The Problem with Dates
There are people who are focused on the date of the Second Coming of Christ.
Jesus clearly stated that no man knows the day, or the hour, but the Father only. He gave a clue as to the conditions, but not the date.
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The problem with being date conscious is that it leads to discouragement, disappointment, and even to a point of abandoning faith when something does not happen the way one “thinks” it should happen.
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
This is a grave danger.
Rather than look to dates, we should be looking to “occupy” until Jesus comes.
Luke 19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke 12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
What that looks like for each individual differs according to their responsibilities before God, gifts and callings, and place in the body of Christ. Nevertheless, we each have jobs to do and it behooves us to be doing those things rather than waiting around for Jesus to come again.
Jesus defeated satan at the cross. He left the work of enforcing what he did to believers … through faith, the name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, the power of God, and the promises of God. We have a job to do. And actually, we, by doing our jobs, will hasten the Second Coming of Christ. If Jesus is not here when we think he should be here, it is maybe because, as the proverb goes, “the ball is on our court” and we should be on the court playing rather than waiting for Jesus to do our job.
II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Job 34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
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How come?
It occurred to me today that I should make mention of why I don’t write on certain topics, or perhaps only rarely.
It is because, in my opinion, the biggest challenge to humanity is in overcoming the corruption in high places. When you see the tools that operate in high places against humanity, then the focus becomes laying the ax to the root. I personally think it will take an international tribunal of the most righteous leaders in the most righteous nations to lead that. And that will be the venue of those who most closely follow God’s original design for nations, which is a “non-woke” design and agenda.
Currently, that does not include the United States, at least of the time of this writing. When the United States was born, it did seek to honor God and his ways, and it prospered. But it backslid and became apostate and we are where we are today.
The struggles that widows and children have need to be cut off at the root which is in high places in corrupt government and NGOs and people in the shadows.
Yes, we understand that there are evil spirits behind evil leaders. But it has to be a two-pronged attack. You don’t deal with the evil spirits and then not deal with the house that invited them in.
Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Actions become doors to spirits and invite them in. That is true of individuals. It is also true of nations.
In a nation, laws that legalize activities contrary to God law’s, such as abortion, or “legalizing” marriage contrary to one man and one woman (as the Lord God set up his definition of marriage in Genesis 1:27-28), those laws in direct opposition and defiance of the Lord invite evil spirits in to rule a nation. It should be pretty simple to see why the United States has problems due to laws that are enacted.
You may not believe what I just wrote, but there who those who are satanists and those who understand this stuff and who study the Bible to use it in an inverted way as a way to war against the Lord. The mouthpieces who speak for these people will diss this kind of information as unimportant in the mainstream fake media, but they know exactly what they are doing. If you don’t oppose them, then you give them permission. In a book, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, there is this quote. “Those who will not use their brains are no better off than those who have no brains, and so this mindless school of jelly-fish, father, mother, son, and daughter, become useful beasts of burden or trainers of the same.”
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A ignorant or complacent society, that doesn’t want to learn these things is no match for dedicated satanists and atheists.
More than once I have said I did a lot of calling for the 2020 election (I no longer do that since the Republicans failed to contest the results of an obviously stolen election and went along to get along). However, I did learn something in that effort. People would ask, “Who is more popular?” I’d say, “Trump.” But I added the caveat that the ones I talked to who were anti-Trump were a lot more zealous. Those who want to destroy society are a lot more aggressive.
It doesn’t matter how they take you out of the game, as long as you sit on the sidelines. Some people are complacent about voting and politics due to their view of prophecy. Until Jesus returns, he said, “Occupy till I come.” We don’t have the leisure to be complacent.
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A Question, Some Thoughts
This is in the news today. The threat was “flip” or “we indict your wife”.
If you keep up with these things, this strong-armed tactic is not an isolated incident. Various means are used to control politicians and others.
So the question is, in relation to all these Cessationist type of meetings, videos, etc., is there similar pressure being put on those who say such things? Is there similar pressure being brought on ministers in various ways?
From the Bible, we know that praying in the spirit is an effective way to pray when one does not know how to pray. Certainly there are things in this nation that would come under a “don’t know how to pray” heading. Or, at least, once one finishes prayer in English, that person can move onto praying in the Spirit.
And who would not want that to happen? And why?
This is a question for the “brethren” since many of the speakers are male. Men need to deal with men.
The hard questions need to be asked by somebody. Why is the church opposing one of the gifts of the Spirit that could liberally used on behalf of the nation?
If, instead of being dissed through a conference, a movie, a YouTube video, etc., instead of negating a gift the Lord has given the church, instead of negating that, what if it were liberally taught on, and encourged, not only for personal prayer, but on behalf of the nation?
There has been infilitration in the church. One easy historical way to see that is to look at Harvard. Harvard started with a Christian foundation. Look at it now.
So how exactly is pressure being brought to bear on pastors and religious leaders? Can they even talk to one another about it? Whom can they trust?
How is Cessationist movement connected to any infiltration or blackmail or threats? Do pastors and leaders know whom they can trust?
I searched and could not find a link because Google does not let these kinds of things float to the top in searches, and I did not save the link when I saw it, but one current method of blackmail is to put child porn on a phone as a leverage against a person. So what about ministers? What is actually happening?
What about others?
Why the chill in standing against obvious corruption? Why the push for cessationism?
Problems will not be solved without asking the hard questions.
I Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Perhaps men need to retreat to their “man caves” and figure this out with each other, or at least find out whom they can trust.
I personally don’t think the cessationist movement is simply because some people can’t read what is written in plain English in the Bible. The baptism of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit were in operation in book of Acts and have continued to be in operation since the book of Acts. There are way too many examples throughout history for this to even be a question.
When something doesn’t pass the test of common sense, the question has to be asked … Why?
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