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Proud Heart, Proud Words, and Judgment

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Proud Heart, Proud Words, and Judgment

By the Watchman Dana G Smith
Words: 4480
Keywords: Jeremiah, Judah, Lord, God of Israel, Wickedness, Proud, Sign

Israel

If there were ever a proud nation, that would be America, or so the thought comes. But the truth is, Israel, who knew the True and living God, saw its own pride and downfall as well. In fact since the time of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in Jeremiah’s day, they have faced the fact that their kingdom, temple, and ways were gone. In a moment, destroyed through the judgment the LORD God had sent. It was nevermore to be built again. Nevermore, that is until God brought his people back from all the world were he dispersed them.

As for America, its people, and the church in this nation, well pride goes with the territory of being one of most blessed nations on earth. That is, until the same God who destroyed Israel, Jerusalem, and its temple, sends judgment in its fullness upon this nation. In this we must understand that we are now and have been seeing God slowly withdrawing his blessing and sending his judgments upon this country. But we must also know that we are surely not the most wicked of the nations on earth. No, likewise, Israel and Judah was not as well. The one item both nations have in common is the fact they were both founded by and blessed through the LORD God. It was the LORD who established Israel and it was the LORD who saw that this nation would be created and also who blessed it raising it to the top of all nations.

But the one thing we must not do is follow pride with proud hearts and proud words. There is no doubt today, there are more and more who see things going wrong. Many still don’t understand and will stay that way, in darkness, until the very end. Others will be proud and suffer the judgment for it. While still others will understand, repent, and seek the LORD. This is what I call a remnant. The remnant believers who will turn to the LORD in all their efforts to find him and his hand upon them.

As we ponder these thoughts, let us stroll through Chapter forty four of Jeremiah and find some important points that pertain to us. Points that we can learn from. Points that will save us trouble and heartache in the end.

Thus the Word Came:

After judgment upon Judah, with Babylon destroying the temple, Jerusalem, people, and carrying some captive along with the holy things, there was a remnant in the land of Judah. People who the LORD God had allowed to be there. He could have thoroughly erased Israel and all its people. Then this God could have raised up stones for a people. But in his mercy, he did not! It was during this time that Jews who scattered out of Judah and its surrounding lands for the high hills when the Babylonian armies marched in, began to come back. The King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar had appointed a king in the land, giving him orders and then left.

Through intrigue, this king was killed and the remaining princes with their men sought Jeremiah in an effort to find out if God would bless their leaving Judah. You can read all this in chapters 42 through 44 of Jeremiah. To make a long story short, the LORD told them to remain in Judah or they would face famine, sword, and death in Egypt. This group ignored the Words of God and took all the people and Jeremiah to Egypt. We take up the story there as Jeremiah is speaking to this stubborn group of Jews who would not listen.

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. As with all the words the LORD gave to Jeremiah concerning his people, they would not listen. There is no doubt even today in our nation, God continue’s to give a word to his people, but they along with the example of these Jews, persistently do not listen.

Thus another Word for these Jews came, A very important Word!

Jeremiah 44:1
¶The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

Judgment on Judah

You would think by now the Jews in both Israel and Judah would understand that when Jeremiah spoke a Word of the LORD, it came true. None believed Jerusalem, its temple, and many people would be destroyed. None believed God would dare judge his own chosen people, those called by his name. None believed this LORD would have all his holy things carried captive to Babylon by Goyim, unclean gentiles. But this God did.

Yet for all this Jeremiah brings a word to remind these people that the LORD [covenant and personal name of God] of Hosts [the highest authority over all agencies there is] and the God of Israel [their own personal God who was called by their name, Israel] had brought evil upon them, destroying Judah and making it desolate!

This people had their own name ‘Israel’ attached to the God who loved them so. By their own pursuits and lusts they sought after other Gods who were not Gods. In doing so they defiled the name of God. They thus provoked God to anger for their persistent wickedness and harlotry by going after other Gods who were not Gods. They did these things which even their forefathers, nor they had ever heard of. Yet they did eventually hear and do wickedly with other Gods. The stage being set for the judgment they had received.

Jeremiah 44:2
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

Jeremiah 44:3
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

I Rose Early and Sent Prophets

Jeremiah reminds them that before this destruction of their beloved Jerusalem, temple, lifestyle, and people, God had arose early. He did so [for we know God doesn't ever sleep so how can he rise early] by sending in his voice on earth to Israel, through his servants, the prophets. He sent them with his word to tell them not to do this abomination and to repent.

As with many people, they did not listen, choosing instead to ignore the warnings and still went ahead pursuing their own thing, so to speak. The continued in their wicked ways and harlotry. As a result, God sent his destruction, but not before many, many years of prophets who warned his people of judgment to come if they did not repent.

Moreover, God still judges nations and peoples. God still expects his people to not do wickedly! If God judged both Judah and Israel [the northern kingdom] for their wickedness he will judge us and other nations. If God destroyed his own temple, sent his holy things for use in the service of the temple captive to Babylon along with his people, he will also destroy the harlot church, send his people into a smelter, and let all people know he is God, the LORD; who is governor of the nations and ruler of his people who call him LORD! He will also destroy all other idols, Gods, and powers who oppose him and his righteous ways!

Jeremiah 44:4
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Jeremiah 44:5
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

Jeremiah 44:6
Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Proud in Spite of the Judgment I Sent

But unbelievable as it sounds, in spite of the judgment, the remnant who were left in the Land still were not humbled, nor did they fear God. They were certainly afraid of the judgments God sent, that is why they wanted to go to Egypt where none of these things occurred. This thought in their minds was comforting for some reason because in their delusion they thought this God could not or would not come after them in Egypt. But they forgot one thing, they were a covenant people. Ones who had a history of knowing this God. Their forefathers had known this God, seen his hand at work. Now they were in Egypt defying what Jeremiah had told them, which was straight from God, “Do not go down into Egypt”.

Jeremiah 44:10
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

The Proud Heart “We will not Listen”

Not only were this a proud rebellious lot, but now they stood defiant before Jeremiah. This is a problem for all flesh. If you love death, then go ahead and hate this God. For surely death will come if you in pride and foolishness hate the LORD God. This group of remnant Jews stood with all their wives, and a great multitude before Jeremiah and stubbornly told him, in our lingo, “go get lost Jeremiah.”

Jeremiah 44:15
¶Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

Stand in the Old Paths & Walk Therein!

Jeremiah had told them earlier to ‘stand in the good way, and walk in it.’ This would be where they would find rest and peace in their souls. But walking in the LORD God’s commands and not going after other Gods was not in their logic. They ignored the watchmen God had sent, ignored his stern warnings to walk in the ways or commandments of the LORD. These watchmen ‘sounded the trumpet’ as a warning blast to Gods people. They were saying “awaken you who sleep, awaken you who do not walk in the true ways of the LORD, repent and seek him so that this judgment does not find you”! Yet in all this, God’s own people ignored it! They were fine, rich, and in need of nothing!

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Condemned by Their Own Words

Be careful what you say before God. I can tell you without reservation or equivocation, that God will hold you to what you speak. Even if you speak foolishly! This group of remnant Jews, who saw the words Jeremiah spoke come to pass, still did not fear the LORD. They spoke directly to the Prophet and Watchman of God saying “we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth.” That is astonishing to me that after all this they were so hardened and foolish that they would challenge God and his prophet, a proven one as well. There was no guess work in this, Jeremiah had proven he was a Prophet to all of Judah. In addition they said, we will “burn incense unto the queen of heaven, pour out drink offerings to her, just as we all have been doing all along.”

A careful study of this will also reveal they saw that when they did this, i.e. serve other Gods that no evil came upon them. Of course this is a lie. For God had been sending judgments all along. It was the grace of God that forebear upon them. He had been warning them through his prophets. This people took this forbearance and grace of God as the work of their foolishness and idol God they were serving. They thought any blessing, peace, and comfort came from this God, the queen of Heaven.

Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

The queen of heaven they were serving was the Babylonian goddess, Ishtar. Which is where our own ‘statue of liberty’ replica came from. They made her cakes, and gave her drink offerings. All of which brought the abomination to the level of unbelievable, since they had flour and grain offerings to the real God, along with drink or wine offerings. This worship involved the whole family. The problem here is this people did wickedly and only left off from following their harlotry after it was too late and God had begun to send judgment. When this judgment came, they did not want to see it as judgment for their harlotry, but saw it as failing to serve this Goddess Ishtar. Much of the world today is still involved in worshipping demons in this fashion. Yes, these people do so see demonic influence, supernatural occurrences, and more to convince them that what they do is true and certain. But in fact it is a lie and a delusion.

Jeremiah 44:18
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

Jeremiah 44:19
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

The LORD God Acknowledges and Sends Judgment for their own Words!

The LORD God then accepts and says that the words they have spoken out of their own mouths will in fact be fulfilled by their own hands. For when they do the things they have said they would do, then judgment would be upon their own heads, through their own hands.

Here scripture doesn’t say why all the crowd went together against the LORD. But they did. Maybe many followed the crowd and what the majority felt. In other words peer pressure. It is hard to say, but no doubt if they or some of them had just said to the LORD, “we repent” and followed the words with heartfelt action like going back to Judah, then God would have heard and forgiven them. But they did not!

In fact the LORD God said to Judah, i.e. all that dwell in the land of Egypt, saying “I will watch over them for evil and not for good.” Further God says that “all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword, by famine, until there be an end to them.”

Jeremiah 44:24
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 44:25
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

Jeremiah 44:26
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

Jeremiah 44:27
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

The LORD Establishes a Sign of Whose Word will Stand!

It is here that the LORD says some will escape the sword that comes upon Egypt. This sword comes by Babylon again. Those who escape will be a witness, again of the fact that the Word of the LORD comes true. That the stubbornness and pride of the people met the Words of the LORD through his Prophet. Thus this remnant will know that the Words of the LORD stood and not the words of foolish and prideful men who refuse to repent and lead their families after the ways of the True and Living God, the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 44:28
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

Jeremiah 44:29
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

The Counsel of the LORD Stands Forever!

Even today we have the same kind of men, women, and nations of peoples. All who foolishly make claims, speak unwise, and pursue things that will bring death upon them. Today the whole world will someday meet with the ‘son of perdition’ mentioned in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. This will be a wicked one who will lead multitudes in delusion against the LORD. He will speak against the God of heaven and seem to get away with it, that is until the LORD returns and puts an end to it.

Today we find that in America there are as well many who continue to foolishly and with pride speak out. They are going to do this or that! They will do as they feel! No one is going to tell them what to do! They will believe in this God or that one. They will believe in a force and not any True God. Then there are those, who as fools, say in their heart, ‘there is no God.’

We have many churches, denominations, and Christians who think all this warning is allot of bunk. It is trash, it is old fashioned! It will never happen say they! God is love, he won’t do this to the church and America. Well, all I can say is this, wait and see whose words come to pass, the Word of the LORD or your own! Be careful, The “Counsel of the LORD” stands forever!

Psalms 33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

I close with this my friends, here are some scripture portions. The Word of God say’s the ‘Eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him’. Do you hope in this God, even our Father through Jesus Christ [Y'SHUA Ha Massiach]? Do hope in his mercy? Do you seek him, cry to him, and face troubles today? If so, the ‘Eye of the LORD’ is upon you! His ‘angels encamp around you who fear him and this God will deliver you.’ It is here that you who trust in HIM, truly so, in faith, in action, and with a whole heart need to believe and receive this fact, there are many afflictions of the righteous, but this God will deliver you. All those who trust in Him will not be left desolate, for he will always be there. Yes there will be trouble, a smelter, persecution, and trials, but this God will never leave you nor forsake you. In fact, you may meet death for your faith, for the servant is not above his master. We are called to follow at all costs. The question is, what are you going to do? These scriptures are mighty ‘weapons to use in prayer’ and in your daily life. There are many such scriptures, but these are just a few.

At the end of this is a prayer psalm. It is what I call a Prayer warriors Psalm. If you are facing troubles, you can make this Psalm a prayer, tailor it to your needs and pray it out loud! God is faithful, he cannot lie, will not forsake you, and no one who hopes in him will be desolate. He will bring you unto himself.

The Eye of the LORD is upon them that Fear Him, those that Hope in His Mercy!

Psalms 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

The LORD Who hears, delivers, and Saves!

Psalms 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

The LORD Redeems His Servants who Trust in Him!

18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

The Warring Prayer for the Saint who is facing troubles!

This is a great Biblical prayer for those facing troubles, use this as a base for you praying against those enemies, either flesh or spirit who assail you. Some parts may not fit your situation, use the parts which do, make it your own prayer, and use it in your defense against the enemy.

Psalms 35:1
¶<<A Psalm of David.>> Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Psalms 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Psalms 35:3
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Psalms 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Psalms 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Psalms 35:9
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Psalms 35:11
¶False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Psalms 35:16
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Psalms 35:17
¶Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Psalms 35:18
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

Psalms 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Psalms 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Psalms 35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Psalms 35:22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Psalms 35:23
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psalms 35:24
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Psalms 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Psalms 35:27
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Psalms 35:28
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Originally posted 2009-08-02 05:45:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The Winds of Prophecy: Blood Red

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The Winds of Prophecy: Blood Red
‘blowing in the greatest battle of all time’
By Dana G Smith
Keywords: prophecy, winds, Gods, Christ, Jesus, end time

prophecy pack 2008”

The winds are blowing here today, which is not unusual. As it does, I did thank the Lord for nicer days this last week. It had definitely warmed up. For all this, we are entering into spring soon, with winters chill behind. Yet as we do the world wide winds of prophecy still move forward.

Recent news have come to our offices this week from one of our WARN Radio guests. The Lt Col and I spoke on the phone. He told me “we have avian flu here.” I thought for a moment. “Avian”, I repeated. “Yes, it is not the most virulent kind, but it has hit here.” The flu, ‘bird flu’ to be exact or ‘avian flu’ has been in the news for years. There has not been a major outbreak yet, but scientists have been saying it is coming. We had Prophet Deckard on who has prophesied for years of its arrival. He had given our listeners steps to do for preparedness. I had done research on it and everything pointed to its arrival. “Do you think this flu the Lt Col spoke about is the one which will mutate and be the epidemic?” my wife asked. I did not know. I do know one thing I related to her, it is coming. It has to be able to spread air contact and person to person. There is no doubt, many things are coming and we must be prepared spiritually and physically.
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Originally posted 2008-02-25 10:39:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Yet, I have Called

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Yet, I have Called!

A Psalm
By the Watchman Dana G Smith
Keywords: lover, gods, LORD, Harlot, repent, healed

Amos 5:8  Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Jerusalem

Will you marry a strange lover?
Will you seek this one?
I have called,
You did not answer!
Thy amorous ways lead thee away.
Dress thyself well, attract thy lovers,
For they will scour you with kisses.
On that day though,
These lovers will  bemoan your sorrows!
Yea, on that day I reveal thy sins.
These who you love shall flee.
Thy nakedness shall be seen,
Thy comforts will be robbed,
Thy virginity has not been healed,
For you have played the harlot!

Deuteronomy 5:8  Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
9  Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
10  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

You have been a fair lover,
Thy Gods O Harlot are many,
Thy pure delicate state is shaken,
Woe unto thy Gods,
Woe unto thee,
For I will bring down both thee and thy Gods!

Where is your shelter?
Can you avoid me?
Where will you go?
Can you hide?
Is your hiding place secret?
Speak not, for fear that I shall hear thee!
Look not out, for fear that I shall see thee!

I would of healed you,
but for your refusal.
My balm would soothe thy wounds,
but for your refusal.
When I called, you were with other lovers.
When I wooed you, my love was scorned.
Yet for all this;

Jeremiah 3:1  ¶They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

Return to me and be healed.
Repent and be nourished of me.
Throw down thy lovers,
Come unto me, I shall heal,
Come, I shall give life,
Come, I shall give new wine,
Come, I shall replace the old skins,
Come, Come and be healed.
Come, for I shall circumsize thy heart.
Come, for I AM He that saves.
But to those who hate me,
Yea, they do love death!

Hosea 5:15  I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Footprints

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Footprints
A psalm by the Watchman Dana G Smith

Footprints in the earth walking side by side
How have I made it thus far?
One of those are mine, the other is yours,
Oh LORD, how fast it has gone, life I mean!
I remember the times you did nourish me,
I know the times you lifted me up,
Then there was the correction you gave,
To this end, I fared well.

I see the life go on day by day,
Life in its courses, life rehearsing its actions,
Man living, man breathing, man dying,
But in the end, after it all, life has vanished,
Quickly, in a moment, How did I spend it?

1 Corinthians 15:19  If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable

Was it in your service?
Was my life selfish?
How did I really count the hours Oh Lord?
Did I ever think that it would end so abruptly?
Why have I been so foolish?
Why did I not learn quicker?
Why have I not done all I could have done?

So many regrets,
So many faults,
So much misery,
So much fantasy,
So much pride,
But in the end, all of it,
Vanity, which passes like the tide!

Thank God for the LORD who saved me,
Who taught me daily as I subscribed to his leading.
Thank God for his Love that embraced me,
Whilst I was stubborn and full of Pride.
Thank God for his salvation through Christ to me was given,
Yes, Thank God, for in this life, the footprints are over,
But the Eternal time with thee, Oh Lord have just begun!

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.

Yes, I Thank thee Oh LORD God, My eternal Father who has saved me,
By thy Grace, through this small avenue of Faith,
In Y’Shua [Jesus] Ha Massiach [Christ], my LORD,
To thee Oh Father, blessed be thee who has,
Through all this life redeemed me,
Fully,
Completely,
In Thee,
Oh God,
Forever,
and Ever~
Blessed be thy Name, Eternal One!

1 Thessalonians 4:13  ¶But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Differences

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Differences….
Preparing that which is to come!

by the Watchman Dana G Smith

wyoming sun shining through clouds

There are People Plotting to take over America and create a NWO on Earth!
We know the true Righteous king to Come and HIS Kingdom the shall be Eternal!

There will be people who will meet us with hatred, violence, and possibly Death!
We will meet them in Love!

They Will Hate!
We will LOVE!

The will try to destroy us and what we do for the LORD!
We will Love both the LORD and those who we meet, we will be wise as serpents, harmless as doves!

They will call upon their own God or Gods!
We will call upon our God, The True and LIVING God, there is no other!

They may hate us, or even kill our bodies!
We will not fear them or what they do!

They may terrorize us, use all manner of tools to bring us to their side!
We know, they cannot touch our soul and spirit, nor destroy neither!

They will inherit lands by force, kingdoms by deceit, and have their time on earth!
We know our God will save us, it is he, whom they should fear, for he can kill the body and destroy the soul!

Their time will end on earth!
Our time will continue forever as we rule and reign with our Righteous King Jesus Y’Shua, the Christ, Ha Massiach!

  • It is time my friends to let the LORD heal any past battle scars and grievances!
  • It is time my friends to seek the LORD and trust in him for the future that lays ahead!
  • It is time my friends to understand that which is coming, will be here soon enough!
  • It is time my friends to take each day with prayer, thanksgiving, and commitment to the LORD!
  • It is time my friends to stop playing games and get serious with the LORD!
  • It is time my friends to take time out for joy, happiness, and be thankful for each day the LORD gives you!

It is time, period to remember this, the twelve spies who went out to survey the Land the LORD God had promised them. Ten came back with bad reports, with no faith. All they could see was ‘Giants in the Land’. They could only see the physical reality of the large sizes of their adversary. They failed to see the even bigger God who had just delivered them from Egypt!

In short, they saw the problem and did not see the promise!

What do you see today!
The God who redeemed you or the problem that is before you!

Dear friends the time draws close. It a time I believe that we as a generation was chosen for. It is us who are called upon to walk in the faith of Jesus Christ, Keeping his testimony. It is us who need to walk in his commandment of Love. Both Loving God with all our heart, mind, and soul, but loving our neighbor as ourselves. The time coming will prove whether we are doing this or not.

The day of second hand Christianity is gone. The welfare state of believers, that is depending on the pastor, friends, or others to carry you daily. That time when you were just faking it! The time when you carried grudges, hatred, bitterness, and many other things. It is time to put all these off! There is no way the ‘lukewarm’ Christian will make it through what is coming. They will either see the error of their way or be spewed out of the Lords mouth. They will not be able to make it through what is coming by physical means, depending on others, and seeking relief from the things of the world. Those who truly love the LORD and follow Christ Jesus will only make it through what is coming by His strength.

A daily and continuous re-filling of the Holy Spirit. A personal walk in the Spirit, keeping and doing the deeds of the Spirit. It is in this that we then find out how true John 15 is. He is the vine, we are the branches. Without him we can do nothing. This is the acid test of your and my belief in Christ. Do we abide in him? Are we connected? For if you are connected, then all roots of bitterness are gone! If you are connected jealousy is removed far from you! If you are connected, you know the first time what true LOVE is, for he has shed abroad this LOVE in your heart. Through this, as his disciple you can then give out that LOVE to others.

  • 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.
    6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
    7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
    8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
    9 ¶As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
    10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

I have no doubt or qualms about what is coming! It is a day of darkness, gloominess, dread, death, bloodshed, violence, destruction, and much more. It is so bad, that which is coming that Luke says of this time, “Men’s Hearts will fail them for fear of those things coming upon the earth.” Lk 21:26 It is in this that we in the American church and those in other nations like ours who have lived in luxury and relative peace, will see a day so different, many would not believe it. But nonetheless it is coming!

There are many today who want America’s destruction and those in the free world as we know it. Many are propelled by extreme hatred. They rejoiced during 9-11! Even many such as the Palestinians in Gaza and the West bank rejoiced, although America has sent them millions of dollars. The breakdown of our society will occur and with this comes extreme dis-order. Even other nations such as Russia has gone on record saying this. America is a debtor nation and China holds the credit key. One day soon, all will be up. There will be no more money, credit, or help! America will have nothing but debt and will owe other nations. Nations will get what they are owed from us one way or another. We are seeing some of the last upheavals today as America struggles with its massive troubles. We will learn that America did not raise herself up, the LORD raises nations. America also, following her own Pride, will see its own failure and demise. Along with our demise, many other nations will fall suit to ours. In the end, a New World leader eventually will come and bring order out of all chaos. He will be the Son of Perdition, found in 2 Thess 2. The whole world will follow him and then, the rest of Revelation will be fulfilled as will other scripture.

When this occurs, the terror of the change alone will be more than many can take. The time is coming when denominations will mean nothing. The troubles facing man will be so severe, mere man diatribes and differences in teaching and belief will fall to the side. Many of the churches beliefs that she has been teaching for decades will go unfilled as for the first time, they face something they did not think possible. It will be the ‘snare’ upon the whole world. It will be the rise of the ‘son of Perdition’. It will be the persecution of believers, especially in America and nations like hers as the enemies of Christ come from all over the globe to finally destroy Christ and his Christianity. Behind all this will be the Beast. With this will come a believer who will stand for Christ, overcoming by the blood of the lamb, the word of his Testimony of Christ, and being kept by his faith of Christ Jesus. He or she will be an overcomer, as they will not fear what men will do to them. These will be blood washed, robes washed white, and people who stood against the most evil at any one time on planet earth. This will be the time of the End! Many of these will have an ‘Martyrs Anointing’ for the last days. It will be a time of God given deliverance’s, miracles, and supernatural provision for those who Love God, His Christ, and their neighbor!

As I close, We pray the LORD Bless you, keep you, teach you, and guide you during these days. I also provide this scripture for you to follow!

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.

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Eons, Icons, and Images

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Eons, Icons, and Images
A psalm by the Watchman Dana G Smith

Keywords: I AM, Mercy, Grace, nations, Gods, Son of God

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.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Through the Eons,
Forever I have been God,
I AM, For all time, forever,
The AMEN, who ruleth.
Full of Mercy,
Full of Grace,
Unto all generations,
I AM

Let the Images of man be struck down,
Let the Gods of the nations deliver you,
Yea, saith the Lord, from my Hand,
Serve your icons,
Grasp your images,
Worship and bow to them,
See if they can bring you deliverance,
For the LORD cometh to destroy the Gods,
Yea, the Gods of the nations,
They shall be no more.

For the Lord has issued the decree,
In righteousness shall he come,
His Armies with Him,
On the wings of the Wind,
In chariots of fire,
On the battlestead of the ages,
Behold, the LORD comes in the clouds.

The eternal clock of the Almighty doth not cease,
For it is an everlasting One,
From age to age,
Before ever man was, I AM,
Before ever creation was, I AM,
There has never been a time I did not exist, I AM,
Before the foundations of the earth, did I slay him,
Yea, the Son slain before the foundations of the world.

For this,
The Darkness Hisses.
The Evils of men shrink back.
The Son of God has brought deliverance.
Light into the Darkness,
As the Satans flee,
Enoch spoke aforetime of these,
In the early times, before the ages grew into maturity,
Now that which was brought forth,
Is now that which is defeated.

Rebellion is now uprooted,
Darkness has no place,
Wickedness grows but shall be cut off.
Light giveth way to righteousness,
Behold a greater light,
That of the LORD God,
For His Kingdom comes in its fullness.

Therefore in the night,
Darkness hisses,
Like a Snake,
As a dragon,
For it knows time is short,
Then shall the Son of God Come,
With kingdom light ,
Engulfing all in His Righteous Glory.

There is Hope, Saith the Lord,
There is a Kingdom, Saith the Lord,
There shall be a place, Saith the Lord:
For my Glory,
For my Kingdom,
Of all things in Heaven and In the Earth,
For all Time,
For my People,
Those who Honor my Word,
Those who keep the moment of patient faith,
Trusting,
Believing,
In Me Saith the Lord God,

There is Salvation, an Eternal promise,
A Word from the LORD who is and always has been,
The Truth, The Way, the Life,
The Eternal One,
Full of Glory,
Righteous art thou Oh God,
Forevermore,
Blessed be thy name.
For at that time we shall be thy Sons,
For at thay time you shall be our God,
The Light of your Glory shall encompass us,
In peace,
In beauty
In joy,
Unspeakable, yet full of Glory,

Blessed be the Lord who has done this marvelous Work.

Psalms 2:7 ¶I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 ¶Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

The Mysterious & Esoteric New Age

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The Mysterious & Impenetrable Wooing in the New Age Converts
By the Watchman, Dana G Smith

Keywords: Kabbala, Kabbalah, mysticism, Gods, knowledge, new age, Jesus Christ, LORD, God, Yeshua HaMassiach

Laying the Foundation amidst the Esoteric

The Esoteric, which is obscure, mysterious, arcane, cryptic, impenetrable and also brings to man that which he could not touch before, is what man seeks many times today. It is the chance to find out about the secret mysteries of life. It is that forbidden knowledge, as in the Garden of Eden when the serpent first approaches Eve with the promise of ‘being as Gods, knowing good and evil’. It is that mysterious, many times which draws men, like it did Eve. Even in the times of the Apostles, there were those who had come out from among the Apostles, and did so, leaving them behind and becoming teachers of a new esoteric Jesus.

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.

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These new teachers, were made manifest, plainly revealing that although they had come out from among the believers and the Apostles, their doctrine clearly revealed they were not one of them. In this, the Apostle John warned the early church. Of these, we find those he writes about called “antichrists”. That which is ‘anti or opposite’ of Christ was the characteristic of these teachers. Doctrines that clearly showed they denied who Jesus Christ was.

Esoteric religion is not anything new. Man today, especially, bored with religions and man made organized systems of religious thought seeks and is attracted to new mysterious powers. We see this attraction in the malls today with the young people who openly follow various satanic, gothic, and new age cults. In these groups, they find new power, new thinking, and are promised the arcane and cryptic, that which was impenetrable now is open to them. They are led to believe all the religious and regular systems of beliefs are the old ways. That they now can enter into a new exciting avenue of power which is open to them. Of course, this is not the case. The argument is as old as the chief deceiver himself, Satan, or in the light of deception, he is ‘Lucifer the light bearer’.

The Apostle Paul found the new faith at Galatia troublesome. For in the time he had left, a new esoteric religious thought had entered. For the Apostle wrote immediately to confront the threat called ‘Gnosticism’. The first thing the teachers did was to implant doubt as to the doctrine and salvation to which Paul had delivered to them. In this the attack was simple, Paul was not an authorized Apostle, and he had forgotten to follow the law.

Judaizing teachers had persuaded the Galatians that Paul had taught them the new religion imperfectly, and at second hand; that the founder of their church himself possessed only a deputed commission, the seal of truth and authority being in the apostles at Jerusalem. [Jamieson, Faussett, Brown]

Galatians 1:6  ¶I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

It is in this treatise, one of the pointedly blunt discussions of the gospel laid out. We find that indeed, there are angels and others [men or false teachers] who appear as the ‘angels of light’ bringing fresh revelation truth to the souls of men. Many times we have seen this as men who claim to have seen angels, Gabriel or Michael the archangel, or even God himself and found the truth. This truth then is brought to the forefront of society and in powers of light, from Lucifer; they bring deception to men and women everywhere. The Apostle Paul crucifies the notion that there is another gospel, even if it is brought by an angel or some man. He reveals that indeed there is not another gospel, but there will be attempts to bring such a message to men.

It is here that the Apostle lays out the defense of the gospel in the first course of business by re-enforcing the true gospel he taught and the ‘other gospel’ that had come to replace what he had taught them. He tells them pointedly that ‘even if an angel from heaven preaches any other gospel to you than that which you received, let him [the angel or anyone else] be accursed. He then repeats this by saying that if ‘any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.’ Here we find the Apostle repeating the fact of ‘let him be accursed, i.e. – the person will be under a curse & declared to be evil, anathema, and facing divine punishment. This then reveals what our number one objective should be! This is to stay in the bounds of God given, delivered salvation. This is done only through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who was first prophesied to come by the Prophets, fulfilled by Christ when he came. He then delivered the gospel to the Apostles, who then gave it to the world. Here let it again be mentioned, there are other ‘gospels, other Jesus’, other means of salvation; all given by seemingly divine means. These other gospels are but a tool of the ‘antichrist and the new age movement’ driven by Lucifer himself to bring a tare into the harvest field of the LORD. But in the end, there is only one gospel, true to the Father, who sent his son Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMassiach. It is this gospel, which Paul, Peter, John, and the other Apostles delivered to us. That is why there is only one truly God given, divine mandated gospel of Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMassiach. This is and was the only one delivered by the Lord himself to his church.

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