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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 26

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The Devil Made Me Do It!

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Part 36:

“Why Have the Cities of the Nations Fallen?'”

(Revelation 16:19 Explained)

To read part 1, click here…October 13th (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 1)

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“And the great city was divided into three parts,

and the cities of the nations fell:

and great Babylon came in remembrance before God,

to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath”

Revelation 16:19 

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Back in the 1970’s, a certain saying was popularized…“The Devil made me do it! The Devil made me do it!”

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And this was merely mocking Christians, who were seemingly obsessed with pointing the accusing finger at the Devil.

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Secularist could then all laughingly mock the notion that Satan is a very active and powerful force controlling the peoples of this world, by sarcastically chortling…“The Devil made me do it! The Devil made me do it!“

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Flip Wilson – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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SATAN, “THE GOD OF THIS WORLD”

2nd Corinthians 4:4

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But the horrifying fact is, the Devil does indeed cause the vast percentage of the world’s inhabitants to do a great amount of things!

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After all, the above signature verse reveals a truth which practically nobody realizes or accepts! It is perhaps the most egregious truth in all of the Bible!

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And this above verse from Ephesians reveals that Satan is indeed… “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”

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And let’s face it! To admit that the entire world’s inhabitants are filled with this evil, antichrist spirit is more than anybody is willing to accept, much less admit!

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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This above passage from Revelation 16:19 makes three prophecies:

1 – The great city would be divided into three parts.

2 – The cities of the nations would fall.

3 – Babylon would be ripe for God’s judgment, receiving the cup of the wine of the fierceness of God’s wrath.

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Most likely, all three of these prophecies are speaking of Babylon: Babylon, being this antichrist world-system, and Babylon, the apostate churches.

ABOVE ENGRAVING: Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – this old engraving shows that the Church once realized that the Babylon Mother of Harlots was actually the apostate churches – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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“That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon…How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning…which didst weaken the nations!”

Isaiah 14:4, 12 (condensed for brevity)

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And so, just what is Babylon?

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Since Lucifer, now given the office of “Satan…the Accuser”, is referred to as “The King of Babylon” in Isaiah 14:4, 12, then we can assume that invisible being, whom 2nd Corinthians 4:4 refers to as “the god of this world”, is the true “King of Babylon”: Babylon being this antichrist world-system!

Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“MYSTERY BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS”

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But also, because Revelation 17:5 refers to “MYSTERY BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS”, then we might also conclude that Babylon also includes the harlot churches.

(To explore this truth about the churches being “Mystery Babylon”, click here…Today’s Devotional – August 16th (Mystery Babylon, The Harlot Church!)

ABOVE ENGRAVING: Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – this old engraving shows that the Church once realized that the Babylon Mother of Harlots was actually the apostate churches – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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“Babylon is fallen is fallen”

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This duality of the world/apostate churches seems to explain very nicely why Revelation 18:4 says, “Babylon is fallen is fallen”. In short, this prophecy seems to speak both of the world-system, but also, the world-loving church-system as being TWICE FALLEN, as is written, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen”!

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And there are many articles on this website which reveal the apostasy of today’s churches and denominations.

(Read this 63+ article series, May 12th (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 1)

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But how about the world-system? Is Babylon, Lucifer’s Antichrist World-System fallen as the apostate church-world is fallen?

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Well, Revelation 16:19 says so…“And the cities of the nations fell.”

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So, have the cities of the nations fallen, as this above verse prophesied they would?

Antifa @ Protest Trump in Phoenix – 8-22-17 – Wikipedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

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CITIES ARE NOW RAPIDLY DEVOLVING

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Perhaps the cities of the nations have not yet totally fallen. But it appears as if their condition is rapidly deteriorating! Just look at the major cities in the USA! In just a few short years, those once-great and thriving cities are rapidly declining! And even many cities which have not yet literally crumbled have fallen into crime, vice, and immorality.

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Drugs, drunkenness, theft, violence, murder, abortion, prostitution, gambling, drugs, kidnapping, slavery, pornography, street-gangs, divorce, adultery, sodomy, vagrancy, thievery, and an untold list of similar sinful activities are running rampant in most cities around the world!

Minneapolis Riots – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

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“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter”

Isaiah 59:14 

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Now, if one watches the Internet, there is a call now being trumpeted to once again return to the law and order of decades past.

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But the question to be asked is this: “Why are the city, state, and federal governments seemingly helpless to bring about a return to sanity, civility, and morality? Why can’t this downward spiral be stopped, even reversed?”

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The deep-down problem is, the politicians of city, state and federal government have attempted to solve the human dilemma without the help of God! And because these secularists have rejected Heaven’s help, they have been left to solve the crises by themselves.

Antifa @ Protest Trump in Phoenix – 8-22-17 – Wikipedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

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ELLEN WHITE’S VISION OF THE FUTURE

To read her entire article, click here…”Ellen White’s 911 Vision”

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Ellen White, described the dire conditions of society just prior to the Lord’s Return on the Last Day, as follows…

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“There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God’s Word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them.”

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Here is seen that the root cause of the world’s hopeless condition is due to mankind’s rebellion and refusal to return to Heaven’s Way.

Ellen G. White – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God”

Psalms 9:17

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Oh yes, God has greatly helped, even blessed this nation in the past, in many ways. But there comes a time when iniquity surpasses God’s merciful forbearance.

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And morality has devolved so greatly that even little children are increasingly being targeted by parents and teachers to be sexually groomed and sometimes even sexually mutilated by greedy and depraved physicians, the very persons who should be safe-guarding children from all such monstrous attacks!

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Oh yes, we are ripe for judgment! And Judgment Day has now arrived!

Posing with the gay drag queens – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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“His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber”

Isaiah 56:10 

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But the problem goes even deeper than secular societal depravity! The problem even goes right down to the church-world! Yes, the Christian community has fallen asleep, spiritually, giving sway to church-entertainment, worldly aspirations, selfish pleasure-seeking, and such-like abominations! After all, society has become a cornucopia of decadent pleasures, world-seeking treasures. And tragically, the church has joined in with the world, allowing Satan to steal a march on us at every turn!

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And so, we have allowed Lucifer and his visible and invisible armies to bring us to the great hour of Judgment which we are now entering into.

Brooklyn Museum – The Wise Virgins – James Tissot – Wikimedia – public domain

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY!”

Proverbs 25:25

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But in spite of this awful and terrifying report, there still exists some very Good News!

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Listen to the prophecy of Joel…“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number…Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come” Joel 1:5, 6, 13-15

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Yes, God is calling His sleepy-eyed saints to wake up from our death-like slumber and begin to weep and howl for the destruction coming upon the land! We must cry out for deliverance and watchfulness! We must plead and beg for mercy and repentance!

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And even though we may not be able to turn back the overflowing tsunami of evil coming upon the land, we might find refuge and safety for ourselves and our family!

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“HIDE…FOR A LITTLE MOMENT”

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As a matter of fact, the Bible counsels us to…“Come, My people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity…” Isaiah 26:20, 21

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Here is revealed a hiding place from the approaching storm.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Hide Thyself in thy Chambers – inspired by Tornado Over Kansas by Curry

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be wise as a serpent regarding this very deceptive world. Let me not be ignorant of Satan’s devices, nor of his power over this world…

Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… November 23 (The Two Spirits In The World) or you can also read this shorter article…“March 13th (Planet Earth: Devil’s Island!)“

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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REVELATION 12 DRAGON CONSTELLATION

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LOCATION…

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The Revelation 12 Dragon Constellation can be located by finding Orion in winter months. The Dragon is to Orion’s left, and the Dragon’s mouth is right next to Orion’s shield. This Dragon’s mouth is the V-like constellation The Hyades Cluster, which is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull. The Dragon’s tail-tip is Pleiades and the lower shaft of his tail is partly of Aries and Pisces. Then with aid of a dark and starry night, you may begin to connect the mouth and the tail with a very long body in an oval shape. The front and back legs are made of a few stars: the front legs partially of stars from Taurus . The back legs and rear fin are made of 6 stars from the Cetus Constellation.

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BODY HARD TO SEE

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The long oval-shaped body has relatively few stars, but can been seen, howbeit with a dark, starry night. The four stars of the front fins are made partially of Taurus .

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FIRST APPEARS IN MID-SUMMER

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This Dragon constellation appears in the eastern horizon about mid-summer in the pre-dawn hours, spewing his flood-waters northward toward the Revelation 12 Woman in Travail (not pictured in this chart).

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The Wave of Water is primarily composed of the Constellation Auriga. There are two dimmer stars (#’s 1 & 2) which are closest to the Dragon’s mouth. These two dimmer stars are also part of this Wave of Water, but are not part of the Auriga Constellation.

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THE ZODIAC NAMES

It is not the purpose, nor the desire of www.theheavensdeclare.net to give any validity or recognition to the Zodiac or any pagan deities. But unfortunately, the common names of many constellations (such as Scorpio or Sagittarius, etc.), must be given, solely for the purpose of locating them on star-charts.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation“

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW…

July 27 (Apocalypse Now! Part 28: “Signs of the End”)

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 25

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Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture,

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Part 10:

“The ‘Behold, I Come as a Thief’ Hoax!”

To read Part 1, Click here… “January 25th (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 1)”

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“Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard,

and hold fast, and repent.

If therefore thou shalt not watch,

I will come on thee as a thief,

and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Revelation 3:3

Angel with trumpet – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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“…they that are unlearned and unstable wrest (wrestle), as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”

2nd Peter 3:16

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Today’s Bible teachers and theologians try their best to deny and cover up the fact that historical records give Cyrus I. Scofield credit for popularizing this false doctrine of the “Pre-Tribulation Rapture”, first invented by another 19th-century false Bible teacher, one John Darby of The Plymouth Brethren denomination.

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Today’s Bible teachers/theologians would love you to believe that the name, “The Rapture”, is the proper biblical name for Christ’s Return. But the fact is, in the New Testament centuries prior to these two men, the God-given, biblical name, “The Coming of the Lord” was correctly used. (See 1st Thessalonians, 4:15)

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John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“As also in all his epistles, (Paul) speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest (wrestle), as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”

2nd Peter 3:16

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What Scofield and Darby did, was to presumptuously take the two words from 1st Thessalonian 4:17, the words, “caught up”, and their Greek counterpart, “harpazo”, and changed “harpazo” into its Latin counterpart, “ripere”, (taken from an obscure Catholic Latin Bible), which is the Latin root for another English word, “rapture”, which, originally, was most commonly defined as being “in a state of euphoria”.

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Then, they morphed “caught up”, a verb into a proper noun, creating a new, exotic-sounding title, “The Rapture”.

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Thus, by such heretical wrestling with Scripture, Scofield/Darby then began to promote the idea that Christ would “rapture” His Church out of the world, just prior to the prophecies of Revelation being fulfilled.

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation”

Hebrews 9:28

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And so, by such twisting of Scripture, Scofield/Darby now invented TWO second “Coming(s) of the Lord”, instead of the Biblical pronouncement of only one! And thus was coined the name, “The Pretribulation Rapture”, and the third coming, using the God-given name for the event, “The Coming of the Lord” on “the last day”.

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Consequently, the Christian world was now being taught that there were, not one, but TWO separate returns of Christ! And if you missed out on the Christ’s first return, you now would have a second chance!

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Very clever…and yet, very devilish!

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.”

Revelation 3:3

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Those Bible teachers who are heavily invested in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture” church-doctrine will misappropriate this above verse from Revelation 3:3, in order to prop-up and bolster the false doctrine given the non-biblical name, “The Pre-Tribulation Rapture”.

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Of course, this is just one of many passages which these “Pre-Tribulation Rapture” Darbyites/Scofieldites will wrestle with in order to push their false narrative of two separate returns of Jesus.

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What rapturists fail to tell their followers is that this above verse was proclaimed to a church which existed around the 1st Century, A.D..

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In other words, Jesus was warning His professed people that if they were not faithful, He might come as a thief, and take away their Heaven-given blessings.

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Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame”

Revelation 16:15

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Yes, these above two verses (Revelation 3:3 & 16:15), concerning Jesus’ coming as a thief, not only apply to us today, but has likewise applied to churchgoers throughout the past 2,000 years.

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If a professed Christian is unfaithful in that which the Lord has entrusted him or her with, there is a danger of God’s Judgment upon that unfaithful individual.

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And such a judgment can happen at any time in history!

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WRESTLING WITH SCRIPTURE

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Well, all this confusion begins to make sense when we read 1st Peter 3:16… “they that are unlearned and unstable wrest(le), as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

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Yes, when those in the apostate church-world begin to teach some false doctrine, then begins the wrestling match, as they feverishly try to twist other scriptures in hopes of attaining some level of agreement between related scriptures which obviously refute their false doctrine.

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And this is what Darby & Scofield did to invent this totally unbiblical doctrine with the man-contrived name, “The Rapture”.

ABOVE PICTURE: Adding to or taking from God’s Word, the Bible

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The true, God-given name is found in 1st Thessalonians 4:15-17…

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“For this we say unto you

by the word of the Lord,

that we which are alive and remain

unto ‘THE COMING OF THE LORD’

shall not prevent them which are asleep…

For the Lord Himself shall descend

from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of the archangel,

and with the trump of God:

and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

then we which are alive and remain

shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,

to meet the Lord in the air:

and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

1st Thessalonians 4:15-17

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“COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE!”

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And all this wrestling with Scripture by theologians and Bible teachers, is just one more reason why God is calling His people out of “The City of Confusion”, mystery Babylon…“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4

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Yes, this entire false doctrine concerning the so-called “Pre-Tribulation Rapture” is just one more heresy among many, which the apostate church-world teaches.

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And this is why there is an end-time exodus occurring away from the harlot churches!

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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TO READ PART 11, CLICK HERE…

June 24th (Darby’s & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture Theory, Part 11: “The War Nobody Prepared For!”)

Seven sleepers – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to study my Bible for myself, and let me not by led astray by the errors which have overtaken today’s church-world…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Crown of Revelation 12: What Is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”?”, or you can also read…” June 25th (The War Nobody Prepared For!)”

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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THE 5 OFFICES OF ORION

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But like most of the other Signs which this website reveals, Orion too, has much more to say as he changes his position in the sky. And this Soldier in the Heavens puts on different garb, as he presents the five awesome aspects of his various offices. From ‘Orion the Soldier’, and ‘Orion the Reaper’, and ‘Orion the Archer’, and ‘The Cross of Orion’, and last but certainly not least, “Orion, The Good Shepherd”. This amazing constellation presents a very complex revelation of the God’s magnificent love for a fallen planet.

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So read on and discover, “things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.” Matthew 13:35

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Orion Phenomena”

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TOMORROW…

July 26 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 35: “Why Have the Cities of the Nations Fallen?’”)

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Those who are interested in using photos on this page may click on the provided image credit link below each photo, to get to Wikimedia Commons for various licensing names, details, and tags, and all other necessary info on any particular photo. 

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 24

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Cuttlefish & The False Prophet

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Part 15:

“Kiddie-Land Transforms into Groomer-World”

To read Part 1 of this “And He Spake As A Dragon” series, click here…January 11 (Cuttlefish & The False Prophet, “And He Spake As A Dragon!”)

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“Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful”

Proverbs 27:6

ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who now in these last days destroys the churches via a world-loving prosperity-driven false gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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CUTTLEFISH: THE ULTIMATE IMPOSTORS!

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One of the most amazing creatures ever created is the Cuttlefish! 

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The reason why this creature is so incredible, is that it can just glance at its environment and instantly change its body to imitate that environment!

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As a matter of fact, whatever the Cuttlefish passes over, it instantly begins to change into a similar color and shape of that undersea object!

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Cuttlefish.ogv – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License

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CUTTLEFISH: SYMBOL OF SATAN

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Well, God has created this little predator to give us further insight into the inner-workings of the unseen kingdom of Satan.

(As this little 26 second video below reveals, the Cuttlefish has the amazing ability to paralyze his potential victims, by using his hypnotizing strobe-light effect!)

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Certainly, Satan and his unseen armies love their invisibility! This allows them to work their misery and woe upon this unsuspecting world, without its inhabitants becoming alarmed, which would cause us to rebel against Satan’s kingdom, as we flee to God for refuge and safety!

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And isn’t it true that the fleshly pleasures and glittering treasures of this world, like the cuttlefish’s strobe-hypnotizer, have a mesmerizing effect upon us?

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“THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL!”

Proverbs 27:6

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Truly it can be said, we live in a “Cuttlefish World”.

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Yes, like that incredible impostor, this world was changed into a seemingly benign and beneficent society, to a great degree. Oh yes, there has always been many underlying dangers and evils lurking out there!

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But Satan is now coming as “The False Prophet”, spoken of in Revelation 13, 16, 19, and 20. And as with most false prophets, Satan is deceiving the world’s inhabitants, which explains why he has given this, his antichrist world-system a make-over into a seemingly “nice place”, offering many “good things” to enjoy and pursue.

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Giant Cuttlefish – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution

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A THEME-PARK WORLD!

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With today’s incredible wealth, endless innovative advances, and with rapid transportation, much of the world has been transformed into somewhat of a giant theme-park of pleasures and pursuits, enough to keep people captivated and preoccupied for a lifetime.

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And because the world seemed to be our friend, even the Christian community more-or-less laid down our spiritual armor and joined the pursuit after all this cornucopian world had to offer.

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CUTTLEFISH SCHOOL-SYSTEM

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We placed our trust in a world-system which seemed to be our friend. Our schools seemed to be a safe-haven, with the best of intentions for the protection of our children. 

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And what better babysitter could there be than to have someone else teach our children while we went headlong after the pleasures and treasures of this cornucopian world-system?

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Oh yes, we knew they were teaching atheism and its related ideologies to our kids. But hey, we were too busy pursuing the good things which this self-seeking world had to offer!

cuttlefish Wikipedia – is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

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“And he (The False Prophet) had power to give life unto the image of the (antichrist) beast, that the image of the (antichrist) beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the (antichrist) beast should be killed”

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And then there was television, which more or less seemed to likewise be on our side, having a form of godliness and morality, even though it had a lot of shows we wouldn’t dare expose ourselves nor our children to. But we tried to view only the “good shows”.

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KIDDIE-LAND TRANSITIONS INTO GROOMER-WORLD!

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And then each year, society went on vacation, maybe taking the family to some theme-park, which we believed to be “family-friendly”.

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But little did we know that the great and artful Deceiver, that ultimate cuttlefish imposter, Lucifer, now given the office and title of “Satan” and “The Devil”, is actually “the god of this world”. (2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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And little did we realize that we were merely being deceived into believing the world was on our side and had our best interests at heart! We simply didn’t remember God’s warning…“The kisses of an enemy are deceitful!”

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Glow Garden Theme park – Dubai – cropped photo – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

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“The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites! Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Isaiah 33:14

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And one morning, we woke up, horrified to discover that this cuttlefish world had begun to show its true evil nature. Yes, our “trustworthy” school system was now encouraging students to engage in sodomy. Some teachers were even beginning to have sexual relations with students.

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Then, we became likewise shocked and horrified to discover that our beloved theme-parks were also beginning to groom our children into sodomy, just like our schools! What began as a “kindly grandfatherly-type theme-park” turned into a “dirty-old-man theme-park”, preying on innocent children, grooming them into sexual perversion!

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In other words, the world was seemingly going insane, right before our very eyes! Those whom we assumed to be looking out for the best interests of our children, had become their predators!

Gay Parade – Jazz Jennings 2016 – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License

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“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world”

1st John 2:15, 16

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Actually, “Kiddie-Land” was always a tool and weapon in Satan’s deadly arsenal! Yes, “Kiddie-Land” always promoted love for this selfish world! Yes, “Kiddie-Land” was, from its inception, designed to misrepresent Lucifer’s antichrist world-system in a positive light. It merely groomed young children into becoming world-loving, God-hating antichrists, by glorifying Satan’s kingdom of sin and selfishness.

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But now that the masks have been removed, it is no longer camouflaging its pretentious and insidious “Cuttlefish evil”. 

Giant Cuttlefish – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution

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A CUTTLEFISH WORLD

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What we didn’t realize was that this cuttlefish world had been merely camouflaging itself to appear benign. But now, it no longer was pretending to be our friend! Yes, we completely forgot that Ephesians 2:2 warned us that this world is held captivate, under the bewitching power of “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience”.

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And now we realized that Isaiah 33:14 is being fulfilled at this very moment, in which, “The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites!”

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But didn’t our Bible teachers promise to us that we’d miss out on all this?! Didn’t they confidently assure us that we’d all be raptured prior to “The Day of the Lord”? And aren’t they still reassuring us that that day has not yet come? “Oh yes”, they now say, “things are getting pretty evil, but the Rapture is still coming, and it’s almost here!”

Giant Cuttlefish – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution

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A HEAVEN-SENT WAKE-UP CALL!

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Actually, we should look at all this demonic paradigm shift as a giant wake-up call! God does not want us to be deceived any longer, as to the true nature of this Luciferian world-system. And thus, God is exposing this world for what it truly is!

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Now we are beginning to understand that we are living in a tyrannical, God-hating, demonically-ruled, prison-house of sin!

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Listen…“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” 2nd Corinthians 4:4 

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HABAKKUK SAYS ‘RUN!’ 

Habakkuk 2:2

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The prophet, Habakkuk, prophesied of this very day…“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.” Habakkuk 1:4

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The book of Habakkuk presents the problem: the all-consuming indoctrination of society (especially of young people). But Habakkuk also gives the solution to our dilemma: “Run”, says Habakkuk 2:2

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Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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RUN, CHRISTIAN RUN!

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And so, in these last days prior to Christ’s Return, the call goes out for Christians to “run”. But how in the world can we escape the all-consuming indoctrination which society has now become obsessed with and now has the ability to do?

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Listen again to Habakkuk…“The LORD God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places.” Habakkuk 3:19

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Here is some allegorical language which reveals the solution. To fill our mind (our “high places”) with the “exceeding great and precious promises” found in God’s Word! To make the Lord our all-in-all, learning to trust implicitly in all the “exceeding great and precious promises“, and hiding ourselves in Christ’s everlasting “rest unto your souls”! (2nd Peter 1:4 & Matthew 11:28-30)

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“And take heed to yourselves,

lest at any time your hearts be overcharged

with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,

and so that day come upon you unawares. 

For as a snare shall it come

on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always,

that ye may be accounted worthy to escape

all these things that shall come to pass,

and to stand before the Son of man”

Luke 21:34-36

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WATCH THIS SHORT BUT AMAZING VIDEO ON CUTTLEFISH…

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TO READ PART 16, CLICK HERE…

July 28 (Cuttlefish & The False Prophet . Part 16: “The Words of the Wicked”)

Giant Cuttlefish – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to not be fooled by this very deceptive world…

Prayer – Anna Blunden – For Only One Short Hour – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…October 4 (And The Nations Were Angry! Part 3: “Summer of Love, Winter of Hate”)“, or you can also read… March 29 (A 3-Fingered Judgment-Day, Part 9: “Will The Real Nazi/Fascist/Racist/Etc., Please Shout the Loudest!”)

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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“Multitudes, multitudes in the ‘Valley of Decision’…

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for the day of the Lord is near in the ‘Valley of Decision’.”

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“The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining… 

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“The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem…

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“And the heavens and the earth shall shake…

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“But the LORD will be the hope of His people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

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Joel 3:14-16

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LOCATING THIS CONSTELLATION GROUP…

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“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” Micah 4:1, 2

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Look eastward in the early summer through fall. Find the Cassiopeia Constellation. Cassiopeia is the Mount of Blessing. In this sketch, it is the farthest mountain to the left. In the sky, it is the northernmost of these three mountains when facing eastward. It somewhat resembles a pyramid, as do the other two.

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Then find the second pyramid to its right (south).

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Then go a little further south to the next third pyramid. The third snow-cap is the Destroying Mountain Constellation.

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These three pyramids are the snow-capped portion of these three mountains in this sketch. (of course, you won’t see the snow-caps in the sky. They are just an embellishment in this sketch to present a concept-EDITOR).

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THE VALLEY OF DECISION CONSTELLATION GROUP.

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They appear in mid-summer in the eastern skies in pre-dawn hours. These are made of Cassiopeia (mount on left), and various stars from the Andromeda Constellation (valley) and  Pegasus (Mount of Cursing (middle mount) and the “Destroying Mountain” (right)), and Pisces (“The Broad Way to Hell”). The galaxy which appears to be climbing the Mountain of Blessing is the Andromeda Galaxy. 

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The above Wikipedia star-chart shows this amazing constellation group as it appears from June to fall, just prior to the winter constellation group. Actually, these Valley of Decision Constellations appear in early summer in the pre-dawn hours. (Editor of this website has sketched in this constellation group onto this above Wikipedia star-chart.) 

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READ MORE…

The ‘Valley of Decision’ Constellation

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TOMORROW:

July 25 (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 10: “The ‘Behold, I Come as a Thief’ Hoax!”

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The Man of Lawlessness
2Th 2:1  Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5  Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

As we survey the societal landscape there are many signs which reveal that the Holy Spirit is being “taken out of the way”.

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 14

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Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads,

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Part 7:

“Over the Rainbow? Or Stay Down Here?”

To read Part 1, click here… “July 4th (Look Up & Lift Up Your Heads!)”

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“There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home!”

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Remember those words?

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Well, perhaps the Reader of this article is too young to know about the movie which popularized those words, “There’s no place like home!”

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Wizard of Oz Judy Garland – 1939 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THE WIZARD OF OZ

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And for those who are too young to know, that movie, The Wizard of Oz, was a blockbuster mega-movie starring that fresh-faced young lady named Judy Garland, who played Dorothy of Kansas.

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And in this incredible movie, young Dorothy was taken up in a Midwest tornado-whirlwind, soon finding herself in a colorful wonderland in which she and three fellow seekers begin an arduous journey to find The Wizard of Oz, in hopes of asking him to give to each of these four sojourners, that one thing which was lacking in each of their respective lives.

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Dorothy, of course, was wanting the Wizard to help her find her way home, back to Kansas.

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And in the end of this charming movie, Dorothy is told to keep repeating the words, “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…” And lo and behold, when she opens her eyes, she finds herself back home in Kansas, now appreciating her home and humble circumstances like she never had done so before!

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WIZARD OF OZ ORIGINAL POSTER 1939 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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So, what’s the point of this article?

At a loss by George Shucklin – wikimedia – share-alike license

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SUSPICIOUS RESEMBLANCE TO PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

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The point is, that this movie, which has captured the hearts of successive generations since it first aired, had a very suspicious resemblance to the book, Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan.

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Yes, The Wizard of Oz was obviously, the secular world’s answer to that incredible allegorical tale by Bunyan, which also won the hearts of, and greatly encouraged millions of Christian pilgrims since it was first penned in the mid-seventeenth century!

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Pilgrims Progress title page third edition – 1679 – wikimedia commons – public-domain

Pilgrim’s Progress Enters The Wicket Gate – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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WHICH WORLD WILL YOU CHOOSE?

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The big difference between those two tales, is that in Bunyan’s book, the focus was on the Pilgrim’s sojourn to the Celestial City (Heaven).

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On the other hand, The Wizard of Oz movie only proved that this present world is the best place to be.

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SANTA CLAUSE & THE WIZARD BOTH INSPIRE UNBELIEF

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And just like that old mythical character, “Santa Clause”, that great pretender, “The Wizard of Oz” likewise had a very suspicious resemblance to God, The Father.

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Yes, when Dorothy’s dog pulled back the Wizard’s curtain, it was discovered that the wizard was just a mere mortal man, fraudulently posing as a Wizard.

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Dear Santa Claus – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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So why bring all these things to light?

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At a loss by George Shucklin – wikimedia – share-alike license

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“Look Up; Lift Up Your Heads!”

Luke 21:28

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Well, that mega-movie is a very great example of how Satan masterfully uses the various media to get people’s eyes focused downward.

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On the other hand, Bunyan’s tale, Pilgrim’s Progress, got its readers eyes focused upward, to Heaven!

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Yes, even moviegoers cannot escape the battle between Heaven and Hell (that is, the Hell of this present world). And the Wizard of Oz has been one of Satan’s most successful Hollywood productions, for the above stated reason.

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The Pilgrim’s Progress – by Byam Shaw – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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“THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR…”

Ephesians 2:2, 3

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Oh yes, Satan is very subtle! He was subtle when he first deceived Mankind in the Garden, and he is even more subtle today, in the ways that he deceives the world’s citizens!

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The Bible declares that “Satan…deceives the whole world” Revelation 12:9.

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And the greatest subtilty of this low-profile deceiver has been to seemingly reduce himself to a mere myth in the minds of men, causing mankind to deny his very existence!

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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel

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ATHEISM, THE 6TH HEAD OF ANTICHRIST

(to read more on this, click here)

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And as charming as that movie was, it nevertheless was a very subtle assault by that unseen Master Deceiver Antichrist spirit, to further cause moviegoers to disbelieve in the existence of God!

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It exposed the great Wizard of Oz as a complete fraud!

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Yes, Satan has used the modern media to convince much of this world that God is nothing more than a mythical character, thus plunging a great portion of the earth’s inhabitants into a hopeless prison called, “Atheism”, now deceiving them into thinking that there is no way of escape out of this sad and hopeless world of death!

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Atheist sign Wisconsin State wikipedia share-alike license (2)

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“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon”

Revelation 13:11

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This above verse from Revelation 13:11, foretells of this very day in which Satan is using the various media goliaths to deceive and destroy the nations.

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The lies, the hypocrisy, the coverups, the obfuscation, the tyranny, the immorality, and all the corruption broadcast on a 24/7 basis by the mass-media has become Satan’s chosen weapon of destruction of the human race, in these final hours of earth’s history!

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Hence, as Revelation 13:11 reveals, today’s major media “speaks as a dragon”: the “dragon”, referring to Satan!

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In simpler terms, our various major media entities have become Satan’s “megaphone” to the world!

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The Yellow Press by L.M. Glackens – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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THE PROMISED LAND AWAITS!

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But the very Good News is, that there is indeed a way of escape from all this pandemic madness!

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Yes, “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high”, there actually exists a “Promised Land” which is infinitely more wonderful than any fictional tale which any storyteller or movie producer could ever possibly imagine!

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And that Promised Land is waiting for the arrival of all Pilgrims who are weary of this sorrowful world of sickness, death, and hopelessness!

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The River Of The Water Of Life by H. Melville – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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END-TIME EXODUS

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And the Reader is encouraged to also join the exodus out of this “City of Destruction”, the world, and begin the Pilgrim’s sojourn to that Land in which there will be “no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away”. Revelation 21:4

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And while lying in bed, one might even close their eyes, look up, and keep repeating the phrase, “There’s no place like home in Heaven! There’s no place like home in Heaven…”

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ABOVE PICTURE: The True Upward Pathway www.signsofheaven.org

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To read part 8, click here…

December 6th (Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads, Part 8: “A New Heart For The Tin Man?”)

Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Open my eyes, that I may see the veracity of this message, and keep me from allowing Satan to bring my focus back down to earth…

Prayer – Mother and Daughter – Wikipedia – (cropped image) the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…February 9 (The False Prophet, Part 11: “Which World Will You Choose?”), or you can also read… May 27 (As The Flower of the Field, Part 18: “Somewhere Over The Rainbow?”)

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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THE ARK, CROSS/SCEPTER & FLOWER OF THE FIELD

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“And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” Revelation 11:19

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The below sketch is of the southernmost constellations: The Ark of the Covenant, the Flower of the Field, and the Cross/Scepter Constellations. As you can see in the sketch, the two stars in this Ark of the Covenant Constellation, (on either side of the Ark) do not look like these two angels. This sketch is just an overly generous rendering of this constellation. This sketch does however, present a view of the Ark, as it might have appeared (somewhat) in Solomon’s temple. This constellation is commonly known as “Sagittarius”. Why the ancients saw this as a centaur (man/horse figure) is a mystery. Maybe someone knows.

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TEMPLE IN HEAVEN OPENED

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But the really big important fact is that this constellation is spoken of in Revelation… “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the Ark of His Testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” Revelation 11:19. This constellation begins to fulfill this prophecy in this above verse. But as you read more and more of Signs Of Heaven, you will see a greater fulfillment of this prophecy. Because not only will the temple be opened in Heaven, but you will receive instructions as to how you may enter by faith into the true temple in Heaven and into the true Most Holy Place where the actual Ark is (the heart of God).

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(To read more on this subject, go to… “Ark of the Covenant Constellation, Pt. 2: How To Enter The Most Holy Place”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: these are sketches, and are not charts. They are not 100% accurate. But hopefully, they are close enough, so that the reader may locate them in the night sky.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Ark of the Covenant Constellation”

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TOMORROW:

July 15 (Taking Back This Nation for God! Part 22: “The Death of Common Sense”)

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 22

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Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture,

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Part 8:

“Left Behind: Myth or Merely Misunderstood?”

To read Part 1, Click here… “January 25th (The Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 1)”

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“But as the days of Noe (Noah) were,

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

For as in the days that were before the flood

they were eating and drinking,

marrying and giving in marriage,

until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

And knew not until the flood came,

and took them all away;

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

Then shall two be in the field;

the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

Two women shall be grinding at the mill;

the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

Watch therefore:

for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known

in what watch the thief would come,

he would have watched,

and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 

Therefore be ye also ready:

for in such an hour as ye think not

the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 24:37-44

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“…they that are unlearned and unstable wrest (wrestle), as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”

2nd Peter 3:16

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Today’s Bible teachers and theologians try their best to deny and cover up the fact historical records give Cyrus I. Scofield credit for popularizing this false doctrine of the “Pre-Tribulation Rapture”, first invented by another 19th-century false Bible teacher, one John Darby of The Plymouth Brethren denomination.

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Today’s Bible teachers/theologians would love you to believe that the name “The Rapture” is the proper biblical name for Christ’s Return. But the fact is, in the New Testament centuries prior to these two men, the God-given, biblical name, “The Coming of the Lord” was correctly used. (See 1st Thessalonians, 4:15)

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“As also in all his epistles, (Paul) speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”

2nd Peter 3:16

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What Scofield and Darby did, was to presumptuously take the two words from 1st Thessalonian 4:17, the words, “caught up”, and their Greek counterpart, “harpazo”, and changed “harpazo” into its Latin counterpart, “ripere”, (taken from an obscure Catholic Latin Bible), which is the Latin root for another English word, “rapture”, which, originally, was most commonly defined as being “in a state of euphoria”. Then, they morphed “caught up”, a verb into a proper noun, creating a new, exotic-sounding title, “The Rapture”.

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Thus, by such heretical wrestling with Scripture, Scofield/Darby then began to promote the idea that Christ would “rapture” His Church out of the world, just prior to the prophecies of Revelation being fulfilled.

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation”

Hebrews 9:28

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And so, by such twisting of Scripture, Scofield/Darby now invented TWO second “Coming(s) of the Lord”, instead of the Biblical pronouncement of only one! And thus was coined the name, “The Pretribulation Rapture”, and the second return, using the God-given name for the event, “The Coming of the Lord” on “the last day”.

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Consequently, the Christian world was now being taught that there were, not one, but TWO separate returns of Christ! And if you missed out on the Christ’s first return, you now would have a second chance!

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Very clever…and yet, very devilish!

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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So, let’s just “cut-to-the-chase”, as the saying goes, and somewhat dissect our signature verse…

“But as the days of Noe (Noah) were,

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

For as in the days that were before the flood

they were eating and drinking,

marrying and giving in marriage,

until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

And knew not until the flood came,

and took them all away;

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

Then shall two be in the field;

the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

Two women shall be grinding at the mill;

the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

Watch therefore:

for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known

in what watch the thief would come,

he would have watched,

and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 

Therefore be ye also ready:

for in such an hour as ye think not

the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 24:37-44

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So here it says that the Coming of the Son of Man will be like the days of Noah: it was “business as usual” in the world: eating drinking, marrying, etc….

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And then, the flood came and took them (the rejecters of God’s plea to get into the Ark) all away in that watery deluge.

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But Jesus now compares this to the Coming of the Son of Man: “…so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.” 

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Okay, so who was taken away in Noah’s flood? “they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;”

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So, it was those who continued enjoying the things of the world, being too busy to be bothered with getting aboard the Ark of safety. These worldly-minded ones were taken away!

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And so, who will be taken when Jesus comes as a “thief in the night?” Listen to Luke’s Gospel, as God makes a similar statement…

Luk 17:35  Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Luk 17:36  Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Luk 17:37  And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

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So in this passage, Jesus’ disciples actually ask “Where, Lord?” They obviously were asking where were the ones being taken.To this, Jesus replied…”Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.” In other words, the ones being taken were taken to be destroyed, consumed by eagles! And the ones being left were left in the field, or left grinding at the mill!

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TO READ PART 9, CLICK HERE…Today’s Devotional – May 8th (The Darby/Scofield Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 9 “The Church Hidden”)