Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 26 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 35: “Why Have the Cities of the Nations Fallen?'”)

By admin On May 29th, 2023

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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 34:

“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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Then they could all laugh and mock the notion that Satan is a very active and powerful force controlling the peoples of this world, by sarcastically chanting…“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 that 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 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, 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, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!…How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!”

Isaiah 14:4, 12

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And so, just what is Babylon? 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!)

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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 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 well?

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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, kidnapping, slavery, pornography, street-gangs, divorce, adultery, sodomy, 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.

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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 aspiration, 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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THE END

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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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TOMORROW…

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 25 (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 10: “The ‘Behold, I Come as a Thief’ Hoax!”

By admin On May 23rd, 2023

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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 (The 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 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, 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”.

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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“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 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 4:15-1…

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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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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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THE END

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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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TOMORROW…

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

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

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 22 (Cuttlefish & The False Prophet, Part 15: “Kiddie-Land Transforms into Groomer-World”)

By admin On May 23rd, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 22

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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, thus causing 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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We placed our trust in a world 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. 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 world had to offer!

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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 knew 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 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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“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 only 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 horrified to discover that our beloved theme-parks were also beginning to groom our children into sodomy, just like our schools!

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In other words, the world was seemingly going insane, right before our very eyes!

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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 assure 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 assuring us that that day has not yet come?

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A HEAVEN-SENT WAKE-UP CALL!

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HABAKKUK SAYS ‘RUN!’

Habakkuk 2:2

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The prophet, Habakkuk prophesied of this very day…

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RUN, CHRISTIAN RUN!

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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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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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THE END

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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…

*“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*

Valley of Decision + O Destroying Mountain Constellation Group

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.

Valley of Decision & O Destroying Mtn. Constellations

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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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TOMORROW:

March 8 (In Every Thing Give Thanks!?! Part 8: “Cancer, a Faith-building Experience?”)

Munch – Det Syke Barn – 1896 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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Then Shall That Wicked Be Revealed

By admin On May 22nd, 2023

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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Gospel Mission June

By admin On May 18th, 2023

VERSE 1: When your world is filled with darkness and pain, and your tears are fallin’ like the pouring rain.

And the night seems so long, you can hardly hold on…

Turn to Jesus, turn to Jesus, and He will turn you to the light of dawn!

VERSE 2: When your friends all turn their backs and walk away, even though it seems they all promised to stay.

And the world seems so cold, and it makes you feel so old…

Turn to Jesus, turn to Jesus, and He will turn you to the light of day!

REFRAIN 1: When the wind and the waves and the storm clouds surround you, and hope is nowhere to be found.

You can call on that Name that’s above every name…turn to Jesus, turn to Jesus, and He will turn you to the light of dawn!

REFRAIN 2: He can take a heart of sadness and fill it with His gladness, and hope will once more come around!

He can fill your heart with song, and the will to carry on! Turn to Jesus, turn to Jesus, and He will turn you to the light of dawn!

He will turn you to the light of dawn!

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Daily Devotional, July 14 (Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads, Part 7: “Over the Rainbow? Or Stay Down Here?”)

By admin On May 17th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – May 17

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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 a 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 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”, The Wizard of Oz likewise had a very suspicious resemblance to God.

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Of course, when Dorothy’s dog pulled back the Wizard’s curtain, it was discovered that the wizard was just a mere 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 movie-goers cannot escape the battle between Heaven and Hell (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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Yes, this low-profile deceiver even has seemingly erased himself out of the minds of men, causing mankind to doubt 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 this movie was, it nevertheless was a very subtle assault by that unseen Master Deceiver Antichrist spirit, to further cause movie-goers 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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THE PROMISED LAND AWAITS!

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But the very Good News is, that there is indeed a way of escape!

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**Yes, “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high”, there actually is a land which is infinitely more wonderful than anything which no 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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Daily Devotional, Year 4, July 24, (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 8: “Left Behind: Myth or Misunderstood?”)

By admin On May 6th, 2023

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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”.

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”)

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Daily Devotional, Year 4, July 22 (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 7: “The Heretical False-Teaching of a 2nd Chance”)

By admin On April 22nd, 2023

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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 7:

“The Heretical False-Teaching of a 2nd Chance”

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

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“Behold, I show you a mystery;

We shall not all sleep,

but we shall all be changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound,

and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.”

1st Corinthians 15:51, 52

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

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The 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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And both these men were inspired by the “Futurist” doctrine of a 16th Century Jesuit theologian, Francisco Ribera, whose teachings combated the widely held belief that the papacy was literal fulfillment of Revelation 13’s afore-promised Antichrist.

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John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“…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 name, “The Rapture”.

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 unbiblical 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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Now, just why is it important to know if there ONE Second Coming or TWO Second Comings? Or rather, a Second and a Third Coming of Christ?

SECOND CHANCE AT SALVATION?

One thing is for sure! There are many who have taken a relaxed attitude, simply because they have been deceived by Darby & Scofield’s heresy of a so-called “Pre-Tribulation Rapture, believing that they will be taken up PRIOR to the Great Tribulation!

There may be many others who are so deceived, that they actually are hoping to get “left behind” so that they can witness all the horrendous events of The Great Tribulation, and the coming Antichrist and his buddy, The False Prophet!

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“COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE!”

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And this wrestling with Scripture, 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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“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in Heaven:

and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,

and they shall see the Son of man

coming in the clouds of heaven

with power and great glory.

And He shall send His angels

WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET,

and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds,

from one end of heaven to the other.”

Matthew 24:30, 31

ABOVE PICTURE: The armor of God – theheavensdeclare.net -use by permission only

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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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THE END

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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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TOMORROW…

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

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

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Daily Devotional, Year 4, July 1: (World of Lies, Part 18: “Escaping the City of Confusion”)

By admin On April 22nd, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: July 1

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World of Lies,

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Part 18:

“Escaping the City of Confusion”

TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE…JANUARY 3 (World of Lies, Part 1: “The Femme-Fatale Firefly!”)

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“Ball of confusion

Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today!

…So, round and around and around we go

Where the world’s headed, nobody knows…

Just a ball of confusion Oh yeah,

that’s what the world is today!”

Song by The Temptations, lyrics provided by Lyricfind

File:The Temptations 1968.JPG – Wikimedia Commons

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Every now and then, a song comes along and “tells it like it is”. And this song from the 1970’s, “Ball of Confusion”, was one of those songs!

After all, the Bible likewise calls this world, “The City of Confusion”. Isaiah 24:10

And even though the lyrics say “Ball of confusion, Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today”, the facts is, it’s always been a world of confusion!

From the day in which evil moved down into paradise, and took control, “confusion and every evil work” has been the order of the day! (James 3:16)

Yes, there’s always been a full spectrum of philosophies, ideologies, religions, and governments.

And if the world was a “Ball of Confusion” back in the 1970’s, just look at what’s going on today! People can’t figure out what gender they! Men now using “the little girls room”! Men allowed to play girls’ sports! Courts allowing criminals to return to the streets! Devastating drugs decriminalized, causing massive robberies and homelessness! Parents given a week or so to decide if they wish to keep their newborn baby, or have it starved-to-death! Churches having Drag Queens deliver the sermon! The government simply printing up trillions for their ‘pet projects’, knowing that it will cause massive inflation, eventually destroying the entire economy!

Yes, in addition to the “full spectrum of philosophies, ideologies, religions, and governments”, this world is inundated with a full spectrum of crimes and immoralities!

And as bad as things were back in the 70’s, they’re getting much, much worse today (not to mention all the insane laws and maxims which government and society are now foisting upon humanity!)

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Escaping the City of Confusion

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Now having said all this, the main thrust of today’s devotional is “Escaping the City of Confusion”. And it’s not hard to see that this world is getting crazier and more chaotic, by the day! A veritable “Ball of Confusion”!

So, just how can I escape all the growing mayhem and madness? How can I save my children from getting swallowed up by the insanity and devolving morality of this evolving dystopian tyranny? How can we keep from getting brainwashed by this giant “re-education camp”, which this world has become?

“hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast”

Listen to this end-game stragtegem from Isaiah…

“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:

the earth also shall disclose her blood,

and shall no more cover her slain”

Isaiah 26:20, 21

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There’s only one way to escape from all this. Oh well, yes, maybe one might find some little refuge in the wilderness and live completely off-grid as long as possible.

And yet, the only sure-fire way to deliver your family from this ensuing tyranny seemingly closing in on us from all sides, is to do as this above passage warns: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast”.

“Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”

So, just how can I possibly hide myself from the pandemic madness and Orwellian hellscape which this world is rapidly transforming into?

Listen to Habakkuk’s prophecy…

“And the LORD answered me, and said,

‘Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables,

that he may run that readeth it.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time,

but at the end it shall speak, and not lie:

though it tarry, wait for it;

because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

Habakkuk 2:2, 3

Here again, is the admonishment to “Run!”, when the vision begins to speak. And what vision is beginning to speak? Habakkuk’s vision of this very day in which society has become a seemingly inescapable, overwhelming totalitarian indoctrination machine!

“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

Everywhere we turn, we and our children are being indoctrinated: the Internet, television, newspapers, books, schools, billboards, radio, smart-phones, games, toy dolls, movie theaters, etc., all have become a source of indoctrination! Society is becoming increasingly aggressive in its efforts to indoctrinate us and our children!

“He will make me to walk upon mine high places!”

Habakkuk 3:19

But where do I run?! How can I hide?!

Listen again…“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

Yes, here is the place in which we must hide? “To walk upon mine high places” is the only mountainous refuge which guarantees safety and sanctity!

“Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah”

Psalm 32:7

Listen again…“For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a Rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, ‘Seek ye My face’; my heart said unto thee, ‘Thy face, LORD, will I seek’.” Psalm 27:5-8

If I am willing to allow my God to purify my heart (i.e., “mine high places”), then I have escaped to the place of refuge of God’s “hiding place”.

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TO READ PART 19, CLICK HERE…July 22 (A World of Lies! Part 19: It’s a Cuttlefish World! CONTINUED: “Kiddie-World Transforms Into Groomer-World!”)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Keep me from allowing the Devil to wrap me up in his silky threads of deception! Separate me as far as possible from all ungodly influences, and give me the love for Your Word, that I might fully immerse myself in it…

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

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“Floodwaters of the False Prophet: “Atheism & Psychology””, or you can also read…The Two Spirits In The World, Part 5: “Flat-Earth ‘Truthers’, & Such!”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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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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LOCATING THE DRAGON

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THE DRAGON of REVELATION 12 CONSTELLATION . The 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 the very same constellation that comprises the head of Taurus the Bull. In other words, Hyades is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull. And Hyades is the mouth of this Dragon.

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The tip of the Dragon’s tail is composed of that star-cluster known as The Pleiades. The Pleiades is actually in the shape of a lion’s furry tassel tip of his tail. The sketch below shows this Pleiades as the tail tip.

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Now with aid of a dark starry night, you may begin to connect this mouth and the tail with a very long body in an oval shape. The front and back legs are very well-defined with stars. The front legs are made partially of Taurus. The back legs and rear fin are made of the Cetus Constellation. But 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. This Dragon constellation appears in the eastern horizon about mid-summer in the pre-dawn hours, spewing his flood-waters northward toward the Woman of Revelation 12 (Woman in Travail). The Wave of Water is primarily composed of the Constellation Auriga. The are two more less bright stars which are closest to the Dragon’s mouth. These two dimmer stars are also part of this Wave of Water.

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TOMORROW…

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fulfillments of the two beasts

By admin On March 28th, 2023

came out of the sea

7 heads, 10 horns, ten crowns

received deadly wound by a sword

the express image of the dragon

Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and

the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The First Beast
Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Rev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Rev 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

called the false prophet

came up out of the earth

two horns like a lamb

speaks as a dragon

makes fire come down from heaven in the sight of men

miracle-working

creates an image of the 1st Beast

causes all to receive a mark

prevents buying and selling

The Second Beast
Rev 13:11 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.
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – January 24 (Come Out of Her, My People, Part 63 “Jesus Revolution? or Devolution?”

By admin On March 22nd, 2023

Great Awakening

2nd Great Awakening

Azusa Street Revival

Jesus Revolution

Asbery Revival

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – January 24

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Come Out of Her, My People

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Part 63 “Jesus Revolution? or Devolution?”

TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE…May 12th (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 1)

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There have been a number of so-called revivals in the western nations, beginning with the First Great Awakening of the 1700’s, launched by Jonathon Edward’s frightening sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God”.

The following revivals, such as the so-called, Second Great Awakening, brought in some very questionable doctrines, most notably, the “Freewill Salvation”, in which some people possess enough innate goodness to choose to follow Jesus.

The next revival, the Azusa Street Revival brought in signs and wonders, such as speaking in unintelligible babbling, commonly referred to as “speaking in tongues”.

The next “revival” began in the late 1960’s in which the church-world capitulated to the fashionable rock music and relaxed dress codes of that era.

The point is, Christianity has been on a continuous downward slide.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Lead me to that water of life, and make me to drink freely! And then, help me to keep my eyes looking ever-upward, so that the things of earth will grow strangely dim…

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

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THE END

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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 GLORY OF MAN,

AS THE FLOWER…

FALLS AWAY”…

1st Peter 1:25

Wilted Rose – Wikimedia – public domain

FLOWER OF THE FIELD IN HEAVEN

This is perhaps one of the most amazing constellations that God has created. It truly looks like a flower, and appears to be blowing in the direction of westward. But as autumn draws near, this constellation appears to bow itself down, just like the flowers of Earth bow down, at the summer’s end.

Two Turtledoves-Flower of the Field- Cross/Scepter Constellations

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And these are not merely obscure stars. These are among the biggest and brightest stars in the night heavens.

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**The Two Turtle-Doves Constellation is also known as Sagittarius .**

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The Flower of the Field is also known as Scorpio .

But there is another obvious aspect to this constellation group. Notice that the birds are flying in the same direction as the flower is bending; it is as if the east wind is blowing these heavenly messengers. “The wind blows where it desires, and you hear the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:8. So here is another incredible Bible concept, written in the heavens! And God has spoken of these signs! Listen… “For ever, O LORD, Thy word is settled in (the) heaven(s).” Psalm 119:89

THE ZODIAC CONSTELLATION NAMES

By the way, it is not the purpose of www.theheavensdeclare.net to give any validity to the Zodiac or any pagan deities. But the common names of many constellations must be given, solely for the purpose of locating them on star-charts.

WHY IS THIS FLOWER POINTING UPWARD?

flower of the field constellation (fixed)

To the right is a star-chart from Wikipedia. The editor of this site has sketched in the Flower of the Field Constellation on this constellation commonly referred to as the Scorpio Constellation (plus a few other close-by bright stars). Do you see the long blade of grass growing from the base of the Flower of the Field? This is made of the two highest stars of the Lupus Constellation, and the two lowest stars of the Libra Constellation. As this sketch shows, the flower appears to be pointing to Arcturus and the Revelation 12 Woman (shown in sketch below). Arcturus represents Jesus, as He leads His sons (and daughters) on a spiritual journey up a heavenward pathway, as is written… “Canst you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?” Job 38:32.

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ABOVE STAR-CHART: Flower of the Field Constellation commonly known as Scorpio – seen in spring through summer (Flower drawn in over Wikipedia star-chart)

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TOMORROW…

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Forevermore

By admin On March 18th, 2023

Open these eyes, that they might see Thee, Open these eyes, that they might see Thee,

Open these eyes that they might see Thee Lord. And I will see Thee forevermore!

Forevermore, forevermore, and I will see Thee, forevermore!

Open these ears, that they might hear Thee, Open these ears, that they might hear Thee.

Open these ears that they might hear Thy Word. Thy Word I’ll hear, forevermore!

Forevermore, forevermore, Thy Word I’ll hear, forevermore!

Open these lips, that they might praise Thee, Open these lips, that they might praise Thee.

Open these lips, that they might praise Thee Lord. And I will praise Thee forevermore!

Forevermore, forevermore, and I will praise Thee forevermore!

Give a new heart that truly loves Thee. Give a new heart, that truly loves Thee.

Give a new heart, that truly loves Thee Lord. And I will love Thee forevermore

Forevermore, forevermore, and I will love Thee forevermore!

O turn these feet, that they might follow, O turn these feet, that they might follow.

O turn these feet, that they might follow Thee, and I will follow Thee forevermore

Forevermore, forevermore, and I will follow Thee, forevermore!

O Save this lost soul to live forever. Save this lost soul, to live forever.

Save this lost soul to live forever. And I will live forevermore!

Forevermore, forevermore, and I will live forevermore!

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Blaming God

By admin On March 12th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 13 (Wake-up Call, 911! Part 2: “Why All the Insanity!?”)

By admin On March 10th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 13

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Wake-up Call, 911!

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Part 2:

“Why All the Insanity!?”

To read Part 1, click here…APRIL 20 (Wake-up Call, 911!)

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What were you doing on the morning of the 911 attacks?

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Well, one thing is for certain, when 911 occurred, the world was awakened out of our slumber! And most Americans remember their exact circumstances, when the news was announced regarding the fall of the Twin Towers.

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And the great irony to that event, was that it happened on 911, which is the universal emergency phone-call number in the United States!

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Well, that event had its effects. And in the weeks, even months following, church attendance skyrocketed!

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People were very nervous about the fate of the world. And rightfully so!

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And didn’t that catastrophic event seem like a giant wake-up call?

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9/11 World Trade Center attack – cropped image – New York – by UpsateNYer & Wikipedia – Share-Alike Lic.

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“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness…”

Isaiah 5:20

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Yes indeed, 911 seemed like a giant wake-up call!

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But since that fateful morning, there’s been a whole lot of things which seem like giant wake-up calls!

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Don’t you agree?

Ground Zero, by Bobb Vann – Wikimedia -This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

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“And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink…”

Jeremiah 25:16, 17

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Just look around! Just behold all the seeming mass-insanity!

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Boys declaring themselves girls!

Girls declaring themselves boys!

Grown men using “The Little Girls Room!”

Criminals released back on the streets, unpunished!

Rioters/looters rewarded by the government, while the businesses they destroyed are told “Tough luck!”

Millions of non-citizens illegally pouring over the borders and rewarded with many financial inducements!

The mass media becoming a modern-day Orwellian “Big Brother”, spying, lying, censoring, intimidating, pitting people-groups against each other!

Courts and judges making unjust decisions!

Government leaders spewing “convenient” lies without the slightest twinge of conscience while the mass media goliaths cover up for their lies and hypocrisy!

Deadly drugs being legalized!

Schoolboys and girls being forced by administrators to shower and undress with one-another!

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Well, this list of insanities and atrocities goes on, and on, and on: much too numerous to attempt to list here in this article!

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

Unisex bathroom pictogram – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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

Mass Migration – Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

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“THE LORD SHALL HAVE THEM IN DERISION”

Psalm 2

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As this above verse reveals, the Lord promised to expose this antichrist world-system for what it truly is: a crazy, confused, and misguided planet!

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And those who have renounced and rejected God’s Bible, have no anchor of truth to cling to, as “the god of this world”, Lucifer, now given the titles of “Satan” (i.e., Opponent, Accuser) and “The Devil” (i.e., Slanderer, demon=devil-god), casts them mercilessly down into the bottomless pit of unutterable wickedness, and insane madness!

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And so, why should we be surprised to witness all the mayhem, confusion, and abject horror, which society is now displaying, as they “swirl round-and-round down into the drain”, just prior to them disappearing altogether into the bottomless pit!

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”

Proverbs 25:25

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Amidst all this negativity concerning the great Judgment Day now upon us, there is much Good News! This is because there has been a way of escape provided for and every man, woman, and child who desires to escape the tsunami of madness and destruction now overtaking the world!

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And all those who renounce this, Lucifer’s fallen, antichrist world-system, and begin their trek up the Highway to Heaven, they will soon enter onto the soft, green grass of the Earth-made-new, in which “…God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall 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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In that glorious “Promised Land…the land flowing with milk and honey” (Numbers 14:8, etc…), the true bells of liberty will resound through the ever-winding meadows, and echoing against the everlasting hills, in which the joyful sounds of innocent laughter and grateful praise for our Saviour will never cease! And there, we will be ever-learning, ever-loving, and forever young!

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to fully wake up to the grave peril which is rising up all around us…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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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 FLEEING WOMAN CONSTELLATION

WOMAN ROTATES THROUGH THE SEASONS…

star-chart ursa major summerr

This page is about the Big Dipper, also called the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major ). However, the ancient pagan cultures did not see this constellation as God intended it to be seen. It is actually a headless woman in childbirth. This is seen in springtime. It is seen in the northern skies.

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

star-chart ursa major

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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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Ursa Major Star-Chart with woman drawn in by this website – Wikipedia – share-alike license

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TOMORROW…

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Daily Devotional, Year 4, July 12 (A 3-Finger Judgment Day, Part 16: The World’s Most Oppressed People-Group)

By admin On March 6th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 12

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A 3-Finger Judgment-Day,

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Part 16:

“The World’s Most Oppressed People-Group“

To read Part 1, click here…January 20th (A 3-Fingered Judgment-Day)

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“Therefore thou art inexcusable,

O man, whosoever thou art that judgest:

for wherein thou judgest another,

thou condemnest thyself;

for thou that judgest

doest the same things.”

Romans 2:1

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Didn’t you notice!?

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Aren’t you amazed!?

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Haven’t you been absolutely shocked by all the finger-pointing now going on!?

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Yes, with the advent of the World-Wide-Web, the opportunities abound for complaining, criticizing, mocking, and finger-pointing!

Anger during a protest – by David Shankbone – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike-License

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“for thou that judgest doest the same things”

Romans 2:1

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Well, today’s devotional is still attempting to further bring out this concept that, at whatever point we judge another, we are guilty of the same.

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Listen again…

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“Therefore thou art inexcusable,

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O man, whosoever thou art that judgest:

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for wherein thou judgest another,

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thou condemnest thyself;

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***for thou that judgest* *doest the same things.”***

Romans 2:1

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Yes, the Bible forewarns us that when we point the accusing finger at someone else, there are three fingers pointing back at us: THREE FINGERS FROM HEAVEN!

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Finger pointing – Wikimedia – Public domain

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“YOU’RE OPPRESSING ME!”

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And one of the main criticisms we hear nowadays is that this or that particular people-group is oppressing that particular people-group!

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**And with much help from the news-media-goliaths, along with social-media-sites, all this, “You’re oppressing me!” has become a favorite pastime for a rather large swath of people-groups!**

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And with what they now term as “Identity Politics”, it seems like no matter which way we turn, there’s a whole lot of finger-pointing going on!

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A WHOLE LOT!!!

Finger pointing – Wikimedia – Public domain

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“The nations were angry, and Your (God’s) wrath has come”

Revelation 11:18

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The accusers abound these days: person against person, color-group against color-group, political-party against political-party, gender against gender, child against parent, and even nation against nation!

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Yes, hatred, mistrust, and finger-pointing are abounding, even as it is written concerning these Last Days…“and because iniquity shall about, the love of many shall wax cold!” (Matthew 24:12)

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Yes, we can literally see the daily divide growing wider and love waxing colder between individuals, people-groups, and even between nations!

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NOWHERE TO RUN, NO PLACE TO HIDE!

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Well, all this hate-filled victim/oppressor rhetoric is getting so intense, that many people are driven to madness, drugs, and very many are even “checking out” altogether (especially confused/disheartened youngsters)!

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And there just doesn’t seem to be any way or anywhere to escape from all this societal insanity! There’s just no safe-haven in the world: a hiding place where brotherly kindness abounds, in which to take refuge from all this pandemonium and societal madness! Or so it seems!

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WHO’S THE MOST OPPRESSED?

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Now, with all the seemingly countless people-groups in the world, one might wonder just which particular group happens to be the most oppressed.

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Certainly, we hear a whole lot of talk about this group or that group being the most oppressed and persecuted.

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Maybe some color-group? Maybe some religious group? Maybe the poor of the world? Maybe some political group? Or some gender group? Or some particular nation?

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So, just which group qualifies as the most oppressed group?

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“But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you?”

James 2:6

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**Oh yes, the Bible does mention the poor as being oppressed by the rich (see James 2:6).**

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And likewise, it does repeatedly say that Christians have been and will continue to be persecuted and oppressed.

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But let’s get right to the point of this article. This website believes that this entire world’s citizenry is the most persecuted and oppressed people-group!

Homeless and cold – cropped photo – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

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“O Lucifer, son of the morning…which didst weaken the nations…that opened not the house of his prisoners”

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Just think about it! This entire world is suffering the wrath and persecution by the “the god (and Prince) of this world”, Lucifer, now entitled, “The Devil” and “Satan”! (See 2nd Corinthians 4:4 and John 12:31, 14:30 & 16:11)!

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Listen to God’s Word, the Bible…

¹²How art thou fallen from heaven,

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O Lucifer, son of the morning!

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how art thou cut down to the ground,

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which didst weaken the nations!…

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¹⁶They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,

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and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble,

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that did shake kingdoms;

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17That made the world as a wilderness,

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and destroyed the cities thereof;

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that opened not the house of his prisoners…

Isaiah 14:12, 16, 17

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Yes, here we have it! Here is the true “Oppressor-in-Chief”!

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Here is the one who orchestrates all the oppression going on in this fallen world.

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

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A WORLD OF MANY LUSTS!

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Just think about all the insane lusting going on here! And not just sensual lust or substance abuse! No, there are many who are driven to other insane lusts of various types:

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…Rich people driven to lust for more riches…

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…Talented and/or outwardly attractive people driven to achieve the spotlight and limelight in some way…

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…Spouses/parents are often satanically driven to some form of oppression against their spouse and/or their children…

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…gamesters are often driven to and insatiable lust for more gaming/sports/etc….

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…Liars/cheats/scammers are unknowingly and helplessly being driven to even more lying, cheating, and scamming…

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…politicians are often helplessly caught up in the madness of politics and pursuit of even power and authority…

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…TV/radio/Internet Bible teachers/evangelists, and self-proclaimed prophets are helpless victims of Satan’s oppressive delusions, lost in spiritual darkness, preaching and teaching false-church-doctrines, “deceiving and being deceived”! (2nd Timothy 3:13)

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…CEOs of the Internet giants are unknowingly goaded on by evil angels, to stamp out anything that looks like Christianity and morality…

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…So-called “mentally ill” persons are being used by “the rulers of the darkness of this world” to deceive the world into believing that so-called “mental illness” is due to some chemical imbalance or childhood trauma, when truth-be-told, they are actually victims of satanic harassment/devil-possession…

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…Sodomy and confusion is being forced upon young minds, and forced upon those who teach such abominations by a very cruel “Prince of the Power of the Air, that spirit which now works in the children of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2, 3)

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Stacks of money – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;

Marilyn Monroe Lexington Subway (cropped) Image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Girl Texting – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 2.0

Satanic Mechanic wants your first-born – Wikimedia – C.C. Share-alike License

Billy Sunday at the White House – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Demonic dreams – Wikipedia – US-public-domain

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“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 6:12

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Keep me from allowing all this hatred to swallow me up. Let me hide myself in Thee during this current spiritual storm…

Starry Night at La Silla – Wikimedia – Share-Alike license

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THE END

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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 SCORNER (THE PHARISEE)”

Please tilt your head to the left. Do you see a man with a very long pointed nose. (Obviously, the sketch to the right is just an exaggeration in order to help you find the face in the photo to the left.)

Do you see an angry look? His right eye-brow is raised as if he is judging.

This second face in the Moon appears to be that of a combination of a man as well as a fox. Or maybe a wolf. Doesn’t he have a long narrow nose like a wolf or fox? Maybe even a dog. Nevertheless, the expression on his face, as he appears to look down upon the Earth, is that of scorn.

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Unlike the first Moon-man’s sad look of shock and awe (click here to see and read about); this ‘man/fox/wolf/dog’ appears to be that of anger and scorn. As if he is disgusted at the sinful planet below. He is very moral, you see.

Moon – Public Domain – 2nd face Pharisee Scorner – by Cezar Popescu for Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain – cropped, highlighted & rotated photo

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THE PHARISEES…

“Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.” Proverbs 21:24

Yes, this wolf-like beast-face in the Moon, is what the Bible calls a proud Pharisee. They were the morality crowd. They were the finger pointers. They were the scorners. They didn’t realize that their own pride was even more reprehensible to God than the drunkenness, immorality, or sexual perversions of the unsaved of the world.

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TOMORROW

February 20 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood! Part 6, “Satan’s Psychological War Against Our Children!” CONTINUED)

TV – The Image of the Beast – www.theheavensdeclare.net – Not for commercial uses

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: July 2 (How To Breeze Through the Coming Crisis! Part 10: “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy”)

By admin On March 5th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: July 2

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How To Breeze Through the Coming Crisis!

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Part 10:

“They That Sow in Tears Shall Reap in Joy!”

To read Part 1, click here… “May 7 (Psalm 1: How To Breeze Through The Coming Crisis)”

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“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

He that goeth forth and weepeth,

bearing precious seed,

shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,

bringing his sheaves with him. “

Psalm 126:5, 6

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The title of this little 10-part series is called “How To Breeze Through the Coming Crisis!”.

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**And so, how in the world can this 10th installment be subtitled…“They That Sow in Tears Shall Reap in Joy“!? It just doesn’t make sense!**

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So, let’s explore, for a moment, some Bible passages which will help us to reconcile these two seemingly conflicting ideas: “breezing through the Coming Crisis” and “sowing in tears”.

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“AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAY REJOICING!”

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The very first passage is a powerful argument in favor of this puzzling, yet wonderful dichotomy…

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“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God,

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in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses…

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In stripes, in imprisonments…

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As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing;

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as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing,

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and yet possessing all things.”

2nd Corinthians 6:4, 5, 10 (Condensed for brevity)

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Now this above passage has been condensed, but the point which Paul is making here is rather clear. That is, the Christian’s life will have many sorrowful moments, and yet, at the same time, will have an ever-abiding, inner joy!

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Or, at least it can be an ever-abiding, inner joy, should we walk through our daily trials, big or little, by holding fast to the “exceeding great and precious promises” which are found throughout God’s Word! (1st Peter 1:4)

Munch – Det Syke Barn – 1896 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I (Paul) wrote unto you with many tears”

2nd Corinthians 2:4

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The Apostle, Paul, shed many tears throughout his long ministry.

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And yet, he also confessed…“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2nd Corinthians 12:10

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And of course, Paul counsels all Believers in Philippians 4:9…“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me (Paul), do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”

Paul the Apostle – cropped & brightened photo – Artist – Valentin de Boulogne or Nicolas Tournier – circa 1500s – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION”

2nd Corinthians 5:18

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**But just one more concept should be included in this little discussion. And it is revealed in Romans 12:15…”Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep”.**

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So here we see that we are to rejoice with those who rejoice, but also, to sorrow and weep with those who are sorrowful and weeping!

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But if we would merely go through this “valley of tears” world in a blissful, rapturous euphoria, how could we even begin to comprehend the sufferings of others? How could we possibly comfort them?

Jesus – Woman why weepest thou – Jesus – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“…But joy cometh in the morning”

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**And so, in conclusion, we Christians will often discover, just as Psalm 30:5 says, that…“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”.**

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Yes, we know that tears must fall, just as it says in so many Psalms of David. But God assures us…“It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22

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And so, knowing all these things, let’s take heart as we fully enter into the Day of the Lord.

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And let’s hold up Paul as our earthly role-model, through the coming months, as the fiery furnace continues to heat up, and the winds of strife grow even fiercer!

Paul Shipwrecked – Acts 27:41-44 – www.lavistachurchofchrist.org – Public Domain

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“JESUS WEPT”

John 11:35

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to keep in mind that breezing through this coming tempest will include many times of tear-filled prayer…

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THE END

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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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CASTOR AND POLLUX

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SKETCH: EASTERN SKY

Here in this sketch is when these constellations are in the eastern sky in early winter. Satan spews out his false worldly ideologies, which many of these ideologies have a form of godliness. On the other hand, the Strait Gate (Narrow Gate) is composed of the two brightest stars of the Orion The Reaper’s sickle. God’s Word, the Bible is that sickle. The true Strait Gate is God’s Word, the Bible. As a sickle harvests the wheat, so God’s Word will gather precious souls to Him.

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NARROW GATE AND WIDE GATE CONSTELLATIONS WITH REVELATION 12 WOMAN: This is how these three constellations appear when just above the eastern horizon. The woman, however appears more in her upright “Fleeing” position than this sketch shows. It is somewhat of an optical illusion because of the “canopy effect” of the night sky. So it is impossible to sketch this on a flat surface. Nevertheless, this sketch shows this woman appearing to be drawn toward these two warriors; the Reaper, of course is Orion . The Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation is not a commonly recognized constellation. His mouth is made of The Hyades Cluster of Taurus, and the tip of his tail is The Pleiades Cluster. The two bright stars on Orion The Reaper’s sickle is the Narrow Gate. And the two bright stars of the Dragon’s wave of water is the Wide Gate. When in the eastern sky it is not so clear as to which Gate she will enter. Woman is commonly known as Ursa Major (or the Great Bear or The Big Dipper)

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TOMORROW…

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

By admin On February 18th, 2023

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Today’s Devotional – December 6th

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Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads,

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Part 8 “A New Heart For The Tin Man?”

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“But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man,

that he didn’t, didn’t already have”

1974 Song, ‘Tin Man’, by ‘America’

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In the late 1930’s, one of the most powerful productions came forth from the smokestacks of Hollywood’s newly-formed, movie-machinery!

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Yes, the Wizard of Oz was a truly incredible work of unforgettable and magical imagery, which made a tremendous impact upon movie fans around the world!

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In it, little fresh-faced Dorothy of Kansas captured the hearts of millions, as she and her three companions sought after the seemingly divine providence of the awesome and dreadful Wizard of Oz!

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

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But like so many other false ideas emanating from this world, Lucifer’s Kingdom of Babylon, the story of the Wizard of Oz was no exception.

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And today’s devotional is dedicated to exposing just one of those lies/myths.

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And this lie is concerning the Tin Woodsman, who was lacking a heart, and joined Dorothy’s pilgrimage to seek after the Wizard’s providence.

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

Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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WIZARD OF OZ: SECULAR WORLD’S ANSWER TO PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

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Oh yes, that magical movie, The Wizard of Oz, captivated the hearts of movie-fans for decades, because it was so charming, colorful, and masterfully-produced!

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And yet, as wonderful as it seemed, it nevertheless was actually just a cheap “knock-off” of John Bunyan’s allegorical tale, Pilgrim’s Progress.

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And it was actually just the mirror-opposite of Bunyan’s book, in that it directed the movie audience back down to this present world, instead of upward, to Heaven, as did Bunyan’s tale. In other words, the far-away Land of Oz was really just a cleverly-disguised version of this world. And the Wizard was nothing more than an atheist’s version of a non-existent God.

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And the Wizard telling the Tin Man that he didn’t need a heart because he already had one, was just another deceitful lie by the “god of this world”, who would like us to believe that we humans can have inherent goodness apart from God! (see 2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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

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THE HUMAN HEART: DECEITFUL & DESPERATELY WICKED!

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It’s just like some songsters sang back in the 1970’s, “But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man, that he didn’t already have!”

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But nothing could be further from the truth! No, just the opposite! The Bible informs us that the human heart, “is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9

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Yes, the Bible reveals the true condition of the human heart: “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked”

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Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“…the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”

Luke 2:35

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But while many unconverted citizens of this, the Devil’s world, have been deluded by that Master-Deceiver into believing they possess a loving heart, there are many others who, like the Tin Man, realize they have a loveless heart. Often these heartless ones are diagnosed by the psychiatric community as being “sociopaths”, lacking any love and lacking a conscience to some degree.

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But truth-be-told, the hour is coming in which all those who have not been truly Born Again will be fully made aware that they too are in need of a heart!

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Yes, the frightful hour is coming in which God will allow the entire world to reveal just how evil and loveless we fallen humans really are!

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Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of My people.”

Lamentations 4:10

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The Bible actually prophesy’s that parents will even be cannibalizing their own children and visa-versa… “Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.” Ezekiel 5:10

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This Old Testament prophecy will soon be re-fulfilled on a grand world-wide scale!

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Yes, very soon, God is going to remove any false delusion that we humans possess any inherent goodness, apart from God!

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Cannibalism in Russia and Lithuania 1571. – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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GOOD NEWS: “A new heart also will I give you“

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Well, what’s the Good News here in this horrible report?

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The Good News is, that it’s not too late to receive a heart filled with true agape love! Listen again to the Bible…“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26

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Yes, God can take away any stony-cold loveless heart, and give any one of us who realize that “I too am merely a loveless, heartless Tin-Man” a brand new heart that has the same love and mercy which Jesus has! And as we know, Jesus, our Savior had a heart of infinite love, as He gave His life for an unloving and heartless world who hated Him and spurned His infinite love, crucifying Him on that cruel Cross of Calvary!

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Pilgrims Progress – His Burden Fell Off His Back – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to have this experience. Let me become Thy Disciple and follower. Help me to think on Thy Word, as I go about my daily tasks…

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

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THE END

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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***

“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

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.

TEMPLE IN HEAVEN OPENED

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).

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

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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TOMORROW:

December 7 (Angel of Light)

ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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Come Out of Her, My People, Part ?: “Teachers of Babylon”

By admin On February 16th, 2023

Come Out of Her, My People, Part 62: “Babylonian Christians”

Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 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.

This above passage has most Bible teachers running in every-which direction, trying to figure out just what and where is this “Babylon” which God commands His faithful ones, to “Come out of her My people!”

Some think it might be some city in the Middle East, such as Dubai. Others think it to be Rome. Some, the world economic system. Still others believe that believe that it has not yet been built, but soon will be. And even some believe it is this fallen, Luciferian World-System.

Well, those who believe Babylon to be this fallen, Luciferian World-System are actually fairly correct, to a certain degree. Yes, Isaiah Chapter 14 gives us a big clue that Babylon is Lucifer’s antichrist world-system…

“…That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,

and say…How art thou fallen from heaven,

O Lucifer, son of the morning!

how art thou cut down to the ground,

which didst weaken the nations!

Isaiah 14:4, 12

Yes, as this above passage seems to infer, the true King of Babylon is actually Lucifer, the fallen rebel angel. And this, of course, very much explains why this present world has been and still is so evil, ever since the fallen angels took over the rulership of Planet Earth.

Just consider the various waves of evil which sweep over the nations, and how they all seem to be so well-orchestrated! Coincidence? Hardly! But rather, a vast army of unseen spirit-beings, following that progenitor of evil, Lucifer, are orchestrating the various waves of evil deceptions which have deluged this world-system, since the beginning. Just marvel at how Lucifer has so marvelously erased himself from the minds of humans, portraying himself as some red-suited cartoon-character with tail & pitchfork, or someone’s little black cat named “Lucifer”.

But let’s even hone down this concept of Babylon even further.

And thankfully, God gives us many clues as to just what and where is this infamous city!

And so, let’s just examine what is being taught in today’s churches, and maybe see exactly what God is referring to as “MYSTERY BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS”

Now, this title alone, “MYSTERY BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS”, should give us a giant clue, since the Bible repeatedly compares the apostate church-world to a harlot…

“And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira…

because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,

which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach

and to seduce my servants to commit fornication,

and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”

Revelation 2:18, 20

Now, obviously, Jezebel had been long deceased at the time Revelation was being penned (in the 1st century). And so, God must be speaking metaphorically, comparing Jezebel to a false prophetess, as her adulterous false-doctrines have been and are still misleading the church-world.

And so, just what false doctrines are still being taught in today’s church-world?

THE TRINITY

The so-called trinity has, according to Hislop’s “The Two Babylons”, its origin and roots from ancient Babylon. God’s infallible Word never once refers to “The Trinity”, a pagan trio of gods.

CHRISTMAS

This Roman Catholic holy day, “The Christ Mass”, now shortened to “Christmas” was a Roman deity, but originally was from ancient Babylon.

EASTER

Easter, or Astarte, a goddess of Babylon in which she went to the netherworld to resurrect Tamuz: a Babylonian holiday with similarities to Christ’s death and resurrection (See Ezekiel 18:14).

SUNDAY WORSHIP

If one studies the origins of the Roman Catholic Church, this proud lady (the Catholic denomination) proclaims to have changed the 7th-day Sabbath to the 1st-day of the week, Sunday. This is well-documented in history books even though today’s churches will perform incredible gymnastics in effort to refute all this! And even now, one may go online and view for themselves, the ancient carvings of various Roman Catholic church-buildings, portraying the sun-deity.

And as much as church-historians will try to deny it, history books credit the Roman Emperor, Constantine, a nominal 4th-Century convert to Christianity, for declaring both Saturday and Sunday to be official Roman holy days, in an effort to appease the following four groups:

1- Saturday-keeping Jews,

2- Saturday-keeping Christians,

3- Sunday-keeping-sun-worshipers,

4- and Sunday-keeping Christians.

(Btw, this was the origin of our present-day, two-day weekend.)

HELL BEING A CONSIOUS STATE OF TORMENT

Perhaps, there has never been a false church-doctrine responsible for creating more atheists, than the ridiculous idea that Hell is a place in which all rejectors of Christ’s love will be tormented forever and ever! This ancient Roman Catholic church-doctrine of eternal torment was handed down from the ancient Greeks. But the ancient Babylonians were the originators of Hell being a conscious state of existence.

Oh yes, Jesus told a parable concerning the rich man in Hell, tormented in flames, having a conversation with “Father” Abraham, while Lazarus was sitting in “Father Abraham’s” lap. But for those who are truth-seekers, this little parable cannot be taken literally, since it contains a number of inconsistencies, such as the rich man conversing with “Father Abraham”. And also, how ridiculous to imagine Lazarus sitting in “Father Abraham’s” lap. Or to imagine that the rich man was begging for Lazarus to dip his finger in water and bring it to the rich man to relieve his great thirst while burning in flames of fire. How ridiculous! How absurd! This has to be a parable! It cannot a literal true account! And Jesus purposely made this parable so absurd, so that Bible students would not be misled into taking this parable literally!

BABBLING

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – JULY 20 (Free-will? What Free-will? Part 6: That One Unanswerable Question!)

By admin On February 4th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JULY 26

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Free-will? What Free-will?

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Part 6:

That One Unanswerable Question!

To read Part 1, click here…March 9th (“Free-will? What free-will!?”)

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“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

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There is none that understandeth,

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there is none that seeketh after God.

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They are all gone out of the way,

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they are together become unprofitable;

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there is none that doeth good, no, not one”

Romans 3:10-12

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There has been a 400+ year debate between those who follow John Calvin’s teachings on Election/Predestination, and those who follow Jacobus Arminius’ teaching on Free-Will. This has been perhaps, the most controversial theological question in the history of the Church.

(Actually, no Bible-only Christian should ever be giving himself or herself such unbiblical labels as “Calvinist”, or “Arminian”!)

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LEFT: Jacobus Arminius – by Hieronymus van der Mij – Wikimedia – Public Domain

RIGHT: John Calvin – by Holbein – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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BIBLE IS AMBIGUOUS

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The reason that the controversy continues is because there are many Bible verses which seem to support one or the other viewpoint.

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For instance, the Calvinists point to such verses as this one…“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8, 9

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The Arminians, on the other hand, use such verses as this one… “choose you this day whom ye will serve;” Joshua 24:15

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And so, as you can see, there is enough ammunition for either side to use in this longstanding debate.

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US Navy – Chaplain Lt. Jason Gregory reads Bible on weather deck – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE!

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Now for some reason, the debates over this issue can get very lively, to say the least! And there have actually been fistfights which have resulted from heated debates over this subject! Certainly, many friendships have ended because of this question.

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Clenched human fist – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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THAT ONE UNANSWERABLE QUESTION!

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But there is one question which no “Free-Will Salvation” advocate can answer.

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And just what unanswerable question completely befuddles all those who insist that “Well, God looked down the corridors of time and chose all those whom He knew would be looking for and desiring Salvation”.

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And that one unanswerable question is this: “Why do some people desire Salvation, while most others do not?”

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This question cannot be answered according to the Bible! And so, Free-Will advocates must avoid this question at all costs!

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This is because there are only three possibilities:

Some people have some tiny spark of goodness which others do not possess,
or, perhaps they just were smarter
or, they heard a better sermon

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So, which is it?

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, …

Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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THE END

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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 WOMAN ON ALTAR AND FLOWER OF HEAVEN

This constellation almost appears as a vine, as it projects out from the Altar/Ark Constellation .

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This constellation appears in mid-winter through late spring. As you can see in this sketch, the Altar/Ark

**Constellation is also known as Leo Major, and the stem or vine of the flower is made of stars of the Virgo Constellation, and the flower itself is made of the Corvus Constellation.**

ABOVE STAR-CHART – late winter – Woman on the altar & Flower of Heaven Constellation w/leaves

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TOMORROW…

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ABSENT FROM THE BODY

By admin On February 1st, 2023

⁶ Then always being fully assured, and knowing that being at home in the body we are away from home from the Lord ⁷ (for we walk by faith, not by sight), ⁸ we are fully assured, then, and are pleased rather to go away from home out of the body, and to come home to the Lord. ⁹ Because of this, we also are striving to be pleasing to Him, whether being at home, or being away from home.

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The Pre-Trib Rapture…Doctrine Made of Straw

By admin On January 26th, 2023

2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2Th 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

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resolution for victory

By admin On January 22nd, 2023

1: 90 ounces lemon water

2: walk/bus/ride bike

3: raw diet

4: garlic 3/times

5: nothing secular

6: low glycemic/high alkaline

7: thrice/daily prayer

8: 1 health video

9: no black tea

10: 1 meal per day

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 18 (Here Come the Totalitarians, Part 2: “Conquering By Fear”)

By admin On January 18th, 2023

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 18

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Here Come the Totalitarians

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Part 2 “Conquering By Fear”

To read Part 1, click here…February 26th (“Here Comes The Totalitarians!”)

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“The fear of man bringeth a snare:

but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe”

Proverbs 29:25

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It seems like totalitarian dictators love to use fear to gain power and to hold on to that power! Yes, authoritarian governments quite often rule by fear.

Even the Bible highlights this principle way back in the Book of Daniel (among other places in Scripture). Yes, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon used fear to force the citizenry to bow down to his likeness, that 60-cubit high statue made of gold…”whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.” Daniel 3:6

But when the three Hebrews refused to bow, Nebuchadnezzar once again used fear…Dan 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.” Daniel 3:19

With a scary-looking, enraged countenance, the king then commanded the fiery furnace to be heated 7-times hotter. And so, here was two more attempts to intimidate the three Hebrews into submission. But as the story continues, the three still refused, and were cast alive into that furnace, and yet Jesus joined them there, bringing them unharmed through that harrowing experience!

Fiery Furnace by Gustave Dore’ courtesy of adelaide.edu.au

Well, fast-forward to our day! And sadly, and tragically, we are now seeing similar tactics being used in the western nations, the very nations which once rejoiced in the Gospel, but eventually rejected the only true Gospel!

Yes, even though we live in a so-called “advanced” world-order, there is an emergence of totalitarians who have gained control of various governments around the world. And just like history’s past dictators, this new breed of totalitarians use fear to gain power over the frightened masses, telling them unless they submit to these power-hungry rulers, then the consequences will be frightening:

“You will lose your job!”

“Submit to us or the planet will succumb to greenhouse gases!”

“Your Christian beliefs will offend and discourage certain protected groups, possibly to the point of suicide!”

“You’ll be branded as ‘a racist’, or ‘an extremist’, or ‘a Nazi’!”

“Capitulate, or government authorities might come and knock on your door to take away your children!”

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“But the fearful, and unbelieving…

shall have their part

in the lake which burneth

with fire and brimstone:

which is the second death”

Revelation 21:8

Fear – Ghost Stories August – 1928 – cropped image – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me grace to hide Thy Word in my heart…

USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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THE END

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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 NARROW GATE STARS

This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter. Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end (The end of winter being the final scene of this heavenly Gospel story). Orion , the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon (sketch to right is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon. This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours).

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And at this point it is apparent that the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the two bright stars, known as Castor and Pollux (sketch to below left). But the Wide Gate Stars are composed of the two brightest stars of the Auriga Constellation, known as the star, Capella, and the star, Menkalinan. The two stars, Castor and Pollux, make up the concept of the Orion’s Narrow Gate Stars.

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This can even be observed into June in the western sky (for a short time just after dark). While a dark night is best for seeing the Woman Constellation, the 4 stars which comprise the Narrow Gate/Wide Gate Stars can be seen even under mediocre conditions. It begins with the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation (AKA Ursa Major) going towards these two doors.

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The sketch to left shows, the two doors are each composed of two bright stars. The two bright stars that comprise the Narrow Gate are the two brightest stars of the Orion the Reaper’s sickle. The two stars that comprise the ‘Wide Gate’ Stars are the two brightest stars of the wave of water that comes out of the Dragon Constellation’s mouth (for explanation of “Wave of Water”, just click here). The stars that make up the ‘Narrow Gate’ are about half the width of the Wide Gate (see sketch to right).

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(For more information on Orion’s sickle, just click here, “Orion The R eaper”.)

Editor’s note: These sketches on this page are merely sketches. The stars are not in their exact place. However, they are close enough to find them in the night sky. But as with most stars, it takes persistence to finally locate them.

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TOMORROW…

“February 27th (Love Is Not A Pick-N-Choose Buffet)”

Vegie buffet – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License

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Truck repair

By admin On January 17th, 2023

1: adjust the injectors

2: Lower both headlights. (Also, the passenger-side headlight seems to be higher than the driver-side headlight.)

3: The heater seems to be taking longer to heat up.

THANKS!

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Gospel Mission January 15, Page 1

By admin On January 12th, 2023

I’VE GOTTA HOME IN GLORY-LAND

REFRAIN: “Do Lord, oh, do Lord, do remember me
Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do remember me
Do Lord, oh, do Lord, do remember me
Way beyond the Blue”

VERSE 1 – “I’ve got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun
I’ve got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun

I’ve got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun
Way beyond the Blue”

SING REFRAIN:

VERSE 2 – “I took Jesus as My Savior, you take Him too
I took Jesus as My Savior, you take Him too
I took Jesus as My Savior, you take Him too
While He’s still calling you”

REPEAT REFRAIN

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GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU

VERSE 1 – “Be not dismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you;
Beneath his wings of love abide, God will take care of you.”

REFRAIN: “God will take care of you, through ev’ry day, o’er all the way; He will take care of you, God will take care of you.”

VERSE 2 – “Through days of toil when heart doth fail, God will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path assail, God will take care of you.”

REFRAIN: (Sing again twice)

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Gospel Mission JANUARY 15 (Page 2)

By admin On January 12th, 2023

ROCK OF AGES

VERSE1: “Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee;”
let the water and the blood, from Thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure.”

VERSE 2: “Not the labors of my hands, can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone.

VERSE 3: “While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyes shall close in death,
when I soar to worlds unknown, see Thee on Thy judgment throne,

Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee.”

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AMAZING GRACE

1- “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.

2 – “Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed.

3 – “Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

4 – “When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, Than when we’d first begun.”

REPEAT 1ST VERSE

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January 15th Gospel Mission Songs

By admin On January 11th, 2023

I’VE GOTTA HOME IN GLORY-LAND

(2nd fret in “C”)

REFRAIN: “Do Lord, oh, do Lord, do remember me
Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do remember me
Do Lord, oh, do Lord, do remember me
Way beyond the Blue”

VERSE 1 – “I’ve got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun
I’ve got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun

I’ve got a home in Glory Land that outshines the sun
Way beyond the Blue”

REFRAIN:

VERSE 2 – “I took Jesus as My Savior, you take Him too
I took Jesus as My Savior, you take Him too
I took Jesus as My Savior, you take Him too
While He’s still calling you”

REPEAT REFRAIN

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GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU

(3rd Fret in “C”)

VERSE 1 – “Be not dismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you;
Beneath his wings of love abide, God will take care of you.”

Refrain: “God will take care of you, through ev’ry day, o’er all the way; He will take care of you, God will take care of you.”

VERSE 2 – “Through days of toil when heart doth fail, God will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path assail, God will take care of you.”

Refrain: (Sing again twice)

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ROCK OF AGES

(no fret in “C”)

VERSE1: “Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee;”
let the water and the blood, from Thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure.”

VERSE 2: “Not the labors of my hands, can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone.

VERSE 3: “While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyes shall close in death,
when I soar to worlds unknown, see Thee on Thy judgment throne,

Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee.”

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AMAZING GRACE (no fret in “C”)

1- “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.

2 – “Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed.

3 – “Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

4 – “When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, Than when we’d first begun.”

REPEAT 1ST VERSE

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Daily Devotional – Year 4, July 17 (Sodom Rising? Part 19 “A Sodomite Church-world?”)

By admin On January 2nd, 2023

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Daily Devotional – Year 4, July 17

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Sodom Rising?

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Part 19 “A Sodomite Church-world?”

To read Part 1, click here… August 22nd (Sodom Rising! Part 1)

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The sun was risen upon the earth

when…the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah

brimstone and fire…out of heaven…

But his (Lot’s) wife looked back from behind him,

and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:23, 26

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

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Various geologists, theologians/Bible teachers and laymen have gone to the ancient site of that infamous city of Gomorrah to investigate claims that ashes and balls of brimstone still lay upon the now-desolate landscape as a God-made monument and fearful reminder of His awful Judgment upon those cities, as is written…“The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;” Genesis 19:23, 24

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Well, sure enough, the now-desolate landscape of that once-thriving city is still covered with ashes and some still-remaining fire-balls of brimstone scattered here and there!

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The sodomites are smitten with blindness – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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SODOM NOW THE LOWEST POINT IN ALL THE WORLD!

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Of course, the area which once was that other condemned sister-city of Gomorrah, the City of Sodom, is now completely covered with salt-laden water, being a testimony of its complete annihilation by God, this area now being the lowest point of altitude in the entire world (1300 feet below sea level!).

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Dead Sea – World’s lowest point (1971) – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

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AN UNHEEDED WARNING!

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As the Epistle of Jude reveals, Sodom & Gomorrah were to become a testimony of God’s eternal wrath…“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha…giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” Jude 1:7

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Of course, this great warning from Heaven against ungodliness, has not deterred the citizens of this present-day fallen world from pursuing the same licentious lifestyle of those ancient cities.

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Birmingham Gay Pride – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy (God’s People) sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”

Ezekiel 16:49

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But even more fearful are the various Bible warnings to the church-world, not to pursue the vain, selfish pleasures and the proud, ambitious pursuits of this Sodom & Gomorrah world!

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Listen to Jesus’ frightful warning…“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.” Mark 6:11

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Yes, when a true Believer unsuccessfully tries to warn the world’s inhabitants (and to warn world-loving church-goers) to repent from their ungodliness, those hard-hearted skeptics need look no further than the destruction of those two doomed cities to see the awful fate awaiting every Christ-rejecting man, woman, and child!

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

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A SODOM & GOMORRAH CHURCH-WORLD?

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Listen to what God says to His very own people…“Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.” Isaiah 1:9, 10

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God is comparing His very own people to Sodom & Gomorrah!

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But don’t think that this verse from Isaiah is merely for the Old Testament people of God! No, just listen to Peter…“But there were false prophets also among the (Old Testament) people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies…And (God) turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly…Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” 2nd Peter 2:1, 6, & 3:17, 18

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This passage reveals that if the works which have been witnessed by today’s church-community, had been witnessed by the unbelieving secular people of this Sodom & Gomorrah world, they would have long ago repented of their misdeeds!

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

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“I AM CHIEF (OF SINNERS)!”

1st Timothy 1:15

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And so, there is no reason for any of us in the church-world to look down our noses at those who are caught up in perverted lifestyles.

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No, but rather, we are in much worse trouble with God than they!

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We’re the ones who should be in sackcloth & ashes, falling down before our Holy God, begging for mercy and repentance!

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“RUN, CHRISTIAN, RUN!”

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The Good News in all this is, this is still the day of Salvation! And just as Lot fled from Sodom to the mountain, so to, God is calling His people to, “FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME!” Matthew 3:7 & Luke 3:7

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PICTURE – Constellation- Woman of Revelation 12 flees to the mountains Mark 13:14 This is not a star-chart, but merely a concept picture, but made up of real constellations (Ursa Major & Auriga, Hyades, etc…, howbeit not in their actual positions in the night-sky)

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YOU ARE INVITED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO EXPLORING THE AREA WHICH ONCE WAS THE ANCIENT CITY OF GOMORRAH

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 15 (Taking Back This Nation for God! Part 22: “The Death of Common Sense”)

By admin On December 31st, 2022

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – July 15

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Taking Back This Nation For God!

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Part 22:

“The Death of Common Sense”

To read Part 1, click here…“March 28th (Taking Back This Nation For God)

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“Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer,

and He that formed thee from the womb,

I am the LORD that maketh all things;

that stretcheth forth the heavens alone;

that spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself;

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars,

and maketh diviners mad;

that turneth wise men backward,

and maketh their knowledge foolish…”

Isaiah 44:24. 25

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A NEW NATION WAS FORMED

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Those who, long ago, sailed to this fledging nation, exhausted from the centuries of religious/civil tyranny in Europe, began what they thought was to be a Christian nation!

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Yes, America was the beginning of a great experiment in freedom of political/religious speech, as well as liberty of conscience!

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And God mercifully gave this nation an incredible constitution: a wonderful gift given by the Almighty, because of cruel tyranny He allowed by the harsh hand of Satan, throughout the various European nations during the centuries of The Dark Ages.

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**And the forefathers of this new nation eventually named it, “The United States of America”.**

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Pilgrims & Thanksgiving – Brascome – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States by H.C. Christy – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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Yes, God in His mercy, gave this nation His manifold blessings, knowing how His people suffered so greatly through the centuries of the Dark Ages of Europe! And He allowed the United States to grow and thrive.

But as America prospered, the Church began to also enjoy the carnal riches and pleasures of the world. Thus, the Church quickly became sleepy-eyed and lukewarm, fulfilling the words of Jesus…“Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My mouth.
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”

But the U.S.A. was allowed to continue, gradually devolving from its original greatness.

And as a result, over the past decades, the secular leaders of this nation, without any connection to Heaven lost whatever wisdom that God mercifully shed on this once great nation!

And now, judgment was finally and fully falling on the world’s last great hope for true liberty.

And those secular and atheist leaders made increasingly bad decisions for this declining nation. In the various government bodies, God’s judgment was now falling. And as of late, it seems apparent that God’s blessings have been removed from this decadent, cornucopian super-society, while other nations seem to be getting more and more powerful!

But behind the scenes, in the dark shadows of the spiritual realm, Satan had now been permitted to carry out his evil plans. This world’s last great effort for success was ripe for destruction. And even though, the foolish decisions of our leaders seem to lack all rhyme and reason, Satan, “the god of this world” is orchestrating all those bad decisions in such a way that will bring a snare upon the entire world, as he helps usher in the long afore-promised war in the place which is called “Armageddon”.

While the media goliaths were busily deceiving the populace into a false sense of security, the sin-sick nation was receiving her just recompense for her past sins.

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”

Proverbs 25:25

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to escape this awful and fearful judgment which seems to be falling on this society. Let me hide myself in Thy secret pavilion until the indignation be overpast…

Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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THE END

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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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DRAGON’S WAVE OF WATER

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In Revelation, the Dragon of Revelation 12 is described as having seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns. However, the Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation up in the night sky does not. But God has faithfully created this wave of water, in such a way, as to illustrate this same concept of the seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns. Because this wave of water is basically comprised of ten stars.

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The main body of the wave has seven stars (#’s 1 thru 7, in the sketch), and the tip of the crest of the wave has the other three stars, (#’s 8, 9, 10).

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So in this wave, we see the same 7/10 numbering found in the Revelation description of the heads/horns/crowns of the Dragon.

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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. Because, the Bible speaks very much about floods and waters as being associated with Satan (the Dragon).

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Listen again… “When the waves of death compassed me…THE FLOODS OF UNGODLY MEN made me afraid. The sorrows of Hell compassed me about;” 2nd Samuel 22:5.

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ATHEISM AND THE NUMBER “6”

And so, without going into a lengthy discussion, let’s just say that of all the 7 heads of Antichrist, the head which most closely aligns with atheism would logically be the 6th head. And why the 6th head? The Book of Revelation, Chapter 13 warns that the Antichrist Beast has a number of 666. And it describes this number as being the “number of a man”. The number “6” in Scripture has to do with “Man”. It is a number which reminds of the 6th Day of Creation; the day that Man was created. Man was created on the 6th day. And so, Mankind is very much connected with the number “6”

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And since atheism is the religion which holds Mankind as the supreme ruler of Earth, then the number “6”, being the number of Man, seems to correspond to the 6th head of Antichrist, very well.

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Now these ideas may not be “written in stone”, as the saying goes. And nothing hinges upon, nor falls apart, with or without these theories. But sufficed to say, there is strong evidence that these concepts have biblical support.

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And so, this 6th star in the Revelation 12 Dragon’s wave of water, would correspond to the 6th head of the Antichrist Beast. And as already said, “waves” in Scripture, represent the many false ideologies which Satan has flooded the world with, throughout time. So that is why this Signs Of Heaven website believes that atheism was the 6th head of Antichrist.

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But if the reader wishes to explore these things in more depth, please go to “Floodwaters of Satan-Introduction”.

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TOMORROW…

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