Daily Devotional, Year 3 – April 18 (Planet Earth: Devil’s Island! Part 19: “Every Knee Shall Bow!” CONTINUED)
By admin On February 13th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – April 18
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Planet Earth: Devil’s Island!
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Part 19:
“Every Knee Shall Bow!” CONTINUED
To read Part 1, click here…March 13th (Planet Earth: Devil’s Island!)
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“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom
concerning all things that are done under heaven:
this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man
to be exercised therewith.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;
and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight:
and that which is wanting cannot be numbered”
Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
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There is a current fad right now in the world in which society believes they can choose to be whichever gender they wish. And isn’t it amazing how fanatical society is becoming about all this?! Schools are grooming students! The media giants are pushing it! Lawmakers are legislating it! And even the heads of nations are demanding it!
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And many of the world’s citizenry are shaking their heads in unbelief over the insane craziness in which the entire western nations are all in collusion together!
Gay Parade – Jazz Jennings 2016 – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License
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“For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds”
2nd Peter 2:8
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And yet, the vast majority of the citizenry are shocked horrified to see how extreme this current craze has become, as society is even encouraging little children to have body parts removed in effort to become more like the opposite gender! People just cannot believe how insane all this has become!
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So, why is all this happening?
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Why has this giant tsunami of gender-confusion swept through the societies, especially in the western cultures?
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What we need to do is stand back, and put on our son-glasses, and begin to look at all this from Heaven’s vantage-point.
Question Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD-SYSTEM
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Yes, what we need to understand and comprehend is the nature of what this world was all about.
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Wilde’s Great globe – Wikipedia – Public-domain
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“to seek and search out…all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith”
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Listen to our signature Bible passage for today…
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“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom
concerning all things that are done under heaven:
this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man
to be exercised therewith.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;
and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight:
and that which is wanting cannot be numbered”
Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
Colorized King Solomon in Old Age – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
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You see, what this above passage from the world’s wisest mortal, King Solomon, is saying is this: Even as Solomon was given the task of searching out the various works and inventions and ideologies of mankind, so have we!
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“to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith”
Ecclesiastes 1:13
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In other words, this planet is a giant experiment in which God has allowed mankind to try out various things, in attempt to find happiness, fulfillment, and success in this world.
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For example, mankind has been experimenting with various types of governments over the past millenniums. Which government could be a good replacement for Heaven’s government?
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And after the same manner, mankind has experimented with various religions through the centuries.
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And on and on it goes: various styles of music. Various types of sports. Various ideologies and philosophies. New inventions: television, radio, computers, Internet,
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“And the devil…shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world…and to whomsoever I will I give it, If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine”
Luke 4:5-7 [Condensed for Brevity]
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Now, truth-be-told, the “god of this world”, Lucifer, now called The Revelation 12 Dragon, is the actual orchestrator and inventor of all this! That’s right, God has given over this world to Lucifer, to be a showcase for this great multi-faceted “Dragon”, Lucifer, now called “The Devil” and “Satan”.
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And God has allowed the Dragon to establish his own kingdom of selfishness with all its multi-faceted components. And these various components of his complex character are all the things which mankind has been experimenting with throughout history.
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“I have seen all the works that are done under the sun…”
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So, let’s return back to our opening example, the so-called “transing” of our young people. Will they find happiness and fulfillment in this latest craze?
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And what about all the other crazes and inventions? What about Internet? What about television? What about Rap music? Or what about Rock-n-Roll? Or Socialism? Or New-Age? Or legalized drugs?
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Will any of these various crazes bring happiness and fulfillment? Did cigarettes bring us happiness? Or alcohol? Did the Hippie-free-love movement of the 1960’s bring happiness? Did communism bring happiness?
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Has anything that mankind has experimented with brought joy and peace and successful living?
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“…and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit”
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God has graciously allowed mankind “to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven”.
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And now that we have finally reached the end of our probationary time on earth, mankind is finally experimenting with the very last inventions and ideologies. And “Sodomy” just happens to be one of mankind’s desperate attempts to find “higher meaning and fulfillment” in life.
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Of course, we all know what the ultimate outcome will be to mankind’s last-ditch desperate attempt to find happiness and fulfillment.
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As the Wise-Man concludes, “Behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit!”
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Yes, this, and everything else which mankind has strove to achieve will end up in sorrow, failure, remorse, and ultimately in death.
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“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter”
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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But in conclusion, the Wise-Man ended his swan-song letter, Ecclesiastes, with the following summation…“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13. 14
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Yes, God is now bringing mankind before His throne of judgment. And mankind, and all our vain attempts to succeed without Heaven’s help, will be brought to its grand finale! And as mankind is now making one last desperate attempt to bring order and success to our rebellion against Heaven, the world will soon be plunged into the long-awaited “time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time:” (See Daniel 12:1)
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Yes, God is going to allow sin to be fully manifested before the onlooking universe.
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“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God…and…were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works”
Revelation 20:12
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And when all is finally accomplished, and all the vast multitudes of the living and past dead are standing before the judgment seat, mankind will have no more questions about “What kinds of things will bring us happiness?”
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No, all those questions will be forever answered. And then, the prophetic words will be fulfilled…“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God”, that God’s ways are the only ways to true and everlasting happiness and fulfillment! (See Romans 14:11)
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“Come, My people…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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But the Good News is, that all those who desire to escape the coming judgment still have time to “turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die?” Ezekiel 33:11
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Yes, even amidst the approaching storm which is coming upon the whole earth, there is “a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest” Isaiah 32:2
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“For it is written,
As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to Me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.”
Romans 14:11
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to see this fallen, hopeless world for what it truly is…
Girl Praying – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… NOVEMBER 26 (Planet Earth: Devil’s Island! Part 2: Planet Earth: Knoxhard University!), or you can also read… May 13 (Planet Earth, Devil’s Island, Part 7: “Planet Earth: Experiment In Selfishness”)“
Magnifying Glass – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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7 HEADS, 10 HORNS, & 7 CROWNS OF THE DRAGON
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“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” Revelation 12:3
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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 Constellation up in the night sky does not.
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But God has faithfully created the 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 composed of ten stars.
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The main body of the wave has seven stars (#‘s, 1 thru 7). And the tip of the crest of the wave has the other three stars (#’s, 8, 9 & 10). So we have this 7 and 10 numbering. 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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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Flood Waters of Satan-Introduction
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW…
April 19 (David’s Secret Strength: Prayer! Part 2: “Begging & Pleading! Pleading & Begging!”)
David’s sorrow – Wikigallery – Public Domain
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