Wednesday, September
11, 2013, 6:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus woke me with the song “Return to Me” playing in my mind.
Speak, Lord, your words to my heart.
I read Jeremiah 47,
but before I got into the word, I checked the news. The top news story was a
L.A. Times article concerning Obama’s speech from the White House, on the
subject of Syria. So, I read the article, and several things within the article
stood out to me, the first of which is how Obama had evidently said that “America
can’t look the other way.” He also argued, according to the article, “that the U.S.
must maintain the threat of an attack to put pressure on the Syrian government.”
And then, apparently, Obama posed a question with regard to the world in which
we now live: What kind of world would it be to live in if the U.S.A. “sees a
dictator brazenly violate international law with poison gas and we choose to
look the other way?” I find much duplicity in these statements. A few quotes
from the article which jumped out at me were:
Obama's
16-minute speech presented a dual challenge for the president: building public
support for his decision to launch military strikes while also explaining his eleventh-hour decision to shift gears.
“Sen.
Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said the goal
was to eliminate the threat of Syria using chemical weapons by keeping open the
possibility of force, ‘like the sword of Damocles over Assad.’" http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-obama-syria-20130911,0,3505376.story
This first quote, with regard to the “eleventh-hour”
decision of Obama immediately brought to mind this passage of scripture in 1
John, as well as it recalled the parable in Matthew 20 about the master who
hired people at various hours throughout the day, and the last ones hired were
hired at the “eleventh hour,” which is symbolic for the last or final days
before the return of Jesus Christ. I believe the choice of these words was
intentional to give a double meaning, suggesting that these are the final days
or hours before the beast rules.
Children,
it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now
many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. ~ 1 Jn.
2:18
This second quote led me to search out “the sword of
Damocles,” as I felt this was a significant statement, and I wanted to grasp
its meaning. This is what I found:
The
Damocles of the anecdote was an obsequious courtier in the court of Dionysius
II of Syracuse, a 4th-century BC tyrant
of Syracuse, Sicily. Pandering to his king, Damocles exclaimed that, as a great
man of power and authority surrounded by magnificence, Dionysius was truly
extremely fortunate. Dionysius then offered to switch places with Damocles, so
that Damocles could taste that very fortune firsthand. Damocles quickly and
eagerly accepted the king's proposal. Damocles sat down in the king's throne
surrounded by every luxury, but Dionysius arranged that a huge sword should
hang above the throne, held at the pommel only by a single hair of a horse's
tail. Damocles finally begged the tyrant that he be allowed to depart because
he no longer wanted to be so fortunate, realizing that with great fortune and
power come also great peril and anxiety.
Dionysius
had successfully conveyed a sense of the constant fear in which the great man
lives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damocles
Submissive and
Compliant
This story is one of a flattering, submissive, compliant and
indulgent subject of the king. He expressed to the king that he felt the king
was most fortunate, so the king offered to switch places with him, yet the king
arranged for a huge sword to hang above the throne, and only by a thread.
Damocles finally begged the tyrant for permission to depart because he no
longer wanted to be so fortunate. I find this story really interesting, and
here is why.
This morning I woke from a dream. The scene was not Syria,
but the White House. There was something in the dream that indicated to me that
Obama was not really allowed in the White House, i.e. that he really wasn’t the
president, which many people have suggested that to be the case. And, then in
the dream I saw Obama and his family depart toward the east. I heard something
in my mind about how DC had been spared hurricanes, and then I heard the word “Friday.”
This Friday will be 9/13/13 (Friday the 13th).
Friday
Dreams are rarely to be taken literally, so I will share
what I believe the Lord Jesus is showing me here in relation to this news story
and in relation to prophecy of scripture regarding these last days. And, that
takes me to Jeremiah 47 (ESV):
The
word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines,
before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
“Thus
says the Lord:
Behold,
waters are rising out of the north,
and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they
shall overflow the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Men
shall cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land shall
wail.
At
the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
at the rushing of his chariots, at the
rumbling of their wheels,
the
fathers look not back to their children,
so feeble are their hands,
because
of the day that is coming to destroy
all the Philistines,
to
cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every helper that remains.
For
the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
Baldness
has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has perished.
O
remnant of their valley,
how long will you gash yourselves?
Ah,
sword of the Lord!
How long till you are quiet?
Put
yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
How
can it be quiet
when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against
Ashkelon and against the seashore
he has appointed it.”
Prophecies of scripture, not unlike dreams, are often to be
taken symbolically, as well, though parts are obviously literal, such as the
promised judgments and restorations of God. Yet, here we have a picture of
rising waters becoming an overflowing torrent, much like a hurricane. Washington
D.C. has been spared so far, but no more. These rising waters are symbolic of
the military forces of the beast, in reality, or of this global order that has
been rising and has been consuming the nations and governments of the world. It
was inevitable that our government would eventually be taken down, too. And,
this is what the Lord is showing me this morning, I believe. These armies of
the beast will overcome us like the rushing waters of a hurricane (a mighty
torrent) and we will be destroyed.
Whether or not Obama is or was literally the president of
the United States, I don’t know for sure, but what I do know is that he was not
and has never been the true head, but he is and was merely a puppet - a compliant
and indulgent (obedient) subject of the true king, the beast, or this global
order ruled by the elite and wealthy and powerful of the world. He was only
allowed to sit on the throne for a time, but soon the true king (the beast or
the antichrist) will rule on the throne of this nation, and it will be “Fry Day”
(judgment day) when that takes place. The number 13 is often associated with
Satan, evil, bad luck, etc., and so it is appropriate that the chapter in the
Bible which describes this rule of the beast should also be numbered 13 (in
Revelation). So, whether or not something really big is to take place literally
this Friday, I know not, but what I do know is the Lord is saying that “Fry Day”
is coming to America, and it is coming to Washington, D.C., and that before it
comes, our acting president will turn his back on America and he will look the
other way.
This “sword,” which is hanging over our heads, is the sword
intended for the king, presently the U.S. government, and is of this beast. Yet,
truly it is the sword of the Lord ultimately, for he will use this beast
(global rule/order) to conquer us and to send us back in time. America itself
can be described as wealthy and indulgent, much like this king, and we will be
dethroned and sent back to poverty, I believe. Yet, through this judgment we
will gain poverty of spirit, i.e. America will be revived and many will come to
faith in Jesus Christ because the church will be doing its job in spreading the
true gospel of salvation. Not all will believe, but many will. It saddens me
greatly that this must come at such great cost to us as a people, and to us as
a nation, but we, as a nation, have not been listening to God, nor have we as
the people of God, although he has sent his messages and messengers to us time
and time again. So, this must take place in order to bring us back to God.
Return to Me / An
Original Work / September 5, 2013
Based off Jeremiah 31;
Cf. Rev. 2-3
I have loved you with
an eternal love,
Which I give to you,
in my faithfulness.
Keep your voice from
weeping,
And your eyes from
tearing.
You will be rewarded
With much fruitfulness.
There is hope for you
that My family
Will return to Me;
live in victory!
Though I discipline in
My love for you,
My heart longs for you
that you walk in truth.
Turn your thoughts to
your Lord.
Choose to walk in His
ways.
Turn from your sins
daily.
Follow Jesus Christ.
Oh, how long will you
wander in your sin?
Give your hearts to
Me; be restored within.
I will satisfy ev’ry
weary soul
Who repents of sin; is
renewed within.
Behold, days are
coming;
It will surely happen;
Though I discipline
them,
They will thrive
again.
I will be their One
and their Only God.
They shall walk in
white; be in Me, made right.
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