Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

Where Will You Wake Up
Sep 17th, 2020
Main StoriesArt Sadlier
Categories: Printed Newsletter

As a young man, I traveled around the country as a salesman. Sometimes I would be away from home for five or six weeks at a time. As I came to the end of my trip, I would wake in the morning out of a sound sleep and for a few moments puzzle as to what city or town I was in.

Someday, every man or woman will go to sleep for the last time on this earthly scene, and wake as they have never awakened before. They will wake up in eternity.

Jesus tells of such a situation in Luke 16:19, he says “There was a ‘certain rich man’, notice this is not a parable, this is an historical account. We read that this rich man died. He closed his eyes on earth and opened them in eternity. It says “and in hell he lifted up (opened) his eyes, being in torments.”

My friend, I tremble for you if you are not saved, the thought of such an awakening is terrifying!

How can you avoid such a fate? There is only one way. Jesus said “I am the way, … no man cometh to the Father but by Me.” Jesus said, “Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God”. John 3:36 says, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him”. John 1:12 says, “But as many as received Him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”. My friend, settle this issue right now. Do not put it off for one more second. Where will you wake up after you have closed your eyes for the last time on earth? .

The Need for Reverance
Sep 17th, 2020
Main StoriesA.W.Tozer
Categories: Printed Newsletter

The Need for Reverence “God is greatly to be feared … and to be had in reverence.” Psalm 89:7

Many persons who have been raised in our churches no longer think in terms of reverence, which seems to indicate that they doubt God’s presence is there! Much of the blame must be placed on the growing acceptance of a worldly secularism that seems much more appealing than any real desire for the spiritual life that is pleasing to God.

We secularize God; we secularize the gospel of Christ and we secularize worship!

No great and spiritually minded men of God are going to come out of such churches, nor any great spiritual movement of believing prayer and revival. If God is to be honored and revered and truly worshiped, He may have to sweep away and start somewhere else!

Let us confess that there is a necessity for true worship among us. If God is who He says He is and if we are the believing people of God we claim to be, we must worship Him! In my own assessment, for men and women to lose the awareness of God in our midst is a loss too terrible ever to be appraised! A.W. Tozer

The Great Reset - are We Being Conditioned for the Rise of the Antichrist?
Sep 17th, 2020
CommentaryJONATHAN BRENTNER/JONATHANBRENTNER.COM
Categories: World Government

When 2020 began, who could have imagined that a virus from China would take us closer to the tribulation? However, COVID-19 has done exactly that.

Since the virus first appeared in the United States, the goal line for easing government restrictions, lockdowns, quarantines, and face masks has continually changed. They have gone from flattening the curve, which the CDC said would take two to four weeks, to reduced hospital admissions, to everyone receiving a vaccination, and to Dr. Fauci recently stating that people can return to movie theaters only after the vaccine has been available for an entire year.

But will the arrival of a vaccine mark a return to normal? According to Tucker Carlson's August 26th report on The Fox News Channel, the goal line has moved yet again. He quoted the World Health organization (WHO) Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as stating that finding a vaccine for COVID-19 is not the final goal. No, the ultimate aim is the "reordering of society." He quoted the WHO director as also saying this, "We will not, we cannot go back to the way things were."

Dr. Ghebreyesus of the WHO summed it up this way, "The COVID-19 pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change." Tucker Carlson quoted Bill Gates as saying that the COVID-19 pandemic signifies "that the rest of us will have to sacrifice even more to save the earth from warming."

So, what's the connection between the virus and climate control? Tucker Carlson nails it with these words, "both are pretexts for mass social control."

This "social control" is paving the way for the coming world government. The global warming alarm and the fear generated by COVID-19 are prepping society for the arrival of the antichrist.

THE GREAT RESET IS THE GOAL

One need not look any further than to the World Economic Forum (WEF) website to see how the global elite seek to use these "crises" to reorder society for what they call "The Great Reset."

Below are a couple of the opening quotes from the "The Great Reset" page of the WEF website.

There is an urgent need for global stakeholders to cooperate in simultaneously managing the direct consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. To improve the state of the world, the World Economic Forum is starting The Great Reset initiative.

The Covid-19 crisis, and the political, economic and social disruptions it has caused, is fundamentally changing the traditional context for decision-making. The inconsistencies, inadequacies and contradictions of multiple systems -from health and financial to energy and education - are more exposed than ever amidst a global context of concern for lives, livelihoods and the planet. Leaders find themselves at a historic crossroads, managing short-term pressures against medium- and long-term uncertainties.

The push for the Great Reset has reached the United Nations. António Guterres, the UN's Secretary-General, added this to the call for the reordering of the world governments on the basis of both the "pandemic" and "climate change:"

The Great Reset is a welcome recognition that this human tragedy must be a wake-up call. We must build more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change and the many other global changes we face.

COVID-19 and climate change constitute "a wake-up call" for "global changes," which further the need for the Great Reset, the coming world order of the tribulation over which the antichrist will someday rule. The elite who operate the WEF do not hide their intention to use climate change and the virus as the pretext for a one-world government.

Peter Koenig wrote this about how COVID-19 is advancing the agenda of the elite toward the one world government, which he calls "the Beast."

We have become enslaved to the Beast. The Beast calls the shots on boom or bust of our economies, on who should be shackled by debt, when and where a pandemic should break out, and on the conditions of surviving the pandemic, for example, social confinement. And to top it all off - the instruments the Beast uses, very cleverly, are a tiny-tiny invisible enemy, called a virus, and a huge but also invisible monster, called FEAR. That keeps us off the street, off reunions with our friends, and off our social entertainment, theatre, sports, or a picnic in the park.

I find it quite remarkable that although Mr. Koenig does not claim any knowledge of Bible prophecy, he uses the terminology of Daniel and the book of Revelation in describing the kingdom of the antichrist.

I provide these quotes to show how climate change and COVID-19 lie behind the push for the Great Reset.

We see evidence of this in the United Nations' Agenda 2030, which lists goals for a one world government that it hopes to put in place by 2030. The New Green Deal in the United States mirrors the goals of Agenda 2030 with its agenda for a Marxist totalitarian world order (AKA the Beast).

THE CONDITIONING OF SOCIETY FOR THE GREAT RESET

How are the elite globalists of our world preparing the world to follow their lead in establishing a Marxist government? Below I list some of the ways they use the coronavirus as well as climate change for their demonic purposes to bring about the Great Reset that will pave the way for the rule of the antichrist during the tribulation.

1. Fear: The first tool in the arsenal of the globalists is fear and they have succeeded in creating a great deal of it both in the United States and throughout the world.

They advanced the horrors of climate change for decades, but this alone has not caught the attention of the masses that they had hoped it would do. An abundance of failed predictions along with an army of scientists who now dispute the dire warnings of impending doom have diminished the impact of climate alarm on many people. It consistently ranks low on the lists of concerns for voters.

The globalists needed a crisis that would impact everyone in the world and thus COVID-19 arrived on the scene. They still issue dire warnings regarding climate change for those who will listen and buy into that contrived panic. However, the elite have added the coronavirus to their plans to generate the widespread alarm they require to make people willing to accept their demonic Marxist solution for both crises.

2. Tell people to submit for their own well-being: The combination of fear and the great deception of our time have made vast numbers of people willing to submit to the government, which they now regard as the protector of their health. As a result, they have willingly given up many of their rights and freedoms for the sake of remaining healthy, a trend sure to continue.

The New World Order (AKA the beast) cannot exercise its dominion over people apart from their willingness to submit to dictates of a government they trust for their well-being and health.

And, very few pastors stand up against the restriction regarding the freedom of religion imposed on them by socialist governors. I thank the Lord for the courage of John MacArthur in this regard.

3. Lawlessness and violence: Billionaire globalists fund the violence and lawlessness we witness throughout the United States. The result of this will be the exact opposite of what those rioting believe they will accomplish with the fires, vicious attacks on the innocent, and the killing of law enforcement officials.

Those behind the Great Reset intend to use the breakdown of law and order to bring about a much more rigid "police state" where those enforcing the rules of the state will pledge loyalty to a tyrannical world government rather than to one's city or state or country.

The protests against police cruelty will result in a totalitarian rule where everyone, regardless of race, nationality, or gender will shake in fear at the sight of those enforcing the draconian rules of an all-powerful socialistic government.

4. Establish a need for government control: In order for the elite to achieve their ultimate goal of a one world government, they must convince people of the need for more government control of their lives. This explains their devotion to the contrived climate emergency and why they will not let go of the increased control over our lives that they have achieved through the Covid-19 crisis.

President Donald Trump and the United States represent their greatest obstacles in achieving their objective, which is why we see the rioting and the nonstop media lies about our President. In 2016, Trump interrupted their march to world dominance, and they cannot allow for another delay in their effort to convince the world of its need for more government control.

Powerful forces in our world, led by the devil himself, seek to put in place a one-world government and they will use everything they can to make it happen. They will not let go of the COVID-19 health "crisis" until they have accomplished their goal to subject the entire world to the slavery of a Marxist regime.

THE GOOD NEWS

Tucker Carlson was spot on with his assessment of climate change and COVID-19, "both are pretexts for mass social control." The wearing of masks, the bowing of knees to the Black Lives Matter movement, and the vaccines consist of preconditioning people to both receive the mark of the beast during the tribulation and worship the antichrist (Rev. 13:16-18). This is the end game of what Satan seeks to accomplish through the Great Reset.

The prophet Daniel, writing 2,600 years ago, wrote about the Great Reset of the WEF. He called it a "beast" with "horns" (Dan. 7:23-25). The apostle John, in Revelation 13, added more details to this beast whom the antichrist will someday personify. He is the "man of lawlessness whom the Lord will destroy at His second coming (2 Thess. 2:3-8).

Since God long ago foretold the rise of this beast with the detail that we now see taking shape in our world, we can absolutely trust His Word as to the coming destruction of this beast, both the government and the antichrist who will personify the beast (Dan. 2:44-45; 7:26-27; Rev. 19:17-20:3). Jesus will destroy both at His second coming.

For those of us who belong to Christ, the good news of the Gospel is that Jesus will come for us before the start of the tribulation and the culmination of the Satanic plans of the globalists.

We do not watch in fear for the Great Reset; but we eagerly await the appearance of our great Savior who take us back to the place He has prepared for us (John 14:1-3). We await our speedy departure from this world to heaven.

Yes, the news about our world today is more than a little disconcerting, but our hope is more glorious than we can imagine.

Jesus is coming to take us home; we need not buy into the fear of our time.

The lawlessness and violence of our day tell us that the prophesied tribulation is ever so near. But before that can happen, we will reside in paradise with Jesus.

The Call of Abraham
Sep 17th, 2020
Main StoriesArt Sadlier
Categories: Printed Newsletter

God directed Abraham to go down into the land of Canaan and promised him that He would give that land to him and his seed forever.

Abraham built four altars when he came into the land:

• Altar 1 Schechem (Nablus to the Arabs) Genesis 12: 6,7. God made a covenant with Abraham at Schechem, an irrevocable promise that the land was given to Abraham and his seed (The Jews) forever.
• Altar 2 Bethem (Ramallah to the Arabs) Genesis 12:8, Reaffirmed to Jacob Genesis 28:10-14.
• Altar 3 Hebron, Genesis 13:14-18
• Altar 4 Jerusalem Genesis 22:9, 15-18 (Moriah vs 2)

These four sites are a chain of God’s Covenants that bind Israel to God, and to the land. Yet, today, in each of these four sites the so-called Palestinians (actually Edomites) have claimed these lands as their own and have rejected any Jewish rights. It is a blantant attempt to separate Israel from the Covenants God made with them.

Yet God is not taken by surprise 2600 years ago, God said this would happen (Ezekiel 36:5). What an exact description of what is happening today. They claim land to which they have no claim. There has never been a Palestinian (Arab) state on that land (Ezekiel 36:2). The High Places of the altars of Schechem, Bethel, The Temple Mount (Moriah) and Hebron are the very places where the Palestinians are most ferociously and viciously asserting total control. They have utterly destroyed all evidence of Jewish presence on these sites. Someday, perhaps soon, the fire of God’s jealously and wrath will remove the usurpers and restore to Israel their promised inheritance.

Revelation 12:3 - Exploring Revelation
Sep 17th, 2020
Exploring RevelationArt Sadlier
Categories: Commentary;Prophecy;Book Study

"And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his head."

This is an extremely interesting verse packed with meaning and significance. "Another wonder", remember that the word wonder means sign. The scripture is always to be interpreted literally, unless otherwise indicated, here it is indicated that symbols are signs and are to be taken figuratively. We need to, by comparing scripture, determine what these signs represent.

"A great red dragon", the first question is who is this dragon? Verse 9 makes it clear who the dragon is, "the Devil, and Satan." During this present age, Satan has been allowed by God, to be the god of this world, 2 Cor. 4:4. Paul also called Satan the "Prince of the power of the air" Eph. 2:2.

Satan is called a "red" dragon, this emphasizes his slaughtering of multiplied millions of men and women all down over the long centuries. It also represents his campaign of slaughter during the tribulation period. Jesus said of Satan, "he was a murderer from the beginning" John 8:44.

The "dragon" aspect of this sign speaks of Satan's intense cruelty. Satan was created with great wisdom as a servant of God, but when he sinned and fell from grace he plunged into the depths of depravity and degradation. Hatred and cruelty have filled his heart.

Now we are to learn about Satan's warfare with God. We are to learn about the tools and methods that Satan has used and will use in his war with man, with Israel and with God. "Having seven heads", the seven heads represent seven kingdoms through which Satan has worked to rule this present evil world. In Luke 4:5,6  it states clearly that the kingdoms of this world are delivered unto Satan, he uses them to control and influence men.

Down through history there have been seven world Empires, Assyria,  Egypt,  Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, and the Revived Roman Empire of the last days. Satan has controlled these kingdoms in order to subdue men and women. That has also been the major instrument of Satan in his war against God and his attempt to replace God as the permanent ruler of the world.

"Ten horns", the ten horns clearly speak of the kingdom that Satan will use and work through in the tribulation period. He will work through this final world empire in a last attempt to over throw God and consolidate his rule on earth. Daniel tells us that the ten horns are symbols of the Revived Roman Empire which will arise as the tribulation period begins. The infrastructure of the Revived Roman Empire is now taking shape in the EU today.

"And seven crowns upon his heads", Satan has always been the true king and ruler of these world empires, though he has ruled beyond the sight of men. Satan will be the true ruler and king even while the anti Christ,  Satan's man, sits on the throne during last 3 ½  years of the warfare between God and Satan.

That sets the stage for the warfare that will be revealed in the rest of the chapter. The principals are Israel and Satan.

Let the Headlines Speak
Sep 17th, 2020
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines

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Gov’t approves High Holy Day regulations – lockdown starts Friday
The government approved the final version of restrictions that will be implemented when a national lockdown begins on Friday at 2 p.m. and are valid for the next three weeks. The approval took place just over a day – only 30 hours – before the closure is set to begin, after the vote at the cabinet meeting was stopped due to disagreements on several issues.

PIJ leader: Gaza terror groups have military presence in West Bank
The Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, Ziyad Al-Nakhalah, stated that Palestinian terror groups have military presence in the West Bank…warning that there are “no redlines” if war breaks out with Israel…the PIJ leader stated that “important changes” will take place in the Palestinian territories, “especially in the West Bank.”

Hurricane Sally: Deadly storm leaves 550,000 without power in US
Tropical Storm Sally has left more than half a million Americans without power as its torrential rains and storm surges lashed the US Gulf coast. Sally weakened after it made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, but the slow-moving storm continues to batter Florida and Alabama. One person was killed and hundreds were rescued from flooded areas.

UN chief urges Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate now
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday to seize the opportunity for negotiations following the diplomatic agreements between Israel and two Gulf Arab states that resulted in the suspension of any Israeli annexation of territory that the Palestinians want for a future state.

On eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel population tops 9 million
There are today some 9,246,000 residents of Israel, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday, as it released its annual population report on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Friday. The CBS also predicted that, Israel’s population was set to reach 10 million people by the end of 2024, 15 million by the end of 2048, and 20 million by 2065.

Massive landslide at Irazu volcano prompts relocation of infrastructure, Costa Rica
The government has started the process of relocating telecommunication towers in Costa Rica’s Irazu Volcano National Park due to an ongoing massive landslide, which started on August 26, 2020. Officials warned people to avoid the lower part of the mountain as rockslides are imminent, with around 25 million cubic m (880 million cubic feet) chunk of land detached so far.

“Where Are The Police?” After Voting To Defund Cops, Minneapolis City Council Baffled Over Recent Crime Wave
Democratic council member Phillipe Cunningham called out his colleagues for their hypocrisy. “What I am sort of flabbergasted by right now is colleagues, who a very short time ago were calling for abolition, are now suggesting we should be putting more resources and funding into MPD,” he said.

Tropical Storm “Noul” strengthening ahead of landfall in central Vietnam, 548 000 people evacuating
Tropical Storm “Noul” formed in the Philippine Sea on September 15, 2020, as the 11^th named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season.

Catastrophic flooding unfolding as Hurricane “Sally” makes landfall near the Alabama/Florida border, U.S.
Slow-moving Category 2 Hurricane “Sally” made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama at 10:00 UTC on September 16, 2020, with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 965 hPa.

Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds dead in one of the Southwest’s largest bird die-offs on record, U.S.
Mystery ensues across New Mexico as hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead across the state in one of the Southwest’s largest bird die-offs in recent memory. Scientists are examining the reason behind the alarming event, looking at possible factors such as the wildfires on the West Coast, the cold snap in the Mountain West, or the drought in the Southwest.

Maduro security forces committed humanitarian crimes in Venezuela: U.N. council 
Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro, his allies and security forces are guilty of “egregious” human rights violations, including arbitrary killings, torture and sexual violence, experts appointed by the United Nations’ top human rights agency concluded in a scathing review Wednesday.

Black Lives Matter Leader Teams Up With Chinese Communist Party Group To Fund Lobbying Operations In America
One of the prime supporters and co-founder of the radical-left Black Lives Matter organization has teamed up with a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization.

OPERATION OVERTHROW: George Soros Funded ‘Transition Integrity Project’ Has Plan In Place To Remove Trump From Office Whether He Wins Or Not
…major portions of this article were co-written with award-winning author Lori DeMonia. The level of research and attention to detail she provided made this article possible. I extend my most heartfelt appreciation to her for bringing all this to my attention, at exactly the right time.

Man Who Started Wildfire With Molotov Cocktail Released From Jail, Then Starts
A man who has arrested for starting a huge wildfire using a Molotov cocktail along a Portland freeway was released from jail, but hours later he was rearrested for starting even more fires.

Satanists & Witches For Biden
Like all progressive groups, The Satanic Temple came out in support of Black Lives Matter. The Satanic Temple, which distinguishes itself from its rival, The Church of Satan, through its rigorously progressive politics while accusing The Church of Satan of libertarianism, put out a statement by co-founder Lucien Greaves that blasted President Trump and accused the police of randomly killing black people that could have come from any random leftist organization.

Jesus Saith Unto Her, Mary - John 20:16
Sep 17th, 2020
Morning MeditationF. B. Meyer
Categories: Commentary;Inspirational;Book Study

Many had called her by that name. She had been wont to hear it many times a day from many lips; but only One had spoken it with that intonation. In His mouth its familiar syllables had a sweetness and tenderness which lingered in her heart; as the fragrance of the Roumanian rose valley clings for many a day to the clothes of those who have entered it.

Her eyes had deceived her. Startled by the sudden glad expression which had passed over the features of the angels, who sat sentry in the sepulchre, she had turned herself back to see the source from which the radiance had gleamed; but even with that hint to help her, she had failed to recognize her Lord. But her ear could not mistake; the voice carried immediate recognition.

We sigh sometimes for "the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still"; but we shall hear those voices again. Our mortal body is to be fashioned according to the body of Christ's resurrection; and evidently in that body there were the old familiar tones. May we not, therefore, certainly infer that the voices which welcome us on the other side will be those that hushed us with their lullabies when we were babes: asked us for our love and assured us of theirs when we attained maturity; whispered their dying messages in our ears, and sent us their Godspeed as we went down into the river.

The Master knows our names, and calls His own followers by them. There is one response, which He waits to elicit, one which alone will satisfy Him; one in which the love and devotion of a life may be summed up. Like Mary, let us turn and say to Him: Rabboni! that is, Master!