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.