Friday, September 19, 2014
"I will stand on my guard post
and station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will
speak to me. And how I may reply when I am reproved. Then the Lord
answered me and said, "Record the vision and Inscribe it on tablets, That
the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed
time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries,
wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay." (Habakkuk 2:1-3)
Hey Gang: I just celebrated my
eighth decade plus one birthday. My eyes have seen many wondrous things,
both good and bad in my sojourn on this earth. I have seen great
deception leading mega multitudes down the road to the fiery furnace; I
have seen false prophets and false teachers spreading the blasphemies of
Replacement Theology, Prosperity theology for believers, there is more
than one road to God and to believe is enough!
I have seen increases in hurricanes,
tsunamis, tornados, floods, wild- fires, mud slides that have taken the lives
of multitudes of people. I have seen many wars and heard
many rumors of war. And with those wars I have heard of famine and
pestilence that are the brothers of war. I have seen diseases
that have no cure come out of the pit of hell, AIDS, Ebola, Parkinson's,
Cancer, Alzheimer's, Crones, and a recent rebirth of Tuberculosis and
Polio. (2014)
I have seen the world preparing for the
coming battles of Psalm 83, Gog Magog and Armageddon. When I was born
none of the countries listed as participants in the final battle of Armageddon
were in existence. Today they are all in place with great armies - armed
with weaponry that could annihilate the world’s population many times
over.
I have seen the rebirth of the nation of
Israel and the ever-increasing flow of Olim making Aliyah back to the Land of their
heritage: we were priviledged to play a tiny role in helping to make that
happen. I have seen God's mighty miraculous protective hand
in interventions in four wars, where Israel was out manned and out
gunned. I have seen the eternal city of Jerusalem
returned to the hands of God's chosen people.
I have seen the fulfillment of Matthew 24:9,
even as I pen this, "…then they will deliver you to tribulation from
the four corners of the world and will kill you" (the
Jews). Thousands upon thousands of believers have been martyred in this
year alone and that number is continuing to grow as barbarians such as ISIL,
Boko Haram, Hamas, Fatah, Al Qaeda and Hezbollah gain in strength and
resolve. (2024)
I have seen a czar rise in the bear of the
North and seen the rapid coming together of the Gog Magog confederacy. Tragically,
it saddens me to report the rapid decline of America as a ‘light unto the
world’.
I have seen the rapid deterioration of moral
-code in our nation where anything goes that brings pleasure. I
have seen the rapid decline of the church as a force for good in our
nation. A pastor recently wrote, "How tragic that so many of our
churches have placed flags of surrender to the evil one on their
steeples".
It saddens my heart when I look at the
world I am going to turn over to my children, grands and great
grands. I truly believe judgment is just around the corner.
But, it is about more than judgment. God said through Ezekiel, "I
will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord" (Ezekiel 38:23). He also said, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act,
but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went" (Ezekiel 36:23)
Sooooo, my friends, if after seeing
all these things come to pass that are clearly described in the Word of God,
would I not be a fool not to follow the Author and Finisher of these
words? Jesus said: "When these things begin to take
place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing
near" (Luke 23:28). I repeat, it is time to wake
up and take notice!
Blessings,
Gramps
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