tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33635487074339656412024-02-07T15:49:16.849-07:00"Behold, I come quickly" - Revelation 3:11Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-36020827300558099412021-04-12T23:00:00.004-06:002021-04-24T23:52:52.935-06:00Don't Take Any of Them<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the Bible, t<span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">he Greek word for mark, as in mark of the beast, means etching or engraving, as in etching an unfired clay pot with a stylus, as in breaking the skin, as inserting a hypodermic needle into the skin. The pandemic vaccines are conditioning people to allow the government to "mark" them.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">In Revelation 13, the first beast represents a world government, an alliance of nations operating under the leadership of the Antichrist. The second beast, which has two horns like a lamb but sounds like a dragon, represents a false world religion. In the book of Revelation, the Lamb of God represents Jesus Christ, but the second beast is a false lamb, actually a syncretism of religions that unite with the first beast and form a satanic political and religious system. This beast system will require "everyone</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><span class="text Rev-13-16" id="en-HCSB-30924">—</span></span></span></span>small and great, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><span class="text Rev-13-16" id="en-HCSB-30924">rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, </span><span class="text Rev-13-17" id="en-HCSB-30925">so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name." (Revelation 13:16-17)<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Who funded the Pfizer, Moderna and J&J experimental vaccines? It was the US government's Operation Warp Speed. Governments around the world are promoting these vaccines. Religious leaders are adding their support too. The Pope called the COVID vaccine a "moral obligation." </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">"I believe that, ethically, everyone has to get the vaccine," he said. Franklin Graham said Jesus would be an advocate for vaccines. Do you see what is happening? We are witnessing governments and religions unite behind a precursor, a prototype, of the mark. It is not yet the mark, but it is like a train that will arrive at that destination. Let me put it another way: the final pandemic vaccine will be the mark of the beast.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Please don't take it. Please don't take any of them.</span></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-57574674734580695112021-02-09T19:41:00.003-07:002021-02-09T19:45:42.793-07:00COVID-19 Vaccines Are a Dangerous Experiment on our Population<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a refreshing
flash of honesty, <a href="https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/the_facts_about_pfizer_and_biontech_s_covid_19_vaccine">Pfizer’s
website</a> acknowledged that its COVID-19 vaccine is not FDA approved:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">“The
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but has been authorized for emergency use
by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">In other words,
the vaccine is <i>experimental</i>. It has not completed the FDA’s standard safety
and efficacy testing and was only authorized for temporary emergency use. You
could be forgiven for not knowing that because government, media and medical
authorities have obscured this fact. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html">The
New York Times</a> stated the Pfizer and Modern COVID-19 vaccines are “approved
for full use.” Fact checker alert: False. <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/for-patients.html#safety">John
Hopkins University</a> claimed all vaccines must meet the FDA’s rigorous safety
and efficacy standards, but neglected to mention the emergency authorization is
based on a lesser, arbitrary standard. At a vaccine rollout event, the grandfatherly
Dr. Fauci proclaimed, “I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy
of this vaccine.” Okay, but it is still unapproved and experimental. The
question remains: Are the COVID-19 vaccines truly safe? <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">No Substitute for Time</span></span></h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">It normally takes
<a href="https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation">10
to 15 years to develop and approve</a> new vaccines. Years of testing are
needed to know the short- and long-term effects. There is no substitute for
time. Some adverse reactions, such as autoimmune diseases, infertility and
cancers, may take months or years to manifest. We also want to know how long
immunity lasts. Is it days, months, years? The COVID-19 vaccines were developed
and authorized in only a matter of months. Phase III trials spanned all of 10
weeks. Nobody truly knows how safe or effective the vaccines are because testing
was woefully shortened. We will not know until after the majority of our
population is vaccinated. If something goes terribly wrong, it will be too
late.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new mRNA vaccine
technology used by Pfizer and Moderna has never been approved before for human
use (and still is not). In fact, these products are not even vaccines. A <a href="https://www.medicinenet.com/vaccination/definition.htm">vaccine</a> is a substance
that stimulates an immune reaction to create antibodies against a particular
disease. The mRNA technology uses genetic engineering to cause the cells in our
body to manufacture spike proteins of the coronavirus, provoking an
autoimmune-type reaction where our immune system attacks what our own cells are
making. What could possibly go wrong with that? <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adverse Events and PEG Allergies</span></span></h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">We can look at
the CDC’s <a href="https://vaers.hhs.gov/">Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting
System</a> (VAERS) for an idea of what has gone wrong so far. VAERS is a passive
or voluntary reporting system for vaccine reactions. Famously, a <a href="https://digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-2011.pdf">report
funded by the Department of Health and Human Services</a> found it contained
less than 1% of adverse reactions. So, it is only a snapshot. From the COVID-19
vaccine’s introduction on 12/15/20 through 1/22/21 (5 weeks), VAERS reported 9,795
adverse reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, including 285 deaths. (If
these represent only 1%, then the real figures may be closer to 979,500 adverse
events and 28,500 deaths.) Reactions ranged from headache, fatigue and nausea
to convulsions, seizures and anaphylactic shock. Most of the people who died
after vaccination were over age 65. I suspect the frail bodies of some elderly
cannot handle the stress of the vaccine and their bodies succumb. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-15/norway-warns-of-vaccination-risks-for-sick-patients-over-80">Officials
in Norway</a> came to the same conclusion after 23 people died shortly after
receiving their first dose. Sadly, Idaho began vaccinating the elderly on Feb.
1 without regard for this grim risk. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">We also know <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6512330/">the majority of people</a>
have antibodies against an ingredient in the vaccine, polyethylene glycol
(PEG), which may cause an allergic reaction. A small but nontrivial percentage
of people have high levels of PEG antibodies and are at risk of severe
reactions including anaphylactic shock, which can be fatal without immediate
medical intervention. If you decide to get the vaccine, get it near a hospital. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even More Serious Safety Questions</span></span></h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beyond what we
know about the vaccines, there is what we do not know. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Could the vaccines
alter DNA? Every cell in our bodies contains our unique DNA, the blueprint for
life. Cells transcribe portions of DNA to create messenger RNA (mRNA), which
ribosomes read like software code to manufacture proteins. The mRNA vaccines push
synthetic RNA into our cells and hijack the ribosomes to create spike proteins
of the coronavirus. This process of pushing mRNA into cells is called RNA
transfection. Gene editing technologies like <a href="https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/genome-editing/geneart-crispr/crispr-transfection.html">CRISPR-Cas9</a>
also use RNA transfection to genetically modify living cells. While the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html">CDC
claims</a> the vaccines do not alter DNA, it is at least concerning that
scientists also use the same technique to modify DNA. Personally, I am not satisfied
DNA mutation could not occur, even in an unexpected or unusual way.
Furthermore, <a href="https://pfe-pfizercom-d8-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/2020-11/C4591001_Clinical_Protocol_Nov2020.pdf">Pfizer’s
clinical trial protocols</a> stated: “No testing of the participant’s DNA will
be performed.” If they are not testing DNA, how can they definitively claim DNA
mutation does not occur? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Could the COVID-19
vaccines cause infertility? <a href="https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/the_facts_about_pfizer_and_biontech_s_covid_19_vaccine">Pfizer
admits</a> that an amino acid sequence in the coronavirus spike protein matches
the syncytin-1 protein found in human placentas and <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261257414_Syncytin-1_and_its_receptor_is_present_in_human_gametes">gametes</a>
(sperm). Is it possible the vaccine will cause a person’s immune system to target
syncytin-1 in their reproductive system and cause infertility? Pfizer said no
but, again, did not test for it. With no hard science to back their denial, the
question remains open. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Could the
vaccines make COVID-19 symptoms worse through <a href="https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/12/18/antibody-dependent-enhancement">antibody-dependent
enhancement</a> (ADE)? Previous attempts to develop vaccines for the SARS and
MERS coronaviruses failed during animal testing because the <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/pfizer-covid-vaccine-trial-shows-alarming-evidence-of-pathogenic-priming-in-older-adults">vaccinated
animals died</a> when exposed to the wild virus. Instead of developing
antibodies that neutralized the viruses, the animals developed non-neutralizing
antibodies that paradoxically enhanced the viruses’ ability to enter cells and
spread and made the disease significantly worse. This is a known problem with coronaviruses
that was discovered in the 1960s when developing the Respiratory Syncytial
Virus (RSV) vaccine. During a human trial, vaccinated children were exposed to
the virus and 80% had to be hospitalized and two died because of an ADE effect.
Pfizer claims their vaccine creates neutralizing antibodies for COVID-19, but
what about the mutated strains popping up around the world? Could it become
non-neutralizing for one of them? If so, we would have a much more serious
pandemic on our hands – among the vaccinated. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alternative Treatments – Is a Vaccine Necessary? </span></span></h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">The question
should also be asked, do we need a vaccine at all? Despite the government and
media’s drumbeat of COVID-19 fearmongering, the survival rate for people not in
a nursing home is <a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-5352?utm_source=24-scientists-determine-death-rate-covid-19-general-population&utm_medium=email&utm_content=published+in+the+Annals+of+Internal+Medicine&utm_campaign=ag&">99.74%</a>.
The survival rate for people under 40 is 99.99%. By comparison, the <a href="https://ioem.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2020/07/2019-Idaho-Emergency-Operations-Plan.pdf">Idaho
Emergency Operations Plan</a> defines a pandemic as having less than 98.5%
survival rate, which only holds true for the vulnerable age group of people
over 70, especially those with serious health issues. This begs the question as
to why a more targeted approach to managing COVID-19 was not taken, instead of the
broad and destructive lockdowns and restrictions.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most COVID-19
deaths and ICU admissions could have been avoided with common, inexpensive
medicines. Medical studies have long shown that vitamin D reduces the <a href="https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/2010/10000/Vitamin_D_Supplementation_Could_Reduce_the_Risk_of.30.aspx">risk</a>
and <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20008294/">severity</a> of
respiratory virus illnesses. Deficiency in vitamin D is associated with a <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770157">77%
increased risk</a> of contracting COVID-19. A study in Spain found a <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960076020302764">96%
reduction in ICU admissions</a> for COVID-19 patients supplemented with vitamin
D. The region of Andalusia, Spain, distributed vitamin D to nursing home
residents and saw <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9148549/Conservative-MP-calls-nationwide-rollout-vitamin-D-tablets.html">an
82% decrease</a> in COVID-19 deaths. Why did the CDC never recommend it? My
family began supplementing vitamin D and C in January 2020 and then we all got
COVID-19 in June. For my youngest daughter, it was only one day of fatigue. My
wife and I, who are in our 40s, were back working out within a week,
thankfully. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a
mountain of scientific evidence that <a href="https://ivmmeta.com/">ivermectin</a>
and <a href="https://c19study.com/">hydroxychloroquine</a> (paired with zinc)
are highly effective in preventing and curing COVID-19. These drugs are
off-patent and inexpensive. Dr. Fauci’s own National Institute of Health has
known since 2005 that <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16115318/">chloroquine
could be effective</a> against coronaviruses. More recently, <a href="https://www.brighteon.com/e2ce72c6-cd94-4409-9406-1d92b82a9219">Dr.
Pierre Kory testified</a> in a senate hearing about the unbelievable results of
using ivermectin. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had the
ability to treat COVID-19 all along, yet the FDA and CDC ignored these easy,
inexpensive treatments in favor of Operation Warp Speed, an $18 billion
boondoggle to rush experimental vaccines to market. I will leave it to the
reader to imagine the motivations and agendas behind this decision, though one
is glaringly obvious. There is little money to be made in vitamins and
off-patent drugs, but $$$ billions to be made in patented vaccines with the
government funding R&D and guaranteeing a huge market and zero product
liability for the pharmaceutical companies. As the saying goes, follow the
money. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where Is Informed Consent?</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the wake of
the Nuremberg Trials after World War 2, the terrible medical experiments in
concentration camps inspired the creation of a set of ethical principles for
medical experimentation called the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121268/">Nuremberg Code</a>.
The cornerstone of this code is informed consent without duress. Let me ask: Were
you told the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental? Were you fully informed about
the risks of adverse reactions, both known and unknown? Were you informed that
effective alternative therapies exist? Do you feel pressure to take this
vaccine from your workplace or because of potential travel or other
restrictions? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">People can make
their own decisions about taking these vaccines. But there is a grave violation
here on the part of medical and government authorities for failing to fully
inform.</span></span></p>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-49382980528161013492021-01-09T21:30:00.000-07:002021-01-09T22:30:39.646-07:00Vaccines, DNA Manipulation and the Abomination of Desolation<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">THE FOLLOWING IS A RE-POST. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE WAS MARCH 31, 2016. <br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"<i>And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men.</i>" - Daniel 2:4<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">3</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Con<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">spiracy Truth in X Files</span> </span></span></h4>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">M</span>y wife and I recently watched Episodes 1 and 6 of the new X Files<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. Wow<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">!</span> </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I</span>t <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was</span> unbelievable how much <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">conspiracy <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">truth <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span>revealed<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> i<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">n </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">these episodes</span></span></span>.</span> Aliens, alien ab<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ductions, advanced UFO<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> technology, the human depopulation agenda,</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> geoengineering/</span>chemtrails, DNA manipulation and so on<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> - it's all there. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">From my <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">perspective</span>, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">9<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">7</span>% of <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">what <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was </span>presented </span>is based <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">on </span>reality<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">while </span></span></span>the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">re<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">maining </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">3</span>% <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">are </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the BIG LIES <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that Satan <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">will use</span> to deceive the world.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">[<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">To borrow a phrase from Jo<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">shua <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Coy, </span></span></span>I'm not a con<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">spiracy theorist - I'm a conspiracy therapist. I want to help people come to terms with the reality that <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">has been </span>hidden from the<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">m.]</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">After discussing the shows, we </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">both <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">had</span> </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>realization. It was <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">like</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>this <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">u<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ndersta<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nding was </span></span></span></span></span></span>downloaded into our spirits:</span></span> Episode 6 <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">outli<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nes a<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">major </span></span>part of <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the satanic</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">plan</span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> for<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>the abomination of desolation </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">prophesi<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ed </span>in the book of </span>Daniel and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">spoken of </span>by Jesus<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> in the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gospels </span>of Matthew and Mark<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">However, </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">X File<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">maintains </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the BIG LIE</span> by portraying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the abomination </span>as a good thing that <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">saves</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>people, rather than <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the </span>curse it will really be.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Before continuing, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I'd suggest you</span> watch </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> the two X Files episodes. It<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">'s not for children <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and some of the content is<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> a bit freaky, but <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">to be honest, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">it's</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">best </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">to </span>get used to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">freaky </span>beca<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">use the whole world is going <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that way soon<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. By </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God's power we will overcome freaky. You can stream <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">episodes </span></span>online here:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.fox.com/watch/607308867569/7756658688" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">X Files - Episode 1 "My Struggle"</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.fox.com/watch/627373123941/7756658688" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">X Files - Episode 6 "My Struggle II"</span></a><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Vaccines Cause Imm<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">un<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">System Failure </span>Requiring Al<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ien<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> DNA<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Cure?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Whatever <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">happens</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, don't take the vaccine. </span></span></i><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In the X Files show, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">people</span></span>'s immune system<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">were</span></span> compromised <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">on a mass scale by</span> exposure to a "Spartan virus"<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> in tainted </span>vaccines<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In addition</span>, a compoun<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">d<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> delivered in chemtrails <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">(i.e. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">strat<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">o</span>spheric </span>aerosol spraying) triggered an accelerated immune <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">system breakdown. E</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">veryone <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">started</span> dying of common diseases. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This </span>was <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">by design<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> and</span> the result of </span>a human de<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">popula<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">tion agenda <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">motivated by</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> saving the planet from </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">man-caused global warming<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span>he only cure was to add alien DNA to humans <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">so the<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">y would be<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> pro<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">tected. In the show Sculley already possessed because of her <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">unusual </span>history. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">his <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">cure <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">portrayed as </span></span>good <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and nec<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">essary. But in real life <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">it </span>will be the exact oppo<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">site.</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I believe this kind of DNA manipulation </span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">will be <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a</span> </span>trigger for </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the</span> biblical </span>abomi<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nation of des<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">olation. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Such </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a</span> c<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">o<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">rruption of the human <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">genome with <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">alien DNA <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">would <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">open pathways for </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Satan<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> and his cohort</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> to manipulate, influence <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">even </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">hijack <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">human bodies.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span>More on that later<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">including how <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we </span>can avoid it and defeat it supern<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">aturally <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">with prayer</span></span>!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There is <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a long-running human depopulation </span>agenda <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">being carried out</span> surreptitiously by<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> the elite</span>. Its twin strategies are to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">(1) <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">r</span>educe the birth rate and (2) <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">i</span>ncrease the death rate. T<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">h</span></span>e Georgia Guidestones even <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">have </span>t<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">he audacit<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">y to proclaim <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">global population <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">target. </span>It is </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">500<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> million, which <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is about </span>a 95% reduction from today. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"In perpetual balance with nature" <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is another way of saying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"to sav<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e the planet from man<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">-caused global warming." <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is why the elite are pushing the climate change agenda so hard. It's part of the plan to control and depopulate humanity. T</span>he elite w<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ant to have the resources of the planet for themselves, and don't want too many other people around to compete <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">for t<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">hem</span></span>. They want just enough people to serve <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">them as serfs <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and slaves.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Vaccines <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">have become </span>a vector for <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">in<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">troducing </span></span>agents into our bodies <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that suppress immune systems and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">c<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ause chronic </span>d<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">isease<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">earlier death a<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s well as infertility</span>. This <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is called</span> "soft kill" technology,<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> because it <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">occurs </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">slowly and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">imperceptibly</span>, so <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">people don't realize they are being <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">population<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">-</span>reduced. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It's v</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ery sinister.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> T</span>he Center for Disease Control (CDC)<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> admitted a monkey </span>virus <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">called SV40 </span>linked to cancer was added to polio vaccines from <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">from </span>195<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">5</span> to 1963 and in<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">fected </span>10 to 30 million Americans. 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sans-serif">issue</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, listen to thi<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s <a href="http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/02/21/florida-doctors-are-being-killed-for-saving-your-children-from-cancer/" target="_blank">compelling interview with Dr. Ted Broer</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Chemtrails are used for weather modification and climate engineering, but <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the aluminum, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">barium and strontiu<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">m in the sprays are neuroto<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">xins <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">suppress </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">immune <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">systems </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">causes </span>disease. There is evidence that many other compounds, even organi<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">c compounds like <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">desiccated</span> blood cells,</span> are being added to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the aerosol </span>sprays to target humans. What exactly are they doing to us? Who knows, but <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">am sure it's not</span></span> good. <a href="http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/" target="_blank">Geo</a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/" target="_blank">e</a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/" target="_blank">ngineering Watch</a> is a<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">n i<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nformative </span>site for learning <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">more<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> about this topic.</span></span></span></span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The technology to modify human DNA exists right now.</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Gene editing </span></span>has
occurred in secret laboratories for decades and is light-years ahead of
what is publicly acknowledged. Even so, the publicly acknowledged
technology is stunning. They can</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> modify the DNA of sperm, eggs, embryos and even ADULT
HUMANS. In fact, in a radio interview <a href="http://skywatchtv.com/" target="_blank">Tom Horn</a> mentioned
that a laboratory is sending him a CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing kit (also mentioned in the X Files episode), just
so he can demonstrate how readily available this technology is.</span></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Regarding
the question of aliens, yes, they exist but aren't who they say they
are. The Bible tells us <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who </span>the aliens are and what their agenda is,
which <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">will be </span>addressed in <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the next part</span> of <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">this </span>series</span>.</span></span></li>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">he point <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">here</span> </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is that t</span></span>he X Files storyline is plausible based on what we already know. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">However, w</span>hen we<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>take into account what the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Scriptures say</span> happened in the ancient past and w<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">hat it prophesies will </span>happen in the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">end times</span>, this story becomes more than plausible. It<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">seems </span></span>like Satan is even tipping his hand<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> a<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nd <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">revealing</span> his <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">agenda</span>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">By the way<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the enemy </span></span>does this all the time through art and media. This is from </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a 1997<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Simpsons episode:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">How Can This Be? <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And W</span>hy Does It Matter?</span></span></h4>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">At <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">this </span>point<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, many people <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">wil<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">l <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">be objecting </span>because this material seems too crazy <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">or too <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">disturbing</span>. I want to address that and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">exp<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">lain why <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">must </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">understand this<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> and prepare for what's<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> coming.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text 1John-5-19" id="en-NASB-30644">"<i>We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.</i>" - 1 John 5:19</span> </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">When
Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil, He was taken to a high mountain
and shown all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. Satan offered
these kingdoms to him if Jesus would worship him.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"<span class="text Matt-4-10" id="en-NASB-23220"><i>Then Jesus said to him, </i><span class="woj"><i>'Go, Satan! For it is written, "<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">You shall worship the Lord your God, and</span> <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">serve Him only</span>."'</i>" - Matthew 4:10</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Please note </span>that Jesus did not <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">say Sata<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">n <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">lacked <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">power to give these kingd<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">oms. Ins<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">tead, </span>Jesus<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>said our wor<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ship and allegiance belongs to God alone. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span>he devil <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">exercises</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">great</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">influe<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nce over this world in its </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">present form. Its kingd<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">om<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s and institutions,<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> including</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> f<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">i<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nance, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">commerce, education, media, even science & technology, are in his grip<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> a<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nd carry out many of his<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> agendas</span></span>. </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Satan is the father of lies<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. He deceives, distracts and makes evil appear good. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span></span>his world <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is enmeshed in <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">his lies, so many layers of </span>deception, and we are all <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ens<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nared </span></span>by it to a degree.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>I</span></span>s <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">it really <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">surprising</span> that the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">assertions made <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">in the previous section can be true and most people would not know it?</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jesus said <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the tru<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">th sets <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">us </span>free. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>To the degree that we can expose these lies <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and act upon the truth, we can throw off the chains<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">,</span> be who Go<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">d created us to be and do <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">his <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">work</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But Satan <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">did not win </span>his power on earth by right or authority<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. He won it</span> by deception and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">manipulation</span>.<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> He cheated. You se<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e, God gave dominion of the earth <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">to mankind:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"</span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><span class="text Gen-1-26" id="en-NASB-26">Then God said, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">'</span>Let
Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the
cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps
on the earth.<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">'</span></span></i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"</span><span class="text Gen-1-28" id="en-NASB-28"><i>God blessed them; and God said to them, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">'</span>Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over
the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living
thing that moves on the earth.'</i>" <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">- </span>Gene<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">sis 1:26<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, </span>28</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Lord <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is a covenant God who keeps his word. </span></span>He is a <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God of order who establishes<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> dominions<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>and authorities</span>. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">also respects <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">t<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">he </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">authorities</span> He establishe<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s</span>. </span></span></span>Even after the rebellion of Adam and Even in the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Garden of Eden and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">subsequent curses</span>, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">did not take away mankind's domi<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nion over the earth. We still have it:</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"<i><span class="text Ps-115-16" id="en-NASB-15847">The heavens are the heavens of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,</span></i><span class="text Ps-115-16"><i> </i></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Ps-115-16"><i>But the earth He has given to the sons of men.</i>"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Ps-115-16">- Psalm 115:16</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Satan,
before he led an angelic rebellion against God, was a beautiful and
powerful cherub, a high order angelic being. No doubt in earlier ages
God bestowed on him authorities and dominions as well. When
Satan fell, he and his minions were cursed and run out of the third
heaven, the realm of God's throne. These rebel angels were demoted to
second heaven, where they continue to exist and exercise certain powers
and authorities<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>until the final judgment day. This why the
Apostle Paul wrote:</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NASB-29350"> </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NASB-29350">"<i>For
our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against
the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.</i>" - Ephesians 6:12</span></span> <br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">To
project power on earth, Satan must co-opt the agreement of men. Through
deception, Satan manipulates people to be his agents, not only to do
his will but also to act as spiritual gateways through which Satan and his minions
project power and even manifest their presence on earth. They must do
this because the dominion of earth belongs to men.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yet
because so many men and women yield to Satan, the Scriptures are able
to say, "The whole world lies in the power of the evil one."</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This
is key: God also respects mankind's dominion of earth and chooses to
carry out his agenda through men and women who yield to him. We who are
born again and belong to Christ are God's front-line agents on earth,
his warrio<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">rs in <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">this </span></span>spiritual battle space.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is why Jesus taught us to pray:</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"<i>Y<span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj">our will be done</span></span></i><span class="indent-1"><i><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span></i><span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj"><i>on earth as it is in heaven.</i>" - Matthew 6:10</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj">Through our prayer and faith<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, </span>God's will <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and purposes are <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">accomplished</span> on the </span>earth. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">His people</span> are the ones through whom God projects his power <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">here</span>.
And a mighty power that is! <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It is a great</span></span> honor. This is why prayer and submission are so
important. While God sends his angelic host to protect and serve
mankind, the redeemed of mankind are God's <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">front line on earth.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj">It gets even more amazing. Christ's death and resurrection were the coup de grace, the decisive blow to Satan and his minions:</span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NASB-29510">"<i>When
He [God] had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public
display of them, having triumphed over them through Him [Christ].</i>" - Colossians 2:15</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NASB-29510"><br /></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NASB-29510">They
were disarmed and paraded through the heavens, like defeated foes.
Jesus Christ's authority and power are supreme.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NASB-29510">Not only that, but Jesus
shares his authority with us:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NASB-29510">"</span><span class="woj"><i>Behold,
I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over
all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.</i>" - Luke 10:19</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is</span> the power God has given to us<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">!</span> What <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">d</span>o we have to fear from serpents and scorpions, from what Satan and his minions will try to inflict <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">upon the </span>earth in his final throes and last days? </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj"> We have been given authority over <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ALL <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">power of the enemy</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj">Not only do we already have Christ's authority, but we already have his every blessing in the heavenly realms:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj">"<i>Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.</i>" - Ephesians 1:3</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj">We already have it! <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It's sitting there wai<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ting for us <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">to</span></span></span> pray it through. By faith, according to God's will, we pray his blessings and exercise <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Christ's </span>authority on earth.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span class="woj">"</span><span class="text 1Cor-4-20" id="en-NASB-28454"><i>For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.</i>" - 1 Corinthians 4:20</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But i</span>f Christians are enmeshed and immobilized by the deceptions of Satan, </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">if <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we don't d<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">raw near to our <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Lord and know his will, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">if </span></span>we don't </span>understand <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who our enemy is and what <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">his schemes are, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>if we <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">don't understand the contours of the battlefield or the power we have in Christ,<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">how can we be effective <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">agen<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ts in the end times spiritual battle that is upon us? The stakes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">extend beyond this <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">short </span>life and into eternity.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">M</span>a<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ny <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">sit</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> on the sidelines, distracted by the worries and pleasures of the world, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">unaware of</span> the w<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ar <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">raging around us. S<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">atan knows his days are short and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is preparing <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">for</span> his final assault. </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I</span>t is so important for <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Christians </span>to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">awaken</span>, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">perceive </span>reality <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">accurately, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">put on the full armo<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">r of God</span></span></span></span> and take up <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a </span>sword.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">older daughter recently ask<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ed some<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> questions about the sp<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">iritual<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> realm, some of wh<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ich<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> may </span>seem scary. But </span></span></span></span></span>I f<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">inished by saying, "We are on the winning team, and we have the most power<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">.</span>" She smiled at that thought.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-91426183545399223792020-09-27T14:10:00.000-06:002020-09-27T17:50:29.573-06:00Civil War - Repost<p> </p><p>(This article was originally posted on June 27, 2018<span style="font-size: small;">.)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Appended below are two articles from early 2017 about the civil war and conflict coming to America.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I am re-posting them because the alternative media and blogosphere recently started proclaiming how America is heading into a civil war with the political left pitted against the right. For example:</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.infowars.com/america-is-now-in-a-civil-war/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">America is Now in a Civil War (Infowars)</span></span></a><br />
<a href="https://newswars.com/historian-links-current-political-environment-to-pre-civil-war" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Historian Links Current Political Environment to Pre-Civil War (Newswars)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://canadafreepress.com/article/gop-congressman-warns-nation-headed-to-civil-war" target="_blank">GOP Congressman Warns Nation Headed to Civil War (Canada Free Press)</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/opinion-editorial/opinions-from-the-web/2745-dear-america-the-left-has-declared-war-on-you" target="_blank">Dear America, the Left Has Declared War on You (Hal Turner Radio Show)</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Whether the civil war will be sparked by recent events or something yet to happen, I don't know, but please understand the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">conflict will have no winners. As I explained in the articles, it will be a judgment from God for all of the unrepentant bloodshed, idolatry and immorality committed by this nation. The only thing that ever could have saved our nation is repentance before a holy God, but this has not happened. Deliverance will certainly NOT come from politics or violence. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So don't participate in the hatred and violence being stirred up in the nation. It will achieve nothing, except to bring further judgment on yourself. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/civil-war-foreboding.html" target="_blank">CIVIL WAR FOREBODING</a> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">On
the evening before the presidential inauguration, Donald Trump and his family stood
in front of the Lincoln Memorial while U.S. marines sang the Battle Hymn
of the Republic. The song originated during the Civil War, and Lincoln was presid<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ent during </span>the Civil War <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and was </span>assassinat<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ed</span> near the
end of it.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The scene was very foreboding. I'll explain why.</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I see two strongly held beliefs in the
Christian community, each backed with prophetic dreams, visions and
words:</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">1) Trump is God’s chosen man to restore traditional America and give it a reprieve - MAJORITY VIEW.<br />
2) Trump is not what he says he is and is part of God’s judgment on America - MINORITY VIEW</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They can’t both be true. God is not the author of confusion and is
not going to send two mixed, contradictory messages. One or the other is
a deception. Full disclosure: I am in the second camp.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">
</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">When
the prophecy from Mark Taylor came out earlier last year about Trump
being God's chosen man to restore America, I had recently read Jeremiah
28 about the false prophet Hananiah. He claimed God would throw off the
yoke of Babylon and make Judah great again, even though God had declared
judgment against the nation. The Lord impressed on my heart that I was
witnessing the same kind of false prophecy today. America is under
judgment for its wickedness, and God is not going to give the nation a
reprieve unless it REPENTS, which I see no evidence for. On the
contrary, the calamities of judgment will be the means He uses to move
some hearts to repentance. Judgment is a mercy, lest even more souls
fall into hell. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A
couple weeks ago I was up late praying and seeking insight about the
times we are in and also about Obama and Trump and their roles in it.
The next morning my 9-year-old daughter came in my office and showed me
Judges 9, specifically Jotham’s parable of the trees, because she felt
like God wanted to show her something there. I think the Lord did have a
message for her, but it was also an answer to my prayer. The
Lord brought Judges 9 and the story of Abimelech to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">my wife and I'<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s </span></span>attention several
times recently, but <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we </span>never really understood the significance of it.
Then it hit me that story is a prophetic metaphor for America. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Since </span>Abimelech and the men of Shechem committed murder and wickedness, God
allowed a spirit of conflict to arise that would divide the nation and
provoke a form of civil war -- as a divine judgment.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Barack
Obama is represented by <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">King </span>Abimelech<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. </span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Another
character arises named Gaal son of Ebed<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">,</span> who stirs up the men of
Shechem against Abimelech, and who I believe represents Donald Trump:</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Now
Gaal the son of Ebed came with his relatives, and crossed over into
Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him." - Judges 9:26</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There was much bloodshed and many died in the ensuing battles, which again was God's intended judgment for their wickedness. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">n the end Abimelech gets a fatal head
wound from a millstone dropped on him. This is very interesting in light
of this description of the beast in Revelation 13:</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">“I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed.” – Revelation 13:3</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Like Gaal, t</span>he
purpose of Trump is to stir up half the country, and especially the
Christians, against the other half who follow Obama and his agenda. I believe a
civil conflict/war is coming. Trump is probably going to be a scapegoat
for the economic collapse, jihad attacks, etc., and that blame will be
transferred onto the far right and especially onto Christians, which is
exactly what Obama wants and could set him up for a return to power.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">MANY
people <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">believe </span>martial law coming to this nation at some point. Let
me make a speculation: It won't be Obama who instigates martial law,
but it will be Donald Trump in response to some catastrophe like a jihad
attack. 90% of Christians will love it and want it and cheer for it
because it's Trump. Except in the end it will be turned against them. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">That
same morning my daughter also flipped open to a page <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">in </span>her Bible that she thought was significant too. There was an illustration that showed the
writing on the wall for Belshazzar in Daniel 5. That really spoke to me
because twice already I felt the Lord impress on me that Trump will
meet an untimely demise:</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">“Now
this is the inscription that was written out: ‘MENĒ, MENĒ, TEKĒL,
UPHARSIN.’ This is the interpretation of the message: ‘MENĒ’—God has
numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. ‘TEKĒL’—you have been
weighed on the scales and found deficient. ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been
divided and given over to the Medes and Persians… That same night
Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.” – Daniel 5:25-28,30</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Last
week before the inauguration <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we</span> asked the Lord directly whether Obama
will stay in office. Becaus<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e I did not think <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Trump would actually <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">reach the White House<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> in light of <a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2016/11/living-in-time-of-antichrist-daniel.html" target="_blank">who Obama is</a> and his agenda. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">[<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">NO<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">TE: It is <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">really challenging to i</span>nterpret prophecy</span>. I find the Lord <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">will give</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">some specifics about </span>WHAT is coming but <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">does not say much<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>about HOW and </span>WHEN. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Sometimes I <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">make assumptions and get<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> emotionally attached to particular interpretations <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that may not turn out accurate. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We have to keep seeking him and<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> walking by fa<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ith!]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The first word He brought up was "circumference."
Interesting because I had recently taught my daughter how to measure the
circumference of a circle. You start at one point, go all the way
around and end where you began. In other words, you go full circle and
back to where you started. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The question <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was </span>whether Obama will stay in office, and the answer <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was something like</span></span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"full circle."</span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">O</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ther
words that came up were "claim" (to presidency or reins of power?) and
"clash" (over competing claims to power?). Sounds like the story of
Abimelech.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Be<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">fore that m</span>y daugh<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ter saw something significant<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">from </span>our back window. She wat<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ched a large bir<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">d of pr<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ey, which she later identified as a golden eag<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">le, holding a snake. Golden eagles are rare around here, but I have seen <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">them </span>before in the winter. A second golden ea<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gle tried to take the snake and a struggle ensued. In the end, the ea<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gle who first held the snake flew away with it <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">triumphantly</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">One more note. My inte<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">rpreta<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">tion of o</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ther words we <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">received <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">(</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">shadow, dissimulate<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, dist<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ract</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">)</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was</span> that</span> Obama <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">still</span> holds</span> reins of power by controlling <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a shadow government. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He</span></span></span> and the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">globalists have spent the last 8 years installing their players in the CIA, Pentagon<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, Department of Homeland Security, FBI<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, </span>etc. In fact, this country has been controlled by <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">elites<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> -<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> the<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>shadow govern<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ment<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, the military-industrial complex, the deep state, whatever you want to call it - for deca<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">des.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span>The last president that directly challenged <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the shadow governm<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ent was John F. Kennedy<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> when he denied the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">CIA's <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">demand for <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ir cover <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">during </span>the Bay of Pigs invasion<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, which would have <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">led to re-invading Cuba and potentially war with the Soviet Union. Ke<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nnedy said no and then tried to tear apart the CIA. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Everyone knows what happened to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Kennedy </span>in the end<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. The CIA, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Lyndon Johnson and other members of go<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">v<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ernment were </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">behind</span> it. It was a cou<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">p d'etat.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My point is don't be fooled into thinking Trump controls the executive branch of <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">government. No president does fully anymore<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But particularly now, the </span>sha<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">dow <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">government is running <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the</span> globalists' <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">New World Order</span> agenda. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Obama </span>may have left office, but<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span>he still has power.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My
warning to everyone is don't get caught up in the coming conflict. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">B</span>e careful who you follow. It
should only be Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<br />
<a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/02/shadow-government-civil-war-and-blood.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">SHADOW GOVERNMENT, CIVIL WAR, AND BLOOD FOR BLOOD</span></span></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In the post <a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/civil-war-foreboding.html" target="_blank">Civil War Foreboding</a>, I wrote about how the Lord showed me that He will</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">
allow a spirit of conflict to arise in America that will
provoke a form of civil war. This will be a judgment on our nation. </span>Donald
Trump's role is to stir up half the country against the other half, led
by Obama and other globalist forces from behind the scenes. This won't </span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">be
a classic civil war with "union forces" opposing "confederates" on the
battlefield. In my opinion, it will probably consist of numerous chaotic
civil uprisings, insurgencies and disasters that are quelled by martial
law. </span></span></span>The divisions will occur along a variety of lines: </span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Left vs Right, </span></span></span></span></span></span>Globalist vs Nationalist, </span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Black vs White, Citizens vs Immigrants, Jihadis vs Non-Muslims, State Governments vs Federal, etc.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE NO WINNERS IN THIS CONFLICT. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I also shared </span>why I believe </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the Lord showed me Obama <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">still</span> holds</span> reins of power by controlling <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a
shadow government. Since that post was published in January, the news
has been inundated with stories about Obama's "shadow government" and
the "deep state" opposing Trump's agenda:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://nypost.com/2017/02/11/how-obama-is-scheming-to-sabotage-trumps-presidency/" target="_blank">How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump's presidency (NY Post)</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>O</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">bama
has an army of 30,000 agitators organized through a network of leftist
nonprofits who will fight Trump's agenda. Obama did not leave Washington
DC, but still lives in a mansion less than two miles from the White
House.</span></span></i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/02/17/obama-shadow-government-may-working-undermine-trump/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Insiders: Obama Holdover 'Shadow Government' Plotting to Undermine Trump (Breitbart)</span></a><br />
<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Several
intelligence insiders say a shadow government of Obama holdovers are
leaking information to derail Trump's presidency, with National Security
Advisor Mike Flynn as their first great success.</span></i><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/spies-keep-intelligence-from-donald-trump-1487209351?mod=djemalertNEWS" target="_blank">Spies Keep Intelligence from Donald Trump on Leak Concerns (Wall Street Journal)</a></span><br />
<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Current and former officials say US intelligence officers are withholding information from President Trump.</span></i><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/02/21/glenn-greenwald-what-the-deep-state-is-doing-to-trump-is-a-prescription-for-destroying-democracy-n2288815" target="_blank">Glenn Greenwald: What The 'Deep State' Is Doing To Trump Is A Prescription For Destroying Democracy' (Townhall)</a></span> </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">While
these articles just skim the surface of what is really happening, isn't
it amazing that suddenly the "conspiratorial" idea of a shadow
government is all over the mainstream media? Praise God, He revealed it.
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Blood for Blood</span></h4>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And He recently revealed more. On Sunday my wife and I were having a quiet time and the Lord
let us to Numbers 35, which is about <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">manslaughter</span>, blood avengers and cities
of refuge. In particular this verse was highlighted:</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">“<i>Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the
land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood
that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.</i>” –
Numbers 35:33, Holman Bible</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The heavy and sobering message <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we </span>received is that God is going to atone for the blood
shed by Americans by shedding their own blood. In this way He will cleanse the land.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Think
of the 60 million babies killed by abortion, the untold millions killed
and harmed by US foreign wars and interventions, the casualties of the
CIA-run drug trade, the human trafficking and child sexual abuse and
ritual sacrifice especially among the elites in our society. The blood
of the innocent has not simply washed away. It cries out from the
ground, just like Abel's blood after Cain slew him. Unless we <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">individually </span>have repented and are covered by the blood of Jesus, it will be blood for blood. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God will re-balance the skewed scales of justice in America<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">.<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"<i>For He will avenge the blood of His
servants. He will take vengeance on His adversaries; He will purify His
land and His people.</i>" - Deuteronomy 32:43, Holman Bible</span></span> </span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This
judgment will fall on all levels of society. Even the elites who think
they are above accountability for the crimes they perpetuate <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">in </span>the
world will receive their due. Think of the politicians and government
leaders, corrupt corporate and banking chiefs, secret society power
brokers. No one is above God's reach.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">One hundred and fifty </span>years ago America had a presid<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ent who understood and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">acknowledged </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the scales of God's justice<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">even <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">this aspect </span>of </span>blood for blood</span>. Abraham Lincoln, at his sec<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ond inaugural address in the midst of the Civil War, spoke these words to the nation:</span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"<i>Fondly do we hope -- fervently do we pray -- that this
mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it
continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty
years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn
with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three
thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord,
are true and righteous altogether.</i>" - Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Lincoln understood that the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">bloodshed of the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Civil War was in part a divine <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">retribution</span> for the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">blood<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">shed of slavery. And he spoke it to the nation!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yet if <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I spoke the words in thi<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">article </span>to most churches, w<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">hat do you think would be the response? I can tell you because I have al<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ready tried. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Last
year I contacted about 35 churches in my area about judgment. I wanted
to know if church leaders understood God's judgment of America had
begun and what they were doing preparing their flocks for the coming
storm. Most ignored me. A few responded to disagree. One associate
pastor conceded that judgment of America is a possibility but didn't
really want to talk about it. </span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So there you have it: They don't want to hear it<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">.</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Tickle their ear<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">s and massage their egos, but don't tell them about God's justice and judgment<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I think <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">most people</span></span></span></span> in churches would reject this message,<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> be<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">c<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ause in fa<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ct they already have. (There are <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">few </span></span>exceptio<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ns among churches<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">but </span></span>I don't know of any in my area.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">H<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">o</span>w <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">far America has <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">fallen! <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In 1865 </span>we had a president who <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">humbly and publicly acknowledged the justice and judgment of God</span> on our nation - treasure for tre<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">asure and</span> blood for blood<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> - </span>but today if you speak of it in <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">church </span>they will hate it<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">.</span> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Instead <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">many </span></span>talk about </span>how God is using Donald Trump to make America great again, which is <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/02/president-trumps-fascism-is-starting-to.html" target="_blank">DELUSION</a>. Or they <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">talk about how </span>Trump is a ty<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">rant <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that Hillary and Obama and the Democrats need to save us from</span></span>, which is equally <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">DELUSION. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This </span>is </span>all a <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">trap and setup for conflic<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">t.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There was more to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the</span> rev<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">elation the other night. <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span></span>he Lord then led us to Judges 20<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> and </span>21 <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">as well as </span>2 Samuel 18, both of which are about CIVIL WARS. The first describes a war<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> between 11 <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">tribes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of Is<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">rael <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and </span>the tribe of Benjamin, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">in which there </span>was m<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">uch blo<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">od<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">shed</span></span>. The <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">other <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">describes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a war<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> between David's son Absal<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">om and the forces lo<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">yal <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">to King Dav<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">id, in which there was much bloodshe<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">d.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I interpreted this to mean the bloodshed in America will come about through civil war and internal conflict<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. This is a message <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">we have received before<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> and i</span>t is de<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">finitely coming.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Finally, we were led to </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jeremiah 31, which is joyful and points to our coming deliverance<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"</span><i><span class="text Jer-31-13" id="en-NASB-19705">Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, a</span><span class="text Jer-31-13">nd the young men and the old, together, f</span><span class="text Jer-31-13">or I will turn their mourning into joy a</span><span class="text Jer-31-13">nd will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow. '</span><span class="text Jer-31-14" id="en-NASB-19706">I will<sup> </sup>fill the soul of the priests with<sup> </sup>abundance, a</span></i><span class="text Jer-31-14"><i>nd My people will be satisfied with My goodness,' declares the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</i>" - Jeremiah 31:13-14, NASB</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There is hope through and on the other side of this.</span>
None of what I said in this article negates the love and mercy of God.
There is forgiveness for all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ. <a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/02/faith-not-fear.html" target="_blank">There is nothing to be afraid of</a>, not even death.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But as a nation we have forgotten the justice and judgment of God. The Lord is about to remind us that He has not forgotten.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">P.S. F<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">or a second witness to this message, see "<a href="http://themightyhandofgod.com/?p=1670" target="_blank">The Land Must Be Cleansed</a>" in Diana Pulliam's blog<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> calle<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">d <a href="http://themightyhandofgod.com/" target="_blank">The Mighty Hand of God</a>.</span></span></span></span>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-82002941158392722842020-04-30T10:22:00.000-06:002020-05-01T13:37:34.929-06:00What This Nation Needs Is a Moment of Repentance<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While some talk about fighting for our constitutional rights and exposing the globalist/communist agenda, what our nation really needs is a moment of repentance. This is the message of Jonah, who the Lord God sent to Nineveh of the Assyrians to preach judgment and repentance. The people of Nineveh did respond - from the king down to the livestock - and God relented:</span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
"<i>By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is
to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.
Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and
everyone must call out earnestly to God. Each must turn from his evil
ways and from the violence he is doing. Who knows? God may turn and
relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.</i>" -
Jonah 3:7-9</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The hard times coming to this country are a judgment from the Lord God
for this nation's bloodshed (abortion, endless foreign war), theft
(exacting tribute from the rest of the world through war and the
petrodollar system), sexual perversion and promiscuity, injustice, idolatry (elevating worldly "idols"
over true worship of God), and churches that have watered down His
message in the Scriptures. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Has America repented like Nineveh? No, it hasn't, but it needs to. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-90996018561293913572019-11-21T08:55:00.002-07:002019-11-21T13:58:13.657-07:00A Warning Against Aggressive "Spiritual Warfare" Prayers<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some believe that spiritual warfare is praying aggressive prayers
of punishment and judgment against evil spirits and principalities. For a
while, years ago, I dabbled in prayers like this written by a minister until he was exposed by people involved in his ministry for engaging in witchcraft. Since then, the Lord showed me from His word that
spiritual warfare is something else entirely and those who make a habit of
praying aggressive, anti-demonic prayers have gone astray from God's ways.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This article is a warning to Christians who engage in this
practice. You need to stop. I'm going to show from the Scriptures why it is
wrong and what spiritual warfare really is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Following are a couple excerpts of aggressive
"spiritual warfare" prayers. The first prayer comes from someone who
posts end-times prophecies on a website and video channel, and the second is from the aforementioned minister. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THESE PRAYERS:</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Example 1:</span></span></u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I break you, all evil spirits and ask for the Holy
Spirit to destroy you by fire and bring you to ashes. Every power declaring
dominion over me, you are a LIAR! Break and be brought to ashes in Yahushua's
mighty name. Serpent of death and every strong man, break and be brought to
ashes in Yahushua's mighty name."</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Example 2:</span></span></u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I pray that every human spirit, fallen angelic spirit,
or otherwise malevolent spirit attempting to come against me or my household
would be apprehended by your heavenly hosts, such that they cannot so much as
set foot upon this property. I pray that they would be escorted out to wherever
the Lord Jesus sends them, pierced through with many arrows, and discomfited by
Your lightning in the process, that they would know that Jesus is Lord." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God's Protection is Automatic When We Abide in Him</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People may pray these prayers because they think they have
to in order to be protected from all the evil in the world. But look at what
Psalm 91 says about God's protection:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my
refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.</i>'" - Psalm 91:1-2</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we dwell in the secret place with Him (draw near to
Him, hear and respond to His voice) and trust that He is our fortress, God
protects us automatically. He protects us from everything - terror, arrows,
pestilence, plague, etc. We don't have to constantly pray elaborate protection
prayers that attack every evil spirit and name every form of evil that might
present itself. God's protection is complete. We can rest in that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moreover, what motivates people to pray these elaborate,
aggressive prayers? Is it simple faith in God that He will protect us according
to His word, or is it a desire to control everything in our life and
circumstance? The fleshly desire for control is the root of witchcraft.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 lists various forms of witchcraft: Passing a child through
the fire, divination, charming, consulting familiar spirits, observing times,
wizardry, necromancy. (For more details, see <a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2019/02/spiritual-warfare-is-not-just-attacking.html" target="_blank">Spiritual Warfare Is Not Just AttackingDemons in the Spiritual Realm</a>.) Witchcraft is an attempt to gain favorable
outcomes by spiritual powers other than the Holy Spirit. I have noticed that
people who engage in aggressive spiritual warfare prayers tend to fall into
witchcraft, especially divination and consulting familiar spirits, although
they may be fooled into thinking the spirit they are communing with is God's
Spirit. God does not contradict his own written word, though. That is an
important test.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We must also remember that suffering and tribulation are
part of following in the footsteps of Christ. We can pray the enemy cannot
touch us beyond His will for us, but we need to be okay with suffering too. God
intends it for our spiritual growth and for glorifying God. "<i>He who has
suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.</i>" - 1 Peter 4:1</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spiritual Warfare Is Practicing the Christian Fundamentals</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to Ephesians 6 and 2 Corinthians 10, spiritual
warfare is practicing the Christian fundamentals:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so
that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything,
to take your stand. Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest, and your feet sandaled with readiness
for the gospel of peace. In every situation take the shield of faith, and with
it you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s word. Pray
at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in
this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.</i>" -
Ephesians 6:13-18, Holman</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the
world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We
demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the
knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to
Christ.</i>" - 2 Corinthians 10:4-5</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ephesians 6 says spiritual warfare is seeking and loving the
truth, walking in God's righteousness, standing on the gospel of peace, having
faith and hope, actively using God's word and praying at all times, especially
intercessory prayer for the saints. Notice it does not say railing against demonic
powers; it emphasizes praying for people - intercessory prayer. 2 Corinthians
adds the practice of challenging people with the truth. You want to tear down
demonic strongholds? Preach the truth!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Growing in these practices enables us to stand against evil
in this world and have victories over the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly
realms. This is how we become effective agents of Christ.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sadly, for some, acting justly, loving mercy and walking
humbly with our God (Micah 6:8) is not enough. They want something more
exciting, more advanced, that makes them feel powerful and elite. So they turn
to supercharged, anti-demon, anti-fallen angel warfare prayers. And where does
that take them? The Scriptures say it leads to ruin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speaking Evil of Angelic Authorities Brings Ruin</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The book of Jude is a warning about ungodly people and
apostasy. This passage focuses on their practice of speaking evil of angelic
authorities:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their
flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones. Yet Michael the
archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses’ body,
did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, 'The Lord
rebuke you!' But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What
they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with
these things.</i>" - Jude 1:8-10, Holman</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Where it says "blaspheme glorious ones," it's
talking about angelic beings and their authorities and principalities. Other
Bible translations say "heap abuse on celestial beings" (NIV),
"revile angelic majesties" (NASB), and "speak evil of
dignities" (KJV).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The positive example is Michael the archangel, who in a
dispute with Satan simply said, "The Lord rebuke you." Michael did
not say, "Satan, you are a liar and a thief! Be destroyed by fire and
brought to ashes!" He did not say, "Be judged right now, pierced
through with arrows and discomfited by lightning!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If Satan is the enemy of our souls, why must we be careful
how we speak to him or any other fallen angelic being? Because God has
established the authorities and principalities of the angels, even the fallen
ones. These authorities still exist until judgment day when God will remove
them. God has appointed a specific time for this, and the saints will even
participate in that judgment. But it is not our right to judge and condemn
angels before the appointed time or to disrespect the authorities God has
established.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If someone does speak evil of angelic authorities, what is
the consequence? The passage says it will bring destruction on the person.
Other translations say they will "corrupt themselves." In other
words, it will bring ruin.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness, Satan
showed up and tempted Him three times. Each time, Jesus countered Satan with a
verse from the Bible. This is the account of the last temptation:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and
showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. And he said to
Him, 'I will give You all these things if You will fall down and worship me.'
Then Jesus told him, 'Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your
God, and serve only Him.' Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came
and began to serve Him.</i>" - Matthew 4:8-11</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus responded with a verse and said, "Go away!"
And Satan left. Notice what Jesus did not do. He did not accuse, rail against
or condemn Satan. He did not bind him or discomfit him with lightning or cast
him into the abyss. Jesus certainly could have, but He understood that would be
outside the will of the Father. If you have read the book of Revelation, you
know Satan will be bound and locked in the abyss for 1,000 years during Jesus'
reign on earth. After that, he will be
cast into the lake of fire for eternity. Satan's reckoning is coming! However,
Jesus respected the Father's timing for judgment and Satan's current dominion.
He simply told him to leave.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now look at the account when Jesus encountered the two
demon-possessed men:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>When He had come to the other side, to the region of
the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him as they came out of the tombs.
They were so violent that no one could pass that way. Suddenly they shouted,
'What do You have to do with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us
before the time?' Now a long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was
feeding. 'If You drive us out,' the demons begged Him, 'send us into the herd
of pigs.' 'Go!' He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs.
And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and
perished in the water.</i>" - Matthew 8:28-32</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Demons are the spirit of deceased Nephilim. Since they were
born of the earth, God condemned them to wander the earth until judgment day.
They are evil, just like Satan is evil. The demons clearly understood their
judgment day is coming, which is why they asked Jesus if He was going to
torment them before the appointed time. In a way, it was a temptation because
Jesus could have done something to torment them. They deserved it. However, He
knew that would be against the Father's will. Jesus only told them to go.
That's all. I even wonder if He showed mercy by allowing them to go into the
pigs. I'm not sure - it's possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you see the picture here? If the Son of God does not dare
judge and condemn evil spirits before their time, then who are you, O mortal
son of Adam, to do such a thing?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, Jesus did say we have power over the enemy:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Look, I have given you the authority to trample on
snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever
harm you.</i>" - Luke 10:19</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He spoke that in the context of the disciples casting out
demons. We certainly have Jesus' authority to cast out demons and require them
to leave - even Satan himself. Anything beyond that, though, be sure you are
not railing against evil spirits or judging and condemning them before the
appointed day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the person published the first warfare prayer quoted
above and encouraged people to pray it, some months later her daughter was
tragically burned over a portion of her body in a campfire accident that
required surgery and a hospital stay. That's horrible and I'm sorry that
happened. We don't always know why bad things happen, but the question needs to
be asked: Are those events connected?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Scriptures say speaking evil of angelic majesties will
bring ruin upon us. We should not be doing it. If we are, repent and ask Jesus'
for forgiveness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This aggressive, unscriptural form of spiritual warfare is
really a trap of the enemy. Satan would love it if we railed against him like
that, then he can watch us fall by the wayside and no longer be a threat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's nothing wrong with wanting to defeat the forces of
evil. We just have to do it God's way. Do you want to actually fight the enemy
in battle? Then walk in faith and righteousness and pray you are found worthy
to escape all the things coming upon the world (Luke 21:36) and to join Jesus
Christ for the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19). Then you will ride on a
horse in His heavenly army for the battle of Armageddon. The King of kings will
be victorious that day!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will
bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and
ever! Amen.</i>" - 2 Timothy 4:18</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-62814212967832666432019-11-13T18:03:00.004-07:002019-11-21T13:59:14.337-07:00Incredible Bible Prophecies about Israel and the Jews<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The nation of Israel has a big role in Bible prophecy. Recently I felt motivated to look in-depth specifically at Israel and the Jews in end-times prophecy. I saw things in the Scriptures that I had not seen before, and even something I have never heard anyone talk about, which I will share with you here. I don't take the credit for these insights. The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Traditional Israel and Spiritual Israel</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Israel is God's called-out nation, a people He calls his own:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-14-2" id="en-HCSB-5293">"<i>You are a holy people belonging to the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God. The <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.</i>" - Deuteronomy 14:2, Holman</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The book of Genesis defined Israel as the people descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The genealogy runs from Abraham to his son Isaac, to his son Jacob, and then to Jacob's 12 sons who were the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Reuben</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Simeon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Levi</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Judah</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Issachar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Zebulun</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Naphtali</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gad</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Asher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Joseph</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Benjamin </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The tribe of Joseph split into two "half-tribes," named after his sons Ephraim and Manasseh. People descended from those 12 tribes are Israel according to a definition that we'll label </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>traditional Israel</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Excluded from Israel were descendants of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sons from his second wife Keturah who he married after Sarah died, as well as Isaac's other son Esau who sold his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew. The Gentile nations (Hebrew <i>goyim</i>, meaning foreign, non-Hebrew nations) were obviously not part of Israel either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, foreigners could join Israel if they were willing to practice Israel's faith in the Lord God - that is, be converted. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So membership in Israel was never just about ancestral pedigree:</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to
the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near
to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no
uncircumcised person may eat of it.</i>" - Exodus 12:18</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ancestry was also not enough to maintain Israel's status as God's holy people. Obedience to God and walking in His righteousness was and is at the core of this relationship. Obedience brings blessing; disobedience brings judgment: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Isa-1-16" id="en-NASB-17671">"'<i>Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; </i></span><i><span class="text Isa-1-16">Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. </span><span class="text Isa-1-16">Cease to do evil, </span><span class="text Isa-1-17" id="en-NASB-17672">learn to do good; </span><span class="text Isa-1-17">Seek justice, </span><span class="text Isa-1-17">reprove the ruthless, </span><span class="text Isa-1-17">defend the orphan, </span><span class="text Isa-1-17">plead for the widow. </span></i></span><i><span class="text Isa-1-18">Come now, and let us reason together,' </span><span class="text Isa-1-18">says the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, '</span><span class="text Isa-1-18">Though your sins are as scarlet, </span><span class="text Isa-1-18">they will be as white as snow; </span><span class="text Isa-1-18">Though they are red like crimson, </span><span class="text Isa-1-18">they will be like wool. </span><b><span class="text Isa-1-19" id="en-NASB-17674">If you consent and obey, </span><span class="text Isa-1-19">you will eat the best of the land; </span><span class="text Isa-1-20" id="en-NASB-17675">But if you refuse and rebel, </span></b></i><span class="text Isa-1-20"><b><i>you will be devoured by the sword.'</i></b>"</span><span class="text Isa-1-20"> - Isaiah 1:16-20, NASB</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Furthermore,
the prophet Hosea spoke of a future time when Israel and Judah would be reunited
and Gentile nations would join them as sons of God:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"<i>Yet
the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot
be measured or numbered; And in the place where it is said to them, 'You are
not My people,' it will be said to them, 'You are the sons of the living
God.' And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered
together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and they will go up
from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.</i>" - Hosea 1:10-11</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In Romans 9, the Apostle Paul confirmed this passage is referring to the Gentile nations where it says: "And in the place where it is said to them, 'You are not My
people,' it will be said to them, 'You are the sons of the living God.'"
This is astonishing because it foretells a time when the sons of
Judah, the sons of Israel and believing Gentiles will be united under one King,
who is the Messiah Jesus Christ.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It
is also amazing in light of the current state of affairs of the 12 tribes of
Israel. Hosea was a prophet during the time when Israel was split into the
northern kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and southern kingdom of Judah. This situation arose out of a civil conflict after the reign of King Solomon. Later, Israel and Judah rebelled against God to such a degree that both were
destroyed in judgment by foreign nations. Assyria destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel and
sent its inhabitants into exile, and 130 years later Babylon did the same to
Judah.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After
70 years of captivity, Judah returned and rebuilt Jerusalem. However, it was
only the tribe of Judah, plus Benjamin whose territorial allotment was part of
Judah, and a remnant of Levites who were designated priests in Israel and did
not have a territory, but were scattered among all tribes. The
other 10 tribes - Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali,
Reuben, Simeon and Zebulun - were and are still considered lost. They were
dispersed and assimilated among other nations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This
history is critical for understanding Bible prophecy. The word for Jew in the
New Testament - the Greek word <i>Ioudaios </i>- means Judean or someone from
Judah. Today we typically think of Jews as the descendants of Israel - and they
are - but they are not all the descendants of Israel. The phrase Jews or Jewish
people excludes the lost 10 tribes. The Basic Laws of the modern state of
Israel declare that it is the nation-state of the Jewish people (only). The Law
of Return in Israel gives Jews from other nations the right to live in
Israel and gain citizenship, but they are not looking for or accepting the lost
10 tribes. The prophecy above in Hosea and others in Isaiah and Ezekiel envision a
restored Israel with all 12 tribes. So there is a major discrepancy between
what is happening in Israel today and what the Bible ultimately predicts
for it. More on this later.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The New Testament introduced
the idea of <i>spiritual Israel</i>, which includes all people, both Israelite
and Gentile, who believe in and follow Jesus Christ, the Messiah King. The Bible also calls this the <i>church </i>or <i>body of Christ</i>. Spiritual Israel excludes everyone who does not believe in Jesus, whether Israelite or
Gentile.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John
8:30-37 records a dialog between Jesus and some religious Jews. To the ones who
believed in Him, He said, “<i>If you continue in my word, you really are My
disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.</i>” Other Jews
who heard objected and claimed they were descendants of Abraham and had never
been enslaved. In other words, they claimed to be children of God and members
of Israel by their ancestry, apart from Christ. Jesus acknowledged they were
descendants of Abraham, but disputed who their true spiritual father was:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“<i>Jesus
said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from
God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me. Why don’t you
understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to My word. You are of your
father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.</i>” – John 8:42-44</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Like the Pharisees in Jesus' time, rabbinic Judaism today views inclusion in Israel primarily through the lens of ancestry. However, Paul likewise affirmed that membership in spiritual Israel does not come by ancestry,
but by faith in Christ:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“<i>For
not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Neither are they all children
because they are Abraham’s descendants. On the contrary, ‘In Isaac your seed
will be called.’ That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are
God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered seed.</i>” –
Romans 9:6-8</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
promise mentioned is God’s promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed
in him, and he and his descendants would inherit the world as spiritual Israel:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“<i>Just
as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, so
understand that those who have faith are Abraham’s sons. Now the Scripture
foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and foretold the good news
to Abraham, saying, ‘All nations will be blessed in you.’ So those who have
faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.</i>” – Galatians 3:6-9</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
New Testament also uses the term Israel in the traditional sense, such here when
Paul declared his own ancestry:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span class="text Rom-11-1">I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.</span></i>” –
Romans 11:1</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Depending on the context, Israel in the New Testament could refer to traditional or spiritual Israel. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some Christians adhere to a view called
replacement theology which says the church (believers in Jesus Christ) completely
replaces traditional Israel in God's plans for the end times. This is not true. The Scriptures
paint a more nuanced picture. In these end times, God is bringing Gentiles
and a small portion of Jews into spiritual Israel. The Bible also foretells
a time at the very end of this age when Jews in Israel embrace Jesus
Christ as a nation after going through tremendous suffering and loss of life. Ultimately,
in the age to come and after Jesus returns, spiritual Israel will prevail and traditional Israel
will be an anachronism, something that belonged to a bygone era, like
how Christians view temple building and animal sacrifices today. The ideal of unity and oneness in Christ will then be fully realized:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="text Gal-3-28" id="en-HCSB-29129">"<i>There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. </i></span><span class="text Gal-3-29" id="en-HCSB-29130"><i>And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.</i>" - Romans 3:28-29</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the
meantime, God is building his kingdom, spiritual Israel, while fulfilling prophecies
for traditional Israel.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Remnant of Israel Will be Saved</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-11-25" id="en-HCSB-28234">"<i>So that you will not be conceited, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery: A partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. </i></span><i><span class="text Rom-11-26" id="en-HCSB-28235"><b>And in this way all Israel will be saved</b>, as it is written:</span><span class="text Rom-11-26"><span class="ot"> The Liberator will come from Zion; </span></span><span class="text Rom-11-26"><span class="ot">He will turn away godlessness from Jacob. </span></span><span class="text Rom-11-27" id="en-HCSB-28236"><span class="ot">And this will be My covenant with them </span></span></i><span class="text Rom-11-27"><span class="ot"><i>when I take away their sins.</i>" - Romans 11:35-27</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Paul wrote about a partial hardening of hearts in Israel which created an opportunity for Gentiles to be saved. We are in that time of the Gentiles right now. After the full measure of Gentiles has come in, then "all Israel will be saved." In the verses preceding that statement, Paul clarified he was talking about a remnant of Israel, i.e. a remainder or small portion:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-11-5" id="en-HCSB-28214"><i>In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.</i>" - Romans 11:5</span><span class="text Rom-11-5" id="en-HCSB-28214"><span class="text Rom-9-27" id="en-HCSB-28182"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-11-5" id="en-HCSB-28214"><span class="text Rom-9-27" id="en-HCSB-28182">"<i>But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:</i></span></span><i><span class="text Rom-9-27"><span class="ot"> 'Though the number of Israel’s sons </span></span><span class="text Rom-9-27"><span class="ot">is like the sand of the sea, </span></span></i><span class="text Rom-9-27"><span class="ot"><i>only the remnant will be saved.'</i>" - Romans 9:27</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In context, the verse stated that all the remnant of Israel will be saved.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How will this come to pass? Zechariah 12-14 describes how it will happen for Judah and Jerusalem in the end:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Zech-12-2" id="en-HCSB-23048">Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah. </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>On
that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all
who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations
of the earth gather against her.</i>" - Zechariah 12:2-3</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The nations of the earth will assemble for a great battle against Jerusalem but will not completely destroy it because:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>The Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem.</i>" (Zechariah 12:8)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, the residents of Judah and Jerusalem will suffer greatly:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<span class="text Zech-14-2" id="en-HCSB-23071"><i>The city will be
captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go
into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the
city.</i>" - Zechariah 14:2</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-13-8" id="en-HCSB-23068">"<i>In the whole land—</i></span><i><span class="right"><span class="text Zech-13-8">this is the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s declaration—</span></span><span class="text Zech-13-8">two-thirds will be cut off and die, </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>but a third will be left in it.</i>" - Zechariah 13:8</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-3" id="en-HCSB-23072">Then Jesus Christ will intervene personally to defend Jerusalem.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-3" id="en-HCSB-23072">"<i>Then the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle. </i></span><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><i>On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east.</i>" - Zechariah 14:3-4</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
believe this battle is the same one as Armageddon in Revelation 16 and
the King of kings and Lord of lord leading the armies of heaven in
Revelation 20. According to Zechariah, God will </span></span></span>redeem those in Judah who survive:</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9" id="en-HCSB-23069">"<i>I will put this third through the fire; </i></span><i><span class="text Zech-13-9">I will refine them as silver is refined </span><span class="text Zech-13-9">and test them as gold is tested. </span><span class="text Zech-13-9">They will call on My name, </span><span class="text Zech-13-9">and I will answer them. </span><span class="text Zech-13-9">I will say: They are My people, </span></i><span class="text Zech-13-9"><i>and they will say: Yahweh is our God.</i>" - Zechariah 13:9</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10"><i>Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only
child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn.</i>" - Zechariah 12:10</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10">The surviving Jews will mourn and repent for the One they pierced at Calvary, Jesus Christ, and as a nation receive Him as their Messiah. They rejected Him the first time He came, but will receive Him when He comes again! </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10">And so all the remnant of Judah and Jerusalem will be saved.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10">It is interesting to note that Zechariah 12:12-14 mentions the houses of specific families mourning by themselves: David's house, Nathan's house, Levi's house, Shimei's house. David and Nathan are from the tribe of Judah, and Levi and Shimei are from the tribe of Levi. Only Jews (Judeans) are listed among those saved. This corresponds to the modern state of Israel's focus on being a Jewish homeland.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10">What about the lost 10 tribes of Israel: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-14-4" id="en-HCSB-23073"><span class="text Zech-13-9"><span class="text Zech-12-10"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali,
Reuben, Simeon and Zebulun? The remnant of those tribes will be saved in the nations where they live. How do we know? Because Jesus Christ himself will call them home after He returns.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Messiah King Will Restore All 12 Tribes to the Land of Israel</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prophecies in the Scriptures clearly state that God int</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ends to restore all 12 tribes, the whole house of Israel, to the land of Israel:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text Ezek-39-25" id="en-HCSB-21474">So this is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on <b>the whole house of Israel</b>, and I will be jealous for My holy name... T</span></i><span class="text Ezek-39-28" id="en-HCSB-21477"><i>hey
will know that I am Yahweh their God when I regather them to their own
land after having exiled them among the nations. I will leave none of
them behind.</i>" - Ezekiel 39:25,28 </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-39-28" id="en-HCSB-21477">"<b>My servant David will be king over them</b>, and there will be one shepherd for all of them." - Ezekiel 37:24</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-39-28" id="en-HCSB-21477">Ezekiel wrote that prophecy several centuries after King David's reign, so he could not have literally meant David would be king over the restored house of Israel. He meant a King from the house of David, because God had ma</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-39-28" id="en-HCSB-21477">de a covenant with David that his house, kingdom and throne would endure forever. That King is Jesus Christ.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-39-28" id="en-HCSB-21477">The prophet Jeremiah wrote a similar prophecy about uniting Israel under one King:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-30-2" id="en-HCSB-19670">"<i>This is what the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, says: 'Write down on a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you, </i></span><span class="text Jer-30-3" id="en-HCSB-19671"><i>for the days are certainly coming'—this is the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s declaration—'when <b>I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah</b>'—the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s declaration. 'I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.'</i>... <b>They will serve the Lord their God and I will raise up David their king for them.</b>" </span></span>- Jeremiah 30:2-3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ezekiel's prophecy of the two sticks also demonstrated how Judah and Ephraim will be joined together again. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ephraim and Joseph represent the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-15">"<i>The word of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> came to me: '</i></span><i><span class="text Ezek-37-16" id="en-HCSB-21414">Son of man, take a single stick and write on it:
Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take
another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph—the stick of
Ephraim—and all the house of Israel associated with him. </span><span class="text Ezek-37-17" id="en-HCSB-21415">Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand. </span><span class="text Ezek-37-18" id="en-HCSB-21416">When your people ask you, "Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?" — </span></i><span class="text Ezek-37-19" id="en-HCSB-21417"><i>tell them: This is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>
says: <b>I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them
together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick
so that they become one in My hand.'</b></i>" - Ezekiel 37:15-19</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When will this reunification happen? The prophet Isaiah had the answer:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span class="text Isa-11-10">"<i>On that day the root of Jesse </i></span><i><span class="text Isa-11-10">will stand as a banner for the peoples. </span><span class="text Isa-11-10">The nations will seek Him, </span><span class="text Isa-11-11" id="en-HCSB-17896">and His resting place will be glorious. On that day
the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover—from Assyria,
Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands
of the west—the remnant of His people who survive. </span><span class="text Isa-11-12" id="en-HCSB-17897">He will lift up a banner for the nations </span><span class="text Isa-11-12">and gather the dispersed of Israel; </span><span class="text Isa-11-12">He will collect the scattered of Judah </span><span class="text Isa-11-12">from the four corners of the earth. </span><span class="text Isa-11-13" id="en-HCSB-17898">Ephraim’s envy will cease; </span><span class="text Isa-11-13">Judah’s harassment will end. </span><span class="text Isa-11-13">Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah, </span></i><span class="text Isa-11-13"><i>and Judah will not harass Ephraim.</i>" - Isaiah 11:10-13</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just
before this passage, Isaiah prophecies about the coming Messiah who will bring peace to earth, calling him a
"shoot that grows from the stump of Jesse," who is King David's father. The phrase "root of Jesse" refers to Jesus Christ. In other words, Isaiah said that Jesus Christ would call the whole house of Israel to the promise land. The great return of the 12 tribes will happen after Jesus returns! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The House of Israel Will Return from among the Living and the Dead</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If that's not amazing enough, the Scriptures say that God will call the house of Israel back from not only the land of the living, but from the graves of the dead! In Ezekiel's famous prophecy of the valley of dry bones, the Lord told Ezekiel to prophecy to the dry bones and tell them to come alive again. They grew flesh and skin and came back to life! Then God said to Ezekiel:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-11" id="en-HCSB-21409">"<i>'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, "Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off." T</i></span><i><span class="text Ezek-37-12" id="en-HCSB-21410">herefore, prophesy and say to them: This is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, My people, and lead you into the land of Israel. </span><span class="text Ezek-37-13" id="en-HCSB-21411">You will know that I am Yahweh, My people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. </span></i><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412"><i>I will put My Spirit in you,
and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you
will know that I am Yahweh. I have spoken, and I will do it.' This is the declaration of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</i>" - Ezekiel 37:11-14</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412">Notice the bones represent the whole of Israel and when they are resurrected, God will settle them in their own land! This really isn't a surprise because it happened before. After Jesus died on the cross in Jerusalem:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412">"<i>The tombs also were opened and many bodies of the saints who had gone to their rest were raised. And they came out of the tombs after His resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.</i>" - Matthew 27:52</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412">The scene in the valley of dry bones is actually part of the coming resurrection of the saints:</span><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412"><span class="text 1Cor-15-51" id="en-HCSB-28769"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412"><span class="text 1Cor-15-51" id="en-HCSB-28769">"Listen! I am telling you a mystery:</span></span><span class="text 1Cor-15-51"> We will not all fall asleep, </span><span class="text 1Cor-15-51">but we will all be changed,<sup> </sup></span><span class="text 1Cor-15-52" id="en-HCSB-28770">in a moment, in the blink of an eye, </span><span class="text 1Cor-15-52">at the last trumpet. </span><span class="text 1Cor-15-52">For the trumpet will sound,</span><br /><span class="text 1Cor-15-52">and the dead will be raised incorruptible, </span><span class="text 1Cor-15-52">and we will be changed." - 1 Corinthians 15:51-51</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412">Conclusion</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412">Hold on to your seats because God has incredible plans for redeeming and restoring the house of Israel and for uniting all saints, both Hebrew and Gentile, in the kingdom of God in Christ. It's coming soon and it's happening on earth!</span></span></span><br />
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Note: For the first half of this article, read <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-37-14" id="en-HCSB-21412"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2019/10/is-it-really-gods-will-for-christians.html" target="_blank">Is It God's Will for Christians to Support the State of Israel?</a></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In some circles there is a belief that Christians should support the state of Israel because Bible prophecies say Jews will return to the promise land in the end times and God will save them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is some truth in that belief but also some important fallacies to point out. More on that later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, the Bible also says that during the coming great tribulation, Jerusalem will be as corrupt and evil as Sodom and Egypt:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>When they [the two witnesses] finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them. Their dead bodies will lie in the public square of the great city, which prophetically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.</i>" - Revelation 11:7-8, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the Bible, Sodom and Egypt represent the most corrupt and pagan of nations. Why will Jerusalem, the city where the Lord was crucified, be so evil? Because Jerusalem will be religious capital of the New World Order, the beast system in the book of Revelation. The Catholic Church, rabbinic/Talmudic Judaism and Islam have all staked their claims there. They will unite as a one-world religion under the second beast, a.k.a. the false prophet:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-13-11">"<i>Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb, but he sounded like a dragon. </i></span><i><span class="text Rev-13-12" id="en-HCSB-30920">He
exercises all the authority of the first beast on his behalf and
compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast,
whose fatal wound was healed. </span></i><span class="text Rev-13-13" id="en-HCSB-30921"><i>He also performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.</i>" - Revelation 13:11-13</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-13-13" id="en-HCSB-30921"></span>Two horns like a lamb, alluding to the Lamb of God, means the second beast will appear like Jesus Christ, but sounding like a dragon means his words will come from Satan. Don't be deceived!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerusalem and the state of Israel are well on their way to becoming Sodom. Israel was the first country in the world to legalize abortion in the third trimester - signed into law by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Abortions in Israel are subsidized by the government and free of charge in most cases. Tel Aviv was named the #1 hotspot destination for gay tourism by </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a survey of gay travelers</span>. Officials estimate 25% of the city is homosexual. Netanyahu's government paid the homosexual community to bring Tel Aviv's gay pride parade to Jerusalem and promised security, because even the gays were reluctant to do it there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We should also mention Israel's horrible treatment of the Palestinians. The secret reality of the Palestinians in the West Bank is that the majority are crypto-Jews descended from the Jews scattered in the countryside after the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD. In its early days, the government of Israel reached out to them with Talmudic Judaism, but they rejected it because most are Muslims or Christians. Now they are forced to live in segregated territories under a state of harsh martial law and denied the rights of regular Israeli citizens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another rarely discussed reality is that Messianic Jews in Israel face serious persecution for their faith. The government of Israel is okay with Christian tourism, but they don't want their own citizens to believe Jesus is the Messiah. There is a law in Israel called the Law of Return which gives Jews from other nations the right to live in Israel and gain citizenship. However, the Supreme Court of Israel determined it does not apply to Jews who had converted to Christianity and become Messianic Jews. There is also a group in Israel called Yad </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">L’Achim that actively persecutes Messianic Jews, even to the point of breaking laws, but police and government organizations look away because they tacitly support Yad L'Achim's mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sodom and Egypt indeed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So should Christians support Sodom? The Scriptures have a clear answer:<span class="text 2Cor-6-14"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text 2Cor-6-14">"<i>Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? </i></span><i><span class="text 2Cor-6-15" id="en-HCSB-28913">What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? </span><span class="text 2Cor-6-16" id="en-HCSB-28914">And what agreement does God’s sanctuary have with idols? For we are the sanctuary of the living God, as God said: </span><span class="text 2Cor-6-16"><span class="ot">I will dwell among them </span></span><span class="text 2Cor-6-16"><span class="ot">and walk among them, </span></span><span class="text 2Cor-6-16"><span class="ot">and I will be their God, </span></span><span class="text 2Cor-6-16"><span class="ot">and they will be My people. </span></span><span class="text 2Cor-6-17" id="en-HCSB-28915"><span class="ot">Therefore, come out from among them </span></span><span class="text 2Cor-6-17"><span class="ot">and be separate, says the Lord; </span></span><span class="text 2Cor-6-17"><span class="ot">do not touch any unclean thing, </span></span></i><span class="text 2Cor-6-17"><span class="ot"><i>and I will welcome you.</i>" - 2 Corinthians 6:14-17</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text 2Cor-6-17"><span class="ot">We should support our brothers in Christ, the Messianic Jews, and reach out to the broader Jewish community with the gospel. However, the government of Israel is aligned with the "rulers of the darkness of this world," not the kingdom of God.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Furthermore, the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">idea of "Judeo-Christian values" and the </span>supposed fraternity of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Judaism
and Christianity are a myth. Christianity and Judaism are like oil and water. The Talmud and Zohar (Jewish religious texts) have
nothing to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ or the righteousness of God. Nobody gave Jesus more
trouble in his day than the Pharisees, and today's rabbinic/Talmudic Jews are direct spiritual descendants of the Pharisees. They exert
enormous influence in Israel. The Sanhedrin council which condemned
Jesus Christ to death has been re-established in Israel. Jewish religious leaders are promoting the so-called Noahide laws for Gentiles in nations around the world and through the UN:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.un.org/ecosoc/sites/www.un.org.ecosoc/files/files/en/2016doc/list-oral-statment-institute-of-noahide-code.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">United the United Nations through Seven Noahide Laws</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These laws forbid idolatry, and rabbinic Judaism defines worshiping Jesus Christ as idolatry. The penalty for idolatry under Noahide laws is death by beheading - see section VI, article 16 in:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://noahide.org/the-noahide-dinim-sub-laws/?print=pdf" target="_blank">The Noahide Dinim Sub-Laws</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's all a set-up
to persecute Christians, just like they persecuted Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, from the perspective of Bible prophecy, what is true about Israel and the Jews? Read the second half of this article, <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2019/11/incredible-bible-prophecies-about.html" target="_blank">Incredible Bible Prophecies about Israel and the Jews</a>.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There are some Christians who preach against the idea of a "rapture" or miraculous rescue of the saints before the end of the Great Tribulation. Their messages goes something like this:</span><br />
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Don't think we're getting raptured out of the Great Tribulation. We're going all the way through! All the trumpets and bowls of wrath. Then Jesus will come at the very end. So be ready, we're all going through tribulation!</span></i><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I agree the rapture is a difficult subject and people have different points of view. Personally, I am convinced the Bible describes a rapture or miraculous rescue of the saints and it will happen at the beginning of the Great Tribulation. This doesn't mean Christians will escape all persecution and tribulation. In fact, we will see the opening of the first six seals in Revelation 6. But saints who are accounted worthy will escape the worst of tribulation - God's wrath on earth during the Great Tribulation. Please see the articles listed under RESOURCES below.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The problem I see is that those who preach we must all go through the Great Tribulation tend to have a grinch-like attitude about it. It's as if the idea that God would be merciful enough to spare us from the worst tribulation is disdainful to them. How dare anyone teach mid-tribulation! There are plenty of Bible verses to support it though. It makes me wonder if their view of God's mercy will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If they don't believe Jesus is coming to rescue them, maybe He will oblige them.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I'm thinking of the parable of the talents in Matthew 25. The man who hid his talent in the ground believed his master was a "hard man" who reaped where he hadn't sown. In other words, he thought God was exacting and unmerciful. In the end, he was thrown out into the darkness, while the others who were faithful received great rewards and shared in their master's joy.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God is a rewarder of faith and faithfulness. While I certainly want to complete the work God has for me on earth, it also makes me very hopeful and excited to think I won't have to be here during the Great Tribulation!</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">To those who are disdainful of God's mercy, I would say: Be careful, check yourself and don't be a rapture grinch!</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><u>RESOURCES </u></span><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-great-rescue-is-coming-let-us.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Great Rescue Is Coming - Let Us Persevere to the End!</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2016/05/preview-what-comes-next-for-us-exodus.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">PREVIEW: What Comes Next for Us? The Exodus out of Egypt</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/02/this-is-rapture.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This Is the Rapture!</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/02/this-is-rapture-bible-verses.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This Is the Rapture - Bible Verses</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/12/revival-rapture-zombie-apocalypse-and.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Harvest for the Kingdom, Rapture, Zombie Apocalypse and Return of the King - The Message of Daniel 9:27</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-rapture-will-happen-during-period.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Rapture Will Happen During the Period of Judgment on America</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/07/be-wise-virgin.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Parable of the Virgins - The Bridegroom Comes Quickly!</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/04/isaiah-26-rapture-and-day-of-lord.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaiah 26 - The Rapture and the Day of the Lord</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2019/04/three-days-of-darkness.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Three Days of Darkness</span></a><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-62667677868688303792019-04-04T14:02:00.002-06:002019-04-11T12:56:53.328-06:00Three Days of Darkness<div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have been seeing the "three days of darkness" come up frequently and more urgently in prophetic words lately. I think it's for real. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just as the Israelites experienced three days of darkness in Egypt before being delivered by God's parting of the Red Sea, so we will experience three days of darkness before being gathered to the Lord - i.e. the rapture. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just as Jonah was three days in the belly of the fish before being vomited onto dry land, so we will experience three days of darkness before seeing the light.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just as Jesus Christ was in the grave for three days before resurrecting into a glorified body, so we will be three days in darkness and before our transformation into glorified, immortal bodies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just as Christ witnessed to many for 40 days after his resurrection and then was taken up into heaven, so we will follow in his steps and witness to many for a short time in our transformed bodies before going up to heaven.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Jesus comes to gather the elect, "the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the starts will fall from the sky, and the celestial powers will be shaken." The three days of darkness!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It makes sense, really. You can see the prophetic words and visions below for details and confirmation. Several prophecies say it will be caused by Nibiru/Planet X passing between the earth and the sun, creating a massive, three-day eclipse. The gravitational pull of this planet may tilt the earth, which to us would look like the stars are falling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just before it occurs, the skies will show spectacular colors, such as pink/red. This is when you know it's time to hide inside your home. The earth will also tremble and cause earthquakes in some places. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stay in your home for the three days. Cover the windows and lock the doors. Don't open the door for anyone and don't look outside. Use plain candles for light. And know that Jesus is coming soon!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://lighthascome.com/2018/05/29/prophetic-warning-3-days-of-darkness-278pikelk/">https://lighthascome.com/2018/05/29/prophetic-warning-3-days-of-darkness-278pikelk/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.' So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. One person could not see another, and for THREE DAYS they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived.</i>" - Exodus 10:21-23</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood; the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?'</i>" - Revelation 6:12-17</span></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-78514116886427619812019-02-07T09:54:00.002-07:002019-02-07T09:58:45.653-07:00The Folly of Antisemitism: Israel's Destiny of Salvation<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">NOTE: This article is partially complete. I'm not sure when I'll finish it, so I decided to publish it as is. The primary message is there and I think it's an important one for our time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It has been on my heart for a while to write about antisemitism and the nation of Israel. I have witnessed a growing prejudice against Jews and against Israel's existence, even among those who claim to be Christians. In this article I want to show God's heart toward the house of Israel (i.e. physical descendants of the 12 tribes) and His plan for returning them to the Promised Land and redeeming them </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the end times</span>. There are many prophecies about this in the Bible. As Christians, it is important that our hearts and minds line up with God's agenda, lest we find ourselves opposed to His work in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Bible states that a remnant of the house of Israel will be re-gathered to the land promised to Abraham and to his descendants forever. They will go through tribulation -- even two-thirds will perish. But through it all, Israel will turn to the Lord God, recognize their true Messiah Jesus Christ and be saved as a nation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God will do this for his glory and because of his covenant with Abraham. <br /><br />This is not to say Israel is righteous today. It is not. The Israeli government is very involved with the New World Order agenda (as are many governments around the world). Israel's treatment of Palestinians is horrendous and deserves criticism. But none of this negates the fact that God will save them.<br /><br />It would be unwise for anyone to have hatred toward a people God intends to save, especially when we ourselves are only saved by His grace. Salvation is a gift that no one deserves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abraham is the father of our faith. When God called Abraham to leave his home in Haran and go to an unknown land, He promised to make Abraham into a great nation and to bless all the peoples on earth through him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Gen-12-1">Go out from your land, </span><span class="text Gen-12-1">your relatives, </span><span class="text Gen-12-1">and your father’s house </span><span class="text Gen-12-1">to the land that I will show you. </span><span class="text Gen-12-2" id="en-HCSB-301">I will make you into a great nation, </span><span class="text Gen-12-2">I will bless you, </span><span class="text Gen-12-2">I will make your name great, </span><span class="text Gen-12-2">and you will be a blessing. </span><span class="text Gen-12-3" id="en-HCSB-302">I will bless those who bless you, </span><span class="text Gen-12-3">I will curse those who treat you with contempt, </span><span class="text Gen-12-3">and all the peoples on earth w</span><span class="text Gen-12-3">ill be blessed through you.</span></i>" - Genesis 12:1-3, Holman </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That nation would become Israel, God's own people in the earth; the land would be the land of Canaan, the promised land; and the blessing was ultimately fulfilled in the Messiah, the Savior of all mankind, coming through Abraham's lineage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God was very specific that the inheritor of these promises was Abraham's son Isaac, born to his wife Sarah in old age. It was not Ishmael, who was born to Sarah's handmaid Hagar in a moment of doubt, nor was it any of the sons of Keturah, the wife Abraham took after Sarah died. The inheritance was passed to Isaac's son Jacob, and not his firstborn son Esau who traded his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew. Then it passed to Jacob's 12 sons, the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God gave the promised land to Abraham's offspring as an eternal (never-ending) inheritance:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text Gen-17-7" id="en-HCSB-405">I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you. </span></i><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><i>And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.</i>" - Genesis 17:7-8</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406">The patriarchs lived in the land of Canaan until the great famine, when Jacob and his sons moved to Egypt for refuge. The nation of Israel lived there 430 years and grew numerous. God raised up Moses to lead the people out of Egypt, through the wilderness for 40 years and then to the promised land. By God's hand, Israel defeated and displaced the Canaanite nations and finally inhabited the land. Each tribe finally received their allotted portion.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406">Israel lived as a nation there for nearly a millennium. They went through the era of the judges and the kings. The first king was Saul, followed by David and his son Solomon. After Solomon, Israel was divided by civil war into the Northern Kingdom and Judah. The people fell into idolatry and rebellion. </span><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406">Eventually God punished unrepentant Israel by driving them out of the land. First, Assyria destroyed the Northern Kingdom and sent its people into exile. One hundred thirty-seven years later, Babylon destroyed Judah and Jerusalem and exiled its people.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406">God in his mercy restored Judah after 70 years of exile. However, it was only the remnant from Judah who returned. The tribes of the Northern Kingdom remained dispersed:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406">By the time of Christ, Israel was subdued again by a foreign power - Rome. Except for a remnant (minority), the people of Israel did not receive their Messiah when He came. This failure would bring judgment on the nation again:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406">"</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><i><span class="text Luke-19-41">As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it, </span><span class="text Luke-19-42" id="en-HCSB-25774">saying, <span class="woj">'If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. </span></span><span class="text Luke-19-43" id="en-HCSB-25775"><span class="woj">For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. T</span></span></i><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><i>hey will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.'</i>" - Luke 19:41-44</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj">This was prophecy fulfilled in 70 A.D. when Rome sacked and destroyed Jerusalem. According to the historian Josephus, 1.1 million died, mostly Jews, and 97,000 were enslaved. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj">But this was not the end of the story for Israel. Israel's rejection of Christ opened the door for the salvation of the Gentile (i.e. others nations of the world):</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj">"<i>By their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.</i>" - Romans 11:11</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj">By faith in Christ, Gentiles become spiritual sons of Abraham and, like a wild olive branch grafted into a domesticated olive tree, share in the promises God made to Abraham:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><i><span class="text Gal-3-6" id="en-HCSB-29107">Just as Abraham <span class="ot">believed God,</span> <span class="ot">and it was credited to him for righteousness, </span></span><span class="text Gal-3-7" id="en-HCSB-29108">then understand that those who have faith are Abraham’s sons. </span></i><span class="text Gal-3-8" id="en-HCSB-29109"><i>Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham, saying, </i><span class="ot"><i>All the nations will be blessed through you.</i>" - Galatians 3:6-8</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><span class="text Gal-3-8" id="en-HCSB-29109"><span class="ot"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Gen-17-8" id="en-HCSB-406"><span class="text Luke-19-44" id="en-HCSB-25776"><span class="woj"><span class="text Gal-3-8" id="en-HCSB-29109"><span class="ot">"<i><span class="text Rom-11-16" id="en-HCSB-28225">And if the root is holy, so are the branches.</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><i> <span class="text Rom-11-17" id="en-HCSB-28226">Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, </span></i><span class="text Rom-11-18" id="en-HCSB-28227"><i>do not brag that you are better than those branches.</i>" - Romans 11:16-18</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-11-18" id="en-HCSB-28227"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-11-18" id="en-HCSB-28227">Our salvation came through Abraham, the nation of Israel, and ultimately Jesus the Messiah. We are now living in the time of the Gentiles, but that window is rapidly closing. God has not forgotten Israel, whose salvation as a nation will come at the end of this age:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-11-18" id="en-HCSB-28227"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Rom-11-18" id="en-HCSB-28227"><span class="text Rom-11-25" id="en-HCSB-28234">So that you will not be conceited, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery: A partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. </span><span class="text Rom-11-26" id="en-HCSB-28235">And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written:</span></span><span class="text Rom-11-26"><span class="ot"> The Liberator will come from Zion; </span></span></i><span class="text Rom-11-26"><span class="ot"><i>He will turn away godlessness from Jacob.</i>" - Romans 11:25-26</span></span><span class="text Rom-11-27" id="en-HCSB-28236"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's take a look at the Old Testament prophecies about Israel's salvation. I recommend reading the entire sections listed below. But for sake of brevity, this article will only highlight key verses and interpretations. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jeremiah 30-31</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to
the land I gave to their forefathers, and they will possess it.</i>" - Jeremiah 30:3, Berean Study Bible</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God promised to restore Israel and Judah to the land of their forefathers. He specifically named Israel (Northern Kingdom) and Judah. This means all 12 tribes, not only the remnant of Judah that returned after the Babylonian exile.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah. Yes, this is what the LORD says: 'We have heard a cry of panic—of terror, not of peace.<b> </b>Ask and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?<b> </b>How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be delivered out of it.'</i>" - Jeremiah 30:4-7</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
The salvation of Israel will be birthed through a time of great distress and tribulation. In the King James Version it is called "Jacob's trouble." I believe this time corresponds to <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-four-horsemen-will-soon-ride.html" target="_blank">the seven seals of Revelation</a>, including the Great Tribulation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts,</i></span><i> I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them. Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.</i>" - Jeremiah 30:8-9</span><br />
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→<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Israel will be freed from foreign captivity and enslavement. They will serve the Lord God and "David their king." The latter is a reference to the coming Messiah King. Jeremiah wrote those words nearly 400 years after the actual King David, so it was clearly a prophetic and messianic reference.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus came the first time as prophet and savior. </span>When He returns, He will judge the earth, defeat Satan's forces and reign as King. Therefore, the salvation of Israel is associated with the return of Christ and his 1,000-year reign on earth. This is an end-times event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you; yet I will correct you in measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.</i>" - Jerusalem 30:11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ God will bring judgment and destruction on all the nations where Israel was scattered. These areas include North America, Europe, Russia and the Middle East - all places where the diaspora of Israel have lived in large numbers. But He will not completely destroy Israel. He will punish them, and through it all the nation of Israel will be saved. </span><br />
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"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>This is what the LORD says: I'm going to bring the captives back to
Jacob's tents and show compassion on their homes. Cities will be built
on the ruins, and fortified palaces will be built in their rightful
place.</i>" - Jeremiah 30:18, God's Word Translation</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ The land of Israel will be rebuilt with cities, home and fortified places. We can look at Israel today and see this has already happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Jer-31-2">When Israel went to find rest, </span><span class="text Jer-31-3" id="en-HCSB-19695">the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> appeared to him<sup> </sup>from far away. </span><span class="text Jer-31-3">I have loved you with an everlasting love; </span><span class="text Jer-31-3">therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.</span></i>" - Jeremiah 31:2-3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ Why will the Lord save Israel? Because He loves Israel. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span class="text Jer-31-7">"<i>For this is what the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> says: Sing with joy for Jacob; </i></span><i><span class="text Jer-31-7">shout for the chief of the nations! </span><span class="text Jer-31-7">Proclaim, praise, and say, '</span><span class="text Jer-31-7"><span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, save Your people, </span><span class="text Jer-31-7">the remnant of Israel!' </span><span class="text Jer-31-8" id="en-HCSB-19700">Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land. </span><span class="text Jer-31-8">I will gather them from remote regions of the earth—</span><span class="text Jer-31-8">the blind and the lame will be with them, </span><span class="text Jer-31-8">along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth. </span></i><span class="text Jer-31-8"><i>They will return here as a great assembly!</i>" - Jeremiah 30:7-8</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-8"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-8"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ The return of Israel will be a joyous event! The Lord will draw them from the remote regions where they were scattered and assemble them in the promised land.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-31"><sup class="versenum"></sup> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-31">"<i>'Look, the days are coming'—this is the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s declaration—'when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. </i></span><i><span class="text Jer-31-32" id="en-HCSB-19724">This
one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I
took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant
they broke even though I had married them'—the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s declaration. '</span><span class="text Jer-31-33" id="en-HCSB-19725">Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days'—the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s
declaration. 'I will put My teaching within them and write it on their
hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people. </span></i><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><i>No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, "Know the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>," for they will all know Me, from the least to the greatest of them'—this is the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s declaration. 'For I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sin.'</i>" - Jeremiah 31:31-34</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ This passage about the new covenant appears in the same section as the return of Israel. God gave the law of Moses to Israel at Mount Sinai, but Israel did not keep that covenant. That's why they were ejected from the land. So God has made a new covenant through His Son, Jesus Christ. Israel will be forgiven and restored under the new covenant in Christ's blood. This reality also establishes the return of Israel as an end-times event between Jesus first coming and His return.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ezekiel 36-37</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365">"<i>This is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: Certainly in My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt so that its pastureland became plunder.</i>" - Ezekiel 36:5</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Holman</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ Here God accused Edom of taking and plundering His land. Of all the lands and nations in the world, God said the promised land of Israel belongs to Him. He feels personally about it.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Edom was a nation founded by Esau, the son of Isaac who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew. Esau's descendants founded Rome, as explained in <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2018/09/jacob-and-esau-two-brothers-two-nations.html" target="_blank">Jacob and Esau - Two Brothers, Two Nations in Conflict, Two Destinies</a>. Therefore, this prophecy is really about Rome taking the land of Israel, which it did around the time of Christ. So the restoration of Israel described subsequently in this section occ</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">urs after Roman occupation. It is an end-time event.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span class="text Ezek-36-6" id="en-HCSB-21366">"<i>Therefore, prophesy
concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the
ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: Look, I speak in My burning zeal because you have endured the insults of the nations. </i></span><span class="text Ezek-36-7" id="en-HCSB-21367"><i>Therefore this is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: I swear that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.</i>" - Ezekiel 36:6-7</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span class="text Ezek-36-7" id="en-HCSB-21367"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ God was angry that foreign nations desecrated His land. He vowed they would "endure their own insults" and be punished for it. Some of what will happen as described in Revelation is related to this judgment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span class="text Ezek-36-7" id="en-HCSB-21367"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-5" id="en-HCSB-21365"><span class="text Ezek-36-7" id="en-HCSB-21367"><span class="text Ezek-36-8" id="en-HCSB-21368">"<i>You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel, since their arrival is near. </i></span><i><span class="text Ezek-36-9" id="en-HCSB-21369">Look! I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. </span></i><span class="text Ezek-36-10" id="en-HCSB-21370"><i>I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. </i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><i><span class="text Ezek-36-11" id="en-HCSB-21371">I will fill you with people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful.</span></i>" - Ezekiel 36:8-11<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ Beautiful and hopeful language about restoring the land of Israel and its people. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text Ezek-36-16">The word of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> came to me: '</span><span class="text Ezek-36-17" id="en-HCSB-21377">Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity. </span><span class="text Ezek-36-18" id="en-HCSB-21378">So I poured out My wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. </span><span class="text Ezek-36-19" id="en-HCSB-21379">I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries. I judged them according to their conduct and actions. </span></i><span class="text Ezek-36-20" id="en-HCSB-21380"><i>When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.'</i>" - Ezekiel 36:16-20</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ God explained why Israel was exiled in the past and how it tarnished His holy name. Israel's rebellion, idolatry and bloodshed provoked the Lord. Yet when they were punished and scattered among the nations, it made Him look bad because Israel were His own people, God's own "called-out" nation.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726">Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.</span></span></span></i>" - Ezekiel 36:22</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ Israel does not deserve to be restored. That is not why God will do it. He will restore Israel because He loves them, as expressed previously in Jeremiah, and to restore His holy name among the nations. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Ezek-36-24" id="en-HCSB-21384">"<i>For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. </i></span><i><span class="text Ezek-36-25" id="en-HCSB-21385">I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. </span><span class="text Ezek-36-26" id="en-HCSB-21386">I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. </span></i><span class="text Ezek-36-27" id="en-HCSB-21387"><i>I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.</i>" - Ezekiel 36:24-27</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ Here again, God declared His intention to gather the house of Israel from exile and bring them back to the promised land. Not only that, but He will cleanse them from sin, put His Spirit in them and cause them to walk in His ways. This is another reference to the new covenant in Christ and pouring out of the Holy Spirit in the end times. Again, this restoration of Israel is clearly an end-times event.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Zechariah 9-14</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-9-9">"<i>Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! </i></span><i><span class="text Zech-9-9">Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! </span><span class="text Zech-9-9">Look, your King is coming to you; </span><span class="text Zech-9-9">He is righteous and victorious, </span><span class="text Zech-9-9">humble and riding on a donkey, </span></i><span class="text Zech-9-9"><i>on a colt, the foal of a donkey.</i>" - Zechariah 9:9</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-9-9"></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-9-9"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">→ The daughter Zion rejoices because her King is coming! Daughter refers to offspring, and Zion refers to Jerusalem or more broadly Israel. This verse is about the coming of Israel's Messiah King. It was fulfilled when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Zech-9-9"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Jer-31-34" id="en-HCSB-19726"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-17058816860333890282019-02-06T15:59:00.002-07:002019-05-10T21:34:32.557-06:00Spiritual Warfare Is Not Just Attacking Demons in the Spiritual Realm<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hen I hear Christians talk about "spiritual warfare" or "deliverance," red flags go up and I become suspicious. While these concepts are legitimate and rooted in the Bible, I have seen false doctrines and even witchcraft infiltrate into Christian circles under the guise of spiritual warfare and deliverance ministries. In some ways they have been hijacked. In an effort to set the record straight, this article will look at what the Bible says about spiritual warfare and contrast it with some unbiblical ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Witchcraft</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By witchcraft, I am referring to spiritual activities that God has clearly forbidden in the Bible. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">I am using King James for this passage because it seems more accurate than the modern translations:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-10" id="en-HCSB-5395">"</span><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><i><span class="text Deut-18-10" id="en-KJV-5395">There shall not be
found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or
an enchanter, or a witch.</span> Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>: and because of these abominations the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> thy God doth drive them out from before thee.</i>" - Deuteronomy 18:10-12, KJV</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><i>Passing a child through the fire</i> is child sacrifice. Like abortion. The phrase "through the fire" may also be translated "crossing over the fire," implying an interaction across a dimensional barrier or portal with an entity on the other side - a demon or fallen angel masquerading as a god.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><i>Divination </i>is receiving oracles or prophecies from a spirit other than the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">I suspect the majority of "Christian" prophecies one can find online are false, which means they come either from divination or the person's imagination.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">An example of an <i>observer of times</i> is consulting horoscopes, which claim there are </span></span>favorable
or unfavorable times for certain activities based on a person's
astrological sign. That means there is witchcraft in the newspapers!</span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><i>Enchanters </i>and <i>witches </i>cast spells and perform rituals to influence people or cause something to happen by supernatural means. This kind of magic is real. In the time of Moses, the Egyptian magicians Jannes and Jambres imitated the transformation of Moses' staff into a serpent as well as the first two plagues of the Lord using occult practices. The power behind it is demonic.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">I believe a <i>charmer </i>is someone who influences people's minds through hypnotic or mind control techniques</span></span></span><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">. I'm not an expert in this area, but I can see how corporate news programs use colors like hues of blue and certain graphics and musical tones to put people's minds in a more suggestive state before feeding them propaganda. They're charmers. One of the best ways for people to shatter the matrix and wake up to reality is to stop watching TV.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">A <i>consulter of familiar spirits</i> is more commonly known today as a psychic or medium. They commune with evil spirits, typically ones who claim to be angels or spirit guides but are really demons.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">A <i>wizard </i>is someone who is knowledgeable and accomplished in occult practices.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">A <i>necromancer </i>consults the dead, like the witch of Endor in the story of King Saul. In many cases I believe psychics who claim to consult the dead are actually consulting familiar spirits who pretend to be dead relatives or friends. In this way they can deceive and influence people.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">There is a growing amount of overt witchcraft in our culture today and a massive amount hidden like an iceberg beneath the surface. It's practiced at the highest levels of Hollywood, Washington DC and Wall Street. Here's a secret: All power in this world comes from the spiritual realm, whether good or evil.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">There is also witchcraft happening in the church.</span></span><br />
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<h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397">Many Christians equate spiritual warfare with attacking, binding and casting out demons and demonic strongholds in the spiritual realm through fantastical prayers. This idea is especially popular in Pentecostal circles. I'm not picking on Pentecostals. In fact, they get things right that others completely miss, such the fact that all spiritual gifts are operational today! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Deut-18-12" id="en-HCSB-5397"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-10">However, this is not what the Bible says spiritual warfare is. The Apostle Paul mentioned spiritual warfare in several places in his letters to the churches. Let's look closely at what he said about it </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-10"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-10">in Ephesians 6 and 2 Corinthians 10.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-10">Ephesians 6:10-18</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-10">"<i>Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.</i></span><i> <span class="text Eph-6-11" id="en-NIV-29349">Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. </span></i><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NIV-29350"><i>For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NIV-29350"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-13" id="en-NIV-29351">Therefore
put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you
may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to
stand.</span></span></i>" - Ephesians :10-13, NIV</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NIV-29350"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NIV-29350">Put on the full armor of God to stand against the devil's wiles. Paul acknowledged that we are in a war and our ultimately enemies are not even human. They are spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms - the same fallen angels and demons that animate the occult powers discussed in the previous section. These entities are influencing people and controlling events here on earth to oppose God's agenda of righteousness, goodness and salvation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NIV-29350"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352">Then Paul wrote about how to fight battle - the methods and means: </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-12" id="en-NIV-29350">"</span><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352"><i>Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place</i>" - Ephesians 6:14, NIV</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352">First of all we need the truth, the belt of truth wrapped around us. We have to discern what is true and speak and believe the truth. The devil has blanketed the world in a think fog of darkness and deception. Yet Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life." When we connect to the truth, we are connecting to things of God. When we believe a lie, we are following Satan.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352">We need righteousness, the righteousness that comes from Christ by faith. As we grow in our faith, we learn to walk in His righteousness and fulfill the law of love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-14" id="en-NIV-29352">"<i>A</i></span><span class="text Eph-6-15" id="en-NIV-29353"><i>nd with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.</i>" - Ephesians 6:15</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-15" id="en-NIV-29353">This verse is tricky to interpret. I think it refers to how the gospel of Christ brings reconciliation and peace with God. This peace quiets our hearts, calms our minds and frees us to be in a state of readiness to do God's will, like a </span><span class="text Eph-6-15" id="en-NIV-29353">pair of athletic shoes helps us to run and move at will.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-15" id="en-NIV-29353"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-15" id="en-NIV-29353">"</span><i><span class="text Eph-6-16" id="en-NIV-29354">In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. </span></i><span class="text Eph-6-17" id="en-NIV-29355"><i>Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.</i>" - Ephesians 6:16-17</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-17" id="en-NIV-29355">Faith shields us from enemy attacks and anchors us to God and His power. Faith is trusting God and the promises of His word. It is really important to study the Scriptures to know what promises to put faith in. As we do, His power and protection are unleashed. We are able to fend off temptations, deceptions and attacks against us as well as make advances for His kingdom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-17" id="en-NIV-29355">Salvation gives us hope for eternal life and promises of rewards in heaven. This hope consoles, motivates and directs us. It protects us from despair as we wrestle with troubles and tribulations in this life. In this way, salvation is a protective helmet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We also have the word of God, which is anything God speaks, especially as revealed in the Bible. Note that this verse says God's word does not become a weapon until it is animated by the Holy Spirit. In fact, Jesus said it is the Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth. So we can't figure out the Bible with only our fleshly minds or seek education at a seminary degree to find all the answers. We need the Holy Spirit to bring understanding and to apply it. Then it becomes a spiritual weapon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>A</i><span class="text Eph-6-18" id="en-NIV-29356"><i>nd pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.</i>" - Ephesians 6:18</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finally there is prayer, all manner of prayers to God - praise, thanksgiving, listening, making requests. When we pray in the Lord's will, we become like gateways for God's power to enter into this world from heaven. Prayer changes things. "<i>May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.</i>"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Daniel 10 gives a great example of prayer and its interaction with spiritual warfare. Daniel prayed for insight and then humbled himself before God with mourning and fasting for three full weeks. Finally an angel appeared and give Daniel his answer. The angel explained how he was dispatched after Daniel initially prayed but was hung up for 21 days by the "prince of Persia," which refers to a spiritual force of evil in heavenly places - a fallen angel who presided over the territory of Persia. Since Daniel persisted in his prayer and fasting, the archangel Michael finally came to assist and the messenger angel was free to break through. Notice Daniel wasn't binding and casting out demons or praying special "warfare prayers." He prayed and fasted to GOD. That's what created the breakthrough in the spiritual realm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Eph-6-10">2 Corinthians 10:1-6</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text 2Cor-10-1">Here is another aspect of spiritual warfare:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text 2Cor-10-1">"</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text 2Cor-10-1"><span class="text 2Cor-10-1">By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! </span><span class="text 2Cor-10-2" id="en-NIV-28974">I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.</span> <span class="text 2Cor-10-3" id="en-NIV-28975">For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. </span><span class="text 2Cor-10-4" id="en-NIV-28976">The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. </span><span class="text 2Cor-10-5" id="en-NIV-28977">We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. </span><span class="text 2Cor-10-6" id="en-NIV-28978">And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.</span></span></i><span class="text 2Cor-10-6" id="en-HCSB-28977">" - 2 Corinthians 10:1-6</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While writing to the Corinthians, Paul acknowledged his reputation for being soft-spoken in person but bold in his letters. He was confronting problems that arose in his absence and hoped they would be resolved, so he wouldn't have to be confrontational when he returned in person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next, Paul discussed the spiritual weapons at his disposal. These weapons even demolish strongholds! What are they? He demolishes arguments and every pretense that contradicts the knowledge of God. In other words, Paul challenged people with the truth - gently yet boldly if needed. His goal was to make every thought obedient to Christ. This is a similar idea to the renewing of our minds mentioned in Romans 12. We mature in our faith by uprooting the lies and replacing them with the truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, the way to demolish spiritual strongholds is to challenge and confront people with the truth. Truth has a power all its own. It shatters illusions and tears down deceptions. God's words, which are truth, will accomplish what He intends:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>So My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it
will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.</i>" - Isaiah 55:11</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spiritual Warfare Is Practicing the Christian Fundamentals:</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to these Scriptures, spiritual warfare is practicing the Christian fundamentals effectively: </span><br />
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Truth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Righteousness</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gospel of peace</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Faith</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hope of salvation </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Using God's word by the Holy Spirit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prayer, especially intercessory prayer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Challenging people with the truth to demolish strongholds</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Growing in these practices are what enables us to stand against evil in this world and have victories over the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms. In this way, we become effective agents of Christ. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This biblical teaching contradicts the idea that spiritual warfare is directly engaging demonic beings with special warfare prayers. Yes, there are times to cast out demons. Jesus cast out a legion of demons from the Gerasene demoniac in Mark 5. The poor, afflicted man was wandering around a graveyard and cutting himself. Jesus set him free and he came back to his right mind. Demon possession may come up more frequently when ministering to people who came out of the occult or who are victims of satanic ritual abuse (SRA) and trauma-based mind control. It's a legitimate ministry, but it isn't the main way we engage in spiritual warfare. Practicing the Christian fundamentals is the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do pray that God will protect my family and home from evil. A handful of times in my life I have been harassed by demons at night during sleep and demanded they leave in Jesus' name. The last time it happened the demon was gone before I even spoke the phrase "in Jesus' name." He saw it coming and that was enough! But the primary way we engage God's protection is by drawing near to him through prayer, truth, righteousness, faith. As we abide in Christ, He automatically covers us with his wings:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><u>He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.</u> <span class="reftext"></span>I will say to the LORD, 'You are my refuge and fortress, my God, in whom I trust.' <span class="reftext"></span>Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. <span class="reftext"></span>He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.</i>"</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Psalm 91:1-4, Berean</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="p">It is God who protects us. We don't have to protect ourselves by constantly praying anti-demon warfare prayers. </span></span><br />
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<h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="p">Deliverance Ministries</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This brings us to deliverance ministries. Some claim that Christians need to "get delivered" as a matter of course. They suggest demons attach to us like leaches and we need deliverance ministers to remove them and set us free. I agree we are influenced by demons in our thoughts and desires, but what is the right remedy? Jesus never said that Christians need to "get delivered." The apostles (Paul, John, Peter, James) in their letters to the churches never mentioned deliverance ministry. If this ministry was essential for Christians, surely it would have been mentioned in the Bible! The apostles wrote at length about the importance of faith, prayer, truth, righteousness, hope, love, the Holy Spirit - all the Christian fundamentals. This is how we are set free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have seen and heard of deliverance ministries engaging in witchcraft. I know of someone who visited a deliverance minister and was supposedly set free from demons, but then started mimicking the deliverance minister's false doctrines and messages. Personally I am convinced the reverse took place. It was a demonic impartation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I admit I'm not an expert in this area. </span>There are godly people who engage in deliverance to help people. However, my knee-jerk reaction toward "deliverance ministry" is skepticism because it's not one of the Christian fundamentals and because it appears to be an area targeted for infiltration by the occult.</span><br />
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<h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Example of Spiritual Warfare Gone Awry</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'll give a recent example of unbiblical spiritual warfare that manifested in a slick and deceptive way. The </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">person involved is Glynda Lomax. She has the gift of prophecy and regularly posts messages on a blog and a podcast. </span>I used to read her messages because they seemed encouraging and relevant to the end times we are now living in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A couple months ago a word and interpretation appeared that claimed God intended President Trump to be a blessing for America but Christians weren't praying enough for him. This was a red flag for me because over the last three years God has spoken to me clearly that Donald Trump is a deception and an instrument of His judgment. Trump was sent to bring division, conflict and war to our nation and to test the hearts of Christians. Will people put false hope in a man (Trump) or turn to God alone? Here are several previous articles about this topic:</span><br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2019/01/trump-instrument-of-judgment.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trump the Instrument of Judgment</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/11/king-asa-of-judah-prophetic-metaphor.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">King Asa of Judah - A Prophetic Metaphor for Placing Hope in Donald Trump</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-dream-of-captivity.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Dream of Captivity</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/civil-war-foreboding.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Civil War Foreboding</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/02/president-trumps-fascism-is-starting-to.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">President Trump's Fascism Is Starting to Show</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/03/obamacare-new-world-order-and-mark-of.html" target="_blank">Obamacare, the New World Order and the Mark of the Beast - Part 1</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Other prophetic voices have expressed similar conclusions about Trump: Mena-Lee Grebin, Byron Searle, Linda Hasche, Shannon "Boldsojah4Christ" Johnson, Nathan Leal. T</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o say Trump is supposed to be a divine blessing contradicts what the Lord clearly showed me and others. I'm concerned because those who follow Trump and put their hope in him will be judged for it (see the first three articles in the list above). To say we must pray for Trump because God intends him to be a blessing is a backdoor way of getting Christians to put their hope in him - and fall into that trap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lomax later delivered a podcast entitled <a href="https://justpraisehimtoday.podbean.com/e/what-the-lord-told-me-about-pres-trump-and-america/" target="_blank">"<i>What the Lord Told Me About Pres Trump and America.</i>"</a> She</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> said God spoke at length to her one day about Trump and gave instructions to start a spiritual warfare prayer team to counter Trump's political and spiritual opposition. The underlined quotes are from the podcast. After each quote I'll write my comments.</span><br />
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<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"For a couple of hours straight, I got one word after another."</span></i></u><br />
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<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I had been researching and writing a warfare prayer against all the witchcraft that's being sent against Trump. I was researching different things to place in the prayer to make it effective."</span></i></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we pray to God, He hears our hearts and answers if we pray according to His will. God knows what must happen in the heavens and on earth to accomplish His purposes. He doesn't need detailed instructions or specially crafted words to be able to answer our prayers. However, I have noticed that witchcraft is very concerned with specific details and verbiage, as if a spell won't be effective unless the recipe is exactly right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm not saying that writing detailed prayers automatically makes it a spell, but this is a red flag.</span><br />
<br />
<u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>God began to speak to me. He said, "I want you to build me an army of prayer warriors...</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then he said, "I have appointed you a general after the order of Deborah."</span></i></u><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lomax said God designated her a "general," a high ranking military officer. This reminds me of another person I wrote about in <a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/11/exposing-bette-stevens.html" target="_blank">an article about false prophecy</a> who said God referred to him as "Warrior General." </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hmm, the same God who addressed Abraham, Moses and Jeremiah by their names in the Scriptures and called the Prophet Ezekiel by the generic "son of man," called that person "Warrior General?" Doubtful. Michael the Archangel might receive a title like that, but a mere mortal in the flesh? I also doubt the Lord would designate a mere mortal this side of heaven a General in the Order of Deborah. The Apostles referred to themselves as servants and slaves of Jesus Christ, not generals.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, a false spirit who wanted to flatter and puff someone up in order to manipulate them might do such a thing. Keep that in mind. This is another red flag. </span></span><br />
<br />
<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"He said, 'Teach them to do what you do - to pray a list every day. Guide them in how to pray over each issue. Start with the witchcraft prayer for your president. I have ordained him to be my man of the hour, but he has many enemies who are also my enemies. I desire that you would intervene in prayer that I would strengthen him and give him victories."</span></span></i></u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, this message about Trump contradicts what the Lord showed me. Trump is not God's man of the hour, except as an instrument of judgment and a "strong delusion" to lead astray those who do not love the truth - in the spirit of 2 Thess. 2.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moreover, who are Trump's enemies? Well, there are the Democrats who are in a fake conflict with Trump to keep the nation stirred up, distracted and divided. But no matter who is in Congress and the White House, whether Democrat or Republican, we get more war, debt, chemtrails and abortion because that is the globalist agenda both parties work for. Dismiss the rhetoric and look at they do. They are the left and right wings of the dragon that has seized control of the republic. They are showmen in a phoney contest who work together behind the scenes to deceive the American people. It's truly satanic.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Who then are the real enemies of Trump? It might be those who expose Trump's lies and evil agenda, like the small minority of Christians who are awake to what is really going on. So if that person is praying Trump will have victories, then that person is unwittingly praying for an unrighteousness agenda. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"He said, 'Tell my people that those who take this training, those who will commit to pray these prayers for me for one year, will be fantastically rewarded. I will open doors for them on the earth and give them things they have only dreamed about. I will increase their spiritual power to war in the heavenlies. They will have direct access to me in ways they never had before.'"</span></span></i></u><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, God promises amazing rewards in heaven for the faithful who use their talents to profit His kingdom. But this word says people who participate in this warfare prayer will be "fantastically rewarded" on earth and have things they "only dreamed about." It sounds over-the-top and strangely focused on earth, not heaven. Who else promises fantastic rewards on earth for pledging allegiance?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-4-8" id="en-HCSB-23218">"<i>Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. </i></span><i><span class="text Matt-4-10" id="en-HCSB-23220">And he said to Him, 'I will give You all these things if You will fall down and worship me.' Then Jesus told him, <span class="woj">'Go away, Satan! For it is written:</span></span><span class="text Matt-4-10"><span class="woj"><span class="ot"> Worship the Lord your God, </span></span></span></i><span class="text Matt-4-10"><span class="woj"><i><span class="ot">and serve only</span><span class="ot"> Him.</span>'</i>" - Matthew 5:8-10</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm not saying God is ungenerous on earth, but the Scriptures are clearly focused on rewards in heaven. So this message just sounds off. Another red flag.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I want to pray not only protection over President Trump, but I want to clear a path around him. I want to kick legs out from under those people who are fighting him so hard."</span></span></i></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lomax wants to kick the legs out from under Trump's enemies. But Jesus said to love our enemies:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-5-43"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><i>You have heard that it was said, <span class="ot">Love your neighbor </span></i></span><i><span class="woj">and hate your enemy.</span> </i></span><i><span class="text Matt-5-44" id="en-HCSB-23279"><span class="woj">But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,</span> </span></i><span class="text Matt-5-45" id="en-HCSB-23280"><span class="woj"><i>so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.</i>" - Matthew 4:43-45</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-5-45" id="en-HCSB-23280"><span class="woj">So did the Apostle Paul:</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-5-45" id="en-HCSB-23280"><span class="woj">"</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-5-45" id="en-HCSB-23280"><span class="woj"><i>Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.</i>" - Romans 12:14</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span>
<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"This is warfare. This is not praying blessings on these people. When I said take the legs out from under them, I meant that literally. I'm not playing here. I know what he's showing me to do and I plan to do it. This training is for hardcore soldiers only... </span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you want to pray for God's enemies to be blessed, knock yourselves out, but that is not what this is about, okay? "</span></span></i></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Lomax plainly stated her intent is not to bless people. What is the opposite of blessing? It is to curse. She intends to curse people with their spiritual warfare prayers. This sounds increasingly like witchcraft, like hexing people.</span><br />
<br />
<u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is not one single case that I can find in the Bible where God sent an army into battle for Israel and he said, "Yeah, go bless 'em." No, he said, "No, go in and don't leave a one of them alive, no matter if they are young or old.' He said, "Go get 'em and destroy them," is what he said in every case that I can find.</span></span></i></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She clearly intends to destroy people with their "prayers." This is appalling.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I understand that God commanded the Israelites in ancient Israel to eliminate the Canaanites in the land. It was an exceptional situation where God used Israel to judge the centuries of evil committed by the Canaanites and to eliminate Nephilim bloodlines </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(i.e. fallen angel - see Genesis 6) </span></span>among them.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But we are not under the law of Moses anymore. We are under the new covenant in Christ's blood:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Therefore the law was
our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But
after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.</i>” – Galatians 3:24-25,
King James 2000</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span>This is the age of grace and salvation. I understand that when Jesus returns, his enemies will all be destroyed. But not until then! In the meantime, we love our enemies and bless those who persecute us. God said He will allow the wheat and the weeds grow together until the end, lest a good stalk of wheat accidentally be pulled up.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<i><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"We are not going to bless or love the enemies of God and the enemies of the cross in the White House. We are going to strip them of everything that we an strip them of. I plan to show no mercy whatsoever, just like when I am fighting demons. I don't show mercy at all. They have no mercy for us. The people who are fighting President Trump don't have any mercy for you as a Christian. Did you know that? Do you realize it is the antichrist spirit that is operating against President Trump? It is the antichrist spirit that is in these people. Please hear me on this, please hear me because this is something God showed me."</span></span></u></i><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This just gets worse. Lomax is NOT going to bless or love the enemies of God, the opposite of which is to curse and hate. She will not show any mercy. That is ironic because Jesus said only those who show mercy will receive it:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Blessed are the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.</i>" - Matthew 5:7</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Furthermore, she is clearly targeting human beings, not just spiritual entities, with these "prayers" that are actually curses. She is dehumanizing people by saying they have the "antichrist spirit." But we all had the antichrist spirit until we were born again in Christ:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in
which you once walked according to the course of this world, according
to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the
children of disobedience.</i>" - Ephesians 2:1-2, World English Bible</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is clearly spiritual warfare gone awry. I don't know this person's heart - she may be a Christian who has fallen into deception. Perhaps a root of bitterness or unforgiveness was allowed to take root. One thing led to another, and now Lomax has been deceived into casting curses and hexes and showing no mercy. It was not the Holy Spirit who told her to form a spiritual warfare prayer team to pray for Trump. It was another spirit, a false spirit. This is why I say this is witchcraft - divination, spell casting and consulting familiar spirits. I pray she will get back on track and will not be allowed to pull others down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Conclusion</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We all need to stay true to the Scriptures. Study the Bible! There are so many deceptions in the world and they are increasing every day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When it comes to spiritual warfare, stick to the Christian fundamentals and you won't go astray:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, hope of salvation, God's word empowered by the Holy Spirit, challenging lies with the truth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-57434673883061514512019-02-01T09:47:00.000-07:002019-02-01T09:47:08.429-07:00Abortion<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The elites view abortion as a tool for population control and a ritual
sacrifice to gain power and favor from Lucifer. This nonsense about
women's reproductive rights is a political pretext and a smokescreen.
They want us to voluntarily kill our babies so there are less of us to
control and for them to enjoy greater occult powers to dominate and use
us. <br /><br />That's the truth. So don't murder and don't feed the demons.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-28454133396082575622019-01-30T11:32:00.003-07:002019-02-01T09:47:58.711-07:00Why I Believe Jonathan Kleck Is Now Leading People Astray<div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">NOTE: The article below was originally published a couple years ago. I took it down because I thought maybe Kleck had moved on and I didn't want to be divisive. However, Kleck is still teaching that Satan and the fallen angels created mankind. In fact, I watched a Kleck video the other night and he is now even teaching that Satan & Co. created the heaven and the earth. It literally made me feel sick to my stomach. The guy has fallen BIG TIME.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God has given Kleck an unbelievable amount of revelation about the end times and the inner workings of Satan. Kleck has sacrificed much to put it out there. But he has fallen into some spiritual madness and I need to warn people about it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Blessings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">--------------------------------- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I told the Lord I don’t want to write this post. It’s
unpleasant and potentially divisive and hurtful. But I don’t feel at
peace about staying quiet. I feel I must do it.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My concern is that Jonathan Kleck, a prophetic voice and
harbinger who has given many inspired insights about the end times, has
fallen into deception and is now leading people astray. My wife and I
have watched numerous Kleck videos and listened to many of his radio
shows. We benefited from this ministry and have supported it financially
and with encouraging words. There are even references to Kleck’s videos
on this blog.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">BUT recently Kleck released several videos in which he claims
Satan and the fallen angels created mankind in their image, not God as
it states in Genesis chapter 1. To make this claim, Kleck says the
Hebrew word Elohim, the second most common word for God in the Old
Testament next to Yahweh or Jehovah, really means Satan and the fallen
angels. With one linguistic perversion, Kleck is effectively saying that much of what the Old Testament has to say about the Lord God Almighty may instead pertain to
Satan and his minions. Elohim is used all over the Old Testament – the
Torah, Psalms, Prophets, you name it! This is a mockery of the Bible,
the word of God, and gives glory to Satan that belongs to God.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I privately and respectfully confronted Kleck about this
issue and urged him to repent. Please see the email chain appended
below. He responded that my studying of the Bible was irrelevant
compared to his spiritual gifts and direct “revelations.” In other
words, Kleck is claiming to be something like an infallible oracle of
God, and who am I to question him, even if his “revelations” contradict
the Scriptures. That sounds like the attitude of a cult
leader. Looking at the comments on his videos, there also seems to be a
large following of people who are receiving his messages without
critical examination.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am sure many others are pushing back on Kleck too, judging by how defensive he has been in some recent videos. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look, we are all mortals living in fleshly bodies and capable
of falling. I have to repent of things every day. All I am saying is
that Kleck has fallen into deception and pride and I pray he repents,
because this nonsense is tarnishing the credibility of the genuine
revelations God has given him in the past. Until he does, people need to
be careful, because if Kleck is willing to say Satan and the fallen
angels created us – that humanity is some kind of Frankenstein lab experiment made by devils – what will he say next?<br /><br /><br />——————————————————————-</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MY EMAIL:</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hi Jonathan,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wanted to write you concerning your new doctrine about Satan
and the fallen angels creating mankind in their image. My wife ——— and I
have learned much from your ministry and supported it financially.
However, this new doctrine plainly contradicts God’s word and I feel
compelled to warn you.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Elohim is the second most common word for God in the Old
Testament and occurs about 2,500 times throughout. It is second only to
the word Jehovah. These two words are synonymous as demonstrated by
this verse:<span class="yiv0230284415text yiv0230284415Exod-6-2" id="yiv0230284415en-NASB-1658"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv0230284415text yiv0230284415Exod-6-2" id="yiv0230284415en-NASB-1658">"<i>God [Elohim] spoke further to Moses and said to him, 'I am the </i><span class="yiv0230284415small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;"><i>Lord [Jehovah].</i>'"</span></span> – Exodus 6:2</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Elohim almost always means God, the Lord God, the Creator God,
in the Hebrew Old Testament. Yes, elohim can also refer to pagan gods
or magistrates or angels, as in Psalm 82, but that’s the exception, not
the rule. Just because the word is plural doesn’t mean it refers
to Satan and the fallen angels. The plurality of Elohim may simply be a
Hebrew idiosyncrasy or it may refer to the manifold magnificence of
God or the fact that the Father and the Son are one.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By stringing together Psalm 82 with the account of creation in
Genesis 1 and taking them out of context, you are fabricating an
esoteric meaning that plainly contradicts the whole Bible. Satan and
the fallen angels did not create anything. The Father God through Jesus
Christ the Son created EVERYTHING:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>For by Him [Jesus Christ] all things were created, both in the
heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through
Him and for Him.</i>" – Colossians 1:16</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I agree the Bible speaks about “gods” as in angelic rulers or
principalities. The Apostle Paul even referred to Satan as a “god”:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who
are perishing, in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds
of the unbelieving…</i>" – 2 Corinthians 4:3-4</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a reference to Satan’s worldly influence and authority
during this age, at least until Jesus Christ shows up on a white horse
with a sword to deal with him. It doesn’t mean Satan created anything.
Satan can manipulate creation for his twisted purposes, and even
contributed to the corruption of mankind, but he didn’t create
anything.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Apostle Paul also affirmed that men are created in God’s image:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God…</i>" -2 Corinthians 11:7</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By saying that Satan and his angelic minions effectively
created mankind in their image, you are giving glory to Satan that
belongs to God alone. Putting forth this false doctrine also tarnishes
the credibility of all the other amazing revelations God has given you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Brother, you have fallen for a deception and I do hope you repent of it.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mike Fisch </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">JONATHAN KLECK’S RESPONSE: </span></div>
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sorry you do not understand it…And your (((studying))) over the
revelation that comes with all but one of the gifts of the Spirit is
superfluous..And now I warn you to the contrary and you are welcome to
believe as you please but we will ALL give an account..Amen</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jonathan, thanks for the reply. I think I see what you are
saying – that you believe your direct revelation in the spirit
supersedes and can even contradict the Scriptures. That’s a dangerous
place to be, brother. <span id="x9c6d602932b547aa88f6eb42d85c817a">God is not the author of confusion. His words do not contradict themselves and do not change. They stand forever.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am seeing MANY people, even those I respect, stumble and fall
these days. This end-times prophecy is being fulfilled right now in
real time:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Even some of those with discernment will stumble, so that some
of them will be refined, purified and cleansed for an end yet to come
at the designated time.</i>" – Daniel 11:35</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wrote about it here: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/even-some-with-discernment-will-stumble_1.html">http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/even-some-with-discernment-will-stumble_1.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/even-some-with-discernment-will-stumble_2.html">http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/even-some-with-discernment-will-stumble_2.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shalom,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mike</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-59035366153957371542019-01-20T13:10:00.001-07:002019-02-01T09:49:02.242-07:00Read "The Gulag Archipelago"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yesterday the Lord put something unusual on my heart: Read <i>The Gulag Archipelago</i> by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I started. It describes very well the arbitrariness, capriciousness, deceptiveness, systematic cruelty and collective guilt of the political oppression in the Soviet Union. I think the Lord wanted me to read it because the same kind of oppression is coming here. Read it and open your eyes.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can find a PDF version of the book on this web page:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/TheGulagArchipelago-Threevolumes/page/n7">https://archive.org/details/TheGulagArchipelago-Threevolumes/page/n7</a> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-59831296649533091072019-01-14T17:21:00.000-07:002019-01-15T10:17:36.815-07:00Trump the Instrument of Judgment<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many think that Donald Trump is taking a stand against globalism and holding back chaos and conflict in our nation. But the reality is the opposite - he is bringing chaos and conflict.</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What I believe the Lord <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/01/civil-war-foreboding.html" target="_blank">showed me a couple years ago</a> is that Donald Trump is like Gaal son of Ebed in the story of Abimelech in Judges 9. I recommend reading the story to understand what happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gaal was sent by the Lord to divide the people of Shechem and bring about a civil war as a judgment against them for their bloodshed. America is also a nation of bloodshed - abortion and foreign wars - so the analogy is consistent. Many who followed Gaal were killed in civil conflict.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is why I’m concerned about people thinking Trump is a white knight fighting against the dark forces of globalism (represented by Abimelech in the story). It means they will follow Trump into this conflict and so will be judged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An often overlooked principle in the Scripture is the need </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to listen to the Lord and discern the times we live in:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>He [Jesus] said to the crowd: 'When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, "It’s going to rain," and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, "It’s going to be hot," and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?'</i>" - Luke 12:54-56, NIV</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus' day was time of the visitation of the Messiah. Sadly most in Israel missed it and that's why the nation was judged and destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. The consequences for failing to interpret the times can be serious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is happening in our time? God is judging America and Donald Trump is an instrument of His judgment. We should act and pray consistently with that reality. Don't fall into the trap of the coming civil conflict, and don’t think Trump will save us. Look only to God for protection and deliverance. Pray that people will repent and turn to the Lord.</span><br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-44745182687832171122019-01-04T23:45:00.001-07:002019-01-14T15:54:27.877-07:00Recommend this article: "Trump Is A Pied Piper For The New World Order Agenda" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This article by Brandon Smith is worth a read:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/trump-is-a-pied-piper-for-the-new-world-order-agenda_01042019" target="_blank">Trump Is A Pied Piper For The New World Order Agenda</a> </h2>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It explains in economic and political terms why Donald Trump is a con, the designated fall guy for crashing the US economy and the US dollar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The article states very well what this blog has been saying for two years: That Trump is a deception and a judgment on our nation. He is there to lead our country into civil war and to take the blame for the coming economic crash. The world will pass this blame onto Trump supporters, i.e. conservatives and Christians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don't be fooled! </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-28079638506091713932018-12-02T21:32:00.002-07:002020-02-04T13:40:16.473-07:00The Four Horsemen Will Soon Ride<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Note:</u>
This is a revision of an article originally published on March 16,
2015. The events described below are from that time, but the
interpretation is updated to reflect my current understanding.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.</i>" - Revelation 19:10, KJV</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus
Christ is still speaking loudly and clearly in this day. His testimony
is the spirit of prophecy. He is coming quickly to bring salvation and
grace to the saints and His judgment and wrath to the world. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Rude Awakening</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In
the fall of 2013, I realized that America and the world are headed for
great calamity. Before that time, I believed the world was improving and
basically a decent place to live. Boy, was I deceived! There are many
dark agendas playing out in the world, all of which are building to a
crescendo of evil unlike any time in history. For a long time I studied
these topics. It was overwhelming, like drinking from a fire hose, and
completely changed how I saw the world and my life. T</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">here
were days I felt deep sadness and mourning for the losses I saw coming.
But I also felt hope because I knew this was God's plan for the end of
the age. When Jesus returns, everything changes.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I realized our economy will soon collapse under </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an
unbearable load of debt, unfunded liabilities, money printing and
rejection of the US dollar in international trade. The dollar itself
will crash and then eventually go away. </span></span>This is by design.
The global elite are preparing the way for an electronic cryptocurrency
transacted using the mark of the beast, as described in Revelation 13.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I realized the Twin Towers and a third 50-story building, WTC Building 7, did not collapse perfectly into their own footprints </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at free fall speeds </span></span>on
9/11 because two jets hit them. This is physically impossible on so
many levels. The evidence points overwhelmingly to a controlled
demolition. Our government used the trauma of 9/11 to justify eroding
civil liberties with the Patriot Act and engaging in an endless series
of bloody "wars on terror" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
realized that the passage in Genesis 6 about "sons of God" having
children with human women was about fallen angels producing giant hybrid
offspring, which the Bibles calls mighty ones or Nephilim. The Goliath
David slew was one of these hybrid giants. Furthermore, Genesis 6 ties
in directly to the alien and UFO presence and the many reports of human
and animal abductions. Aliens are fallen angels and their minions. As
they did in the days of Noah, the fallen ones are engaged in a program
of genetic manipulation to create hybrid beings, but this time using
advanced technology. This is what Daniel prophesied would happen during
the final kingdom of this age, when iron (foreign DNA) will mix with
clay (human DNA) in the seed (offspring) of men:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Dan-2-43" id="en-NASB-21802">"<i>And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men.</i>" - Daniel 2:43, NASB</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There
are other topics as well. All of them are related and point to the
reality that we are living at the very end of this age, i.e. the final
generation. Numerous prophetic voices confirm it as well. The world is
about to become darker than it ever has, and then Jesus Christ will
return to vanquish evil with a sword and bring light and justice to the
world - see Revelation 19. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My
wife and I reached out to people, both Christians and non-Christians,
to try to share what we saw. Naively, I thought people would want to
know. We envisioned building a community of Christians who are awake to
the times, prepping for what's coming and seeking God's kingdom in the
final days. Honestly, it was very disappointing. Most people don't want
to touch these issues with a 10-foot pole. It frightens them. They love
the world as they perceive it and don't want to think of it in a more
sinister, apocalyptic light, or think that their world is about to
change.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There
is a sprinkling of people out there who are awake and I am grateful for
the ones I know. Strangely, church leaders and pastors seem most
resistant to these messages.</span> I am unaware of any churches in my area that openly preach about it. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But
God has confirmed this message many, many times and I cannot doubt it:
Our nation (and the world) is under judgment, we're at the end and Jesus
is coming soon! I</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t
was a mercy to be awakened and have this time to make peace with this
reality and prepare spiritually, intellectually,
emotionally and materially. Jesus said men's hearts will faint from fear
and expectation of things coming on the earth (Luke 21:26). I give God
the credit for waking me up and giving me a chance to be ready. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What's Coming Next?</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just before Thanksgiving in the fall of 2014, I asked, "Now what, Lord? What's coming next?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Later I listened to a radio interview of <a href="http://www.tribulationtruth.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">John Shorey</a>
about end-times events in Revelation 6 and elsewhere in the Bible. He discussed
various wars and how he believed that the Pale Horse that brings death
over one quarter of the earth includes the destruction of Mystery
Babylon in Revelation 17-18. I an convinced <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/06/america-is-mystery-babylon.html" target="_blank">America is Mystery Babylon</a>,
so that grabbed my attention. Shorey also
said that he thought the Rapture appears in Revelation 6:12-17, which is
an interpretation that occurred to me. It all resonated. The more I
thought and
prayed about it, the more I sensed the Lord impress on my heart <i>Revelation 6</i>. As in, that is the answer to my prayer. That is what's coming next.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
shared this with my wife. A day or two later, as we drove home from
Seattle and crossed a barren stretch of Eastern Washington, the car had
quieted down and the kids were asleep. I flipped on the radio and there
was a man reading Bible scriptures. He said, "Next we are going to
read... Revelation chapter 6." He proceed to read the whole chapter. That was an amazing confirmation. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I got home, I heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtgNJ8FHoqo" target="_blank">the latest prophetic dreams from Pastor T.D. Hale</a>, in which the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mounted and began to ride. There it was
again! Also in his dream, lights all around the world shot up into the
sky, which I think is a reference to the <a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-great-rescue-is-coming-let-us.html" target="_blank">great rescue and gathering of the elect</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then my mother shared with me a vivid dream of her own. In it a black horse was
trying to stomp on her, but she stood to the side of it and had it by
the reins. People were telling her to watch out, but she said it was
okay, she had it under control. I told her that was probably the Black
Horse in Revelation 6, which brings famine and privation. Another confirmation.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>M<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y mother had another dream that featured a pale green horse. She took out
a wash cloth, wet it and said that was its color. The Greek word for pale in Revelation is 6 is <i>chloros</i>,
which is the root for English words like chlorine and chlorophyll,
implying a shade of green. Chloros can mean pale or ashen as well as pale green. She saw the Pale Green Horse in her dream.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What's
coming next are the Four Horsemen described in Revelation 6. They come
as Jesus the "Lamb of God" opens the first four seals:<u><b> </b></u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><b>White Horse</b></u> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-6-1">"<i>Then
I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four
living creatures say with a voice like thunder, 'Come!' </i></span><span class="text Rev-6-2" id="en-HCSB-30794"><i>I
looked, and there was a white horse. The horseman on it had a bow; a
crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer.</i>" - Revelation 6:1-2, Holman</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
white horse brings conquest. The rider carries a bow and wears a crown,
so he is a political leader, a king. When Jesus arrives to lead the
armies of heaven in the battle of Armageddon (see Revelation 19), he
will wear "many crowns" and have a sword, not a bow. The rider of the
white horse in Revelation 6 is imitating Jesus, but is not Him.
Therefore, this rider is a false messiah king, a.k.a. the Antichrist,
the son of perdition, the little horn, the first beast. T</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his person is already on the scene today and quietly building support for his reign in the background. <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2018/11/he-is-coming-back.html" target="_blank">Here is a sly hint about who he is</a>. <a href="https://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-beast.html" target="_blank">Here is another</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Red Horse</b></u> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-6-3">"<i>When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” </i></span><span class="text Rev-6-4" id="en-HCSB-30796"><i>Then
another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered
to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one
another. And a large sword was given to him.</i>" - Revelation 6:3-4</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
red horse brings war. Its rider carries a large sword. Expect to see
war between nations and violent, civil conflict within nations.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Black Horse</b></u> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Rev-6-5">When
He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say,
'Come!' And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it
had a set of scales in his hand. </span></i><span class="text Rev-6-6" id="en-HCSB-30798"><i>Then
I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, 'A
quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a
denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.'</i>" - Revelation 6:5-6</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The black horse brings economic collapse and famine. The<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Rev-18-8"> rider carries "a
set of scales in his hand." Scales were used in the old world for
commerce - to sell and to buy. In other words, they represent the
economy. "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley
for a day's wages." A quart of wheat is enough to make only a loaf or
two of bread. How much money do you make in a day? $100, $200, $300?
Imagine if you had to pay that much for a loaf of bread. The Black Horse
brings an economic crash followed by hyperinflation, scarcity of resources, and famine.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Pale Green Horse</b></u> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-6-7">"<i>When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come!' </i></span><span class="text Rev-6-8" id="en-HCSB-30800"><i>And
I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was
named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to
them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by
plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.</i>" - Revelation 6:7-8</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
pale horse brings death. It has authority over a fourth of the earth to
kill by sword,
famine, plague and wild beasts. I take this to mean a plague of death
will affect one-quarter of the world, not that a fourth of the world's
population will necessarily perish. America will be affected since it is
the prophetic Mystery Babylon whose plagues of death, mourning and
famine will come "<a href="http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2015/09/it-will-come-in-one-day.html" target="_blank">in one day</a>" (Revelation 18:8).</span></span><br />
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Slain for the Word of God</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the fifth seal is broken in Revelation 6, the souls of those
who were slain for their faith in Jesus cried out and asked, "How long, O
Lord, holy and true, will you refrain from judging and avenging our
blood on those who dwell on the earth?" They were given a white robe and
told to wait a little while longer until the number of those slain
should be completed. This represents the persecution of believers in Christ.</span></span><br />
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Gathering of the Elect and the Wrath of the Lamb</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After
the sixth seal is broken, there is an earthquake, the sun turns dark
and the moon like blood, the stars fall and the sky splits apart. People on earth are in anguish for the coming wrath:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-6-12">"<i>Then
I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun
turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became
like blood; </i></span><i><span class="text Rev-6-13" id="en-HCSB-30805">the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; </span><span class="text Rev-6-14" id="en-HCSB-30806">the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.</span></i></span></span><i> <span class="text Rev-6-15" id="en-HCSB-30807">Then
the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich,
the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among
the rocks of the mountains. </span><span class="text Rev-6-16" id="en-HCSB-30808">And
they said to the mountains and to the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us
from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the
Lamb, </span></i></span><span class="text Rev-6-17" id="en-HCSB-30809"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?'</i>" - Revelation 6:12-17</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is the same celestial and earthly scene as the
coming of Jesus Christ and gathering of the elect in Matthew 24.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Matt-24-29"><span class="woj">Immediately after the tribulation of those days: The sun will be darkened, </span></span><span class="text Matt-24-29"><span class="woj">and the moon will not shed its light; </span></span><span class="text Matt-24-29"><span class="woj">the stars will fall from the sky, </span></span><span class="text Matt-24-30" id="en-HCSB-23988"><span class="woj">and
the celestial powers will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man
will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will
mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.</span> </span></i><span class="text Matt-24-31" id="en-HCSB-23989"><span class="woj"><i>He
will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His
elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.</i>" - Matthew 24:29-31</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In fact, Jesus' description of the end of the age in Matthew 24 matches the events in Revelation 6:</span></span><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">White horse - conquest by Antichrist, i.e. false messiah king:</span></u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "<i>Watch
out that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I
am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.</i>" - Mat. 24:4, Holman</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Red horse - war and conflict</u>:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "<i>You
are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars... For nation will rise up
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.</i>" - Mat. 24:6-7</span></li>
<li><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">B</span></u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>lack horse - economic collapse and famine</u>:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "<i>There will be FAMINES and plagues and earthquakes in various places.</i>" - Mat. 24:7</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Pale green horse</u> - death: This is a result of war, famine, plagues and wild animals.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Fifth seal</u> - persecution and martyrdom of Christians:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "<i>Then
they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You
will be hated by all nations because of My name. Then many will take
offense, betray one another and hate one another.</i>" - Mat. 24:9-10</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Given
all the similarities between these passages, I believe the sixth seal
with its identical celestial imagery implies the coming of Jesus Christ
and gathering of the elect, an event some call the Rapture. </span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After
this, the
seventh will open up the seven trumpets in Revelation, and the seventh
trumpet will open up the seven bowls of God's wrath. They are like
Russian dolls, one
inside the other. The seventh seal marks the Great Tribulation, the
final 3.5 years of this age when the height of wrath and judgment are
poured out on earth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please
understand we will all experience tribulation on earth - the first six
seals, all of Revelation 6 - before the gathering of the elect. Then the
Great Tribulation will come, the final 3.5 years of this age.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please
also understand that the gathering of the elect is for those who are
accounted worthy - who persevere in their faith and seek to obey Jesus
Christ:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Luke-21-36" id="en-KJV-25863"><i>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.</i>" - Luke 21:36, KJV</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Luke-21-36" id="en-KJV-25863"><br /></span></span>
"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Luke-21-36" id="en-KJV-25863"><span class="woj"><i>Because
you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour
of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who
live on the earth.</i>" - Revelation 3:10, Holman</span> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Luke-21-36" id="en-KJV-25863">See
also the parable of the virgins in Matthew 25. All ten virgins wanted
to meet the Bridegroom, but only the wise virgins who took extra oil for
their lamps entered the wedding banquet. The unwise virgins were left
out because they ran out of oil - i.e. they did not maintain their
relationship with Jesus Christ.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
point out these things because there are a couple false doctrines
circulating around the Christian community. The first is that Christians
will escape tribulation because of the gathering of the elect. Not
true. We will go through the first six seals, including the Four
Horsemen. The second is that everyone who claims to be a Christian will
be rescued during the gathering of the elect. Not true. Those who
maintain their relationship of faith and obedience to Jesus Christ will
be accounted worthy. This is a challenge I personally feel. We must
persevere in faith, because the others will be left on earth to be
purified during the Great Tribulation.</span><br />
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are We Really the Last Generation?</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj">In the parable of the fig tree, Jesus said there would be a final generation that will see all end-times events come to pass:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj">"<i>Now
learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes
tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. </i></span></span><i><span class="text Matt-24-33" id="en-HCSB-23991"><span class="woj">In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near—at the door! </span></span></i><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><i>I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.</i>" - Matthew 24:32-34</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj">Are
we that final generation? I asked God that question, or rather, I asked
Him what the fig tree represents, because the sprouting of the fig tree
marks the beginning of the end. He showed me the answer in Mark 11! I
recommend reading the whole chapter closely because the answer is not
stated directly, but is woven into the fabric of the text.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj">In
Mark 11, Jesus encountered a fig tree with leaves but no fruit, because
it was not the season for figs. So He said to it, "May no one ever eat
fruit from you again!" Later, Jesus and his disciples passed by the tree
again and it was withered from the roots up. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj">Immediately
before Jesus encountered the fig tree, He entered Jerusalem, went into
the temple complex, looked around and then left. What was He observing?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj">The
next day, Jesus encountered the fruitless fig tree and cursed it. He
went again to the temple complex in Jerusalem and was distressed to see
all the buying, selling and money changing. He began to throw people out
of the temple and said:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj">"<i>Is it not written, <span class="ot">My house</span> <span class="ot">will be called a house of prayer</span> <span class="ot">for all nations</span>? But you have made it <span class="ot">a den of thieves</span>!</i>" - Mark 11:17</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj">The
chief priests heard it and began to look for a way to destroy Him.
Jesus was the long-awaited and prophesied Messiah, but the religious
leaders wanted Him dead.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj">Jesus
and his disciples then returned to the fig tree to see it had withered.
Do you see what the fig tree represents? It represents Israel. Jesus
went into the temple complex in Jerusalem to observe the spiritual
condition of Israel, because this was the center of religious life. Israel
was fruitless, which is the spiritual meaning of the fruitless fig
tree. Except for a small remnant, Israel had rejected their Messiah.
Thus the fig tree was cursed and withered, and thus Jerusalem was
destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD and Israel withered.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj">It
withered until the time of the end and Israel sprouted leaves again.
There are many prophecies in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah about how God will regather the house of Israel to the Promise Land in the last days as part of His plan to save the whole nation. This began to happen on May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion, head of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine, proclaimed the establishment of the state of
Israel. US President Harry Truman recognized Israel that same day. That
was 70 years ago this year. According to the Psalms, a person's life
and by implication the length of a generation is 70 to 80 years:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj"><i>As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years.</i>" - Psalm 90:10, NASB</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-34" id="en-HCSB-23992"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-32"><span class="woj"><span class="text Mark-11-17" id="en-HCSB-24658"><span class="woj">My
friends, we are not only the last generation but the tail end of it.
Seek God in humility and repentance because the world in its present
form is quickly passing away. Jesus Christ is coming soon!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-41146183559117550412018-11-08T11:39:00.002-07:002018-11-08T12:27:40.329-07:00He is coming back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is coming back, the rider on a white horse with a bow and crown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i><span class="text Rev-6-1">Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, 'Come!' I</span></i><span class="text Rev-6-2" id="en-HCSB-30794"><i> looked, and there was a white horse. The horseman on it had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer.</i>"</span><span class="text Rev-6-2" id="en-HCSB-30794"> - Revelation 6:1-2, Holman</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The photoshopped image below was published by the White House during the Barack Obama presidency. The image shows Obama and his staff surrounded by items from the "Game of Thrones" TV series. It was portrayed as a joke, but it wasn't really. It was a boast and a mockery and a hint at what is coming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notice the bow on the coffee table and the crown in Obama's lap.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notice the throne constructed from the swords of vanquished foes, a symbol of victory and conquest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finally, notice the three dragon eggs on the table:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-12-7">"<i>Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought, </i></span><i><span class="text Rev-12-8" id="en-HCSB-30898">but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer. </span></i><span class="text Rev-12-9" id="en-HCSB-30899"><i>So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.</i>" - Revelation 12:7-9</span></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-69345675439896952232018-09-17T09:55:00.004-06:002018-09-18T14:23:04.488-06:00Jacob and Esau - Two Brothers, Two Nations in Conflict, Two Destinies<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Isaac’s wife Rebekah was pregnant with twins, she
became concerned because the babies were struggling with each other in the
womb. So Rebekah inquired of the Lord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And the Lord said to
her: Two nations are in your womb; two people will come from you and be
separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve
the younger.</i>” – Genesis 25:23, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her two sons represented two nations engaged in a cosmic
struggle. Esau was born first and then Jacob came out grasping Esau’s heel. As
the firstborn, Esau was first in line to inherit God’s promise given to his
grandfather Abraham and then his father Isaac:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lord said to
Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the
land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, I will bless
you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless
those who bless you, I will curse those who treat you with contempt, and all
the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.</i>” – Genesis 12:1-3, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From Abraham would come the nation of Israel and Jesus the
Messiah, the savior of all mankind, who will return to rid the world of evil
and establish a righteous kingdom on earth. Being the vehicle through whom God
saves the world is a magnificent inheritance!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, Esau was not interested. After returning from a
hunt, Esau was exhausted and hungry and wanted some of the lentil stew that
Jacob had cooked. Jacob asked him to sell his birthright in exchange and Esau
agreed. “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So Esau despised his birthright.</i>”
Genesis 25:34</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That seemingly small incident has echoed through history.
Esau came to represent people who do not value the promises of God for an
eternal inheritance. For them, this world is enough. They are satisfied with this
life’s fleeting pleasures – money, sensuality, power, fame, even a bowl of stew.
They willingly trade the eternal for the temporal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jacob, on the other hand, wanted a spiritual inheritance. Jacob
represents the people who value the promises of God for an eternal inheritance.
They trust and worship God, knowing there is life and reward beyond our existence
on earth:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">By faith Abraham,
when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as
an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he stayed
as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob,
coheirs of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has
foundations, whose architect and builder is God.</i>” – Hebrews 11:8-10</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The struggle between Jacob and Esau that began in the womb has
continued through history. This is the perpetual conflict between God’s chosen nation,
the spiritual Israel, and the worldly kingdoms that arise to oppose it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Esau was the founder of the nation Edom and his grandson
Amalek founded the Amalekites. The Amalekites were the first nation that
attacked Israel after God brought them out of Egypt, but were defeated by God’s
hand under the leadership of Moses and Joshua. Edom refused Israel safe passage
through its territory on threat of war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">King David defeated and thoroughly subjugated Edom and
placed garrisons throughout the territory. However, when David’s son King
Solomon fell into idolatry later in life, God raised up the Edomite Hadad to
harass the kingdom of Israel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Jerusalem was destroyed by Babylon as a judgment for its
rebellion against God, the Scriptures record that Edom cheered:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Remember, Lord, what
the Edomites said that day at Jerusalem: ‘Destroy it! Destroy it down to its
foundations!</i>’” – Psalm 137:7</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was a fulfillment of the prophecy in Obadiah, which was
spoken to Edom (Esau):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You will be
covered with shame and destroyed forever because of violence done to your
brother Jacob. On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers captured his
wealth, while foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were
just like one of them.</i>" – Obadiah 1:10-11</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the story of Esther, Haman tricks King Ahaseurus of
Persia into signing an edict to destroy all the Jews living in his kingdom.
Queen Esther, who happened to be Jewish, exposed Haman’s plot and persuaded the
king to sign a counter-edict that allowed the Jews to defend themselves on the appointed
day of attack. In the end, the Jews prevailed over their enemies and Haman was
put to death. Haman is identified in the story as an “Agagite.” The only other
reference to the name Agag the Bible is to an Amalekite king. In other words,
Haman, who tried to kill all the Jews in Persia, was a descendant of Amalek,
grandson of Esau. Thus the back-and-forth struggle between Jacob and Esau continued.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Romulus, the founder of Rome, was also descended from Esau
according to Jewish tradition. The legend of Rome’s founding tells a story of
the twin brothers Romulus and Remus who were abandoned on the river Tiber,
suckled by a she-wolf and then raised by a shepherd’s family. Later, they established
the city of Rome, but quarreled, and Romulus killed Remus. Does this theme
sound familiar? Twin boys quarreling, one wanting to kill the other? Notice
also the similarity to Moses who was abandoned on a river in Egypt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Roman Empire grew over centuries and eventually seized
control of Israel in the time before Christ. Esau had gained the upper hand. The
Roman general and emperor Titus, also descended from Esau according to the
Talmud, destroyed Jerusalem and the second temple in 70 AD, which was a second
fulfillment of the prophecy in Obadiah above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More than two centuries later, the Roman Emperor Constantine
supposedly converted to Christianity and made it the official religion of Rome.
Thus began the unholy mix of worldly power and religious authority that entered
into the Roman Catholic Church. It carried on Rome’s spirit of empire through wars
and conquests over the centuries – the Crusades, the Inquisition, etc. The
Roman Catholic Church is actually a pagan religion and political empire beneath
a veneer of Christianity. That’s why we see reports from around the world of the Catholic
priesthood’s massive-scale pedophilia, homosexuality, abuse of nuns and
occultism. It is a false mimic of Christ’s Church designed to lead people away
from Him. But it is still Rome; it is still Esau.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today the spirit of empire and opposition to God’s kingdom
operates quietly and secretly from the scenes in the Catholic Church. I believe
the Vatican is the prophetic second beast of Revelation and the Pope is the
false prophet:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-13-11"><i>Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb, but he sounded like a dragon.</i>" - Revelation 13: 11</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="text Rev-13-11">The beast looks like a lamb (Jesus is the Lamb of God), but speaks like a dragon (Satan).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Vatican is also the primary force advocating for the division of
the Holy Land through the UN and various peoples and nations. It wants to take
control of the Old City of Jerusalem and move the Vatican there, making
Jerusalem the religious capital of the New World Order, which is the beast
kingdom described in Revelation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Vatican will enforce the mark of the beast and worshiping
of the image of the beast. Those who comply will never be able to repent and
will go into the lake of fire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Jesus Christ returns, He will lead the armies of heaven
to defeat the beast, the false prophet and the earthly armies that oppose Him:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then I saw the beast,
the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against
the rider on the horse and against His army. But the beast was taken prisoner,
and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence.
He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped
his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of
fire that burns with sulfur. The rest were killed with the sword that came from
the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their
flesh.</i>” – Revelation 19:19-21</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In this way, Jesus will bring righteousness and peace to the
earth and establish His rule from Jerusalem. Jacob will ultimately prevail over
Esau.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Everyone in the world is either a Jacob or an Esau. This is
our choice. A Jacob trusts God for an eternal inheritance in His Son Jesus
Christ, but an Esau believes only in what this world has to offer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I have loved you,’
says the Lord. But you ask: ‘How have You loved us?’ ‘Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s
brother?’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Even so, I loved Jacob, but I hated
Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the
desert jackals.’</i>” – Malachi 1:1-3</span></div>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-31534164252966596302018-09-05T13:33:00.004-06:002018-09-11T16:54:40.366-06:00The Hebrew Roots Movement Is a False Gospel<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Without realizing it, I have been observing the Hebrew Roots
movement for around 13 years. I had some friends and acquaintances with a
peculiar focus on the Jewish roots of Christianity, the Old Testament and especially
the Torah, eating kosher and observing Hebrew feasts. It didn’t occur to me then that this was a broad movement, but I now see it is. I witnessed problems with their philosophy that motivated me
to look more closely at the Scriptures. It’s clear to me now that the Hebrew
Roots movement is exactly the same doctrine that the Apostle Paul saw
creeping into the church at Galatia when he wrote:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am amazed that you
are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and
are turning to a different gospel.</i>” – Galatians 1:6, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Hebrew Roots movement believes that Christians – followers
of Jesus Christ, or Yeshua HaMashiach for those who prefer Hebrew – are
required to keep the law of Moses. In support of this, they cite what Jesus
said in Matthew 5:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do not think that I
came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to
fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the
smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.</i>”
– Matthew 5:17-18, NASB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Did Jesus mean to say here that his followers must keep the
law of Moses? That’s a possible interpretation if you look at the passage in
isolation and don’t with clarify it with other Scriptures speaking to the
same issue. But there are many other passages in the Bible that fully
contradict the Hebrew Roots interpretation. Moreover, the only way to
understand any given verse is to read it in context of the whole Bible. This is
how we receive the whole counsel of God. Scripture interprets itself and all
Scripture is the inspired words of God, not just the quotes of Jesus. Otherwise
we risk misinterpretation and falling into error and deception.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So let’s examine other Scriptures that address the law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In Acts 15 we read about a dispute in the early church where
some Jews were teaching Gentile believers in Antioch that they must be circumcised
to be saved. Circumcision was required of all males by the law of Moses. The
Apostle Paul and Barnabas opposed this teaching and the matter was escalated
to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. Some of the believers who were Pharisees
stood up and said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It is necessary to
circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses!</i>” – Acts 15:5,
Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After assembling and considering the matter, the apostles
and elders decided circumcision was NOT necessary and wrote to the believers in
Antioch:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For it was the Holy
Spirit’s decision—and ours—to put no greater burden on you than these necessary
things: that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating
anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well
if you keep yourselves from these things.</i>” – Acts 15:28-29, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here the apostles of the early church clearly affirmed that
believers are not under the law of Moses. Abstaining from blood – and by
extension strangled animals because that method of killing does not drain blood
from the carcass – was a command given by God to Noah and all mankind after the
flood when God started to allow animals to be eaten. That was about 800 years
before the law of Moses was established. Idolatry is an offense to our Creator
and sexual immorality pollutes our bodies and souls. None of these four
requirements put Christians under the law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why then was the law introduced? Did it serve a purpose?
Yes, and still does! The Apostle Paul explained in Romans:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Now we know that
whatsoever things the law says, it says to them who are under the law: that
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by
the law is the knowledge of sin.</i>” – Romans 3:19-20, King James 2000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The purpose of the law is guilt, condemnation and judgment.
It sets a moral standard by which we all fail, proving that we are indeed
sinners. The law is a death sentence:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Once I was alive
apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I
died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.</i>” –
Romans 7:9-10, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The only person who ever kept the law perfectly and was
declared righteous before God is Jesus Christ. That is why Jesus said in
Matthew 5 that He came to fulfill the law. He was the only One who ever did!
Furthermore, Jesus’ righteousness is the only righteousness we can ever hope to
have:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But now, apart from
the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed—attested by the Law and the
Prophets—that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who
believe.</i>” – Romans 3:21-22, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Did the Apostle Paul abolish the law then? No, he upheld the
law, just like Jesus:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do we then cancel the
law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.</i>” –
Romans 3:31</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The law exists to produce guilt and condemnation. That is why
both Jesus in Matthew 5 and the Paul in Romans said they upheld the law.
Therefore, once a person is convicted of sin by the law, he can turn to Jesus and
find forgiveness by faith:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Therefore the law was
our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But
after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.</i>” – Galatians 3:24-25,
King James 2000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then you might ask, how do we live righteously, if not by
the law? The answer is by faith in Jesus Christ, as it states above in Romans
3:22. The Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit, dwells in us, leading and empowering us to walk in God’s righteousness:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I say then, walk by
the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh… But if you are
led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.</i>” – Galatians 5:16,18, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Holy Spirit is a Person, God’s Presence in us.
Just as God’s Presence used to dwell in the temple in Jerusalem, now He dwells
in our bodies. By contrast, the law is text, a written code. It does not dwell in us. We
listen to and follow a Person. The Spirit will convict us and show us how to
walk righteously, if we trust and obey Him. He will use Scriptures to enlighten
us, even elements of the law, but we do not follow the law. We follow
God’s Spirit in us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How do we know if it is God’s Spirit? By the fruit it
produces:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness,
self-control.</i>” – Galatians 5:22-23, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In contrast, the works of the fleshly and the world bring:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sexual immorality,
moral impurity, promiscuity, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy,
outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy,
drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in
advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God.</i>” – Galatians 5:19-21, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You see, God wants our character and values to reflect His. That
is what He is growing in us. He is not telling us to obsess over a slew of
rules and regulations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Furthermore, the Apostle Paul wrote Galatians to a church that
initially received the pure gospel of Jesus Christ, but was being influenced by
false teachers to turn to the law of Moses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O foolish Galatians,
who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ has been openly set forth, crucified among you? This only would I
learn of you, received you the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the
hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now
made perfect by the flesh?</i>” – Galatians 3:1-3, King James 2000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Galatians thought they had to observe Hebrew feasts and
holidays:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do you want to be
enslaved to them all over again? You observe special days, months, seasons, and
years. I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.</i>”
– Galatians 4:9-11, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They thought they had to be circumcised:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take note! I, Paul,
tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at
all… I wish those who are disturbing you might also get themselves castrated!</i>”
– Galatians 5:2,12, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is clear Paul was very concerned that the Galatians were
falling away from Jesus Christ to embrace the law. This cuts to the heart of
the Hebrew Roots movement. It is a false gospel that drives people away from salvation
in Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach). Those who embrace the law cease to follow
God’s Spirit and instead pursue the law by works of the flesh. They either
become self-righteous and proud, like the Pharisees, or they fall under
crippling guilt and condemnation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Hebrew Roots movement is a part of the great
falling away that Paul prophesied would happen at the end of this age:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For that day [the Day
of the Lord] will not come unless the apostasy [falling away] comes first and
the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.</i>” – 2 Thessalonians
2:3, Holman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can also say from experience that there is a powerful
religious spirit driving this movement and keeping people in bondage. To those
who have embraced the Hebrew Roots doctrine, I urge you to repent because
your salvation is in jeopardy and time is almost up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">----------------------------------------------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>ADDENDUM - 9/10/2018</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below are a couple responses I wrote in a back-and-forth dialog with someone coming from the Hebrew Roots perspective. Hopefully they will further clarify this issue.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hello ---------,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, I confess the same. And yes, the principles of the law inform our
morality and choices. I said so in my comment.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But we are not under the law if we are led by the Holy Spirit — if we are in
Christ. We follow a Person, not a written code, because the letter kills, but
the Spirit gives life!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-------, do you teach that God requires Christians to be circumcised, keep
kosher and celebrate Hebrew feasts? If you say these things are optional, then
I have no issue. If you say they are required, then my comment above is for
you.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Blessings,</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hi -------,</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can see you are intelligent and well-read in the
Scriptures. You know enough to know that one can go round-and-round the
mulberry bush on these issues.</span> </span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I used to be trapped in legalism for a long time - not the
Hebrew Roots, law-of-Moses variety, but my own form. It nearly wrecked my
faith. The provision Jesus gave us to walk with Him and to walk in
righteousness is the Holy Spirit. The Spirit comes first. The Spirit leads us
into all truth. The Spirit tells us what to do and what not to do, if we learn
to hear and trust his voice. It's not our carnal minds trying to noodle it out
with the law. That's the old way and it failed and produced condemnation. We
have trust the Spirit. Yes, we read the Scriptures, including the Torah,
because it's God's word. However, it is the Spirit who enlightens our minds and
shows us the way. "Christ in you, the hope of glory." We trust the
Person first, not the letters on the page. In John 5, Jesus scolded the
Pharisees because they studied the Scriptures diligently and thought that they
have eternal life in them, but the Scriptures testify about Jesus and they
refused to come to Him to have life. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the story of Acts 15, don't you see that the Hebrew Roots
movement are one and the same as the party of the Pharisees in verse 5 who
stood up and said: "It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them
to keep the law of Moses!" Okay, you say no to circumcision, but you are
still pushing for the law. While it was the Apostle James who responded, all
the apostles in Jerusalem were involved in the decision. That would imply Peter
and John too. They emphatically decided that believers in Christ are NOT under
the law of Moses. The Pharisees were wrong. This was the teaching of the early
Christian church. I'm not sure why the apostles gave those four particular
requirements. They seem arbitrary to me, but must have been addressing some
issues they believed important to highlight. The prohibition against drinking
blood, and by extension eating strangled animals because the blood coagulates
in the carcass, goes back to what God commanded Noah after the flood. That
precedes the law, which may be why it was called out. Of course, those four
requirements are not the sum total of what it is to walk with God. Again, we
have the Spirit to lead us.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If we are not trusting the provision Jesus Christ gave us to
walk with God, then are we really trusting Christ?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Regarding food and health, I personally avoid pork and
rarely eat it (once or twice a year) because it is unhealthy. But so are GMO
foods, canola oil, high-fructose corn syrup and vaccines, which I avoid for the
same reason. I have never heard God's Spirit tell me not to eat pork. I do it
for common sense health reasons, though I can appreciate why it was forbidden
under the law.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope this helps.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Blessings,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mike</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This story is a little odd but profound. Recently I have
hearing the song "Africa" by Toto on the radio. It's an old song from
1982, which I remember playing on the radio when I was 11 or 12. Well, out of
the blue it's playing repeatedly on various radio stations and I felt drawn to
the song. Here it the music video, by the way:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today I was driving around and "Africa" played yet
again on the radio. Then I realized I needed to look up this song because the
Lord has a message for me. But I forgot and went about my business during the
day. After going to the gym this evening, I turned on the radio in the car
(different station) and guess what started to play? Africa! Okay, I need to
look it up!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I looked up the lyrics when I got home (see below) and it
hit me what the song is about, in a spiritual sense: Jesus is yearning to be
with his bride, which is us. The lyrics are like Song of Solomon, a metaphor
for the love and yearning between the Bridegroom and bride.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I looked up the band on Wikipedia and it says:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Toto is an American rock band formed in 1976 in Los
Angeles. The band's current lineup consists of Joseph Williams (lead vocals),
David Paich (keyboards, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Steve Lukather
(guitars, vocals), plus touring members Lenny Castro (percussion), Warren Ham
(saxophone), Shem von Schroeck (bass) and Shannon Forrest (drums)... "</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Immediately I see Shem and Ham. Okay, where's Japheth? So I
looked more closely. If you combine "Joseph" and
"Lukather", rearrange the letters and toss a few out, then you get
"Japheth." It's hiding in there! So what does this mean? Every nation
in the world is descended from Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah. They
represent ALL NATIONS. This passage then came to mind:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude
from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with
palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Salvation belongs to our God,</span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!</i>" -
Revelation 7:9-10</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus is yearning to be with his bride and He is coming
soon!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P.S. Notice when the bride flies in: 12:30, a half hour
after midnight!</span></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Africa" by Toto:</span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hear the drums echoing tonight</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She's coming in, 12:30 flight</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards
salvation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I stopped an old man along the way</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting
there for you"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gonna take some time to do the things we never had</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The wild dogs cry out in the night</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know that I must do what's right</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the
Serengeti</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing
that I've become</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gonna take some time to do the things we never had</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(I bless the rain)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(I bless the rain)</span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bless the rains down in Africa</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Ah, gonna take the time)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gonna take some time to do the things we never had</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-40414645167614532012018-08-04T00:42:00.000-06:002018-10-29T11:32:56.396-06:00Forest Fires<div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One morning this week I was reading from Ezekiel. The valley here was a bit hazy with smoke from forest fires in Idaho, Nevada and the big one around Redding, California. It's hot and dry out west. Then I read this passage:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>The word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, face the south and preach against it. Prophesy against the forest land in the Negev, and say to the forest there: Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord God says: I am about to ignite a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The blazing flame will not be extinguished, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched by it. Then all people will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be extinguished.'</i>" - Ezekiel 20:45-48</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I believe He was saying these fires are part of his judgment on America.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright © Mike Fisch 2007-2021</div>Mike Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169607815358963564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363548707433965641.post-32108189875312714622018-07-23T14:26:00.002-06:002018-07-25T19:15:10.290-06:00The Mandela Effect: Quantum Manipulations in the Bible<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Mandela Effect is a
disturbing topic, for sure. I do think it is important to understand and I'll
try to explain why and share my experience of it here. As a primer, this article on Truth Farmer is worth reading:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://truthfarmer.com/2016/06/12/the-mandela-effect-or-quantum-effect-what-do-you-see/">https://truthfarmer.com/2016/06/12/the-mandela-effect-or-quantum-effect-what-do-you-see/</a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">We all know things will
get crazy in the end times. Great signs and wonders that will deceive, if
possible, even the elect. God alone can help us see through it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I first heard about the
Mandela Effect in regard to the Berenstein (pronounced 'steen') Bears story
books that I remember from childhood. Now they are called Berenstain
(pronounced 'stain') Bears - and there is no record in our current physical
reality that they were ever called Berenstein Bears. Except I remember it very
well, and my mom and sister and wife do too! Millions of people do because they
were popular children's books since the 1960s. But it is GONE from the physical
record.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Later I learned there
are many, many more examples of pop culture names or phrases shifting. I was
born in 1971 and remember Jiffy Peanut Butter from childhood very well. So does
my mom and many other people. But it never existed. It was always Jif Peanut
Butter - a name I never heard until recently. In the movie Star Wars, Darth
Vader said to Luke Skywalker, "Luke, I am your father!" It was THE
iconic line from the original movie series. A college friend loved to quote
Star Wars and would imitate Darth Vader and repeat that quote. But guess what?
The movie now says, "No, I am your father!" There is no record Vader
ever said "Luke." And on it goes. In the original Snow White movie,
the phrase, "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of
all?" has become, "Magic mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one
of all?" I absolutely remember "Mirror, Mirror," and the other
phrase is not right at all. But according to the current physical reality, it
was never "Mirror, Mirror!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Now think about all
those Hollywood movies, starting with "Back to the Future" in the
1980s, and what they have been telling us about time travel. They show people
going back in time to change the past and thereby alter the current physical
reality. Consider also dimensional portals, black holes, the super high-tech
occult activities CERN, and that Einstein proved space and time are relative.
You see where this is going?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">By the way, you can go
online and find all kinds of people and websites to "debunk" these
Mandela Effect "conspiracies," just like you can for 9/11, vaccines
dangers, geoengineering and chemtrails, the CIA's involvement in the drug
trade, history of giants, etc. But I don't believe the Mandela debunkers
because I REMEMBER, and so do millions of other people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The pop culture shifts
are bizarre and unsettling, but it really disturbed me when I began to see
changes in the Bible, which I consider to be the inspired word of God and the
essential revelation we need to know God. I have been studying the Bible since
1989 when I became a Christian. I was a straight-A student in high school and
applied the same diligence to studying the Scriptures and even memorized verses
and passages.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The book of Isaiah is a
favorite of mine because God has given me numerous personal verses from it. The
first time I read the book of Isaiah from beginning to end was 1991. I read it
through again 2003 and continue to read it today. So you can imagine my
consternation when I discovered the famous verse about the "lion shall lie
down with the lamb" is gone from Isaiah in both places where it used to
appear, chapters 11 and 65. Now it says this:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">"<i>The wolf also
shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the
calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead
them.</i>" - Isaiah 11:6</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">That famous, iconic
Bible verse about how the world will be after Jesus Christ returns and removes
the curse on creation that originated with Adam and Eve's fall - that verse has
been manipulated. Now it says "wolf" and "dwell" instead of
"lion" and "lie down." There used to be a beautiful
prophetic symmetry there, because in the Bible Jesus Christ is the Lion of
the tribe of Judah and the Lamb of God, and it is He who will usher in this age
to come. The Lion and the Lamb. Whereas the wolf in the Scriptures represents
Satan and those who follow him - "wolf in sheep's clothing,"
"inwardly they are ravening wolves," "Behold I sent you out as
sheep among wolves." Can you hear Satan laughing at this change? I
can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">By the way, the Isaiah
change isn't limited to a certain translation or text. "The lion shall lie
down with the lamb" no longer exists in any Bible, anywhere, from any time
- not even the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Septuagint. It's GONE from our current
physical reality. So for posterity's sake, here is the original verse from
someone's memory:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">"<i>Then the lion shall
lie down with the lamb, and the bear shall eat grass like the ox, and the child
shall play on the hole of the asp, and nothing shall hurt nor destroy in all My
holy mountain.</i>" - Isaiah 11:6</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">There are numerous other
changes in the Bible, though not enough to seriously corrupt the Scriptures.
99.99% is still intact. I still study it and consider it the word of God. Some
changes are universal and others are limited to certain texts and translations.
The King James Version in particular has been targeted and now contains
ridiculous phrases like "suburbs", "muffler," "nursing
father," "unicorn," "stuff" instead of
"possessions" and "bottle" instead of "wineskin"
in the parable of the wineskins. Even the Lord's prayer, which I memorized
verbatim as a teenager because we recited often at church, has been subtly
changed in the KJV. In Matthew 6, it now says "Our Father which art in
heaven" instead of "who art in heaven," which grammatically
makes God a thing instead of a Person. It says "Thy will be done in earth"
instead of "on earth", which is a subtle but important distinction
because Sheol and Hades are in the earth, whereas we among the living are on
the earth. It says "forgive us our debts" instead of "forgive us
our transgressions," as if sin is a matter of owing somebody money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Here is a fairly
comprehensive list of the changes in the Bible:</span><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://truthfarmer.com/2016/08/05/rather-exhaustive-list-of-mandela-effect-affected-scriptures/"><span style="color: blue;">https://truthfarmer.com/2016/08/05/rather-exhaustive-list-of-mandela-effect-affected-scriptures/</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Genesis 3:15 is another
important change to be aware of because this is the prototypical Bible prophecy
about how Jesus the Messiah (Eve's "seed") will overcome the beast,
the Antichrist (the serpent's "seed"), at the end of the age. This
change is in most English versions, including KJV:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">"<i>And I will put
enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.</i>" - Genesis 3:15, KJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">It used to say, "he
shall crush thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Now it says
"it" instead of "he," grammatically making the Messiah a
thing and not a Person. But more importantly, it says Eve's seed and the serpent's
seed are merely bruising each other, instead of Eve's seed crushing or
defeating the other. In other words, it makes the cosmic struggle between God
and Satan a battle of equals, both merely bruising the other, instead of a
battle where God clearly wins in the end. That's a big deal! Can you hear
Satan laughing? I can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I'd like to address one
more quantum manipulation in the Bible - the parable of the minas in Luke 19,
which is about stewardship, faithfulness and bearing good fruit with the
talents and resources the Lord has given us. Here is the affected portion:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">"<i>And another came
and said, 'Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth
because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you
didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.' He told him, 'I will judge
you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man,
collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow, why didn’t you
put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with
interest!' So he said to those standing there, 'Take the mina away from him and
give it to the one who has 10 minas.' But they said to him, 'Master, he
has 10 minas.' ‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given;
and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.
But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them,
and slaughter them in my presence.'</i>" - Luke 19:20-27, Holman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">In the parable, the
Master said the unfruitful slave should have put his money in the
"bank," but it used to say something like "exchangers" or
"money changers." Jesus didn't say to put our money in the
"bank." By the way, who runs the banks? The banksters, the
Luciferian elite, the New World Order cabal. They want all our money in the
bank, eventually in the form of electronic cryptocurrency, so they can give
everyone the mark of the beast for buying and selling and totally control the
world economy. Of course they want the Bible to say we should put our money in
the bank.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The really disturbing
change is the final verse: "... and slaughter them in my presence."
It was different before, something like "remove him from my
presence," which would be similar to the parallel parable of the talents
in Matthew 25. Jesus never said to slaughter anyone in his presence, as if
he enjoyed watching someone brutally killed in front of him! Who would want to
defend that verse, especially to a non-Christian?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Many Christians believe the Bible may be banned in the end times. I
wonder sometimes how that could happen. What if it is banned not because of
what was in the Bible, but what has changed in the Bible, like that verse?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Which brings me to
another concern. To the best of my understanding, these quantum manipulations
happened around March 2016. They seem like a trial run to me, a beta test, to
see how people react and then plan their next round for maximum
effect. Consider this verse in Daniel about the Antichrist:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">"<i>And he shall speak
great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most
High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand
until a time and times and the dividing of time.</i>" - Daniel 7:25, KJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">What does it mean to
"change times and laws?" This phrase is unique in the Bible. I now
think it means - at least in part - to change time(lines), as in manipulating
space-time or quantum manipulations. And changing "laws" may refer to
corrupting Scriptures. The Antichrist is not even in office yet, so what
will come next? Jesus warned about great signs and wonders to deceive, if
possible, even the elect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I also wonder what the
fulfillment of this prophecy in Amos will ultimately be:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">"<i>Hear this! The
days are coming—this is the declaration of the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>—when I will send a famine through the land: not a
famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</i>" - Amos 8:11, Holman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">All of this makes me
want to hide the word of God in my heart while I can. God is still sovereign. He is for us and with us, so there is nothing to fear. And remember, the
Word of God never changes because Jesus is the Word, and it is the Holy Spirit
who leads us into all truth! By faith in Christ we are anchored to the highest
heaven. There are no quantum manipulations there!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">UPDATE:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The video below was brought to my attention which describes another, even more disturbing reason for quantum manipulations in the Bible. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It claims Satan's intention is not to have the Bible banned, but to corrupt it to the point where the Scriptures point to a false messiah instead of Jesus Christ.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are truly living in the time of false messiahs, false signs and wonders and STRONG DELUSION. Let us draw near to God today, because it doesn't get easier in the future!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-24" id="en-HCSB-23982"><span class="woj">"<i>False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.</i>" - Matthew 24:24</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-24" id="en-HCSB-23982"><span class="woj"><span class="text 2Thess-2-9" id="en-HCSB-29669"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-24-24" id="en-HCSB-23982"><span class="woj"><span class="text 2Thess-2-9" id="en-HCSB-29669">"<i>The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders, </i></span><i><span class="text 2Thess-2-10" id="en-HCSB-29670">and
with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They
perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be
saved. </span><span class="text 2Thess-2-11" id="en-HCSB-29671">For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, </span></i><span class="text 2Thess-2-12" id="en-HCSB-29672"><i>so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.</i>" - 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus said the end of the age would be characterized by
great deception and an upsurge of false prophets:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Watch out that no one deceives you... False messiahs
and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead
astray, if possible, even the elect.</i>" - Matthew 24:4,24</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No doubt, this is already happening. The Body of Christ is
infiltrated with deceptions and false prophets and prophecies that will drag
many souls into tribulation and hell. As someone with a sheep dog ministry who
is called to watch the flock and, occasionally, to bark at these infiltrations,
I can tell you the greatest resistance comes from Christians themselves who don't
want to hear the warnings and would rather suppress them or call me a gossiper
and slanderer, rather than have an open, honest and Bible-based dialog about
the problems.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Scriptures say we are supposed to test the spirits,
expose darkness and not to tolerate sin and evil. Jesus faulted the church in
Thyatira for tolerating a false prophet and false teacher:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman
Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives My slaves to
commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.</i>" -
Revelation 2:20</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus also criticized the church in Pergamum for having
false teachers in their ranks.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We can't root out these problems unless we talk
openly about them. Sometimes that means naming names, like the Apostle Paul
did:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The
Lord will repay him according to his works. Watch out for him yourself because
he strongly opposed our words.</i>" - 2 Timothy 4:14-15</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In fact, leaders in the church are to be rebuked PUBLICLY,
like the Apostle Paul did with the Apostle Peter when Peter started favoring
the Jewish Christians and distancing himself from the Gentiles. I'm not saying mean, snarky comments are acceptable, or that we should not follow biblical protocol for confronting people, but there are times to publicly
expose and rebuke people:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<i>Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it
is supported by two or three witnesses. Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that
the rest will also be afraid.</i>" - 1 Timothy 5:19-20</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do not always phrase things in the nicest, gentlest way,
and the Lord is working on me there, but that does not mean these things should
not be said. They should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who shut
down open, honest discussions and warnings about false teachings, false
prophecies and false prophets are just as guilty as those who do not bridle their
tongues.</span></div>
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