Unrest
Today, a quick Google search for the words "protest" and "unrest" will show you that riots and political protests are actively occurring...many with physical violence...in these locations (I'm sure this is not exhaustive...I only went through the last 10 hours of news):
Ukraine
Thailand
Nigeria
Pakistan
South Africa
Sudan
Bangladesh
Not to mention all at "Arab Spring"wars still simmering in Egypt, Libya, and Syria. In the last month, violent confrontations between police and large groups of people have also occurred in Northern Ireland, Spain, and India. The riots and protests in each of these countries were about the failure of government to provide what its citizens expect...mostly food and security.
Right now, the entire globe is feeling the same thing you are: steady or lowering monthly incomes, skyrocketing food prices, if not all out shortages, and the constant droning from politicians on how there either isn't a problem, or how they are going to fix the problems with more government. This is unsustainable. Hunger doesn't go away with a good speech. The governments of planet earth are quickly running out of available resources to address the problems. By the most recent statistics, one percent of the population controls 50% of the global wealth.
This is God's plan to "hem people in" to either choosing Him or rejecting Him. This current global situation is the fulfillment of prophecy. This is just the beginning. Isaiah and the other prophets saw this coming thousands of years ago. We are watching in real time the beginning of this unfold:
Isaiah 24:1-16 (the bad choice) Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants. And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor. The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the Lord has spoken this word. The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish. The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left. The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh. The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases. They shall not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in. There is a cry for wine in the streets, All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone. In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction. When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done. (But wait!) They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the Lord They shall cry aloud from the sea. Therefore glorify the Lord in the dawning light, The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea. From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I said, “I am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”
This is promised to go global and get way more intense. The land is laid waste, but wait! Singing?! Yes! At the same time riots break out, singing goes coast to coast! This is the question: do I trust in more government to fix the problem, or is now the time to "cry out to the Lord?" This is the Joel 3 "Valley of Decision":
Joel 3:12-14 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.” Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
The rioting...the lack...the gloom... is going to escalate to the point of crisis, BUT the glory, the JOY, on those who choose Jehoshaphat's battle plan is going to a level earth has never seen.
When Jehoshaphat was in the valley, His plan was not a stronger weapon, it wasn't more provisions...it wasn't more men...no, this was Jehoshaphat's plan:
II Chronicles 20:5, 12, 14-15, 17-19, 21-23 NKJV
Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord , before the new court, O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”... Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord , who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”... And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord , worshiping the Lord . Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord , and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the Lord , For His mercy endures forever.” Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
This is God's plan for the whole earth. Throughout the Bible the story is the same. Isaiah 24 says that throughout the earth, the story is the same. Rioting and unrest are coming here, but so are the communities that choose the Jehoshaphat plan: sing and pray 24 hours a day. Jehoshaphat took his worry into the House of Prayer...the temple, and God said "this battle is mine...just sing and watch what I do!"
This is going to a whole new level. All over the earth, 24-hour houses of prayer are springing up. Over 400 of them are right here in the US. Know what that means? Tons of trouble is coming to the US and God, in His mercy, is preparing cities of safety...cities where those who know what the Bible says are actively working to build walls around their geographic location.
The last 7 years leading up to Jesus' return are "great" and "terrible." Whether it is great or terrible for you really depends on how much you make Jehoshaphat's plan your plan. Trouble IS coming, I assure you.Daniel was told that it comes "like a flood"...there is a tipping point coming, where the global economy will be faced with a an impending crash. The answer the world will offer is MORE government! More of the same poison. Many will put their faith in a man who has a plan for global financial "fairness." It is what the elite of the world are actively working on in Davos right now! When the worlds elite come up with a plan to make the world more fair, you should be a little skeptical!
There is only one who is the author of righteousness and justice. His name is Jesus, and HE is the one we are supposed to be trusting...actively...crying out to Him like we mean it...for the world to be made right. The faithful in our generation are going to do this by building 24-hour prayer...the Tabernacle of David, in their towns IN ADVANCE of the storm. Now is the time. What will result in the House of Prayer cities is not lack, but plenty:
Amos 9:9-13 “For I will give the command and will shake Israel along with the other nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost. But all the sinners will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’ “In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine. ” The Lord has spoken, and he will do these things. “The time will come,” says the Lord , “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!
This requires ACTIVE participation. To the extent you make Jehoshaphat's plan your plan, is the extent you will feel the power of God's plan. Those who put their trust in a man-based plan to survive the coming years are going to see the foundation crumble right under them. There is only one plan for this generation:
Luke 18:7-8 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
Ukraine
Thailand
Nigeria
Pakistan
South Africa
Sudan
Bangladesh
Not to mention all at "Arab Spring"wars still simmering in Egypt, Libya, and Syria. In the last month, violent confrontations between police and large groups of people have also occurred in Northern Ireland, Spain, and India. The riots and protests in each of these countries were about the failure of government to provide what its citizens expect...mostly food and security.
Right now, the entire globe is feeling the same thing you are: steady or lowering monthly incomes, skyrocketing food prices, if not all out shortages, and the constant droning from politicians on how there either isn't a problem, or how they are going to fix the problems with more government. This is unsustainable. Hunger doesn't go away with a good speech. The governments of planet earth are quickly running out of available resources to address the problems. By the most recent statistics, one percent of the population controls 50% of the global wealth.
This is God's plan to "hem people in" to either choosing Him or rejecting Him. This current global situation is the fulfillment of prophecy. This is just the beginning. Isaiah and the other prophets saw this coming thousands of years ago. We are watching in real time the beginning of this unfold:
Isaiah 24:1-16 (the bad choice) Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants. And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor. The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the Lord has spoken this word. The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish. The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left. The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh. The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases. They shall not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in. There is a cry for wine in the streets, All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone. In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction. When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done. (But wait!) They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the Lord They shall cry aloud from the sea. Therefore glorify the Lord in the dawning light, The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea. From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I said, “I am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”
This is promised to go global and get way more intense. The land is laid waste, but wait! Singing?! Yes! At the same time riots break out, singing goes coast to coast! This is the question: do I trust in more government to fix the problem, or is now the time to "cry out to the Lord?" This is the Joel 3 "Valley of Decision":
Joel 3:12-14 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.” Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
The rioting...the lack...the gloom... is going to escalate to the point of crisis, BUT the glory, the JOY, on those who choose Jehoshaphat's battle plan is going to a level earth has never seen.
When Jehoshaphat was in the valley, His plan was not a stronger weapon, it wasn't more provisions...it wasn't more men...no, this was Jehoshaphat's plan:
II Chronicles 20:5, 12, 14-15, 17-19, 21-23 NKJV
Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord , before the new court, O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”... Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord , who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”... And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord , worshiping the Lord . Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord , and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the Lord , For His mercy endures forever.” Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
This is God's plan for the whole earth. Throughout the Bible the story is the same. Isaiah 24 says that throughout the earth, the story is the same. Rioting and unrest are coming here, but so are the communities that choose the Jehoshaphat plan: sing and pray 24 hours a day. Jehoshaphat took his worry into the House of Prayer...the temple, and God said "this battle is mine...just sing and watch what I do!"
This is going to a whole new level. All over the earth, 24-hour houses of prayer are springing up. Over 400 of them are right here in the US. Know what that means? Tons of trouble is coming to the US and God, in His mercy, is preparing cities of safety...cities where those who know what the Bible says are actively working to build walls around their geographic location.
The last 7 years leading up to Jesus' return are "great" and "terrible." Whether it is great or terrible for you really depends on how much you make Jehoshaphat's plan your plan. Trouble IS coming, I assure you.Daniel was told that it comes "like a flood"...there is a tipping point coming, where the global economy will be faced with a an impending crash. The answer the world will offer is MORE government! More of the same poison. Many will put their faith in a man who has a plan for global financial "fairness." It is what the elite of the world are actively working on in Davos right now! When the worlds elite come up with a plan to make the world more fair, you should be a little skeptical!
There is only one who is the author of righteousness and justice. His name is Jesus, and HE is the one we are supposed to be trusting...actively...crying out to Him like we mean it...for the world to be made right. The faithful in our generation are going to do this by building 24-hour prayer...the Tabernacle of David, in their towns IN ADVANCE of the storm. Now is the time. What will result in the House of Prayer cities is not lack, but plenty:
Amos 9:9-13 “For I will give the command and will shake Israel along with the other nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost. But all the sinners will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’ “In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine. ” The Lord has spoken, and he will do these things. “The time will come,” says the Lord , “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!
This requires ACTIVE participation. To the extent you make Jehoshaphat's plan your plan, is the extent you will feel the power of God's plan. Those who put their trust in a man-based plan to survive the coming years are going to see the foundation crumble right under them. There is only one plan for this generation:
Luke 18:7-8 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
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