The word for 8-27-2021

 The word for today, 8-27-2021

This is an end-times prophecy about “the Kings of the earth”. This is a message for our day.

(1) Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? (2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, (3) "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us." (4) He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. (5) Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, (6) "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill." [Psa 2:1-6 ESV]

In the book of Acts, Peter and John proclaimed this scripture to local leaders in Jerusalem. Note that the prophecy was about “the kings of the earth”. Like many prophecies, this was a partial fulfillment of the prophecy but the final fulfillment was yet for a future day.

(23) When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. (24) And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, (25) who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain? (26) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'-- (27) for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, (28) to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. (29) And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, (30) while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus." (31) And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. [Act 4:23-31 ESV]

Today it is the kings of the earth that are raging and taking counsel against the LORD and His anointed. We can take courage and have a sure hope that the current chaos and evil that is in the world today will come to nothing as the LORD only laughs at them. Then He will speak to them in His wrath, and terrify them in His fury! Note what followed the proclaiming of this scripture. They prayed to speak His word with all boldness while the LORD stretched out His hand to heal, and the signs and wonder be performed through the name of Jesus. Then they were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

This is a word of the LORD for our day! Note what Jesus told His disciples when they ask about the signs of His coming and the end of the age.

 (3) As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" (4) And Jesus answered them, "See that no one leads you astray. (5) For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray. (6) And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. (7) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. (8) All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. ... (13) But the one who endures to the end will be saved. (14) And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. [Mat 24:3-8, 13-14 ESV]

We are experiencing the beginnings of the birth pains of the coming of King Jesus. But the end is not quite yet for there are many people yet to be gathered into the Kingdom.

(1) Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables: (2) "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. (3) "He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn't want to come. (4) "Again, he sent out other servants and said, 'Tell those who are invited: See, I've prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'  (5) "But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business, (6) "while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. (7) "The king was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.  (8) "Then he told his servants, 'The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. (9) "Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.' (10) "So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests. [Mat 22:1-10 CSB]

The wedding banquet for Jesus has been prepared and everything is ready but the wedding hall is not yet full. We are to go out into the world and invite to the wedding feast as many as we can find! Then when the wedding hall is full and “the fullness of the Gentiles has come in” the Lord will come for His bride and the wedding will commence.

(25) I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number (plērōma - that which fills or with which a thing is filled with those things which a ship is filled, freight and merchandise, sailors, oarsmen, soldiers, and the boat is ready to sail) of Gentiles comes to Christ. (26) And (kai - then) so (hoytō – after or in this manner) all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say, "The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness. (27) And this is my covenant with them, that I will take away their sins." [Rom 11:25-27 NLT]

A word for today, 8-24-2021

 A word for today, 8/24/2021

From Deut 32:

Duet 32:1-30   Like Israel America fell away from God, became self-righteous, became a crooked and twisted generation, worshiped strange gods, and with abominations, provoked God to anger. Then God for a season hides His face from America and America came into a season of chastisement. Verse 30 – like with Afghanistan, how could “one” have chased a thousand unless their Rock a sold them, and the Lord had given them up?

Yet God then has mercy on His people lest God’s enemies misunderstand and say “Our hand is triumphant; it was not the Lord who did all this” (verse 27).

Duet 32:31-47   Here God turns on the enemies of His people and declares that “Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly”. Verse 43 – “Rejoice with Him,) heavens; bow down to His, all gods, for He avenges the blood of His children and takes vengeance on His adversaries. He repays those who hate Him and cleanses His people’s land.”

America is suffering right now. But it is a season of chastisement, not punishment. Now we are swiftly approaching the time when God is moving in His mercy and love for America to destroy her and His enemies 

 [Deu 32:43, 45-47 ESV] (43) "Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people's land." ... (45) And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, (46) he said to them, "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. (47) For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."

Where we are in God’s timeline – Matt 24:3-14

The beginning of the birth pains.

[Mat 24:3 ESV] As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

[Mat 24:4 ESV] And Jesus answered them, "See that no one leads you astray.

We are living in times of great deception.

[Mat 24:5 ESV] For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.

[Mat 24:6 ESV] And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

[Mat 24:7 ESV] For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

This is the condition of our world today.

[Mat 24:8 ESV] All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

The birth pains of the coming of Jesus as King of kings have begun.

[Mat 24:9 ESV] "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

[Mat 24:10 ESV] And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.

[Mat 24:11 ESV] And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

[Mat 24:12 ESV] And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

We are living in days of trouble, hatred of Jews and Christians, betrayals, false teachings, great lawlessness, and love in the world is growing cold, being replaced by anger and hate.

[Mat 24:13 ESV] But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

The faithful must endure through it all for there is great work yet to be done.

[Mat 24:14 ESV] And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Before the end, there is going to be a great ingathering throughout all nations. This is the task and challenge set before us today.

[Dan 11:32 NKJV] "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out [great exploits].

[Jos 10:25 NASB20] Joshua then said to them, "Do not fear or be dismayed! Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all your enemies with whom you fight."

[1Ch 28:20 NASB20] Then David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

[2Ch 32:7 NASB20] "Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for [the One] with us is greater than [the one] with him.

[Jos 1:9 NASB20] "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

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The prophecy of Judges 6, 7, and 8

 Insights into our current problems in America from Judges 6, 7, and 8.

Jonathan Cahn in his excellent series of books has shown that events in the history of Israel are often harbingers of events in America. During one of our C4LC men’s Bible studies, one of our members made an interesting observation concerning Judges chapter 7. This led me to take a close look at Judges 6, 7, and 8, the story of Gideon and the Midianites. Could these events in Israel’s past possibly be a harbinger of the events occurring in America today?  

Let’s look at these scriptures seeing Israel as America, The Midianites as the evil cabal or globalists that have invaded our nation, and Gideon as a man, Trump, sent by the Lord to deliver America from the evil that has invaded America, a type of Gideon.

Judges 6:1-6   America to a large extent has turned from God and become a largely secular nation doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord. What we have seen in the past several years is evil people getting into positions of influence and power working to fundamentally change America into a socialist/communist nation and eventually to establish a one-world government controlled by a few elite people. This invasion of evil could be seen as the Lord giving America into their hands for a season due to the fallen condition of the nation.

But like Israel, a remnant of the people (the true Church) cried out to the Lord for help. And the Lord heard and responded by sending a man (Trump) to deal with these evil people that were destroying America. It is interesting that in verse 10 the Lord implies that this battle is against the “gods of the Amorites” (the evil ones). All of this is a spiritual battle against Satan’s ultimate plan to establish his kingdom on the earth.

Judges 6:11-24   At this point the Lord calls Gideon (Trump) to deliver Israel (America). The Lord assures Trump that He is with him and calls him a mighty man of valor. Then the Lord sends Trump to save America from the hand of the evil ones. Trump, like Gideon, seems to be the least likely and qualified person to be called for such a task. But through a miraculous event, the surprising election of Trump as the president of the USA, the Lord confirms His call on Trump. The first task Gideon (Trump) is given is to attack and tear down the idols that the evil people worship. During Trump’s first term as President of the USA, he accomplished many things that unraveled (torn down) many of the adverse activities and policies the previous governments had put in place. But like with Gideon this caused the evil ones to mount up a great attack against him. This has been going on since Trump’s election and is raging right now (Judges 6:33-35). Then an alarm is sounded and a large group of supporters comes together to support Trump. It is estimated that over 85 million people voted for Trump in the Nov. 3, 2020 election.

Judges 7:1-8   Now with the enemy “encamped” before America and seemingly in positions of power, the Lord makes some unusual moves. He first removes from Trump’s supporters all who are afraid and halfhearted. We are seeing this happen today. Fear is the primary weapon the enemy is using to get people to be compliant and obedient to their control and abandoned Trump. The Lord allows this because there were too many with Trump “lest the people boast over God and say that their own hand has saved them”. But there are still too many with Trump so the Lord then removes others leaving only those that are true warriors. It is with this remnant that the Lord will move to pull down the enemy in such a manner that all the world will know that only God could do such a thing and God will get all the glory.

Judges 7:9-15   At this point the Lord sounds the attack alarm. But there is still some fear and hesitancy in the camp so the Lord provides intelligence from the enemy’s camp that reassures Trump and reveals that the enemy camp is fearful and in a state of panic. This is occurring this very day as the evil plots and deeds of the enemy are being exposed. Now Trump and his forces are ready for the attack

At this point, we peer into the future. If this harbinger continues then we might expect to see events such as these very soon.

Judges 7:16-22   What happens next is amazing. God gives Gideon (Trump) the battle plan. Instead of weapons of physical war (carnal weapons) the Lord gives Trump spiritual weapons, a trumpet for the right hand and a torch for the left hand. The weapons are the voice (word) of the Lord (the trumpets) and the power of the Holy Spirit (flames of fire). The enemy camp is surrounded by this spiritual army and at the Lord’s signal the trumpets are sounded and the light of the torches (the power of the Holy Spirit) is revealed. The result is that the enemy turns against one another (“every man’s sword against his comrade and against all the enemy’s army”) and the army is defeated and they flee away. The defeat of America’s enemies will be supernatural by the hand of God and He will get all of the glory!

Judges 7:23-25   Now, like with Gideon, many others will join the Trump movement as the enemy is pursued, captured, and judged. Key leaders of the enemy camp will be captured and executed like Oreb and Zeeb were. 

Judges 8:1-3   But the story does not end here. There will be certain people of America that will still grumble that were not given credit as a part of the victory. But eventually, they also will come to understand that it was God who gained the victory and not mere men and God will be honored and glorified.

Judges 8:4-9   Trump and his followers (army) will pursue the enemy beyond the borders of America, he will ask those of other nations to help. But because the “Kings” of all this evil have yet to be taken, they will refuse to help. There will be severe consequences for them after the “Kings” are taken down. These “Kings” are the real evil leaders (the king pins) of the globalist movement to establish a one-world government.

Judges 8:10-12   The real “Kings” of the evil movement (the cabal) will flee to a retreat with a small remnant army and feel secure. But Trump and his army will pursue them, attack them, and will capture the “Kings” (as Zebah and Zalmunna were captured).

Judges 8:13-21   After the battle, the nations, and people that did not support Trump’s efforts will experience severe consequences for their non-support. And the captured “Kings” will be killed.

Judges 8:22-28   The people of America will want Trump to rule over them but he will say “no, the Lord will rule over you” and there will be a great revival for a season in the nation and throughout the nations of the earth.

Judges 8:29-35   But, after a season of revival, good times, and prosperity, America, as it was with Israel, will turn once again to evil, worshipping false gods, and not remembering the Lord their God who had delivered them from their enemies. And they will not show respect to the family of Trump in return for all he had done for them. In the end America will fall back into the camp of the enemy.

The defeat of the evil of the current cabal will not end Satan’s work to establish his kingdom on earth. However, this evil will be restrained until “he who restrains” is taken out of the way (2 Thes 2:7). When the restrainer is taken away, Satan will be released in the person of the Antichrist to begin his work at the end of the age. Then God will move in His wrath (Rev 6:16-17) to bring righteous judgment to Satan and all who follow him whose names are not found in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and the seven years of the great tribulation will begin.

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August 12, 2021