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| "A cheerful heart is good medicine!" 12-12-19, From the moment we are born again (John 3:3,7), we're brought into a life of unending joy only possible with God. Joy is an emotion evoked by satisfaction, appreciation and pleasure. God was joyful when He created the earth and mankind. He appreciated what He made and took pleasure in it (Genesis 1:31) The joy we have is not of this world, but of God and HIS eternal 'world' that's independent of external circumstances. (1 Peter 1:8 “…joy unspeakable and full of glory.”) | Everywhere Jesus went during His earthly walk, He brought joy to people and He still does today. The joy that comes from our inner spirit transcends physical circumstances; it’s permanent, and it’ll keep you strong and healthy. The Bible says, “A merry heart doeth good like medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22) Although this earthly life is so often brutal and heart breaking ... we must learn to have a joyful spirit. We are children of the King Jesus and we know how the 'story' ends. We win. Hallelujah! |
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Only through the Lord Jesus Christ can we be good enough to be granted eternal life with God. John 14:6
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What better symbol of the task Jesus was born to do than the nails that hung Him on that tree?
The holy angels waited in anticipation to break forth in praise and worship and adoration at the birth of the newborn Christ Who was born to die for the salvation of all mankind.
No greater gift. Thank You, Jesus.
No greater gift. Thank You, Jesus.
The Vanishing Serpents
“For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
Exodus 7:12
| 10-3-19, Henry Morris, PhD -- Like the future image of the beast, which will seem to have life, these magician-induced serpents can only have been “lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9). Neither men nor demons can really create life; this is a prerogative of God alone, who “created every living creature” (Genesis 1:21). However, both human magicians and demons can generate hypnotic mental states and occult hallucinations that ungodly people like Pharaoh may be deceived into seeing as real physical entities. When their demonstration was over, however, nothing was left. Even their rods (not “serpents”) were gone, for Aaron’s genuine serpent had made a meal of them. In a true miracle of creation, Aaron’s God had transmuted the dead atoms of a wooden stick (just as He later made it to produce blossoms and almonds, Numbers 17:8) into a living serpent, capable of consuming other sticks that only appeared to be serpents. | The deception of the magicians was revealed when they were unable later to imitate Moses’ miracle of turning dust into lice throughout the land of Egypt (Exodus 8:18). Interestingly, many people believed for many centuries that similar phenomena—which they called “spontaneous generation”— occurred naturalistically, but this notion was scientifically demolished by Pasteur over a hundred years ago. Only the living God can create life! The miracle of Aaron’s rod is also a parable. Aaron’s rod of life took on the nature of the serpent, just as Christ was made sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21). But then it swallowed up the other serpent-rods, and the sting of “that old serpent” was put away. Thus, “death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:54-55). Source |
WAR ON CHRISTMAS
In latter days will be scoffers and scorners who blaspheme Christ
2 Peter 3:3-7
‘The War on Christmas’ in America is ‘A War on Christ’
The last few decades in America have witnessed an increased hostility towards “the sacred nature of Christmas,” a stripping away of religious references in the public square that is “at its root and core” a “war on Christ and His Followers.” This was especially true under Barack Obama's leadership; thankfully President Trump has been turning the nation back to our Christian heritage; we can say 'MERRY CHRISTMAS!' again.
The late Reverend Billy Graham said, “The war on Christmas is a war on Christ - a “hatred” against a culture that celebrates the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh as a baby 2,000 years ago, and anticipates his second coming when, as a “conquering King,” He will “cast Satan and unbelievers into an eternal lake of fire.”
In a past 2014 issue of Decision magazine it reported that: “Stores, schools and communities across America continue to find new and intolerant reasons to remove any religious references to Christmas, stripping it of any holy or historical significance. Christian songs, prayers and other spiritually vital connections to the Lord Jesus Christ are deleted or diminished.” Examples:
Between the time that Jesus came as a baby and His second coming are “the last days,” as the Apostle Paul wrote, the last days will be marked by “pride, brutality, treachery and heartlessness.”
Billy Graham said: “We should not be taken aback, then, when a day that should be devoted to meditating upon the marvelous, virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is instead treated in a scandalously secular way that denies His deity and saving work. The Name of Christ is an offense to the unbelieving world.The mention of Jesus Christ's birth, or life, or death and resurrection, is an insult to them. The world, the flesh and the Devil all hate the mere mention of His glorious Name. They are mortal enemies of the Savior. The world system is enthralled with power and greed, and it wants no part of the Messiah’s absolute authority.”
That rebellion against God is animated by the Devil, the demon who, “knowing that his time to roam on Earth is short and that he will one day be cast into the lake of fire, he opposes Christ at every turn. He and his demons will help gather all the nations into a great last-ditch rebellion against the King of kings before he is defeated.”
Until that happens, however, “we should expect stiff, relentless opposition to the Gospel message from our culture.”
He added that the brutal persecution of Christians in other countries may be “far into the future for us” in the United States, but we cannot expect “that it will not intensify and heighten.”
"There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day." John 12:48
‘The War on Christmas’ in America is ‘A War on Christ’
The last few decades in America have witnessed an increased hostility towards “the sacred nature of Christmas,” a stripping away of religious references in the public square that is “at its root and core” a “war on Christ and His Followers.” This was especially true under Barack Obama's leadership; thankfully President Trump has been turning the nation back to our Christian heritage; we can say 'MERRY CHRISTMAS!' again.
The late Reverend Billy Graham said, “The war on Christmas is a war on Christ - a “hatred” against a culture that celebrates the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh as a baby 2,000 years ago, and anticipates his second coming when, as a “conquering King,” He will “cast Satan and unbelievers into an eternal lake of fire.”
In a past 2014 issue of Decision magazine it reported that: “Stores, schools and communities across America continue to find new and intolerant reasons to remove any religious references to Christmas, stripping it of any holy or historical significance. Christian songs, prayers and other spiritually vital connections to the Lord Jesus Christ are deleted or diminished.” Examples:
- in Ramsey County, Minn. a courthouse “banned red poinsettias because someone deemed them a ‘Christian symbol
- in Pittsburgh PA the Christmas holidays are referred to “as ‘Sparkle Days,’ in an ironic attempt at avoiding offense.”
- In Georgia a Veteran's Administration hospital banned “religious Christmas songs in public areas.”
Between the time that Jesus came as a baby and His second coming are “the last days,” as the Apostle Paul wrote, the last days will be marked by “pride, brutality, treachery and heartlessness.”
Billy Graham said: “We should not be taken aback, then, when a day that should be devoted to meditating upon the marvelous, virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is instead treated in a scandalously secular way that denies His deity and saving work. The Name of Christ is an offense to the unbelieving world.The mention of Jesus Christ's birth, or life, or death and resurrection, is an insult to them. The world, the flesh and the Devil all hate the mere mention of His glorious Name. They are mortal enemies of the Savior. The world system is enthralled with power and greed, and it wants no part of the Messiah’s absolute authority.”
That rebellion against God is animated by the Devil, the demon who, “knowing that his time to roam on Earth is short and that he will one day be cast into the lake of fire, he opposes Christ at every turn. He and his demons will help gather all the nations into a great last-ditch rebellion against the King of kings before he is defeated.”
Until that happens, however, “we should expect stiff, relentless opposition to the Gospel message from our culture.”
He added that the brutal persecution of Christians in other countries may be “far into the future for us” in the United States, but we cannot expect “that it will not intensify and heighten.”
"There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day." John 12:48
Indoctrination of Sexual Perversion to Minor Children Underway in America
Bubble Wrap of Protection is Coming Off Our Precious Children!
God said, "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable. Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion. Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you."
Leviticus 18:22-28 22; Jeremiah 29:8; Matthew 24:4, Mark 4:24, 13:5, 33; Luke 21:8
12-8-19, This week John Haller's prophecy update includes reports of the US government schools forcing homosexual teaching on little kids. As parents, we want to protect our kids from influences that would shape them in a way that runs contrary to those morals and beliefs that we hold to be true. We try to educate them in such a way that they can retain their childhood innocence for a long as possible. However, the push is on to remove the protective bubble wrap we have placed around our kids to the point where nothing is taboo and anything goes with the liberal anti-God education leaders in America.
The movements from drag queens in libraries in full regalia reading to small children to the alphabet soup of the LGBTQ groups targeting our children at every opportunity to indoctrinate them to the point that any depravity is nothing but "diversity" and any opposition to their aborhent behavior is nothing but discrimination or bigotry.
"Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient." Romans 1:28
[See also Genesis 6:5; Psalm 81:12; Acts 7:42; 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Timothy 5:15]
It appears they are winning, as formerly solid corporations such as Chick-Fil-A [Franklin Graham spoke with Dan Cathy who said they HAVE NOT BOWED TO THE LGBTQ crowd here] and now the Hallmark Channel are bowing to the demands of those who would not only blatantly sin sexually, but who would request, no, demand, your approval and endorsement of their vile behavior. This is a spiritual war; we Christians need to get on our knees and pray that those we love will not be caught up and carried away by the error that is being perpetrated by those who call evil good, and good evil. Isaiah 5:20
John also reports on Muslim killer in Florida, Iran vs Israel, the Pope of Rome cautioning the masses about 'fundamentalists' [aka conservative BIBLE believing Christians] and more.
One hour 27 minute video here
The movements from drag queens in libraries in full regalia reading to small children to the alphabet soup of the LGBTQ groups targeting our children at every opportunity to indoctrinate them to the point that any depravity is nothing but "diversity" and any opposition to their aborhent behavior is nothing but discrimination or bigotry.
"Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient." Romans 1:28
[See also Genesis 6:5; Psalm 81:12; Acts 7:42; 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Timothy 5:15]
It appears they are winning, as formerly solid corporations such as Chick-Fil-A [Franklin Graham spoke with Dan Cathy who said they HAVE NOT BOWED TO THE LGBTQ crowd here] and now the Hallmark Channel are bowing to the demands of those who would not only blatantly sin sexually, but who would request, no, demand, your approval and endorsement of their vile behavior. This is a spiritual war; we Christians need to get on our knees and pray that those we love will not be caught up and carried away by the error that is being perpetrated by those who call evil good, and good evil. Isaiah 5:20
John also reports on Muslim killer in Florida, Iran vs Israel, the Pope of Rome cautioning the masses about 'fundamentalists' [aka conservative BIBLE believing Christians] and more.
One hour 27 minute video here
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The Apostle Paul said, "God hath not cast away His people which He foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 'Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, digged down Thine altars, I am left alone and they seek my life.' What saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. {..} [Israel refused her Messiah the Lord Jesus] ... To the ingrafting of the Gentiles I say then, Have they [Jews] stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall - salvation is come to the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh [the Jews], and might save some of them. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou [Gentiles], being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree."
Romans 11:1-2, 3-6, 7-17, 18-24
July 2015, Pete Garcia* - God plants us in the times we live in, and uses us and our gifted abilities, to speak to the things the Holy Spirit leads us to speak. Whether you are Polycarp, Martin Luther or a modern day lay person who loves and obeys the Lord Jesus, we each address mankind in the times in which we live. Christ Himself would build (future tense) His Church: (Matt. 16:16-19) Although the Gospel of the Kingdom was not shared with the Gentiles during Christ’s earthly ministry, (Matt. 10:5-6; 15:24), Israel’s rejection of her Messiah, opened up the door of salvation to all - including Gentiles.
The Apostle Paul, a former Pharisee who hated and persecuted Christians [Acts 8:1-8], was given the ministry to the Gentiles (Gal. 2:8,Rom. 15:15-16, 2 Tim. 1:11). He was given personal, progressive revelation directly from the risen Christ, specifically about the Church and the mysteries surrounding this new body of believers (Gal. 1:11-12, Eph. 3:8). Paul learned that the Church mystery was/is hidden in Christ. (Col. 1:26, Eph. 3:9; 5:32)
Although there were now three categories of people: Jews, Gentiles and the Church (1 Cor. 10:32); there is neither Jew nor Gentile, male nor female, slave nor free, INSIDE the body of Christ. (Gal. 3:28) We are all one born again body in the Lord Jesus. (Mark 3:3, 7; Col. 1:18, 1 Cor. 12:12)
A significant portion of professing Christian denominations are caving - succumbing to - on a number of moral and spiritual issues, which only emboldens those who hate Christ. So, in keeping with the model of the Seven Churches as found in Revelation 2:1, 3:1, we see the final stages playing out before our eyes, and know, that the last church age, is that of the lukewarm, nauseating church in whom Christ spews out of His mouth. *Excerpted and adapted full original message here
July 2015, Pete Garcia* - God plants us in the times we live in, and uses us and our gifted abilities, to speak to the things the Holy Spirit leads us to speak. Whether you are Polycarp, Martin Luther or a modern day lay person who loves and obeys the Lord Jesus, we each address mankind in the times in which we live. Christ Himself would build (future tense) His Church: (Matt. 16:16-19) Although the Gospel of the Kingdom was not shared with the Gentiles during Christ’s earthly ministry, (Matt. 10:5-6; 15:24), Israel’s rejection of her Messiah, opened up the door of salvation to all - including Gentiles.
The Apostle Paul, a former Pharisee who hated and persecuted Christians [Acts 8:1-8], was given the ministry to the Gentiles (Gal. 2:8,Rom. 15:15-16, 2 Tim. 1:11). He was given personal, progressive revelation directly from the risen Christ, specifically about the Church and the mysteries surrounding this new body of believers (Gal. 1:11-12, Eph. 3:8). Paul learned that the Church mystery was/is hidden in Christ. (Col. 1:26, Eph. 3:9; 5:32)
Although there were now three categories of people: Jews, Gentiles and the Church (1 Cor. 10:32); there is neither Jew nor Gentile, male nor female, slave nor free, INSIDE the body of Christ. (Gal. 3:28) We are all one born again body in the Lord Jesus. (Mark 3:3, 7; Col. 1:18, 1 Cor. 12:12)
A significant portion of professing Christian denominations are caving - succumbing to - on a number of moral and spiritual issues, which only emboldens those who hate Christ. So, in keeping with the model of the Seven Churches as found in Revelation 2:1, 3:1, we see the final stages playing out before our eyes, and know, that the last church age, is that of the lukewarm, nauseating church in whom Christ spews out of His mouth. *Excerpted and adapted full original message here
Shalom from Galilee, Israel!
Weekly Update on the Jewish State
“In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:4; Joel 2:28, Acts 2:15-17; 1 Peter 1:20; James 5:3; Hebrews 1:2
12-5-19, * -- US NEWS magazine for the second consecutive year has ranked the Jewish state of Israel the 8th most powerful nation in the world. Amazing that such a small nation, with only 9.2 million people, that has been in a state of war since its birth only 72 years ago in 1948; to be so named. [Clearly supernatural blessing from God!]
Israel is still in a very uncertain political deadlock. Next week, we should know if and when there’ll be a third election this year. The indictment documents against Prime Minister Netanyahu were submitted to the speaker of the Knesset parliament and from what we know; it’ll be a very long trial with hundreds of witnesses.
The UN and EU are displaying a new level of hypocrisy against Israel this week. The annual UN resolution against Israel passed again although gaining unexpected defense from 13 nations. Five anti-Israel resolutions passed in the General Assembly in a full-day session connected to the United Nations’ “Palestine Day,” held on Nov. 29, 2019. However, they cannot discern difference between good and evil as no condemnation to the terror states of Iran and Lebanon: [2 Corinthians 4:4; Isaiah 5:20]
12-5-19, * -- US NEWS magazine for the second consecutive year has ranked the Jewish state of Israel the 8th most powerful nation in the world. Amazing that such a small nation, with only 9.2 million people, that has been in a state of war since its birth only 72 years ago in 1948; to be so named. [Clearly supernatural blessing from God!]
Israel is still in a very uncertain political deadlock. Next week, we should know if and when there’ll be a third election this year. The indictment documents against Prime Minister Netanyahu were submitted to the speaker of the Knesset parliament and from what we know; it’ll be a very long trial with hundreds of witnesses.
The UN and EU are displaying a new level of hypocrisy against Israel this week. The annual UN resolution against Israel passed again although gaining unexpected defense from 13 nations. Five anti-Israel resolutions passed in the General Assembly in a full-day session connected to the United Nations’ “Palestine Day,” held on Nov. 29, 2019. However, they cannot discern difference between good and evil as no condemnation to the terror states of Iran and Lebanon: [2 Corinthians 4:4; Isaiah 5:20]
- In Iran: The current political unrest has seen the regime:
- Massacred over 450 people in Iran and many more in Iraq
- Injured more than 2,000 in Iran and many more in Iraq
- Detained at least 7,000 in Iran and many more in Iraq
- What was the response from the UN Human Rights Council?
- ZERO emergency sessions
- ZERO condemnations
- ZERO fact-finding missions
- What was the response from the UN Human Rights Council?
- The more shocking thing is that six European nations say they will join a fledgling financial system to bypass U.S. sanctions against Iran, challenging U.S. President Donald Trump days before he meets with NATO leaders in London.
- In a joint statement Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden said they are in the process of becoming shareholders of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX). Britain, France, and Germany launched INSTEX in January to enable companies to trade with Iran without using U.S. dollars or going through U.S. banks, thereby shielding such companies from U.S. sanctions.
In Turkey: On November 27, 2019, according to the Middle Eastern News Agency Al-Monitor, “Turkey signed an agreement with Libya’s internationally recognized government denoting new maritime boundaries between the two nations. The area spanning from southwest Turkey to northeast Libya cuts across a zone currently claimed by Greece and Cyprus, where plans for a future gas pipeline are in the works to link eastern Mediterranean gas fields with European markets...”
There’s no doubt that gas & oil of Israel’s region will become the reason for the upcoming regional war described in Ezekiel 38:5, 13 39:1-2. [And it'll not be Russia. More here ]
Clearly we are living in the last hour of the last days [Matthew 24:3; 2 Timothy 3:1; Daniel 8:19] and as believers, we must remember our calling as watchmen on the walls [Ezekiel 33:2-3, 4-6] and workers who are doing the Father’s business until the Lord comes to take us to be with Him.
Joel 2:28; John 6:39-40; Acts 2:15-17; 1 Peter 1:20; James 5:3; Hebrews 1:2
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati, Behold Israel here https://mailchi.mp/beholdisrael/amirs-weekly-roundup-may-30-1005737?e=3ce763bf5a
Joel 2:28; John 6:39-40; Acts 2:15-17; 1 Peter 1:20; James 5:3; Hebrews 1:2
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati, Behold Israel here https://mailchi.mp/beholdisrael/amirs-weekly-roundup-may-30-1005737?e=3ce763bf5a
The Real Ukraine Scandal Leads to the Clinton Foundation
Strange the Dems are digging dirt that will cover themselves!
In the end times God's word tells us He will send a strong delusion to the wicked who love their sin:
“The working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12; Romans 1:32; Deuteronomy 32:35; Exodus 9:12
12-5-19, Very interesting that the liberal leftist America hating Democrats are digging up this Ukraine saga when they are knee deep in the mire. Sure sounds like God's 'strong delusion' is in action. [2 Thessalonians 2:9-12]
Why are Dems continuing with their parade of false accusations against Donald Trump that began in January 2017? Why the hoopla over the insignificant nation of Ukraine?
Well, President Trump touched the third rail of Democrat/Deep State/DC Swamp politics when he asked Ukraine’s President Zelensky to investigate massive Democrat corruption and theft of taxpayer money. [Totally appropriate because President Bill Clinton's 1999 treaty for the two nations to cooperate to investigate corruption. Another fact pointing to God's strong delusion.]
Apparently the biggest scandal in US political history is about to be unearthed with powerful people of the Democrat party and the ‘Deep State' possibly ending up in prison. Therefore, the wicked and corrupt leaders of the opposition must frame and destroy President Trump. For this to happen ... first former Obama Vice President Joe Biden has to be sacrificed. Obama doesn’t want him as their candidate; but the real story is about the Clintons, the Clinton Foundation, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and many other powerful Democrats. Their fingerprints are all over Ukraine. Forget about the high-paying jobs for family members [Hunter Biden Joe’s son] - this goes much deeper.
12-5-19, Very interesting that the liberal leftist America hating Democrats are digging up this Ukraine saga when they are knee deep in the mire. Sure sounds like God's 'strong delusion' is in action. [2 Thessalonians 2:9-12]
Why are Dems continuing with their parade of false accusations against Donald Trump that began in January 2017? Why the hoopla over the insignificant nation of Ukraine?
Well, President Trump touched the third rail of Democrat/Deep State/DC Swamp politics when he asked Ukraine’s President Zelensky to investigate massive Democrat corruption and theft of taxpayer money. [Totally appropriate because President Bill Clinton's 1999 treaty for the two nations to cooperate to investigate corruption. Another fact pointing to God's strong delusion.]
Apparently the biggest scandal in US political history is about to be unearthed with powerful people of the Democrat party and the ‘Deep State' possibly ending up in prison. Therefore, the wicked and corrupt leaders of the opposition must frame and destroy President Trump. For this to happen ... first former Obama Vice President Joe Biden has to be sacrificed. Obama doesn’t want him as their candidate; but the real story is about the Clintons, the Clinton Foundation, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and many other powerful Democrats. Their fingerprints are all over Ukraine. Forget about the high-paying jobs for family members [Hunter Biden Joe’s son] - this goes much deeper.
Joe Biden is just the tip of the iceberg; this is all about the Obama and Clinton Crime Families [Proverbs 29:2]. Ukraine donated the most cash of any country in the world to the Clinton Foundation; Ukraine’s Oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, who made a fortune in the pipe-building business, pledged a five-year, $29-million [$145 mill] commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, a program purportedly to train future Ukrainian leaders “to modernize Ukraine.” [Wall Street Journal 2009-2014 report] Why would all this cash be coming from tiny Ukraine? [1] Answer: Ukraine [2] was the recipient of billions of dollars in US-taxpayer funded aid; and because it’s 4,873 miles away from Washington DC USA no one was watching. Democrats under Obama got rich [in 2019 it’s estimated Obama net worth $135 million and the stated reason was selling books and giving speeches].
Why is the CLINTON FOUNDATION - a US charity - based offshore [in UK]? [3] A charity owes no taxes on donations. Answer: offshore accounts require no reporting. [Looks like Mrs Clinton was running her version of the Gambino Crime Family slush fund with many in the Democrat Party and Deep State getting a piece of the ‘action’ insuring no one would rat them out ergo expose them.]
Clearly President Trump’s July 25, 2019 phone conversation with Ukraine’s president Zelensky set off alarm bells. Pres Trump is digging in places no one has ever dared before to dig. He could expose the extortion and bribery racket of leading Democrats. Donald Trump cannot be controlled by the "swamp" of Washington DC so they're working hard to eliminate his threat to their lifestyle.
Clearly President Trump’s July 25, 2019 phone conversation with Ukraine’s president Zelensky set off alarm bells. Pres Trump is digging in places no one has ever dared before to dig. He could expose the extortion and bribery racket of leading Democrats. Donald Trump cannot be controlled by the "swamp" of Washington DC so they're working hard to eliminate his threat to their lifestyle.
President Trump has a remarkable record of economic success for the average American worker. Sixty-three million voters put him in the White House and we will keep him there until 2025. He has the highest Republican approval rating in history of 95%. Americans who support our hero, President Trump know that, in the United States of America we don’t punish investigators - we punish criminals. Donald Trump is not the criminal - the accusers are the criminals.
No one is impeaching this president; we have your back President Trump and we are praying for you and your family’s safety.
No one is impeaching this president; we have your back President Trump and we are praying for you and your family’s safety.
 | *Excerpted and adapted full original report from Wayne Allyn Root here [1] Money to Ukraine from US here Ukraine money to Clinton here and here [2] Ukraine is small 233,062 sq mi with 43 million people here [3] Clinton Foundation address: John Snow House, 59 Mansell Street,E1 8AN, London NR11 7AZ Also 1633 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10019, 212-397-2255 here |
A Century of Decline
Is America Headed to the Same Fate of Argentina?
God said: "You disobeyed all My counsel and would none of My reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear comes as desolation.. when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me: For they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: Therefore, shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."
Proverbs 1:15-33; Jeremiah 8:12-14
Parallels of Sin, Disobedience to God
and Nation's Destruction
Parallels of Sin, Disobedience to God
and Nation's Destruction
| How the Church Lost Argentina 3-22-13, Foreign Policy -- According to the Pew Forum, 76.8 percent of Argentina’s population is at least nominally Catholic, but only 33 percent of Catholics interviewed in 2010 cited religion as very important in their lives, down from 40 percent in 2002 and only 19 percent in 2013. Homosexual Marriage Rights in Argentina In 2010, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize homosexual marriage. Argentina’s laws ensuring lesbian, gay and transgender people’s right to marriage — which it extends to non-resident foreigners — and adoption are among the most liberal in the world. | Decline of Christianity in the USA 10-16-19, PewForum -- The USA shrinking white evangelical share of the population reflects both demographic changes and broader religious changes in American society where the share of all adults who identify with Christianity has declined. Homosexual Marriage Rights in United States In 2004 Massachusetts was the first state to allow same-sex marriage. Since then there's been a wave of legal rulings expanding the legalization of homosexual marriage in the US. In 2015 the Supreme Court legalized same sex marriage of all the nation's homosexuals. |
Abortion Kills Humans
12-31-18, DailyWire -- An estimated 60 million unborn babies have died since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Thankfully President Trump has been making great strides to curtail the United States from the brutal killing of unborn human babies. The total number of abortions worldwide stands just 17 million people below the total number of general deaths worldwide (59 million), which does not factor abortion into its statistic. That means the correct total number of deaths worldwide in 2018 stands closer to 101 million. Those who would accuse pro-lifers of drastically over-inflating the numbers or wrongfully equating abortions with death fundamentally deny science.
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How can we deny that there is a direct parallel between mankind's sin and the consequences of that sin?
Argentina homosexuality & God? USA abortion, homosexuality & God??
Argentina may have been rich 100 years ago. She was rich in 1914 because of commodities; its industrial base was only weakly developed. The landowners who made Argentina rich were not so bothered about educating it: cheap labor was what counted. That attitude prevailed into the 1940s, when Argentina had among the highest rates of primary-school enrolment in the world and among the lowest rates of secondary-school attendance. Primary school was important to create a sense of citizenship; but only the elite needed to be well educated. [..snip]
Now in the USA too many of our youth go all through 12 grades unable to read, write and add 2 + 2. The USA is on the same path as Argentina.
12-31-18, DailyWire -- An estimated 60 million unborn babies have died since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Thankfully President Trump has been making great strides to curtail the United States from the brutal killing of unborn human babies. The total number of abortions worldwide stands just 17 million people below the total number of general deaths worldwide (59 million), which does not factor abortion into its statistic. That means the correct total number of deaths worldwide in 2018 stands closer to 101 million. Those who would accuse pro-lifers of drastically over-inflating the numbers or wrongfully equating abortions with death fundamentally deny science.
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How can we deny that there is a direct parallel between mankind's sin and the consequences of that sin?
Argentina homosexuality & God? USA abortion, homosexuality & God??
Argentina may have been rich 100 years ago. She was rich in 1914 because of commodities; its industrial base was only weakly developed. The landowners who made Argentina rich were not so bothered about educating it: cheap labor was what counted. That attitude prevailed into the 1940s, when Argentina had among the highest rates of primary-school enrolment in the world and among the lowest rates of secondary-school attendance. Primary school was important to create a sense of citizenship; but only the elite needed to be well educated. [..snip]
Now in the USA too many of our youth go all through 12 grades unable to read, write and add 2 + 2. The USA is on the same path as Argentina.
Liberal hand out policies didn't help Argentina and it's not helping the USA. When wicked liberals try to control everything as they thumb their collectives noses at almighty God; it's a forgone conclusion decline, malaise and suffering will follow. It is headed to the USA; she has greatly sinned.
God said, "I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up." [Leviticus 26:16; Proverbs 24:22]
God said, "I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up." [Leviticus 26:16; Proverbs 24:22]
"In 1945 Nazi Germany, Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer Died a Martyr's Death - He Opposed Hitler - He preached salvation in repentance and faith in Jesus - He described 'cheap grace vs costly grace'
"We have a great high Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Hebrews 4:14-16, Romans 2:4; Ephesians 2:7-8, 1 Corinthians 10:31
From the New York Times bestselling author of book Amazing Grace, biography of German Christian Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, one man who stood up to Hitler. His is a story of moral courage in the face of the monstrous evil that was Nazism. Pastor Bonhoeffer was a double-agent, he participated in one of the many plots to assassinate the monster Adolf Hitler. At age 39, in 1945 Dietrich died a martyrs death as the Nazis hanged him in Flossenberg concentration camp.
From the New York Times bestselling author of book Amazing Grace, biography of German Christian Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, one man who stood up to Hitler. His is a story of moral courage in the face of the monstrous evil that was Nazism. Pastor Bonhoeffer was a double-agent, he participated in one of the many plots to assassinate the monster Adolf Hitler. At age 39, in 1945 Dietrich died a martyrs death as the Nazis hanged him in Flossenberg concentration camp.
Since Pastor Bonhoeffer's death; his book “The Cost of Discipleship” examines what it means to truly be a follower of Christ. Bonhoeffer wrote:
“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him. Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man His life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: “ye were bought at a price,” [1 Corinthians 6:19-20] and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered Him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.”
“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him. Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man His life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: “ye were bought at a price,” [1 Corinthians 6:19-20] and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered Him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.”
Bonhoffer describes “cheap grace” compared to “costly grace.”
- Cheap grace essentially takes sin lightly; therefore cheapening the Lord Jesus's sacrifice taking IT lightly
- Costly grace comes from a realization of how great our sin was, how important our faith and repentance is because of the extremely costly 'gift' of Christ's Gospel
Hymn: 'Grace, Greater Than All Our Sin'
Psalm 106:6-10
Three minute video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je22nSpTZVQ
Psalm 106:6-10
Three minute video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je22nSpTZVQ
"EPHESUS" occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the Holy Bible’s New Testament
Archaeology Continues to Confirm Bible
4-6-18, Faith enforced and assured by the number of persons and locations identified in the biblical record by archaeological finds. (See 53 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically, Biblical Archaeology Society, April 12, 2017)
Excavations in Ephesus, Turkey
The excavations of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Ephesus, Turkey began in 1895 under Otto Benndorf. He received permission to excavate from the Ottoman Sultan, and brought up a good part of Ephesus in the course of his research. One site is the Temple of Artemis where 36 columns once stood in 6th Century BC [before Christ]; surely the Apostle Paul preached here.
Six Archaeological Discoveries That Support the Bible
Beliefnet.com -- Archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land add to the ever increasing pile of evidence that the people, locations & events in the Bible are fact. Many of the locations of missionary journeys are located in the current nation of Turkey. There are seventeen mentions of Ephesus in the New Testament as follows:
4-6-18, Faith enforced and assured by the number of persons and locations identified in the biblical record by archaeological finds. (See 53 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically, Biblical Archaeology Society, April 12, 2017)
Excavations in Ephesus, Turkey
The excavations of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Ephesus, Turkey began in 1895 under Otto Benndorf. He received permission to excavate from the Ottoman Sultan, and brought up a good part of Ephesus in the course of his research. One site is the Temple of Artemis where 36 columns once stood in 6th Century BC [before Christ]; surely the Apostle Paul preached here.
Six Archaeological Discoveries That Support the Bible
Beliefnet.com -- Archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land add to the ever increasing pile of evidence that the people, locations & events in the Bible are fact. Many of the locations of missionary journeys are located in the current nation of Turkey. There are seventeen mentions of Ephesus in the New Testament as follows:
- Act 18:19 - And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
- Act 18:21 - But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
- Act 18:24 - And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
- Act 19:1 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples.
- Act 19:17 - And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Act 19:26 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- Act 19:35 - And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
- Act 20:16 - For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
- Act 20:17 - And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
- 1Co 15:32 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.
- 1Co 16:8 - But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
- Eph 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- 1Ti 1:3 - As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine.
- 2Ti 1:18 - The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
- 2Ti 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
- Rev 1:11 - Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- Rev 2:1 – Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.
World Events: Hard to Describe
"The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever."
Romans 1:18-25, 28-29
12-1-19, This week's prophecy update from John Haller is loaded with news that goes unreported in the mainstream media. The world is a mess ... we find ourselves living in a "post-truth" society, where the ability to analyze, decipher and reason has taken a backseat to fantasy, feelings and frustration.
At times it's difficult to fully describe the state of the world when logic is sacrificed on the alter of political correctness, yet that is exactly where we find ourselves; religious pilgrims living among the majority who embody the description of the self-proclaimed "wise" described of Romans 1.
To that we say "Res Ipsa Loquitur." Let the thing speak for itself. Today's report status of significant events in the world.
One hour twenty-two minute video here
12-1-19, This week's prophecy update from John Haller is loaded with news that goes unreported in the mainstream media. The world is a mess ... we find ourselves living in a "post-truth" society, where the ability to analyze, decipher and reason has taken a backseat to fantasy, feelings and frustration.
At times it's difficult to fully describe the state of the world when logic is sacrificed on the alter of political correctness, yet that is exactly where we find ourselves; religious pilgrims living among the majority who embody the description of the self-proclaimed "wise" described of Romans 1.
To that we say "Res Ipsa Loquitur." Let the thing speak for itself. Today's report status of significant events in the world.
One hour twenty-two minute video here
DON'T BE A FOOLISH OLD MAN
“King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. However, when he grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods and his heart was not fully devoted to The Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.”
1 Kings 10:23, 11:3-4, 5-8
10-23-19, * -- As wise and faithful as King Solomon was as a young man; his faith, wisdom and good behaviors as an old man were lacking. Maybe it was his weakness for women. He had 700 wives and 300 concubines, many of whom were from foreign nations which the Lord God had told the Israelites not to marry. (1 Kings 11:1-3) Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped the idol gods of his wives. (1 Kings 11:5-8) He would still go through the motions of worshiping the Lord God, but he was not fully and completely into it.
It doesn't matter how intelligent or educated we are if we cannot control our lusts and bad behaviors. The uncontrolled worldly sinful lust of the flesh has caused many a great man, and also many average men, to fall losing their status, families or influence; resulting in their memory to be only of their shameful downfall.
As we age, we should become wiser and benefit from our years of experience. Some of us get so caught up in ourselves and our desires; we make bigger mistakes in our old age than when we were young. [Job 12:12; Ecclesiastes 1:18]
10-23-19, * -- As wise and faithful as King Solomon was as a young man; his faith, wisdom and good behaviors as an old man were lacking. Maybe it was his weakness for women. He had 700 wives and 300 concubines, many of whom were from foreign nations which the Lord God had told the Israelites not to marry. (1 Kings 11:1-3) Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped the idol gods of his wives. (1 Kings 11:5-8) He would still go through the motions of worshiping the Lord God, but he was not fully and completely into it.
It doesn't matter how intelligent or educated we are if we cannot control our lusts and bad behaviors. The uncontrolled worldly sinful lust of the flesh has caused many a great man, and also many average men, to fall losing their status, families or influence; resulting in their memory to be only of their shameful downfall.
As we age, we should become wiser and benefit from our years of experience. Some of us get so caught up in ourselves and our desires; we make bigger mistakes in our old age than when we were young. [Job 12:12; Ecclesiastes 1:18]
As the number of days in front of us gets smaller than the number of days behind us, let us reflect on our past and see where the Lord God has brought us from and all that He has brought us through. Let us be sure to gather all the experiences and learning into a smarter servant of God as we thank Him and praise Him for all that He has done, let us draw closer to Him in our old age instead of drifting away from Him and making foolish mistakes. [James 1:12] *Source Pastor Wendell Wharton here
HOW to FIX THE CHURCH?
OUR MOST CRITICAL NEED?
Jesus said, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of My mouth. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
Revelation 3:15-16, 19-22
12-11-17, * – The body of Christian evangelical believers [Church] have gone over to the world in abject surrender avoiding only a few of the grosser sins. When viewing the religious scene, we are tempted to fix one or another weakness and say, "This is what's wrong with the church; now we can recapture the glory of the early church and have pentecostal times back with us again." This is over simplification of the overall problem and lack of discretion in leadership. [Revelation 3:15-16] When dealing with anything as complex as faith and our eternal destiny the lack of spiritual discernment especially among leaders is the great deficiency. [Proverbs 2:11, 3:21-22] (..snip)
Something like a mist has settled over the church as "the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations." (Isaiah 25:7) Such a veil once descended upon Israel: "For their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.” 2 Corinthians 3:14-16
12-11-17, * – The body of Christian evangelical believers [Church] have gone over to the world in abject surrender avoiding only a few of the grosser sins. When viewing the religious scene, we are tempted to fix one or another weakness and say, "This is what's wrong with the church; now we can recapture the glory of the early church and have pentecostal times back with us again." This is over simplification of the overall problem and lack of discretion in leadership. [Revelation 3:15-16] When dealing with anything as complex as faith and our eternal destiny the lack of spiritual discernment especially among leaders is the great deficiency. [Proverbs 2:11, 3:21-22] (..snip)
Something like a mist has settled over the church as "the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations." (Isaiah 25:7) Such a veil once descended upon Israel: "For their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.” 2 Corinthians 3:14-16
If the Church is to escape the fate of Israel (and of every other religious body in history that forsook God) we must strive for God’s discernment, discretion and judgment. [Proverbs 1:4; Hebrews 2:1]
We desperately need leaders who can see through the “mist.” Unless they come soon, it will be too late for this generation. And if they do come, we will no doubt crucify a few of them in the name of our worldly orthodoxy. The downward slide of evangelism accepting the degenerate form of Christianity; being busy by gathering converts with no questions asked. There must be a strong break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized, pseudo-religion that too often passes for the Christian faith. The liberal lukewarm church has moved farther and farther from people actually being born again in true repentance and devotion to serving the Lord Jesus. This is a serious departure from Christ's true Gospel. [John 14:6] *Excerpted and adapted full original message from A.W. Tozer [1897-1963] here
We desperately need leaders who can see through the “mist.” Unless they come soon, it will be too late for this generation. And if they do come, we will no doubt crucify a few of them in the name of our worldly orthodoxy. The downward slide of evangelism accepting the degenerate form of Christianity; being busy by gathering converts with no questions asked. There must be a strong break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized, pseudo-religion that too often passes for the Christian faith. The liberal lukewarm church has moved farther and farther from people actually being born again in true repentance and devotion to serving the Lord Jesus. This is a serious departure from Christ's true Gospel. [John 14:6] *Excerpted and adapted full original message from A.W. Tozer [1897-1963] here
2019 Thanksgiving Storm Ezekiel Harbinger??
God warned Ezekiel to be a watchman unto the house of Israel: He said to give them warning when I say unto the wicked, "Thou shalt surely die" and you didn't warn them to stop their wicked ways to save their life, the same wicked people will die their their iniquity; but their blood I will require from YOU. However, if you warn the wicked, and he does NOT turn from his wickedness he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered your own soul. Also, because you warned the righteous man, not to sin and he doesn't sin, he and you both shall surely live.
Ezekiel 3:17-20
11-28-19, The most powerful winter storm to hit the west coast in ages has been named Winter Storm Ezekiel by the Weather Channel. This “historic storm” is going to make Thanksgiving 2019 travel an absolute nightmare for millions of people. This is a very dangerous storm, and it is extremely unusual to be witnessing this sort of weather along the USA west coast in the month of November. Over the next couple of days, this “historic” storm will absolutely hammer the western third of the nation before moving into the Midwest…
There is heavy snowfall combined with winds gusts of “over 70 mph” will create severe blizzard conditions in some areas, and in some places travel will be close to impossible. Meteorologists are telling us that 'Ezekiel' is likely to “undergo bombogenesis” before it comes ashore and that would officially make it a “bomb cyclone.”
The Christian Evangelist David Wilkerson once declared that warnings for America would come from unusual places because so many of those that should be warning America about what is ahead are silent.
So could it be possible that “Ezekiel” is meant as some sort of a harbinger?
Of course many people will dismiss the name of this storm as “just a coincidence,” and perhaps they are correct; however few things in life are just a coincidence. The Bible's Old Testament prophet Ezekiel was sent by almighty God to warn the exiles of Israel to turn back to Him; and that the people of Judah that the city of Jerusalem was going to fall because of their extreme wickedness.
His warnings turned out to be accurate. The city of Jerusalem was once the center of the most powerful nation on Earth, but the people abandoned God and just about every form of evil that you can possibly imagine exploded in their society. After a series of warnings, Jerusalem was conquered, and the people of Judah were taken into exile. God warned about what will happen if he doesn’t warn the people… Ezekiel was faithful in warning the people about what was coming, but most of them did not listen.
11-28-19, The most powerful winter storm to hit the west coast in ages has been named Winter Storm Ezekiel by the Weather Channel. This “historic storm” is going to make Thanksgiving 2019 travel an absolute nightmare for millions of people. This is a very dangerous storm, and it is extremely unusual to be witnessing this sort of weather along the USA west coast in the month of November. Over the next couple of days, this “historic” storm will absolutely hammer the western third of the nation before moving into the Midwest…
There is heavy snowfall combined with winds gusts of “over 70 mph” will create severe blizzard conditions in some areas, and in some places travel will be close to impossible. Meteorologists are telling us that 'Ezekiel' is likely to “undergo bombogenesis” before it comes ashore and that would officially make it a “bomb cyclone.”
The Christian Evangelist David Wilkerson once declared that warnings for America would come from unusual places because so many of those that should be warning America about what is ahead are silent.
So could it be possible that “Ezekiel” is meant as some sort of a harbinger?
Of course many people will dismiss the name of this storm as “just a coincidence,” and perhaps they are correct; however few things in life are just a coincidence. The Bible's Old Testament prophet Ezekiel was sent by almighty God to warn the exiles of Israel to turn back to Him; and that the people of Judah that the city of Jerusalem was going to fall because of their extreme wickedness.
His warnings turned out to be accurate. The city of Jerusalem was once the center of the most powerful nation on Earth, but the people abandoned God and just about every form of evil that you can possibly imagine exploded in their society. After a series of warnings, Jerusalem was conquered, and the people of Judah were taken into exile. God warned about what will happen if he doesn’t warn the people… Ezekiel was faithful in warning the people about what was coming, but most of them did not listen.
Just like ancient Israel, the United States has completely abandoned the values that it was founded upon, and Americans have embraced evil to a degree that would be unimaginable to previous generations. Killing newborn human babies and rampant homosexuality comes to mind; what depravity has the USA NOT welcomed?
The people of ancient Israel were warned to turn from their wicked ways, but they did not listen and currently the exact same pattern is being played out in America. Just because most people are not listening does not mean that we should stop warning. The scripture is clear that IF we fail to warn the people, their blood could end up on our hands once disaster finally strikes. [2 Kings 17:13-14]
The Apostle Paul told the Jews that Jesus was THE CHRIST:
And when they opposed and blasphemed, Paul shook clothes saying:
"Your blood be upon your own heads."
Acts 18:5-6
The people of ancient Israel were warned to turn from their wicked ways, but they did not listen and currently the exact same pattern is being played out in America. Just because most people are not listening does not mean that we should stop warning. The scripture is clear that IF we fail to warn the people, their blood could end up on our hands once disaster finally strikes. [2 Kings 17:13-14]
The Apostle Paul told the Jews that Jesus was THE CHRIST:
And when they opposed and blasphemed, Paul shook clothes saying:
"Your blood be upon your own heads."
Acts 18:5-6
Modern Day ‘Churches’ With Watered Down Gospel of Christ
Grievous Wolves Will Enter Deceiving Many
The human sinful mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. They have itching ears wanting only to hear pleasant words. Only when mankind is transformed from their natural state to Christ; can we please God.
Isaiah 59:2; Acts 20:28-30; Romans 8:7-8; 2 Timothy 4:3
11-27-19, * -- Sadly the world now has “Christless Christianity.” It’s a form of religiosity that whittles away the difficult terms of discipleship embracing only those elements of God’s word [the Holy Bible] that the sinful masses find pleasing allowing them to continue in their wicked behaviors. It’s a belief that being “good” or “nice” “not doing big sins like murder!” They think this is all that’s necessary to please God to earn a Hell-less eternity; in their ignorance they believe the work of Christ, repentance and obedience to Him is unnecessary. [Luke 13:3; John 14:6]
Christless Christianity is a watered-down version of Christianity that’s quickly replacing doctrinal purity, while professing itself to be biblical. It presents the Bible as if it were a collection of Aesop’s fables—a bunch of unrelated stories with a nice moral at the end of each. This approach ignores the grand theme of Scripture—God’s redemption of sinful mankind—and the centrality of Christ the Savior. Rather than creating self-denying disciples (Matthew 28:19), the message of Christless Christianity creates adherents who are “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power.” [2 Timothy 3:1-2, 3-4, 5-7]
The Bible warns that, as history draws to a close, much of the opposition to truth will come not from the outside the church; but from within the ranks (2 Peter 2:1–2; Acts 20:29–30). External opposition is usually easy to identify as an enemy. However, internal compromise is decay that may not show externally for some time; it’s internal rot that’s little more than a platform for self-help seminars and self-affirming messages also proclaiming God wanting us all prosperous.
Some pastors may speak often of “God,” but rarely discuss the person and work of Jesus Christ. When the Lord Jesus is mentioned, He is presented as merely the ticket to God’s blessing for our earthly lives. Christ Himself was little more than a good moral teacher, and it is His “teachings” we should seek to follow rather than the Son of God Himself. They often focus upon Jesus’ words that appeal to their humanitarian ideals, not the ones about taking repentance of sin and turning our lives over to the Lord for redemption and forgiveness. (Luke 9:23; Matthew 8:34; 16:24)
Christless Christianity masquerades as the real gospel of Jesus Christ, and, for countless seekers and those ignorant of the Bible, it appears to offer everything they are looking for. It gives them “all this and heaven too,” while requiring nothing of them in this life.
11-27-19, * -- Sadly the world now has “Christless Christianity.” It’s a form of religiosity that whittles away the difficult terms of discipleship embracing only those elements of God’s word [the Holy Bible] that the sinful masses find pleasing allowing them to continue in their wicked behaviors. It’s a belief that being “good” or “nice” “not doing big sins like murder!” They think this is all that’s necessary to please God to earn a Hell-less eternity; in their ignorance they believe the work of Christ, repentance and obedience to Him is unnecessary. [Luke 13:3; John 14:6]
Christless Christianity is a watered-down version of Christianity that’s quickly replacing doctrinal purity, while professing itself to be biblical. It presents the Bible as if it were a collection of Aesop’s fables—a bunch of unrelated stories with a nice moral at the end of each. This approach ignores the grand theme of Scripture—God’s redemption of sinful mankind—and the centrality of Christ the Savior. Rather than creating self-denying disciples (Matthew 28:19), the message of Christless Christianity creates adherents who are “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power.” [2 Timothy 3:1-2, 3-4, 5-7]
The Bible warns that, as history draws to a close, much of the opposition to truth will come not from the outside the church; but from within the ranks (2 Peter 2:1–2; Acts 20:29–30). External opposition is usually easy to identify as an enemy. However, internal compromise is decay that may not show externally for some time; it’s internal rot that’s little more than a platform for self-help seminars and self-affirming messages also proclaiming God wanting us all prosperous.
Some pastors may speak often of “God,” but rarely discuss the person and work of Jesus Christ. When the Lord Jesus is mentioned, He is presented as merely the ticket to God’s blessing for our earthly lives. Christ Himself was little more than a good moral teacher, and it is His “teachings” we should seek to follow rather than the Son of God Himself. They often focus upon Jesus’ words that appeal to their humanitarian ideals, not the ones about taking repentance of sin and turning our lives over to the Lord for redemption and forgiveness. (Luke 9:23; Matthew 8:34; 16:24)
Christless Christianity masquerades as the real gospel of Jesus Christ, and, for countless seekers and those ignorant of the Bible, it appears to offer everything they are looking for. It gives them “all this and heaven too,” while requiring nothing of them in this life.
We cannot remove Christ from Christianity; the Apostle Paul said:
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Jesus Who called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, “If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:6-9
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”
1 Corinthians 1:18
We must fix our eyes on the Messiah Jesus Christ (Hebrews 12:2) a Christless Christianity is not Christianity at all. Without Jesus there is no salvation. (John 14:6, 15:4-5)
*Excerpted and adapted full original report by J.I. Packer here
Responding to Life's Trials
Do Not Lose Heart
Apostle Peter admonished disciples of Christ: “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
1 Peter 5:6-9
2-27-19, Bonny Mulder-Behnia -- Jesus healed a man who was blind since birth. Jesus mixed His own saliva with some dirt, spread the muddy mixture on the man’s eyes and told him to go and wash in a pool—and the man received sight [John 9:6]. For his entire life, this man had seen nothing but darkness, but Jesus gifted him with seeing eyes after proclaiming, “I am the light of the world” (John 9:5).
The apostle Paul advises God’s people not to lose heart when the troubles of this life dim our outlook on the future. When we are discouraged by the wickedness of sin and injustice of the world, a broken relationship, a tough situation at work, a grim financial outlook, a health crisis and more it can feel like we are sitting in a dark room. We may ask, “How will this ever be resolved?”
It’s all about perspective and what we focus on. We can sit around with mud on our eyes, or we can wash it off and see the light of Jesus. [John 8:12]
Whatever ‘state’ we’re in; whether joyful or dreadful … just wait it’ll change.
Paul says the problems we see are temporary, but the hope we have in Jesus—though unseen—is eternal. [2 Corinthians 4:18] Christians share a bright future in Jesus Christ, Who is the light of the world. [John 8:12]
"The abundant grace [of God] might, through the thanksgiving of many, greatly contribute to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:15-18
2-27-19, Bonny Mulder-Behnia -- Jesus healed a man who was blind since birth. Jesus mixed His own saliva with some dirt, spread the muddy mixture on the man’s eyes and told him to go and wash in a pool—and the man received sight [John 9:6]. For his entire life, this man had seen nothing but darkness, but Jesus gifted him with seeing eyes after proclaiming, “I am the light of the world” (John 9:5).
The apostle Paul advises God’s people not to lose heart when the troubles of this life dim our outlook on the future. When we are discouraged by the wickedness of sin and injustice of the world, a broken relationship, a tough situation at work, a grim financial outlook, a health crisis and more it can feel like we are sitting in a dark room. We may ask, “How will this ever be resolved?”
It’s all about perspective and what we focus on. We can sit around with mud on our eyes, or we can wash it off and see the light of Jesus. [John 8:12]
Whatever ‘state’ we’re in; whether joyful or dreadful … just wait it’ll change.
Paul says the problems we see are temporary, but the hope we have in Jesus—though unseen—is eternal. [2 Corinthians 4:18] Christians share a bright future in Jesus Christ, Who is the light of the world. [John 8:12]
"The abundant grace [of God] might, through the thanksgiving of many, greatly contribute to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:15-18
“Jesus Christ IS THE MESSIAH”
-- Amir Tsarfati*, Jew in Israel
Jesus was born of a virgin in Bethlehem; He was called out of Egypt, despised and rejected by men, riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. His hands and feet pierced and His garments cast lots for and divided; He was killed for the sake of others, buried among the rich at His death and His death leads to the justification of others!!
Isaiah 7:14, 53:3, 9, 11; Micah 5:2; Hosea 11:1; Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 22:16-18; Daniel 9:26; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
11-25-19, * -- "Jesus is the Messiah” and He’s all over the Old Testament! The first time I read the New Testament was in my time of Israeli military service; I was reading in a tank while being serviced by mechanics. I would sneak into the tank with a small New Testament that I kept in my pocket. I would read it with a little flashlight and I was amazed. It’s for non-Jews about a non-Jewish thing, directing someone to a non-Jewish faith. It had quotations of the Old Testament that I knew. It’s about our Messiah and how He [Jesus Christ] came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel!!
One of the primary [and foolish] arguments for denying there is a God and Jesus Christ is the Messiah is the lack of evidence. However, the Bible tells us there's evidence all around us [Numbers 14:21; Romans 1:20] as documented within its pages. Philosophers pose four questions regarding life that they say demand an answer; the Bible answers these questions, not with theories and speculation, but empirical evidence and facts that can be observed by anyone at any given point in history. The questions are:
11-25-19, * -- "Jesus is the Messiah” and He’s all over the Old Testament! The first time I read the New Testament was in my time of Israeli military service; I was reading in a tank while being serviced by mechanics. I would sneak into the tank with a small New Testament that I kept in my pocket. I would read it with a little flashlight and I was amazed. It’s for non-Jews about a non-Jewish thing, directing someone to a non-Jewish faith. It had quotations of the Old Testament that I knew. It’s about our Messiah and how He [Jesus Christ] came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel!!
One of the primary [and foolish] arguments for denying there is a God and Jesus Christ is the Messiah is the lack of evidence. However, the Bible tells us there's evidence all around us [Numbers 14:21; Romans 1:20] as documented within its pages. Philosophers pose four questions regarding life that they say demand an answer; the Bible answers these questions, not with theories and speculation, but empirical evidence and facts that can be observed by anyone at any given point in history. The questions are:
- Origin: Where did we come from? Answer: The truth is that the elusive matter of origin [even evolutionary biologists admit they cannot explain with facts] and observable evidence is clearly presented in Genesis and is consistent with what we observe in our world today. There's a night-day cycle that repeats itself every 24 hours, there're still two great lights in the sky, one lesser and one greater (moon and sun) the animal kingdom is still procreating “after its kind”, the seas are still divided from the dry land and, contrary to what we hear today, there're still twp genders of humans: male and female. All this recorded in Genesis 1:1, Genesis 2:1. [Romans 1:20]
- Meaning: What is the purpose of life? Mankind was created in the image and likeness of God for the purpose of fellowship with Him. It also answers the question of morality as man severed that intimate fellowship with God they once enjoyed by disregarding God’s word and warning about a single tree in the garden that they were not to eat from.
- Morality: Is there a single moral standard for all peoples? The moral failures of man introduced death into God’s perfect creation, and yet, God offers eternal life to the perishing through His Son, Jesus Christ.
- Destiny: What happens after we die? There is an inseparable link between the last two demands of the Philosopher, morality and destiny. The Bible answers both those questions in a single verse - Romans 6:23 - "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
We find empirical evidence that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God in the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible all of these things written hundreds of years before they ever happened - a short list follows:
• Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14)
• Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
• Called out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1)
• Despised and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3)
• Riding into Jerusalem on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9)
• His hands and feet pierced and His garments cast lots for and divided (Psalm 22:16-18)
• Killed for the sake of others (Daniel 9:26)
• Buried among the rich at His death (Isaiah 53:9)
• His death leads to the justification of others (Isaiah 53:11)
- All Jesus' apostles except John died horrific martyrs death. They would not deny Him. Acts 7:1-58 - The ONLY way by which any person can safely arrive in heaven is through Jesus; His apostles knew WHO HE WAS! [John 14:6]
Acts 7:1-2, 3-58; Romans 5:6-8
If you want to know the origin of the universe, man and all living things, read the Bible. If you want to know the meaning of life, read the Bible. If you want to know the moral code of God, read the Bible. If you want to know about life after death, read the Bible.
Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20
Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:1-6
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Amir Tsarfati here
More about martyrs for the Lord here
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* About Amir Tsarfati: Born in Israel and since fulfilling his mandatory service in the Israeli military, he's a major in the IDF Reserve. After his conversion becoming a born again Jewish man trusting Jesus Christ as HIS MESSIAH; in 2001 he became founder and president of Behold Israel – a non-profit organization providing reliable sources of news and information about Israel from within the powerful context of Bible history and prophecy. He is married to Miriam, they have four children. His home overlooks the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) which is a constant reminder of the call that the Lord Jesus has placed on him to teach - from the Bible - what God’s plans are for the end of times. His occupation is a tour guide to the Jewish nation of Israel.
If you want to know the origin of the universe, man and all living things, read the Bible. If you want to know the meaning of life, read the Bible. If you want to know the moral code of God, read the Bible. If you want to know about life after death, read the Bible.
Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20
Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:1-6
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Amir Tsarfati here
More about martyrs for the Lord here
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* About Amir Tsarfati: Born in Israel and since fulfilling his mandatory service in the Israeli military, he's a major in the IDF Reserve. After his conversion becoming a born again Jewish man trusting Jesus Christ as HIS MESSIAH; in 2001 he became founder and president of Behold Israel – a non-profit organization providing reliable sources of news and information about Israel from within the powerful context of Bible history and prophecy. He is married to Miriam, they have four children. His home overlooks the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) which is a constant reminder of the call that the Lord Jesus has placed on him to teach - from the Bible - what God’s plans are for the end of times. His occupation is a tour guide to the Jewish nation of Israel.
Marriage: Husband & Wife Just The Two Of Us
“Take me away with you—let us hurry!”
Song of Songs 1:4
11-23-19, Mrs James [Shirley] Dobson* -- After Jim and I we were married, we were extremely busy—Jim was finishing graduate training and I was teaching school. But we were still able to set aside an occasional weekend for just the two of us. [..] Life became hectic in the coming years, as God blessed our family and his Christian service. We came to a point where we desperately needed some time alone. We arranged for my mother to keep the kids and took off for short romantic trips.
Is it time for you to take a similar romantic trip?
Even if finances are tight, just being together can rekindle “that lovin’ feeling.” All that is needed is a little effort and creative flair. Talk with your mate; ask him or her what would bring new interest and excitement to your marriage. Then schedule at least two “getaway” activities a month when you can be alone together.
If you keep the fire of your relationship well tended with romance, you’ll enjoy its warmth throughout your marriage.
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Shirley M Dobson here
11-23-19, Mrs James [Shirley] Dobson* -- After Jim and I we were married, we were extremely busy—Jim was finishing graduate training and I was teaching school. But we were still able to set aside an occasional weekend for just the two of us. [..] Life became hectic in the coming years, as God blessed our family and his Christian service. We came to a point where we desperately needed some time alone. We arranged for my mother to keep the kids and took off for short romantic trips.
Is it time for you to take a similar romantic trip?
Even if finances are tight, just being together can rekindle “that lovin’ feeling.” All that is needed is a little effort and creative flair. Talk with your mate; ask him or her what would bring new interest and excitement to your marriage. Then schedule at least two “getaway” activities a month when you can be alone together.
If you keep the fire of your relationship well tended with romance, you’ll enjoy its warmth throughout your marriage.
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Shirley M Dobson here
The duties of the married couple are spelled out in scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9; Mark 10:5-9
Man: love, lead and provide: Ephesians 5:25-29; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 5:8
Woman: love, help, manage: Genesis 2:18, 21-22; 1 Timothy 5:14; Titus 2:4
Man: love, lead and provide: Ephesians 5:25-29; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 5:8
Woman: love, help, manage: Genesis 2:18, 21-22; 1 Timothy 5:14; Titus 2:4
The Only Hope in the Coming Storm!
The Lord God said: "I will be will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the Glory in the midst of her. V6 For thou has been a…shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, a place of refuge, a covert from storm and from rain.”
Zechariah 2:5; Isaiah 4:6, 25:4
11-22-19, * -- GOD promised the prophet Zechariah that in the last days, He would be a protective wall of fire around His people. These promises [above] are meant to comfort us, because all the prophets warn of a great storm coming in the final days. The Lord Jesus Christ also says this coming storm will be so frightful and overwhelming, people’s hearts will fail them as they see it developing (Luke 21:26). The Bible assures us God never sends judgment on any society without first revealing to His prophets what He plans to do:
“Surely the Lord will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7; John 16:4; Hosea 12:10)
God told His prophets to warn sinful and prosperous nations that were at peace, that the good times soon would end. (Zechariah 7:7) Because of God’s great love, He purposely calls the lost sinner to repentance to protect us in such times of storm.
Historically, when God gave these warnings, the people refused to listen (2 Chronicles 24:19). Almost always, the people grew weary of these warnings; the people simply switched off the prophet’s voice. They preferred to hear “smooth things.” And the Hebrew word for “smooth” here means “pleasant” words. [Isaiah 30:10]
This very condition is creeping into the church of Jesus Christ today. God is appalled by this. We see this in the warnings of the prophet Ezekiel when the Lord told him to give the people this message: “I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountain of Israel shall be desolate…because of all their abominations which they have committed.” (Ezekiel 33:28-29)
Ezekiel preached; and over several years the people grew weary of listening to him. After all, over the years not one of Ezekiel’s words had come to pass. On the contrary, the nation only grew more prosperous! Over time, Ezekiel’s prophecies became a source of entertainment for the people. They began calling him names behind his back – names that were probably similar to the ones I’ve been called over the years: “Doomsday preacher,” “The man who never smiles,” “Mr. bad news.”
Currently a majority of churchgoers soundly reject all prophetic warnings of a coming storm. Sadly, the American church today is the most blatant “feel good” church in all of history. However, like Israel, we’re only experiencing the calm before the storm! [Amos 8:11] Today’s church is experiencing a famine of hearing! People are closing their eyes and ears, hardening their hearts saying: “I don’t want to hear anymore bad news; tickle my ears with pleasant smooth words!” [1 Cor 15:19-20; Titus 2:11-14]
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.”
2 Timothy 4:3-4; Jude 1:18
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from the late David Wilkerson [Born: May 19, 1931 -Passed: Apr 27, 2011] here
11-22-19, * -- GOD promised the prophet Zechariah that in the last days, He would be a protective wall of fire around His people. These promises [above] are meant to comfort us, because all the prophets warn of a great storm coming in the final days. The Lord Jesus Christ also says this coming storm will be so frightful and overwhelming, people’s hearts will fail them as they see it developing (Luke 21:26). The Bible assures us God never sends judgment on any society without first revealing to His prophets what He plans to do:
“Surely the Lord will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7; John 16:4; Hosea 12:10)
God told His prophets to warn sinful and prosperous nations that were at peace, that the good times soon would end. (Zechariah 7:7) Because of God’s great love, He purposely calls the lost sinner to repentance to protect us in such times of storm.
Historically, when God gave these warnings, the people refused to listen (2 Chronicles 24:19). Almost always, the people grew weary of these warnings; the people simply switched off the prophet’s voice. They preferred to hear “smooth things.” And the Hebrew word for “smooth” here means “pleasant” words. [Isaiah 30:10]
This very condition is creeping into the church of Jesus Christ today. God is appalled by this. We see this in the warnings of the prophet Ezekiel when the Lord told him to give the people this message: “I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountain of Israel shall be desolate…because of all their abominations which they have committed.” (Ezekiel 33:28-29)
Ezekiel preached; and over several years the people grew weary of listening to him. After all, over the years not one of Ezekiel’s words had come to pass. On the contrary, the nation only grew more prosperous! Over time, Ezekiel’s prophecies became a source of entertainment for the people. They began calling him names behind his back – names that were probably similar to the ones I’ve been called over the years: “Doomsday preacher,” “The man who never smiles,” “Mr. bad news.”
Currently a majority of churchgoers soundly reject all prophetic warnings of a coming storm. Sadly, the American church today is the most blatant “feel good” church in all of history. However, like Israel, we’re only experiencing the calm before the storm! [Amos 8:11] Today’s church is experiencing a famine of hearing! People are closing their eyes and ears, hardening their hearts saying: “I don’t want to hear anymore bad news; tickle my ears with pleasant smooth words!” [1 Cor 15:19-20; Titus 2:11-14]
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.”
2 Timothy 4:3-4; Jude 1:18
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from the late David Wilkerson [Born: May 19, 1931 -Passed: Apr 27, 2011] here
Weekly Roundup: “Shalom from Tiberias, Israel!”
Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: “These things command and teach. Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.”
1 Timothy 4:11-13
11-21-19, * -- Amir Tsarfati gives an update of events in his home the Jewish state of Israel from the Sea of Galilee:
“Now that the recent cycle of violence with the [Islamic terror group] Palestinian Islamic Jihad is over, with Israel having the upper hand beating Iran that tried its luck from the northern frontier. Iran had its Al Quds military forces near Damascus Syria launching four missiles towards the Israeli side of Mt. Hermon that were intercepted by Israel’s anti defense system, Iron Dome. This attack, likely retaliation to an Israeli undercover operation in Syria that hurt them badly [isn’t cleared for my publication].
U.S. President Trump Reverses 1978 US Pres Jimmy Carter & 2009 Barack Obama West Bank Policy
11-19-19, Breitbart -- Recently Sec of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. reversed the policy of Presidents Carter & Obama, who declared Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) illegal. President Trump said, "Judea belongs to the Jews!"
Currently the biased, liberal, progressive media in Israel reported that US President Trump is keeping a distance from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Claiming it’s because of his failure to secure victory in the past two Israeli elections. However, a few days ago the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shocked them all by declaring a major shift in US policy concerning the Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria [aka 'West Bank'] he said: 'The US State Department will no longer consider Jewish homes in Judea & Samaria as illegal.' That crazy decision to count Jewish settlements in the heart of the Jewish biblical ancestral homeland was reached during the 1978 US Pres Jimmie Carter’s administration. This is why Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “I spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump and told him that he had corrected a historic injustice. Somebody needed to say a simple truth, and President Trump did this, just as he did with the recognition of the Golan Heights and the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem!”
11-21-19, * -- Amir Tsarfati gives an update of events in his home the Jewish state of Israel from the Sea of Galilee:
“Now that the recent cycle of violence with the [Islamic terror group] Palestinian Islamic Jihad is over, with Israel having the upper hand beating Iran that tried its luck from the northern frontier. Iran had its Al Quds military forces near Damascus Syria launching four missiles towards the Israeli side of Mt. Hermon that were intercepted by Israel’s anti defense system, Iron Dome. This attack, likely retaliation to an Israeli undercover operation in Syria that hurt them badly [isn’t cleared for my publication].
U.S. President Trump Reverses 1978 US Pres Jimmy Carter & 2009 Barack Obama West Bank Policy
11-19-19, Breitbart -- Recently Sec of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. reversed the policy of Presidents Carter & Obama, who declared Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) illegal. President Trump said, "Judea belongs to the Jews!"
Currently the biased, liberal, progressive media in Israel reported that US President Trump is keeping a distance from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Claiming it’s because of his failure to secure victory in the past two Israeli elections. However, a few days ago the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shocked them all by declaring a major shift in US policy concerning the Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria [aka 'West Bank'] he said: 'The US State Department will no longer consider Jewish homes in Judea & Samaria as illegal.' That crazy decision to count Jewish settlements in the heart of the Jewish biblical ancestral homeland was reached during the 1978 US Pres Jimmie Carter’s administration. This is why Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “I spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump and told him that he had corrected a historic injustice. Somebody needed to say a simple truth, and President Trump did this, just as he did with the recognition of the Golan Heights and the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem!”
Also, the political situation in Israel continues to be unstable as neither side on the political map has the clear majority to form a government. Yet, in the midst of all this instability, the economy continues to grow stronger and faster than expected in the third quarter of the year (4.1%), second only to China.
Next month we will finally start our public reading of scripture on Facebook Live. We pray that many will attend these 30-minute broadcasts and as a result grow in their faith of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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"Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that He have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud."
Psalm 123:1-4
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*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati here
More from Times of Israel here
Next month we will finally start our public reading of scripture on Facebook Live. We pray that many will attend these 30-minute broadcasts and as a result grow in their faith of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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"Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that He have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud."
Psalm 123:1-4
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*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati here
More from Times of Israel here
Christian Worldview: Prophetic Truth and Consequences
The Lord Jesus said: “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
John 8:44
11-20-19, * -- CNN and other counterfeit news media are reporting about the Democrat's impeachment hearings in their continuing attempts to remove President Trump from the White House. The liberal leftist Democrat cronies are using any small thing they can to insinuate, cast doubt, infer, incite and otherwise confer that President Trump deserves to be removed from office. In their reporting there's no "other" side to the story and it's all bad, all the time. Rasmussen reports that 53% of likely voters believe the media is trying to help impeach Donald Trump. To me, the other 47% have no idea how to discern the truth if it hit them in the face. [Note: 46% of those polled ask 'where's Joe & Hunter Biden in these proceedings?]
Ephesians 5:6 says, "Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience." [See also: Matthew 24:4 & John 3:32]
Deception is an art in of itself and we see it everyday. A little bit of truth makes a better lie. So if politicians and the news media can weave just a mustard seed of truth into their narrative, it supports the lie they want us to accept.
Christ spoke of how, when He leaves, He will send the Spirit of truth to guide the disciples, "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth." And this is how we, as born again believers in Christ Jesus [John 3:3, 7], are able to discern truth to this very day.
11-20-19, * -- CNN and other counterfeit news media are reporting about the Democrat's impeachment hearings in their continuing attempts to remove President Trump from the White House. The liberal leftist Democrat cronies are using any small thing they can to insinuate, cast doubt, infer, incite and otherwise confer that President Trump deserves to be removed from office. In their reporting there's no "other" side to the story and it's all bad, all the time. Rasmussen reports that 53% of likely voters believe the media is trying to help impeach Donald Trump. To me, the other 47% have no idea how to discern the truth if it hit them in the face. [Note: 46% of those polled ask 'where's Joe & Hunter Biden in these proceedings?]
Ephesians 5:6 says, "Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience." [See also: Matthew 24:4 & John 3:32]
Deception is an art in of itself and we see it everyday. A little bit of truth makes a better lie. So if politicians and the news media can weave just a mustard seed of truth into their narrative, it supports the lie they want us to accept.
Christ spoke of how, when He leaves, He will send the Spirit of truth to guide the disciples, "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth." And this is how we, as born again believers in Christ Jesus [John 3:3, 7], are able to discern truth to this very day.
“Truth” is key to living as a disciple of Christ. [John 14:6] We should first determine whether someone is of Christ or not? [Matthew 7:21-23] By their behaviors, life, goals, speech and accomplishments [“fruits”] we will be able to discern their intentions and if they are honest truthful people [Luke 6:43]. Then, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit; we can determine whether what they say is truth.
We must recognize the truth and act on it. If one doesn't recognize or discern truth, there are consequences.
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*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Bill Wilson, The Daily Jot, 5257 Buckeystown Pike, #314, Frederick, MD 21704 here
We must recognize the truth and act on it. If one doesn't recognize or discern truth, there are consequences.
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*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Bill Wilson, The Daily Jot, 5257 Buckeystown Pike, #314, Frederick, MD 21704 here
Lukewarm?
The Lord said, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot .. So then because thou art lukewarm .. I will spue thee out of My mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, miserable, poor, blind & naked. .. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent.”
]Revelation 3:15-19; Matthew 6:1, 7:16, 23:25-28; Isaiah 29:13; Titus 1:16
11-3-19, * -- There are two misconceptions that Satan puts on the world:
Colossians 3:2 tells us to “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” When we have Christ in our hearts, our eyes will be on Him and not the things of the world; it has to be constant, not just when we feel like it.
Matthew 6:21 tells us that where are treasure is, that's where our hearts are. What is your treasure? Psalm 139:23-24 tells us, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 51:10 says, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” When we turn to Jesus asking forgiveness for our sin; He cleanses our hearts and we are born again in Christ. [John 3:3, 7]
We can’t be lukewarm Christians; only half heartedly serve and obey God. We must not believe Satan’s lies that ‘we’re okay’ because of some lukewarm messages at church. Or we think we’re not as bad as the next guy; read the Bible find out what IT says! [Luke 13:3]
If you believe in Jesus, you will honor, obey and follow Him (John 14:15; 1 Corinthians 11:1). If you are lukewarm, change and change now; for we don’t know when Christ will take us home. [Psalm 59:7; Jeremiah 51:44; Matthew 25:13]
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from John Lysaught here
11-3-19, * -- There are two misconceptions that Satan puts on the world:
- Heaven is available to unbelievers who lead good lives; doing good things.
- Hell is only reserved for the worst of the worse; murderers!!
Colossians 3:2 tells us to “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” When we have Christ in our hearts, our eyes will be on Him and not the things of the world; it has to be constant, not just when we feel like it.
Matthew 6:21 tells us that where are treasure is, that's where our hearts are. What is your treasure? Psalm 139:23-24 tells us, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 51:10 says, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” When we turn to Jesus asking forgiveness for our sin; He cleanses our hearts and we are born again in Christ. [John 3:3, 7]
We can’t be lukewarm Christians; only half heartedly serve and obey God. We must not believe Satan’s lies that ‘we’re okay’ because of some lukewarm messages at church. Or we think we’re not as bad as the next guy; read the Bible find out what IT says! [Luke 13:3]
If you believe in Jesus, you will honor, obey and follow Him (John 14:15; 1 Corinthians 11:1). If you are lukewarm, change and change now; for we don’t know when Christ will take us home. [Psalm 59:7; Jeremiah 51:44; Matthew 25:13]
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from John Lysaught here
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1 Corinthians 15:58
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God's Word Told Mankind the Earth Was Round, Isaiah 40:22
It's harmful to associate and argue with fools. Proverbs 13:20
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Revelation 17:14
Deuteronomy 11:12
John 8:36
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-5
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Teach Young God's Truths
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Israeli Muslims Want ALL the land - no peace. Jeremiah 6:11-14
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America, since 1973, has murdered millions of babies in abortion. Abomination!
Jesus acknowledged one man one woman marriage. Matthew 19:5-6
Without Jesus, lost already. John 3:17-18
God always warns before punishment: Noah, Lot, Jonah and us too. Repent now.
Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:23, 10:9, 10:13, John 15:1-5
Genesis 28:17
1 Thessalonians 5:4; Mark 13:33
Jesus had six half brothers & sisters.
Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; Jude 1:1
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We must be born again in Jesus. John 3:3,7
GREATEST JOY OUR KIDS OBEY GOD
3 John 1:4
Galatians 5:17; Romans 3:23
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Micah 6:8
Jeremiah 29:11
Ephesians 2:8-9
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Jesus said, 'Marriage man and woman."
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Genesis 1:9-10
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Laughter is good medicine.
Proverbs 17:22
On earth an unborn baby isn't 'LIFE' but on Mars it would be. Irony.
Ezekiel 38:1-6
Psalm 119:11
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