Today’s Devotional – August 23rd (Sodom Rising! Part 2: “How To Flee!”)
By admin On February 2nd, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – August 23rd
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Sodom Rising!
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PART 2:
“How To Flee!”
TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE… “August 22nd (Sodom Rising!)”
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In yesterday’s devotional, it was put forth that our opulent societies are rapidly sinking into the very same moral decay and depravity which ultimately led to the destruction of ancient Sodom.
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And just like Lot’s warning to “Escape to the mountain, lest ye be consumed”, multiple Bible prophecies council today’s Christians to likewise, “Flee to the mountains!”.
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But where are we to flee? Where is that mountain today?
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Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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WHAT’S THE ANSWER?
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So, just what are they to do: those who are caught up in this sin?
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And also, what are those to do who are trying to save their families from the growing tide of corruption rising all around us?
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Fortunately, we have a God who loves happy endings!
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But God, in His great mercy and grace, has also provided a way of escape for those who are caught in the snare of the Devil, with such grievous sins!
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And so, this little series of devotionals (Sodom Rising), will try to present the solution for anyone who desires that way of escape!
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“Cease ye from man…”
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Listen to what the Lord has to say…
…”In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver,
and his idols of gold,
which they made each one for himself to worship,
to the moles and to the bats;
To go into the clefts of the ragged rocks,
for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty,
when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils:
for wherein is he to be accounted of?”
Isaiah 2:20-22
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This passage from Isaiah reveals that in the last day, there will be a place of refuge for God’s people!
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And so it says here that we are to cast away our idols of silver and gold, and take refuge in those ragged rocks!
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But then notice that it counsels us to “Cease ye from Man”!
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Such strange language! But this is where we must flee!
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And yet, where are those ragged rocks?
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And how do we “cease ye from Man”?
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ENTER INTO THY HIDING PLACE!
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Listen again…
“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:
the earth also shall disclose her blood,
and shall no more cover her slain.”
Isaiah 26:20, 21
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As this passage reveals, it is not a literal mountain that we are to flee to.
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And now our Lord adds this new piece to the puzzle by saying that we must enter into our chambers as the place of our refuge!
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So just how are we supposed to enter our chambers? And just what chambers are we supposed to enter?
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Hide Thyself in thy Chambers- inspired by Tornado Over Kansas by Curry
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FULLY TRUSTING IN CHRIST IS OUR PLACE OF REFUGE!
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So then, can we gather from this, that Christ is where we must flee to?
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Listen… “For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion:
in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me;
He shall set me up upon a Rock.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:”
Psalm 27:5, 6
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Yes, it is under the shadow of His wings, in His secret Pavilion, upon that mighty Rock, that we are to take refuge.
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That’s the only safe place to hide in this fearful hour we are now in!
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Prayer – Wikimedia – 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 hearts and lives of people, nor do we know the true motives of others!
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So we simply look into the 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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CONTINUED IN TOMORROW’S PART 3 DEVOTIONAL…
“August 24th (Sodom Rising! Part 3)”
Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to become fully engaged in the process of purification of my heart! Keep back Thy servant from all ungodly associations, and instead to hide Thy Word in my heart. Give me a love for unceasing prayer and watchfulness…
Prayer – Mother and Daughter – Wikipedia – (cropped image) the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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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)”…
…or you can also read… “December 13 (The Christian: A Living Sanctuary)”
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN
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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 ways 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.
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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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The above sketch to right is an embellished drawing of the Revelation 12 Woman (aka Ursa Major)`veering toward the Orion’s Gate Stars (aka Castor and Pollux). The stars in this sketch can be seen in these positions, simply by laying on your back facing upward, with your feet to the east and your head to the west in winter, when these constellations are beginning to be in the western sky)
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Fleeing to the Mountains, Part 3: The Abomination in My Heart”
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TOMORROW:
“August 24th (Sodom Rising! Part 3)”
Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS IS STUDY #233 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…
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