Sunday, December 21, 2014

Is One World Order A Reality?

Revelation 4:1  After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.

Revelation 13:1  And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

In his apocalyptic vision in the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John sees the “beast,” also called the Antichrist, rising out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns.  The symbology of the Bible uses a beast to represent a nation.  A nation rising up out of the sea is representative of a nation rising up out of confusion and the blood of millions being shed.  The sea is symbolic of a multitude of people in a confused state.  A beast rising up out of the earth would be symbolic of a new nation being born without the shedding of blood.

America is in trouble, and one government insider reported that all sixteen US Intelligence Agencies have begun to prepare for World War lll.  The conflict across the Middle East and Ukraine should serve as a warning sign as the Bible speaks of wars and rumors of wars before the end of days.  Those that are supposed to be in the know believe that world war lll will begin here in America, and that conceivable it could begin within the next six months.  Race relationship is the catalyst, and the outcome would be disastrous for those who serve as pawns in a worldwide scheme of world domination.

The United States and other western governments that once stood in the gate to block other rising leaders whose goal was world domination.  Now they have begun to shed their Christian values and are embracing the values of a Godless society.  Gradually the United States and other nation are on the road to being ripped apart by internal  strife.  There are already groups in this country who is appealing to the United Nations, an entity that was created by  the United States to become involved in American’s dispensation of justice.   

One World Government is a reality.  The Constitution will be set aside, martial law will be enforced, chaos will reign supreme and blood of many will be shed.  Plans are already underway to reduce the world’s population to a manageable level through newly emerging diseases, civil unrest, droughts and famines.  The Bible also prophesied of earthquakes in divers  places, but we can cast this aside because we are no longer a God fearing nation.  Out of this chaos, a new governing entity will be ushered into place whose objective will be to stamp out all traces of Christianity.

Within the borders of the United States Homeland Security or FEMA has armed itself, it has militarized the police force, the resources for detention camp has already been been provided for, ammunition, body bags and even casket have been said to have been stocked piled.  
  
There is a Muslum faction at work in America that is called the Islamization of America and it stated and ultimate goal is to incite a race war or civil unrest, the type of warfare that has allowed it to advance its agenda in other Third World countries.   The Muslum agenda has been injected into the American way of life and is being catered to by our laws, government, schools and churches.  Those that have been blinded and manipulated will become gun fodder for a revolution that will fulfill the will of the Antichrist.

The Bible does not use the phrase “one-world government” or “one-world currency” in referring to the end times. It does, however, provide ample evidence to enable us to draw the conclusion that both will exist at the end of days.  To understand what is taking place in the world today, we need to study and understand the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation which we shall study in more detail in the second and third part of this study.

The concept of one world government is not new, the founding fathers had a hidden agenda and the formation of this country was based upon the pretense that it would one day rule the world. During the Second World War, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated talks on a successor agency to the League of Nations, and the United Nations Charter was drafted at a conference in April–June 1945; this charter took effect 24 October 1945, and the UN began operation.  It failed to become an effective enity, but it served the purpose of restoring Israel to its homeland.  This is important from a biblical prospective.

In 1957, the six countries signed the Treaty of Rome, which extended the earlier co-operation within the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and created the European Economic Community (EEC), establishing a customs union. They also signed another treaty on the same day creating the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for co-operation in developing nuclear energy. Both treaties came into force in 1958.  This is the rebirth of the Roman empire, which Revelation also speaks of. 

Can we pretend we are not aware of the Muslim agenda, the Islamization of America.  An Isis spokesman has posted a call to arms for Muslims around the world to kill Americans, Canadians and European citizens for their governments’ role in a coalition against ISIS. But what the average American is unaware of is the ISIS more shocking Islamic injunctions that permit Muslims everywhere to carry out killings by ordering them to cause as much as ten million American casualties which included training videos that circulates the social media for use by the Muslim community under the nose of the FBI which they refuse to do anything about.

Our neighborhood, our country, the world is being divided and the charge is being led by those who are in power.  The deception, the manipulation, the indoctrination has blinded many.  An analogy is, a man burned his house down because it was infested with rats, then at the end of the day he had no place to go.  He turns to his neighbor who refuse to board him, and in his anger he burns his neighbor’s house down.

Revelation 8:13  And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

To aid in my research I google the phrase, “trumpets sounding from heaven”, the result was overwhelming.  It seems as if the Trumpets of the Book of Revelation are sounding around the world. Sound like the warnings described in the Book of Revelation. These sounds alone can be dismissed, but together with the earthquakes in uncommon places, same with tornadoes, snow storms in the desert, floods here, droughts there, diseases and volcanoes everywhere, and these sounds on top of that, you have too many variables popping up and hitting the mark at the same time.


Daniel 7:16-24  I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.  Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;  And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Who Will Cry For The Children?



The result of numerous polls  reveals that the majority of young people who grew up in the church leave it soon after graduating from high school, and most of them will never return.   I've seen statistics that speculates that the rate is as high as eighty percent.  The reality of this sets in when we look at the makeup of the congregation of our home church. This shocking reality should cause us to take a long, hard look at how the church "ministers" to youth.  Why do they leave? While I'm not a professional statistician or a sociologist, I have interacted with young people and observed how the church relates to them, and I have come to conclusions that won't be very popular with some.  Here they are.

When our kids are elementary school age, they go to Sunday school and Children's Church which is great.  However, what are they taught?  By the time they reach fourth or fifth grade they have heard the story of the Walls of Jericho, Jonah and the fish's belly, the parting of the Red Sea, Joseph and the many colored coat, and David and Goliath a zillion times. Oh, the story is presented in a more advanced level as they get older, but it is still the same story. By the time our kids finish elementary school, they have been storied to death. And they are bored.

The Bishop  entered into the fray and level a stinging indictment against all mothers and fathers whose children no longer go to church.  The church would not be suffering the decline in youth participation, he inferred,  if mothers and fathers would bring their children to church.   He stated that the dropout rate was around sixty percent, which I think is much higher.  To validate his position he quoted  Proverbs 22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.  The blame was placed on the parents and he rested his case.

What the illustrative Bishop failed to acknowledge that raising up a child takes more than the teaching of the parent.  When a child is born,. Figuratively speaking,  a conspiracy is entered into by the parent, the preacher, the schools and the people that this child will come in contact with during its formative years.  These entities will take charge of this child's mind, shape it and possess it.  To successfully raise up a child takes the interaction of all of these entities.   If any one of these entities  failed to do their job successfully,  the process suffers.  Many of our children fail in the educational system because they do not realize the relevancy of a good education and the system's inability to impart this knowledge.  There is also a lack of spiritual knowledge   disseminated  within the religious community.   The dissemination  of spiritual knowledge is more than telling a story of Jesus walking on the water.  Why did the journey began, what transpired along the way and how this all will end is the basis of spiritual knowledge.

The Bishop said it and I was not impressed.  When asked why young people of today do not include going to church as a part of their lifestyle, he placed the blame on the parents.  Mother and fathers, he said do not bring their children to church like they should.   His statements were a stinging indictment  on all of the mothers and fathers who brought their children up going to church only to see them walk away from the church.  To validate his position as a man of God, he again quoted Proverbs 22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. And agan he rested his case.

Some years later, while researching my book, “My Search for the Real God”, I posed the question again that most religious leaders still skirt around.  With no definitive answer forthcoming I was left to formulate my own.

First, they have never been challenged in their faith. They haven't been taught theology and doctrine and thus are clueless on what they believe and why they believe it. When challenged by a college professor or coworker about matters of faith, specifically Christianity, the only answer that can be given is indoctrinated clichés.  , Then doubts creep into their minds and they see no great reason for their faith. They never had anyone explain theology and how it relates to all matters of life, and have not dug deeply into the Bible. Their church experience has left them empty, and they find no relevance in following Jesus.

Second, they have not seen authentic discipleship lived out by adults in their lives - at church or at home. They see the adults in church bickering about the color of the carpet, the loudness of the music, and the length of the pastor's sermon. They see adults who gossip, criticize, and live lives that are unholy. Young people are very impressionable, and when they see adults clueless about their faith and living like the rest of the world they think "Jesus really doesn't make a difference, so why should I follow Him?".  And they plunge headlong into the "goodies" the world dangles in front of them.

We are losing our kids to the world, and we scratch our heads in confusion and anger and wonder why. Many of us have failed our kids both intellectually and practically.  Many churches of today are embracing the entertainment aspect of Christianity to attract our youth back into the church.  Is this the hope of the church?
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I strongly believe that we need to teach our youth theology, not entertainment, so by the time they graduate high school, they have a firm grasp on what they believe and why they believe it. Our kids are hungry to know the truth, and we must be the ones to teach them. Before the scientific age, people derived a sense of purpose from their spiritual belief system. The encounters with ghosts, demons and other spiritual apparitions heighten their ancient belief in the hereafter.  In today’s society the belief in the spiritual world is limited to a somewhat token belief in God, ghost and spirits are nothing but a figment of a fertile imagination.   The spiritual belief system has come under attack, by the failure of many to understand the teaching of science.    As scientific knowledge has been increased, biblical knowledge has been increasingly rejected, or simply forgotten, resulting in widespread lack of understanding of why humankind existed in the first place.  

When the question is asked, do science and the Bible agree, without any serious contemplation of the adverse effects, it is stated that science and the Bible disagree.  With this attitude our young are sent to schools where they receive an in-depth study of the teaching of science.   Science teaches its students to believe in that which it can prove and to discard that which cannot be proven.  This attitude has allowed our younger generation to discard the teaching of the Bible without resorting to the cavalier approach of the sixties that declared God to be dead and redefine God as a state of mine.

In the ancient days the belief in the spirit world was just as important as a belief in the natural world.  Today the belief in the spirit world has been debunked and left unbelievable even by many Christians.  Matthew 14:26 presents a striking example of the disciples expressing their belief in the spirit world. “And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.”  Now Matthew 17:3 gives us an example of Jesus holding a conversation with two deceased religious leaders. “And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.”  There really is no need to try and explain this.

The false teaching of the Bible has presented God in an unbelievable manner.  As the physical world yielded up its secret, humanity became less central in the ultimate scheme of things.  Lack of knowledge or a clear purpose in life has resulted in a kind of existential anxiety with diminished inspiration about and toward life. Anxiety breeds moods of depression.  It is hard to be positive in a universe void of purpose.  It is hard to be upbeat when science has made it possible for the human race to destroy itself.

 There is hope.  Jesus Christ tells us, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).   This highjacked and misused scripture should be the bases of our hope, not a promise of financial security.  To have hope, we need to learn God’s purpose for human life.  The Bible teaches us about God’s purpose.  God’s design includes a plan that offers eternal life to everyone who believes (Romans 6:23), and defer to everlastiong punishment to those who forsake him.

The young Sunday school student looked up at her mother with glowing affection as they toured the museum exhibits.  Her mother was also her Sunday school teacher at the local church and she was sure her mother knew the answer to her question.  Her Science teacher had given her an answer that to her young mind, she was not satisfied with.  When they walked into the display room the huge statues of the dinosaurs stood in full majesty.   Mama, the young girl said while tugging at her mother’s hand, “Why are there no dinosaurs in the Bible?”  The mother answer, "The Bible and science don't always agree."

To be continued

Thursday, December 11, 2014

With Love and Kindness? Part 3 of 3

This new gospel of ‘love and kindness’ is a flawed gospel, the same as any other gospel that is not the Gospel of the Kingdom.   The name is a pseudonym at best used to demonize members of the household of faith.   It is  based upon snippets of scripture taken out of the context of which they were spoken and applied to our daily lives.  The promulgation of this gospel is a means of camouflaging and justifying sin.  Christians are urged not to judge or condemn, but to project a gospel of love and kindness.  This is equivalent to disarming the enemy, then engage him in battle.  This urging has rendered the Word of God impotent.  Jesus did not hesitate to cast out demons and the use of the whip was an acceptable tool.  

The new science teacher stood before his unruly class and informed them, “I was not sent here to give any of you a failing grade, my job is to teach you so that you will pass”…   Can it be inferred from the above statement that nobody in the class would fail?  At the end of the school year the failure rate was forty-four percent, did the teacher fail to perform his duties?  Who failed who?  The young student standing in the teacher’s office, eyes fill with tears stammered out, “you said you was not going to fail us.”  Maybe the answer to this puzzle can be found in the last part of his speech. 

John 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  The purpose of the science teacher was not to fail students.

Mankind deserved condemnation, and it would have been right to have pronounced it; but God was willing that there should be an offer of pardon made through the action of his Son and after that condemnation and judgment.  If we study the teaching of Jesus, we would learn that Jesus is saying I don’t condemn you, you condemn yourself. 

The science teacher reflected back on the speech he had given the class.  My closing words were, “If you fail to take advantage of what I have to offer, then you will fail.  I gave you all of the tools, I even gave you all of the answers.  You failed yourself by refusing to live up to your potential.”

1 John 3:20-21  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.If our heart condemn us, we are condemned.  In the presence of the gospel all sin is condemned.  When the true Gospel is presented all sin is condemned.

Romans 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  The opposite is if we choose to walk after the flesh we are condemned.  John 3:19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Because of this love and kindness extended by God, certain peculiarities were extended.  Yet, when Jesus said, “ask and it shall be given”, does not mean we can say, Lord, deliver me from the storm and it will be done.  A common sense application would have John the Baptist crying out, “Lord, deliver me.”   Instead of Paul saying, “I am ready to be offered”, maybe he should have said, “Jesus, if you love me,  deliver me from this storm.”
Now we know the story, because the bible is a history of God’s interaction with his creation.  The Bible is not a book of platitudes to be surgically separated and used as a post or prop as we complete our journey of life.  The Bible tells us how it all began and it tells us how it is going to end. The Bible is not a guidebook of how to stand on the banks of the Red Sea and invoke God to part the waters.  Nor was the Bible intended to be used as a motivational guidebook that tells us how to achieve richness. 
The Bible tells of a God who created man and how he loved humanity. It tells us of how mankind treated his creator and caused his anger and wrath to build.  The Bible teaches us that somewhere around four thousand years God showed his never-ending love for his chosen people.  A special and  chosen people to replenish the earth and have dominion over it after the Devil had brought ruin to his paradise.  These people, loved by God, followed a path that was contrary to God’s plan.  God showed his love by not destroying them, he divorces them and scattered them among the nations.  Then God became silent for four hundred years, and his wrath began to build.
In the fullness of time because of his undying love for his creation, he sent his son as defined in the Kingdom parables.   For a little more than three years, his son preached the message of the kingdom.  His chosen people turned on him and secretly made plans to kill him.  Following in the footsteps of his Father, his Son proclaims that there is no greater love than this; ”a man will lay down his life for his friend”.  Before he left this earth he told his follower not to be dismayed, “I am going to send you a comforter who will guide you into the way of truth.  The comforter, the Holy Spirit would reside in the heart of man, and man would show his love for God by protecting the spirit of God.  Man would present his body a living sacrifice, Holy and acceptable to God.  The conclusion of the matter, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit has attempted to engage humanity in a dialog of astronomical proportion. 
Many today still do not fully understand the ramifications of the words Jesus uttered on the cross.  “It finished” 
In the Garden of Eden, the Devil used the Word of God to lead Eve down a path contrary to the spoken word of God.  For some unholy reason, unknown to many, we ascribe to live a life after our own choosing and strive to force God to honor the promises made to the Children of Israel.  Motivational speakers claim God is parting the Red Sea, but there is no separation of the waters.  God is a God of love, but isn’t there is a limit to his love.
For God so loved the world that he gave or sent his only begotton son, what transpired after that was a plea for mercy from the son of God.  His cry was, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”.  The concept of a God extending his everlasting love is not scriptural.  Revelation depicts an angry God who anger is restrained by the intercession of his son and the works of the Holy spirit.
A message that portrays the workings of the father, Son and the Holy Spirit as an adventure in the application of love and kindness fails to project the true message of God.  But the real question is, do we still believe in God?