Closer by the Day

One, following the signing of the normalization agreement between the UAE and Israel, it was reported that the U.S. will sell F-35 stealth jets to the UAE.

Critics contend that this will endanger Israel by reducing its military edge over its enemies.

It has been reported that the U.S. has not signed an agreement to sell the jets to the UAE, but there is a plan to sign an agreement with the UAE on Dec. 2, 2020.

It is impossible to predict what will be in that agreement, but because the U.S. has signed contracts to sell the F-35 Jets to other nations (Israel and Poland), the U.S. expects it to take a 6-7 years to get the UAE planes off the production lines.

The idea of a potential agreement tied to a peace treaty with a 7-year timetable is stirring speculation about the future 7-year covenant with many.

Two, concerning world government, on Sept. 22, 2020, French Pres. Macron told the UN General Assembly that France wants “a new era of globalization.”

He said, “We must together lay the foundations for a fairer, more balanced, more equitable, more sustainable globalization.”

Three, On Sept. 23, 2020, Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlo Vigano offered a letter to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast that said the outcome of the presidential elections in November “will be decisive not only for the United States of America but for the whole world.”

The Archbishop believes the election is a war between American citizens and the demonic forces of the deep state and against the New World Order” (world government; people like French Pres. Macron; Henry Kissinger and George Soros).

Four, last week my article mentioned that Elon Musk has been authorized to put 12,000 satellites (and he wants to up it to 40,000) into orbit to make high-speed Internet and TV service available everywhere on earth.

The article pointed out that this will allow the Antichrist and False Prophet to track all buying and selling, for everyone on earth to see the bodies of the Two Witnesses laying in the street and to see them raised from the dead (Rev. 11).

An astute reader reminded me that this will also allow everyone on earth to see the Second Coming of Jesus (Rev. 1:7).

The writer said, “As I understand it, global satellite internet access will be available in the US to the northern states this year, and it will be available globally by 2025.”

Five, Amazon has installed hand scanners at two of its Seattle, WA. stores that reads palms, lets people enter, and allows customers to buy products by scanning their hand.

Amazon believes their hand scan technology will allow people to make purchases in other places, and they expect to install scanners at some of their other stores in the coming months.

Six, on Sept. 24, 2020, it was reported that Arab contributions to the PA have been zero since March and foreign aid contributions have been half of what they were last year.

Seven, concerning the days of Noah (specifically wickedness or lawlessness), on Sept. 20, 2020, US Att. Gen. William Barr designated NY City, Portland, Ore. and Seattle, Wash. as “Anarchist Jurisdictions” that will lose federal funding for impeding law enforcement, defunding the police, tolerating violence, endangering innocent citizens, etc.

Eight, on Sept. 22, 2020, it was reported that billionaire Michael Bloomberg, former candidate for the Democrat nomination for Pres. of the U.S., is likely to be the subject of a potential criminal investigation for paying the fines and restitutions of about 32,000 felons who are mostly black in Florida so they can vote in the upcoming election.

Data shows that 90-95% of the black voters in Florida vote for Democrats, and there is concern that Bloomberg has raised more than $16 million to illegally buy black votes in Florida.

This comes on top of earlier reports that NY Democrat Mayor de Blasio’s daughter was arrested with people that rioted there and that 13 members of Democrat Pres. nominee Joe Biden’s staff took up an offering to bail out protesters.

It has also been reported that Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky (Bill and Hillary’s daughter) has bragged about bailing out protesters.

And in the late of night on Sept. 24, 2020, 24 people, including Democrat State Representative Attica Scott, were arrested in Louisville, Ky (where 2 police were shot) for unlawful assembly, failure to disperse, and rioting in the first degree by allegedly breaking windows, damaging busses and trying to set fires.

If our nation elects leaders that tolerate or participate in illegal or corrupt activity, our nation will reap the consequences of their leadership.

Nine, on Sept. 23, 2020, two U.S. Senate committees (the Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Finance Committee) issued a joint report titled “Hunter Biden, Burisma and Corruption.”

The most damning evidence came from the files of Pres. Obama, Vice-Pres Joe Biden, the U.S. Treasury Dept., and e-mails sent by John Kerry whose stepson was one of Hunter Biden’s business partners.

According to the report, Hunter Biden and another business partner, Devon Archer, received more than $4 million dollars from a corrupt energy company in Ukraine named Burisma – plus Biden, his family and Archer received millions more from foreign nationals of questionable character.

The report shows potential criminal activity; possible ties to sex-traffickers and Russians; silencing of concerned government officials; a major coverup by Obama, Biden, and Kerry; and that the House impeachment of Pres. Trump and charges of Russian collusion were part of the effort to keep this information from the public.

It has been reported that these things are in addition to Biden’s China connections, this was just a partial report, and more is coming.

Ten, Los Angeles, County Cal. is trying to send Dr. John MacArthur to prison on contempt of court charges for defying an order to limit worship services at Grace Community Church.

This could well wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court, and the beliefs of the U.S. Supreme Court Judges and the importance of the U.S. Constitution could very well impact religious freedom in the U.S.

Eleven, Pres. Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace justice Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The real threat to the U.S. includes trying to remove all mentions of God from our society; trying to lockdown churches; trying to force the LGBTQ agenda on everyone; abortion; bailing arsonists, looters and killers out of jail; defunding the police; including the Muslim terrorist group CAIR in the U.S. government (as Obama and Biden did and Biden seems to be supporting again); disarming U.S. citizens; transforming the U.S. into a socialist nation; surrendering the sovereignty of the U.S. to a world government and an anti-Christ world religion; and more.

I expect things to get worse by the day as the Tribulation Period nears, but it never occurred to me that politicians would openly support things like this.

God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin born, sinless Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, was buried and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

How do you determine if you've done enough works...To which judgment will you go to find out???

My goodness, Don't you know the simple answer to that issue?

Luke 12I42-48 (AV):

⁴² And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
⁴³ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
⁴⁴ Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
⁴⁵ But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
⁴⁶ The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
⁴⁷ And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
⁴⁸ But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Being saved is eternally important, but it is only the starting line of eternal life, an abundant one of which our Lord and His Father give something no one else can. That life is only based on one's faith in a future changed by knowing and mimicking Him. Should we get just past the starting line and then quit? Forever? They Who gave us much expect much, knowing that "abundant" means having plenty to do to advance God's program on earth.

He knows what one is capable of, with the Holy Ghost guiding and empowering the faithful servant. There are no other laborers. Only the selfish ones work for their own benefit and not for the One who gave them something, the price of which was paid for in the Blood of His Innocent Lamb.

Now, the person saved is not merely saved into a limbo in which he/she determines his/her own course disregarding God's guidance, is it? No. God has a plan for everyone, a best plan; but the person can degrade it by choosing a course that wasn't what God intended.

Here's a comparison (by parable) what happens when His plan involving participation is followed by the servant, and when it is not:

Luke 19:12-27 (AV):

¹² He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
¹³ And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
¹⁵ And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
¹⁷ And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
¹⁹ And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
²² And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
²³ Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
²⁴ And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
²⁵ (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
²⁶ For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
²⁷ But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

So he that was assembling with other spiritual laborers shirked the task assigned to him, did nothing with it, and was allotted the same punishment as those who never professed Christ. Yes, God knows, but He needs the person to know also that the example of the other faithful ones was not enough for shame in his laziness to prod himself on to glory, but to utter darkness. Read Matthew 25:14-30 on it.

The Bema Seat Judgment is for Christians only...No one at that judgment goes to hell...

No? Explain the above references in Matthew and Luke.

How do you determine if you've done enough works...To which judgment will you go to find out???

You only need to account for what God gives to and expects from you, not someone else. He knows what He can expect from you, and never expects something that He and you cannot do together. But here are some examples of what He desires:

"Finally, brethren^{(plural, includes all true believers and challenges those who are only professors and not possessors of salvation, though claiming to be Christians)}, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you" (Php. 4:8-9 AV).
"Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Quench not the Spirit.
Despise not prophesyings.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
Brethren, pray for us.
Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss"
(1 Thess. 5:6-26 AV).
"Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (Mat 19:19 AV).
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (Jn. 13:34-35 AV).
"He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me (Mat 10:37-38 AV).

There are more Father-loving and respectful things to do, but like Jesus, these are things we ought to do that please Him, and for which He rewards us both now and in Heaven.

"Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And (H)e that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please(H)im" (Jn. 8:29 AV).
"Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD, that walketh in (H)is ways" (Ps. 128:1 AV).
"When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with (H)im" (Prov. 16:7 AV).
"Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more" (1 Thess. 4:1 AV).
"So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God" (Rom_8:8 AV).

There are lots of things one can do or not do that please God, as He enjoys, and dozens of ways that we can do or not do that displease Him.

So what does it mean, "to fear the LORD?" It is simply this: it is to dread to displease, distress, or disobey Him. It is not a terror of "losing one's salvation," as some very wrongly presume and teach others, subverting the Gospel that Jesus paid for all of one's sins.

What it is, is loving The Father for His goodness and grace to us that--just as we feel about anyone else that we love and want to please--so it is with God and His Son. We should desire to be in a happy relationship with Him. And the Bible tells us how.

Being "in the flesh" means keeping on behaving the same way after He saves you as you did before his saving, which lack of grateful response cancels the cost to Him and others of our displeasing disobedience. When He sets you apart and becomes your Father and Friend, He also gives you the power, the strength of character, to deny your own contrariness. But it is you who must exercise that strength, and make it grow over larger and larger parts of your life. In contrast, an unsaved person simply has not the ability to please God, to gain power over inborn Sin. This pre-existing condition bears the sentence of physical death, of spiritual death, and of eternal death.

It would seem by now to you that this chat we're having here is a chance to learn something that will make your life in Christ more pleasing to you, as it has to me and many others. If you reject what the Bible says about this, it opens up the question of a need for personal self examination:

"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" (2 Cor. 13:5 AV).

You don't have to answer to me on this; but you do, as I do, have to answer to God, Who is continually watching you. If you really possess eternal life, then the Indwelling Holy Spirit senses every thought and every premeditated action that you display. Observing spiritually discerning fellow believers have the charter to evaluate your behavior, and treat you accordingly; whether you need correction and can bear it, or whether your compliance to Christ's character glorifies God. They are not judging your soul, only your actions as to whether you have overcome your inner "old man" and the Wicked One, or not.

Those who say that they have become saved, that they are Christ-followers, and claim a place in the assembly of members of His Body, but show no difference in their walk and talk years after the moment they claim to have converted, must be treated as though they haven't.

Eh?

Not questioning your status, just presenting some salien facts regarding your questions and statements that indicate a certain lack of depth in applying doctrine.

Jesus did not go to that cross so your behavior mechanism can be 'purified'. Your soul is the seat of sin. It is to be discarded in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, IF you are alive and remain at the coming of the Lord to meet the redeemed in the air.

The Catholicism religion created a purgatory, as if the soul, the behavior mechanism is to be transported to Heaven. The sin laden soul does not inherit eternity and there is no purgatory to 'complete' the work Jesus accomplished at the cross. The works based religion of catholiciism is an insult to what God accomplished in Christ reconciling all who believe on Him.

To assert a fiction such as purgatory is to insult the Grace of God in Christ and seek to add something GOD has not presented. We the redeemed are justified by faith alone in Christ alone, and not one millisecond of working to be purified in a mythical purgatory.

Your religion apparently does not recognize the three part nature of man, the spirit, soul, and body. Salvation is of the spirit, not the sin trained soul or decaying body. Since your religion of catholiciism does not believe in the great departure, the Rapture of the Body of Christ Believers, your religion instead imagines the soul will be cleansed and with the spirit then enter Heaven. THAT IS A GREAT LIE. And we know who is the father of lies.

And for readers who may not post questions but have them, there is an intimate connection between the physical body and the non-physical soul. And there is an intimate connection between the soul and the spirit. When God breathed into Adam, Adam became a :IVING SOUL, that is a physically connected soul but with spirit life. When Adam chose to defy God, the spirit life ceased in Adam and Eve. God redeems the spirit by once again putting His seed (1 John 3:9) of spirit life in the human individual spirit, imbuing eternal life to that spirit.

Paul explained that the sin-laden soul can be transformed, gradually, by the renewing of the mind, thus changing the behavior pattern of the redeemed. BUT Paul also showed us that the soul, regardless of how much it is renewed, is to be left behind when The Lord Christ comes to gather HIS Body of believers to Himself and return to the Father's House.

There is no such place or function as purgatory. GOD does the cleansing of that which He redeems. There is no 'suffering to be made clean enough to enter Heaven'. That is a lie from the pit of Hell, aimed at focusing the person on their soul rather than the spirit, the spirit which ONLY GOD can cleanse and abide therein.

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