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This Song Comes To Mind With Recent News & Events

31 Mar 2025
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This Song comes to mind, with the news and events this week. “I wish we’d all been ready; there’s no time to change your mind the Son (Jesus Christ) has come, and you’ve been left behind.” “Trump says Iran faces ‘bad, bad things if it doesn’t reach nuclear deal. There will be bombing like they have never seen before.” He has given them two-month, deadline. Iran speaker responded warning Trump against attack saying, “Middle East will blow up like a spark.” I got a strong feeling this is more than just talk. Trump has sent at least five and one I read from 7, of our B-2 bombers to the island of Diego Garcia. According to Micheal Synder just five of them can “carry an astounding 125 Tonnes of bombs.” Now if nothing is about to happen then why has the EU “ordered All citizens to ready themselves with WW3 survival kits as Nato warns Putin, he’ll face devastating revenger if he attacks Europe. EU also calls for households to stockpile 72 hours of food amid war issues, in dealing with increased threats including Russian aggression.” Well, you can call me an alarmist, a broken record, or as one in my own family, told me, 10 years ago, who said “you’ve been saying the Lord was coming for 30 years, which was true, and it makes it 40t years now. You see I’d be untruthful if I said it didn’t hurt, but I also know what the word says in Ezekiel chapter 3, 18, and 33 that God had made him a watchman, and if he did not cry aloud and “warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.” On the other hand, if he warns the wicked and he turn not from his wicked way, and he die in his iniquity; thou hast delivered thy soul.
Jesus is coming, and only those who ready will go into the marriage and the door will be shut. Think what you will, but God the Father, is not giving to his beloved Son, a spotted, wrinkled up, blemish bride to rule and reign with Him. Don’t fool yourself, by comparing yourself, with a professing Christian, who has not denied themself and taken up the cross to follow Jesus. My friend to be a Christian is more than a profession, you become God’s property. 1Cor.6:19 says you are no longer your own. With these latest happenings, it’s time you quit playing church, being in and out, before you find yourself in the tribulation period. I may end up becoming someone’s enemy for telling you the truth here in closing, but your blood will not be on my hand. The grace of God, is not a free ticket for you to live your life, doing that which is right in your own eyes. For all those who have made the choice Heb.10:28 to become a deserter of the house of God, and can live without the rest of the body of Christ, that’s your choice, but I need the other parts of the body.
It’s time you quit blaming everybody else, and look in the mirror and like Isaiah and say “Wow is me…” Take responsibility for the lack of the fruit of the Spirit in your life and cry out to God to restore the fruit. This ain’t no time to compare ourselves among ourselves but instead to compare ourselves to Christ. I want to be more like Jesus.
The Holy Ghost prompted me to tell you, what Jesus will say to those who will ask him when he comes back at the end of the Tribulation period, Zec.13:6 “What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” This is a Wow, after 2000 years, he is reminding them, of the wounds he received, that thou, they meant it for evil like Joseph’s brothers, God meant it for good. Isa.53:5 says, “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed.” I’m telling you the true, it won’t matter after the rapture, who said what, and done what to you, all that will matter then, you’ll be crying out to Jesus; to replenish the oil you neglected to keep refilling. You’ll not be able to blame no one but yourself for getting “Comfortable, Critical, which leads to Controlling, then to Contamination, finally leading you to Catastrophe, my dear friend. Jeremy Pooler said.
The bombs could be falling any day now, and as I have been told by godly prophetical voices, years ago, at the same time the bombs were coming the rapture of the Church occurred. You have a choice to keep your lamps trimmed and burning, by replenishing the oil daily. If you miss the rapture, you can’t blame nobody but yourself.
Wake up, shake yourself, and get up from you slumber and sleep, and get your house in order, so that you’ll be ready to go up. You’ll be so glad you did. Maranatha!!!!!

God Resistest the Proud

23 Mar 2025
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James 4:6 “…Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” 1Pet.5:5 “Likewise ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” Isa.57:15 “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” 2Pet.10:11 “Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved (elements melting with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein being burnt up) what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation (behavior) and godliness.”
In light of current events and the converging of all the signs of the tribulation period upon us, I’m taking inventory and asking the Lord to search me and show me and see if there is anything I need to be doing that I am not doing, that would keep me from not being ready to go in the Rapture. If this were the day, that I stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and the book of life, and books was opened, is my name still there, or is there some secret sin, in my heart would keep me from being caught up to meet my Lord in the clouds.
As brother Steven Flowers sang “I pray we’ll all be ready when Jesus comes.” Ready or not Jesus is coming. The Bible very plainly tells us who he is coming back for, true wheat, not tares. Sheep not goats, lambs and not wolves. As a watchman I say this very humbly, Jesus is not coming back, for those who are not trusting and obeying his word, with any sin in our lives, that’s not been confessed and trued away from. “James 4:17 says “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is a sin.” Don’t let your way that you think is right, Pro.14:12 and “…the end thereof (be) the way of death.” Remember there are no signs connected to the Rapture (my dear friend Fred Shmidt says). So if all the signs are converging now, then any day now those who are ready, will be caught up to meet the Lord Jesus in the clouds. (1Thess.4:13-18) You may not believe you need a loving pastor (as Jesus told Peter to do in John 21:13-17) to feed his sheep and lambs) and as Paul told Timothy to do (2Tim.3:16 in “doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”) V.15 not only “to make him wise unto salvation…” 1Tim.4:16 and also “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”
Sadly, not everybody will hear, what the Bible says. They will turn a deaf ear, as with Paul in exhorting Timothy in Tim.1;19-20 saying “…which some having put away, (this is faith and a good conscience) concerning the faith have made shipwreck. Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”
In closing, I pray, I didn’t become your enemy today, but that it leads you to repentance. Jesus is coming, humble yourself, and become a slave pouring water in a bason, grit yourself with a towel and wash feet like Jesus did, and be happy. Maranatha!!!!!

Did A Shift Occur

03 Mar 2025
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Did a shift occur yesterday, on the very day the 7 planets were lining up. My understanding the planets lining up act as a magnetic pull on the earth, causing great earthquakes to occur as they have done in the past. It sure feels like, from the meeting yesterday in the White House, from a very heated meeting between Trump and the President of Ukraine a shifting that was talked about in 2005, took place, and a move toward the formation of the 10 kingdoms Dan.7:7-8 from which “there came up among them, (the ten kingdoms) another Little Horn, (Antichrist) before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots” vs.24 says that “The ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings which shall arise; and another shall rise after them…”

Now before you turn me off, consider, what was said, from where these ten kings will form, “German CDU Deputy Johann Wadephul. The scene from the White House are shocking. How can one betray the president of an invaded county like this? Free Europe will not abandon Ukraine.” “Big: Europe is on its own. Trump administration is out of its mind” EU Officials. A diplomat stated, “It’s time to wake up and realize that this is the end.”

Kaja Kallas stated “Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a New Leader. Its up to us Europeans to take this challenge.” Amir Tsarfati responded saying “The EU wants a new free world leader. If you’re asking me: Soon they’ll take anyone that will save them from themselves. Biblical times indeed.”

How quickly, in just one day, we are reminded of Jesus words in Matt.24:44 “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh.” It was right after that meeting the Financial Times Reported: “Zelenskyy has just finished a conversation with French Persident Macon, (who by the way thinks he is a god) and now talking with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte.”
I am not a prophet, but when I heard the prophetical voices God put in place, since 1980, God gave me a burning desire for prophetical knowledge. Much of what I share, has come from listening and reading behind these voices, and the Holy Ghost, leading me into his infallible word. All that I am and every hope to be, I owe it all to Christ.

Jesus is coming, whether you and I believe it or not, because God’s eternal word says so, and will be fulfilled to every Jot and Tittle. Jesus is coming back for fruit hanging from our branches. Say what you will, the dead branch, with no fruit on it will be gathered first and burnt. As my dear friend Fred Shmidt says “God does this just before he comes and gathers in the wheat.” Oh, how I pray, for much fruit to be hanging from my branch, to lay at his feet. I am praying that that is your prayer. If you are not a committed Christian, who has taken up the cross, in denying self and been to Calvaries bath house and been washed in the blood, I am pleading with you to understand you have broken God’s law, and will soon come face to face with a holy God who will judge any unrepented sin, and for not receiving Jesus as the Lord and Savior of your life. You have no defense, you stand guilty before Almighty God, oh but at this moment you have a faithful High Priest, who sets at the Father’s right hand, who has promised Heb.7:25 to save to the uttermost.

You are not waiting on Him, he is waiting on you, to come 2 Cor.7:10 in godly sorrow, and repent, (turn away from your sin) and confess them before, the one and only mediator the Lord Jesus Christ 1John 1:9 tells us “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Don’t wait another day, today is the day of salvation. Today the door James 5:9 is still open. (Rev.3:20) and he is knocking at it, (for your eternal soul’s sake) if you will open the door. he has promised to come in and sup with you. He will take your old filthy rags and give you his clean and white garments Isa.61:10 of salvation and a robe of righteousness. Now is the time Rom.6:3 tells you, to know, V.11 tells you to reckon, and V.16 tells you to yield to one or the other. One who loves you enough to save or to John 10:10 the thief none other than Satan.

I don’t think it is a coincidence, that V.3 says “Know, (which in Bible numerics means works of God) you are not ignorant to law of God, and stand guilty with no defense, but to cry out to God, for his mercy and grace to save you from sin.” It is not by chance, V.11 (In Bible numerics means judgment) that if you have truly turned your life over to the Lordship of Christ, that you must reckon yourself to be dead to sin. V.14 tell us “Sin shall not have dominion (exercise lordship) over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace”, for you have been taken out of the law into his saving grace. (Acts 21:21)

You now know V.23 that “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” It is not by chance V.16 (in Bible Numerics means love) will be the deciding factor of whether you will obey your new master or whether you will love the one and hate the other. You have a clear choice, to know V.6 “that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, henceforth we should not serve sin.”

In light of current events, by all accounts, a shifting is taking place. The trumpet of God could sound any day. If you are not ready and walking in a life of holiness Heb.14:12 then you will be left behind and enter that horrible time of tribulation. Now is the time. 2 Pet.1:10 for all of us “to make your (and my) calling and election sure.”

Praying we will see you in church tomorrow or you will be somewhere in church while the door is still open. It will soon be closed Matt.25:10 to the church age. Rev.3:22, 4:1.
The song sums it up “I wish we’d all been ready, there’s no time to change your mind the Son has come and you’ve been left behind.”

This doesn’t have to be your fate, if you will humble yourself, kneel and surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ and live a life of obedience. Maranatha!!!!!

Sobering Eventful Signs

28 Feb 2025
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Feeling the need to share some very sobering eventful signs. Matt.24:42-44 comes to mind “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour (instant) your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh.”
“There are presently 38 (In Bible Numerics means Slavery) Volcanoes that have recently erupted. There are seven planets lining up on Feb. 28-25 (Two is witness and 28 means Eternal Life). This is most interesting, because the planets lining up serve as a magnetic pull on the earth, that has been the cause (in the pass) of many earthquakes. If you recall, there was a Solar Eclipse on 8-21-17 and then last year 4-8-24 that formed and X across America. Then 10 months apart we now have 7 planets lining up.
I’ve had some to tell me, this don’t have anything to do with what’s going on in our world. Well, let me say very lovingly, are you basing that on the eternal word of God. The Word according to Joh.1:14 that “was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth.” Paul confirms this in his epistle to the Romans 3:3-4 saying “For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect. God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar…”
Jesus said in Luke 21:25-28 “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity: (meaning to have no way out) the sea and waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after the things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass; then look up, and lift up your heads; (Amp says in joy) for your redemption draweth nigh.” The last three of these signs occur after the Rapture of the Church.
“Zelenskyy is on his way to America to sign, and agreement on Friday under which the U.S. would become the main partner in the development of rare earth metals, oil, gas in Ukraine.” This means we will have to defend Ukraine if Russia continues to advance, taking more land.
Are we about to witness Isaiah 17:1, 14 being fulfilled. Breaking “Israel’s jets have entered Syrian airspace, with some flying low over Damascus.” Oh, beloved, blood bought saint of God, don’t grow weary, we are almost home. Jesus did not say, when these things are over to look up in Luke 21:25-28 but when these things begin V.28. I believe we are witnessing all 7 signs now at the same time, and Jesus is sending a message to his beloved bribe, whom he purchased with his own blood. To not only 2Pet.1:10 to make your calling and election sure, but to lift up your head in joy, because our redemption draweth nigh. What a time to be living in, when those who have not seen Him face to face, are more blessed than those who saw Him the first time, will see Him any day now. If you have not made things right with God from breaking his law. Now would be a go time to cry out to God before (Rev.6:15-17 happens) when men will be crying out “for the rocks and the mountains to fall on them and hide them from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand.”
Wake up, and make sure, Eph.5:27 there’s no spots, blemishes or wrinkles upon your garment. This ain’t no time to play church, to be lukewarm, of which he will spue you or me out of his mouth. It’s time to cry out like David, Lord search me, oh Lord and see if there be any wicked way in me. it’s not my brother or sister, Oh Lord, it’s me standing in the need of prayer. Marantha!!!!!

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