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Today’s Devotional – December 6th

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Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads,

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Part 8

“A New Heart For The Tin Man?”

To read Part 1, click here…July 4th (Look Up & Lift Up Your Heads! Part 1)

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“But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man,

that he didn’t, didn’t already have”

1974 Song, ‘Tin Man’, by ‘America’

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In the late 1930’s, one of the most powerful productions came forth from the smokestacks of Hollywood’s newly formed, movie-machinery!

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Yes, the Wizard of Oz was a truly incredible work of unforgettable and magical imagery, which has since made a tremendous impact upon movie fans around the world!

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In it, little fresh-faced Dorothy of Kansas captured the hearts of millions, as she and her three companions sought after the seemingly divine providence of the awesome and dreadful Wizard of Oz!

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WIZARD OF OZ ORIGINAL POSTER 1939 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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But like so many other false ideas emanating from this world, Lucifer’s Kingdom of Babylon, the story of the Wizard of Oz was no exception.

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And today’s devotional is dedicated to exposing just one of those lies/myths.

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And this lie is concerning the Tin Woodsman, who was lacking a heart, and joined Dorothy’s pilgrimage to seek after the Wizard’s providence.

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

Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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WIZARD OF OZ: SECULAR WORLD’S ANSWER TO PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

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Oh yes, that magical movie, The Wizard of Oz, captivated the hearts of movie-fans for decades, because it was so charming, colorful, and masterfully-produced!

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And yet, as wonderful as it seemed, it nevertheless was actually just a cheap “knock-off” of John Bunyan’s allegorical tale, Pilgrim’s Progress.

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And it was actually just the mirror-opposite of Bunyan’s book, in that it directed the movie audience back down to this present world, instead of upward, to Heaven, as did Bunyan’s tale.

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In other words, the far-away Land of Oz was really just a cleverly disguised version of this world.

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And the Wizard was nothing more than an atheist’s version of a non-existent God.

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And the Wizard telling the Tin Man that he didn’t need a heart because he already had one, was just another deceitful lie by the “god of this world”! (see 2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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Yes, there are multitudes who would like us to believe that we humans can have inherent goodness apart from God! 

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The Pilgrim’s Progress – by Byam Shaw – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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THE HUMAN HEART: DECEITFUL & DESPERATELY WICKED!

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It’s just like some songsters sang back in the 1970’s, “But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man, that he didn’t already have!”

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But nothing could be further from the truth! No, just the opposite!

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The Bible informs us that the human heart, “is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9

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Yes, the Bible reveals the true condition of the human heart: “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked”

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Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“…the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”

Luke 2:35

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But while many unconverted citizens of this, the Devil’s world, have been deluded by that Master-Deceiver into believing they possess a loving heart…

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…but there are many others who, like the Tin Man, realize they have a loveless heart.

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Often these heartless ones are diagnosed by the psychiatric community as being “sociopaths”, lacking any love and lacking a conscience to some degree.

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But truth-be-told, the hour is coming in which all those who have not been truly Born Again will be fully made aware that they too are in need of a heart!

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Yes, the frightful hour is coming in which God will allow the entire world to reveal just how evil and loveless we fallen humans really are!

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Tin Woodman – William Wallace Denslow – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of My people.”

Lamentations 4:10

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The Bible actually prophesy’s that parents will even be cannibalizing their own children and visa-versa…

…”Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee,

and the sons shall eat their fathers;

and I will execute judgments in thee,

and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.”

Ezekiel 5:10

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This Old Testament prophecy will soon be re-fulfilled on a grand world-wide scale!

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Yes, very soon, God is going to remove any false delusion that we humans possess any inherent goodness, apart from God!

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Cannibalism in Russia and Lithuania 1571. – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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GOOD NEWS: “A new heart also will I give you“

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Well, what’s the Good News here in this horrible report?

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The Good News is, that it’s not too late to receive a heart filled with true agape love! Listen again to the Bible…

…”A new heart also will I give you,

and a new spirit will I put within you:

and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,

and I will give you an heart of flesh.”

Ezekiel 36:26

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And as we know, Jesus, our Savior had a heart of infinite love!

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And He offers to share that loving heart with any man, woman, or child who calls on His name!

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Pilgrims Progress – His Burden Fell Off His Back – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 9, CLICK HERE…

July 31 (Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads, Part 9 “That Day Come Upon You Unawares”)

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ABOVE PICTURE: Unfunny Judgment Day Cartoon – a party tonight – signsofheaven.org

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to have this experience. Let me become Thy Disciple and follower. Help me to think on Thy Word, as I go about my daily tasks…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…

…May 27th (THROUGH JESUS’ EYES!),

…or you can also read…

…”JULY 2 (“Dwelling In Love!”)“

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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THE ARK, CROSS/SCEPTER & FLOWER OF THE FIELD

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“And the temple of God was opened in heaven,

and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament:

and there were lightnings,

and voices,

and thunderings,

and an earthquake,

and great hail.”

Revelation 11:19

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The below sketch is of the southernmost constellations: The Ark of the Covenant, the Flower of the Field, and the Cross/Scepter Constellations.

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As you can see in the sketch, the two stars in this Ark of the Covenant Constellation, (on either side of the Ark) do not look like these two angels.

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This sketch is just an overly-generous rendering of this constellation.

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This sketch does however, present a view of the Ark, as it might have appeared (somewhat) in Solomon’s temple.

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This constellation is commonly known as “Sagittarius”.

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Why the ancients saw this as a centaur (man/horse figure) is a mystery.

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Maybe someone knows.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Ark of the Covenant Constellation”

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TOMORROW:

December 7 (Angel of Light)

ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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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 #338 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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