|City on a Hill - Writings for Refuge

On April 8, 2019 the strength of men will come crashing down and Meekness will be exalted. What has been lifted up as strength in the falling-away church will be brought down significantly. What has appeared weak to those that claim to know God will begin to look wise. The strength behind truth will be revealed, and those who humbled themselves will be exalted in a significant measure. To agree with this word is wise. Separate from the proud. From the inside out, separate from the proud. Allies of the proud get the same punishment as the proud. Job 9:13God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. James 4:9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. 11Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a do...

Jesus is coming like a thief. This is one of the most sobering realities of what the Bible describes as the Earth transitions to a new age. The last transition from a world without the Holy Spirit actively indwelling anyone who desired Him, to a world where anyone who asks receives, happened with little fanfare. Even though the Earth has witnessed the Spirit of God's return to the Earth, the entirely voluntary nature of it has left most unaware of the massive change in the nature of human existence. The Spirit readies the Earth for the Son to come as He is, in glory. The next step in the redemptive process is the Son of God returning to stay. The Spirit and the Son will be physically present, readying the Earth for the Father. This transition, just like the last, will be entirely voluntary, and thus MANY will miss the greatness of the change in human existence for many years. The Bible describes world leaders RESISTING Jesus years after His return and establishing His rule from Jer...

God isn't asking us to pick the "good guys" from the bad guys and pray strategies that protect the "good guys". John the Baptist didn't preach this Peter didn't preach this Jesus didn't preach this Paul didn't preach this James didn't preach this John didn't preach this They all preached the SAME thing: repent, the kingdom is at hand. The religious leaders of our day keep calling the church to pray into their imagination of what God's strategy is. This is a big error. Repent. If you repent you will see clearly what Jesus is interceding for, and why. There is so much confusion. So much arrogance. So much thinking God is protecting the good guys and trying to resist the bad guys. This is wrong to the core. Joshua 5:13-15 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or...

Got some great questions after last nights Millennial Reign Bible study: Question 1. Where are dead in Christ now. Answer: The dead in Christ are with the Lord in spiritual bodies. They are conscious, and communicating with each other and Jesus. They are knowledgeable about events on the earth. They are awaiting what is called in Hebrews 11 “perfection” or the resurrection of their bodies. Question 2. If Christ came today would we be translated and who would be raised from the dead to be with Him 1000 years. We know the Martyred during the Tribulation will come with Him. Answer: If Christ came today (and He wouldn’t because there are a few things that have to happen, primary of which is Israel needs to invite Him back as Messiah), whether or not you were translated (raptured) would depend on whether or not you qualified for the first resurrection. Many believers...most...will not (Matthew 7): Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but...

RN, it is extremely important to distinguish between what the Bible describes as the "cross" of a believer, or the trouble that comes from loyalty to Jesus, and the general trials of life, called the "cares of this life." The cares of this life come from our own misunderstandings about relationships, provision, and satisfaction. The cares of this life are a direct result of our logic rising up over truth. We all feel this. It is contrary to faith. BUT, this isn't the trouble Jesus refers to when promising tribulation. The trouble he is describing is the cross...it is rejection and hatred that comes from doing and saying the RIGHT things: John 16:1-3 "These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. (2) They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. (3) And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. ...this is the pro...

Kingdom-centered transformation isn't a good fruit...it's a work. Deliverance, feeding the poor, leading worship, leading prayer, teaching job skills, housing people, teaching the Bible, prophecy, healing, evangelism.... It's good work, but it isn't a fruit. Matthew 7:14“Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. 15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16“You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Jesus said you will know good trees by good fruit. The fruit of being led by the Holy Spirit is clear in the Bible: Love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, self control, and gentleness. These fruits will always produce the work of the kingdom...but works can be done apart from the fruit. Look at Ephesus: Revelation 2:2“I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you c...

1 Corinthians 14:5I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification. More than ever, the church needs to be edified. Edified = 'Oikodome' (G3619) Outline of Biblical Usage: (the act of) building, building up metaph. edifying, edification the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, holiness a building (i.e. the thing built, edifice) The church is crumbling. Look at the SBC, mega church leaders falling, denominations slipping in secular humanism....etc. The answer is to hear God more, and then say what He says. We need authority. Authority is produced by revelation of absolute truth. Relativism and corruption...which results in relational authority (picture a pyramid as opposed to a tree)...are literally destroying the church from within. The answer is learning to hear God....then say...