Posted on 04/06/2009 4:48:19 PM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
I recall a conservative political commentator saying that the Democratic Party was the "A" team, while the Republicans were the "B" team on the road to socialism. Boy, oh boy was that a truism. Things are moving so fast in the last six months that stage-setting events are happening so fast that no one person can keep up with events. Prophecy is on fast-forward!
Stage Setting
Virtually all future prophecy will start to be fulfilled when the rapture occurs ending the church age. Then the world will enter the time when the birth pangs that Jesus spoke of begin to be fulfilled (Matt. 24:8). This post-rapture period known in the Old Testament as the "latter days" (Deut. 4:30; Jer. 30:24; 48:47; Dan. 2:28; 10:14), the "last days" (Jer. 23:20; 49:39; Ezek. 38:16), and the "latter years" (Ezek. 38:8) will last for seven years (Dan. 9:24–27; compare with Rev. 11:2, 3; 12:6; 13:5). None of what is happening today indicates that the rapture is near since that event is a signless event that could happen at any moment. Are you ready for the rapture?
The signs of the times that are occurring today relate to Israel as God is preparing the world for the time when He will resume His plan for Israel and that will then involve the fulfillment of times and seasons. One major indicator that we are likely near the beginning of the tribulation is the clear fact that national Israel has been reconstituted after almost 2,000 years. The signs also relate to what is happening in the Gentile world as we move toward a global government centered in the Revived Roman Empire, which is mainly Europe. Dr. John Walvoord explains the significance of signs occurring in our own day as follows:
But if there are no signs for the Rapture itself, what are the legitimate grounds for believing that the Rapture could be especially near of this generation? The answer is not found in any prophetic events predicted before the Rapture but in understanding the events that will follow the Rapture. Just as history was prepared for Christ's first coming, in a similar way history is preparing for the events leading up to His Second Coming. . . . If this is the case, it leads to the inevitable conclusion that the Rapture may be excitingly near.[1]
Signs For Our Day
In every generation since Christ's ascension there have been Christians who thought that there was reason for His return in their lifetime. However, almost all of these past expectations were derived from the belief that they were experiencing events of the tribulation in their own day. Only in the last 200 years have some interpreters begun to return to a literal, futurist understanding of the impending events of the tribulation, as generally held by most in the early Church. Thus, while so many have believed that Christ's return was near, the basis for such an understanding has not always been the same down through the history of the church—that the church was in the tribulation. The fact that Israel became a nation in 1948 is an undeniable fact of history that indicates that God is up to something in history in our day that could not be said in previous times.
God's plan for history always moves forward in relation to what He is doing with Israel. Thus, the fact that Israel has been and continues to be reconstituted as a nation is prophetically significant, so significant that it makes Israel God's "super-sign" of the end times. Were Israel not a nation again it would be impossible for events of the end time to occur since so many of them take place in that tiny country or in reference to her. But she has returned and so it is that all other aspects of Bible prophecy are also being prepared for the grand finale of history.
Recently we have seen that the European Union threatened and warned Israel about not being open to the so-called "two-state solution" of the Arab-Israeli conflict in their effort to impose a human solution to the conflict.
The prospect of a new hawkish government, with Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman as a possible foreign minister, will be seen in Europe as a setback to the Middle East peace process.
"Let me say very clearly that the way the European Union will relate to an [Israeli] government that is not committed to a two-state solution will be very, very different," said Javier Solana, the EU's foreign and security affairs chief.[2]
New Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is opposed to the two-state solution, which is the EU's framework for dealing with the problem. Whatever the supposed human solution affixed to this crisis will bring, the situation will not be genuinely solved until our Lord returns and imposes His will as the ultimate solution to the situation.
Since the election of Obama to the White House, we also see the United States changing from a sympathetic supporter of Israel to one who will be pressing for an imposed solution. New Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton is said by observers of the Mid-East Conflict to have shifted her pro Israel position she displayed as a U. S. Senator from New York.
Morton A. Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America, is just one of many supporters of Israel who say that Hillary Clinton, an outspoken supporter of a Palestinian state, has made an anti-Israel switch of late. Klein writes that the U.S. Secretary of State, once a "reliable and vocal supporter of Israel," has now taken many positions that are not in Israel's interest.[3]
Globalism
When George W. Bush was president he was ostracized and viciously attacked for acting upon the national interests of the United States within the now dominate global environment. As a pronounced citizen of the world, Obama instead insists that we must all shoulder "the burdens of global citizenship."[4] Thus, the United States of America, the last major holdout against global governance, has under President Obama joined efforts to deal with most matters within the framework of globalism. Whatever reluctance was shown in the past, America has now officially under the Obama administration joined the global community lock, stock, and barrel.
Scripture teaches that the Antichrist will rise to power out of a federation of nations that correlate in some way with the Roman Empire of two thousand years ago. Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost explains:
Now, when we turn to the prophecies of Daniel 2 and 7 and to Revelation 13 and 17 and other parallel passages, we find that at the end time, during the Tribulation period, the final form of Gentile world power is a federation of ten separate nations, the ten toes or ten horns. It seems as though Europe's leaders are advocating that which Daniel prophesied hundreds of years before Christ, when he said that the final form of Roman world power would be a federation of independent states who elect one man to take authority over them while maintaining their own sovereign authority. The more movement we see in Europe for a common market and a federation of nations, the closer the coming of our Lord must be.[5]
One would have to be totally ignorant of developments within the world of our day to not admit that through the efforts of the European Union, Humpty Dumpty is finally being put back together again. This is occurring, like all of the other needed developments of prophecy, at just the right time to be in place for the coming tribulation period. Prophecy popularizer, Hal Lindsey tells us:
"A generation ago, no one could have dreamed that an empire formed of the nations that were part of old Rome could possibly be revived. But today, as Europe is on the advent of real unity, we see the potential fulfillment of another vital prophecy leading to the return of our Lord Jesus Christ."[6]
Conclusion
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has recently said concerning the global economic downturn that we all should seek global solutions. He further said that the world has never been more willing to see globalism as the answer to our problems, to which he also promised a bright future if we join arms and march in this direction. Henry Kissinger has recently said on multiple occasions that President Obama has a tremendous opportunity to steer America toward globalism in an effort to deal with our problems. Kissinger has further opined that only globalists can solve these problems in the area of economics, environment, agriculture, religion, political, and so on.
It may be true that mankind without God and His word cannot figure out how to solve the pressing problems of humanity without some kind of global governance. However, the realities concerning these matters are always and only found in the Bible and in our Lord's plan for the future as outlined through biblical prophecy. Some critics say that we become fatalists because we trust the veracity of Bible prophecy and thereby contribute to the decline of culture and society. Yet, how can we expect people to find biblical solutions to their problems when they are clearly and vocally in rebellion against God? What Bible-believing Christian would want the unbelieving world to succeed in solving the world's problems apart from God and His word? The Bible predicts this kind of direction and outcome because man is sinful and God is righteous. However, for any individual who will listen to God's word, He has provided a way of salvation through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Listen to Him. Maranatha!
Post 170:
The next thing that I felt more than I saw was that shortly after this there was no commerce, no shopping, buying, and was impressed that there was no economy. The economy had almost failed completely and no one had any money.
The next thing I saw was people being sick and dying. I saw this particularly in four cities, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake. The disease started by having white blisters, some the size of dimes appear on their hands, arms and face. This quickly developed into white puffy sores and blisters. They would stumble about and fall and then many died within a short time, maybe 24 hours. I also saw other people with blood coming from their nose, mouth, eyes and ears. It started like a flu virus and it spread very quickly, faster than the other white blister disease. The people who had this disease died even faster. This was more wide spread across the entire United States. There were hundreds of thousands of people stricken with these two diseases.
I knew that the diseases, and there were several different kinds, but at first primarily these two, came from small containers that had been brought into the United States. These containers were like quart jars and I was impressed that the people carrying them would just drop them on the ground in large crowds of people and the people would become infected without realizing it.
In these cities as the disease spread, the people tried to flee from the cities out to the countryside. There was complete chaos in these cities and a breakdown of normal society. There was no electricity in them either, but I don’t know why or how that came to be. There were cars piled up everywhere, blocking roadways and most people then had to walk out with nothing. The disease started to spread beyond these initial cities.
As these people were fleeing the cities, there were gangs attacking them and killing them. In the cities that were struck with the disease, there was complete chaos, looting, rioting, murdering, a complete breakdown. Many people seemed to go absolutely crazy. I sensed that the electricity had failed everywhere now and that nothing was running, there was no communication or anything anywhere in the country.
More from 170:
These places of light seemed to shine through the darkness and caught my attention and so I concentrated on them, asking, “what are these things?”
I could then see that they were people who had gathered together and they were on their knees and they were praying. The light was coming from them and I understood that it represented their goodness and love. I understood that they had gathered together for safety and that they cared more for each other than for themselves. Some of the groups were small, with only a hundred people or so, but in other groups there were what seemed several thousand.
I realized that somehow many, if not most of these cities of light had been established just before the disease attack and that they were very organized. It was like they had known what was coming and had prepared for it. I didn’t see who or what had organized them, but I saw many people struggling to get to them with nothing but what they could carry.
These cities of light had food and were sharing their food with those who joined them in their groups. There was peace and safety in the groups. They were living in tents, all kinds of tents, many of which were just blankets, covering poles. I noticed that the gangs left these groups alone, choosing to pick on easier targets and unprotected people.
More from post 170:
Almost right on top of these mushroom clouds I saw Russian troops invading the United States. I saw them parachuting in to a lot of places, primarily from the East Coast. I saw them parachute into Salt Lake City. I also saw Chinese troops invade from the West Coast, near Los Angeles. The people who were still alive started fighting them with their own guns. I didn’t see any military.
This was the nuclear war that I had seen earlier and I knew that it was also happening all over the world like I had seen previously. I did not see much of this war, but I was impressed that it was not very long and the Russians and Chinese lose, but I don’t know how exactly.
Now the smoke turned to a very thick, heavy dark smoke. Just as things appeared to be as bad as it could get, then the earthquakes happened. This happened during a winter. It seemed that this was the winter following the very long one and so the chaos had been almost for a full year. The earthquakes seemed to start in the West, around Idaho and Wyoming and then quickly spread everywhere.
I saw a huge earthquake strike Utah and then California. There were earthquakes all over California, but were especially devastating in Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
These earthquakes triggered volcanoes all over the West. They started spewing a tremendous amount of ash and smoke into the air and the air became very dark and dirty. The sun was darkened even more because of the smoke and the ash that started raining down everywhere.
I also saw huge waves of water sweep over the West Coast and then I realized that it was happening all over the coastal cities of the entire world. Los Angeles was almost swept completely away. The waves were huge.
I saw a big wall of water, taller than many of the buildings, perhaps as high as 20 feet, sweep over Salt Lake City. I thought this was strange because it was so far from the ocean and I thought how could a wave from the ocean travel all the way to Salt Lake City. I was impressed that it was not from the ocean but from the ground. I quickly saw great cracks in the earth around Salt Lake City open up and water just shot out of the ground. I felt that under the ground, very deep, there was a tremendous amount of water in the ground and the earthquakes forced it up to the surface. When the water swept over the city, there weren’t very many buildings left, in fact there was a tremendous destruction with hardly anything left at all, just a few buildings. The water went from Idaho down to near Cedar City and was very bad.
In the cities there was great destruction, and most of the buildings had been destroyed and there was a lot of rubble. Though the earthquakes, disease, floods, volcanos, tidal waves killed a lot of people, most people died because of the gangs and everyone killing each other...not from the terrible devastations.
As I thought a moment about the It seemed that the earth itself had become sickened at the terrible things that were happening upon it and was finally reacting. I was impressed that the earth wanted to cleanse itself of the terrible chaos and evil that had engulfed the people.
Because of the volcanoes erupting everywhere, there was now ash mixed with the heavy smoke. Ash was falling and it was almost complete darkness everywhere.
The diseases had become very bad ... I saw people literally die on their feet.
Finally, from post 170:
I then saw four more things.
I saw a huge earthquake in the middle of the United States. It was tremendous and seemed to split the United States in half about where the Mississippi River is. The crack in the earth that resulted was huge and that area totally sinks. It is miles wide and it opens up and the earth falls down. It seemed to swallow everything. Then water flowed in from the Gulf of Mexico all the way up to the Great Lakes, only they weren’t lakes anymore, they became all part of a big inland sea.
I then saw a series of tremendous earthquakes all over the world. But it wasn’t lots of separate earthquakes, it was all part of one huge, gigantic earthquake that shakes the entire earth. Because of this earthquake, waters come upon the land all over the world. Huge walls of water along all of the coasts. This earthquake and the walls of water make the earlier ones seem small by comparison. I don’t know if the earthquake that split the United States into two parts was part of this worldwide quake or not.
I then saw a tremendous wind come upon the earth. As the wind hit I saw people go into caves and into the cracks of rocks to escape it. It was tremendous and it blew trees and everything away. It appeared to be stronger than any hurricane or tornado. It seemed like everything was blown away.
I understood, without asking, that the great worldwide earthquake and the wind were somehow caused by a huge object, like a planet or something, that had come very close by the earth and disrupted everything and that it was near the end that this happened.
I then was back into space viewing the entire earth from a distance. I then saw this huge fireball, two or three times bigger than the earth approach the earth. It was extremely bright red and gold in color and then engulfed the entire earth. When I saw this, because it was so different than everything else, I then asked what it was. I was impressed that it was the burning of the earth that is described in the scriptures. I understood that just before it comes that Jesus had appeared to the earth and the good people that I had seen earlier had left the earth with Him and were no longer on the earth. The only people left were the few wicked who had survived the devastations earlier, but there were not many.”
http://www.discernthetimes.com/end/articles/end_1008.html
Post 173:
Because of a great rise of wickedness and rebellion, wrong leaders will come up who will have agendas that will destroy security and belief in political systems. Certain women leaders will come in power; watch them as they will not submit to any men.
More from 173
Beware of the spirit of Balaam, Balak, and the Nicoliation standards. The Jezebel spirit will rise up with greater power, affecting weak leadership and taking control in unimaginable ways. Ask the Lord for wisdom and discernment, and a lot will come from Him. Release the prophets.
Even though many new people will be added to the church, loads of them will wax cold and turn away from the faith. The fringes are getting bigger and more people will like to hang in the fringes between the world and the church.
This is also a year of great release. The angel reminded me of a movie I saw when I was 12 years old: The Great Escape. It was based on a true story where the Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocated them to a high-security “escape-proof” camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. It deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War.
Many of those who desire to come out of their constricted areas of life and ministry will do so. The prison camps of bondages, fear and sicknesses will be broken and many set free.
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I was told to read the following:
Matt 23, Particularly the seven woes
Ezekiel 40 43
Jer 31
And the book of Ruth
http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=GB0079UV
More from Rosie Lovejoy’s site
LION OF ZION # 53
TWO BANQUETING TABLES REVISITED
By Rosie Lovejoy
October 10, 2007
It was Friday night and I was so happy that once again I was going to worship with the small group of friends I worship with every other Friday evening. It had been a terrible week, with crisis after compounding crisis. I was emotionally spent.
Walking into the sanctuary, I felt pregnant with the knowledge that once again I was going to get to meet my Savior and King, Yeshua/Jesus. I needed to hear HIS tender words and feel HIS loving presence.
Our opening prayer had been prayed, the shofar sounded, and worship had barely begun, when I saw the LION, regal and strong, standing powerfully, looking at me in HIS tender/stern way.
HIS words shocked me:
“YOU CAN’T JUST COME INTO MY PRESENCE COVERED WITH THE FILTH OF THE WEEK AND EXPECT TO MEET ME AS YOU ARE…”
HE continued to speak, and I grabbed a notebook and began to write.
To fully understand the message HE gave me, I am going to begin with an excerpt from:
LION OF ZION # 36 - TWO BANQUETING TABLES.
This vision will make little sense unless you understand what HE was elaborating on.
(This is just a small excerpt from that previous vision.)
*********************
October 20, 2006
(nearly one year earlier)
I saw a huge banqueting table in a room that was light-filled and joyous. A gorgeous white brocade tablecloth covered the table, and crystal goblets and serving platters held luscious food. Light bounced off the crystal, and rainbows arched under a huge chandelier of crystal light. It was breathtakingly beautiful! Everywhere I looked there was light and rainbows.
The food on the platters was luscious fresh fruit. Some I recognized, some I didn’t. There was not a spot or blemish on any of it. Beads of water glistened on the fruit, and rainbows of light danced off of them. It was really beyond words, it was so beautiful!
The door was open to the room that contained the banqueting table, yet no one had entered.
Across the hall was another room, also with a large banqueting table. The light in that room was very dim. The walls, floor and tablecloth were a strong, blood-colored red. Smoke hung in the air and the room was filled with people all dressed up in their finest party attire. The dresses were low and seductive, very expensive and very much the latest fashion. The men were in tuxedos, and looked very handsome.
Some held wine glasses in one hand and a small hors d’oeuvre plate in the other that they had helped themselves to from the banqueting table. Others just held a hors d’oeuvre plate, and were playfully jabbing an item on the plate and offering it to other partygoers.
It was what was on the table and the plates that made me gag. There were slugs, and caterpillars, worms, earwigs, centipedes, spiders and bugs of all kinds. They were still alive and squirming on the plates and platters.
The party goers loved the food, and kept going back to the table for more.
I saw one woman slice a slug in half and offer it to her partner on her fork. “This tastes really good! Try it!” I heard her say. He opened his mouth, received it, and smacked his lips.
Then I heard the sweet, sweet voice of my friend, The Lion of Zion:
“I am calling out to my people. Which banquet will you attend?”
http://www.upstreamca.org/LOZ_53_55.html
Rosie Lovejoy continued ...
10/05/2007
Our opening prayer had been prayed, the shofar sounded, and worship had barely begun, when I saw the LION, regal and strong, standing powerfully, looking at me in HIS tender/stern way.
HIS words shocked me:
“YOU CAN’T JUST COME INTO MY PRESENCE COVERED WITH THE FILTH OF THE WEEK AND EXPECT TO MEET ME AS YOU ARE…”
I threw myself down at HIS feet, and began to sob. It had been such a terrible week in the natural, with one disappointment following another. I knew that I was unfit to meet my Savior this way.
HE continued:
I AM A HOLY GOD, HIGH AND LIFTED UP
AND MY WAYS ARE NOT YOUR WAYS.
THERE IS A SEPARATION GOING ON TODAY
AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF YOUR PLANET.
THERE IS A CHOOSING,
AND MANY ARE CHOOSING INCORRECTLY.
MANY OF MY CHILDREN BELIEVE THEY CAN
TOY WITH THE WORLD,
PLAY WITH THE WORLD,
AND STILL MAINTAIN THEIR LOVE FOR ME.
IT IS NOT SO ….
NEVER HAVE I SAID TO MY CHILDREN:
‘GO, DO YOUR OWN THING,
DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN YOUR OWN EYES,
THEN COME TO ME.’
NO!
I TELL MY CHILDREN TO CONSECRATE THEMSELVES,
SET THEMSELVES APART AND LIVE LIVES THAT REFLECT ME.
YOU SIMPLY CAN NOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
FOR THE DAYS ARE DARKER AND DARKER,
AND THE TEMPTATIONS MORE SEDUCTIVE AND POTENT.
A BATTLE IS RAGING IN THE HEAVENLIES.
THE HOARDS OF HELL ARE WHIPPING THEMSELVES INTO A FRENZY
AS THEY KNOW MY RETURN IS IMMINENT.
THERE IS NO TIME FOR POLITICS.
THERE IS NO TIME FOR WORLDLY PURSUITS.
THERE IS NO TIME FOR MY LITTLE ONES,
MY SANCTIFIED ONES,
TO PLAY IN THE DEVIL’S POOL OF DELIGHTS.
(I saw an image of a large above-ground swimming pool, about 4 feet high. There was a slide that slid into the pool, and other toys floating on top of the water. Adults were joyfully sliding into the pool, unaware that at the bottom of the pool Water Moccasins and other poisonous creatures were lurking.)
THERE IS SUCH A DELIGHTFUL PRESENCE AVAILABLE
TO MY SANCTIFIED ONES.
IT IS MY PRESENCE,
SWEET AND PERFUMED WITH MY MERCY AND MY KINDNESS.
IT IS NOT A COUNTERFEIT PRESENCE, IT IS MY PRESENCE,
AND MY FRUIT COMES FORTH FROM MY PRESENCE.
I HAVE SHOWN YOU TWO BANQUETING TABLES:
ONE IS MINE,
THE OTHER IS MY ADVERSARY’S.
YOU SAW THAT VERY FEW WANTED
TO EAT FROM MY BANQUETING TABLE.
WHAT YOU DID NOT KNOW WAS THE PEOPLE YOU SAW
IN THAT VISION
ARE PART OF MY CHURCH ….
WHEN YOU WATCH TV …
FROM WHICH TABLE ARE YOU EATING?
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO TALK RADIO,
WHOSE BANQUET ARE YOU EATING?
FOR MAKE NO MISTAKE,
NOT ALL WHO CLAIM TO BE MINE
ARE FEEDING YOU FROM MY TABLE.
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO CD’S,
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?
DO YOUR CONVERSATIONS REFLECT ME?
OH, MY CHILD,
SUCH SORROW AND SHOCK AND FEAR AND TREMBLING
ARE ON THE HORIZON!
AND FOR MY SERVANTS, THE ONES WHO ARE CONSECRATED
AND INQUIRING OF ME, OBEDIENT TO ME,
SUCH GLORY AND ECSTASY AWAITS THEM!
TWO PARALLEL REALITIES WILL BE MARCHING SIDE BY SIDE.
THE WAY INTO MY GLORY, MY REALITY,
IS THROUGH A HUMBLE HEART,
A HUMBLE REPENTANT HEART.
I WILL STRETCH MY CHILDREN TO SEE THOSE WHO ARE TRULY MINE.
I WILL PUT THEM IN THE FIRE.
I WILL PUT THEM ONTO THE POTTER’S WHEEL.
AND SO YOU ARE WONDERING WHY I AM SPEAKING TO YOU
ABOUT THIS?
YOU WANT TO WORSHIP AND JOIN YOUR FRIENDS
IN THE SANCTUARY.
(I was sitting on the floor of the Foyer, and it was hard and cold.)
TRUE WORSHIP IS COMMUNING WITH ME.
IT IS INQUIRING AND QUIETLY AWAITING MY REPLY.
YOU WONDER IF THIS IS REALLY ME?
YOU KNOW THAT IT IS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, MY DAUGHTER, TO LAY IT ALL DOWN.
YOU FEEL THERE IS SO MUCH ON YOUR PLATE.
GIVE IT TO ME.
GIVE ME THE PLATE YOU ARE CARRYING.
IT IS FILLED WITH SCORPIONS AND SLUGS,
AND OTHER NOXIOUS THINGS.
IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO EAT.
LAY YOUR WORRIES AT MY FEET —
THAT PLATE YOU ARE CARRYING IS FROM THE WRONG BANQUETING TABLE.
(I saw myself laying this plate filled with creepy, awful creatures at the feet of my SAVIOR as HE hung upon the cross.)
He continued:
DON’T GO THERE!
TRUST ME!
TRUST ME!
I AM TRUSTWORTHY.
YOU ARE ENTERING INTO MY SHABBAT,
MY SABBATH REST.
WHY NOT STAY THERE AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR WEEK?
TIMES ARE TOO PRECARIOUS MY CHILD,
TO BE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN UNDER THE SHADOW OF MY WINGS.
GUARD YOURSELF.
GUARD YOUR EYES.
GUARD YOUR EARS.
GUARD YOUR TONGUE.
GUARD WHERE YOUR FEET WILL LEAD YOU.
ASK.
INQUIRE OF ME.
ASK AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR DAY WHICH BANQUETING TABLE
YOU ARE EATING OFF OF.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT
IF IT IS NOT EASY AND LIGHT,
IF IT IS NOT FILLED WITH MY PRESENCE AND MY PEACE,
THEN IT IS NOT OF ME.
IT IS NOT MY TABLE!
NOW CHOOSE AGAIN WHICH TABLE YOU WOULD EAT FROM.
MY TABLE OR MY ADVERSARY’S?
THERE IS NO MIDDLE TABLE FROM WHICH YOU CAN EAT!
IT IS EITHER MY FOOD OR SATAN’S FOOD.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED MY DAUGHTER.
MY WORD WILL GUIDE YOU.
MY HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE LIFE TO THE FOOD
WHICH IS WHOLESOME AND OF ME.
STOP LOOKING AT THE OTHER TABLE!
IT IS FILLED WITH DEATH AND DECAY!
(I saw myself at my computer, surfing my favorite news sites.)
COME TO ME FOR I AM LIFE.
THERE IS NO OTHER LIFE APART FROM ME.
(I then saw my favorite LION reposing in a mountain meadow. The flowers were blooming and a sweet fragrance filled the air. Butterflies and bees were humming about HIM. Peace permeated the scene.)
“COME AND REST WITH ME.”
HE invited.
I saw little animals come and snuggle against HIS large, sweet body. I joined then, leaning against my SAVIOR and KING. It was so restful …
I AM NOT A CARTOON FIGURE.
I AM NOT A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION.
I AM ROARING,
AND MY SOUND IS REVERBERATING THROUGH
ALL OF CREATION.
COME AND REST IN ME.
SPEND TIME WITH ME.
AS THINGS UNRAVEL,
AND THE PEOPLES OF YOUR WORLD GORGE THEMSELVES
UPON THE FOOD FROM SATAN’S BANQUETING TABLE,
COME AND REST IN ME.
BE AT PEACE FOR ALL IS WELL MY DAUGHTER.
I AM COMING AND I AM ROARING.
NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
I AM COMING AND ALL THAT IS WRITTEN MUST BE FULFILLED.
COME!
I then saw myself dressed as a bride with long white veil and dress. My BELOVED was beside me, gently leading me into the room with the white brocade banqueting table, the wedding table, filled with flowers and wonderful food…
EXCELLENT.
THX.
This just in from Maurice Sklar
“Come out of Her My People - God’s Endtime Judgement upon Babylon
Maurice Sklar
Apr 13, 2009
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4
The Holy Bible is the only ancient holy book in existence that predicts the future with 100% accuracy, because it is the true Word of God. God knows the end from the beginning, and He recorded it in advance through His biblical prophets so that we can know for certain that it is true and authentic. The Bible is a record of the fall and the redemption of Mankind. Everything that has been spiritually planted by Adam and Eve and all their descendants in the earth remains and shall come to full harvest before Yeshua our Messiah establishes His eternal kingdom on earth.
What does this mean? It means that God has kept perfect records of all of man’s sins. He has recorded every injustice, every hidden murder, rape, betrayal, lust, greed, avarice, sexual perversion, all that has been stolen from the poor, etc. NOTHING has gotten past Him. He has seen it all down through history. He has also seen and recorded every good deed, every noble and valiant act, all sacrifices made for the benefit of others, and every thought, word and deed done of love. In other words, payday is coming … both for the righteous and the wicked.
These things, both the bad and the good are growing up now and coming to harvest in the realm of the Spirit. The evil is budding, flowering, and bearing its fruit of darkness and death. The good is also budding, flowering, and bearing its fruit of light and life. Harvest time has finally arrived!
God has given us great grace in our generation because we have faced more temptation than any other generation before us. The deception is greater than ever before, and Satan is desperately attempting to mingle the seed between light and darkness. But, just as oil and water cannot mix, what Satan has planted in the earth and what God has planted in the earth can never be blended. It must be separated, that is what the threshing floor is for during the harvest season.
This is the place where we are now. After 2000 years of grace, it seems that everything is just mixed together, like food after it leaves your plate and goes into your stomach. However, in the realm of the Spirit, things are extremely precise and clear. Again, God knows it all and He is the Judge of the living and the dead. Now, theologians can speculate and argue all day long, as they have for centuries, about why God allows evil, or hell, or Satan, or suffering, and who goes to heaven, but it won’t change reality as set forth in the Bible, those are all eternal facts no matter what anyone’s opinion is.
These are the facts:
1. We are saved from eternal hell-fire (literal) damnation only by being born again spiritually and receiving Yeshua (Jesus) as our Messiah, Savior, and Lord and then living a holy life of obedience.
2. We have been given the responsibility to bring this message to the entire world and to make disciples of the nations.
3. If we don’t reach them for whatever reason, no matter how morally good a lost soul may attempt to be, they will die and go to hell forever. The Gospel message for them is their only hope.
4. Nothing else really matters.
5. We must live for eternity and not just for now.
So, what’s the big deal about harvest time anyway? Hasn’t it always been like this in every generation since Adam fell? It has in some ways, but not in others. Consider this:
1. For the first time in history, we have over 7 billion souls on planet earth. Almost half have no idea who Jesus is, and most of the rest of them have only a religious counterfeit for salvation.
2. You cannot imagine how horrible hell really is.
3. Millions and millions of precious souls are dying every minute and falling into that horrible place. Then, there is no escape for them forever!
4. More have come to God in our generation than any other, but also, more are going to hell than ever before.
5. Your life really does make a difference.
6. We have to pull those around us out of the antichrist spirit of Babylon and bring them to the Lord at all costs. How do we do this? First of all, we have to come out of the spirit of Babylon ourselves. What is Babylon anyway? It is what is running the whole world system around us. It is ruled by money, commerce, and greed. It’s lust, power, and every pleasure. It’s the blindness to live only for the moment. It’s the lie of believing that we are our own gods and we can replace God. It is much more than just this. But that’ enough to give you the idea. Its engine is extortion and debt. It makes nearly all men and women into economic slaves, while a few can build big empires on earth for a few years, only to lose it all when they lose their souls.
Of course, having money in itself is not evil, but when it is ruling your life, like it is in our nation now, it makes a terrible master. There are many wealthy servants of God that God is transferring the wealth of Babylon into their hands so that the Gospel can go forth. We must allow the Holy Spirit to burn all covetousness out of us!
Money makes a great servant, but a horrific master. Most of God’s people have no idea how strong this endtime Babylonian system really is and how it has taken over their lives.
In the late 1960’s and in the early 1970’s, there were those Christian leaders in the “Jesus movement” that actually had vision and saw “the system” for what it was. “The system, man”, they would say, “is anti-God”. “Our culture has been polluted. We don’t want to surrender to it.” But, living in communes and renouncing modern life, not having personal property, etc. wasn’t the answer. It’s isn’t an outward thing: it’s a heart thing.
The answer has been in the Bible the whole time:
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:18-19
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For ALL that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” 1 John 2:15-17
“For whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMETH the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5
So the answer is that we are IN the world but we are not to be OF the world. This means that our hearts can’t entertain any idols and still be separated from the world system. We must turn away from the idolatry of our day and live for Yeshua! We must take up our cross daily, deny ourselves and go preach the gospel!
There are six “Babylons” in the bible - three of them are natural and three are spiritual and prophetic for our day:
1. The land of Shinar where the tower of Babel was built. God destroyed it by fire and confused the languages and scattered them.
2. The kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar in bible days.
3. The geographic region where that kingdom reigned.
4. The global economic endtime system that God has begun to judge in our day. It is built upon extortion and debt, unfair interest, greed, and will finally enslave everyone who receives its mark in order to buy and sell. God’s financial system is built upon sowing and reaping, not buying and selling.
5. “Mystery Babylon the Great … the Harlot” – the endtime religious antichrist religion that deceives the whole world. It is based on some truth mixed with Satanic lies. Most of the world is already under its dominance. {This includes the Roman Catholic doctrines in it that have perverted the truth as well as every false religion and occult practice of idolatry.} At least half of the Christian church will fall away to this and they are well on their way already. This will become stronger every day from this time forward.
6. The geographical regions of the earth where vast wealth has been horded, and where the end time ungodly wealthy operate in the last days. This includes “the islands of the sea” – offshore havens, islands, and even yachts and large ships where they live as well as the nations and lands where wealth has been accumulated and stored. God has reserved the fire of judgment, including thermonuclear weapons for them, according to the Bible.
Revelation 18 also mentions a CITY called “that great city Babylon, the mighty”, in particular, that is destroyed in one hour by fire. It is a large port city that is the center of global finance and trade, as well as every desirable thing, the center for music and arts, and is described by the merchants who witness her destruction,
“What city is like this city?”
Revelation 18 ends with the warning, “Come out of her My people.” In our hearts, we must be pure and separate from the idolatry of the end times. But, it also has a literal meaning. “My people”, particularly in the book of Revelation, is talking about the Jewish people who are alive and living in that city.
So, to conclude, this end time Babylon city has to also contain a significant Jewish population.
The only modern city that would qualify for all of the above would be New York City.
New York and its suburbs has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. God is calling His people home to live in the land of Israel. The time of grace will soon come to an end. God is shaking the West now, just like He did in Russia to let the Jews out and many other nations during the past century. Now He is shaking the economies of the world, centered in New York City, partly in order to bring the Jews back. It will no longer be so pleasant or comfortable here in America by the time this shaking finishes. God has begun judging economic Babylon. It started on 9/11 with the sign when the two towers fell, fell in one hour just as it is written in Revelation 18:2,10.
Our country no longer can say, “In God we trust.” Instead we could say, “In our money, we trust.” Therefore, it shall reap what it has sown.
Our only hope is in God alone.
Finally, let’s look at James chapter 5:
“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers, who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.”
Like a great trial attorney, the Holy Spirit is prosecuting the case before the Judge of the universe … the Lord of Hosts (the angel armies of heaven).
He is stating the final judgment upon the end times Babylonian system: more exactly the individuals who extorted and abused those that worked under them. Through unjust interest, leveraged debt, stealing and murder, they plundered the people of God. This isn’t just in one generation, but throughout all of history. You have to remember that when each generation died, the wealth did not leave the planet with them. It remained here. It has been hoarded and hidden away and stockpiled for the very hour that we are in now. Satan will try to use all of this to stop God’s Kingdom from coming to earth, but He will fail. But God must allow for mankind to reap the harvests they have chosen.
But then James stops and writes in verse 7-8,9b:
“Be patient therefore, BRETHREN, unto the coming of Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be YE also patient; stablish your hearts:
FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH … behold the judge standeth before the door.”
Here we see the separation of God’s people in the final generation: the Bride of Messiah. These are the ones that have come OUT of Babylon and no longer serve idols in their hearts. We see the Lord of the harvest, waiting until the last possible moment before ending the time of grace.
God’s grace is like the rain that falls on the good as well as the evil until everything is FULLY GROWN. Then there is the gathering of the harvest: both good and bad. That is the work of angels in our time. They are busy SEPARATING the good from the evil.
God uses His holy fire to purify us and to cleanse our hearts. Let’s pray for that fire to consume everything that is not pleasing to Him in our lives. Stop asking for things … this is the prayer that we really NEED to pray.
May we “come out of Babylon, as God’s overcoming church, and be clean and ready when He appears for us in the midnight hour.”
Love in our Messiah,
Maurice Sklar
Thank you so much, Joya for sharing those posts with me. I really appreciate it. The imagery in the “parables” were very good — especially that one banquet... BLECH! LOL Excellent lessons and worth reading over a few times, really. Some great “leads” for introspection, too! :)
I pray your Easter was joyous. :)
THANKS THANKS.
SOBERING.
to ALL, this is MUST READ MATERIAL:
THE LION OF ZION #1
“DO NOT MY PEOPLE KNOW ?”
January 4, 2003
By Rosie Lovejoy in Golden, Colorado
This is the vision I had during Praise and Worship on January 4th, 2003, the evening we were praying for a Pastor and his wife’s departure to Israel. I shared this vision with my sister, and she insisted that I write it down.
I was dancing during worship, when the Holy Spirit told me to sit down. The saxophone player began to play (prophesy with his instrument), and the following vision unfolded. It took nearly twenty to thirty minutes altogether.
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It began with a vision of a huge lion, about ten to fifteen feet high. He was suspended about two to three feet off the ground. He was not a “cute” lion, rather His mane was large and shaggy, and He looked very viral and powerful. During the entire vision He was walking levitated two to three feet above the earth.
The lion turned to me and thundered:
“DO NOT MY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE TIME AND THE SEASON HAS CHANGED?”
(I remember thinking that His grammar was odd, and that is not how we usually say things.)
After thundering the question to me, He breathed, and flames of fire came out of His mouth. I heard the words “LION OF ZION” reverberate through my Spirit.
The lion began to walk, suspended above the ground, breathing fire. The fire that was coming out of His mouth was not the refining fire we have been taught about, rather a fire that destroyed and burnt up all in its path. I knew in my Spirit that it was a fire of judgment.
I next saw a view of a downtown business district of a large city. I think it was New York City, but I cannot be sure. I saw a building that resembled the Empire State Building, and a few buildings that surrounded it, collapse. The image was similar to the collapse of the Twin Towers. I screamed in my Spirit, “No LORD!! NO!!!!!” As I was screaming, I saw the rubble and smoke from the collapsing buildings arise into a cloud that resembled a mushroom cloud. I do not know for sure if it was a nuclear mushroom cloud or a cloud of debris from the building. I was horrified and weeping in my Spirit.
The lion reappeared and again turned His head and spoke to me. In a mournful voice He asked:
“HOW ELSE AM I GOING TO BRING IN THE HARVEST?”
(I instinctively knew that as a nation and people we are totally pre-occupied with our little lives and situations, and nothing short of calamity was going to bring us to question our existence and purpose for being. I knew it would take something of this magnitude to bring us to repentance.) The lion then spoke again:
“I HAVE USED BABYLON IN THE PAST TO JUDGE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL USE BABYLON AGAIN TO JUDGE MY PEOPLE.”
The lion began to walk, and I saw groups of people standing and talking, some were joking with each other. Others were buying new cars and houses. Others were plotting financial gains and what to do with their assets during these uncertain times. I knew that this was the Church in America. Most were erect and oblivious to the approaching lion. A few were face down on the ground weeping and interceding. They were each covered with a course, brown cloak. There were very few on their faces.
THE LION THEN ROARED, and flames came out of His mouth, and burnt up the Christians who were standing. They became ashes and were no more. Horrified, I realized that I was standing to watch the unfolding scene, and I dove towards the dirt, skinning my chin as I landed. I was immediately covered from head to foot with the same course, brown cloak the intercessors on the ground were covered with. I raised my head to look out, and witnessed more and more erect Christians being burnt to a crisp. It was clear to me that the only safe pace to be was on my face, in the dirt, interceding.
The Lion of Zion then turned to me again, and spoke.
“DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT I WILL KEEP MY HAND OF PROTECTION OVER YOUR NATION, WHEN IT IS WILLING TO DIVIDE MY HOLY CITY, JERUSALEM?”
I knew in that moment that YAHWEH was lifting His hand of protection from our nation, and that judgment had begun. I clung to the ground, as the lion walked over me, and those of us who were prostrate on the ground, still breathing fire.
By this time, the worship music had concluded and the Pastor’s wife was speaking about the offering, and how giving our tithes and offerings was a joyful act of worship. Again the Lion thundered:
“ARE MY WAREHOUSES FULL? NO!!!! ARE MY PRIESTS TAKING CARE OF MY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS? NO!!!”
I then saw men I knew were pastors and priests, standing tall and erect. Some were standing in front of Mercedes, others in front of large, expensive churches. The Lion spoke again:
“MOST OF MY PRIESTS DON’T CARE ABOUT MY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. THEY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES, THEIR CARS AND HOUSES, AND THE CHURCHES THEY ARE BUILDING. THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR MINISTRY, NOT MINE.”
“Oh no!” I thought. “These ministers are goners…” The Lion then opened His mouth and roared. Fire came out and consumed the “priests” who were standing beside their new cars and large, expensive churches. They became a pile of ashes on the ground next to their possessions. Many, many were consumed.
The Lion continued to walk, breathing fire. Anywhere Christians were standing, rather than prostrate on the ground in sackcloth, they were consumed and turned to ashes. It was a horrifying sight.
As the offering was being taken, I was watching the Lion prowl, and the ministers being burnt to ashes. When the pastor began to preach, the most terrifying scene of the vision began to unfold.
I saw a large plain, as far as the eye could see. Millions of people filled the plain in line after line. They were Moslems on the ground, bowing in unison to Allah. They were colorfully dressed, with turbans and veils, praying and bowing to the voice of their priests as they were called to worship. Their numbers disappeared into the horizon.
I was then taken to the front of their line. Above the heads of the first line of bowing worshipers was a line of demons. They resembled black, smoky skeletons of large bulls with some swine thrown into their shape. They were hideous! Their eyes were black depths of hatred. I could see no pupils. Black smoke was coming from their eyes, their nostrils, and their bones. They had horns like bulls, sharpened to rip anything that stood in their way to shreds.
I was then taken higher and saw that I had been facing one way. From above the scene, I saw that about twenty feet away, facing the Moslem assembly of millions, was another group of people. These were Christians. The first rows were made up of Christians on their faces, prostrate, weeping. They were covered in the brown cloaks I had seen before. These only made up about twenty percent of the Christians. Behind the intercessors were Christians milling around, standing up, completely oblivious to the scene that was unfolding. They were buying and selling, being married, washing their cars, etc. I was sick at heart at the sight. These Christians were clueless as to what was happening.
Above the heads of the first row of intercessors, facing the Moslem worshipers and their demons, was a row of beautiful warriors, astride gorgeous white horses. The horses were pawing the air, snorting, and raring to charge the demons. They were being held back by the warriors who were dressed in armor resembling platinum or white gold. Light was bouncing off their shields and breastplates. Their visors were down, and long swords were held in one hand, while the other hand pulled on the reins of the chargers. It was a magnificent sight!
The two armies were facing each other, and I knew they were being held in check by YAHWEH’S timing. They were very close to each other. The demons were hissing and growling, the horses snorting and pawing the air.
Again I saw the Lion. He spoke again:
“DO NOT MY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE TIME AND THE SEASON HAS CHANGED?”
The vision then faded away with the words vibrating in my head.
His eyes are very strange. He’s very charismatic. So was Hitler.
Profound post. Thanks you for posting/sharing its message.
PaMom
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Thanks to all of you ... I hope your Easter was blessed.
All of these “words” are helpful to me, reminding me of what to avoid, of what to work toward.
Post 313 was especially helpful ...
BTTT post 313
Great minds think alike. :-}
Thanks for the pings. May we all be on our face before the LORD, trusting in Him alone.
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