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9-23-01
Pew-warming and the Satanistic side
Today I have a topic that a lot of my
regular readers are probably looking forward to -- at
least I know one who is. However, I now know firsthand
once again, that it is a touchy and hypersensitive topic.
So much so, that even APPROACHING it in a spiritual sense
in the real world, with someone who is afflicted with
principalities of Rejection, Hatred, Envy and Bitterness,
...possibly more...merely APPROACHING the subject is like
putting salt on a canker sore.
Ouch.
I know this, as I said above, firsthand
again today. I had an argument with someone I know. I won't
say who, or anything bad about them, because I do not
want the Enemy to get a foothold in me, but it left me
scarred for the rest of the day. I got slimed by the
devil, even though I had done nothing wrong. Again, I can't
and won't go into the specific circumstances. I WILL go
into the vague specifics. This person, was extremely mad
at their ex-spouse. I had simply relayed a brief message
that this person (the ex-spouse) had called, and suddenly
was attacked verbally by someone who used to be close to
me. This person ...I cannot fully blame but there is no
excuse, there is a spiritual side, where I was literally
spat at by a demon, possibly a principality, I do not
know at this time, saying "You're interfering! You're
interfering!" (Of COURSE I've been interfering, I've
been doing spiritual warfare against just such a thing in
this person, and STILL getting insight from God about it.
But I wasn't interfering in the way this person thought--I
was simply delivering a message) Anyway, this person is
full of Self...So much so, that this person pointed out
that she wanted her ex-spouse's family to "drop dead
and go to Hell". This same person told me a month
ago "I'm really not that bad. I may swear a bit and
yell, but I'm ok, really. God still loves me."
Woe,
Woe,
Woe.
Yes God loves this person. He loves all.
But this God is still a Holy God, and unable to tolerate
sin. Must we cheapen Christ's death? This person is so
deceived I cannot reach, it will have to be the hand of
God to literally break through the barriers of the heart,
and maybe, MAYBE, be able to get through. This person is
so consumed by hate there is literally, really no room
for the Love of Jesus. So consumed by Envy and the need
for Revenge against the former spouse, who is not a
christian, (not that it matters--Vengeance is MINE says
The Lord)..this person mars him/herself and I do claim,
has denied Christ in his/her unbelief, I feel so strongly
about it. This person who claims "I can call my ex
spouse an enemy and have my revenge and still have my
part in Heaven too"...is sadly mistaken. Jesus
commands us (and me, and you, and everyone) to LOVE our
enemies. To pray for those who persecute us. (I am
talking in a civil-social manner, not country-war type.)
So what do I tell this person? ... I don't
know if I can tell them anything. This person is so
caught up in their own things, there is no time to put
ear to perspective. Also, this person doesn't value what
I say. But What I do say is that they should check their
heart. Does it line up with what Christ teaches? No, of
course not. I guess the only thing to do is continue to
pray. And intercede. And watch out for the slime. Anyone
got a proton pack from Ghostbusters?
This next article is brought to us by
Kathi.
Kathi's words:
To say that I was taken aback is putting
it mildly... So I thought I would share my answer with
you ... This is not meant to offend anyone or take away
from the terrible events of this week but it is what was
in my heart when I thought about this question. The
Question Was... Where is my outrage?? Believe me, I'm
outraged, at this cowardly attack on the United States of
America. The unity that has swept across our nation is
nothing more than what I expected Americans to do. BUT, I
can't help but wonder.... Where was America's outrage
about the thousands of babies aborted
everyday? Where was Americas outrage Monday night as
thousands
of little children & babies in America went
to bed hungry? Where was Americas outrage Sunday night as
Vietnam
Vets, & other homeless Americans went to sleep
under bridges? Where was Americas outrage Saturday night
as elderly people wondered how they
were going to continue to live without the medicines they
need & can't afford? Where was Americas outrage
Friday night as yet another Mother, Sister, Daughter lost her life to
spousal abuse? Yes I'm outraged that madmen hijacked
airplanes and flew them into buildings that were American
Symbols killing thousands of innocent people. BUT... I'm
more outraged by what goes on in this country on a daily
basis while most Americans go merrily about their own
business. Never giving a second thought to the fact that
we have plenty to be outraged about right here, every day.
It's getting close to that time of year where as
Americans our hardened hearts soften, as we throw that 50
cents into the Salvation Army Kettle,or buy a Five dollar
gift for one of those kids on the Angel tree. Or give
away our old coats, clothes, donate blood, take our
elderly neighbor a hot meal.... the list goes on of the
things we only think about for a few weeks every year.
And then feel like we've done what we can, and go right
back to thinking of only ourselves. Outraged... You bet I
am. There's plenty to be outraged about...
9-20-01
The Lord is coming soon... but how soon?
This column is probably going to tick most
christians off, which I'm glad of, because it needs to be
discussed. Before I start I just want to mention that I
am NOT going to sit here and back up my views on this. It
takes up way too much of my time and too much webspace
that could be used for Far Side ads. So if you want my
back up explanations, go get Tim LaHaye's book "Revelation
Unveiled", at your local bookstore or christian
bookstore, or at his website, http://www.timlahaye.com
I look around at many places I go to, and
I think about the soon coming endtime events foretold in
the Bible, specifically Revelation, but also Isaiah and
Ezekiel. I think about the great worldwide earthquake
that will someday hit as the wrath of the Lamb (Christ)
and I wonder, just what will this world look like then? I
think about our already terrorized city of New York, and
I wonder when the Empire State Building, or the Statue of
Liberty will be next? Actually, I'm surprised the SoL
WASN'T taken out in last week's attacks. Grateful, but
after learning it was a attack of this magnitude,
surprised. Anyway, I'm getting off the subject,....as I
was saying, I wonder about the End Times events...
I wonder about the "days wages for a
loaf of bread" and "wars and rumors of wars"...clearly
we are having high inflation, economies failing, rumor of
war between now not only Afghanistan, but possibly some
other Arab states, such as Iraq again. I wonder about
imagery of a locust with a horse head and a scorpions
tail. I wonder about the sun being dimmed by a third...by
stars falling out of the sky and hitting the earth. I
wonder how much MORE this current conflict is going to
WIDEN by Islamic Jihad (holy war). Iran, Iraq, Sudan,
Libya, all could send more waves of bombers at us, or at
our troops. But all these are just the beginnings of
birth pangs.
BIRTH PANGS!?!? It's going to get WORSE??
..... yikes.\par Matthew 24 (Revised standard edition) v6-10.
"And you will hear of rumors of wars; see that you
are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is
not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom, and there will be famines and
earthquakes in various places: all this is but the
beginnings of the sufferings. Then they will deliver you
up to tribulation, {means trouble} {not the Great
Tribulation} and put you to death; and you will be hated
by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will
fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another."
We're already being put to death, whether
by each other or terrorists. Heck, in Ireland, Catholics
and Protestants are already killing each other. I think
it's only a matter of time before that starts happening
in America, where different doctrines of "christianity"
(though they themselves, though they call themselves
christians, are really not) will start physically
attacking and even killing each other. We're already
betraying each other. We're already killing innocent
children each and every day, in a convenience called
"Choice". We already hate one another. Sure the
WTC tragedy has temporarily brought people together, but
I already see it falling apart in my city.
Speaking of birth pangs, I hear a lot of
"Oh, Christ is coming this year...oh, ok, well he's
coming next year for SURE!...ok, well, next year
definetly....rats...." ....I'm real sick of it. The
prophecies aren't fulfilled enough to allow Christ to
rapture us out yet (again, read the book) but we are
close. Mainly the immediate things to happen are Ezekiel
38, where 3 nations rise up to utterly destroy Israel --
and fail from the Hand of God. I predict, that this will
occur in 2006 or 2007, according to a code verse in The
Bible Code. This is of course, my opinion, not fact. The
other thing immediately following is a 7 year peace
treaty with Israel, sponsored by the Antichrist.
Antichrist himself has not been revealed yet, but I have
no doubt he is alive and well.
So to you Christians,.... who are sitting
in your seats, warming those pews, singing the songs,
then going back home, eating the Sunday meal, and
forgetting anything you just heard at church, be aware
that a day is coming soon when Christ will return for his
church, and you might just be left behind. The dead will
rise first, then those who remain will be caught up,
meeting our Lord in the air. Those who remain will endure
the 7 year tribulation period forecast in Revelation.
So I just want to try to convince you now...to
try and spare you some pain, to wake up, before the bus
takes off without you. I don't believe Christ is going to
rapture those who are sleeping...then again I'm not
Christ, so I don't know for sure. I sure wouldn't want to
test him to find out though!
9-19-01
Word from the Lord, in the aftermath of
the attack on America:
My name is Marcia. This
prophetic word was given to me on 9/12/01 (one day after
the tragic terrorist attack on the WTC, and the
Pentagon). While seeking the Lord in prayer
regarding this tragedy, I told Him I wanted to
concentrate on Him alone ... to concentrate on hearing
His voice, that I might know what it is that's on
His heart, and within just minutes, He spoke this to
me. I believe this message is just one of perhaps
many areas (but definitely a very major one), that God
no longer will allow us, His children, to turn away from.
He revealed to me that we, His Church, must
no longer depend on what it is we think, what it
is we know, or how we perceive things
to be, but rather, we must discover what
it is He thinks, what it is He knows,
what it is He sees and desires, in all
areas of our walk with Him, through revelation of His
word, given by His Holy Spirit. He strongly
spoke to my heart that His children must learn to "see
as He sees". He also caused me to know
that "His heart is broken too", but
not only over the tragedy of what took place in our
nation, and that it is His desire that we come to know
His very heartbeat. Here is the word He
gave me:
Evil as it is, what's
happened to multitudes in yesterdays attack on America,
and evil as it is, those ones who did this horrible act,
America must repent. For, do you not know you are
also evil, and do such things as well. Does your
heart cry out in the same anger, and seek such justice to
be done at the loss of life of the multitudes of babies
destroyed daily at the hands of those who claim to stand
for life. Will you continue to stand by and do
nothing? Open your eyes America, for that which you
hate, do you not do the same yourselves? You have
watched many of your own die in this tragic, evil
happening, just as I watch many of My own innocent
helpless ones die daily at the hands of the very nation
that decries such evil. Do you not understand, that
just as you have experienced invasion unto death,
likewise, so are these, My creation, invaded upon unto
death. Can you not perceive that just as you
consider those who have done this evil to this nation
deserve to be punished, likewise, I look upon this nation
for the evil it has done in the killing of these ones I
have created, and see that this too needs to end in
punishment. I call this nation to repent, while
there is yet time, for if you will not turn from the
evils brought on by the wickedness of your own hearts, I
will come in judgement. Heed my words, repent, and
turn your hearts toward Me. I, the Lord have spoken!
--- 9-18-2001 ---
To the Angel of the church in Sardis
I was inspired by the Lord to read
Revelation 3, and to type it here, to the church in
America. God is TELLING us, we are dead and asleep. It is TIME TO WAKE UP! The following
scripture is from Revelation 3:1-6 King James Version
"And to the angel of the church in
Sardis write : 'The words of him who has the seven
spirits of God and the seven stars.
"I know your works; you have the name
of being alive, and you are dead. Awake, and strengthen
what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not
found your works perfect in the sight of my God. Remember
then what you have received and heard; keep that, and
repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief,
and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.
Yet you still have a few names in Sardis, people who have
not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in
white, for they are worthy. He who conquers shall be clad
thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out
of the book of life; I will confess his name before my
Father and before his angels. He who has an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
I do not claim to be a preacher, a prophet,
or a great seer. I simply am telling you that this is a
message I believe God wants me to share with the church
tonight. Please note, that this book is written to the
churches,...let me spell that out to those who don't get
it -- God is talking to HIS PEOPLE, saved christians, not
just fallen men. So when God says "and I will not
blot his name out of the book of life" that means
just that, but that also, your name CAN be blotted out of
the book of life if you are living, (as many christians
in the USA are now) as a christian, in daily habitual sin.
This does not mean you are going to Hell. this means God
is about to pronounce judgement on you if you do not
repent.
Now for 2 Chronicles 7:14
"If my people, who are called by my
name, humble themselves, and pray and seek my Face, and
turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
Again, God is talking to HIS people, in
this instance originally the Israeli's. Not the
Philistines. Not the Romans, HIS PEOPLE. Church it is
time to wake up. Read the above. Pray to the Lord, repent
of your sins, and for your nation.
--- 9-17-2001 ---
Someone I want to hate.
Someone I want to hate of course is Osama
Bin Laden. I want to personally pulverize his face, tear
his limbs from his body, partially draw and partially
quarter him, yet keep him alive in torment and suffering.
You see, Islam says those who die for Allah will receive
36 virgins and lots of other good stuff. I want Osama to
suffer. I want him to live a long time. I want him to
know the pain he has caused me and countless other
Americans.
But I am not supposed to hate. I am
supposed to love. I don't even know anyone who was IN New
York, personally. I am simply really riled by the fact
that this fanatic so far has gotten away with what he did,
and is so smug about it. It ruffles my feathers in a way
no one has ever before.
Before this attack, I would have to say I
was un-American. I have had many arguments with my friend,
J*., about the government and our differing statements
and beliefs. NOW however, I would classify myself as a
born-again American. I am excitedly patriotic, and would
give my life for my country in a heartbeat, would the
services take me again. I was discharged under general
discharge in 1992 for "inability to adapt". It
was good for them at the time, and just as well for me,
as I was still a young punk then.
Again, I am not supposed to hate. My life
with Jesus demands I love him, love the sinner, hate the
sin. ... I have to say that in all honesty that ruffles
my feathers too. As I stated above, I WANT to hate Osama,
but I can't. I want to punish him, and I can't, that will
be determined by others, and I doubt I have the real
intestinal fortitude -- GUTS -- to do it if I was placed
face to face with him. Besides that he'd probably gun me
down with that machine gun he has in the photo's, but I
digress.
So what do I do? Do I love him, and simply
forgive him, say "That's ok, let him be", and
let him keep on killing us Americans, Afghanistans,
Israeli's and now as it appears, Soviet, err- excuse me,
Russian peoples? By no means!!! I HAVE decided I will try
to love him as God loves us all, and pray for him. Yes, I
even forgive him for the blindness Satan has deluded him
and all his followers with. I have to. God commands it.
"Unless you forgive others, I will not forgive you"
Says God. Don't belive me? Look it up for yourself. But
he must be brought to justice. God can forgive him of his
sins, but on Earth he still has to pay the penalty for
what he has done. We all do (present and plural tense
indicated here -- I repeat --) .. we ALL do.
My point to this longwinded edition is
that we all have a choice to forgive, love, hate, create
and destroy. Not necessarily all those at once, or in
that order. Osama has chosen in his fanaticism to hate
and destroy as much as he can. I do not want us as
Americans to become the same as he is. I hope you will
choose JUSTICE not VENGEANCE for Osama Bin Laden, and his
networks. Pray for their souls, that GOD'S JUSTICE (not our
personal war , seen as a holy war) ultimately be
done. Pray that their eyes be opened to God's truth, and
let the lies of Islam be revealed. And most of all, pray
for the Peace that passes All Understanding.
--Matt
--- 9-15-2001 ---
Conflict vs Holy War, Sterotypes and plain
old Hatred.
Wow, a lot to go over since several days
have gone by.
Ok, we're technically at war, although we
haven't yet determined WHICH country we're going to war
with.. =P ...George W, I love ya, but make a decision, it's
driving me nuts. What I am fearful of is that if we go in
and start attacking, while we're off at war, they're
going to get us back with NUCLEAR weapons. I'll remind
you, and inform those who don't know, that there are
still 100 suitcase nuclear bombs that Russia is missing!
They are rumored to be in the hands of the enemy, whether
that means Osama Bin Laden or not, I don't know, I'm just
greatful they've not been used.
The other thing about it, is that no
matter how we do it, it's going to be seen by the Jihad
members as an attack by "The Great Satan". That's
what they refer to us as, a spiritual reference of course,
to the differences of our thoughts. The USA of course,
was founded upon the Truth of Christianity, whereas Islam
was founded on a lie and idolatry. Prove me wrong, do
some research. http://www.chick.com/information/religions/islam/
I'm very concerned about the present state
of America. On the one hand, I've seen a great coming
together of hands together as our family should be, and
lots of cries of USA USA. On the other hand, I've been
hearing a lot about immediate threats and backlash
against Arab-American people in America, and even Indian
people being mistaken for Arabic, based on the color of
their skin, being immediately branded as terrorists. Are
we back in the days of Jim Crow? I should think NOT!
Caution is one thing, prejudice is quite another.
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