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¹⁵ And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. ~ 2 Kings 24:15-16

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took all of the important people to Babylon, including all the chief men or the men of rank, the government officials, the artisans and smiths, and even all the men of valor, which were their special forces. After the fall of Jerusalem, King Nebuchadnezzar rounded them all up and marched them off to Babylon, where he assimilated them into Babylonian society. Why? He was strategically removing the threat of a formal rebellion.

Then, the Medes and the Persians conquered Babylon. Cyrus the Great, in his first year of being king of the world, essentially, he makes a proclamation. The Bible also tells us that he puts it in writing, inviting any of the Jews who were led by God to return to Jerusalem could go and rebuild the Temple (Ezra chapter 1). But what happened? How did the Jews respond? Not all of the Jews volunteered to go back, however.

Why would they not want to go back to their own homeland? Because their children were born in the land of Babylon, some of them had grandchildren, others had successful businesses, and they all had homes and were making a successful living there. That was where their lives were now.

There was not very much incentive for returning. The place was destroyed. Their homes were gone, and there were very few opportunities, so they opted to stay where the money was, so to speak. In other words, the deportation and resettlement program worked just as the Assyrians and Babylonians had envisioned it to work. No rebellion, no uprising, only peace and loyalty.

Today, the elites are doing the same thing to the Church. They are trying to separate us from the core Biblical Truths that build the foundation of our Faith and replace them with their own truths. If they can separate us from the Truth of God, then they can have us willingly leave the sheepfold. By the time the Truth is presented to us, we are no longer interested in the Truth because we have claimed the lies that have been fed to us for so long. No longer do we feel comfortable or at home in the sheepfold; now, we are at home in the world.

Therefore, awaken your spiritual eyes and pay close attention to the schemes of the enemy. The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. How can a sheep be destroyed? By being sifted like wheat. By being separated from the Shepherd and the rest of the sheepfold.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Stay With The Sheepfold.

²⁵ Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.” ~ Matthew 12:25

The policing of speech has become more and more common, not just here in the US but all over the world as well. This isn’t designed to bring peace, fairness, or equity but to keep the people silent as they destroy our cities and our towns and bring about the New World Order with them in charge and we… their subservient slaves. If we survive, that is.

I mean, there is a purge planned to bring the world’s population down to a ‘sustainable’ number. And it’s all about keeping us quiet while they do to us whatever they want. We are not allowed to object to their plans for us.

For instance, the Brits do not want the riots in the UK to be publicized, for the world to see, or for their citizens to know what is really going on. These are the videos that are targeted by the UK dedicated police. Videos of the riots and the protests that are happening, and some of these videos only ask questions like, “Where are the police?”

But anyone who exposes the hidden agenda of the elites is targeted, hunted down and harassed, or thrown in jail. They will be labeled villains and criminals when all they want is freedom and liberation for their country from a tyrannical government. It is the perilous times that Paul spoke about.

The other day, we were talking to a British citizen living in the UK about all that is going on over there, and we asked why don’t you all say something? The person said, we can’t, or we will be labeled a racist. I wonder, could it be true that white guilt was designed by the New World Order to hush up and suppress the free speech of the majority of the populace and bring about even more division? Divide and conquer.

Open your eyes to the state of the world around us. To those in power and what they are doing vs. what they are saying. Look at how they divide us for their own personal gain. What do we, the people, gain from being divided? The answer is nothing.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pay Close Attention To Their Actions.

¹³ And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,” ~ Isaiah 29:13

I recently rewatched a series entitled The Middle. God and going to church were recurring themes throughout the series, which should have been a nice addition, but for me, it almost made me sad. The more I watched, the more I realized that this family really represented and showed the current state of the Church today. They often talked about God, they showed prayer every now and then, they showed them going to church, but never did they actually show them having a relationship with God. Christianity had no impact on their lives whatsoever. They believed in God and believed they were saved but had no fruit to show for it.

This is the state of the Church today. It’s very surface-level Christianity. We go to church because that’s how you make it into Heaven. You don’t have to do anything else. You don’t have to better yourself. The Light of God doesn’t have to shine through you. You just have to have some form of belief that God exists and go to church on Sundays. That’s it. Then, when something happens to us or a loved one, and we pray but receive no answer, we want to blame God. We want to question His goodness and love or try to make ourselves feel better and say He’s no longer in the healing, restoring, miracle-working business.

The old saying really does ring true:

The religion that doesn’t change you, cannot save you.

When our religion becomes just about playing a useless role and nothing else, then our religion is also useless. Christ said as long as He is in the world, He is the Light of the world. Here’s the thing, Christ is no longer in the world. He is seated at the right hand of the Father; that is why He looked at His disciples and followers and boldly proclaimed that they were the light of the world. Why? Because when we accept Christ, it is no longer us who live but Christ who lives in us and through us. Therefore, our religion should change us. We should never continue in our old ways, just going through the motions; we should always be changing for the better. We should be running the race set before us. We should be lighting the world.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Shine The Light.

⁵ The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ~ Genesis 6:5

Before the flood, the LORD describes mankind as having fallen astray. Matter-of-fact, God tells us that every intention of the thoughts of man’s heart was just continual evil. Verse 8 tells us that only one man out of all the probable millions by then, Noah, found grace or found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Only one man!

They had all dropped the ball. They were not doing their job as Satraps. They had caused the king to suffer great loss, so much so that He determined that they would all perish in a worldwide flood.

I want you to think about this. If there was another flood coming, would you find favor in the eyes of God? Would your actions please God? Would He look at you with regret, or would He look at you and take pleasure in what He sees? Why does it matter if there’s never gonna be a flood again? Jesus compared the last days to the days of Noah.

³⁷ For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:37-39

They didn’t have a care in the world. They didn’t have a love for God or the things of God. They were consumed with self. Their love had grown cold, and their hearts had turned away from God. They had fallen spiritually asleep. When you truthfully evaluate yourself according to the Word of God, would you be awake to get on the Ark?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Live As Noah.

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¹² … woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short. ~ Revelation 12:12b^NIV

Satan is filled with fury. He is totally and completely angry; one could say he is filled with hatred. Who does he take it out on? The inhabitants of the earth and the sea.

Now, is it at all possible that Satan has ‘little helpers’ that help him achieve his dark agenda to destroy and not build up? To kill and not save. To destroy and annihilate without mercy.

Many preachers will tell you that the devil is a toothless lion walking around roaring. They claim he is a defeated enemy because Jesus defeated him on the cross. And believe me, that part is true.

There is no doubt that Jesus defeated Satan when He disarmed the powers and authorities and made a public spectacle of them, according to Colossians 2:15.

But the truth is, for us, Satan is still a formidable foe. So-much-so that Peter warned us to be watchful and to stay alert because he (the devil) prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).

So, be on your guard. Your enemy isn’t a toothless defeated foe. He is always seeking someone to devour. Someone to conquer. Someone to overcome and lead away from Christ. Therefore, always stay awake, watching and praying that you might not be devoured.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Stay On Your Guard.

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²³ So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. ~ Matthew 5:23-24^CSB

Jesus tells us that if we’re bringing an offering to God and we’ve wronged our brother or sister, we must first go to the person we’ve wronged and make things right. So, does this then mean that we have the right to hold our brother or sister up for a wrong that they have committed against us? My flesh would love to say yes, but no. We have no right to do so.

Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, He stressed the importance and necessity of forgiving. Not for the other person’s sake but for our own. He made it clear that if we don’t forgive, then we won’t be forgiven. So, what is Jesus saying here? When we wrong our brother or sister in Christ, it’s not them we have to worry about, but God.

Throughout Scripture, God makes it clear that vengeance belongs to Him. That He will defend, protect, and fight for His people. Therefore, if you have wronged one of God’s people, one of His children, then it isn’t the person not forgiving you that you have to worry about; God will deal with them, and it is God you have to worry about. It is God coming to the defense of that person and seeking justice on their behalf. Why?

Because God is a just judge. Therefore, He will vindicate His people. When we allow our eyes to be blind and our hearts to grow hardened, we begin to become narcissistically blinded to the feelings, needs, and boundaries of those around us.
This leads us into a spiritual slumber that will cause our love to grow cold. When our love grows cold, our prayers stop getting answered. Our offerings stop being accepted. Our communication with God becomes halted.

Therefore, pray for love. Seek the LORD to give You His heart, His eyes, and His arms so that you might know when you’ve hurt someone, as well as the humility to ask for forgiveness and make it right with them again.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Awaken Remorse.

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¹⁹ The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. ~ Joshua 4:19

On the 10^th day of the 1^st month of the Israelite year, they crossed over the Jordan into Gilgal. That would be the day they were to select either the lamb or the goat for the Passover sacrifice, which would be slaughtered on the 14th day of the month.

The 10^th day of the 1^st month can be thought of as the DAY of CHOOSING. Spiritually, what was happening was that God was choosing these people that day.

Remember that their fathers were all rejected because of unbelief and disobedience. So now God was selecting or choosing these people to enter the Promise that He had given to them and their forefathers several hundred years before. From the time of Abraham.

Then Paul likened the passing through the water to baptism into Moses (1 Corinthians 10:1-5). Those who were baptized, coming through the Red Sea, were now all dead, so these new Promise-Receivers had to be baptized.

Now, after they cross over and are symbolically baptized into Moses, they are circumcised on a mountain (Joshua 5:2-3). In prophecy, a hill or a mountain always represents places of worship. This act of circumcision was an act of worship to the LORD. An act of submission and acceptance of the covenant of God.

Therefore, consecrate yourself for the LORD. Turn your eyes away from evil and your feet away from the world. Seek the LORD and all of His righteousness. Don’t be conformed by the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

When we decide to follow God, we have to make sure to never turn away. We have to be on guard defending our faith and our relationship with Christ, lest we lose it as the first generation of Israelites to leave Egypt did. They didn’t make it into the promised land. They never experienced the blessings of the LORD and the victories the second generation did. Therefore, cling to Christ. Don’t allow yourself to fall into a spiritual rut, lest you spiritually fall asleep and spiritually die.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Keep Going In Christ.

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¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: ²¹ when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” ²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. ²³ And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. ²⁴ And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel stoned him with stones. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. ²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor. ~  Joshua 7:19-26

I saw a video the other day where a little small dog would jump the neighbor’s fence just to provoke the two dogs next dog, which were much bigger than himself. When the two dogs came charging out, he would jump back over, and they would chase each other up and down the fence. Him on one side, and they on the other. To the small dog it seemed like fun, but I wonder what would have happened if he got caught on the wrong side of the fence?

That is what Achan did. He played the Russian Roulette game and lost. He got caught on the wrong side of the fence.

Adultery and Idolatry always go together; they are synonyms. Adultery is spiritual idolatry, and idolatry is spiritual adultery, as we saw earlier. They’re interchangeable. God always likens idolatry to sexual unfaithfulness to Him.

Therefore, be careful when playing games with your soul. It may seem like you’re winning and are unstoppable, but that’s all just an illusion to keep you playing the game so that one day you’re so far gone that you won’t even realize the bullet has struck you and you’ve spiritually died.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Avoid Russian Roulette.

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