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 finger at the Devil.
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Then they could all laugh and mock “the silly and absurd notion” that Satan is a very active and powerful force controlling the peoples of this world, by mockingly saying…“The Devil made me do it!”
But the horrifying fact is, the Devil does indeed cause the vast percentage of the world’s inhabitants to do a great number of things!
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After all, Ephesians, Chapter 2 reveals a truth that practically nobody realizes or accepts! It is perhaps the most egregious truth in all of the Bible!
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And this verse is, “…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! The idea that the entire world’s inhabitants are filled with this antichrist spirit is more than anybody is willing to accept, much less even admit! (See 1st John 4:1-6)
Many years ago, two young boys were walking by some religious schoolground. The first boy said to the other, “Let’s get a drink from this water-fountain.”
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Out of the clear blue, the other young boy disdainfully retorted, “Naw, that’s ‘Jew-water’!” The first boy didn’t answer back, but looked dumbfounded at such a comment (probably mostly because he was a student at that same religious school).
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But the fact is, the second young boy had absolutely no idea what he was saying!
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After all, it wasn’t even a Jewish school, but actually was operated by some Christian denomination.
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Years later, the other boy, now fully grown, thought back and wondered, “Why in the world did I make such an outrageously harsh and stupid denunciation, especially since I had not the slightest clue what a Jew actually was at such a young age?!”
“We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.”
Psalm 79:4
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The Bible reveals that Satan has been attacking Israel and the Jewish people almost since the days of Abraham. Certainly, Abraham’s son, Isaac, had a number of his wells stolen by Philistines and others. (See Genesis 26)
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The Old Testament is literally saturated with true accounts of Israel’s conflicts with Philistines and others.
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Nazi Death-Camp Corpses Wagon – Buchenwald-18th – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against…spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Ephesians 6:11, 12
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But the Bible reveals that it is not merely mortal people who are the only ones persecuting God’s people.
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Listen to God’s Word…
…”Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Ephesians 6:11, 12
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Here we see that our true enemy is that invisible spirit of evil, who works through the human race to create all the sins and troubles which this world is literally dripping with!
Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you”
1st John 3:13
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It’s truly amazing to see how quickly the hatred for the Jewish people has intensified and spread its venomous tentacles in every direction!
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But should we be surprised to see all the hatred which exists today against Jews? Oh yes, such hatred is only to be expected by those who live in today’s “Philistine” (This name is now corrupted to “Palestine”).
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Nevertheless, it’s amazing to see the same hatred for Jews by a great multitude from practically all nations! It is the same hatred which Adolph Hitler and the Nazis had for the Jewish people!
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THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: “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.“
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Yes, it’s not difficult to see the Nazi spirit arising up today! And this hatred is largely propagated by today’s media Goliaths, whom the Bible prophesies “and he spake as a dragon”!
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Just go on the Internet and be horrified at all the vitriolic disdain cast down upon the Jewish race!
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Or read about the violent attacks on Jews in many western nations!
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And it is very probable that many hate-filled young adults, until recently, could not even be able to locate Israel on a map!
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And yet, they somehow have an innate hatred for Jewish people!
Stop Israel aggression – Wikimedia – the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
Arthur Szyk – 1894-1951 – Jewish Children To Be Shot as Dangerous Enemies – cropped – Wikimedia – the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
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“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me (Jesus) before it hated you”
John 15:18
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But don’t believe for a minute that such unexplainable pandemic hatred will only exist for Jews!
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No, but rather, Satan will increasingly turn his guns on the Christian community, as well: on those who are the “called, and chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17:14
Nazi Stabs Bible – Wikimedia commons – US Public Domain (2)
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If There’s a Devil, Then There Must Be a God!
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Here’s the point to this article and an epilogue to its beginning little story about the young boy who didn’t want to drink supposed “Jew Water”.
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You see, this boy grew up being thoroughly indoctrinated by society and years of public schooling into the ideology of atheism.
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However, one night this confused little boy (now grown, about 30 years old) had an encounter with demonic spirits-beings.
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And instantly he realized, to his utter shock and amazement, that there actually is an unseen spiritual realm.
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And by simple logic, he concluded that if Satan exists, then there obviously must be God!
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And if God and Satan exist, then the Bible must likewise be true!
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And this is the main truth which today’s article presents: this world’s innate hatred for Jews cannot merely be coincidental, and should convince us that we are living in the midst of a cosmic conflict between the unseen forces of good and evil!
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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY!”
Proverbs 25:25
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The Good News is, that God is now calling all people to return to Him, crying out for a new heart, which will put a fervent brotherly love and compassion, not only for the Jewish people, but for each and every lost soul!
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And, for those who are suffering persecution from the loyal citizenry of this antichrist world-system, God is allowing these troubles in the hope that we might pray to our Savior, “that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men…”, and further cry out, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
2nd Thessalonians 3:2 & Luke 23:34
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Bible Study Group – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License
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THE END
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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7 HEADS, 10 HORNS, & 7 CROWNS OF THE DRAGON
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“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” Revelation 12:3
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In Revelation, the Dragon of Revelation 12 is described as having seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.
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However, the Dragon Constellation up in the night sky does not.
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But God has faithfully created the wave of water, in such a way, as to illustrate this same concept of the seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.
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Because this wave of water is basically composed of ten stars.
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The main body of the wave has seven stars (#‘s, 1 thru 7).
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And the tip of the crest of the wave has the other three stars (#’s, 8, 9 & 10).
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So we have this 7 and 10 numbering.
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And this gives us a great clue, as to where in the Bible we should look, to find out the riddle as to just what or who do these 7 heads, 10 crowns, and 7 horns represent.
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Because, the Bible speaks very much about floods and waters as being associated with Satan (the Dragon).
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The Book of Job (pronounced with a long “O”) was an inside look at how “the god of this world”, Lucifer, now titled “Satan”, created circumstances designed to cause Job to angrily lash out at God.
(2nd Corinthians 4:4 for “god of this world” reference)
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First, Satan caused Job to lose all of his vast wealth.
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He then killed all ten of Job’s children who were together, celebrating a sibling’s birthday.
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Then, if all that wasn’t horrific enough, Satan covered Job’s body with puss-filled boils.
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And if that wasn’t enough, Job’s three friends came and began to accuse and criticize Job, saying he deserved all his troubles!
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Job rebuked by his friends – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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“Now all these things happened (to God’s Old Testament People) for examples: and they are written for our admonition…”
1st Corinthians 10:11
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As this above verse from 1st Corinthians reveals, all those Old Testament stories were orchestrated by God to be examples of the evils which everyday people also must encounter in this world of sin.
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“In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.”
Job 1:22
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And just as Satan attempted to provoke Job, so too, Satan will likewise attempt to provoke all humans, especially Believers to become angry at God.
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Quite often, secularists will point out all the bad things in the world as an example of why there cannot be a loving God.
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“And if there is a God,” they often say, “He must be a horrible monster-tyrant!”
Protest – Atheists in Pride Parade – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
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SATAN’S FOOTPRINTS & FINGERPRINTS PROVE HIS EXISTENCE!
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As we behold all the evil, tragedy, sorrow, and suffering in the world, it should wake us up that there is, indeed, a literal personage called Lucifer, the Devil, and Satan!
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And just look at how well orchestrated much of the evil is!
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All of a sudden, some new evil arises, all over the world!
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This too, is evidence that such phenomena are being orchestrated by unseen evil agencies.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR MATURITY & GROWTH
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While humanity is obviously perplexed by all the wickedness in this fallen world, Christians are encouraged by God to take advantage of the situation.
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In other words, as each Christian encounters various acts of evil during each day, they may use each and every adverse incident to their own advantage and Christian growth.
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Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
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“whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”
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For example, when a rude cashier insults us, we can react with Christlike silence, patience, and forgiveness, remembering Jesus’ words…
…”But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil:
but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.”
Matthew 5:39
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Supermarket- grocery store – check-out-wikipedia-public-domain
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Or as we encounter some drug-addicted street-person causing a public spectacle, we can, instead of condemning them, sympathize with their unfortunate life of poor choices…
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…bad choices caused by the “Enemy of Souls” who has beaten them down at every turn throughout their life!
Or when we read of some unjust word, deed, or lawlessness committed by political leaders, we can cry out to God, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” Luke 23:34
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience…But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
Romans 5:3 & James 1:4
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In conclusion, God has allowed evil to continue for a number of reasons.
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Not only is God showing mankind that selfishness only leads to unhappiness, suffering, and death…
…but He also uses mankind’s evil to teach us patience, forgiveness, sympathy, and understanding for all lost souls.
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And even our own sins teach us that we are no better than others, and desperately in need of God’s grace and mercy!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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“THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME, I’M JUST A-PASSIN’ THROUGH!”
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It might do well for us to learn this above song, “The World is not My Home, I’m Just A-passin’ Through”, and sing a few lyrics every time I’m tempted to get angry over some injustice in this world.
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to look up and lift up my head to remember that this world is not my home, and that it is actually Satan realm…
The star-charts below are from Wikipedia and are combined into one chart to show these three constellations, which the editor has sketched over with these three constellations, as they appear when in the west.
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Hopefully, this will be an assist in locating these constellations in the night-sky.
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LOCATION…
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The Revelation 12 Dragon Constellation can be located by finding Orion in winter months.
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The Dragon is to Orion’s left, and the Dragon’s mouth is right next to Orion’s shield.
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This Dragon’s mouth is the V-like constellation The Hyades Cluster, which is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull.
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The Dragon’s tail-tip is Pleiades and the lower shaft of his tail is partly of Ariesand Pisces.
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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.
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The front and back legs are made of a few stars: the front legs partially of stars from Taurus.
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The back legs and rear fin are made of 6 stars from the CetusConstellation.
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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.
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The four stars of the front fins are made partially of Taurus .
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“HE HATH NOT REWARDED US ACCORDING TO OUR INIQUITIES”
Psalm 103:10
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And yet, in spite of all such sadness and woe, God has graciously allowed mankind to enjoy many things in His supreme desire to bring them back from their rebellion against Heaven!
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And every wise man and every wise woman will properly ascribe the world’s evil to its rightful progenitor: Satan, the fallen rebel angel!
“THEY SHALL BEHOLD THE LAND THAT IS VERY FAR OFF!”
Isaiah 33:17
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But one day soon, those who are wise will cross that dark river, only to enter into the Promised Land in which everlasting joy and peace and brotherly kindness will never again be marred by sin and sorrow!
And right now, those who have been given true wisdom will take time out of their busy day to, “taste and see that the Lord is good”, as they consider all the many pleasant and happy things which mankind enjoys each day! (Psalm 34:8)
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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HEAVENLY OBJECT LESSON
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Listen…
“Ye are the light of the world…
Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:14-16
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The Christian is to be a light to the world: to this sin-darkened world.
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But as the Moon must reflect the light of the Sun, in order to be a light to the world…
…so also must the Christian reflect the light of Jesus, to be a spiritual light to this planet in rebellion.
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However, during an eclipse, the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, preventing that sunlight from shining on the Moon’s face.
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This is an incredible object-lesson about when the child of God allows the world to come between him and his Lord.
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Like the eclipse, that person no longer reflects the light of Jesus, because his or her love of this dark world of sin has eclipsed the light from the“Sun of Righteousness” (see Malachi 4:2).
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And so, this is just one of the many poetic truths seen in the Moon.
One day almost 15 years ago, my daughter, Denise called me and tearfully shared her fears about having her first child and becoming a mother…“Dad! I’m so sad!”
“Why, Denise? What’s going on?”
“I’m just so afraid of becoming a parent”, Denise tearfully confessed. “I like my life! I like doing whatever I want, whenever I want! I don’t think I want all the responsibilities and demands of motherhood! I don’t want to give up my self-focused life!”
I’m not sure just how I responded to Denise, since she was already halfway along.
But that was the first and last time she lamented her fears to me about this new chapter in her life.
But, a few months passed and Natalie Jane was born. And Denise and Matt were so happy and proud to be new parents! And they began building their life around their little family.
But once again, Denise became “with child” a second time! I heard not even one complaint or tear-filled fear! Denise and Matt seemed to be settling quite nicely into their new responsibilities!
But Denise was so happy with her new life, she desperately wanted a third child. But it just didn’t seem to be God’s will for another child. And yet, after some sad disappointments, she was once again going to have one more child!
And before long, Gabe was born! Rambunctious and energetic, little Gabe came happily crashing into the world!
And now Matt and Denise have three fine children, Natalie, Connor, and Gabe! And Matt and Denise have become so focused on their children, dedicating themselves fully to rearing up their kids to be happy, healthy and fulfilled!
And it has been a great joy of mine to watch them all grow and thrive.
And it is a joy to see little Gabe growing up so nicely, receiving so much love from his parents.
And one of my regrets is that Denise’s loving Mother, Becky, is not here to experience these joys with us!
But my daily prayer is that one day, Becky and I will be able to walk along the highways and byways of eternity with our kids and grandkids!
(Roughly about 200 days or so, from becoming an Ex-Atheist)
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“LOOKIN’ FOR A POT OF GOLD!”
(Lyric from the 1969 Creedence Clearwater hit, “Stuck In Lodi Again”)
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Have you ever wished that God was like a genie in a bottle? And maybe you could get just three wishes: perhaps a long, healthy life, marital bliss, and a financial fortune to enjoy?
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Well this little excursion promised to be just that!
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Yes, maybe, just maybe God is perhaps a “genie in a bottle”, or some kind of a, “heavenly goose that lays golden eggs”!
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As the songster once sang…“Seekin’ my fame and fortune, lookin’ for a pot of gold!”
Well, I couldn’t make up such a far-fetched and even crazy story; or maybe I should rather call it, “A true account”, which this chapter is.
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But I’ll simply report it like it happened and you can decide if you’re going to believe it or just decide that…“The writer of this chapter is out of his ever-lovin’ gourd (like this poor deluded individual in an insane asylum, depicted in this very old picture to the right”).
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Nevertheless, if you do decide that this is merely the work of a crazy man, never fear, you have plenty of established medical and psychiatric professionals who will backup your assertion 100%!
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Anyway, I’ll mostly recount this true little story, trying not to make too much analysis, and let you decide for yourselves…
We arrived at a little resort on the Pacific ocean.
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We parked our car, and went over to the little ferry, which would take us to this little island resort (not the island photo here, of course! Just a very tiny island).
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But just as soon as we boarded the ferry, the spirit began talking in a sort of mocking way, “Oh yeah, this is your fantasy! This is your fantasy!”
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And actually, it did somewhat remind a person of Fantasy Island.
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Very beautiful and jungle-like!
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So, we boarded the ferry, and in a very short time, we arrived on the island.
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But the spirit kept telling me, “Yes Chuck, this is going to be your Fantasy Island!”
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And so, I was somewhat anticipating a sort of exotic mystery (which would be a welcomed respite from the torment which I had been abundantly experiencing!).
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Maybe I was to find riches here! Or maybe some promise of future glory!
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Well whatever lay in store for me had great promise of being that proverbial, “pot of gold!”
By the way, for your information, Fantasy Island was a hit TV series, in which various people went to a certain resort on an unnamed island, to have some semi-magical or semi-mystical dream-come-true experience.
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And there was often a life-lesson which would be learned by the participants, by the end of the show.
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Carlos Montalban played Mr. Roarke, who orchestrated these semi-magical experiences each week.
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Well-cultured and always dressed in white, Mr. Roarke guided his guests into a fantasy which would often change the life of his guest…always for the better.
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Here’s what Wikipedia says about that show…
…Airing from 1978 to 1984, the original series starred Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke, the enigmatic overseer of a mysterious island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, where people from all walks of life could come and live out their fantasies, albeit for a price.
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Roarke was known for his white suit and cultured demeanor, and was initially accompanied by an energetic sidekick, Tattoo, played by Hervé Villechaize. Tattoo would run up the main bell tower to ring the bell and shout “De plane! De plane!” to announce the arrival of a new set of guests at the beginning of each episode –
So, we arrived on the island, and immediately rented a little bungalow.
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It was only $15 American dollars per day, which even back then, was a bargain for an ocean-front resort, not to mention, this was an island resort!
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And of course, I was totally focused on what the spirit had in store for me, especially with his suggestions that this was gonna be some sort of Fantasy Island experience.
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I wondered about what might happen, to make this experience like that TV show.
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I honestly was looking around to see if there was some sort of Mr. Roarke, or at least a “Tattoo”.
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But there was no Mr. Roarke here to conduct anyone’s fantasy, and not even a little “Tattoo” riding around in a golf cart!
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As a matter of fact, there was hardly even another living soul on this tropical island, as I recall! (Oh, maybe I was just not paying much attention to anybody but myself, and my own set of issues.)
Not long after we arrived, Becky decided that some other family members needed to be here.
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So, she went back to Guatemala City.
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I stayed on the island.
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And so, with the spirit having such a gift of gab, and always willing to TALK MY EAR OFF, there was not a moment of boredom here, (nor of silence).
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And so, I merely roamed the little island, sometimes sitting in a hammock, under the shade of a palm tree, and talked with the spirit.
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And mostly, I remember that he went over and over on this burning question, as to just who I was in a former life….Jesus….or Hitler.
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But I must say, most of the time on this so-called, “Fantasy Island”, he inundated me with the possibilities of me being Jesus (in a former life), and of all the glorious things awaiting me.
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“YOU’RE HAVING MY BABY”…NOT!
(Title from the 1974 Paul Anka/Odia Coates hit, “You’re Having My Baby”)
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But as I was sitting under a palm tree, he then began to present to me a big story of how, not only I, as Jesus, was reincarnated, but also other Bible people, namely Mother Mary…
…“Yes Chuck, Mother Mary has also been brought back many times over the centuries. As a matter of fact, remember when you talked your girlfriend into getting an abortion, she didn’t want to have?”
“WHAT A LOVELY WAY OF NOT SAYING HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME”
(lyrics from the 1974 Paul Anka/Odia Coates hit, “You’re Having My Baby” with the word, “NOT” added)
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This inconvenient event happened a number of years earlier.
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I was an atheist.
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But I tried to convince myself that abortion wasn’t murder.
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In spite of that, the thought kept coming back to haunt me, that having an abortion would be preventing a life from coming into the world.
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So, it was an undeniable fact that this abortion too, would be preventing a life: a human life from coming into the world!
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So upon deciding to have one anyway, I tried and tried to shake this thought, “Outta My Head!” But I couldn’t! I just couldn’t shake it! This inescapable and inconvenient truth kept coming back again and again to torment me, even though I was pretty much an atheist, back in those years! I would be preventing a life from coming into the world. Dirty rotten MURDER!
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In my heart of hearts, I knew it was!
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But on the day of the scheduled abortion, my girlfriend had a miscarriage (at least that’s what I was told at the time.) “That little girl you had, or should I say, almost had, was the soul of Mother Mary. You killed Mother Mary, Chuck! God was going to bring Mother Mary back into the world! And you killed her! You murdered Mother Mary!” The spirit was now telling me, that my insistence on her having an abortion put a stress on her, ultimately causing my girlfriend to have the miscarriage.
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And so began the spirit to bombard me with guilt about this sad chapter in my past. “Do you know what that little girl’s name was going to be that you killed? I had never really thought about this. “You were going to name her “Heather”.
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At this point I felt horrible! Not only was I responsible for that miscarriage, but that child had the soul of Mother Mary! And now the spirit was personalizing this by telling me the name that would’ve been given her: Heather!
(NOTE: As I look back on this episode, it seems that this horrible scenario presented to me by the spirit, was possibly a somewhat bizarre twist on that old anti-abortion argument…”What if Joseph had convinced the Virgin Mary into having an abortion of the Savior of the World?”)
Anyway, I was wearing a ring my former girlfriend had once given me. It was a gold band with my birth-stone.
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The spirit began coming down on me hard, about how I treated her. “And she gave you that ring with all her love, you schmuck! And all you gave her was that tiny diamond ring! You no good piece of…” s#!@&t !”
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All I could do was just to take this verbal whipping! And oh man, was I feeling really low! A real creep was I!
Then the spirit reminded me of an incident which I went through a few years earlier, when an old public-school friend from back in Salem came by to visit me while I was working at the restaurant. He just showed up one day at our family restaurant. (This incident was in about 1976 or so, 3 or 4 years prior to this Island experience.)
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This old friend was dressed all in white: peasant shirtand pants. Clothes you might expect to see on a person living in the tropics. And now that I think of it, he did say he was currently living somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands.
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RING OF FIRE… My old friend was saying some strange things! And at one point, he saw this very same ring now being discussed. He told me it was a very special ring, and that it glowed with an aura emanating from it. He asked if I would take it off. So I did, and gave it to him. He started dancing around the back banquet room (which was closed off to the public at that moment), holding up this ring above his head, saying weird things about the ring: saying that the ring glowed with some supernatural light! He talked about the ring as if it was of great importance. He then climbed on one of the banquet room chairs, and held the ring as high as he could. He was saying something about the ring being “very high” or something like that. Making such a big deal about a ring!
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“Poor guy”, I thought, “He’s really flipped out!” My old school buddy and his white suit was totally “off his rocker”!
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Now, years later, on this so-called Fantasy Island, the spirit was reminding me of this incident from the 70’s, with my old friend and this ring. “He was prophesying to you Chuck. I was controlling him. He was telling you how precious was the love given you by that girl!” I had little trouble accepting what the spirit was telling me. As a matter of fact, I still believe that my old friend in white was being led by spirits. His behavior was so bizarre that day, I can’t attribute it to anything else!
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”THIS “GOLDEN” RING DOESN’T SHINE FOR ME ANYMORE”…
(play on lyrics from 1965 hit song by Gary Lewis & The Playboys, “This Diamond Ring”)
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“I want you to take that ring and toss it into the ocean! Toss it, you no good p#$&%S%$T” I began to walk down to the black-sand beach which was only a hundred yards away, looking at this “special ring”, overwhelmed with guilt of how I rejected her love… “God really hates you because of how you treated her! And she only gave you love! Toss that ring you no good SOB!! TOSS IT!!”
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And so I took this nice ring and tossed it as far as I could…into the ocean.
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I really felt bad about the way I treated almost all my girlfriends. And I really never realized how heartless I could be at times.
Well, these flashbacks of the past ended, perhaps as quickly as they began.
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And I must admit, because of this experience (and others), I became a changed person. In the future, I would try to be more honorable. Not that I was perfect, because I wasn’t.
Now Becky arrived the next day with her family. So things became much more lively.
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And this little island had several large swimming pools, and an open-air restaurant. Becky’s parents also came there. We all had lunch on this nice restaurant patio overlooking the ocean, just a few hundred feet away, or less.
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“CHICKEN-SALAD SANDWICH, PLEASE…AND…UH…HOLD THE FLIES!”
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The waitress took our order. They ordered Spanish food. I, being from the good ol’ U.S. of A., ordered a chicken salad sandwich. The waitress soon brought our food. I opened my chicken salad sandwich to inspect it. Upon opening it, I saw a big fat oversized black fly still in mint condition, laying there in the chicken salad, hidden under the bread. I lodged my complaint in English, and it was interpreted to the waitress And after a little discussion, Becky interpreted to me that the waitress replied, “Just take it out”. I objected. And my objection was interpreted back to the waitress, saying that I wanted another sandwich (Which, of course, would be standard procedure back in the states!)
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In a few minutes she came back with “another sandwich”. I opened it, and thankfully, there was no large fly in it. But upon closer examination, I noticed an indent, very suspiciously in the exact same spot where the fly was located in the “other” sandwich! And after thinking about it for a few moments, I gave up and decided to make no further objections… and just shut up and eat the stupid sandwich!
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Now why am I telling this little story? I don’t know. I just think it’s a funny story, even though it wasn’t so funny at the time.
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But anyway, in a few days I would be eating something far worse than flies!
After a few more days, Becky and I got back on that same ferry which brought us to this island. And in a few minutes we were back on the mainland.
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But I guess it was kind of anticlimactic at that time, considering how I was led to believe this was going to be some sort of fantasy. But that’s what happened. I was somewhat disappointed that nothing semi-magical happened, like it often did on that TV show.
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And there was no little fella named Tattoo running around the island either.
And if that isn’t enough of a wash-out story, I just found out (as I’m writing this) another disappointing fact. WE WEREN’T EVEN ON AN ISLAND! We merely took a ferry across an OUTLET OF WATER ALONG THE COASTLINE BECAUSE IT HAD NO BRIDGE! We were actually still on the mainland of Guatemala.
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What a disappointment!… NOT ONLY WAS THERE NO FANTASY…THERE WASN’T EVEN AN ISLAND!!!
Now if that’s still not enough of a wash-out, I was also later informed that some time after we left there, a big Pacific storm came along and completely destroyed the entire resort!
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Well, it serves them right for sticking that fly in my chicken salad sandwich! Not really! Just kidding! Just kidding! Actually, I would eagerly and enthusiastically go back there, flies or no flies! It was a really nice and inexpensive resort! (Well, of course, I did lose that beautiful and expensive gold ring. And oh yeah, I also went to sleep with a lit Marlboro in my hand on the last day, and caught my mattress on fire, which I paid for.)
(Lyric from the 1969 Creedence Clearwater hit, “Bad Moon On The Rise”)
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When we arrived back home at Becky’s parents, the weather became cloudy. During a dark night, there was a thunderstorm. I went up on the roof, because I learned by experience, that the spirit would answer questions using the lightning.
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And up there. all alone on that roof, it seemed like I could see across all the houses and townhouses for blocks. The night looked like one of Van Gogh’s more dreary paintings! And the lightning put on a show for free!
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In the distance, the electric air and the kaboom of the lightning caused the dogs around the city to bark and howl, which only made things that much more eerie! And as I said, the spirit would answer simultaneous to the lightning flashing. So I would ask something concerning whether I was Hitler or Jesus, and other such things. I could perceive no time delay between the lightning flash and his answer in my mind. His answers would be either “yes”,or “no”.If he didn’t want to answer, he didn’t say anything.
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I’m not sure how many nights this went on. Maybe just that one night. But I was bombarded with guilt over the miscarriage I caused, which resulted in the death of “Mother Mary’s” reincarnated soul. Of course by now, I didn’t know what to believe at this point. This spirit was as changeable as a fickle teenager.
(Lyric from the 1969 Creedence Clearwater hit, “Bad Moon On The Rise”)
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One night, Becky and I were going to her Father’s church service. He had a very active church, which met seven nights a week, plus twice on Sunday! And as usual, there were many people gathered together on this weeknight service. Of course I couldn’t understand anything they said. It was all in Spanish. But there was lots of music, lots of singing, and an abundance of hand-clapping!
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KA-BOO-O-O-M…
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After much music and singing, it came time for Papa to begin preaching. During the service, the lightning began to flash outside. They had left the entry double-doors open, so I thought I would use this opportunity to ask the spirit more questions, and wait for the lightning and the spirit’s response. I figured that such a holy place as church might be the perfect place to get the answer I needed. And so I would look back at the open doors and ask a question, and wait for the lightning to flash. Now I can’t remember exactly what was happening right at the moment, as far as the church service. But I distinctly remember asking the question “Did I really kill the Mother Mary?” The lightning would flash, and a simultaneous answer would come, “Yes!”, or “No!”.
And as I recall, I repeated this question several times.“Did I kill Mother Mary?…..Did I kill Mother Mary?”And about the second or third time…as soon as I asked the question, The spirit shouted, “NO-O-O-O-O-O!!”…and simultaneous to his answer, both the lightning and thunder cracked so loud, it was both blinding and deafening!
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But at the very same moment as that answer, the lightning completely turned the neighborhood white with the loudest crack you might have ever heard, resulting in the lights going out in the church and throughout the entire neighborhood!
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The lightning had caused the lights in the church and all through the neighborhood to go completely out! Now I was convinced that somehow the spirit had control over the lightning, in some way.
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Needless to say, the power outage brought the church service to a screeching halt! The noise of the service was quickly replaced by questioning voices throughout this darkened sanctuary. At least for 20 or 30 minutes, the service had ended until the power came back on throughout the neighborhood. Until it did come back on, everyone went outside the church in order to wait.
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As I said, the spirit shouted “NO-O-O!!”,totally in-sync with the lightning flash/thunder and the neighborhood power-outage. This was a loud answer from Heaven, as far as I was concerned. “NO”came the answer I was hoping for! “NO” I didn’t kill Mother Mary, after all!
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But then the spirit began to somewhat confuse the issue by saying, “Did God say “NO!”, or did He say, “KNOW!”???
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Well, what could I do with such an ominous and confusing answer as this? And so, I decided to just, “Let it be”.
Nevertheless, that lightning storm put the “final lid down tight”on all this “Me killing Mother Mary” nonsense!
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But also, this excursion to “Fantasy Island” put the final “cork in the bottle” on all this idea about God being some sort of, Ponzi-scheme”, in which you stroke some brass lamp, and “VOILA!”, a magic genie appears and offers you three wishes!
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No, as we left, I was disappointed there was no mystical experience!
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No earthly riches!
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No promise of future glory!
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Only the knowledge of what a miserable wretch and scoundrel I really had been through much of my “adult” life!
In this above passage, the Lord is foretelling of a day when the churches will no longer tolerate the true Gospel of Jesus and Jesus alone.
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And there are many today who believe that we have come to that very time in which the attendees of most, or perhaps, ALL churches demand an “itching ears” gospel.
This article describes this 3rd Moon-face, who is steeped in unbelief and as a result, seeks after the things of the world.
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Yes, this rabbit, or rodent-like earth-hugger thinks that worldly Mammon will somehow supply the lack caused by God’s supposed inability to provide for all our spiritual, physical and social needs.
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So let’s listen for a moment as this Sadducee-Seeker is being described…
Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:”
Isaiah 30:9, 10
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This above passage describes this Moon-Beast to a tee!
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“Smooth things” are what his “itching ears” long to hear!
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And because this furry and adorable little forest creature (the Sadducee-Seeker) loves to have his ears tickled…
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…the Devil has conveniently provided him with a congregation which accommodates his desires.
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“HAVING ITCHING EARS”
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Again, the Apostle, Paul, spoke of this condition, in the following words…
…”For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts
shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears”
2nd Timothy 4:3, 4
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Yes, this adorable little creature of the field loves to hear a lightand playful sermon, filled with little quips and jests and world-friendlyanecdotes…
And this Moon-Beast loves to hear sermons about “grace-alone”, because he is often told that grace-alone excuses him from dying-to-self.
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And to this poor Sadducee, that’s very good news!
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After all, the last thing this Moon-Beast wants is to give up his life of foraging in the field.
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Yes, this friendly little Seeker wants a gospel which allows him to continue seeking after the cares & pleasures of this world, but with the promise of Heaven too!
And such movies as Pollyanna (and there are many similar ones) have been a strong deterrent over the past years, against any Hellfire preaching in today’s pulpits.
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And this itching-ears gospel according to Pollyanna, is mostly what this Moon-Beast’s pastor preaches, either by sermon, or by personal example.
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Yes, his words are “smoother than butter” (Psalms 55;21), and the example of his own life speaks of “smooth things”;
…of fun and frolic, of amusements and hobbies…
…of dreams about ambitious careers…
…and promises of better and more affluent tomorrows…
…of long life in this world, and retirement packages…
…affording a life-of-leisure in some little haven here on earth!
Chess-game – checkmate – by Friedriech Moritz August Retzsch – Wikigallery.org – Public domain
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“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE”
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But the Good News is that God is calling His people to come out of the Babylonish confusion which is the current condition of today’s churches…
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Listen…“And I heard another voice from heaven,
saying, Come out of her (Babylon), 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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God has indeed furnished a table in the wilderness. (Psalm 78:19)
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And for those who are escaped from spiritual Babylon will be delighted to discover that spiritual “bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure!” Isaiah 33:16.
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Yes, our daily heavenly manna will be provided, and the waters of grace will freely flow in the spiritual mountains where we must flee!
world’s inhabitants to do a great number of things!
Many years ago, two young boys were walking by some religious schoolground. The first boy said to the other, “Let’s get a drink from this water-fountain.” 
…”Put on the whole armour of God, 
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Yes, it’s not difficult to see the Nazi spirit arising up today! And this hatred is largely propagated by today’s media Goliaths, whom the Bible prophesies “and he spake as a dragon”!
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me (Jesus) before it hated you”
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READ PART 13, CLICK HERE…
TOMORROW…
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