I do not know whose side you are on in this war, but it looks like the battle is heating up. I hope and pray that you are on the side of right.
4“Take heed that no man deceive you.”
5“For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.”
6“And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”
7“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”
8“All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
9“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.”
10“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.”
Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:4b-10)
I just listened to an excerpt from an impassioned woman, who is one of the higher-ups in the new Israeli government. These are people who are all into one world leadership – government, churches, etc. This woman was ranting about the fact that the core “family” as we know it, is harmful to children, is harmful to a woman because, in a core family, this woman is now a wife, and now below the husband. She said there should be only one person to guide the children, but that the “state” should be the one handing out all guidelines.
Does this scare you? Sounds pretty frightening to me. It also sounds like the war is coming to a head. Satan is trying to take over every institution that God set forth in His Word. But, if I think on it a bit, it makes me very excited. Look at those Words of Christ again in Matthew 24.
In the past year, the world has been deceived beyond all reason (verse 4). Because of the Covid crisis, whether or not you believe it was man-made or not, possibly perpetrated by world governments – everyone is at everyone’s throat. And who does it wind up being the evil monster that is ruining the world today? According to world leaders, it is the “core” family, the first institution created by God.
The Christian family, created by God. Right. Get rid of us. Verse 9 says that we will be delivered up, we could possibly be killed – and we will be hated of all nations for Christ’s sake (because we love Christ).
Look at verse 10. This is the kicker to me. During the last year, we were to segregate ourselves from the rest of society. During this year, I saw instances of neighbor turning against neighbor, reporting people for not wearing a mask or congregating with too many people around. Now, we are all set in this brave new world to turn our neighbors in for any violations that go against the state. You don’t raise your kids right, at least by the standards of the state, you will be sent off, separated from your children – you are not worthy to raise a child in this new society.
We might have to go thru some of this persecution foretold in Matthew. We might be on the tail end of societal evolution (not on the cutting edge, as Rush Limbaugh used to say). We are at the precipice, right on the brink. The rapture of the Church is at hand.
Listen one more time to the words of Christ.
20“Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
22“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
Jesus Christ (Revelation 4:20, 22)
When you open that spiritual door, be sure you have the right door. It’s almost time to go home.
AE
and continuing…
“This is not funny. The core family as we know it, unfortunately is the least safe place for children, not in Australia, in the western world, and in more traditional societies even more so. The data speaks about every fifth child that goes through some kind of sexual, physical, emotional, and the core family is the place which exactly those parental rights which you are talking about. The custody, the total custody that we have in the structure of marriage which still gives men domination, complete domination, over the children and too often over their women, who are called wives is a part of the ongoing hurt in children. So, I do want to put the discussion on parental rights in perspective, and in context. And the context of, what are the values of this core family that you are protecting so much? That’s one of the things that we need to start breaking apart. I think that instead of marriage the state should offer two kinds of default agreements. One is custody over children. A child can have more than two parents. They don’t have necessarily to be his biological parents, or her biological parents. The person who takes responsibility for the child, and someone must take responsibility for the child needs to be obligated for certain criteria that the state should actually decide on.
–Merav Michaeli (Israeli Labor Party Leader)
Watching the video of Ms. Micaeli speaking about needing to break apart the traditional values of the core family, and giving power to the state to decide what happens to the children was very concerning. This diatribe which seems to be the work of a science fiction horror film was being spoken by a woman with great influence over many, and sadly she is not the only one with these thoughts and ideas.
The fact that the family is under attack should come as no surprise. We read in the Bible the prediction that these things will come to pass.
Luke 21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
If I Were the Devil
“If I were the prince of darkness, I would want to engulf the whole world in darkness. I’d have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree — thee. So, I would set about however necessary to take over the United States.
“I’d subvert the churches first, and I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: ‘Do as you please.’
“To the young, I would whisper that the Bible is a myth. I would convince the children that man created God instead of the other way around. I’d confide that what’s bad is good and what’s good is square. And the old, I would teach to pray after me, ‘Our Father, which art in Washington …’
“Then, I’d get organized, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting. I’d threaten TV with dirtier movies, and vice versa. I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. I’d tranquilize the rest with pills.
“If I were the devil, I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with themselves until each in its turn was consumed. And with promises of higher ratings, I’d have mesmerizing media fanning the flames.
“If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions. I’d tell teachers to let those students run wild. And before you knew it, you’d have drug-sniffing dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door. Within a decade, I’d have prisons overflowing. I’d have judges promoting pornography. Soon, I could evict God from the courthouse and the schoolhouse and then from the houses of Congress. In his own churches, I would substitute psychology for religion and deify science. I’d lure priests and pastors into misusing boys and girls and church money. If I were the devil I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.
“If I were the devil, I’d take from those who have and give to those who wanted until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. What’ll you bet I couldn’t get whole states to promote gambling as the way to get rich? I would caution against extremes in hard work, in patriotism, in moral conduct.
“I’d convince the young that marriage is old-fashioned, that swinging is more fun and that what you see on tv is the way to be. And thus, I could undress you in public and I could lure you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure.
“In other words, if I were the devil, I’d just keep right on doing what he’s doing.”
-Paul Harvey 1965
We keep being surprised by evil. At least I do. I shouldn’t. I wrestle with my own flesh daily. I can only imagine how low I would sink if it weren’t for the grace of God. I could easily believe the lies if I didn’t have truth to keep me from believing them.
I get frustrated when I see people falling for those lies, and sometimes I even get angry. I have had to check some of that anger lately, and remember that my God is a God of love who wants me to try and reach people with the truth of his love.
“For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:17
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, but with the tongue confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9 & 10
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13
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