A New Phase of Accelerated Decline :: By Daymond Duck

What is your opinion of America today?

Have you said (or heard anyone say), “The America I am living in today is not the America I grew up in?”

Have you said (or heard anyone say), “I believe America is headed in the wrong direction?”

What is your opinion of the global situation today?

Have you said (or heard anyone say), “The world is in a mess?”

Have you said (or heard anyone say), “The UN has done a wonderful job of solving the world’s problems for more than 70 years?”

Come to think of it, the UN (I call it the United Nothing) has done little, if anything, to solve the world’s problems.

I am aware that on Oct. 30, 2008, Pres. candidate Barack Obama said, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America,” and it seems to me that America is going through a fundamental transformation (a spiritual, moral, and economic downward spiral).

I am aware that in late Sept. 2015, the UN passed a document called “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” and UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon called it the “start of a new era.”

Considering that the fundamental transformation of America and the world was revealed before many of these fundamental changes started coming on the scene, it seems like the changes must be part of a plan.

Having said this, it is a little disturbing to know that UN Sec. Gen. Guterres thinks the fundamental transformation of the world needs to be speeded up.

It is even more disturbing to know that world leaders agreed with him on Sept. 18-19, 2023, and they voted to do everything they can to complete the fundamental transformation of the world by 2030 or sooner.

They are calling the next seven years “a new phase of accelerated progress.”

Have you got that?

They called the Sept. 2015 vote the “start of a new era,” and now, they are calling the Sept. 18-19 vote “a new phase of accelerated progress.”

Pardon me for being a skeptic, and I hope I am wrong, but I tend to believe the next seven years will turn out to be “a new phase of accelerated decline” (not accelerated progress).

Here are some recent articles that made the news this week.

One, on Sept. 29, 2023, World Net Daily (WND) posted a commentary by well-known author Craige McMillan that I believe is right on target (and full of hope).

According to McMillan:

  • “The real problem for the globalists rolling out a new World War, to bring forth their One-World Government out of the ashes, is that they are battling the Original Creator of the heavens and the earth for control of His Creation.”
  • “If you doubt the outcome of this globalist war against the Creator, go through the Bible and count the number of battles God has lost.”
  • “Arrogance before one’s Creator has only one possible outcome.”
  • “The globalists will not be left in control of anything.”
  • The entire “system that Satan has built for humanity is coming down.”

Here is a link to McMillan’s great article:

https://www.wnd.com/2023/09/god-vs-globalists-guess-wins/

Two, concerning the coming global economic collapse: as I am writing this segment of my article on Sept. 30, 2023, the highly respected credit rating agency called Moody’s is warning that a government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2023, “could have dire consequences for the economy and stock markets.”

I am not an economic expert, but as I understand the situation, conservative Republicans blame America’s runaway national debt on excessive government spending, and many Democrats do not want to reign it in.

Conservative Republicans want the U.S.-Mexico border closed, and many Democrats do not want it closed.

America is a divided nation, and a nation divided against itself cannot stand.

America may be about to move into a new phase of accelerated decline.

(Update: On Sept. 30, 2023, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy caved, abandoned most of the major spending cuts conservative Republicans wanted, joined the Democrats, and agreed to a 45-day temporary funding bill to keep the government operating until Nov. 16, 2023. It is a crisis delayed, not a crisis solved, and the division in America continues.)

Three, on Sept. 18-23, 2023, the UN General Assembly met in New York, and the U.S. greatly criticized Israel for settlement construction on the West Bank and refusing to divide the Promised Land.

A record-breaking storm developed off the East Coast and dumped more than eight inches of rain on parts of New York on Sept. 28-29, 2023.

New York Gov. Hochul declared a state of emergency; flights were canceled; homes, streets and subways were flooded; and many people were stranded.

Four, concerning deceit and corruption in the mainstream media: in late Sept. 2023, it was reported that CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and ABC were mocking or refusing to cover the Republican impeachment hearings on Pres. Biden.

This contrasts with the constant criticism of Trump and the wall-to-wall coverage they gave to the staged Democrat impeachment hearings of Trump.

I know that my reporting on this sounds politically motivated. My purpose is to show that the truth has been cast to the ground by the media, and the media’s dishonest reporting is contributing to the fact that America is in a new phase of decline.

Five, concerning world government and the decline of America: on Sept. 29, 2023, it was reported that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has taken control of several old U.S. military bases in Panama and is using them to assemble illegal immigrants for transport across the U.S. border with Mexico.

A picture was posted of the WEF flag flying over an old U.S. military base near the Panama Canal called Fort Clayton.

U.S. citizens paid to build the base, the U.S. flag has been taken down, the WEF flag is flying there, and the base is being used to send hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants across Biden’s open border.

(My opinion: The decline of America is being deliberately orchestrated to bring our nation into a one-world government. If this is not true, how is it that the WEF is sending thousands of illegal immigrants across our border without government knowledge and permission?)

Six, concerning the deliberate destruction of America’s Judeo-Christian values: on Oct. 2, 2023, it was reported that Cal. Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Laphonza Butler, a black lesbian, to replace the recently deceased Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate.

Butler will be the first openly gay female senator in the history of California.

Seven, concerning a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia: on Oct. 2, 2023, it was reported that Israeli and Saudi officials believe the Biden administration is hampering the deal.

Israeli and Saudi officials believe they are close to a deal, but the Biden administration continues to push for more concessions (more money for the PA, an independent U.S. consulate to serve the PA in Jerusalem, etc.) to the Palestinians that could cause everything to fall apart.

Biden just cannot stop telling Israel how to run the country.

Eight, concerning corruption, world government, and a population reduction on earth: on Sept. 13, 2023, two well-known medical professionals were asked to address the European Union Parliament about the so-called Covid-19 pandemic.

(Note: Concerning the recognition and credibility of these men, and because the globalist propaganda machine tries to discredit them, I want to re-emphasize that they were invited to address the EU Parliament.)

Among other things, Dr. Peter McCullough (cardiologist, professor, and author of many academic papers) suggested that:

  • The EU should stop Covid-19 inoculations and leave the WHO.
  • The WHO is part of a massive power grab to depopulate much of the earth and usher in what has been called the Great Reset– having a one-world government.
  • The mRNA shots are causing enormous waves of diseases.
  • The path forward is, clearly, for no one to take another shot – no one.
  • The COVID-19 vaccines and all of their progeny and future boosters are not safe for human use.

Among other things, Dr. David E. Martin (professor, researcher, and author of many publications) suggested that:

  • WHO officials and its supporters and donors have committed crimes against humanity and bio-terrorism.
  • Until we treat this as a criminal conspiracy of criminal racketeers, resulting in global terrorism for the purpose of profiteering and murder, until we have that conversation, we’re having the wrong conversation. We did not have a pandemic. We had a genocide.

Here is a link to the article, which was a reprint from The American Thinker.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/dr-mccullough-demands-the-eu-us-pull-out-of-world-health-organization-over-covid-response/?utm_source=daily-usa-2023-10-04&utm_medium=email

Nine, following the Rapture of the Church, but during the Tribulation Period, a one-world religious system will exist that Jesus identified as Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth (Rev. 17:5).

The head of this harlot system (the Scriptures present the true Church as a good woman—the Bride of Christ—and the false religious system as a bad woman—the mother of harlots) will support global government and manipulate multitudes to support a government-approved antichrist religion (Rev. 17:2).

There are differences of opinion about the identity of the harlots, but I believe they are lost Church members (Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, etc.) that will be left behind after the Rapture and unite with other religions (Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.) in a godless one-world religion.

Having said this, on Oct. 3, 2023, the LifeSiteNews staff posted a statement by Roman Catholic Archbishop Vigano that says or suggests (his words and mine):

> Pope Francis hid his intentions from those that elected him and used his authority to undermine the Church and make it the handmaid of the New World Order.

> The Throne of Peter (the chair of Peter, who, according to Catholics, was the first pope of the Church) is occupied by a person who abuses his power, using it for the opposite purpose to that for which Our Lord instituted it.

> Francis does and says things that are foreign to what is expected of a pope.

> In his ten years of papal service, Francis has done things that one would expect an apostate to do but not what one would expect a pope to do.

> His support for the globalist elite (the Clintons and others), his proud support for the 2030 Agenda (Ecumenism, ecology, vaccinism, immigrationism, LGBTQ+ and gender ideology, and other instances of the globalist religion), and his opposition and persecution of those who oppose these things show that he is a heretic and blatantly hostile to the Church.

Here is a link to Vigano’s stunning and exceptionally long statement.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/archbishop-vigano-catholics-must-seriously-consider-the-possibility-that-francis-isnt-the-pope/?utm_source=daily-usa-2023-10-04&utm_medium=email

(My Opinion: Some prophecy teachers think Pope Francis might be the False Prophet. I wonder about that because of his age and health. I do not see him hanging around for another seven years or more. However, I have profound respect for Archbishop Vigano and his willingness to speak out against Pope Francis. I think the same way he does about Francis.)

FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

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Yokes :: By Nathele Graham

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14).

We all know what a yoke is. It’s used to bind animals together so they will work as a team to accomplish a purpose. We’ve all seen pictures of a pair of oxen yoked together to plow a field or pull a wagon. When the team is well-matched, they work together without a problem, but sometimes, one of the team isn’t willing to work with the other. The animal will pull away or try to run ahead. This makes it difficult to plow a straight line or to comfortably travel down a road. It’s not wise to unequally yoke a Clydesdale horse together with a Shetland pony. That just isn’t a good match.

In life, we all become yoked to something, whether it be a job, marriage, or friendships. In making choices of who or what to be yoked to, Christians need to make choices based on Scripture. We have freedom in Christ, but that isn’t a license to sin. If you join yourself to people who don’t know Jesus, even if they claim to be Christian, then you are unequally yoked and will be led along the path of the world, and the burden of sin is great.

Jesus told His disciples of the tough times they would face, but He also gave them hope. “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). All who have yoked themselves to Jesus have this same promise. So be of good cheer!

Sin is a yoke that is heavy. It may start out as “harmless fun” and not seem burdensome. Time passes, and white lies become bigger, and one or two glasses of wine become martinis and whiskey until the bar closes. Having a glass of wine isn’t a sin, but drunkenness is. The yoke becomes heavier and heavier. One sin will lead to another, and the friends you have yoked yourself to will pull you away from the path you should be following.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). 

Sin always has consequences. Alcoholism will cause liver damage, sexual encounters other than within the confines of a one man/one woman marriage will bring about disease, and lying will cause hurt feelings and trouble. The death caused by sin can be physical (you may be killed in a drunk driving accident), or it can be eternal if you don’t know Jesus.

Let’s set up a scenario. You’re happily married and have 2 children. You enjoy spending family time together, and every Sunday, you and your family show up to worship God at your neighborhood church. Then, you have to stay late at work one night in order to finish a big project. Your secretary also stays. After you’ve finished your job, you ask if she would like to grab a bite to eat. She agrees, and the conversation is interesting, and you enjoy her company very much. You go home, and your wife has kept your dinner warm for you. You tell your wife that you and a co-worker went to dinner after work. That isn’t a lie, but it is misleading.

The next week, you have to work late again, and the same scenario plays out. Pretty soon, you are dining with your secretary even though you don’t need to work. The lies you tell your wife are growing. That yoke of sin is getting heavy. Then the kids have a t-ball game, but you’ve made plans with your secretary. That yoke is getting very heavy.

You begin enjoying more than dinner with her, but you aren’t the only one she’s seeing, and you get a sexually transmitted disease. What do you tell your wife? More lies? Your marriage breaks up, and you now only see your children every other weekend. All because you have yoked yourself with a very heavy burden of sin and bad company.

The good news is that Jesus is very forgiving. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

Confessing your sin doesn’t mean to run to a priest. We only need to confess our sins to Jesus and truly ask Him to forgive. He will. You must confess to Jesus and repent of your sin. Turn away from it. He will break the yoke that sin has forged. Faith in Jesus isn’t a “get out of jail free” card like in Monopoly. Sin comes with a price, and there will be consequences in life. But Jesus paid the price of our transgressions, and eternal life is still there for the true believer. Don’t treat that gift of salvation lightly.

God doesn’t want us to yoke ourselves to the powers of evil, and He has tried since He created Adam to keep us away from evil. We are surrounded by supernatural powers, both the ones of God and the evil powers of darkness. Because God knows how hateful the powers of darkness are, He has warned us not to yoke ourselves with that evil.

It’s impossible to live in this world and be totally isolated from the evil that spills into it, but we choose if we want to be a part of the evil or to follow Jesus. Movies and music are big influences on most people in the world, so choose wisely what you fill your mind with. The subject matter of many movies and songs is blatantly full of non-Christian ideas of violence, drugs, drunkenness, unbridled sex, and pure evil. Turn away from the evil and draw closer to God.

“But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works” (Psalm 73:28). 

Don’t yoke yourself to the world, but draw nearer to God each day.

When the Israelites were captive in Egypt, there was a god for everything, and the one true God’s chosen people were influenced by the evil. God called them out of Egypt and warned them to stay away from the gods they would encounter. These demon gods were worshipped by the inhabitants of the land which God promised to Abraham.

“I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen, and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright” (Leviticus 26:13). 

God demonstrated His power to the Israelites on many occasions, but throughout history, they chose to yoke with the evil rather than God Almighty. They should have felt that a heavy yoke had fallen away when the Egyptian bondage was over, and they should have turned away from the gods which were worshipped there.

“When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee” (Deuteronomy 18:9-12). 

God will never completely turn His back on Israel, but it’s time for them to turn back to Him. Christians, we need to pay attention to the full counsel of God’s word and turn away from these things too.

The prophets of old spoke of the coming Messiah, and Isaiah spoke quite a bit about Him. The Northern Kingdom of Israel fell to the Syrians. God allowed this fall because they had yoked themselves to the evil worship of idols and demonic gods promoted by King Ahab and Jezebel. The Southern Kingdom of Judah would also fall. In Isaiah chapter 8, we read the prophecy about Assyria invading and capturing Judah. It was their disobedience to God’s law that caused them to be taken captive. God has never forsaken Israel, and He promised them hope.

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined…. For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian” (Isaiah 9:1 & 4). 

God would provide the only way of redemption for Israel and the entire world. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). This is one of many prophecies about Jesus. The Jewish people were chosen to bring Christ into the world. Thank God He never goes back on His word.

Jesus fulfilled hundreds of prophecies during His first coming. “And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing” (Isaiah 10:27). 

Jesus broke the yoke of sin for anyone who turns to Him in faith. When we turn to Jesus, we need to turn away from the world. We need to yoke ourselves to Jesus rather than being yoked to the evils of the world, which is under the yoke of Satan.

Jesus spoke of how it was easier to follow His path instead of yoking to the world. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:29-30).

Brothers and sisters, we have come once again to October, and Halloween is upon us. How do you plan to celebrate? Will you dress your children in costumes that glorify evil? Witches, ghosts, or some other horror figure.

Wouldn’t it be better not to yoke yourself or your children with the powers of darkness, but rather remember Martin Luther? He is the man who broke the yoke of the Catholic Church for many people and sparked the Protestant revolution. There were many things he found in error with Catholicism, and he taught the Biblical truth of grace through faith and not works. He had some unbiblical beliefs, such as his anti-Jewish views and soul sleep, which are not God’s views. Nevertheless, on October 31, 1517, he is said to have nailed the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg.

Martin Luther took a stand and chose to be yoked to Christ instead of following the ways of the world. “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1). Christ alone is our High Priest, and we should only bow our knees to Him.

Be diligent to study Scripture so that you will know God’s word and be better able to decide with what or whom you will yoke yourself. A wise person only yokes with Christ.

God bless you all,

Nathele Graham

twotug@embarqmail.com

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www.prophecyupdate.com

www.raptureforums.com

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