Daily Devotional, Year 2 – OCTOBER 16 (A World of Lies, Part 7: “It’s a Cuttlefish World! The Enemy Within!”)
By admin On February 6th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – OCTOBER 16
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A World of Lies,
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Part 7:
“It’s a Cuttlefish World! The Enemy Within!”
To read Part 1, click here… “January 3 (World of Lies, Part 1: The Femme-Fatale Firefly!)”
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“And we know that we are of God,
and the whole world lieth in wickedness.”
1st John 5:19
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Cuttlefish – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
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CUTTLEFISH: THE ULTIMATE IMPOSTORS!
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One of the most amazing creatures ever created is the Cuttlefish! Actually, it is not a fish, but a type of mollusk, like a squid, or octopus.
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The reason why this predatory creature is so incredible, is that it can just glance at its environment and instantly change its body to imitate that environment, either to hide from enemies or to clandestinely lie in wait for unsuspecting prey.
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Cuttlefish.ogv – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License
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“Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.”
Psalm 60:11 & 108:12
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During any presidential debate, there are a lot of promises made about restoring this nation to her former greatness.
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The problem with all these promises is that the solution will not be found with mere humans…
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CNN Debate – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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GOD SAVES OR DESTROYS
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Listen… “At what instant I (God) shall speak concerning a
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced,
turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.”
Isaiah 18:7, 8
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As this above passage from Isaiah says, it is God who blesses nations, and it is God that curses nations.
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And so, if God has cursed our society, then it is absolutely futile to attempt to protect her from outside enemy forces!
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Absolutely worthless!
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Vesuvius from Posillipo – Wright of Derby, – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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BEFORE A NATION IS DESTROYED FROM WITHOUT,
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IT IS DESTROYED FROM WITHIN…
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The fact is, the root cause of any nation’s decline or destruction can always be traced back to that nation’s wickedness.
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With some nations, it may be 
greed for more power, or more control, or more territories.
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With other nations, it may be greed for materialism and for more earthly riches.
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For still others, it may be dishonesty and other corruptions.
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And still others may be lusting for immorality.
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And so, you could say, that before a nation is destroyed from without, it must become corrupt from within. Otherwise, God would protect that nation.
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The Sodomites are smitten with blindness – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM
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A perfect example of God’s blessings and cursings on a nation can be witnessed in God’s dealings with ancient Sodom.
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After helping Sodom out of various troubles with outside enemies, God finally brought judgment upon her.
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Her immorality had become too much. And after a long time of patient forbearance, God ultimately brought a swift and final end to Sodom.
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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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THE SALVATION OF NINEVEH
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On the other hand, after Jonah warned another wicked city, Nineveh, of its impending judgments…
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…the people of that wicked city, unlike the unrepentant Sodomites, instead turned to God with fasting and sackcloth and sorrow for their own wickedness…
…Their own leaders proclaimed…
“Let…them (Ninevites) turn every one from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in their hands.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent,
and turn away from his fierce anger,
that we perish not?”
Jonah 3:7-9
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Jonah The Prophet – www.christianimagesource.com
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And so, we have two examples of how God can deal with a wicked city or even a nation.
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In one instance, the people were destroyed.
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In the other, the people repented and were saved.
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Sodom and Gomorrah – by John Martin – Wikipedia – Public Domain
Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites by G Dore- Wikipedia – US public domain
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REAPING THE WHIRLWIND
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And thus, it also is with the nations which once embraced the Christian Reformation.
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They have slowly but surely rejected the Gospel which they previously loved and have turned once again to wickedness of one form or another.
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And now they will “reap the whirlwind” as the Bible says. (Hosea 8:7)
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Luther – 95 Theses – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“FOR VAIN IS THE HELP OF MAN”
Psalm 60:11 & 108:12
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And so, if Christians are looking for this or that candidate to come to their nation’s rescue, they can just forget it!
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Judgment is now coming upon the former Reformation nations. And there is one and only one hope for any nation.
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Listen again…“If that nation…turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.”
Isaiah 18:7, 8
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David’s sorrow – Wikigallery – Public Domain
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YOU ARE INVITED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO EXPLORING THE AREA WHICH ONCE WAS THE ANCIENT CITY OF GOMORRAH IN WHICH BALLS OF BRIMSTONE ARE STILL FOUND!
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CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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To read part 8, click here…
OCTOBER 17 (A World of Lies, Part 8: It’s a Cuttlefish World! The Enemy Within! Continued: Insufficient Repentance)
David’s sorrow – Wikigallery – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to see and understand the great deception, which is the Planet Earth! Help me study Thy Word that I may become wise as a serpent, but harmless as a dove…
Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…January 16 (The First Shall Be Last! Part 2: “The Tragic Tale of Europe’s Apostasy”)…
…or you can also read…“March 28th (Taking Back This Nation For God!)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE PLEIADES
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The photo to the right is the Pleiades Cluster.
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Does it appear to you like an angel?
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Well, if it does, then you are encouraged to keep reading.
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The above two verses concerning the Pleiades are all the Bible has to say about the Pleiades, directly.
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But if you will read this article, you will discover that the Pleiades represents concepts which span much of the Bible!
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And The Heavens Declare.net will attempt to unravel this mysterious phenomenon in the night-sky, and will, hopefully, also interpret these two verses to show just what all this means, and how it might apply to our lives.
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TALE OF TWO WOMEN
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You see, this constellation tells the tale of two women!
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But how can it be that nobody has ever seen the Pleiades as a constellation of a woman?
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This article will discuss this great paradox of these two women, found in the Pleiades, and what it means scripturally to us: we who comprise the global community of Christians.
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Because this constellation (or should we say Constellations, plural), has very much to do with us: those of us who are living right now on the threshold of eternity.
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And as you might expect, if you are at all familiar with this website, the Bible holds the key to understanding all this!
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… The Pleiades: The Captive Angel & Mystery Harlot Constellation
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TOMORROW…
OCTOBER 17 (A 3-Finger Judgment Day, Part 18: “Does God Condone Slavery?”)
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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY
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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS IS STUDY #654 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…
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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain
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