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¹³ Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired. ¹⁴ Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king, ¹⁵ in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste. ~ Ezra 4:13-15

Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes, the king. They were like, “What are you doing Persia? Look, because of our great concern for the king, because we eat his salt, we are telling you this. You might not realize it, but this is a very rebellious city. There will be no end to their rebellion if this city is rebuilt.

And who will suffer? You will, O’ King. If you don’t believe us, search for yourself and see. You will find that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste (Ezra 4:14-15).”

They knew that the Deportation and Resettlement Program worked because, more than likely, they themselves were the case-in-point example because they had been brought there from somewhere else. But know this, if this city is rebuilt, patriotism will flourish. If patriotism flourishes, those conquered people will not stay conquered for long.

Therefore, kill patriotism, burn their flag, forbid their worship, and take their weapons. That’s what the Philistines did in the days of Saul (1 Samuel 13:19-23). They didn’t even allow them to have a blacksmith for fear that they would make weapons.

So, on the day of battle, there was neither sword nor spear to be found in the hands of the people. The idea, take their guns. Keep them conquered. Does any of this sound a bit familiar? Have you seen it before? Is it kind of like a living déjà vu?

There is truly nothing new under the sun. Therefore, awaken from your spiritual slumber and carefully watch what those in charge are saying vs. what they are doing. Pay attention to how they are doing it vs. why they say they are doing it. Pay close attention to the world you are living in because if you don’t, you’ll have no say in the world you live in at all.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Watch What They Say And Do.

Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false. ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:11

No doubt, we are living in the End Times. This world and all that we know, this side of eternity, is quickly passing away, and many other things will befall us before it is all over. In the End Times, all sorts of deception will come about. People will be deceived because of fear-mongering by the elites. They will be deceived because of brainwashing. They will be deceived because they refuse to see or even acknowledge the truth.

So how do we make sure we are not victims of this strong delusion that is coming? We open our eyes and ears to the Truth. If we truly study the Word of God and allow the LORD to speak to us through His Word, we won’t be easily deceived because the Truth of God will begin to be written on our hearts. It will no longer just be words on a page but the living Word of God that fills your soul and guides your every step.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Prepare Your Eyes and Ears.

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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