Daily Devotional, Year 3 – September 15 (Get On-Board the Ark! Part 2: “Leaving Planet Earth!”)
By admin On February 16th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – September 15
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Get On-Board the Ark!
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Part 2:
“Leaving Planet Earth!”
To read Part 1, go here…December 1 (Get On-Board the Ark!)
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God is now calling His people to join in an end-time exodus out of Babylon.
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Yes, just as Noah and his family got on-board that Ark back in the days of the great flood, so too, another ark is about to leave Planet Earth, bound for Heaven!
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And so, God is now calling for His people to…“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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Noahs Ark – Currier & Ives – www.wikigallery.org – Public Domain
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So, just what is this end-time exodus all about?
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Well, concisely put, God is calling His people to forsake this doomed planet and get on-board a spiritual journey toward the Heavenly City!
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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PACK LIGHTLY!
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But today’s devotional is given as an encouragement to pack light for this trip!
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Yes, there should be no attempt to bring along any of the worthless treasures and selfish pleasures of this doomed Babylonian world!
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VAIN AMUSEMENTS & SPORTS
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For example, all passengers should discard all Babylonian possessions such as the vain amusements of this present world.
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There will be much more wonderful pastimes to enjoy where we are going!
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NO FOOLISH TALK OR JESTING!
Ephesians 5:4
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And don’t bother to bring along all the joking and jesting and vain conversations so greatly cherished and adored by this giddy Babylonian world!
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All such foolish talk and jesting will have no place in the world to come!
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All the love, joy, and peace, etc., we shall be filled with, will be far more than enough to compensate for the once-cherished idols that must be left behind from this unkind and sarcastic world!
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Laughing – (cropped and color added) – Fotothek df roe neg – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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“DAY OF THE LORD UPON…ALL PLEASANT PICTURES!”
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Listen…“For the day of the LORD of hosts
shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty…
and upon all pleasant pictures.”
Isaiah 2:12, 16
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And so, please don’t bring any of those pleasant pictures which the Babylonian dream-machine churns out on a daily basis.
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No, don’t bring all the lofty and ambitious careers…
…the exotic vacation resorts…
…the proud and sensual music…
…the world-exalting television shows…
…the dressing up for operas and plays…
…the Romeo/Juliet make-believe romances…
…the hoards of silver & gold…
…the enviable and beautiful world-renowned celebrities…
…all the coveted pleasure vehicles…
…the high fashions, and the posh and exclusive restaurants…
…and all the countless other alluring pleasures and proud pursuits which that old Babylonian Dream-Maker creates to hold his captives in bondage and servitude to sin and selfishness!
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No, this heaven-bound Ark has no room for all the glittering tinsel-like trinkets, treasures, and gilded memorabilia from Babylon-the-Great, the doomed City of Destruction!
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ABOVE PICTURE: Dream Maker of Babylon – Signs Of Heaven.org
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BRING ALONG ALL THOSE HEAVENLY TREASURES!
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But all passengers are encouraged to bring with them, those everlasting treasures which they stored up when sojourning in this dark and sad world…
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…the treasures of Agape Love for lost souls…
…the tearful prayers for friends and loved-ones who have long spurned the invitations to come aboard this Ark voyage!
…and don’t forget to pack the patience, experience, wisdom and hope which grew out of the many trials and tribulations which were so faithfully endured during our painfully long earthly sojourn!
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Yes, each and every passenger is admonished to come with all such heavenly luggage on this spiritual voyage to the long-awaited Promised Land!
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Munch – Det Syke Barn – 1896 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
Woman praying – Heinrich Seufferheld – 1893 – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TREASURES & ‘PLEASURES FOREVERMORE!’
Psalm 1611
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All those heavenly treasures will be the eternal riches which all can enjoy through the ceaseless ages to come, as we joyfully wander up those everlasting pathways!
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ABOVE PICTURE: The True Upward Pathway www.signsofheaven.org
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ALL THAT’S NEEDED: GOD’S WORD & A MUSTARD-SEED OF FAITH
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Yes, O child of God, the heaven-bound Ark is waiting for each and every man, woman, and child who has been invited to make this voyage away from this tired and sad and dying old planet!
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The only passport needed is the infallible Word of Christ, already stored up in one’s heart!
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And the only “golden card” required is a mustard seed of faith!
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And the only baggage needed is that which holds those heavenly treasures!
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ROOM FOR ONE AND ALL!
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And it matters not if one is bed-fast, or incarcerated, infirm or healthy, rich or poor.
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Yes, the invitation goes out to all!
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There’s enough room on the Ark for every hungering and thirsting and world-weary soul!
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ABOVE PICTURE: Flower of Heaven – Envelope – To Earth With Love!
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And so, before that door of mercy finally and forever closes, the call still goes out…
“ALL ABOARD!
THE HEAVEN-BOUND ARK IS ABOUT TO LEAVE PLANET EARTH!”
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ABOVE PICTURE: The Gospel Ark of Salvation
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to understand this fearful message, and how it applies to me! Help me to get aboard the Ark of Salvation, before its door forever closes…
The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… January 7th (TIME TO GET OUT OF DODGE!)…
…or you can also read… September 7 (“As Ye See ‘What Day Approaching?’”)
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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CASTOR AND POLLUX & THE NARROW WAY…
WIDE & NARROW GATES IN THE HEAVENS
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As the opening verse says…
…“Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction…”
Matthew 7:13-14 (Condensed)
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So, what are these two gates all about?
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And how can I choose the right door?
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But before we explore these questions, let’s take a look at why these two sets of stars represent these two biblical gates.
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(This sketch, while not 100% accurate, gives a fair portrayal of how this constellation group appears at winter’s end and even into June, when above the western horizon.)
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HOW THE GATES RELATE TO ORION & DRAGON
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This sketch below is when these constellations are in the eastern sky in early winter (However, this constellation group can even be seen as early as July, in the pre-dawn hours).
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In the eastern sky, it’s not so easily seen which gate the Revelation 12 Woman will enter.
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The Wide Gate is made of the two brightest stars of this Wave of Water Constellation.
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Satan spews out the deadly water of his false worldly ideologies…
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…which many of these ideologies have a form of godliness, but in some way are not in harmony…
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…or perhaps these worldly ideologies add to the Bible, which is strictly forbidden (see Deuteronomy 4:2).
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On the other hand, the Strait Gate (narrow gate) is composed of the two brightest stars of the Orion The Reaper’s sickle. The true Strait Gate represents Jesus, the Word of God.
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Listen… “I [Jesus] am the door:
by Me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved,
and shall go in and out,
and find pasture.”
John 10:9
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”
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TOMORROW…
September 16 (Our Favorite Babysitter: Satan! Part 8: “Naive Christian Parents & Today’s Sensual Cartoons”)
Betty Boop – WIKIPEDIA – Public domain
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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 October 16, 2002 (youtube.com)
Harold-Camping – courtesy Family Radio
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