The War to Come

The news is full of fear.  Wars, rumors, killing, brutality, division and hate is everywhere.  This is the devil's playground.  He has ramped up the deception to the point that even those who know and love God as the Elect are being deceived constantly.

The end time deception is renewing fear and false hope among many.  They believe that somehow Jesus is going to show up and fix all this.  I am not here to debate that. I don't believe it, but that's another story.

The reason I know Jesus isn't coming soon is because YOU exist. He gave you His Spirit.  He lives inside you. He is a comforter. He is a counselor.  He is an equipper.  If Jesus was going to be Mr Fixit in a return visit, then all that He did to bring the Kingdom to you and in you is wasted.   You are the Jesus the world needs right now.  But enough about all that.

I see things in the future that aren't good.  Not just economic, but that is part of it.  Our weakness in the world because of the misleading that has gone on has opened a can of poison that won't be easy to close again... if we can.  

Russia, Iran, China are all seizing on our defaulting national posture.  Does anyone really believe that 50 years from now China and Taiwan won't be one country dominated by China?  And if you look further, how about the Philippines and other countries in the dome of evil called China.  Who is going to defend them?  Not the USA.  Not Australia, Not Europe, Not Canada, No-one in Africa.  Not India.  This will happen, blood will be shed, it will be hopeless.  Timing is everything.  

Russia is NOT losing in Ukraine.  It is biding it's time waiting for the world now occupied with Israel to begin to back away from this proxy war.  Oh, Russia is weaker, but they have Oil, lots of oil. A gas station with an army and nuclear weapons.  If Putin died tomorrow, someone much worse will arise.  They also see the USA's weakness.  Europe's collapse from cultural suicide.  France is lost to anti freedom Muslims.  

Once Russia completes the task, they will be even more dangerous.  

Add to that the rise of IRAN as the third part of the axis of evil.  The war in Syria was Russian, the war against Israel is pure and simply Iranian.  They are supplying the weapons, the strategies and whatever else it takes.  I know for many Christians the reality of the world war that is coming augers against the idea that Israel will be forever.  Let's look at the situation.  Iran either has a nuclear bomb, or will have.  They truly desire to see Israel off the map.  While the neighboring countries are staying out of the war "Mostly", Egypt, Jordon, Saudi Arabia, and other Muslim dominant countries are critical of Israel in what is happening right now.  They in their heart of hearts would be OK with Israel disappearing.

Now here's the hard part.  If you see what you see in the middle east, a tiny but prosperous country right in the middle of a sea of Islam, many dedicated to the erasure of Israel, do you believe that a hundred years from now Israel will exist?  If they win this war, there will be others. From Lebanon, From the west bank.  Israel has serious enemies in Iran, No friends in Iraq, Russia would love to take advantage of this situation, Turkey our supposed ally is not Israel's friend, China and it's subordiant weapons factory in North Korea would love to continue to prosper.

Is there a solution?  Not easy.  But the war is coming.  How big it will be is hard to say.  War in 24.  Here's the rub.  This could get Biden, should he survive, re-elected. A wartime president always does.

Not doom and gloom, but things are worse than we think.  All reporting other than that from the boots on the ground is propaganda.  Don't believe anything you hear from most media.  The devil is a liar and he has willing participants on TV.

Meanwhile in the USA, we are at war internally.  There is no unity.  The potential for an attack inside our borders has never been greater.  Yet we have inept political leaders at nearly every level.  We are weak and getting weaker.  I wonder if the USA will exist in any form 200 years from now.

We have no voice of reason, hope and vision from anyone.   What will the world look like after the war?  How will we cope with the collapse?  This is not a battlefield 24 video game, this is real life. 

I don't want you to be in more fear, I want you to stop believing the fairy tales.  I want to see you have hope and a future.  I also don't want you to be taken unawares.  When these things happen, know that God is not shocked.  Let him speak to you from the Spirit resident inside you.  I wrote this December 30, 2022.   

In the year to come will be fresh news of pestilence, disease, decay and death.  I have preserved you to this day and will in 2023.  Trust me once again.  I never fail.

You are my body, my hands, my feet, and my voice in the earth today.  If you are silent and still in the face of the evil days to come, so am I.  I gave you power to defeat the works of the enemy.  Without you, I can do nothing.  Within you I can do all things by the anointing resident in you.  I need you to breath.  I need you to move.

There are those I have placed among you that are wise.  Seek truth and wisdom from those carry it for the difficult days that are to come.  But be wise when you hear. Some who call themselves my servants are not among the wisdom I send you, not everyone who says Lord, Lord is from me.  I don’t know them.

I have dispatched warring angels all around you.  They do battle, they accompany you and they move as you speak and act according to my word.  They can not do anything contrary to my word.  When you are obedient to My Word, Angel Swords are wielded.

 In spite of what appears to be a rising darkness, MY light shines in the darkness and drives the darkness back.   That light is YOU.  Shine my sons and daughters.  Shine before men and the darkness will flee.  Don’t ever be discouraged.  I said I will never leave nor forsake you.  I am the way, the truth and the life.  I am that bright light shining in you.  The darkness is trembling.

It's still true.  So be strong and courageous, and be ready to do battle. The war is coming.

 

A WORD FOR 2022

GEO-POLITICAL

Covid is over.  The last gasp (omicron) has already taken place.  Natural immunity saves the day.  The attempts by corrupt leaders to try to capitalize on fear are collapsing.  Tyranny is being exposed.   The tool is demonic fear.

 China teeters on collapse.  This means danger.  Taiwan is in the crosshairs.  A wounded tiger will strike.  It is depending on Russia to be its partner but that will fail.  This is a danger.  Russia will slowly become an ally in practice to the USA.  It knows that China is an unstable, even dangerous partner.  We will see the beginning of this in 2022.

 European leadership will fall as populations become less and less tolerant of the decline.  They will be replaced by even more right wing leaders or far left.  No middle of the road. 

 There will be events in the climate that will cause many to attempt to create fear again.  As the pandemic subsides, the need to use fear as a control will cause leaders to try to capitalize on another intangible threat.   There will be a drought in certain key commodity production regions, perhaps in the USA.  This will be the worst we have seen globally for 40 years.  Commodity prices will rise as stocks stumble.  It is impermanent, but painful for many. 

 Countries that oppressed their people radically will find themselves in a state of near civil war.  Canada, New Zealand and Australia are going to end up in a change state that is overdue.  Some countries will drift into near communistic decline, Brazil and Chile.

 The elections of 2022 will be wild but will follow the familiar pattern.  Reversals of fortune for those in power will happen.  The prophesied red wave will be smaller than we think.  There will be corruption and contested results.  It will still bode well for change, but the political scene will be messy.  Voter fraud will be accused and found.

Biden will still be alive at the end of 2022 but there will be a move to replace him after the 2022 midterm elections.  Not with Harris.   A dark horse replacement will be found.  Someone most are not thinking of right now. The pressure to displace the President will not root in his incompetence and age, but in the darkening scandal surrounding him.

The Epstein secret records will be finally be released and many will be exposed.  Maxwell will spend time in jail.  She is in danger.

 

ECONOMICS

The US economy will prosper but inflation will become a big problem.  Crypto currency will rise and fall, rise and fall. The confidence many have in Crypto currency will be shaken by its volatility. By the end of 2022 there will be looming regulations and a settling out of value.  Predictions of a wild bull run will disappoint many.

 The stock market will see a 25% correction as inflation increases.  Then come back slowly.  Inflation will cause many to consider other options.  The recovery will be 1/3^rd as slow as the fall but the opportunities presented to the brave will be significant.  Gas prices as the pandemic subsides will reach $4 per gallon and hold until production catches up.  Shortages of all kinds will continue to plague the economy.  Instability.

 

CULTURAL CHANGES

Racism accusations on the part of the victimhood cult have peaked.  It becomes apparent that the noise surrounding all of the accusations is overwrought.  Black Lives Matter and all the associated groups will lose whatever credibility they had.

 Violence and lawlessness on the street will of necessity be dealt with harshly.  Cities will cry for help.  There will be objections, but the population is fed up.  Watch New York City to take the lead.  The people’s nose is full of this.  Cities have become war zones.  The battle to take them back will ensue in 2022.

 Liberal delusional insanity will intensify as standard of righteousness in the bulk of the population will become such an obvious contrast until no one will believe people ever fell for such things.  The cultural left is becoming a pariah.  Trust in the left leaning media is collapsing.  CNN has become a laughing stock.  That will spread.

 

THE GOLDEN AGE - CREATING A SPIRITUAL WASTELAND

We are moving into a golden age in our nation, but a spiritual wasteland. We are losing the culture war and the world is happy for itself. Look at what is happening. 

 We are coming into a Golden Age in a secular sense:  Fusion energy is coming, Small form Nuclear Plants and are becoming accepted as a solution to climate change, space travel is ramping up from private money leading to Mars colonization, the pandemic has changed how we work and where (not as much commuting), ANTIFA, BLM and the other thuggery is being rejected at all levels.  Lawlessness is still rampant but that is now on the radar of even democrat leaders, the complete collapse of the trust in news media has created better critical thinking not that the illusions are gone. A satellite network will free people from censorship (Starlink), China is losing manufacturing that is moving back to the USA.   We have learned to deal with pandemics in record time and also with therapeutics, e-bikes are changing everything, we are in much better health on average than we have ever been, The pandemic is changing to being endemic, we are living longer and better, standards of living are at an all time high, there are few actual world wars anywhere (there are armed conflicts and threats).  Robotics is being used more every day.  The Smart Phone has revolutionized our life.  Even our health care monitoring is done by phone and watch.  We carry in our pockets the gateway to a global library of information.  Some is misleading, but we know more about our health and well being than ever before.  We have never had it this good before, this is the best we have ever seen. We have never been healthier or more conscious of it.

 A SPIRITUAL WASTELAND

Yet with all these developments we seem to be stuck in the world of the western Church.  The changes with on line church services replacing gatherings are counter to the admonition not to forsake assembling together.  The on line component isn’t going away.

Social media has replaced fellowship and in person relationships.  Church exists in the metaverse.  Millennials are abandoning organized religion.  They want it but find what the Church offers to be insipid.

 Western Christianity is changing.  Most won’t recognize it after the transformation.  It is becoming fractured and informal.  There will still be Churches but they won’t look like we remember 20 years ago.  Ministry and fellowship will be all that hold them together. It will be elemental discipleship that builds the body of Christ. 

 There are signs of awakening in various places, but the great awakening is not yet on the horizon. This is the result of becoming too comfortable.  In countries with pain, Jesus is King, in western cultures He only an ornament celebrated seasonally.  Atheism, agnosticism, people that don’t have room for God in their lives is a luxury that results from the peace and prosperity as we have in the west.  The question is what Father will do to bring people back to Him.  Do we really want to see that?   I see this as happening in 2022.

 Spiritually we are in a dangerous place.  The Prophet Isaiah wrote to Judah and Jerusalem in the first 9 chapters regarding the danger the nation was in when prosperity was strangling love for God.  But as the time matures and justice reigns, there is a hope and a promise.  We are there again.  Can we avoid the tragedy that accompanies this national apostasy?  I don’t think so.  Prophecy moves in large deep and long cycles.  We are there again.  The word of the Lord from Isaiah to Judah and Jerusalem was for them, but also to us in our day.  Hear the word of the Lord. Review those first 9 Chapters for yourself.  You will hear the voice of God speaking to us today:

 The children I raised have turned against me.  Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won’t ever learn.

 Your country lies in ruins; your towns are in ashes. Foreigners and strangers your land while you watch.

 Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes.

 They have endless treasures of silver and gold; they have countless ammunition and war machines.

 Everywhere in the country they worship the work of their hands, what they have made.

 The Lord All-Powerful has chosen a day when those who are proud and conceited will be put down.

 He will let children become your rulers.

  You will each be cruel to friends and neighbors. Young people will insult their elders; no one will show respect to those who deserve it.

 Though you are God’s people, you are ruled and abused by women and children.  You are confused by leaders who guide you down the wrong path.

 Women are proud and strut around, winking shamelessly. They wear anklets that jingle and call attention to the way they walk.

 I will take away from those women all the fine jewelry they wear on their ankles, heads, necks, ears, arms, noses, fingers, and on their clothes. I will remove their veils, their belts, their perfume, their magic charms, their royal robes, and all their fancy dresses, hats, and purses.

 Their large and beautiful homes will be left empty, with no one to take care of them. 

  You are in for trouble! You get up early to start drinking, and you keep it up late into the night.   At your drinking parties you have the music of stringed instruments, tambourines, and flutes. But you never even think about all the Lord has done for you

 You think you are clever and smart.   And you are great at drinking and mixing drinks. But you are in for trouble.  You accept bribes to let the guilty go free, and you cheat the innocent out of a fair trial.

YET there is a promise

 Those who walked in the dark have seen a bright light.  And it shines upon everyone who lives in the land of dark shadows.

  Our Lord, you have made your nation stronger. Because of you, its people are glad and celebrate like those at harvest time

 You have broken the power of those who abused and enslaved your people. You have rescued them and saved your people

 We can rise above this decline as we focus on what is real.  Jesus doesn’t live in our time or our culture.  He is the real culture.  He orchestrates time.  He isn’t surprised by anything we see today.  He is preparing the way out. Don’t be lulled into thinking there is no hope.  Don’t become entranced by the seem riches of this world that take your eyes off the eternal.

 Spiritually and Culturally we are in the best of times and in the worst of times.  May God have mercy on us all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Truth of the Times - NOT THE END!

 

500 years before Christ was born, Old Testament prophets such as: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel spoke of a coming Messiah. 

 

Jesus is the fulfillment of those (over 300) Messianic Prophecies!

 

These prophecies were completely fulfilled in the first century during Jesus' life-time as He was and He is the Messiah to the world.

 

Then Jesus prophesied to His 4 disciples (Peter, James, John & Andrew) that during their lifetime - in the 1st century - there would be an end to the Old (Mosaic) Covenant System which would include the destruction of The Temple and the end of animal sacrifices. 

 

In other words - Bible Prophesy has been fulfilled! 

 

• We are not living in the end times or the last days.
• We are not living in the wrath and judgment of God.
• We are not waiting for all hell to break loose.
• We are not hopeless victims of evil.
• We are here to change the world as Christ did.
• We are here to bring heaven to earth.
• We are in the everlasting days of the eternal kingdom!!
• We are in the world without end. ( Eph. 3:21)
• We are here to tear down the old and build the new.
• We are here to plant, water and reap.
• We are here to subdue and have dominion.

Get out of the Holding Pattern

A good friend of mine sent me this and while I love his heart, I fear he has been diverted by bad theology:

Revelation 5:10

You have made us  to be kings and priests to serve Our GOD, and they will reign upon the earth.

Scholars tell us that the more correct translation is Made to be a kingdom of priests. Many believers, myself included, do not look far enough ahead in our Walk of faith to realize that in our new life in the heaven , that we all want to get to, is also a place of responsibilities. Revelation tells us that upon that day Christ will appoint those redeemed to a position of rulership to reign on earth. They will be appointed because they like Christ have prepared to offer these services to The kingdom. They will be given priestly functions and Shepherding duties. Both of these future positions are to help us focus today on what we are to do with our faith before that day comes. Jesus tells us we are to prepare to lead others in the Kingdom. It’s Monday and we like most Christians are more focused on being saved and the  salvation of our loved ones. Jesus tells us to use this period to prepare for serving GOD at much higher level of responsibility after HE returns. We are being created in HIS image and HE says HE is looking for leadership in all of us. We are to lead others in spiritual growth as we get stronger ourselves, by living HIS way of life. We lead others by example and the paths that we choose.  So  this week remember that even though you feel as though you have your future in heaven worked out , your about to get a promotion unlike anything you can imagine and it’s time as a John writes to prepare to reign as Kings and Priests.We have work to do!!

Have a wonderful week

Love you

Great heart, wonderful man, bad theology:

Jesus taught on the Kingdom of God, He gave a mandate. He sent out his followers.  The Kingdom of God is to expand, not go into a stasis waiting for the day when Jesus returns.

We already are kings and priests according to the word of God.  We are Sons and Daughters.  We have a responsibility right now right here to rule and reign with Christ on the earth. Not some far away time in the future. 

We have the responsibility to shepherd and lead those who are coming into the kingdom.

We need to stop getting ready and start carrying out the leadership we already are born again into.

We are not like some lost airplane forever in a holding pattern waiting for instructions to land.

The Perfect Testimony

Last Saturday Morning our men's group was treated to what I believe was the perfect example of how to give a testimony.  The man giving it is not a trained speaker although in listening to him I spotted real talent.

His name is Greg.  He is normally shy.  But he is deep. As a person who in Dale Carnegie trained over thousand people in Public Speaking from 1975-1985 and who assisted in the training of several hundred more from the time I first took the course in 1970, It changed my life and gave me deep appreciation for good platform presence and presentation.   It also painful when it's not.

If you are ever called on to give the perfect testimony as Greg did here are some tips (How he did it).

Brevity is the soul of wit.  Say less better.  Don't ramble. 

He constructed his talk thus: 

He began with genuine and sincere appreciation for being allowed to talk.  Gave accolades all around. Made people feel comfortable.

Then he stated the premise of his talk at the beginning. "How God Shows Up in the Little things".

He offered 3 clear simple personal examples. Not long, but clear and with drama.  The Exemplar Doce.... "The example makes it clear".

The stories didn't make Greg the hero.. it made him the recipient of God's grace.   We were right there with him.

He shared with a story how he came from simple churchianity to a profound encounter with the Holy.  How putting aside precincievd ideas led him to better truth.

He shared 4 different Biblical references.  Not to support his thesis, but to show how the Word helps reveal who God is and what that means to him.  Very personal and transparent.  He continually focused on the attributes of the Father.  So when he read and referred to these few passages, he did so with reverence and deep personal application.  A side note, most people that try to do this will hammer too many Bible references and use it to support their point. It is a sign of poor preparation and understanding.  

As he came to the end of his talk he carefully developed three points (challenges) for us all.  He asked the questions carefully but without accusation.  Greg is soft spoken but you could have heard a pin drop during his whole presentation.  

As a trainer of many great speakers and too many not so great, when it is done well it is a joy to behold.  If you were there Saturday Morning, you saw it done right.  Now go and do likelwise.  

Say Less Better.  Stop before you are done.  Don't talk in circles.

I wish many more would hear what Greg shared.. and maybe someday will.  Don't lose that number Greg.. you have a real gift.

 

 

 

What Damien Said

 The Equality Act that is pending in the Senate is a jackboot against Christianity.  This image says much about the anti-christ spirit in our Government .

Celebration of Life

Over the past few months facing unknown and knowing it might end, I have noticed--

The Sky is bluer

The air is fresher

The wind is bracing

Flowers Springing up.

Urges of a new year.  

Freindships Dearer

The hopes of tomrrow and the promises of eternity found.

The joy in the wife of my youth

It becomes a beautiful pattern that resists the tearing.  This life is a gift.  Every hour.  Every day.  Every minute. Every second. 

Oh that my eyes would have been opened this wide before.. but they are now wide open and alive