Daily Devotional, Year 3 – February 28 (Lucifer’s Music Solo, Part 6: “A Den of Thieves!”)

By admin On February 10th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – February 28

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Lucifer’s Music Solo,

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Part 6:

“A Den of Thieves!”

To read Part 1, click here…March 25th (Lucifer’s Music Solo)

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“And Jesus went into the temple of God,

and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple,

and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers,

and the seats of them that sold doves,

And said unto them, It is written,

My house shall be called the house of prayer;

but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

Matthew 21:12, 13

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When the physical persecution against the Church ended after the Dark Ages in Europe, that did not end the persecution.

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No, Satan merely changed his modus-operandi. Instead of coming after God’s people with the swords, spears, dungeons, torture devices, and the burning stake, Satan now began a totally different strategy to destroy the Church-Elect…

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Torture devices – The Wheel – Calas Chapbook – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THE AGE OF MAMMON

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It was now Satan’s chosen method to begin to come in like a flood to drown God’s people in “destruction and perdition” (see 1st Timothy 6:9).

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Instead of the famine and scarcity of the Dark Ages, it was now Satan’s desire to flood those same nations with so much wealth and abundance that the church-world would be destroyed by their own decadence!

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Worldly associations, materialism, greed, lust, amusements, and ambitious career-pursuits were among the various means by which Satan would now destroy God’s people.

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Times Square – New York City – cropped pic – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 2.0

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FROM BURNING STAKES TO BURNING STEAKS!

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In addition to all the myriad of excesses, the world now began to embrace God’s Elect people, thereby building a bridge between the Church and the world.

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And so, instead of your neighbors coming to your house with swords and spears to take you away to be burned at the stake, they now came with meat-forks and spatulas to invite you over for a steak barbecue!

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Avvakum burned 1682 by artist Myasoyedov 1897-Wiki Pub-Dom

Barbeque – Dutch family – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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WHEN THE WICKED SURROUND THE RIGHTEOUS

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But the Prophet, Habakkuk made the following observation…

“Therefore the law is slacked,

and judgment doth never go forth:

for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;

therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”

Habakkuk 1:4

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As this verse reveals, by close contact and friendship with the world, God’s people begin to lose our spiritual sensibilities. And bad judgment in the church-world begins to destroy the church-world.

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Again, listen to James 4:4…“know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”

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Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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“BE YE SEPARATE & TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN”

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And God warns His people in 2nd Corinthians 6:14, 17…

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:

for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?…

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,

and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you”

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Throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, God warns His people to evangelize the world, but not to join with them in their world-loving ways!

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PS Krøyer – Hip hip hurra! Kunstnerfest på Skagen – 1888 – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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SATAN, THE GREAT BRIDGE-BUILDER!

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But when the world made peace with the Church after the Dark Ages, Satan immediately began constructing that bridge between the Church and the world.

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And gradually over the following centuries, the very nations which once enthusiastically embraced the Christian Reformation, began to become secular-minded.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who now in these last days destroys the churches via a world-loving prosperity-driven false gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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THE GIANT GOSPEL MUSIC INDUSTRY

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Now one of the great industries which came out of the industrial/technology revolution was the music and entertainment industry. This incredible innovation became one of the economic giants of our modern-day world.

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And when the Church also got on the bandwagon in producing Christian music in the Twentieth Century, it wasn’t long until worldliness crept into Christian music. The Church and the world joined hands!

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**And by the early 1960’s (and even in previous decades), various secular musicians began to unapologetically merge worldly music with Christian lyrics.**

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**And once that Gospel train, “got rollin’ down the tracks”, everyone jumped on-board!**

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REMOVE THE COMMON FROM THE SACRED

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Prophet Jeremiah - www.christianimagesource.org - Public Domain

But God told Jeremiah…

“Therefore thus saith the LORD,

If thou return, then will I bring thee again,

and thou shalt stand before Me:

and if thou take forth the precious from the vile,

thou shalt be as My mouth:

let them return unto thee;

but return not thou unto them.”

Jeremiah 15:19

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God is telling, yes, even warning Jeremiah not to return to the compromising ways of the apostate portion of God’s house.

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There was no place in God’s kingdom for compromise with the world, back in Jeremiah’s day! And there is no place for such worldly compromise today!

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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BUYING & SELLING DOVES

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No longer was there resistance by the Church against this metamorphosis of Christian music.

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And the profiteers moved in and began to rule over the Gospel Music Industry, churning out records and CD’s with “fame & fortune” and “selling as many recordings as possible” soon becoming the chief motivating factors!

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8 musicians motion blur experimental digital photography by Rick Doble. – cropped pic – Wikimedia – C.C. GNU License

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A DEN OF THIEVES

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But Jesus scolded the profiteers back in the days of His earthly ministry…

“And He (Jesus) went into the temple,

and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

Saying unto them, ‘It is written, My house is the house of prayer:

but ye have made it a den of thieves.'”

Luke 19:45, 46

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Now, this condemnation against God’s people of that day has a very eerie resemblance to what is going on in our day! The buyers and the sellers are at it again, as now witnessed in the Gospel Music industry!

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We are once again selling doves and sheep in the form of merchandising music and the many musical idols which perform this music before thousands in great halls!

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Rock Music Christian CHURCH Pomona – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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LUCIFER, THE GREAT MASTER MUSICIAN!

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Oh yes, there is a great deal of beautiful music emanating from today’s church-world.

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But why should that surprise us? Was not Lucifer a great musician, whose beautiful swelling viols (violins) and harmonious pipes (vocals, organs) and clashing tabrets (percussion and cymbals) caused a third of the angels to rebel against Heaven’s authority?

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And so, it should be no great accomplishment for Lucifer to continue to steal the hearts of God’s people via all the beautiful music resonating out from today’s church-world! Satan knows well, how to make beautiful music!

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Lucifer Fallen – Gustave Dore – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THE CHURCH & THE GATES OF HELL

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And by building this musical bridge between God’s people and the world, Satan has successfully brought down the Church to almost complete apostasy and utter ruin!

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And yet, the Bible tells us that the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church. (See Matthew 16:18)

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Church Burning – Burning Man – 2013 – cropped/altered pic – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!”

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Yes, there is a faithful remnant whom God is now calling out of the apostate congregations and denominations…

“And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her, 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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As this above passage reveals, God is now calling His faithful ones to come out of the decadent society which the apostate church-world has ultimately become! This faithful remnant is the true Church! And so, the gates of Hell will not prevail against that faithful remnant Church which makes her end-time exodus out of the harlot churches and denominations!

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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS!”

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And so, it is time to come out of the midst of the “Jerusalem which is now, and is in bondage with her children”, the apostate churches, and flee to the high mountains of God, where our heavenly bread and our waters of grace will be abundantly provided!

(See Galatians 4:22-26 & Matthew 24:15, 16 & Isaiah 33:14-17)

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

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TO READ PART 7, GO HERE…

May 2 (Lucifer’s Music Solo, Part 7: “The Image That Sings!?!”)

Singer – 8 musicians motion blur experimental digital photography by Rick Doble. – Wikimedia – C.C. GNU License

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to fully understand the true condition of today’s church-world, and make the final end-time exodus out of Babylon…

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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Revelation 12 Dragon w/text

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“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman…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…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 12:1, 3, 15

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LOCATING THE DRAGON

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THE DRAGON of REVELATION 12 CONSTELLATION . The Dragon Constellation can be located by finding Orion in winter months. The Dragon is to Orion’s left, and the Dragon’s mouth is right next to Orion’s shield. This Dragon’s mouth is the V-like constellation The Hyades Cluster, which is the very same constellation that comprises the head of Taurus the Bull. In other words, Hyades is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull. And Hyades is the mouth of this Dragon.

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