Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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In 763 BC there was an eclipse that went over Assyria prior to an insurrection. In 569 C.E. there was an eclipse that marked the birth of Mohammed. King Henry 1 death coincided with an eclipse. His death threw the empire into chaos and a struggle for the throne. This describes the eclipse preceding the New Madrid fault.
The reason I think this might be relevant and I stress the word might (I know next to nothing about the heavenly signs).
Based on the prophecies in the Bible I am anticipating the following:
The rapture of the saints to coincide with fire falling from heaven (as in the days of Lot and also as described in Revelation 12). I also believe the rapture will take place during a major fault. I think the sixth seal opening is the rapture event. Also every time someone rose from the dead there was an earthquake.
I also believe that the rapture will coincide with the fall of the US in a single hour.
These two eclipses intersect over little Egypt in Illinois, so it is easy to be reminded of the passover and the death of the firstborn. If we had a death similar to the death of Henry 1 it could plunge the US into chaos and a struggle for control of the government. We also know that at the time of the rapture the Antichrist is revealed (born).
One thing is for sure, these three eclipses intersecting over the US, making the sign of the Alpha and Omega, with an X marking the spot is not something that can be meaningless. In addition to going over little Egypt it also goes over Uvalde, Tx where that school shooting was in an elementary school. One of the eclipses went over seven cities in the US called "Salem". There is much more to them, but the Lord told us we would see signs in the sun, moon and stars. No doubt we have seen signs and there those who are trying to decipher them.
The reason I think this might be relevant and I stress the word might (I know next to nothing about the heavenly signs).
Based on the prophecies in the Bible I am anticipating the following:
The rapture of the saints to coincide with fire falling from heaven (as in the days of Lot and also as described in Revelation 12). I also believe the rapture will take place during a major fault. I think the sixth seal opening is the rapture event. Also every time someone rose from the dead there was an earthquake.
I also believe that the rapture will coincide with the fall of the US in a single hour.
These two eclipses intersect over little Egypt in Illinois, so it is easy to be reminded of the passover and the death of the firstborn. If we had a death similar to the death of Henry 1 it could plunge the US into chaos and a struggle for control of the government. We also know that at the time of the rapture the Antichrist is revealed (born).
One thing is for sure, these three eclipses intersecting over the US, making the sign of the Alpha and Omega, with an X marking the spot is not something that can be meaningless. In addition to going over little Egypt it also goes over Uvalde, Tx where that school shooting was in an elementary school. One of the eclipses went over seven cities in the US called "Salem". There is much more to them, but the Lord told us we would see signs in the sun, moon and stars. No doubt we have seen signs and there those who are trying to decipher them.
Perish
I was interested in looking at this word because of the verse that "my people perish for lack of knowledge"
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
If a member of the body is cut off from the body then it will perish. Can you imagine if lack of knowledge would cause you to be "cut off from the body"? This is the important point here, because one main reason that so many go along with things that would offend the Lord is because they don't want to be cut off from the body. Suppose your pastor and church is saying things that are contrary to the Bible, perhaps arguing that the Bible is out of date and everyone goes along with that. Why? Are they afraid that they will be cut off from this group if they don't conform? Probably, and if they lack knowledge to stand up for what is right, then that is why they are perishing. Perhaps they feel uncomfortable, perhaps their conscience is bothering them, but they lack the knowledge.
Matthew 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Jesus has set out across the lake, on the other side there is a demon possessed man. Jesus is going to cast out the demon into a herd of swine, dirty business, and essentially "kill two birds with one stone". He will rid the community of both the demons and the dirty business and on top of that the man will be saved and become a powerful witness for the Lord. So prior to this taking place a big storm is stirred up with the disciples being threatened that they will perish. They didn't perish, but they also would not have been bent out of shape if they had had more knowledge of who Jesus is. Jesus is not scared of the demons, the demons are scared of Jesus.
Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
The Holy Spirit is the wine that was poured out on Pentecost. Jesus didn't pour it into the old bottle of the Jewish religion but He poured it into the new bottle of the church. If the church cannot take new revelation from the Holy Spirit concerning the times we are in, then they have become an old bottle like the church in Sardis. We need to realize our "basic message" as Christians. The world is satanic and has been judged, it is a condemned building. The Lord is coming back to take us to Himself. We are here as His ambassadors for the Kingdom of the heavens. If you lack that knowledge and say in yourself that the Lord delays His coming and you begin to eat and drink with the drunken, then you will perish.
Matthew 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
The context here is of sheep who have gone astray. Yes, they lack knowledge, yes they have left the shepherd and the flock, even so it is not the will of our Father that they should perish. It is His will that you seek them out and bring them back to the flock and the shepherd.
Matthew 26:52. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
The world is satanic, they will come out and arrest Jesus to crucify Him. But we do not fight with swords or spears or guns. The weapons of our warfare are mighty to the tearing down of strongholds. Put your faith in your Heavenly Father, and in Jesus Christ His son, and in the Holy Spirit. If you put your trust in weapons then you will perish trusting in weapons. There is a powerful movie that hits this point very hard called "The Mission". The mission was not to kill Spanish and Portugese conquistadors, the mission was to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the natives.
I was interested in looking at this word because of the verse that "my people perish for lack of knowledge"
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
If a member of the body is cut off from the body then it will perish. Can you imagine if lack of knowledge would cause you to be "cut off from the body"? This is the important point here, because one main reason that so many go along with things that would offend the Lord is because they don't want to be cut off from the body. Suppose your pastor and church is saying things that are contrary to the Bible, perhaps arguing that the Bible is out of date and everyone goes along with that. Why? Are they afraid that they will be cut off from this group if they don't conform? Probably, and if they lack knowledge to stand up for what is right, then that is why they are perishing. Perhaps they feel uncomfortable, perhaps their conscience is bothering them, but they lack the knowledge.
Matthew 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Jesus has set out across the lake, on the other side there is a demon possessed man. Jesus is going to cast out the demon into a herd of swine, dirty business, and essentially "kill two birds with one stone". He will rid the community of both the demons and the dirty business and on top of that the man will be saved and become a powerful witness for the Lord. So prior to this taking place a big storm is stirred up with the disciples being threatened that they will perish. They didn't perish, but they also would not have been bent out of shape if they had had more knowledge of who Jesus is. Jesus is not scared of the demons, the demons are scared of Jesus.
Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
The Holy Spirit is the wine that was poured out on Pentecost. Jesus didn't pour it into the old bottle of the Jewish religion but He poured it into the new bottle of the church. If the church cannot take new revelation from the Holy Spirit concerning the times we are in, then they have become an old bottle like the church in Sardis. We need to realize our "basic message" as Christians. The world is satanic and has been judged, it is a condemned building. The Lord is coming back to take us to Himself. We are here as His ambassadors for the Kingdom of the heavens. If you lack that knowledge and say in yourself that the Lord delays His coming and you begin to eat and drink with the drunken, then you will perish.
Matthew 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
The context here is of sheep who have gone astray. Yes, they lack knowledge, yes they have left the shepherd and the flock, even so it is not the will of our Father that they should perish. It is His will that you seek them out and bring them back to the flock and the shepherd.
Matthew 26:52. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
The world is satanic, they will come out and arrest Jesus to crucify Him. But we do not fight with swords or spears or guns. The weapons of our warfare are mighty to the tearing down of strongholds. Put your faith in your Heavenly Father, and in Jesus Christ His son, and in the Holy Spirit. If you put your trust in weapons then you will perish trusting in weapons. There is a powerful movie that hits this point very hard called "The Mission". The mission was not to kill Spanish and Portugese conquistadors, the mission was to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the natives.
The Lord is a man of war
Exodus 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
I think many believers don't understand this. We are children of God, He is a man of war, so He trains us to also be men of war. My dad was a professional boxer and my grandad was in the navy. They were on Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. So I was raised to meet a fight head on. I remember once I was caught alone in the park by two kids who were bigger than me and wanted to steal my tennis racket. I figured I would lose the racket but knew that I needed a black eye and a bloody nose if I was going to go home. My dad would understand if I lost to two kids who were bigger than me, but would blow a gasket if I didn't fight.
You can see this idea woven throughout the entire Bible. Jesus is always with the weaker ones, the ones who have no power, and is going to lead them to defeat Pharaoh and all his army. This is where His wisdom and knowledge is on full display.
David vs Goliath is a Biblical story, that is how God operates. So when you look at the beast system, yes they have more money, more technology and yes they have been planning this diabolical plan for decades. But God is fighting with us. He'll make the wheels fall off their chariots. He will stand between us and them and confuse them with the pillar of fire. He'll lead us on dry ground but where their chariots cannot follow and where their armor is a liability.
The beast is likened to a lion, bear, leopard and dragon. Each of which has some very formidable weapons of war, combine all four and you have the ultimate army in human history. But there is a very clear weakness or shortcoming that those four animals have. Either Satan is too stupid to know it or is powerless to do anything about that. Either way that "beast" is doomed to fail because they fail to see their glaring weakness.
Exodus 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
I think many believers don't understand this. We are children of God, He is a man of war, so He trains us to also be men of war. My dad was a professional boxer and my grandad was in the navy. They were on Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. So I was raised to meet a fight head on. I remember once I was caught alone in the park by two kids who were bigger than me and wanted to steal my tennis racket. I figured I would lose the racket but knew that I needed a black eye and a bloody nose if I was going to go home. My dad would understand if I lost to two kids who were bigger than me, but would blow a gasket if I didn't fight.
You can see this idea woven throughout the entire Bible. Jesus is always with the weaker ones, the ones who have no power, and is going to lead them to defeat Pharaoh and all his army. This is where His wisdom and knowledge is on full display.
David vs Goliath is a Biblical story, that is how God operates. So when you look at the beast system, yes they have more money, more technology and yes they have been planning this diabolical plan for decades. But God is fighting with us. He'll make the wheels fall off their chariots. He will stand between us and them and confuse them with the pillar of fire. He'll lead us on dry ground but where their chariots cannot follow and where their armor is a liability.
The beast is likened to a lion, bear, leopard and dragon. Each of which has some very formidable weapons of war, combine all four and you have the ultimate army in human history. But there is a very clear weakness or shortcoming that those four animals have. Either Satan is too stupid to know it or is powerless to do anything about that. Either way that "beast" is doomed to fail because they fail to see their glaring weakness.
Are they ashamed at their detestable conduct?
Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
The election was false. We hate that, nothing shameful about that. Hunter Biden should be in prison, nothing shameful about saying that. Biden has brought shame on himself. The Democrats manifesto is basically saying that they will continue to groom elementary school kids in public school and parents need to shut up about it. This is the stench. The way they have handled the economy has brought shame on them, the way they exited Afghanistan has brought shame, the way they have handled the US border has brought shame. The way they have supported mobs outside the Supreme court justice homes to threaten them has brought shame on them.
Proverbs 18:3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
The F Joe Biden and Let's go Brandon chants are the expression of contempt for Biden. He is wicked and the world is responding with contempt. It is our duty to speak the truth, to be salt and light and that means we need to reproach evil. With that reproach comes shame, not on us but on Biden. The stickers says "I did that" with Joe Biden pointing at gas prices, that is reproach.
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
It is a common thing for sinners and those of the flesh to try and stop the word of God and hold down the truth in unrighteousness. It will not work. How they attacked and ridiculed us three years ago when we talked about election fraud. Well, I will be one with the Lord, I will not be put to shame, and anyone who thinks they will continue to stick up for this corrupt regime I will give a mug that says "Biden/Harris in 2024". That will shut them up.
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
Joe Biden refuses to blush with shame and anyone who tries to make excuses for him is also like a prostitute. Joe Biden is saying everything is good, no problems with the US, only issue is the Supreme court justices who overturn Roe V. Wade. That is the brazen look of a prostitute.
Jeremiah 6:15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
The election was false. We hate that, nothing shameful about that. Hunter Biden should be in prison, nothing shameful about saying that. Biden has brought shame on himself. The Democrats manifesto is basically saying that they will continue to groom elementary school kids in public school and parents need to shut up about it. This is the stench. The way they have handled the economy has brought shame on them, the way they exited Afghanistan has brought shame, the way they have handled the US border has brought shame. The way they have supported mobs outside the Supreme court justice homes to threaten them has brought shame on them.
Proverbs 18:3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
The F Joe Biden and Let's go Brandon chants are the expression of contempt for Biden. He is wicked and the world is responding with contempt. It is our duty to speak the truth, to be salt and light and that means we need to reproach evil. With that reproach comes shame, not on us but on Biden. The stickers says "I did that" with Joe Biden pointing at gas prices, that is reproach.
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
It is a common thing for sinners and those of the flesh to try and stop the word of God and hold down the truth in unrighteousness. It will not work. How they attacked and ridiculed us three years ago when we talked about election fraud. Well, I will be one with the Lord, I will not be put to shame, and anyone who thinks they will continue to stick up for this corrupt regime I will give a mug that says "Biden/Harris in 2024". That will shut them up.
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
Joe Biden refuses to blush with shame and anyone who tries to make excuses for him is also like a prostitute. Joe Biden is saying everything is good, no problems with the US, only issue is the Supreme court justices who overturn Roe V. Wade. That is the brazen look of a prostitute.
Jeremiah 6:15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
O’ foolish children, you have been warned! You have all been warned!
Vicki Goforth Parnell 1/3/19@2:33AM Sounding the Alarm!
“I awoke at 2:33AM this morning when Jesus spoke!” “Return back to bed Child, and then when you hear the alarm let it remind you that I have sounded the alarm across your nation and the nations of the world that war is imminent. That I, Jesus am coming and it’s imminent, and the time of judgements is upon you! The alarms have been sounded for all who will hear to listen! Vicki Goforth Parnell 1/3/20@4:32AM Sounding the Alarm part 2 “Upon hearing my alarm just as God had spoken earlier my thoughts were easily and swiftly upon the alarms being sounded across the world of these 3 things: The impending war, Jesus Christ’s returning, and the imminent judgements. As I laid there thinking, I dozed off back to sleep. As my son came in from work, I awoke but then I fell back into sleep and even when my young grandson who had slept in the bed with me last night awoke and crawled over me to get up and be with his daddy, I awoke briefly. Then dozed back off to sleep. Then sluggishly at 4:32 AM I awoke with my first thoughts being, “I’m late!” These words were shouting in my mind and immediately Jesus spoke.” “Congratulations you have now become My church who are mostly asleep and if not awakened, will sleep through My returning. And upon awakening will find themselves facing the end time judgements! O’ foolish children, you have been warned! You have all been warned!”
Vicki Goforth Parnell 1/3/19@2:33AM Sounding the Alarm!
“I awoke at 2:33AM this morning when Jesus spoke!” “Return back to bed Child, and then when you hear the alarm let it remind you that I have sounded the alarm across your nation and the nations of the world that war is imminent. That I, Jesus am coming and it’s imminent, and the time of judgements is upon you! The alarms have been sounded for all who will hear to listen! Vicki Goforth Parnell 1/3/20@4:32AM Sounding the Alarm part 2 “Upon hearing my alarm just as God had spoken earlier my thoughts were easily and swiftly upon the alarms being sounded across the world of these 3 things: The impending war, Jesus Christ’s returning, and the imminent judgements. As I laid there thinking, I dozed off back to sleep. As my son came in from work, I awoke but then I fell back into sleep and even when my young grandson who had slept in the bed with me last night awoke and crawled over me to get up and be with his daddy, I awoke briefly. Then dozed back off to sleep. Then sluggishly at 4:32 AM I awoke with my first thoughts being, “I’m late!” These words were shouting in my mind and immediately Jesus spoke.” “Congratulations you have now become My church who are mostly asleep and if not awakened, will sleep through My returning. And upon awakening will find themselves facing the end time judgements! O’ foolish children, you have been warned! You have all been warned!”
Prophetic Dreams & Visions from My Lovely Jesus
In my earlier journal entries, I would at times title something a lesson learned as father God in Jesus Christ would teach me lessons through my everyday life. In a world that's as serious as ours right now it helps to take a joyful moment with our Lord. We serve an amazing God you can take something as simple as quarter and teach a lifelong lesson as they did with me. After all.... It's only a quarter God! 8/6/19 at 10:20 AM It’s a Quarter God! Tuesday morning: Another lesson learned! I was down at the laundromat at our apartment complex when I looked down and shining ever so brightly at me was a quarter. “A quarter Lord, thank You for blessing me for I am always needing quarters to do laundry with.” “It's not yours!” God said, and I stopped. He was right, that was not my quarter. “But what would it hurt?” I thought, but I placed it on the sorting table where you fold your clothes. I turned to do the laundry and I saw they have installed card readers so you can use your debit card but they are not operational yet. I know because I tried my card. “God” I said, “I don't think I have enough quarters to do my laundry for I have 3 loads and it's $1.50 per load and $1.50 to dry each load.” So, I went back over to the quarter and placed it into my change purse. “That’s not your quarter!” God said to me again. “Lord, I'll use it and then replace it,” I said. “How do you know who it belongs to? Only I know. Me and the person to whom it belongs to.” “You're right, Lord, forgive me. It's not my money and it doesn't belong to me. I will do laundry without this quarter even if it means I have to go to the bank for more quarters.” So, I took it back out of my change purse and laid it back on the table and proceeded to do the laundry. God saw my need. I truly believe that He multiplied my quarters because after I put my laundry into the wash, I proceeded to count the remaining quarters and there was more than enough to dry my clothes. My God is a God of more than enough but that wasn't the end of it. I started to leave when God spoke to me again. “Pick it up. Pick the quarter up!” “You told me to put it down!” “Pick it up and take it to the office manager. Give it to her.” “Okay, God,” I said, “but she is probably going to think it's strange for me to turn in a quarter.” “Do it anyway.” “Yes, God.” So, I gathered my detergent and my change purse and walked next door to speak with the office manager. I told her, “This may seem a little insignificant to you, but I found a quarter in the laundry room and it's not mine”. “Just keep’ it, “she said. I replied, “I can't”. She looked at me then asked, “Why”? I said, “Because God won't let me”. She said, “Oh,” and stopped for a moment. Then she took the quarter and said, “I'll just put it in the laundry money for when people need it.” I said, “Okay, and told her to have a blessed day”. Then I walked out of the leasing office. Then it hit me. It is the little things, the things that seem unimportant that can creep in and cause sin in your life. Be constant, be vigilant in all places and all things. The fact is that was not my quarter and God knew it! 8/6/19@12:55PM It’s a quarter God continued: Now I know God has a sense of humor and takes delight in us, especially after the time I had with the quarter this morning. I walked back into the laundry room to get my last load of clothes out of the dryer and there in the middle of the room’s floor, sitting pretty as you please was a brand-new shiny penny! Shiniest penny I believe I have ever seen. I believe God put that shiny new penny right in the middle of the floor to get a response out of me and He did. I said, “OK, God, that's just not right!” And then I heard him chuckle. He had left that penny there just for me. I had to laugh. So, I picked up the shiny new penny and asked, ‘Do I have to take it to the office lady too”? “No, you can just leave it on the table”. God truly has a sense of humor but that should come as no surprise to us when we are made in his likeness!
In my earlier journal entries, I would at times title something a lesson learned as father God in Jesus Christ would teach me lessons through my everyday life. In a world that's as serious as ours right now it helps to take a joyful moment with our Lord. We serve an amazing God you can take something as simple as quarter and teach a lifelong lesson as they did with me. After all.... It's only a quarter God! 8/6/19 at 10:20 AM It’s a Quarter God! Tuesday morning: Another lesson learned! I was down at the laundromat at our apartment complex when I looked down and shining ever so brightly at me was a quarter. “A quarter Lord, thank You for blessing me for I am always needing quarters to do laundry with.” “It's not yours!” God said, and I stopped. He was right, that was not my quarter. “But what would it hurt?” I thought, but I placed it on the sorting table where you fold your clothes. I turned to do the laundry and I saw they have installed card readers so you can use your debit card but they are not operational yet. I know because I tried my card. “God” I said, “I don't think I have enough quarters to do my laundry for I have 3 loads and it's $1.50 per load and $1.50 to dry each load.” So, I went back over to the quarter and placed it into my change purse. “That’s not your quarter!” God said to me again. “Lord, I'll use it and then replace it,” I said. “How do you know who it belongs to? Only I know. Me and the person to whom it belongs to.” “You're right, Lord, forgive me. It's not my money and it doesn't belong to me. I will do laundry without this quarter even if it means I have to go to the bank for more quarters.” So, I took it back out of my change purse and laid it back on the table and proceeded to do the laundry. God saw my need. I truly believe that He multiplied my quarters because after I put my laundry into the wash, I proceeded to count the remaining quarters and there was more than enough to dry my clothes. My God is a God of more than enough but that wasn't the end of it. I started to leave when God spoke to me again. “Pick it up. Pick the quarter up!” “You told me to put it down!” “Pick it up and take it to the office manager. Give it to her.” “Okay, God,” I said, “but she is probably going to think it's strange for me to turn in a quarter.” “Do it anyway.” “Yes, God.” So, I gathered my detergent and my change purse and walked next door to speak with the office manager. I told her, “This may seem a little insignificant to you, but I found a quarter in the laundry room and it's not mine”. “Just keep’ it, “she said. I replied, “I can't”. She looked at me then asked, “Why”? I said, “Because God won't let me”. She said, “Oh,” and stopped for a moment. Then she took the quarter and said, “I'll just put it in the laundry money for when people need it.” I said, “Okay, and told her to have a blessed day”. Then I walked out of the leasing office. Then it hit me. It is the little things, the things that seem unimportant that can creep in and cause sin in your life. Be constant, be vigilant in all places and all things. The fact is that was not my quarter and God knew it! 8/6/19@12:55PM It’s a quarter God continued: Now I know God has a sense of humor and takes delight in us, especially after the time I had with the quarter this morning. I walked back into the laundry room to get my last load of clothes out of the dryer and there in the middle of the room’s floor, sitting pretty as you please was a brand-new shiny penny! Shiniest penny I believe I have ever seen. I believe God put that shiny new penny right in the middle of the floor to get a response out of me and He did. I said, “OK, God, that's just not right!” And then I heard him chuckle. He had left that penny there just for me. I had to laugh. So, I picked up the shiny new penny and asked, ‘Do I have to take it to the office lady too”? “No, you can just leave it on the table”. God truly has a sense of humor but that should come as no surprise to us when we are made in his likeness!
Lord Jesus, thank you we are not ignorant of Satan’s devices. We are also not ignorant of who is Lord, who is going to cast out the demons and destroy the dirty business and deliver the demon possessed man. Lord we pray that the testimonies of your salvation would be proclaimed far and wide.
Lord Jesus thank you for the price you paid on the cross to pay for our sins so we could be forgiven. Thank you that because of the blood we are no longer debtors to sin but are free to follow You and worship You. Lord we pray that we likewise would forgive those that sin against us. Forgive us when we judge others. Lord Jesus we know that there are generational curses, we pray that your blood would pay the price for those sins of our fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers so that these curses could be broken. Thank you for your mercy in helping us to see the harm of sin, to empathize with others and to repent for the sins we have committed.
Lord Jesus you have charged us to watch for your coming and as we see these things happening to look up. Lord we look up and we see signs in the sun, moon and stars. Thank you for the signs you have given us of your soon coming.
Lord Jesus thank you for Your word, Your word is Truth. Your word is a light to our path. We pray that we would be fully attached to You, to the root of the tree. You are the vine, we are the branches. We pray that we would be filled with the Holy Spirit as sap running in the vine tree. So, Lord, we need knowledge, let us see clearly what we should embrace and what we should reject. Expose to us the ones who are helping to feed and water the vine and those that would harm the vine. Lord Jesus, we are your ambassadors, may we bring the truth of the Kingdom of the heavens to this dark world. May we help bring the lost sheep back to the fold, back to the shepherd. Give us the words that are mighty to the tearing down of strongholds and every thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
Lord Jesus you are a man of war, You are my strength and song, You are my salvation. We are your house and home, we lift up and exalt your name.
Lord we pray you would bring in your Kingdom where righteousness dwells. We hate what is false, we hate that the wicked make themselves a stench and a shame. Fill the wicked with contempt and reproach. Lord Jesus, we trust in your help, we set our face as a flint, we know that we will not be put to shame. Lord they have the brazen look of a prostitute, they refuse to blush with shame. So Lord we remind you of your word that You will bring them down, You will punish them, vengeance is Yours.
Lord Jesus we have all been warned of your coming judgement and destruction so may we all wake up!
Lord Jesus thank you for the price you paid on the cross to pay for our sins so we could be forgiven. Thank you that because of the blood we are no longer debtors to sin but are free to follow You and worship You. Lord we pray that we likewise would forgive those that sin against us. Forgive us when we judge others. Lord Jesus we know that there are generational curses, we pray that your blood would pay the price for those sins of our fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers so that these curses could be broken. Thank you for your mercy in helping us to see the harm of sin, to empathize with others and to repent for the sins we have committed.
Lord Jesus you have charged us to watch for your coming and as we see these things happening to look up. Lord we look up and we see signs in the sun, moon and stars. Thank you for the signs you have given us of your soon coming.
Lord Jesus thank you for Your word, Your word is Truth. Your word is a light to our path. We pray that we would be fully attached to You, to the root of the tree. You are the vine, we are the branches. We pray that we would be filled with the Holy Spirit as sap running in the vine tree. So, Lord, we need knowledge, let us see clearly what we should embrace and what we should reject. Expose to us the ones who are helping to feed and water the vine and those that would harm the vine. Lord Jesus, we are your ambassadors, may we bring the truth of the Kingdom of the heavens to this dark world. May we help bring the lost sheep back to the fold, back to the shepherd. Give us the words that are mighty to the tearing down of strongholds and every thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
Lord Jesus you are a man of war, You are my strength and song, You are my salvation. We are your house and home, we lift up and exalt your name.
Lord we pray you would bring in your Kingdom where righteousness dwells. We hate what is false, we hate that the wicked make themselves a stench and a shame. Fill the wicked with contempt and reproach. Lord Jesus, we trust in your help, we set our face as a flint, we know that we will not be put to shame. Lord they have the brazen look of a prostitute, they refuse to blush with shame. So Lord we remind you of your word that You will bring them down, You will punish them, vengeance is Yours.
Lord Jesus we have all been warned of your coming judgement and destruction so may we all wake up!
What does it mean to "worship demons"?
It means you are not allowed to say anything against them. If you speak agains Mohammed they will issue an order to have you killed. That is because they worship Mohammed.
So if you no longer are allowed to speak your opinion on a matter, then it is a religious matter involving worship and your opinion will be deemed "blasphemy" punishable by death.
So then consider the "woke" culture. This isn't some new teaching, it is demonic. Demons require worship. If a demon says that a trans man can compete with women in sports and go to the women's prison when arrested, and use the women's bathroom and locker room if you laugh at that, mock it, and hold that in derision. Then you are not worshipping that nor are you under their power. But if you scream and yell that everyone must obey this or else it is hate speech and they are criminals who must go to prison, then you are demonic.
It means you are not allowed to say anything against them. If you speak agains Mohammed they will issue an order to have you killed. That is because they worship Mohammed.
So if you no longer are allowed to speak your opinion on a matter, then it is a religious matter involving worship and your opinion will be deemed "blasphemy" punishable by death.
So then consider the "woke" culture. This isn't some new teaching, it is demonic. Demons require worship. If a demon says that a trans man can compete with women in sports and go to the women's prison when arrested, and use the women's bathroom and locker room if you laugh at that, mock it, and hold that in derision. Then you are not worshipping that nor are you under their power. But if you scream and yell that everyone must obey this or else it is hate speech and they are criminals who must go to prison, then you are demonic.
This is an answer to prayer
I realize that I sound depressing to some people, I am talking about natural disasters, signs of the end times, economic collapse and WW3. But for me I see this as an answer to prayer and so I have very excited and happy.
When I was 11 and 12 I was on a Pee Wee football team for two years. We were undefeated and flew to Florida to play a bowl game our first year and to Texas to play a bowl game our second. I loved it, but when it was over I wanted to give my life to something that would be just as exciting. For months I thought about this or that and then finally heard this verse about seeing Jesus come in the clouds in great glory and I thought "I want to be part of that!"
I prayed about it and the Lord said I would be.
So this has been a lifelong prayer and vision and so as I see it getting closer I am getting excited.
I get it that many people look at football as very brutal and don't realize how much fun it is. I saw people get very serious injuries in football and at the end of each season I was always banged up with a whole lot of black and blue bruises.
The worst part was never the games, it was a tackling drill we used to do. You would in a line and the coach would assign someone to you. You hoped it would be someone not too tough, but I would often get some of the biggest and toughest kids on the whole team. I think the reason was that I was soft spoken, and the coaches wanted to see if that was because I was afraid. But the result is no one on any team I played ever intimidated me. In HS the biggest, toughest kids are the football players, so since none of them intimidated me, no one in HS ever intimidated me or tried to pick a fight (except my first day). But that was one thing I really missed about that PeeWee team, no one intimidated us.
I remember before one of our championship games the newspaper said we would lose because their linemen were bigger than our linemen. In Pee Wee football their is a weight limit and I was about two pounds under the limit. I was the only one on our offensive line that didn't have to worry about making weight, so I took this as a direct insult. The newspaper was saying because the kid I had to block was two pounds heavier than me our team was going to lose! That put a chip on my shoulder. I had never been intimidated by anyone we played, but that was the first time I went into a game with the intention of making them pay.
It is a great feeling to not feel any intimidation from others, and that is how I feel going into the tribulation. I am not intimidated by the Antichrist or the beast system or the famine or the plague or whatever they are going to throw at us from their playbook. When I was 13 I prayed to be here, the Lord has answered that prayer, and I am excited for the big game.
I realize that I sound depressing to some people, I am talking about natural disasters, signs of the end times, economic collapse and WW3. But for me I see this as an answer to prayer and so I have very excited and happy.
When I was 11 and 12 I was on a Pee Wee football team for two years. We were undefeated and flew to Florida to play a bowl game our first year and to Texas to play a bowl game our second. I loved it, but when it was over I wanted to give my life to something that would be just as exciting. For months I thought about this or that and then finally heard this verse about seeing Jesus come in the clouds in great glory and I thought "I want to be part of that!"
I prayed about it and the Lord said I would be.
So this has been a lifelong prayer and vision and so as I see it getting closer I am getting excited.
I get it that many people look at football as very brutal and don't realize how much fun it is. I saw people get very serious injuries in football and at the end of each season I was always banged up with a whole lot of black and blue bruises.
The worst part was never the games, it was a tackling drill we used to do. You would in a line and the coach would assign someone to you. You hoped it would be someone not too tough, but I would often get some of the biggest and toughest kids on the whole team. I think the reason was that I was soft spoken, and the coaches wanted to see if that was because I was afraid. But the result is no one on any team I played ever intimidated me. In HS the biggest, toughest kids are the football players, so since none of them intimidated me, no one in HS ever intimidated me or tried to pick a fight (except my first day). But that was one thing I really missed about that PeeWee team, no one intimidated us.
I remember before one of our championship games the newspaper said we would lose because their linemen were bigger than our linemen. In Pee Wee football their is a weight limit and I was about two pounds under the limit. I was the only one on our offensive line that didn't have to worry about making weight, so I took this as a direct insult. The newspaper was saying because the kid I had to block was two pounds heavier than me our team was going to lose! That put a chip on my shoulder. I had never been intimidated by anyone we played, but that was the first time I went into a game with the intention of making them pay.
It is a great feeling to not feel any intimidation from others, and that is how I feel going into the tribulation. I am not intimidated by the Antichrist or the beast system or the famine or the plague or whatever they are going to throw at us from their playbook. When I was 13 I prayed to be here, the Lord has answered that prayer, and I am excited for the big game.