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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – October 28

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The Two Spirits In The World,

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Part 7:

“Which Religion Will You Choose?”

To read Part 1 of this series, click here…November 23 (The Two Spirits In The World)

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A few decades ago, a poet/songster of the world wrote the following lines…

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“You may be an ambassador to England or France,
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance,
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world,
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls…”

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[Chorus:]

“But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes
Indeed you’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody…”

“You Got To Serve Somebody”: © BOB DYLAN MUSIC CO – Lyrics courtesy, http://www.lyricsfreak.com

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

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“Choose ye this day whom ye will serve!”

Joshua 24:15

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These above lyrics declare that each and every human must serve someone (Pretty good sentiments coming out from the world!).

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Oh yes, “the god of this world” has successfully convinced most of the world that “you don’t have to serve someone!”

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In other words, Lucifer, ”the god of this world”, has created this antichrist world-system in which we believe we can merely live our selfish lives free from the laws of Heaven!

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Free from religion!

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But as the songster sang…

“But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes
Indeed you’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody…”

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Shoppers in Toronto – Wikimedia – share-alike license

TV – Television, the Image that Speaks – TV – www.theheavensdeclare.net – for non-profit use only – commercial use by permission only- copyrighted by signsofheaven.org

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“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other…”

Matthew 6:24

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This inescapable truth (That you must serve either God or Satan) is most vividly displayed as we sadly and horrifically behold all the woe and misery and destruction and death of this hopeless-world-of-selfish-desires.

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In other words, even though we may not actually see a literal “god of evil”, the Devil, we can nevertheless behold his long train of hate, and violence, and lust, and greed, and revenge, and witchcraft, sorcery, and all the other results of selfishness!

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

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“He that is not with Me is against Me: and he that gathereth not with Me, scattereth”

Luke 11:23

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But today’s article will focus on the big lie, that we can live independent of the “God of Heaven”, and also independent of “the god of this world” Lucifer. (2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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No, we just cannot escape belonging to one religious system or another.

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At this point, someone will undoubtedly jump up and declare,

“Well, I’m not a member of any religious group!

I’m a secularist! I’m even an atheist!

I don’t follow Mohammed, or Buddha, or Joseph Smith, or Jesus, or anyone else!

I only follow reason, and logic, and science!

I’m a good person, and I don’t need anyone’s religion!”

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The fact is, that atheism is also a belief system, based upon faith in certain unprovable ideas: the belief that God doesn’t exist.

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“And they (the peoples of the world) worshipped the dragon (Satan)…”

Revelation 13:4

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Mankind was created to worship God alone. But in our rebellion against Heaven, we have chosen to worship “the god of this world”, Satan (see 2nd Corinthians 4:4).  

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Oh no, few people will acknowledge this fact. Most are ignorant of this fact.

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And yet, truth-be-told, 100% of the world’s citizens are religious in the truest sense of the word! They either worship the “God of Heaven”…or they worship “the god of this world”!

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And because the world has rejected the Law of God, the Bible, they are now accepting Satan’s lies, making those false, humanistic ideas their own special catechism of religious-doctrinal-beliefs!

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Gustave Dore – Paradise Lost illustration – Lucifer becomes Satan – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

TV – The Image of the Beast – www.theheavensdeclare.net – Not for commercial uses

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“the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience…”

Ephesians 2:2

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And the Bible further explains…

“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air,

the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience…”

Ephesians 2:2

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Here is revealed that Lucifer now titled as “Satan” is the controlling spirit, “which now works in the children of disobedience”. Ephesians 2:2.

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And listen to this next passage…

“They (antichrists) are of the world:

therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them…

Hereby know we the spirit of truth,

and the spirit of error.”

1st John 4:3, 5, 6

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Yes, there is a, “spirit of truth, and the spirit of error”, as this above passage reveals!

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

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”

Proverbs 25:25

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But amidst this disconcerting news, there exists some incredibly “Good News”! Yes, there is a way of escape from the captivity of Satan’s prison-house of sin and delusion, and from false religion of every type!

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And those who wish to renounce this very deceptive world of evil and sadness, can begin a spiritual sojourn up the pathway to everlasting life, and everlasting happiness in the soon-coming Promised Land, the New Heaven, and the New Earth, in which we will be forever young!

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ABOVE PICTURE: The True Upward Pathway www.signsofheaven.org

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TO READ PART 3, GO HERE…

July 13 (The Two Spirits In The World, Part 3: “The Two Fountains of Pleasures!”)

Water Fountain of Eternal Life – Cleveland, Ohio – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to choose my master each and every day, as I choose to learn about Thee through the study of Thy Word and unceasing prayer…

Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… The Crown of Revelation 12: What Is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”?, or you can also read this shorter article…February 15th (The Two Images!)

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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THE VALLEY OF DECISION CONSTELLATION GROUP

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“Multitudes, multitudes in the ‘Valley of Decision’…

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for the day of the Lord is near in the ‘Valley of Decision’.”

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“The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining… 

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“The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem…

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“And the heavens and the earth shall shake…

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“But the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

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Joel 3:14-16

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Look eastward in the early summer through fall. Find the Cassiopeia Constellation. Cassiopeia is the Mount of Blessing. In the sketch, it is the farthest mountain to the left. In the sky, it is the northern-most of these three mountains when facing eastward. It resembles a pyramid.

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Then find the second pyramid to its right (south).

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Then go a little further south to the next third pyramid. The third snow-cap is the Destroying Mountain Constellation.

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These three pyramids are the snow-capped portion of these three mountains in this sketch. (of course, you won’t see the snow-caps in the sky. They are just an embellishment in this sketch to present a concept-EDITOR).

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THE VALLEY OF DECISION CONSTELLATION GROUP. They appear in mid-summer in the eastern skies in pre-dawn hours. These are made of Cassiopeia (mount on left), and various stars from the Andromeda Constellation (valley) Pegasus (Mount of Cursing (middle mount) & Destroying Mount (right)), and Pisces (Broad Way to Hell). The galaxy which appears to be climbing the Mountain of Blessing is the Andromeda Galaxy. 

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The above Wikipedia star-chart shows this amazing constellation group as it appears from June to fall, just prior to the winter constellation group. Actually, these Valley of Decision Constellations appear in early summer in the pre-dawn hours. (Editor of this website has sketched in this constellation group onto this above Wikipedia star-chart.) 

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ABOVE WIKIPEDIA STAR-CHART – Fall Constellations – Valley of Decision & O Destroying Mtn. Constellations – Wikipedia Star-Chart with constellation drawn in by this website – Not for commercial profit use!

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… The ‘Valley of Decision’ Constellation

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TOMORROW…

October 29 (Noble Bereans, Part 25: “The Message of the Second Angel of Revelation 14“

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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The Open Forum Talk Show with Harold Camping 

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE TALK SHOW – – The Open Forum Harold Camping January 16, 2003

Harold-Camping – courtesy Family Radio

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