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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 31

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It’s A Wrong-Way Corrigan World!

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Part 3:

“It’s A Wrong-Way Corrigan Church-World!”

(CONTINUED)

To read Part 1, go here…March 14 (“It’s A Wrong-Way Corrigan World!”)

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During the late 1930’s, came a charming rascal named Douglas Corrigan, who loved aviation, preparing his plane to make a trans-Atlantic crossing.

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And he flew that plane from Long Beach California to New York, but was then refused permission to make that trans-Atlantic flight to Ireland, his ancestral heritage.

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Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan – Wikipedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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CORRIGAN WENT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!

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Well, this gifted mechanic and aviator “accidentally got mixed up” during his flight back to Long Beach, “miraculously” ending up in, of all places, Ireland, the very place he desired to go!

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And in spite of all the world-wide attention he received and his very suspect denial, he was tagged with the name, “Wrong-way Corrigan”.

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Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan – Wikipedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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A “WRONG-WAY CORRIGAN” WORLD?

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So just how does this little story connect with the Gospel of our Salvation?

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Well, maybe a better question would be, “Just how does this story of “Wrong-way Corrigan” apply to today’s church-world?”

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Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan – Wikipedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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ISAIAH SPEAKS OF “FALLING BACKWARD”

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Well, the Bible makes a number of mentions of going “Backward”.

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Yes, just listen to God’s dismal assessment of His people in Isaiah 28:13…“But the Word of the LORD was unto them (His apostate people) precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; THAT THEY MIGHT GO, AND FALL BACKWARD, and be broken, and snared, and taken.”

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Here is revealed God’s disappointment with His people, who didn’t want to go forward with their Salvation! They wanted to go backward, back into the world.

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Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan – Wikipedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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FALLING BACKWARD REPEATEDLY MENTIONED

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Yes, this biblical concept of falling backward is repeated a number of times in Scripture.

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From the priest, Eli, who fell backward and broke his neck, to the band of pursuers who followed Judas to the Garden of Gethsemane to take Jesus…“As soon then as He (Jesus) had said unto them, I am He, they went backward, and fell to the ground.” John 18:6

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Yes, each time the phrase “fall backward”, or “went backward” is used, it is in connection with God’s wrath and judgment.

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Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan – Wikipedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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Now how does this apply to today’s church-world?

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT

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Well, there happens to be a certain sign & wonder, known as being, “slain in the Spirit”, in which some evangelist touches the forehead of a certain church-goer, causing that person to fall backward to the ground.

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Well, of course, this so-called miracle from Heaven is reminiscent of the Bible’s accounts of those aforementioned cursed persons falling backward (Eli, the priest, etc…).

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Falling Backwards – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Share-alike License

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FALLING BACKWARDS A SIGN OF CONDEMNATION

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And even though the advocates of this phenomenon see this sign & wonder as a great miracle and blessing of God, the fact is, it really aligns more closely with God’s judgment on that person!

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Because, never in the Bible does falling backward have to do with being blessed. Just the opposite! In the Bible, falling backward was always connected with a curse from God! It therefore is a sign of apostasy. It warns us that those who perform this sign are false teachers, misleading us back into the world, even as is written…“O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” Isaiah 3:12

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Yes, our pathway to Heaven has been obliterated by so many of the top Bible teachers of our day, via wrong doctrines, prosperity-driven sermons, and worldly compromises, both in church and in the home. 

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Falling Backwards – cropped altered image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Share-alike License

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So, just what is the remedy for this unfortunate situation?

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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“COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE!”

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Listen to the call which just now going out to God’s people...“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen…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 18:2, 4

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Yes, it is now time for God’s people to come out from among them, and be separate.

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There is a great end-time exodus now occurring! It is time to exodus the world-loving ways of today’s church-world, and hide ourselves, even as is written…“Come, My people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: 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

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The trying time before us requires God’s people to hide themselves during this soon-coming hour of Judgment, which is even now beginning. There is no more time to dilly-dally in the world!

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

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“JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED!”

Matthew 7:1

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Now, just a word of caution. These truths from Heaven are given “for me and me alone!” We are not to look at others with a judgmental eye.

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And anyway, we just don’t know how God is working in the heart and life of another individual, nor do we know the true motives of any other individual!

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So we are to simply look into our own mirror and realize that, “Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners. of who I AM CHIEF!” 1st Timothy 1:15

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Yes, my own heart is filled with enough evil to keep me busy for a lifetime, trying to purify it from my own innate wickedness!

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Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan – Wikipedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Open my eyes to the true condition of the churches. Help me to come out of Babylon, and flee to the refuge of the mountains which surround, “Jerusalem which is now, and is in bondage with her children.” (Galatians 4:25)…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Fleeing to the Mountains: The Abomination in the Church, Part 1 or you can also read this much shorter article…February 3rd (Fashionable Religion)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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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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A new constellation has been revealed, as of about May 29th, 2014.

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This constellation appears as a serpent (snake). Its body is comprised of stars from the Bootes Constellation, and its jaws are made of the four stars which Babylonians saw as the head of Draco, the Dragon.

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It also has a small single star for an eye.

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Now in this constellation is a group of five stars, which will be called “The ‘Five Foolish Virgins’ Stars”. These are located on the opposite side of the Glorious Crown of 12 Stars (AKA Corona Borealis), from the ‘Five Wise Virgins’ Stars. But one big difference between the two is, that The Five Wise are curved around the Glorious Crown, while the Five Foolish are curved away from it!

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ABOVE STAR-CHART (with constellation drawn in by this website)- Serpent with Wise Virgins not Attached – seen late summer into fall only – Serpent Constellation – comprised of the head of Draco, plus stars from the Bootes Constellation – www.signsofheaven.org – not for profit use

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“The ‘Five Foolish Virgins’ Stars“

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TOMORROW…

June 1 (My Yoke Is Easy! Part 3: “Vertical & Horizontal Warfare”)

Rembrandt – Sick Woman Lying in Bed – Probably Saskia – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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