The "Politics" of Christianity

 

The Holy One calls to me this morning.  I hear Him say “Watch Me work”. Then as if on a banner in the sky I see the words: "take Courage"

These are very exciting days on planet earth.   And there is no greater comfort (or challenge) to my heart than these words He has spoken to me today. 

Lately He has given me the directive in Isaiah 26:20-21:

 “Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you.  Hide yourselves, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past.  For behold the Lord comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain”.

The reader may say this verse belongs only in the context of history and applies only to Israel.   But I would respectfully disagree.   The Word of God is applicable to every generation of His people in every nation and in every age. 

In this verse, I see the Lord's anger against the abortionist and the bloodshed of babies in the womb.  I see His anger for the slain and blood shed of the poor and needy from the hands of the ruthless tyrants who hunt their souls (and demand their vote) for personal gain and to reinforce the power of their own empire.  This draws me to judge politics and politicians beyond their personalities to the platform upon which they stand.

The Lord God is not a democrat nor a republican but a Savior.

As a follower of the One True God, Jesus the Christ, I recognize that the principles of our country’s foundation are based on the God-ordained freedom we have to choose our eternal destination after leaving planet earth.

There is a nefarious and wicked agenda being offered to our citizens that brings chaos, lawlessness and war to our gates.  Under the cloak they call “freedom of speech”, the call for anarchy is filling the airwaves and since the enemy of our soul is the “prince of the power of the air” it should come as no surprise to God’s people that cyber space is dominated by his calls for anarchy and rebellion of order that destroys our peace. 

While at the same time we know and understand that the ultimate goal of God’s enemy, is to silence our freedom of speech rights by which we share the message of God’s love for all humanity through the sacrificial death of Jesus and His resurrection victory over death that He provided for all of humanity who believe (trust) in Him

If we are silenced, then the message of the love of God that Jesus brought is silenced.  The battle then is not a right or left flesh battle but rather a kingdom battle between good and evil.  The battle is to destroy the foundation of freedom upon which our country was founded.  Our history and legacy is God ordained and freedom to choose Him and Jesus is His idea.  God's will is good government. 

The freedom to take or leave Christianity is a heart and individual decision.  The freedom to take or leave Christianity is every citizen’s right and no one by law is required to accept Jesus as Savior or follow a religious or faith doctrine.  But the plot to destroy our legacy and silence the offering to become a follower of Christ is not a “right” but an undermining of our equal right to speak.

Add to that the movement to persecute and prosecute those of us to choose to live out our faith in the world and not participate in lifestyles we consider to be unethical or ungodly, and we must be ready to battle against such an attack no matter what "beings" whether spirit or flesh are involved. 

To those who are considering the upcoming elections as a time for "sitting this one (or any time leadership is being decided) out", I would caution you to consider this:  

What if the Lord wants the righteous in the land to defeat the evil in the land?  

What if this is a test of our loyalty to the Word and principles of our Lord and our love and understanding of His being?  

What if, with all that has been revealed of corruption at the highest levels of government the Lord is willing to send His warrior angels to come to defend us and fight this battle against the oppressive forces of evil trying to destroy this nation that bears the title as “One Nation Under God”?  

What if, our greatest act of loyalty to our King is to simply vote for the leadership over this nation?  

With the words of Mordecai to his niece Esther, (the chosen Queen of Persia) who was still a Jewess living in a national situation not unlike our today: “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish.  Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4)

We may not always understand nor completely agree with the ways of our God and how He might deliver us from evil.  I am sure the Jews could not have fathomed that a Persian King would provide them the freedom to fight against and have victory over their plotted annihilation.

As a Christian I feel that this is a white-knuckle fight for our established freedom to share the gospel to a lost and dying world.  If my voice is silenced, things like this post will not be permitted and while I know we will be taken care of by the Lord, our ability to help others will be constrained and resources to aid and assist the helpless will be reduced and even taken out of our hands.  The nation of Israel fought many wars to survive, and I see that we are no different.                 

To those who point to prophecy to justify inaction, I will share my thoughts in another post for this is a very active and fluid situation with events changing each day. 

I will end with the reminder that the Lord lived His earth life with the same challenges we face today:  John the Baptist was beheaded for his message and “religion” not relationship with God was dictating the life of the people of God.

Much prayer is being sent up to the Throne and God is sending answers.  The Lord is a Warrior for His people.  I am excited for his message to me today, “Watch Me work”.  I am on the edge of my seat, and yet just a little fearful of what courage will be needed, but then, I trust my Lord in what He will provide and I find, I truly don’t want to miss a thing….

The Holy Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?   

Do You Trust God's Ways?

The Holy One calls to me this morning.  I confess that I live my life in God’s Word.  Many have tried to convince me over the years that the Word is not to be taken so literally but I do tend to see my life literally or symbolically on every page.   All my struggles, all my hopes, and all my circumstances are somewhere written in God’s Word.

I guess I am a hopeless romantic for the Sacred Romance that I read about in the Holy Scriptures.  From the damsel in distress waiting for her rescue to the kingdom battle between good and evil, I see the Heavenly things as my earthly reality.

The Holy One challenges me periodically to check myself in the trust department.  He questions me on that issue today.

“I know you trust My will BUT do you trust My ways?”

God’s Word is His will.  And I do definitely trust His will.  But there is, in my mind, a difference between trusting His will and trusting His ways of bringing it to pass in my personal life and trial. 

When I cannot see the road ahead, it is harder for me to trust my Navigator.  Many times, the Lord has told me to “fly by the instruments” when clouds cover my view of the terrain.  Today He reminds me of His Word:

2 Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith and not by sight”.  And then, Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”.

I understand by God’s Word that I am being sanctified (made Holy) through the trials of life that come my way.  But when the “bee stings and the dog bites”, as they say, I wonder about His ways.  In the beginning of a hard trial, I find it difficult to see or accept what appears to be His “way” of perfecting me.  Bottom line is that I squeal like a stuck pig and try my best to avoid the cross until I come to terms with what He allows as His “way” within His will.

My Lord brings me to the faith crisis where I must, on shaky legs, stand.

Mary and Martha were brought to a similar place when their brother Lazarus died.  In the culture of the day, the death of their brother was in many ways the death of their life as well.  He was their provider and protector and held the inheritance rights that were needed for their future and lives as women.

Their desire was to have him healed to carry on in life as one they loved and needed. The account of Jesus raising him from the dead in John 11 was a beautiful representation to me that their desire and God’s will was the same.   But for a few agonizing days and in a life and death trial they were forced to accept God’s ways, which were quite different than they imagined in the discovery and execution of His Will.

They suffered in a temporal loss to have revealed to them God’s eternal gain: Jesus their friend, was also the Resurrection and the Life.  God wrapped in flesh and the One who holds power over death as well as sickness.   God’s will was the greater revelation and His way for them required Lazarus to die so Jesus could come and exercise His power over death.  

We have this account as an applicable principal foundation for our faith.  Today I simple confess, “Lord, your will AND Your way, may it be as You say.  Please give me the faith to trust you even when I do not understand Your way”.

When it seems that surrender means my death and I surrender anyway, the Cross has had its perfect result and resurrection/restoration is soon to follow.   I must continue to stand firm believing that my heart desire and His will are one in the same, but I also must trust His way of bringing it into my life. 

The Holy Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?

Resurrection Life in This Realm

The Holy Spirit calls to me this morning. We celebrate Resurrection Sunday every year and then, every other Sunday as we gather in community with fellow believers in Jesus.   It is a precious reminder of the amazing relationship with our Heavenly Father that Jesus died to provide.

As we settle into our daily familiar routine, I am compelled to ask the Holy One what resurrection life for us here on earth should look like now that we understand the significance between Passover and the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross that defeated death, now that Jesus is secure on His Throne?

His response is as peaceful as His Presence and He speaks out of His Word through 1 Thessalonians 4.

The value of learning the Word of God must never be underestimated for the Holy Spirit speaks through the Word of God to our minds.  In a divine thought exchange, He brings scriptures back in personal communication and application to all these situations I encounter and questions I might have in life.

Today the Holy Spirit draws out of my mental file cabinet just a few words that start me into today’s counselling session for Holy Living.

Inquiring minds want to know more.  I always seem to wonder.  When I wonder, I ask my indwelling “Truth Teller”.  And He always provides interesting conversation on the subject of my inquiry.  It is important to allow the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth.  That is part of His role as the Holy Spirit of Truth.

When we ask for wisdom from our Lord and Father God, the Holy Spirit is the One who provides us with the Divine wisdom.  When we ask for such wisdom, James 1:5-6 tells us that God provides, but then warns that as we ask, we receive, and we must not doubt that we have the wisdom we request.

Faith trusts the “Source” of our petitioned wisdom even as the enemy of our soul tries to twist God’s Word at times. The Holy Spirit is our reality and the possessor of our being. He will always cue us when we are being deceived and bring our thoughts back into right alignment as we surrender to the truth whether it be easy or “inconvenient” to our flesh will.

Today as I ponder the resurrection life we can live here while still on planet earth, thoughts of the supernatural and great miracles that can stop even time itself, flood my mind. 

My desire is for all to come to the saving knowledge that Jesus is the One sent by our Sovereign Creator to redeem and restore us to the original relationship we had in the Garden of our origin.

The miracles that Jesus brought as the evidence of His Divinity and partnership in the Trinity Godhead are the ones we all would love to replicate.  Sight to the blind, hearing for the deaf, strength to feeble arms and feet of the weak and lame, all great and mighty works of supernatural intervention is my idea of living the "resurrection life".

But then the Holy Spirit says this in I Thess 4:11:

“But we urge you brethren that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, mind your own business, work with your own hands as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside and that you may lack nothing”.

Hmm, not exactly the grand display of mighty and powerfully convincing proofs we all might have thought to be God’s dramatic way and display of Heavenly intervention. 

Once I get past the awkward confession of my flesh pride that hoped to hear of mighty acts on the horizon, I begin to get His point:

The resurrection life here on earth, is uncommon power in day-to-day struggles with our flesh enemy that demands satisfaction for our flesh lusts.

This word to the church in Thessalonica exhorted them to continue on in the “brotherly love” and orderly lifestyle they exhibited.  But there was also an important warning brought in this letter that they should abstain from sexual immorality and exercise self-control in the sanctification process, in honor of our Lord Jesus, and not in “passion of lust” like the non-believing world around them. 

He goes on to say: “That no one should take advantage of or defraud his brother, for the Lord is the avenger of all such inappropriate behavior.  God does not call us to uncleanness but to Holiness.  Therefore, he who rejects this does not reject man but God who has given us His Holy Spirit.”

Brotherly love and purity is the expected lifestyle of one who follows the Lord Jesus into His resurrection life. I know that this is not a shutdown of my desire to see and experience miracles but rather a reminder that we live the majority of our life in the valleys not on the mountain tops.

Faith is tested in many ways and miracles are sometimes very simply the reality of uncommon power in the face of great adversity or strength in our everyday battles with the lust of our flesh.  

Thinking about the temporal life of Lazarus post his resurrection from the dead, he must have gone back to a “common” life with his sisters and community.  His was a true example of resurrection life on earth and yet there is no record of supernatural events associated with him even in the wake of Jesus calling him out of the tomb.

The Holy One has returned my inquiry with a question of His own and it is all about my obedience and contentment:  Can I pursue a “common life” (to me) of resurrection power with the miracles being simply His strength in all my weakness?   His sweet love pouring out from me to the world of angry and hostile people I might meet in a day?  

Can I be content with my assignment if it is simply to lead a quiet life, with no great fanfare but only a peace in the storms of my temporal existence? And can I be a cheerleader for those whose gifts may be more dramatic and exciting than mine?

My idea of “resurrection life” has been refined today.  The fact that I can have a conversation with the God of all Creation IS a miracle in and of itself.  The supernatural life we all might long for looks different when we understand that apart from the Lord, we can do nothing in and of our flesh selves that He is asking of His servants.  

In looking at all the miracles Jesus performed in the lives of those who crossed His path, love was the motivation.  What if living the resurrection life is as simple as living a life of uncommon and unconditional love?

The Holy Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?

Remember God's Precedents

 The Holy One calls to me this morning.  Man's ingenuity is amazing and enables us to communicate with each other in real time.  Word travels around the globe at amazing speed and we know what is going on within seconds of a major event. 

Not only do we get to share the best of what is going on in each other's lives, we also can share the struggles we face and trials that come along with the journey here on planet earth.  It seems that trials bigger than our personal ability to control them are being shared and in that I find countless opportunities to pray without ceasing.  I cherish these opportunities provided not to feel the pain they represent but to come to know the Great I AM as I cry out for Him to intervene in our sorrows. 

The Holy One speaks to one such prayer need: "Remember My precedents".   

Not too long ago, the Lord started weaving me into His word, after He had spent most of my life weaving His word into me.  I began to see myself and my family's struggles on each and every page.  It is as if His word was written just for me. 

I learned that our God is the God of "precedents".  By that I realize all the amazing stories in the Old Testament; of His power and Presence in the lives of the ancients speak of what we can ask for and expect Him to do today.  These are the things He has already done and are written for us as a model of what He will do again. 

In the Old Testament, God:

Healed the sick: 2 Kings 20

Raised the dead: I Kings 17

Provided children from a barren womb: I Samuel 1

Ended slavery: Exodus 14

Brought His people to a land flowing with milk and honey (good provisions)     Deuteronomy 6

Arranged for the rescue of kidnapped children: I Samuel 30

Traveled as a Presence with His people: Exodus 33

Protected His people from vicious curses and witch crafted oppression: Numbers 23

The list goes on and on.  Then we see in the New Testament as recorded in the Gospels, where Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, built upon those precedents and even more, set up the model of resurrection life after death.  As He departed for His rightful place of honor, He gave us permission and privilege to ask, seek and knock for what our world needs so that in the answers provided, God the Father will be glorified.

Trials are designed to bring us to the end of ourselves.  Trials are designed to draw us to the One who Sovereignly controls all things and even our next breath.  Trials are designed to test our faith in God and His word.  Trials are designed to stretch our patience, strengthen our endurance and challenge our relationship of love, loyalty and trust in the One who died in our place.  In all our trials we can be sure that He is preparing us for an eternity in His Presence, and that the trials are a necessary part of that preparation.

So, the question is: What are we facing today that is so different than the situations we can read about that the Lord has already provided with His answers to human suffering?

Habakkuk was a prophet of old who saw the problems vexing his world and in his day.  Conditions were not unlike the ones we are facing in ours.   As I look around, see the needs and remember the precedents of His past actions, The Holy One takes me to his prayer and I make it my own:

"Lord, I have heard of Your fame.

I stand in awe of your deeds, Oh Lord.

Renew them in our day

In our time, make them known" Habakkuk 3

I find that remembering God's precedents provides hope for the trials that come in each new day.

The Holy Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him? 

ANGELIC ENCOUNTER

What a way to end my day: Sitting along the side of a busy freeway during “rush hour”. Even the weather was working against me as the mist became droplets of rain from out of the dark threatening clouds of an autumn storm.

The delivery deadline for an order of imprinted T-shirts going to one of my customers was cascading down to the wire and here I sit with a flat tire. As I began to assess my crisis, I shot up a “flare” prayer with thanksgiving that the “blow-out” in my right front tire in the 3rd land of a 4 lane freeway didn’t cause a major accident for me or anyone else. That was a miracle in and of itself.

Over the years of my life and journey with Jesus, I have seen and experienced many miracles of God’s Divine Hand of intervention, so I acknowledge when His hand moves, whether to protect or provide or comfort me in my daily experiences. Today, I am thankful for the safety that brought my vehicle to rest on the side of the road.

“No problem”, I thought to myself. “Even as a middle-aged woman, I can still change my own tire”. The Lord is my constant companion, so my thoughts and petitions always flow to Him as the circumstances unfold.

My thoughts became quiet words, “Lord, you know my fear of being a woman alone on the side of the road, with all the crazies in the world today. It’s getting dark and starting to rain but I ask you to make me invisible and have no car stop to help. We can do this together. I don’t need anyone but You.”

With my protective shields up, I went about the task of locating the spare tire, jack, tire wrench and all that I would need to change the tire. All the equipment was found, so I proceeded with the personal confidence that I could do what was necessary. “I am woman, after all”.

I put the wrench to the lug nuts and tried to twist them off. Over and over trying each one, but none would yield to my strength or my determination. Then the stark reality hit. These lug nuts must have been put on with a machine at the factory because I couldn’t get them to budge off the tire rim.

I prayed again, this time a little more specifically. “Lord, I need more strength. Please give me more physical strength. I need these lug nuts removed.”

Suddenly, a man walked up from behind me. I turned to see who could be on the side of the freeway in this remote place with no vehicle in sight. The man looked a little scruffy, but he spoke kindly to me, “You look like you could use some help.”

I found my voice amid the confusion of trying to “figure” him out. “Yes, I could use some help. I can’t seem to get these lug nuts off. I’m not strong enough”.

The stranger instructed me to go to the driver’s seat and keep my foot on the brake. I did as I was told and, in a few minutes, when I saw him stand up at the side of the vehicle, I rejoined him by the tire that was flat..

He said to me, “do you think you can take it from here?” I told him I could, and I thanked him for his help. I looked at the lug nuts sitting in the hubcap and back to the place where he had been standing and he was gone.

He just disappeared. That was weird, but then the lug nuts were removed just like I asked in my prayer petition. I was exhilarated by what just happened and now I could finish the job of changing the tire and be on my way, with yet another personal experience and testimony of my Lord’s gracious attention to my needs.

As I sat there for a moment pondering the situation, I found myself shaking my head at the humorous reality of it all. I asked for the lug nuts to be removed and that is exactly what I got. “Why”, I asked myself, “did I not ask the man for help changing the tire?”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the lesson the Holy One was teaching me in this experience. How many times have my prayers been incomplete? How many times has the Lord been so willing to send help for the task at hand, but pride or ignorance or even fear got in the way? I could only take a deep breath and sigh for this classic example of half the need expressed even as the answer itself was complete.

I could only speak of my regrets to the One who sent help in response to my cry.

I looked at the lug nuts again and rejoiced at the answer to what I had asked my Lord to do, while confessing the sheer stupidity of not asking for all I needed.

We had a good laugh together and I tucked this lesson into my heart. Talking to myself, “I daresay I won’t make that mistake again, but if only I had asked for the complete need to be met and the tire changed. I could be back on the road already. Now I have to finish the job”…blah…blah…blah.

Suddenly, another, different man walked up behind me. I turned again to see who was on the side of the freeway in this remote place with no car in sight. He looked a little scruffy but spoke kindly to me THE EXACT SAME WORDS, as the first stranger had spoken, “you look like you could use some help”.

This time, without hesitation I conveyed my complete need. “Yes, I could use some help changing this tire.”

This other “stranger” looked at the lug nuts in the hub cap and said, “At least you got the lug nuts off”.

I related to him how the “other” man had come to my aid and removed them for me. Then he asked, “Don’t you think it strange that he would remove the lug nuts but not change the tire?” By then the whole insane situation became quite clear and his question provided the opportunity to put it into words. I replied, “Not really, when you consider how I prayed for help. That was all I asked for!”

The man just smiled.

He quickly and efficiently finished changing the tire. I asked him if I could give him some money or a ride somewhere, since it was starting to rain harder and I saw that he had no vehicle. He replied, “No thanks, I am just going to go sit under that tree over there”, and he pointed to a big tree on the down slope side of the freeway. This time I watched as the man walked away. Sure enough he took his place under the tree.

Nothing the Lord does surprises me anymore. It always brings up a deep sense of His Presence. The supernatural unexplainable ways He deals with me just sets my heart to praise Him. Who knows, maybe someone else will be coming along the road needing this “angel’s” help.

As I got back onto the freeway, I could picture my Lord smiling, the lesson having been learned. And it only took me two tries to get it.

The questions continue to vex my “need to know” mentality. So who were these two men I met up with on the side of the freeway that day? Were they just two homeless humans sent by the Lord to the exact co-ordinates on my life map with a heart to help a woman in distress?

Were they supernatural beings who took on the body of flesh for a moment in eternity to aid and assist a child of their Master?

Whoever they were in “reality”, they were the ones I needed to learn a little more of the deep mysterious ways of the One who died for me over 2000 years ago, Jesus, the Christ.

The Lord has told me in His Word that He will never leave me nor forsake me. Does He really care about all the details in my life? This mysterious encounter with beings sent at His command to help me when I needed a hand in the situation I was facing are yet more convincing evidence that He does.

I need to humbly confess that I am no one special. What the Lord does for me, He will do for any and all who call upon Him for help. Does He always send visible angels? No! Does He always do things the way I expect? Not even close! But can I always trust Him to be here with me? Absolutely! 

These are some of the days that make life with the Creator the most exciting and interesting life we can live this side of Heaven.

The Holy Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him? 

The Battle is Too Great for You!

 All the little pieces of random trials and pictures are now in focus.  We have been transplanted to be in the place of the Lord's Kingdom battle against foreign gods and depraved ideologies.  Even as the Lord has said, "I'll take it from here", meaning the battle for our nation that we fought for the four years 2020-2024, is now totally His battle.  

He has told me that it's too big for me and I am to stand down and watch Him bring His victory to our nation and re-set us back on our constitutional foundation of law and order.  Hallelujah!  

I am thankful that years of invested prayer and intercession for our nation and future set the stage for this understanding of His control and Sovereignty.  We prayed and petitioned for His will and now He is performing His will.    

I have listened to a roundtable of people on the front lines of the places where anarchy is being allowed to act in our nation bringing terror and treachery to our citizens.  This includes the administration and journalists and those from TPUSA .

Interesting that this administration is committed to bringing law and order, justice and penalty to the perpetrators of this agenda.  What I learned is the reason Yahweh said, "the battle is too big for you.  I'll take it from here!"

The situation is like a roach infestation and cannot be eradicated without the "Exterminator" taking them out.  We have been infested with this vile army of rebels and suffered under their violent agenda and vile ideology for years on our home turf.  Not just the Islamists but also the anarchists, insurrectionists, and seditious traitors of our nation.  Abba has founded this nation for His purpose to represent Biblical values and the blessings that follow are from Him. Others who oppose Him and our Kingdom and our King want the blessings intended for His people and are willing to take them by any means and are willing to destroy the nation that holds them.

I am well aware that my privilege and duty is to WORSHIP MY GOD AND KING who is performing His Word and to continue to seek His Face and align with what He tells me that He is about to do.          

Since understanding His stand-down order was given, not because I am spiritually weak or unwilling to do battle, but because this threat is widespread and entrenched and a product of evil human free will choices, fear of personal failure has been eliminated.  It takes a mighty move of His Sovereign intervention to arrange circumstances to expose and eradicate that which has festered in the darkness over decades and, in reality over the history of man's days upon the earth.   Such power and authority is not mine but His. 

As the time of His coming draws near, the line in the sand between right and wrong, good and evil, is getting murky and deception harder to discern.  Only the Presence of the Holy Spirit provides the Truth from our Creator.   While there are many "influencers" in this fallen world, there is only one True and Sovereign God and only through His Son Jesus (Yeshua) and His Indwelling Holy Spirit can we come to know Him as our Father in Heaven.  

The Holy Spirit is calling.   Can you hear Him?  

Chaotic Sovereignty: Brace for Impact

It seems that we need to buckle up for a very busy week of actions and changes in our nation.  I am so in awe of all Yahweh is doing now that His Judgement has enter this realm. 

This is a wonderful picture of Yahweh's Sovereignty over our Nation. He has said, "My judgement will not be postponed."  He has asked us to stand in the gap between His fury and the land, and we volunteered.  He has given us strategies and powerful proclamations as well as petitions for His intervention that He is answering and enforcing in "color-by-technicolor" as they used to say.

He has given downloads and revelation knowledge as to how He operates and precedents from Israel's history to confirm His ways of dealing with the nations.  

We are the blessed recipients of His wisdom and empowered to influence our culture for the Kingdom of Heaven and our King Jesus. With all the chaos in this season of our nation and life, I am reminded each day that Yahweh is still in control, and He has a plan and purpose for all we see unfolding.

I can see that we are in a time of "Collision of Kingdoms" and we need to "brace for impact".  The Kingdom of darkness has been invading our lives and nation to change our Biblically based culture and governing principles. When Yeshua came the first time, it was a declaration of war against the fallen Elohim, the rebels who brought satanic opposition against our Creator and against us as His immortal imagers.  

Fallen celestial beings fermented a rebellion and have taught some of humanity how to do the same.  These demonically inspired terrorists have gained entrance and even access to positions of power and control in order to destroy this nation and our way of life.

The return of Jesus will not be to die again, because that was His first act of love for His Beloved men and women.  When He returns, He will arrive in power and authority to take vengeance on His and our enemies here on earth.  

As much as we hate to see what is being exposed, without such exposure, nothing will change and the wicked will still continue to rob kill and destroy through waste, fraud, and abuse. 

As a principle of our Creator, never forget He is a Just Sovereign and operates according to the structure of law and order.  No one is able to "storm the gated of Heaven", demand entrance or require that the blessings of His Kingdom be given on demand.

Many will be turned away at the gates.  Sadly, for some because entitlement is not a thing to be demanded in God’s economy.  If not for the Sacrificial death of Jesus, we would all be turned away at the gate. 

Remember this and pray the shock of deportations serve as a symbolic reminder of the necessity of becoming a citizen in the forever Kingdom that awaits those who trust in the Blood of the Lamb.  Jesus who paid for our sin and grants us access to His eternal kingdom, waits for us to come rightfully, placing our trust in Him and being ever thankful for the price He paid to have us enabled to spend eternity with Him! 

Pray for divine encounters with Jesus for those who do not yet know Him! 

Today is the day of Salvation! We each have that opportunity today, so don’t let it pass and think that someday when death comes close, we can storm the gates of Heaven or sneak in unnoticed. That’s not how our Sovereign Creator works. He is patiently waiting for each one of us here on earth to seek Him. And desire to be part of His Kingdom.

With all of that said, choose this day whom you will serve.  The kingdom battle rages and a side must be chosen.  

The Holy Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?