eastern
By Joe Kovacs
What do sycamore and cedar trees have to do with biblical prophecy, the tragic events of 9/11 and the imminent future of the United States?
The roots of a sycamore tree at Ground Zero felled on Sept. 11, 2001, have been preserved as a memorial to the event in New York City. A local messianic rabbi believes it’s a visible fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy about God’s current judgment on America.
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