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Bride is part of Israel

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‘The bride is part of Israel and Israel is part of the bride!
Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ZIONIST CENTER
The bride is part of Israel and Israel is part of the bride!

This is so clearly seen in the majestic vision by the angel in Revelation when he says: “Come I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”  And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.  It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal.  It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates.  On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.  There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.  The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Revelation 21:9-14; emphasis added)

This is actually entirely consistent with many other scriptural references which hold that in the end there will be only ONE FLOCK, ONE ISRAEL OF GOD, ONE BODY, ONE JERUSALEM, ONE BRIDE – Jew and Gentile forged into one Tree or Commonwealth of Israel.

Under the strong influence of the separation – which particularly Constantine, the Roman emperor, was responsible for – which cut the Gentile church off from its original Jewish tree and roots, Christianity became a separate, distinct religion. And even after the Reformation and various evangelical and charismatic awakenings, Gentile believers on the whole were taught that they belonged to a separate body called the church, or Bride of Christ. that would one day be separately treated with a heavenly rapture before the Lord in His mercy returns to Israel.

This, however, is NOT what the Bible teaches, and certainly in this wonderful passage in The Revelation we unmistakably find that Israel – all the tribes of Israel -are seen as part of the bride or the heavenly Jerusalem.

This is not being taught in most churches today – where the unbiblical emphasis brought into the world by Constantine is furthered, teaching that the Gentile-based church is the heavenly Jerusalem or bride of Christ, and that Israel is the other people of God; loved by Him and even to become His people once again, but all this only AFTER the bride has gone to be with her Messiah and Lord.

This – again – is not what the Word of God teaches; yet this unbiblical understanding has opened the way for the Evil One to seduce us into believing in the theory of the rapture of “the church” as a distinct and separate entity from Israel.

Israel herself, according to the many Bible teachers who uphold this erroneous doctrine, will then STILL have to go through the valley of the great Jacob’s Trouble or Tribulation.

Nothing is further from the truth, as we shall find out also later on from many a scripture.

But first and foremost we have to establish the biblical fact of the unity of God’s people.

It is indeed ONE tree and commonwealth of Israel, as Paul so clearly teaches in his epistle to the Romans. The Gentiles – soon coming to our intended fullness in numbers – have been given the immense privilege, because of our repentance and faith in Jesus, of being grafted into the tree or commonwealth of Israel.

We have not formed a new tree called the church into which we were grafted, but because of our faith we were given the privilege of being grafted into the tree of Israel with all the believing Jews, and with the promise that the other Jews, taken out because of their unbelief – will one day be grafted back – not onto a new tree called the church, but onto THEIR OWN TREE, into which we have already been grafted.

This therefore leaves us only with one tree, one flock, one stick united, one heavenly Jerusalem, ONE body (see Ephesians 2:11-24) and one commonwealth of Israel. Just as the prophet Ezekiel is told that the two sticks will become one, or as Jesus said, ‘ that the other sheep He had – the Gentile believers – would become ONE FLOCK together with the chosen people of Israel:

“And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.” (John 10:16).

When, as promised, the wind of the Holy Spirit will be poured out upon the people of Israel – as prophesied by Ezekiel, Joel and Zechariah – it is only then, when all Israel will have been regenerated, that the Gentile believers worldwide, chosen and redeemed from every tribe and nation, will be able to become totally one people with the born again Israel of God. And they will.

This promised outpouring of God’s Spirit – of which Pentecost, when the wind of the Spirit filled 120 Jewish believers was a foreshadowing – will happen BEFORE the physical return of the Lord! It will therefore give Gentile believers the time to relate to this miraculous spiritual restoration of Israel years before the actual physical coming of the Lord.

Just think of it! Zechariah 12 tells us that God will pour out a spirit of grace and supplication on His Jewish people with the result that they will see Him whom they have pierced  – it will be as a result of this tremendous outpouring NOT as a result of Jesus’ physical return. This spiritual wakening is about to happen and I believe will occur during a coming Feast of Tabernacles.

But think of it: When it happens, what an effect this will have on the worldwide community of Gentile believers, when they will hear and witness that all Israel has been saved and that there will be no one Israeli who will have to tell his fellow Israel: know the Lord. For as Jeremiah prophesied: they shall all know Him:

“No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”(Jeremiah 31:34; emphasis added).

Indeed, all of Israel will be saved and we gentile believers will then be able to be fully one people with them as, according to the word of God, we, when we came to Christ, were grafted in among the believing Jewish branches of the tree and commonwealth of Israel. One people. One flock. ONE heavenly Jerusalem waiting for the glorious coming and re-entry of our Lord and Messiah into this world.

This is a very important point – not preached by many – who have been taught that only at the physical second coming of the Lord will Israel be saved. This, however, is NOT what the prophets Ezekiel, Zechariah and Joel prophesy:

“For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.  Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.  Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.  I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you.  And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.  Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.  Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord GOD, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”(Ezekiel 36:24-32; emphasis added)

Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”‘”  So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. … “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD.’” (Ezekiel 37:9,10,14)

“And it shall come to pass afterward

That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.” (Joel 2:28-29; emphasis added)

“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.  And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves; all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves. (Zechariah 12:10-14; emphasis added)

“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.” (Zechariah 13:1; emphasis added)

“So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”

And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD
And water the Valley of Acacias.  (Joel 3:17-18; emphasis added)

‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant;
And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
And floods on the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring;
They will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the watercourses.’
One will say, ‘I am the LORD’s';
Another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
Another will write with his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’
And name himself by the name of Israel. (Isaiah 44:1-5; emphasis added)

Thus we all may look forward – however bad the times in which we live may become all over the world – and indeed, when the thickening darkness will cover the nations of this world, something wonderful will happen in and with Israel. God, as He promised, will pour out His Spirit on the whole nation, causing Israel to enter her most wonderful hour of fullness and fulfillment. As Paul writes about this coming miracle, already in his epistle to the Romans:

Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! … For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? (Romans 11:12,15)

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
“For who has known the mind of the LORD?
Or who has become His counselor?”
“Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:33-36)

May this day, when the Gentile believers will become fully ONE with the spiritually restored Israel – ONE FLOCK WITH ONE LORD – speedily come!

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91490 Jerusalem, ISRAEL

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To the Father with Love, In His Son

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To the Father with Love, In His Son
A Psalm
By the Watchman Dana G Smith

Keywords: Father, Son, loved, daughter, believe, Christ, Jesus, ransom

John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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A Father loveth his son,
Yea, a father grieves with his son,
A father rejoices with his son,
Sorrow for sorrow,
Prayer for prayer,
Sadness for sadness,
Joy in victory,
Comfort in defeat,
Till he cometh to the stature,
Of the fullness to which God calls him.

John 16:26  At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

John 16:27  For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

John 16:28  ¶I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

As with the son,
So with the daughter,
To be loved,
To be nurtured,
To be a strength in weakness,
To be a song amidst defeat,
To be a fire lit, when warmth is needed,
Yea, to love these whom god has given,
This is my duty to them and to God.
What else can one do,
As a Father or as a Mother,
As a Parent,
As a child myself,
With an earthly parent, and an Heavenly Father,
What else can I do?
Born through Him who gave his life for me,
What else can I do?

Yea, to Him, I must be true!
For He, my Heavenly Father, gave His only son,
For my redemption,
And also yours,
For my children,
And also yours,
For my Wife,
And also yours,
For your husband,
For your friend,
For all who would repent and believe on him,
This is the truth to which we must be true.

It is true, My Father in Heaven so loved,
That he gave His only Son!
The Son so Loved the Father and us,
That he came, willingly,
To be spat upon,
To be beaten,
To be bloodied,
To be despised,
To be rejected,
To be crucified,
To give his life as a ransom,
For many or even just one!

A Fathers love,
Given to us,
So to this end, His love,
I must love,
I must for his sake,
I must for his sons sake,
The End to which he died,
That I would believe,
That I would repent,
That I would follow him,
Unto the end of my journey,
In Victory through Christ Jesus,
My Lord, to the glory of the Father.

This is the End, to which, my prayer,
The goal to which I work,
For my Son,
For my Daughter,
For my Wife,
For you,
For all whom God leads me too,
That to the end, you also,
Would come to know Him,
Our Father in heaven, through
His only Begotten Son,
Our Savior, Jesus Christ!

El Nasa-Naw-Saw-The God who Forgives

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El Nasa (Naw-Saw), The God who Forgives!
By The Watchman Dana G Smith
Words:2042
Keywords: LORD, God, YSHUA, Yeshua, Jesus, Christ, Ha Massiach, mercy, forgive, vengeance

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Psalms 99:6  ¶Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

Psalms 99:8  Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9  Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

Psalms 147:11  The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

LORD: Yhwh, Yahweh, proper name of the one true God, His personal name by which He related specifically to His chosen or covenant people.

God, H430, Elohim, plural in form, singular in meaning, great power, the True God.

Forgavest: strongs, H5375, this word in the Hebrew is Nasa, pronounced (Naw-Saw). It is translated in this verse as forgavest or forgives. It simply means “to bear, carry, lift up, forgive, to be forgiven, honored. It is from H4984, mitnasse, to be ‘lifted up, exalted’.

God H410, El, God, the mighty One, as a title of majesty and power. Used with compound proper names. This is from ‘lohim’, God (plural in form but singular in meaning with a focus on great power). El is also from ‘loah’, God.

Inventions: wantoness, deed, doing, practices, evil deeds; This word is from ‘alal /aw lal/’, a primitive root, translating ‘glean’ ‘done’, to act severely, make a fool of someone, thrust forth in wickedness, to act or play the child.

God is not have to do it, did He? He could have left Israel in Egypt with Pharaoh under bondage but he did not. He could have raised up a people from among other peoples and tribes, but He did not! The fact is historical today, the Hebrew’s were delivered from bondage to the Egyptian’s long ago. It is funny today as we look back on all this and the discussion about the Hebrew’s in Egypt sometimes remain around how could they of build the Pyramid’s, drag the large stones into place, and do all that building. From Egypt we also get the ancient ‘conspiracy’ tale of the Masons. We get so much from Egypt, myth, legend, and man’s idea’s. But lost in all the secularism, hype, and talk is the fact of a Sovereign God, called Yhwh, or Yahweh, who had a covenant with a person name Abraham. It was a personal commitment, one of law, righteousness, and Gods faithfulness to his Word.

Today as we look back on this, we need to see the examples of how God dealt with his people. From this, we can learn. We can be warned, comforted, have hope, and develop faith. For if this God dealt thus with Israel, he will do so with all those who hope in his mercy. The fact is also today from a purely Gentile standpoint is that the God of the universe sent his only begotten Son to be born of a Jewish woman. He was man, he was also God, incarnate, ‘God in the flesh’. Salvation came through the Son of God, Y’SHUA and none other. We call his name in English Jesus Christ, but the truth and the name of the Son of God remains true to the heritage and line he came from. He was not born in Brooklyn to Italian parents. He was not born in Australia to English heritage. He was not born rich or famous. He was simply a carpenters son, from a small village.

But the truth is, this one, whom we know as the Son of God, Y’Shua, Jesus the Christ [Ha Massiach] is coming back soon! He will complete the salvation which began long ago even before the Hebrew exodus from Egypt. He will unite both Gentile and Jewish, male and female into one, through the Son of God and faith in his name and work. It was always God’s plan to bring man to himself after the fall. He chose the Hebrews, who came from Abraham. Abraham stood before God the LORD ‘justified by faith’, because he believed God!  Today those who call upon the LORD God, even our Father, as Jesus told us to pray, we can hope in him, find favor with the LORD and walk before him obediently.

The Hebrews knew this God, specifically in the verses above in Psalm 99, we find that they called upon his name, even Moses, Aaron, and the Prophet Samuel, he answered them. It is here we see that the covenant name of God is LORD or YHWH and relates to a special people and a special bond, formed upon a covenant. A covenant or agreement, a testament if you will, in which both parties have to do their part. In these verses we find the name LORD or YHWH in these verses used twice, the first word God here is Elohim, meaning True God, and the second word God here is El, or God.

Psalms 99:6  ¶Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

Psalms 99:8  Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9  Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

Psalms 147:11  The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

In these verses we have a witness of the Psalmist as to what went on. The covenant name here used twice, forms a witness according to law, for out of the mouth of two let every word be established. So here he uses YHWH twice to emphasize according to Law, the true God, fulfilled his word. The last word God here, El, is used with lohim, to form Elohim. Using the Word El here relates to all who will see it that there are many who call upon their God or El, but the Hebrews who called upon God or El, was the Elohim, or the True God, who was their LORD YHWH. He was the only True and living God who delivered them, made a covenant with them, delivered them from Pharaoh, and went before them. It was a special covenant relationship, yet in that relationship, the Hebrews were known for their inventions before this God.

The word inventions here in the Hebrew means deed, practices, literally evil deeds. The word is from a primitive root  ‘alal /aw lal/’. This word means to make a fool of someone, to thrust forth in wickedness, to act or play the child, to act severely.  For these deeds or evil practices the Psalmist says the LORD our God, the God who took vengeance on their inventions. It is important here to understand this. It was a special bond, but one that was covenanted together by both parties. The Hebrews broke rank with that agreement or testament and followed other Gods and did wickedly. For this, they were sent into tremendous judgment, and experienced the ‘smelter of the LORD’ for their deeds.  The Northern tribes, known as Israel or Ephraim were scattered to the nations in the earth and Judah (along with Benjamin) was sent into bondage in Babylon for 70 years then returned to their homeland. But they never did have another nation called Israel, that is, until 1948. Today, Israel has many that returns to its shores as Hebrews, from among the tribes, this too, is a word fulfilled by the LORD, the covenant God.

As Gentiles and even Hebrews who also have come to know the real Messiah Y’SHUA as Lord and Savior, the new covenant or testament, is the ‘blood of the covenant’, or the ‘testament in my blood’ says the Lord.. We have come to know the true God, Yahweh, Yehovah, I AM that I AM, as ‘our Father’, but only through the work of Christ Jesus (Yeshua HaMassiach) on the cross.  We have known the forgiveness and joy of the Lord and his love for us, yet like the Hebrews, our own Inventions or ‘wicked practices’ and ‘deeds’ will get us into trouble.

Matthew 26:28  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Hebrews 9:20  Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

Make no mistake about it, as the Psalmist says “the LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. His mercy today, is through the Messiah, Yeshua or Jesus. But this God also does not make an excuse or allow sin and iniquity.  Vengeance is Mine, saith the LORD, I will repay, we have heard this phrase. The psalmist in the verses above says ‘thou tookest vengeance of their inventions’.

Psalms 147:11  The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

In the church today the true fear of God is lost. We have no real conviction or sight to see the wrath of God upon the nation of America or even the church who has lost its way. We have depended on mercy, forgiveness, and salvation since the time of Jesus Christ long ago. In America, however, while such things are good and do make us understand Gods mercy for us, we fail to understand his Holiness, his Vengeance, and his ‘terror’! Paul said it the first part of 2 Corinthians, “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men”.

2 Corinthians 5:11a  Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;

Today we must stop playing the sopish or foolish child. We must stop our nonsense and get in with the LORD. It is time for those who truly hope in the LORD and his mercy through Jesus Christ to understand that God is going to take out vengeance upon wickedness. His judgment will first start in the church, then his wrath will fall on the godless and those who do not obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  If God sent harsh vengeance upon the Hebrews for their ‘inventions’ do you really think and believe he will ignore the same things in today’s church? Will he ignore the same childish wickedness in those who call themselves Christians, even though, the Hebrews did play the harlot and thereby experienced Gods wrath upon them?

2 Thessalonians 1:8  In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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?

What is coming is upon us now! While it is not devastating yet, the full measure of this vengeance is not been released yet! In America the levels of this vengeance will increase according to Gods will! But today, let us put off childish things and seek the LORD in earnest!

Luke 21:34  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

We must learn from God and his dealings with the Hebrews. Today we still see God’s mercy in action. He is about fulfilling of his prophecy and his Word. He is not done with Israel, nor is he done forgiving and providing mercy. Let your heart repent before him today, seek him with your whole heart, for this God wants you in his presence and before him in LOVE. We can come to him boldly today through our Savior, do so now!

Seeing through the Glass Darkly

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Seeing through the Glass Darkly
by the Watchman
Dana G Smith

keywords: glass, darkly, eternity, Jesus, Christ,
words: 2048

It was about six thirty in the morning, the snow had been coming down all night. Everything was wet with branches, tree’s, leaves, fences, houses covered in a thick 3 inch coating of the white stuff. My wife and I had again ventured out early this am and went to workout as we do on a regular basis. I was done, in the car, and was looking out as the gray haze of the morning revealed the sky and heavy white snow coming down gently. Because it had so much moisture, the water content was very high as it is this time of the year. Spring storms in our neck of the woods can be devastating and dangerous. But this one brought moisture with a rather warm day to it. The temp’s hovered just below freezing. Just enough to create snow and not enough to freeze the roadways to solid ice.

The car was warming up as I waited for my wife to join me. The windshield was melting snow as it fell while the car roof poured snow and liquid onto the surface before me.  As I peered through the window I could see the club as we called it. I could not see very good as the images were blurred by the melting snow turning to liquid on the windshield. I could normally see into the club very well through the windows, but on this day, the weather created images that prevented me from identifying what was before me. As I looked a shape formed and after a few moments of looking I could tell the shape of my wife and then clearly identify her face.

As I went through these moments in silence, I thought of this nation and the churches. How many do not believe what we  tell them is coming. I thought about the clearly partisan congress, government, and many people who back our current President. I then remember the Apostle Paul’s words to the Corinthians saying “now we see through a glass darkly.”

1 Corinthians 13:12  For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.


James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

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The Nation Called America

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The Nation Called America

‘Into the Morass of Confusion she will go, as with other nations before her!"

 

america in one hour

"For in One Hour so Great riches is come to nought" Rev 18:7

By The Watchman Dana G Smith

Keywords: America, God, Jesus, Christ, human, knowledge, son of perditionIn the confines of human endeavors, men have sought to bring upon themselves the perfection of society. It was in this vain that early brave warriors of the times came to the shores of this land. Howbeit, deep within this effort, also arrived men and women who walked in their own private wars, injustices, greed, lust, and also those few who knew the True and living God.

Overtime these shores became filled with a people who knew not a nation before as they had come to love these shores. Nor did any nation before this one find the grace of God so bountiful and rich as this land. Only, I dare say did Israel of old truly understand the depths of Gods bounty. This nation grew exceedingly as the land filled with immigrants, beggars, liars, and those few folk who had known aforetime their own sins, but had them delivered by the grace of God through Jesus Christ into the lake of his forgiveness.

So where do a people come from? Why did they come? These had known lands and kings before, but a force deep within them propelled them to come and populate a foreign shore. This was a people who knew the potential and also understood that the unseen God had given his blessings upon the shores of the land that many would call America. Little did the nations who had tramped the shores of the new world really understand the potential and greatness to which it would attain. Not did they or would they know the depths to which the same one would sink. For the fall of any land is filled with heartache, anguish, bloodshed, greed, and chaos, as men propelled by their own desires seek to find the destiny owed them by life itself.

But the truth is, there is but one truth. As men seek to bring their own destinies, education, learning, technology, and abilities, the God of all grace is relegated to a dusty corner shelf in the seminaries of the land that was once great. For replacing this grace and the God who has given it to men, was humanistic endeavor which worshipped the creature more than the creator. It is to this path the land that grew to prominence would soon find itself. That is, to whit, bathed in a milky solution of unbelief and man’s own ignorance. The man whom God had created found his own ability to choose, again a God given mandate. That being the law of God which said, "Dominion shall be yours." To this men sought and went after as they put this God into the closet of ignorance and blindness. For say they, "where is God, call out, see if he will answer?" "If there is a God, let him come down now and persuade us who he is!" For God who created, say they, did so, then went out of the room to another place, leaving man to wreck havoc upon the creation, in which, God said, "it is good." For why would this God leave it to us to destroy? In this again, men were appointed to bring chaotic rhythm into the course of life? For when God is cast off and out, with his only Son, whom he begot to bring men back unto him, then and only then, will chaos ensue. For men who know this God, putting him first, and walking in his commands with the faith of His Son, then the face of this God shines in blessing and grace. For these know this plainly as the bible gives us record of:

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.

Of a truth, man has learned though, in the midst of Gods blessings and grace we find trouble. For we who pursue this faith, this God, and his Son, find in so doing a world that hates us as it hated the Son whom we follow. For this same Son, who died for us, said "the world hated me, it will hate you!" Again he said "I have overcome the world, be not troubled, in this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer." When he departed to ascend to his Father, the angels looked to the men watching him arise and said "this same Jesus will come again in like manner." This said they to remind us of his coming again. Now that the age is upon us, will any nation arise higher than God?

It is with this thought that the nation we call America, in whom the blessings have been found, will see the wrath coming. This is a nation, in which, its people has sweated blood and spawned hope, but in spite of this, men who do not seek God or his blessings, have brought their own schemes upon the place. For upon this nation came wars: revolutionary, civil, world wars, and the governance of other nations. Dividing saith many, the people from the intents of the constitution that had guided us. Along also came others, a new breed, upon the land. Brilliant men that sought to put God where he belonged, separated, far removed from the country and its people. These men pushed the idea that God had not graced this land with blessings, but it grew out of the accord of mans ability. For they rejected the idea of a God concept who had grown and blessed the nation called America. Then others joined these men. They were smart in the course of the world, people who pushed the concept that we were not created, but birthed from amoebas. Then we found still others who brought upon the illiterate and uneducated masses, banks, credit, computers, and the ability to use numbers with a technologically savvy ability that only the bible has warned us about. These are the savvy men and women who saw a number in place of a present human being. The bible, whom these savvy men and women rejected had foretold this eons ago. It told of a time when the words of understanding would be shut up until the time of the end. The sign the bible said was of the masses ‘running to and fro’ as they are today in planes, automobiles, busses, and the like. The other sign was that knowledge, which from this sprang technology, scientific abilities, understanding of the secret things, and the limits to the bounds of God himself. All of which would be available to these men and women of the times the bible speaks about. It would be into this morass of ability, technology, scientific, and educational knowledge that the last great deceiver would come. He would take all men and women who now worshipped the pentacle of knowledge and bring to them his kingdom. This would be a world where people would not buy or sell, unless this deceiver allowed it. He allowed it only by a mark, technology, a chip, a branding. Let the buyer beware, let the seller take heed. For efficiency of mans ways, his technological ability and knowledge had replaced man himself. Society was now a sea of numbers, technologically crafted and monitored. Man had finally achieved his mark, his anchor of life’s achievements. He had entered into the New Global Order of the Son of Perdition.

Daniel 12:4  But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Revelation 13:17  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

As for America, let her epitaph read:

"Here lies a nation who was called of God and blessed, here lies a country who founder was God himself, but as he was cast off, so too, this God, has cast off the nation itself. It lies in a heap, a heap among nations, where men who have worshipped the creature more than the creator all lay. Let this be a warning to everyone. As the bible itself warns, "For all the wicked, and the nations who forget God will be cast into hell."

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Dana G Smith is the author of D-Day For America, a prophecy book of what is coming to America. Published by Xulon Press, ISBN: 1-59781-843-7. Dana is the editor of the W.I.B.R. online Web Sites.

He Hosts WARN Radio, "into the night", airing Fridays 9 PM Pacific on The America Voice radio network. He also is The Watchman of W.A.R.N. Radio Network, www.warn-usa.com.

His articles appear on his own news sites at www.wingswatchman.org, www.ddayforamerica.com, www.warn-usa.com , and on many sites around the web.

Dana is a Watchman, "let the Watchman declare what he see's Isaiah 21:6. He is also an investigative and research journalist who lives in the Midwest. You can contact him through his websites or email watchman at wingswatchman.org.

Prophetic Countdown in the Days of Awe!

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Prophetic Countdown in the Days of Awe!

Editors note: This is a recent article that I posted on our www.wingswatchman.org site. I have since put with it two important video”s, both of which highlight the strange going”s on in this nation. The trouble we have warned about is close. It is very close. Read this article and watch the video”s.
Is 21:6…..
Shalom -The Watchman Dana G Smith

Then Fast, Pray, and Seek the LORD; Preparing spiritually and physically, both you and your loved ones!

Prophetic Countdown in the Days of Awe!

By the Watchman Dana G Smith
Keywords: prophetic, economic, feasts, Lord, Jesus, Christ, Yeshua Ha Massiach, global, fears

Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD”S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Zephaniah 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD”S anger.

The world saw the dark day in which the Dow dropped 777 points in a one day nose dive at the beginning of the Jewish Holiday celebrating the New Year known as Rosh Hashanah. Putting this in perspective many analysts have been trying to calm the fears as major governments joined in the move to save the world economic system by buying up bad debt. Governments around the globe are putting together their own rescue packages as did our own Government after this historic drop of the Dow and the major US Wall street banks going under. As the American government nationalized the banks and put its own citizens in further debt, the nationalization of banks world wide have begun. The World officials and banking experts have been doing this in an attempt to save the world economy as fear spreads like a fire. Fox business news quoted Frank Davis, the director of sales and trading at LEK Securities who said “We”ve got fear selling going on. It”s hard to control logical when you have fear selling.”


Rep. Brad Sherman says Congress threatened with Martial Law if bill is not passed



:) Also watch the video of Ron Paul saying “your going to gaurantee a depression”
It is at end of article!

Men”s Hearts fail them for fear of those things coming upon the earth [this includes financial crisis]

Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men”s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

As Rosh Hashanah was finished in its celebration, it gave way to the ten day”s known as the “Days of Awe”, in which Jews spend their time fasting and praying to get their name in the book. This leads up to the holiest time of the year for Jews known as Yom Kippur, or literally ”Atonement”. On this day, a total food and water fast is combined with all day long prayers and worship. This is the day Jews seek to get their names ”sealed in the book.” During all these Holidays, known as God”s Holidays, the world economic situation has been on the forefront. It also tells the world that there is change coming and to prepare. The prophecies in the book will be fulfilled.

“Global Economic Trouble”

Revelation 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

Moreover, with the Nikkei index dropping to its lowest level in two decades, the world financial crisis is taking its toll. On this day, the day in which Yom Kippur begins at sundown, world markets are greeted by the Federal Reserve lowering its prime interest rate by a half point. The move to lower the rate was an historic one as the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Swiss Bank, Chinese Bank, and numerous others joined in to save the world economy.

“The Rise of the Beast who will shake the kingdoms, but will be brought down!”

Isaiah 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

This is a sign of the times, prophetically. First on Rosh Hashanah we find the down dropped 777, a triumviral number of 7”s. Seven is a perfect, complete number, one of completion. With three of them on the downward spiral of the Dow, this signals a staunch warning. The year we have entered will be one of a financial crisis. It is one where the governments will not be able to handle. It is one where we find the LORD God shaking up the systems of government and their monetary markets as well. What these means is that the controls of what people buy and sell will now be even more controlled. Add to this more Governments taking on bad debt, centralizing banks, and having money problems. There is no better way to welcome the beast of Revelation, the son of Perdition in 2 Thessalonians 2 into the world than with this crisis. It also says to Americans that have had plenty, lived in excess, and worshipped the creature more than the creator; ”it is time to repent and seek the LORD.”

“Your riches are motheaten, they will be as fire to your soul!”

James 5:1 ¶Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

With the continuation of the financial crisis throughout these feasts which can be found in Leviticus 23, the warnings are to be taken very seriously. Now with Yom Kippur beginning at sundown tonight we find the historical move of all the banks worldwide following suit of the Federal Reserve and lowering interest rates. Along with this you find governments putting wads of money in the leaking dike of their own economies. The Son of Perdition, the beast, will have the power to control all financial interests. It is by no accident this is going on now. The LORD is warning the world that he is in control. We are living in that time when the great deceiver will appear. He will control all buying and selling. Today there is no better time to do this than now. With the ability in our technology to get instant access, credit, news, and have money flow from globe to globe in a short time, the control mechanisms will be put in place. With the American economy on the ropes, the dollar in trouble, the debt rising, the nozzle to credit tight, the world that follows our system of monetary policies will be in trouble as well. All this chaos is leading to the arrival of the Son of Chao”s, the child of perdition, the destroyer. Now granted, this arrival could be two years away, but the symptoms of the global money troubles are an invitation for this deceiver to appear. When he does, the issues facing world markets will be quieted. In short, this ”angel of light” will present solutions that the whole world will fall for.

The Son of Perdition, beast will control gold, silver, and will honor a god whom his fathers did not know!

Daniel 11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

The fall feasts all look forward to prophetically to the coming of the LORD Jesus Christ [Yeshua Ha Massiach]. Included in these is the time of repentance, examination, and seeking the LORD God, known as Yom Kippur. Add to this the time known as Sukkot or Tabernacles and you have a picture of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ who will rule and reign in his Tabernacle from Jerusalem. He will also have all the nations come once a year to celebrate this ”Feast of Tabernacles”. The economy, money crisis, credit crunch, debt, and global ability to finance will be affected to the point that fear and panic will spread as never before. Add to this the full signs found in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 and you will have a true picture of what is coming.

Isaiah 55:6 ¶Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Acts 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

For the believer today fasting, prayer, and seeking the LORD should be on their personal agenda. For the nations, peoples, and all children of disobedience, repentance is in order. We have but just started this road. The nations will be able to put duck tape fixings on this problem. The markets will continue to heave and swell. But in the end, the financial system will collapse as such, bringing in the true Globalization that many have been working for. In America, you have not seen anything yet. Trouble is coming; it is time to examine the sea worthiness of your life and family. See if it can bear up under the ”Storm” coming and the ”whirlwind of the LORD.”

Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

It is time to take Heed to yourselves, don”t get caught up in the cares of this life so that the Day of the LORD come upon you as a surprise!

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

In short, to summarize, this is just one of many signs pointing to the coming of the LORD. The fact that this sign has occurred during the Fall feasts, signifying a time of harvest, means that the LORD’S harvest is coming and we are to take these events as serious. It is a warning! Two harvests will be reaped, the harvest of wickedness and the harvest of righteousness. One represents rebellion, the other obedience. The global situation will continue to worsen as the one world control by the beast will be finalized upon mankind who has rejected the ‘love of the truth’. [See 2 Thessalonians 2] In Yeshua, atonement has been made, the warnings are continuing to go out, and the kingdom of the LORD is coming. It is time to prepare. The trouble and turmoil will continue on all levels, but those who are obedient to the LORD and follow him, will find out the LORD takes care of his own. It is time to trust, keep your loins gird about with the Truth the LORD has given to us in His Word. Then having done all to stand, therefore, stand, with your shield of faith, quenching all the arrows of the enemy.

:) Also watch the video of Ron Paul saying “your going to gaurantee a depression”
It is below.

The King of Glory Shall Enter In

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The King of Glory Shall Enter In
A Psalm by the Watchman Dana G Smith

Jerusalem

Picture, Jerusalem with Wall, current

Keywords: King, glory, Son of God, Yeshua, Jesus, Christ, Ha Massiach

Let the Watchman Declare.
Let the gates be lifted up,
Let the doors be lifted up,
Look to ye heavens,
Look to ye earth,
Rejoice ye earth and all inhabitants thereof,
For the King cometh.

Behold he comes to establish everlasting righteousness.
Joy shall come in like a flood,
Tears shall flow as a fountain,
When the children of God behold him.
Yea let all who can rejoice in this,
The Savior shall reign on high,
From His tabernacle.
Those who love peace shall leap for joy,
Those who rejoice in righteousness shall be glad,
Those who are oppressed shall be freed,
Those who are in shackles shall be loosed,
For the Glory of the Might of God,
Shall release the Anointing of Everlasting freedom,
And these shall see the establishment of the Mighty Host,
From one end of Heaven,
To the bounds of earth, and beyond,
For all time, for all eternity, hereafter forever.

From all who will,
And even from those who will not,
Yet, even they shall on that day,
Yea, saith the LORD,
These, even these, shall bow, kneel, and Declare “I AM LORD”
Yeshua, Jesus, King of Kings,
Christ, Messiah, HaMassiach, Lord of Lords,
All knees shall bow,
All tongues shall confess,
Yeshua is LORD.
For at this name, both in heaven,
And in the earth, shall all confess Jesus,
Yea, to be both LORD and God,
The Son of the Father, the only begotten of Him,
Full of Grace and Truth, King of Kings.

To His enemies shall he destroy,
To his children shall he lift them up,
And to the Father shall be glory,
Forever and Ever,
Through the Work manifested in the beginning of time,
Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMassiach, Savior and LORD,
Revealing the Father on earth,
Doing His will,
Miracles, Signs, and Wonders,
Crucified, Dead, buried,
Yet resurrected from the dead,
Seen alive by many infallible proofs and witnesses,
Ascended to the Father, at the right hand of God,
Coming Again, to Put down all enemies,
The last of these will be death.

So again, Be ye lifted up oh ye doors,
And Be ye lifted up oh ye gates,
Rejoice Jerusalem,
For your King has come, the King of Glory, who shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory?
The LORD of HOSTS, he is the King of Glory,
Yeshua HaMassiach,
King of Kings,
Lord of LORDS.
Therefore be joyful ye children,
Be ye glad Sons of his,
For he cometh, according to the Promises,
Yea, to fulfill all that is written,
Worship, therefore, ye the LORD,
Rejoice and be glad,
For the King Cometh,
Soon and very Soon.

¶<> The earth is the LORD”S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 24:1

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalms 24:2

¶Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms 24:3

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 24:4

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms 24:5

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 24:6

¶Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms 24:7

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psalms 24:8

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms 24:9

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Psalms 24:10