An Inside Job
Monday, December 08,
2014, 6:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “Fit For Service.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Revelation 17 (NIV84).
One of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of
the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. 2 With her the kings
of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated
with the wine of her adulteries.”
…I saw that the woman was drunk
with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.
… “The
ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who
for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13 They
have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 They
will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is
Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and
faithful followers.”
15 Then
the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are
peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. 16 The beast and the ten
horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave
her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For
God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give
the beast their power to rule, until God’s words are fulfilled. 18 The
woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
Three
Groups
The Lord Jesus helped me to see three
different groups of people represented in these first two verses: 1) The Great
Prostitute, 2) the nations/rulers of the earth, 3) and the inhabitants of the
earth. As well, he gave me a practical application to our world and nation
today related to these three people groups, which I will now share, to the best
of my understanding. The setting is the United States of America and the world.
The
Prostitute
In America we have our government leaders in
Washington, D.C. as the Great Prostitute placing people and laws and independent
governments on the chopping block, i.e. plotting and planning the executions
(killings and/or eliminations) of people throughout the world, and within our
own nation, as well as killing (eliminating) our present form of government and
our laws. First they fake or create crisis situations, then they have to come up
with solutions to solve the problems, which involves getting rid of old laws to
make way for new laws, which then give them the authority to kill (eliminate)
whomever or whatever they choose. In other words, our nation is being destroyed
from within. Yet, they are not acting alone. The woman rides the beast, i.e.
the New World Order, her accomplice.
A couple of days ago the Lord Jesus gave me a
picture of those (who or which) are being eliminated, who (or which) are those
they consider to be “dinosaurs,” i.e. those who have not changed with the
passing of time and who have not adapted themselves to the “new way” of doing
things. These dinosaurs include the governments of independent nations, their
laws, all who stand opposed to the New World Order, and all those who hold to
the testimony of Jesus, who do not deny his name, who keep God’s (Christ’s)
commandments (his word), and who are spreading the message of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. They (Washington D.C. and their allies) are plotting our (and America’s)
demise.
Many of our leaders here in America
(including within the church) are thieves and robbers who are there only to
kill and to destroy, but who disguise themselves as true shepherds and sheep,
only they are really wolves in sheep’s clothing. God is using them, I believe,
as his instruments of judgment on the nations and on his adulterous church
throughout the world, but the beast is now turning his attention on our nation
and is bringing it to ruin.
The
People
In America we also have ordinary citizens,
representing the inhabitants of the earth. We have been trained from infanthood
(those of us who are baby boomers and beyond) to worship our government,
represented by our flag, to which we pledge (vow) allegiance (loyalty,
devotion, fidelity, faithfulness and commitment) with hand over heart. We were
instructed to do this in school and in the church, and to sing songs of love
and loyalty to our nation, and to even call upon God to give his blessings on our
nation. We were taught in school and in church that the USA is a Christian
nation, blessed of God, bringing good-will to the nations of the world, and
that our military is to be honored and thanked for being the ones protecting us
and keeping us safe from the “bad guys” out there in the world.
Have you ever considered the symbolism of
this pledge of allegiance? Our hearts are the center of love, affection, and
emotion in our lives. The Bible says much about our hearts. God tests our minds
and our hearts. Our hearts have much to do with our commitments, devotion,
loyalty, etc. We are to trust God with our hearts. In our hearts we are either
people given over to integrity, honesty, fidelity, morality, etc. or we have
given our hearts over to what is evil. We can love or hate in our hearts. In
our hearts we can be sad or happy. We get disappointed or we get excited about
things we love. Yet, we are instructed in scripture to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind. So, why do
we pledge (vow) to a human government such loyalty and devotion with hand over
heart?
I believe we were brainwashed from early
childhood and on to give unquestioning, blind, and unwavering devotion, loyalty
and commitment to our government (nation) and to its military arm so that we
would look the other way when they did and do their evil deeds, and so we would
believe whatever they told us, that it is the truth, so that we would not
believe anyone who told us anything differently, and so we would think of these
“conspirators” the same as we would those who were being disloyal to God. Love
for God and love for country were often coupled together to where it was hard
to distinguish between the two. Because we learned to never question what our
government is doing throughout the world, and to always give our hearts (love
and devotion) to our nation, I believe we opened the door to these “thieves and
robbers” to come in and to steal our nation away from us.
Yet, that is not the only way in which we
have opened the door in our nation to these “thieves and robbers.” The church
did this when they partnered with the US government and they became human
corporations (businesses), run just like human businesses with human marketing
schemes, et al. I believe we also opened the door of this nation (and the
church) to thieves and robbers by inviting the world into the meetings of the
church, and by adopting the customs, values and behaviors of the world in order
to attract the world into our “churches.” We also do this by blindly trusting
everything (or most things) we read, hear or see in the main-stream media,
which is under the control of the N.W.O. Beast. When we do this, we fall right
into their traps. We get emotionally charged up with all these lies they feed
us, which we believe, and which distract us and keep us from seeing what is
truly going on in our nation and in the world. Most importantly, we have opened
the door to thieves and robbers because we have forgotten God and his word (the
fear of the Lord).
The
Nations/Kings
There are rulers of the earth who are party
to what our nation (government) is doing throughout the world and within our
own nation. They are all part of this beast – the New World Order – which has
been busily conquering the nations and peoples of the world for some time now.
They comprise our government’s allies (partners in crime). We have government
leaders in Washington, D.C. who are part of this beast who are the ones “on the
inside” committing crimes against our nation with the help of those on the
outside (the Nations, which includes our government leaders). We read about
these nations in Revelation 11. They will trample the church, and that is what
they are doing. They are making war against the Lamb (Jesus) and his followers
throughout the world. And, we become party to this when we refuse to test what
they are doing and we don’t examine their actions.
I believe God is going to allow this beast
(including these kings) to come against our nation and against the Christians
in our nation as God’s judgment on our nation because of the innocent blood it
has shed throughout the world, and also because so much of the church here in
America has been living in spiritual adultery and idolatry and has been turning
a blind eye to what our government leaders are doing. When we are awakened to
the truth of what is going on, I believe the church will be revived, she will
no longer participate with the US government or any government in their evil
deeds via apathy and ignorance, but she will speak the truth and she will
spread the message of the full gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world.
Yet, in doing so, she will also know that she will now be on “the chopping
block.” Yet, our lives are in God’s hands, and we are to be his servants.
Fit
for Service / An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Holy
Spirit, come within us.
Cleanse
our hearts,
and
from sin free us.
Make
us holy vessels fit
for
service to the King.
Fill
us with Your love and power.
Anoint
us within this hour
To
be living witnesses
For
Jesus Christ, our King.
Our
praise to Him bring.
Father
God, our heart’s desire,
Come
and speak to us in power.
Revive
our hearts to obey You;
Live
for You always.
May
we love and serve You only,
Walking
with You;
Not
a phony.
May
we always tell the truth,
And
show integrity.
Your
true servants be.
Jesus,
Savior, sanctify us.
Purify
our hearts within us;
Be
transformed into Your likeness,
Holy
unto You.
May
we always listen to You
Speaking
Your words
Now
within us.
May
we heed Your counsel to us;
Follow
You today.
Do
all that You say.
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