Today’s Devotional – July 11th (Marching Against the Flow!)
By admin On January 29th, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – July 11th
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Marching Against the Flow!
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There is a saying in Christendom which goes like this… “If Satan isn’t coming against you, then perhaps you’re both traveling in the same direction!”
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But what’s wrong with doing things like the world? After all, there’s a lot to be said for this world, is there not?
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Well, okay, there’s a lot of really bad stuff happening out there.
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But isn’t it also true that your everyday people are pretty nice and polite!
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And isn’t it a fact that we Christians fit in pretty nicely in this world?
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We shop in the mall, and nobody bothers us.
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We go to a restaurant, and are treated nicely.
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We go to work, and we get along with fellow employees, for the most part.
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We drive home, and our neighbors smile and wave hello.
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And on the weekends, they might even invite us over for a barbecue.
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And in church, we all sit together and listen to a nice sermon.
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Afterwards, we go home to a nice big after-church dinner!
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Shoppers in Toronto – cropped image – wikimedia – share-alike license
Super Bowl XLIII Thunderbirds Flyover Feb 1 2009 – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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THE BAD OL’ DAYS!
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So, this world is not too bad for us Christians.
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Certainly not like the old days, when Christians were thrown into arenas, only to be torn apart by wild beasts, or burned at the stake!
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No, today is not like those bad old days!
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So, what’s going on? Why are Christians having such peace and safety?
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Why are we not getting thrown into those Roman arenas, or being burned at the stake?
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Well, as our opening statement to today’s devotional says…“If Satan isn’t coming against you, then perhaps you’re both traveling in the same direction!”
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Avvakum (burned 1682)_by_artist, Myasoyedov 1897 Wiki. Pub Dom.
Barbecue – Dutch family – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG
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Yes, we are living in a very deceitful world today!
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Satan, long ago, changed his modus-operandi.
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He has now implemented a new strategy, far more effective than his ruthless attacks during the Dark Ages.
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Oh yes, Satan is still waging violence against Christians in other parts of the world.
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But those nations of Europe and America, in which the Great Reformation once flourished, Satan has given those societies a complete makeover!
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That’s right! In the very nations which suffered under Satan’s cruel hand, during the Dark Ages, he has totally shifted gears.
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Yes, now, instead of torturing, burning and banishing Christians, our western societies are now embracing and prospering the Christian community.
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It’s a total 180-degree turnabout from the way things once were!
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ABOVE PICTURE: The False Prophet – signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses
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SATAN NOW STAYS UNDER THE RADAR!
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But under the surface of all this peace and prosperity, the Evil One is still lurking in the shadows…
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…just waiting to trounce on any Christian who might decide to fully lay down his or her life on the altar of devotion and heart-purification for Christ.
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Yes, Satan keeps up his façade of this kinder and gentler society, and yet will set up a barrage of fiery missiles against anyone who dares to stand alone for Christ!
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And so, while world-loving churchgoers seem to have things nice and prosperous, the true worshippers are being attacked by that invisible “Prince of the Power of the Air”.
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And while the world-loving ones may be living “a charmed life”, God’s true followers are suffering in many hidden ways.
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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – wikipedia – US public domain
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“THEY CRY PEACE, PEACE, WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE!”
Jeremiah 6:14
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Now, it seems as if the vast majority of congregations have climbed on board this phenomenon, which has been tagged as “Prosperity Gospels”.
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And even those who may preach against earthly Mammon, by their own affluent lifestyle, actually preach by example, the very same prosperity message!
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church service by Matt Malone for Wikimedia copyrighted
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PEACE AND SAFETY!
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No, the battle didn’t just go away after the Dark Ages. It just changed its form!
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At least in the eastern nations, it’s easy to see who the enemy is!
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But in the western societies, Satan has created a façade of niceness and peace and prosperity…
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…and yet, he is working every bit as much as in those violently persecuted nations in the East!
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“…saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”
Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11
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And so, O precious soul, if I find that my life is far too quiet and much too peaceful and even too prosperous…
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…I might just be traveling in the wrong direction through life!
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And it might just be high time that I do an about-face and begin marching against the flow!
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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 begin to renounce this opulent society and begin to walk as Jesus walked, laying my entire life on the altar…
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… “Fleeing to the Mountains: The Abomination in the Church, Part 1″…
…or you can also read… “December 30th – (How Narrow is the Narrow Gate?)“
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN
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LOCATING THE REVELATION 12 DRAGON
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The Dragon Constellation can be located by finding Orion in winter months.
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The Dragon is to Orion’s left, and the Dragon’s mouth is right next to Orion’s shield.
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This Dragon’s mouth is the V-like constellation The Hyades Cluster, which is the very same constellation that comprises the head of Taurus the Bull.
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In other words, Hyades is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull.
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And Hyades is the mouth of this Dragon.
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The tip of the Dragon’s tail is composed of that star-cluster known as The Pleiades.
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The Pleiades is actually in the shape of a lion’s furry tassel tip of his tail.
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The sketch below shows this Pleiades as the tail tip.
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Now with aid of a dark starry night, you may begin to connect this mouth and the tail with a very long body in an oval shape.
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The front and back legs are very well-defined with stars.
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The front legs are made partially of Taurus.
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The back legs and rear fin are made of the Cetus Constellation.
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But the long oval-shaped body has relatively few stars, but can been seen, howbeit with a dark starry night.
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The four stars of the front fins are made partially of Taurus.
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This Dragon constellation appears in the eastern horizon about mid-summer in the pre-dawn hours, spewing his flood-waters northward toward the Woman of Revelation 12 (Woman in Travail).
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The Wave of Water is primarily composed of the Constellation Auriga.
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The are two more less bright stars which are closest to the Dragon’s mouth.
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These two dimmer stars are also part of this Wave of Water.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation”
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TOMORROW:
July 12th (Jeremiah & The Two Jerusalems, Part 2: “Jesus Wept”)
Brooklyn Museum – Jesus Wept – James Tissot – Wikimedia – Public Domain – cropped image
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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain
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