* 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)
                                                                                          Copyright © 2020 by John Newlin
*********************************
[NOTE:  This article should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with appropriate attributions included (including the copyright and the ministry contact information).  It may also be quoted in part as long as appropriate attributions are given.  We in fact encourage you to do all this and to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]
*********************************


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 by clicking here: JNMI

Order from Amazon by clicking here: AMAZON

Or directly contact our ministry by calling 910 395 1465. 

And if you are ordering ten or more copies all to be sent directly to you, contact our office for a greatly reduced price!
______________
All contributions to John Newlin Ministries, Inc. – whether money or material goods or stocks or bonds – are tax deductible.  John Newlin Ministries, Inc. is a 501 © 3 nonprofit corporation.


KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!

JOHN NEWLIN MINISTRIES
P O BOX 1038
CARY, NC 27518

https://johnnewlinministries.org
email: john@johnnewlinministries.org
Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin
Blog: johnnewlin.blogspot.com

tel 910 395 1465

* THIS IS 9/11

A date that will live in infamy.  Franklin Roosevelt said that about Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the day the Japanese military surprisingly attacked the US military based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

But for us today, 9/11 is the day that will live in infamy.  That was the day 19 wildly evil madmen killed 3000 American civilians who were going about their normal daily activities – at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and on a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania because of the valiant efforts of passengers to keep it from hitting the White House or the Capitol.  It was absolute evil on display, shocking the American public who have such great difficulty understanding and believing there is a true living force in the universe that is absolute evil.

2000 have died since that day because of health problems caused by the attack, the fires, the smoke, the chemicals ingested.  Firemen, policemen, emergency workers, and just regular people.

This was an attack from 19 radical Muslim jihadists.  Never forget that. It was not an attack from some unknown group.  America and the world are still dealing with that general evil group which has so many names.

In these last hours before the return of the Lord, there is massive deception, breakdown of institutions and values once treasured, falling away from God, a coming apart at the seams, all at the same time believers in the Lord and even some good people who do not know the Lord seek to hold things together.

Never forget, despite what some news media might choose to ignore and not report or what some politicians want to forget and sweep under the rug.  The horrors of that day clarified for the country who the primary enemy in the secular world was and is.  That has not gone away.

Those who know the Lord have long known who the true spiritual enemy is.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!

JOHN NEWLIN MINISTRIES
P O BOX 1038
CARY, NC 27512

https://johnnewlinministries.org
email: john@johnnewlinministries.org
Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin
Blog: johnnewlin.blogspot.com
tel 910 395 1465

* A WATCHMAN WARNING: EVIL RUNS AMOK

Every day any alert person can read or hear countless stories of abject evil.  Kids shot in schools by unthinking lost persons of various ages.  Drive by shootings.  All sorts of physical assaults.

In the bigger picture of course there is disastrous evil everywhere, such as in so many politicians who cannot discern truth, cannot speak truth, live in lies.  Reporters and television announcers who act the same in their environments.  Even some so-called religious leaders.  And on a still grander scale, how about the apparent move to overrun Europe and no doubt eventually the US as well with more and more Muslim immigrants.

What is happening?

Simple.   The last of the last days.  Satan knows that and his forces are out in wild abandon.

All these many people in our world who do not truly know Jesus, who are not born again, have no defense at all against the evil one and his minions.

God has given believers the ability to fight against evil.  In Jesus’ name we can cast out demons, order away evil spirits.  No one else can do that.  No person can fight an attack of evil forces without the power of the Lord operating through them and as needed the assistance of God’s angels.

This carries on to much more.  God has given us his great armor described in Ephesians 6 to protect us.  And he has sent us his angels to serve us.  That service includes protection.  Those angels are for true believers in Jesus Christ, persons who are in and will be in the Kingdom of God.

When our military encountered all sorts of evil in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, do you think they were ready to counter that spiritual opponent?  To fight the spiritual fight?  Of course not, unless they themselves were true believers who know who they are in Jesus.  So we got all sorts of news stories of terrible things…of course…the devil in action.

The government, the media, the military, even many of your neighbors have no idea of what they are dealing with today or how to fight such evil.  Only true born again Christians know.  And only those operating in the gifts of the Spirit can readily discern all that is happening in a situation and the right way to go.  That guidance is one of the infinite benefits of the Holy Spirit.

Do not let yourself be deceived.  I share with you that great advice of Jesus regarding these last days, his first and primary piece of advice for these times (Luke 21:8).  So easy to be misled if you are not alert.  The devil is a liar and the father of lies, remember, along with being a murderer.  He presents himself as an angel of light.  You have to be alert and discerning.  I know that is frightening and some just don’t want to even put forth the effort.  But do you want to live confused, deceived, misled?

Remember the angel’s guidance to Daniel near the end of that great prophetic book.  Regarding these last days, he said:

Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand. – Daniel 12:10

Did you get that last sentence?  None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.  Wise here of course refers to true believers operating under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  Make sure that is you.
                                                                                          (May 2019)
                                                                                          Copyright © 2019 by John Newlin

***********************************************************
[NOTE:  This article should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with appropriate attributions included (including the copyright and the ministry contact information).  It may also be quoted in part as long as appropriate attributions are given.  We in fact encourage you to do all this and to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]
*****************************************************

PLEASE:  Get copies of the new book WAKE UP AMERICA! now!  Give copies to those you care for.  So many don’t know anything about how close we are to the return of the Lord!  Help wake them up! .
Order from our ministry: click here JNMI LINK
Order from Amazon:  click here AMAZON LINK 
Or directly contact our ministry by calling 910 395 1465. 
And if you are ordering ten or more copies all to be sent directly to you, contact our office for a greatly reduced price!
______________
All contributions to John Newlin Ministries, Inc. – whether money or material goods or stocks or bonds – are tax deductible.  John Newlin Ministries, Inc. is a 501 © 3 nonprofit corporation.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!

JOHN NEWLIN MINISTRIES
P O BOX 15797
WILMINGTON, NC 28408

https://johnnewlinministries.org
email: john@johnnewlinministries.org
Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin
Blog: johnnewlin.blogspot.com

tel 910 395 1465

* A WATCHMAN WARNING: YIKES! SPIRALING DOWN FASTER THAN WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED!

We’ve talked about the apostasy, about the falling away from God that Paul noted would happen in these last days.  We’ve looked at all kinds of terrible examples of that.  But now the government of New York, the governor of Virginia, and the Board of Education of California have all given us monumental examples of evil, of apostasy.

And we ask – are these real citizens of America like us?  Where did they come from?  Who are they?  How can they have this kind of thinking?

NEW YORK
This is horror of horrors.  The state just approved the abortion of babies right up to birth.  Murdering full term babies is just fine with them.  To celebrate this mass murder decision the new One World Trade Center was lighted up in pink.

Evil doesn’t get any worse.  It can’t.  The people who made this decision are obviously horribly misguided.  2 Corinthians 4:4 applies to be sure, that the god of this world [the devil] has blinded the minds of nonbelievers.

VIRGINIA
Not to be outdone the state of Virginia’s legislature is considering a similar horrible abortion bill.  And to top it all off, the governor made some horrific statements right out of old horror movies.  He noted that should a baby at this late term be aborted and in fact be born alive, the baby could just be kept over here on the side while the doctors and parents debate the situation.  Debate what?  Killing the living person right there.

No nations of the world are worse than this.  This is pure unbridled murder, pure unbridled confusion and ignorance and immorality and lack of knowledge and understanding of God and his commands and truths.

Yet there is still more:  A picture from a college yearbook has just surfaced that shows the Virginia governor dressed up either in blackface or in a white sheet.  This picture has evoked such a reaction among the political world that there are now serious demands for the governor to resign, and maybe that is appropriate.  But not just for this picture alone; much more so for his terrible views of abortion.

You can’t make all this up.  This is horrible.

CALIFORNIA
So the California Board of Education is working to put into its curriculum in a few months the teaching to all children that there are fifteen genders in human life.  Fifteen.
Further, the curriculum notes that it is impossible to tell the gender of a baby because the baby can’t talk and thus can’t tell adults its gender.

Once again, 2 Corinthians 4:4.  The devil at work in people who have no knowledge of how to protect themselves against him.

WHERE WE ARE
You know where we are.  In the last of the last days.  Spiraling away.  So much more happening to write about - in the USA and in the world - but this is enough, isn’t it?  This surely makes the point of where we are in time.
                                                                              (February 2019)
                                                                              Copyright © 2019 by John Newlin

KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!



[NOTE:  This article should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with appropriate attributions included (including the copyright and the ministry contact information).  It may also be quoted in part as long as appropriate attributions are given.  We in fact encourage you to do all this and to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]

_____________________________________
PLEASE:  Get copies of the new book WAKE UP AMERICA! now, for yourselves and to give to others!  Give copies to those you care for, your family, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers, your small group.  So many don’t know anything about how close we are to the return of the Lord!  Help wake them up!  Jesus did not tell me to write this book so long ago and then bring it all the way through publication at this time for no reason.  It is here to inform all those who would read it about where we are in time, what is coming very soon, what happens next, what it takes to go with Jesus when he comes, and what all should be doing right now.

To order from our ministry, click here: JNMI LINK

To order from Amazon, click here: AMAZON LINK

Or directly contact our ministry by calling 910 395 1465.  And if you are ordering ten or more copies all to be sent directly to you, contact our office for a greatly reduced price!
______________________________________


All contributions to John Newlin Ministries, Inc. – whether money or material goods or stocks or bonds – are tax deductible.  John Newlin Ministries, Inc. is a 501 © 3 nonprofit corporation.

P O Box 15797, Wilmington, NC 28408       910 395 1465      
                           https://www.johnnewlinministries.org

           Email: info@johnnewlinministries.org       Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin 
                                              Blog:  johnnewlinblogspot.com

*SIGN OF THE TIMES: LIVING IN THE MIDST OF THE WAR

We live in the midst of an enormous spiritual war, a war between good and evil, between Satan and all his followers and the forces of God.

 

This spiritual war has always impacted our physical world, sometimes dramatically so such as WWII (Hitler and the Nazis).  It has grown dramatically on earth in our day.  This battle involves people of all sorts.  There are good people fighting on the side of good in all races, all economic levels, all nationalities.  And there are bad people fighting on the evil side in all races, all nationalities, all economic levels.

This war only gets worse as we head for the end of these last days, the return of Jesus to collect his believers, the Tribulation, the battle at Armageddon, and the establishment of Kingdom rule from Jerusalem and the beginning of the thousand years.

The large group of people out there that appear so insane and irrational to you and me really are horribly misled – but their behavior is due to demonic influences, the evil one and his minions running amuck.   How often today do we hear politicians and reporters and entertainers calling good evil and evil good?  How often do we see and hear militant groups justifying their outrageous and violent behavior with insane explanations, or even not justifying it at all?  And we know what God says about all this: 

Woe to those who call evil good
    and good evil,
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter! – Isaiah 5:20 NIV

Born again, spirit-filled Christians can discern the truth of what is going on if they use the Holy Spirit gift of discernment.  But others can’t, at least not usually. Unfortunately there are a great many more people out there who are not born again, spirit-filled Christians than there are in the born again, spirit-filled group.

Obviously our battle really is against the evil spirits, as Paul pointed out when he said:  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12 NIV).  But sadly the evil is manifesting through these lost, misled people, and those on the side of good must protect themselves against this behavior and them and take all wise steps to confront and stop this evil.

And thus it goes.

This is where we are and the environment on earth in which we all find ourselves.  Keep your eyes on Jesus, focus, protect yourselves with the tools God gives us such as putting on the armor, the protection of the angels God has sent us, and the casting out of evil spirits in Jesus’ name as Jesus has said we can do. 

In these last days do your part to get the truths of Jesus and his imminent return out to all you can.  Talk to others about all this, ask the Holy Spirit for guidance and to arrange divine encounters.  Give people copies of our book WAKE UP AMERICA!  That is a nonthreatening thing you can do.  They can read it in their own homes by themselves.

All this will eventually end.  But as of this writing it hasn’t. 

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!                                                                                                                                                                     (November 2018)

                                                                Copyright © 2018 by John Newlin

                                                                                                                                        

[NOTE:  This article may and should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with the appropriate attributions included.  We in fact encourage you to do so and especially to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]

Get your copy of WAKE UP AMERICA! now!  Give copies to those you care for, your family, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers.  So many don’t know anything about how close we are to the return of the Lord!  Help wake them up!  Order from our ministry website or from Amazon!

Contact our office for a greatly reduced rate if ordering more than ten copies.

Contributions to John Newlin Ministries are greatly appreciated and needed!  All contributions to John Newlin Ministries, Inc. – whether money or material goods or stocks or bonds – are tax deductible.  John Newlin Ministries, Inc. is a 501 © 3 nonprofit corporation.

P O Box 15797, Wilmington, NC 28408       910 395 1465      https://johnnewlinministries.org

           Email: info@johnnewlinministries.org       Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin     
                                            Blog:  johnnewlinblogspot.com

* EVIL

…He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. – John 8:44 NIV

Please note:  he was a murderer from the beginning.  Yes, he is a liar and the father of lies, but he also was a murderer from the beginning.

Evil is and has been very real in the world of homo sapiens ever since Eve encountered the devil in the Garden of Eden.

The devil himself, also known as satan and lucifer and the evil one, was as we know from scripture a very important high ranking angel.  And a very beautiful one.  And obviously a very proud one, for he decided to rebel against God and in doing so led many many angels to join him.

His fate is sealed.  In these very days in which we live, he knows his time is exceedingly short.  At the end of the Tribulation period when the Lord leads an army of his holy ones into the battle of Armageddon, the devil is seized and locked in a deep pit for a thousand years.  That is going to happen pretty soon now, and you can be assured the devil knows all those prophecies in the Bible about these last days.  Nothing says he is stupid; just vain and proud and crazily ambitious.  You know he has read the Bible.

In these last days he and those who follow him are wreaking all sorts of havoc.  They are active throughout the earth sowing discord and lies and leading all sorts of terrible things to happen.  How else can you explain ISIS, or Al Qaida, or Boko Haran, or any of the other violent terrorist groups?  How can you explain the massive growth of horrible drugs and their impact on humanity?  How all those millions who blindly follow false gods and doctrine?  How else these maniacal leaders we see in so many places.  And on and on.

These people do not know God, they have not been born again, they do not know scripture, they cannot protect themselves from the attacks and false leading of the devil and his minions.  Any lost person who does not know the Lord is a ready subject for the plans of satan.  The Bible advises us not to give the devil an opening, a foothold.  But anyone who does not know the Lord has given the devil his entire body as an opening, a foothold.

That’s what we have now.  That’s what we see in these evil and apparently blind or ignorant groups operating in such outrageous ways.

And that is what happens to individuals who suddenly in the world’s analysis must have cracked up, or must have a screw loose, or must be under the influence, or must be just plain nuts.  Well, part of that is true.  They are under the influence…of the devil.  That influence may come directly or through illicit drugs or other openings.  But these sad people have no way to defend themselves.  They don’t know the truths we have written about regarding God’s tools for protecting ourselves.

Remember, all you believers, as spelled out in Ephesians 6:12, our battle is not really against flesh and blood.  And we do not use the weapons of the world but rather spiritual weapons to fight with.  Paul was explicit about this in 2 Corinthians 10:3-7.

(You can look up our writings on how to protect yourself in several of our past newsletters, such as the ones of February 2017, December 2016, and October 2015, or watch our television programs titled Fighting Evil on YOUTUBE or the ministry web site, or get the CD by that name.)

There really is evil.  It has been here as long as this human species.  It is active now.  It has been active in the past to be sure.  Remember Hitler and the Nazis and the gas ovens?  Remember Stalin?  Remember…well, ugh, who wants to recount all the horrors of human existence.  Not me.

That man who shot all those people in Las Vegas.  Think he was evil?  Certainly he was under the influence of evil.  To be sure.  Influence of what?  Of the devil.  Doesn’t matter what human terms are used to explain it all.  They are pointless.

This is the effect of real evil.  It is the same evil some of our military have encountered in fighting in the Middle East and unfortunately are not prepared to deal with.  The same evil no doubt that some others hoping to do good encounter when they go to desperate places.  Unless they are born again and baptized in the Spirit, they don’t have the gifts, the skills to discern and recognize and take appropriate action.

Evil is real.  It has always been thus for the human society.  Thank God, it does not win in the end.  But it does provide a lot of horror and pain along the way to that end.

************************************

PS - To read more on evil, go to our blog.   To get there, click on John’s blog in the menu column of our website.  Or go directly to johnnewlin.blogspot.com.  Once in the blog, enter the word evil in the search block at the top left and click on the search button.  The first two articles that come up are: Waking up to the Realities of Evil and The Cosmic Battle of Good and Evil in our Time.

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!

                                                                                          (October 2017)

                                                                                        Copyright © 2017 by John Newlin

[NOTE:  This article may and should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with appropriate attributions included (including the copyright and the ministry contact information).  It may also be quoted in part as long as appropriate attributions are given.  We in fact encourage you to do all this and to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]

P O Box 15797, Wilmington, NC 28408       910 395 1465      

www.johnnewlinministries.org

           Email: info@johnnewlinministries.org       Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin     

Blog:  johnnewlinblogspot.com

* WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHERE ARE WE?

It has been an extraordinary period.  And it is currently a wildly disturbing period.  And exciting too.

Just what is going on in the world?   Where are we in time?

Right where I said all along.  We are at the time of Jesus’ return to earth.  The timing is imminent.  It is going to be soon.  Now the precise date we don’t completely understand, but we do know it has to be soon, for Jesus himself made the point that all those prophecies in Luke 21 happen within one generation, and that includes his return.  There is not a whole lot of time left for him to return, whether it is in a day or week or year or a few years; soon is the word.

We have been marching right through the completion of the prophecies and right up to the beginning of the Tribulation.  For years now the one-world gang, those in government in Europe and in the United States and in the United Nations and some other places too, along with all the supporting media and others, have been taking steps and moving their governments and their conception of the world to get to that one world government.  Remember, it is that type of government the anti-christ leads.

All those many actions in recent years that continually increase the power and authority of government, that take away the individual freedoms and rights, that prop up world institutions such as the United Nations, such as the European Union, such as global trade agreements – that has all been in the direction of the one-world government, and that has been in line with what is to happen here at the end of the age.

Then, suddenly, surprisingly, when all these globalists and one-worlders were feeling pretty good about how rapidly things were evolving, the people of the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the European Union.  What?  Really?  Yes they did.  Known as Brexit, it was a great shock to the rulers of the western world especially.

But the United Kingdom is not really a world leader today.  It is important to be sure, but not a world empire anymore.  Still, what a shock. 

While that was resonating in the background, a strange phenomenon was happening in the United States.   Bizarre, over a period of months that culminated last November 8 with the election of a revolutionary president determined to redo and turn out all these one-world activities.  His focus is on America, not the world.  Highly successful in business, he really is not a politician but a negotiator.   An independent that captured the hearts of so many American citizens who were fed up with the national government and Washington and the media.

So right when everything was going swimmingly for the globalists, the one-worlders, there suddenly was a shocking change of events.

What does this mean?  Isn’t the anti-christ supposed somehow to preside over a one-world government at some point, or at least an attempt at that?  Yes, he is. 

Well, is it going to happen?  Yes, it is.

So what happened here?

Two ways of looking at it, both accurate:

First, this election in the US – and likely the Brexit one in the United Kingdom – are great examples of God stepping in and turning things around.  Against great views of the so-called leaders, these events happened.  Just look at the opening of the word I received late at night in February and sent out just a few days ago: “God puts kings in places.  And God takes them from their thrones.”

So now we see extraordinary actions being taken in Washington.  We do see the US supporting Israel more, although maybe not entirely as it should.  We see Christians in America feeling they have a little more breathing room, although the courts and so many government structures and rules and the general media seem to be to the contrary.

It surely appears that God has given humanity a window, a breathing period, perhaps one last gasp, a time to reach as many as possible for the Lord.  How long will this last?  Who knows?  The appointed day of the return has not changed.  That is the meaning of appointed.  It is.  Appointed.

But for right now there is a tiny interruption in the smooth cakewalk to Armageddon that was under way.

Second, there is this other way of looking at what has happened and is happening.  It is not so positive as the first.  With the shocking election results, I suppose we might expect some in the one-world camp to be greatly upset.  But have you noticed the wild, irrational behavior of many prominent people in politics, entertainment, sports, and academia who were shocked at the presidential election results (I’m sure you have.)?  Have you noticed the wild and inconsiderate behavior of so many, unlike any behavior after an election that we have ever seen (I’m sure you have.)? 

Are you paying attention to all the efforts to delegitimize the election results, to throw the leader out even though he was elected under the existing system?  Are you aware of the organizing efforts of some in society to put forth violent demonstrating groups, agitators, maybe as some reports indicate even paramilitary groups in support of the “opposition?” 

Have you noticed the great growth in evil in our society, the end of civility in discourse of ideas?  Have you seen the recent rise of absolute evil very publicly, such as New York City putting up the arch of the temple of baal, the ceremonial opening of the big tunnel recently in Europe which was described as a long satanic demonstration, efforts to organize satanic clubs in schools for after hours, the organized witchcraft attack on the president? 

There is a lot more we could report, but the point is made:  the devil, satan, the evil one is running amuck and his intensity is increasing.  Attacks on those serious born-again, spirit-filled persons who step out for Jesus are serious and real – attacks on them and their families, personal and financial and in all areas.

The reason things seem so irrational in the world system today is that they are being greatly influenced by the most irrational being ever.  So many of those who behave so horribly now in our society and we see speaking so deceptively in the various media are people who quite apparently do not know Jesus.  Imagine, can you, what this world must look like to people who do not know the Lord.  It must look horrible, frightening, out of control, wild, random.  Yes, random.  Things just happening for no reason at all.

Except – that is not how things happen.  Proverbs 21:1 (NKJV) makes it clear:

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,

Like the rivers of water;

He turns it wherever He wishes.

Not random.  Not crazy.

The second Psalm asks why does the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?  It notes the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed.  And then the truth of the matter is made:  He that sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.

It is laughable to think that all those unbelievers so violently opposed and confused and behaving so badly really have a long-term chance in their efforts.  Still, we know from the prophecies, from the only book of truth the world has, the Bible, that indeed things will get wildly out of control in the last days.  (see 2 Timothy 3:1-5 which describes these perilous times).

So where are we now?

We have passed through many of the birth pangs.  We have come through many of the prophecies.  Now we are in the deeper prophecies, as I like to refer to them, the one where Jesus warns us not to be deceived and the one where Paul says the day of the Lord will not come until there is a falling away (a rebellion, an apostasy) and the man of lawlessness has been revealed.

The only thing that has not happened is that the man of lawlessness has not been revealed.

May God keep and protect you and your family always.  Be sure to put on God’s armor and wear it and use it – live behind that shield of faith and wield that sword of the Spirit always.  That sword is God’s word, his quickened word from the Bible.  And thank God and be aware of the wonderful ministering spirits, the angels, he has sent to serve each person who will inherit salvation.  They are eagerly attentive to listen to and to do God’s bidding.

It’s only a matter of time now.  God’s time.  His plan.  It always was. 

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!

                                                                                   (March 2017)

                                                                                   Copyright © 2017 by John Newlin

[NOTE:  This article may and should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with appropriate attributions included (including the copyright and the ministry contact information).  It may also be quoted in part as long as appropriate attributions are given.  We in fact encourage you to do all this and to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]

                                                                                                                                                                               

P. O. Box 15797, Wilmington, NC 28408       910 395 1465        

www.johnnewlinministries.org          

Email: info@johnnewlinministries.org       Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin       
Blog:  johnnewlin.blogspot.com

* OUR WEAPONS FOR TODAY'S CONFUSION AND DECEPTION

We live in a time of bizarre happenings internationally and at home, in the government and the media and the entertainment world and really everywhere.  It is a time of great confusion and great deception.

But there is also great help for all this in the Word.  First consider where all this confusion and deception is coming from:

·         “…God is not the author of confusion…” (1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV). 

 ·         Referring to the devil, Jesus said “…He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of liars.” (John 8:44 NIV)

 ·         “…the god of this world [the devil] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers…” (1 Corinthians 4:4 NRSV)

 “…satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:14 NIV)

Pretty clear and obvious is it not?  The devil is the author of confusion.  He is the sower of deception and lies.  There is no truth in him.  And of course he hides his actions.  By the way, please note above that he was a murderer from the beginning.  He is not just a liar and the spreader of lies.  He is a murderer too.  He wants all of you dead – believers so that you do not have the opportunity to work to spread the gospel, and unbelievers so they will not have the opportunity to receive the gospel. Again,

• “The thief [the devil] comes only to steal and kill and destroy;…” (John 10:10 NIV)

Some churches falsely spread the view that the devil and his demons are easily dealt with, that demons are just little things that you kick out the door.  The devil has obviously been very active in deception in those churches.  We give no respect to the devil and we realize that in Jesus certainly we have the victory, we overcome the world.  But the fact remains that the devil is a horrible opponent far worse than any Hollywood horror movie villain.  Only in Jesus do we have any protection from him and any chance of a victory and survival when he attacks.  Unbelievers have no protection against the devil (unless you are praying for them).

How do we stay calm and at peace in all this?  How do we know truth from falsehood?  How do we go forward as God would have us? 

Consider these mighty weapons we have in the WORD:

·       “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;” (Proverbs 3:5 NIV).  God knows a lot more than you do.  And his word is truth.

 ·         DO NOT FEAR!  “ So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God…” (Isaiah 41:10 NIV)

 ·         “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” (James 1:5 NIV)

·         “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7 NIV).  I have seen this work in very dangerous situations time and time again.  Speak it out loud!! Personalize it.  I submit myself to God, I resist the devil, and he will flee!  And he does flee!

 ·         “…do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God…” (1 John 4:1 NIV).  An evil spirit is a liar just as its leader the devil.  Test any evil situation or confusing word or action against God’s Word which is always true.  Read what John says about testing a spirit in John 4.

 ·         And in Jesus’ name cast out any attacking demons, any evil spirits.  Jesus said we can do that in his name (Mark 16:17)!  So do it!

 “… take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (Corinthians 10:5).

The Word is a real weapon, a powerful weapon.  It is the great weapon you have against the evil world.  It is the Sword of the Spirit in the armor Paul described in Ephesians 6.  Exercise it all in Jesus’ name. 

God’s words are true.  His commands are to be obeyed.  Now it is up to you to step out and act in and on the Word.  God’s words.  Step out in faith.  That is how it all works.

You must stand firm in your faith, or you will not stand at all.  (Yes, that is scripture too!  See Isaiah 7:9).

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!

                                                                                               (February 2017)

                                                                                             Copyright © 2017 by John Newlin

                                                                                                                                        

[NOTE:  This article may and should be copied, printed, or forwarded by email to others so long as it is copied, printed, or forwarded in its entirety with appropriate attributions included (including the copyright and the ministry contact information).  It may also be quoted in part as long as appropriate attributions are given.  We in fact encourage you to do all this and to give printed copies to those who you know would benefit and do not have access to computers.]

P O Box 15797, Wilmington, NC 28408       910 395 1465     

www.johnnewlinministries.org

           Email: info@johnnewlinministries.org       Twitter.com/johnnewlinmin     

                                           Blog:  johnnewlinblogspot.com