One Day: Rapture/Escape and Tribulation

We must be close. At lunch today I asked the Lord to show me more about the escape and the tribulation. Within 20 minutes my mouth is hanging slackjawed...

26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

What does the Lord tell us here? Well, if you've been reading this blog for anytime, you know that the Lord has impressed upon me this mental picture of us having our faces pressed right up against a razor thin glass window that separates us from the tribulation period. Why? Why bring us all the way up to the very DAY that the tribulation begins? To test your faith. We have been tested and we will continue to be tested up to the very day of the start of the tribulation. Your faith will be checked, is it real or not? Do you have faith enough to get out of the boat and meet Jesus on the water? We're about to find out. We are told specifically:

the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone, and Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed

Could he say it any clearer? The day we leave this world..the same day, fire and brimstone..or its equivalent rains down...the same day. Then the Lord has me follow this word "revealed" as in : the day when the Son of man is revealed

and I come across what? Look at where we are......2 Thess...the home of "our gathering together unto him"

I want you to notice key words here, these words are keys that unlock meaning:

<< 2 Thessalonians 1 >>King James Bible

1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

First of all there it is twice, a la Luke 21:36 ..pray that you may be counted worthy of the escape from all that's coming. Next, remember..the tribulation has a purpose..its not some random event. What is the PURPOSE of the tribulation (there are many)..here's some of it:

recompense tribulation to them that trouble you
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ

Now also notice the timing aspect of this. The Lord comes with his ANGELS (not saints) to take flaming vengeance on those who trouble you, and you REST. When the Lord comes back with his saints, its the second coming. This is something else, this is the escape and destruction in a single day on those who do not know God or follow his commandments. That certainly, absolutely is NOT the true church.

He shall come to be admired in all them that believe....hmmm, I would imagine that if the whole world saw him, he would be admired by everyone, believer or not, the glory of the eternal God is something to be marveled at no matter who you are, but only the BELIEVER admires him at this time, meaning? The rest don't see him. It's called coming like a thief, which is what? In secret.

We see above the patience and faith of believers of today and in history through all their persecutions and tribulations. We've had ours, now its the worlds turn. It will soon be time to: recompense tribulation to them that trouble you.

This coming day is going to be one heck of a day....In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

On this day, the believer leaves, just like Noah and Lot and on the same day, destruction falls. The Lord clearly tells us this. Something else I find interesting is this verses 31-33 above. It appears that on this special, mind numbing day, there will be time for you to actually go get your stuff before leaving, the Lord clearly warns against doing that. If you are in the field, stay there, if you are on the rooftop stay there, wherever you are, that's where you leave from, KNOWING you are about to leave this place. Why would the Lord warn you not to do something you could'nt do in the first place? This warning goes much further than where your body is, remember lots wife is a warning pointing to your heart. Lot's wife's mind and heart turned her eyes back to the world, and that was her undoing. Once again, there's no faking it on this coming day. This means that TODAY you need to secure your heart, mind and spirit. Rip them free from this world. If the Lord comes back today, wakes you up and asks "ARE YOU READY?" will your heart try to slip out the back door to the world?

Here's what the Lord tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4 before the rapture verse at the end

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

In 2 Thessalonians he clearly talks about "worthiness" as we've already discussed

in the escape passage we read: Luke 21:36 Watch 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.

When Jesus shows up with his angels, it will be to take vengeance on those who don't know God and who do not obey his commands. How could this day be at the end of the tribulation? Everythings already done at the end, all the seals, trumpets,vials etc have already run their course. Nope, there is a day coming, a day when the Son is revealed that will be JUST LIKE the days of Noah and Lot....the day they left the city and went into the ark, that same day VENGEANCE starts, performed in flaming fire. The proof that we are not here all day on that day is who the vengeance is for...the ungodly, those who don't obey. The true church is gone. It's a left hook and a knockout with the right, wham, bam.....one two, lights out.

The fact that this happens in one day tells you that there will be no time to prepare. That day could be tonight, tomorrow, who knows? This also lays to rest the conflicting arguments about what Jesus is referring to whenever he talks about "that day" since "that day" is both an escape and a vengeance unleashed day, just like Noah and Lot, just like Jesus said it would happen in Luke 17, and Matthew 24.

And finally, I'll leave you with a warning from the master:

Mark 13 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping? Yea, as in:

Matt 25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Wait a min. here, a door was shut? What door? Oh, this one:


Revelation 4 >>King James Bible

1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

A trumpet talking? Come up hither? I wonder what that means? Oh, maybe this:

1 Thess 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Yea, its no ordinary trumpet, its a talking one...a trumpet talking with me...a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God

Ok, I'm done for now. The takeaway from all this is, the day is coming soon..one day, that everything turns upside down. This day sees both the escape and vengeance on earth. Jesus says its HIS vengeance (not "satan's wrath) which absolutely debunks the pre-wrath view, and it happens on the same day as the escape. Also, theres a worthiness factor. He tells us over and over again about worthiness, this is not some everyone get onboard event. Pray that you may be counted worthy, thats what we are told to do. People take way too much for granted and the result will be devastating for most. You however, have been warned, you know whats coming. You know how its coming. The Lord told you how. We who know must be watching and ready. Ok, I'm really done now :-)

grace and peace

The View Forward

At this point, we know what the world is facing. The crisis facing this world is not one dimensional, its multi-dimensional, in more ways than you think. Never before in the history of the world has mankind faced so much bad news from so many places. We are currently in an economic depression that will be much worse by the time it has run its course, than the previous depression. There are reports from around the world to expect widespread famine this year. Unemployment is running rampant, people have lost all confidence in leaders of every kind. Obama is still riding his honeymoon, but how long will the luster last when people are hungry, homeless and jobless?

There is no bottom or end in sight for the death spiral this world is in. All of this has been the plan from the beginning. The plan has been to bring people to such a point of hopelessness and desperation that when the devil himself shows up with answers, the entire world will embrace him. Another thing that has been planned is World War 3, not surprisingly sparked somewhere in the middle east. There are a number of timing elements involved in all this, primary of which is "the escape." The other timing elements appear to be coming to critical mass. The "powers that be" who have unleashed all the suffering on the earth today know that they walk a fine line with what they are doing. They remember such things as the french revolution and the overthrow of the tsars in Russia, they know because they were part of it on both sides.

The economy right now is a runaway train. This train may keep chugging for another year or two if the central banks continue to print money hand over fist. What might not last a year or two is the "social contract" between the people of the world and the "powers that be." Everything is fine when the masses get their scraps from the elite, but when the scraps dry up, the masses get restless. Thanks to TV, music, the internet, fluoride in the water, chemtrails, social conditioning, the so called 'education system' etc, people today are tolerant of alot more abuse than they were in the past (from authority figures). That is especially true here in babylon (america). The people of America are the most brainwashed in the history of the world. This would explain why we have seen massive rioting all over other places in the world, to include France, Russia, Greece, a number of eastern european countries, but not a whisper of dissent here in babylon.

The lame stream media propaganda arm exerts considerable control when it comes to focusing questions and ridicule at anyone and anything that might pose a threat to the powers that be. The so called 'christian clergy' (theres no such thing in the true church) are an integral part of this babylonian system, herding the sheople to the slaughter pens.

Remember the mention of a "multi-dimensional" problem above? Demons are multi-dimensional beings, as is Satan. They are the real problem. We war not with flesh and blood.

The good news is this: the problems facing this world are really complex, but the answer for you who believe is really easy: seek first the kingdom of God. That's it. Now when you read "seek first the kingdom of God" what does that make you think of? "Going to church?" Tithing? Doing what your "pastor" tells you to do? If those are the kinds of things that enter your mind when you hear "seek first the kingdom of God," then you are another victim of the idolatrous system of babylonian churchianity that has existed as far back as the roman church and her harlot offspring (protestantism).

Todays babylonian form of religion has its focus on you serving the system...the babylonian system. Our God tells us that true religion is taking care of widows and orphans and keeping ourselves from being polluted by this world. Our God tells us that keeping ones heart free from wickedness and keeping ones spirit free of deceit are the things he desires. Its a radical difference, and one that destroys the babylonian system from the ground up because the focus shifts from "serving the system" to serving our God.

If you want to do something to prepare yourself for the coming storm then seek first the kingdom of God. That means: 1. Find out what pleases our King, and 2. DO IT. The king has written a book to you explaining what does and does not please him. Do you really have to pay some guy a fee to be "serviced" on Sunday/Wednesday to hear what's already been written by the King? Why not give your money to the poor and homeless and hungry? Are there not enough of them around us these days?

The apostate christian church is about to be spit out of the Lord's mouth. Re-read Rev 3, the laodicean church for details. That is both a warning and an ecouragement. Time is short, the Lord's grace is still extended to man today. The escape is still ahead of us, not behind us. The Lord's promises to us are rock solid guarantees that will happen exactly as he said they would. I can say with 100% certainty that at some point in the future, we will be able to look backwards in time and say "hey, the Lord told us to pray that we may be counted worthy to escape all thats about to happen and stand before him, and it happened just like he said it would." I've seen it time and time and time again in my life, its rock solid. Question is, do you have the faith for it? Some promises have a price tag on them, payable in faith. If you don't have the faith in your spiritual bank account, you can't "pay up" when the promise is ready to be delivered. As you believe, so things will be done to you. The bad things, the things that happen to the faithless are also a result of faith..the lack of it.

A long time ago, I actually had a demon say to me "where is your God now?" It happened through a woman, and at the moment it happened I did'nt really understand what happened, but looking back on it, I see it crystal clear. Since that time, I've seen it and heard it from a variety of sources, knowing each and every time its the devils servants talking. The devil uses the same tactics over and over again. When things get bad in this world, you can expect the demons to ask you "where's your God now?" (or variations on that theme)

It takes real faith to walk with Jesus outside the boat, on the water.

Matt 14 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

Lots of stuff to learn in there, the fourth watch is the darkest part of the night, Jesus came to them walking on water and bid them to come to him. Peter started out ok, then started to look at the storm again...Jesus asked "why did you doubt?" Also notice at the beginning that Jesus sent the crowds away, it was just him and the true beleivers dealing with the darkest part of the night. None of the unbelievers saw the walking on water, only the faithful did. This world is heading into a dark night. The waves are up and the wind is blowing..today. That means there is a figure in the distance, walking toward your boat, on the water. It's your turn to get out of the boat and walk to Jesus. Do not doubt..

grace and peace

My Safe and Secret Place

Psalm 32 5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
6 For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

My safe and secret place.....Pray to this God, our Father who is in heaven today, a day when he is near so the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake you. What is coming is a storm, it will overflow mankind and kill billions. We are told by the Lord that if he does not shorten the coming days, all mankind would be wiped out. It will be that bad.

Matt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

As you could read here yesterday, what's coming has a purpose. The purpose of the coming 7 years is not to install the new world order, not to make a handful of wall street bankers filthy rich while the rest of humanity starves, not to give the satanists of the world a playground. No, the purpose is wrath and judgement, AND atonement..reconciliation for sin, and recognizing Jesus this time around for who he is...the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Bad Kid, Good Kid

If you've got a room full of kids and the father steps out of the room for an hour, and when he comes back, half the kids are doing what they are supposed to, and half are ripping the room apart, does the father take the whole room of kids out behind the woodshed for a whipping? Does that make any sense at all? Look, this perspective is not my opinion, its what our Lord said himself..

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for
... For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

The tribulation has a purpose, its not some random event. The tribulation period is all seven years, not half of it, not 3/4 of it, all seven years. This week of years is known as Jacob's trouble. 69 weeks have been completed for the Jewish people and for the holy city, one week is left...for who? For the Jewish people and the holy city.


1 Thessalonians 5 >>King James Bible

1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Is it just some great coincidence that 1 Thess 4 is the rapture, and 1 Thess 5 the Lord is telling us "they shall not escape" and "God hath not appointed us to wrath?"

Is it just some great coincidence that the Lord says (surrounding the time of the rapture) they shall not escape, and in Luke 21:36 we are told specifically to pray for escape?

They shall not escape, pray that you may be counted worthy of the escape. 1 Thess 4, 1 Thess 5, Luke 21:36, what are we talking about here? Rapture, escape, being kept from whats coming.

The Lord speaks directly and specifically to the church in Rev 2-3, a door opens in heaven in Rev 4, then we don't see the church mentioned again until they are coming back with Jesus on white horses. Is this all a coincidence? Jesus is speaking specifically to the churches in Rev 2-3, Rev 6 we see seals open and Rev 7 we see Jesus dealing directly with the children of Israel, sealing the servants of God, and the church is not mentioned? Another coincidence? Why 144,000 Jews and not a single christian? Why? Where is the church? Are we not servants of God? Yea, we are, so why isn't a single member of the church sealed? Because we are'nt here, that's why.

Many are the people trying to dance around these issues today. They try to explain to us how the 70th week of Daniel is not the time of Jacob's trouble, its the time of the church's trouble, but thats not what the bible says, that's what men say. The Lord is our safe and secret place. Yea, that's right "secret" the word so many pre-wrath and post-tribbers like to make fun of. Jesus IS coming in secret, that's what coming like a thief means...thieves don't show up with a bullhorn and sirens going off on their heads, they come in SECRET. The days of poking fun and antogonizing those who hold the promises near to their heart are almost over. If your hope and faith can be stolen from you, it probably will be. Time is short. If it costs you all you have, you must draw close to the Lord today. Do what pleases him, if you are unsure of what that is, open your bible and read it, it was written to you................

grace and peace

Don't Be Afraid of What's Coming

I believe the Lord spoke to me yesterday. Almost verbatim, he said "Don't be afraid of what's coming, it's not for you." So I start thinking about this. It's not for me....why not? Of course, perhaps "it's not for you" means more than "me" but "we" the true church. Does what I heard, jive with what the word of God says?

Jeremiah 30 :7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

Now, this statement above is very clear, it says the time of Jacob's trouble, not the church's trouble. No debate is even possible here, nowhere in all scripture is any statement even comparable that tells us there will be a time of the "church's trouble." Why? The church's troubles have been from the very beginning. How did the church start out? Our fathers were fed to the lions in Rome for their faith, and its been non-stop persecution ever since. The church has had its persecution on earth from the very beginning up through today. No, the babylonian church isn't persecuted much, but why would they be? Why would the world persecute the world? We are talking about the true church here, not so called christianity.

What else do we know about this time of Jacob's trouble?

Daniel 9 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

There's only one week left of the 70 weeks determined for the people of Israel. What's the purpose of this last "week" of years (7 years)? Here is is: to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Look particularly at this: to make reconciliation for iniquity....

You know what that is? It's a glaring neon sign that says "not for the church."

Reconciliation for sins was made for us on the cross. If you are "in Christ," then you are reconciled to the Father through the Son. So once again, does it make sense that the 7 year period that is coming is "not for you." Well, the bible certainly appears to support it. The people who argue that everyone is going through the 7 year tribulation period have to ignore alot of scripture to justify their point. They have to ignore "the time of Jacob's trouble" and add in "and the church." They have to ignore the purpose of the tribulation which is clearly spelled out above. We know that the coming tribulation is a time of judgement and wrath, but that's not all it is. Its also a time of "reconciliation for iniquity." This fact alone sinks the "pre-wrath" argument. There's no arguing your way around the fact that "in Christ" today, sins are already reconciled.

The vast majority of what calls itself Israel today is secular at best, and satanic at worst. More attention is paid to Kabbalah and Talmud then to the old testament that they should be following as true jews. There's a reason the Lord tells us that the "syangogue of satan" is composed of those who call themselves jews but are not (Rev 2-3). These so called jews will kneels at the feet of the true church and confess that we are loved of the true Son of God (Rev 2-3). All of the so called christians who love the so called jews of our day won't EVER mention that fact.

The tribulation period has a purpose, its not some random event. Part of understanding who will participate, is understanding what the purpose is. We don't have to stop there to know why those who are "in Christ" won't participate, we have a promise of escape (Luke 21:36) from all of it. We have the promise to be kept from the hour of trial, coming to test all those on the earth (Rev 3:10). Notice again, Rev 3:10 mentions the purpose of the time....a time of testing/trial. Go do a word search of the entire New Testament and you will see that the real church is, and has been tested from the very beginning all the way through today. What purpose is there in testing something again that has already been thouroughly tested? PURPOSE..........

Again, we are talking about the true church here, not so called christianity.

John 14:2 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 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. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

"Don't be afraid of what's coming, it's not for you." Remember that? Jesus says above he is coming to receive us to himself? Well, where would that be? That where he is (HEAVEN), we may be also. Let your heart not be troubled....why? He is preparing a place for us..where? In heaven. How do we get in? An open door in heaven (Rev 4), an escape (Luke 21:36), a promise to be kept from the trial coming on the whole earth (Rev 3:10).

There are many within todays babylonianity who believe they will go through all or part of the tribulation, many if not most of them probably will, so why debate them?

Back to this idea of "let your heart not be troubled." If you want an untroubled heart today, this is what your goal should be:

John 1:47 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

When Jesus looks at us, we should hope and pray and work to have the same thing said of us. Be pure in heart, do those things that please the Lord. Strive to be found spotless at his coming.

If you do these things, you won't have to wonder if you'll make it out in the escape. Those who are "in Christ" obey his commands. We strive to keep the fire of our first love burning, our love for him. We are zealous for his ways and his works. We hate evil and love what is good. We hate falsehood, but love righteousness. This is all basic elementary stuff guys, do good, shun evil. Love, hope, be faithful. Do these things so your heart may not be troubled. Do these things so the coming 7 years, the time of testing and trial is not for you.

I have noticed a subtle shift in what the Lord would have me do for him. There's less of a need to point out the hell on earth of what's coming, and more of a need for encouragement and understanding of what it takes to be counted worthy of the escape. Time is short, how short only the Lord knows. Let us be found as wise servants today, doing what pleases our Lord. He could show up today. grace and peace

For Thou, LORD, Only Makest Me Dwell in Safety.

Psalm 4
1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

The message is clear, the Lord alone makes us dwell in safety. What's ahead of mankind is so bad its almost unthinkable, but we have an ark of refuge. We live by faith, not by sight. The external circumstances are really important for the faithless, the world is all they have. For us its completely different. We serve a God who is untroubled by the economy, the housing mess, martial law in America, concentration camps for American citizens etc. We depend on our faith, not our feelings. Our feelings are absolute traitors. I don't feel like getting out of bed everymorning, what if I "trusted my feelings" and just never got out of bed? What would happen if you only did what you "feel like" doing? Your life would be a royal mess.

The escape is coming, until it comes, live by faith. Get out of the boat and walk with Jesus on the water. You're going to have to be "for real" to do it.

grace and peace

Last Days Issues

I was reading Jude 1 this morning and I felt like a pinball getting bounced around all the important, highly relevant words for our days.

Starting here:

1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

You can't read a page in the bible without seeing those two words over and over again "in Christ." It's curious how babylonian churchianity never uses those words, yet they are plastered all over the bible. That should be a clue as to how much the babylonian church is tuned in (not) to the Spirit of God.

1 Jude 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

This one is huge. There are men, everywhere in this world today, who have crept in unawares, and whose teaching turns the grace of God into lasciviousness. These men are everywhere.
Now think really hard about what the Holy Spirit tells us here. Men who preach on "grace" in such a way that you are given to expressing lust/exciting sexual desires.

las·civ·i·ous
1. Given to or expressing lust; lecherous.
2. Exciting sexual desires; salacious.

If you've read this blog for any period of time, you're read about such men at length. Todays babylonian form of 'christianity' teaches that God's grace covers and excuses everything. The cornerstone of this teaching is OSAS (once saved always saved) which is in effect a license to sin. Remember what we just read, these men teach a form of grace that does what? Turns the grace of our God into a lust expressing, exciting sexual desire message. Of course, this happens by stealth, nobody's going to ever admit they are doing it, but they admit it everytime they preach a message of "grace" that is in effect a license to sin...ie OSAS and all its derivatives.

As if that was not convincing enough, look what is written immediately after:

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that
believed not.

Paul is putting the church in remembrance here. The Lord SAVED the people out of Egypt, then DESTROYED THEM. Does that jive with the satanic "osas-once saved always saved" grace to lust doctrine being preached today?

But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Are we in the "last time" spoken of above? Judging by all the mockers around us I would say, yea, for sure. These men are sensual, meaning all that drives them are the fleshly senses, carnal indulgences. They have not the Spirit. If they "have not the Spirit" they are definitely not "in Christ." These are the men who make merchandise of you. They feed themselves off of your back, what happens to you is irrelevant to these men as long as you continue to "tithe."

Shifting Gears

I have been saying here for some time that time is short. Don't take my word for it, look around you. It has also been written here that in addition to our readiness to welcome the Lord today, we must also be patient. Not an easy recipe to bake, staying ready every day while also have enduring patience. Read the passage below again:

Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Because we do what? Keep the word of his patience....Our patience has a huge payoff, which is what? Being kept from the hour of temptation coming on the world. For what purpose is this hour of temptation coming? To try them that dwell upon the earth...to test them.

Notice the curious wording used above: keep thee from the hour of temptation..that should sound very familiar...

Matt 6
9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen

Now stay with me here, think about what our Lord has us praying. We just read the Lord's prayer above, which whether you realized it or not, is (in part) a prayer to be kept from the tribulation....also known as the hour of temptation

We are also very familiar with another prayer to be kept from the tribulation:

Luke 21: 36 Watch 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.

So think about this, the Lord is telling you specifically to pray for escape, to pray to be kept from temptation (which would include the "hour of temptation") and yet we've got people running around everywhere telling people that everyone is going into the tribulation, there's no escape. So once again, we face a choice, believe that our fervent prayer based on our Lord's promises is effective, or believe what men say.

The enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy. If the servants of the enemy can move your faith from the word of God, to the word of men, he can steal from you. Your faith determines your destiny, as the Lord said it "as you believed so it will be done unto you." If the Lord makes us a promise, and we choose not to believe it, that means we have no faith in it, guess what happens?
I believe there will be many surprised people who enter into the hour of temptation. Why? Because they believed they would. That's where their faith is. I decided a long time ago to stop debating such men, they are convinced of their future.

There are many today within the babylonian church who believe in a pre-trib "escape." I see what the bible says about this an I believe there will be an "escape from all" just as it is written in the bible, however.....the very thing the babylonian church beleives in will be their undoing when they don't participate in it. The pre-wrath, post-trib folks have their faith in the tribulation, that's their ticket into it. The babylonian church believes in a pre-trib escape, but their ticket into the tribulation will be sin, lust, worldliness, participation in an idolatrous system (pastoral/clergy/laity/nicolaitan) which through a system places men between the bridegroom and the bride. That's adultery and idolatry all in one fell swoop. There are many other reasons the babylonian church will enter the hour of testing but much of it boils down to a refusal to love the truth.

When I write these things, it is to condemn a system, a babylonian system. This blog was started years ago for this very purpose, to condemn christian apostasy. The Spirit is speaking to those who have an ear to hear today. The things written here all tie back into a central question of WHY will so few be saved? Should'nt men be asking this question before they meet their maker? Or should we just ignore that part of the bible? My own friends have asked, "are these the only things you are going to discuss?" My question back is "is the only thing a fireman gonna do put our fires?" Why does'nt the fireman focus on something else? Because that's his job. Just because you don't want to hear it does'nt mean my job changes. The Lord has lit a fire within me and it burns hot. WHY will many say to him on that day "Lord Lord" did'nt we do this, that, and the other thing for you? And he tells them "away from me you workers of iniquity, I never knew you."

Nothing has changed. When the Lord sent the prophets of old to Israel, they did'nt want to hear it. When the Lord sends messengers today to speak to an apostate babylonian church, they don't want to hear it either. The Lord sends warnings as acts of mercy and love. Men see the warnings as an impediment to their "lifestyle" and therefore have the same spirit of hate and murder within them to shut up/shut down anyone who brings the message. Nothing new is written here, its a warning that comes from the very beginning of the church. A message from the wilderness, where few dare to tread. Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.

Time is short. I do not claim to be a prophet, but I do claim to love my God with every fiber of my being and I am zealous for his ways. You do not have to be a prophet to see that destruction is coming. Economic collapse is coming and with it, chaos. Men's hearts have already begun failing them for fear, what's going to happen when the real troubles start? We have'nt seen anything yet, not even the tip of the iceberg. Things are about to get weird, with flavors of nightmares past. What lies ahead of the world will make Stalin and Hitler look like saints.

What can you do? You can pray, you can do good today, as our God defines good. You can move in close to the King of Kings and hear his voice. You can listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches today, if you have an ear to hear. What's coming will not be a one size fits all event. If you are "in Christ" you need to hear what he is saying to you specifically today. What is it the Lord has for you to do or say today? I have no idea for you, you have to find out.

There is an escape coming. Some will be kept from the hour of temptation thats coming on all the world. We are to pray for this escape from all (luke 21:36). We are to pray to be kept from temptation, which includes the hour of temptation (matt 6). Do not allow men to steal, kill or destroy the promises God makes to you in his word. You need to be very convinced of what you believe because the days are coming when only what for real will stand the test. Stand or fall, its up to you. Jesus is outside the boat calling you out to walk on water with him, that's going to require real faith.

You are dearly loved. Please pray for all those who are "in Christ" today, and all those who will be in the future. Grace and peace

A World in Denial and Total Economic Collapse

I was watching two economic experts who actually predicted what's happening today. They were being interviewed by a bunch of media prostitutes, and the dialogue reflected why we are in the mess we are in today, and why absolute total collapse of everything will happen in the near future. The media reps made fun of, mocked etc these two men, telling them they were all doom and gloom. Whenever the two guys (one of the experts was Nassim Nicholas Taleb who wrote the "the black swan") were asked what their suggestions were to fix things, the media would completely ignore them and try to redirect the conversation.

The basic gist of the dialogue was this:

media: how can we fix this?
Taleb: The system is corrupt, the entire system needs to be changed
media: what stock should people invest in?
Taleb: none of them, the system is corrupt, it needs to be changed
media: but what can people put their money in today?
Taleb: nothing, don't spend, save, the system is broken and corrupt
media: you're just all doom and gloom are'nt you
Taleb: no, the system is corrupt and broken, people should save more, not go into more debt
media: various laughing mocking of Talen and his associate, then a dismissive "thanks" for coming on the show

They don't want to hear it. People don't want to hear it. The Lord spoke to me (I think) yesterday on my way home. He pointed out that spiritual blindness is real. Spiritual blindness is more dangerous than physical blindness. If you are blind in this world, and you don't see a car coming you can be seriously injured, maybe even killed. How much worse is it, when your spirit and soul get raped and battered constantly because you cannot see spiritually. The god of this world has blinded men. Remember:

Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

This blind man 1. knew he was blind, and 2. believed the Lord could make him see 3. he asked for his sight, that he may see. How many blind in the world today 1. do not know they are blind 2. Do not believe the Lord can make them see or 3. Will ask for their sight to be restored?
People don't go looking for answers to problems they don't think they have do they? Many are those who know where they can find the truth, but really don't want it, they are more comfortable with lies. They have made lies and deception their comforter rather than the Lord. I am amazed when I talk to people how programmed they are to discount anything and everything that relates to the true state of this world. One part of me is sympathetic to them because they are truly blind. Another part of me understands that their blindness comes from their own refusal to love the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2 :7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after 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.

There it is..they received not the love of the truth. It's their decision to choose unrighteousness rather than love of the truth, so who is responsible? They are responsible.

Total Economic Collapse

This past week, the things I have seen make a convincing case that in a couple more months we could see total economic collapse. We are talking about a time, and a collapse that will be mind boggling. The "powers that be" know its coming, why else would they be building concentration camps on military bases for U.S. citizens?
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-645

The size and scope of the collapse will be monumental.

Give me your attention now: I write this to you not to scare you, but to get you to do what you should be doing already. What can you do? You can pray. All the so called christians who count prayer as not "doing anything" are in for an unpleasant surprise. You can work on building your faith today, if you lack faith, ask Jesus for more. If you are'nt seeing things, ask the Lord to open your eyes so that you may see things the way he sees things...Everyone else's opinion is irrelevant and worthless. What our Father thinks is what matters, not dime-a-dozen opinions. Those who do not see the way our Lord sees will pay the price for it. Our job is to align ourselves with him, not the other way around. If we are his children, we will try to be more like him everyday, we will obey his commands, we will be sensitive to his voice, when he says jump, we will ask "how high." No debate, just obedience.

Visualize with me for a moment a morning in lets say, April or May when all the media outlets have huge bold headlines about some type of unprecedented, monumentally bad events(s). Imagine that the headlines are so bad, that people en masse panic, they basically just lose their minds. Let's imagine this day is a day that pushes people from the quiet desperation they have today, over the edge into a mental and spiritual abyss. That's a day I think is coming. Now, I ask you again, where is your faith? I have written here that your faith will be tested, even now its being tested. Where is your heart? Who does it belong to? When the day I describe above comes, we may not be here. If we are here, our faith will be the ark of safety that keeps us above the storm and waves. Perhaps I should say, our faith in our ark of safety, which is Christ Jesus the son of God who has never once, ever let me down....ever.

I have no doubt in my mind that the Lord would rain manna down in my backyard if my family had nothing to eat. What do you believe? I mean really believe..Like I said before, the mental image I have of the escape promised in Luke 21:36 is that of having my face pressed up right against a glass window that by a razor thin margin separates us from "all that's about to happen." Does that mean that we may still be here during this unbelievable, mind numbing shock day that's coming? Possibly..why? To test our faith. Do we believe his promise:

Luke 21:34 And 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. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch 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.

Many are those who do not pray to be counted worthy of this escape, because they don't believe this escape from all these things that shall come to pass is coming. Their faith has them in the tribulation. The Lord made a promise that these people don't believe he'll keep. I believe, do you? It does'nt matter what comes my way, I have one answer for everything, I always have, its my Lord and master Jesus Christ. It has not mattered what the changing situation has been, he has always delivered, his promises have been rock solid. He bids us to come out onto the the stormy seas to walk above them with him.

Prepare your mind today for the shock and awe day that is coming. People will lose their minds and panic, why should you? Are you listening to the Lord's voice today? What is he telling you? Greater is he who is in us than he who is in the world. While fear stalks and slays men among you, why should you fear? Remember and believe the promises:


Psalm 91 >>King James Bible

1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Our Father said it, do you believe it? I will be with him in trouble....I will deliver him, and honour him. We don't need to know how he does it, don't try to figure out the "how" that's our God's department, you just need to "seek first the kingdom of God." Kick the middlemen out of your relationship with the King and get some one on one time with him TODAY. Know him, but more importantly be known BY HIM...

Matt 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

The day I see coming will arrive as a shock, there will be no time to "brush up" on what it means to be "in Christ." Playing church for years will be exposed for the lie that it really is. Being the church will be vindicated. Many, if not most are going to get steamrolled by events that sit just over the horizon. Don't be one of them. It always has been and always be a "remnant," a few who "get it." Be one of the few that travel the narrow path that leads to life. On this narrow path you will not have the comfort of the masses to comfort you, instead you'll have the comfort of the God of eternity. Time is short guys, prepare for the escape, but also prepare to have your faith tested right up to the microsecond before it arrives. I am a nobody, the least of the servants of the most high God. This is my duty, my narrow niche that the Lord has assigned me for these days and these hours. My duty is to the Lord for YOU..to warn those who have ears to hear and eyes that see. Understand how dearly and unimaginably you are loved by the King of Kings. He warns those he loves. grace and peace

Our Escape: A Noah Experience

The Lord does not leave us in the dark on what's coming. He tells us:

Matt 24: 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

I know there are many out there who insist that everyone is going through the tribulation. They think that because they are going through it, everyone is going through it. Big mistake. There are some people who will escape all thats about to happen. There are some people who will go partway through the tribulation then get killed. There are some people who will make it all the way through the tribulation alive. I believe that today, already our hearts are being prepared for what's coming. The future will not be a "one size fits all" event. Different people have different destinies.

Those who argue that there will be no "escape from all" are correct, but only as far as their future is concerned. Those people who believe they need to go build a bunker and hide in it from the anti-christ, they may be correct too....as far as their future is concerned. Isn't it a no brainer that we all don't end up the same way, we all don't go through the same things?

Sinners who do not repent, end up in a lake of fire. Those who are "in Christ" till the end, end up in heaven. Jesus told the centurian "as you believed, so it will be done unto you." In other words, your faith has everything to do with your future. When Jesus tells men to "pray that you may be counted worthy to escape all thats about to happen and stand before the son of man," and men refuse to do it, what do you think happens to them? They don't believe the promise, do you think they have a part in its fulfillment?

Those who argue that they will go through the tribulation probably will. Either that or this isn't true:

Matt 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

I want to point out some things from Matt 24 today.

1. Jesus said "of that day and hour knoweth no man." Which day and hour is he talking about? The unknown day and hour. There is a known day, that is 3.5 years from the abomination that causes desolation that can be counted on to the day, when Jesus shows up, also known as the second coming. There is also an unknown day. It's obvious here, he's referring not to the second coming, but to the "unknown day" of his appearance. A "secret" day, which is another thing the pre-wrath, post-trib crowd mocks to their own shame. Coming like a thief is done in secret. An unknown day is a secret day.

The Lord does'nt stop there, he goes on to explain more about this secret, unknown day by telling us it will be just like the days of Noah. Immediately after telling us that, he gives us a very specific time marker for this secret/unknown day when he tells us this:

the days that were before the flood

So lets put this together, Jesus tells us an unknown secret day is coming that will be just like the days of Noah and he points to the days before the flood is when Noah entered the Ark. Noah did'nt enter the ark halfway through the flood, not at the end of the flood, but when? Before the flood. Could it be said any plainer than that? Is there any more basic language that could be used to indicate when this secret, unknown day would occur? Before the flood.

Jesus goes on to clarify what the days look like "before the flood." Here's the description he gives:

"eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark"

and in Luke 17

"they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven"

Here's where the pre-wrath folks take a bullet. They claim that nobody gets out before Rev 6. Apparently the crowned (rewarded), redeemed men in Rev 4 and 5 must be exempt from pre-wrath teaching, because they did get out before Rev 6. How? Hmm, I seem to remember an open door in heaven in Rev 4.....

That's not the only problem, apparently "escape from all" which happens "before the flood" has references to "they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded." Look carefully at the words the Holy Spirit uses here. Now look at what happens during the opening waves of the tribulation, the opening of the seals:

1-anti-christ
2-war
3-famine
4-death and hell on earth

Now, lets put on our thinking caps. Does the anti-christ, war, famine, death and hell on earth sound the same as "eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting or building?" No, it does'nt. Famine is a lack of food. War is the opposite of building, its destroying. So when does this future "Noah experience", which happens during an unknown, secret day, which is before the flood, which is during a time of eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building happen?

Look around at the world today. Look at what's dissapearing. Food, drink, buying and selling, planting and building, all of those things are dissapearing before our eyes. Those were the words the Holy Spirit used to time mark the general vicinity of the "unknown day." That general vicinity is today, either that or its on the far side of the disaster staring this world in the face today.

Conclusion:

Either this unknown day is in close proximity to today, or we have a nice wait ahead of us until days of eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building show up again. As things stand everything one of those indicators is under pressure and in rapid decline. Scarcity of everything is the hallmark of today and the trend looks to continue until......the man of sin shows up (the first seal, the removal of the restrainer) to "fix" everything and be hailed as god.

The stage is set..today. The table has all the plates and silverware on it, and appetizers have already been served. How close are we to the "unknown" secret day, the day when Jesus comes like a thief? All appearances are, that this day may be upon us. It could be today. How many people actually expect it today? Jesus said he would come at a time when we would not be expecting him. A day like today when people are overcome with the anxieties of life fits the bill would'nt you say? Take nothing for granted. Give thanks for everything today. Guard your faith and examine what you believe carefully, it may determine where you end up and when you get there.

Time is short, your faith is your treasure, grace and peace.

Unlimited Power

Ephesians 1:18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints, 19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power, 20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven, 21 Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come: 22 And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

The Lord reminded me recently of how he likes to do things in this world. I've seen this way in my own life as well as throughout the bible. In stark contrast to men, the Lord is not troubled in the least by "overwhelming odds" here on earth. Remember the story of Gideon:

Judges 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

What happened there? The Lord basically says its not "how much, how many" or whatever else you have to fight with, its the Lord's power that wins the day and he can cause you to win out in any and every situation. Remember Psalm 91? 10,000 fall at your right hand, 1,000 at your left, but the danger won't touch you? Numbers don't matter, the situation does'nt matter. A failing economy does'nt matter, the housing mess does'nt matter, what does matter is that you believe...19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power, 20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead

These days, either we get out of the boat and walk on the water with Jesus, or we get swamped by the storm and waves. There's less and less "wiggle room" these days. All the grey area is being sorted into black and white by pressure, by the storms of life. Playing church isn't going to cut it anymore. "Going to church" isn't going to cut in anymore. We have to BE the church, not "go to it." People don't have a problem with "going to church" but they seem to have real troubles "being" the church. Being the church=being "in Christ" because the church is actually the living, breathing body of the King of Kings. The church is not some man made organization, or social club, or feel-good society. It is an organic, living body.

Exercise your faith today, strengthen it for today and the days to come between now and the arrival of our Lord. The same power that was displayed to the world when Jesus was resurrected from the dead, is there for you if you believe. Your faith is worth more than all the riches and glory this world has to offer. We have a fortress, we have an ark, we have a King who is our shelter from the storm around us.

Do you believe he can and will do the things he said he would do? The way you answer that question will determine whether you stand above the storm and raging sea, or whether you sink below the waves. Testing is a part of this life, set your heart to pass the tests of life today. Refining by fire is part of our world today, the less impurity found within you, the less pain when the fire is applied. The escape is still ahead of us. The door in heaven (Rev 4) has not opened yet, but it will soon, be ready for it. Be found "in Christ" when Jesus arrives. Be a wise servant, a wise virgin (Matt 25). Time is short, grace and peace

Deaf to the News

As we hear the same drumbeat of bad news, I think I've already become desensitized to it. All we hear are the same names, the same problems, over and over again 24/7 from the talking heads of the lamestream media. Yea, I still keep an eye on it, but there's only so useful the lamestream media propaganda machine is for us. With that in mind, I think the flip side should also be true. It is very useful to feed ourselves the truth and promises of the Word of God daily.

When the promises of God become more real to you than the "5 senses" world around you, you know you are on the right track and you routinely good things happen to you even while the whole world around you is falling apart. A long time ago when I was first "in Christ" I started my days just reading the Psalms for strength. During some of the worst, most trying times of my life, the Psalms were like medicine for my spirit and soul. Here again, at this time, during these last days I find myself drawn to them again.

When you look at the tremendous promises within the Psalms, and you consider the fact that its easy reading, I understand why they keep drawing me back. Not only are the promises great, I can tell you from first hand experience, they are full of POWER and the Lord delivers on them. That's a fact, based on a lifetime of personal experience.

Psalm 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Think about the most fortified, high on a hill, impregnable fortress that's ever existed in the history of the world, then multiply that by 1,000,000,000,000 and that's the safety and peace factor you have when you enter the fortress that is HIM. He is a literal fortress. When you are "in Him" "In Christ" you are literally in that fortress. Today, there is no fortress, anywhere on this earth that offers this, nowhere. If people want "peace and safety," then instead of turning to the world for it, perhaps they should consider him who made the world, that is..our Lord.

I want to encourage you this morning. Terrible times are ahead. Things that are about to happen on this earth will be unbelivably bad. Not only will the "things coming on this world" cause mens hearts to fail them from fear, but also the 'normal' human terrors of martial law, concentration camps with mothers are ripped from their children, never to see each other again..that kind of stuff is coming again. Talk about heart breaking horror, to be ripped apart from your kids by soldiers, never to see them again? Watch shindler's list or other WW2 documentaries that portray "the camps" and you'll start to understand what's coming again for this world.

The saddest part about all of what's coming is, it did'nt have to be this way for many people. The train wreck of human history that's just ahead of us on the tracks is entirely avoidable. Yea the world, and many elements of babylonian churchianity will argue that you have to ride this train straight into the wall, but our bibles tell us a different story. My bible tells me of an escape from all that's about to happen (luke 21:36). My bible tells me of a fortress and a refuge from all the death and dying that's coming:

Psalm 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

^^^did you read that? Ten thousand fall at your right hand, a thousand at your left, yet you remain untouched by it. That's not the Lord's "opinion" its not "wishfull thinking" its FACT. The God we worship is a God of POWER and anything he says he will do, is done, period. I've already seen it in my own life, to me its rock solid fact, and I'm a nobody, question is, do you believe? Where is your heart? How much faith do you have? Which is more real to you, the promises of the Eternal King, or the endless blabbering of the information prostitutes on tv?

So the economy is imploding, so the housing market is in a death spiral, so the US is building concentration camps for its own people, so the "powers that be" are preparing humankind to meet demonic supermen/aliens/angels in broad daylight.....so what? I've got promises, and I dwell inside a fortress whose name is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I don't defend the fortress, HE DOES, and if anyone wants a piece of those inside the fortress, they have to get through legions of holy angels and the most fearsome battle general in all eternity..OUR GOD.

You and I will stand of fall based on our faith. Everything going on around you today is a battle for your heart, they know it rules your head. Without faith, your heart will betray you. Today, while the worst has not arrived, ask this eternal God for more faith. Repent of any garbage that's snaring your walk with him. Time is short guys, there will not be time to do a cliffs notes version of "get to know Jesus" when the train of humankind derails in the near future. The time to get to know Jesus is today, right now. You do not need men to know Jesus, just like I did'nt need another man to get to know my wife. We came to know and love each other with no "outside help" involved. With Jesus, we do it the same way, us and him alone. Any man who tries to weasel his way between you and Jesus (pastoral system/clergy/laity..nicolaitan) is an enemy, a thief and an idolater bent on spiritual adultery, don't let it happen..

You are dearly loved, remain "in Christ" our rock and high fortress against the storm that's coming...grace and peace

We Are Not as the Many

2 Cor 2 17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

Here it is again, this familiar theme of "the many" versus "the few." In all the years I spent in churchianity I never once heard this come out of a spiritual CEO's (pastor) mouth. Who corrupts the word of God? THE MANY

Once again, this brings me back to the same questions, "why will few be saved?" Corrupting the word of God...

Why will Jesus tell many "away from me you evildoers, I never knew you?" Corrupting the word of God.

^^remember, the people Jesus is calling evildoers here call Jesus "Lord Lord" that means...they are 'christians.' Satanists, buddhists, muslims etc etc don't call Jesus Lord....'christians' do.

Matt7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Time is short guys. Keep your eyes on the prize which is "in Christ."

grace and peace

The Mercy of The Lord

Psalm 103 :17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

I'll be the first to admit that the Lord's grace is something to be extremely thankful for. Without the Lord's grace and mercy we'd all be in big trouble. What I want to point out this morning is where men have taken this world by mistaking Grace for a license to sin. Of course they'll never admit that's what they teach but in effect, that's exactly what it is.

Psalm 103 tells us the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting but for who?

to those that remember his commandments to do them.

The babylonian church likes to argue in circles over the ramifications of not obeying, or they ask "how much sin is too much sin" or "at what point will my disobedience, faithlessness, sinfullness get me "cutoff from the vine, thrown out and burned up" (John 15)?

What kinds of questions are those? Instead of focusing on how to please the Lord in every way, they want to know how much of what does'nt please him can they get away with and still get into heaven. You still wondering why Matt 7:13-14 says few will make it through the narrow gate that leads to life? How many souls will be lost listening to the siren song that sings "there's always time to change the road your on....always tomorrow to ask for forgiveness?" What happens when tomorrow does'nt come for you and your soul is required of you today? What happens when Jesus shows up today and you told yourself this morning "I'll square up with Jesus tomorrow, I just need to taste that sin one more time, then I'll be ready to give it up?"

What happens is, the servant that is found not doing what the Lord wanted him to do will suffer.

Luke 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

Does being "cut asunder, and appointed a portion with the unbelievers" sound "saved" to you?
There are many many people who are going to find out the hard way, that being "cutoff" from the vine, thrown out and burned up, appointed a portion with the unbelievers etc is not anywhere close to "saved."

For those whose focus is on how they can please the master day in and day out, they have no need to figure out how much sin is too much sin, they have no need to try and figure out at what point they will be cutoff from the vine or appointed a portion with the unbelievers. Do you think our God is playing games with us? He sees the heart, he knows those who have sold out to him, weak and imperfect as they are, but even if they only have "one talent" (Matt 25) they are putting it to work on behalf of the King of Kings. Where is your heart? Where is your focus? I don't think this is a big "gotcha" sceme where the Lord shows up and says "hey, I know you've given me your heart soul and spirit to do what pleases me, now get away from me..." Sin does matter, it does'nt please the Lord. Faithlessness does matter, it does'nt please the Lord. Disobedience does matter, it does'nt please the Lord. If you love him, you will obey his commands. I did'nt say that, he did.

Thank the Lord for his mercy, his kindness, his tender loving care. He chose the weak, despised things of the world to shame the strong, honored things. I am the least of the servants of the Lord, yet his love toward me has been overwhelming. If I am the least of his servants, how much more will his love toward you abound? Terrible, awful, frightening times are coming....for the world. An escape from all has been promised, and even apart from that escape we have a living ark of refuge here on this earth, today in the person and kingship of Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Lord has promised us many things, and in my life, I have never once seen him default on a single promise...ever. He's batting 100% over the period of a lifetime. Am I the only one who can say this? By all means no:

Psalm 37
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

Depart from evil and do good, is that really so hard to understand? Do men really need PhDs and ABCEFG degrees to "get it."

Time is short, only the Lord knows how short. Be patient to wait for him however long he should tarry, be ready for him to come back today. Do not doubt. Settle for yourself what you really believe because the Lord is looking at your heart right now to determine where you stand. Your faith is everything, without it you will be in a world of hurt. You are dearly loved. grace and peace

Babylonian Televangelist

I heard a babylonian televangelist hammering on the people about "going to church." Basically his argument was no matter what, if your 'pastor' says something offensive/apostate/satanic whatever...you need to still "go to church" there, just suck it up and keep coming. He used a lame argument that I won't even bother repeating. You know and I know that if these spiritual CEO types are spouting words that have no place in the ears of someone who is "in Christ" then you need to run, not walk away from the them.

I'll repeat another question I have posed in the past, how can I "go" to church if I am the church(part of it)? These men chain you to their drive through/fast food model of 'christianity' preaching salvation without repentance, Grace as a license for sin, mandatory attendance at their business meetings ("services"). They reach back and cherry pick tithing out of the old testament and leave all the rest to collect dust.

More and more these days the wolves are getting desperate, and the sheeps clothing is sliding off their heads. As financial conditions tighten, they are feeling the squeeze. More and more I'm hearing new and inventive verbal whips and prods to extort money from the people. It always comes down to money does'nt it? Men within babylonianity today hate legalism when it comes to salvation, they preach grace! grace! But when it comes to money....oh, LAW LAW, you must "tithe!"

Men have built multi-million dollar empires for themselves in the name of God, and now those empires are crumbling. Hows does it look when the "pastor" is well fed, driving a pimped out ride, has no worries about his house, but the entire flock is stuggling to survive? See anything wrong with that picture? These men will ride down the last sheep, to extract the last drop of blood to maintain themselves, and their empires at all costs. They don't care about extorting, lieing, cheating, stealing, whatever they have to do, because they can always "ask for forgiveness later" right? That's one major syringe full of poison that satan has always given the babylonian church. It lines up perfectly with the line he feeds the world too. Remember the old "stairway to heaven song?"

It says:

Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on.

That's what the babylonian church tells you as well. OSAS (once saved always saved) is the driver for the same old satanic lie from the very beginning. Don't worry, you can always repent later....unless "later" never comes for you....

Listen, I believe in giving generously, but not a single penny, not one half of one cent to anyone in babylonianity. Yea, I can hear the condemnation already, sounds familiar. "Hey, he eats with tax collectors and prostitutes," sound familiar? Do you think the Lord will condemn you if you give your time, effort, money and attention to the poor, the widows of this world?

James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Keeping myself and yourself "unstained by the world" means avoiding the things that stain you. When todays so called christianity walks like the world, talks like the world (minus their "christian jargon"), acts like the world, looks like the world, should I or you be among them? Is the way to keep a white garment clean to jump in the middle of a mud puddle?

If you want to keep it scientific, go slice and dice churchianity any way you want using polls and statistics and you will see they are NO BETTER in any category than the world, no difference, ZERO.

There is a broad way and a narrow way in this world. Most people are on the broad way, a few are on the narrow way. We already know that the broad way leads to destruction. The road that most people are on leads to destruction, so why do people follow them anyway?

Matt 7:13 Enter 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: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Supporting an apostate system is to be held accountable with that system.

Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

What's he talking about there? ^^Come out of what? BABYLON. The so called church that exists in the heart of babylon is as corrupt as the nation that hosts it. If it was'nt we would see more salt and more light, which would mean less rot and less darkness. As things stand this country is rotting and in almost pitch darkness. Don't take my word for it, look around, use your own eyes.

Each day that goes by, I see more and more evidence that this time, the Lord intends to withdraw "the restrainer" soon. I see a satanic spider web almost fully developed ready to catch and kill the people of the world. The Lord, for a long time now, has regularly swiped his finger through satans webs to force him to try try and try again to build a full web. This time, its almost complete. I have no doubt that we are getting very close to the start of the tribulation. Everything that needs to happen for the anti-christ to be revealed can happen in a mindblowing short amount of time.

I hear alot of talk about the "10 kings" necessary for anti-christ to arise. Men say that since we don't see the 10 kings today anti-christ must be aways off..Really?

Revelation 17:12 "The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who
... And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

You see what that says? It says they are kings without kingdoms YET. They receive power one hour with the beast. What does that mean? It means they have power for a short time span, it does not mean they are'nt around today.

Think about this, war is an instrument of transformation. We live in a year of transformation. Do you know how fast the landscape of this world can change in one day? What happens the day of our escape? What happens days after WW3 starts? Major transformation, in DAYS. Remember "when they shall say peace and safety" then sudden destruction comes on them? How much time elapses there? Almost none, its lightning strike fast.

My point is this, we may well have to wait, which is why we must be patient, however, to tell people that we have more time neglects the fact that in the blink of an eye, the landscape of this world can turn upside down for the worse. I mentioned the escape and world war, what about the day that aliens/superheroes/angels/demons/whatever they will call themselves show up?
How do we know that the 10 kings are not 1o demonic kings/princes?

To discern anything in todays world we absolutely must have the Spirit of God. Without insight from him, without faith in us, we are blind. I really don't care what I have to say, I want to know what our Father has to say. What is the Spirit of God saying to us today? That's the important thing, everything is is a sidenote.

This world is transforming, and quickly. Let's keep our eyes on the prize, let us pray for the escape we were told to pray for (luke 21:36). Lets be ready like the wise virgins with lamps full of oil and jars of spare oil on the side. Patience and Readiness are our friends today. Be faithful, be obedient, try to please the Lord with everything you think and do. I write to myself as much as I write to you here. May the Lord bless you and keep you, may his face shine upon you and grant you peace...in Christ.