The state of the union  

update it may have started

 

If my dating is correct, we have 2 more years, give or take a year, before we enter the last section of the map. I believe it will be very dark times for our nation and maybe the world, So I wanted to remind you and myself that “father has everything under control".  Romans 1

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

¹⁸ The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, ¹⁹ since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. ²⁰ For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

How much more proof does one need, the God of creation in the form of Jesus came to earth and dwelt with us. He gave us the scriptures, left us all kinds of evidence of his existence, his actions still have influence on our culture today.

²¹ For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²² Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

Many Scientists and educators have completely rejected the notion of God’s existence; they have spent billions looking for reasons of how and why life started, ignoring the facts. What we observe in nature is that complex systems degrade over time, and become less intricate rather than more complex, which is entirely the opposite. 

²⁴ Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. ²⁵ They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

²⁶ Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. ²⁷ In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

²⁸ Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. ²⁹ They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, ³⁰ slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; ³¹ they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. ³² Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Just look at the state of the union, and the state of the world, for that matter, it is time to say Wo!  Our untamed sexual behaviors have opened the door to all kinds of deviant actions. Sin uncheck will continue to spread just like a cancer. The next generation may have no foundation that is Godly to build on if a revival does not happen. The Gays and pan-sexuals or whatever they are calling themselves have taken over the air waves. Gender no longer has any meaning. If the next generations parents can't discern right from wrong, what will the future look like?

Today's youth don’t place a value on Life, just like a big game hunter seeking prey they prowl the streets looking for targets. they attack first and think about the consequences’ later. This is what a Godless society looks like. Lies and deception or preferred over truth if it benefits me. Corruption runs rampant in all levels of society, law enforcement, politics, education, and the judicial to name a few. What happened to accountability?

Nations have risen against their neighbors. populations are starving, fear and hopelessness his gripping the hearts and minds of the people. So, the tribulation of this world will only grow worst, especially because they have rejected the only one who can save them. 

  In closing      

Psalm 156 (Translated exclusively from the Dead Sea Scrolls: 11Q5 and 4Q88. Note: significant gaps occur in these manuscripts and some words have  been selectively added.)

A Plea for Deliverance.

1 A worm does not thank You, nor does a maggot recount Your lovingkindness. 2Only the living thank You, all they whose feet stumble do thank You, when You make Your lovingkindness known to them, and cause them to understand Your righteousness; 3 for the soul of all the living is in Your hand, and You have given breath to all flesh. 4 O LORD, do to us according to Your goodness, according to the greatness of Your mercies, and according to the greatness of Your righteous deeds.

5 The LORD listens to the voice of all who love His name, and He does not permit His lovingkindness to depart from them. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who does righteous deeds, who crowns His set-apart ones with lovingkindness and mercies.

7 My soul shouts to praise Your name, to praise Your mercies with jubilation, to announce Your faithfulness; for there is no limit to Your praises. 8 I belonged to death because of my sins, and my iniquities had sold me to Sheol; 9 but You saved me, O LORD, according to the greatness of Your mercies, and according to the greatness of Your righteous deeds. 10 I have, indeed, loved Your name, and have taken refuge in Your shadow. 11 My heart is strengthened when I remember Your power, and I rely on Your mercies.

12 Forgive my sins, O LORD, and purify me of my iniquity. 13 Grant me a spirit of faithfulness and knowledge; let me not be dishonored in ruin. 14 Do not allow the wicked one or an unclean spirit to overtake me, and do not allow pain or the evil inclination to possess my bones; 15 for You, O LORD, are my praise, and I hope in You every day. 16 My brethren rejoice with me, and the house of my father is astounded by Your graciousness.

17 I will always rejoice in You.

 

The Rapture revisited: part 1   

 

I had a dream some years back about the rapture, as I was ascending, I remembered looking back at the things I had left behind. I remember being given the choice to stay, or to continue ascending. There really wasn’t a choice for me personally, but it got me thinking. Can you honestly walk away from the thinks you have acquire if God calls you at a moment’s notice? Secondly, why was I looking back and not forward? Am I totally committed or serving but not with all of my heart? Are things controlling me or am I in control? I thought about the people I failed to reach; I will never have the chance to reach them ever again. If not but for your daddy’s grace this day will bring great joy and at the same time great sadness. Why you may ask?

 Revelations 21:4 Is a good place to start: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. This isn’t contextually accurate, but I wanted to point out the need for God to wipe away our tears. See also Isaiah 25:8

 I posted this dream back in May 2013, I wanted to see if anybody else was having dreams about the rapture. I did indeed fine many such dreams, however mine was different no one else mention being given the choice to stay in witness. In this dream I didn't see Jesus, I only heard his voice, If I would have seen him perhaps my focus would have been on Him and only Him. That’s why this dream has trouble me all these years.

 The wiping away off tear, is the focal point, why?

 Luke 17:29. But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

30.  So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

31.  On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

32.  Keep in mind Lot’s wife.

33.  If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

34.  I say to you, in that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

35.  Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

36.  Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

I gave you this scripture because I wanted to make a point, most teaches focus on things, but there is one other reason Lot's wife could have been looking back.    

 Lot just before the destruction of Sodom

Gen 19:12   Then the men said to Lot, are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;

13.  For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

14.  And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

15. And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

16.  But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

17.  And when they had put them out, he said, go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

 26.  But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

 It is believed by some, that Lot had four daughters only two of them escaped with their parents, the other two were left behind.

 

Conclusion:

 Consider what it will be like at the rapture, the joy of seeing the lord but the sadness and lost for those unreached, especially your loved ones, and the guilt one might carry from those missed opportunities.  Make every effort to win the lost. especially those in your circle of influence. But most importantly is to keep your eyes on the prize, the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Judgment

 

Are you ready for judgment, are you prepared, when hardship comes will you remain faithful, Heat and pressure is needed to produce a diamond? Are you a diamond, or just a lump of coal? Judgement is coming it is inevitable. I want to be clear I not referring to judgment day, the day of the lord, but the judgement of this nation, when her sin has reached its tipping point. Israel was a prime example, let us look back 2000 years ago.

 

The Jewish nation, rejected the Lord, and chose to follow the Satan who instigated the lord’s demise, (threw the religious leadership): They rejected the truth, in spite of the miracles. He walked in their presence, they experienced His love, His mercy, and His grace first hand but instead they chose the Deceiver and murderer because they loved their sins more then they loved God, the only hope of salvation. And so, 70 years later the romans came an destroyed the things they coveted most.

 

Matthew 23:13-36 (Leadership)
a. their works were done to be seen of man
b. they choose the best for themselves
c. they loved their titles, they felt they were better, and exalted themselves above others
d. they were hypocrites, and pretenders

e. they took advantage of the poor
f. they were motivated by greed and not GOD
g. they neglected the law, justice, mercy and faith.
h. they looked the part but, on the inside, they were full of extortion and self-indulgences

verses 29-36,

If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. (These are the same people responsible for the death of Jesus) verse 31, you are witnesses against yourselves, that on you may come all the righteous bloods shed on the earth.

 

Let us look at America and her leadership historically, (Christian leaders)

a. the framer of the Constitution broke the very laws they created from the beginning, (if all men were created equal, how come all non-white were not. They even discriminated against non-Christians, or Christians who did not practice their same beliefs system).

b. the American Indian’s land was stolen, so that whites could have it.

c. History was changed or distorted to perpetrated and elevate one race above another. 

e. Music, Invention and patents were stolen or taken because all men were not treated fairly, a good example is Thomas Edison, He tried to steal one of Granville Woods patents for the early train warning system.

 

Prejudice and Discrimination

 

These Sins have plagued this nation for far too long, but now I believe God is taking notice. Genetics have proven we are all one, there is no difference, race does not exist scientifically.

Therefore, you are without an excuse to hate without cause. Scripture and Science agree, where two or more agree a thing is established, not that the Word need Science. So, discrimination has no foundation, it is all based on lies. Those founding fathers did not practice what they preached, Lincoln didn’t free the slaves because it was the right thing to do, but to save the union. He even paid reparations to Washington slave owners for their losses.

 

Prejudice and Discrimination is the foundation on which Trumpism is built, (Make America Great or, White must come first). Have you listened to their dialogs and their reasonings for doing what they do? Where is the love and compassion for our brethren, all I am hearing are accusations? 

 

Not everything they are saying is wrong, like abortion is murder, and homosexuality is sin but so is fornication and adultery and all other sexual sins outside of marriage, but hate without a cause is a much greater sin because you are passing judgement, and you will be judge based on how you judge others. Secondly God will save Israel not America, we aren’t even mentioned in scriptures. This leads me back to Matthew verses 29 to 31, the cup is full, the lies of the past have produced a harvest, called deception. Did you hear what the protesters who invaded the capital were saying? They've rejected the truth and they have chosen the lie instead; they have rejected the evidence and preferred fiction. Why? because they've been trained by their parents and by misguided leadership, who were trained by past generations. They have been made, formed, and shaped by ideas created in the pit of hell. They believe that it is God's divine order that they be in control because they are superior to all others, but a foundation built on lies, is no foundation. A harvest of bad seed produces a harvest of bad fruit. Only truth is eternal and unchanging and God is truth. A repentant and loving people will only save this nation, but they don't want to change, because our nation, just like Israel, his rejected Jesus. So, Judgement will Come.   

 

 

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