King Asa of Judah – A Prophetic Metaphor for Placing Hope in Donald Trump

 

The Lord put it on my heart that the story of King Asa of Judah in 2 Chronicles 14-16 is a prophetic metaphor for those who put their hope in Donald Trump for America’s future. King Asa lived righteously before the Lord for most of his life and his nation Judah was blessed with peace. However, in later years, Asa put his faith in man instead of God, hardened his heart and died amidst disease and war. In this story, there is a warning to Christians to repent and not follow Asa’s path.

The Story of King Asa

“Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.” – 2 Chronicles 14:2

At the start of his reign, King Asa removed pagan altars, pillars and Asherah poles. (Asherah was a Canaanite goddess which the Israelites sometimes worshipped when they fell into idolatry.) Asa told the citizens to seek the Lord God and follow His commands. Because of his faithfulness, God blessed the whole nation:

“… and the kingdom experienced peace under him.” – 2 Chronicles 14:5

When the Cushites (a nation from the area around the Nile River south of Egypt) brought a million-man army against Judah, Asa turned to the Lord for help:

“Help us, Lord our God, for we depend on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. Lord, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal hinder You.” – 2 Chronicles 14:11

The Lord answered and routed the Cushites on behalf of Judah. They carried off a “great supply of loot.” Afterwards, Azariah son of Obed prophesied:

“Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.” – 2 Chronicles 15:2

King Asa took these words to heart. He removed idols from the land, renovated the altar of the Lord and gathered the people in Jerusalem to make a great offering of 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep. They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God with all their mind and all their heart. The people of Judah rejoiced.

There was no war in the land until the 35^th year of Asa’s reign. Somewhere along the line, Asa’s heart turned away from fully trusting God. When King Basha of Israel began attacking Judah, King Asa turned to King Ben-hadad of Aram for help. He sent Ben-hadad silver and gold from the temple treasury and royal palace and implored him to break his treaty with Israel. Ben-hadad agreed and attacked Israel, causing King Basha to cease attacking Judah. Asa’s plan worked, or so it seemed.

But Hanani the prophet came to King Asa and said:

“Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with very many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on the Lord, He handed them over to you. For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter, for from now on, you will have war.” – 2 Chronicles 16:7b-10

Asa was chastised for depending on the king of Aram instead of on God. It seems to have been God’s intention that Judah not only repel Israel, but also defeat Aram – by depending on the Lord. Because Asa acted foolishly, his kingdom would have perpetual war.

Asa became angry and threw the prophet Hanani in prison. He mistreated some of his people as well. Asa developed a severe foot disease, but turned to physicians instead of seeking the Lord. He died only three years later.

What can we say? Asa walked righteously before the Lord for most of his reign, but fell at the end by no longer depending on God. His last three years were characterized by anger, war, disease, hardness toward God and abuse of other people.

A Warning for Today

Asa is an example of someone who began walking with God faithfully and was blessed for it, but later turned away from trusting God and ended his life with suffering and judgment. (Judgment refers to consequences/discipline/punishment for rebelling against the Almighty.) I believe there is a prophetic warning in this story: King Asa represents Christians in America and  King Ben-hadad of Aram represents President Donald Trump.

Please let me speak plainly: God does not want Christians to depend on Donald Trump for their future, but on Him alone. I believe those who do will receive a judgment like King Asa – turmoil and suffering in their lives and hardness in their hearts toward God and others.

I know there are many Christians who say Trump is God’s man and his presidency is giving us a reprieve or space for the nation to repent. Even well-known leaders like Franklin Graham and Jonathan Cahn say it. This is a well-orchestrated, satanic deception. I won't go into details here, but the evidence behind Trump as a deception is overwhelming (for example, see Obamacare, the New World Order and the Mark of the Beast  -- Part 1). Unless these leaders repent, they will be judged for it, as will those who listen to them.

Donald Trump is an instrument of God’s judgment on America and a test for Christians: Will they depend on God or trust in men?

America has fallen spiritually, morally and intellectually, and God has turned the nation over to judgment for its rebellion and wickedness. The final period of judgments began with the noontime solar eclipse that streaked across America in August of this year (see A Basket of Summer Fruit for the Season of the End). Immediately following were Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Jose, causing immense destruction in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico (see Hurricane Harvey Is a Judgment from the Lord, and More Is Coming). Then came the Las Vegas massacre, California wildfires and the recent New York City truck terror attack. And so it will continue in waves of growing intensity, until all Bible prophecies about America are fulfilled:

“There her plagues will come in one day – death, and grief, and famine. She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.” – Revelation 18:8 

God loves us – that’s why He’s warning us. Anyone who trusts in Trump should repent now. The only protection and blessing we can have in the days ahead will come directly from the Lord by depending on Him and following his commands. The devil wants us to believe the deception and be judged for it. God wants us to trust Him and be blessed for it.

Hurricane Harvey Is a Judgment from the Lord, and More Is Coming

In the previous post A Basket of Summer Fruit for the Season of the End, I showed from the Scriptures (Amos chapter 8) that the solar eclipse would be a sign from the Lord God that America's sins will no longer be overlooked, but instead punished. In short, we have come under judgment. 

"Then ADONAI said to me, 'The end has come for my people, I will never again overlook their offenses.' 

'When that time comes,' says Adonai ELOHIM, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.'" – Amos 8:2,9 Complete Jewish Bible

I also said, with much trepidation, that timing elements expressed in Amos 8 suggested an imminent catastrophic event. Last week, when Hurricane Harvey was still gathering speed in the Gulf of Mexico, I knew it would be the first judgment after the eclipse because of the following verse in Amos, which comes immediately before the verse about the solar eclipse:

"Won't the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn, who lives in the land? It will all rise, just like the Nile, be in turmoil and subside, like the Nile in Egypt." - Amos 8:8, Complete Jewish Bible

Since ancient times, the Nile River in Egypt has flooded every year due to enormous seasonal rains in the Ethiopian highlands. This verse in Amos literally describes a massive flood, like the annual cycle of the Nile River, that causes devastation. It will all rise, be in turmoil and then subside.

Well, Hurricane Harvey has already broken all US records for tropical cyclone rainfall and flooding and caused an estimated $70 to $90 billion in damage. And it's not over yet. I pray for the people in south Texas who are suffering. I also pray that people in America receive the intended message from the Lord: Repent, turn to Jesus Christ for forgiveness and grieve for the sins and abominations committed in our land, because the time to do so is short.

More is coming. God is a God of order. He is fulfilling the prophecy in Amos 8 and following its pattern. The next event, I believe, will be this one:

"'When that time comes, the songs in the temple will be wailings,' says Adonai ELOHIM. 'There will be many dead bodies; everywhere silence will reign.'" - Amos 8:3

This event will cause many to die, and people will mourn and look on in stunned silence. I don't know exactly what the event will be, but that's not the point. The point is everyone needs to internalize God's message of judgment and repent and humble themselves before Him. Because, again according to Amos 8, the time is coming when it will only get harder to hear and respond to the true words of the Lord: 

"'The time is coming,' says Adonai ELOHIM, 'when I will send famine over the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of ADONAI. People will stagger from sea to sea and from north to east, running back and forth, seeking the word of ADONAI; but they will not find it.'" – Amos 8:11-12

Please open your hearts and receive God's message in this time of judgment.

A Basket of Summer Fruit for the Season of the End

While reading the book of Amos last weekend, my wife and I saw some connections to the judgment that has come upon America. Some of these involve timing elements that would suggest a catastrophic event is imminent. Prophetic timing is a place where angels fear to tread, so I will simply report what we saw and leave the interpretation to you. If the Lord confirms a meaning or interpretation for you, please let me know.

Amos is a book about the judgment of Israel, except for the first chapter or so where surrounding nations are addressed. There are many prophetic parallels between ancient Israel and the current situation in America. God is orderly and follows certain patterns and protocols, including for the judgment of nations. 

By the way, judgment is God's response to the rebellion and injustice of mankind. He is exceedingly patient in urging people to repent, though many mistake his decades-long patience for permissiveness or apathy. If rebellion grows and continues, there will come a point when God resorts to the final option - calamity and destruction - which serves several purposes:

• To punish the wicked,
• To stop the sin and injustice,
• To pressure people to repent and be saved, and
• To wipe the slate clean in order to start anew.

The last five verses of Amos are about how God promises to restore and renew Israel on the far side of judgment.

America has already reached the point of no return with regard to judgment. 

Amos 8:1-3 - DEATH

"Here is what Adonai ELOHIM showed me: there in front of me was a basket of summer fruit. He asked, 'Amos, what do you see?' I answered, 'A basket of summer [Hebrew: kayitz] fruit.'

Then ADONAI said to me, 'The end [Hebrew: ketz] has come for my people, I will never again overlook their offenses. When that time comes, the songs in the temple will be wailings," says Adonai ELOHIM. "There will be many dead bodies; everywhere silence will reign."" - Amos 8:1-3, Complete Jewish Bible

A basket of summer fruit seems like an odd metaphor for judgment. But the Jewish Bible notes that the Hebrew word for summer (kayitz) rhymes with the Hebrew word for end (ketz), so the phrase "a basket of summer fruit" is linked poetically with "the end has come for my people." The summer-end. As fruit is ripe and ready to be picked and eaten in the summer, so a nation ripe with rebellion is ready for judgment.

When does a basket of summer fruit appear? In the summer season, of course. In what season is America right now? Summer - and approaching the final month of summer. Keep this in mind.

The verse says the end has come. This is the end of God's patience and delaying the consequences of sin. The nation has crossed the line and reached the time of punishment.

In this case, the punishment will be death, songs of wailing in the place of worship and a stunned silence across the nation. To me this speaks of a major, deadly catastrophe striking the nation.

Amos 8:9-10 - MOURNING

"'When that time comes,' says Adonai ELOHIM, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into wailing; I will make you all put sackcloth around your waists and shave your heads bald in grief. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.'" - Amos 8:9-10

Here again is the phrase "when that time comes," which refers to the time of judgment. It says the sun will go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. Many know that in five days, on August 21, there will be a total solar eclipse. The path of the eclipse starts in the Pacific Ocean, ends in the Atlantic Ocean and slashes across one country and one country only - the United States:

In Idaho where I live, the time of maximum eclipse is about 11:30 am. Depending on where you are in the country, the time of the eclipse will be a little before or a little after noon. THE SUN WILL GO DOWN AT NOON. THIS IS A NOON ECLIPSE IN THE SUMMER SEASON.

The scripture says festivals will be turned to mourning. There will be grief and wailing, like a bitter day.

Amos 8:9-10 - FAMINE

"'The time is coming,' says Adonai ELOHIM, 'when I will send famine over the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of ADONAI. People will stagger from sea to sea and from north to east, running back and forth, seeking the word of ADONAI; but they will not find it.'" - Amos 8:11-12

Famine is coming to the land. Not a lack of food and water (though this is coming too), but a lack of hearing the words of the Lord. I see this lack in both supply and demand: A lack of hearing because people's hearts are stopped up with rebellion, and a lack of preaching because most of the church in America is not delivering the Lord's message for the hour. Is your church preaching repentance and national judgment from the pulpit? If not, they are contributing to the famine.

This reminds of me of how God described the people of Israel during Isaiah's prophetic commission:

"He [ADONAI] said, 'Go and tell this people: "Yes, you hear, but you don't understand. You certainly see, but you don't get the point!" 'Make the heart of this people [sluggish with] fat, stop up their ears, and shut their eyes. Otherwise, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, then understanding with their hearts, they might repent and be healed!'" - Isaiah 6:9-10

Revelation 18:8 - DEATH, SORROW and FAMINE

Two years ago in the summer of 2015, the Lord opened my eyes to a coming day of great calamity in America, which I wrote about in the article It Will Come in One Day. While there may be multiple prophetic identities of "Babylon" in the Scriptures, I believe the primary end-times identity of "mystery" Babylon is the United States. (For the reasons why, see America Is Mystery Babylon.)

"Therefore, her plagues will come in a single day - DEATH, SORROW and FAMINE; and she will be burned with fire, because ADONAI, God, her Judge, is mighty." - Revelation 18:8

At the time I felt this day of calamity would come very soon. Now, after hearing the message of Amos 8 and seeing its connection to this moment in time and the prophetic alignment with the DEATH, SORROW and FAMINE of Revelation 18:8, what else can I say?

 

To Christian Leaders Who Helped Erect the Golden Trump Idol: Tear It Down!

"Then Jesus replied to them: '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." - Matthew 24:4 and 24, Holman 

At the bottom of this article is an email exchange I had with Steve Quayle in April about his public political support for Donald Trump. I challenged him to repent, and his response was disappointing and frankly not honest. Quayle aggressively supported Trump's political campaign and presidency before and after the election. On his website he republished prophecies about Trump being "God's man" to restore America, which are false. He excused Trump's talk about grabbing women's private parts as "locker room talk." He republished an article that belittled Nathan Leal for questioning whether Trump is is a political savior. 

Why am I publishing this? Because far too many Christian leaders and media personalities have led people astray about Trump. They need to be held to account and should publicly repent for erecting an idol that gives people false hope and encourages faith in a man instead of in God. Like the Israelites who made a golden calf idol while Moses was away on Mount Sinai, they should grind it up and drink it down.

"Them [elders] that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." - 1 Timothy 5:20

Trump is not a political savior. His actions as president now clearly demonstrate that his campaign was a charade and he works for the globalists. Nathan Leal does an excellent job profiling Trump and the globalist agenda in this interview on A Minute to Midnite:

Nathan Leal - Mercenaries, Corporations and NWO Control of America's Future

Moreover, America is a nation under judgment and we are beyond the point of no return. The only thing that matters now is personal repentance, obedience and faith in God. All of us should seek the Lord and his will for us personally during the during the coming calamities.

Trump is a deception. He is the bait in a trap to lead Christians into a spiritual slumber and stir them up to participate in the coming violent political, religious and racial conflicts in our nation. I have said this before and will repeat it: Somehow, some way, Obama is coming back into a position of political power. Trump is there to take the blame for coming collapse and make Obama look good. He is also there to transfer the blame onto his political supporters: Christians and conservatives.

Please don't fall into this trap. To Christian leaders and media personalities: please don't lead your flock into this trap.

------ Original Message ------

From: "Michael Fisch" mike.fisch@aproposmarket.com

To: "steve777" steve777@stevequayle.com

Sent: 4/10/2017 12:22 PM

Subject: Re: TRUMP WASN'T CO-OPTED - HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE GLOBALISTS

Hello Steve,

Honestly, I'd rather not write this message, but I feel the Lord wants me to. 

You, along other big names in the independent media like Rick Wiles and the Hagmanns, led thousands and maybe millions of people astray by encouraging them to believe in a false worldly hope named Donald Trump. Instead of repenting from evil and placing their faith in God alone during these end times, they put their faith in a corrupted man and political system. You need to make it right and acknowledge publicly that you were wrong about Trump.

President Trump's recent attack on Syria was a wake-up call for some that Trump is following a globalist neocon agenda, just like Presidents Bush and Obama before him. The chemical gas attack on civilians attributed to Syrian President Bashar Assad was almost certainly a false flag. I'm sure you recall a few years ago when there was a gas attack in Syria (almost certainly a false flag by the CIA and the Saudis) and Obama wanted to bomb Syria, but Congressional Republicans would not support it. This time President Trump did not seek Congressional approval and unilaterally ordered a missile attack. This after he previously criticized President Obama for wanting to attack Syria:

"We should stay the hell out of Syria, the "rebels" are just as bad as the current regime. WHAT WILL WE GET FOR OUR LIVES AND $ BILLIONS? ZERO" - Donald Trump on Twitter

Trump campaigned as an anti-interventionist, pledging to focus on rebuilding America instead of costly military interventions. Now he's attacking Syria and rattling sabers with Russia, North Korea and China.

I chronicled Trump's clear deception and bad faith on "repealing" Obamacare here:

http://mystic2020.blogspot.com/2017/03/obamacare-new-world-order-and-mark-of.html

Trump also campaigned on putting Hillary Clinton in jail, but immediately after his election said the Clintons were "good people." He appointed globalists and establishment hacks like Comey as head of the FBI and the Goldman Sachs bankster as Treasury Secretary. And so on and so forth.

Jesus said you will know people by their fruits. Trump is producing bad fruit because he is a bad tree. He is a con put up by the globalist elite to fool conservatives and nationalists - and especially Christians - so that when everything falls apart on his watch, they get the blame. He was always working for the globalists.

I was not fooled by Trump because long ago I asked the Lord what Trump is about. The Lord told me he was a deception and I believed it.

You have been telling people to support a deception. You have passed along false prophecies that claim Trump is some kind of anointed figure to bring restoration to America. Those prophecies were from not from God. They were from Satan.

Now you say Trump was "co-opted." You mean the man who bravely and brashly stood up against the political and media establishment and against all odds won the presidency somehow got tricked into following a globalist agenda as president? No, I don't think so. The reality is you and many others were fooled.

You need to humble yourself and acknowledge the truth about Trump publicly. Many still believe in that false hope AND ARE NOT READY FOR WHAT IS COMING. You are partly responsible. Humble yourself and make it right.

Sincerely,

Mike Fisch

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From: "steve777"

To: "Michael Fisch"

Sent: 4/10/2017 12:42:47 PM

Subject: Re: TRUMP WASN'T CO-OPTED - HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE GLOBALISTS

 THE LORD REBUKE YOUR ACCUSATIONS IN JESUS NAME-I STATED THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO BE USED BY THE LORD TO REVEAL THE SINS OF THE LEADERS TO THE AMERICAN POPULATION BEFORE -HE -GOD ALLOWS RUSSIA AND CHINA TO DESTROY THE US IN A NUCLEAR WAR-YOU NEED TO ,MIND YOUR OWN WALK WITH THE LORD AND STAY OUT OF MINE AS I HAVE NEVER MAINTAINED THAT TRUMP WAS ANYTHING BUT BEING USED BY GOD TO EXPOSE THE DARKNESS-YOU SURE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING-BIG NAME? WOW ARE YOU A PHARISEE-ENJOY THE NUCLEAR CLOUD OVER YOUR LIFE-ALSO AFTER TRUMP WAS ELECTED I STATED THAT THE WORD THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE LORD IS THAT THIS ELECTION WAS WAS AN "ELABORATE HOAX"  AND AM ON RECORD HAVING  STATED THAT PUBLICLY- ITS NOT THE LORD THAT HAD YOU WRITE THIS BUT YOUR OWN SENSE OF INDIGNATION-

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From: "Michael Fisch"

To: "steve777"

Sent: 4/10/2017 8:48:18 PM

Subject: Re[2]: TRUMP WASN'T CO-OPTED - HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE GLOBALISTS

That is not a full and honest characterization of your public political support for Trump. Many people still believe the Trump delusion - it is an idol keeping them from God. You still need to do the right thing and publicly smash the idol that you helped erect!

Mike

Larry Nichols Describes Plan to Impeach Trump and Trigger an Emergency Provisional Government

In previous posts I wrote about why I believe God is allowing a spirit of conflict to arise in America that will lead to a form of civil war, and that Trump will be taken out at some point and Obama will return to a position of power. Please see the posts Civil War Foreboding, Shadow Government, Civil War, and Blood for Blood as well as Living in the Time of the Antichrist.

What I have not understood is HOW this could happen. That is, until I heard a recent interview with Larry Nichols, an associate of Bill Clinton from his days as governor of Arkansas. Nichols later became a Christian and has spent nearly three decades exposing the Clinton crime syndicate. 

In this interview, Nichols describes plans to impeach Trump as well as organize riots and create out-of-control chaos in 5 major cities that would trigger emergency government powers under FEMA. This would pave the way for Congress to "temporarily" suspend the Constitution and APPOINT whoever they want as president of a provisional government. Nichols said that paid protesters and agitators will be trained to pose as conservatives and Christians. Then the media and government could blame Trump supporters and the political right for the chaos and create a pretext for clamping down on Christians (i.e. persecution).

In the second half of the interview, Nichols talked about political ideas to prevent this scenario. This is too little, too late. Nichols doesn't seem to understand that America is a nation under judgment and political solutions are irrelevant at this point. Personally seeking the Lord and doing his will are the only things that matter.

"'Even if these three men were in it [the land] - Noah, Daniel and Job - they would by their righteousness save only themselves,' says the Lord God." - Ezekiel 14:14

P.S. The U.S. federal government's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) in the event of a national emergency is held secret even from members of Congress. In 2007, Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, a member of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, requested to see the detailed, classified version of COOP. The president refused to disclose it.

Larry Nichols' disclosure about FEMA provisional government plans could very well be accurate.

War Pigs

"Generals gathered in their masses,
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction,
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning,
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind,
Poisoning their brainwashed minds

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role for the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds,
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah

Now in darkness world stops turning,
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pigs crawling,
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings"
 - "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath, released in 1970

I don't listen to heavy metal music, but for some reason the song "War Pigs" came to mind tonight as I was thinking about America's current situation.

Did you know 84% of Republicans supported President Trump's airstrike against Syria, according to a CBS poll? Since three-quarters of Republicans identify as Christian, this means right-leaning Christians overwhelmingly supported it. In spite of it being unconstitutional for a president to make an act of war without Congress' approval. In spite of the chemical gas attack almost certainly being a false flag. President Assad had absolutely no reason to do it, and Assad isn't that bad of a guy as far as Middle East dictators go. Christian Syrians support him because he protects them! A chemical gas attack was the same gimmick pulled four years ago under Obama when he wanted to attack Syria, but Congressional Republicans wouldn't give approval. Listen to this MIT professor describe how the evidence presented by the White House for the alleged gas attack doesn't even pass the "laugh test":

What is really going? Globalists want to topple Syria because it's part of their agenda for dominating the Middle East. They want to ensure oil and gas pipelines to Europe for client states that support the petrodollar (Saudi, Gulf Arabs states), while denying pipelines to Iran who aligns with Russia and has been selling oil for gold instead of US dollars. President Assad also aligns with Iran and Russia, which is why the Western globalists want him out. This is about money and power, not children in getting hurt in a gas attack.

It grieves me and boggles the mind that a pagan heavy metal band demonstrated more insight into war and judgment than I see among the Christians who support needless foreign bloodshed. Do we think it pleases God that this country for decades has operated a globalist-run war machine inflicting death and destruction on the world? Or that we will not have to pay a price for it?

No, He is not pleased and America is in trouble. I'll explain a basis from Scripture for why and how the Lord will judge the nation. It is part of the covenant God declared to Noah and all mankind after the Great Flood - the primary standard for divine judgment in this age:

"Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in His image." – Genesis 9:6

The Day’s of Noah before the flood were exceedingly violent, especially because of the Nephilim, and it grieved the Lord. Therefore God established a standard to keep violence in check by exacting a penalty for those who engage in it unjustly: Blood for blood and life for life. It doesn’t always come right away, but it does come.

America has killed an estimated 20 to 30 million people around the world by wars and conflicts since World War II – Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc., plus maybe 10 times that in injured, harmed or impoverished. Most or all of these were globalist wars of conquest. These were sold to the American public as wars against communism or terrorism or evil dictators, and justified based on false flag events or false narratives. The Gulf of Tonkin incident used to justify invading Vietnam was a false flag. Even Secretary of Defense McNamara basically admitted so in an interview later in life. 9/11 was a false flag used to justify multiple wars and take away civil liberties at home. There was a third building in the World Trade Center complex, the 50-story Building 7, that fell that day but was not even hit by a plane! 

Thank God He opened my eyes to see this. Now I understand there were people all along who revealed the truth about what was happening. But the nation as a whole did not receive their messages and repent.

The 60 million or so abortions since Roe v. Wade are also part of America's death count.

This will be the standard for dispensing judgment against Babylon / America:

"For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her." - Revelation 18:5-6

In other words, America will receive double what she has dished out. Add up the numbers above, double it and you begin to see the scale of what is coming.

"How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and smashed! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!" - Jeremiah 50:23, Holman Bible

Hammer of the earth, indeed. This is America.

It's hard to get one's mind around this. But let us remember that mercy triumphs over judgment. I believe many will be brought into the kingdom of heaven during the days ahead. That’s what gives me hope in all this. I feel that’s why I’m here, and to look out for my own family.

Judgment Begins with God's Household

"For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household." - 1 Peter 4:17
 
For a week now I have been feeling a disturbance in my spirit - agitated and a little sick to my stomach. I believe it’s related to the church, how the Lord feels about the wayward, slumbering church in America. These are serious times. Judgment is going to fall on the corporate church, the entertainment church, the sleeping church. The dead church will be cut off. The holy remnant church will emerge.

“Come out her, my people.”

Shadow Government, Civil War, and Blood for Blood

In the post Civil War Foreboding, I wrote about how the Lord showed me that He will 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. 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 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. The divisions will occur along a variety of lines: Left vs Right, Globalist vs Nationalist, Black vs White, Citizens vs Immigrants, Jihadis vs Non-Muslims, State Governments vs Federal, etc.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE NO WINNERS IN THIS CONFLICT.

I also shared why I believe the Lord showed me Obama still holds reins of power by controlling 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:

How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump's presidency (NY Post)
Obama 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. 

Insiders: Obama Holdover 'Shadow Government' Plotting to Undermine Trump (Breitbart)
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.

Spies Keep Intelligence from Donald Trump on Leak Concerns (Wall Street Journal)
Current and former officials say US intelligence officers are withholding information from President Trump.

Glenn Greenwald: What The 'Deep State' Is Doing To Trump Is A Prescription For Destroying Democracy' (Townhall) 

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.

Blood for Blood

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 manslaughter, blood avengers and cities of refuge. In particular this verse was highlighted:

“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.” – Numbers 35:33, Holman Bible

The heavy and sobering message we 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.

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 individually have repented and are covered by the blood of Jesus, it will be blood for blood. God will re-balance the skewed scales of justice in America. 

"For He will avenge the blood of His servants. He will take vengeance on His adversaries; He will purify His land and His people." - Deuteronomy 32:43, Holman Bible 

This judgment will fall on all levels of society. Even the elites who think they are above accountability for the crimes they perpetuate in 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.

One hundred and fifty years ago America had a president who understood and acknowledged the scales of God's justice, even this aspect of blood for blood. Abraham Lincoln, at his second inaugural address in the midst of the Civil War, spoke these words to the nation: 

"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." - Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865 

Lincoln understood that the bloodshed of the Civil War was in part a divine retribution for the bloodshed of slavery. And he spoke it to the nation!

Yet if I spoke the words in this article to most churches, what do you think would be the response? I can tell you because I have already tried. 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. 

So there you have it: They don't want to hear it. Tickle their ears and massage their egos, but don't tell them about God's justice and judgment. I think most people in churches would reject this message, because in fact they already have. (There are a few exceptions among churches, but I don't know of any in my area.)

How far America has fallen! In 1865 we had a president who humbly and publicly acknowledged the justice and judgment of God on our nation - treasure for treasure and blood for blood - but today if you speak of it in church they will hate it. Instead many talk about how God is using Donald Trump to make America great again, which is DELUSION. Or they talk about how Trump is a tyrant that Hillary and Obama and the Democrats need to save us from, which is equally DELUSION. This is all a trap and setup for conflict.

There was more to the revelation the other night. The Lord then led us to Judges 20 and 21 as well as 2 Samuel 18, both of which are about CIVIL WARS. The first describes a war between 11 tribes of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, in which there was much bloodshed. The other describes a war between David's son Absalom and the forces loyal to King David, in which there was much bloodshed.

I interpreted this to mean the bloodshed in America will come about through civil war and internal conflict. This is a message we have received before and it is definitely coming.

Finally, we were led to Jeremiah 31, which is joyful and points to our coming deliverance.

"Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old, together, for I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow. 'I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness,' declares the Lord." - Jeremiah 31:13-14, NASB

There is hope through and on the other side of this. 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. There is nothing to be afraid of, not even death.

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.


P.S. For a second witness to this message, see "The Land Must Be Cleansed" in Diana Pulliam's blog called The Mighty Hand of God.

Civil War Foreboding

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 president during the Civil War and was assassinated near the end of it.

The scene was very foreboding. I'll explain why. 

I see two strongly held beliefs in the Christian community, each backed with prophetic dreams, visions and words:

1) Trump is God’s chosen man to restore traditional America and give it a reprieve - MAJORITY VIEW.
2) Trump is not what he says he is and is part of God’s judgment on America - MINORITY VIEW

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.

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.

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 my wife and I's attention several times recently, but we never really understood the significance of it. Then it hit me that story is a prophetic metaphor for America. Since 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.

Barack Obama is represented by King Abimelech. Another character arises named Gaal son of Ebed, who stirs up the men of Shechem against Abimelech, and who I believe represents Donald Trump:

"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

There was much bloodshed and many died in the ensuing battles, which again was God's intended judgment for their wickedness. In 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:

“I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed.” – Revelation 13:3

Like Gaal, the 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.

MANY people believe 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.

That same morning my daughter also flipped open to a page in 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:

“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

Last week before the inauguration we asked the Lord directly whether Obama will stay in office. Because I did not think Trump would actually reach the White House in light of who Obama is and his agenda. [NOTE: It is really challenging to interpret prophecy. I find the Lord will give some specifics about WHAT is coming but does not say much about HOW and WHEN. Sometimes I make assumptions and get emotionally attached to particular interpretations that may not turn out accurate. We have to keep seeking him and walking by faith!]

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. The question was whether Obama will stay in office, and the answer was something like "full circle."

Other 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.

Before that my daughter saw something significant from our back window. She watched a large bird of prey, which she later identified as a golden eagle, holding a snake. Golden eagles are rare around here, but I have seen them before in the winter. A second golden eagle tried to take the snake and a struggle ensued. In the end, the eagle who first held the snake flew away with it triumphantly.

One more note. My interpretation of other words we received (shadow, dissimulate, distract) was that Obama still holds reins of power by controlling a shadow government. He and the globalists have spent the last 8 years installing their players in the CIA, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, etc. In fact, this country has been controlled by elites - the shadow government, the military-industrial complex, the deep state, whatever you want to call it - for decades. The last president that directly challenged the shadow government was John F. Kennedy when he denied the CIA's demand for air cover during the Bay of Pigs invasion, which would have led to re-invading Cuba and potentially war with the Soviet Union. Kennedy said no and then tried to tear apart the CIA. Everyone knows what happened to Kennedy in the end. The CIA, Lyndon Johnson and other members of government were behind it. It was a coup d'etat.

My point is don't be fooled into thinking Trump controls the executive branch of government. No president does fully anymore. But particularly now, the shadow government is running the globalists' New World Order agenda. Obama may have left office, but he still has power.

My warning to everyone is don't get caught up in the coming conflict. Be careful who you follow. It should only be Jesus Christ.