I am completely shaken and appalled at the hatred that is coming from so called Christians.  I have received nothing but hatemail, ridicule, name calling and threats with death and Hell, and this is not from the secular population or atheists.  This has come from people who consider themselves part of the Body of Christ.  SHAME ON US!  This is exactly what Satan wants.  He has started out from the very beginning, even before the Garden of Eden, to destroy God’s people.  You have to go back to the beginning.  He is offering the so called church today fruit just as he did Eve, and they are taking it, and gobbling it up!  He has taken the church today to the moutaintop just as he did Jesus, he has offered them riches beyond comparison, and to rule the world, but instead of saying ‘Get thee behind me Satan.’  They have bowed to him and are allowing him to twist the gospel so it fits satan’s agenda not God’s!

There are warnings in the Bible with God’s people Israel, that the church would do well to heed today.  Take the Exodus for example.  How long did Israel wait for deliverance from Egypt?  Then when they were finally delivered they weren’t taken immediately to a land of milk and honey, a land of promise, and new life.  No!  they spent 40 years in the desert.  Some of them were swallowed up by land, some were stricken, and all for purification.  God wanted to purify them of the world they just came from.  And we are no different.  If God put Israel through the fire numerous times for purification do you honestly think he will not put us through the fire with the tribulation?   For if God did not even spare the angels….. 2 Peter 2  For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority.

The Books of the Old Testament are more than just stories, they are more than just stories about Israel.  God is warning us through His word.  Why won’t you listen.  John tells us:  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

God doesn’t do anything that he doesn’t warn through His prophets, yet it’s just as it was in Jesus time.  We are killing the prophets.  We are twisting their words, we are twisting God’s word.  Again John warns us about this:  But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

I am not going to be a part of the twisting of scripture.  I have been called to watch and warn, and that’s what I am doing, and will continue to do so, until I am told I am done.  I will continue to warn for you to prepare, even the Bible tells us this, Paul and Peter both continue to warn about being prepared, for you will not know when our Lord is returning.  And He is returning, He’s coming soon!  He said ‘When you see all these things beginning, look up your redemption draws near!’  He also said this about following Him:  ‘Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.’

Does this sound like the Gospel that the churches today are putting out?  No.  Jesus say’s take up your cross and follow me.  Your cross,  does this sound like a bed of roses, promises and presents from God?  No.  Yet that is what they are preaching.  Satan is infiltrating the gospel just as he did in the old days with Israel.  If Satan could trick Solomon into worshiping other god’s, do you really think he hasn’t  used the so called Christians of today.  Satan is the father of lies, the father of murder, the father of confusion!  And he just loves what the Body of Christ is doing today.  Meanwhile we were warned in Revelation what Jesus thinks of the Church.  ‘And because you are lukewarm, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.’

Take a journey with me, back into the late 60’s and early 70’s.  In the midst of the Viet Nam War and the riots of the 60’s and 70’s  there was much confusion, pain, and fear.  The new age movement started there and so did the Charismatic movement.  “The Charismatic Movement is the international trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostals. Fundamental to the movement is the use of spiritual gifts. Among Protestants, the movement began around 1960. Among Roman Catholics, it originated around 1967.”

I didn’t understand how the church could be so divided and splintered as it has become, so I did some research.  This movement splintered the church.  As some wished to stay within their own denominations, others branched out and started new churches.  The New Life movement began and churches even mega churches sprang up overnight.  With no history behind them they began to form their own church doctrines, and rules of worship.

The New Age Movement gave people an alternative to a fear of God, it brought science together with spirituality and a guarantee of paradise for all.

“Widespread usage of the term New Age began in the mid-1970s (reflected in the title of monthly periodical New Age Journal), “when increasing numbers of people […] began to perceive a broad similarity between a wide variety of “alternative ideas” and pursuits, and started to think of them as part of one “movement””. This probably influenced several thousand small metaphysical book- and gift-stores that increasingly defined themselves as “New Age bookstores.” As a result of the large-scale activities surrounding the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, the American mass-media further popularized the term as a label for the alternative spiritual subculture, including practices such as meditation, channeling, crystal healing, astral projection, psychic experience, holistic health, simple living, and environmentalism; or belief in phenomena such as Earth mysteries, ancient astronauts, extraterrestrial life, unidentified flying objects, crop circles, and reincarnation. Several New Age publications appeared by the late 1980s such as Psychic Guide (later renamed Body, Mind & Spirit), Yoga Journal, New Age Voice, New Age Retailer, and NAPRA Review by the New Age Publishers and Retailers Alliance.”

And if you think the media and entertainment industry has no effect on Religious beliefs think again, because they were very instrumental in spreading this movement.  The media picked up on the name, new book stores sprang up with the name, entertainers gave it a boost with things like the musical ‘Hair’.  Shirley McClain also had a book called ‘Out on a limb.’

At least one celebrity saw these movements for what they really are.  Paul Harvey.

This was a grand design from Satan from the beginning.  He had this in his plan to splinter God’s people, and attempt to take away Christ’s church.  This is why Jesus said to Peter ‘On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail,’  because Peter knew who Christ was, and it could only be revealed through the Father in Heaven.

Than in the 90’s you have the emergence of the prosperity gospel.  It is defined this way, from wikipedia:

“The doctrine emphasizes the importance of personal empowerment, proposing that it is God’s will for his people to be happy. The atonement (reconciliation with God) is interpreted to include the alleviation of sickness and poverty, which are viewed as curses to be broken by faith. This is believed to be achieved through visualization and positive confession, and is often taught in mechanical and contractual terms.  In the 1990s and 2000s, it was adopted by influential leaders in the Charismatic Movement and promoted by Christian missionaries throughout the world, sometimes leading to the establishment of mega-churches. Prominent leaders in the development of prosperity theology include E. W. Kenyon, Oral Roberts, A. A. Allen, Robert Tilton, T. L. Osborn, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, and Kenneth Hagin.Churches in which the prosperity gospel is taught are often non-denominational and usually directed by a sole pastor or leader, although some have developed multi-church networks that bear similarities to denominations. Such churches typically set aside extended time to teach about giving and request donations from the congregation, encouraging positive speech and faith. “

Get it?  It emphasizes PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT! Not empowerment from God!  And you think there is no reason to believe that God will have to purify his church as he did the Israelites when delivered from Egypt.?!  Think whatever you want, but we must prepare for the tribulation.  We will be purified, as Gold is refined,  Jesus tells us this in Revelation 3:

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

There will be tribulation!  There are not 2 comings of Christ!  When he returns what will He find you doing?  Relaxing in your nice easy chair, watching your big screen TV, because you  have no worries you will be whisked away in a secret rapture, or will you be out in the fields as many are, warning and preparing for the Harvest?  The choice is yours to make, but don’t attack the watchmen!!!!

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