Monday, December 9,
2013, 6:30 p.m. – the Lord Jesus put the song “My Cry for Mercy” in my mind. Speak, Lord, your words to my heart.
I read 2 Peter 3 (ESV).
Until the Day
This
is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I
am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember
the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior
through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in
the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say,
“Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep,
all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For
they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and
the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and
that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and
perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored
up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the
ungodly.
But
do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to
fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the
day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away
with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the
earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
Jesus chided the religious leaders of his day because they
asked him to give them a sign from heaven, in order to test him. Yet, there
were many signs that had already been given and yet their eyes were blinded to
them, for they refused to believe. So, Jesus scolded them for being able to
interpret weather signs but for not being able to interpret the signs of the
times. As recorded in Luke 21 and in other passages of scripture, Jesus told
his disciples some of the signs of the last days prior to his return. We are
told in scripture that we will not know the day or the hour of our Lord’s
return, yet Jesus said that when we see these things begin to take place, we
should know that the time is near. I believe there are many such signs
happening in today’s world and church which can be seen if we have ears to hear
and eyes to see. We are also told that for those of us who are in the light,
his return should not take us by surprise, for we should be watching (seeing)
and waiting for his return.
For the past several years, the Lord Jesus has been opening
my eyes to see some of these signs of the times. Many of them exist within
today’s institutional church, as we have witnessed for some time now the
spiritual decline of the church, particularly here in the USA, and the move
toward worldliness and the embracing of the things of the world in order to
reach the world. I read a good quote this week that summed this up pretty well.
It said, “The preacher's job is to
proclaim the faith, not to entertain unbelievers - to feed the sheep rather
than amuse the goats" (J. I. Packer). The church is not here to
provide clean-cut entertainment for the world. It is here to strengthen,
encourage, teach, counsel and exhort the believers in Jesus Christ in holy
living so that they can go out into the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Instead, the gospel is being diluted in order to appeal to the people of the
world, and so the church is on a severe spiritual decline, which fits well with
the subject matter in many of the letters to the churches in Revelation. And,
the New Pope is a loud global voice for this diluted gospel, worldly teaching,
and ecumenical movement, too.
The Political Arena
If we read or listen to news stories, and choose not to
accept them at face value but rather to test them in prayer, seeking God’s face
with a willing heart to know the truth of what is really going on in our world,
I believe the Lord Jesus will open our eyes and will show us what is false and
what is true. I believe most of what we hear or see in the news is either total
fabrication, or else it is a clever mixture of truth and lies for the purpose
to deceive the minds of its unsuspecting recipients. That is why we must test
everything, because not everything which passes itself off as truth is really
truth. This calls for much discernment. Yet, the truth can be discovered in
many of these news stories, since the government-controlled media hides the
truth inside, like a story within a story, which tells the truth of what is really
happening in the outside story. And, the Lord Jesus would have me share some of
these today, because they are signs that his coming is near. I read two news
stories, which I will reference below, from which I will share the hidden story
within.
Two Storms
In two previous writings I have already shared how this current
US winter storm is named “Dion,” and how it followed on the tail of “Cleon,”
and how I believe these winter storms are given purposeful names in order to
tell the story of what is really going on in the USA and in the world. Dion, I
believe, is short for Dionysus, who was a prefiguring of the antichrist yet to
be revealed. The message is that the antichrist (New World Order Beast) is
rising from the ashes of the old world order and that the US government’s
leaders (Cleon), and their allies, have helped pave the way for its arrival,
and that it is on its way. Also in this message was to be understood that the
true storm issue at hand is not so much the snow and ice, but in reality it is
the political storm that is moving its way across the USA and across the world,
i.e. the New World Order Beast taking the world and our nation by storm, as in
conquering with fury the governments and people of the world (See Rev. 13).
This news article was interestingly named, “From D.C. north
to Maine, storms’ snow and ice bedevil
into Tuesday.” That word “bedevil” really jumped out at me, as I felt it had a
purposeful message tied up in that one word. It means “to be a continual source
of problems or irritation to something or somebody” (Encarta), or to control,
take or occupy as if with a devil. The word broke down for me in two ways: 1)
Be-devil, and 2) Bed-evil. The first one is obvious in its meaning, as it was
definitely indicating that this storm was of the devil himself, and that truly
it is the devil who is conquering, controlling and occupying the world’s
nations. The second breakdown of the word “bed-evil” means to sleep, settle down
with or to have intimate relations with evil. This is saying that this storm
(both literal and political) is not only of the devil, but it carries with it and
it will produce a time known as the tribulation period in which the world will
settle down with evil and will become intimate with evil via the mark of the
beast. I believe that time is at the door (near at hand).
The story hidden underneath in both of these news stories is
about the end of time, the rise of the beast of Revelation, the conquering of
kingdoms, and the death of the old world order. Yet, what it will reveal or is
already revealing is the corrupt, dishonorable, vile and immoral foundation of
the US government, i.e. the devil himself and his influences in our government,
our society and within the institutional church. This Satanic beast global
order has been what lies beneath the US government pretty much all along the
way. Yet now it has crawled out from underneath the government and it is frightening
the people, governments and followers of Jesus Christ in the world with its
threats, persecutions, takeovers, strikes, hits, etc. as it conquers kingdoms
and is bringing the world underneath this one world order of government told
about in the book of Revelation and elsewhere.
The “unexpected force” of this (political and global) “storm,”
though being realized already in many nations within the world, will come as a
HUGE surprise to probably the vast majority of Americans. The loss of power
will not be electrical only but electoral, i.e. our elected officials will be
gone and replaced with this global order. And, this is in the works.
Ukraine
The picture in Ukraine is much like what is going on in the
whole world. The opposition to the government of Ukraine is the New World Order
Beast, and it is what is storming (conquering) that kingdom, utilizing armed
riot police and interior troops. What has happened and is happening to the
nations throughout the world is soon to come to America, too. And, this will
lead us into this time of tribulation. The same scenario described above under “Two
Storms,” applies here, as well. The “interior troops” and the “riot police”
combination being utilized within the nation of Ukraine will be used inside
America, too, i.e. this is a picture of our own troops, in combination with New
World Order troops (from without), being used against us in this global
takeover of nations. At least in the USA, I know this is an “inside job” in
cooperation with the international community. The “round-table” political
discussion or the “budget deal” being worked out in our Congress are one and
the same, really, for this is about the global order and the need of the
governments of each nation to compromise by yielding control of their nations
over to the beast.
This New World Order Beast (bringing in the time of
tribulation soon) is on the hunt to capture all those who “duck” this control,
which is why many are suffering disasters, uprisings, etc. Those who “duck” are
all those who oppose this takeover of the beast or who stand in direct
opposition, as a threat, to the rule of the beast. That is mainly who the New
World Order beast is targeting, which includes those followers of Jesus Christ
who proselytize the gospel and who hold fast to the testimony of Jesus. This
beast (cockroach) means to frighten all opposition into submission, but many
are resisting or are holding fast to their faith or to their positions of power
and rule, which is why the devil has his guns aimed at them and is throwing his
hard ball in order to convince the opposition to come over to the way of thinking
of the beast. In other words, hardship, persecution, trials and tribulation are
coming our way to hunt down and to try to persuade all opposing forces to the
New World Order to bow to the beast and/or to punish us for non-compliance.
Take Care
Since
all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be
in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and
the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are
waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore,
beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him
without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the patience of our Lord as
salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the
wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these
matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the
ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other
Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you
are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own
stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
My Cry For Mercy
/ An Original Work / October 31, 2013
Based off Psalm 86
Hear my prayer, Lord,
I am needy.
Guard my life, for I’m
devoted to You.
Save me! I’m Your
servant.
You are my God. I
trust in You.
O, Lord, have mercy on
me,
For I call to You.
Bring joy to me, for
to You
I will lift up my
soul.
You are giving and
forgiving.
You abound in love to
all who
Call upon You. Hear my
prayer, Lord.
Listen to my cry for
mercy.
In days of trouble I
call to You,
Knowing that You will
Do marvelous things,
Because You are my
God.
Teach me Your way;
I’ll walk in it.
In Your truth, Lord,
You will guide me.
A pure heart, Lord,
You will give me,
So that I may glorify
You.
Turn to me, Lord, and
grant
Strength to Your
servant.
O, Lord, You are my
help,
For You love and You
comfort me.
Teach me Your way;
I’ll walk in it.
In Your truth, Lord,
You will guide me.
A pure heart, Lord,
You will give me,
So that I may glorify
You.
Bedevil definition source #2: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bedevil
News Sources: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2013/1209/From-D.C.-north-to-Maine-storms-snow-and-ice-to-bedevil-into-Tuesday
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