PART 1: END TIMES! CAN YOU SEE THE SIGNS?

                                                   Rome or America

To lose your Soul as a Great Nation, destruction follows and nobody seems to perceive its means of arrival. A beautiful Nation losing her Love for the LORD, the very thing that has caused her greatness and Majesty. She is blindly running headlong towards the great abyss that flourishing nations before her found themselves toppling into. Once a Powerful Nation, reduced to little more than obscure memories of her existence. Never to be seen again, because she sold her birthright to the highest bidder, expediting her demise. Her former Grandeur viewed like the landscape of some distant land that once was, but is now a mire shadow of the dream she aspired to become. Tossed onto the scrap heap of time, never to be seen or marveled at for the excellence for which she began, but merely besmirched as a footnote in the annuls of time. Disregarded as a failure! Relegated to the past, never to lift her head from the crucible of history, nor realizing her incapacity to comprehend the extinguishing of Liberty's flame. Her citizens DEAD to reason, suffering from the obesity of luxury, immorality and callous indignation to her first love, The Lord! This most dangerous of roads paved with great riches, indifference, apathy, entitlement, corruption, and finally sold for a price to foreigners. With fear and trembling she contemplates the weight of a tax laden citizenry on which she rode, as she ponders the death approaching on the Horizon. Only in the final moments of her destruction does she scream, "The Road"! Only now, in her final moments of existence does she understand "Once the road was traversed, there was no return, for it was but One Way! And it led to HER Destruction!

Michael Minor © 2009 Michael Minor

 

Matthew 16 (King James Version) Matthew 16:1-4                               1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Sin brings storms and tempests into the soul, into the family, into churches and nations. You can clearly see from what JESUS declared to the Pharisees and Sadducees that they were a "wicked and adulterous generation. They were living the way they wanted, and not the way GOD had instructed. These men knew Jewish traditions and the Laws of Moses, and yet [Like America], they continued to do that which was Evil and Wicked. In spite of the knowledge of Righteousness, they continued in their Sins.  The same situation exist right now in America! We have the knowledge of what GOD has said is RIGHTEOUSNESS, yet we fail to do what is right before GOD. Sin is stupefying, and we are to take heed lest at any time our hearts are hardened by the deceitfulness of it. Are these the Signs of the END TIMES? To be in the End Times, does it just require a Wicked and Evil Generation to exist? Many have existed long before our short lived nation. So what does the Bible say about the Signs of The End Times? Who will be able to recognize and understand the times for which they live, and who will not? Is it clearly stated in this Holiest of Books, what kind of signs we are to look for?  The BIBLE has the answer to these questions and much more. 
JESUS declares in the fourth (4) verse of Matthew 16 that they were "Wicked and Adulterous". This tells us that sin had  BLINDED them. We know this because in the previous verse three (3) he questions their blindness by asking, "O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times"?  They couldn't even recognize their sinful condition nor see clearly enough to understand that, Jesus was "The Messiah" spoken of by the Prophets! 

 

Are you Blinded by the Idols of this world? Idols like the lewd, suggestive, pornographic music video's, whorish clothing worn by the mass's, your cars, homes, education, vulgarity of the people, greed of your leaders, and the disingenuousness of the media and people in general! You seek wealth first and not the Lord! Jehovah has said, "You have taken Idols into your Hearts and put the stumbling block of your iniquity before your face. Why should you ask me for anything"? You are all estranged from GOD because of your Idolatry. Are you caught up in the accumulation of wealth for all the wrong reasons? Do you believe in your heart that you can live the way that you please, because you live in modern times, and your life style has nothing to do with HOLY GOD? What are you believing in? These societal conditions that we see today have occurred, due in large part to the ever increasing rejection of CHRIST! This generation grew up without the BIBLE in school, and very little knowledge of The LORD! Clearly, these things can cause a Nation to be blinded and not recognize the times in which they live. 

Matthew 24 (King James Version)                                                 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Here's another Sign to consider. If you say you believe in GOD or JESUS the CHRIST and are a true Christian, how is it that you can't see the time in which we live is the Wicked and Evil time that JESUS warned about. Iniquity "does abound" everywhere, and people who claim too be Christians, not only participate freely in it, but are quick to defend their actions. You must become a true believer of the Gospel, and not just a believer in some Church or Denomination. Your salvation "HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR DENOMINATION OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU TOOK COMMUNION! It has EVERYTHING to do with your OBEDIENCE TO WHAT is WRITTEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE, AND TO WHAT GOD HAS SAID IS RIGHTEOUSNESS! To be obedient is to follow what he has directed all of us to do. That is to follow his Commandments! Period! Our Holy GOD has called the things that man would create or perform on HIS or HER own "THE SINFUL NATURE OF MAN". For sin, there is a punishment! You only have to look at the news and see the results of Sin. Christ spoke of the wrath to come, which is beyond comparison and worse than the many hours, weeks and years of pain, some have to suffer as a consequence of their unlawful indulgences. And if such afflictions are severe, how dreadful will be the everlasting punishment of the wicked!

Another sign of the End Times can be found at the end of the verse listed above. Matt. 24:12  "the love of many shall wax cold". You only have to look at current events to see that Love is fleeting. Take the case of little Caylee Anthony or the toddler Riley Ann Sawyers. Both mother's are presumed to have murdered these sweet innocent babies. These are just two (2) examples of when a soul gets away from the Laws of our GOD, such as America has been doing! When a person ignores the Commandments of GOD and refuses to be obedient to HIM, the penalty is pain, suffering, murder, lewdness, hatred, unnatural lusts', lying, deception, and all the evils of the heart. As Americans, do you want this Nation to be Destroyed? I mean literally, or, have you become so pompous to believe that its improbable or impossible. Some of the things that are happening to us right now, such as the breakdown of the family and economy, lack of honor in our politicians, mothers murdering their born and unborn, teachers having sex with students, can be traced back to children growing up without the knowledge of GOD. When you vote for a politician and you can't recognized the truth from a lie, this reflexs your distance from Holy GOD. Jesus is the "Light of the World", and The Holy Spirit is "The Spirit of Truth"! If you can't discern fact from fiction, then YOU DO NOT HAVE CHRIST IN YOU! 

John 14:17 (King James Version) The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

Remember, to be Saved is to believe in your heart and confess with your mouth. Believing in your heart means, that you will believe the entire Bible. This brings to the Christian obedience to the word, which is the Bible! Only through this acceptance of Christ can a person truly be saved. If you confess with your mouth, but don't do the things that GOD has commanded us to do, then you are fooling yourself, and the truth is not in you. For JESUS said:

Mark 7:6 (King James Version)
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

DECEPTION IS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK! Look at your television at any given time, and you will see News Anchors, Politicians, Directors, Producers, so called Christian Church's, many well know Pastors and Evangelist, Commercial Advertisers, and many others, all of them deceiving the masses. Here we are in the End Times, and the majority of them are not preaching anything about where we are today.

Matthew 24 (King James Version) Matthew 24:3-53And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Revelation 12:9 (King James Version)    9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Who is getting GOD's church ready for the events to come? Just like the Sham Wow commercial, where the guy pours cola on a swath of rug, and then blots it up with his product. If you watch closely at that scene, he lifts up the rug to show the cola. When he puts it back down, the cola has been already wiped clean, before he starts to blot it with the product. People are being deceived on every front. When you voted in this last election, did you really get what you thought you were getting? Or have you noticed that you were Deceived! AGAIN I ask you, how can you proclaim that you are a CHRISTIAN, AND VOTE FOR A MAN THAT BELIEVES IN THE KILLING OF INNOCENT BABIES Click Here, SODOMITES TO BE JOINED IN MARRIAGE Click Here , AND A "DO AS I TELL YOU TO DO NOT AS I DO" MENTALLITY? He tells the Nation that we have to turn our thermostats down, while he turns his up to 78 degrees. And the excuse is, "because he is from Hawaii". I thought that he lived in Chicago, one of the coldest winter places on the east coast! Obama represents everything that JESUS and HOLY GOD said not to do! HYPOCRITES, ALL who voted for him!  Jesus said to the believer [Christians] "Do Not be Deceived"! Yet Christians everywhere, are being deceived. Click Here: Obama & Infant Murder

ATHEIST, SOCIALIST, MARXIST AND OBAMA

Obama may not be an atheist in conviction, however, he does share some of its assumptions within his temperament. Liberals, Marxist/Communist , Socialist, all share the atheists' beliefs in one way or another. On the one hand, Obama claims to be a Christian. On the other hand, "We are no longer a Christian Nation". CLICK HERE Everything that he speaks would seem to be the opposite of what he does or says. He cannot deny the fact that his mother raised him with her atheist views, which "disbelieves or denies the existence of GOD". Though he later found the Muslim religion -introduced by his father- to be more enchanting, he didn't embrace his Muslim belief until he went to Africa and attended school. Because Obama's mother was an atheist, and mentorship came from Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the old Moscow-controlled Communist Party USA, and add to this the church doctrine of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, you get a mishmash of philosophies that has shaped him to be at best Lukewarm if he were a true Christian, and Irreligious. An Adulteration, which are the cause of his many distorted policies/doctrines and beliefs. He has deceived many here in America and abroad.

Revelation 3:15-17 (King James Version) 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Matthew 24:11 (King James Version) 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

After sitting in Rev. Wrights' radical Marxist church for twenty years -which Obama calls Christianity- can we really know what this man believes in? He certainly didn't show us the real Barrack Hussein Obama during the campaign. Although, those with the HOLY SPIRIT saw the truth. He knew that he would most likely not get elected. Little glimpse's of what he really believe are showing up in him. Take the recent act of bowing to king Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Because of his Muslim beliefs he bowed before the Saudi King, relegating the American Presidency to the status of mire servant. His handling to-date of Iran and North Korea is bordering on criminal and pose a great danger to Israel and the United States. These are perfect examples of the dangerous road that he is paving, because of this miscellany of philosophies, and will have dire consequences for our Country. Obama is the "PUNISHMENT FOR AMERICA, BECAUSE OF HER UNBELIEF AND ABANDONMENT OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF JEHOVAH (THE SELF EXISTENT ONE)". How could the Christians and Jews who voted to put this man into office not see through him from the very beginning? Why were they so blinded by his speech that they couldn't recognize him for what he really stands for? A "Counterfeit Christian" who is indifferent to the Jewish Nation of Israel, and has said recently in private talks over the telephone with Benjamin Netanyahu, "that if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear sights, the United States would blame Israel for it, and any war that is started". In other words, for the first time in the history of our country, the Administrative Branch of the United States Government is saying that, "Israel should just wait to be attacked by the mad man of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad".  GOD does not go back on HIS WORD! He is not a Man that he should lie concerning Israel or his promises:

Exodus 19:5-6 (King James Version) 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

I have often questioned what America would look like if atheist or the current administration were in total control of everything. After pondering this question and looking at what they believe in or don't believe in, I have come to the conclusion that we would have a world that looked a lot like the movie "Demolition Man". Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes starred in this futuristic feature. The movie was about the character John "Demolition Man" Spartan, a cop who is falsely convicted of mass murder in 1996 while trying to rescue hostages from an merciless urban terrorist Simon Phoenix, played by Wesley Snipes. Both are frozen and incarcerated in a Cryogenic Prison. However, both John Spartan and Simon Phoenix are thawed out for parole well into the 21st century. During the time that both were frozen away in Cryo-prison, Los Angeles' culture and society had dramatically changed into what can only be described as a "State Owned Government" or "Socialist Government". The city became a society where on the surface everybody is peaceful, sterile, kind, and understanding, to the point of pansies. A city government that was autocratic, and human behavior was regulated by laws that were conceived and dictated by one man. Even though the citizenry secretly desired individuality, distinctiveness, flavor, and originality, controlled like sheep they had lost their initiative and excepted it without question. With the exception of those who disagreed with the system, who were outcast of a once majority. The rulers were men wearing what looked to be "Kimono's", and exhibited "Effeminate Liberal" mannerisms that we see glimpse's of today. Atheist, Liberals, Marxist , Socialist: it doesn't matter. Use whatever term you choose, they all share the same theme, "No room for belief in GOD". Liberals and Socialist like atheist do not want any boundaries in life, especially when it comes to aberrant behavior, other than the boundaries that they themselves set. Science is a good example of how the Liberal and Atheist try to convince the rest of us to see life from their GODLESS  point of view. For instance, take the subject of creation or evolution.

Listen at this leftist scholar describe the Atheist interpretation of why stellar matter is a part of the human body.  Click on the Link: Atheist Scholar Explanation of Existence                                   ELOHIM (THE CREATOR) SAYS:

Matthew 13:15 (King James Version) For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them

This scholars hypothesis is incomplete. He recognizes -as do we Christians- that stellar matter is a part of everything that exists in the known universe, including mankind. He presents his argument and his touted scientific calculations as the evidence proving that science and HOLY GOD are separate from each other, and this enlightenment is cause for exuberance and hope for mankind. This exposes how short sighted these atheist and the many scientist who also hold this view to be truth really are. 

Genesis 1: 2-4 (King James Version) 2 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

The truth is that since Genesis 1:1-4 there would have to be stellar matter in everything including human beings. If we look at science from the text of the Bible, we get a complete and undeniable knowledge that the Bible can be used to guide science, not the other way around. Science is proving everything that the Bible has said about how GOD created the universe. "GOD said let there be light". This fits right with the Big Bang theory that states that at some point the universe was microscopic in size, and in an instant the universe as we see it today exploded from that which was not seen, into that which is seen. This explosion when it took place, rocketed this stellar matter in every direction. It was "Spoke" into existence from the same source, GOD ALMIGHTY! 

Psalm 19:1 (King James Version) 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

2 Corinthians 4:6 (King James Version) 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Man was made from the same matter, because the Bible tells us that we were made from the dust of the ground. Now his assumption is true, to the degree that it was GOD that made the Heavens and The Earth, and Everything in it. When it came to Man Genesis 1: 26-27 you see that man was fashioned by GOD in his own image.

Genesis 1:26-27 (King James Version) 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:7 says: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

All of those who are in the Administration of this Government share some parts of this scientists' way of  thinking. Thinking like an atheist, liberal, or marxist relieves one from being under the commandments of the Holy Bible. As you observe the appointments to government that he is making and the ever increasing number of czars that he is using to circumvent the Congress and Law, Americans should be "Screaming From The Hilltops and Protesting Loudly".  They embrace very radical liberal philosophies that stand against the things of ADONAI (THE LORD).  With Obama you get this counterfeit confluence of beliefs that shapes his understanding and perceptions of right and wrong, good and evil.

Karl Marx was an communist socialist. What the Obama White House are attempting to do is, "Destroy America from Within" using the same atheist, socialist play book that Marx himself espoused. They know that they can't attack this country's fundamental beliefs that have made us what we are, in a frontal attack. WAKE UP PEOPLE OF AMERICA, AND SCREAM NO!!!! WITH A COLLECTIVE VOICE! Here is the essence of what Obama is doing. Listen closely!  How can he not be an Atheist when he is using a strategy from the play book of Karl Marx. He is trying to obfuscate reality from the masses in order to change the way in which we create wealth, which provides for our materialist needs. According to Marx,

“reality is governed by economic needs (historical materialism). Economic reality develops according to Hegel's dialectical principles; that is, reality must deny itself in order to reach a higher degree of being. In application, this principle means that the present organization of society must be destroyed (even through violent revolution, if necessary, because only through such destruction can a better political, economic, and social organization be achieved”.

Obama and the people behind him, have incorporated this philosophy into their legislative actions and the image that they try and project about America. We have always been a Christian Nation and will remain so, as long as there're men and women who speak out against such treachery. Every time you hear them use the words "Crisis" or the term "Unacceptable Situation" watch out for the method by which they will try and take power away from the people! Their goal is to Bankrupt America so that it can be "Reshaped" into the atheistic autocratic state that existed in the movie "Demolition Man". They will use these opportunities to over load the economic system in order for it to fail. America's dominance in the world comes from ALL MIGHTY GOD. People like Obama, who believes that America is generally evil and the cause of all the problems in the world, also believe that we have to much wealth. Here is what JEHOVAH MEKODDISHKEM (The Lord Who Sanctifies You) has commanded, and America was partakers of, until recently: 

Genesis 27:29 (King James Version) 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Deuteronomy 28:2 (King James Version) 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

This was why America has had the blessings to gain so much as a Nation. The Liberal, Atheist, and Marxist (whichever you prefer) believes opposite of what GOD has said about how he delivers blessings and the selectiveness of his Blessings. Indeed, they don't believe in HIM at all! Those Nations who Honor the Commandments of ALMIGHTY GOD will be Blessed. And those who do not will be cursed. The people who have brought the punishment of El ROI (The GOD Who See's) upon us are the very ones who prescribe to these wicked philosophies and incorporate them into their brand of politics. Many do not claim the titles of these warped philosophies, but they certainly have leanings towards them and believe some -if not all- of what they represent. They have been worming their way into our political system for years, as Senators and Congressmen, sitting in the seat of power. Waiting patiently for the right moment. Now they hold sway over us through weak, corrupt, and spiritually evil men and women who run our government.

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THUS SAITH THE LORD: WHO WILL LISTEN? WHO WILL BELIEVE? WHO WILL UNDERSTAND?

REPENT OF YOUR SINS AMERICA, FOR I AM A FORGIVING GOD! RESTORE THAT WHICH I HAVE CALLED RIGHTEOUS, AND SIN NO MORE! AS A FATHER CHASTENS HIS SON, I WILL DO TO YOU IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY BE SAVED. LET NOT THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ME AND ARE KEEPING MY COMMANDMENTS BE TROUBLED, FOR I WILL SEPARATE THE GOOD FROM EVIL, AS I HAVE THE DAY AND NIGHT.

IF YOU WILL REPENT AND COME BACK TO ME, YOUR LAND WILL BE SAVED. I WILL RETURN MY BLESSINGS TO YOU AND REMOVE THE CURSE. IF YOU WILL NOT LISTEN TO MY WORDS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU THIS VERY DAY: DESTRUCTION IS AT THE DOOR AND IT IS I, EL ELYON THE GOD MOST HIGH WHO IS SENDING IT IN UPON YOU AS GREAT TERROR. AND I WILL DESTROY WICKEDNESS WHICH YOU DESIRE AND HAVE WORSHIPPED. I WILL DEVOUR A THIRD OF YOUR LAND AND PEOPLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO REBEL AGAINST ME!!!  YOU WILL BE AN EXAMPLE TO THIS WORLD OF MY GREAT HAND, AS IT WAS FOR MY PEOPLE OF OLD WHO DWELLTH IN ISRAEL. AS MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE AND CHASTEN: BE ZEALOUS THEREFORE, AND REPENT.

I LOVE

I LOVE IT WHEN, a baby is born and has just arrived from Heaven. The way that they smell is Heavenly.                                                                             

I LOVE IT WHEN, a child finds something funny for the first time, and lets out a belly wrenching laugh.

I LOVE IT WHEN, I wake up in the morning and realize, GOD has given me another day.

I LOVED IT WHEN, I missed that car accident that should have killed me, only because an angel of GOD spoke too me.

I LOVE IT WHEN, someone who has harmed me, apologizes, and I forgive them. I know it is divinity.

I LOVE IT WHEN, I laugh so hard that my rib cage aches, and tears are flowing from my eyes uncontrollably.

I LOVE IT WHEN, you feel you're alone and can't share your problems with anyone, and GOD wipes away the tears.

I LOVE IT WHEN, things were going horribly wrong, but I kept the faith in GOD, and he delivered me.

I LOVE IT WHEN, deliverance comes with great abundance, and I've taken the time and resources to Honor GOD.

I LOVE IT WHEN, charity and compassion leads me to help, a child, a widow, a family, a friend, or stranger in need.

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, I'm in a soaking tub with my soul mate, sharing a panoramic view with the fragrance of jasmine filling the Air.

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, I can look into the window too her soul, and say to her, "baby its okay now. I'm here with You."

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, I can hold her close to me, look into her eyes and tell her with a  kiss, "I LOVE YOU."

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, we comprehend that we knew each other in Heaven, and have found each other on Earth.

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, we can watch the snow fall from a window of our log cabin, and cuddle in front of the Fireplace.

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, I see the realization of all my efforts, prayers, hopes and dreams, so that I can follow my true Passions.

I WILL LOVE IT WHEN, the world will fall down on its knees, and proclaim Jesus is Lord of Lords and King of Kings!

FAMILY, I LOVE THEM BECAUSE, with all of there idiosyncrasy's and squabble's, they are who I was assigned to help to bring balance, by way of Love.

FRIENDS, I LOVE THEM BECAUSE, they help to add to my memories in this Life that will go with me into eternity, because they helped, supported, comforted, brought joy to me, and loved me.

SKYDIVING, I LOVE IT BECAUSE, the experience of flying like a bird helps me in seeing the world from a different prospective, and its Heavenly. A life experience that many do not Live!

EARTHDAYS, I LOVE THEM BECAUSE, they remind us of how long its been since our first breath on Earth. Compared to time we are but a vapor, so we must use the precious time we have, Wisely!

THE SKY, I LOVE IT BECAUSE, when I watch the assemblage of stars at night, it humbles me, for GOD says that I am more important than all of them Combined!

THE EARTH, I LOVE IT BECAUSE, of the beauty, the majesty, and diversity of Life, and I contemplate the creation of GOD! And I realize that it is the Laws of Man that create most of the Problems!

LOVE, I LOVE BECAUSE, life is not worth the breath I take, if my heart, body and soul could not embrace what Love brings to the very character of my existence! To Love and Be Loved is of GOD,and a Life worth Living!

THIS MOMENT, I LOVE IT BECAUSE, the angels of GOD are here with me, and I understand how precious it is to Live, and to Love! To never be able to re-do this second of Life! To Love is of GOD the Holy Father!

 

 

 MICHAEL MINOR  © 2009

THE CHURCH IN AMERICA: THE BROAD GATE OR THE NARROW GATE?

Matthew 7 : 13-14 Complete Hebrew Bible Translation                                                 13 Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it; but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to Life, and only a few find it.

Which gate is it that the churches in America are marching through? Is it the “Broad Gate” or the “Narrow Gate” that the institutional churches represent? If the Christian world claim to be followers of YESHUA (Jesus), why then do the majority (not all) practice many of the pagan holidays that can be traced back to ancient pagan worship. The majority of church’s which observe these pagan rituals are following some of the very practices that YWVH warned the Children of Israel not to partake of, nor celebrate. (Deut. 6:13-15)  In addition, I beg the question, “How many churches are actually seeing signs and wonders happening in their midst and within their congregations”? (Mark 16:16-18) YESHUA’S words in Matthew 7: 13-14 seems to suggest that Ecumenicalism is not the correct path because of the pagan church of today.

Deuteronomy 11:15-17  Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)             ¹⁵ and I will give your fields grass for your livestock; with the result that you will eat and be satisfied.’ ¹⁶ But be careful not to let yourselves be seduced, so that you turn aside, serving other gods and worshipping them. ¹⁷ If you do, the anger of ADONAI will blaze up against you. He will shut up the sky, so that there will be no rain. The ground will not yield its produce, and you will quickly pass away from the good land ADONAI is giving you.

If we were to take just this scripture alone, and apply it to what is happening in America right now, a reasonable person would have to conclude that the “Lord’s Wrath has been kindled against our nation”.  Here’s why. America relentlessly has tried to make Israel  give up the Land that YWVH has given to them. America continues to allow the Judgments and Laws of GOD, be changed by a few secular humanist and anti-Christ groups, such as the Homosexual Lobby.  Many pastors in America (most not all) or disobedient to what ADONAI has commanded.  If you are his talmidim (disciples) then you will keep HIS commandments.(John 8:31)   The pastors in America do not keep “HIS” commandments because they do not teach and practice the Holy Feast Days that are commanded by YWVH and YESHUA. (Matt. 5:17-19)  Some pastors have said, “We don’t have to observe these things anymore. Their argument is that Jesus did away with them when HE went to the cross”!  I have but one thing to say to this, “They must be working from a delusional mind”.  I believe GOD has deluded their minds as in the book of Romans Chapter 1: 28, so that they believe a lie”.   Here’s what THE LORD has to say about keeping the Commandments:

Matthew 5:17-20 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)                                ¹⁷ “Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. ¹⁸ Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah — not until everything that must happen has happened. ¹⁹ So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot (Laws or Commandments) and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. ²⁰ For I tell you that unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and P’rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

Verse 20 should be a wake up call to all who pastor. It testifies against today’s  Pharisee Pastors adding paganism to the church and taking away that which is ordained by GOD. YESHUA’ is saying that you must look past human established ideals of how to worship, and just do what HE has commanded as worship!

Lets take an honest look at what many churches practice. This will lead to the truth of whether or not your church is on the broad road or the narrow one.  Lets begin with Feasts and Holidays.  The alter of GOD is HOLY and ONLY that which is THE WORD OF GOD should be preached on it.  However, many pastors have chosen to ignore this most basic precept. Here are  just some of what they practice and try to legitimize. How many sermons  have you witness that were related to Valentines day, Father and Mothers day, Easter, Halloween,  Christmas,  Saint Patrick's Day and on and on it goes. These Christian Holidays are vestiges from  ancient paganism and worship of false gods. Just do a search as to where they all began. Many of you reading this probably won’t, because then you would have to face the facts about your pastors, the religion you practice, and  that it does not meet the standards set by Paul and the other talmidim (disciples)        (1Thessalonians 2:14)
Since childhood, I have often wondered why is it that preachers and pastors have preached many messages of salvation to congregations that state, “ Except Christ as your Savior and you will be saved” according to John 3:16. This is  true if one excepts the full measure of what our LORD was saying to Nicodemus.  However, if a person is just walking to the alter to except Yeshua but really doesn’t BELIEVE in YESHUA, then the question really becomes “Will YESHUA except them”!  Our LORD himself said in John 3:3

John 3:3 & 6-7 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)                                                                                        ³ “Yes, indeed,” Yeshua answered him, “I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”       

⁶ What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!

This process of being “born again from above” has as much to do with being spiritually reborn, than it does with water baptism. For indeed, many of you are witnesses to fellow church members who have been water baptized and are still under the influence of what our LORD referred to as Demonic influence. Many still think of committing suicide, use drugs, profane speech, hold grudges, are addicted to pornography, spend more time with ipads and cell phones than in the Word of YHVW.  Standing before the congregation, I  witnessed one pastor in particular state, “I am addicted to my ipad and don’t know what I’d do without it”. One pastor recalled a situation that happened to him twenty plus years prior at a speaking engagement. He was still holding a grudge because he didn’t get a honorarium from the church where he was speaking. How can he teach on forgiveness or turning the other Cheek?  Church members are angry, unforgiving, backbiters, gossips, and disappointed with others around them, acting just as the world does with no distinction between them.  One of the biggest failings in church is pretending to be one way during services, however living very different lives after their little hour or so of what is deemed worship of the CHRIST and ADONAI.

I know of a Messianic Rabbi that recalled an event which he and his wife witnessed while visiting a church. They were visitors at this  church where a man in a wheel chair was at the alter being prayed. They encircled the man in the wheel chair and were laying hands on him, praying for the crippled man to be Healed. They were Calling on the Lord, praying for a miracle, basically reminding the LORD of HIS Word and Promises in their “Pep rally for a healing”. (my words not his) Finally after a little while watching this spectacle, he went up to where they were and asked if he could intervene for a moment. The Rabbi asked the man in the wheel chair, “Do you believe that you can be Healed”? His reply was, “No, I Don’t”! What happened next? They went right back to laying on of the hands and hooping and hollering to Jesus to heal him.

This brings me to my point: Any one can say that they except Christ as LORD and SAVIOR and can go to the alter and profess their acceptance of the LORD all they want. Unless they truly believe in HIM, and follow HIM, it will in the end mean little. All Christians say they believe in CHRIST, however, the evidence of that belief is not present among them. When the G_D of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and our LORD says to do this on this day, only then are you truly following  and obeying Him. In obedience your faith is seen by HIM! YESHUA said

John 7:14Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)                    ¹⁴ Not until the festival was half over did Yeshua go up to the Temple courts and begin to teach. ¹⁵ The Judeans were surprised: “How does this man know so much without having studied?” they asked. ¹⁶ So Yeshua gave them an answer: “My teaching is not my own, it comes from the One who sent me. ¹⁷ If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether my teaching is from God or I speak on my own. ¹⁸ A person who speaks on his own is trying to win praise for himself; but a person who tries to win praise for the one who sent him is honest, there is nothing false about him. ¹⁹ Didn’t Moshe give you the Torah? Yet not one of you obeys the Torah!

YESHUA said, “without HIM, we could do nothing! (John 15:5) Could this be the problem? Many of today’s churches are doing nothing. The can’t heal the sick or speak out against their communities sin problems, but they are ready and willing to support these communities as friends, instead of followers of YESHUA HAMASICH!
Don’t hide your faces and act as though you didn’t know this truth. Start to learn the worship and praise ceremonies that YESHUA followed and performed in the TEMPLE! Perform the Feast of Trumpets Holy Convocation ordered by YHWH and observed by YESHUA. Yom Kippur and the Feast of Tabernacles are the very things that HE observed and as followers of HIM, so should you! Until you do, you will not even know the Holiness, Power, and Beauty of these things. Demand that your Pastors start to walk in the Holy Ways set by YHWH and not this Greek Jesus that has damaged so many souls and alienated them from the true Messiah and G_D! Fact is, many Christians have a false image of  CHRIST that has been perpetuated for centuries. Many don’t even pray to the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not been taught the road which the LORD said is ,“the Way, the Truth and the LIFE”.  YHVW is not a religion! Religion is man centered and not GOD centered! The creator of the universe who you should revere with Holy Humbleness, keeps the earth in perfect position around the sun, so that we might live. We are microscopic compared to the Universe or just other objects near by. Frightening Universe that YHWH spoke into Existence

THUS SAITH THE LORD, “YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE PANTHER OVER RIGHTEOUSNESS

 

 

Why did Obama win the last election? Obama won because of the great falling away of the "American People" and the church that the Apostle Paul spoke of when he wrote to the Thessalonians;

2 Thessalonians 2 (King James Version)

1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,  2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come A FALLING AWAY FIRST, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 
 

Obama may not be the son of perdition, and I don't believe that he is because the prophecies of the Bible do not support this. However, I do believe that things are accomplished in steps. And this is another step towards the coming of the Antichrist or Son of Perdition, by destroying the foundational pillars of our Country. This will weaken America to the point of having "Little to no influence or Wealth". Why do I say this?  I state this because over the past twenty years or so, America, its institutional Churches, and its people have believed and excepted cultural and moral aberrations that are contrary to biblical teachings and instructions. Indeed, they have bastardized the teachings of "THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE" ADONAI and turned the Commandments of YESHUA into little more than and hour and a half routine of futility. Given time, this allows for further acceptance of ideologies that have absolutely nothing to do with the doctrines of the Holy Bible, and will bring about the downfall of America and its leadership in the world.

Pastors should have been rebuking instead of exalting their communities and the country. Instead, we received these worthless sermons that aren't even based in the Bible. The Bible specifically calls these last day pastors teaching fables for doctrine "The Doctrines of Demons". This will lead to the punishment of this Nation and its peoples falling away from the truth of GOD. Indeed, many Christians have witnessed detestable life styles being excepted by the culture and their own church leaders. Under the claim of showing love to these who believe in such degenerate behavior, many of these pastors are not rebuking their communities about the adoption of these sinful acts! This attitude has helped to set the stage and prepare the way for theses evil spirits from the Ancient times to  influence our very leaders that the people elected to office. These demoniacs have arrived and have now entrenched themselves in the Conscience of American Society and the Democratic Party, riding in on the winds of "CHANGE"! They have one thing in mind and that is to Destroy America from within by creating laws that contradicts the Torah! Just read what Paul had to say about this:

 

2Thessalonians 2: 3-12                                                                                                  ³ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; ⁴ Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. ⁵ Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? ⁶ And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. ⁷ For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. ⁸ And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: ⁹ Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, ¹⁰ And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: ¹² That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

 

The majority of Christians are already in the grip of one of Satan’s most insidious lies. That you can adopt these sinful acts not based on Spiritual Moral ethics, but on legislative rights of the individual. We know that Obama would not have gotten elected if it were not for so called Christians. This fact is confirmed because of the Young Evangelicals who were part of the reason Obama won the election. Exit polls showed nationally about a third of white evangelicals under 30 favored Obama. Comparatively, less than a quarter of white evangelicals between 30 and 64 supported Obama. The Jewish community was a group with one of the highest levels of support for Obama, and yet the President has a total disregard for Israel, but not Muslims. Exit polls showed Obama winning nearly all black Protestants and a strong majority of both Catholic and Protestant Hispanics. http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/exit-polls.html
 
Honestly, ask yourself this question. Can a person, any person please GOD by joining with those who want to murder innocent children by way of abortion? Who says to you the people, "That YWVH is wrong to make marriage to be just between a man and a woman". To be for any man who intentionally tries to divide up the land that ADONAI gave to the Jewish Nation. Can you, the reader of this BLOG, look yourself in the mirror and answer yes ? If you can, then the Bible has spoken about such a person and what your outcome will be. Put yourself in the LORD'S Place (if it were possible)  for one moment, just on one of the Democrats banner issues. Abortion! We have been warned not to harm these little ones that are sent here from Heaven.

 Mark 10:13(King James Version)
13And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Matthew 18:10                                                                                                     "See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, because I tell you, their angels in heaven always have access to my Father in heaven.

2 Kings 24 King James Version (KJV)                                                                     ³ Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; ⁴ And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

There are Three Demonic Spirits that we have allowed to come to America and take root. The First Demon spirit to come to America was, "The Spirit of Anti-Christ". This started in the 1940 with McCollum v. Board of Education Dist. 71, when a coalition of religious leaders used school classrooms to teach the gospel. It was purely voluntary. The Supreme Court ruled that it was a violation of the Separation of Church and State. (The Constitution prohibits a National Church Designed and supported by Government only! No single Church of America, like it was in England at the time) At that point the Supreme court of America was saying that we don't want GOD in our classrooms with our children. No more prayer, but you can pledge allegiance to the flag.  http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1947/1947_90/ 

From there it has been a downward spiral that has gone beyond the pale of Separation of Church and State.  Instead, it has become a, "We want the god that we imagine". You can say god, but you can't say Jesus the Christ or reference HIM!!

Matthew(King James Version)

10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

This is the Second Demonic Spirit to arrive in America "The Spirit of Sodomy". Granted sodomy has been in our country for decades plus. However, now this demonic influence is so prevalent in the culture that until recently, homosexuality was not allowed in the military or our churches. Now it is the upfront and center platform of the Demoncratic Party, and will be introduced as such at this years 2012 Demoncratic  Convention  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/gay-marriage-democratic-convention_n_1720030.html?1343670343

You can teach children about Sodomites in the classroom, but you can't teach them about Abraham! You can show elementary school children how to put a condom on a cucumber, but you are prohibited from praying to the Holy GOD that created the Universe, and all Life, and who commanded the World to stay in its place around our Sun!  This only leads to our children being taught to be brutes without a conscience. They aren't even aware of what the Torah says is unrighteous before Almighty and Awesome GOD! Columbine and Aurora Colorado is but the latest examples. You can teach Evolution, but not the Creator. These are lies. If you believe them they will cause you to burn in Hell, because you refused the Truth of GOD! Evolution is another small step in the introduction of the Anti-Christ.   *Richard Howe, who did a study titled "Homosexuality in America" wrote concerning the teaching of Evolution stating,

 
"I do not believe in the theory of evolution. Most evangelical Christians do not. I think it is safe to say that most non-evangelical Christians, however, do believe in the theory of evolution. Since it is the case that most people who are sympathetic to homosexuality are non-evangelical Christians, then it follows that most of the people who are sympathetic to homosexuality believe in the theory of evolution.
 

Conservapedia has a indebt study article about this Satanic (my words) agenda that Barack Obama and others are slowly initiating in our country. http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosexual_agenda

 
This has been in play for a while now! This is an ancient spirit that has been around for along time. YESHUA has already laid down the law about this type of behavior for those who embrace and allow this spirit to dwell within them. Here's what JEHOVAH has to say about the subject of Sodomy:

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (New American Standard Bible)

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? ⁾Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

Romans 1(New International Reader's Version)
24 So God let them go. He allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted to. He let them commit sexual sins. They polluted one another's bodies by what they did. 25 They chose a lie instead of God's truth. They worshiped and served created things. They didn't worship the Creator. But he must be praised forever. Amen. 26 So God let them go. They were filled with shameful longings. Their women committed sexual acts that were not natural. 27 In the same way, the men turned away from their natural love for women. They burned with sexual longing for each other. Men did shameful things with other men. They suffered in their bodies for all the twisted things they did. 28 They didn't think it was important to know God. So God let them go. He allowed them to have dirty minds. They did things they shouldn't do.

Just look at the nightly news and you can see this vulgar spirit is all over the air waves. It is Vile, Indifferent, Evil and Ungodly, Rude and Proud, Malicious; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; Backbiters, Haters of God, Despiteful, Proud, Boasters, Inventors of evil things, Disobedient to parents. They are without understanding, promise breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful, and they want you and I to except this Wickedness as normal behavior. This is not a civil rights issue at all. This is a spiritual declaration of war on what America has stood for in the pass. But you, the American churches who claim that you belong to the ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD ADONAI, are directly responsible for whatever punishment befalls you! It is those of you who voted then Senator Obama into the White House that should examine yourselves and ask the question. Is it wrong to stand with anything that rejects the WORD OF GOD? YES, IT IS! Obama and Hilary gave a joint statement on this issue in the last election and said:“I do not think homosexuality is immoral.http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2007/mar/07031606  in response to a pentagon General saying that sodomy doesn't belong in the military.

It is also reported that Hilary Clinton speaks to spirits. Imagine the effect on American Foreign Policy ran by a person who talks to spirits. A Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is like asking Merlin the Magician to hold the office! This woman Hillary Clinton and the fact that she "speaks to dead spirits" was written about on September 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –

 

Quote: "A new biography on Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton reveals that during her time as First Lady, Clinton participated in strange moments of imaginary conversation with a deceased Eleanor Roosevelt from the solarium atop the White House". Grove City College professor Paul Kengor’s “God and Hillary Clinton” also notes the religious devotion with which Senator Clinton advocates abortion". http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2007/sep/07092405         But it goes farther than that and is more dangerous to the people of this country. She speaks with spirits AND THOSE SPIRITS ARE FROM SATAN!  

Isaiah 26:14
They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.  

Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation."

This prophetic word came when I was awaken from sleep one morning about three O'clock Nov. 2008 right after the election of then Sen. Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.

Now you (America) have defiled the land of this Nation and have decreed that you love sin by electing leaders like Barney Franks, who got caught running a Sodomite Prostitution ring out of his own home. Yet, until recently he was still making laws in Congress and was directly responsible for the housing bubble and collapse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ZHTj6HPEQ  You have made your choice! You have gone against the Laws and judgments of Almighty GOD! I have been warning you through this Blog for months now, and you haven't listened. The stock market is but the first to go, because of your SIN AMERICA!

 
The Panther has won the election and now will sit in a place of honor, for a while. He will cause Israel to be attacked by Iran because of his actions in the coming months. When this happens, " The WRATH OF GOD WILL BE KINDLED AGAINST AMERICA, BECAUSE YOU CHOSE HIM AS LEADER! 

 

THUS SAITH THE LORD, "PUNISHMENT"!  SO YOU HAVE LET ME GO, AS IF I WERE A SLAVE TO BE DISMISSED. You have chosen Sinful, Abominable and Evil Leaders to have Kingship over you! It is I who owns all the Gold and Silver! It is I, THE LORD WHO HAS MADE YOUR LANDS THE BEAUTIFUL THING!  YOU WOULD NOT LISTEN AND OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS! A WICKED WIND, THE SHAKING , THE COMMERCE. WHERE THE LAND WAS GREEN, NOW IT IS CHARRED. REPENT, AND RETURN OR BE MADE A WASTELAND! NO LONGER WILL I PUT UP WITH YOU! FOR I HAVE MADE YOU AND I WILL TAKE FROM YOU THAT WHICH IS PRECIOUS IN YOUR SIGHT! MY FAITHFUL WITHIN YOU WILL NOT BE HARMED! I KNOW THEM AND THEY OBEY ME, ADONAI (THE LORD). WHO OF YOU CAN STAY MY HAND? SHOW ME YOUR POWER AND STAY THE DECREED IF YOU CAN? JUDGEMENT IS HERE! YOU ONCE WERE MY JOY! NOW SHAME!
REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND RETURN! REPENT AS A CHILD AND I WILL HEAR FROM YOU! THAT I MAY RETURN THE GOOD THAT I HAVE TAKEN, AND RESTORE YOU IN HEALTH! MANY NATIONS WILL SEE YOU AND SAY, "LOOK AT HER, THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT WAS BLESSED WITH ALL GOOD THINGS FROM GOD. SHE IS A DISGRACE AND DESOLATED PLACE!  WHO THEN CAN SAVE HER"!

 
*Richard G. Howe is president of The Issachar Institute, Inc., an apologetics ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina. Richard is a graduate of Mississippi College with a B.A. in Bible. He received his M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Mississippi. Richard has completed the course work for the Ph.D. in Philosophy at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

WE MUST PRAY TO GOD TO ELECT THE RIGHT LEADER

Psalm 121 (New King James Version)

A Song of Ascents.
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
         From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
         Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;
         He who keeps you will not slumber.

4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
         Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your keeper;
         The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
         Nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;
         He shall preserve your soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in
         From this time forth, and even forevermore.

This blog "To The Nations" would like to take a moment to express to all of you who frequent these pages,"Thanks for Listening". I labor to bring to these pages only what The Lord Inspires me to write. After much soul searching, fasting, and prayer, the Lord has said for me to tell all who know him to pray for Our Nation and Israel! I have found that whenever the Lord speaks a thing into your heart and mind, that it is of no avail to ignore what he has directed you to do. One must simply obey what the Lord has decreed and perform it with all zeal and conviction. I originally wanted to disseminate on Sen. Obama's lack of knowledge, experience, and the split tongued modus operandi that he constantly exercises on many issues. I some time spent last week fasting and praying to the LORD, seeking the presence of the Holy Spirit to gain wisdom and understanding about some personal issues. I was instructed to take care of the Lords business and he will deal with my personal problems. Hence, the subject title of this entry, "We must pray to GOD concerning the next leader of our Nation". But first, in order to present to GOD effectual prayer, we must first have the correct understanding of how Fearsome and Sovereign is the Lord, so that reverence will plant itself in our hearts and minds. And humility will wrap itself around us as as we consecrate ourselves in Jesus for worship.
When the person that is about to enter prayer employs humility and reverence, then prayer truly becomes the means by which man may talk with and hear from GOD. It is the template which allows us (man) to get into his presence. Many today pray to the Almighty and never get answers to their problems, mostly because they don't have a real experience with him. However, the number one reason that this occurs is that a lot of people have not, or will not do as the Lord has commanded. He has said to us all:

Matthew 17:5 (King James Version)

5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

 

Acts 4 (King James Version)

12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

First we must except JESUS (Yeshua)  Most people are content with saying a prayer in time of need, at the dinner table, or when tragedy presents itself. Unfortunately, when it comes to spending time alone with God-For no other reason than to be in his presence-many do not hold reverence toward the Holy One of Israel. They do not honor him for the AWESOME and FEARFUL GLORY that is his! In fact, many haven't even been in the presence of GOD at all, due to the ways in which their minds and hearts perceive him. Most people have this image of The Most High GOD, that is very different from who he really is. Man's microscopic and limited human concept has perpetuated an image of ADONAI (THE LORD) as that of a man with some long gray beard sitting on a throne in some mythical celestial nirvana. The reference I'm using ADONI here is of GOD the Father. Look at how the BIBLE describes him:

Revelation 4 (Today's New International Version)
The Throne in Heaven
1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

Clearly from this very fearsome description, the person who chooses to worship EL ELYON(THE MOST HIGH GOD) realize's that we as the created, have little or no understanding of the breadth, depth or magnitude of JEHOVAH-MEKKODDISHKEM (THE LORD WHO SANCTIFIES YOU). Notice the flashes of lightening with the rumbling and peals of thunder that is coming from the throne. If you wrap your brain around it and imagine yourself standing outside in a terrible thunderstorm, where the worst lightening and thunder is all around you, then you began to understand "REVERENCE". The Hebrew's that Moses lead out of Egypt must have felt terrified when they finally got to hear from and witness this at MT. Sinai. Listen at the text of Exodus 19, and understand that when the LORD came down and showed himself to the Hebrew Children, this was mind bobbling to them. With contemporary man, we are sanctified through and because of the Blood and sacrifice of JESUS. But for their time it was important for them to be clean before the Lord. They did this by actually washing themselves and abstaining from labor and even sexual contact. To be consecrated or set apart from. This enabled them to be able to see with their eyes and feel with their whole being the AWESOME POWER of who they were to serve.

Exodus 19 (King James Version)
9And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

Then came the time of the meeting. When we pray, most of us think that because we have some tingly feeling in us, that we were in the presence of the lord. It is written in 2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Notice here that the LORD speaks about healing the Land. Lately we (America) have been struck with unusual weather and weather patterns that are taking place all across our country. Since the Almighty is in control of this and there is no such thing as "Mother Nature" (Ancient Earth Worship) then could it have something to do with part of our Nations fall towards the Ancient Sins that destroyed places like Sodom (sodomy) and Gomorrah? Man is constantly changing. ELOHIM (THE CREATOR) IS THE SAME ALWAYS! Repentance and asking him for forgiveness is the first thing that should take place prior to praying. This is very important to having prayer heard and answered. There is no other way but this one

Exodus 19 (King James Version)
16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightning's, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

Just imagine in you mind the Awesomely Terrifying event that was taking place. Most, if not all of us, freak out in an earthquake and look for a doorway to stand under for protection. Include the Lightening, rumble and peal of Thunder, and the entire mountain smoking like it was a furnace on fire. Now, put all this with the above description of the heavenly throne room and the HOLY ONE WHO SITS ON THE THRONE, AND YOU WRAP YOURSELF IN HUMILITY AND FALL ON YOUR KNEES IN REVERENCE OF OUR AWESAOME AND TERRIBLE GOD THAT WE FAST AND PRAY TOO!  THIS IS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB! THIS IS WHO I WORSHIP AND PRAY TOO!
We, as a Nation really need to re-evaluate within us, our understanding of the LORD our GOD. This next election will be so very important, that its not about the false image that the media spews and its not about any particular party. It is however, about what we are as a country, and what we will become with the leaders that are trying to get your vote. Some will say that Church and State are separated by the Constitution Of the United States. That's not true at all! The Constitution simply states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," which allows the people of this country to hold office with a belief in and exercise of their beliefs in THE LORD. Your vote already has done some damage to our Nation. Just look at who we have right now in Congress and how long they have been there. You, the people are the ones who keep people like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Edward Kennedy, and other like them in power. These people believe that it is they who tell you what to do, and not the other way around. GOD has given you the responsibility to vote for the good that he has stated in his word. If a politician does not believe in or act in the manner in which GOD has said, you must not give them your vote.
This is how the LORD knows what's in your hearts, and will determine whether or not he hears your prayers.

Deuteronomy 8:10-13 (Contemporary English Version)Don't Forget the LORD.    Moses said to Israel:
10After you eat and are full, give praise to the LORD your God for the good land he gave you. 11Make sure that you never forget the LORD or disobey his laws and teachings that I am giving you today. If you always obey them, 12you will have plenty to eat, and you will build good houses to live in. 13You will get more and more cattle, sheep, silver, gold, and other possessions.

This is the prosperity that America has enjoyed and despite the press and others' bleak analyses' of things, YESHUA is still in control and will give us and our land more blessings if we will humble ourselves and pray in truth to him!

Deuteronomy 8:17-19 (Contemporary English Version)Don't Forget the LORD.    Moses said to Israel:
17When you become successful, don't say, " I'm rich, and I've earned it all myself." 18Instead, remember that the LORD your God gives you the strength to make a living. That's how he keeps the promise he made to your ancestors.
19-20But I'm warning you--if you forget the LORD your God and worship other gods, the LORD will destroy you, just as he destroyed the nations you fought.

It is very important for us to understand and recognize that contemporary man in the pass, and currently, worship other gods or idols. We have been slowly over the years increasing this worship and idolatry. This culture has been worshipping the cars we drive, our wives and husbands, our girlfriends and boyfriends, sports and sports personalities, our pets, money, food, Hollywood celebrates and many other non saving things. There is even a show called, "AMERICAN IDOL", that is enjoyed by the mass's. JEHOVAH-RAPHA (THE LORD WHO HEALS) chose the nation of Israel to be a nation of Priests' unto HIMSELF. The above warning of Destruction is every bit as real today, as it was in Moses days! However, the Good NEWS is that GOD also Loved the whole earth, because it is written:

John 3:16 (King James Version)

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

In closing, I'm simply stating what the LORD has put on my Heart to tell you. In plane simple English, we must pray for the right leaders to be put into power, while REPLACING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN POWER TOO LONG!!!!  Start PRAYING in FAITH to the REAL JEHOVAH NISSI (THE LORD OUR BANNER)
TO THE NATIONS THUS SAITH THE LORD: IF YOU WANT FOR GOODNESS AND MERCY TO RE-NEW YOU COUNTRY AND YOUR PEOPLE! IF YOU SEEK TO HEAL THE WEATHER AND YOUR LAND AND TO BRING SECURITY FROM TERROR! THEN HEED THESE WORDS! FOR SAFETY IS NOT IN YOUR ARMY, NOR DOES VICTORY COME FROM YOUR HAND, BUT FROM HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE OF HEAVEN! THOSE WHO CHOOSE WISELY, WILL PROSPER AND BE IN PEACE AND SAFETY, FOR I HAVE SHOWN THEE WHAT IS RIGHT BEFORE ME AND WHAT IS ABOMINABLE!  THUS SAITH THE LORD: I HAVE SHOWN RESTRAINT THAT YOU WOULD TURN AND REPENT TO ME FROM THE SIN OF ANCIENT TIMES, BUT YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED OR CONSIDERED YOUR PATH! IF YOU DO NOT REPENT, THEN I WILL BRING GREAT PUNISHMENT ON ALL THE NATIONS WHO ARE  CALLED BY MY  NAME DISREGARD THE THINGS I HAVE SET IN PLACE TO BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE ME!