Wednesday, January 23, 2019

* WATCHMAN WARNING: THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS (2 Cor 4:4)

Absolutely.  Clearly visible every day in all areas of our lives.

The majority of Americans and indeed all people are not serious Christians, not born again, not spirit filled.  They are easily led astray by the evil one who is working nonstop in these last of the last days to take as many as possible to the Kingdom of darkness and eventually to the Lake of Fire where he will end up.  Just look at these events of the last few days, including some bizarre happenings in the natural world:
  • Newly elected congresswoman Rashida Tlaib in a rant called the president a “m…f…,” a term not ever used in any decent public or private conversation. Well, she is a Muslim, a Palestinian.  What kind of people would have ever elected her to Congress and given her a position of authority?  The answer?  People who have no idea or understanding of what is happening today.  People whose minds are blinded by the devil.
  • The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, has been plagued by locusts in recent days.   You haven’t seen this on the major news channels have you.
  • Our colleges and universities are turning out many with a lack of understanding of the USA and its history and a lack of understanding of the horrors of other systems. Though socialism has failed everywhere many young people now strongly push for it, including some of these newly elected lost members of Congress and many of the political far left.  They can’t see the truth.  They are blinded to it.
  • More and more transgender stories are coming to the fore.   The extraordinary ability of the devil to mislead has never been clearer.  A senior psychiatrist at John Hopkins University and former head psychiatrist at the hospital there says that “transgendered men do not become women, nor do transgendered women become men.”  He goes further to say that all such people “become feminized men or masculinized women, counterfeits or impersonators of the sex with which they ‘identify.’”  As a final warning, he notes that the idea that “one’s sex is fluid and a matter of choice” is extremely damaging, especially to young people.
  • Earthquakes continue to be announced with frequency…many in recent days greater than category 6 have happened in different areas of the world. And the general weather continues in a most unusual form.  California continues to suffer from natural calamities.  Hailstorms in Saudi and Swaziland.  Waters turning red in Malawi and Indonesia.  It is undeniable to any alert observer that things are changing rapidly.
  • The Canadian prime minister continues in his unfortunate push backing things of the far left – such as backing a new Canadian coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of his father’s decriminalization of homosexuality and his steady backing of all things Islam.
  • Many countries throughout Europe continue their fall into the pit. It is now illegal to speak against Islam in Sweden.  Everyday citizens see their culture disappearing and the crime level rising.  On the opposite side the leaders of Austria and Hungary  have rebelled and are taking steps to try to protect their countries from the danger of uncontrolled Muslim immigration and violent Muslim clerics in their midst.
  • The first day of the new Congress in Washington, a bill was introduced to do away with the Electoral College, a fundamental attempt to destroy the amazing constitutional design of the USA. Without the Electoral College, the presidential elections would all be controlled by the far left, far liberal states of California and New York which have enormous populations and always vote overwhelmingly liberal, leaving most of the rest of the country subject to their lost views. 
  • Russia, Iran, and Turkey move ever closer together. Remember, these are the countries that invade Israel in the Ezekiel 38-39 war, likely early in the Tribulation period.
This list could go on and on.  I don’t enjoy writing such lists but I think they are needed from time to time just to point out to all how incredibly lost world society is and how things are moving rapidly in the natural realm as we approach the return of the Lord.  If you would like to see daily reports of items such as the above, I suggest you go to raptureready.com and click on the rapture ready news  or go to olivetreeviews.org and click on the menu item to sign up for their free newsletters.

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Friday, December 21, 2018

SIGN OF THESE TIMES AND ALL TIME: IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS


It really is.

About your relationship with him, about your being born anew, about your being filled with and baptized with the Holy Spirit, about your doing God’s will, about your being like little children in your sincere and innocent childlike faith in the Lord.

There is no other way to heaven, no other way to being in the Kingdom of God, no other way to a good eternity, no other way to salvation from an eternity in the lake of fire, in a hell that defies comprehension.

It is not about which denomination or church you are part of, or whether you are part of one at all.

It is not about whether you read a responsive reading with the church pastor on Sunday or attend a liturgical church or not.

It is not about whether you stand and recite in rote some creed, whether a long-standing historical one or one recently written by your pastor.

It is not about singing classical old hymns, or modern worship music, or being immersed in praise music.

It is not about whether the clergy wear fancy formal robes and decorations and proceed ever so formally in the service or whether they wear blue jeans and have an informal service.

It is not about whether the congregation is solemn and stern or joyful and relaxed.

Once again, it is about this:

IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS… AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
And Merry Christmas to you all!                                                   
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Monday, December 10, 2018

*SIGN OF THE TIMES: RECOGNIZING AMERICA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD


Can we be thankful for the great people God has put amongst us, those who have carved and paved the way and worked to protect this grand and marvelous nation the Lord has established?  Can we not recognize with gratitude people from the past like John Adams and his wife Abigail, like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, like Abraham Lincoln?  Perhaps some of the more recent leaders will deserve to be in this list someday, but that is not yet clear.  History is too close, the years too short to see clearly.  Likely we may never get a chance for that perspective as the clock winds down on this age of human history and the Lord is soon to return to establish God’s Kingdom in physical presence on earth along with God’s will.

Here at the end of six thousand years of homo sapiens and the final days of the two thousand year run since Jesus Christ walked the earth, we have seen the rise and operation of a great nation created without doubt by God as his servants dedicated the soil to him when they came and worked hard in his service to establish a nation that was his.  It never occurred to them there would be a need to protect the heart and conscience of that nation against spiritually evil forces so numerous they would splinter and divide and wear down the once grand land.  This great experiment based on respect of the worth of individual people, protection of human rights, and above all an ongoing focus on God has run into all sorts of confusing behavior and sentiments these last days.  And the Lord’s return on the appointed day remains unchanged and still on schedule.

This nation, the home of so many dramatic scientific and business innovations and discoveries, was the nation that stepped into World War I to hasten its conclusion and then in all reality saved the world from a horrific fate by leading the defeat of Nazi Germany and then Japan in World War II.  Without America there would be no free world.  And when the many Biblical prophecies of the reestablishment of the physical nation of Israel came to fruition in 1948, it was the support and protection of the US that gave and has given this tiny country a chance to grow and survive – no doubt always God’s plan.  Even up to today.

And now we are on the precipice of the end of the age.  How will the US fare in these last days and even in the time afterwards known as the millennium?  Will it even be there?  Has its primary course been played?  Has it fulfilled its role in God’s grand plan?

We don’t know that yet.  We just know this is the season of the Lord’s return.  This is the time believers for centuries have longed for.  And we are blessed to be here, to be living now.  To see and experience it all.

The Lord gave us these words in his prayer long ago:

Our father,
Who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in Heaven.

Yes, God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

It will.

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!                                                                                                         
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

*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)
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Monday, November 5, 2018

THE WHOLE NATION AND WORLD NEED JESUS!

Everyone.

We don’t need people professing to be Methodists, Catholics, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Baptists,  and countless other denominations and sects.  We need people who truly know Jesus and have him as their Lord.  It – life – is all about Jesus!  The Bible is all about Jesus.

Without Jesus, how can Congress legislate with real wisdom and compassion?  How can elected officials lead without Jesus?

They can’t.  At least, not in the right direction.

It doesn’t matter whether they are liberals or conservatives, republicans or democrats or libertarians, without Jesus they are lost and just feeling their way, easy prey for the false doctrines and guidance of the evil one.

This is today’s America and today’s world.

When Jesus comes to set up his Kingdom rule from Jerusalem at the end of the Tribulation, the government will be upon his shoulders.  He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  There will be no end to the increase of his government and peace.  He will uphold his kingdom with justice and righteousness forevermore.

Jesus is a ruler.  Jesus is the King of all kings.  He is the head of the true government that lasts.  An absolute ruler.  Everything is under his feet.  It is a government and a King that is coming soon!

I can’t wait, can you?  Please Jesus, come soon.  And let us all who have been blessed to know the truth do our part daily to get that truth out to others in a lost nation and world.


Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!                                                                                                         
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Friday, October 12, 2018

* OH GOD! HELP THIS LOST GENERATION OF PEOPLE AND "CHRISTIANS"

Recently a pastor was bemoaning the fact that the church has gotten off-track, away from the primary teachings for this time.  I understand his very real concern but I have more to say.

First, we need to remember what the CHURCH of our Lord Jesus Christ truly is.  That CHURCH is the collection of all born again, Spirit filled and baptized people in the world wherever they are…in a field, in a business or farm, in a worship service on Sunday or not, on a boat, working in a ditch, wherever.  Its members all should be guided by the Holy Spirit.  They should have and use the gifts of the Spirit.  They should understand the authority they have in Jesus and the divine gifts such as spiritual healing.   They should look with spiritual discernment upon all that happens.  They should realize the times we are living in, the last days just before the return of the Lord.  They should be focused on doing what they can to help God draw others to Jesus.

Notice I said “should” many times.  Sadly, even some in this great true CHURCH with the definition I used of that CHURCH still are not operating in all those things written above.  Some have drifted away.  Some individual congregations may have been guided away from the razor sharp focus they should have on Jesus, the gospel, and his imminent return, being guided by the Holy Spirit in all things.  Certainly that is possible.

On a much larger scale however is that great group of denominations and individual churches that I describe with the small letter word “church.”  These include many of those impressive buildings made of brick and stone and other materials throughout the country and world, some enormous physically.  So many of these have turned for decades to focus on social issues.  They have completely missed the need to be born again in many cases, and in almost all cases save for a few have missed the wonderful Holy Spirit and the reality of his guidance in our time.  They do not preach about the imminent return of the Lord nor do they preach the full gospel message of Jesus Christ.

I would maintain they are not part of the “CHURCH” at all.  When Jesus comes and collects his believers, those going with him will be the true believers, those truly who know him.  He gave several criteria for that which I have written about more than once – the need to be born again – or born anew - , the need to believe in him (meaning serious, serious belief), the need to do his father’s will, the need to believe like little children.  The great missionary Paul gave the criteria of confessing with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead, again the word believing being a serious belief.  I just point out one essential thing here – if someone is your Lord, then you do what he says.  You obey him. He is your boss.  What did Jesus say to you?  Read all he said in the gospels.  And consider whatever else he has said to you in prayer.

So many people have not spent time reading the Bible or searching out the truth.  So many naïve and in truth lost people have forsaken their own efforts and just attend a program on Sunday mornings in one of those buildings I referred to above to listen for twenty minutes to a message of little depth and no life-saving consequences.  They are putting their trusts in the preachers and the little time they spend there.  Yet some of these preachers are not even born again themselves!  How can they know the truths of God in their hearts and teach others?

God is all about heart.  It is your heart Jesus speaks to.  It all has to do with God and you.  One on one.

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
                                                                                        (October 2018)
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Monday, September 24, 2018

* SIGN OF THE TIMES: THANKING GOD IN THE MIDST AND AFTERMATH OF THE TERRIBLE AND UNUSUAL HURRICANE FLORENCE


Many have just gone through a most unusual experience – the hurricane Florence.  Extraordinary.  Some will be dealing with the effects of this for a long time to come.  This storm began far out in the Atlantic and from the beginning made a beeline for the Wilmington NC area.  Unlike other storms that historically begin where it started, it did not gradually and eventually turn northward, curving to hit or graze the coast as it moved northward.

No, it persisted and came straight to this Wilmington area.  And once it made landfall, it turned to the south of all things, not north.  It went south down into South Carolina, then turned westward where it proceeded deep into that state before turning northward finally and going near Charlotte NC and on further north, all the while weakening.  It was no longer a hurricane at that point.

Hurricanes just don’t normally behave like that.  This storm acted as if it had a specific target in mind.

This I know:  Once it was clearly identified as a category 4, even borderline 5, storm that was heading directly toward shore, Wilmington and smaller nearby communities made preparation and two days before the storm’s arrival the nearby beach communities declared a mandatory evacuation.  Veteran residents of the South Atlantic coast do not readily evacuate for storms.  They have experienced them before.  They know how to prepare, just like the residents of New England and the severe coastal storms they experience at times.

My wife and I for example do not generally evacuate for a category one storm, one with persistent winds in the 74 to 95 mile per hour range.  We might for a category 2 (96-110 mph).  We made a decision long ago to evacuate for any category 3 (111 – 129 mph) or higher storm.  Preparing a house to endure a direct hit, boarding up or putting up hurricane shutters, getting everything inside, and such is a lot of work and no fun.  And living inside that house during a severe hurricane is no fun either.  It is frightening and terrifying.  People die in hurricanes.  Houses are destroyed in hurricanes.   This is no game.  I lived through a category 3 hurricane many years ago in Texas.  I have no interest in experiencing that again.

Category 4 (130-156 mph) or higher is just another level.  There historically has only been one such level storm to hit North Carolina in the past, the famous Hazel that destroyed 15,000 houses and damaged 39,000 others back in a time in the 1950’s when the coast was much less populated.
The destruction level ramps up greatly with each number.  I remember when we bought our home years ago in the small beach community where we live.  The builder was giving me a description of how to prepare for a hurricane and what to expect for each category level.  When he got to 4 and 5, he just stopped describing.  I got his point quickly.

So when hurricane Florence was close to land and still a category 4, the local authorities put into place all the emergency plans and issued the evacuation order.  People began to evacuate, to go inland to family and friends, to hotels.

Several days before we and many of those involved or following our ministry had begun to pray steadily against the storm, to speak against the storm as Jesus has said we can do.  Remember, he said we can do the same things he did, and one of the things he did was to change the weather.  He also described how we are to speak in authority to the mountains (problems) in life, to order them out.    So we did that.  Many others did too, others who understand and know the authority they have in Christ.

As we watched the progress of the storm to shore from the safety of my sister’s home far inland, we suddenly and clearly saw God at work. In about a full day or so just before landfall, the storm dropped in intensity from a category 4 to a category 3, then to a category 2.  We all persisted in Jesus’ name in ordering the storm to diminish in power along with other things.  Then just before it hit, it dropped all the way to 90 miles per hour winds, a category 1!  As it hit the winds were at that general level, from about 90 to 100 miles per hour!  Praise God!

We would have stayed home for that storm if we had known it would have been at that level.  So would many of the others who left under the mandatory evacuation.  In fact, there would have been no mandatory evacuation order.

Now as the storm with its greatly reduced wind strength continued on its course once ashore, we have all seen what turned out to be the real horror of this storm, the excessive rain that caused the rivers to rise and eventually significant floods that have greatly impacted communities living along rivers or in low lying areas in large regions of the country.  This flooding continues to be a major calamity.  People have died.  Property in those flood areas has been greatly destroyed, as has property affected by the wind when it first came ashore.

But focus on this:  If Florence had come ashore as a category 4 hurricane, we would not be talking today about cleaning up Wilmington and the surrounding beach communities.  We would be talking about major devastation.  I’m not sure how many houses would be left in those communities or just what Wilmington and the North Carolina and South Carolina coast would look like at all. 

The deadly flooding is terrible indeed, and we all must continue to pray against this, to order the water to subside in Jesus’ name, and to pray for those impacted by the flooding. 

And we should and must also strongly thank God for the great diminishing in power of this storm.  That was clearly God’s hand in action.

If there is a next time like this, we should all again pray against the storm, ordering it away, ordering it to diminish in power and dissipate, all in Jesus’ name.  And we obviously should add to that speaking against excessive rain and against flooding in Jesus’ name. 

As for our community, our home had no damage from the storm.  Apparently, our neighbors also had no significant damage, as did most of the town in which we live.  Praise God!  Thanks to God!  And in general, God saved much of the coastal area of Wilmington NC and surrounding communities, even as all work there to restore the area back to normal and even as we all check to see what highways are open and which are flooded.  There could have been almost no such coastal area.  That did not happen.
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Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!                                                                                                        

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