Bible, Eschatology, Evil, Persecution

Implantable technology — the antichrist will love it

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Here’s an article highlighting some “implantable technology” that is coming down the pike really soon. Check out #9! That little bad boy goes either in the hand between the thumb and forefinger, or in the forehead right above the hairline, just like the Bible describes!

As for me an my house, we will serve the Lord. Don’t plan on sticking any of that stuff in this old bird.

Revelation 13:16-7 “And he (the antichrist) causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

Don’t be deceived. The antichrist will come with a powerful deception which will be very effective on people who don’t love the truth. How many of Satan’s lies have we bought into already? If we fell for communism and evolution, we’ll be ALL IN when he comes around with the mark of the beast. Christian if you accept the mark, it is GAME OVER! (see Revelation 14:9-10).

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Know

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Jeremiah 22:16
“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well.  Is that not what it means to know Me?”  Declares YHWH.

What does it mean to KNOW?  The Bible has a far different perspective on this word than we have in our culture.  We often think of this word to simply be an explanation of intellectual understanding or appreciation.  But let us consider some other instances where this word is used.   It is said that Adam KNEW his wife, and she bore children.  It is also said that the tree that brought death was the tree of KNOWLEDGE of good and evil, and God acknowledged afterward that they KNEW good and evil.  In this instance, we are learning that obedience to the Most High is what it means to KNOW Him.  There is a connection between our actions and true knowledge.  I think this connection begins with experience.  We need to experience things in order to really know them.  There is also an element of faith involved here: conviction and assurance.  In our study this week, we were in Ephesians 3, and this concept came up multiple times.  KNOW the mystery, KNOW the wisdom of God, KNOW the breadth and length and height and depth, KNOW the love of Christ that surpasses KNOWLEDGE.  God was not satisfied that the Jews acknowledged his existence, or even that they gave tacit assent by obeying the outward parts of the law.  He wants us to KNOW Him by experience, by seeking His face, by obeying and walking with him.  He has certainly poured out his mercy and grace to me by allowing me to taste of this knowledge.  I pray that you will KNOW Him also.

 

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‘Nuff Said

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I was just thinking about Billy Graham this week, wondering how he was doing.

Then out pops this article. Glad to hear he is still going strong at age 95.

By the way, we’re having a prayer meeting at Temple on Saturday night, October 25th from 7:30 – 9:00pm. Just tell ’em Billy Graham sent you.

Bible, Evil, Persecution

The Pope’s Big Tent

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Here’s an article describing an attempt by members of the Catholic hierarchy to soften the Roman church’s stance on homosexual unions

I understand and respect their desire to acknowledge the underlying humanity of people who practice homosexuality (after all, gay people are no worse sinners than the rest of us).

The fundamental problem here is that you can’t have it both ways. No matter how much you “soften your language”, you are either going to run afoul of the Scripture or you are going to run afoul of the homosexual community, which doesn’t like to hear that their chosen lifestyle is condemned by it. There is no middle ground here.

People who engage in homosexual behavior are, like other sinners, deeply loved by God their creator. And without prejudice, Jesus our savior welcomes them to repent (turn away from everything the Bible calls sin) and to believe the Gospel (that Jesus paid the penalty for our sin and rose from the dead to make an opening for us into God’s kingdom).

Instead of dancing around the truth, why don’t the Catholics tell it like it is? I think I know the answer. Just like the NFL, they don’t want to appear to be “out of step” with the tide of moral relativism that has consumed our culture. I think the Pope likes the adulation of the masses, and the masses seem to have been swayed toward the acceptance of homosexuality as normative instead of perverse.

All other things being equal, I prefer never to offend anyone (including homosexuals), and I prefer not to be ostracized by anyone. But I must be first and foremost acceptable to God. And Jesus promised that in our quest to please God we would certainly, at times, offend people and be persecuted/ridiculed/ostracized by them. Just like there was no way of Jesus avoiding His cup of suffering, there is no way for us to avoid sharing in His sufferings if we want to share His glory.

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Ever wonder why the 7 year tribulation will be so severe?

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I used to wonder why God’s judgments during the seven year tribulation as predicted in the book of Revelation were so severe.

Not anymore. This is a perfect example of why the full force of heaven’s wrath is coming very soon.

Article about new college-level online course for abortion training

Try this exercise: while reading the article, replace all occurrences of the word “abortion” with “murder”.

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The Pope and Me

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Well I must admit I found myself agreeing (mostly) with the Pope. There’s a first time for everything I suppose…

Pope’s message about Christian division.

The problem I have is that I presume the Pope, like all his predecessors, is looking to reunite the church under himself and the Catholic hierarchical pyramid. God builds with pillars, not pyramids.

But who knows, perhaps a prominent and humble Bible-believing Christian leader will take the Pope up on his offer to hash out some of the doctrinal stuff — let’s call his bluff. There is MUCH of it (and I mean “stuff” in the worst sense of the word) that has piled up in the Catholic church. In my view, the Catholic church and its near cousins the Eastern Orthodox and Anglican traditions, have followed the “sins of Jeroboam” that we read about in 1Kings, and that eventually got the ten tribes of Israel expelled. Just like Jeroboam, they have built their own man-made religion, man-made priesthood, and man-made doctrines that have no divine origin whatsoever. Like the Pharisees, they have shut the kingdom of heaven against men. They neither enter themselves, nor allow those who would enter to do so.

Sorry for being so critical, but God’s got a book called the Bible. We need to follow it. So Mr. Pope, sir, take your vestments and your rosary beads and your vain repetitions and your censers and your “holy water” and your celibate so-called priests and your prayers to saints and your deification of Mary and the rest of the unbiblical abominations and flush them right down the toilet where they belong. Pick up your Bible and start from scratch. Then maybe we’ll be able to enjoy the unity that Jesus intended for the church.

Evil, Israel

Dems show true colors calling for funding for Hamas

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It may seem strange that Democrats love Islamists, since they also love things that Islamists hate, such as gay marriage, etc. But Democrats crave power above all else. Islam is all about submission, in fact the word itself means “submission”. Therefore, Islamists and Democrats share a common objective: the subjugation and subjection of people that God desires to be free.

There’s another thing that Democrats and Islamists have in common. They share the same master, specifically, the deceiver of nations himself, who is Satan.

Here’s an article about a US Congressman who supports funding for the terrorist organization Hamas and its puppet organization, the so-called “Palestinian Authority”.

The lines are becoming clearer. Ultimately, everyone is either a servant of God or a servant of Satan. It seems to me that as time goes on, it is becoming easier and easier to distinguish between the two.

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Land for peace is a lie

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It gets tiresome to hear the current WH administration constantly harping on Israel for building houses on their own land.

Here is a link to a NY Times article (yes it bothers me to even link to the NY Times, in case you’re wondering) which discusses the latest exchange between Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Obama.

Mr. Obama, who in my opinion is an adversary of Israeli interests, is ever scolding Israel for building houses on land that they captured fair and square when they were attacked in 1967 and in 1973. However, no matter how much land Israel “gives up”, they will never have peace because the Muslims will never be satisfied with anything but Israel’s annihilation. This has been demonstrated time and again as every previous “peace” agreement in the past was broken by the Muslims.

May God continue to bless Israel and may Jerusalem have true peace. May the leadership in Israel be courageous and determined not to compromise. May Israel’s Messiah return soon to reveal Himself in power to His chosen people and to destroy their enemies and reign on the throne in Jerusalem over all nations.

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Fleeing to a City of Refuge

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On my car ride into work today I listened to Joshua 20 as one of the    selected chapters for my daily dive into the Word. This chapter is about the Cities of Refuge throughout the Kingdom of Israel, where one who accidentally killed someone could flee without fear of being taken and killed for vengeance in the eye for an eye punishment laid out in Exodus.

As I was listening to this, it occurred to me that these cities and this specific type of asylum had been brought up multiple times before in the bible. These cities or the idea behind them are all described Exodus 21: 12-14, Numbers 35: 11-24 and Deuteronomy 19:3 before we get to Joshua. With the sudden realization of this repetition and the idea that everything in the Old Testament points to Jesus, I started to think about what this meant.

Starting with the obvious, Jesus: He was killed, however his death wasn’t accidental. It was planned since the beginning of time. Those crying out for his blood could not seek this asylum even if they wished to, and in an abstract sense, they did pay with their blood in AD 70 when the Romans came through and wiped out the temple in Jerusalem, fulfilling eye for an eye punishment. But we know that it was because of Jesus’ sacrifice, that we have a path to heaven and forgiveness through His grace.

If you accept the Lord into your heart, and trust in Jesus, then path to heaven is clear, much like the roads that lead to the cities of refuge. These roads were twice as wide and smoother than normal roads to make travel to the cites as unhindered as possible, this is according to the Talmud, to which I admit, I have not read but did come across that description while researching this essay.

But the path we’re on is not always clear and easy, is it? There are obstacles. There is the enemy. There is sin. In Paul’s letter to the Romans he teaches that the wages of sin is death, and while someone may not die due to my being prideful of the new television hanging up on my wall, there is a degree of spiritual death in sin. It’s not purposeful. I’ve gotten a new toy and I’m excited about it. I tell all sorts of people about it. The size, the picture clarity, features, etc. It’s boasting, and I don’t even realize it’s happening until after the fact. What happens when someone gets a bigger TV, or a newer one than mine? Will I be envious? Probably. It’s in our nature, and it’s another sin. Something else that comes naturally, and is unintended. Another accidental killing off of a part of my spiritual being.

Now look back to Jesus. He showed us death is overcome. We too can and will overcome death. He laid out an obvious path that is clear and easy to see. Our walk with the Lord is our own walk along the wide road to the city of refuge fleeing all of the spiritual manslaughter that takes place on a daily basis in each of our lives. The Lord commanded that once the perpetrator arrived at the city he was to tell the elders what happened and why he needed their refuge. Someday too, I will arrive in heaven, and present to the Lord all I have done. He will find a place for me in his kingdom of refuge.