Daily Devotional, Year 4, July 1: (World of Lies, Part 18: “Escaping the City of Confusion”)
By admin On April 22nd, 2023.
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Daily Devotional, Year 4: July 1
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World of Lies,
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Part 18:
“Escaping the City of Confusion”
TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE…JANUARY 3 (World of Lies, Part 1: “The Femme-Fatale Firefly!”)
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“Ball of confusion
Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today!
…So, round and around and around we go
Where the world’s headed, nobody knows…
Just a ball of confusion Oh yeah,
that’s what the world is today!”
Song by The Temptations, lyrics provided by Lyricfind
File:The Temptations 1968.JPG – Wikimedia Commons
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Every now and then, a song comes along and “tells it like it is!”
And this song from the 1970’s, “Ball of Confusion”, was one of those songs!
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After all, the Bible likewise calls this world, “The City of Confusion”. Isaiah 24:10
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And even though the lyrics say, “Ball of confusion, Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today”, the fact is, it’s always been a world of confusion!
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From the day in which evil came down to paradise, and took control, “confusion and every evil work” has been the order of the day (and throughout history!)
(James 3:16 for “confusion and every evil work” reference)
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Yes, there’s always been a full spectrum of philosophies, ideologies, religions, and governments, each one contradicting another: a veritable ball of confusion!…
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“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived”
2nd Timothy 3:13
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And if the world was a “Ball of Confusion” back in the 1970’s, just look at what’s going on today!
*People can’t figure out what gender they!
*Men now using “the little girls’ room”!
*Men allowed to play girls’ sports!
*Courts allowing unrepentant criminals to return to the streets!
*Devastating drugs decriminalized, causing massive robberies and street-drug-addicts!
*Parents given a week or so to decide if they wish to keep their newborn baby, or have it starved-to-death!
*Churches having Drag Queens deliver the sermon!
*The government simply printing up trillions for their ‘pet projects’, knowing that it will cause massive inflation, eventually destroying the entire economy…and nation!
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Yes, in addition to the “full spectrum of philosophies, ideologies, religions, and governments”, this world is inundated with a full spectrum of crimes and immoralities!
Unisex bathroom pictogram – Wikipedia – Public Domain
Antifa @ Protest Trump in Phoenix – 8-22-17 – Wikipedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
Posing with the gay drag queens – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked compasses about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds”
Habakkuk 1:4
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Everywhere we turn, we and our children are being indoctrinated: the Internet, television, newspapers, books, schools, billboards, radio, smart-phones, games, toy dolls, movie theaters, etc., all have become a source of indoctrination!
Society is becoming increasingly aggressive in its efforts to indoctrinate us and our children!
ABOVE PICTURE: TV indoctrination – www.signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses
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Escaping the City of Confusion
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Now having said all this, the main thrust of today’s devotional is “Escaping the City of Confusion”.
And it’s not hard to see that this world is getting crazier and more chaotic and debased, by the day!
A veritable “Ball of Confusion”!
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So, just how can I escape all the growing mayhem-n-madness?
How can I save my children from getting swallowed up by the insanity and devolving morality of this evolving dystopian tyranny?
How can we keep from getting brainwashed by this giant “re-education machine” (which this high-tech world has become)?
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Question Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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FILLING OUR HEARTS WITH HEAVEN!
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For instance, those of us who have Internet can find a site which offers Celestial choir music!
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And combined with quiet Davidic psalms, we can imitate what the inhabitants of Heaven listen to!
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After all, we are going to live in Heaven for all eternity!
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So why wait for Heaven?
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David Playing Harp – www.thebiblerevival.com – US public domain
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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING!
1st Thessalonians 5:17
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Next, we can ask the Lord to graciously give us the desire to pray without ceasing!
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That way, the Christian can be sharing his or her thoughts with the Lord, all through the day!
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Whether at work, or while walking, or when at recreation with the family, or even lying in bed, the Christian can talk with our heavenly Father, and tell Him of all our needs, concerns, and desires!
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Man walking into sun – Wikipedia – Share-alike-Lic
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WALKING UPWARD!
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Well, there are many other ways in which the Christian can make life a little bit of heaven-on-earth, such as contemplating Scripture through each day!
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And through heart-felt prayer for wisdom and desire, we might receive that Spirit of Holiness, which we yearn for!
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And who knows? If we become totally immersed in heavenly thoughts, we might just one day begin to walk straight upward into the Celestial City of God!
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Well, that’s what Enoch did! That’s right!
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Enoch so completely walked with God, that God eventually took Enoch!
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“And he was not! For God took him!” Genesis 5:24
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Study for The Cross and the World…… Brooklyn Museum – Thomas Cole – US public domain
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TO READ PART 19, CLICK HERE…
July 22 (A World of Lies! Part 19: It’s a Cuttlefish World! CONTINUED: “Kiddie-World Transforms Into Groomer-World!”)
Giant Cuttlefish – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Keep me from allowing the Devil to wrap me up in his silky threads of deception! Separate me as far as possible from all ungodly influences, and give me the love for Your Word, that I might fully immerse myself in it…
Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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READ MORE
(TIME TO GET OUT OF DODGE! Part 2: “Time To Get Out Of Our Schools!”)…
…or you can also read…April 27 (“Habakkuk Says “RUN!” Part 22: “Habakkuk Says ‘RUN’ From Schools!”)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE URSA MAJOR ‘MOTION PICTURE’ IN THE HEAVENS
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You see, in the spring, if you look to the north, the constellation commonly known as Ursa Major actually looks like a headless woman who is with child.
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And yet, as summer turns to fall, and fall turns to winter, this constellation slowly rotates until it is upside-down, now appearing as a running woman with upraised arms.
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But as winter progresses, this running woman slowly begins to lean forward until she appears to be flying: flying westward.
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Star-chart – Ursa Major – Wikipedia – Share-alike License
Star-chart – Ursa Major – Wikipedia – Share-alike License
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“Woman of Revelation 12 (Flees to the Wilderness)”
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TOMORROW…
July 2 (How to Breeze Through the Coming Crisis! Part 10: “They That Sow in Tears”)
Vincent van Gogh – Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity) – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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ELLEN WHITE – TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH: VOLUME 9, PAGES 9-11
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This is the infamous prophecy concerning the 9/11 terror attack on New York City. Notice that the editors, 100 years ago, unknowingly placed this “9/11 vision” on Volume 9, Page 11 of the “Testimonies for the Church” collection.
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN (16 MINUTES) Testimonies for the Church, Vol 9, pp 9 18 Day 448 (youtube.com)
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Ellen G. White – Wikimedia – Public Domain
9/11 World Trade Center attack – New York – by UpsateNYer & Wikipedia – Share-Alike Lic.