susanblange wrote:
Joel 2:31 "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come". Tetrads of blood moons have always been significant in the history of Israel. The Messiah should come by October, 2016.
American Christians by and large apparently cannot read the signs of the times. Tribulation is at our door and a lukewarm church is blind and infected with a fatal case of Normalcy Bias.
It hurts to face the TRUTH, but I
see it and have now for some time as do most on my Email down line friends.
He lays it out right in front for all to see.
This, really hit home:
" The Destroyer is at hand for America. But, we are stuck in the Normalcy Bias of complacancy-- refusing to see what is happening around us and what it will portend for us and our children".
He nailed it!!!
GOD Bless,
Don
PS
I read, last week one Paul Horner, age 56 in Proctor, Vermont, pastor of the Proctor Christian Church, is sentenced to 1yr in prison for failing to marry a 'GAY couple.
Yes, it's fully upon us ALL now!
On Jul 18, 2015 1:19 AM, <emembee@charter.net> wrote:
This is so true and so good... Long and difficult to read, its a sermon and anyone who identifies him/herself as a christian needs, i believe, to read it. Wait until you have time because this isnt a feel-good two-minute article. This is a sermon telling christians why our lord has turned his face from us and why he will continue to do so. It is one of the most honest articles ive ever read... Not because it supports my own beliefs but because it has the clear ring of truth to it. I hope you have time to read it... Mb
http://investmentwatchblog.com/american-christians-by-and-large-apparently-cannot-read-the-signs-of-the-times-tribulation-is-at-our-door-and-a-lukewarm-church-is-blind-and-infected-with-a-fatal-case-of-normalcy-bias/American Christians by and large apparently cannot read the signs of the times. Tribulation is at our door and a lukewarm church is blind and infected with a fatal case of Normalcy Bias.
by IWB · July 15, 2015
By Sword At-The-Ready
The following essay is from a sermon I had given on the July 4th weekend. It is a very long read, as it was a 90 minute sermon but it is what the lukewarm church in America needs to hear at such a time as this.
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This is not going to be pleasant message and oftentimes the truth is not pleasant. I make no apology for it.
I did not feel like celebrating the 4th of July. Instead I grieved, in anger and bitterness. Ive known for awhile now in my spirit that America as we knew her is over, and now given the last few weeks, a few more are beginning to see what I have warned about for years.
Liberty has been lost brethren. Tyranny and persecution are now our future, indeed it is here and we brethren, have grown comfortable with it. America has become an unfaithful and wicked nation that has turned its back on God to go after lusts of the flesh and the mind. It has done what not even the pagan Romans had dared to do. NO NATION on earth, not even Sodom and Gomorrah CHANGED the institution of marriage into a perversion of marrying two men or two women to engage in sanctioned homosexuality as a LEGAL RIGHT and have given it legal supremacy.
This nation has thrown liberty, which was the gift from God, back into His face, and spit on Him saying We do not want to be reminded of You. Meanwhile the vast majority of Christians in this nation, have either sat on our hands in indifference and apathy OR joined hands with the homosexual agenda out of either agreement with the agenda or fear of what the mob will do in concert with the government for daring to oppose it.
Given what has transpired of late including the recent rulings that have come down from the high court how can any of us be in a celebratory rule and lie to ourselves that we are free?? Are we unable to read the signs of the times? Do we not know what that ruling and the several other ridiculous rulings from the High Court mean for us?
July 4th was not a time to celebrate, but to call to memory the righteous indignation of our forefathers at the lawless actions of tyrants. It should have been a time to remember the fact that though they did not want war no sane man wants war our forbears were willing to have war if that was what it was going to take to remain a free, self-governing people, sovereign under Almighty God.
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. The Declaration of Independence
Sadly, Christians in this nation have allowed themselves to become illiterate of both the bible and history by thinking that there is nothing a Christian should be willing to fight against or die for. Brethren will not like what I have to say in this message. I am raining on their parade, letting the air out of their balloons. Like most Americans they do not want to grieve or be reminded of our national wickedness that impels us to mourn what trust we have betrayed; what principles and laws we have allowed to be trampled and the blood of patriots that we have chosen to ignore.
It is a time to ask ourselves, and each other: What exactly are we willing to do to resist wickedness and tyranny? Are you getting used to this new normal? Are you resting your hope on the next presidential messiah to save us?
Well I got news for you: freedom as you knew it is over. Life as you knew it is OVER. Look at how much we have been transformed into in just a few years. Look at what we have grown comfortable into accepting as our new normal! Its 1936 and a whole nation is seig heiling fundamental transformation while being set against one another for the sake of those in power. But no one likes negativity I am told. No one wants to hear doom and gloom. If that is the case, then this people are not interested in hearing the truth. This people are become the epitome of
Isaiah 30:9-10:
For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD; Who say to the seers, You must not see visions; And to the prophets, You must not prophesy to us what is right, Speak to us pleasant words, Prophesy illusions.
Some have said to me all this woe and tribulation that is coming has to happen so lets just sit on our hands and watch what is about to unfold upon us God will spare us pain and be our Rock and shield. How utterly naive. As if
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