False Accusers :: by Daymond Duck

Paul said, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come” and then, he listed nineteen ungodly characteristics of the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-7). The eleventh characteristic is “false accusers” a destructive sin that has existed since the beginning of humanity. It played a big role in the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a prophecy. Many have been expecting it. I believe it has reached proportions never before seen. And it has gotten much worse since the election that brought Barack Hussein Obama into the White House.

That election pitted Barack Hussein Obama against Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Mr. Obama was a student and admirer of a well-known radical named Saul David Alinsky, and Mrs. Clinton said she had been indirectly influenced by Mr. Alinsky. Mr. Obama taught workshops on the Alinsky method and Mrs. Clinton wrote her honors thesis (“There is Only the Fight”) at Wellesley College on Mr. Alinsky.

Mr. Alinsky was a University of Chicago educated community organizer, and he is noted for a book he wrote in 1971 titled, Rules for Radicals. Rule 12 reads, “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” To me it means select your target, zero in on it in a personal way and separate it from its base by demonizing it or depicting it as evil. Simply put, focus in on those you want to defeat and destroy them with false accusations. Hillary’s husband Bill called it the “Politics of Personal Destruction.”

I am not talking about an honest mistake, getting something mixed up or an accidental slip of the tongue. I am talking about deliberate character assassination, planned deception, intentionally lying about someone, name calling and slander. In many cases, the accuser is guilty of the accusation he or she is making, but the accuser is trying to deflect the truth by accusing his or her target of doing what he or she did. We thought we would never hear the end of President Obama blaming his failures on President Bush.

And to this day, he calls those who oppose his policies racists. Hillary Clinton is still blaming Benghazi on an “incendiary video” called, “The Innocence of Muslims” that was produced by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who she promised to get jailed. Their ardent supporter Senator Harry Reid is blaming everything he can on the “evil and rich” Koch brothers. He has clearly called Cliven Bundy a “hateful racist,” and a man with “extreme, hateful views, and dangerous.” He has clearly called Mr. Bundy’s supporters “domestic terrorists” and the Tea Party “anarchists.” So Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” is playing a big role in the end of the age sign called, “false accusations.”

But the target is broader than President Bush, Mr. Nakoula and the Koch brothers who are not totally innocent. Just look at some of the groups that have appeared on government approved potential terrorist lists; those who are anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-illegal immigration, anti-abortion or anti-UN; the Family Research Council, the American Family Association and the Christian Action Network; those who oppose the New World Order; those who are concerned about detention centers; those who believe in the right to bear arms; those who believe in end-times prophecy; returning war veterans; patriots; the TEA Party; evangelical Christians, etc. In fact, anyone who opposes the transition to socialism and world government is probably a target right now.

It’s satanic. Sin began on earth with Satan falsely accusing God before Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:4-5). Jesus called Satan a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44). It comes from a heart that is not right with God (Matthew 12:34). It is a violation of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:16) and it is an abomination unto the Lord (Proverbs 12:22).

It’s also dangerous because reviling, demonizing and falsely accusing those who oppose sin and stand for righteousness is clearly taking America down the road to religious persecution. The NSA storage of our financial records, e-mails, phone calls, Google searches, where we go, what we buy, what we sell, etc. is accumulating information that can be used for false accusations.

The building of detention centers and the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to interfere with an Appellate Court ruling that allows the U.S. military at the president’s discretion to arrest and detain American citizens indefinitely and without a trial legalizes places to hold persecuted people.

True Christians will be out of here (raptured) before the worst comes to pass, but the false accusations of some political leaders (blatant lying, name-calling, etc.) are evidence that the danger of persecution is growing.

 

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck

Believest Thou the Prophets :: by Daymond Duck

King Agrippa II traveled to Caesarea to visit Festus the governor of the area (Acts 25:13-27; 26:1-32). During the King’s visit, Gov. Festus told him he had a problem with a prisoner named Paul that he didn’t know how to handle. Festus said the Jews want Paul executed, but Paul has done nothing worthy of death. Paul is a Jew, but he is also a Roman citizen. And to make matters worse he has appealed his case to Rome. Festus said I have to send him to Rome, but:

“It seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner [to Rome] and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him” (Acts 25:27).

The next day, Paul was brought before Agrippa and given a chance to speak. Among other things Paul told Agrippa, “I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers (Acts 26:6).” This hope of the promise made of God to the early Jewish leaders involved two things: 1) God promised the first coming of the Messiah (Gen. 3:15; Dan. 9:27), and 2) God promised to raise the Messiah from the dead (Psa. 16:10; Acts 2:31). Paul said the twelve tribes of Israel served God day and night because they believed God’s promise. He said this is why the Jews want to kill me. I have been preaching that Jesus is the Messiah, that he was crucified and that he was raised from the dead.

Then, Paul asked Agrippa a very pertinent question, “Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead” Acts 26:8)?Why is it incredible to believe the Scriptures, incredible to believe that God will keep His promises, incredible to believe that God can perform miracles, incredible to believe that God can raise the dead, incredible to believe that the prophets and Moses foretold these things (John 1:45)?

Paul continued, “Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:That Christ should suffer,and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles” (Acts 26:22-23). Paul was saying, I am only repeating what the prophets and Moses said. They said Jesus would be crucified and raised from the dead. It happened just the way the prophets and Moses said it would happen.

As the trial continued, Paul asked Agrippa a second question, “Believest thou the prophets” (Acts 26:27)? Good question. This is crucial because the prophets and Moses prophesied the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. That is the gospel (Rom. 1:1-6; I Cor. 15:1-5). The gospel is actually a message about fulfilled Bible prophecy. If you had lived 2,000 years ago, do you think you would have believed the prophets and Moses (the gospel) or would you have been like those who didn’t believe the prophets and Moses (those who rejected the gospel)? The consequences of believing or rejecting the prophets and Moses (the gospel) are awesome and eternal.

It amazes me that so many church members choose to be willingly ignorant of Bible prophecy. God put 18 books of prophecy in the Bible (5 Major Prophets, 12 Minor Prophets and the book of Revelation). The apostle Paul wrote 13 or 14 books in the New Testament and his writings contain dozens of prophecies. Jesus was a prophet (Deut. 18:17-18; Jn. 6:14; Acts 3:22). Why would anyone who studies the Scriptures and claims to be a Christian make themselves willingly ignorant of Bible prophecy?

But I want to fast forward to our generation. The prophets and Moses were required to be right 100% of the time (Deut. 18:10). The apostle Peter said their prophecies are sure and we would do well to heed them (II Pet. 1:19). But the prophets and Moses did more than prophesy the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. They also prophesied the Rapture of the Church (Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5; II Kings 2:11-18) and the Second Coming of Jesus (Psa. 96:13; Isa. 64:2; Zech. 14:4).

Do not take this lightly. The prophets and Moses were right about the incredible death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, so it seems unreasonable to think they are wrong about the Rapture of the church and the Second Coming of Jesus. As spokesmen for God, it seems unreasonable to believe that some of what they said about Jesus is true and some of what they said is false. No! They delivered their message with the precision of the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21). It has to happen.

Believest thou the prophets? They said many things that seem to indicate that we are running out of time.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck