GOD TAKES US IN TO BRING US OUT (personal journal msg dated March 2008)

Glorious Father, thank you so much for your love showered upon us on Calvary's tree. Jesus, our hero and champion, thank you for your faithfulness to Father God and your great love for us. The first of many brethren, oh may we worship at your feet forever. Holy Spirit, show us the Father and the Son according to Your Word. Keep us, show us the pathway of righteousness continually and give us grace. Help us to love You, ourselves and others. In Jesus Name...AMEN.

When God takes us out He never takes us back in. Never. Complete and everlasting was our deliverance from Egypt (the world, hell and the grave). Our redemption in Christ Jesus was perfect. These things are known to us and usually leave no room for doubt. We apply faith. We believe. God will never take us back. If so it will be our doing.
But there is a place our loving Father, in His infinite mercy and wisdom, will take us into. A place which precedes the time our hope of Glory is displayed in us and on us. A place which precedes our promised land. The place called Babylon.

Likened unto the children of Israel, we will be taken in to be brought out. God will bring us out. But first He takes us in. This is his doing and it is marvelous in our sight. God takes us in to bring us out.

In Babylon we proceed to come to the end of ourselves. We encounter many enemies most of which are within our very soul. A time and place where we struggle with unbelief and all false gods with their dainty foods. A time of questions. And while we are wrestling with God a divine thing will occur if we let patience have her perfect work. If we continue to run after God. We will have divine Rest. A place where we finally surrender to the One who took us in. God takes us in to bring us out.

Understand this. The faith Jesus began in us will be completed. Babylon brings out the ones who are chosen. These earthen vessels will be sanctified in the testings of Babylon. They will be honorable vessels. Fit for the Master's use in these last days. We will be the Ark of the Covenant displaying God's Glory for the world to see. Are we willing to endure Babylon? Are we willing to be sanctified? Are we willing to be brought out? God takes us in to bring us out.

What happens in Babylon? Well, in this place we are shaken. Our faith, what we believe, our hope...everything shaken. Do we esteem others above ourselves? Do we think more highly of ourselves than we should? Do we question God's faithfulness when adverse circumstances seem to be on a road which has no end? What do we think about? What do we do with our money? What do we covet? What kind of friends do we keep? What do we watch on TV? What do we do with our computer? Are there secret sins? Do we hold regret in our hearts for things we should have done but didn't? Surely a place of self inspection. A place of confusion and doubt at times. Even anger. Trust. Hold on. Believe. Forgive yourselves and others. If knowledge and wisdom becomes too confusing at times, kick back..and like Paul and myself say "All I know is that Jesus loves me and was crucified in my place." God takes us in to take us out.

And what is to become of these sanctified vessels once we finally enter God's Rest? Once we are brought out from the introspection of Babylon then what? Once we become the victor as we wrestled with God...limping as we came out then what? What blessing awaits us? We will be called Children of Light. Sons and daughters of God. The chosen ones. Priests and kings of the most High God. All fears and doubts washed away. Thinking like Jesus. Doing things we see the Father doing. Does it sound unbelievable? Believe it. God takes us in to bring us out.

God does nothing before He reveals His plans to His servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7) The prophets have spoken and continue to speak. The great calamities coming upon the world are not for the unbeliever only. Sure when disaster strikes they will run to the church houses or to the child of God placed in their path for help and salvation. No, these calamities and hardships about to begin (the shadow of the 7 year tribulation) are for the believer too. With our release from Babylon we will be rooted and grounded. We will have great faith to endure to the end with dances of joy. We will be God's Ark. The Ark containing His very Glory. And let me tell you a secret, when that part of God shows up all will bow and be convicted of their frailties before a most Pure and Holy God. On the other side of Babylon our kingly and priestly garments will fit properly for all to see. Like Moses, we will glow with the Glory of God. The people of the world will see the face of Jesus. And that my friend is the great time in history when God will draw all men. What a revival is coming our way. The love and power of God reaching from between the cherubim to fallen man through the face of Christ Jesus our beloved. God takes us in to bring us out.

THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR

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DEAR Beloved, I pray that this message doesn't come off as one coming from a person who enjoys sounding alarms, but the Holy Spirit wouldn't let me sleep last night thinking about it. With that said, let us pray.Wonderful Counselor and friend. Our great communicator. Sweet Holy Spirit, please speak Your words to us. Your Word's are Truth and Light. You even tell us about things yet to come. It humbles us greatly to know that You have chosen not to do anything in the earth unless You first tell the prophets. Speak to us now. We know nothing without You and Your wisdom. We love You and adore You . In Jesus name...AMEN.

You would have to be living under a rock not to know that the world we have known is rapidly becoming something which is confusing, out of order and down right frightening at times. Yes, even our most wonderful nation which God has given us and blessed beyond measure is crumbling right before our eyes. In fact, it seems as if the good ole U.S. of A. is leading the charge toward Armageddon. But KNOW this: God is in control and everything which is happening is completing prophecy which He has already spoken beforehand in His Holy Word and through the prophets. GOD IS IN CONTROL. And I find that quite comforting. Don't you?
And what does His Word say about the end times? I will attempt to go over a few versus with the help of the Spirit, but this will in no way cover all the scriptures which deal with signs of the end; the tribulation and the kingdom of the anti-christ. Lets look at Matthew 24:4-14. Jesus answered: "watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains."
"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

In 2 Timothy 3:1-5 we read, "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them." Boy, surely these verses represent where we stand now. A quick side note, the original language said that ethnic group will war against ethnic groups instead of kingdom against kingdom. We are a hair trigger away from this one.

God has also spoken through His prophets concerning things yet to come. There will be an economic collapse in this very nation. Riots and chaos will ensue because of the monetary situation and ever increasing demand for the good to bow down to the insane laws the present administration are lording over us. The prophets have also foretold of nuclear bombs going off in this country. Yes, I said this very country, the once blessed U. S. of A. Our blessing and protection is slowly eroding away because of our lawlessness; pulling away from Israel; killing of babies; rampant pornography and gay rights. Very large earthquakes will also take place in locations where none has been reported before.

Please allow me to put all this in a nut shell for you. By no means will this be a complete synopsis of what is to come. Just a few thoughts from the THRONE in order to recognize and understand the overall picture of where we stand at the present and a brief taste of things to come. Let me first get our thinking going in the same direction. All things are spiritual. God places the kings over nations. All prophecies God has decreed will come to pass. And finally, our war has come down to good versus evil. The dividing line has been made more defined between people of the earth. I believe this line first showed up in this nation when we had the big war between Gore and Bush in the last election. Even then it seemed as if the evil and good was at about a 50/50 ratio. Now with Obama we can clearly see that the balance of evil has shifted leaving a small remnant of good to battle for our very lives. The good news is that after reading the back of the Good Book we discover that good triumphs in the end. So, don't let your heart be troubled. The Lord our God is just, powerful, righteous, merciful and faithful.

Most Christians are under the understanding that the Lord Jesus will be coming back for His Church (sold out followers) before a seven year tribulation period. A period where one man (the anti-christ) will rule and reign, even setting himself up as God. Many will still be saved during this period but only if they refuse to bow down to this man made god. Beheaded for the sake of Christ will be the salvation of this great multitude. So let me give you a little heads up, (pardon the pun) let's make sure we are on the first boat load out of here. After the seven year time of great plagues, deception and tribulation the Lord Himself, the King of Glory, will come back with His chosen ones and we will do battle against the anti-christ and his kingdom. Then begins the 1000 year reign of Jesus here on this earth with the devil locked away to come out but for a brief period to see if any one else can be deceived before we go to our final destination..Heaven. Where we will be in the presence of our loving Father and Almighty God for ever and ever.

OK folks, time for a little break from this very long (and hopefully not boring) blog. I tried my best to insert a picture here but still can't figure it out. So, this is what I want you to do. Picture a cute little bunny in a field of flowers. A cool mountain breeze is blowing. Carried by that fragrant breeze are the sounds of song birds chirping heavenly music for our tired ears to enjoy. Nearby is a small stream. Gurgling ever so softly as it meanders through rocks, branches and maybe even your feet. Close your eyes. Meditate and relax your mind for a bit.
OK, wakey.....wakey...back to business.

And now about our present condition. Remember that God sets the kings and times. With that said we can easily see that president Obama (who probably is not even an American citizen which makes this all the more supernatural) is doing the bidding of God as he continues on his journey of bringing our country to a place he calls making all peoples equal. God is calling it an eventual national and global theocracy. Let's look at it first from the standpoint of what we see with our fleshly eyes then we will discuss what our spirit sees. And that is Truth after all. In our fleshly eyes we see that our economy is being run right into the ground by government spending on insane packages which basically put money into the pockets of evil entities. Printing money which has no backing is making our currency worthless (Remember this one when we talk about the fulfillment of prophecy). Soon this squandering will lead to a time of depression which will be historical. President Obama has also surrounded himself with scores of "czars" which answer only to him. Many of these czars are past criminals with radical and communist views. In Obama's eyes the country needs to be brought back to what he sees as justice for the Afro Americans and minorities. By that I mean he believes that in the past an injustice has been done to these minorities and he is bent to make it right. He is doing this by tailoring his so called stimulus packages to bring more entitlements to the classes he believes have suffered an injustice. He wants to make the lower and middle class equal by shocking the economy with an economic meltdown and thus causing both classes to be dependent on the government for almost everything.

President Obama has also set in place a civilian military force which in his own words "will be better funded and better equipped than our own military." He has set in motion laws which will eventually force all truth proclaiming entities to shut down. This will include talk radio; news organizations which speak truth; what pastors say from the pulpit and what truth is displayed on the Internet. He wants complete control of all peoples. Control of anything and everybody which opposes his agenda. This includes control of what we say, what we eat, what we drive, how we spend our money, how much we get paid, where we go to church, our private ownership of firearms, what is taught our children in school, how we raise our children, our health care options and much more.

NOW, LET'S LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SPIRIT! The Word says that during the tribulation period (7 years, after the church is removed) one man, called the anti-christ, will be established as the ruler over all the earth. All will bow to him and if not then off with their heads. Seems far fetched but God's Word is sure and true. During this a one world government, religion and monetary system will be established. Folks, look at me for a second, the framework for all of this is all ready in place! It won't take but a small push, whether from a real disaster or one which is faked, to put it all in operation. Gore (oh give me a barf bag please) opened up this global community with his farce of a project called global warming. The new world wide currency has already been minted. As far as a one world religion..I am not sure what that is but I have a real good idea. I believe it has already been operating for 4000 years. It is called seeker-friendly religion. This new order will be more refined by the anti-christ as he calls for all religions to be recognized and honored in all religious institutions. The church in those days will be friendly to gods of all religions. Of course the mention of the Bible, Jesus and the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob will be prohibited. The worship of statues and idols will be encouraged. Obama is already on top of these things. And much more. Could he be the one? The Bible says that the anti-christ will not be revealed until we (sold out believers) are removed during the rapture, but as of now it seems as if the whole world is already in a stupefied love affair with this radical, racial and Muslim inspired man we call president. God save his soul.

What is immediately on the chopping block? Glad you asked. Currently the current administration is in the process of stopping our freedom of speech. This will seem to happen over-night. First it will begin with talk radio. From there we will see censorship on television; in the pulpit and on the Internet. Now we get to the topic of this discourse...THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR. How will we, who know the truth about the government and Christ our Lord, communicate with each other when this eventual hammer comes down? Let's look at John 16:13,14. "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you." Have faith in what God says. In these last days we will not need the radio, TV or Internet to tell us the truth about what is going on in the world. We can, do and will hear from God Himself through the great gift of the Holy Spirit.


Have you received the gift of the Holy Ghost since you believed? Then simply ask God because it is a free gift. A free gift whose hearts have surrendered themselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. This baptism with fire will endue with power from on high. It will embolden us to witness. It will give you the grace to become holy for after all it is the HOLY Spirit. It will make the scriptures more alive to you then ever before because after all...He wrote it. Read and meditate on the following scriptures. (Luke 11:11-13) "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Acts 1:4-11) "On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. "Men of Galilee", they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven."

On the day of Pentecost, which was the day the Holy Ghost was poured out for the first time and given to the church, Peter had to address the crowd because they thought the first recipients (those who were waiting in the Upper Room after Jesus ascended according to His instructions) were drunk with wine. In Acts 2:14-21 Peter says "Fellow Jews and ALL of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: "In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on ALL PEOPLE. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy." (Acts 2:36-39 says) " Therefore, let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Peter replied, "repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children AND FOR ALL WHO ARE FAR OFF-for all whom the Lord our God will call."

In Acts 8:14-20 we read "When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God (believers), they sent Peter and John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the Name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them (this is only one way the Holy Ghost can be received, in most cases you simply have to ask God for this gift by faith), and they received the Holy Spirit. When Simon saw (in all instances where this gift was given there were outward manifestations) that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles hands, he offered them money and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!"

Just a few more scriptures and I will let you go. Some of you may not have bibles so I try my best to type the Word to you as we go. (Acts 19:1-6 says) "While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." So Paul asked, "then what baptism did you receive?" "John's baptism," they replied. Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him that is, in Jesus." On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied." I guess I saved the best for last. Are you ready? OK, lets go to Romans 8:14. "Because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."

In summary let me implore you to seek this baptism of the Holy Spirit. If you have not repented of your sins and given your life to the Lordship of Christ Jesus then by all means please start there. If you do believe in Jesus, but have not received this spiritual baptism then please ASK. We will all get through this together. We will come out of this without even the smell of smoke just like the three Hebrew children when they were cast into the fiery furnace. Continue to have faith and praise God even in the midst of the trials which are soon to befall all of us. Love God, seek Him, desire Him with your whole heart and love one another. God is about to flood the earth with His very Glory. Be prepared for it because when the unbelievers of the world go through the calamitous times which are about to befall us they will come to you and ask "What shall we do to be saved?" Then full of the Holy Spirit (The Great Communicator) you can arise and tell them about this most wonderful, loving and forgiving God we call Jesus.

PRAISE HIM

(This post comes from a previous Christmas message I had written years ago. But the words are still relevant for the time in which we live.) Let's do what we are accustomed to. Begin with prayer and worship to our Most High King. Oh Holy Spirit, please help me to pray. We come to you with worship in our hearts for You and the God You reveal to us. Our Father God Almighty and our hero and champion..Jesus Christ our Lord. Open up our understanding to Your Word. Let it become alive within us. And above all we ask that You will help us be doers of what You show us. We love You..in Jesus name...AMEN.

As we surround ourselves with loved ones and exchange gifts this year....lets also be encouraged to privately exchange gifts with God. Not just now but every day til He comes.

Let's unwrap His gift of Jesus. That glorious, supreme gift. That living gift whom yields to us salvation, forgiveness, healing, provision, access to the Father, joy, peace, hope, dreams, wisdom, strength, anointing, grace, mercy, eternal life, love, truth, faithfulness...the list is endless.

And let us give to Him the gift of our heart. A heart full of humility, servant hood, thanksgiving, worship, praise, love, admiration, faith and obedience.

As we meditate upon such things, let us dare to access the Holy of Holies and the very presence of God. God desires hearts who will worship Him in spirit and truth ( John 4:23). In that deep intimate relationship with Him, we gain wisdom and power to be better equipped to know and do His will in these last days. Let's prepare ourselves to better serve Him and spread His Kingdom. We are His Kingdom. It is all about Him. All about Jesus. Surely we have countless reasons to celebrate, dance, sing and offer up praises. He saved us and rescued us from darkness...PRAISE HIM. Philippians 4: 19 says He meets all our needs...PRAISE HIM. He is so mighty, strong, faithful and beautiful...PRAISE HIM. What other countless things can we think of that amazes us? PRAISE HIM.

In II Chronicles 5:13,14 we read, "when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals, and praised the Lord saying: "For He is good, His mercy endures forever," that the house, the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God!"

Let's build God a chair upon which He may sit. A mercy seat composed of our heartfelt and repentant worship. Oh God that your Glory would fill the earth. Salvation for our towns, states and countries. Come let us PRAISE HIM.