End Time Babylon – Part 5
Saul - The King We Want
The thread of Babylon runs throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Babylon has always represented what it first represented in Babel: the power of man apart from God. The wicked vinedressers who desire to remake the garden in their own strength, and break from the owner of the vineyard. Man mostly desires all the benefits of God’s leadership, called “life,” but wants those benefits outside of God’s leadership. Created satan wanted life on his own terms, apart from the Creator…and most people, even Christians, want that same thing in some degree. This is the darkness, the corruption of love, introduced to man’s heart by the virus from Tree of the Knowledge of Good AND Evil. The object of our years now…the 70 or 80 we get if we are blessed…is to work that virus out of our heart…to let God “reformat” our hearts by living the Sermon on the Mount.
There is so much to talk about with regard to the spirit of Babylon, but for time’s sake, I am going to brush over some areas. My attention span can’t take it all in through one series of thoughts! One thing I realized when I started teaching the Book of Revelation is that God’s Word is written in what I like to think of as “three dimensions.” It is interconnected like the lattice work of a tower. All the stories, examples, parables…they are all building, supporting, and reaching for the tippy top of the structure, which is Revelation. If the threads of thought in the Bible where a network of roads, we would find out if we followed them all to their end, that they were all going to the same place: Revelation and the seven years it describes. There are two “highways” through the Bible: one is Israel and one is Babylon. Israel, in God’s mercy, is hemmed in to trust God daily in the desert…Babylon “makes for itself” a way to provision. This is the story of the Bible, and it all goes back to the Genesis 3 corruption…that first opening of the door to evil…death… the attempt to live in the absence of God.
After the story of Babel, then comes Egypt. That is a HUGE story for another day. But, the next place the thread of Babylon is strongly presented is 1 Samuel, when Israel demands a king. Remember what God told Samuel?
1 Samuel 8:4-18 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, (5) and said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations." (6) But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD. (7) And the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. (8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.
(9) Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them." (10) So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king. (11) And he said, "This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. (12) He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. (13) He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. (14) And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. (15) He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. (16) And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. (17) He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. (18) And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day."
Many Christians, especially younger Christians who have grown up thinking the American political experience of the last 15 years is “normal”, have gotten sucked into “desiring a king” to save them. Our country was founded on the desire to GET AWAY from a king. This is because of a simple common sense “law of freedom” that will always be true. It is simply stated like this:
freedom and “security” are INVERSELY proportional.
If you want freedom, you have got to get it from the only one who really wants you to be free: God. That means actually forgoing TANGIBLE security. We call this faith. Faith is really spelled R I S K. If you want tangible security, you WILL give up trust in God, and in return loose freedom. This is the only way it works. This is the big lie of communism and socialism: that you can have tangible security AND freedom. You can’t. Every time this has been tried, it has failed MISERABLY…Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro….
The Bible promises the antichrist is going to be the most effective “king” the earth has ever seen. He will promise other people’s wealth as security for the masses, and what they will end up with is slavery. Look at these passages about the antichrist:
Daniel 11:39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.
That is what “divide the land for gain” means. The antichrist is going to take land from people…wealth from people…that have it, and promise it to you. Why? In order to consolidate his own power. The devil trades power for loyalty. God gives authority freely to people that choose faith in Him. The antichrist, son of satan, will promise security in order to get loyalty to himself long enough to get people to depend on him and his policies, and then they will be under “his wing.” This is a PROMISED attribute of the antichrist throughout the Bible:
Daniel 11:23-24 And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. (24) He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
This is all so that he can consolidate loyalty to himself. When that power base is consolidated, he will…like many before him…Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great, Darius, Antiochus, Nero…this last Saul will demand to be worshiped, and if you don’t, you will lose all security:
Revelation 13:15-17 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (16) He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, (17) and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
When those first pilgrims fled to America, they wanted FREEDOM. That means they had to risk all the comforts of good old England, cross a big scary ocean, tough out fierce winters, deal with potentially hostile peoples they could not communicate with. They had to put ALL of their trust on God and those pursuing God with them. Oh, how pleased God was with those first ones…Have you ever read their accounts? They were encountering the Holy Spirit in great power.
These first colonists had next to ZERO SECURITY. But they had almost 100% FREEDOM. They risked it all on what they heard God calling them to. They came here to worship GOD freely. Did they teach you this in school? Maybe they stopped! We actually used to teach this in public school!
This is what has slowly happened over time: the US has decided that we need the government to give us security. We have actually demanded a king to take care of us, more and more. The Bible says the end time Babylon starts out as the “Golden City” and becomes a haunt of demons. She turns from her trust in God and gets what she wants…the leadership of demons (my thoughts are in parenthesis):
Isaiah 14:4 that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: "How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!
Isaiah 47:1-11 "Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon (this is the end time Babylon…the “daughter" of Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon); Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans (Chaldean’s doesn't mean just “Arabs” this means “occult practitioners”…The Nimrod and Semiramis’…these are the Illuminati, practitioners of the “mystery religion”…look it up)! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate (this is a country that no longer “works” for a living…she thinks for a living….but she is about to go back to work, the hard way). (2) Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass through the rivers. (3) Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate with a man." (4) As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. (5) "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms (are you picturing a certain statue? think about that term…think about that statue. pray about it…what does this mean?!).
(6) (now here is the gist of God’s end-time anger: ) I was angry with My people (Israel); I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand
(God trusted Israel to US in 1948…we have been almost her sole friend…right now we have pushed her up against the wall and are threatening her with literal violence if she refuses to trust in a new “king.” Mark my words, there is a man SOON coming who will promise to protect her…to be her God. Imagine this…we are talking about God’s set apart people, and this MAN will promise to be God to her…for 7 years. This is the choice that MAKES him the antichrist. He chooses it himself).
You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. (7) And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them. (8) "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children'; (9) But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments. (10) "For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, 'No one sees me'; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me.' (11) Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know.
The US’s desire for tangible security has led us, step by step, to hand over freedom. We now currently live in a police state that is turning on the apple of God’s eye. For real. Check the news. Every phone call, all internet use…you are being monitored RIGHT NOW by a government suddenly hostile to Israel.
We have no real power to stop it at this point. This is intentional. We aren’t supposed to stop it, we are supposed to “come out of it” into the Tabernacle of David:
Revelation 18:2-5 He gave a mighty shout: "Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. (3) For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich." (4) Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, "Come away from her, My people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. (5) For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds.
This is the whole point of David’s 24-hour worship movement:
Psalms 27:3-5 Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. (4) The one thing I ask of the LORD—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD's perfections and meditating in His Temple. (5) For He will conceal me there when troubles come; He will hide me in His sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
Many prophets are lying and telling you to take over the government with love. That God is going to pour out revival on every facet of our country. He will, but not right now. That happens when Jesus comes. There is much to get ready for before then. Right now, the Bible says “repent” and come out of her.
Like I said, we have no power to stop this train. The founding fathers warned us time and time again about this exact dynamic, but we, in our forgetting of God…and the wonders of His hand…first desired a “safety net”…a plan B in case God fell asleep or something…and then we made that safety net our Plan A…quickly, prayer became plan B, then C, then D. We have quietly, as a country, put all of our eggs in the basket of government, and then we ask God to bless that basket. IT DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. EVER. Just because a man stands in front of you and says “God bless America” doesn't mean he believes it, or is even talking about YOUR God!
The more you put your trust for security in a worldly system or person, the more you GIVE them your freedom. The more you trust God for security, the more FREEDOM He gives you! God is the only one worthy of our trust. Period. God is jealous to be our FATHER. He will not share this reality with another. You cannot , in truth, ask God to bless your reliance on anyone other than God!:
1 Samuel 8:18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day."
Psalms 37:3-7 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. (4) Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (5) Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. (6) He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. (7) Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Many want the government to provide their safety net. We want more and more TANGIBLE security. We want a king to promise us food, and a job, and unemployment, and health care insurance…you name it, and we have come to EXPECT it. This is NOT God providing through government. This is EVIL…desiring the absence of God. The TRUTH is, no man can be your king. Every government system not loyal to, living in complete allegiance to, Jesus will fail dramatically.
Look all over the world, and you will see this is the case. Riots in Greece. Riots in Cyprus. Riots in Spain. Riots in Thailand, the Ukraine…occupy Wall Street for just a minute…Last week there were simultaneous riots in nearly 10 countries…some of them involving 100,000’s of people. All of these were for the same basic reason: the governments of the earth are beginning to FAIL at delivering what they have promised the people. This is going to come here…and the more you “lean” on that government security, the more you will “feel” this reality. I am not talking about participating in the programs offered by the government. Lot’s of people LOYAL to Jesus get food assistance, or health care. You can actually be a recipient of food stamps and still trust God for your provision, and conversely, you might never need food stamps and still give your loyalty to the earthly king. If you put all your trust in the pile of currency currently in your control, you are not living loyal to Jesus. This has to do with TRUST. Maybe you have enough “currency” that you don’t need food stamps or government health care…if your trust is in your savings account, 401k, pension, union….you name it…you are in for a big fall. You are not supposed to TRUST anyone but God…it says it on the dollar..right next to the “all seeing eye”…in which god are we trusting?
The Bible PROMISES this is coming soon. If you have ears to hear and eyes to see, this has already started, it just hasn't touched the shores of Lady Liberty in a massive way…yet…occupy Wall Street was a warning. This is a passage describing what we are ALREADY starting to see:
Isaiah 24:1-23 Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. (2) Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared. (3) The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken! (4) The earth mourns and dries up, and the crops waste away and wither. Even the greatest people on earth waste away. (5) The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God's instructions, violated His laws, and broken His everlasting covenant. (6) Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive. (7) The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn. (8) The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled; the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp are silent. (9) Gone are the joys of wine and song; alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth. (10) The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders. (11) Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has turned to gloom. Gladness has been banished from the land. (12) The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.
(13) Throughout the earth the story is the same—only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
Next comes the answer! This doesn't have to be YOUR reality! The only places that will be spared the fullness of this evil reality are the Cities of Refuge. Places where the people disconnect from the security of man and connect it to God ALL-IN. These are the geographic locations that have agreed with David about what REAL SECURITY is…praying night and day (more on that soon). Night and Day prayer to music is the ONLY PLAN GOD HAS FOR THIS TIME for people that want to agree with Him…just like David. Check out the rest of this Isaiah 24 passage:
(14) But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD's majesty. (15) In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. (16) We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere. (17) Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth. (18) Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare. Destruction falls like rain from the heavens; the foundations of the earth shake. (19) The earth has broken up. It has utterly collapsed; it is violently shaken. (20) The earth staggers like a drunk. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy. (21) In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth. (22) They will be rounded up and put in prison. They will be shut up in prison and will finally be punished. (23) Then the glory of the moon will wane, and the brightness of the sun will fade, for the LORD of Heaven's Armies will rule on Mount Zion. He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of His people.
More soon….
The thread of Babylon runs throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Babylon has always represented what it first represented in Babel: the power of man apart from God. The wicked vinedressers who desire to remake the garden in their own strength, and break from the owner of the vineyard. Man mostly desires all the benefits of God’s leadership, called “life,” but wants those benefits outside of God’s leadership. Created satan wanted life on his own terms, apart from the Creator…and most people, even Christians, want that same thing in some degree. This is the darkness, the corruption of love, introduced to man’s heart by the virus from Tree of the Knowledge of Good AND Evil. The object of our years now…the 70 or 80 we get if we are blessed…is to work that virus out of our heart…to let God “reformat” our hearts by living the Sermon on the Mount.
There is so much to talk about with regard to the spirit of Babylon, but for time’s sake, I am going to brush over some areas. My attention span can’t take it all in through one series of thoughts! One thing I realized when I started teaching the Book of Revelation is that God’s Word is written in what I like to think of as “three dimensions.” It is interconnected like the lattice work of a tower. All the stories, examples, parables…they are all building, supporting, and reaching for the tippy top of the structure, which is Revelation. If the threads of thought in the Bible where a network of roads, we would find out if we followed them all to their end, that they were all going to the same place: Revelation and the seven years it describes. There are two “highways” through the Bible: one is Israel and one is Babylon. Israel, in God’s mercy, is hemmed in to trust God daily in the desert…Babylon “makes for itself” a way to provision. This is the story of the Bible, and it all goes back to the Genesis 3 corruption…that first opening of the door to evil…death… the attempt to live in the absence of God.
After the story of Babel, then comes Egypt. That is a HUGE story for another day. But, the next place the thread of Babylon is strongly presented is 1 Samuel, when Israel demands a king. Remember what God told Samuel?
1 Samuel 8:4-18 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, (5) and said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations." (6) But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD. (7) And the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. (8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.
(9) Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them." (10) So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king. (11) And he said, "This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. (12) He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. (13) He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. (14) And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. (15) He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. (16) And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. (17) He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. (18) And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day."
Many Christians, especially younger Christians who have grown up thinking the American political experience of the last 15 years is “normal”, have gotten sucked into “desiring a king” to save them. Our country was founded on the desire to GET AWAY from a king. This is because of a simple common sense “law of freedom” that will always be true. It is simply stated like this:
freedom and “security” are INVERSELY proportional.
If you want freedom, you have got to get it from the only one who really wants you to be free: God. That means actually forgoing TANGIBLE security. We call this faith. Faith is really spelled R I S K. If you want tangible security, you WILL give up trust in God, and in return loose freedom. This is the only way it works. This is the big lie of communism and socialism: that you can have tangible security AND freedom. You can’t. Every time this has been tried, it has failed MISERABLY…Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro….
The Bible promises the antichrist is going to be the most effective “king” the earth has ever seen. He will promise other people’s wealth as security for the masses, and what they will end up with is slavery. Look at these passages about the antichrist:
Daniel 11:39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.
That is what “divide the land for gain” means. The antichrist is going to take land from people…wealth from people…that have it, and promise it to you. Why? In order to consolidate his own power. The devil trades power for loyalty. God gives authority freely to people that choose faith in Him. The antichrist, son of satan, will promise security in order to get loyalty to himself long enough to get people to depend on him and his policies, and then they will be under “his wing.” This is a PROMISED attribute of the antichrist throughout the Bible:
Daniel 11:23-24 And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. (24) He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
This is all so that he can consolidate loyalty to himself. When that power base is consolidated, he will…like many before him…Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great, Darius, Antiochus, Nero…this last Saul will demand to be worshiped, and if you don’t, you will lose all security:
Revelation 13:15-17 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (16) He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, (17) and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
When those first pilgrims fled to America, they wanted FREEDOM. That means they had to risk all the comforts of good old England, cross a big scary ocean, tough out fierce winters, deal with potentially hostile peoples they could not communicate with. They had to put ALL of their trust on God and those pursuing God with them. Oh, how pleased God was with those first ones…Have you ever read their accounts? They were encountering the Holy Spirit in great power.
These first colonists had next to ZERO SECURITY. But they had almost 100% FREEDOM. They risked it all on what they heard God calling them to. They came here to worship GOD freely. Did they teach you this in school? Maybe they stopped! We actually used to teach this in public school!
This is what has slowly happened over time: the US has decided that we need the government to give us security. We have actually demanded a king to take care of us, more and more. The Bible says the end time Babylon starts out as the “Golden City” and becomes a haunt of demons. She turns from her trust in God and gets what she wants…the leadership of demons (my thoughts are in parenthesis):
Isaiah 14:4 that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: "How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!
Isaiah 47:1-11 "Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon (this is the end time Babylon…the “daughter" of Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon); Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans (Chaldean’s doesn't mean just “Arabs” this means “occult practitioners”…The Nimrod and Semiramis’…these are the Illuminati, practitioners of the “mystery religion”…look it up)! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate (this is a country that no longer “works” for a living…she thinks for a living….but she is about to go back to work, the hard way). (2) Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass through the rivers. (3) Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate with a man." (4) As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. (5) "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms (are you picturing a certain statue? think about that term…think about that statue. pray about it…what does this mean?!).
(6) (now here is the gist of God’s end-time anger: ) I was angry with My people (Israel); I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand
(God trusted Israel to US in 1948…we have been almost her sole friend…right now we have pushed her up against the wall and are threatening her with literal violence if she refuses to trust in a new “king.” Mark my words, there is a man SOON coming who will promise to protect her…to be her God. Imagine this…we are talking about God’s set apart people, and this MAN will promise to be God to her…for 7 years. This is the choice that MAKES him the antichrist. He chooses it himself).
You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. (7) And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them. (8) "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children'; (9) But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments. (10) "For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, 'No one sees me'; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me.' (11) Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know.
The US’s desire for tangible security has led us, step by step, to hand over freedom. We now currently live in a police state that is turning on the apple of God’s eye. For real. Check the news. Every phone call, all internet use…you are being monitored RIGHT NOW by a government suddenly hostile to Israel.
We have no real power to stop it at this point. This is intentional. We aren’t supposed to stop it, we are supposed to “come out of it” into the Tabernacle of David:
Revelation 18:2-5 He gave a mighty shout: "Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. (3) For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich." (4) Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, "Come away from her, My people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. (5) For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds.
This is the whole point of David’s 24-hour worship movement:
Psalms 27:3-5 Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. (4) The one thing I ask of the LORD—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD's perfections and meditating in His Temple. (5) For He will conceal me there when troubles come; He will hide me in His sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
Many prophets are lying and telling you to take over the government with love. That God is going to pour out revival on every facet of our country. He will, but not right now. That happens when Jesus comes. There is much to get ready for before then. Right now, the Bible says “repent” and come out of her.
Like I said, we have no power to stop this train. The founding fathers warned us time and time again about this exact dynamic, but we, in our forgetting of God…and the wonders of His hand…first desired a “safety net”…a plan B in case God fell asleep or something…and then we made that safety net our Plan A…quickly, prayer became plan B, then C, then D. We have quietly, as a country, put all of our eggs in the basket of government, and then we ask God to bless that basket. IT DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. EVER. Just because a man stands in front of you and says “God bless America” doesn't mean he believes it, or is even talking about YOUR God!
The more you put your trust for security in a worldly system or person, the more you GIVE them your freedom. The more you trust God for security, the more FREEDOM He gives you! God is the only one worthy of our trust. Period. God is jealous to be our FATHER. He will not share this reality with another. You cannot , in truth, ask God to bless your reliance on anyone other than God!:
1 Samuel 8:18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day."
Psalms 37:3-7 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. (4) Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (5) Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. (6) He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. (7) Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Many want the government to provide their safety net. We want more and more TANGIBLE security. We want a king to promise us food, and a job, and unemployment, and health care insurance…you name it, and we have come to EXPECT it. This is NOT God providing through government. This is EVIL…desiring the absence of God. The TRUTH is, no man can be your king. Every government system not loyal to, living in complete allegiance to, Jesus will fail dramatically.
Look all over the world, and you will see this is the case. Riots in Greece. Riots in Cyprus. Riots in Spain. Riots in Thailand, the Ukraine…occupy Wall Street for just a minute…Last week there were simultaneous riots in nearly 10 countries…some of them involving 100,000’s of people. All of these were for the same basic reason: the governments of the earth are beginning to FAIL at delivering what they have promised the people. This is going to come here…and the more you “lean” on that government security, the more you will “feel” this reality. I am not talking about participating in the programs offered by the government. Lot’s of people LOYAL to Jesus get food assistance, or health care. You can actually be a recipient of food stamps and still trust God for your provision, and conversely, you might never need food stamps and still give your loyalty to the earthly king. If you put all your trust in the pile of currency currently in your control, you are not living loyal to Jesus. This has to do with TRUST. Maybe you have enough “currency” that you don’t need food stamps or government health care…if your trust is in your savings account, 401k, pension, union….you name it…you are in for a big fall. You are not supposed to TRUST anyone but God…it says it on the dollar..right next to the “all seeing eye”…in which god are we trusting?
The Bible PROMISES this is coming soon. If you have ears to hear and eyes to see, this has already started, it just hasn't touched the shores of Lady Liberty in a massive way…yet…occupy Wall Street was a warning. This is a passage describing what we are ALREADY starting to see:
Isaiah 24:1-23 Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. (2) Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared. (3) The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken! (4) The earth mourns and dries up, and the crops waste away and wither. Even the greatest people on earth waste away. (5) The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God's instructions, violated His laws, and broken His everlasting covenant. (6) Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive. (7) The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn. (8) The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled; the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp are silent. (9) Gone are the joys of wine and song; alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth. (10) The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders. (11) Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has turned to gloom. Gladness has been banished from the land. (12) The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.
(13) Throughout the earth the story is the same—only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
Next comes the answer! This doesn't have to be YOUR reality! The only places that will be spared the fullness of this evil reality are the Cities of Refuge. Places where the people disconnect from the security of man and connect it to God ALL-IN. These are the geographic locations that have agreed with David about what REAL SECURITY is…praying night and day (more on that soon). Night and Day prayer to music is the ONLY PLAN GOD HAS FOR THIS TIME for people that want to agree with Him…just like David. Check out the rest of this Isaiah 24 passage:
(14) But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD's majesty. (15) In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. (16) We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere. (17) Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth. (18) Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare. Destruction falls like rain from the heavens; the foundations of the earth shake. (19) The earth has broken up. It has utterly collapsed; it is violently shaken. (20) The earth staggers like a drunk. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy. (21) In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth. (22) They will be rounded up and put in prison. They will be shut up in prison and will finally be punished. (23) Then the glory of the moon will wane, and the brightness of the sun will fade, for the LORD of Heaven's Armies will rule on Mount Zion. He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of His people.
More soon….
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