April 4, 2010 Hi all; Happy Resurrection Season!! ~ I’ve been delayed in updating here ~ I hope readership has not fallen off - It’s pretty hard to update when you’re laying with your leg held straight up in the air (slipped on ice early Feb., resulting in a severely broken ankle ~ it’s not been an easy row to hoe, I’ll tell you that much.) Add infection to that. Add another sprained foot to that major surgery, doctor visit after doctor visit; physical therapy, pain, pain, pain, inc. physical, spiritual, emotional, ~and ~ mental, forgetfulness & confusion (thx to anesthesia & meds), extreme fatigue, etc. etc. etc. If you’re in the camp of thinking a broken ankle is no big deal ~ think again. It’s a huge deal when it’s broken on every side. I was told it’ll take a whole year to see what I’m left with and that the likelihood of it swelling for the rest of my life is probable.That news would have totally bummed me, if it wasn’t for clinging to our Blessed Hope. Overall, this whole episode has been pretty traumatic.
You really find out who your friends are at such times or in some cases. Scripture says that a friend loves at all times, and a real friend sticks closer than a brother. But in THESE DAYS, people - the closest of kin, the best of friends, families who live together, are betraying one another. Well, Our Father SAID there’d be days like this!
A real friend who cares, one with a compassionate heart if offended over the course of the relationship would say something, in which case, you (or I) could then ask forgiveness, the whole mess could be settled & all could move on. Simple as that. However, in these dark days, people get irritated and mad over practically nothing and then poison whole households against others.
In these days, friends wound their friends deeply. They kick up their heels against each other. They choose to believe the very worst about people (perhaps to justify their own goodness - at least in their own eyes?)
Good timing to insert this great quote:Truly it is evil to be full of faults, but it a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be unwilling to recognize them.– Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662 Plus, let;s consider:
"And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? " Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. (Mat 7:3-5)
and I absolutely love this Psalm:
How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don.t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin. 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer (Psa 19:12-14)
The sincere friend never purposely bring harm to their friends in any way. They have nothing but their friends - best interest and welfare at heart. Sometimes, in being giddy & playful, silly little comments will be made in jest, and hopefully the friendship is strong enough to accept a little bit of jest, in joking and (good naturedly, wholesomely) laughing with each other. Sometimes it’s easy to kick into a delightful, giddy mood when enjoying the company of someone you like & esteem so highly... someone you call a friend & mean it from the heart.
If you have experienced any such hurt of losing friends, of being betrayed, just remember that Jesus had His Judas Iscariot and King David had his Ahithophel. Both good friends at one time, who had even gone to church together, who shared meals together, who were dear companions, and then, they bitterly turned on them.
Such are the END DAYS, folks!
I know that’s of little consolation as you work so hard to recover and overcome and continue on about life. But truly, Jesus is the One Who promises never to leave nor forsake you! He will be with you [speaking to born again, currently & continually ABIDING IN THE VINE Christians here!] clear to the end of the age. Allow HIM to be your BEST FRIEND ~ One Who will truly never depart or leave you!! Even when you pull an oops, fall down, skin your knees, get your feet dirty again, or make a silly little comment. Or when He sees your worst side (because deep down, He knows your heart & how you do not purposely, deliberately sin!) He knows you want to live right! And that you are sadly deepened to have hurt Him again. We are not perfect Christians ~ yet. But one of the best things about heaven is we will never sin against Him ever again. And further, all human misunderstandings will be cleared up once and for all.
Over the years, and to my own shame & detriment, even during my life as a Christian, yes even as a mature Christian, there have been times (too often) when my sins have been many - I’ve never claimed to be a perfected saint ~ yet! But I do hate sinning, -I hate it soo very much when I let this tongue have too much control, when I’m in the old flesh nature, when I say things I truly don’t mean (and immediately & from then on regret!) - Just line up behind me on Judgment Day if you wish - to see all that smoke from wood, hay and stubble, and to see what I must give account for. Certainly nothing I’m proud of, that’s for sure!
But I have not bugged other people’s homes to see what their sins consists of.
I’ve got news for everyone: God is doing more than bugging your house. HE is bugging your heart.For some, that’s actually good news. But for most, that’s probably NOT good news. The heart is deceitful above all things; examine yourself, see if you be found in the faith, see if you’re wagging your tongue too much or poisoning others against people {interesting/sad that we’re SUPPOSED to love one another ~ yet in these end days, it’s anything BUT love. It’s more along the lines of betraying each other, turning on each other, out & out despising and hating each other} If we harbor hatred in our hearts, Scripture says we are a murderers. And murderers do not inherit heaven.} Naturally, I’m speaking GENERALLY & GENERIC to the audience here!! But if this description matches anything going on in your life, um, you might earnestly want to repent of that.
Wolves in sheep’s clothing, folks! Hard to tell the tares from the wheat any more. Aren’t we glad that the Lord will sort it all out in the end?
Guess what? Jesus is coming soon!! I hope seeing Him is YOUR blessed hope & that you are looking forward to it. Could be a lot sooner than most think. Certainly it’s going to happen and leave the rest of the world in shock, in surprise, in a stupor& and in a SNARE.
I bet you’re up to date on this, but just in case you have not read or heard - the HELL-CARE bill that recently passed in the U.S. will eventually require everyone to receive a CHIP!! Hmm!! You see, according to this new healthcare law, when it comes into fruition, it provides the exact framework that’ll make the United States the first nation in the entire world that’ll require every single one of its citizens to be implanted with a radio-frequency identification microchip (RFID) The purpose will be to ultimately control who will be ~ or will not be ~ allowed medical attention in this country. Just for starters - After that, their financial data, and perhaps spiritual matters, too - It would certainly seem that the evil powers that be want to implement this tracking tech (chip) very, very badly & they certainly aim to do it one way or another!
Are you choking from this news yet?? Thus, it’s time to get excited that our imminent departure could be VERY near. Will the MARK be mandatory halfway through the Tribulation?? Well, this hellcare (healthcare) stuff is scheduled to kick off in 2013-2014!!! DO THE MATH!!! We could/might be going HOME this very year!!
INSERT new thought: when I was updating this site earlier, I’d failed to mention that I do not believe that O’s healthcare chip is THE mark; but even so, if all is to be set up for the REAL Antichrist to take his stand, this is certainly a precursor .I’m pretty sure I would not want O’s chip to be in me anyway!! So, what do we do then? Pray that the rapture happens before it is mandatory to take it.
Great article at PawCreek Ministries that explains it well:
http://www.pawcreek.org/salty-saints/obama%e2%80%99s-healthcare-microchip-the-%e2%80%9cmark%e2%80%9d
BTW, when I was riding in the ambulance on the way to the hospital that dark, Feb. night, I couldn’t help thinking just HOW BAD the Tribulation is going to be. ALWAYS KNEW it would BE bad .. but I thought ~ well for some, it would be a matter of hiding out from the AntiChrist & his cronies for 3.5 years (that is, providing it’s approx. middle of the Tribulation before his mark is required). And starving, unless being able to find grasses, berries if they’re lucky, and perhaps a few bugs, etc. to eat... but then it also dawned on me that if/when someone gets a broken bone - then OUCH, s/he will not even be able to go to the hospital/doctor for it to be repaired. My DH says well doctors, some, will go underground to help people. Possible. But I sure don’t see how they can get operating rooms & staff underground. It’s gonna - be tough, no doubt about it ~ don’t suppose you wanna - be here for it?
Back to this HELL-care biz: Does it seem to you (American Christian, or those who are abroad reading about what’s going on in this country) that SIDES are being taken, that it was almost such an evenly SPLIT, those for it, those against it nearly right down the middle. And what with individual states preparing to sue the federal gov’t so as not to have this forced upon the people living there, well, put it this way: Jeremiah 51:46 pegs it ENTIRELY!!! ~ there will be violence in this nation, ruler against ruler!!Another translation says: “governor against governor; and as I’ve previously mentioned, this health care bill sure FITS THE BILL & it has all the shadowing of turning into that the civil war that will take place in this nation ~ the Daughter of Babylon ~ during the Tribulation.
Only more reason for us to look up, up, up!! If Jesus is to come while the days of normalcy are still going on ~ well, one can only wonder how many of those days we have left before the whole land erupts into violence.
Oh! And since I am so convinced that America is the daughter of Babylon (per Jeremiah 50, and 51 and Isaiah); I can’t help but wonder if this country will delete (lay down) all nuke weapons at some point hence, this would be the reason for not responding when enemies are encroaching & destroying this country during the Tribulation per Jer 50 & 51. Is this scenario only a matter of time? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/06arms.html
One democrat relative claims this country is no where close to socialism, compared to the countries that are REALLY entrenched in it. He is right, of course, but even so, this country is teetering on the brinks of it, FAR CLOSER than I ever thought it’d be!! Praying for God’s grace to sustain us till the Lord calls us Home!
Here’s how things may POSSIBLY happen, this has been filtering thru my head, heart, and spirit for the past few months ~ and then, boom, imagine my surprise when surfing a mb one day and a poster made suggestions along these same lines. We’ve both been wrong before, and this is not a thus saith the Lord or anything like that just merely what MAY/could happen!! Rapture may possibly happen at some point during the spring ~ then WAR (particularly Is. 17) in the summer ~ then while the world is regrouping from that & getting even more hellishly mad at Israel ~ then Mr. here I am to save the day with a big AC painted across his chest in red (only kidding about that part) confirms the covenant, perhaps some time in early fall.
3.5 years later, you’d have Jews leaving Judea, running to Petra ~ that I’d again be in the spring. And 7 years later (after the confirmation of the covenant) then the Lord would be returning with His saints, perhaps, maybe, maybe sometime around Yom Kippur. This scenario would also fulfill Amos 8 ~ whether that’s referring to the timing of the rapture of the 2nd coming.
I used to think that the AntiChrist may take the reigns of the world nearly overnight, on the heels of the rapture. Could happen.I certainly do not think it would take years (otherwise another entire generation of lost people on their way to hell). But now days it makes so much sense to me that the world will stand together and throw their backing to one man, and thus, this could take a handful of months,& ??... as they iron things out, the one world religion, and the one world monetary system, and of course, the biggest news of the day, camera lights will be flashing constantly as this particular man will seemingly bring peace to the Mideast. It will be someone who has the backing of the 10 other thrones, thus representing the world.
BTW, interesting to note, that Rick Warren and Tony Blair are now partnering together in Blair’s faith foundation -Warren, representing the ahem, {cough, sputter, choke!} Christian religion - has he not been grooming for this mission for a long, long time?! No, I honestly don’t know if Blair’s gonna be the man, But he’s been in the limelight for as long as I’ve remained suspicious& and continues to this day pushing for MidEast peace.
Switching gears now...in one commentary from last fall I wrote the following: I would like to expound on the personal relationship with Jesus & maybe it’s just me, but I never have been overly fond of that phrase. I well-realize that some who have a ahem, personal relationship with Jesus can be true Christians, but often is the case: they want him as a buddy ~ a friend ~ but want to totally ignore the obedience part! {certainly not saying this is true of the writer above, as I do not even know him. Just merely making these observations from people I do know who claim they have a personal relationship with Jesus ~ and then, holiness & obedience is tossed out the window}
The line about people I do know was not in any way, fashion or form directed at anyone PERSONALLY!!! If anyone took it that way (unless it just happen to hit a nerve with you& perhaps a guilty conscience??.. -- while I was speaking generically) & otherwise, you would have been dead wrong.
BTW, not that I should have to explain myself, but in this case I will ~ the people I do know (who like to use the broad claim they have a RELATIIONSHIP with Jesus, (and yet, they live like the devil) were from a 20 year run at the country club Baptist Church where we used to attend. And so, for nigh on 20 years, I always heard this we’ve got a relationship with Jesus motto.
Yes, they knew ABOUT Jesus, that He’s God’s Son; resurrected; they knew all about grace (cheap grace per Jude 1:4) and thus, made the CLAIM that they HAVE a personal relationship with Him ~ these people are TARES, look-alike Christians, who can be distinguished BY THEIR FRUIT. And their fruit is rotten ~ it’s the same fruit of the world. In fact, even though they show up at church every time the doors are open, yet they live like the world, and you cannot tell them apart.
When the pastor (ex, in this case) is sleeping with the congregation& . He is NOT obeying the Word!! REGARDLESS of I’ve got a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Jesus mantra. Next church ~ it was found out the pastor was sleeping with men (eih-gads!)& .next church, some mean-spirited (though they didn’t see it that way) little old ladies ran off the pastor because& . Why? His big sin - he failed to live up to their expectations as he could not be all things to all people. {It was really over such an incredibly small thing. Almost laughable in fact& . But instead, actually sad that they ousted him because of that.
20-20 hindsight and whose not been blessed (or cursed) with that? I wish I would have made this site more into a Biblical framework of here’s what s going to happen in Bible prophecy & left off most all the personal commentaries. But - Is it too late for that? Well, I aim to keep working on it till the trumpet toots, so we shall see. The Lord only knows how much time we’ve got left. Time continues to march forward in at a super speed...
A long-time email friend basically sums up the current watching situation this way: Well it seems Israel and Iran are in a fight and Obama is like-not my problem and insulting Israel and all and now China is getting involved. Sounds familiar. Hahah.... is she just too cool or what? And to think ~ here I could have just saved 5 pages worth of typing! But hope & pray that something I’ve had to say has blessed you in some way, the Lord willing.
Praying for the peace of Jerusalem (now even the U.S. is/has turned against her!!) ~ with the U.S. (Israel’s one true ally turning against her, then how close till the whole world turns against her?? SOON!!! CLOSE!!) ~and also I join you in praying that we will be HOME with Jesus before the year is out. Spring works well for me! We shall soon see!
Don’t know about the rest of you, but for the serious watchers, I get sooo *blamed* tired of all the constant date-setting. I say that, but then there are days I want (even need) to be reminded myself that our homecoming is so very soon. Even so, the day itself can NOT be known, I don’t care who you are or what a great & mighty Bible scholar you are. I don’t mean to sound mean. As iron sharpens iron, and when people start guessing specific dates, remember it’s always *another day* in another part of the world!I guess I often come off like a hypocrite - the pot calling the kettle black sort of thing - don’t mean to. I realize that, for years, I have suggested & dropped hints of the season in which I think (and certainly hope) we might find ourselves air lifted to the clouds; but I don t think I’ve ever come out & said ~ okay, April 7th!! ~ that’s the day!!� Hahah! Or alluded to at 3:11 in the afternoon have your bags packed!
You’ll likely notice even some of the most avid prophecy teachers tend to waver on thinking we could be right at the door to thinking, hmm, well, maybe within a few years. I’ve caught many doing that. This is why we keep our confidence in God; not man. We keep watching, no matter who tells us to relax & stop watching, regardless of who tells us it’s not going to be any time soon. And we watch especially when ALL these things (prophetic signposts) happen simultaneously!
At any rate, ~ just about the time I get to telling myself it could be another couple years yet every single time I say that& then BOOM, another big quake some where! Have you noticed DIVERSE places, and big ones at that?! Popping about like popcorn! We MAY have a few more years (at the outside); or a few months, or possibly we could be down to a few weeks& even days. It’s the Lord’s call. But it certainly appears that our time is at hand.
Even so, COME LORD JESUS. While never knowing the exact day, we hope & pray for a springtime harvest, and it will be so ~ if Lord so wills!
A mighty big MARANATHA!!