Monday, September 21,
2015, 7:23 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “My Jesus, My Savior.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 30 (select NASB).
Rebellious Children
(vv. 1-5)
“Woe
to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who
execute a plan, but not Mine,
And
make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In
order to add sin to sin;
Who
proceed down to Egypt
Without
consulting Me,
To
take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And
to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
“Therefore
the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame
And
the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
“For
their princes are at Zoan
And
their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
“Everyone
will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,
Who
are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”
The Lord Jesus led me to read several news stories. Three of
them were concerning Pope Francis, who is scheduled to arrive in the United
States today (Tuesday). The other three had to do with a meeting between Obama
and Xi Jinping of China, Scott Walker exiting the presidential race, and
political upheaval in Burkina Faso. Via the reading of these news stories, the
Lord helped me to see a practical application of this passage of scripture to
our world and church today. I believe that the “rebellious children” today are
Christians (the church) who have strayed from their pure devotion to Christ and
who have made alliances with this sinful world via partnering with an evil
government and with man-made religion, i.e. by bringing the world of sin into
the church and by embracing liberalism and libertinism in place of the truths
of God’s Word in order to “make nice” with this sinful world.
The result of this disobedience to God in looking to humans
and government instead of looking to the Lord and to his Word for guidance and
direction is that this trust in humans, in government, and in human-based
religion is coming back to bite the church. The message coming from both Barack
Obama and Pope Francis, both of whom are united voices for the New World Order,
is one of a strategy to remove (do away with) the old order of sovereign government
and the old order of the Christian faith to make way for a new way of
government and religion, i.e. for a one-world tyrannical government and
all-inclusive religion which emphasizes tolerance and unity of all faiths.
With regard to the Pope, in particular, many people
throughout the world worship him as though he is God, and so they depend on his
voice to carry (lead) them in their faith, rather than depending on the Lord,
and this will be to their shame, because the Pope and Obama are carrying the
church’s faith to extinction (out with the old) so that out of the ashes of the
old church the Phoenix (New World Order) can rise to the top and take power. In
fact, Pope Francis is presented as one who speaks for God and is infallible
with regard to matters of the faith (See: Politics of Pope). This new one-world
religion sounds a whole lot like a revival of an old religion, such as the
religion of freemasonry and the Age of Enlightenment. The Pope’s visit to
America is supposed to be like a “shot in the arm” (See: Pope’s outreach to
Cuba) for the church, i.e. like a gunshot to the power of the cross of Christ
or like a vaccine to increase immunity to the truth of the gospel of Jesus
Christ in order to pave the way for the new order of the ages, both in the
church (institutional) and in government.
Obama is a powerful voice, as well, convincing sovereign
nations that they must reform and transform to the New World Order. The N.W.O.
has been going throughout the world for several years now conquering nations
and overthrowing governments, confiscating property and natural resources, and
killing at will innocent civilians and Christians, while casting the blame on
“terrorists” whom they have created and supported. The U.S. government has been
leading the charge in this, like the harlot who rides the beast. Many nations
throughout the world have surrendered to the Elite of this world (the New World
Order) and have now come under its rule and control. Now the New World Order is
in the USA working to bring our nation down and into submission to the N.W.O.’s
tyrannical government and one-world religion. I believe the pope’s visit is
part of that plan to reform and to transform the church away from the gospel of
Jesus Christ to uniting with a false religion of tolerance and preaching only
feel-good messages that do not confront sin, but which lie to people.
Speak Pleasant Words
(vv. 9-11)
For
this is a rebellious people, false sons,
Sons
who refuse to listen
To
the instruction of the Lord;
Who
say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And
to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right,
Speak
to us pleasant words,
Prophesy
illusions.
“Get
out of the way, turn aside from the path,
Let
us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Scott Walker, in exiting the presidential race, encouraged some
of his opponents to unite with him in also dropping out of the race in order to
“make way for a singular positive voice” to lead them (See: Scott Walker quits
presidential race). He didn’t say who that voice was, but it sounded a whole lot
like the voice of the Pope the way he described the voice. The Lord was showing
me that this voice is the voice of the New World Order which is why it is “singular.”
It will be the only voice allowed so that there will be no need for any other
voices, i.e. no independent sovereign nations and no singular religion that
sets itself apart from other religions and claims to be the one and only true
faith and way to God. This “singular positive voice” focuses on, at least in
outward appearance, pleasant words and illusions, and on how to make the world
a better place where all people live together in unity. It ignores such words
as “sin,” “repentance,” “obedience,” and submission to the cross of Christ in
favor of an all-inclusive religion which allows for various ways of thinking
and which avoids dogmas (doctrine, codes of belief), i.e. hard and eternal
truths.
Pope Francis is a progressive pope. I wanted to understand
what this term “progressive” means, so I looked it up. It has to do with change
and reform and with encouraging more enlightened or liberal ideas. This led me
to look up “Age of Enlightenment.” It was a period of time in history which accentuated
reason. It was endorsed in Masonic lodges. It had to do with questioning
traditional and foundational religious values, and it leaned more towards
tolerance and inclusiveness of all people within the church. It is basically
the message being proclaimed loud and clear by Pope Francis and Barack Obama
right now, which is that we need to do away with all which divides us as a
people in the world, and we all need to come together and unite under a shared
belief in tolerance of all religions, and that we can all create our own god,
and that we just need to be doers of “good deeds” and be “nice” people. If we
hold to the tenets of the Christian faith, then we are tagged as intolerant
bigots who must be silenced. They don’t want to hear that faith in Jesus Christ
means death to sin and living to righteousness (1 Pet. 2:24; Ro. 8:1-14), but
they want to hear that they can continue in sin and still have the promise of
eternal life with God in heaven.
In Repentance find
Salvation (vv. 15, 18-22)
For
thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In
repentance and rest you will be saved,
In
quietness and trust is your strength.”
But
you were not willing…
Therefore
the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And
therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For
the Lord is a God of justice;
How
blessed are all those who long for Him.
O
people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will
surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will
answer you. Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of
oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will
behold your Teacher. Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way,
walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. And you will defile
your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with
gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, “Be gone!”
The rippling effect of the disobedience of God’s people in
putting their trust in humans and in man-made religion, instead of trusting in
God and in his Word, will be disastrous for the church, yet the Lord longs to
be gracious to his church, so he is calling out to the rebellious church to
turn from their wicked ways, to forsake their idols, and to put their trust
solely in him. Even though he must discipline his wayward church, and he has
given and is giving us the bread (or cup) of adversity, when his people cry out
to him in repentance, he will be gracious to them and he will restore the
wayward back into proper fellowship with him. Then, they will be taught in the
ways of the Lord so that they will walk in them.
My Jesus, My Savior
/ Darlene Zschech
My Jesus, My Saviour,
Lord there is no one like you,
All of my days, I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love.
My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You…
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