Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Fall of America


The Isaiah 9:10 Effect
"And in the case of a nation preeminent among the nations, it means the end of that preeminence . . . the collapse of empire . . . the removing of its crown."

My Intercession for America

Several years ago, before the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States, I met with the Lord in my prayer closet; and it came into my spirit that America was on the road to being destroyed. It was a time in my life that the Holy Spirit was calling on me to do intercession of all types. I prayed for the folks with which we had fellowship and for the region in which we lived, but there were times He would ask me to pray for specific people or places unknown to me. And then came the day He specifically asked me to pray for this nation I love—America.

I wept and asked whether this impending destruction could be avoided. He did not answer me then, so I knew I needed to keep praying.


The 9/11 attack on the United States was God’s hand of protection momentarily lifted off a nation that was dedicated to His purposes. It was His act of great mercy in the hopes its people, especially those who were called by Him, would awaken and return the nation to its Godly commitment.

“The propitious smiles of Heaven
 can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order
 and right which Heaven itself hath ordained.”
First Inaugural Address of George Washington
The City of New York
April 30, 1789

George Washington, in his inaugural address, warned that if America upheld God’s eternal standards and followed His ways, then it would be blessed with His favor and protection. But if America departed from His ways, these things would be withdrawn.

The Isaiah 9:10 Effect

America’s response to this first attack on its mainland paralleled ancient Israel’s response to its first invasion. It was one of arrogance and pride:

And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. -Isaiah 9:9-10 KJV 

Our nation’s leaders, including then President Obama, repeated this ancient vow of defiance. Instead of humbling herself, America defied God’s warning and has become a nation that has ruled God out of its life. She has succumbed to what Jonathan Cahn in his best-selling book The Harbinger called The Isaiah 9:10 Effect.

“No human hands could have orchestrated the countless actions, reactions, and transactions required to cause Wall Street and the global economy to collapse and for everything to happen just as it did, at the exact times ordained in the ancient mystery.”
The Harbinger, page 175

The darkened bronze statue of our first President standing in front of the New York Stock Exchange is a memorial and silent witness that the “smiles of Heaven” were being withdrawn because America has done what it was warned not to do—“disregard the eternal rules of order and right that Heaven ordained.”

The blessings of God have begun to be withdrawn since 9/11 for we are following the same pattern of arrogance of ancient Israel. As long as Israel continued its descent from God, the progression of judgment continued. So too with America.

Yes, I am thankful for the brief respite U.S. Christians have received because of the Presidency of Donald Trump; but our nation’s return to prosperity is temporal and held up like a matchstick house ready to crumble at the flick of One’s finger.

The End Times Church of Laodicea

When the attack on New York City came on 9/11, the only building to be spared at Ground Zero was St. Paul’s Chapel. It was protected by a sycamore tree that was destroyed in the wake of the calamity—“the sycomores are cut down, but we will change [them into] cedars”.

It was another silent witness pointing the nation back to its foundation in God. Not only that, but I believe 9/11 was a prophetic shout to awaken the slumbering American Church. She has NOT awakened but instead has been drawn into a delusion that all is well. She prospers so all must be well. She is the Laodicean church of the end times. Those who do not awaken and come out of her by making Jesus Christ their Lord will not escape the sudden destruction spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 5:3. Jesus Himself warned of this:

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write . . . I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing. . .

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:14-21 KJV (in part)

Jesus promises that those who overcome will escape “the hour of temptation” which is to come upon the whole world (Revelation 3:10) AND receive eternal rewards (Revelation 3:11-12).

Who are the Overcomers?

So who are these overcomers? They are individuals who have confessed from their heart Romans 10:9 and have incorruptible seed within them:

For whatsoever is born [gennaō]  of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith. -1 John 5:4 KJV

Being born again [anagennaō], not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. -1 Peter 1:23 KJV
[Excerpt taken from Who are the Tribulation Saints?]

America Return to Your 1st Love!

God in His unfathomable mercy will continue to allow breaches in the hedge of protection this nation has known since it was dedicated to His purposes. The United States has begun to see this with decimating hurricanes and more recently the destructive power of the Kīlauea Volcano of the Big Island of Hawaii and much greater volcanic and earthquake annihilation has been prophesied along with tsunamis.

Sadly, I also believe America will succumb to foreign invasion as happened to ancient Israel. This too has been foretold by many prophetic voices and is foreshadowed by the lack of her presence in the apocalyptic writings of the Scriptures.

Here are just some of the prophecies related to America’s fall. Many, many brethren, including myself, have shared similar warnings:
John Kilpatrick--New Madrid earthquake dream
David Wilkerson--The Vision
Efrain Rodriguez--East Coast tsunami prophecy

This is how the nations of Ezekiel 38 will be bold enough to directly attack Israel for its spoil for her greatest ally will be no more.

“Calamities . . . may take the form of economic disintegration or military defeat, disorder and division, the collapse of infrastructure, man-made calamities, calamities of nature, decline and fall . . . And, in the case of a nation preeminent among the nations, it means . . . the removing of its crown.”
The Harbinger, page 217

Pockets of Revival

Sadly, America has “crossed the Rubicon”, yet there is still a glimmer of time for pockets of revival to open. BUT REVIVAL WILL BE AS A RESULT OF JUDGMENTS coming upon the land. Those of us who are awake need to be ready to give an answer (1 Peter 3:15) for God wishes that none perish (2 Peter 3:9)!

“That which God designs, in smiting us, is to turn us to himself and to set us a seeking him; and, if this point be not gained by lesser judgments, greater may be expected . . .”
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible
Volume 4, Isaiah to Malachi








Saturday, July 7, 2018

The July 27 Blood Moon is NOT the Sixth Seal


Scripture Layers

In previous articles I have admitted my struggle in understanding the Book of Revelation, particularly the timing of the catching away or rapture of the Overcoming Church of Christ.


THEN I came across Scott Clarke’s video July 27, 2018 Blood Moon a 6th Seal Sign or Not? where he revealed things in the Scripture I had not noticed before and taught how the Book of Revelation is written in layers (much like layering in music and video production). Harmonizing the Scripture, he explains how the blood moon and earthquake of Revelation 6:12 will occur at Christ’s Second Coming after the 7-year Tribulation. Some of the verses include:

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. - Revelation 6:12-13 KJV

 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. - Matthew 24:29-30 KJV

Scottie points out that the throne room scene in Revelation Chapter 4 and 5 is the same throne room scene in Revelation Chapter 14. He unveiled something I had NEVER BEFORE thought of which is that the 144,000 sealed of Israel are the Old Testament saints Jesus offered up to YHWH at His own resurrection as a Firstfruits Wave Offering (Matthew 27:52-53)!  

A careful reading of Revelation 4 and 5 indicates that Jesus’ opening of the seals is for the purpose of REVEALING the contents of the scroll to John who recorded it, thus we have The Book of Revelation unsealed to us now:

And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. - Revelation 22:10 KJV

Daniel was told to seal the prophecy “until the time of the end” (Daniel 12:4 and 9); however, John was told not to seal the prophecy! 

The Seals are a Synopsis

Therefore, the opening of the Seals is not a separate part of the 7-year Tribulation but is a synopsis of it.


Dr. Robert D. Luginbill’s article, “The Heavenly Prelude to the Tribulation”, gives further insight:

The so-called "four horsemen" of seals one through four are symbols representing specific tribulational trends (as is the case with seals five and six as well), and are not actual entities in their own right. . .

The "four horsemen", the consecutive trends which accompany antichrist's rise to power and administration of his satanic kingdom, represent patterns of activity destined to occur during the first half of the seven-year Tribulation. On the other hand, the fifth and sixth seals represent the most important events of the Tribulation's second half or "the Great Tribulation", namely, the Great Persecution (seal five), and the divine response to it (most notably the ten "bowl judgments" and the final judgments of Armageddon which accompany the Second Advent). . .

The Tribulation's First Half (four major trends):
   1. White horse: Antichrist's Conquests: the trend of warfare and aggression
   2. Red horse: Civil Discord: the trend of lawlessness and political destabilization
   3. Black horse: Economic Constraint: the trend of economic dislocation and famine
   4. Pale-green horse: Accelerated Mortality: the trend of plague and rampant death

The Great Tribulation (two major events):
   5. Martyrs: the Great Persecution (of believers by antichrist and his religion)
   6. Judgments: the Second Advent (with its preliminary and concomitant judgments)

Like the false labor pains or Braxton-Hicks contractions of a woman before her labor or travail begins in earnest, so we see signs of these coming tribulations now with civil division, economic unrest, sporadic plague outbreaks, persecution, exponentially-increased volcanic and quake activity and rumors of war.

The Great Harvest Explained

In a related video—The Rapture | Dispensation Resurrections & The Great Harvest—Scott explains THE GREAT HARVEST and how it is divided into the First Resurrection and the Second Resurrection.

I had researched this subject myself leaning heavily on Perry Stone’s teachings; however, I believe Scott Clarke has rightly divided the Word of Truth regarding the order of all the end time resurrections and catching away of the saints:


THE GREAT HARVEST
Matthew 9:37-38
(foreshadowed in the Old Testament in Leviticus 23)

1st Resurrection—is made up of three parts:
1—Firstfruits—Leviticus 23:10; Matthew 27:52-53; Revelation 7:3-8 and 14:1-5
2—Main Harvest—1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Revelation 4:1-2 and 12:5
3—Gleanings—Leviticus 23:22; Revelation 6:9-11 and 7:9-17 and 14:15-16 and 20:4-6

Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. - Revelation 20:6 KJV

2nd Resurrection—is unto eternal torment

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:12-15 KJV

Those who are given eternal life through the Messiah are judged according to His righteousness; however, those who are part of the second resurrection are judged according to their works. Since no one is without sin, your works will not give you eternal life in Heaven (Galatians 2:16).

Not much time is left for those who desire to be part of the Main Harvest that is gathered before Daniel’s 70th Week, The 7-year Tribulation also known as The Birthpangs of Messiah (the Gleanings or Tribulation Saints aren’t gathered until the end of the Tribulation!).

Loving Jesus is NOT Enough!

Loving Jesus is not enough. If you want to meet Him in the air, you must make Him the Lord or Master over your life instead of you being your own master (Romans 10:9). He is the only way to eternal life with the true God of Love!

Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Revelation 20:6




Sunday, July 1, 2018

BLOOD MOON & PEACE DEAL OF THE CENTURY!


The SIGNS have gone out now for years of the coming 7-year Tribulation and yet, here comes another. The Scripture tells us that God set the heavenly lights there for signs and seasons (Genesis 1:14). It also tells us that the Jews require signs (John 4:48 and 1 Corinthians 1:22) and God certainly has been giving them!

Longest Blood Moon of the Century

Coming July 27-28 will be the Century’s longest total lunar eclipse (BLOOD MOON 2018). Guess where it can centrally be viewed from? Answer: The Middle East. PROPHECY ALERT: Blood Moon to Stun UAE

Guess where it CANNOT be viewed from? The United States. timeanddate.com


In what seems like a bizarre coincidence, Mars will also observe the closest distance from Earth in 15 years during the July lunar eclipse… Mars will easily be visible to the unaided eye under a clear sky. firstpost.com [emphasis mine]
Mars Looks Super Creepy Thanks to a Massive Dust Storm
Not only will Mars be visible to the naked eye, but it will be redder than ever! 15th Av: Blood Red Moon & Dusty Red Mars

Some are prognosticating that this will be THE blood moon of Joel 2:31 and that the Tribulation will begin soon thereafter. I do not know if this is true or not but it is definitely worth noting especially in light of Trump’s Peace Deal of the Century.

Peace Deal of the Century

WITH THE MIDDLE EAST DEAL COMING, SO WILL JUDGMENTS FALL UPON THE UNITED STATES!

Why would God judge America for making a Middle East peace deal? Because any compromise will inevitably involve dividing Israel—and there are serious consequences to those who would force Israel's hand to surrender its land (see Deuteronomy 30:5-7).

Whether this year will see the beginning of God’s wrath or not, remember that those who have His incorruptible seed within them are NOT appointed to His retribution! The Overcoming Church is told that when sudden destruction comes, She will escape; therefore, this is a very exciting time indeed to those who are looking for Christ’s coming! Peace Deal, Blood Moon & Rosh Hashannah

. . . I also speculate that the timing of the Rapture of the Church will occur at the last possible atomos of time when we are transformed and caught up in the air just as cataclysmic events begin thereby missing them “by the skin of our teeth”.

I came to this conclusion when I noticed the context of 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. - 1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJV

Verse 3 compares “sudden destruction” to labor pains—“as travail upon a woman with child”. This, of course, is referring to Israel’s time of travail the Scriptures call Jacob’s Trouble and is referred to as Daniel’s 70thWeek or the Tribulation. Verse 3 also mentions that “they shall not escape”. Who does not escape? Those who “shall say, Peace and safety”. By the Skin of Our Teeth


Covenant of Many?

There are brethren saying that Trump’s Middle East peace treaty is the “covenant with many” spoken of in the Book of Daniel:

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. - Daniel 9:27 KJV

I tend to believe Trump’s plan is NOT this 7-year covenant because of the meaning of the word “confirm” which is gabar in the Hebrew:


גָּבַר gâbar, gaw-bar'; a primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently:—exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.

Notice that its meaning is “put to more (strength)”, which to me means an agreement or peace plan would have to be already in effect before the Antichrist can strengthen it. Perhaps the Trump peace plan is the preliminary agreement but NOT the Antichrist’s covenant with many of Daniel 9:27.
 

The Trump administration faces the same obstacles that have doomed previous attempts by a string of Republican and Democratic administrations: deep disagreements over key issues such as borders, dueling claims to Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees and their millions of descendants.
But Kushner enjoys advantages that could allow him to make at least some progress. Trump made a successful visit to the region last month and appears to have forged a good working relationship with both sides. [Excerpt from: timesofisrael.com]
Trump’s Senior Adviser in these negotiations is his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is a practicing Jew.

Leaders throughout the region and analysts who’ve devoted much of their lives to pursuing this goal were stunned that the US had charged a young man with no previous experience except negotiating commercial real estate deals with resolving one of the world’s most intractable problems. middleeasteye.net

Only our Heavenly Father knows the heart of a person, but there may be more going on behind the scenes than people may want to admit. Reports say the Kushner family belongs to Chabad, which has been described by some as a criminal Jewish cult that serves the Illuminati, and President-elect Donald Trump contributed to the movement (forward.com). Another related article is The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin.

The Chabad community consists of the followers (Hasidim) of the Chabad Rebbes. Originally, based in Eastern Europe, today, various Chabad communities span the globe . . .
According to sociologists studying contemporary Jewry, the Chabad movement fits into neither the standard category of Haredi nor that of modern Orthodox among Orthodox Jews. This is due in part to the existence of the "non-Orthodox Hasidim", the general lack of official recognition of political and religious distinctions within Judaism and the open relationship with non-Orthodox Jews represented by the activism of Chabad emissaries.[57][58] wikipedia.org

I place this before you for your consideration and prayer. All is revving up faster and faster as man's government over earth comes to its rightful end. Time will soon be up!

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. - Luke 21:29-32 KJV