Showing posts with label demons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label demons. Show all posts

Thursday, February 16, 2023

* WATCHMAN WARNING: BLATANT EVIL

 

 
Recently the new governor of Arkansas referred to the bizarre things going on today in our American society as crazy.  That’s a good term but not far enough.  Evil is the word.  We are living in the last days before the Lord’s return to collect his believers and before the beginning of the Tribulation.  The devil and his legions are running amuck.  He knows his days are numbered.  They end for a time at the end of that Tribulation when he is seized and locked in a pit for a thousand years, then permanently at the end of the thousand years when he is thrown into the Lake of Fire, the eternal hell.
 
Evil.  So many people just don’t understand that term.  Oh, they know bad, but real evil?  The reason they don’t understand is that they don’t know Jesus, they aren’t born again and filled with the Spirit, they aren’t guided by the Holy Spirit in all truth, they don’t have the gift of discernment.  Most people on earth are in that group that doesn’t understand.
 
God has given to his people, the believers, tools to use in fighting evil, in protecting themselves.  I write about this often.  If you want to, go back and read our newsletter God’s Protection for You in Dangerous Times (April 2020).
 
In addition we have the guidance to take all thoughts captive to make them obedient to Christ.  In other words, we can deal with tempting evil thoughts from the devil or his demons by taking them captive and submitting them to the authority of Jesus (2 Corinthians 10:5).  And that’s that.  They aren’t your thoughts.  Refuse to accept them.
 
Unbelievers, and many who attend church weekly but don’t truly know the Lord or have any understanding of what it is to be in the Kingdom of God, do not have the ability to fight off temptations of the evil one or his demons.  We know from the Bible that the devil can appear as an angel of light.  In other words, he can surely appear in an acceptable way to all these people.  By appear, I don’t necessarily mean physically appear.  I just mean in tempting thoughts and ideas his demons might whisper in some unbeliever’s mind or ear, or in some situation those demons might create that lead this person astray.
 
The evil today is in a vast array over all sorts of people.  Look at the far left government leaders and media and woke and cancel culture people and others who truly are destroying the traditional America right now while the mass of traditional Americans remain scared to speak out. 
 
For even more direct and blatant evil look at the random and wild murderers and violent felons in our society.  Just this week another  bizarre shooting incident occurred at a university killing some and injuring some.  Almost never do we get to hear these killers speak.  But we did recently when a woman who killed her children and tried to kill herself said a voice told her to do that.  Guess what voice that is?  Only one guess allowed.  Obviously the evil side, the devil or one of his demons.  And why would she accept such a voice and actually act on it?  Because she had no internal way to resist, none of God’s tools, no ability to order the evil spirits away, to take the thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ.  She was just a tool for the devil.
 
Evil.  It is real.  It is not something to be played with.  Every day of our lives, Cathy and I put on the armor God has for us as described by Paul in Ephesians 6, we thank him for the angels he has sent to serve us (and that service surely includes protection), and we in Jesus’ name order away from us all evil spirits and other harmful things as well such as harmful germs, bacteria, viruses, allergens, fungus, pests.  We do that first thing in the morning and before we go to sleep.  And when we come away from meeting others or being in a store or hospital, we surely do that again! 
 
This is a difficult time we are in.  You as time goes on may encounter more and more truly guided by the evil one.  Look at those espousing transgender treatments and teachings for very young children in the schools, not telling the parents.  Or the endless pushing of the homosexual lifestyle considered an abomination by God, or the steady destruction of the economy of the nation and the destruction of its makeup and culture, and so on. 
 
This evil carries over into the religious world  where so many refuse to teach and preach the full power gospel and do not teach or operate in the Holy Spirit and his gifts or do not teach at all the imminent return of Jesus.  That is all just wrong.  I suppose you could say that maybe that is not evil in this instance so much as ignorance on the part of the pastors and churches.  Maybe.  In any event, teachers are held to a higher standard, the Bible tells us.  Lots of people surely are going to be held to that statement. 
 
Maybe worse, although I am not sure of that, are some people who claim to be prophets and act like that, giving out all sorts of false predictions of future events.  The Holy Spirit indeed does tell God’s believers of things to come, that is true.  He has told me many things I have shared with you all.  But there are surely charlatans out there leading people astray with false prophesy.  You must always test any prophetic words you hear against God’s words in the Bible.
 
I say to you what Jesus said about today:  Watch that you are not deceived.  And I say what he warned about a few words later:  Watch out for false prophets.
 
Evil is in its heyday.  We know how far afield and extraordinary this evil can become when we remember the horrors of the Nazis in WWII and the behavior of the SS and the concentration camps.  Or the behavior of Stalin in Russia or the  killing fields of Cambodia.  Evil dominating the minds of unbelievers is terrifying.  But we do have the protection written about above.  Don’t be caught napping and unprotected.
 
You are the light of the world.  You have the gifts of God if you will use them.  And you are the Lord’s representatives to a dark world  In all you do ask the Holy Spirit to guide your days and arrange all encounters he would have you have.  Acknowledge the Lord every opportunity you get, and help the Father in his leading people to Christ by sharing the gospel as possible and as you are guided.
 
Remember, Jesus is never going to lose you.  The Lord will indeed rescue you from every evil deed and bring you safely into his heavenly kingdom (2 Timothy 4:18).
 
 
 
February 2023                                                                                                                  
 
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Saturday, August 29, 2020

* RECOGNIZING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN


I hope you will read this through to the end.  We are at that time I have spoken so much about over the years.  It was thirty years ago that God came into my car and called me away from the life I had been pursuing.  No longer would I be an international business executive but rather someone following the Lord and doing whatever he said and going wherever he led.

Over the years we have seen all sorts of signs and wonders, such as the healing miracles with which many of you are familiar.  I would have been happy just to continue to hold healing services. Many of you have seen or experienced the joy of God’s divine healing.  And then there were other miracles I have shared with you, how he orchestrated my meeting all sorts of his generals or going forward in various ministry ways.

Then came that moment in 2005 while I was preaching to a group in Wilmington NC.  Right in my ear the Lord said “John, tell them who I am and that I am coming soon.”  Well, we had been telling people about Jesus but now I began more and more focusing on the return as well.  And the Lord over time has revealed more and more about that return – in late conversations in the middle of the night, in dreams and visions, and through other people like the Nigerian pastor who received a long word from the Lord about me and thankfully shared it.

So over the years I have spoken and written more and more about Jesus’ imminent return.  Years ago he had asked me to write WAKE UP AMERICA, and I had tried.  Finally after years of revelations and experiences, that book was written and came out a couple years ago.  I wish all of you had a copy.  I wish everyone had a copy.  People need to know the truths of where we are in God’s time and how the prophecies of things to happen before his return have happened.  But, alas, so many just are not interested or have a deaf ear.

In recent months events have escalated leading up to his return.  A few months ago the Lord guided me through a dream to the fact that we only have hours.  In other words, while for a long time we had talked in terms of the last “days,” now we should talk in terms of the last “hours.”  How many we have left before he comes to collect his believers I do not know, but I do know it is very very soon. 

Any of you who have not gotten a copy of our book WAKE UP AMERICA! I encourage to get one, because I cannot reproduce here all the prophecies fulfilled and all the description of what is about to happen and what you need to know.  You can get that book from our ministry or from Amazon.

Perhaps the greatest thing and most obvious thing to happen since the book came out is the great explosion in deception and delusion in our society.  Huge numbers now go about acting and believing and doing things that believers know are wrong, are not true, are not only against God’s law but also against the Constitution and the foundations of the United States.  Yet – and this is most shocking – many senior leaders of the nation have not only not recognized this but have taken steps to aid and support frightening anarchic groups bent on destroying the nation.  How do I know that is their goal?  Because they say it is.

Back before WWII Hitler told of his plans, but the world did not listen.  Well, now, these violent truly criminal groups are destroying buildings, monuments, memorials, businesses, and even people, so all that is obvious evidence of what they are doing, yet so many leaders have not taken the steps of their absolute responsibility to protect the people. 

The fundamental reason for the existence of a government is the protection of the people.  That is first and foremost.  Many governors and mayors in recent weeks and months have failed this test.  So too a great number of Congressmen and Senators.  It has been shocking to those who know the history of America and know the role the country has played in such gigantic world events as WWI and WWII and the moon landing and countless other efforts to help other people and countries to realize there are large groups of people who understand nothing of that and in fact see America as a great evil.  It has been a slow realization on the part of many to understand that many of our young people have been in universities and colleges where they were literally brainwashed in this regard.

For some time now many have been concerned about the so-called “woke” society and the “cancel culture,” that view from the left  to do away with basic views and words and other things of society they do not agree with and to not listen or discuss opposing viewpoints.  But most did not know this had gotten to the point of wanting to tear down society and to not even be able to recognize the greatness of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Columbus, and so on. 

Early this summer the horrible murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis instantly brought about protests and demonstrations rightfully against police brutality in that situation.  And most right thinking people saw that death as horrible and realized there should be some changes.  But while people were thinking about this, suddenly the protests turned horribly violent, so violent that people of all races were shocked.  No right thinking people in America want to destroy the country!  This is still the greatest nation on earth in terms of individual freedoms and opportunity.   Hundreds of thousands come into the country every year, some legally, some illegally.  Why do they come?  Because they recognize how wonderful America is in comparison to other nations.  You don’t see hundreds of thousands trying to get into Russia or China or Cuba or one of the Middle Eastern countries do you?  Of course not.

Now that this violence has been permitted to continue for so long, we also see other expanded individual and group violence in cities throughout the country.  Murders are way up in NY City for example.  Chicago continues with horrible murders and shootings every weekend. 

NOW THE POINT:
What we are witnessing right now is the spread of a massive delusion over large numbers of people, that following great deception in the educational system and elsewhere for so many years.  We now have a large number of persons bent on destruction.  They don’t in some cases know what they are destroying.  As someone said, they just hate and are angry.

In some cities and states where the violent groups amidst the protestors destroyed businesses and took over police facilities and harmed and even killed several, liberal governors and mayors responded by not protecting the great majority of the citizens of all races but rather allowed the destruction to continue and even announced support for the violent groups, inaccurately calling it peaceful protests.

It is now sadly apparent that many from the “woke” world or “cancel culture” world have been elected to high positions of government.  Either that is true or these governors and mayors are incredibly spineless individuals.  They are not going to protect the citizens nor the Constitution nor society.

This has been shocking to most Americans.  Equally shocking has been the deafening silence of the Democrats and of many Republicans in Congress.  Where are they?  Are they too in this deluded group?

We have seen some actions by the presidency and the administration to provide support for law and order, but only in limited ways in a couple cities.  I would remind everyone that back in 1957 when there was serious unrest in Arkansas, President Eisenhower sent in the 101st airborne division of the military!

I expect a lot more from our elected leaders than we have seen.  It is obvious that many of the governors and mayors were not fit nor qualified to hold their positions.  Of course, the absolute responsibility for this comes down to the population who voted them in.  Americans for the most part have never like politics and pay little attention to matters of government.  Well now this attitude has come home to roost.  The foxes have taken over the henhouse.

In a spiritual sense, we have these points to make:
1)      Jesus’ first and primary warning about the time in which we live is that we should watch not to be deceived (Luke 21:8 and elsewhere).  Deception is rampant in our nation.  These violent groups are obviously deceived, as are so many in the state governments and in the national media who support this wild behavior.  Many church leaders are deceived as well.  I hear many talking about dealing with civil rights concerns, racial issues, but the fact dear friends is that these rioting anarchists are not interested in civil rights.  They are not interested really in changing the laws or modifying the police.  They are first and foremost interested in tearing down society.  That is a communist, socialist approach to life.  The goal is destruction, not modification.

2)      Scripture tells us in II Thessalonians 2:10-12 that as we get deeper and deeper into the last days God will send a spirit of delusion to people who just have refused to accept the truth (i.e., Jesus, the gospel, salvation).  So the point is that at some point God’s patience does run out.  I had first thought this would happen early in the Tribulation period after the Antichrist had become active, but it is obvious now there is a great spirit of delusion active in this world.  These “woke, cancel culture,” violent anarchic groups wreaking havoc on our cities right now while pretending to be part of a legitimate protesting group are full of deluded people.  They cannot see the truth.  They cannot hear it.  It is obviously impossible to have a rational discussion with them.

3)      Beyond the above two points, 2 Timothy 3:1-5 stresses the rise in lawlessness in this time and II Thessalonians 2:3 the falling away from God which is so evident.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? 
Obviously Satan must be enjoying all this.  He and his minions are working extremely hard in these last days to destroy as many lives as possible, to keep as many as possible out of the Kingdom of God.

Here is what will be happening in the coming period leading up to the return of the Lord and why it is happening:

As some of you know, in the Tribulation period there is a leader of evil called the Antichrist.  Somehow he is so appealing initially that he is able to take over many nations.  He seeks to take over the world and run a one-world government.  At the midpoint of the Tribulation he takes up residence in the temple in Jerusalem.  He has an assistant called the false prophet who works to put together a one world church.

Now there are many in the world and in the United States who think that government always knows best.  They would like to take away individual freedoms and turn most things over to the government.  That point of view is opposite to the fundamentals of America.  If there is to be a one world government, America must be changed.  It must be weakened.  Its people must change.  A weakened America might eventually be willing to submit to a one world government, something the historical USA would have never done.

That is the objective of the devil in all this mess today – the continued building of the one-world government.  Not only are the violent demonstrators deluded and deceived, so too are many incredibly wealthy people and many academics and bureaucrats, all who apparently would be willing to move in that direction.  And apparently quite a few officials in high positions.

I think this is all going to happen so very fast.  Look at how the population of the USA was cowed and readily submitted into staying at home and staying away from social gatherings where we might have all discussed what was happening and come to a better understanding!  Look at how we are all cowed even further by now wearing masks wherever we go, so we cannot see people’s expressions and sometimes have difficulty understanding them, so we look almost like aliens to each other.  This coronavirus disease has had a great effect in setting the country and the world up for a one-world government.  Now this violence and anarchy in the USA adds another great blow.

All the while this is happening the true believers in Christ are even further isolated, in their homes, apart from others.  Some churches are back meeting but many are not willing to go right now.  Attacks on churches have increased greatly and statues of Jesus and Mary have been damaged in several places.

These attacks happen elsewhere in the world too, as well as the tearing down of statues and the sheltering of people in their homes.  In England, for example, a statue of Winston Churchill of all people was torn down.  No one did more to save England in WWII than Winston Churchill!  When asked why he was doing this, a person tearing down the statue said he did not know why.  That is likely the answer of all the people doing the tearing down.  They just hate.  They are angry.  They are deceived and confused.

Along with the Antichrist this false prophet mentioned above has a major role.  He does perform signs and wonders in support of the Antichrist.  This government of the Antichrist requires people to have a mark on their forehead or hand so they can participate in commerce – so they can even buy food for example.  Notice all the efforts today of high tech firms and wealthy individuals and others to come up with ways to track people, to mark people.

Notice also how far down the road the move to a one-world religion has gone.  Just recently the Pope called for every Muslim, every Buddhist, every Christian, every person in every other religion, to pray to his or her own god for an end to the coronavirus.  That is about as lost as one can be.  There is only one God.  These other religions are as false as they can be.  And any gods there would be demonic.

SO THE TIMELINE
Again I encourage you to get the book and read more of all that is going to happen and the specific steps.  There is even an appendix with six or more pages of characteristics of the Antichrist and the false prophet listed.

Basically, the situation will continue to deteriorate.  I know believers and those with great love for America and the Constitution will strive to stand up.  I do hope that we believers and all who love America will be successful in keeping the country from completely falling apart so that it and we will still be standing and fighting for the side of the Lord when he comes to get us.

Paul says the Day of the Lord will not come until there is a falling away from God and the man of lawlessness – the Antichrist – is identified.  The falling away from God has been going on for some time now and is escalating.  At the same time, hopefully, people will continue to come to Christ.

At some point before long an agreement will be signed with the nation of Israel, with the Jews, that they will believe brings them true peace.  The USA and others have been pressing a new agreement in the Middle East for some time; I don’t think we are yet at the point of having an agreement the Jews will believe brings them true peace, but that should and could be very soon.
Whenever that agreement is signed, the Tribulation will begin (Daniel 9:27).  One other nugget of information here:  the person leading the signing of that agreement will be the Antichrist.  So when you see this happening, if you are still on earth, you will know who the Antichrist is.

I have long expected to see the Lord come to collect his believers right before or after that signing.  And I still expect that.  There are many scriptures (Revelation 3:10. Romans 5:9, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Luke 21:36) that make the point that believers were not appointed to suffer wrath.  And God’s wrath is what is poured out on the earth in the Tribulation period.  The last half of that period is referred to by some as the Great Tribulation.

If this taking away of believers by the Lord (called the rapture by many) does not happen right around the signing of the agreement or before, I expect it will surely happen during the early part of the Tribulation period.

There is much more about how Jesus collects his saints, such as that he sends out his angels to gather them, and you can read that in the book too.

Aside from all the horrible events of the Tribulation regarding the pouring out of God’s wrath, his judgment on the world described in Revelation from chapter 6-19, there still also remains the Gog-Magog war.  This is the attack on Israel from a group consisting of Russia, Iran, and Turkey, and more.  God defeats this attack instantly.  He just stops it and destroys the great bulk of the attacking forces.  This must be a great shock to those left on earth but you would hope it might wake a few up to become believers.  I expect this to happen very soon, before or after the signing of the agreement.

WE ARE THERE
We are right at the end of the age. It is time to be ready to go.  If you can and as the Holy Spirit leads, do all you can to tell others about the gospel message and salvation…about Jesus!  So many of our churches still are not teaching about the return.  Maybe the pastors that are not are lost, do not have the revelation of the return, or prefer the approval of man over God and therefore do not want to upset people with the return information.  Sadly, the Bible points out teachers are held to a higher standard, so they will have to answer for their not teaching about the return and warning the people of this great event in human history.

But you know the truth.  You can tell others.  You can go forward.  Right now.
·       -  Please make sure you and yours are in a right relationship with God. 
·       - Read the sections of the Bible so important to the return – Luke 21, Mark 13, Matthew 24, Daniel 9, Daniel 12, Revelation, Luke 17, Zechariah 14, and much more.  Ask God to guide your understanding of all this.
·        - Get our book WAKE UP AMERICA! and read it!!!  Read the scripture references!
·      - Go to our website and go to the Return of Jesus Resources page listed in the Menu column on the home page
·       - Go to our blog and search on all the return subjects.  There are many there
·         - If anyone is interested, we will add them to our distribution list – no charge.
·       - Operate always in the gifts of the Spirit, especially the gift of discernment which is so important today.
·        - And stand up for Jesus whenever you can.!!!!!

Remember the great scripture:

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. – Isaiah 7:9

Putting this in modern English and applying it to our time right now, I would say this:
·            -  If you will not stand up for your culture, you will lose your culture.
·            -  If you will not stand up for your country, you will lose your country.
·        -  If you do not stand up for your life, you may indeed lose your life (your physical life – your spiritual life can never be lost if you are a true believer in Jesus, for Jesus has said he will never lose you).

Nobody ever said the last days would be easy.  Already they aren’t.  Already 2020 is the worst year I have seen for humanity in my life.  I do wonder just what the remaining months have in store.
And keep in mind the greatest stand up statement from the Bible:

 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
-          Jesus in Matthew 10:32-33
Why do you think God called you to be in the Kingdom led by his son?  Was it to sit and cower and be silent?  Hardly.  You are an adopted son of God, a member of the Kingdom of God.  Most people are not.  If you do not stand up for truth and do not speak out in this wicked world, who will? 






LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE FROM TODAY (some of these may happen simultaneously):
·         Increasing lawlessness and falling away from God.
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        Jesus comes in the air to collect his believers.  A shofar is blown.  A shout is given.  Angels are sent out to gather the believers

·         An agreement is signed with the Jews, with Israel, one the Jews believe brings them peace.

·         The seven year Tribulation begins.
·         The Antichrist makes his appearance along with the false prophet.

·         Sometime early in the Tribulation the attack on Israel by Russia, Iran, and Turkey is turned aside by God.

·         The one world government comes more and more into being.

·         By the midpoint of the Tribulation the antichrist has taken up residence in the third temple in Jerusalem.  That temple is built during the first half of the Tribulation.

·         All the horrors described in Revelation 6 – 19 are poured out on the world during the Tribulation period.  All those humans still on the earth suffer from all this as well as the rule of the Antichrist and the false prophet.

·         Huge numbers of people are killed.

·         At the end of the Tribulation the armies of the world amass at Armageddon to face the Lord and his holy ones – his believers and his angels.

·         At Armageddon the armies of the world are totally destroyed by the sword in the mouth of the Lord – the word of God.  All the members of those armies are killed.  All.  No one is left.

·         At Armageddon the Antichrist and the false prophet are seized and thrown into the Lake of Fire.  Satan is seized and thrown into a pit for a thousand years.

·         The earth now continues, with the Lord’s rule from Jerusalem.  Details of this are not known although we know he is assisted in this by his believers. 

·         The population of the earth at the beginning of this thousand years is greatly reduced.  It is a mere fraction of what it was before the Tribulation.

·         How the members of God’s Kingdom will be utilized, what we will all be doing, is not specified, although the Lord has given us great guidance in his letters to the churches in Revelation.  For example, we know that Jesus gives his true believers who persevere until the end:
o   Hidden manna
o   White stone with new name on it known only to him who receives it
o   Authority over the nations
o   Acknowledgement of their name before God and angels
o   Never having their name blotted out of book of life
o   White clothes
o   The right to be a pillar in the temple of God
o   Name of God written on them
o   Right to sit with Jesus on his throne

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

* A WATCHMAN WARNING: THINKING ABOUT DEATH - HOW HUGE IS THE NUMBER OF LOST ON EARTH?


So huge.  So large.  So many people with little or no idea of life and eternity.

This life on earth is temporary.  It is short in physical time.  After that comes eternity.  How many people do you know who have ever spent any time thinking about that – eternity?  Forever.

There are only two eternities available for people.

One, an eternity with Jesus and the Father, and the other an eternity in a place of horror, a place separated from God, a place called hell, a place the Bible refers to in the last book as the Lake of Fire, a place where Satan himself and the Antichrist and the false prophet will also dwell for eternity.

We have all in the last couple days been inundated with news stories about the world famous great basketball player who was killed in a helicopter crash.  He was the sports idol of many in the US and the world.

I haven’t listened to most of the reports, just a few minutes, but I have never heard it said whether he was a believer in the Lord or not.  And that is the key of all life.

Is a person a true believer in the Lord?  Have they been born again, as Jesus said must happen to be in the Kingdom of God?  Have they accepted Jesus as the Lord of their life?

The Lord was very straightforward about all this.  He laid down the criteria.  I have written about all this before.  It all comes down to truly realizing who Jesus is and truly believing in him.  You must know the Lord and he must know you are his.

In all the news lately about the superstar there are all kinds of reports.  But what about his eternity, or that of the others on the helicopter?

Every day we hear accounts of death – some in our circle but mostly people we do not know, deaths from car accidents or violent and insane crime, or some disease.  Wonder how many know the Lord truly and have moved on to a wonderful future?

Death is in the end a very simple thing.  I have had many in my life die, young and old, as I expect you have if you have lived a few years.

Think of death this way.  Suppose we are in the room of a person who is dying, who is near their last moments of life.  Let’s say her name is Betty.  Suppose other people are in the room – Betty’s brother and children, a couple friends.  Somewhere in this room is a door that at the moment no one can see. But soon Betty will see that door, and she will go through it into another room, another place.  Betty’s brother and children and friends will all still be in the first room, but Betty will now be in the other room, the other place.  All in the first room cannot see Betty in the other room.  They can’t even see the door.  But she is indeed there.  And she is no longer in the first room.  All that remains there is the physical body that she once lived in, now just lifeless material that clearly is not Betty the person.

A real mystery isn’t it.  Really unusual for us here in this physical realm.  No wonder so few ever talk about death.  No wonder it is so ignored in our society.  We believers know and understand it is a way to be with the Lord forever, a way to Heaven.  It is the only way in fact other than going with Jesus when he returns to collect his believers.

Life is far more weird and unusual and bizarre than we can even imagine.  The world that made ours and us and in some way oversees us is the spiritual realm.  God himself made earth and people and animals and trees and so on.  Father God and Jesus and all those who have died knowing Jesus like Betty are in Heaven, a wonderful place located somewhere.  The Holy Spirit form of God is on earth right now, especially involved with those who are true believers in the Lord.   Those who have spent much time studying Heaven think possibly it is itself a planet in the north.  But then others think it may be in a parallel universe, whatever that is.

All the time we have been living our lives on this planet, there has been a raging war between God’s angels and the evil ones that follow the devil, Satan, Lucifer, the evil one, whatever you choose to call him.  This formerly top ranking angel of God has been thrown out of Heaven along with a third of the angels.  Now some of these fallen angels are in captivity.  How many?  Satan also has following him hordes of demons.  We just don’t know what they are.  Some think they are the fallen angels, but nowhere in the Bible is there any evidence angels seek or want to inhabit a human body, which is what demons do.   Maybe demons are disembodied life forms, in other words, spirits of individuals of some type that have long departed their bodies.  Are they from our human being race?  Or from some time before that?  We don’t know.

We believers are protected and I think in part kept alive by some of God’s angels that he has assigned to take care of us.  See Hebrews 1:14.  And our knowledge of all God has given us to protect ourselves also helps protect us as long as we know how to apply it.

But back to the title and the opening paragraph.  Just how few people really know God and know where they are going after death?  And how large is that group that does not know and – at least for many – doesn’t appear to give that subject any thought.

Maybe the death of this world famous athlete will at least get some people thinking about death and their future, leading to their being open to being drawn by God to Jesus.

My challenge to you and to myself as well is to speak of the Lord, the gospel message, and his imminent return to others every opportunity you have.  Ask the Holy Spirit to arrange such opportunities for you and to guide you in all that.  The only truly important thing for any person right now is that they truly know the Lord.  If they do they can move on to the next most important thing – telling others.

You can see easily from the television news and the sports programs and the entertainment world and all those around you that huge is the number of people that do not know the Lord truly and thus are not going with him when they die or when he returns unless something changes in their lives.  It is a big challenge – and responsibility - for you and me.

                                                                                          (January 2020)
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It goes without saying that we are living in the last days before the return of the Lord.  It goes without saying that most people on earth, including a great many who attend churches on Sunday, don’t know at all about this.  They just aren’t aware.  They have never been taught.  They don’t spend any time themselves to study the Bible or seek out more information on the subject.  For your family and friends and really anyone you care about, please get copies of our book WAKE UP AMERICA! now!  Give copies to those you care for.  Help wake them up! Most people will accept a gift of a book, even if they are difficult for you to speak to about such important matters. 

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

A WATCHMAN WARNING: THE MAHDI - DO IRAN’S ACTIONS MEAN MORE THAN MOST REALIZE?



All of us have seen over recent days and past years how the leaders of Iran have steadily ratcheted up the conflict between Iran and the US and the rest of the West.  Considering the difference in size and physical might, this seems highly irrational.  Yet it continues, with the recent shooting down of an American drone and the seizing of a UK ship and the holding of the ship’s crew.  Iran continues as a constant threat to the world regarding its potential development of nuclear weapons.  As is well known, Iran is the key state sponsor of terrorism throughout the Middle East. 

I now suggest what very likely is going on.  Some of you may know this already.

Much of Islam believes in a return of a person called the Mahdi, also referred to by some as the twelfth Iman.  It is said this Mahdi was born many years ago – in the 800’s – but disappeared.  When this Mahdi returns he will bring justice and peace.  There is much more to the story but I am focusing only on the key points as it relates to us and our time.  The Mahdi is said to return with “Jesus.”  Remember, that Jesus is a figure in Islam, not Jesus the Son of God that Christian believers know.

Now consider these important points:
·        Most important: The Mahdi returns at a time of great upheaval, of chaos, of injustice, of corruption.
·        The great majority of the Shiite Muslims believe in this Mahdi.  (Islam has two major groups – Shiite and Sunni).  So too do some Sunni Muslims.
·        Iran is a Shiite Islamic Republic, a Muslim nation with most citizens being Shiites.
·        A majority of these Shiites are Twelvers – they believe in this Mahdi, this twelfth Iman.  The founder of modern Iran was in this group.  So too the current Supreme Leader there.

So is this fervent belief a cause for the nation’s leaders to take really extreme risks for their country, to put themselves in an adversarial position against the world’s greatest nation and Western civilization in general?  Is it possible Iran’s top leaders see themselves as paving the way for the return of this Mahdi?  A former president of Iran – Ahmadinejad – said a few years ago at the United Nations that the main mission of the Islamic Revolution is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam.

Thus is it possible that creating world or regional chaos, even bringing about massive war and confusion, is something the top religious leaders who run Iran would see as a positive thing - creating the environment for the return of the Mahdi?

I know this is not a new idea, but it may be new to some of you, and I thought I should send it out, especially noting the events of the day.

In light of all the above, I have a warning for all:  This is a time for all of us to be alert, to watch, as our Lord Jesus said, so that we might be ready to go when he returns.  Luke 21:36 is specific to this.  Be alert. 

    (July 2019)
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PLEASE NOTE:
It goes without saying that we are living in the last days before the return of the Lord.  It goes without saying that most people on earth, including a great many who attend churches on Sunday, don’t know at all about this.  They just aren’t aware.  They have never been taught.  They don’t spend any time themselves to study the Bible or seek out more information on the subject.

For your family and friends and really anyone you care about, please get copies of our book WAKE UP AMERICA! now!  Give copies to those you care for.  Help wake them up! Most people will accept a gift of a book, even if they are difficult for you to speak to about such important matters. 

Order from our ministry.  Click here:  https://johnnewlinministries.org/store.htm

Order from Amazon.  Click here: https://amazon.com/author/wakeupamerica

Or directly contact our ministry by calling 910 395 1465.
 
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