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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – September 9

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Habakkuk Says “Run!”,

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Part 14:

“As Ye See ‘What Day Approaching?’ CONTINUED”

TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE…August 11th (Habakkuk Says “Run!”)

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AS YE SEE, ‘WHAT DAY APPROACHING?’

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In Part 12 (click here), concerning “As Ye See, ‘What Day Approaching’?”, it was established that there is to come a day in which God’s people are to make an end-time exodus out of the apostate church-world.

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

 

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WHERE DO WE RUN?

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But today’s devotional will focus on how and where God’s people are to flee to.

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Where do we run?

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After all, the government has locked up the vast wilderness areas, making them all but impossible to literally flee to!

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No Trespassing sign – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license

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“for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”

Habakkuk 1:4

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As this above verse foretold, the day would come when churchgoers would no longer tolerate the pure, unvarnished truth…

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So how and where are God’s people to flee to?

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After all, it is impossible to come out of this wicked world!

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But the fact is, God’s people can come A GOOD WAY OUT of the world if they choose to do so!

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For one thing, God’s people can and must literally vacate the apostasy which is the current condition of the church-world.

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Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”

Hosea 4:6

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But the problem is, until God’s people fully understand the current-day apostasy, they will never be able to decidedly come out of Babylon.

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Unfortunately, there are many faithful churchgoers who are greatly biblically-challenged.

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Too many professing Christians have become so dependent on their teachers that they have never studied the Bible to the point that they are able to stand on their own two feet (spiritually speaking).

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ABOVE PICTURE: “Thy Word have I hid in my heart” Psalm 119:11

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SATAN’S “MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS”

2nd Corinthians 11:15

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And because Satan has greatly filled so many pulpits and airways with his own, “ministers of righteousness”, the churches have become filled with doctrines based on half-truths mingled with the yeast of the Sadducees and Pharisees.

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“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

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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain

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“SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS; FROM SUCH WITHDRAW”

1st Timothy 6:5

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And in yesterday’s devotional (click here), it was proclaimed that by reason of the overwhelming prosperity-driven gospels, the church-world has filled up with worldly-minded people (i.e., Babylonians, Chaldeans).

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And these “false brethren will not tolerate any doctrine which calls for a complete “death to self”, and transformation of the heart into the likeness of Christ.

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To them, such total abandonment of self is sheer fanaticism!

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Rock Music Christian CHURCH – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“TO DECEIVE, IF POSSIBLE, EVEN THE VERY ELECT”

Matthew 24:24 & Mark 13:22

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Oh yes, today’s churches pay lip-service to a selfless Christ-likeness. But as Ezekiel 33:31 foretells, “for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.”

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Yes, Satan, just like a forked-tongued serpent, knows how to speak out of both sides of his mouth, telling each parishioner exactly what their heart longs to hear!

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To those in the churches who love this present world, the Devil preaches a world-loving gospel.

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But to those who have some degree of faithfulness to Christ, Satan puts in just enough biblical truth to keep them in his Babylonian captivity.

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Brown tree snake – Boiga – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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SEDUCING THE VERY ELECT

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And so, how are God’s people to come out of a religious system which teaches so much seemingly biblical truth?

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After all, the Bible reveals that “For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.” Mark 13:22

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Yes, mainstream Christianity is teaching another gospel which is so close to the Bible that Satan will attempt seduce even the Elect people of God!

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ABOVE PICTURE: The False Prophet

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“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”

Hosea 4:6

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And so, the great burden for God’s people today becomes to study our way out of Babylon!

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In other words, it is by knowledge, true uncompromised Bible truth, that God’s people are to find our way out of the jungle-like confusion of Babylon!

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And to fully and finally come out of “the city of confusion” (Isaiah 24:10), God’s people must purify ourselves from the leaven of lies which has permeated God’s Word, via the microphones of today’s church-world!

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“WHEN FOR THE TIME, YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS”

Hebrews 5:12

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And this will be accomplished when God’s people study for our own selves to the point that we are each qualified to be teachers…

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…no longer relying on the teachers of Babylon to tell us what to believe and what to not believe!

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However pressing his duties STM2-c James Lee Frazer always finds time to read a few chapters from his Bible each day. I – NARA – 520675 – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU!”

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And so, when Habakkuk says that we must “RUN!”, this is how we are to “RUN!”

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In other words, it is by a constant increase of our knowledge and wisdom that we can finally come out of the City of Confusion, Babylon!

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And the 1st Epistle of John reveals,

“But the Anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you,

and ye need not that any man teach you:

but as the same Anointing teacheth you of all things,

and is truth, and is no lie,

and even as it hath taught you,

ye shall abide in Him.”

1st John 2:27

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Here is revealed that we need not that any human becomes our teacher, if we truly are indwelt with the Spirit of Holiness!

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He will graciously teach us everything we need to know!

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 15, CLICK HERE…

“September 19 (Habakkuk Says “Run!”, Part 15: “How Antichrists Crept Into The Church!”)”

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Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to flee to the mountain of God. Give me the desire to save my family from the destruction rising up all around us…

Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“August 22nd (Sodom Rising! Part 1)”…

…or you can also read…January 7th (TIME TO GET OUT OF DODGE!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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FROM WHERE & TO WHERE DOES SHE FLEE?

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WOMAN ROTATES THROUGH THE SEASONS…

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This page is about the Big Dipper, also called the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major ).

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However, the ancient pagan cultures did not see this constellation as God intended it to be seen.

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It is actually a headless woman in childbirth, visible in springtime in the northern skies. 

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But as the seasons progress, this travailing woman flips upside down, now appearing as a woman with upraised arms like eagle wings who is running (eventually flying, as shown in sketch on right) into the wilderness (westward).

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The single star representing her birth-child (Christ) now becomes her head (“Christ is the head of the church.” Ephesians 5:23

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The 7 Stars (Big Dipper) is easy to see with its very bright 7 stars.

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But the Revelation 12 Woman (Ursa Major) must be seen on a dark starry night, away from city lights. 

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These are star charts from Wikipedia, with sketches of the Woman added.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“Woman of Revelation 12 (Flees to the Wilderness)“

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TOMORROW:

September 10 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 15: “Satan’s Army of Mockers! CONTINUED”)

Joker – Jester – Puck Cover- Wikipedia – Public Domain

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The Open Forum Talk Show with Harold Camping 

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE TALK SHOW – – The Open Forum Harold Camping October 8, 2002 (youtube.com)

Harold-Camping – courtesy Family Radio

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