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“Looking to the Day of his appearing, we live in the shadows of Judgment, just as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and others did in their day.”

By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: shadows judgment, Israel, prophets, Apostles, Rome, faith, christians, end of days, last days, perilous, Jesus Christ, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, God.

2 Timothy 4:6  For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

2 Timothy 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

When reading the words of the Apostles we find much in their lives and what they faced. As we read it, or as I read it, I can literally look into the daily situations they came up against. For all they went through, they did not face the Judgment of a nation, per se, as we will see in these last days. Even the Prophets declared, rose up early, and warned Israel of coming judgment. The Prophets faced the judgment along with the rest of the people, howbeit, we find they like Jeremiah were allowed to stay in their native land or go to Babylon. Ezekiel, however, was led captive to Babylon, as was Daniel. But for all their experiences, the early church did not face this, but faced persecution. Theirs became one of the biggest persecutions of the church. It was the persecution while living in the Roman Empire at the hands of the Caesar’s who declared laws against the ‘Christian’ believers.
I find great ‘live ability’ in these writings of scripture by the hand of the Apostles, through the inspiration of the Spirit of God. We can peer into the daily life and see what they faced. It helps us to understand these were real people facing real situations. They believed in the same Lord, walked by faith as we must, and faced tribulation as the Lord warned we would all face in this life. The second book of Timothy is seen as being written by Paul after he was arrested the second time [some say at Troas because of 4:13] and taken to Rome. This was the persecution instigated by Nero in A.D. 64. The serious manner is illustrated in these verses for Paul is now ready to be offered and he saw his time of departure [death and to be with Lord] soon. In his cell I can see him praying, fasting, and possibly reading what he had of the Torah and the Prophets. He wanted to see Timothy again and warned him against ‘Alexander the coppersmith’ who did much evil to Paul.

2 Timothy 4:6  For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
9  ¶Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
10  For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
11  Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
12  And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
13  The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
14  Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
15  Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
16  ¶At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

Paul when first arrested was able to live in a quarters and had many people come and go to see him. Now in this persecution, Nero intended to destroy this upstart faith and all who promoted it.

Paul, the apostle, who before was called Saul, after his great travail and unspeakable labors in promoting the Gospel of Christ, suffered also in this first persecution under Nero. Abdias, declareth that under his execution Nero sent two of his esquires, Ferega and Parthemius, to bring him word of his death. They, coming to Paul instructing the people, desired him to pray for them, that they might believe; who told them that shortly after they should believe and be baptized at His sepulcher. This done, the soldiers came and led him out of the city to the place of execution, where he, after his prayers made, gave his neck to the sword.[source-http://www.biblestudytools.com/history/foxs-book-of-martyrs/paul.html]

Of course, Nero failed, but many like Paul died during this. John was also persecuted during this time and Fox’s book of Marytrs says of John that they “tried to boil him in oil”, but he would not die.
John-The “beloved disciple,” was brother to James the Great. The churches of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, and Thyatira, were founded by him. From Ephesus he was ordered to be sent to Rome, where it is affirmed he was cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. He escaped by miracle, without injury. Domitian afterwards banished him to the Isle of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Nerva, the successor of Domitian, recalled him. He was the only apostle who escaped a violent death. [source-http://www.biblestudytools.com/history/foxs-book-of-martyrs/john.html]

Falling short of killing John, they banished him to Patmos, where the LORD intended him to write of the things he was shown regarding the ‘apocalypse’ or ‘revealing of Jesus Christ’. Both the Prophets of old and the Apostles had to trust in this God whom we serve. We had like faith, even though, they were Jewish and many of us Gentiles. Thanks to God, we through Faith in Jesus Christ have likeminded faith and have received of the Promises of Abraham. We know today through the Revelation of the New Testament of the Passover Lamb, the sacrifice, and the grafting in of the Gentiles.

In these verses in Romans, Paul lays out the Gentiles who believe and the Jewish nation, Israel who were ‘disobedient and gainsaying people’. The gentiles form a nation who did not seek God, but came to know him, through Jesus Christ. It is this that God is using to ‘provoke’ the Israel of today to believe. Paul details this in Romans 11. It is here, though, in these lines of scripture that we can trust the veracity of scripture and the fact that God is not a man that he could ever lie. What he says is truth. Therefore, “whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”, is one truth that all men and women, jew or gentile can trust.

Romans 10:9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12  ¶For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15  And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18  But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19  But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20  But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21  But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

Of Israel’s experiences, trials, and troubles, we need to take a lesson. The church today is in denial of this fact. The church is today a weak, rich, poor, ilk of a people that represents God. The fact today, I believe is that society and the church alike are in a state of denial. One that doesn’t see judgment coming, nor especially the church who acknowledges that judgment will begin in the house of God. We are warned bluntly that God will not make excuse for sin. He has provided his Son to bring you into his presence, yes, but we are told to purge ourselves from iniquity. We confess sin, forsake sin, and walk in newness of Life in Christ. We do not become bond servants of sin, lust, or the desires of the flesh and mind. We are bond servants of Christ and he is in us, therefore, we are new creations in Christ and these lusts have no power over us.

1 Peter 4:17  For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

2 Timothy 2:19  ¶Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20  But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21  If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

But we see in today’s church and in society that inquity abounds, rebellion is rampant, and the fact is that “society and the church have an open, naked, indifference” to the things of God, his holiness, and his laws. Judgment fell upon Israel for this mindset, it will fall upon the church. In both cases, Israel and the church today, God will repay according to your works. He is no respector of persons! Paul outlines to the Romans these points in verse 6, saying that God, “will render to every man according to his deeds.” Finally, adding that “there is no respect of persons with God” in verse 11.

Romans 1:32  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Romans 2:1  ¶Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2  But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
3  And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6  Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7  To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9  Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10  But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11  For there is no respect of persons with God.

Just as the Prophets lived in the shadows of God’s warnings to Israel and their eventual ‘furnace of affliction’.

Isaiah 48:10  Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

So too, the Apostles lived in the shadow of Rome’s influence and the eventual persecution that would take them out of the land of the living and into the presence of God. These Apostles worked and lived to prepare the believers for the time when the original Apostles would be gone. In their place would come false teachers and others who would not spare the flock bringing in heresy. Add to this would be persecution of a nature that forced many believers into the underground catacombs beneath Rome. All through history we see the foundations of faith lead and stamped with the blood of martyrs. All through history we find nations and peoples who like the nations today, who ‘disregard’ and have ‘naked indifference’ to the things of God, including his warnings.

My friends you and I as believers and followers of our LORD are living in the shadows of judgment. This is a unique time, for we will see this end of the age usher in the presence of the millennium and our Messiah Jesus Christ, Yeshua. But before that comes, there will be a time when this God will be sure the ‘nations’ KNOW that I AM the LORD! This time is spoken of as a “Snare” by our LORD and called a “time of Jacobs trouble” in scripture.

Isaiah 45:5  ¶I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Everyday that we mark off the calendar is one closer to this judgment which will envelope the world. America, the church, and all others will be affected by this. But make no mistake here, there is a difference between them that know God and them that do not. It is here that the dichotomy shifts. God will take care of them that are his! Jesus prays in John 17 and verse 15 to the Father that he “should not take them out of the world, but that he should keep them from the evil.” This evil, is actually, ‘the evil’, refering to the devil, satan. He is the evil one, and our God will keep us from him. He will wage war against us, but we will overcome!

John 17:15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
2 Thessalonians 3:3  But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Our reward is ours, as we overcome, we shall inherit all things, and it is given to us as a truth, which is, “I will be his God, and he shall be my son [or daughter]”

Revelation 21:6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Let him, therefore, scripture says: “if he is unjust, let him be unjust still, if he is filthy, let him be filthy still, if he is righteous, let him be righteous still, if he is holy, let him be holy still.” For the reward of all is given to each man, a reward for being “unjust and filthy” but, a reward for being “righteous and holy.”

Revelation 22:10  And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

In view of this, my friends, let me add this: “your faith will give you victory over the world”, according to John. John also says in Revelation summarizing this ‘victory’ as being three part: i.e. first, overcoming by the blood of the Lamb [born again of the Spirit], by the word of your testimony [what Jesus did for you and in you, and who he is], and you love not your lives unto the death!

Revelation 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

1 John 5:4  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Truly, we are living in the shadows of history. These shadows today reveal the judgment to come. Judgment is standing on the ramparts of the earth, put there by the LORD and his light is casting out the warnings to all people. Beloved we are not in darkness that this day should come upon us unaware. The world and the people who do not know God are in darkness and cannot see this judgment. You and I do, therefore stand in the LORD. We understand many others have gone before us. The prophets of old, standing in the shadows of judgment on Israel. The Apostles and the early church standing in the shadows of persecution by Rome and the Caesars. Then the centuries of faithful Christians who were led as ‘lambs to the slaughter’ for their faith. They too, were in the shadows of these last days of which we live. We are the testimony to these days and the faithfulness of our God and our Lord. We are in the very time before the ‘revealing of our LORD’ in the sky!

Revelation 19:11  ¶And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14  And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15  And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16  And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Originally posted 2010-06-05 11:05:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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“Rash Foolishness powered by demons performing signs means deception for a generation given over to lawlessness”

wolves sheep clothes

By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: frogs, folly, demons, signs, Israel, prophets, Lord, God,
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I remember the words of David Wilkerson years ago talking about the ‘folly’ that would become inherent in Christian churches. One of those ‘follies’ was nudity! While preparing for one of our news shows I came across a church that heralded ‘complete nude Christian services’. There was even a segment where the ‘Pastor, nude himself’, proceeded to defend their idea as the interviewer listened to his response. I believe over the years I have seen almost everything in the church. Today, though, the slime and rebellion in the pulpit, meetings, and gatherings we call Christian take the cake. In other words, deception is bad and those attending are even worse at discerning what they are watching and experiencing.

If you could see in the spirit and look at the person performing in some of these meetings, you would see “unclean spirits like frogs, demons coming forth from the mouths of these people”, performing signs before a generation of people who are given over to lawlessness. It is the ‘utter folly’ being repeated today, a ‘folly’ that occurred in Israel’s day and is prophesied to occur again in the end times. It is here!

I will not mention names, but those to whom I speak in regards too, are there, none the less! I don’t know them all, don’t follow what they do! What I do is seek the Lord! When he gives me a word and a message to put forth, I do that! This is the generation of lawlessness! A people who so take ‘Gods grace’ as to twist it into anything they desire, all the while ignoring the Word of God. They do not fear the LORD, nor do they honor him!

Revelation 16:13  And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14  For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Of course, we only think of demonic spirits working with signs to convince people to follow their leader in terms of the the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. But these demonic spirits, who like frogs, come forth out of the mouths of those who they enable in their lawlessness.

We see this same evidence in scripture from Second Thessalonians. It is here we find that the ‘working of Satan’ is with all ‘power, signs, and lying wonders.’ This is what equips those who are found in the church, but are not of the Lord. Do you think that Satan musters his power only for the endtime battle in the above verses in Revelation 16? No, of course not! We find his deception throughout scripture. In this verse in Thessalonians, it mentions him, the son of perdition is after the working of Satan! In other words, he uses the same method, work, and arsenal as Satan. It comes with the whole package designed to deceive the one who in their own
‘Folly’ are walking in rebellion, sin, and lawlessness!

2 Thessalonians 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

In connection with this, John writes directly to those he calls ‘beloved’, saints of the Lord, who he was warning. This warning sternly tells them that ‘many false prophets’ are gone out into the world! They will come as ‘from God’, but they are full of spirits alright, the wrong kind! That is why, he says to try the spirits! The best inspection you can do is be a fruit inspector!

1 John 4:1  ¶Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Matthew 7:16  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matthew 7:20  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

You line up what they say, what they do, and who they are against the Word of God!  Speaking to King Saul, Samuel the Prophet said to him that “to obey is better than sacrifice”. Meaning he had not obeyed the Word of the LORD, in fact, he had rejected it! This was the result of rebellion, which Samuel said was as the ‘sin of witchcraft’ and their own ‘stubbornness was as iniquity and idolatry’. Saul wanted forgiveness and to be re-instated, but Samuel flatly told him the LORD had rejected thee from being King. His successor was David, the shepherd!

1 Samuel 15:22  And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
We must take note from what occurred in Israel. Why? Because in Israel much folly was wrought in Gods name! It was a people whose heart was far from the LORD. A people who did not honor God! A people who continually sought other Gods!

Deuteronomy 22:21  Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

In Deuteronomy the law concerning damsels that are wed is found in chapter 22. What is interesting here, it is noted that if that damsel who is wed, is found not to be a virgin, she was to be stoned with stones that she die. Why? Because she had wrought a folly in Israel, she had played the whore in her fathers house. It was an evil. Today, of course, we do not stone women or men for such behavior. But this law in Deuteronomy gives us a type and revelation into an important point! The damsel to be wed, is a bride. That bride is to wed another, given by her father. This is a portrait of the Father, the Son, and the Bride of Christ. The bride today gather in his name and we have used the term, “our Fathers house”, from the Gospels. That being said, if that bride is not a virgin, totally given to her LORD, her God, and to her husband [Christ], then she has wrought folly in Israel [spiritual Israel, both Jew and Gentiles in Jesus Name, under the blood of the covenant]. That means, the bride, even the prophets, the priests, the ministers, if they have given themselves over to another, then they are no longer virgins of the LORD, before him blameless, covered in the blood. They are whore’s in their fathers house because they have given themselves over to another lover.

The Example of Eli, Phineas, and Hophni!
1 Samuel 2:12  Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13  And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
14  And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
15  Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16  And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
17  Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:22  Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23  And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
24  Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.
25  If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

The prophets all dealt with this issue, but Jeremiah in chapter 23 speaks of both the prophet and the priest being profane. They were profane in ‘my house’ the LORD said. This is a replication of Eli, and his sons, Phinehas and Hophni, who did not honor the LORD. Phinehas and Hophni were called “priests of belial..” Those who do these things make the ‘people who do seek the LORD’, actually become to ‘abhor’ the things of God because of what these ‘priests of belial’ do!
Jeremiah tell Israel that her prophets and priests are profane and the Lord will bring evil upon them, it will be the year of their visitation! Jeremiah also speaks of the folly in Samaria for the prophets there prophesied in Baal, causing Israel to err! The prophets who prophesied brought lawlessness to climax in Israel. It was so bad the Lord said they were all of them unto me [LORD] as Sodom and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. The Lord then said he would feed them ‘wormwood and gall’. This small phrase reminds of the ‘Wormwood’ during the tribulation that comes upon all the earth for their rebellion against God. The Prophets caused profaneness to go into all the land. These prophets did not call the people to repentance, to walk in obedience to the LORD, to keep his ways. These prophets spoke of visions, and prophesied to the people. Visions out of their own heart and prophesies from their own imaginations. They spoke of peace, all will be fine, no evil shall come. It was a people who walked in their own imaginations, borne out of ‘lawlessness’, ‘rebellion’, ‘pride’ and was nutured by prophets who did the same.

Jeremiah 23:11  For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
12  Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
13  And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14  I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15  Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
16  Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17  They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Today in America we have Prophets, Priests, Ministers, Deacons, Teachers, and many others all who walk in the imaginations of their own hearts. They prophesy falsely, and give visions from their own hearts. They do not speak out of the Mouth of the LORD. They do so by ‘demonic spirits, going forth to deceive’ those who do not honor the Lord! There are many today that are and will be cut off. The day of their visitation is coming and so is the day of visitation for those who walk in these ways of rebellion. These who do such things, leading the people astray are sinning ‘grieviously’ because they are ‘sinning against the LORD’ in their actions. They are taking his name in vain, his Word in disobedience, and mocking his Holiness!

1 Samuel 2:25  If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them

Thus shall they say, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many mighty works?

He shall say, “I never knew you, depart from me you that work inquity [lawlessness]”!

For these are those who did not hear the sayings, keep his word, or obey his commandments! They did not honor him! They did not obey him!

Matthew 7:20  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21  ¶Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28  And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29  For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

They went out from the Church, the midst of the believers, but they were not one of the church, nor of the believers. Thus they have become manifest they are not of the Lord! Even as in Eli, Hophi and Phineas who ministered as Priests of the LORD in the temple in Shiloh, the church today has many who minister as ‘priests of belial’. These are people who bring the last days ‘workings of Satan with all power, all  signs, and lying wonders’ to bring the people to the one who can appear as an ‘angel of light’. There is indeed and has been a ‘great falling away’ as written about in 2 Thessalonians!

1 John 2:18  ¶Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19  They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us

2 Thessalonians 2:3  ¶Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Finally, the Apostle Paul spoke of such as we have today. We indeed have false Apostles, prophets, and deceitful workers. It is also a reminder that even Satan is ‘transformed into an angel of light’. Indeed, his ministers also appear as ministers of righteousness. But their end shall be according as their works!

2 Corinthians 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Be aware, be alert, let the Word be your truth, seek the LORD! Watch the fruits! Be careful of the accompanying signs and dubious nature of certain so called ‘ministers of righteousness’!

Originally posted 2010-03-07 07:29:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Nwsltr-040410-Signs of the Times

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Nwsltr-040410-Signs of the Times
Things are going to change, so gear up, be ready, and understand the ‘signs of the times’.

By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: signs, times, false christs, plagues, pestilence, Word of G-d, L-rd, Jesus Christ
Words: 2224

The weather was warm for this early morning, upper thirties. The clock was mid past four am and I was heading out the door. Sadie our dalmatian bust out the door in front of me as I stepped onto the cement. This was typical for us, even in cold weather, the dog and I would go out to get the car ready, pack it with needed items for our early morning workout and then go inside.

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The weather was warm for this early morning, upper thirties. The clock was mid past four am and I was heading out the door. Sadie our dalmatian bust out the door in front of me as I stepped onto the cement. This was typical for us, even in cold weather, the dog and I would go out to get the car ready, pack it with needed items for our early morning workout and then go inside.

This morning Sadie got a glimpse of something and was jumping in her usual ‘what is it, I see something episodes.’ She is our yard dog and this yard is hers. She patrols it religiously during the day, evening, and early morning. If anything is out of order, she lets us know with a bark. I have come accustomed to the different barks and know if it is animal or human. This morning it was an animal, probably a cat. She always wants to play with them, never hurt them.

As I packed the car, I looked up and saw the moon. Examining it closer, it was shrouded in a milky white, with yellow coloration. Around the moon itself was a ring. This one was a large one, which meant change is coming. Old farmers used to read the weather and this kind of a moon meant a change in weather coming. But this morning it looked stranger than normal. I turned and went to the house, Sadie treading close by. She was satisfied that all was okay.

As I came I, the dog went by, sniffed at her yet uneaten portion of dog food and gathered up cozy by my desk. I turned the heat on and as usual, a brisk morning requires a little heat. So she made her self comfy.

I took up my chair, and thought of the morning email I had opened. Getting up at early pre-4 am as I do, the first thing I do is check the email and look on my sites. All was okay, the mail as usual was in need of going through. I always have mail, throughout the day, every 30 minutes, mail arrives. If I don’t manage it constantly it is a mess. Throughout the years I have learned to fight this with myriads of levels of Spam fighters and special software. But this morning it was a story on our home page of our town newspaper. It was about a church locally that was moving to the border of our state. The thing that caught my attention was the fact that this was no ordinary church. The newspaper, of course, doesn’t know the difference. Today stories are written to give all people equal share and never mention that this guy’s doctrine is off the wall. In fact the picture show some white guy in a desk chair, with another one beside him. This guy claimed to be the holy ghost and father of Jesus Christ.

I sat there looking at the picture and reading lines of it. I tell you I have no qualms about calling people crazy. This guy was nuts. But being nuts, plain crazy, he had managed to build a small congregation and now they were going to buy land in this state. We have seen such types move in and also in Montana. They like the open spaces and I guess they figure out west, we are stupid. Maybe they feel safe and can practice their delusion freely here. Whatever it is, I know this is a sign of the times. Years ago, this guy would not of had a chance to build anything like he has. But today, Americans are plain dumb about these things. They are dumb because they don’t read the bible, hold it as truth, follow it, or use it as a measuring tool for such false ones. People today allow such things to go on. They don’t teach their children, they don’t hold to holiness without which no man shall see the L-rd, they don’t walk in the Word of G-d, and they don’t have faith.

Moreover the region we live in is also facing another situation. Now as I finished this story another one came into view on the site, it was about one of the worst years in decades for grasshoppers. A plague that could hit this region and the crops causing devastation and much money.  We had already known of the trouble from some farmers and ranchers who already said they were concerned about it this year. Now today, it made the headlines on this paper. Close to the ‘false christ’ who thinks he is the Holy Ghost and the Father of Jesus.

Add these two signs along with the other one and you have three signs that indicate we are in the days preceding the coming of Yeshua, Jesus Christ.

1. The False Christ, and in our neck of the woods!

Matthew 24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

2. The plague of grasshoppers that shadows famines and pestilence!

Matthew 24:7  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8  All these are the beginning of sorrows.

3. The signs of the heavens, the moon and its early morning sign!

Luke 21:11  And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Added to this was another story and the headline was of our electric company and its agreement to lower its estimated 70.9 million dollar rate hike. They were able to do this in agreement with our ‘Public Service Commission’ that regulates such hikes. They were able to do this because of numerous factors, but of these was one of a ‘renewable energy credit’. Renewable energy credits, energy credits are found in two basic markets in the US, which are Compliance and Voluntary markets. Both are centered around the use of green energy, renewable sources and are products of the green movement. These are also anti petroleum in its basic form.

Compliance markets are created by a policy that exists in 29 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, called Renewable Portfolio Standard. In these states, the electric companies are required to supply a certain percent of their electricity from renewable generators by a specified year. For example, in California the law is 33% renewable by 2020, whereas New York has a 24% requirement by 2013.[1]. Electric utilities in these states demonstrate compliance with their requirements by purchasing RECs; in the California example, the electric companies would need to hold RECs equivalent to 33% of their electricity sales.

Voluntary markets are ones in which customers choose to buy renewable power out of a desire to use renewable energy. Most corporate and household purchases of renewable energy are voluntary purchases. Renewable energy generators located in states that do not have a Renewable Portfolio Standard can sell their RECs to voluntary buyers, usually at a cheaper price than compliance market RECs.

Obama for one in his speeches before he was elected spoke of pushing green renewable sources. One, the Cap and Trade is his major push to do so. He also wants to regulate much of the oil output and use. In fact, his statement on the matter said he would shut down such sources. Sources for one that in our state creates jobs and revenue. But this is another sign that things are changing.  I am not against green energy, but where we live, I have had to keep warm in the winter with coal, having nothing but coal to do so. The hand of the government upon the states is leaning heavy brought about specifically by Obama and the democrats. None the less, things are changing because we are in that time period.

Sometimes we live and work, as we do so all this change is far from us. For instance as I drove to our workout this morning we passed by streets, houses, and cars. All of them living, most working, and all facing the same trouble. These are basic to human survival, that is eat, sleep, stay healthy, raise the kids, pay your bills, keep your job, and to the top of the list walk in the L-rd as his servant. But many here are unwise as to the day and hour we live in.

Lately the L-rd has lead me into conversations with people I know fairly well and they all have been asking me about the times we live in. As they do, I start in. From the top, to the bottom, to the need for repentance, to the finale that ‘America as we know it will cease to exist’. People usually only ask me or want to talk to me once in this type of conversation. I have warned for years and without a doubt, few and far between are those who will listen, understand, and see the signs of the times as we do!  So as I drove I passed by all these houses and families, without a doubt, I thought to myself, these people are totally ignorant to what is coming. Especially here in our neck of the woods. But to these people, I say, it is here now. From today, let it be known, the ‘signs of the times’ have definitely arrived and they tell me that here, they are, and here they will stay and continue to get worse until that time of the end!

It can get tough at times in this calling. I don’t speak to many where I work out at, because if I do, I will flatly tell them what is coming. Like the time I was in the sauna and two young men who I know are contractors came in. This time I said something to them. They answered and we started talking. By the time it was over I had told them of the end times, the Lord, our web sites, the end of America, and much more. I have not seen much of them since, but they know what is coming, what to do, and where to find help. One time I got into a discussion with the owner of the club where we workout. He is genuinely worried, he told me so. As a result I let it go as I do. Later my wife ran into him and started talking to him. He mentioned running into me and talking with me, saying something to the effect that ‘he doesn’t want to do that again, because we try to solve all t he problems.’ He doesn’t want to face the music so to speak, nor how to survive all t his through Christ. So he can go his own way.  I have as have my wife talked to many, some like another man that I won’t name here cannot even speak of these things with me. He can’t even go on Worldnetdaily because he knows they are true, he just cannot face them.

There are so many I have met and so many that remain illusive to commitment to the L-rd, his Word, and the fact that the L-rd takes care of his.  We live in a different world! The times are changing and many around here will find out what we already know. That is, how much they will change and how it will affect them. Unfortunately, many will refuse to seek the L-rd.

My hope for these times is solidly rooted and grounded in our G-d and Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of all mankind! It is grounded in his Word, his covenant, his faithfulness, and the fact that he is coming again.

Seek him today, my friends, say with me these short verses:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come-Rev 4:8b

Unto the Lamb we sing:
Excerpts Rev 5:9-13

Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Thou art worthy:
Excerpts Rev 4:8,11

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Rev 5:13

Originally posted 2010-04-04 06:06:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Nwslr-011010-The Two Lions

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The Two Lions
“One comes of Strength and righteousness, sayeth my God, delivering the people and destroying the destroyer”

The Watchman Dana G Smith

For the Lord did show me to do thus, ‘write on the Two Lions’, for the one has triumphed and the other shall go down to the dust. For the Lion of which I first do speak, shall tear as a Lion, as a young and strong Lion, for out of the rod, stem, and branch of Jesse did he come. Yea, he came as Lion from the Tribe of Judah, out of Jacob his Father. For truly, this Lion shall reign, for the Lord has said ‘of David, his line shall sit upon the throne forever’, a priest sayeth scripture, ‘after the order of Melchisedec’, and a strong one that shall ‘rule the nations thereof’, with this scepter of strength. A Lion, a strong Lion, forever, amen, for the Lord has said this shall be done and the covenant will not be undone:

Will America Be Ready, Will YOU?

Will America Be Ready, Will YOU?

Jeremiah 33:17  ¶For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18  Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19  And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20  Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
21  Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
22  As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
23  Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
24  Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
25  Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26  Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

So it has been spoken and it shall be, for the Lion will come and has come, to do the will of his father, for even David sayeth by the “Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool” [Mark12:36]. So then as David knew, of this one who was to come, still he wrote of that time when the “Kings of the earth” who would “set themselves in array” against the “LORD and against his anointed saying, ‘Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us”. It is this them that the LORD has said, thus delivering to the peoples, a king, a warrior, a prince, and his son, saying “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day Have I begotten thee.” To him, sayeth the LORD, “ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings, be instructed ye judges of the earth, Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.” Still saith the LORD, “blessed are all they that put their trust in him” [Portions from Psalm 2, the royal psalm].

Even Balaam, provoked and prodded by Balak to curse Israel, could not do so, for the LORD God provided that the curse should not come. It was to Israel, Jacob, whom was blessed saying “how goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!” It was to this one the LORD had chosen, from the loins of Abraham, the promise of a seed, now coming forth out of Egypt by a mighty hand, yet, Balaam saw this and said of Jacob, “He crouched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion, who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. [Portions from Numbers 24:5-9] It was from this great ‘Lion’ that the “Lion, prevailed, who later came out of his loins and did conquer!” For it is written in the book of Revelation of this “Great Lion”, saying: “The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” [Rev 5:5]

For it had been written aforetime by the prophets of this one who is to come, and come he did, “in the volume of the book, it is written of me, Lo, I come to do thy will Oh LORD”.

Psalms 40:7  Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Hebrews 10:7  ¶Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Even Isaiah prophesied to Ahaz saying, “ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [Isaiah 7:13-14].” Of this, cometh forth a child to be born, the Savior, whom Isaiah later says this describing him: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” [Isaiah 9:6-7]

To this end do I speak, for of this Lion, who came, he did conquer, to deliver those who trust in his name, blessed are those who hope in the Mercy of the LORD of Hosts who has done this great thing. Again Isaiah speaks that which confirmeth the Word aforetime of Jesse, and of his roots, saying: “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

It is to this Kingdom, of which, he shall govern, and that righteously, forever, unto this One, the true LORD, the Savior, the LION of the tribe of Judah, the branch of Jesse, the Son of God, only begotten, doth the gentiles seek, for he is the ensign and banner for the people. That all may be in one, both Jew and Gentile, male and female, one in him, the Messiach, Yeshua, Jesus Christ! Isaiah speaks to this further revealing that “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. ¶And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.” [Portions of above paragraphs from Isaiah 11:1 - Isaiah 11:10].

This one who came as a Lion, conquered as a “Lamb”, being led as a sheep to the slaughter, for the cross beareth him upon it, for the sins of mankind.. Scripture saith in the book of Revelation that the “Lion of the tribe of Juda” has conquered, and has brought salvation to us, thus it is written: “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.” [Revelation 5:6]

Yea, it is true, “Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” [Revelation 5:9]

Truly the song they sung and all those to whom it is given to do so, shall ring out in chorus’ of:

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Now thusly in closing do I write of the  other Lion, who devours, steals, and has destroyed, yea, he is become defeated, and that quite mightily. For the True Lion of the Tribe of Judah has triumphed over all principalities, powers, and has cast down that one who is now defeated! Defeated yes, and that one, whom is the adversary, still walks about seeking whom he can devour and destroy. Yet, we must resist this one in the faith, for the Lion who triumphed, of Judah has given us his strength to prevail!

1 Peter 5:8  ¶Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

To our beneficence, I say that with faith and obedience to Him our Lord, Jesus Christ, we can walk in him as scripture saith, rooted, built up, and established in him in the faith. It is to this One, our LORD, that did tear down the high powers against us so that we may overcome all thing, even him, who walks about us today, seeking to deceive us, devour us, destroy us, if we are not awake and aware of his presence. For we are not ignorant of his ways!

Colossians 2:6  As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13  ¶And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14  Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Be strong, and let the Word of God abide in you, so too, you will overcome the wicked one!


1 John 2:14  I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

We overcame [past tense] by the ‘blood of the Lamb’, by the word of our testimony, and loving not our lives unto the death.

Revelation 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

The wicked one, shall make war with the Lamb and with his saints, but in all this he shall not win, for those who are with the Lamb, are called, chosen, and faithful!

Revelation 17:14  ¶These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

Originally posted 2010-01-10 06:46:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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“Out of the dark, amidst the silence the voice was heard, “The eagle has landed”, thus symbolizing the pentacle of success for any people. It has become a memorial and a warning to the generation who for any costs has lost their souls to gain the world. It is to this people, even America, the Eagle who; must give quarter to this God that scatters and ‘walks amidst the whirlwind’. The Day of the LORD approaches and the nations are gathering for this.”

aldrin on moon

By the Watchman Dana G Smith
Keywords: America, Nineveh, Lord God, judge, nations, harlot, scatters, whirlwind
Words: 1840

In the calm atmosphere of the moon, on the ‘Sea of Tranquility’, the eagle landed and stirred not only the dust that had settled but also the hearts and minds of people for generations. For the Apollo 11, it had been several days since leaving earth. But astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, had made it with 30 seconds of fuel remaining, while Collins orbited in the command module Columbia. Breathing again regularly, the astronauts starting turning to normal color as they realized they were the first humans on the moon.  This is recorded in an article on the Nasa.gov site where it is recorded for posterity that the ‘Eagle has landed.’

When the lunar module lands at 4:18 p.m EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew “You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we’re breathing again-[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11_40th.html]

America had done it and so had President Kennedy who had made the challenge to put a man on the moon in 1961. When the Eagle landed, it became the pentacle of a nations success. No other nation had done this feat! America, rich, powerful, smart, knowledge of the sciences, ability to create, with people willing to be the pioneers. Daring people willing to take a step. Now as we look at this, the very phrase “The Eagle has landed”, is now a memorial and also a warning. All nations, including the very one that had done what no other nation had done, will face the Sovereign God who created all things!

Moreover we could speak of the greatest nations on earth, of these would we consider Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Iran, China, and Russia to be in this category? In historical perspective who would the greatest of kingdoms had been: the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Alexander the great, Babylon, Solomon’s Kingdom, Egypt, or some other? One thing about all these kingdoms, they all have been influential in their time, at some time, on earth! Kingdoms rise and fall, and in so doing illustrate the point that only one ‘Kingdom’ will outlast all of them. That is the “Kingdom of our LORD”, which is the final one to be established on earth.
Daniel 7: 13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

The trouble with kingdoms are the people who through limited vision, pride, and lack of understanding do not see that there is One God, who is LORD over all. They don’t see the need to repent nor seek His Face. Also these people don’t recognize this fact, i.e., ‘those who do seek him, repent, and believe in the person and redemptive work on the cross of  the Father’s only begotten Son; Jesus Christ [Yeshua Ha Massiach] will themselves be redeemed from the curse of sin and death’. The believe they can make any rule, do as they please, and God is none the wiser for it. In fact, Psalm 2 tells us this:

Psalms 2:1  ¶Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

It is this in the kingdoms of men the LORD of  Hosts reigns. Hitler arose, conquered and was defeated. Alexander the great conquered, and even he died.  Ghengis Khan conquered was feared and he died. The Roman Empire ruled the entire world it seemed at the time of Christ’s birth. During the decades to follow the church flourished, was persecuted, and eventually stood on its own. The Kingdom of the Romans perished, but the Kingdom of faith in our  LORD Jesus Christ, his ‘called out ones’, continued.  In all of this the wicked and righteous will one day stand before the LORD God. All nations, kingdoms, and peoples will be subject to the Power of the ONE Christ to come. The anointed Messiah, crowned “LORD of LORDS and KING of KINGS” will put all enemies under his feet. What this says is, there is a time coming when all pride, wickedness, hatred, variance, strife, ungodliness, sensuality, fornication, debauchery, and all the rest will finally and completely come to an end.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever

This is where many nations and peoples today simply ignore, refuse to believe, or acknowledge  the ‘time of the end’ is upon this generation. This is where America is now. The eagle that landed, with its flag, constitution, abundance, and is known as the ‘greatest nation on earth’ by many refuses to believe the truth of this time of prophecy. The only nation, besides Israel, that was gathered upon the scripture, torah, in fact; to put together its own ‘constitution’ and freedoms for those people living under her wings. One that embraced democracy, constitutionally a republic, governed by the people, for the people, and of the people. That is, until today. Of course, this has been going on for many years. America left her traditional moorings shortly after she was founded.  But this article is not about proving to you that mute point, which does not matter. The truth is, America which is known by certain key words such as: eagle, flag, freedom, riches, constitution, democracy, abundance, greatest nation on earth, super power, mighty armies, openness, Christian, and others, does not known how short her time is.

Jeremiah 25:31  A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Add to that list many other key word variables such as: godlessness, perversion, harlot, Babylon, harlotry, crime, bloodshed, violence, religious freedoms, Muslim, Christian, pagan, witchcraft, knowledge, sciences, statue of liberty, idols, riches, and Laodacian. In this last batch of keywords, you can say this sums up the current situation in this nation. We do not believe, at least many, that this nation is in dire trouble. It is not financial, political, or our enemies that threaten us. It is the fact that we have left the moorings of the faith of Jesus Christ, and our LORD God Almighty. Now many would debate the fact that this was ever a true Christian nation, but you cannot debate the height to which it has arisen.  The pentacle of the peak of abundance and wealth has been found in her. She is and has been the wealthiest, most favored nation on earth, at least from the viewpoint of many who live in her. There is no doubting the fact that she is abundantly wealthy, powerful, and all the nations look to her. She is mighty, successful, and of late, is in trouble.  As we look at America, let us also look at another Gentile nation.

Nahum 3:4  Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Nahum 3:5  Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame

Nineveh was a pool of nations in her time. She can be compared alongside America in her day in the realm of power and riches. Nineveh was a warrior nation, one who conquered many and saw herself as a ‘lion’, which was her emblem. She said of herself, “she was a ‘lion, the king of beasts’ to which Assyrian rulers referred to themselves as. In the end though, Assyria the harlot, sorcerer, the one whom nations feared and trembled before was brought down. She was an enemy of Judah and also of God himself who pointedly took to destroy her. There are many similarities between Nineveh and America, but we are pointing out the one fact that stands out. When the LORD judges a nation and brings it down, it is complete! The LORD God drained the pond of Nineveh, and brought destruction upon her. All her resources, power, might, wealth, armies, people, and even her own Gods, were destroyed. Nineveh put up the watchman, she fortified the walls, she stocked up the goods, and armed her defenders. She did everything to keep herself mighty, powerful, rich, and the nation of nations of her day. But in the end a coalition of the Medes, Babylonians, and Scythians attacked Nineveh and scattered her, taking all she had. Nineveh was conquered, plundered, and destroyed in 612 B.C.  Nineveh was the capitol of the Assyrians and this whole kingdom would no more be dominate among the nations. Now while America may not be considered a tyrant by many, or one who sought to conquer people; the whoredom, sins, and rebellion against God is. In short, the nations of earth, both past and present all must give quarter to this God who judges. He is the final righteous judge who sovereignly rules over the ‘kingdoms on Earth’. He is the judge of the peoples and  the governor of the nations.

Psalms 22:27  All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28  For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations.

He is in fact, the Judge of the One whom cried out “The Eagle has landed.” It signaled the pentacle of success and accomplishments for any people. But to what advantage is it for a people to have gained the whole world and lost its own soul?

Matthew 16:26  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27  For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Originally posted 2010-02-14 07:12:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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“The Lessons of the aftermath of the loaves and fishes in John chapter six when Cross Contamination caused many to reject and become offended at the Son of Man.”

By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
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John 6: 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

John 6:
26  Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
28  ¶Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30  They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

The Jews in Jesus day were not without miracles, that is true miracles done by the Lord.  In fact, John describes the many miracles and signs he gave. In chapter six of John and verse twenty six the Lord pointedly says to the Jews gathered “Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.” I ask myself when I read this “How can Jews where Jesus said “salvation is of the Jews”, be filled with a miracle feed like the loaves and fishes and still not grasp that this was a totally creative miracle done to prove he was the “True bread out of heaven?”  Yet, the Jews who saw, did not believe the works he did. They were blinded by their own traditions, pride, and unbelief. The same Jews who  persecuted the prophets and killed them still rejected those whom God sent to them, including Jesus of Nazareth.

John 4:
22  Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
29  Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30  Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
39  And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
42  And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

There were exceptions in Israel at the time, one such is found when Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well telling her among other things that “Salvation is of the Jews.” Here it is sad and ironic that although “Salvation is of the Jews”, the Jews rejected him! This whole event is recorded in John chapter 4. The outcome is that the Samaritans who were shunned by the Jews, actually recognized and saw Jesus as the Christ, the Savior of the world.  The Jews on the other hand were blinded to this.

Psalms 118:22  The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

Matthew 21:42  Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Scripture does tell us of this blindness, in fact, Jesus being the stone the builders rejected.  The very religious Jews, Pharisees, and the  chief priest rejected Jesus outright in many cases. What is still unbelievable is that right after they sat around in groups, watching the disciples dispense the bread and fishes, the remaining baskets of fragments of bread was twelve. Jesus started with only five barley loaves. In the twelve basket of  fragments, I see a representation of  the twelve tribes of Israel to whom Jesus was sent. Here the lesson is obvious, the Messiah was sent to the twelve tribes of Israel first. God wanted to feed them, not with physical bread, but with spiritual. The object lesson would lead to the Lord telling them “he was the bread from heaven.” Just as the Lord God sent Manna down from heaven to feed Israel in the days of Moses, so the LORD had sent the Messiach to Israel at that time. The Twelve baskets also were taken from the fragments of the bread. This tells us of abundance in the LORD God available to his people. Out of Gods overflow and abundance, there is blessing and salvation for those, especially the twelve tribes. Yet for all of this, they did not believe.

John 6:
32  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33  For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34  Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36  But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

In the conversation shortly before Jesus saying “I am the bread of life”, the Jews asked to see a sign proving he was the one God had sent. Here is the incredulous blindness of Israel and the Jews, in that those who sat, witnessed, and saw the miracle of the bread and fishes still wanted to see a sign. What more would they need? I believe the hardness of their hearts were so firm that day that no matter the sign the Lord gave that day, they would not believe. If they did not believe on him after the Loaves and fishes miracle, neither would they believe on him now. So he told them, “Ye also have seen me, and believe not.”

The only way to understand this I believe is in what I call Cross Contamination. The Jews with their unbelief and their own ideas as to the true nature, characteristics, and ministry of the Messiah. It is here where man and his religious mind can make up ideas as to what God is doing. They convince themselves of truth, even half truths when the truth is staring them in the face. Thus the blindness of the religious Jews and leaders of Israel towards Christ. They kept putting all things in materialistic, worldly ideology and thought, when Jesus told them that it was otherwise. Add to this mixture unbelief and stubbornness of heart and you have a lethal mix that will bring about rejection.

On example of this is when the Lord spoke to the Jews “except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” Jesus not only told his disciples once, but six times, in somewhat differing ways.  The religious Jews only thought in the carnal and worldly sphere.

John 6:
53: Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you
54: Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day
55:  For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56: He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him
57: I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58: This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

This is true Spiritual and physical cross contamination. Where secular and carnal people get the truth mixed up with mans ideas and human spirit wisdom. By man’s wisdom nor by the worlds wisdom can you know God, through Jesus Christ. So too, here we find the Jews in the dark as to what he is saying. Jesus even goes on to say his words are spirit.  The Spirit is the only source which quickens and makes alive. It is the Spirit, through which men become born again. Jesus tells them this fact “It is the Spirit that quickens, the flesh profits nothing, the words I speak to you are Spirit and life.” It does no good to eat flesh, it is not actual eating of flesh and drinking of blood that our Lord is talking about. Today you and I know that, but then, the Jews did not. In fact this saying was so troubling, and an abomination to Jews regarding eating human flesh and drinking human blood, many of his disciples left him. It is here that Jesus also says a fact about those who can come to him. Jesus says here in John Six and verse sixty-five “that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.”  Further scripture records, “many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.”

John 6:
60  ¶Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62  What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65  And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him

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Truth is, many of the Revelations God gives us can be hard to understand, that is, until he reveals it through his Spirit to us. Just as the above illustrates, many disciples discontinued walking with Jesus.. Most of the time because they are ignorant, in the dark, and do not understand. Thinking of it in terms of Carnal, flesh, and worldly wisdom. I know of many churches, denominations, and preachers who do this. Many doctrines follow this. The truth is our God is a Spirit, we must worship him in Spirit and Truth. To know him, we must allow the Spirit to reveal the true things of God to us. We must be open to his ways and understand what he is telling us.  It is sad in the above context that the very disciples who witnessed the loaves and fishes did not walk anymore with him simply because they actually thought he was telling them to literally eat his flesh and drink his blood. Even this, today does not make sense!

Moreover, Jesus does tell his disciples and us today in John Chapter 15 of the true relationship his disciples were to have with him. I call this the Unity chapter, where Jesus tells us he is the vine, they, the disciples and all future disciples are the branches. From the vine you get the sustenance to live. You cannot live, exist, or continue without being connected to the vine. So too, you cannot live today without that same connection. Through his Spirit, his Word, in prayer, and in faith. You cannot live without this connection! This is the true Spirit explanation of the phrase “eat my flesh and drink my blood”.  It is a connection with God, our Father, through Jesus Christ the vine. It is a relationship in which we find all the sustenance of life and redemption in Him.

The first group of scriptures in this article bring in the truth that Jesus is the one that “God the Father sealed.” He tells them to “labor not for the meat which perishes” but for the “meat which endures unto everlasting life which the Son of man shall give unto you.” All this remember is in connection with the miracle of the Loaves and fishes. They were full, sought him out, and many followed him. But they did so out of carnal and worldly reasons. But in this conversation they ask Jesus simply “what shall we do, that we might work the works of God?” Jesus then told them that “the work of God is to believe on him whom he hath sent.” It is here that they ask for a sign so they may see and believe thee? Saying further “what dost thou work.”

John 6:
26  Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
28  ¶Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30  They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

It is here then he starts telling these disciples and other crowded around about Moses and the Manna in the wilderness. He relates he is that “bread.” Again, through all of this, they are still in the dark. It is at the end of this that many turn away because of his “eating his flesh and drinking his blood” requirements. Totally not seeing the very experience of the loaves and fishes as a sign, then not connecting the “Son of man” whom they followed to this bread of heaven. This illustrates vividly that indeed it is the Father, who through his Spirit, makes alive, quickens, gives understanding, and brings people unto himself through Jesus Christ. This proves in short order the Spiritual nature and warfare of the redemption of men. Satan keeps them in the dark while their carnality works against belief.

This was so intense an exchange that the Lord then turned to his original disciples because he had heard them discussing it and said to them: “Doth this offend you?” As he was speaking this disciples who had been with him, turned away offended. Even today, disciples and believers do this regularly. When confronted with something they do not know or understand, they simply turn away.  Even at these times, discernment is truly through the Spirit. Although many believers think themselves such, the truth is, many walk away from real truth, missing out on Gods revelation on a matter simply because of offense and misunderstanding. Is it Spiritually carnal pride? Is it carnal ways getting in the way? It can be many things, but one lesson can be learned here. The original disciples did not understand it, but even though they did not fully comprehend what Jesus was saying here, they knew one thing and it is that one thing that kept them in his corner. This one thing made them truly trust the Son of Man even though the issue had caused many other disciples to turn away. This one issue was the fact that just as Peter said “Lord to whom shall we go? Thou has the words of eternal life, and we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the Living God.”  Even if they did not fully understand they trusted Jesus and believed that he would indeed make it plain so they could Spiritually understand these hard teachings.  It was after this that the Jews sought to kill him so he walked no more openly in Jewry [John 7].

John 6:
61  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
67  Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68  Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

In conclusion, I call this cross contamination because of the divisions in the American Christianity. Many times we become offended at pastors, in church, with other believers, and walk in a pride of the human flesh carrying with us the same proud religious spirit the Jews had during the time of Christ. This kept many of them from truly ‘spiritually discerning’ who he was. Today it keeps us from the ‘spiritual truth’ that God wants to deliver to us. Yet he does deliver it and there are those who receive it. Let us learn the lesson from this and the disciples. The ones who kept with the Lord were those who knew that they knew, that they knew, this was the Son of man, the Son of God, the Messiah to come with the words of eternal life. This alone kept them, even though, they may not have fully understood his teaching at the time. Later in John chapter fifteen Jesus does indeed teach them more Spiritual truth on these matters. In all this it took believe and faith.

John 15:
1  ¶I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing

Originally posted 2010-09-05 01:00:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter