The Restrainer

2 Thess 2:7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

As the days go by, it becomes more and more apparent to this writer that the Restrainer is hard at work, restraining the powers of hell that are so eager to flood this earth. For years now, this writer has watched what is happening in the world and thought "wow, at this rate, the time of Jacob's trouble will be here tomorrow!" And yet, it has not. This writer has no doubt that "what is being restrained" has planned to be let out of its cage years ago, and yet it has not been allowed to do what it wants to do.

This is all very encouraging news for us. Every day that the Restrainer is still restraining is a good day for this world. Satan would like to kill every man, woman and child on this earth as quickly as possible. That is what he would like to do, but that is *not* what he is allowed to do....Satan and his demonic hordes are on a chain. They are allowed to go so far and no farther.

We are witnessing days of restraint. These days are also known as "days before the flood (Matt 24:38)." Even today, people are eating and drinking, planting and building, marrying and giving in marriage. As bad as some people think today is, this world hasn't seen bad yet. I believe that recently the Lord gave me a new way of looking at this scripture:

Matt 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

When we look at this ^^ scripture in light of what is happening in the world today, we can see it in action clearly everywhere. This Word we read above has as much to say about the physical actions of the people (eating and drinking) as it does about the attitude and thinking of the people. On the surface, people are eating and drinking, planting and building, but a deeper meaning underneath the surface is that people all around us are living in *denial* at what is happening in the world. Birds and fish are dieing off by the millions, the weather has gone completely freaky, the sun is acting weird, in short, there are signs *everywhere* that things are not "business as usual" for the world, and yet people are desperate to pretend like they are.

I personally do not know a single person who knew about the massive fish and bird kills all over the world. I asked people at work, "hey, so what do you think about all these animal deaths" and they all looked at me funny and asked me what I was talking about. After explaining it briefly to one guy he said "its the end of the world!" then gave a sarcastic laugh and walked away. People are not watching, they are not ready. What we are seeing from people today is what people will see throughout the tribulation as well. People will live in denial, even while reality is kicking their front teeth in, they will deny and evade the truth as long as they possibly can.

When the truth is kicking people in the teeth, then some, a few will turn and repent. Most will recognize that what they are dealing with is an angry God and they will curse Him:

Rev 9:20The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

The really really good news is, as long as the Restrainer is still here, there is no reason to fear the "powers that be" also known as the "new world order" crowd. Those people do want to kill all of us off. They are trying to control the food supply, they are trying to collapse the financial system, they are trying to start WW3, but they have this wee problem and He is called the Restrainer. Apparently, "He who restrains" is not willing to allow the "powers that be" to kill off 4.5 billion people on this earth, at least not yet. As we read the early pages of Revelation, we see billions of people *are* dieing off, but not necessarily because the powers that be timed it that way.

It is good news that the Restrainer is still at work. It is also good news that there is an escape from what is coming on this world:

Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

There is more good news, and that is that the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah and Lot. If the coming "escape" is anything like Noah's "escape" then we can all rejoice, wouldn't you agree? If our escape is anything like Lot's "escape" then we have reason to rejoice, wouldn't you agree? Physically, they *were not touched* by any of the "tribulation" of their day. In fact, we are told that the tribulation Lot suffered was living day in and day out with the filthy lawlessness in the world around him:

2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,^a putting them into gloomy dungeons^b to be held for judgment; 5if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.^c 10This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature^d and despise authority.

Here in 2 Peter 2, we find a specific warning addressed to us: God did not spare the angels, He did not spare the ancient world, He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly..That means they were an example to us, today, right here and now, and yet people act as though the Lord cannot see or hear. They act as though the Lord could care less about all the sin and wickedness in the world around us. They have forgotten and willfully ignored the warnings and examples we have been given. They don't want to know what's going to happen because today, their focus is on eating..and drinking..and planting..and building, and marrying, and giving in marriage, and the concerns and anxieties of this life. "Stop confronting us with the Holy One!" they say....."Tell us pleasant things!" they say...

Isaiah 30: 9These are rebellious people, deceitful children,

children unwilling to listen to the LORD’s instruction.

10They say to the seers,

“See no more visions!”

and to the prophets,

“Give us no more visions of what is right!

Tell us pleasant things,

prophesy illusions.

11Leave this way,

get off this path,

and stop confronting us

with the Holy One of Israel!”

The pleasant things that this writer can tell you today, is that we have an advocate in heaven who hears prayers today. We have a God who rules and reigns and restrains today. The hand of mercy and forgiveness is even now extended to this wicked and backslidden world. The door of the ark is still open, the escape from all can still be prayed for (Luke 21:36). The hell on earth, that will be days of vengeance, and wrath and punishment can still be avoided.

We were told very clearly that we are not destined for wrath:

1 Thessalonians 5:9

... For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, I could care less about the liars and thieves who tell us "but the sword and famine and death and disease are not God's wrath, so pony up so you can take all this wrath on the chin like a "good" christian!" The bible tells us what is, and is not God's wrath. When God tells us that plague, the sword, and famine are His wrath, then the argument is over, case is closed, issue settled: Ezekiel 6:12 He that is far away will die of the plague, and he that is near will fall by the sword, and he that survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I spend my wrath upon them.

Rev 6:3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart^a of wheat for a day’s wages,^b and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages,^c and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

If the bible interprets the bible (and we know it does) then if God's wrath is sword, famine and plague in Ezekiel 6, it can also be God's wrath in Revelation 6, a direct and irrefutable rebuke to all the "other tribbers" who do not believe a pre-tribulation rapture/escape will take place.

We are not destined for wrath, which means we are not destined for the sword, famine and plague listed in Rev 6, seals 2,3,4. That is good news, and it is the truth. I hope that these words encourage you. Our Lord sent His word to encourage us:

1 Thess 4:16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage each other with these words.

We are told very clearly that these words^^, rapture words...escape words....were meant to encourage us...So, if I were to tell you that there is an escape from all the hell on earth events about to take place, would that encourage you? I hope so, because that's why the Word was written to you. If on the other hand I was to tell you that you could look forward to sword, famine, plague and beheading at the hands of the anti-christ, would that encourage you? I think not, so....which point of view is more consistent with the Word of God, that which encourages you, or that which does not encourage you?

The people who will tell you that any encouragement you get in believing the Lord's own Word regarding an escape from all rapture is a false encouragement, will also tell you not to pray that you may be counted worthy of an escape from all, because (they say) there will be no escape from all. Really? Jesus says there will be an escape from all and you tell me there will not be one...hmmmm, let me think about this real hard.....Yea, okay, I think I'll go with what Jesus said, but thanks for your opinion...

Jesus said:

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

Now, if there is no escape from all as the pre-wrath and post-tribbers would have us believe, then what does that make our Lord's statement in Luke 21:36? Insane? A lie? Does it make any sense at all for our Lord to command us to pray for escape if there is no escape?

Not only does the Lord tell us there will absolutely be an escape...from all...but He also gives us contextual clues as to when this escape will happen. These are the Lord's Words, not mine. The Lord will come back for us during a time of:

26“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27People were eating,

drinking,

marrying and

being given in marriage

up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were

eating

and drinking,

buying and

selling,

planting and

building.

29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Now we know the words the Lord did use to clue us in to the time of His coming. What words did He not use? He did not use:

famine

sword

plague

beheading

sea turned to blood

a third of the trees burned up

all the green grass burned up

a third of the ships in the sea destroyed

a third of the sea creatures destroyed

a third of the waters turned bitter

locusts tormenting the people of the earth

Nope....the Lord Himself uses those words in the book of Revelation, just not anywhere around where He describes when He is coming back to take us where He is....

That encourages you does it not? It certainly encourages me. Will people convert and become believers after the escape? Yes. Will they pay for that conversion with their life? Most likely. Are those believers who convert after the escape the ones we read about throughout the book of revelation? It is very very very likely since the Lord had every opportunity to call those believers "the church" and He did not. Why not? The only reason that makes any sense is that the church is in heaven.

The 24 elders seen in heaven in Rev 4 are redeemed men. They have crowns on their heads and are clothed in white linen. That is proof positive that something happened, before Rev 6 or any of the seals are opened to get those redeemed men into heaven. How did they get there? I recall seeing an open door in heaven in Rev 4.....The 24 elders are men, not angels. Angels do not get crowns, are not dressed in fine linen, and do not sit on thrones. The 24 elders are not just 24 because they come from every tribe, and tongue and language and nation. Have there been more than 24 tribes, tongues, languages and nations since the beginning of the world? Yep...you do the math. The 24 represent more than 24..they are redeemed men, they are in heaven, and they got there somehow before any wrath seen in Rev 6 and onward shows up on the earth....

Do you think there is a reward for faith? I do. Do you think there is a reward for obedience? I do. Do you think there is a reward for patience? I do. Do you think there is a reward for watching? I do. Do you think the believers who are watching, faithful, obedient, patient are going to get the same treatment on earth that the unwashed, heathen, backslidden masses will get? No way.....not a chance. The Lord knows how "to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. "-2 Peter 2:9

You don't believe it? Well, time will tell who the wise and who the foolish are among us. I'm not calling anyone names, just reminding you of the Words our Lord used:

<< Matthew 25 >> The Parable of the Ten Virgins 1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ 7“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ 9“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 10“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. 11“Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’ 12“But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’ 13“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Grace and peace

Collision Course Dilemma

This world is on a collision course with the time of Jacob's trouble, also known as the Tribulation. The collision comes when the days before the flood (eating, drinking, planting, building, marrying and giving in marriage:Noah, Lot) collide head on with famine, disease, war and death.

We are living in pre-flood days. We are living in days where restraint prevails. The restrainer has not been removed yet. Here is where this writer finds a dilemma. My eyes and ears and mind tell me that I need to stock up on guns, ammo and food. Yet, I cannot overcome the Spirit's insistence within me that they won't be needed. So I struggle. Am I defying the Lord's voice within me if I buy some small things to be ready for small scale emergencies before the escape?

The witness within me says it is okay. Let me be clear, I am not trying to advise any of you. This writer is sharing the internal dilemma and dialogue he has with the Lord in the times we live in. I have started down the road of buying some serious survival supplies many times, and each time, in a different way each time, the Lord has put it on hold. The position this writer finds himself in defies everything we see around us. Since I have not made any serious investment into survival gear, and I have asked the Lord about it many times, I am laying this issue down at the feet of the Lord. He is going to have to drop manna from heaven and post angels at my front door for protection if the world turns upside down on me while I am still "in the flesh."

In the end, the Lord does all these things for us anyway, so really, what is this dilemma I am writing about? I can watch all I want (and I am commanded to) yet if the Lord isn't on the wall with me to watch, then all my watching is in vain:

Psalm 127:1 ... Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

The floods, the snows, the winds, this world are facing biblical type events now daily....Those are not my words, I am hearing the description "biblical" from the propaganda press, so whatever is happening must be impressive. If I had to bet on it, I would be that we will see a massive, "biblical" sized earthquake sometime this year, probably here in the U.S.

I asked the Lord today, "Lord, what should I do?" and I heard (in my mind) an instant response: "do the small things."

Doing something, like praying for 3-5 minutes when you feel like you have no time instead of not praying at all, is light years better than doing nothing. This theme of doing all the small things on a daily basis that we know we should be doing has been on my mind over for weeks. What are the "talents" (Matt 25) that the Lord has given us to develop? Do something small daily to grow those talents. Watch, pray, use your talents, do the small things that matter. Focus on the essential few, and forget the trivial many. This is what the Lord has on my mind today.

Over the pasts days, the Lord gave me this mental picture of the pre-flood days (looking like a locomotive on a train track) going full speed toward another locomotive on the same track. That other locomotive was the tribulation/time of Jacob's trouble. As these two events race toward each other, in the seconds before they collide, there will be a huge unexpected (by most) event, called the escape from all (Luke 21:36), also known as the harpazo (1 Thess 4:17), also known as the rapture.

We are to be watching for this day. It is an unknown day as opposed to the day of Jesus' second coming which we can count down from the time of the abomination that causes desolation. The rapture/escape is where Jesus comes like a thief, the second coming is when He comes as a conquering King visible like lightening in the sky which is visible to all.

We are to be watching, expecting the return of our Lord when He comes 'like a thief' to take us away. The collision course that appears before us on the world stage today may just be an illusion. Perhaps the time of Jacob's trouble is further away than we think, I don't know. From my vantage point, it appears that the collision will happen soon. Regardless of when our Lord comes for us, let us be found doing what He has commanded us to do. Let us be found as a spotless bride, ready to be taken away to our mansions in heaven (John 14:2).

That is all for today, grace and peace

The Great Bird and Fish Die Off

Those who are paying attention will see something in the bird and fish die off that is going unnoticed by many. That is, how the world (specifically the propaganda arm of the PTB: lamestream media) is handling the changes happening in the world around us. The explanations being offered for the fish and bird die off are utterly ridiculous, preposterous, utterly humiliating they are so lame. Fireworks? Thunderstorms? Killed MILLIONS of fish off the coast of Maryland and in South America? Fireworks and Thunderstorms killed many thousands of birds across hundreds/thousands of miles all within the space of a week? Do you have any idea how ridiculously small the odds are on these events happening all at the same time (relatively) across the world? You have a better chance of winning the lottery than what we are seeing happening across the world...hows that for odds?

And yet, all of these events are being downplayed. That's the key word: downplayed. "These things happen all the time" they tell us. The same people who were caught red handed lieing about "global warming" are the same ones telling us that what we are seeing happen to the earth today is 'normal.'
http://www.google.com/search?rls=ig&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1276&bih=533&q=global+warming+hoax+caught+red+handed&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Bottom line here? What we are seeing today is a foreshadowing of what the world will see during the days of Jacob's trouble, also known as the tribulation. Record setting cold, war, famine, death, comets/meteors hitting the earth, the devil and demons walking the earth, all 100% reliably predicted by the bible and it will all be downplayed...

You can bet on this, you will never see a report in the lamestream media propaganda press that tells you what you are seeing is fulfillment of biblical prophesy...you will never see it.

There are earth changes taking place that very few people will admit to. Certainly nobody in the government or any of their 'experts' will admit that what is happening to the earth was predicted thousands of years ago. The earth appears to be shifting on its axis, causing changes to the magnetics of the earth. There is a hole in the magnetosphere that NASA has admitted to thinking that no one is paying attention...well, some of us are:

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/16dec_giantbreach/

The magnetics of the earth control many things, including how birds navigate....I'll let you put the pieces together. The magnetics of the earth probably also caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/3100

I read a book a couple years ago, cant remember the name, ill post when I do but it explained in detail how when the magnetics around the earth go awry, things get ugly here on earth..real ugly. Were the Mayans correct in their prediction that 2012 might be an ugly year? I don't know but looking around me I'm not finding much evidence that they were wrong..How does that fit into our kingdom, that is, what is happening as a result of our Lord's kingdom coming to earth? The Lord uses many ways to speak to man. Could He use the Mayans to speak to man? Yep, ALL things serve our Lord whether they want to or not. The Mayans were satanists, no doubt, but most satanic lies have large pieces of truth in them. The best lie is one that most closely resembles the truth. If you remember, the devil himself quoted scripture to our Lord in the desert, remember? It was how he did it that made it a lie.

The bible tells us that mens hearts will fail them for fear of what they see coming on the world.

Luke 21:25 ""There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

Roaring and tossing of the sea? Gee, I wonder if the earths magnetics got really screwed up, and there were major changes in the sun and moon, if that could cause the sea to "roar" and "toss" in such a way to cause nations anguish and perplexity? Hint: you know the moon affects the oceans tides don't you?

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/

I am utterly amazed at the extent of this wildlife die off that is occurring across the world and nobody in the PTB apparatus will even vaguely acknowledge what is happening is out of the ordinary. The explanations they are giving today, are nonsensical to the point of stupidity. Why are people not offended at being treated like utter morons? Answer? People will accept any explanation, however moronic, however degrading, however ridiculous as long as they do not have to face the truth....

2 Thessalonians 2:10
... He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction,because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.

For those who have lost all spiritual sensitivity, nothing is a sign. It doesn't matter if the Lord Jesus materialized before them with the armies of heaven surrounding Him and tells them they are wrong and they have been deceived. Even then, with the Lord physically in their face they would deny Him and the truth. The Lord speaks to us of these people:

Ephesians 4:19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so asto indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

They have lost their spiritual sensitivity so the only thing they are sensitive to is the flesh, and even that they are becoming desensitized to due to the law of diminishing returns. The more they chase their pleasures, the more their pleasures distance themselves....they are damned twice over. They refuse to love the truth and even what they have turned to for peace (carnal worldly pleasures) runs away from them. Even when they come to understand the futility of their rebellion, they stand fast in it to their own demise.

Some of us retain our sensitivity to the signs and signals that are spiritually discerned. We have been commanded to watch, and watch we shall until our Lord shows up. We are like those who sit by a door, lamps lit, waiting for our Master to return. We are seeing the exact fulfillment of words that were written thousands of years ago. Our God can be trusted. Every Word He has ever spoken has been true. Time may be shorter than we think...keep watching in prayer, be ready, keep your lamps full of oil so when our Master comes for us we can say "Welcome Master, we've been expecting you :-)"

grace and peace

A Return To Slavery

The Lord has been coming at me with this issue from a variety of angles the past few days. This world will be completely enslaved by Satan due to its rejection of Jesus Christ, the only true God.

We know that no person will be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast. Everyone will be marked. During WW2 all the Jews under Hitler's (a type of anti-christ) control were marked. Next time it wont be only the Jews, it will be everyone. The tribulation/time of Jacob's trouble will be a worldwide enslavement.

As we see the progressive rejection of the God of the bible, we see a direct, corresponding enslavement of the world. People look around America today and see what they consider to be an encroachment on their liberty and freedom and they blame the government for it! Instead of blaming the government for their lack of freedom, they should look in the mirror and see the real cause for their loss of freedom: the rejection of the true God that can be found in the bible.

A rejection of the true God leads to erosion of wealth, loss of freedom, plagues, famines, disasters of every kind imaginable, lack of education, lack of health care, and the lack of everything else that until recently has been taken for granted in the United States. The United States has been blessed in the past, there is no doubt about it. This country at least mouthed praise and worship of the true God, even if their hearts were turned away from Him. This country has had enough salt and light (true believers) to keep the darkness (and slavery that ensues from it) at arms length. These days are different though....

Who in America today is equating the loss of everything Americans hold dear with a rejection of the true God? The same is true for all the other nations of the world. Show me a country that lacks food, water, medical care, education, transportation, freedom, liberty, etc and I'll show you a country where the true God of the bible has been rejected.

This world is being enslaved, and it is not happening all at once. Its a gradual process. At some point in the future, a kind of destruction is going to fall on mankind that will get their attention. Isn't it unfortunate that things have to get that bad to get people's attention? Isn't it unfortunate that the devil himself has to walk this earth with his filthy demons and unclean spirits to wake some people up? Most people will never wake up, no matter what happens. Few will be saved, not most, and that is tragic isn't it?

Matt 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

WHY will so few be saved and WHY do so few people care about it? Todays nicolaitan preachers and teachers tell you that all you have to do is accept an easy grace "Jesus" and keep "going to church" and paying an unbiblical tithe and you'll be saved forever regardless of anything else you do, say or think. The bible doesn't read that way. John 15 tells us in no uncertain terms that some people who are "in the vine" that is "in Christ" can and will be "cutoff" from the vine which is Jesus Christ. Does that sound like an easy grace, do what thou wilt gospel to you? I think not.

Few will be saved and why is that? Don't you think that question needs to be answered? Broad is the road that leads to destruction we are told. That means there are many reasons why few will be saved. Those many reasons, this writer believes, can be traced back to a rejection of the true God, His Son/His Word.

In America, the enslavement of blacks in the past is now looked at as a crime against humanity, an atrocity, an abhorrent event in the history of the world, and I would agree with that. Yet the same people who condemn slavery in America don't seem to care much about a world enslavement that is occurring every day around them. If they do care, they display their ignorance by blaming the government for their problems. "Get involved" they tell us, "get out and vote!" they tell us, so we can "make a difference" they tell us. How utterly blind are these people? How completely without discernment are these people?

This world has a sin problem. This world has a rejection of the true God problem. This world has a refusal to obey the most powerful being in eternity problem. The people of this world have the leaders and the government they deserve in direct proportion with their acceptance of the true God and His Word.

I'm giving you a guarantee right here, right now: you can vote until you drop dead and you'll make zero progress toward what you want. You can "get involved" in your community, you can get out and vote, you can plan and organize and work till your hands fall off and you will make ZERO progress at taking back the things you hold dear. The people of this world need to get the priority straight: Matthew 6:33 ... But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,and all these things will be added to you.

You want your freedom? seek first the kingdom of God
You want food on your table? seek first the kingdom of God
You want peace? seek first the kingdom of God
You want a roof over your head? seek first the kingdom of God
You want clothes on your back? seek first the kingdom of God
You want the corruption in this world to end? seek first the kingdom of God
You fill in the rest of the list using the pattern established above....

Unfortunately, we know what's going to happen in the future. A flood is coming, and people will continue in their wickedness by rejecting their only hope and they will be destroyed for it. If you are reading these words, know that it does not have to be you that is destroyed. As it was in the days of Noah and Lot, in the days before (pre) the flood (tribulation), an ark of safety has been prepared (Noah), a departure under armed escort out of the destruction zone (Lot removed from Sodom) has been prepared. There is coming an exact repeat of the days of Noah and Lot. I didn't guarantee that, Jesus did. If Noah and his family went into an ark of safety that provided him with physical separation from destruction, then we can expect the same. If Lot and his family were escorted out of Sodom to be spared from ALL of the destruction that was rained down upon it, then we can expect the same. There IS and escape from ALL coming. I cannot promise something like that, only God Almighty can, and He has:

Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

The Lord used the words "escape all." What does "all mean? Apparently many, many people these days cannot grasp what that word means, but they will learn...in time. This world has rejected and continues to reject the only true God and His Son Jesus Christ, and they will be enslaved for it. You do not have to be one of them. We who belong to the Lord God Almighty are not of this world, and we never were. Our kingdom is not of this world, and it never was. We are looking, watching every day for a promise to be fulfilled. Where our Lord has gone, we will go also because we were promised to go there:

John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God a; trust also in me. 2In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.”

I am absolutely certain of this, what we should be doing today is WATCHING, through prayer, for our Lord's return. Today as I was praying and reading the Word, this was absolutely confirmed within me. We must be those servants whose master has gone on a long journey, who watch and wait for His return so when He knocks on the door we can immediately open it for Him. We must keep oil in our lamps, so we are ready for the return of the bridegroom. We must be spotless bride without spot or blemish; a fitting bride for the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

There are no 'curve balls' in our Lords words to us on the points made above. There is no tricky language to confuse us or trip us up. If the Lord told us to watch, then we must watch..NOW. If the Lord told us to pray that we would be counted worthy of escape from all, then we must pray (NOW) that we will be counted worthy of this escape from all. There are satanic agents who will steal your hope, your escape, your life and your soul if you let them. Don't let them. Hold on to what you have until our Lord returns....

Luke 12:36 like men waiting for their master to return from a ...
like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Revelation 3:20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If ...
... "Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door,I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

Revelation 3:8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an ...
I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.

Mark 13:35 "Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the ...
... Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whetherat even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

Matthew 25:13 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the ...
... Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able ...
... Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the

Revelation 3:3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and ...
... repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee

1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear ...
... But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Ephesians 5:27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church ...
... so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without ...
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. ... but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

Colossians 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical ...
But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation--

Revelation 2:25 Only hold on to what you have until I come.
... Only hold fast what you have until I come.

Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so ...
... Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

grace and peace

2011 and Beyond

I believe the Lord has spoken to me over the past week or so about what lies ahead of us and I would like to explain it the best I can. I do believe the Lord has shown me a framework of how things generallly work out over the next 12 years or so but I am not going to lay out a timeline for you. Let me also say that the Lord has not appeared before me in physical form and I have not heard "thus sayeth the Lord" in my right ear or any of that. Over time, those of us who are believers learn what the Lord's voice is and is not as it speaks inside of us. That voice, I do believe I have heard.

I do not believe that the Lord has given me license to layout a timeline for anyone except myself. Why?

1 Thessalonians 5:1 ... Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, youhave no need to have anything written to you.

and

Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Most people, cannot correctly handle a knowledge of the future, therefore they are not given a knowledge of the future. Remember what the Lord has given me, a framework, not a calendar with dates and times written on it. Also remember that we have already been given a framework in the Word of God. The Lord has written to us about seasons in the future. We are told that the Lord is coming back for us in a day and hour that we do not expect. I identify with that Word because I have no idea what day or hour or month or year the Lord will come back for us.

With all this said^^^ what's the point in writing to you then if I'm not going to lay out a timeline that you can checkoff on your calendars? The point is, what I believe I have been given is for a purpose, and that purpose is to remind you of what has already been written. Does it help for the Lord to remind us of what has already been written? Yea, big time it helps us by focusing our attention on what's most important in the days we live in.

Again, without writing to you about dates and times, what I believe I have heard from the Lord is not "new news" to those of us exposed to the endless drumbeat of world news. For example, Dec 2012 is being trumpeted as a time of doom for the world. The bible tells us that there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. If you look at the science behind 2012, you will see that it is precisely because of what is happening with the sun that the disasters we are seeing now (Europe frozen over for example) will continue to adversely impact the earth. From what I understand as I write to you today, things will progressively get worse for the world in 2011 and into 2012. You don't need me to tell you things like this, you have eyes too right?

It is this "progressively getting worse" that I would like to address now. There is no question in my mind at all that we should expect a pre-tribulation escape from all, rapture, harpazo, call it whatever you want, but here is where we must exercise some focus and discernment. As things grow progressively worse, we could be here for some time. Here's where I have much to say and I hope I can organize it correctly.

The bible is our guide in all things, at all times during days like today and in the days ahead. We can see with our own eyes and I believe it has been confirmed to me that things will continue to get worse on earth, and some of this "getting worse" will happen before the escape. What are we to do during this time of "getting worse" but before the time of Jacob's trouble/tribulation?

1. WATCH. This should not be "new news" either to anyone reading these words. How many posts have been written here about this very issue? Watching is the problem that all the "other tribbers" have. They feel no need to "watch" today for the Lord's return because their doctrine tells them that the Lord can only return sometime in the distant future after a bunch of items have been checked off on the doctrinal "list." They are wrong..

If you take anything away from what this writer has written here, take this away: watch. Don't take my word for it, read the gospels. Over and over and over again the Lord himself commands us, and warns us to watch, yet so many people today either refuse to do it because of their satanic doctrines, or just don't care enough to do it. There will be a tremendous and terrible price for being found not watching when the Lord comes back for us.

Mark 13:35 "Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the ...
... Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whetherat even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

Matthew 25:13 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the ...
... Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. ... Watch therefore, forye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh

Matthew 24:42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on ...
... Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able ...
... Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escapeall these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the

Revelation 3:3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and ...
... repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

I hope you get the point, we all need to deeply understand and accept this point, now, today, not sometime in the future.

2. Be patient. Again, this is not "new news" to anyone reading the posts here over the years. The Lord has told me for years now that we need to watch and be patient. What happens if the Lord does not come back for us in 2011, or 2012, or 2013 (I don't know when He is coming for us and neither do you), will we continue to patiently watch for the Lord or will we give up and give our attention over to the satanic doctrine promoters who tell us there will be no escape?

We as believers have our faith tested constantly. These days are tests of faith. Will we believe the Word of the Lord as things continue to get worse for this world? Will we continue to hold on to the promises even as we face fiery trials of our faith while we are still here on earth? You need to answer those questions for yourself today....

Be patient, the Lord showed me a couple years ago a kind of mental picture of us with our faces pressed right up against something that looked like a razor thin glass that separated the days before the tribulation with the days of the tribulation/time of Jacob's trouble, call it whatever you want...That means that we will feel the heat of the furnace of affliction that this world will be cast into before we actually walk into the escape that has been prepared for us. Our faith will be tested as we see things get worse and the Lord tarries (it's a test, it is always a test...).

3. The rise of Anti-Christ. The body that Satan will posses as anti-christ is alive and well on planet earth today. Our Lord Jesus was born in a lowly stable, in peace and quietness. The anti-christ was born in a royal palace, and the vessel for anti-christ will be inhabited by satan during a time of war, death, natural and unnatural disasters and fear. I believe that the destruction surrounding the year 2012, which is ramping up even now will usher in anti-christ at some point. It could be in 2013, 2014, 2015 I don't know...The bible tells us that the very day that Lot left Sodom, that is when destruction fell on the city. The very day that Noah went into the ark, the rain started falling, so it will be on the day the Son of man is revealed. The very day that we leave this earth, destruction will fall. Out of all this destruction, anti-christ will stride forth into the world possessed by Satan. Remember, signs in the sun, moon and stars. Remember the statistical probabilities against signs in the sun and moon (eclipses) that fall exactly on the Lord's feast days, yet that is exactly what is going to happen in 2014 and 2015. This gives us a general framework in time, not exact dates to know that something is afoot prophetically. 2012 is next year....forget the mayans, look at NASA's own reporting on the hole in the magnetosphere and the solar storms expected around 2012 that can down the power grid. NASA has no idea why the hole in the magnetosphere is there, and this they cannot blame on 'carbon emissions.' The earths shields have been taken down and none of the world's 'brilliant' scientists can figure out why. It is the Lord's timing, not man's or Satan's that determines when the prophetic timeline moves forward.....There's much more, but I'll leave it to you to ask the Lord for what He would show you in His time.

4. Do not fear. The same Lord who brought you this far in your life will see you through to the very end. His promises can be trusted, they are rock solid. Hold them, fasten yourself to them and do not let them go. Your eyes and ears are liars, only the Word is truth. Hold onto the truth that you find in the Word and consider everything else a lie, including everything you see and hear and feel that is not in conformity with what the Lord has said..period. If the Lord said it, believe it.

5. I want to be careful with this one, but decide what you would do with your time if you knew for a fact that you only had 2-3 years left on this earth. I am warning you now, do not plug 2-3 years into a calendar as if I have given you "times and dates" because you will be wrong if you do that. I am telling you right up front, that the Lord has not given me a day or month or year when He comes back for us. What I do believe He has given me is a warning to do the things that we already should be doing....We should be patiently watching for our Lord's return today and every day, again, that is "old news" not new news right?

With these warnings in place let me re-state what was said, you and I need to sit down at a quiet time in a quiet place somewhere and deeply think about, and pray about (daily) what we should be doing with our days, starting today and every day from today forward, in order to receive a warm welcome into heaven when the Lord comes back for us. I am not talking about salvation here, I am talking about rewards....What kind of a gift would it be, to be forewarned (which is forearmed) that the time was near so we could really really fix our eyes on the prize that is waiting for us in heaven.

For all those who are "in Christ" and remain "in Christ" through the time that rewards are handed out, there will come a day when we will stand before the Lord to receive our reward. This is a real event, a real time and place and it is coming whether we believe it or not. It is my deep desire that on that day I do not look back with regret and think "wow, I wish I would have done a little bit or much more to be ready for this day." That brings us back to today. Today, I believe, is a day and a time to begin with the end in mind. Carefully consider what a great gift the Lord has given those with eyes that see and ears that hear when He tells us to consider and act to maximize our rewards for a day that might not be very far in the future.

The question that is on my mind today is "okay Lord, now what? I hear what you are saying, but what do I do about it? What is it that you would have me do during the few remaining days months years we have left here on earth. If its 2 years we have left, what should I do to make you happiest with me? If its 3 or 4 years, again, what can I do Lord to please you the most?"

Needless to say, this is a big deal. All of this is a really big deal. The Lord has already shown us how these things will happen, but many people consider themselves wiser than the Lord to their own detriment. We are told:

Matt 24:38For as in the days that were before=(PRE) the flood=(TRIBULATION)they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Yea, I know, people say this ^^ is not talking about the rapture/escape, they are wrong.....

What will we do with the pre-flood, pre-tribulation days that we have left? We cannot say that we have not been warned. Let us watch through prayer. Let us perfect our walk, our hearts and minds, and purify ourselves so that we will be the spotless bride of Christ that the Lord is looking for when He comes back for us. Let us be found WATCHING when the Lord of the house shows up, regardless of which watch in the night or day He does it. Let us be patient, and kind, and gentle, and loving, and full of thanks and praise at a time when the rest of the world is losing its mind as their hearts melt with fear at what is coming upon the world. These are my thoughts as I process what it is I believe the Lord has laid upon me.

Remember, nothing new has been written to you here. That is the paradox. Everything that this writer reminds you of today are old things, already written for thousands of years, and the rest you can see with your own eyes in the world around you. About times and dates you need no reminder, focus your attention on the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. Forget what this writer has written to you and pick up your bible. Seek His face while He may be found. Be watching and be patient.

What makes all these "old" things so important to this writer today is that the Lord has lifted them up within me, put a floodlight on them and made them more real to me than at any point in the past that I can remember. There is nothing new about any of this except the fact that the Lord has turned this writers attention to them, to pay specific attention to them-right now. I expect that for the foreseeable future the writing here will revolve around the things you see written here, but that is not for me to decide. May His will be done...

grace and peace

Watch and Pray

Watch! Is what the Lord has been saying to me for some time now. Watching is at the heart of what makes the rapture debate more of an issue than some would think. Satanic misdirections and lies are crafty. Nobody accused the devil of being dumb, he is far from it. It is my understanding that those who refuse to watch today and everyday for the Lord's return have 'taken the bait' in Satan's trap. These people refuse to watch for the Lord because their satanic doctrine tells them that there are many things that must happen before the Lord can or will come back for us and take us home. They are severely mistaken.....

What is it that the Lord has given me this week to give to you? We are to watch, continually, for the Lord, and how we watch (the point of emphasis in this writing today) follows....consider:

Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into ...
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.

Mark 14:38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into ...
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.

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

Mark 13:33 Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time ...
... Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear ...
... Therefore, practice self-control, and keep your minds clear so that you can pray. ...the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer

There are many more scriptures that can be cited to make this point. Watching is something we do by/through/with prayer....We watch through continuous prayer. Anyone who has been reading this blog for anytime knows that the Lord has put me on an indefinite "news fast." That means, apart from what I need to do for work, the "news" is more or less off limits for me. That includes all forms of "alternative news" as well. Why would the Lord tell me to completely turn my back on this world and its "news" to face Him instead? Do you really need me to answer that?

We are to be watching, and the way we watch is to be in continual prayer. Over and over again the Lord Himself makes the point by joining "watch" and "pray" at the hip throughout the New Testament. Should this be new news to us? Not really:

1 Thess 5:17 pray without ceasing, We are to pray without ceasing which would me we are "watching" without ceasing through prayer...We find our Lord, what He is doing and saying in His Word and through prayer. That should not be anything new to any of us, but this serves as a reminder of what we should already be doing...

We have been told to pray without ceasing. To pray without ceasing is to have the Lord and his laws always before us. How can we willfully sin against the Lord while we have Him front and center in our hearts and minds? If we keep the Lord and by extension, His Word before us, in our hearts and minds continually, then we will have completed some of what is required of us when the Lord told us to watch, over and over again. The other part of watching appears to be an expectation on our part that the Lord indeed will come back for us just exactly as He said He would....

Mark 13:35 "Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the ...
... Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whetherat even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning

Matthew 25:13 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the ...
... Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. ... Watch therefore, forye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able ...
... Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the

We are told to watch specifically for the "lord of the house" which we know for a fact is the Lord Jesus. We are told to watch for the Lord our Saviour, not the anti-christ, not the tribulation, not the abomination of desolation, but for the Lord Jesus.

There are some believers who will be on the earth to look for such things as the anti-christ and the abomination that causes desolation, but we are told to watch for the Lord Jesus. According to the Lord's own Word, those who are found ready and watching at the time the Lord comes will be rewarded (Matt 25). Those who are not watching and ready will have the "door" (rev 4, Matt 25) slammed in their face with the admonishment "I never knew you."

We are to watch....always. The Lord never gave us "days off" from watching so we are to do it NOW. If men tell you that the Lord cannot come for us today or tomorrow because a,b,c,x,y,z has to happen first, you can confidently and comfortably call them liars. The satanic lie, which is always subtle and always cunning and crafty always leads to death. The satanic lie to the churches today is that there is no need to watch right now. The satanic lie is all kinds of other things must happen before the Lord will come back for us to take us to where He is. The satanic lie comes to us in the form of other doctrines that are different from the ones preached to us directly in the Word of God.

If the Lord comes back 20 years from now, but I am found watching that day and every day from today until that day, how can I suffer loss on that day? If the Lord comes back today or tomorrow for us, and many are found not watching, because of the satanic lie that they chose to believe, then they could be found not watching exactly as the Lord himself warned us, and do you think they will suffer loss? I don't even want to speculate on it.

There have been two themes that the Lord has had on my mind constantly over the past weeks. 1. Be watching....always, and 2. America is an exact match for the modern day Babylon that is judged very severely in the last days.

I needed to post this today because the Lord reminded me that He had given this to me to write, and it has been days since it was given so what was I waiting for? Well...task completed, here it is Lord :-)

grace and peace

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repealed

Recently a long standing policy in the American armed forces banning homosexuals from "coming out" was repealed. This "historic vote" as it was called in many media outlets was universally praised as "progress" for America. America and americans better think again. America has a sin problem. Each and every day in America, sin and wickedness takes a step forward and godliness and righteousness is pushed backwards. Does America expect to escape the wrath and judgement that is coming while she stands with a brazen face shaking her fist at the Lord? This country is marked for destruction...

Does America think that somehow the laws of gravity and physics no longer apply to her? Does America think that somehow because she has lived in prosperity for so long that the warnings spelled out in the Word of God no longer apply to her? Read the Word of the Lord:

Jeremiah 18 :5Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 7If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
11“Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ 12But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”

The warnings issued to our older brother Israel are just as applicable to us now as they were to Israel then. America heaps sin upon sin and where is the outcry? Where are all of today's "godly men" (so called pastors=nicolaitans) while darkness steadily makes progress across America today and light cannot find a place in the land? All of America's politicians are rotten to the core. Democrat and Republican are two sides of the same evil coin, they are all rotten and the stench of them rises up to the heavens. Before the people of America get to smug and say to themselves "but I didn't vote for this or that politician" just be aware that all of the rotten greedy filthy politicians in the land are a direct result of the rottenness, greeed and filth of the people.... America has the politicians it deserves because it is rotten from the ground up.

Is our situation in America hopeless? Outward appearance would suggest that the answer is yes, but the Word of God tells us that even when disaster has been decreed for a nation, if that nation will turn and repent of its sins, then the Lord will relent. The key word here is IF that nation will repent. Will America repent of her many sins? That might be a problem when Americans don't think they have a sin problem. So many think they are "good people," therefore they have no need to repent. When Jesus himself asked why someone called him "good" Americans should rethink their position...

Mark 10:17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.

Where are the men who are calling for repenatance today? Where are the men who are confessing their sins, the sins of their families and communities before the Lord and asking for forgiveness for this nation of ours whose sins fill heaven with the stench of death? Why would Americans repent when they do not believe they have done anything wrong? America sits like a queen believing herself to be a spotless bride when in truth she has become the queen of prostitutes. Don't take my word for it, open your eyes!

When wickedness walks openly among a people, isn't that their shame and not their credit? Isn't repealing the "don't ask don't tell" policy allowing wickedness to walk openly among us? When a nation calls what is good evil, and what is evil good they have a problem. America has a problem, it's a sin problem. There are "churches" on every street corner yet darkness makes steady progress across the land, how can that be unless the so called "light" within those churches is really darkness? Light drives out darkness every time, no exceptions....so if a church claims that it is a light to the world, yet it does not drive out darkness, then that church is a fraud.

This writing today does not purpose to target any one sin particularly (in this case homosexuality). The target for todays writing is sin in general in America. Go read the entire book of Isaiah, read the book of Jeremiah and see the many chastisements of the nation of Israel. As I read through those books, the Spirit of the Lord within me makes comment after comment relating the sins of Israel with the sins of America. If the Lord condemned the sin then, He condemns the same sin now. Before anyone says "come on man, Isaiah and Jeremiah? That's old news!" I would point you toward the Lord's message to the churches in Revelation 2-3. To each of the churches (5 out of 7 of them), the message was the same....REPENT. That was the message to Israel then, and that is the message to the churches today.

On a broader note, this is another example of how Ameirca is modern day Babylon. America is the queen of the nations of the world. When America speaks, the rest of the world ripples with her words. Was the Lord ignorant of this end time nation that shakes the world (America) when He inspired the words in the Bible? Or did He write to us specifically about this nation? The Lord foresaw America in the course of history and He has written to us about this nation and He calls her Babylon. There are judgements coming on Babylon but neither she nor her people see them coming.

This writer believes that it is the small amount of light and salt that remains in Babylon that prevents her total destruction. Salt preserves, but remove the salt and the rot destroys everything. There is coming a day when the salt and light will be removed. Babylon is fallen, fallen. The nature of Babylon is fallen, she has fallen from grace.

Jer 16:8“And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink. 9For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.
10“When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’ 11then say to them, ‘It is because your fathers forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law. 12But you have behaved more wickedly than your fathers. See how each of you is following the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying me. 13So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’

There is a generation of people that has arisen in America that behaves more wickedly than their fathers. Each of them follows the stubbornness of his evil heart istead of obeying the Lord. The leaders in America reflect the wickedness of the people of America. Each year now, people openly talk about having to select the lesser of the evils when they cast their vote, but they never stop to look at themselves and ask why this is? Could I have anything to do with the wickedness that walks openly among us?

These things are written to you today as a call to repentance. We are told to have nothing to do with wicked people, we are to be "set apart." In fact, thats what "church" means. Ek-klesia in the greek means "set apart from the people." What do I hear the Lord saying today? Repent. Each of us should confess our sins, the sins of our families and our nation before the Lord and we are to ask for forgiveness. This writer is thankfull for all the grace, peace and abundance we have enjoyed here in America up through this very day, but I see these days coming to an end due to our severe wickedness and apostasy in turning away from the living God. We must obey, we must submit, or we will be broken and cast away into the refuse heap of history.

The wise among us will heed the lessons of the past. We will internalize the lessons taught to us in the Word of God and use all of our strength to do things that please our Lord. Come out from among them says the Lord...

2 Corinthians 6:17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate ...
... Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

Numbers 16:21 "Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put ...
... Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

As it was in the days of Noah and Lot, so shall it be when the Son of Man comes. When the righteous come out from among them, then sudden destruction will fall and none of them will see it coming. Noah went into the ark and the rain began to fall, Lot and his family left Sodom and fire and brimstone torched the cities. A day like this is coming again, so let us be found worthy of the escape that is laid before us (Luke 21:36). Let us choose things that please the Lord. grace and peace

Watch

32“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 34It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

35“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”

It is days like today that men fail to watch and instead their hearts are weighed down by the anxieties of life. We have been commanded to watch. If you've been reading the contents of this blog for any time, you remember the attention that has been paid to "doors." The Lord is piecing together a puzzle for us and He hides the pieces in plain sight. Notice what it says in verse 34 above:

34It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

We know that there are no idle words in the bible. Each word was used for a purpose to communicate a specific message. The words our Lord uses also piece together the mysteries of the bible for us. In this case, the word "door" is used in conjuction with the word "watch." Where else have we seen these words used?

Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

Can people "escape" through doors? Gee, I wonder how Noah escaped all of the flood in his day? Oh yea, he went through the "door" of the ark and the Lord shut him in:

The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

Noah? Escape? Doors? Yep...

Luke 17:26 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be ...
"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also willit be in the days of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the ...
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

The Bible tells us to be always on the watch....always...I am amazed at how many "christians" today cannot grasp the meaning of a simple word. What does "always" mean? If these people cannot figure out what one word means, how will they find the wisdom to determine what a whole sentence means? I'm not trying to be overly sarcastic here but really, if the Lord said we must watch always, and people calling themselves christians refuse to watch always, what does that mean? It means those christians are going to find that they have major, major problems with consequences they cannot begin to fathom today. They refuse to take the Word at face value, therefore they refuse to obey, and why? They have chosen doctrines taught by men over the plain meaning of scripture. In this case, one word is more than these people can handle...they refuse to accept the plain meaning of the word "always."

We are to be watching always, because there is a door that we are sitting by that is going to be opened by our Lord Jesus... 34It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

He tells the one at the door to keep watch. Where else do we see this "door?"

Rev 3:8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. 10Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

The Lord has placed before this church an "open door."

Again here we see the same thing, an open door...

Matt 25:10“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11“Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’
12“But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’
13“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

The virgins who were ready "went in with him" through the open door that is later shut for the foolish virgins, and there it is again, we are warned to "keep watch" together with an open door that is later closed, just as it was in the days of Noah....

Yes, I know the satanic psycopaths like to muddy the water and tell us that what we read here is not until some future time far far away. If it was some future time far far away, the Lord would not have to given us an unconditional command...that is, there is no precondition that must occur before we are to watch, we are simply told to "keep watch." That means NOW.

The foolish virgins will tell you not to bother watching now. They will write you a 200 page e-book explaining to you why you do not need to watch now. That's always the way they work. Instead of accepting the plain truth of scripture as a little child would accept it, they get "creative" with the Word and muddy the water until everything is so murky that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face with an WW2 anti-aircraft searchlight focused on it.

If we do not accept the truths in the bible like little children, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven. If you need to write an essay to explain away a truth like what the word "always" means, then you have bigger problems than I could ever fix. We have been called to a simple faith in Jesus Christ. We have been called to enter the kingdom like little children:

Matthew 18:3 And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

There are way too many people calling themselves christians today are way way too "grown up" to make it into the kingdom of heaven. They have degrees, and big buildings and large social circles, and worldly respect and egos to match it all. They have these things because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved. If, one day they ever embraced the truth, their degrees would be revoked, their big buildings would empty, their social circles would abandon them, their worldly respect would be dashed and their egos would be devastated.

Our Lord came to this world preaching the truth and they crucified Him for it. Think mankind has changed? Think again. The best way to lose all your friends, all your popularity, and all your worldly status is to preach the truth. Don't take my word for it, read your bibles. What happened to the prophets? What happened to the apostles? What happened to our Lord? Get the picture?

We have been commanded to watch...always. This brother is reminding you again today (because I have been reminded) to do what our Lord told us to do: WATCH. We must watch with patience. Many will be those who fall along the path because the Lord did not return soon enough for them. They believe for a little while, then they fall away:

Mark 4:3“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times.”

Be found watching when our Lord comes back for us. It may be tonight, or we may have decades to wait for Him. What matters is that when He shows up for us, we are found watching like obedient children. grace and peace

Refusal to Repent, Babylon is Fallen

<< Jeremiah 5 >>

Jerusalem’s Godlessness
1“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And seek in her open squares,
If you can find a man,
If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth,
Then I will pardon her.

2“And although they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’
Surely they swear falsely.”

3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

We know from what is written in Matt 24 and Luke 17 that the coming of the Son of Man will be just like it was in the days of Noah and the days of Lot. If you remember the story of Lot, the Lord appeared to Abraham and told him that if only a few righteous could be found in Sodom, then the city would be spared. We know the outcome, not even a few righteous could be found, so the city was not spared.

We see this idea here in Jeremiah as well, if only a few righteous could be found, then Jerusalem would be pardoned, but a few could not be found. They refused to repent. This brings us to America and her fate. There is no other country in the world that measures up to America when it comes to meeting all the criteria to be end times Babylon. If America is indeed Babylon, don't you find it ironic that so many within her claim to be "godly" and "Christian?"

The Word tells us that over and over again, the Lord would spare whole cities if only a few righteous could be found in them, but a few could not be found. What will become of America when her sins are stacked up to the heavens. What will become of America when she claims that she is a Queen and there is no other? What will become of America when her nicolaitan priests known as "pastors" claim to be "men of god" yet they know not God?

Part of the reason past cities and peoples were destroyed was because they refused to repent. They did not repent because they did not think they were doing anything wrong, in fact, they thought they were "godly" until the very moment destruction flooded them. Where are the priests in Babylon (pastors in America) that are calling daily for repentance and turning away from sin? You cant find them. Today's babylonian, nicolaitan priests (pastors) wouldn't know what repentance was if it kicked them in the teeth. They do not know what repentance is, therefore they do not preach it. Not only do they not know repentance, they feel no need for it. After all, have you seen the size of their monument to men "church" buildings? Why repent when they have not sinned they say in their hearts.

Todays nicolaitan, babylonian pastors do not preach repentance for sins, and this while the Lord's eyes search the land for one or two men who do what is right so that babylon (America) may be spared from the coming destruction. The bible tells us that "in repentance and rest" is our salvation, but we would have none of it..

Isaiah 30:15 This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

Babylon is fallen, fallen....there are none who do what is right. Everyone is right in their own mind but men do not know the requirements of the Lord, each goes his own way. So, the Lord looks for a few righteous to spare the land from destruction and where can these few be found?

This writer has been struck over the past month or so with thoughts about babylon/America. America is a land where people live in luxury unlike any other nation on earth. The standard of living in America is unparalleled when you compare how many live here with how many live like the "rich" comparatively to others in the world. America is a land of occult idols and symbols, look at her money and the idols she has erected for herself (Lady liberty in NY harbor, the entire construction of downtown Washington DC, what has been imprinted on her money etc).

Things have been so well with America because although she was birthed as an occult nation she also had enough godly seed within her to make her prosper. It is the light, not the darkness within a nation that causes them to prosper. It only takes a little light to drive out alot of darkness. I ask you though, what has happened to babylon's light?

America has been spared the disasters that are coming upon her. Time has been purchased for babylon due to the few righteous that still remain in her. There is coming a time when the righteous will be removed and there will be no more light to restrain the darkness that will overtake this nation. In the meantime, what can the righteous do? We can pray, we can confess our sins, the sins of our family and the sins of our nation to our God they way the prophets did for backslidden Israel. We can reason with the Lord for more good days because of the remnant that exists in the land. Time has been purchased for America, perhaps more time will be given if we change our ways...

If we say that we do not sin, we are liars.

1 John 1:10
... If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. ...

Let us repent, let us confess before God Almighty that we have fallen, fallen so far so fast and it is against Him alone that we have tresspassed. Let us seek peace and pursue it while the Lord's face and favor may still be found.

These are the things I hear the Lord saying to me today. grace and peace

Dec 6, What is the Lord Saying to the Churches?

Recently I believe the Lord led me to go back and read what He has to say to us through the prophets, that is, folks like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, etc. I just re-read the book of Isaiah and I was impressed with many thoughts. The Lord gives us a panorama of what's going to happen in this world.

First, things are going to be very very bad for those who do not know the Lord, and choose what displeases Him. All those who are plundering this world today, who have no regard for the poor or the ways of the Lord, they will be plundered just as they now plunder others.

As for believers, we see how problems arrive for them. When people who are called by the name of the Lord forget Him and instead seek their help from the world, bad things happen for them. Should a people called by the name of the Lord seek their God or not? People are looking for answers today in all the wrong places. This world does not have political problems, it has a sin problem. This world does not have social problems, it has a sin problem. This world does not have banker problems, it has a sin problem. If you want to know why the treasuries of the world are being plundered by robber bankers today, its the same reason why foreign peoples were sent against Israel in the past...sin and lack of remembrance of their God.

We need to refocus ourselves, re-center ourselves on the basic fundamentals of the faith. The Lord has not asked us to do things that require a Ph.D to figure out, we have been asked to love and be faithful, to seek the face of the Lord and choose the things that please Him. We are told to seek peace and pursue it. How hard is that? It's not hard, its a matter of choice and today everyone chooses their own way instead of the Lord's way.

The earth is staggering under the weight of the sin that is upon it. Those of us who are called by the name of the Lord should seek His face and turn away from our sin. We are not like the wicked of this world. For them, wrath and judgement are coming, for us, redemption and salvation. We cannot however sit back smugly like so many who rest in a false gospel that gives license to do "what thou wilt" as the satanists do and still expect to receive such a great salvation. Paul said we should "work out our salvation" with fear and trembling. John 15 tells us that there are those who are "in the vine" (meaning "in Christ") who can be cutoff from the vine if they are not fruitful. There is a big difference between entering into Christ and remaining there.

John 15:4
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must
remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

Remain in me is a command to you and me. We are to "remain" in Him. Apparently many people choose to disregard such instruction since it doesn't fit with their satanic "once saved always saved" doctine. Being cutoff from the vine does not sound "always saved" to me. Disregard at your own peril....

So, what is the Lord saying to the churches today? We were given the old testament as well as the new for a reason. We learn the character and nature of God through His Word. We also learn the character and nature of the mistakes made by our big brother (Israel) in the past. Let us learn how to please the Lord in every way, let us be thankful and rejoice always (yes...always), let us seek the Lord's face every day while He may still be found. Let us put away every thing that hinders our walk with the Lord in any way. Let us not turn to "Egypt" for help as Israel did (read Isaiah for the details) but instead let us seek the Lord for everything.

We were created as highly dependant creatures. We need so very much just to make it through each and every day. We were created with this large dependancy so the Lord could display His infinite grace to us in an ongoing fashion, day in and day out. The Lord loves us, we are His wife, His bride. This world is facing some really bad news these days, and they haven't seen anything yet. We are not the world though, we are children of the Most High God. We are members of the royal household. We have an inheritance that none of us can wrap our mind around. So then, let us keep in stride with the Spirit of God. The sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. He is leading, we must follow.

The Lord has been dropping little singposts along the path in life that I am walking. Those signposts and the guidance they give leads me to believe we have awhile yet before He shows up. Nevertheless, we must be watching and ready to meet Him each and every day.

grace and peace