Daily Devotional, Year 4, 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 – July 14
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Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads,
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Part 7:
“Over the Rainbow? Or Stay Down Here?”
To read Part 1, click here… “July 4th (Look Up & Lift Up Your Heads!)”
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“There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home!”
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Remember those words?
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Well, perhaps the Reader of this article is too young to know about the movie which popularized those words, “There’s no place like home!”
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Wizard of Oz Judy Garland – 1939 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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THE WIZARD OF OZ
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And for those who are too young to know, that movie, The Wizard of Oz, was a blockbuster mega-movie starring that fresh-faced young lady named Judy Garland, who played Dorothy of Kansas.
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And in this incredible movie, young Dorothy was taken up in a Midwest tornado-whirlwind, soon finding herself in a colorful wonderland in which she and three fellow seekers begin an arduous journey to find The Wizard of Oz, in hopes of asking him to give to each of these four sojourners, that one thing which was lacking in each of their respective lives.
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Dorothy, of course, was wanting the Wizard to help her find her way home, back to Kansas.
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And in the end of this charming movie, Dorothy is told to keep repeating the words, “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…” And lo and behold, when she opens her eyes, she finds herself back home in Kansas, now appreciating her home and humble circumstances like she never had done so before!
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WIZARD OF OZ ORIGINAL POSTER 1939 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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So, what’s the point of this article?
At a loss by George Shucklin – wikimedia – share-alike license
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SUSPICIOUS RESEMBLANCE TO PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
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The point is, that this movie, which has captured the hearts of successive generations since it first aired, had a very suspicious resemblance to the book, Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan.
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Yes, The Wizard of Oz was obviously, the secular world’s answer to that incredible allegorical tale by Bunyan, which also won the hearts of, and greatly encouraged millions of Christian pilgrims since it was first penned in the mid-seventeenth century!
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Pilgrims Progress title page third edition – 1679 – wikimedia commons – public-domain
Pilgrim’s Progress Enters The Wicket Gate – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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WHICH WORLD WILL YOU CHOOSE?
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The big difference between those two tales, is that in Bunyan’s book, the focus was on the Pilgrim’s sojourn to the Celestial City (Heaven).
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On the other hand, The Wizard of Oz movie only proved that this present world is the best place to be.
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SANTA CLAUSE & THE WIZARD BOTH INSPIRE UNBELIEF
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And just like that old mythical character, “Santa Clause”, that great pretender, “The Wizard of Oz” likewise had a very suspicious resemblance to God, The Father.
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Yes, when Dorothy’s dog pulled back the Wizard’s curtain, it was discovered that the wizard was just a mere mortal man, fraudulently posing as a Wizard.
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Dear Santa Claus – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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So why bring all these things to light?
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At a loss by George Shucklin – wikimedia – share-alike license
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“Look Up; Lift Up Your Heads!”
Luke 21:28
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Well, that mega-movie is a very great example of how Satan masterfully uses the various media to get people’s eyes focused downward.
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On the other hand, Bunyan’s tale, Pilgrim’s Progress, got its readers eyes focused upward, to Heaven!
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Yes, even moviegoers cannot escape the battle between Heaven and Hell (that is, the Hell of this present world). And the Wizard of Oz has been one of Satan’s most successful Hollywood productions, for the above stated reason.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress – by Byam Shaw – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain
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“THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR…”
Ephesians 2:2, 3
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Oh yes, Satan is very subtle! He was subtle when he first deceived Mankind in the Garden, and he is even more subtle today, in the ways that he deceives the world’s citizens!
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The Bible declares that “Satan…deceives the whole world” Revelation 12:9.
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And the greatest subtilty of this low-profile deceiver has been to seemingly reduce himself to a mere myth in the minds of men, causing mankind to deny his very existence!
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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel
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ATHEISM, THE 6TH HEAD OF ANTICHRIST
(to read more on this, click here)
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And as charming as that movie was, it nevertheless was a very subtle assault by that unseen Master Deceiver Antichrist spirit, to further cause moviegoers to disbelieve in the existence of God!
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It exposed the great Wizard of Oz as a complete fraud!
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Yes, Satan has used the modern media to convince much of this world that God is nothing more than a mythical character, thus plunging a great portion of the earth’s inhabitants into a hopeless prison called, “Atheism”, now deceiving them into thinking that there is no way of escape out of this sad and hopeless world of death!
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Atheist sign Wisconsin State wikipedia share-alike license (2)
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“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon”
Revelation 13:11
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This above verse from Revelation 13:11, foretells of this very day in which Satan is using the various media goliaths to deceive and destroy the nations.
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The lies, the hypocrisy, the coverups, the obfuscation, the tyranny, the immorality, and all the corruption broadcast on a 24/7 basis by the mass-media has become Satan’s chosen weapon of destruction of the human race, in these final hours of earth’s history!
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Hence, as Revelation 13:11 reveals, today’s major media “speaks as a dragon”: the “dragon”, referring to Satan!
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In simpler terms, our various major media entities have become Satan’s “megaphone” to the world!
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The Yellow Press by L.M. Glackens – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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THE PROMISED LAND AWAITS!
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But the very Good News is, that there is indeed a way of escape from all this pandemic madness!
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Yes, “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high”, there actually exists a “Promised Land” which is infinitely more wonderful than any fictional tale which any storyteller or movie producer could ever possibly imagine!
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And that Promised Land is waiting for the arrival of all Pilgrims who are weary of this sorrowful world of sickness, death, and hopelessness!
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The River Of The Water Of Life by H. Melville – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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END-TIME EXODUS
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And the Reader is encouraged to also join the exodus out of this “City of Destruction”, the world, and begin the Pilgrim’s sojourn to that Land in which there will be “no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away”. Revelation 21:4
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And while lying in bed, one might even close their eyes, look up, and keep repeating the phrase, “There’s no place like home in Heaven! There’s no place like home in Heaven…”
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ABOVE PICTURE: The True Upward Pathway www.signsofheaven.org
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To read part 8, click here…
December 6th (Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads, Part 8: “A New Heart For The Tin Man?”)
Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Open my eyes, that I may see the veracity of this message, and keep me from allowing Satan to bring my focus back down to earth…
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…February 9 (The False Prophet, Part 11: “Which World Will You Choose?”), or you can also read… May 27 (As The Flower of the Field, Part 18: “Somewhere Over The Rainbow?”)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE ARK, CROSS/SCEPTER & FLOWER OF THE FIELD
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“And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” Revelation 11:19
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The below sketch is of the southernmost constellations: The Ark of the Covenant, the Flower of the Field, and the Cross/Scepter Constellations. As you can see in the sketch, the two stars in this Ark of the Covenant Constellation, (on either side of the Ark) do not look like these two angels. This sketch is just an overly generous rendering of this constellation. This sketch does however, present a view of the Ark, as it might have appeared (somewhat) in Solomon’s temple. This constellation is commonly known as “Sagittarius”. Why the ancients saw this as a centaur (man/horse figure) is a mystery. Maybe someone knows.
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TEMPLE IN HEAVEN OPENED
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But the really big important fact is that this constellation is spoken of in Revelation… “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the Ark of His Testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” Revelation 11:19. This constellation begins to fulfill this prophecy in this above verse. But as you read more and more of Signs Of Heaven, you will see a greater fulfillment of this prophecy. Because not only will the temple be opened in Heaven, but you will receive instructions as to how you may enter by faith into the true temple in Heaven and into the true Most Holy Place where the actual Ark is (the heart of God).
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(To read more on this subject, go to… “Ark of the Covenant Constellation, Pt. 2: How To Enter The Most Holy Place”
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EDITOR’S NOTE: these are sketches, and are not charts. They are not 100% accurate. But hopefully, they are close enough, so that the reader may locate them in the night sky.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Ark of the Covenant Constellation”
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TOMORROW:
July 15 (Taking Back This Nation for God! Part 22: “The Death of Common Sense”)
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