atalayafinal33:
David Wilkerson: The Coming of Jesus
May 16, 2013
Abortion, Apostacy, The Great Falling Away, End Times Countdown, Homosexuality, JESUS, The Lords' Return Apostacy/The Great Falling Away, End Times, Homosexuality, JESUS 1 Comment
“The Last Days” – Shirley Caesar
March 29, 2013
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This blew me away when I found it. I Love it!
Listen to the words!
cj4theway:
Leave Jerusalem Alone
March 29, 2013
End Times Countdown, Israel, Jerusalem, Obama, Warnings to America, Warnings to the Church End Times, Israel, Obama, Warnings to America, Warnings to the Church 2 Comments
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!
November 12, 2012
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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?
October 31, 2012
End Times Countdown, Government Health Care, Micro-Chip 666 End Times, Micro-Chip 666 9 Comments
YAHsaveswitness:
Last Days: False Christs, Occult Invasion & Sexual Perversion
December 28, 2010
Cults, End Times Countdown, False "Gospels", False Churches, False Prophets, False Signs and Wonders, False Teachers, Jim Jones Cult, New Age, New Age Jesus, Occult Apostacy/The Great Falling Away, Cults, End Times, False Prophets, False Signs and Wonders, False Teachers, Occult 2 Comments
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:
The Jesus of Glenn Beck and Mormonism
September 10, 2010
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Article gotten here:
http://slaughteringthesheep.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/the-jesus-of-glenn-beck-and-mormonism/
The following is from Ken Silva of Apprising Ministry. I will post his commentary in part, but please take the time to hop over to Apprising and read it in its entirety.
Silva’s post shows how the Jesus of the Mormon church is not the historical Jesus of the Bible. Because of this, it is impossible for the true church of Jesus Christ to join hands with the Mormon church.
THE “JESUS” OF GLENN BECK
Being an online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries does not involve itself in politics per se; however, there are times when those issues will cross, as is the case with popular conservative talk show host Glenn Beck with his Divine Destiny event. Lately it’s becoming more apparent that Beck, who is a baptized member in good standing with the non-Christian cult of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), has been trying to portray himself as a Christian.
When you meet people from the LDS faith, they will often say to you: “We’re Christians too, because we believe in the Savior Jesus Christ.” However, the defining area concerning whether one is a Christian or not is what they teach concerning the historic Person Jesus of Nazareth, Whom the Bible teaches is the Christ—God Himself in human flesh.
Using the old TV show To Tell The Truth as a backdrop in Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up? I used the benefit of my 23+ years in the study of Comparative Religion to “personalize” various Jesuses one is likely to encounter.
Following is the Mormon “Jesus” as he might introduce himself:
I am the Jesus Christ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). My original Church went through a total apostasy and I took the Priesthood from the earth. In 1820 by one account—as there are nine different accounts—I appeared, with Heavenly Father, to Joseph Smith who would be the prophet to restore my Church. I told him that everything the historic Christian Church had taught was an abomination in my sight and that all who believe in those doctrines are corrupt. I am the spirit child who was born first to Heavenly Father, whose name is Elohim, and who has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s.
Elohim was once a man who lived on the planet Kolob. He died and was resurrected by his father—after earning his way to godhood—as did his father before him, and so on back. Heavenly Father pro-created all of us through sexual relations with one of his celestial wives, and we are all his spirit children. I was born first; next was Lucifer, and then on down the line comes you. When the head of the gods—of which there are countless numbers—called a council of the gods I came up with a better plan of salvation than my brother Lucifer did. So I became the Savior for Heavenly Father’s children on earth. I was conceived for my earthly mission when Heavenly Father came down and had sexual relations with his daughter the Virgin Mary.
I sweat great drops of blood for your sins in the Garden of Gethsemane. Then on the cross I finished my work; and because of that atonement, all persons on this earth are going to be resurrected. And so now you have a chance to earn your way to becoming a god, just like me, by working the Gospel Principles taught by the Mormon Church. But be careful because my blood was not sufficient to cover some of your sins as my prophet Brigham Young once taught for me. He said, “There’s not a man or woman who violates the covenant made with their God that will not be required to pay that debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out. [And y]our own blood must atone for it.”
False teachings in the Last Days
September 2, 2010
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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
June 25, 2010
End Times Countdown, Exhortation, Preparation for Hard Times, Redeemed Hippies' Writings End Times, redeemed hippie 2 Comments
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
June 22, 2010
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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?”
June 7, 2010
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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
June 5, 2010
End Times Countdown, Israel End Times, Israel 2 Comments
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:
Netanyahu Speaks about Israeli Flotilla Raid
June 2, 2010
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Choose this day whom and what you believe. For one is truth and the other is a lie. THIS IS THE TRUTH!
If you can’t face it and have something to say, say it somewhere else. Not here. I got no use for liars and deceivers.
STAND, ISRAEL! STAND!
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Patrice Lewis: Don’t come knocking on my door
May 23, 2010
Preparation for Hard Times End Times Leave a comment
On Thursday I made a severe error in judgment. I logged onto the Drudge Report, where these headlines jumped out at me:
- Stocks drop most in a year on economic reports, European debt crisis
- Roubini: Stocks to tumble another 20%, cash the safest place
- Strains accumulate
- Fed official: Europe’s crisis poses risks to USA
- Confusion over regulation moves trigger sell-offs
These headlines got me worried because they coincide with a couple of entries I recently posted on my blog: “Predictions for the rest of 2010,” and “More cheery news.” I’ll pause while you go read those items.
Now that you’re back, can you understand why I find myself nervous about the future?
When I’m nervous, I tend to can food. In the last two days I’ve canned 33 pints of mixed vegetables and 14 quarts of chicken breasts.
Because, you see, I expect the bleep to hit the fan within a year, possibly less. Mother hen that I am, I want to gather my chicks close and protect them. The frustrating thing is, those of us with concerns about the economy can’t help but wonder how much of it is orchestrated. Whatever the cause, things appear to be spiraling out of control. So I’m doing the only thing I can do, and that’s to prepare for hard times.
Of course, most people aren’t preparing. History is full of people who ignored warning signs and put their heads in the sand (and their rumps in the air). These are the folks who derive great amusement at us who prepare, smugly calling us conspiracy nuts or lunatics. Then they’ll calmly inform us of their contingency plans: “Well, we’ll just come live with you if things get tough.”
These are the Grasshoppers of society, and I’ve written about them before. These are the people who still have their jobs and homes, but seem incapable or unwilling to look beyond the shallow concerns of everyday life to read the headlines or see the storm clouds gathering on the horizon.
This attitude makes Ants very, very nervous.
One woman posted on my blog: “I live on 1 acre in town, and we have 48 relatives within walking distance of our house. If only four people show up to be fed and cared for, my six-month supply is cut in half to three months. The more people who show up for help … well, just do the division! I’m trying to build my stock and some nights I don’t sleep well just thinking about how quickly it could be depleted. This is not fear talking; this is wrapping my brain around reality.”
This woman has tried warning her friends and family, but when she saw them “taking cruises and trips to Florida,” she knew the message wasn’t getting through.
Grasshoppers, every one of them. Grasshoppers are not people who are unemployed or facing eviction or dealing with medical bills. Grasshoppers are people who have jobs and are perfectly capable of preparing, but who deny that hard times could ever happen.
Whenever I address this subject in a column, there’s always someone who “jokingly” announces that he’ll just come live with us if the bleep hits the fan. My standard reply is, “Stand in line. There are dozens ahead of you.” The honest truth of the matter is, “Why is it MY responsibility to feed YOU when you’ve had plenty of warning that times are going to be tough, and you’ve just been too stupid or stubborn to listen?”
And the trouble is, the woman with 48 relatives shares a major concern with other Ants: We love our Grasshoppers to pieces. They are our friends and family. So the question arises – how do we decide who comes to live with us and share our supplies? How many Grasshoppers can one Ant support?
In Aesop’s original version of “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” the grasshopper died. That’s nature, folks. The grasshopper died because he didn’t have the brains or the forethought to realize summer must end and winter would come. The grasshopper died because nature dictates it’s every insect for itself.
Only man shows compassion for his fellow humans. But the Ants among us are few and far between, and compassionate or not, it is physically impossible to feed every Grasshopper on the planet.
That’s one of the things that drives me nuts. Right now everything is abundant and relatively cheap. Putting aside those who are already facing hardships, there are still plenty of people who can help themselves prepare for a harsh future, but won’t. And even Ants have to remember to prepare. As a friend notes on her blog, “I am always aware of the necessity of being prepared, but sometimes I talk about it more than I do it.”
After some discussion, my husband and I decided to dedicate 10 percent of our income to preparedness projects. That’s 10 percent of an income that’s already dropped 40 percent from a couple years ago. In other words, we’re eeking out what preparations we can despite our lower-income status.
And yet we have thoughtless and unprepared friends, relatives and strangers – most of whom are better off financially than we are – who are doing nothing. But they will blithely come knocking at our door when times get tough and expect us to cheerfully and freely share everything. The reality is, we cannot feed them all. We simply cannot do it. It is impossible. And so … we’ll have to choose whom to turn away.
Some people argue they don’t have the money or room to stockpile things. In which case, I urge them to stockpile knowledge. Pick a specialty that is useful in a new economy and perfect it. Sewing, welding, mechanics, gardening, medicine, carpentry, animal husbandry … there is a whole world of knowledge and skills out there crying for people to learn them.
In other words, if you’re going to mooch off someone, at least have the courtesy to offer something useful in exchange.
Please, folks, become Ants. If you insist on remaining a Grasshopper, don’t come a-knocking at our door. We may not answer, because so many have already been let in ahead of you.
Microchiping included in Healthcare Bill?
April 9, 2010
End Times Countdown, Government Health Care, Micro-Chip 666 End Times, Micro-Chip 666 7 Comments
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?
January 10, 2010
End Times Countdown, Micro-Chip 666 End Times, Micro-Chip 666 Leave a comment
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
January 3, 2010
Apostacy, The Great Falling Away, End Times Countdown, False Teachers, Learning to Discern, Witchcraft in the Church Apostacy/The Great Falling Away, Discernment, End Times, False Teachers, Witchcraft in the Church Leave a comment
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:
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