Sunday, August 23,
2015, 10:30 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Revelation 17 (NASB).
The Great Harlot
(vv. 1-7)
Then
one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying,
“Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many
waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and
those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”
And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and
ten horns. The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold
and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of
abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, and on her forehead a
name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF
THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the
saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I
wondered greatly. And the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you
the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven
heads and the ten horns.
In Revelation 18 it describes for us the punishment of this
great harlot. It says to those of us who are followers of Jesus Christ, “I
heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that
you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; for her sins
have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities” (vv.
4-5). In one sense, thus, this great harlot knows no physical boundaries, for
all of God’s people are commanded here to come out of her.
This reminds me of 2 Co. 6:17 where it says, “’Therefore,
come out from their midst and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘And do not touch
what is unclean; and I will welcome you.’” This is in reference to not having
close, intimate, and binding relationships with the people of this sinful
world, because there is no fellowship between light and darkness. With regard
to not being yoked together with unbelievers, the sense here is that of joining
two people to a single plow, meaning that they are in sync with each other,
going the same direction, and doing the same things. We are not to join in with
the sinful world in their sinful and worldly activities and behaviors, their ways
of thinking, and their humanistic philosophy and worldly values.
This means we should also not allow ourselves to be
entertained, via TV, movies, music, the internet, and the like, by the sinful
acts of the people of this world. We should not join in with or adopt the ways
of this sinful world, even or most especially within the church. We should not
copy their ways, but that is largely what the institutional church has done, at
least here in America. So, I believe God is calling his true church to come out
from and to be separate from the institutional church, which is of human
origin, and which is run just like any human-based business, with the
government as its head in place of Jesus Christ.
In another sense, though, this is speaking of a specific
entity in a particular physical location. In the past nine years, since the
Lord Jesus has been showing me these things, with regard to what is truly going
on in my nation and within the world at large, he has pointed me to the US
government in Washington D.C. and in New York, and has shown me the US
government, and their military arm, as this harlot. If you have ever done a
search on the Internet with regard to the US government, you might learn that
our capital is filled with statues and monuments patterned after Greek, Roman
and Egyptian gods and goddesses. You might also learn that the layout of
Washington, D.C. contains many Satanic and occult symbols. You might also notice
paganistic symbols in the Great Seal of our United States of America, and come
to the conclusion that we are not a Christian nation, but one that was founded
upon Satan, the occult, foreign gods and goddesses, and religious syncretism. So,
when we, as a nation, claim to be one nation under God, it begs the question, “What
god?” It appears the answer is that it is the god of our own making.
The Beast (vv.
8-13)
“The
beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss
and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not
been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder
when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. Here is the mind
which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,
and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come;
and when he comes, he must remain a little while. The beast which was and is
not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to
destruction. The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received
a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.”
It appears that the USA was founded on the idea of the
eventuality of a one-world order, i.e. that our country was somehow to be the
catalyst to lead the way to this rule of the beast, which is symbolized in our
Great Seal. The beast is a conglomerate of globalists who exist within various
areas of power throughout the globe, i.e. such as within governments, banks,
corporations, education, and the media, etc. Included within this beast is also
the Trilateral Commission, the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations
and the Bilderberg Group. It is comprised of the elite, wealthy and powerful of
the world. Its goal is to bring about a totalitarian world government and
one-world religion. Some people like to call this a conspiracy theory, yet we
know that the Bible foretold that this would come.
“The common theme in conspiracy theories about a New World
Order is that a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is conspiring to
eventually rule the world through an authoritarian world government—which will
replace sovereign nation-states—and an all-encompassing propaganda whose
ideology hails the establishment of the New World Order as the culmination of
history's progress. Significant occurrences in politics and finance are
speculated to be orchestrated by an unduly influential cabal that operates
through many front organizations. Numerous historical and current events are
seen as steps in an ongoing plot to achieve world domination through secret
political gatherings and decision-making processes.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)
Consider this, though: “How could the public be so deceived?
Part of the answer lies in subtle power of gradualism -- the incremental steps
that function like the proverbial frog in the pot of slow-heating water. You
become so used to gradual change that you hardly notice the next step.”
“Hindsight helps us trace the early, incremental steps toward a world
government, and we can now look back at a foundation laid by an eclectic blend
of socialist visionaries, global-minded financiers, communist revolutionaries,
secret societies, New Age leaders, wealthy capitalist and tax-exempt
foundations primarily in Great Britain and the USA. Long before the United
Nations became an official organ under socialist leadership, that early vision
had spread through all the main institutions.” http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/chronologies/un.htm
A Common Purpose
(vv. 14-18)
“These
will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is
Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and
chosen and faithful.”
And
he *said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples
and multitudes and nations and tongues. And the ten horns which you saw, and
the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and
will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. For God has put it in their
hearts to execute His purpose by having a
common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words
of God will be fulfilled. The woman whom you saw is the great city, which
reigns over the kings of the earth.”
This great harlot (prostitute) is considered to be an
adulteress with whom the kings of the earth committed adultery. Adultery has to
do with someone who is married to one person but who is involved in a romantic
or sexual relationship with someone with whom that person is not married.
Certainly much of the church of today, in particular in the west, is living in
spiritual adultery because she is giving her love and devotion to humans, the
government and/or to the things, values and philosophies of this sinful world
over and above, or in place of her loyalty, commitment and devotion to her
husband, Jesus Christ.
As well, the government of the US has forsaken her people,
and she has gone after this beast, and has caused other nations (kingdoms) in
this world to join in with her in her adultery, for these other kings have had
to forsake their own people in order to also join in with this beast, for the
beast is an authoritarian world government which has no place for any loyalties
other than to it, and which has no place for independent nations, thinking or
beliefs. All must come under this one-world government and religion or pay the
price, but the greater price to be paid is for those who bow to this beast, for
they will face eternal punishment in the fires of hell.
Right now the US reigns as queen, but for the beast to have
total world domination, the US government, as with all independent (sovereign)
governments, must be done away with. God will judge this great prostitute for
her role in leading other kings into adultery with her, but also because she is
responsible for the death of the saints of God. If you do the homework, you
will see that the US (and possibly their close allies) recruits, trains and
finances many terrorist organizations, including ISIS, the Taliban and Al Qaida,
and for their own evil purposes, too, which is to bring about this rule of the
beast, and to bring all people into submission to this New World Order. This
means that the old order of things must be done away with, so that the “phoenix”
can rise out of the ashes of the old order.
Yet, we don’t have to fear the rise of this beast, or the occurrence
of these events as prophesied in scripture, which are sure to come, for Jesus,
the Lamb, has overcome! God will never leave us or forsake us. He will give us
all we need to endure these difficult times, and he will take us home one day
to be with him forever. We just need to be walking in daily fellowship with our
Lord, no longer living to please ourselves and our sinful flesh, but we must to
be conducting our lives in agreement with and under the power and direction of
the Holy Spirit within us. We need to pray for discernment to see the lies of
the enemy so that we are not trapped by them, but so we can expose them.
As well, we need to know and accept the fact that faith in
Jesus Christ is not just a get-out-of-jail-free card, and the promise of heaven
when we die, but it means death to sin and living to righteousness. So, we need
to die daily to sin and follow Jesus Christ in obedience and in surrender to
his will for our lives. We need to be separate (unlike; different) from the
world, because we are becoming like Jesus. We must not be yoked together with
the world. And, we must love others with Christ’s love, giving of our very
lives to see others go free from sin and to have eternal life with God. As
well, we must be sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ by our lives and with our
words so that others may be saved. Then we will be overcomers, and we will not
be taken in by the tricks and lies of this beast.
For
Our Nation / An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: we’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
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