03/30/26 TO SIN OR NOT TO SIN, THAT IS THE QUESTION

03/30/26 TO SIN OR NOT TO SIN, THAT IS THE QUESTION

PSALM 119 VS. BY VS.

Those who believe in "sinning religion," in other words, those who do not believe God saves believers from all sin (the penalty and the power and the pollution of sin) in this present evil world (either because God is unwilling, or God is unable, or God is uncaring), they often accuse those who believe in purity of heart and life of "cherry-picking" verses to make the point.

This is interesting since they claim, based on a few verses taken out of context, that saved men will continue to have the sin nature until the day they die, and saved men will continue to sin (even to the extent of sinning every day in word, thought, and deed), regardless that hundreds and hundreds of verses and passages clearly assert God's deliverance from sin and sinning in this present evil world. In other words, they claim that God does not purify the faithful believer from the Old Man, the Carnal Mind, the Double Mindedness, the Law of Sin and Death, Carnality, and they claim that Biblical salvation does not deliver the believer from sin (willful disobedience to the known law of God), and that Christians cannot obey God (keep God's commandments), and that God does not enable His redeemed children to become actually righteous or walk in righteousness

This is interesting since they cherry-pick the few verses that SEEM to support their erroneous claim, while ignoring the overwhelming witness of Scripture that clearly contradicts their false doctrine.

I could give a number of illustrations, but let me challenge you to consider Psalm 119. Read the entire Psalm and put a notation for each verse, which either indicates or seems to indicate whether a believer can or cannot be delivered from all sin or sinning.

Psalm 119 has 176 verses and is divided into sections of eight verses each (corresponding to each of the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet). I will leave an open line between each section.

I will also designate each verse with either a D (deliverance from sin), a B (bondage to sin), or an X (unsure or unclear), concerning either God's implied or stated position concerning deliverance from sin. You may not agree with some of my designations. Still, go through each verse and decide for yourself, according to your honest view of what the verse says, NOT ACCORDING TO WHAT SOMEONE SAYS ABOUT THE VERSES, then decide whether the weight of information leans toward DELIVERANCE FROM SIN or BONDAGE TO SIN. I am not uncertain about the verses I have designated with an X, but I am trying to be consistent with my challenge to you. (I believe the verses I have designated with an X are clarified by their immediate context, indicating victory from and over sin). I have added a + behind the D when the verse UNQUESTIONABLY asserts deliverance and a - sign when the verse UNQUESTIONABLY asserts bondage. Keep in mind that God's word does not contradict itself. Supposed contradictions must be explained by the overall preponderance of evidence found in the rest of Scripture. The obscure must be understood in the light of the obvious.

These verses do not claim that the person has never sinned or that the person is unable to sin. They indicate that there is hope for those who have sinned and that the grace of God, through His word, enables the believer to not sin.

Psalms 119:1-176
D+ 1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
D+ 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
D+ 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
D 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
X 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
D+ 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
D+ 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
D+ 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

D+ 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
D+ 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
D+ 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
D 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
X 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
D+ 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
D+ 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
D+ 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

D+ 17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
D+ 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
D 19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
X 20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
D 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
D+ 22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
X 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
D+ 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

D 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
D 26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
D 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
X 28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
D+ 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
D+ 30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
D+ 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
D+ 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

D+ 33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
D+ 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
D+ 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
D+ 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
D+ 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
D+ 38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
X 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
D+ 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

D 41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
D 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
X 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
D+ 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
D+ 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
D 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
D+ 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
D+ 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

D 49 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
D 50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
D+ 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
D 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
X 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
D+ 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
D+ 55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
D+ 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

D+ 57 CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
D 58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
D+ 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
D+ 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
D+ 61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
D 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
D+ 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
D 64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

X 65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
D+ 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
D+ 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
D 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
D+ 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
D+ 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
D 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
D+ 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

D 73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
D 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
D 75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
X 76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
D+ 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
D 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
D 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
D+ 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

D 81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
X 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
D 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
D 84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
D 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
D 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
D+ 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
D+ 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

X 89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
X 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
X 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
D+ 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
D 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
D 94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
D 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
X 96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

D+ 97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
D+ 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
D 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
D+ 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
D+ 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
D+ 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
D 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
D+ 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

D 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
D+ 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
D 107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
D 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
D+ 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
D+ 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
D+111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
D+112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

D+113 SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
D 114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
D+ 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
D 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
D+ 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
D+ 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
D+ 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
X 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

D+ 121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
D 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
X 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
D 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
D 125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
X 126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
D+ 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
D+ 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

D+129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
D+ 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
D+131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
D+ 132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
D+ 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
D+ 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
D 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
D+ 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

X 137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
X 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
X 139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
D+140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
D+ 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
X 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
D+ 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
X 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

D+ 145 KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
D+ 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
D 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
D 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
X 149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
X 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
D 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
D 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

D+ 153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
D 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
D 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
X 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
D+ 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
D 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
D 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
D 160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

D 161 SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
D+ 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
D+163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
D+ 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
D+ 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
D+ 166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
D+ 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
D+ 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

X 169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
X 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
D 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
D 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
D+ 173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
D+ 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
D 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
D 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

03/27/26 VALIANT VOLUNTEERS WANTED

03/27/26 VALIANT VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Be A Valiant Volunteer, Not A Reluctant Recruit

If a person with a goal, an objective, needs help to bring his dream to fruition, he will look for people who are already excited about the plan, already vested in the project, already active in "making it happen." The visionary should not need to find," or stir-up, or spoon-feed, or constantly motivate, and re-teach and remind the others about the basics of the task. The leader is looking for others who are convinced, driven, and eager to make the dream come to reality.

Everyone needs to be recruited, trained, and challenged at some point. But the longer it takes for a person to catch the vision, the less likely they are to reach the goal. The losses build up while the hesitation drags on.

Sometimes people never catch the vision, and the treasure is never recovered.
Sometimes a person starts out as an enthusiastic participant, but the demand of excellence and the ridicule of the nay-sayers and the cost of success is more than they are willing to face, so they drop out before the prize is won.

No telling how many wars are lost and victories are abandoned because doubt said that the "cost was too great." Even when victory was within grasp, entire campaigns have been lost because there was no vision, no stick-to-itiveness, no "do or die mentality." And that "do or die" must be an inner fire that cannot be quenched, a driving force that cannot be stopped.

There is a season for victory, just like there is a season for harvest. But the other seasons must happen before the day of victory. There must be people who will make the sacrifice in order to reap the benefits, accomplish the task. If there are not enough people available, then the loss will be catastrophic.

Don't wait for God to draft you into His army of deliverance or coerce you into standing firm or force you into doing His will. Hear His call today. Answer, "Here am I, LORD, send me."

Remember, there is a violence God is looking for in His people. Jesus said, "The kingdom of God suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." It is not a violence of vindictiveness, but of vehement eagerness that will not be denied. It is the force of holy intention, holy determination. It is the drive of total commitment.

Charge the Gates of Hell, Do Not Drag Your Feet To The Fray.

The cost is great, but it is nothing compared to the return it brings.

03/27/26 JOIN THE TEAM, INVISION THE FUTURE

03/27/26 JOIN THE TEAM, INVISION THE FUTURE

Don't settle for a peek or even a view for personal and corporate ministry. You need a VISION for personal and corporate because, where there is no vision, the people perish, the people are scattered, the people are destroyed.

Don't sit as a fan rooting for the home team. Suit up and get on the field. Be part of the home team. It is more than a game; it is a fight for souls, and we are His warriors.

03/27/26 DERANGEMENT...

03/27/26 DERANGEMENT...

Most people have two-thirds of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). It comes in various forms and at varying degrees. Most people have "AnyDS" (fill in the "Any"). In other words, most people have some form of DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. The Derangement is usually related to a HATRED, but it can also be related to giving Allegiance, to the point of Worship.

The opposite of the popular use of the term, "TDS" could be called "TAS" Trump Allegiance Syndrome. And, of course, this comes in various forms and degrees as well, "AnyDS" and "AnyAS." It can relate to personalities, political parties, "brands" of products (Ford, Chevy, Tesla), types of sporting events (football, soccer, basketball, tennis, boxing, wrestling, hunting, fishing), teams (professional, or collegiate, or regional), and other categories (soft drinks, "sneakers," religious leaders).

Usually, the level or degree of "DERANGEMENT" is not actually a derangement, but rather a personal preference, and it is usually minor and almost harmless. People will have preferences concerning a wide range of issues. It is acceptable to have favorite choices. The problem is when it becomes an actual DERANGEMENT, whether HATRED OR ALLEGIANCE (Worship). Derangement indicates an impairment of the mind, resulting in unclear thinking or irresponsible behavior.

AnyDS starts at a very early age. Children and young people begin to hate and align with people, things, and groups. If the preferences are not kept in a proper perspective, then ill-placed hatred and worship will develop, producing prejudice, anger, and divisiveness. The person will become brainwashed, either by outside influences or by a personal worldview.

The Bible tells us to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. We are called to have the mind of Christ. We must not love the world or the things of the world; if we do, then the love of God is not in us. We are to fill our minds with the truth, the light, the love, the revelation of God as found in the Bible.

TDS (whether hatred or worship) is wrong. Likewise, any DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IS WRONG. We must deliberately guard against the corruption of our minds. We must seek the LORD with all of our mind, soul and strength.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Mark 12:29-31
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

03/25/26 DON'T HIDE THE TRUTH

03/25/26 DON'T HIDE THE TRUTH

If your pastor, preacher, teacher, counselor, or evangelist does not expose Statist attacks on Biblical truth, standards, or Divine directives given to Christians or churches, or warn you about turning your allegiance from Christ to the State, then you are being robbed of Biblical counsel and led into disobedience to God. Obeying man rather than God is idolatry and spiritual adultery.

Damnable Statism is not only the oppression of harsh and obviously evil governments. The coming Beast (Anti-Christ, Man of Sin) will present himself as a bright hope and deliverer of the downtrodden. Deception is the great tool of Satan.

Knowing the truth and doing the truth is what separates the pretenders from the true followers of Jesus.

03/24/26 USA WILL COLLAPSE

03/24/26 USA WILL COLLAPSE

For various Biblical reasons, I don't see the USA as being a player in the end-times scenario. I am not going to address those reasons at this time. In this post, I will mention a few reasons that might cause the USA to become a non-player.

God can extend America's viability and influence for as long as He chooses, and of course, He can do the same for any other country and for the world at large. With that in mind, and realizing that God's word makes it clear that God will bring this present evil age to a close, let me mention some reasons America will not be a player in the end times.

The USA may have an actual civil war (based on race, economics, politics, religion, or another form of sinsanity) that could cause our country to collapse from internal corruption. It is already at work in several forms. The USA may never recover from the internal division caused by rejecting the Holy Bible, Christian faith, Christian morality, family values, honesty in government, and replacing these things with institutional, societal, and governmental alliances with Humanism, Secularism, Naturalism, Socialism, Communism, Statism, "Wokism," or False Religion. Any political party can become the broken link in our national stability (as we have seen with the Democratic Party).

The USA may be irretrievably ruined by internal strife, which will drain our legitimate financial base and destroy our country's ability to function and protect itself from internal collapse, or defend itself from outside enemies.

The USA may expend its financial and military resources in legitimate conflicts, while other enemies sit back and wait for us to deplete our military strength, or while our "allies" (whom the USA has defended and financed for a century) refuse to fight against countries, philosophies, religions that actually pose an existential threat to the USA and to our "long standing FRIENDS." Europe has been infiltrated and emasculated by Communism, Socialism, and Islamism, creating a spineless, mindless, heartless culture and nations that will readily accept the coming World Ruler spoken of in the book of Revelation. This betrayal by our former friends will leave us vulnerable to overthrow, making the lands and wealth of the USA the property of a foreign entity, rather than preserving and promoting freedom at home and around the world.

At the present time (March of 2026) the USA has an administration that is trying to correct decades of political, economic, academic, moral, social, cultural, and religious decay and betrayal,

Our present Administration may continue to take steps to preserve the USA and our way of life, or it could take a major turn, or it could be voted out of office, or it could be cheated out of office as has happened in the past. We have already been weakened because our elected leaders have robbed us domestically and betrayed us to our foreign enemies. They have gotten richer while stealing our finances, our families, and our freedoms.

We will not save America or this world. The Bible tells us what is going to happen in the future. Eventually, after the Tribulation and after the return of Christ, Christ will set up His Thousand Year Reign in Jerusalem and the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ. After the thousand years, Satan will be released from his millennial chains, at which time he will gather his worldly army against Christ. This indicates that sinful mankind will never turn to God as a race of people but will always seek to overthrow God. Adam chose against the Garden, Israel chose against the kingdom, the world will choose against the Church (the Body of Christ), and the Millennial world will choose against the earthly reign of Christ. Then comes The Great White Thrown Judgment, when every unsaved person will be judged according to the deeds done in the flesh.

Our help is in the Lord, not the world, not the flesh, not the devil, not in the government, not in the military.

03/24/26 WE HAVE BEEN WARNED

03/24/26 WE HAVE BEEN WARNED

You should be able to read this in less than 5 minutes. Maybe you will find something helpful. (at least read the passage at the end).

There is much that needs to be said about the U.S. and Israeli military response to the Iranian Regime's mounting threats and forever attacks against Israel, the U.S.A, the West, and Biblical Christianity. The ongoing arms build-up and the looming possibility of a nuclear and worldwide war fit into the religio/political plans of a radical (read that as "fundamental") Islamist preparation for their Mahdi and their coming warped version of "Jesus," a Jesus impersonator, which the Bible calls, "another" (or different) Jesus.

The Bible tells us that the actual Christ, the Biblical Christ (Jesus the Christ, The Savior, The LORD [God], The Messiah, The Deliverer, The Shepherd) is going to return physically to reign over the earth, from Jerusalem, for one thousand years of peace, then will come the end of the present world (physically as well as systemically) as we know it, being replaced with a New Heaven and a New Earth and a New Jerusalem, where there is no sin or death or suffering. The Bible also tells us that there will be many false Christs (deliverers, messiahs) coming at the end of this present age (the Church Age, which is from the time of Jesus' Ascension to the time of the Rapture of the Church, [which ushers in the Tribulation Period]).

In this present period of human history (The Church Age, or The Age of Grace, or The Gospel Dispensation, or The Dispensation of Grace), God is seeking the lost, the unsaved, and calling them to repentance and reconciliation. When the Rapture (the catching away of the Church) takes place, the world order will be totally changed. The most terrible time of human existence (seven years of corrupt political, social, and religious oppression, known as The Tribulation) will be in place, and will only end with the Return of Jesus Christ as King.

At the present time, God is allowing people all over the world to hear the gospel of salvation, and through the gospel, they can be reconciled to God, against Whom they have sinned. The God of the Bible wants ultimate good for us and in us, and He will provide all that is necessary for life and godliness.

The threat and reality of a Christless government is being confronted militarily today. This military and political action will have limited success, but God is using it to reach the unreached before the shroud of devilish darkness envelopes the entire world.

Remember, God instituted human government to protect the righteous (law-abiding) and to punish the wicked (the lawless). We are already in the foyer of the Days of Noah and the Days of Lot. This is the Laodicean Period of the Church. Wicked government and wicked society are running wild, and though there are attempts to bring some of it under control, the fact is that the world will not turn to Jesus. We can buy a little time, but the wickedness of mankind is irreversible. It is no small thing that any attempt to confront the coming days of Noah and the days of Lot are met with such political, social, and religious outrage. Men love their sins, and they will sooner align with evil than with any attempt to stop evil.

Consider this chapter from the Bible. I placed an asterisk (*) to accent specific points.
2 Peter 3:1-18

* (Remember what God has said)
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

* (Beware of scoffers, deniers, and false Christs)
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

*(God's judgment in Noah's day)
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

* (Judgment delayed is mercy extended)
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

* (Judgment is certain)
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

* (Prepare for the inevitable)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

* (We have hope in Christ)
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

* (Be watching, be diligent, be converted, be spotless, be blameless)
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

* (Be wise)
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

* (Beware)
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

* (Be faithful)
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.