Financial Lessons Forgotten Too Soon

Hey friends?  Do you think the financial mess that this world has cooked is over?  Is everything now "better" because the blessed-stock market has closed at record highs?...OR...is this just the last sucking sound made by the god of money and wealth (Mammon) as he draws people back into his lair, before the whole thing REALLY implodes?

Is it possible that the 2008 financial collapse was simply a foreshadowing...and the REAL collapse is going to come sometime soon?

Four years ago, stock markets in the major developed markets hit their final lows, many having fallen 50% to 70% from their prior highs. Since that point all the policymakers in the world have been huffing and puffing, trying to put things back together again. To date their efforts have not met with sustainable success. If anything, they have been digging themselves into even deeper holes while at the same time dangerously inflating financial assets.

Our perspective has always been that the great spectacular financial crashes at that time were signposts marking the end of an era. The post-WWII period came to its Keynesian endpoint (to use a technical term). That’s the point at which the weight of debt finally broke the aging camel’s back. Factors such as changing beliefs about families, deepening idolatries, deteriorating morals, heightening corruption, and an extreme stratification of wealth were not supportive of continuing prosperity or a continuation into even greater indebtedness. This remains the case.

Yet, macro-economists and policymakers continue to think that they can solve these problems and moral issues by manipulating interest rates and printing money. It seems laughable were they not so serious. Such measures do not deal with the underlying causes or even the symptoms. The post-modern world indeed has its shamans. In recent years, the most popular have been the central bankers. A clear indication of this is the Bank of England’s (BoE) recent recruitment of the Governor of the Bank of Canada (Mark Carney). He is expected to work magic for the British economy. Just why would they pick him to be the first foreign head of the BoE since its inception over 400 years ago? If anything, confidence games such as these indicate the desperation of our times.

 

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Most incredible recently is the growing belief of many prominent economists that the U.S. and global economies are now improving and on the road back to recovery. This outlook is not certain at all…in fact, unlikely. Only in the financial world is the expression of confidence itself taken as a sign of improvement. It is all a process of the blind leading the blind.

There are many glaring facts that do not fit the picture of ruddy confidence. These are conveniently ignored. Why? Because to do otherwise would undermine precious “confidence.”

 

Here;  http://raptureready.com/featured/hahn/h92.html

 

Friends, we have been saying for over four years now...the WHOLE SYSTEM is based on confidence!  When the confidence vanishes then the whole system will fall like a house of cards.

 

We have no suggestion of where a SAFE HAVEN on earth will be when it falls.  The only thing we know for sure is that putting it in heaven NOW will guarantee that moth and rust (and inflation and collapse) will never destroy it.

 

Some clients have said, "But Dennis! I only have $5 million dollars to last me til I die!  I can't give it away!"

Some clients have said, "But Dennis!  I only have $2 million dollars to last me until I die!

Some clients have said, "But Dennis!  I only have $750,000 to last me until I die!"

 

Do we have faith in Christ to care for us...or have we put all of our faith in our built up, paper money supplies...aka Mammon?

 

Jesus said, "You cannot worship God and Mammon."

 

Muslims, Jews and Christians All Want the Third Temple?

We had a Jewish Rabbi who has accepted Christ speak at our church a few months back.  After his talk I went to ask him a few questions. The conversation started one place but went to another very fast.

He told me that if a devout Jew as traveling some place and there was no synagogue to worship at in that city, that the Jew should seek out the local mosque and worship with the Muslims.

What?  Amazing!!  How can that be?

Well, remember that the Jews say there is only one God Yaweh.  The Muslims say there is only one God and his name is Allah...and he has no son and no helpers.

Of course the Christian's foundational belief is, "The Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  One in three and three in one."

So the Jews also consider the Arabs to be their less fortunate cousins...but don't argue that they all come from the same tree.

With that as a back drop, read what I found in this article today about Muslims, Jews and Christians...as written by a devout Muslim.

The unique importance of the Temple Mount to Judaism and to Islam makes the location vulnerable to tensions and conflicts between Jews and Muslims. Usually, these incidents originate in rumors such as: “The Jews are coming today to bomb the mosques and build their Third Temple.” Obviously, false accusations and baseless suspicions like these turn the site from a holy place of prayer and love into a site of violent political demonstrations. And, consequently, potential escalation of tension brings more restrictions and discomfort to all. Who benefits from this? Surely not the believers.

While the Israeli government ensures limited public access to the Temple Mount regardless of religious beliefs, only Muslims are allowed to pray at the place, which is known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif. Otherwise, the government has prohibited everyone except Muslims from worshipping there since 1967, due to security concerns. Nevertheless, Muslims, too, are occasionally restricted. The Jordanian Waqf which administers the site has restricted non-Muslims from entering the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque since the year 2000. What’s more, non-Muslim religious symbols are not allowed to be worn while entering the site.

Freedom of worship is an essential issue. The Temple Mount, where the First and Second Temples stood, is the holiest place to the people of Israel. However, it is no less holy to both Muslims and Christians. Since this is a location that God has announced to be a “house of prayer for all nations,” it should be a place of festivity for all believers. As all who call on the God of Abraham are brothers, Jews and Christians should be able to offer prayers there in dignity and peace along with Muslims. To cast believers out from such a place, to prevent worship there, is a heinous and, quite frankly, cruel policy, which is an offense not only to men, but to Islam. God Himself condemns anyone who forbids worship:

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As a devout Muslim, it would be a joy for me to see Prophet Solomon’s Temple rebuilt as well. No, you did not hear me wrong. Prophet Solomon’s Temple being rebuilt in all its magnificence and glory would be a great delight for me, as it would be to any Muslim. Under different circumstances, in an atmosphere of trust, love and brotherhood, Muslims would welcome this with enthusiasm. The Temple of Solomon is also a historically important place, and rebuilding it would be a wonderful occasion for all believers to contemplate. Every Muslim, every believer, will want to experience the spirit of those days again, and strive to bring the beauty of those days back to life. Actually, it is everyone’s aspiration for that city to be adorned, to be beautified, and to regain the magnificent glory it had in the days of the Prophet Solomon.

Solomon’s Temple being rebuilt does not entail any harm to these shrines. So I beg my Muslim brothers and sisters not to take my words in a direction that I do not intend. They should not feel unease at all, because the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock will stand until the Last Day. Nobody will be able to harm them, because they are under the protection of God. (Allah)

Here;  http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/a-new-muslim-vision-rebuilding-solomons-temple-together/2013/03/12/

Have you been struggling to understand how the 3rd Temple is going to be built because you believed that the Jews and Muslims worshiped different Gods?  Are you surprised to find out that many don't believe that...but instead believe that Jews and Muslims DO worship the same god?

Do you understand where Muslims are going to spend eternity if they don't accept Christ as savior?
Do you understand where Jews are going to spend eternity if they don't accept Christ as savior?

Friends, the 3rd Temple is going to be built...because about half way through the 70th Week of Daniel (some call this entire period The Tribulation) the Antichrist will go into it, sit in the Holy of Holy's and declare himself to be God.

A ONE WORLD RELIGION is coming...and it is starting to be revealed as to how it will work.

First the rapture happens and Bible believers and Holy Spirit filled people who have accepted Christ simply vanish into thin air.  Sadly, many, many, many Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Covenants, Episcopalians, etc...are left behind.

Many of those who claim to be Christians but were left behind will then come under a GREAT DELUSION which God sends (2 Thessalonians) for those who HEARD the Truth, but never believed it.  Instead they created their own FALSE GOSPEL that threw away sin, repentance, hell, redemption and rejected Christ's clear words, "NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME."

I won't get into the "alien" thing again, but let's just say I am quite certain that a large number of the people left behind will believe that "aliens" took away "THOSE FUNDAMENTALIST TYPES OF BIBLE BANGERS."...because we were simply too divisive to enter into the age of Aquarius...or something very similar to that.

Next, the Antichrist will figure a way to sign a peace agreement between Jews and Muslims.  I'm pretty sure he will use signs and wonders to convince them both that he is a VERY SPECIAL prophet.  Some Muslims may believe he is the 12th Imam and some Jews may believe he is Elijah or some other special Jew.  It won't matter, when he calls down fire from heaven in plain view of men...it will be very hard to NOT BELIEVE he is something sent from Yaweh/Allah.

Of course the left behind Christians will be giddy because they had been proposing Chrislam all along!!  They will spend the first 3 1/2 years making soundtracks of Kum-Ba-Yah into 56 languages and sending them all over the world...while singing, "We are the world....we are Yaweh/Allah's children...Jesus is a nice man who loves us all just like Muhammad did...there is no hell...only eternal bliss when you worship together in UNITY and SPIRIT!"

Are you getting the picture?

Jesus, please save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.  Please come soon for your bride and then set up your kingdom on earth. We don't really want to be here much longer to watch the trash pour out of Hollywood, the porn infect our kid's minds, the gay marriage and polygamy that is soon going to sweep the land, and the financial collapse of some once great nations.

We liked America when a large part of our population was GOD FEARING.  It is painful to watch so many of our people turn into GOD MOCKERS.

Were Men Marrying Men BEFORE Noah's Flood?

This article was written over four years ago as the push for gay marriage was starting to gather momentum..

Of course today it seems there will be NOTHING that can stop the momentum that is pushing along the gay agenda.

Of course we are supposed to pray for God's will right up until the very end...but it sure looks like it is coming hard.

So have men married men in history past?  Yep!  Right before the flood.

Read on;

As I wrote about in my book, “The Criminalization of Christianity,” Jeffrey Satinover, who holds an M.D. from Princeton and doctorates from Yale, MIT and Harvard, was on my radio program one day and I asked him about where we are in history. He explained that according to the “Babylonian Talmud” – the book of rabbis’ interpretation of the scriptures 1,000 years before Christ, there was only one time in history that reflects where we are right now. There was only one time in history, according to these writings, where men were given in marriage to men, and women given in marriage to women.

Want to venture a guess as to when? No, it wasn’t in Sodom and Gomorrah, although that was my guess. Homosexuality was rampant there, of course, but according to the Talmud, not homosexual “marriage.” What about ancient Greece? Rome? No. Babylon? No again. The one time in history when homosexual “marriage” was practiced was … during the days of Noah. And according to Satinover, that’s what the “Babylonian Talmud” attributes as the final straw that led to the Flood.

On my Faith2Action radio program on Thursday, Rabbi Aryeh Spero verified this to be true.
Rabbi Spero spoke of God’s compassion before the Flood, in hopes people would repent and turn back to His ways. He showed patience for hundreds of years.

But, he said, the Talmud’s writings reveal that “before the Flood people started to write marriage contracts between men, in other words, homosexual ‘marriage,’ which is more than homosexual activity – it’s giving an official state stamp of approval, a sanctification … of homosexual partnership.”

In fact, he said, “the writings indicated that it wasn’t even so much the ‘straw that broke the camel’s back,’ but that the sin in and of itself is so contrary to why God created the world, so contrary to the order of God’s nature, that God said then and there ‘I have to start all over … to annihilate the world and start from the beginning. …’”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2008/05/64769/#4ZCe1kYy45u80KyJ.99

Isn't that interesting??  The last time the world, as men knew, ended, men marrying men was the final straw...according to this article anyway.

So is this even more evidence that God is about to send his Son to collect His bride, the Church?

I sure hope so! 

We need to stay busy in the harvest while we still have light in which to work.  Jesus is coming!  We need to stay focused on pleasing him and keep our minds focused on ETERNAL THINGS!!

Maranatha!

Hat tip to Guy B.

Black People Gone Wild

Jesus told us one sign of the Last Days would be "nation against nation."  Some commentaries say that this can also be interpreted as "race against race."

So maybe we watch for race relations to continue to deteriorate...the Latinos against the blacks, the blacks against the whites, the Somalis against the Latinos, etc...

Welcome to the new normal: Large-scale black mob violence is busting out in Philadelphia, Chicago, Utica, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Wilmington (Delaware), Greenville (South Carolina), Grand Rapids, Peoria, Springfield (Ohio), Newark, Boston and Brooklyn.

All in the last three weeks.

Police say they are baffled. Others say it is a regular meteorological event: “Large crowds and fights are not uncommon in the city in the warm weather,” said the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia.

The latest example of the new normal took place Tuesday in Philadelphia: 200 black people on the streets of the downtown financial district: fighting, vandalizing, rampaging, refusing to disperse, tossing bottles at police. It began at 4 p.m. and took police 90 minutes to restore order.

In St. Louis, 65 hours earlier, police responded to reports of a mob of 100 to 200 black people fighting and shooting guns at Leclede’s Landing, near the famous arch. Police refused to release an incident report on the violence, other than to say they thought it was a flash mob.

And a few hours before that in Jacksonville, Fla., a mob of at least 15 black people attacked a man walking home from the grocery story. Two Good Samaritans who came to his assistance saved him from further harm as the mob scattered at their approach.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/busting-out-all-over-black-mob-violence/#C4MtVDVTxElEF6xl.99

Remember friends, 70% of black babies born over the past handful of years have been to SINGLE MOTHERS.  The father is absent from the home...and we all know that boys raised without fathers have a far, far higher chance of ending up in prison and being involved in violent crimes.

So how do you talk about all this without sounding racist?

If every person at the riot was black or if every person punched by a black man was white...does the reporter just dismiss it and say, "A man hit another man again today.  That's 40 men in 40 days who have been punched by other random men."?

When in reality the story is, "A black male punched and knocked out a white man for absolutely no reason except to film another clip of "The Knockout game".  White people are being targeted by roving groups of young, mostly male, black people.  When they can get a white person alone, they will beat, punch and brutalize him.  Many times the bystanders are too terrified to stop the mayhem because they don't want to be brutalized themselves."

Of course the media tries to stay away from "touchy" subjects...like violence in Islam, violence in the black community, the disease ridden gay community, violent video games making murderers out of our teens, botched abortions and baby killing doctors...you know?,...basically they try to stay away from reporting on anything that goes against their world view.

More stuff on the Nephilim

Ron Graham was a prolific prophecy writer and just went home to the Lord last month.  He was a frequent contributor to Rapture Ready.

It appears that Ron shared the same conclusions about the Nephilim as I do.  Something VERY STRANGE and VERY EVIL was going before the flood.  Something that consisted of the fallen angels going to human women and mixing with their human DNA to make strange beings.

Could Satan be planning a Part 2 to this terrifying story?

Below is one of his articles in its entirety.

Hat tip to Karl I.

Fallen Angels, Hybrids, and Pure Evil - Ron Graham - www.straitandnarrowministry.com

"But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:37. Jesus' disciples had asked Him what would be the signs of His coming and the end of the world. The question they asked wasn't about the "Harpazō", but it was regarding the Second Coming and the end of the world. Other translations use the word "age" instead of "world". Jesus told them not to be deceived. Then He told them about the signs of the times that would include wars, rumors of wars, love waxing cold, the abomination of desolation, and much more. One of the signs given was that it was to be like the days of Noah. The men He was talking to understood what He meant because they weren't confused about what the days of Noah entailed. It wasn't until later that the meaning got confused. So, what were those days like?

"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Genesis 6:4. Everyone can read the English translation and see that the antediluvian world population had to contend with giants. But if we dig a little deeper into the original Hebrew we come away with a very profound conclusion as to what these folks were really dealing with. The Hebrew word "nĕphiyl" is translated "giants" in the King James Version of the Bible, but most other versions say "Nephilim", which is the better translation. Although these creatures were giants, "nĕphiyl" actually means: To fall, or fallen ones. Of course this does not diminish their size; many have dismissed the whole idea that these were giants simply because of a translation error. Make no mistake these Nephilim creatures were gigantic...and evil.

This same verse also contains the English words "men of renown". This is translated from the Hebrew word "gibbowr", which means strong and mighty. This gives us the sense that these Nephilim were very powerful beings and were much stronger than mere men.

The Nephilim existed prior to the Flood and also afterwards. We find the same Hebrew word, nĕphiyl, used in the book of Numbers, and it gives an excellent description of these Nephilim (giants). "And there we saw the giants [nĕphiyl], the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." Numbers 13:33. Clearly these Nephilim were huge creatures.

"And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan" Numbers 13:17. These spies sent out by Moses were adamant concerning the size of these giants - all but Joshua and Caleb returned to Moses scared out of their wits. They went as far as to proclaim just what they themselves must have looked like to those giants. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I look down at a grasshopper from my height I could easily lift a foot and squash it like a bug.

So where did these Nephilim come from? Who were they? Why did God need to destroy the inhabitants of the earth, including the animals? Certainly if, as one misinterpretation of this verse suggests, these Nephilim were just earthly kings who married women against their will, God wouldn't have been angry enough to destroy everything. Or if, as another misinterpretation suggests, the so-called Godly line of Seth married the ungodly line of Cain, that still doesn't explain why the people and animals had to be destroyed. God had not yet called out the Jews to be the line who would bring forth Messiah, so there was no restriction on marriage outside of a certain tribe or group of people. The phrase "sons of God" refers to a direct creation of God, and that would only include Adam, the angels (always male), and later the Ekklesia. In Genesis 6:4 these sons of God are the fallen angels who followed Lucifer in rebellion against God. Yes, they are the ones who fathered children by the daughters of Adam (human women), and are now in everlasting chains. The product of this unholy union was the Nephilim.

"And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:..." Revelation 12:4. Those "one third part of stars" swept out of Heaven with Satan are angels. They are the ones that Jude tells us "...kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."Jude 1:6. They are the ones who came unto the daughters of men and their union produced the Nephilim. These Nephilim are not human, nor are they angelic. Their spirits cannot be redeemed by the Blood of Jesus, because they are not human. Jesus came as a human to redeem humans, not genetic hybrids.

According to Jesus' own words the end times will be "as in the days of Noe". The wickedness that prevailed in that antediluvian world will soon return, and seem to be in the wings now. The genetic abominations that caused God to destroy men and animals will once again engulf the world. Huge, grotesque, monstrous beings, that's what the people of earth who are left after the "Harpazō" (the great snatching away of the Ekklesia of Christ) have to look forward to in their future. Goliath, Og the King of Bashan, and the gigantic inhabitants of the Promised Land give us some idea of the size and fierceness of these creatures. They will be huge and have no feelings of mercy or kindness.

Gene manipulation is going on in science labs today. Go ahead and put "transhumanisn" or "transgenics" into a search engine and see what comes up. These genetic abominations are being created now. Mice with human brain cells, sheep with human hearts, pigs with human blood, and much more are being produced today. We all know of the double helix of DNA, but now scientists are producing animals - and humans - with a triple helix. The military is developing the technology for a "super soldier" that has no fear and cannot be killed. This is not science fiction, but science fact. These and many more genetically altered life forms are in a science lab - or neighborhood - near you. Hollywood is preparing us to accept this. Movies and television offer films that glorify vampires, zombies, aliens, and all sorts of evil. We are being led into accepting these satanic creatures, but this is just a sign that the "Harpazō" (the great snatching away of the Ekklesia of Christ) is near.

We might feel as though we've seen the most horrible of episodes in mankind's existence when we remember the millions of Jews that were murdered in the German concentration camps during WWII, and how so many nations had an opportunity to help those people but didn't. When people are murdered in a movie theater or small children in a public school class room we might think we've seen evil at its worst. But when we come to a full grasp of Genesis chapter 6 and truthfully face what the human race and fallen angels forced God to do we should be horrified. Because of the abominable genetic manipulation that occurred "...in the days of Noe" God destroyed all life on earth leaving only eight people and certain animals alive, protected in the Ark, to continue life on earth. We must conclude that the evil that permeated that antediluvian world was far more evil than anything mankind has seen in the past four thousand years.

"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Genesis 6:5. The Hebrew word for great is "rab" and it means: Exceedingly, abundantly or basically overwhelmingly great. Just how bad could it have been? The same Hebrew word for "great" is used to describe the situation with Sodom and Gomorrah (another example that Jesus used as a sign of the end times) in Genesis chapter 13. God removed Lot and his family then proceeded to destroy those two cities, as well as all the surrounding cities. Those who remained in the cities were destroyed. For God to destroy so many people in the flood of Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah the wickedness must have been great.

Today we once again see much evil spreading and engulfing planet earth, and yet we are still here and for the most part enjoying life. Obviously we haven't gotten to the place that God sees as the point of no return. Mankind has a great imagination and is able to construct all sorts of wickedness within his mind, but there are bounds that we are unable to cross. On the other hand, Satan has far more intellect than we do, and quite frankly his wickedness knows no human bounds.

While the Ekklesia (the body of Christ) remains on earth, these creatures will be held at bay. The Holy Spirit is sealed in us and is restraining the evil. If we do a little research we can see that the antediluvian evil is beginning to rear its ugly head and some point in the not so distant future the Nephilim will be unleashed again. There will be outright horror for all those who remain on earth during the seventieth week of Daniel (read Daniel 9:21-27) after the Harpazō.

Jesus confirms that the days that preceded the Flood will be reenacted in the last days preceding our Lord's return to earth. "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:37. So, what happened in the days of Noah? Fallen angels were creating genetically altered creatures and the wickedness was overwhelming. Is the wickedness of today overwhelming? Some might think so, but it certainly is not yet to the extreme of the antediluvian world. Many of the lost of this world, as well as many Christians, believe things are getting better not worse - utopia is on its way. Whether they believe it or not, the true Christians will be removed prior to the full invasion of these abominable creatures. But for those who've rejected Christ the times will be unbearable as the shock of the antediluvian evil is once again loosed on planet earth.

Could it be that these monstrous beings are already among us?! Transgenics, transhumanism, designer genes are already here so we can be assured that the Harpazō will happen in the not so distant future. For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10. Don't be left here to face Daniels 70th week. Say yes to Jesus - now while there is still time. If you don't accept Jesus' free gift of salvation then you will have chosen to be a part of the most horrendous time in the history of mankind. Choose wisely.

God bless you all,

Ron Graham

Will "Aliens" be Used to Explain the Rapture?

Many of you know who Chuck Missler is.  Today this came out in his emailed newsletter.  I have bolded the intensely interesting part.

HOW WILL THE WORLD EXPLAIN THE RAPTURE?

If you have a conservative Christian background you have no doubt heard of the Rapture of the Church. This is the time when Jesus Christ comes back for His church and will remove both the living and the dead in Christ from the earth up into heaven. A pre-tribulation rapture is held by most conservative scholars and has the most literal Scriptural support.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

— 1 Thessalonians 4:15–18

It is not the intent of this article to argue between a pre-tribulation and post-tribulation rapture; however, as one looks at the last verse in the above passage, a post-tribulation rapture would not be very comforting.

The Rapture is also a familiar concept to most Christians and non–Christians alike. While they may not believe it, and they may even laugh at it, many non-Christians know that all the Christians believe they are supposed to somehow disappear before the “end of the world.”

Satan would seem to have a problem. How would he be able to explain away the fact that every person who was a Christian has suddenly disappeared? It would seem like a huge wake up call to the world that the Christians were right after all.

It is becoming more and more clear what Satan’s solution to this dilemma is. He will answer this preposterous idea with another preposterous idea. When thinking of the peculiar things of the world, the New Age Movement tends to come to mind. Psychics, mantras, astrology and crystals are some of the symbols of this diverse group of the extremely spiritually deceived. Another topic that has always interested New Agers has been UFOs and Extraterrestrials.

In the past, the idea that UFOs were real was relegated to the fringe. In recent years however, several scientists have come to the conclusion that extraterrestrials are statistically probable.

One of the leading astrophysicists, Stephen Hawking, states that aliens are real (and possibly dangerous) in an April 25th, 2010 article in NBC News.

Christians must deal with this from a Biblical worldview and not be caught up in the deception that UFOs are anything but agents of the Prince of the Power of the Air, aka Satan (Ephesians 2:2). God is very real, angels are very real and the enemy is also very real.

In an article by a former New Age participant, Jim Sayles describes a prevailing belief among New Agers. Sayles describes what Israeli psychic, Uri Geller, said

“(extra-terrestrials) would not interfere until, in a single night, at the peak of the conflict, they would remove millions of humans who resist this initiation into a higher spiritual consciousness and ‘re-educate’ them before returning them to Earth a few years later.”

Another article quotes Barbara Marciniak in her book Bringers of the Dawn as saying,

“The people who leave the planet during the time of Earth changes do not fit in here any longer, and they are stopping the harmony of Earth. When the time comes that perhaps 20 million people leave the planet at one time there will be a tremendous shift in consciousness for those who are remaining.”

The source of this information in both cases is described as being from psychic contact with extra-terrestrials. This is not something New Agers have invented; it comes straight from the mind of Satan disguised as an alien. This has been communicated to them and will be the explanation for the rapture of the church; i.e., those who do not fit into the earth anymore, those who resist the initiation into a higher spiritual consciousness, the trouble-makers.

The world will be deceived just as Paul describes:

The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

— 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12

 

Of course, while some of you have applauded my UFO and "alien" pondering...others have accused me of being a dope smoker.

So for those folks, I would ask you to argue with Missler....who is a heck of a lot smarter than me!...or you should also be prepared to call Chuck Missler a dope smoker.

U.S. Troops on North Korean Border Would "Die"

You know, being the world's policeman for the past six or seven decades hasn't been cheap. 

We've had 30,000 soldiers sitting on the DMZ separating North Korea from South Korea since 1955.  I'm guessing that has cost us some serious treasure.

Oh well.  Remember NOT to use that fact the next time you hear a liberal rant about the expense of the "BUSH LIED" war in Iraq....because it will freak them out...and freaked out liberals are almost worse than feral cats hiding in your hay loft. 

But if you do decide to freak them out, then go on to remind them of the enormous cost of keeping troops in Germany and Japan for the last 70 years.  That thought will get them sputtering...

So what happens if North Korea gets trigger happy and they decide to follow through on their threats of attacking America and South Korea?

According to one analyst...then thousands of U.S. soldiers on the border, "would all die."

WASHINGTON – If North Korea were to launch an attack, U.S. intelligence analysts tell WND the barrage of hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds and missiles would destroy not only South Korea’s capital, Seoul, but also most of the U.S. troops stationed primarily around the capital and near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two countries.

“The 28,500 guys on the border are a speed bump and a trigger for war,” a U.S. intelligence officer who is closely monitoring North Korean activities told WND in an exclusive interview. “They probably would die.”

He explained, “Every U.S. and South Korean (location) already has a pre-programmed target reference point by the North Koreans.”

The initial assessment by this and other U.S. intelligence analysts give a grim picture of the initial onslaught of an attack initiated by North Korea.

Here; http://www.trunews.com/most-u-s-troops-would-die-in-n-korean-onslaught/

One would sure wonder if that would spark WWIII?  Think about it....

As the news came back and was aired on Fox News and CNN showing thousands of corpses blown to smithereens...the call for retaliation would be intense.  Shoot, we went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq over 3,000 folks in the World Trade Towers...

Of course the Arab-Muslims would see the photos and they would start celebrating and handing out sweets in the street while they all drive around shooting guns into the air, waving PLO flags and holding up posters of their new hero, Kim Jung Un.

Also it may be a trigger point for our other enemies to "hit us while we are down"...and the Muslims may decide to come after Israel and the Chinese may decide to come after Japan.  The Lord knows we certainly can't defend them all while launching a full military retaliation on North Korea and winding up wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

For now we need to file this one under, "There will be wars and rumors of war."

Also now may be a good time to ponder the question, "Why is America found no where in Bible prophecy?"

Another Senator Falls Regarding Gay Marriage

Believe it or not, there were four Democratic Senators who opposed gay marriage...now there are only three.

Sen. Tim Johnson (S.D.) leaves the Final Four. There are now only three Senate Democrats who oppose gay marriage—Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), and Mary Landrieu (La.).

“After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation,” said Johnson. “This position doesn’t require any religious denomination to alter any of its tenets; it simply forbids government from discrimination regarding who can marry whom.”

Two weeks ago, Johnson announced that he was not going to seek a fourth term, and retire in 2014. In the weeks since, many of Johnson’s colleagues have flipped on the gay marriage issue, including: Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Bob Casey (Pa.), Kay Hagan (N.C.), Jon Tester (Mont.), and Mark Warner (Va.). Claire McCaskill (Mo.) switched her stance a day before Johnson’s retirement announcement.

Johnson’s retirement gives him some room to maneuver in his socially conservative state. In 2006, South Dakota banned same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships with a constitutional amendment backed by 52% of voters. South Dakota defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman back in 1939.

There are now 54 sitting Senators who endorse same-sex marriage.


Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/04/08/sen-tim-johnson-endorses-gay-marriage/#ixzz2Ptlyar8F

Hey...what can you say...his views have "evolved".

How long will it be until our Senator's views "evolve" on polygamy or bi-sexual marriage?

Also, when will they 'evolve' on children getting married?  As we all know the age of "first menstruation" has gotten younger every decade.  Someone soon will float the idea that if "a girl can menstruate...the she ought to be able to procreate!"

The pedophiles will all scream, "Yes!  A 10 year old girl with breasts and a functioning uterus is fully woman!  She loves me and I love her, so who are you to stand in the way of love?"

And soon all the voters will "evolve" on their views of lowering the legal marriage age.

"We don't need some ancient book like the Bible telling us how we should live!!  We are modern, free-thinking humans!!  We can decide on our own what's best for us!!"

Holy slippery slope!  Friends, we aren't just getting ready to step on the slope...we are already on it and sliding down fast!  I just wonder how far the drop off is into the abyss?

U.S. Military Warned about Christian Extremists

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life.  No man comes to the Father except through me."

Wow!  Those are some very INTOLERANT words!  The U.S. Military might even label those as EXTREME words...and worthy of issuing a warning about those who actually believe them.

Soldiers in the U.S. military have been told in a training briefing that evangelical Christians are the No. 1 extremist threat to America – ahead of groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, KKK, Nation of Islam, al-Qaida, Hamas and others.

“Men and women of faith who have served the Army faithfully for centuries shouldn’t be likened to those who have regularly threatened the peace and security of the United States,” said Col. (Ret.) Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. “It is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded characterization. It also appears that some military entities are using definitions of ‘hate’ and ‘extreme’ from the lists of anti-Christian political organizations. That violates the apolitical stance appropriate for the military.”

A slide titled “Religious Extremism” lists multiple organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaida, Hamas, the Nation of Islam, the Ku Klux Klan and the Christian Identity movement as examples of extremist groups.

However, the first group on the list is evangelical Christianity. Catholicism and ultra-orthodox Judaism are also on the list of religious extremist organizations.

The material describes religious extremism as those having beliefs, attitudes, feelings or actions that are “far removed from the ordinary.” It then elaborates by saying that “every religion has some followers that believe that their beliefs, customs and traditions are the only ‘right way’ and that all others practicing their faith the ‘wrong way.’”

Read more at http://mobile.wnd.com/2013/04/military-warned-evangelicals-no-1-threat/#BI8XE7eYGT2EQQ8M.99

It would appear that this may be another foreshadowing of what is coming for those who adhere to Christ's words. 

This shouldn't surprise us.  Christ went on to tell us that the world WILL hate us...because the world hated Christ first.

I hope the rapture comes first...but just in case it doesn't, all of us should be setting our hearts and minds on what we will do and say if one day the words of Christ are labeled as "hate speech."

Will we be ashamed of Christ's clear words?  Or will we continue to teach them...no matter what?

Will our local church continue to preach them...even if it means losing our tax-exempt status?

Hat tip to Bob K.

Islamists Rally to Hang "Atheist" Bloggers

Uh-oh...sounds like the angry Muslims in Bangladesh want to hang any bloggers who don't believe Allah is God and also that Muhammad is a prophet of god who is greater than Jesus.

I better hope they don't make it to Buffalo, MN or I may have a fatwa on my head...because I am a atheist of Islam.

Hundreds of thousands of hardline Islamists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to demand authorities enact anti-blasphemy laws punishing bloggers and those believed to have insulted Islam.

 

“God is great – hang the atheist bloggers!” some chanted, according to the Agence France-Presse and Al Jazeera.

 

“I’ve come here to fight for Islam. We won’t allow any bloggers to blaspheme our religion and our beloved Prophet Mohammed,” Shahidul Islam, an imam who reportedly walked 20km to be at the rally, said.

 

International reports indicate the bloggers have been stirring controversy by seeking punishment for Islamist leaders found guilty of war crimes during the nation’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Bangladesh says as many as 3 million people were killed and 200,000 women raped by Pakistani troops and local collaborators during the horrific war.

 

The bloggers also want a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamic party, for campaigning against Bangladesh’s independence more than four decades ago. But they deny the allegation that they are atheists.

 

Here;  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/06/god-is-great-hang-the-atheist-bloggers-hundreds-of-thousands-rally-in-bangladesh-for-anti-blasphemy-laws/

 

Hey blogger dudes in Bangladesh,...it doesn't really matter what you deny....when the Muslim horde turns on you and accuses you of blasphemy...you pretty much better go into hiding or get the heck out of Muslim-land.  Because if they find you, there will be no trial, no tolerance, no mercy, no explanation...you will be lynched and killed and probably dragged through the streets while the Muslim horde screams "Allah Akbar!!" at the top of their lungs.

 

The lesson is...don't criticize or even question the Satanic religion of Islam...because you will be in trouble if the horde gets a hold of you.

 

Jesus, please do something good with the horde.