A trumpet is sounding....

[Yet]

Spiritual history tends to repeat itself. The word of God gives us warning after warning to induce us to be watchmen on the wall. Just because Jesus brought us into a new covenant, does not mean that Satan tendered his resignation after Christ said 'it is finished'!

The Old Testament is fraught with stories of tragedy that are sign posts for us to be wary of.

For some strange reason, really not so strange after all, Christians seem to think that the den they are sitting in is biblically sound, where 'other churches may be off into heresy..but not us. Our pastor assures us we are on sound scriptural footing'!

Really? Study my threads. Pure word, untwisted scripture brought forth to the angst of many.

Im called a rabble rouser. I'm actually a bible rouser. Rouser: to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, fancied security, apathy, etc..
In a word Sardisism, the church in Revelation 3 claiming to be alive and kicking yet deader than dirt. God made that call, not me!

The following account illustrates the modern pharisitical hierarchy of deception and its resulting condition. The good news is that many of God's precious children are awakenning out of their slumber and sleep. I'm ashamed to confess that I,
personally, was on the virge of beating Rip Van Winkles recorded, illustrious feat! Slept I did, and long it was! But thanks be unto God who cared enough for me to slap me awake as the angel did with Peter in the jail cell by smacking him on the side. Acts 12:7
You see, I didn't even have a clue that I was in shackles in a prison of lies. Felt the bondage but thought that was the way it was suppose to be. Mums the word! Keep quiet! Duped and dumbed down. Pulpited to death I was. Churched into stupid pit. But no more. Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty I'm free at last!


And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day , says the Lord God. There shall be many (spiritually) dead bodies (Christians) in every place (church), and they shall be driven out silently, (those that are smelling the coffee).
Hear this , you (leaders) that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail (by robbing them). .....making the ephah a small amount for a high price, and falsifying the balances by deceit? (Twisting the word for fun and profit).
That we (leaders) may buy the poor for (their) silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. Yes, and SELL the refuse of the wheat (to them, a hollow, twisted word).
.....shall not the land tremble for this? Everyone mourning that dwells there? .....

...it will come to pass says the Lord that 'I will cause the sun to go down at noon ( spiritual darkness) and I will darken the earth in a clear day.

I will turn your (religious gatherings) feasts into mourning and your song services into (deadness) Lamentations.

....the end of the day bitter (dry and dead).

I will send a famine in the land (scarcity of the word of God), not of bread or food but of hearing the true words of God.

and they (Christians) shall go from sea to sea (church to church) from the north even to the east and to and fro seeking the word of the Lord and shall NOT find it.

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men (the saints) faint for thirst. Amos 8

Its happening in this 'last hour'. Flee Babylon!

 

[Joidevivre]

"and they (Christians) shall go from sea to sea (church to church) from the north even to the east and to and fro seeking the word of the Lord and shall NOT find it."

It is NOT Christians who shall hopelessly seek to find the word. Because as Christians, Jesus (who is the Word) lives in us, and his voice (word) is always in our spirit.

It is when we are removed from this earth. Because when we are taken up, the Holy Spirit shall also be taken up with us since He indwells us. And he is the One who continually testifies of Christ.

As long as we Christians remain, the testimony of Jesus will be proclaimed.

 

[notuptome]

Jude 1:8 ¶ Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Some men see themselves as mightier than Michael for they fear not to bring railing accusations against the church that Christ has shed His blood to sanctify.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

 

[JesusLives]

God has been sounding the warning for years.

Revelation 14: [h=3]The Three Angels[/h][SUP]6 [/SUP]Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. [SUP]7 [/SUP]He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
[SUP]8 [/SUP]A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[SUP][a][/SUP] which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
[SUP]9 [/SUP]A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, [SUP]10 [/SUP]they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. [SUP]11 [/SUP]And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” [SUP]12 [/SUP]This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

 

[AuntieAnt]

Actually, the Lord keeps calling my eyes away from the temporal world and keeps revealing His Holy Presence everywhere. The more I stop focusing on the worldly doom and gloom, the more I see Jesus alive now & forever. And the more I see Jesus, the more perfect is my peace and the more joy overflows in my heart. I don't wanna focus on darkness, brother Yet. I'd rather just rejoice and be glad that God is Lord of all the earth! And by the way, you have some awesome joyous praise songs yourself! \/

[video=youtube;Ed_p9QZcGf4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed_p9QZcGf4[/video]

 

[Yet]

Actually, the Lord keeps calling my eyes away from the temporal world and keeps revealing His Holy Presence everywhere. The more I stop focusing on the worldly doom and gloom, the more I see Jesus alive now & forever. And the more I see Jesus, the more perfect is my peace and the more joy overflows in my heart. I don't wanna focus on darkness, brother Yet. I'd rather just rejoice and be glad that God is Lord of all the earth! And by the way, you have some awesome joyous praise songs yourself! \/

[video=youtube;Ed_p9QZcGf4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed_p9QZcGf4[/video]

Im all about REJOICING, minute by minute, but I cannot hide my head in the sand while Satan shellacs the body of Christ with several coats of falsehood.
Where you are going wrong is that we are commanded to teach the truth, correct, rebuke, and encourage. That's NOT optional. In season, out of season. 2Tim. 4:2

We are commanded to expose the false. Ephesians 5:11

In a word, we are not to just look on, with our mouths shut, while sheep are being deceived by charlatans, and hirelings, being led to the slaughter, dressed out, and placed on the menue for hungry, ravenous wolves. I hear the dinner bell ringing every Sunday morning. Church dinners with the tables set with lamb.
Read Matt. 23. Jesus DID FOCUS on the darkness, shining the light of truth into every corner. In so doing, He set the captives free by the droves from religion. REJOICING came after the darkness was soundly exposed and whipped.

How can one truly rejoice while sheep are being herded into box cars every Sunday?

AuntieAnt, That's the gospel. Pretending or ignoring the darkness and personally 'rejoicing' in private or in a box car with others and remaining silent while most Christians live in bondage, fear, and ignorance is actually a bit selfish, and smells of self preservation. Sounds like timidity and fear of rejection stops many from boldly speaking His full council. Sorry to be so rough, but that's exactly why Christendom is in the sorry state it's in. Many saints know these truths but are to fearful to rock the ecclesiastical boat for the reason of exclusion and shunning. Being 'cast out of the sin-agog', John 9:22

John 9:22 Jesus healed this guy and when the Jews asked his patents about it, they were afraid to upset the Jerusalem church so they wiggled out of giving a clear answer.....afraid to get the local church mad at them. It made for a nice song years ago but Silence IS NOT golden.
Oh, and thanks for your compliment about the songs God allowed me to write and record. He gets ALL the credit due!

 

[Yet]

'Whoever acknowledges Me before others, I will acknowledge before My Father'. Matt. 10:32

Can you claim you know Jesus before others, but reject the word of God here and there?

If the pulpiteers twist, slant, or reject His word concerning the assembling of the saints, and you 'go along to get along', are you just as guilty as the pulpiteers for condoning and enabling?

By blindly sticking to the going trend, are you not guilty of 'not acknowledging Jesus'? Is it in 'Name only' that you carry on, business as usual? Rino's: redeemed in name only!

There are a few voices in the wilderness that have decided to pay the price for standing up for 'truth'. They get their tails kicked by churchians. Yet they are not desuaded.

That remnant is growing as God keeps drawing. God is drawing a line in the sand. He's calling for folks to mean business. And to pay the price for doing so.

If the majority of the body of Christ refuses to acknowledge His word on this, then they need to quit claiming they are 'acknowledging Him' before the world!