Daily Devotional – January 7th (Time To Get Out of Dodge?)
By admin On January 13th, 2021.
Daily Devotional – January 7th
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Time To Get Out of Dodge?
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“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
Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain
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The crude, yet oft-used expression, “Time to get out of Dodge!”, was coined back in the 1970’s from a television show based on that infamous town, Dodge City, in which Old West gunfighters were made legends by ambitious and imaginative storywriters.
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And people today commonly say, “It’s time to get out of Dodge”, applying it to exiting some particular bad or undesirable situation.
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Scalped Morrison – 1868 – Fort Dodge – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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WORLD NOW IN CRISIS MODE!
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And getting out of “Dodge” seems so appropriate, considering the current state of affairs in this crazy and chaotic world!
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Yes, there doesn’t need to be much observation to realize that things aren’t going so well in today’s very troubled and hopeless world!
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Do we even need to list the various catastrophes and abominations going on all around us today?
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Certainly, little devotionals like this one are far too small to even begin to enumerate the horrible things going on all over the world!
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“…I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
Matthew 10:34
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But the real question is, “Why is the Lord allowing all this horrible stuff to happen?”
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After all, what most of us really want…is peace…and safety…and harmony…and prosperity!
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Right?
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Is that asking too much?
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But listen to Jesus… “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34
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So, Jesus, in essence, is saying here that Heaven has declared war on this, Lucifer’s antichrist world-system of sinful selfishness!
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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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And all our current-day societal craziness reminds us of Isaiah 59:14, in which God foretells of the world’s horrible condition in these last days…“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”
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Yes, law-and-order is now devolving rapidly! And this above prophecy from Isaiah 59:14 has never seen such a pandemic fulfillment as we are witnessing today!
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To give just one example, many today are confounded to behold corrupt judges and politicians often allowing criminals to go free, only to continue their crime sprees, stealing, looting, burning, drug-pushing, and murdering.
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Instead of stopping such lawlessness, police are frequently commanded to “stand-down”, and allow those violent thugs to burn, loot, and beat, and even kill!
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And yet, today’s corrupt and dysfunctional judicial system, while seemingly unable (or unwilling) to control the giant tsunami of lawlessness in our land, will instead, often arrest, incarcerate, and persecute those who merely hold to opposing political beliefs from today’s dominant-political-party-leaders who now rule over many nations!
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“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold”
Matthew 24:12
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And the current downward trajectory of the world’s evil, indicates that the situation is probably going to get much worse than it already is!
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This above verse from Matthew 24:12 gives a hint about what we can expect in the coming days and is even already now beginning in our land: worldwide lawlessness and lovelessness!
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Yes, law-and-order is now devolving rapidly!
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And as a result of today’s lawlessness, this above prophecy is now being dramatically fulfilled…
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Listen again…“because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” Matthew 24:12.
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Yes, in this increasingly divisive, lawless, and chaotic society, the general populace is now becoming progressively more suspicious, intolerant, even hateful of one-another!
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Protests – Anti Christian sign in Federal Plaza Chicago – Wikimedia Commons
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“…the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”
Habakkuk 1:2-4
The Prophet, Habakkuk, made the following end-times prophecy… “O LORD, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save! Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.” Habakkuk 1:2-4
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Thus, Habakkuk’s vision here, is for the last days of this, Lucifer’s antichrist world-system. And Habakkuk the prophet is complaining of God’s people being surrounded by the wicked, to the point that wrong and bad judgment is proceeding forth from us!
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Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain
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HABAKKUK SAYS “RUN!”
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And so, just what is the bottom line to Habakkuk’s prophecy?
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Well, listen again to Habakkuk… “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
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And so, this above continuation of Habakkuk’s prophetic vision gives us the warning that this vision from God is for the earth’s last hours. And at the end, this vision shall speak. And when it speaks…we are to run!
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THINGS GETTING TOO HOT!
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People around the world were shocked and horrified to see the video footage of 9/11, in New York City, in which people were jumping out of 100 story-high windows from those Twin Towers! Things had become too hot, and those poor souls chose the lessor of two evils: to jump to certain death, to escape the unbearable heat!
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And as we look around, and we see all the destruction going on, all around us, it almost seems that God is purposely trying to make us uncomfortable! As we see the various institutions beginning to self-destruct, then maybe God is taking away our comfortable and cozy world, in attempt to wake us up! As we see our formerly “reliable and dependable” world crumbling all around us, then maybe we need to flee!
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And as we see the church world caving to worldliness and unbiblical doctrines/practices, then perhaps God is giving us the wake-up call…“Get out of Dodge!”
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NOAH’S FLOOD ALL OVER AGAIN!
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Yes, it almost seems as if we are experiencing Noah’s flood all over again!
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But the Bible warns us that this coming deluge won’t be with water, but with fire! Not only do we see our forests burning, but we even see demonically controlled terrorists now burning churches!
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Listen… “Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 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.” 2nd Peter 3:6, 7
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Yes, it seems that the flood of evil, which is now sweeping over the land is perhaps the beginning of God’s fiery deluge of Judgment! Judgment Day! The “Day of the Lord”! (2nd Peter 3:10, etc…)
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RUN, CHRISTIAN, RUN!
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And we, who are of the household of faith, must flee! Things are getting too hot around here!
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Listen… “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains…For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:15-21
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This above passage from Matthew seems to complement Habakkuk’s prophecy very well. Both passages declare that we must “flee from the wrath to come!”
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But perhaps, someone might rather just simply utter that well-known worldly expression…“It’s time to get out of Dodge!”
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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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TO READ PART 2, GO HERE…
September 27 (TIME TO GET OUT OF DODGE! Part 2: “Time To Get Out of Our Schools!”)
Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to flee from the great heat which is beginning to scorch this world. Give me understanding to know what I can do to get out of this world, and yet still live and function in this world…
Praying Hands – Otto Greiner – Wikimedia – .bassenge.com – Cropped image – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… August 11th (Habakkuk Says “Run!”), or you can also read… AUGUST 3 (Apocalypse Now! Part 1: Silencing the Gospel!)
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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FLEEING WOMAN OF REVELATION 12…
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“And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.” Revelation 12:14, 15. So this Revelation 12 Woman Constellation gives a heavenly portrait of a woman fleeing from the Dragon, who is spewing water in her pathway.
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The sketch is the “Valley of Decision” Constellation, the Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation, and the Dragon Constellation. This is a concept sketch. These three constellations are not in this position in the night sky. So please don’t try to find them together like this. All of the other sketches have the constellation in the correct position, unless otherwise noted. For locations of each of these Constellations, please go to the article for that particular constellation.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Woman of Revelation 12 (Flees to the Wilderness)”
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TOMORROW…
January 8 (Absentee Parenting)
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