Daily Devotional – MARCH 8 (The Deceitfulness of Riches, Part 2: Flee!)

By admin On January 20th, 2021

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Daily Devotional – MARCH 8

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The Deceitfulness of Riches

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Part 2:

“Flee!”

TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE…MARCH 7 (The Deceitfulness of Riches)“

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It was presented in yesterday’s devotional, that we live in a land of incredible riches!

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Like never before in history, we in this high-tech industrial culture have more than the heart could wish!

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Yes, even the poorer of this society are inundated with earthly wealth in the form of modern-day conveniences and over-abundance; things which cause us and our children to drown in perdition and destruction!

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New York Times Square – terabass – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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THIS ANTICHRIST WORLD-SYSTEM

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And yesterday, it was also presented that Satan has built up a world-system which is increasingly causing the entire earth-population to become conformed to his image!

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“…the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,

lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,

who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

2nd Corinthians 4:4

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From television, to books, magazines and newspapers, etc., to atheistic schooling, to our high-tech audio/visual devices, Satan has been indoctrinating Christians and their children into his Antichrist world-system!

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

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MANY TIMES, GOD SAYS, “FLEE”!

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And so, in yesterday’s devotional (click here), it was declared that Habakkuk’s prophecy has now reached its fulfillment, in which God’s people are warned to “run!”

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But Habakkuk isn’t the only place which counsels us to flee!

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Listen to this next passage…

“But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation…

standing where it ought not…

then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: “

Mark 13:14 (condensed)

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Now, this above passage found in Mark 13 (also in Matthew 24, and Luke 21) has been written in veiled, allegorical language.

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The fact is, the apostate portion of the Church has been locked out of understanding these allegorical things, by their own false and unbiblical hermeneutics which greatly denies the parabolic nature of Scripture!

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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THE HARLOT CHURCH

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And speaking of allegories, this next passage only further amplifies our understanding…

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Listen… “And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her (Mystery Babylon), My people,

that ye be not partakers of her sins,

and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

Revelation 18:4

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This above verse calls God’s people out of Babylon.

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But since literal Babylon was destroyed thousands of years prior, this verse must be understood allegorically!

And in Chapter 17 of Revelation, God speaks of MYSTERY BABYLON, MOTHER OF HARLOTS!

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And many times, God compares the apostate portion of the Church to a harlot and to an adulterous woman!

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And as you can see by this 500-year-old engraving, the people of long ago fully understood this concept!

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Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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SODOM-LIKE OPULENCE IN CHURCHES

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And so, when God calls His people out of Babylon, He is telling us to vacate the fallen world-loving, prosperity-driven churches!

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Here is the apostate condition of the churches, both liberal and conservative!

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The churches are filled with those who advocate the same opulence which led Sodom into her ultimate destruction!

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Pride, fulness of bread were the chief sins of Sodom; and they are also the chief sins of us today!

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Mall Market culture – Jakarta – Wikimedia – share-alike-lic.

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TOTAL APOSTASY FORETOLD

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Just listen to the apostate condition of today’s church-world…

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine…”

2nd Timothy 4:3, 4

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Today’s churches are no longer able to preach the pure Word of God!

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Because if they did, they would offend, thus losing most of their parishioners!

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Speaker to raised hands – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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MANY OTHER THINGS

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And so, the pure words of the Bible have now become “watered down” with many worldly compromises:

…politics, prosperity-driven messages,

…worldly jokes and jests, career-oriented encouragements…

…drama, sensual music & dancing…

…sensual apparel, idolizing of famous musicians and evangelists…

…ethnicity-focused, incorrect doctrines…

…divorce & re-marriage, ungodly associations with unbelievers…

…worldly-minded clubs, worldly-minded sports…

…many worldly-minded schools, spiritualism…in the form of tongues (babbling) and other counterfeit signs & wonders…

…and a host of other similar abominations!

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Dancing woman – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License

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TIME TO FLEE!

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And so, by attending such congregations, God’s people and their children are only getting further indoctrination into the world-system of our adversary, the Devil!

Constellation- Woman of Revelation 12 flees to the mountains Mark 13:14

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Yes, the time of “itching ears gospels” has fully come!

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But the Bible tells us… “men of corrupt minds…

supposing that gain is godliness:

from such withdraw thyself….

For the love of money is the root of all evil:

which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things;

and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.”

1st Timothy 6:10, 11

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**It tells us in this above to “withdraw thyself from such (men)” 1st Timothy 6:5! But it also tells us to “flee these things” (c.6, v. 11).**

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And here is a giant clue as to just how we are to come out of spiritual Babylon!

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ABOVE PICTURE – winter Constellations – Woman of Revelation 12 (Ursa Major) flees to the mountains – Mark 13:14 – Dragon comprised of Hyades, Pleiades, etc… Valley of Decision Mountain comprised of Cassiopeia, etc… (This is not a star-chart, but merely a concept picture since this mountain is not in this position, but is actually in the fall months)

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And so, in tomorrow’s daily devotional will be discussed just how do we flee and where we are to flee to!

MARCH 9 (The Deceitfulness of Riches, Part 3: “Where To Flee?”)

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

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, These are new concepts for me! Please give me understanding into these things! Help me to be a “noble Berean” and give me an open mind as I explore these seemingly new ideas…

USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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Revelation 12 Woman: “From Fleeing To Flying!”

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“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;

a woman…travailing in birth…

And there appeared another wonder in heaven;

and behold a great red dragon…

And the woman fled into the wilderness…

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,

that she might fly into the wilderness…

from the face of the serpent.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth

water as a flood after the woman,”

Revelation 12:1-3, 6, 14

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THE URSA MAJOR ‘MOTION PICTURE’ IN THE HEAVENS

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If you look to the north, the constellation commonly known as Ursa Major actually looks like a headless woman who is with child.

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And yet, as summer turns to fall, and fall turns to winter, this constellation slowly rotates until it is upside-down, now appearing as a running woman with upraised arms.

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But as winter progresses, this running woman slowly begins to lean forward until she appears to be flying: flying westward.

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Star-chart – Ursa Major – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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TOMORROW…

“MARCH 9 (The Deceitfulness of Riches, Part 3: Where To Flee?)”