Forewarned is Forearmed
1. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (Second Peter 2:1-3)
For too long many have spoken in churches that have their own agenda; that come with a message, being Scriptural in nature, but not ordained of God for that season, for that moment in time when all things align for the beginnings of that which is pre-purposed in God’s heart.
We have the Scriptures of the first prophets, and the revelatory visions, dreams, and statements of the prophets of the New Testament Church, and the words of foundation from the Apostles that are rising to positions ordained of father God for a time such as this. . . yet, will any listen . . . will any take heed . . . will any obey?
The message of the hour is part of the message of the season and the time of times to come, yet with each heartbeat the seasons and times change according to the pre-determined will of God.
We see the effect of the worldly mind sets and the new age philosophies that render mankind numbed to the reality of God desiring personal relational fellowship with each and every living person.
It has always been about greed, avarice, covetousness, and financial power in the world; yet, we who are not of the world see more clearly the end result of the world’s condition than those who are attempting to feebly guide it to their betterment, only to find more of the same, and ultimately a coming destruction because of those purposed ways of man.
America stands at the point of decision; multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of concision, a place of obscurity, a place of uncertainty and perhaps even fear for what is coming upon the earth. Jesus said in the last days men’s hearts would fail them for fear of the things coming upon the earth in Luke 21:26.
26. Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
What does it mean to read “the powers of Heaven shall be shaken”?
What does it mean to America, to the world to know that all of mankind’s attempts to be the dominant race or creature over all other things is not sufficient to stop the flow of eternity and its coming justice against the spirits that have brought man to a place of judgment?
Let’s read the entire text from which Luke 21:26 was quoted.
Luke 21:1-38
1. And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
4. For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
5. And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6. As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7. And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8. And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
9. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11. And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
12. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13. And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
15. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
17. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18. But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19. In your patience possess ye your souls.
20. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter there into.
22. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
24. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26. Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
29. And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30. When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36. 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.
37. And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
38. And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
I want to point out that the account begins with Jesus being in the Temple Treasury where the folks came to bring their tithes and offerings according to the present Law. Those present with Jesus began to brag on the human achievement of the temples splendor, after, Jesus spoke of its demise, its being thrown down, which did occur some 70 years later.
Jesus spoke of it earlier in Luke 19:42-44
42. Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44. And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
The Roman Army under General Vespasian destroyed it in 70 A.D.
Today after seeing the words of Jesus come to pass we must recognize that many of the Words of the Lord in the Bible should be heeded, America should take heed to the same judgment coming upon it because of the conditions man would choose to live under that are contrary to the Word of God.
The question remains: “What does it take to wake America up to the spiritual conditions and its effect?”
Ten years after they removed prayer from public school America legally started killing the unborn; when America turns away from God the blessing wanes, and the curse replaces God’s original intent for America.
Israel became prey of the gods of other Nations; America has many or more within its shores of false teachings, dogmas, religions, mysticisms, philosophies, cults, and the list goes on and on, not to mention the spirit of political science that declares that all Americans are their puppets.
Sadly, we have seen evidence in this present administration how the American voice is ignored so that personal agendas can be enacted. When will America wake up? Possibly when the consequences of evil have caused every person to roar out in repentance; turning unto God because they refused to walk uprightly taking the righteous responsible position; seeking God’s forgiveness for abusing the greatest gift.
Truth, Righteousness, Justice, and Holiness; these are crux of salvations purpose for every person. Jesus is the Governor of all Nations; however, the people of the Nations must turn to the true and living God lest Satan take them in their blindness to a hell not purposed for them, but, for him and all the angels that followed him.
Psalms 9:17
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Hell was not made for man but for the devil and the angels.
Matthew 25:41
41. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
“Wake Up Church”
Romans 13:11-14
11. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
First Corinthians 15:34
34. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
America, you have forsaken the God of your forefathers; this Nation was not created for you to squander and revel in personal power for its own sake; you are called to a destiny of higher worth and eternal effect.
Church of America: it is time to shake off the doldrums of slumber and religious piety for its own sake; it is time to walk in the righteousness which is of faith in God, not in your agendas, programs and mounting debt; fear is ready to take you once more. . . didn’t September 11, 2001 bring a stark reality to you?
Never since the Civil War was there destruction from an enemy within our shores; yet the walls of God’s blessing had been breached because of the sins of the Nation. Pride, arrogance, self-sufficiency, and the driving of God out of the public schools, the government buildings, and the public forum; all these and much more has the enemy succeeded in deluding the leaders into false security and self-piety.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
8. He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
America, you have broken the hedge by your refusal to do justly, love mercy, and humble yourself to walk uprightly; the serpent has bitten you and its venom has numbed you into a complacency that is readying you for the enemy’s next assault.
Ten years after prayer was removed from schools, abortion was legalized, and Israel caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire in sacrifice to false gods, named Baal and Moloch. They sacrificed thousands; America, you have sacrificed millions. Can this blood of the innocent be washed away?
Can the future judgment demanded be assuaged? Can there be a returning to what is right without another catastrophe? Yes, but, it requires a National repentance, not another political agenda filled with rhetoric rooted in self delusions.
When Israel forsook God the enemies came in like a flood, they suffered because of their own self-perceptions and desires for other things that aren’t holy.
Is there consequence for national sin? Absolutely; can it be avoided? Absolutely!
Let’s fully take in this fact, things happen as a result of mankind’s behaviors and attitudes that caused them; the reality of end result is this:
JUSTICE or JUDGMENT
Judgment: legal verdict; an obligation resulting from verdict; discernment or good sense; divine punishment.
Judgment is the result of mankind refusing to hear God, obey God, and yield to proper attitudes concerning God and His involvement with man.
Justice: fairness or reasonableness, especially in the way people are treated or decisions are made; validity; a system or application of law.
To render vindication by accepting God’s justification as though the offence never occurred; however, the truth is most peoples of the planet miss the reason behind National events that affect all peoples.
We cry out for justice but what man is really saying is that they want judgment leveled on those that did them harm. What is Jesus’ prescription if you will for the justice upon an enemy?
Matthew 5:43-48
43. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47. And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
You may be thinking that I am saying to let opposition to life go without consequences for their actions; in fact the opposite is true; when we pray for the opposition the Lord fights the fight in conviction.
When we seek to prove that we are better, stronger, less intimidated by enemy’s actions by re-building even better than what we lost, we fail to see why it happened in the first place.
Question: Why did September 11, 2001 happen do you think?
Was it a blatant unwarranted attack on America, upon the world’s economy? Or, was it a revelation of how far Americans had slipped from a national submissiveness to the One and only true God?
When secular humanism rose large in America; when all the equal rights groups surfaced because of secular humanism, women’s rights, gay rights, children’s rights, religions rights, etc. the list goes on to where animals now have rights as though equal to man.
It must understood as previously mentioned that God had a hedge around America with blessing upon it because of the communion of its founders with God. The moment man stopped being aligned with God in heart and all facets of American endeavors a breach in that hedge manifested; suddenly man became the target of all things evil.
I mentioned earlier that God began being removed by man from public sports, public meetings, from schools, from public gatherings of government because the atheists have their rights! Madeline Murray O’Hare with one voice beleaguered all forms of government and public with her agenda to remove God from all public issues. Schools were the target; thus, prayer was removed.
Next came women’s rights over their own body, forsaking the God that created that body, and abortion became a law of the land!
Gay rights demand equal rights to legally marry which is abomination to God; however, where God is forsaken other gods rise. Baal, Moloch, Bacchus, Saul, Absalom, Jezebel, Balaam, Adonijah, etc.; all the spirits that were against God in the beginning when man turned away from God, and gave Satan the dominion graced to man.
Now a new spirit has risen and manifested in the arena of man; its name is defiance.
Second Samuel 15:23-24
23. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
24. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Man brings forth the consequence of turning to their own ways rather than maintaining the previous worship of the forefathers; rather than bowing before God they rise up in defiance to His ways.
Why 9/11? The breach was made by man in his rebellions and the consequence was an attack by the descendants of Ancient Assyria; the AL Qaeda. At its helm or movement was Osama bin laden.
When the twin towers came down, did America turn to God in repentance for all the things they had done to holiness in the name of progress and human rights, or, when the shock and awe was over, did they become defiant and shrug off the warning?
Defiant: disobedient, deliberately and openly; tending to confront and challenge aggressively.
Some people blamed God for 9-11 while others huddled in fear and dread of what was next. How many do you suppose actually saw the warning that was within that moment, the warning that without repentance, without holiness and peace no man shall see God in his eternity?
All the warning to Israel in the prophets are mirrors and seeds to warning given to America; as Israel went so America is going. The success or failure of America is determined by the choices man is responsible for toward God in worship and love, or in defiance to His warning because man opened the hedge and the serpent did bite.
When King Saul became defiant and disobedient to wait for Samuel to make the sacrifice as a Prophet/Priest Saul destroyed his blessing and anointing. Thus the nation suffered a hard fall.
Today we stand on the brink of another election for the presidency; however, let me be clear on this: I am not taking a political stand for either party: I am taking a stand on whether the man elected will be a God-man who seeks God rather than self for guidance. One who sees the warnings in the past and changes the course of America back to a Biblical standard under the Lordship of Jesus the governor of all nations; or continues to view the presidency as a platform for personal agenda and pocket-lining by feather merchants seeking favor financially.
What America does in this pivotal election will determine the next forty years should the Lord tarry and not come back sooner.
It is time to turn back to God with the whole heart; it begins with an individual, then a congregation, a community, a county, State, and then the country. A wakeup call has come, shake the slumber off and rise up in the Word and integrity being the forthrightness of every believer; we will see the reality of the Blessing again upon America; we will again rise to the number one spot of desired Nations in the world instead of number five on the world scene.
God is calling America back to its founding roots.
Jeremiah 2:11-13
11. Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
13. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 2:17-22
17. Hast thou not Procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
18. And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19. Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
21. Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22. For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
We spend so much time on things repetitively that consume our thoughts, ways, and end results. Things that have no value in the scope of eternal things; yet, do we miss the mark of the calling? We say we are grown ups, mature and without need of correction; yet, do we consider our ways? As Jeremiah wrote the Words of God given him for the people of his day; do we have the voices of men and women today who warn us of what is to come?
Do we scoff at them and consider them as fools, when it is we who are fools, egotistical in our personal opinions and beliefs? We truly need to shake off the slumber complacency and apathy; the fruits of our doings surround and smother us with a false aroma of success.
There must be repentance, not just by the folks who attend church, but those who don’t as well. A turning from their own ways to the ways of God, to worship God is to receive Him in light and glory, yet, we demand of Him things of our choosing, never asking what it is that we can do to please Him.
The times and seasons of this present age are spiraling downward into personal oblivions for many because they only live in the moment; they are only concerned about their little corner of the pie.
We are called to honor God above all else and then live with one another in the light of His hope and love. To become the holy vine again the Nation of America needs to turn to God with the whole focus and heart faith; not following the Baal and Absalom spirits that seek their own ways.
Let’s pray.
Oh God forgive us our transgressions, forgive and heal us from our own prides and self-sufficiency’s for we are far from where we are to be; many seek our hurt, yet You and you only are our refuge and strength; forgive and save Oh God of our salvation. Turn from us the ways our own courses we have set, we ask it in Jesus Name and for His glory, Amen.
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| “It is time to declare and then decree, to establish righteous statutes that defend the weak, affirm the loyal, and deepen the commitment of the royal brethren. You will speak the Words of My mouth; you will stand on the precipice and see the hand that is coming in the distance; the wind, the sword, and the clouds of glory; these you will declare. The life of life is to establish precedent in the Church. Take strength and stand in the wind and declare the lie exposed, the sickness dissolved, and the distress destroyed.
Within the glory are lightnings, furies of faith, and foundations of future events; within the glory are thunderous roars of the Lion of Judah; the Eagles are gathering, and they shall soar above the tumultuous time at hand. The faithful ones will run toward that which has not been experienced before; the re-firing of zeal and fervor is My heart for those who will press past the present troubled times and see, and will receive the revelations at My mouth, says the Lord. These will speak and see, see and speak; these will find liberty and victory at every turn of the heart toward Me, says the Lord.”
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