WATCHMAN WARNING: WHAT IS HAPPENING?

 

That is a question I expect on the minds of many believers.  We are so very close to the return of the Lord.  And now we see a bold change in the government of the US that will surely lead to a move away from the trend to the one world government that was so well underway.  A very few other places have had a similar change in government, such as Argentina, but not many.  The UN, the World Economic Forum, and others all continue to work towards the one-world government.

 

So what does this mean?  Still and most obviously, we all should be alert to all that is happening as the Lord has warned us in Luke 21:36, and be ready to go when he comes.

 

Beyond that, let me say that nothing has changed regarding our being so close to the return of Jesus.  All those prophecies fulfilled, everything is still in line for that.  His coming to collect his sheep could happen anytime.

 

Here are some interesting insights regarding the newly elected government in the US:

 

• There seems to be some talk about encouraging the building of the third temple in Jerusalem. Well, that does need to be ready by the middle of the Tribulation when the antichrist comes to take up residence there, but that building could all happen during the early years of the Tribulation.  Still, it is interesting to hear this being discussed!

• The newly nominated secretary of defense himself has spoken of the need to build the temple on a specific spot on the temple mount.

  

• The newly appointed ambassador to Israel under the new administration is a strong supporter of Israel, as are several in the new administration

• Likely, we shall see a return to the efforts of the previous Trump administration to bring about a peace accord with Israel and its many neighbors. You may remember the successful Abraham accords that brought some Arab nations  to an improved relationship with Israel.

 

 

• In the election on November 5, the overwhelming number of evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Similarly, the great number of Catholics voted for President Trump.  But, sadly and shockingly, the overwhelming number of Jews in the US voted for the losing side, the socialist government that was leading the US into the one-world government and that does not strongly support Israel.  It seems inconceivable, but then we have to realize these people do not know Jesus.  And for that matter, so many are not even serious Jews, rather being ethnic Jews.  Well, the time of their coming face to face with truth is near at hand, just not yet.

All this is interesting surely.  But then you and I know a bit more.  We know that once a true peace agreement is signed by Israel that the people believe in so much they live in unwalled villages, the seven year Tribulation begins.  In fact, it begins the moment that agreement is signed.  And the individual who clearly leads that to come about is the antichrist.

 

We also have noticed all the interaction between Russia and Turkey and Iran in recent years.  All that is leading up to their attack on Israel in the Ezekiel 38-39 war, an attack that is obviously repelled by God in a way all should recognize his hand.  That attack will happen early in the Tribulation period, for the people are living in unwalled villages when it occurs the Bible says.

 

I do have one other overriding comment:  the new administration is not yet in office.  It seems an eerily quiet period in the US.  We all should be praying for peace and safety for all involved as this goes forward.

 

We should still expect the Lord’s return to collect his believers before the beginning of the Tribulation, for as we have noted so many times, in several places the Bible notes we were not appointed to suffer wrath.  Besides, the antichrist will not be free on earth to work to bring about the famous peace agreement that begins the Tribulation unless the true CHURCH, the true believers, have been taken out of the way. 

 

Keep your eyes on Jesus.  At all times.  Pray in the Spirit.  Seek his guidance.  Remember, the Holy Spirit guides you into all truth, tells you things yet to come, and reminds you of things Jesus has said to you.  If you don’t know the Holy Spirit and his gifts, pray to receive that and the baptism of the Spirit.  If possible, ask a Spirit-filled believer to pray for you for this.  Or contact us and we can pray for you over the telephone.

 

 

 

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* WATCHMAN WARNING: THIS EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION

 

 

This very unpleasant election in America is about to reach the end – of the formal voting at least.  Early voting has already begun in many places and the final official election day is just a few days off.

The contrast between the two major candidates and between the two major parties could not be greater.  One is based more on traditional American values from the Bible and the Constitution.  The other seeks to remake the nation into a socialist society with great attention to race and gender and restrictions on fundamental Constitutional rights such as free speech.  It seems to many a contest of whether the America most citizens over 40 have known all their lives survives or the nation turns the direction of other failed socialist states, a move apparently orchestrated by the evil one to make this great nation part of the soon arriving one world government.

Having said all that, I want to make sure that all believers realize these truths:

• The Lord Jesus is and will be King of Kings and Lord of Lords no matter who wins any human election.
• The Bible is true.  The words of God are inerrant.  They are infallible.
• Believers in Jesus Christ always seek to do his father’s will.  That is one of the fundamental requirements to be in the Kingdom.  Jesus actually said that.
• In the presidential election in the US we the people are not choosing a perfect person or leader.  None of the candidates qualify for that!  We are just trying to select the best candidate to lead a secular government.  Regardless of what we think of a person’s personality or whether we would want to hang out with them, we must choose the best of the candidates. 

Surely a believer in the Lord Jesus should vote, and they should vote for the candidate that is most based on the values Jesus and his father have presented to mankind.  The election is pretty clear if you want to help the US fight to continue the traditional values and not slide to a position of extreme weakness as the Tribulation begins.  Remember, you may not be here during the Tribulation, but some of your relatives, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and associates will surely be.  

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* WATCHMAN WARNING: WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON - THE FINAL STEPS

  

There will be fearful events, Jesus said of our time.  People will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea, he said.

 

All that just happened.  No one on the west coast of Florida, the Gulf Coast side, ever expected the storm Helene to have serious impact on them.  It was over a hundred miles away and supposedly heading north to come ashore in the panhandle area of Florida.  Then suddenly there was the many feet of storm surge and terrible destruction of cities and houses on that west coast.

 

Far away, five hundred miles north, in the mountains of NC people were living in Asheville and Boone and smaller towns like Chimney Rock and many more.  Five hundred miles!  Hurricanes were for the coast surely.  But not so this time.  Helene arrived at an area already saturated with many inches of rain.  And it just poured more on.  Then a flood ensued unlike anything anyone living had ever seen.  Massive destruction and loss of life.  We still don’t know the full extent.  The rescuers haven’t gotten everywhere to check it all out yet.  Too many trees down, not like we are used to seeing – a tree here or there.  No, this is piles of trees all together that take long, long periods to remove.  Buildings and cars wrecked and piled up.  Hundreds of roads damaged and cut off.  Bridges out.   And hundreds of people still missing.

 

The flood is of Biblical proportions some say.

 

Some try to compare it to the great flood there in 1916 but of course no one was around then.

 

And at the same time this is happening Iran sends many missiles into Israel, and the Middle East is turbulent indeed.  And the Ukraine war just continues.  Nation against nation.  Wars and rumors of wars.

 

Final signs.  These are part of the final signs.  Jesus outlined events of the last days.  Those days are here.

 

We are at the time of the Lord’s return.  Most people just do not know.  Serious believers know if they are paying attention.  Not anyone else. 

 

So we wait to hear his command, the angel’s shout, and the trumpet.  And we will be off, leaving behind huge numbers of people who do not know Jesus, including no doubt a significant number who thought they were Christians but were not born again, not born of water and the spirit as Jesus said was a requirement.  They had been let down by their church or by their own thinking.  They did not do the will of Jesus’ father.  They did not have the same innocent faith as little children.  And evidently they just did not truly believe.  So many in their churches and in some places their pastors themselves will be left behind.

 

Time.  It’s time.  You can continue to try to wake people up, to tell people the truth.  Lots just don’t want to be bothered.  They don’t want to hear.  Lots already have been caught in the deception of the evil one and even have fallen into delusion.  Some have just never paid attention or apparently even been able to hear the truth of God.  Many others get angry and protest in cities and universities for anti-god causes although they can’t understand they are on the wrong side,  They line up in support of vicious and blind opponents of the Jews and they support the LGBTQ movement in all its ramifications.  They are spiritually lost and will live in the Tribulation.

 

We believers all have to keep in mind that only God the Father can draw anyone to Jesus.  We can’t.  We can speak to others about Jesus and the gospel and the return.  We can pray for God the Father to draw these people to Jesus.  But then we have to let God be God.

 

Soon.  Soon the Lord will be here.  And we believers will be gone.  Comfort yourselves also with realization that some come to know the Lord during the horrible Tribulation period.  In Revelation John the disciple sees countless Tribulation saints in Heaven.

 

I don’t know how many more storms like Helene will occur or how extensive the wars will become or how many other natural or human disasters will occur before Jesus arrives.  Hopefully none.  One thing is for certain.  He will be here soon.

 

Another thing is certain too:

 

Some things are now happening on earth we have little or no control over.  Not all, just some.  I think we still apply the power of prayer in all situations and use the authority Jesus has given us at all times.  But just realize there may be moments that possibly we can’t change.  Jesus is coming indeed at the appointed time.  That time is set.  And it is soon.

 

 

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* TAKE A STAND AGAINST HURRICANE HELENE!!! NOW!

 

 

Here we are again needing to apply the truths and the authority the Lord has given us believers to take a stand against a dangerous storm.  This time it is hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico which seems to be targeting landfall in the panhandle of Florida, with serious impact also on western Florida,  and then movement on up through Georgia and eastern Alabama into South Carolina, western North Carolina, Tennessee, and even Kentucky.  Already this is a real hurricane and is projected to be a major one, but of course we can pray against that!

 

Remember, Jesus said believers can do the same thing he did, even greater.  He also said he would do whatever believers ask him in his name.  And the Father will give us whatever we ask him in Jesus' name.  And that we can order mountains in our life away.  We can order them to throw themselves into the sea (See John 14:12-14; John 16:23: Mark 11:22-23).

 

The mountain right now for those living in the target areas is the storm Helene.  It's time right now once again to use these truths and the authority the Lord has given us and to put our faith into action.  The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of power and not just words!

 

I ask everyone wherever you are to pray against this storm, to take a stand (I personally like to step outside and face in the direction of the storm, raising arm and hand with palm to the storm.  For most of us, that direction would be facing south or southeast at this time.).

 

In your own words, declare something like this: 

 

In Jesus' name, I order the hurricane named Helene to turn aside from land, to stay at sea and to diminish in power and disappear.  In Jesus’ name, rain and wind cease!  In Jesus' name, I order Helene to harm no people and animals, no land, buildings, or boats.  And in Jesus’ name, I order no flooding and no storm surge! 

 

Be bold! You can put this in your own words, but that is what Jesus said we can do.  Remember, he changed the weather.

 

Do it now!

 

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* A MESSAGE FOR OUR HEARTS

 

Some years ago in a difficult time I was lying on the floor at home praying.

 

God suddenly spoke to me:  “You know how much I love Jesus?  That’s how much I love you.”

 

His presence and love were intense.

 

I think I knew that before, but this was God the Father saying it directly to me.

 

Overwhelming.  I lay there overwhelmed.  Engulfed in him.

 

God.

 

He loves all believers in Jesus the same way, you know.  The Bible actually says that (John 17:23).

 

God.  The focus of our lives above everything and everyone else.

 

Our role is to love God in return and keep him above everything else in our lives.

 

Jesus once said that ^“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me (Matthew 10:37).

 

 Of course we are to love all those people, just not more than Jesus.

 

Remember the ten commandments?  What is number one?  Just this:  You shall have no other Gods before me.

 

What is the way to God?  Through Jesus.

 

God – Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit.

 

There is nothing more important in life than knowing Jesus and being in the right relationship with him. 

 

 

 

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* IT'S TIME: JESUS AND HIM CRUCIFIED

Jesus is God.  He is a member of the Trinity – God the Father, Jesus the Son of God, the Holy Spirit.  He is the King of the Kingdom of God.  He is the head of the body of Christ, the CHURCH.  All things are under his feet. 

 

Jesus’ CHURCH is that collection of people taken out of the world to form a new society of which he is the head.  It is not those brick and wood buildings on the corners, although some people in those buildings might be in his CHURCH.

 

In the most extraordinary act imaginable, this Jesus came from the spiritual world that created earth and all beings to

 

• live among people,
• demonstrate the power of God,
• teach the people the truths of life,
• take upon himself everything that separated people from God,
• allow himself to be tortured horribly and killed by the same beings he had created,
• earn forgiveness for these beings for their sins against God,
• restore people to a relationship with God,
• and so much more.

While his mother and his disciple John and some other believers watched his crucifixion in horror, all those human beings led and guided by the devil carried out their evil work much as so many lost on the earth are today led and guided.

 

This Jesus is returning any moment now to collect his believers, those among all people who have realized who Jesus is and have him as their Lord.  They believe in him absolutely.  They have been born of water and the spirit.  They seek to do his father’s will.  They have the same innocent faith as little children.

 

He comes in the air together with an archangel.  Jesus gives a command, the angel shouts, and there is a trumpet call.  The dead in Christ rise first, then all believers still living on earth.  All these believers meet Jesus in the air, where they receive spectacular new glorious bodies to replace these current human bodies.  All these believers who have lived in perishable bodies will now have imperishable bodies.  Their mortal bodies will now be replaced with immortal ones.  And thus they will be with the Lord, with Jesus, forever.

 

When he collects his believers he will be gone again, only to return at the end of the coming seven year period of horrors on earth known as the Tribulation, a time in which evil seeks to rule and God pours out his wrath on the world.  At that return he and his holy ones, the angels and his believers, will come first to Armageddon near Jerusalem where they will confront an army of people from many countries under the leadership of the evil world leader, the antichrist.  Jesus himself will win the battle there with the sword coming out of his mouth, the WORD.  Jesus is after all the WORD.  All those soldiers fighting against him will be killed.  The antichrist and his assistant, the false prophet, will be thrown into the Lake of Fire, the eternal hell.  And the devil himself, who so long ago led a rebellion against God, will be locked into a deep pit.

 

Then begins a thousand year rule of the Kingdom of God on earth.

 

Jesus.  It’s time.  Believers can’t wait.  Everyone else doesn’t know what is going on.

 

 

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* SIGN OF THE TIMES: LIVING IN THE DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT

  

Those who are not born again, spirit filled believers just do not know what is happening on earth today.

 

They cannot fathom why there is so much violence and evil and lying and corruption and general disorder and mayhem.  They cannot comprehend why things steadily are getting worse and worse.  They put their hope in humans and in electing new leaders even though they know intrinsically that human leaders have failed greatly in the past.  And since they do not know the Lord and do not have the gift of discernment, they do not know how to pick the best of the candidates for any office anyway.

 

I wonder sometimes what all these people are thinking.  In the US so many continue to work hard to support their families and live, yet the increasing cost of living is great and this is all so very hard. 

 

Those in false religions such as Islam and Buddhism and Hinduism just don’t know.  They are led by false gods, really demons from Satan’s dark kingdom, and they are just lost…eternally lost unless somehow they hear the truth of Jesus and turn and are saved.  That will take an act of God, for as Jesus said no one can come to him unless his Father draws that person to him.

 

For believers, living in the midst of such national and international confusion and violence is difficult indeed.  We all know what is going on and where we are all headed, yet we live in the midst of all the mayhem and confusion and evil.  We see the continuous deception of so many leaders and others, the obvious falsehood, and we still ponder why others cannot see all that even though we know why.

 

Hopefully, the Lord will be here any moment.  We know this is the season of his return.  We know he is coming very soon.  We know that.  It could not be soon enough for us.  The only possible reason for any delay on his part must be that there are still some in that group God chose before the creation of the world to be in the Kingdom who have not yet come to the Lord.  But when I think that, I realize that they could still come to Jesus during the Tribulation or even during the Millennium. 

 

Soon.  I expect soon.  But how are we to live right now in this period.  Well, Jesus himself said his coming would be like the days of Noah and Lot.  Now, putting aside all the terrible immoral behavior of those times, the days of Noah and Lot also had people going about their regular life activities right up until when the flood came and when Sodom was destroyed.  So I take from that we are to be about our normal activities.  For believers, that includes telling others about Jesus and his return as always. 

 

Still, big decisions for some  are looming, such as whether they should move for various reasons, or maybe should they trade in their old car, or how are they going to be able to send their child to college soon.  What do they do about all this?  My only answer is just to continue to live the basic life activities right up to the instant the Lord returns.  If they have just moved when he comes and they are taken to be with him, that move and all that effort won’t matter at all will it?  No, they will just be overjoyed to be with him.

 

I have shared so many words the Lord has said to me in the past about his return, about the surprise and the instantaneousness of it all, about how things will be changed.  He is coming for his CHURCH, his true CHURCH – that body of people who have been called out of the world society into a new organization of which he is the head.  This CHURCH has nothing to do with any of these brick buildings on street corners with all the denominations and organization affiliations and such, other than that some in the CHURCH surely are involved with some of those places.  The CHURCH is the collection of Jesus’ true believers, those who have been born of water and the Spirit, those who seek to do his father’s will, those who have the same innocent faith as little children.

 

How are you to survive all the turmoil and falsehood I referenced at the beginning of this piece?  My suggestion is to keep your eyes on Jesus, keep your spiritual ears attune to hear him and the Holy Spirit and the Father, live in the protection God has for us, ask for more wisdom and guidance always, and listen out for that command from the Lord when he comes.  And of course to keep telling people who Jesus is and that he is coming soon!!!

 

May God keep all of us in the palm of his hands, safe from harm and ready to go, actively doing his will for us now in these final days.

 

                                                                                                      

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