Tuesday, November 10,
2015, 7:40 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Come and See.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Jeremiah 26 (vv. 1-15 NASB).
Listen and Obey
(vv. 1-6)
In
the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this
word came from the Lord, saying, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Stand in the court of
the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worship
in the Lord’s house all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them.
Do not omit a word! Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his
evil way, that I may repent of the calamity which I am planning to do to them
because of the evil of their deeds.’ And you will say to them, ‘Thus says the
Lord, “If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before
you, to listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been
sending to you again and again, but you have not listened; then I will make
this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of
the earth.”’”
God’s message has not changed with the passing of time. The
message he gave here to Jeremiah to give to God’s people is basically the same
message Jesus gave to his apostles to give out to the people. If I were to
summarize the central message of the whole Bible – Old Testament and New
Testament – it would be that God says we must believe in him, turn from our
sins, and follow him in obedience to his will for our lives.
Peter said that Jesus died that we might die to sin and live
to righteousness (1 Pet. 2:24). Paul said that Jesus died that we might no
longer live for ourselves but for Christ who gave himself up for us (2 Co.
5:15). He said that coming to Christ means putting off our old lives of sin,
being transformed in heart and mind of the Spirit of God, and putting on our
new lives in Christ, “created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness”
(Eph. 4:17-24; cf. Ac. 26:16-18). He said that Jesus died that the righteous
requirements of the law might be fully met in us who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit. If we persist in conducting our lives after the flesh, we
will die, but if by the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the flesh, we will
live (Ro. 8:1-14; cf. Lu. 9:23-25; 1 Jn. 1:6). Same message. Different time.
Much of today’s church, in particular here in America, is
much like the children of God of old who were not listening to God or to his
messengers, who were speaking to them the words of God. Many today who profess
to know Jesus Christ as Lord and as Savior of their lives live no differently
than the people of this sinful world. They tell the same jokes, laugh at the
same sensual humor, watch all the same TV shows and movies, listen to the same
seductive and ungodly songs, view pornography, talk about everything but Jesus,
waste hours upon hours on things that don’t really matter, or that are pure
trash, and make excuses for why they don’t spend time with God each day, or for
why they are not growing in their walks of faith, or for why they tend to just
repeat the same sinful patterns over and over again. Yet, the reason they are
in this condition of spiritual apathy or spiritual adultery is because they are
not listening to God, but they are going their own stubborn way, resisting the
Spirit.
So, God is calling out to his adulterous and idolatrous
church. He is saying, “Listen to me! Turn from your sins, and walk with me in
faithful obedience, in the power of my Spirit within you, in the ways I have
chosen for you.” And, he is promising divine discipline (judgment) if we, as
his people, do not repent of our sinful ways, and if we do not listen to him,
and if we choose to continue going our own way instead (See: Rev. 2-3; cf. Heb.
12:3-11). I believe some of this judgment has already begun, though, but it is
only going to get much worse.
A Mighty Storm
The Lord Jesus brought to mind the passage of scripture in
Jeremiah 19:3: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold I am
about to bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that
hears of it will tingle.’” He also brought to mind Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of
the statue with toes partly of baked clay and partly of iron, meaning this
kingdom (the 4th kingdom) would be partly strong and partly brittle.
Daniel said that this kingdom will be a mixture and will not remain united (Dn.
2:40-43). Evidently these “toes” of this kingdom represent the 10 kings (horns,
kingdoms) of the Beast of Revelation (See: Rev. 13 & 17). The number 10 can
be taken literally, i.e. that the world will be divided into 10 literal
provinces of this Beast, or it can be taken symbolically to symbolize
completeness or fullness, i.e. the Beast’s complete kingdom rule over the
earth.
For the past nine (+) years the Lord has been giving me a
picture of this beast as a group of elite and powerful people in this world who
are truly the ones running things, as a shadow government working behind the
scenes, who are the ones bringing about this New World Order, which is the term
I generally use to refer to this beast. This beast is comprised of the Bilderberg
group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, world powers,
big banks, CEOs of major corporations, etc. They are the ones controlling the
world, and are the ones making the decisions for the direction the world is
headed, which is to bring all people of this world under a one-world
totalitarian government and a one-world religion, with a one-world currency,
one-world bank, and one-world army (NATO/ISIS), etc. They have been in the process
for some time now of taking down sovereign nations, killing innocents,
murdering followers of Christ, persecuting Christians, taking out all
opposition, deceiving, manipulating, and overpowering people and governments
throughout the world.
I believe the Lord is saying that this is the 4th
kingdom spoken of in the book of Daniel, and that many who call themselves Christians
have actually helped support this beast in its rise to power, some directly,
while others through ignorance, complacency and via not listening to God and
not obeying him. The church here in America willingly came under the authority
of the US government, which is an evil entity ruled by Satan, and whose mission
all along was to bring about this New World Order. The church, for the most
part, promotes worship of such government and their military arm via the pledge
of fidelity to the US government, via the singing of patriotic songs, via the
honoring of our soldiers as heroes, and via the encouragement to believe the
news media in whatever they tell us is going on in the world, when most of it
is lies, since they are mostly government (New World Order) controlled. So, the
US church is largely culpable for the atrocities committed by the
US/N.W.O./Beast.
God is using this beast (New World Order) as his divine
instrument of judgment against the nations, against all of mankind, and against
his idolatrous and adulterous people who have not listened to him, and who have
refused to turn from their sins and to walk in God’s ways.
“Disaster
is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of
the earth” (Jer. 25:32).
Courage and
Determination (vv. 12-15)
Then
Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, “The Lord
sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that
you have heard. Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice
of the Lord your God; and the Lord will change His mind about the misfortune
which He has pronounced against you. But as for me, behold, I am in your hands;
do with me as is good and right in your sight. Only know for certain that if
you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this
city and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all
these words in your hearing.”
One of the big campaigns of this New World Order “Beast”
presently is to go after those who are following Jesus Christ with their lives
and who are spreading the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Barack Obama
and Pope Francis are two of the main voices of this N.W.O. “Beast” in spreading
this message that the world must all come together as one, in solidarity, yet
they are just servants of this “Beast” in giving out its messages, and in
forcing the world into compliance with this beast in the giving up of sovereign
nations and the giving up of independent faiths, which believe their faith is
the only way to God, and which teach that people must turn from their sins and
must follow Jesus Christ in obedience. We are the “extremists” they talk about
who must be silenced. And, they are going to great lengths to try to silence
us, too, via the media, in trying to discredit Christianity; via “gang stalking,”
which includes harassment and trying to drive people crazy; and via recruiting
private citizens to spy on family, friends, neighbors, and fellow church members,
etc. They are also murdering Christians in cold blood, too, I believe, and are
blaming it on terrorists.
So, what should our response be to all of this? First of
all, if we are guilty of not listening to God and we are going our own way,
while ignoring God’s calls to repent of our sins, then we need to turn from our
sins and follow our Lord Jesus in obedience and surrender to his will for our
lives. We have to confess to others where we have wronged them, and make it
right, as much as is possible, and we must accept that there may be natural
consequences for our sins, even though God does forgive us.
If we are walking in the ways of the Lord, and we are
sharing the gospel of our salvation, and we are among those who are being targeted
for persecution and death by this “Beast,” then be of courage! Nothing can
happen to us but what God allows it, he allows it for a purpose, and he will
see us through it. One of Satan’s biggest weapons against us is to try to
convince us that he is more powerful than God, and that he can do stuff to us
and that God has absolutely no power to stop him. That just is not true! Our
God is completely sovereign over all powers and authorities, and he has all of
them under his command. Our lives are completely in his control, and he will
work out his purposes for our lives through the things he allows us to go
through. He will make a way for us when there seems to be no way. So, keep on
speaking, and do not be silent! Keep on sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
showing people the path that God has for them to walk. And, never, ever give
up! God will use what we share in someone’s life, who will share it with
someone else, who will share it with another, and the gospel will spread, and
many will be saved. Amen!
Come
and See / An Original Work / May 20, 2013
Based
off John 1:35-51
John, the Baptist, called of God to
Make straight the way for the Lord,
Told his disciples about Jesus,
So two of them followed Him.
One of them who followed Jesus
Told his brother, Simon Peter,
Who then he brought to the Savior,
Who had told them, “Come and see.”
Jesus Christ, our Lord, Messiah,
On his way to Galilee found a man, Philip,
So he told him, “I want you to follow Me.”
Philip then found his friend,
And he told him, “We have found the one
The prophets spoke of – He is Jesus!”
Philip then said, “Come and see.”
Jesus saw the man, Nathanael,
While he sat beneath a fig tree,
Even before Philip called him,
So Nathanael did believe.
Nonetheless the Lord said,
“You believe because of what I told you.
You will see much greater things than these
If you will Come and see.”
Jesus’ calling to each one of us.
He tells us to believe in Him
As our Lord and Messiah,
And to follow where He leads.
He says we must turn from our sins,
Die to sin and self each day,
And put on our new lives in Jesus;
Bow before Him; humbly pray.
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