Edition 492: October 22^nd 2019

Deception-free – indeed!

Introduction:

These are words of life!

The greatest end-time sign, warned of by our Lord is deception. It will manifest most strongly in the church perpetrated by certain teachers, preachers and pastors.

Deception causes division and will increase as the coming of the Lord draws near. On an individual level, deception causes divisions and also causes you to be divided or separated from God.

Matthew 12:25 “A house divided cannot stand”.

I recently received an email from a reader who said: “I am so terrified of falling into deception that I hand my future over to God, to prevent it from happening, ever, ever, ever!” If only the entire church would have an attitude like that!

I know, for The Prophetic Scroll that a huge responsibility falls on Bible teachers. Prayer against deception is a daily event for me, and some who are prayer warriors for this ministry.

Our Lord said, answering the question from the disciples on when the end will be: “Take heed that you are not deceived.” (Matthew 24:4) Numerous other verses warn of exactly the same thing.

This edition is to help you identify deception and prevent yourself from becoming a victim. Much of the material I’m using relates to all believes at any time, but this is focused on our current situation and current events, as we enter critical prophetic days. (Revelation 12:12)

The nature of deception:

Firstly, deception is essentially a spirit; it is a manifestation of the “spirit of error.” (1 John 4:6)

Deception is a well camouflaged, ugly beast! The biggest issue is that people don’t know they’re deceived until or unless they get out of it. When they’re in it, they’re blind to it. It is something we need to “take heed of” diligently, to avoid especially in these days.

Deception normally masquerades as the truth. It often travels the same highway as truth. It hides its dangerous darkness in the light.

A light meter can give you the strength of the light in a measuring unit called a candela. But it can’t identify the source of the light. What we know from the “light meter” called the Bible is that this evil, dark light is getting very bright, because its source, Satan knows his time is short! (Revelation 12:12)

That in and of itself tells us that the true blinding Light is approaching fast!

Only true believers can look into the Light of God and not be blinded. Those full of pride and the world’s ways, look to God and are blinded by the Light.

Deception often has a fallen morality to it. It comes packaged with un-holiness. It is often progressive in its advances, taking more and more of the territory of your heart.

Deception can only be seen and identified against the Spirit enlightened word of God.

Sources of deception:

●Pride, ●False doctrine, ●False teachers / prophets,  ●Rejection of Spirit baptism, ●Denominations (divisions), ●The world system, ●The media, ●Sinful lifestyles, ●Curses, ●Traditions of man, ●Cultural customs, ●Legalism, ●Anti-Semitism / replacement theology, ●The occult, ●Paganism, ●Witchcraft ●Mixing truth and error, ●Personal private interpretation  – and much more.

Pride always causes spiritual blindness. Blindness causes deception!

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 “For this reason (unrighteous deception, no love of the truth), God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie...”

It is worth noting that in many cases, it is always the same people who get deceived. Some people just have a natural propensity and attraction to dangerous poison! This is often sourced in long-standing curses in their lives that have not been dealt with or repented of.

One of the characteristics of false prophets / teachers is that they always need to use persuasive argument and manipulation. That’s because that’s the only authority they have! There is no Spirit of truth and authority of God in them. Normally, there are many tell-tale signs!

Essentially the source of all deception is Satan himself working through fallen man, the world system and a host of demons, and all with ever increasing intensity in these days.

Some examples of modern deceptions:

Some of the big recent false teachings and deceptions include: The Mayan calendar prophecies, The Revelation 12-sign and its related offshoots, like Nibiru, and others. (All built on verses of replacement theology, and taken way out of context.)

A great, powerful, satanic deception is called misdirection. The deceived often call those that expose deception and false teachers as the ones bringing deception, thus misdirecting the attention away from themselves.

A great well - dispersed deception is the thought that God’s severity, judgement and warnings are of no consequence and you can carry on regardless. After all, if the world sanctions it, it must be okay!

Love that obliterates, lessens or nullifies judgement, in its right place, is a dangerous deception. Love and truth are twins. Much that is done in the name of love these days is void of truth.

A great deception in the world is that being good saves you, and a loving God would never send anyone to hell. Wrong!

All churches that won’t preach or teach at least the basics of eschatology are deceived. They are presenting a half-baked gospel to their clan.

Legalism is a great deception. The legalistic use of the Bible is the use of “dead letter,” with no spiritual transforming power in it. It always elevates those in it in pride.

Proverbs 17:19 “He who loves transgression (sin) loves strife. He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.”

Without the Spirit of God leading us, there is a danger of becoming over-balanced or obsessive even with the truth. It is dead letter that then becomes a hobby-horse which is of no value. A dead truth becomes a deceptive death trap and always divides the brethren.

Romans 16:17 “I urge you brethren to note those who cause divisions contrary to the doctrine you have learned from us and avoid them.”

Be careful of the deceiving nature of much that is in the world.

Mark 4:19 (Amp) “The cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches and the craving and passionate desire for other things, creep in and choke and suffocate the word and it becomes fruitless.”

Some socio political systems were born of deceived madmen – ranting atheists and the like. The systems they produced are a deception. Most forms of socialism, communism, Marxism / Leninism are a total deception. They do not work, except to produce massive control instead of the freedom they promise.

Socialism has as its hidden goal the enslavement of the masses. Its objective is to create subservience to the ruling elite. It redefines and in many cases gets rid of foundational godly law so that sin can rule supreme. They hate a nation under God, because they love sin! (Proverbs 2:13, John 3:19)

Nearly 2000 years of lies and Catholic-created deception is not easy to get rid of. But you must get rid of all traces of it as you identify it.

Catholics believe Jesus was divine only because Mary was divine first.

When you, especially as a new or young believer are searching be careful that your “valley of decision” does not become a valley of deception! The young are always most vulnerable and in need of special protection and attention.

The agenda of mass-media:

The hidden agenda of the mass-media, especially today, is to hide and obscure the Lord, His cross and His soon-coming. They are the satanic masters of deceit, even unknowingly in some cases.

Have a very good look at this incredible verse below identifying the work of deception:

Jeremiah 9:6 “Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know Me, says the Lord.”

Deception always obscures the truth of the gospel, and our Lord Himself!

Isaiah 59:2 “Your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.”

Obadiah 3 “The pride and arrogance of your heart has blinded and deceived you.”

In these incredible verses above, we see pride and sin causing spiritual blindness, deafness, and deception. That’s what you call being in trouble!

It is the world, headed by it’ god – Satan and his mouth piece, the media that wants to get rid of the truth. They dethrone the Bible, kill the truth, mock Christians and elevate all false cross-less religions, which are all counterfeits. They must get rid of the power of the cross!

This tragic verse below speaks of the masses shouting to our Lord while He was on the cross. They opted for Barabbas, the murderer. This is the cry of mass-media and the world.

Mark 15:30 “Save yourself and come down from the cross.”

Peace without the cross is a deception and delusion. Peace without the cross is the antichrist’s “peace.” It is the “peace” of hell. True peace is exclusive to the kingdom of God, which you can only enter by blood and birth.

If you believe the media, you are in trouble. They speak what their big boss, Satan wants.

CNN says “terrorism doesn’t have a religion!” – WRONG!

CNN says “The world has decided that Israel is the occupying force in Israel.” – WRONG!

Note now, the progressive nature of deception, and its effects on society.

Psalm 74:20-23 “Have respect to the covenant (word); for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitation of cruelty...The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.”

The golden calf got the children of Israel into big trouble! Golden calf churchianity is the way of the average so-called believer today. Entertainment and amusement-mad, pagan-filled, Spirit-less churches have spread all over the world. They fit in well with the agenda of the world! Many of them are hell bound.

Many modern preachers have bowed to the god of this world and its voice, the mass-media.

The mass-media legitimises golden calf, idolatry in the counterfeit churches they support.

Malachi 2:8 “You have departed from the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law.”

Today we are in a world of horrifying evil on every front including some churches. There is no restraint because there are no consequences. The church and the gospel preached by the majority of ministers today is spineless, and fleshly with no power.

Deuteronomy 13:13 “Certain corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of the city saying, let us go and serve other gods, gods whom you have not known.”

The enticement to serve and worship other gods is all around us today. Many things appearing harmless have been turned into idols, and many things deadly in nature have been accepted by the blind.

Today, many churches have unknowingly “baptised” their members into the world. They are now alive to the world and dead to the fullness of God’s word and His coming kingdom. The modern church claims to have power, but it is the energy of the flesh and not the energy of the Spirit.

This superficial sorrow-less, self-confident church led by worldly wolves have modified the cross to suit worldly counterfeit Christians. Amazingly very few can see that they are on a collision course with spiritual disaster.

Modern deception and Israel:

If Satan can get rid of God’s call and plan for Israel, he has stumped God!

Not surprisingly, one of the strongest deceptions now and into the future, relates to God’s plan for Israel.

God will use Israel as His “battle-axe” to defeat nations that come against them.

God will bring Israel to salvation, holiness and righteousness suddenly, which will be the foundation for them being used as His chief evangelists in the tribulation period.

The world’s plan would create an Islamic Israel!

The world has a nasty surprise coming – at the hands of Israel! It will be hated Israel that destroys Islam, many invading nations and leaves the counterfeit tribulation churches in the dust.

The great deceiver:

The greatest deceiver of all time is none other than Satan himself, but in the soon coming tribulation period, Satan will manifest fully in the individual known as the antichrist. Even now, the “spirit of antichrist” is at work.

Here are some of the characteristics of the deceiver of all deceivers. First, are some of the verses from which I’ve taken this list:

Antichrist: Daniel 7:20-25, 7:4 Revelation 13:1-5 Daniel 11:3, 36-37, Daniel 11:28, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 Daniel 8:25 Matthew 24:24, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Daniel 11:28-39, 2 Corinthians 11:14.

●He speaks pompous words. ●His appearance is greater than his fellows. ● He makes war against the saints for three and a half years and prevails against them. ●He shall arise from ten kings, but he shall be different from the others. ●He will rule with great dominion and do according to his will. ●In his cunning he will prosper through deception and magnify himself. ●He will destroy many in their prosperity, and will rise against the Prince of princes. ●He will act against the holy covenant. ●He will honour those who come against God’s covenant. ●He will act against great fortresses and he shall honour a god which his fathers did not know. ●The nations will give their authority to him. ●He will do great signs and wonders. ●He comes as an angel of light. ●He will not have the desire for women. ●He will be a champion of no morality. ●He comes to kill, steal, destroy, lie and confuse and deceive.

The whole world will fall under the curse of the antichrist’s deception, blindness, slavery and misery. It will be in a media / Satan created “utopian” nightmare world of tumultuous torment led by the manic maniac of the world - Satan

Freedom from deception:

2 Peter 1:10 “Therefore brethren, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you will never stumble, for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour.”

The context of the above passage is “escaping the corruption that is in the world.” (Verse 4)

Very often you will have a warning sound coming from your own heart when deception arises. That is the Spirit of God in you. Don’t ignore it. In these days you really need the gifts of the Spirit, especially of discernment.

God will not prevent you from going into deception, but He will put a siren in your heart and give you spiritual ears, through the gifts, to hear it.

In these end times and in the days ahead, there will be an outpouring of the supernatural, both of God and of the deceiver.  The very fact that a great number of people in the world fall for the antichrist in the tribulation, is proof enough of the power of deception.

Asymmetric warfare is between opposing groups with unequal power and military might. It could be described as conventional warfare against the unconventional. We as believers are blessed with being members of the Lord’s army – whose ultimate victory endures forever! That’s what you call, asymmetric alright – in our favour!

So, just as it looks like the world is winning, its destruction will come suddenly, and the true winners will be revealed. Do you know that one fine day you will be revealed by God to the whole universe!

Part of the road to freedom involves knowing our position in Messiah as we head for glory. ●We take up a cross, but we have already arrived, more than conquerors. ●We walk humbly before God, but we are seated in heavenly places. ●We are already joint heirs of all thins of God, but we forsake all to gain glory. ●We have a sin nature in us, but we partake of His divine nature now! ●We have to deal with sin, but we are free from sin in Him. ●We are in a fallen world, but we are children of the kingdom of the living God.

These holy “contradictions” stem from the differences between temporal truth and positional truth.

Knowing Bible prophecy well is an anchor for your soul. It is armour against deception.

Prophecy, if seen rightly, should wipe you off your feet onto the floor of humility.

God’s word, including prophecy, is like a rock. It brings restraint, stability and strength to those who respect it, from individuals to entire nations. Bible prophecy is just one aspect of that rock of stability in your life, producing endurance and holiness.

You need to be involved in some ways with ministries like The Prophetic Scroll that will always keep you in the prophetic loop and above all always direct you to glory!

A powerful method of avoiding deception is seen in that simple email, I referred to at the top. It is the desire, with an open heart to be free from deception. Our Lord will always honour that attitude, desire and prayer.

If you have been in deception, the key to be free is to identify it, repent and reject all traces of it. Forsake all contact items, sources and anything to do with it – the people too. Break and cut from all of its curses. Receive biblical truth fast. You will not be able to do this if you remain in your pride.

Call on our Lord to cleanse you and set you free and to alert you of the dangers of deception wherever it arise. Study God’s word prayerfully in regard to this.

If you are free and not deceived, well and good, that’s great, but keep the door shut to the re-appearance of deception.

Humble yourself always under the mighty hand of God. Do not humble yourself to the devil and his world. Resist the devil and he will flee. (James 4:7)

Diligently seek the truth with all your heart.

The spirit of error can’t produce truth except as bait! The spirit of error comes deceitfully to befriend you and beguile you, to create your acceptance. The Spirit of truth will always lead you to safety.

Finally

If the root cause of deception is pride, the root cause of freedom from deception is humility before God and His word and ways.

Pride is the veil hiding the face of God and His word. Satan then fills the void with his deceptions as the substitute.

Yes, you can and must walk your Christian life deception-free and be free indeed!

Many blessings.

I merged these pictures into one moody bluey mix.

Shalom and grow in His Grace!

Edition 491: October 15^th 2019

The mystery tour:

Introduction:

These are words of life!

“Roll up roll up, the magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away, waiting to take you away.” (The Beatles 1967)

Roll up roll up, the biblical mystery tour is waiting to take you away, take you away. (God)

The former mystery tour will take you away to hell. The latter will take you away in rapture!

This is an odd edition. It’s about a coming mystery, a severe secret that when it manifests, will rock the world. It’s odd because I have no idea what it is or will be, and yet I feel led to write about its coming now, ahead of time. You could say: “This guy does not know what he’s talking about!”

I have had a strong sense in my spirit that something big is coming and that there will be a spectacular message of warning within it. So, I now have my spiritual eyes and ears open, as I await the revealing of the mystery. And let me tell you, that it may not be only me who receives it.

This then is an appropriate time to expand on the incredible subject of Bible mysteries, signs and secrets. It is a treasure trove of profound importance, full of hidden messages and life-changing truth.

But it is also a haunt of devils and demons, great error, and nightmarish spiritual quicksand!

Many have gone out on the mystery tour, only to be shipwrecked by hidden rocks. Many on the trail of magical mysteries have gone into forbidden territory, never to come out.

Some like Rabbi Jonathan Cahn have delved deep into numerous Bible mysteries and come out with many books and brilliant Spirit-led teachings on the subject, opening the eyes of all who would take the trouble to look beyond the surface.

The parables of the Bible are mysteries of sorts. They reveal a deeper underlying truth.

There is however, an important issue relating to Bible mysteries. Why do they exist?

Why does God hide His face from man? Why does He conceal powerful truths? Why does he speak in mysterious parables? Why not just lay it all out in the open, clear and simple?

The reason is because the deeper things of God are always exclusive. They are only for those who diligently search for them. They are only for the Spirit-led few who come in faith and pay the price.

Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord does nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.”

Job 15:8 “Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit your understanding to yourself?

Beware of getting sidetracked by signs, wonders and mysteries, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. “The secret things belong to the Lord, but the revealed things to you.” (Deuteronomy 29:29). Do lean on and trust the Spirit of God to show you and bring to life what He desires.

1 Corinthians 2:7 “We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom of God, ordained before the ages for our glory.”

The seven mysteries:

I recently shared with you the importance of the hidden messages contained in the seven feasts of the Lord. There are many parallels with the seven mysteries. There are numerous other groupings of seven in the Bible: The seven-fold Spirit of God, the seven churches, the seven gifts of the Spirit, the seven eyes – and more.

The Bible has a lot to say about mysteries. There are a number of original words used for “mystery.” The one I’m interested in now is Strong’s G3466 - “Mysterion.” It means a hidden secret revealed only to insiders in the know. Those on the outside cannot see or understand the mystery.  It does not mean it’s a mystery to everyone. It’s like having a password to come into a secret place. It’s only for those with the password.

Colossians 1:26 “The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations has now been revealed to the saints.”

Here are the seven biblical mysteries:

●The Kingdom of God (Matthew 13:11). ●Tongues (1 Corinthians 14:2). ●The rapture (1 Corinthians 15:51). ●The gospel (Ephesians 6:19). ●Sin (2 Thessalonians 2:7). ●Godliness (1 Timothy 3:16). ●Israel’s blindness (Romans 11:25.)

Note that these “mysteries” above are not a mystery to true believers. They are a total mystery to unbelievers. This is why the Bible says you need to be born again to even see the kingdom of God! (John 3:3)

Many times, as most Christians know, it is most frustrating trying to get unbelievers to see spiritual things. They can’t see or understand the things of the Spirit outside of the new birth.

If you are not saved, you can’t see the kingdom of God, but you will see buildings, pews and men in pretty revolting frocks, behind elevated pulpits and choirs singing to ancient organs. You will think the church is a place like that, just like the one down on the corner.

Note in the list of mysteries that they all relate to the true born again church, except the last one, “Israel’s blindness”. This one is very important, which I’ll discuss in more detail a bit further on.

Let’s go on the mystery tour:

The kingdom of God: is a mystery. You can’t even see it or participate in it unless born-again. It is a kingdom ruled by a King in which all true believers will co-rule and reign with our Messiah. It is above and removed from the kingdoms of this world. The kingdom of God includes the kingdom of heaven, the church on earth, saved Israel, the Millennium and will in future include all domains in the universe, cleansed and re-created.

Tongues: This is another big mystery to outsiders and even for many Christians who reject the baptism in the Spirit, with the evidence of tongues. The gift of tongues was the immediate identifying mark of the birth of the church age and the end of the Old Covenant. Tongues are inextricably linked with the gifts of the Spirit, spiritual warfare, and success over the world. Speaking and praying in tongues is a wonderful, powerful, mysterious key to success. The use of tongues will come to an end at the end of the church age and not before.

The rapture: The rapture of the church is a mystery that relates to the true church exclusively. It is the instant catching away of believers transporting them in a flash to heaven in their new resurrection bodies. The rapture ends the church age or dispensation, and gives way to the seventieth week of years of Daniel 9:27 also called the tribulation period, and the time of Jacob’s trouble. The rapture is called a mystery because it bookends the mystery of the church age.

Why the rapture matters: It triggers the final restoration of the Jews. The two are inextricably linked. Teachers and preachers that don’t touch the rapture are by default of replacement theology, even if in their ignorance.

The gospel: The gospel is called a mystery because it is of the Spirit of God – its author and revealer. It is the revelation of God’s words for us the church, which is also a mystery. The gospel is “dead letter” to those outside the kingdom of God, but to those on the inside and who are Spirit filled, it is alive and life giving. (2 Corinthians 3:6)

Sin: There would be no such thing as sin if there were no law of God or gospel. Unbelievers do not have a sin consciousness stemming from the knowledge of God. To them sin is relative, mostly a pleasure, and with no eternal consequences. Outside of the Spirit of God, sin is a mystery. Only true believers can see the mystery and do something about it.

Godliness: True godliness is a virtue which is indentified by the Spirit of God. In many respects it is the antithesis of sin. Godliness is a powerful driving characteristic of the Spirit of God. It is all a mystery to outsiders. That is why they think we are mad! They think godliness is doing a few good deeds so that some angry God somewhere will smile on them. Little do they know that even their good is bad, outside of the kingdom!

What is the common thread through these mysteries? They are all under attack by the devil.

Now, as we near the end of our mystery tour, the real drama ignites! (I want to spend a bit more time on this mystery of Israel’s blindness):

Israel’s blindness:

This mystery is a limited partial blindness with a “sell-by” time-stamp on it. Soon, the Jews will see their crucified and risen Messiah. They will come through the cross of Calvary to glory.

Romans 11:25 “I do not desire brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that hardening in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”

There are so many glorious prophecies in the Old Covenant relating to the identity of the coming Messiah; it really is a mystery that the Jews are blind to Him. There are Old Covenant prophecies of His birth place, Bethlehem, His virgin birth, His crucifixion and manner of death, His burial and resurrection, and much more. And they remain blind!

Shockingly many deceived Bible teachers and church leaders, teach that God used the Jews to bring in Messiah and now that the Jews have rejected Him, and been blinded, that is where the story ends for them. They teach that the Jews are not the called or the chosen people anymore.

Isaiah 11:11-12 “It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left...He shall set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel...from the four corners of the earth.”

Romans 11:29 “The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.” This is not talking about a calling. It is a reference to the calling of God on Israel.” (Check the context)

There is coming a time, which has already started, when this mystery-blindness will disappear, like a veil blowing in the Spirit’s wind. It will happen when the full number of Gentiles has come in. (Romans 11:25)

There is another beautiful application of this verse (Romans 11:25). The fullness of the Gentiles coming in, is a reference to the rapture and the church coming into heaven.

So, Israel’s mystery blindness is about to disappear!

Beware church, when Israel gets her sight back! That will the exact time many so-called Christians will be blinded. (Romans 11:20-23)

Let me ask you this in all honesty:

If God is finished with Israel because of their hard hearts, which caused their blindness, why is He bringing them back in their blindness? The following two verses (and there are many more) clearly show God bringing the Jews back in their blindness and then opening their eyes!

Isaiah 42:16 “I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known, I will make darkness light before them and crooked places straight.”

Isaiah 29:18 “In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of the obscurity of darkness.”

What incredible drama!! What a wonder this all is!!

Don’t get caught on the wrong side of God when He begins eye surgery on the Jews. Don’t get caught on the wrong side when the wind of the Spirit blows the veil aside! You will regret it forever.

The coming secret mystery, which I have alluded to:

Psalm 74:9-10 “We do not see our signs. There is no longer any prophet, nor is there any among us who knows how long. O God, how long will the adversary reproach us and the enemy blaspheme Your name?

In the verse above we see the importance of prophetic insight into the timing of the coming of the Lord, Israel’s awakening and the tribulation.

This soon to be revealed secret mystery, will rock the world, but the world will not understand it for the same reason as the seven mysteries I’ve outlined above.

As said, I don’t know what it will be just yet, but I do have a sense that it will have something to do with the veil of blindness being lifted from Israel and a God-inflicted blindness coming upon certain sections of the church.

What will lift the veil of blindness upon the Jews? A wind of the Spirit will, but there will be an event to cause it.

What is it exactly that produces light and sight – for Israel?

Have a good look at the following two verses relating to Israel’s release from Egypt:

Jeremiah 32:21 “You have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders and a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.”

Exodus 7:3 “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.”

Note that God hardened the heart of Pharaoh to the demand by Moses to “Let My people go.” He then relented and let them go, but later changed his mind and pursued the Israelis only to get his armies drowned in the Red Sea.

God used many signs and wonders at that time.

Today, Israel is almost ready to leave Egypt (the world) again and enter her glorious Promised Land of salvation. Interestingly the antichrist is a type of Pharaoh in this instance. He (the antichrist) will make peace with Israel, but it will be to bait them. Then he will pursue them, as they are saved en mass. He will again meet his fate!

Isaiah 43:19 “Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth, Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.”

Romans 10:19 “I say, ‘did Israel not know?’ First Moses said, ‘I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will anger you by a foolish nation.’”

Romans 11:11 “Have they (Jews) stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Jews.”

God would not use unbelievers to provoke His people to jealousy. Those who are not a nation would refer to the multi-racial and cultural nature of the church.  The foolish nation would have to be those who are born of the Spirit of God. It would be the true, non-Babylon influenced church, including born-again Jews, now part of the church.

The enemies of God’s people:

These enemies will naturally be enemies of God’s word as well.

Psalm 12:8 “The wicked prowl on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.”

Amazingly, many churches can’t see that the one on the cross in their stained glass windows is a Jew! They don’t see that the “Banner for the nations” (Isaiah 11:11-12) is a signpost stained with Jewish blood!

This banner for the nations is a short, encapsulated word to the nations. The banner from God speaks of His re-gathering of His people from the nations to their land ahead of their salvation. But what does the banner from the churches say? What does the banner from your church say?

The banner from the churches of replacement theology says: God has finished with the Jews; they are now just like any nation of the world.

The churches of replacement theology, in reality, also desire to “wipe Israel off the map” - their map! Their “final solution” gets rid of God’s call and plan for the Jews. According to them all the curses are now for Israel and all the blessings are for the church only!

Anti-Semitism is the most unfair, and unreasonable discrimination in the world ever. Replacement theology, although with the same goal as Hitler, has a host of Bible verses, all taken way out of context, and flying in the face of reality, is the spirit of error motivated by the spirit of Satan.

Psalm 44:13-14 “You make us (Jews) a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those around us, you make us a swear word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.”

Zephaniah 3:19-20 “Behold at that time (regathering) I will deal with all who afflict you...I will bring you back and gather you, for I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth.”

Zechariah 8:23 “In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, ‘Let us go with you, foe we have heard God is with you.’”

Take note from these verses above: Those of anti-Semitism and replacement theology say of the Jews: “reproach, a scorn, derision, a swear word and a shaking of the head.” These ignominious terms are all in one verse! But then God turns it around wonderfully to fame and praise and more!

Note well, very well, how your Bible teacher speaks of the Jews, even in little seemingly innocuous ways. They reveal his heart and his knowledge of God, his closeness to God, or his lack of it. They reveal his closeness to the spirit of Hitler, or the living God.

This is no minor issue! The Bible says: “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:24) Don’t tell me I don’t know your heart. You have revealed it yourself, by your words for all to see.

Finally

There is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile in Him. And so it will be at the end of the ages with all who are in Him united as one.

As the world steps into hell, they will finally see! All mysteries will be cleared up suddenly, but too late for them to do anything about it.

Don’t mess with your eternal future.

I took the background picture from a chopper in the Dragons Back region of the Drakensberg. I used a light-paint technique to photograph the flower and combined them.

Shalom and grow in His Grace!

Edition 490: October 8^th 2019

The destruction of freedom:

Introduction:

These are words of life!

I could sub-title this: The destruction of liberty and peace.

Freedom is not freedom if it allows itself to be destroyed, as we are seeing in the world now.

It is the gospel, exclusively which brings true freedom and liberty. And it is the message of the cross, within the gospel that does this. But biblical freedom is not the world’s freedom by any means.

Real freedom is being free from sin, self, the world and the demonic. Worldly freedom is an attempt to be free within the environment of sin with no constraints.

In this edition I will deal with freedom on a national as well as personal level. I will look at a nation under God and the great pushback by Satan, the lawless one, to destroy those advances and bring nations under Satan’s power.

Essentially, when the basic principles of the word of God are applied in a nation, that land will free and will prosper. When they are not, that land will come under all sorts of curses leading to failure.

Bear in mind that Satan is referred to as the “god of this world,” as well as the god of fallen man or the self-life dominated by the sin-nature. Man is not born free. He is born into Adam’s cursed, fallen sin-nature, with sin-laced blood in his veins. He needs the blood sacrifice of Messiah to fix him up.

The Bible calls Satan “The lawless one.” (2 Thessalonians 2:8) His definition of freedom is: “Do what you will.” The greatest deception of man is that he is a god without God. His great deception is that he is okay and he rules his universe.

►What man and his world wants is freedom with no restraint or rules. What Satan wants is freedom to rule, unhindered.

True biblical freedom comes packaged with liberty and peace. The world’s so-called freedom comes with enslavement and bondage.

The heart of man is full of evil and must be killed and born again. Today man thinks he is the centre of the universe, and he controls his destiny, and has the source of good within him, but the Bible reveals that the heart of man is desperately wicked.

Only those who are born-again are truly free, and free indeed. (John 8:36)

The failed church:

The true, solid, born again church will endure, grow brighter, and end up very successfully. A large part of the church will fall into gross error and ultimately fall away, as revealed in many Bible prophecies.

Israel will be one of the major stumbling blocks for the half-baked church. These end times will be another stumbling block. Many issues of morality will be another. Witchcraft, submission to the Jezebel spirit and other such things will be rife in the church. There is growing support amongst many churches for the erroneous philosophy of evolution.

Today there are even monkeys in some pulpits proclaiming that we come from baboons!

The churches of replacement theology, will be the new Hitler, and partner with anti-Semitism, empowered by evil forces, but extended to include the true, Bible believing church as victims.

Many churches are dying. The numbers are escalating amongst the non-Spirit filled churches. ●They die because they do not have the fullness of the Spirit to empower them. ●They die because of lack of prophetic vision and therefore drift into the already dead world. ●They die because they are subservient to the dead masses. ●They die because their spiritual diet is rotten to the core. ●They die because they love the world more than God. ●They die because they are alive to the flesh.

If you listen to someone talk of spiritual things and quickly you can tell how much time they have spent in the word. The knowledge and wisdom of God in you is impossible to counterfeit.

God’s spiritual end-time army is well equipped with knowledge of the enemy, and spiritual weapons of attack and defence. But sneaking, creeping in the backdoor are the Christians who reject the spiritual gifts. These are the ‘members’ of the army that will let it down and let the devil in. They are the church’s conscientious objectors and the traitors - when the pressure is on. (Numbers 32:6)

The shallow lives of many Christians today, are products of shallow shepherds, and preachers of polished personality; shouting shepherds like chameleons, and fed birdie nums nums like parrots.

Tragically, many teachers are leading their flock to the lord of flies, the god of this world. “Accept the Lord” they say, but it’s another Lord, another Jesus with no cross and full of worldliness.

We are to forsake the esteem of the world and its approval. We are not to compare ourselves amongst ourselves or the world. (2 Corinthians 10:12, John 12:43)

The curse of the mass-media:

The mass-media creates an apparent reality that creates a false authority. It is a lie built on illusions of its own grandeur and fallen creation.  The media is no substitute for spiritual truth, knowledge, understanding and wisdom. It is a huge danger dishing up disservice from which you need spiritual protection.

Error becomes idolatry then people idolize it by eulogizing it the media. It is then virtually cast in stone, and then the masses feed on it like frenzied flies and vultures.

The problem becomes more severe when the church is involved in the error. That gives an evil, blind authority to the error. But know and understand that the church leader or teacher of error, is more accountable than the people he leads astray.

Zechariah 11:17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd, who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall completely wither and his right eye shall be totally blind.”

The removal of the word of God from society with the help of the media, is the removal of that society’s conscience, true knowledge and wisdom and the replacement thereof with the world’s ways filled with sin.

The removal of God from society has one major objective and that is to legitimise and legalise sin, make it acceptable and to destroy holiness and godly virtues.

As the world pushes the limits of morality, it is in ignorance, blindly pushing God to anger.

If God created humans with a place in their hearts for Him to dwell after the new-birth, how can you find fulfilment and peace with an imposter living in your heart?

A world with no restraint gets worse and worse, not better. Only a deceived fool says that worse is better. A world with no restraint manifests the fruits of Satan - killing, stealing, destroying, lying and deceiving, in a haze of confusion.

Crowd psychology or the group speak of the media gives people affirmation. This is cultural and spiritual collective communism. It creates people subservient to the masters of the media and the master of the media’s masters.

The collective masses become a customised entity, with a stolen authority. When God is removed from society it reverts to its base level with its evil fruits.

The media must mock God, cast down His authority and delegitimize His word. They must destroy the opposition to the devil sitting on their shoulder! What they are in fact doing is destroying the very essence of true freedom, so that chaos and anarchy rule.

Destruction, war and peace:

As we race at great speed towards the close of this age, and the great judgements of God the battle is intensifying and the battle lines are drawn.

►Godly war is coming because a satanic peace treaty is coming! Godly peace is coming because satanic peace will soon be destroyed.

The soon coming peace treaty will produce “sudden destruction” (1 Thessalonians 5:3). Because this peace covenant will violate God’s eternal pre-existing covenant with Israel, great wars will result – suddenly and will occur right through the tribulation period.

Before the wrath of God destroys Satan and his armies, the wrath of Satan, the wrath of man and the wrath of nature will wield their swords of destruction.

At the same time the antichrist and his sidekick the false prophet will be trying their utmost to destroy God’s word, and its veracity.

►At the end of the day, man and his world will have to ban the Bible itself, because it is the true dragon slayer and destroyer of sin, evil and wickedness.

A dark, dark world:

We see even now great attempts by the political liberal left around the world, to create chaos and disorder. To bring down and change the eternal laws of God upon which the foundations of the nations were built.

We are witnessing nations, once under God now falling and becoming nations under Satan. We see this in many nations in Africa. We see it in Venezuela, and other South American nations. We see it in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and many others.

We are seeing a bit more than a battle-royal on the go in the US. It is nothing more than the forces of darkness trying to extinguish the light of God’s plans. It is a spiritual battle – out in the open! Rest assured Americans, God’s will, will be done.

A hardened criminal hates the cops and the law, because they get in his way. He wants freedom to continue his criminal activity. He rejoices when the law and its godly freedom is destroyed, dethroned or neutralised. That’s the same principle on the go in the wider socio-political sense.

Unredeemed man is one with Satan, fallen and full of wickedness and blinded by God as a result. Because he has been blinded, he can’t see. He thinks he is right and fine. He is even blind to the fact that he has been blinded!

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

John 9:39 “For judgement I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see and that those who see may be made blind.”

John 3:19 “Men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil”

These three verses above are a total horror and fly in the face of modern thinking.

Regular readers know well this verse dealing with the control of the antichrist:

Isaiah 10:14 “My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people...I have gathered all the earth and there was no one who moved his wing nor opened his mouth with even a peep.” (Acts 17:26)

Globalism is the desire of the devil. He will try to bring it about through massive control mechanisms. He must destroy national sovereignty and the freedoms of a nation under God. Social justice has become nothing but a slave to globalism.

Borders are a threat to world unity and so-called peace. The world wants a shared world conforming to the dictates of the ultimate dictator.

A new humanism is the world’s agenda with a common cause and goal. Global thinking in a global village is the order of the day – Satan’s day!

In pursuit of globalism, its dictators will hate all opposition to their deceived ways. Martyrdom of Christians even today, is rife and growing and will become endemic in the tribulation. But within this category are the Christian traitors, the Israel haters and the Judas sell-outs. Here they are:

Jeremiah 9:5-6 “Everyone will deceive his neighbour, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, says the Lord.”

When God is removed from society, there is no accountability for sin, because it is now re-defined, and is variable. What a terrible state to be in! But the big shock coming is that everyone will give an account of everything in their lives. “It is appointed unto man to die once and then judgement.”

The three pillars of a nation under God are family, state and church. All three are under the same attack! Satan’s globalism endeavour is to remove the boundaries. He is trying to remove the boundaries of what family is. He is trying to remove the boundaries of the nations (Acts 17:26) He is trying to remove the boundaries of the church with inter-faith efforts

 If you could create a massive world-wide boundary-less unity, who would set the global rules and what would they be. What would be the values?

The freedom cycle:

Freedom and liberty generally operate as a cycle through time. It is well illustrated in this diagram, which I created for your benefit. The cycle begins its fateful plunge whenever a society (or individual) forsakes the principles of the word of God. A nation under God quickly becomes a nation under Satan when God is removed.

This freedom-cycle is about to become a very different picture. A true horror, because of the time period we are in. The cycle will work the same way for those saved in the tribulation period, but for all others and the nations of the world generally, this is how it will work out:

►Freedom, liberty, license, wickedness depravity, destruction, wrath, rage and hell!

What is the end goal?

Satan’s end goal in all these things is to create a new world order of massive control. He would call that world-peace.

The world would have been well indoctrinated and taken over by then. The end result would be all credit going to the antichrist (Satan) which would then produce the worship Satan desires.

That is the end goal. It is worship. But we know how this all works out don’t we?

We must resist all forms of control by illegitimate authority. If not, the devil will get in through holes in your armour. Holes in your armour catch up with you later if you don’t make them whole.

You don’t break God’s law. It breaks you. Removing it only delays the inevitable. When you rationalise your evil, you have opened the door for much worse to come in.

The answer:

Darkness is destroyed by light, not political or social action. Our job is to shine and do what the Lord leads us to, but to see that we are to come out of and die to the world, and leave it to its own devices. (2 Corinthians 6:17, John 15:19, John 12:25, Revelation 22:11)

The world system and the sin-nature in man are indestructible by man’s methods.

Sin is in your genes or should we say – jeans! In fact it is in your blood. When you look into yourself inwardly and introspectively for peace and answers to problems, unless saved, you will meet the architect of peace, the grand deceiver – Satan.

Satan is enthroned on the throne of the unbeliever’s life, even though he can’t see it and won’t admit it. Satan is enthroned on a throne on top of the world!

He will always help you, just enough to bait you! God’s way is to kill you and blow up your world, then to create a new born-again you and an all new world of untold glory with Satan cast down.

Please don’t forget my verse for the year: “As you forsake the word of God, you will praise the wicked!” (Proverbs 28:4) How incredibly true that has been so far.

The real deal of all centuries was the deal Satan made with Adam and Eve. “You will be as God if you eat of the tree.” In other words, you will be free and in liberty as God is.

The coming “Deal of the Century” is the same as the deal of Adam and Eve with Satan. It will break God’s eternal covenant with Israel, Satan’s deal with Adam and Eve rocked the whole world until now. This coming peace covenant will rock the world right into great wrath and tribulation! Talk about history repeating itself!

The main reason for destruction in Noah’s day and the days of Lot was because there were only a handful of righteous people in the world and in the city. The primary reason was not sin no righteous people. Of course that is one of the major reasons for the increase in sin. But don’t lose sight of the major responsibility of the church to be holy in these days.

Proverbs 2:10-13 (Amp) “Skilful and godly wisdom shall enter into your heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to you; to deliver you from the way of evil, and the evil man, from men who speak perverse things and are liars, men who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness.”

The Christian world view is all about restraint and the knowledge of God in the land. (Hosea 4:1-2) If Satan can destroy the righteous he can operate unrestricted. The Spirit-filled church as the restrainer, stands in his way, and guess how that’s going to work out!

Finally

True biblical freedom comes out of the mouths of those who know and understand the things of God. This is why Satan must silence their mouths! He will not succeed.

Our goal in this day is godly quality, which spreads to others. Like produces like!

Interestingly, the fall of Adam into the curse, got all of nature cursed too, but at the revealing of the saints in their new resurrected state all of nature is released from the curse into the glorious liberty (and freedom) of the children of God! (Romans 8:25)

John 8:36 “Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.”

I took this picture while sitting at a waterhole in the beautiful Etosha Game Reserve.

Shalom and grow in His Grace!

Edition 489: October 1^st 2019

Left behind!

Introduction:

These are words of life!

If you, believing that you are a Christian, get left behind at the rapture of the church, it means that you are not really saved. Ultimately, you will have no excuse. But all is not lost!

A professing Christian is only a true Christian if born-again of the Spirit of God. A person who claims to be a Christian because he goes to a church, sings songs, and prays, or is not a Jew or Muslim, is not a Christian. The Bile speaks in numerous places of many and few. Many who will not be saved who thought they would, and few who will be saved.

If you have any doubts about your salvation, I strongly suggest you read the verses listed under the tab “Salvation” on the right hand side of this website. Read them and do them.

In this edition I want to paint a picture of what sort of world the left behind will be left to.

You cannot make sense of what is going on in this crazy world without a thorough knowledge of God’s word, and particularly the prophetic word. Only the word of God informs you of what is really going on and why, and what you must do about it.

Immediately after the rapture, heaven will be out of your reach. There is no second rapture or second chance at being caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and no second invitation to attend the marriage feast of the Lord in heaven.

As a left behind one, you will go with the world, immediately into the tribulation period, which begins immediately and not later as some false teachers claim.

The events that will start the tribulation period:

The events of the tribulation will come about suddenly, in one day. They will begin in a moment in the twinkling of an eye!

There are a number of things that the Bible groups together. They will happen at the same time or very close to one another. They are: ●The ending of the church age or dispensation. ●The start of the seven-year tribulation period (Daniel’s 70^th week). ●The rapture of the true born-again church. ●The removal of the restrainer, which is the Spirit-filled church. ●The identification of and release of the antichrist. ●The signing of a peace covenant for seven years.

These events all occur simultaneously. There is no inter-dispensation time-period.

The Old Covenant began in an instant as Moses came down from the mountain with the law cast in stone. (This was on the original day of Pentecost.) The Old Covenant ended in an instant as the Holy Spirit descended and the law was transferred from stone, to the hearts of man. This was on the day of Pentecost as the church age or dispensation began.

Likewise, the church age will end in a moment at the rapture. Then the next dispensation, the seven-year tribulation (Daniel’s 70^th week) begins immediately. If not, where do those who die in the interim period go? Are they heaven bound or Millennium bound?

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 “You yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say ‘peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them as labour pains and they shall not escape.”

The term “Day of the Lord” above is a reference to the entire tribulation. There is a verse where the “Day of the Lord” is a reference to the final day of the tribulation and there is also a verse where it relates to the entire church age. You must go by context.

Here we see that the context is the tribulation period as the words “peace and safety” relate to the coming signing of the peace covenant of Daniel 9:27 at the start of the tribulation.

Note that the people crying “peace and safety” will not escape!

Interestingly the original word used in the verse above for “peace” is not the regular word. It is: Strong’s: “Peace” G1515. Meanings: National peace, or a political peace treaty.

The original word used for “sudden” is Strong’s G160 meaning: Sudden, unforeseen, or unexpected.

Note what the verse above does not say: It does not say, “When they say peace and safety then comes peace and safety for three and a half years!” It does not say, “Then comes a delay for anything up to ten years before the tribulation begins”!  The coming destruction of the tribulation period will be sudden, severe and will run right through the seven year period, intensifying to a crescendo in the last half. No unsaved people will escape it!

So, if you miss the rapture, you are in for untold hell on earth. Amongst other names, the tribulation is called: The day of sorrows, the wrath of God, the indignation, the day of vengeance, and a time like never was nor ever shall be again!

It’s good to remember that God’s love includes severity and the judgment of sin and evil, to create real peace, safety, harmony, glory and all things godly good!

The God of a second chance:

So, if you are left behind at the rapture, is it all over for you? Are you hell-bound?

It most certainly is all over in terms of the destination of the true born-again church. It is all over in terms of hell on earth – the tribulation period. But no, you will still have a second chance to get and be saved in the tribulation.

You will then become what we call “the tribulation saints.” A great many people, both Jew and Gentile will be saved in the tribulation. What constitutes salvation in the tribulation will not be the same as it is now in the church age. People will be saved, but not born-again of the Spirit as we are.

The destination of those saved in the tribulation will be the new Millennium.

There will be a huge number of people who will not respond to salvation in the tribulation. They will become supernaturally motivated and driven enemies of God and His work and will end up in hell.

Here are a few phrases I’ve strung together from the Revelation to seven churches. Note again – these are messages to the churches:

“I will remove your candlestick from its place.” “I will spew you out of my mouth.” “I will cast you into great tribulation.”

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”

The judgements of the tribulation are a great horror. The judgement of the believer for reward is a great honour!

Rapture, resurrection, judgement and the display of the rewarded believer to the universe, will once and for all demonstrate the glory of God’s correctness.

A message from God to the world’s leaders:

Isaiah 14:9 Hell from beneath is excited about you, to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you. All the chief ones of the earth it has raised up from their thrones, all the kings of the nations...”

Isaiah 10:13-14 “By the strength of my hand (antichrist) I have done it, and by my wisdom for I am prudent. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples and have robbed their treasuries; I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man. My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth and there was no one who moved his wing, nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

Ezekiel 28:17-19 “Your heart (Lucifer) was lifted up because of your beauty, you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour, I cast you to the ground and laid you before kings that they might gaze at you...You have become a horror and shall be no more – forever.”

Isaiah 5:14 “My people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Therefore Sheol (hell) has enlarged itself and opened its mouth beyond measure; their glory and multitude and pomp, and he who is jubilant shall descend into it.”

Revelation 17:13-14 “These (nations) are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast...They will make war with the Lamb...”

These verses above are indeed a horror. They speak succinctly of the socio-political world in the tribulation period. They speak of mass control in a one-world system of domination.

Be careful of Satan’s love for you! Tolerance and relevance to the world is a deadly trap. They are the danger words.

How to spot the dangerous false teachers and messages:

Deception is prevalent now, but will be far worse in the tribulation. It will have many of the same characteristics, although it will be more intense and with supernatural manifestations.

Deception always works through those with a spirit of error within them. It always works through those with pride in their hearts. There are many fruits and ways to spot it.

The big common denominators in false messages are an overt or covert anti-Israel bias. Secret Jew hatred lurks in the shadows. They will get worse and worse. They will fool many who will have “itching ears” and who are ignorant of the scriptures.

A major, most important thing to look for or to note amongst any teacher at any time is the place of the cross of Calvary, and the need to take up your own cross. The cross must always be central. Those who don’t teach the cross, very soon teach “another gospel”, full of all sorts of error!

You can make Yeshua easily acceptable to the masses – just remove the cross. You can never be at peace with the world with the cross active in your life. The cross removes Satan. Where there is no cross, Satan is there! The cross separates you from the world and makes you at peace with God.

1 Corinthians 2:12 “We have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given us by God.”

Galatians 1:6-8 “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Messiah to a different gospel...Even if we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.”

Jeremiah 2:21 “I planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?

Jeremiah 6:17-19 “I set watchmen over you saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’ Therefore hear, you nations and earth...Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My word, nor My law, but rejected it.”

If you or your church won’t teach eschatology, you have capitulated to the enemy, whose desire is to obscure the importance of end-time doctrine.

Israel it is your time:

Israel it is your time! Immediately after the rapture, God’s salvation will swing over to Israel! Many nations will surround you, Israel and hate you, and try to destroy you. Some nations will love you and support you.

You will be their light in the very dark tribulation world! You are about to shine like never before! Your coming light will be the light of God in you. It will bring salvation amongst the nations, before the nations meet their doom in judgement.

Have a look at the following verses. What a dramatic, incredible picture:

Acts 13:47 “I have set you (Jews) to be a light to the Gentiles that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 60:2-3 “Behold the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you (Jews), and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”

Isaiah 42:6 “I the Lord have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles.”

Zechariah 12:10 “I will pour on the House of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; the they will look upon Me whom they have pierced...”

Romans 11:12 If their (Jews) fall is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness?”

Romans 11:15 “If their (Jews) being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be, but life from the dead.”

Ezekiel 20:41-42 “I will accept you (Jews) as a sweet smelling aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I lifted My hand in an oath to your fathers.”

Isaiah 14:1 “The Lord will have mercy on Jacob and still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. Strangers (Gentiles) will be joined to them and they will cling to the house of Jacob.”

Israel’s great sign:

Isaiah 66:19 “I will set a sign among them (Jews)...they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.”

So, what is this great sign that causes the Jews to declare the glory of God to the Gentiles? This is obviously a tribulation verse, because it is the job of the church to declare the glory of God to the Jews now in the church age.

The sign to the Jews can only be the rapture of the church, leaving them, God’s chosen people behind! That will be the catalyst, the fuse, the spark that ignites salvation amongst the Jews, causing them to get saved and to be the agents of evangelism to the Gentiles!

What incredible drama!

Genesis 28:15-17 “Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you. Jacob (Israel) awoke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it.’ And he was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’”

The verse above should silence every ant-Semite out there and every teacher of replacement theology! If you mess with or change God’s plans and order of things - you are a fool.

In the tribulation period, those left behind will become God-haters. Some will repent, but the masses will go headlong into their great eternal dilemma.

Two attitudes amongst those left behind:

Revelation 16:11 “They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores and they did not repent of their deeds.” (Verse 21 “They blasphemed God because of plague of hail.”)

Revelation 11:13 “In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell and seven thousand men were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.”

Note in the verses above that many will turn on and blaspheme God as the tribulation judgements intensify. They will not repent. Note also that some did repent and wisely gave glory to God. But anyone who thinks that this time period will be a pick nick, are greatly mistaken. Just have a look at the following two scriptures.

I can’t even image it:

Revelation 9:6 “In those days (tribulation) men will seek death and will not find it. They will desire to die, but death will flee from them.”

Revelation 6:16-17 “They said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come and who is able to stand.”

At the end of the day, God is right, pure and holy, and His people will also be right, pure and holy. It is His love that destroys and gets rid of all attacks on His ways, character and plans.

All the nations of the world will ultimately be shot down and destroyed. The world in the Millennium will be a whole new deal – totally different. There will be no United Nations! It will go up in smoke.

Finally

There is a new excitement in the spiritual air! Can you sense it? Something is happening in the spirit realm. A transition is already there!

If you are left behind at the rapture, when the shock subsides, turn your eyes upon our Lord. Turn your heart to Him. Turn your ways to Him. Stand with Him and His purposes and above all, receive His word afresh in your hearts and mind. Make it your determined effort to endure through to the end.

You will have a chance to be saved in the tribulation period, but not from the tribulation troubles. You will need great strength and courage to stand. You will not have another chance after that.

Psalm 96:9 “Oh worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him all the earth.”

I took the background picture of the thundering Augrabies Falls in flood, and superimposed the heron which I took in the Okavango, into the picture.

Shalom and grow in His Grace!

Edition 488: September 24^th 2019

End-time humility:

Introduction:

These are words of life!

We have one week to go until the Feast of Trumpets, which is the next of the seven to be fulfilled. (30^th September – 1^st October.) It will see prophetic fulfilment in the ending of the church age and the start of the tribulation period. This is also where the rapture takes place.

It is looking less likely that this feast in a week’s time will be it. A lot still has to be fulfilled. Things can of course all happen very quickly, but if it not now, I will continue to watch and pray for insight.

On the other hand this could be the most exciting week in history! Either way, time is short and we need to be ready now for what is coming. It will come soon!

Last time, I looked at the parallels between the various “end-times” that have shaped world history. The big common denominator being the arising of pride and rebellion. I looked at the “I wills.”

For the believer, the opposite is true. As our Lord approaches, humility towards Him is required.

Proverbs 18:12 “Before destruction, the heart of a man is haughty, and before honour is humility.”

1 Peter 5:5-6 “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble, therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.”

James 4:10 “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up.”

Some definitions of humility: ●A low view of yourself. ●Freedom from pride and arrogance. ●Being dependant on someone else. ●It is lowliness of mind in the sight of God and His word. It is not grovelling in the dirt. ●The humble have a regular diet of humble pie!

True biblical humility is total surrender to the will, ways and word of God and resistance to the ways, will and word of the world! We are never to humble ourselves to the world-system, the dictates of the flesh and the demonic.

We are to resist the devil, bind the devil and his works, and cast him out. Don’t go on a witch hunt after devils and demons everywhere, but do take required biblical action when necessary. (James 4:7, Mark 16:17, Mark 3:27)

We are to come out of the world, hate our lives in the world and die to the world. Likewise we are to die to self and the flesh nature through the work of the cross. (2 Corinthians 6:17, John 12:25, Colossians 2:20)

None of these things above are defined as humility. So, we need to correctly apply the word to pride and sin and to our lives before Him in humility.

Please understand that as these end-times develop, mankind arises in pride towards God. As Satan sees his demise coming, he pours out wrath and persecution. (Revelation 12:12-13) At the same time, the wise exercise great humility towards God and His word.

Humility before God is a choice. It must be your choice. It is the required ingredient to have God’s knowledge, understanding and wisdom, especially for these end- times.

By the way, Spirit led knowledge is God’s input. Understanding is God’s organising of the knowledge, and wisdom is the application of it all. “Gnosis” is one of the original words for knowledge, but “epi-gnosis” is the word for knowledge that comes from above, by revelation.  Similarly, “logos” is the word for ordinary words and “rhema” is the word for the word enlightened by God.

Proverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom.”

The Bible makes it very clear that there are two sources of wisdom:

James 3:15-17 “This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthy sensual and demonic...But the wisdom that is from above is first pure...”

1 Corinthians 1:19“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent...God has made foolish the wisdom of the wise.”

Surrender in humility to God involves surrender to His word. That means to surrender to the full doctrine of Messiah (Hebrews 6:1-2). It means surrender to a “fully preached gospel” (Acts 20:27), which is the “pillar of all truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).

Obviously this includes the 35% or so of biblical eschatology!

In this time, tragically, more and more spineless, deceived pastors and teachers are not only avoiding eschatology, in their pride – they are even coming against it.

Much of the church today is ignorant and deceived about all these end-time things. They have become targets for the devil! They are moving in pride and not humility! They are surrendered to the god of self and of the world and they can’t even see it.

You need to find reliable sources of eschatology and value them as gold.

Guidance and safety in these dangerous days:

We all need guidance because we are all on an incredible journey. Some will end in eternal suffering and some will end in untold glory – forever.

Psalm 25:9 “The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way.”

The world is frantically trying to build its new Babylon – the kingdom of the world. Their new kingdom, just like Babylon is full of sin, and evil, which they rename and then accept.

The kingdom of God is in righteousness and peace. (Romans 14:17)

Satan is the god of this world and also the god of unsaved man. He has always tried to exalt himself and his world above God. His agents – the world-system, fallen man and the demonic are his prime tools to build his new world of counterfeit peace.

Remember that Satan wants to turn mankind into a god that he can control, and he wants a world that he can control. Now have a look at these verses:

Satan said to Eve, “You will be like God” if you eat of the tree. (Genesis 3:5) That was a big lie. But here is the truth: God says to us: “We will be like Him!” (1 John 3:2)

What an amazing thing: “You will be like God” or “You will be like God!”

Do you see it? “You will be like God”, Satan’s way, without the cross, is the way to be like the god of this world – Satan. But those who humble themselves now in this life under the true God will be like God in the resurrection! How amazing is that? (Yes it is already a done deal in Him, but we still await the manifestation of it.)

Not only will we be like Him, our new world is something so glorious in every respect that we can’t even fully imagine it! Our new world that is coming soon will be the most exquisite splendid, superb, flawless, incomparable creation ever.

Psalm 149:4 “The Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.”

Satan’s new world, like his new man, will be a failure. His new tribulation-filled world will be the protective home of sin, evil and wickedness, all with the common purpose of exalting and worshipping Satan and dethroning God.

Be sure of this: There are two kingdoms and you will be part of one of them forever.

One of the many required ways to spiritual safety in this day is to fall before the entire word of God. You need to receive it all and not edit out, what you don’t like. You are not to remove or change any part of scripture. You are not to avoid Bible prophecy.

1 Thessalonians 5:19 “Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophecies.”

May I share a personal testimony: Early in my Christian life, I was told of and realised the importance of the Bible. I often walked around holding my Bible on top of my head. I often bowed down on the floor to it. For me that was symbolic of the realty of surrender to the word. For me doing something demonstrative accompanied by radical prayer – worked. I often do demonstrative things with other things too. It works and also makes people think you’re nuts, which I like, because it means they’re nuts. I have now studied my Bible for over 40 years and still can’t get enough!

You don’t just drift out of sin in your life. Yes it has been defeated once and for all by the cross, but in our flesh or soul-life the battle must still be fought. And let me tell you that it is not a hard battle when you begin by changing your thought life and you are led by the Spirit.

Our new world will be characterised by holiness forever. The world’s new world will be a stench of sin. The new world of the unbeliever will last for a very short time and then it will last for a very long time in hell itself.

The “glory” of this world will go up in the smoke of judgment. The destruction of God will show no respect for all the Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s in the world. Everything that man esteems highly will become a pile of ashes. Go tell that to your local Ferrari dealer!

There are so many pressures today from so many sources. There is really only one way to safety and that is through humility and its product of applied knowledge, understanding and wisdom of God’s word.

You must know your Bible, led by the Spirit extremely well in these days. You must be radical about it! You must be diligent in the extreme. Days of great regret and many tears lie ahead for many Christians who have been slobs in their seeking of our Lord.

Many so-called Christians who get left behind at the rapture will become angry with God instead of themselves. They will turn to the occult, witchcraft and deceivers. Of course many will repent and become tribulation saints. They will still have an opportunity to shine like jewels before God.

Have a look at this astounding portion of scripture:

Malachi 3:16-17 “Those who feared the Lord spoke to one another and the Lord listened and heard them. So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name. They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I make them My jewels and I will spare them as a man who spares his own son who serves him.”

The following verses have the headline: “The Great Day of God.” So, one could extrapolate from this that those written in this book are those who are “spared” and are those of the pre-tribulation rapture.

Note the key points: ●They feared the Lord (humility before Him). ●They spoke with one another (had like-minded fellowship) ●They were known for knowing the word.

This is not the Lamb’s book of life. This is a special book for those who have specially excelled! Don’t you think it is amazing that God Himself would write a book with the names of His favourites in it? He calls the “jewels.”

Don’t tell me that God does not have favourites. That’s your tradition. Yes He has no favourites in terms of the foundation of salvation, but He most certainly does in other areas.

I believe that many reading these words are already written indelibly, by God in this book!

God’s authority:

People today live in a world of usurped authority and as a result, they are led into misinformation, myths, evil traditions and pure deception. They have opened themselves to be controlled by the ultimate, secret, camouflaged controller.

Submission and obedience to God’s authority is a very wonderful thing. It actually sets you free in liberty from the dictates of the flesh and the world, and above all it gives you spiritual insight.

In the tribulation period, people will be exposed to the mark of the beast, which will be a control mechanism and a unifier to create subservience. The new digital man is dead, hell-bound puppet.

Humility and Israel:

Humility is required to see God’s call and plan for Israel.

Jeremiah 13:15-16 “Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you are looking for the light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it dense darkness.”

Ezekiel 7:7, 10-11 “Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land, the time has come, a day of trouble is near and not of rejoicing...Behold the day! Behold it has come! Doom has gone out; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. Violence has risen up into wickedness.”

In these two dramatic verses above, we see the blinding effects of pride relating to Israel and her fall. The same is true for the world and its blinding pride on Israel’s coming repentance and salvation.

Just like the keyword for homosexuality is “pride” the keyword for anti-Semitism and replacement theology is “pride” resulting in the blindness it creates.

How can you go into spiritual warfare in ignorance and blindness to God’s choice and will? Show me an anti-Semite or minister of replacement theology and I will show you a blind, ignorant, deceived man, riding the beast into his own personal soon-coming Holocaust.

►2 Chronicles 6:6 “I (God) have chosen Jerusalem that My name may be there...”

►Zechariah 3:2 “The Lord said to Satan, the Lord rebuke you Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you.”

►1 Chronicles 21:1 “Now Satan stood up against Israel...”

►Job 41:34 “Satan is king over the children of pride.”

These few verses above should shock a bit more than the socks off the anti-Israel crowd. It should shock them to their boots, but alas, they are too thickly blinded and deceived to even know that their boots are standing in an ocean of cow dung.

Suffering, signs, spirits, eyes, rapture and glory!

Zechariah 3:8-9 “Hear O Joshua the high priest, you who have companions who sit before you, for they are a wonderful sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Branch. Behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua: Upon the stone are seven eyes. ‘Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.”

I have never seen an appropriate analysis of the verse above. Perhaps it is because it is for this time!

►Who are Israel’s “companions?” This is often a term for Gentile believes who are companions of the Jews. Can we say that they are the born again church? – Yes we can.

►What is the “wonderful sign” that they are? It is the recognition by the Gentile church of the Jewish Messiah as theirs, but it will also be a spectacular unprecedented sign to the Jews, when the church is taken in rapture.

► “Bringing forth My Branch” is the return of the Lord.

► “Seven eyes upon a stone,” is symbolic of the seven Spirits of the Lord, the seven gifts of the Spirit in the church, and the seven churches of the Revelation. We the church, are built on the “stone (Rock). We the church, are also called “living stones.” That would give us “eyes upon a stone”! This also has connotations of spiritual insight and wisdom.

Now comes the spectacular dramatic event that will crown history!

► “I will take away the iniquity of the land (Israel) in one day.”

How can that be? How can the sin of a nation (Israel) be removed in one day?

How long does the rapture take? It happens in a split second on one day. The church will be gone that quickly. What a shock those who are still unsaved in Israel will get! If ever there is something that will cause immediate repentance and salvation, it will be the fact that God has taken the church and left them – the chosen people!

We know that God is opening the veil of blindness. We know that He is doing the work, which began when Israel was born in one day in 1945 (Isaiah 66:8).

Did God give us a precedent? Did He show us things to come beforehand? Yes He did. Israel’s national salvation in one day was a precedent and forerunner of their soon coming spiritual salvation in one day too! (John 16:13, Isaiah 42:9)

Isaiah 66:8-10 “Who has heard such a thing? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed she gave birth to her children...Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her, you who love her...”

If you have been influenced by the deception of the Revelation 12 sign teachers, please wipe your mind clean. If not it will cloud your vision. The nation giving birth in a day is Israel, not the church.

Here is an interesting exposition of the word “travailed” from the verse above:

Travailed: Strong’s  H2342 –“Chuwl.” Meanings: Travail, writhe, twist, suffer, torture, distress, fear, tremble, be in great pain. (These are characteristics of the tribulation.)

This has a double reference to it. The verse is speaking of Israel’s national birth in a day as well as Israel’s coming spiritual birth in a day caused by the shock of the rapture – as she goes into the tribulation period!

Do you see how neatly that all fits together?

Isaiah 66:19 “I will set a sign among them (Jews)...they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.”

Finally

Your life and set of circumstances is ordained of God in the sense that what you do with it all determines your eternal state. You only have one life to make your choices. They are more important than you can imagine.

Psalm 145:1 “I will exalt You, my God, O King and I will bless Your name forever and ever.”

Proverbs 3:34-35 “Surely He scorns the scornful, but gives grace to the humble, the wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall cover the legacy of fools.”

Psalm 40:4 “Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”

Can you hear the trumpet? Can you hear the knocking on your door?

I took this picture at sunset on the Chobe River – Botswana.

Shalom and grow in His Grace!