Daily Devotional, Year 4 – April 16 (And The Nations Were Angry! Part 6: “The False Prophet’s Counterfeit Compassion”)

By admin On April 15th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – April 16

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And The Nations Were Angry!

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Part 6:

“The False Prophet’s Counterfeit Compassion”

To read Part 1, go here…October 24th (And The Nations Were Angry!)

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“And the nations were angry,

and Thy wrath is come,

and the time of the dead,

that they should be judged…“

Revelation 11:18, 19

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Can you believe it? It’s been over 50 years since the infamous “Summer of Love” in San Francisco in 1967!

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Remember that?

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Flowers were given as a symbol of peace and love!

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Flower Power Demonstrator – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“LOVE SHMOVE!”

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Well, it wasn’t long until that movement went the way of almost every movement.

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And the world returned back to its normal push-and-shove ways, now even more skeptical of any so-called, “peace and love” rhetoric.

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Anger during a protest – by David Shankbone – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike-License

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“Where is the love? Where is the love?”

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Now, just a quick examination of today’s world and one might conclude that God is presently withdrawing his protection away from this “planet-in-rebellion”!

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The pure hatred in politics is rising to new heights on a daily basis!

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**The threats (and actual misdeeds) of physical violence are getting a bit scary, to say the least!**

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Anti Trump Protests in Baltimore – cropped image – Elvert Barnes PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHY elvertbarnes.com – protestphotography

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“AND THE NATIONS WERE ANGRY!”

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Now all this hatred and violence reminds us of the prophecy found in Revelation…“And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, the time of the dead, that they should be judged…” Revelation 11:18

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Truly, the nations are angry!

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And this is a great sign that our Judgment Day has verily begun!

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Anti-Christian rally in Chicago – cropped image – Wikimedia

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THE REVELATION 13 FALSE PROPHET

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Revelation 13 foretold of the day when the 2nd Beast of Revelation would arise to deceive the world, and cause them to worship the 1st Beast (which 1st beast is actually symbolic of this present world system: Satan’s antichrist world-system. And, “beasts” in scripture often represent kingdoms. See Daniel, Chapter 7, for examples of beasts = kingdoms).

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Now of course, most all false prophets must appear to be kindly and loving. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to gather followers. And it is written that the Revelation 13 False Prophet has “two horns like a lamb”. Revelation 13:11

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In other words, this above verse reveals that this Revelation 13 False Prophet will be a counterfeit of the Lamb of God, Jesus!

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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel

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JESUS, THE TRUE TWO-HORNED LAMB of GOD

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Yes, this above prophecy is pointing to none other than a counterfeit of Jesus. And Jesus had two horns of power…“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” Psalm 85:10

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Yes, one of the horns of the Lamb of God is “mercy and…peace”

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And as we look at the two major political entities in this land, we see that one of them claims to be “the people of mercy and compassion”!

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And truth-be-told, this political entity often advocates for many new legislative enactments which they suppose to be merciful.

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World Pride / London Gay Pride 2012 – cropped image -Wikipedia — Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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LOVE YOUR ENEMIES?

Matthew 5:44

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But often, when this group is strongly opposed, they begin to get rather vicious!

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And in this current political climate, their followers have become extremely vicious, sometimes even committing acts of violence against their supposed enemies, the opposing political faction (which is the justice/morality, right horn of the False Prophet beast).

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Protesters – Wikimedia – cropped image -Share-alike License 3.0

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“There is none righteous, no, not one!”

Romans 3:10

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But really, what else could we expect. After all, without the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to possess true mercy and compassion…“A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” Proverbs 12:10

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As this above verse reveals, only true righteousness can be genuinely merciful!

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Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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“The…wicked…flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.”

Psalm 36:1, 2

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And so, God is faithfully allowing this False Prophet beast to show his “true colors”.

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Therefore, what we are seeing in today’s political arena, is the unmasking of this counterfeit compassion, as that political faction becomes louder and more hateful and increasingly violent.

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Judgment Bus New Orleans 2011 – cropped image -Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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“For God is Love!”

1st John 4:8

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In contrast, Heaven sent Jesus to this world to show us true righteousness and genuine love and compassion.

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And when opposed, He quietly answered His accusers, eventually allowing them to nail Him to the Cross!

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Sign of the Son of Man Constellation – made of the various constellations on this website

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“Good News From A Far Country!”

Proverbs 25:25

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And so, the very Good News is that we don’t have to accept such a low-grade, counterfeit “love”, as this world only has to offer.

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No, we can still turn to the One who unfailingly exercised true mercy and compassion.

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And in His great grace, He is even willing to receive all those of us who once hated Him, but now are asking forgiveness and restoration from our former selfish and hateful ways!

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A choice like this only comes once in an eternity!

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So don’t waste such a wonderful opportunity to live forever!

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Girl Praying – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 7, CLICK HERE…

May 4 (And The Nations Were Angry! Part 7: “Mob Anger & Justice!”)

Antifa @ Protest Trump in Phoenix – 8-22-17 – Wikipedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

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TODAY‘S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to hide myself in this day when you are causing the nations to drink of Thy cup of fury…

Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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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 ARK IN THE HEAVENS

So what importance to us is all this information? Well, if a person goes out at night, beginning in April (earlier in southern-most latitudes, and later in northern-most), in the pre-dawn hour, they just might locate the constellation commonly referred to as the Sagittarius Constellation . It is located in the southern sky. (Each night it appears a little earlier, slowly inching westward, through the summer, until it finally disappears below the western horizon in November.)

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At first, it simply appears as two twin birds flying westward. But if you look once again, it just might appear as a long box-like figure, with one star on the right, as you face it, and two stars on the left. The box, of course would be the Ark, and the stars on either side would represent angels, which are sometimes referred to as stars in the Bible (for instance, “the seven stars are the angels…” Revelation 1:20). To the right is a star-chart from Wikipedia, in which the editor of this site has sketched in this Sagittarius Constellation, to show how God created it to appear.

Star-chart to right is from Wikipedia. Editor has sketched over Sagittarius to show this Ark Constellation.

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TOMORROW:

April 17 (The False Prophet, Part 29: “The 6th Head: Cruel Compassion Regarding Abortion”)

Fetus Ellipse – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

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THE DESIRE OF AGES, BY ELLEN G. WHITE

ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this chapter of the audio book about the Gospel of Jesus Christ in His life and ministry.

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Chapter 62 – The Feast at Simon’s House

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