These are Not Your Leaders

Don't follow them into the pit!

It Is Done

Rev 21:6 And He said to me, “It is done!I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

Revelation is the book for the end times. It is a vision of John signified by the angels. In Rev 16 the words, "It is done," is heard coming from the throne. In Rev 21, we find out who said it--God. God said, "It is done," 2000 years ago, and John, the Disciple of Christ, was there to hear it.

How can it be done and yet we are still here? Can God say something that isn't true? If the Bible is true, how come God said that to John almost 2000 years ago, and yet life has gone on as before? Don't ever be afraid of confronting the Bible's seeming inconsistencies and contradictions head on. Boldly go to the throne and ask for wisdom, and have faith in the Truth.

Here is what I know: The Bible is the truth, God breathed, unerring; God is infallible, the supreme creator of all, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega; if He said something that wasn't true, He wouldn't be God.

Here are the choices we have about these scriptures: It isn't true; it is true.

I both know and believe the Bible is true, so that leaves me with it being true. Yet I have no experience of it "being done," as life has seemed to continue to go on. So either: it doesn't mean what it seems to say; or it means what it says and my understanding is incomplete.

I think it is pretty difficult to mince words when saying, "It is done," after all of the events described in Revelation, so I'm going with incomplete understanding. Can I imagine any way in which this might be true--that it could be done but still going on?

I can. It can be true if the space/time is bent in the manner of science fiction movies, so that the moment it is done only touches John's lifetime at that moment he had the vision. Okay, its pretty fantastic, but not implausible. Still, doesn't seem quite right. Time in Heaven is different, if it exists at all in an eternal realm. Are there any other ways it could be true? Yes, if it is done, and this is a memory--God's memory. What would God's memory be like? He's God, I mean, so His memory must be something special. Maybe it is so like real life that it is indistinguishable from what we think of as "reality." Haven't you heard recently about the holographic nature of the universe? Isn't it pretty curious how serendipitous life can be? This reality we exist in could be like a giant holo deck in God's head. How would we know?

So my mind can imagine scenarios where it can be true. Doesn't mean what I imagined is the truth, but if I can imagine it at all, I know God can do it. However He does it doesn't matter so much as the fact that He can.

So what does this mean? Why does it matter to know that it is done?

It means God's will, His complete will, has been accomplished (past tense) and there is nothing you or me or anyone is going to be able to do to screw it up. He has remembered this moment in time just to remember me and the choices I made for Him and to love the truth despite the overwhelming awfulness of the enemy, and because He LOVES me. For all I know it could all stop immediately after my life ends.

Consider this: that it is done means we are already with Him in Heaven. We are both here and there (we are made in His image, and He didn't mean our flesh because He doesn't have flesh Himself. Not until Jesus. But He does have a multimentional body that is capable of being everywhere at once), and being there means there is nothing to worry about. It is done, I am with Father, so I am going to take a deep breath and shove off the burdens the enemy lays on my back that the future is somehow in doubt.

There is no doubt. Alpha and Omega said so. It is done. Breathe. Relax if you can. Now, knowing that His perfect will is accomplished, what will you do with this fantastic and amazing life in the mind of God?

The Bible

The Bible really is a living (by living I don't mean changing), multi-dimensional, magical book. It's writer is clever, fierce, loving and awesome. This book was written to conceal and to reveal at the same time.

Take this passage:

Luke 8:16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 Fo...r nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”

I didn't pay attention much while growing up in church, but I remember the verse about hiding a light being used to encourage kids to wear their faith on their sleeves and go door to door sharing the "light" within us. That's not what this means, though. This is a warning for those people who seek to sin and keep it a secret. In this case the light is the truth, which Jesus, who is the way, the truth and the light, has, is, and will set the truth on a lamp stand for all to see and know. There are many people in the world who want to keep their sins secret, but they cannot. Seems like every day now people's dark secrets are being revealed in the news.

This verse is also encouragement to those who would be saved out of sin. Adam and Eve did not want their sins revealed to God, so they hid themselves. First they hid behind fig leaves, then they hid in the garden when God came looking for them. Every single one of us has multiple choices every day to sin or not (the choice to be loving or hateful, patient or impatient, kind or unkind, honest or dishonest, forgiving or hold grudges, etc.). We can't help it, being layered individuals, but hide some of these sins behind fig leaves, and even to (try to) hide altogether when God comes looking for us. The bravest thing we can do is to come out when He calls and stand naked before the Lord, covered in the filth of our sins, trusting that the blood sacrifice cleanses us completely.

So this passage is both a warning and an encouragement. People who aren't saved do not want their wickedness revealed and would seek to change the meaning, or hide from it, or keep others from knowing the truth of it. They will fail. People who are saved want the truth to be revealed; are weary of the secrets that keep them in bondage to sin and want the truth to come out so they can be freed. They will succeed.

This is just what the Spirit showed me about this passage. I am certain there is even more to unpack from it. More and more. And individual gifts for each who pursues it. All of the meanings will not be identical, but they will all be in agreement. That's how this awesome book works.

Becoming Saved

Understanding that all are individuals and there is no blanket, here are some signs that go along with being saved:

Immediately upon becoming saved, some of the sins you were already resisting are gone. (For instance, if you were inappropriately attracted to someone, or if you tried to not be late all the time--those struggles are gone in an instant.)

The Bible, which maybe once you thought was a mythology book, or a quaint old book you would never understand, is revealed as a magical, completely true, multidimensional, living, God-breathed document, with incredible treasures in every verse. It stops being a dust collector on the shelf.

You realize that you just don't fit in the world anymore and that, in fact, you never did. Further, you no longer want to.

You realize that the verses that talk about the evilness of man's every thought and of his heart are true, and that you aren't the exception.

For the first time in your life you want to put away sin. You may not be able to, at least not with all of them, but you want to. You realize that being able to recognize your own sin is a miracle, because before you thought you were "good," and that wanting to put sin away was impossible for the unsaved person you are.

Friction between yourself and unsaved family members who think you've gone nuts becomes the norm. Friends may start to drop out of your life.

For the first time you are actually able to love unselfishly. Because of the "then" and "now" aspect of being saved, you realize that you never loved anyone before, and you realize how amazing it is to really love, even though it hurts.

The truth starts to reveal itself to you; the truth in scripture and the truth of the world. The truth in scripture is amazing and beautiful and you want more. The truth of the world is Sodom & Gomorrah ugly and makes you want to hide in a closet.

You no longer feel attached to any worldly thing and become willing, as the Son's work is accomplished in you, to give it all away. This goes for possessions as well as worldly knowledge (evolution for creation, Newtonian astronomy for geocentricity, flat earth for round earth, etc.) because the Bible says differently. At the very least you will no longer buy into unproven theories.

Pursuit of worldly wealth becomes abhorrent to you, especially if your particular job feeds on the suffering of others. This doesn't mean you can't or won't have wealth, or at least have enough, but it means pursuing it isn't your main priority any more, if it is a priority at all, and you care how it is accomplished.

Whatever prejudices you might have had, or biases against anyone, and biases for, or rejections of people for being "different," or vanities, begin to recede into the void, bled off by the truth that all are fallen and all sin is equally repugnant to God.

Forgiveness becomes the norm for you, and over time even ills done you in distant memory, even tremendously hurtful things done you become things you desire to forgive. You also seek forgiveness for ills you do to others, much more quickly than before.

Because it has been revealed to you how fallen the world is, and because your heart is actually able to love for real, sorrow becomes your companion. More important than pleasing people becomes reminding them that they need a savior, and telling them where to find Him. The sorrow comes because of how hard hearted and blind people stubbornly remain, even despite rock-solid evidence presented to them, and because you know there really are dire consequences for rejecting God. But you still have hope and persist because you too were once so hopelessly lost in sin.

Finally, no matter what it costs you--your job, your spouse, your family, your friends, your worldly wealth, your worldly standing, your health--you would never go back, not even for a minute. No matter if it brings terrible suffering, like the torture some of our brothers and sisters are suffering in other countries right now, or if it brings martyrdom, like in other countries ruled by Islam and communism right now, you know the difference between being saved and being destined for the pit, and you will never trade off being saved again. Ever.

Innocent Blood Spilled

• I'm sorry folks, but America will not be pardoned. I read this verse today:
  
  2 Kings 24:4
  
  and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
  
  This passage is referring to what God caused to happen to Judah at the hands of Nebucadnezzar, and the why of it, even though Judah had a king who obeyed the Lord before these events. That king tried hard to save Judah, but because of the previous kings' evil, it wasn't possible. Because of the innocent blood, no pardon came and Judah was carted off to captivity in Babylon.
  
  Back in the day they would sacrifice children to their false gods. Even the kings of Judah and Israel did that. People think it has stopped, but it hasn't. It is still going on today. But when none who walk the earth are innocent; when "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," where is the innocent blood coming from that fills America? Who lives and yet has not sinned? Of course, it is the unborn! Abortion is the practice of child sacrifice to false gods today, and the count is up to over 55 million just for America! We're not the only country, but since this is where I live, this is where I'm most concerned with. And anyway, this might be the only country that founded itself "under God," which makes us a bit like Judah, doesn't it?
  
  The unchanging Lord will not pardon the shedding of innocent blood. He didn't then, and He won't now. Nor will he pardon the sin of causing others to sin.
  
  There are children murdered and sacrificed in this country, too, but not in the numbers of abortion. I've heard in some satanic circles they make children do it to other children. In abortion not only are the unborn babies sacrificed, filling this land with innocent blood, but often their mothers are coerced and manipulated into it. This country's love of killing the unborn has doomed us--it has caused America to be guilty of two unpardonable sins.
  
  This is why Obama was allowed to become president. He is the agent of our doom. This is why he is most probably the anti christ, and why Mitt won't be elected. What, is the anti christ just going to lay down and give up his power? I don't know how he will keep the presidency--maybe by eliminating his rival, maybe by causing war to come to our shores, by causing another terrible "terrorist" event, or whatever. If Obama really is the anti christ, then there won't be an election this year, or if there is, it will be "won" by Obama through treachery (again).
  
  If Obama is the anti christ, then it is highly likely that what Jonathan Kleck says is true--Obama is a clone of Ahkenaten, and we are the hybrid race of the fallen ones and the original humans, and there will be an "alien" invasion in there somewhere too, with the attacks and the wars coming to our shores. Red Elk, Brother Thomas and Zeph Daniel all also speak of wars and terrors coming. These men do not all say the same thing, but they are all devout men of God, and what they say agrees with each other.
  
  Now the whole world is filled with this innocent blood. The abortion count for the world is 1.2 billion. God had Judah invaded and carried off in captivity to Babylon. All of the educated, artisans, craftsman, skilled and wealthy were taken; only the poorest and unskilled were left to tend the vineyards. When the whole world is due for this chastisement, where can anyone be carted off into captivity? This is where the "aliens" come in. They will take the wealthy, skilled, educated, craftsman, probably the famous too, the young and healthy, and God will save a remnant--the meek shall inherit the earth.
  
  I know I'm losing some of you more level-headed with the anti-christ-hybrid race-aliens thing, but America and our "parent" Great Britain lead the world in spilling this innocent blood. If God wouldn't pardon His chosen people, He isn't going to pardon us. Judah had a king that loved the Lord and destroyed all of the evil done by his fathers--the sacrificial alters and idols kept in the Lord's temple he removed and destroyed. He repented and made his people do right in the eyes of the Lord, but because of the innocent blood, God did not turn from His wrath. America does not have a repentant king. We have an arrogant, pride filled king who calls himself God and snuggles up to God's enemy and America's enemies.
  
  I'm sorry. There is no saving America. I really am sorry! I love this country! It could have been so amazing--a light for God in the world. But remember, Jesus did not come to save nations, countries, cities, or states. Jesus came to save individuals. It is not time to be praying for and investing time and energy in the hope that some new political leader will save America (Romney, even if the anti christ currently in office does give up his power, is not likely to be a repentant king, either, but regardless, as with Judah, even that wouldn't cause God to turn from His wrath). It is not time to be hoping in a man or thinking this country will meet with anything other than the destruction described in Revelation 18. Let it go.
  
  It IS time to be repenting of your own sins, developing your communication and relationship with God, studying the Word while it can still be studied, and submitting yourself, your families and your life 100% to the Lord's plan. In your spare time, or if you aren't interested in this first directive, might want to prepare yourself for living in wartime. You'll need some skills like:
  
  Have two types of guns--the cheap sacrificial ones you can hand over when they come for them, and the hidden, high quality, well maintained ones that no one knows you have (but don't trust in guns, trust in the Lord!)
  Have alternative weaponry to guns--like the sling, sling-shots, bows and arrows, blow guns--things they won't be thinking to confiscate (but don't trust in your weaponry trust in the Lord!)
  Know how to use this weaponry (but don't trust in yourself, trust in the Lord!)
  Have food and water stored (but don't trust in food and water, trust in the Lord!)
  Learn how to determine what plants are edible (but don't trust in foraging, trust in the Lord!)
  Learn how to hunt and fish (but don't trust in what you can catch, trust in the Lord!)
  Develop escape and evasion plans with your family (Again, only trust in the Lord!)
  Divest yourself of every unneeded thing and make sure you are able to travel light on extremely short notice and for extended periods
  Plan how you will live without the establishment--without power, without running water, without grocery stores, without police and fire departments and without hospitals and doctors
  Plan where you will meet your family again if you all have to run from different places
  Learn emergency medical care and CPR/first aid and have medical supplies and medicines stored
  Learn herbal medical care, because medicines won't be available for long
  Plan how to keep yourself and your families hopeful and joyful and able to praise God even when things become really, really terrible
  Remember the rule of 3's: You can survive 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food, for when you are on the run
  Make sure everyone in your family has all of these skills, for some of you will surely die, and some of you will be separated from each other
  
  Feeling overwhelmed and panicked yet? I know...scary stuff. Imagine being a pregnant or nursing mother during these times! God's wrath is frightening. Always has been. So the first thing you need to do is get on your knees and repent and pray for God to make you right with Him. Don't wait for His wrath to really start to become apparent; do whatever He says, when He says it, no matter what it is RIGHT NOW. He may not instruct you to do any of the above, or He may instruct you to do some, but another may be the beneficiary of your preparations. Your trust should be in Him and Him only, not in yourself, or someone else, or in any thing. Fear God and keep His commandments. ALL else is VANITY.

Romans 13

Romans 13 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

Have you ever really read this and asked the Lord what it means? This chapter, along tieh Tits 3:1, has been used by every church and every despot and every dictator and every bully to force people into submission even when they know submission isn't right. Let's have a look at it from the Spirit of Truth's perspective now.

This was a letter from Paul to the church in Rome. It is the same Rome Paul had his first employment in persecuting Christians to death. Christians were not safe in rome, and I presume anyone carrying a letter for Christians was also unsafe. The letter had to be carefully worded. Our Paul was clever and fierce, and he expected the people receiving his communications to be clever and fierce with the same Spirit he had. He expected them to know right from wrong. For instance, verse 3 says, "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same."

Was this true for Jesus?

That would be a resounding, no, it was definitely NOT true for Jesus. It also wasn't true for any of the 11 of Jesus' disciples who were executed. But how can something the Bible says be untrue? If you love the Lord and have received the Spirit of Truth, then you know it can't. The Bible is true in every word. So how can something that is a patent lie with regards to Jesus' life, be true?

One choice is that the "rulers" this verse speaks of are not the government of the day. It also can't be refering to the government of our day, as that would also make it a lie. What rulers then? Verse 1 says, "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Check out that part where it says, "there is no authority except from God." There is your first clue. The next clue is way back when Jesus said in Matt 12:25, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand." Would God appoint rulers who would subsequently throw Him under the bus, cast out His Word and execute His people for their faith? Somehow a kingdom divided cannot stand, but somehow anyway God appoints rulers that are against Him? I don't think so.

Verses 2-4 of Romans 13 actually is describing what it looks like when God appoints a ruler. That these verses do not describe the world rulers of the day, or any world ruler since then, makes it pretty obvious that God did not appoint those world rulers. Verse 6 says that because God did not appoint these rulers, but we appointed them ourselves, "this is why you pay taxes." But we are instructed to pay our taxes IF we owe them. (Since when are taxes and IF?!)" Sure, pay those things, hand over the debt notes, it doesn't matter, give them more than they ask for even. Money is counted by the Lord as worth very little, so why would you hold it back from someone who wants it? Paul goes on to remind the believers that they should see to it that they don't owe anything to anyone but love, and he reminds them of the commandments and tells them to do no harm.

What he is saying is, "I know this illegitimate government is corrupt and anti-God and is repressing and persecuting you, but don't worry about it because God has it under control. Fear God and keep His commandments, no matter what is going on around you. And don't worry about trying to save or rebel against worldly governments. Do not harm your neighbor. Stay sober and do what Jesus would do." When in His life did Jesus ever try to heal or save or change the worldly governments?

But this chapter is also expressing the legitimate ruler whom God did appoint. The last one He appointed was Jesus. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Jesus is the only legitimate government. Romans 13 points to Him a few times:

the authorities that exist are appointed by God (government on his shoulders, Isaiah 9:6)
he does not bear the sword in vain (Jesus is the sword bearer, Matt 10:34)
he who loves another has fulfilled the law & therefore love is the fulfillment of the law (Jesus fulfilled the law, Matt 5:17)
for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed (Jesus is our salvation, 1 Thess 5:9)

And finally he just says it, "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ."

Anyone capturing the courier bearing this letter might have read that and understood only that it encourages all Christians to submit to the rulers of the area. Without the Spirit of Truth, scripture cannot be discerned. Paul expected lovers of Jesus to have that Spirit and to know what He meant. He was telling them there is no authority over them but Jesus, period, but that they ought not to stage any kind of rebellion because that is not a Christian's priority.

Hey, don't take my word for it. Ask the Spirit to show you the truth. Do that, and then tell me how Titus 2:15 can tell you to take and use all authority, but Titus 3:1 can tell you to be subject to principalities and powers. What does it mean? only the Spirit can discern it for you.

The Mark

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Researchers have stored an entire genetics textbook in less than a picogram of DNA, or one trillionth of a gram . It's an advance that could revolutionize our ability to save data.

The technology for the mark of the beast is here. It never made sense to me that it was a chip, because a subcutaneous chip can be cut out with a knife or removed via amputation and therefore is not permament. Same with a tattoo. This article says,

"Each DNA fragment also contains a digital “barcode” that records its location in the original file"

The "mark" is embedded in the DNA, like in t...he television show "Dark Angel." You can't cut your DNA out, and if it is altered, will God recognize you as His? When it comes, it will be compulsory, but the Lord will not allow it to be forced--it will be a choice. It will be sold to you the same as every other lie of the enemy--you will be told it is good, and that God doesn't know what He is talking about. They'll take your blood or stem cells or whatever, embed the unique number in it (with some other useful codes, like instructions to turn your soul off or expell it, destroy your creativity and independent thought, etc), and put it back in to replicate itself through all of your cells. Tap your wrist to scan it. No buying or selling without it. Instant permanent identity security, and instant loss of your eternal life in Heaven.