Obama’s Utopia

There will still be those who see Obama as their “messiah” no matter how much truth is presented to them. If you can not discern now, oh what will you do, if a greater imposter comes? As far as anyone who helped him come into power in any way, I still have no respect for you in that area. There’s just something about someone bringing me into bondage through their ignorance, refusal to take a side one way or the other and choosing not to resist evil in the ways we may be given for the time. The people who sat this past election out, did NOT resist evil. Instead, you helped bring in this anti-Christ, by sitting on your butts. If that makes some of you mad, so be it. It still does not change the truth. 

No pro-Obama comments are welcomed here. Find another outlet for your worship of the one.

Anthony Thornton: This video is my attempt to wake up America on the economic peril this country is facing and to ask individuals to take personal responsibility in preparing for the coming storm of civil unrest, government control over the daily lives of the dependent masses, and a message to those of us that are aware to prepare ourselves physically, economically, and spiritually as we will be the ones to lead this country back to its founding principals.

David Wilkerson: The Coming of Jesus

atalayafinal33:

“The Last Days” – Shirley Caesar

This blew me away when I found it. I Love it!
Listen to the words!

cj4theway:

Leave Jerusalem Alone

carpentersdaughter2:God’s Word tells us that the Nations will burden themselves with Jerusalem and that they will divide the land. We are watching this prophecy move forward with the United Nations seeking to make a Palestinian State, and with our leader working hard to divide Jerusalem up, all for the sake of a so called peace deal.

Hunker Down with Jesus: The Boat that Floats!

NOTE: This was originally written three years ago. I offer it again at this time.

Saints, some awful times are pressing in on us. Such as the world has not seen. Take all the evil men and wrap them up together as one, and it still will not compare what will take place one day. Satan is building his government on this earth. He is using vile wicked men and women in high places of power — evil people who call good evil and evil good.

But we are not to be taken by surprise. For the Word of God has already told us these things would happen.

I suspect they will want to kill us one day. But this too, should be no surprise. Jesus has told us many times we would be hated for His Name sake.

I know we all have heard the teaching when Jesus and his disciples were on the boat in the sea. A raging storm developed while Jesus was asleep. The disciples scared out of their minds, began crying out to him, “Don’t you care we are about to die!” Now remember, these were probably tough burley men. Surely they were used to storms. It probably was not the first time they were in one. Many times before they depended upon their own strength to man the sails and button down the hatches — so to speak.

So what was so different from this storm? The difference was Satan himself was in the middle of it, trying to kill them all!

I can imagine those strong men doing everything in their physical strength to get control of the boat! I can hear the shouting over the raging sea. I can see the activity of man power at work. I can almost smell the salt sea in my nostrils. I can feel the violent rocking of the boat and the waves of water violently hitting me in the face. I can imagine all of these things.

But to imagine someone asleep? Nope, only Jesus could sleep through something like that! He was comfy too. Because it says he was sleeping with a pillow.

Why were they in the boat to begin with? Jesus had just gotten done preaching to the multitudes and even had worked miracles.

So the storm hits them and what is the first thing the disciples do, besides panic? They forget the miracles they had previously seen. A leper being healed, a paraplegic healed, Peter’s mother-in-law healed from a fever, demons cast out. It says He healed ALL who were sick.

So I imagine Jesus in his physical body was tired. No sin in being tired now, is there? So if it is was no sin for Jesus, then do not be hard on yourselves in the days to come. Lay down, get comfy, hunker down with Jesus in that place of rest between just you and Him. Let Him be more than enough.

So the disciples run to Him in terror crying out, “Don’t you care we are about to die!?” In other words, “Why aren’t you up with us helping us man the sails?! We could use you about now!”

Isn’t that just like we are sometimes? I am SO guilty of this. We see all hell breaking lose all around us and we want everybody else to see it too. Never mind they are all comfy on their pillow. Oh yes, some ARE asleep and apathetic and those need to be waken up.

But others just might be hunkering down with Jesus and that is a good thing. So may God give us all discernment on who is sleeping and who is resting with Jesus.

But when we panic, what we are really doing is wanting someone to come to our rescue. We are wanting someone to man the sails with us.

And yes, there is a time and place for that. But if Jesus is in the boat, there is no excuse for panic. (I speak to myself right now.) In fact He is not only IN the boat, He is THE boat that floats!

Hollywood has shown movies of Jesus getting up and standing and rebuking the sea. But I’m not so certain it happened that way. Who knows? He may have just rolled over and rebuked it right then and there. No theatrics, no drama. Just plain old Holy Ghost power that did not need any special music in the background, did not need the fanfare of men, did not need an audience. Just simple Holy Ghost power that said, “Peace, be still!”

We have that very same annointing in us, Church. So we needn’t go looking here or there to get it or to receive it. We already have it. Who is man that I have to go tramping off after his annointing or power when the same Spirit that is in Christ Jesus dwells in me? That is an insult to God Himself! I will not do it. Especially now. We have to know Jesus has got to be more than enough in ALL things now.

And then he rebuked his disciples saying, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”

Let us be careful going around rebuking anyone for what some may consider a lack of faith during these last days. Unless you yourself are parting seas and oceans and able to stop a storm, actually healing the sick besides putting on a show, then do not dare speak about someone else lacking faith. Jesus is the ONLY One who can get by with saying those words. He is perfectly capable of speaking to his children at any time.

Dare not say them to me. Because you too, may find yourself trembling at some point with the attitude, “Don’t you care we are about to die!” I will show you mercy.

One thing is for sure, it STILL made the disciples question who He was. They fearfully asked, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

Who was He? He was and is Almighty God! He is the One who takes the weak and makes them strong! He is the One who brings peace in the midst of the storm! He is the One who is more than able to keep us!

Romans 8:37-39 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Getting comfy with Jesus may be no small task. Vile dark things are coming out in the news everyday. We will begin experiencing things we never experienced before. Some of us will be tested in many different ways. But it is important to take that time out and get comfy with Him in the midst of the storm.

Let His Word wash over you. When you have no words to say because your heart is overwhelmed, He has given us Psalms. Speak them out.  Tell Him exactly how you think and feel. Even though, He already knows, talk to Him. Talk to Him as if He were sitting right in front of you. He is you know? You just can not see Him. And He cares about every single thing that is on Your heart. He will never leave you nor forsake you.

Church, there is a storm a brewing. Oh it’s coming like never before. Find that secret place of the Most High and dwell there. He will never leave us nor forsake us. We are gonna have to ride this storm out one way or another. So get in the boat with Jesus. He IS THE boat that floats!

The Question is not will it happen, but WHEN?

YAHsaveswitness:

Last Days: False Christs, Occult Invasion & Sexual Perversion

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, — 1 Timothy 4:1 –

“There are so many today in the New Age movement who are claiming to be the messiahs, claiming to be channeling the wisdom of the messiahs…”

“…the lies men will believe once they have rejected the truth.”

“One of the greatest deceptions occuring in our time, is happening in the name of Christianity, as people are embracing a form of Christianity based on extra-biblical experiences.”

“We see the rise of satanic worship.”

ProclaimHisWord:

False teachings in the Last Days

For many false Christs shall arise and they will show great signs and wonders and will even deceive the elect if possible.

Reject the truth, you will end up believing a lie.

TheSaviourLives:

Surviving the days to come

I originally began to write this for a survival video that I have yet to put up. But I sensed the Lord telling me to make it seperate from the video. So here it is:

I’ve talked to a number of people this past year on what I believe is coming to the earth. Telling them we need to prepare for hard times. Meaning: get out of debt, store food and supplies, find out what your specialty or trade is and plan on using it for bartering, build a network of trusted individuals, try to prepare your mind “what if” — meaning just think what would you do if there were no water, no food, no electricity, etc. Most importantly; seek God and get in His Word. I know that is the most important any of us can do. For without Him we can do NOTHING.

Oddly enough, some of the worst rejections and responses I have gotten, are from Christians. Their attitude?

“I work, I don’t have time to know what’s going on in the world.” Sorry, not an excuse. 

“I can barely make ends meet now, let alone save for tomorrow.” Well, then stop spending money on stuff you don’t need and will end up not having any use for. 

“I don’t want to think about it.” Well you better think about it. Because the day is coming if you have not thought about it, you just may be a hindrance on someone who DID think about it. 

“I’m not going to live in fear.” Uh, who told you that lie: that it is fear to plan for bad times? 

My all time favorite one is this: “I’m just going to trust God.” Really? Like those of us who are seeing what is coming and doing our best to prepare are not trusting God?

The I’m just gonna trust God thing sounds so sanctimonious. Really it does. For what it is saying is, I will depend upon YOUR resources. For if they were trusting God, they would know that He, as our Source would have us to be a blessing to others. Can’t bless someone if you yourself do not have the resources available.  

Some of you pastors and preachers out there will be a hindrance upon your flock if you do not prepare. Do you actually think any parent is going to take food out of the mouths of their own babies to give to you? Why should they? Would you take it out of the mouths of your babies and give to another? I doubt it very much.

Some of you will continue to give to false ministries who could give a royal rip about you — instead they make merchandise of you. Are they warning you of the things to come? Or are they pointing you back to their ministry; give to me and God will bless you? Buy my books and my CD’s and get God’s special annointing on your life! These are hirelings! Because if they have one ounce of discernment or any sense, they would be able to see what is coming upon the world — yet they find ways to manipulate you to get your resources.

Then again, perhaps they DO see what is coming and they just want to make sure they milk you of everything you have so they can live high on the hog while you and your family suffer the consequences of an economic collapse.

It is not fear to think about the future and how to prepare. I know, I know, Jesus tells us, “whoever desires to save his life will lose it.” But I do not believe Jesus meant for His children to sit on their butts and wait for someone to come rescue them. If we are to be the light of the world, then should we at least have the mindset that if something bad happens, then we should have enough to give to those whoever God sends to our door? And yeah, that even means liberals and obama supporters. (SIGH) Even if I’m not real crazy about them, I don’t want them to have to resort to taking some kind of chip and loose their very soul. God forbid that I stand before Him one day and He say, “I sent that obama supporter to you and you held back your can of soup, they went around the corner, got that chip and lost their soul.”

(Yet, I’ll still be real honest about that. I’m not there yet. It will take an act of God to change some things in me. I suspect He will have His way with me because His word says, He who began a good work in me, is faithful to complete it. But for now…well, I can’t make myself FEEL something that just does not exist.)

I am NOT in the prosperity gospel as many of you well know, however, for the life of me, I can not see myself being a beggar at the mercy of man. I would much rather have something to give away in time of need to a neighbor or stranger than have to take something from another. Which brings me to this promise of God: 

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand. I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed. — PSALM 37:24-27 –

This is His promise to us.

I do not take lightly that there are those who may find it hard to prepare physically. But there must be something special in you — something God put in you for His children and for the world. You are not without, if God is your Father. What is it you would have to offer? A song, an ability to lead worship, the ability to lead in prayer, are you able to extend mercy? That is needed! Are you one who is not squeamish at the sight of blood and could lend first-aid to the wounded? You will be needed. Are you able to lift up the feeble hands among you? You will be needed, my sister and my brother!  Maybe you have the knack of calming others. Or perhaps your thing is staying up all night standing guard. Just think of the smorgasborg of abilities, talents, gifts and resources He has put in us and will do through us! I get excited thinking about it! I hope and pray God will set me among my brothers and sisters. I want to see the Father’s glory at work in each and every one of us!     

If we acknowledge the Lord in all our ways, He will make our path straight. He will show us all what is to come and prepare us inside and outside. I have no doubt about it. That’s the kind of God we serve! One who will never forsake us and equips us for battle!

Some of us won’t die…others will wish they could die

I lifted the following scripture from my brother, Ian, over at this place:  
http://ianvincent.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/some-of-us-wont-die/

Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

– 1 Corinthians 15:51-58–

He commented on it: 

I think this is the same event as the text i used here, 1 Cor 15:51-58, and 1 Thess. 4:15-17. We gotta be ready for great tribulation, and the coming of the LORD is our blessed hope.

If the saints are ready for great tribulation, but they get caught up before it really gets horrific, then that would only be cause for rejoicing. I say this bcos the only thing that matters concerning this subject is that a disciple is ready to endure till the end: that their faith is not conditional upon having things easy.

This is so true. some of us have been taught that we will be caught up before we have to suffer anything. Now, I’m not saying if you are pre-trib you are wrong. I hope you are right! But when I look at Christians not caught up in the apostacy, being persecuted in other nations, I have to ask myself why am I any better not to have to experience hardship? I’m not any better. What??? I live in America and it exempts me? I don’t think so. 

Then after reading what Ian had put up, I began to think upon this passage of scripture about what will take place in the last days:

Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. And they were NOT given authority to kill them, but to TORMENT them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. – Revelation 9:1-6 –

Did you see that? Men will desire to die, somehow they will even try to die, but death will flee from them. What does this mean? What could it possibly look like? May I tell you what I think? People will be so tormented they will look for ways to die, but they will not be able to die! They will jump off buildings in hopes of instant death — much to their surprise they will not die. They will get up — probably every bone in the body broken – in so much pain;  they have just added to their misery and will NOT die. Some may try and stand in front of an oncoming train in hopes to end their torment, but they too will not find death. Others may take a gun and try to blow their head off — only to see death will flee from them!  Talk about Night of the Living Dead! Am I just being morbid? Hardly. IF men will try and seek death and not find it, how else can one explain this passage? It will make Hollywood horror movies look like Walt Disney Mickey mouse cartoons!

Why this particular judgment of God? I think it has something to do with the wicked upon the earth who have and will have murdered hundreds of thousands if not millions of innocents during the Luciferian government that will be in full force. The evil ones will be quick to kill people for their own agenda and GOD WILL JUDGE THEM FOR IT. And they will wish they could just die rather than face his wrath upon this earth!

But the good news is, none of us who have put our trust in our God, will have to fear this. This judgement is for the wicked and the wicked alone. We, as Believers in Jesus — our Savior, our Lord, our King, our Redeemer will NOT go through this part.  Somehow someway, WE will be marked: “but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads” — can not be touched! Now whether that means Christians, or a certain tribe of people — the 144,000 or what, I do not know. I just know that we as Christians will not have this horror touch us if we are here for that. We are marked with the Holy Spirit. We have been sealed witht he Holy Spirit and our God will make war with the wicked. IF we are here during this time, we will not be touched by this torment that makes man want to seek death and not find it. 

Anyway, I found this interesting and I wanted to share it. What say you? Do you think I’m totally bonkers or can you see something like this happening?

AMAZING ISRAEL PROPHECY – Are We Entering “The Time Of The END?”

Church just think of all those before us, who wanted to live to see this day! Is it truly upon us!?

The Destruction of Jerusalem

Yeshus Jesus said concerning the last days: “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Redeemedhippie:[Have we reached that point in history?!]

The Coming of the Son of Man

“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. THEN they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” — LUKE 21: 20-28 –

LORD, COME QUICKLY! PREPARE YOUR PEOPLE, Oh LORD! May each of us work out our salvation with fear and trembling!

ppsimmons:

MUST SEE! The Miracle of Israel

The title of the video is: Astounding! ISRAEL IN THE NEWS! – Is The “Gog and Magog” Prophecy Upon Us?

Yet, I found it more accurate to call it, “The Miracle of Israel.” For the nations do not make war against a mere nation. They make war against God Himself. God WILL confound the enemies of Israel. God WILL help them in time of need. God WILL defend Israel!

Bride of Christ, be watchful, our redemption draws near! Come quickly Lord Jesus! Reveal Yourself to your chosen, both gentile and Jew, that you should receive honor and glory among the nations! For there is none like you, oh Lord!

Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;
And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one consent;
They form a confederacy against You:
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah — PSALM 83: 1-8 –

ppsimmons:

Microchiping included in Healthcare Bill?

If the following is true — and I have no reason to doubt it — we must begin asking ourselves WHY have the Republicans not came out and told us this? People, do you not see? It is not going to matter what political party you belong to.  In the long run, we are nothing but cattle — merchandise to these people. “These people” being those in high places who desire to rule over us and make us submit to their every ordinance — one of denying God and following Satan!

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. — Ephesians 6:11-13 –

Article gotten here:
http://dailypaul.com/node/105079

“Buried deep within the over 1,000 pages of the massive US Health Care Bill (PDF) in a “non-discussed” section titled: Subtitle C-11 Sec. 2521— National Medical Device Registry, and which states its purpose as:

“The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that—‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and ‘‘(B) is a class III device; or ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable.”

In “real world speak”, according to this report, this new law, when fully implemented, provides the framework for making the United States the first Nation in the World to require each and every one of its citizens to have implanted in them a radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip for the purpose of controlling who is, or isn’t, allowed medical care in their country.

Is your pastor preparing you to TAKE the mark?

Is your pastor preparing you to TAKE the mark? Be alert, church and stand up against this if it should come to you.

Ringo4Life:

EZSwipe is a company that is preparing churches to receive the Mark of the Beast through the practice of electronic payments.

Mr. Manley from his own words said “We are moving very rapidly to a cashless society.”

Charismatic Chaos the dawn of delusion

How does one find “fellowship” when those within the church will not even look at these things and call them what it is? Apostacy and delusions. It is harder to find a church that has not been tainted with at least one of these teachings or/and teachers. May God give us wisdom and discernement for the last days, for they are certainly upon us.

CharismaticChaos:

Where Is Satan’s Anointed?

Bride of Christ, we are told we will be hated for His Name sake. So in knowing that, why do so many still try to gain the world’s favor? Ought we not to plow on ahead in what we believe no matter the cost? They — those in the world and of the world — already hate us for the simple fact we serve the One True God (Jesus) so why try to get them to love us? It is either God’s favor resting upon us or the world’s. Which one are you going to choose?

I love how the video maker presented this!

Ainesis3:

Signs of The Times

Is THIS the last generation before the Lord’s return? He comes again but not as a meek little Lamb but as an awesome judge to judge to nations and the wicked. There is only One God and His Name is Jesus. You can not hide from Him. What will He catch you doing should He come back today?

JesusIsComingRUReady:

666: Brain Chips, Downloadable Memories — and Micro Chips in The Swine Flu Vaccine?

Sounds too far out to be true? Think again. These micro-chips are the MARK! And it is here!

A chip implanted in the brain at birth that will record your every thought, taken out when you die to show your descendants what you were all about!

A “Thinking chip.”!!!

“At the rate that technology is advancing, people will be implanting chips in our children to advertise directly into their brains and tell them what kind of products to buy.” – Hillary Clinton -

“Even though people might want to be led by a higher power; governing or other wise, … the desire for individuality is certainly a pressing desire in human natrure. People are not willingly going to embrace this, even with a level of fear. Talking about chips that stop individuality. I don’t care how afraid somebody is, they’re not going to say, ‘yeah, hand me one of those.’ “

“That’s right. You’ld have to have incredible starvation or chaos. Or else many years of a build up to it. Albert Pike said himself, we never begin a premature revolution, we lay out the groundwork years ahead to prepare the minds of the people.

“…it attaches itself to the cortex with the little neurons to the brain.. and this will be the end of individuality as we know it…when this is working and everyone has it, there will be no more individualty and no ability for the eprson to even perceive themselves as a distinct seperate individual…would be impossible for a person to think of themselves as a distinct seperate entity.”

FEDERALJACKDOTCOM:

The Meaning of the Word VERI, as in Veri chip!

A coincidence???? I think not! People wake up. WE ARE IN THE END TIMES! Saints, give glory to God for EVERY knee WILL bow and EVERY tongue WILL confess that JESUS is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings! Surely, He comes quickly!  

This is the meaning of the word Veri as in Verichip (the company that has invented it and intends to market the chip using health care to get it started!)also known as the mark of the beast or 666.

The Latin meaning means TRUTH. Why would they name it that? Will there be something in it, that will dumb us down even more? For those of us who know about a mark, we know there is no truth in it whatsoever. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_veri_universum_vivus_vici

Vi veri universum vivus vici (also written as “Vi veri veniversum vivus vici”) is a Latin phrase meaning: “By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe”.

RedeemedHippie:[Ok, if this is not God speaking -- and it is not --then who is it? Man? Lucifer? Both! Both have exalted themselves over God of heaven and earth! Satan is the father of every lie and the truth is not in him! He will not and can not conquer the universe. He is such a liar! And those who follow him are bound for hell. Repent if you are such a one, for the Lord is coming back as a judge to judge the wicked.] 

This quote is often attributed to Christopher Marlowe‘s Doctor Faustus, where it appeared supposedly as Vi veri ueniversum vivus vici, however no direct citation has been found. Note that v was first the consonantal u, and was written the same before the two forms became distinct, and also after in many cases, when u and v were both capitalized as V: thus, Veniversum. Also, universum is sometimes quoted with the form ueniversum (or Veniversum), which is presumably a combination of universum and oeniversum (two classically-attested spellings)^{[citation needed]}. The ‘V’ sounds are properly pronounced as English ‘W’ sounds in Classical Latin pronunciation. Ecclesial Latin uses Italianate pronunciation, retaining the English-style “v” sound.

Aleister Crowley took this phrase as his magickal motto as a “Magister Templi”.

RedeemedHippie:[Alesiter Crowley was such an evil man, he was nicknamed The Beast. Note: Many rock stars and musicians have followed in his footsteps of worshipping Lucifer.]

The phrase has been made popular with the graphic novel V for Vendetta, where it appears embossed in an arch of V’s hideout the “Shadow Gallery”, and this phrase also apears on a mirror in the movie version, also inside V‘s Shadow Gallery.

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The way that seems right: the social church in America

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/bresciani/091119

By: Michael Bresciani

Sound theology is being supplanted daily by the church’s drive toward a more social gospel. Fighting poverty, aids, hunger and homelessness are now considered more important than getting people saved. Are we on the right track?

All you have to do today to get a crowd in church is announce a study on The Purpose Driven Life. Even Catholics have taken to Warren-izing their congregations. If you want a little more credence then invite U2′s Bono to your conference or Joel Osteen to your news panel. It all sounds good, but is it?

Telling people everything is fine and only good things are going to happen is not a new thing. In fact the scriptures warn that during the approach to the last days that such messages will be the hallmark of the false prophets. (Luke 6:26)

One mega-church pastor recently polled his congregation only to be shocked by the result. He proclaimed that his church was full of child molesters, homosexuals, thieves, adulterers and every kind of unrepentant sinner. He concluded that the message he was presenting probably needed to change. What was that message he had used up to that time; you guessed it, the social gospel.

To be thought of as effective the church must now leave off the worn out issues like abortion, homosexuality, and sin in general and move on to the more socially conscious issues like poverty and aids. No one in their right mind would say that fighting poverty or aids isn’t worthy but is it the primary function of the church or the gospel; not on your life.

When the ancient King Solomon prayed for wisdom instead of the death of his enemies the Lord was so pleased with him that he promised he would make him the wisest man to ever live. These words came from the wisest of the wise, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Pr. 16:25) This may suggest that even the best intentions can be wrong but let’s not leave it there. Answering just why some good intentions are wrong is what is needed.

Not even the prophesied apostasy of the church in the last days can fully explain its sudden paradigm shift away from its commissioned service which has always been to present a saving gospel to a lost and dying world. It is easier to understand the wholesale shift away from her original purpose when considering that it only took about 100 years for the first churches to leave their first love. (Rev 2:4) Now some 2000 years later, how far have we drifted from the original commission given to us by Christ which was to present the gospel to every living person toward their own salvation? (Mt 28:19-20)

The starting point of the shift begins when churches begin to look at outward actions to replace sound biblically based theology. But this could take us to a thousand points all over the Bible so we will have to hone in on only a few.

The 28th chapter of Deuteronomy starts with a list of great blessings that will ensue if Israel obeys God’s commandments, which are all for their own good anyway. Only about one quarter of the way through the chapter a list of curses begins. The curses are what will happen if they ignore God’s statutes and commandments. It is a thing of horror. Yet it reads not at all unlike the front page of any daily newspaper.

What we have is unanswered prayers, blight on the crops, disease, warfare, mental problems, drought, and much more. From Genesis to Revelation this theme is carried through with amazing singularity. It says one thing and only one thing; sin is what causes our calamities. In the modern social gospel we have come to believe that the calamity is the sin.

The Bible says we have disease, war, pestilence et al because we choose to go on sinning. Modernity’s perverse take on things is that we must fight the effect, the outcome or the promised result of our sin all the while we label the old church as ineffective and stodgy and sail ahead with a more socially acceptable agenda. Sin is not the problem but only the effect of sin in the social gospel. We have become a nation of people who are satisfied to fight symptoms but not interested in a cure for the disease, in reality we won’t even admit we have a disease.

Here is the case of constantly sweeping out the spider webs but never doing anything about the spider. Not many dare risk the ridicule that would follow the proclamation that you have disease because you sin; you have poverty because we all sin. You have judgments, chastisement, and interventional awakenings all the way up to the second coming of Jesus Christ because sin literally takes over near the end of days.

Feeding the hungry, treating the sick or trying to relieve poverty is nothing to scoff at but it is not the full story and it will never be the true gospel or the primary mission of the true church.

In a world that has lost its way it is still hard to believe that only this week one church leader called for church bells to ring across Europe to mark the summit in Copenhagen on global warming. Fighting aids is one thing but jumping on the global warming wagon when some of the best minds in the world are decrying it as the biggest hoax of the century hardly seems a worthy cause for a pack of cub scouts much less the noble ecclesia or body of called out ones commonly called the church.

Christ said a man could enter heaven even if on earth he was lame or blind, poor or uneducated (Mt 9:45) but no one is allowed in who has not repented and been born again. (Jn 3:3)

Perhaps in our search for a more purpose driven life we have ignored the overriding and far more important purpose of God. That purpose is to bring each man to salvation through the sacrifice of his Son on the cross. When did our purposes become greater than His?