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2:1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
Do you remember the church during the apostolic age? That was an amazing time, the whole world tried to stamp them out, both the Jewish religion and the Romans. Yet despite all they did the church grew, they multiplied, they spread around the world. What happened to the Jewish religious leaders? In AD 70 they were scattered to the four corners of the earth. What happened to the Roman emperors that tried to destroy the church? They were destroyed, murdered. They were always outnumbered 100:1 and yet all those that wanted to devour the church, evil came upon them.
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Let’s be fair, the people who left the Lord didn’t do it because God wasn’t faithful. They were like Demas who loved the world. It was the lust of the flesh and the pride of life, giving into sinful temptations.
Let me share my own testimony. Some people come onto this blog and they want to control what I post and what I share. They are very upset with my teaching on the rapture and posting links to people speaking about the rapture. These aren’t people who have legitimate questions because when I respond it becomes very clear they are not interested in looking into the verses or reading the Bible. Then when I stand my ground they tell me “bye, bye” as though the fact that they are no longer going to read this blog is some kind of threat. That is why I didn’t want to monetize anything, I have nothing to lose and they have no leverage over me. I made this blog public in case someone else would benefit from it, however, it makes no difference to me if I have had 150,000 visitors or 15. My focus is to serve the Lord and for Him to say well done faithful servant. But obviously that is not true of all pastors or all ministries. There are many churches that have allowed the board of directors to tell them what they can and cannot speak about. If you do that you are no longer a faithful servant of the Lord, you are that light that has put the offering bucket on top of the light.
6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Those were amazing experiences. Incredible! Paul suffered, he was beaten, he was stoned, he was imprisoned. But what a life he led! Why would you exchange that life of faith for being Satan’s puppet?
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Yes, it has been a long time since Christians were burned at the stake. The US was definitely a plentiful country, with our rights to worship the Lord enshrined in the constitution. We have freedom that others don’t have and we have had wealth that no other country enjoys. But what has this apostate church done? Defiled the land and made it an abomination. They have a school system that indoctrinates the kids, grooms them, and forbids God’s word or prayer to be spoken. This country has become seven fold worse than other heathen nations. It is filled with idols, the worship of mammon, and a place for witchcraft and satanists. Abortion is one example, but what is done in secret in this country is despicable. Hundreds of thousands of kids go missing every year. Epstein was running pedophile island for all the elites. We now know the US was involved in making a bioweapon that has killed millions and the elites are in bed with Nazis in Ukraine who are involved in human trafficking. The US has become an abomination to the whole world.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Yes, we have 50% of this country that is Christian. It should be a huge group that could steer this country but the priests and pastors are either complicit or else negligent in allowing the country to go off the rails. Today I heard the pastor of a church associated with the one we meet at. He said he knows the situation in the US is terrible, but don’t complain, that is contrary to the Holy Spirit? This is like the shepherd saying I know there are wolves running around eating the sheep but stop complaining.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.
What could he do? First he could organize the church to provide homeschooling for anyone not wanting to send their kids to the public school. If the churches nationwide would do that the schools would completely relent. They would beg you to come back. Get rid of CRT, no problem. Throw away the pornography? Done. Vet the teachers to eliminate groomers? Done. Bring back the Bible as an elective? Yes, we can do that. Have a moment of silence each day for prayer? Sure, that doesn’t violate anyones rights.
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Christmas and Easter are an embarrassment. The prosperity gospel is an abomination.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
I saw recently that staffers that work for elected officials just got a raise to making $212,000 a year. I couldn’t believe it. Teachers in NYC are the highest paid in the country and they make about half that. Why would you pay a staffer that much? In the corporate world people who do the same jobs make a fraction of that. You pay people twice what you would pay a person for an honest job because you are asking them to do something dishonest. It is evil what they are doing. They have exchanged a clean conscience for little pieces of green paper. Why do you think these pastors and priests have forsaken the Lord? Whatever it is, it is evil. They now have become shipwrecked like a broken cistern with all the life leaking right out.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
They become wimps, it is embarrassing to see them act so weak and helpless. They talk a big game but are just weak, spoiled brats.
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Look at the cities in the US. Have you no shame? Rampant looting, murder rates spiking, homeless camped on the street, and gunfire in the streets.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
These are two cities in Egypt where the kings palaces were. Why would the church allow the world to defeat them? Christmas has become a totally worldly event and the church just goes along with it. Easter has become a totally worldly event and the church goes along with it. The world has idiotic stories of Santa, elves, flying reindeer, and Easter eggs. These stories are pathetic compared to the stories of Jesus birth and resurrection. How pathetic to be conquered by these.
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
There is nothing at all in the Bible or in God’s word that supports Christmas and Easter.
2:1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
Do you remember the church during the apostolic age? That was an amazing time, the whole world tried to stamp them out, both the Jewish religion and the Romans. Yet despite all they did the church grew, they multiplied, they spread around the world. What happened to the Jewish religious leaders? In AD 70 they were scattered to the four corners of the earth. What happened to the Roman emperors that tried to destroy the church? They were destroyed, murdered. They were always outnumbered 100:1 and yet all those that wanted to devour the church, evil came upon them.
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Let’s be fair, the people who left the Lord didn’t do it because God wasn’t faithful. They were like Demas who loved the world. It was the lust of the flesh and the pride of life, giving into sinful temptations.
Let me share my own testimony. Some people come onto this blog and they want to control what I post and what I share. They are very upset with my teaching on the rapture and posting links to people speaking about the rapture. These aren’t people who have legitimate questions because when I respond it becomes very clear they are not interested in looking into the verses or reading the Bible. Then when I stand my ground they tell me “bye, bye” as though the fact that they are no longer going to read this blog is some kind of threat. That is why I didn’t want to monetize anything, I have nothing to lose and they have no leverage over me. I made this blog public in case someone else would benefit from it, however, it makes no difference to me if I have had 150,000 visitors or 15. My focus is to serve the Lord and for Him to say well done faithful servant. But obviously that is not true of all pastors or all ministries. There are many churches that have allowed the board of directors to tell them what they can and cannot speak about. If you do that you are no longer a faithful servant of the Lord, you are that light that has put the offering bucket on top of the light.
6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Those were amazing experiences. Incredible! Paul suffered, he was beaten, he was stoned, he was imprisoned. But what a life he led! Why would you exchange that life of faith for being Satan’s puppet?
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Yes, it has been a long time since Christians were burned at the stake. The US was definitely a plentiful country, with our rights to worship the Lord enshrined in the constitution. We have freedom that others don’t have and we have had wealth that no other country enjoys. But what has this apostate church done? Defiled the land and made it an abomination. They have a school system that indoctrinates the kids, grooms them, and forbids God’s word or prayer to be spoken. This country has become seven fold worse than other heathen nations. It is filled with idols, the worship of mammon, and a place for witchcraft and satanists. Abortion is one example, but what is done in secret in this country is despicable. Hundreds of thousands of kids go missing every year. Epstein was running pedophile island for all the elites. We now know the US was involved in making a bioweapon that has killed millions and the elites are in bed with Nazis in Ukraine who are involved in human trafficking. The US has become an abomination to the whole world.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Yes, we have 50% of this country that is Christian. It should be a huge group that could steer this country but the priests and pastors are either complicit or else negligent in allowing the country to go off the rails. Today I heard the pastor of a church associated with the one we meet at. He said he knows the situation in the US is terrible, but don’t complain, that is contrary to the Holy Spirit? This is like the shepherd saying I know there are wolves running around eating the sheep but stop complaining.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.
What could he do? First he could organize the church to provide homeschooling for anyone not wanting to send their kids to the public school. If the churches nationwide would do that the schools would completely relent. They would beg you to come back. Get rid of CRT, no problem. Throw away the pornography? Done. Vet the teachers to eliminate groomers? Done. Bring back the Bible as an elective? Yes, we can do that. Have a moment of silence each day for prayer? Sure, that doesn’t violate anyones rights.
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Christmas and Easter are an embarrassment. The prosperity gospel is an abomination.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
I saw recently that staffers that work for elected officials just got a raise to making $212,000 a year. I couldn’t believe it. Teachers in NYC are the highest paid in the country and they make about half that. Why would you pay a staffer that much? In the corporate world people who do the same jobs make a fraction of that. You pay people twice what you would pay a person for an honest job because you are asking them to do something dishonest. It is evil what they are doing. They have exchanged a clean conscience for little pieces of green paper. Why do you think these pastors and priests have forsaken the Lord? Whatever it is, it is evil. They now have become shipwrecked like a broken cistern with all the life leaking right out.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
They become wimps, it is embarrassing to see them act so weak and helpless. They talk a big game but are just weak, spoiled brats.
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Look at the cities in the US. Have you no shame? Rampant looting, murder rates spiking, homeless camped on the street, and gunfire in the streets.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
These are two cities in Egypt where the kings palaces were. Why would the church allow the world to defeat them? Christmas has become a totally worldly event and the church just goes along with it. Easter has become a totally worldly event and the church goes along with it. The world has idiotic stories of Santa, elves, flying reindeer, and Easter eggs. These stories are pathetic compared to the stories of Jesus birth and resurrection. How pathetic to be conquered by these.
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
There is nothing at all in the Bible or in God’s word that supports Christmas and Easter.