Is This Why America’s Leaders Seem Childish? :: By Daymond Duck

Why would highly educated leaders place the rights of criminals, rioters, looters, illegal aliens, etc., above the rights of citizens?

What would cause so-called intelligent leaders to believe they can stop tornadoes and hurricanes from happening by building windmills, forcing their citizens to drive smaller vehicles, stopping farmers and ranchers from raising cows, etc.?

What would cause the head of the most populated state in the U.S. to tell officials not to prosecute thieves that steal less than $1,000 worth of someone’s property?

What is causing some leaders to seem childish?

Following the destruction of Israel, God made some remarkable statements about what He intended to keep doing to the nation of Israel and some of the nations around her (Isa. 3:1-14).

God would take away their food and water (inflation is doing that in the U.S. today); weaken their military (the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan did that); give them weak judges and weak religious leaders (U.S. judges are letting criminals out of jail, pastors are performing same-sex marriages, etc.); give them dishonest leaders that don’t speak well, that rule like children and babies (Biden’s mental health is questionable); and that oppress the people (mandates, lockdowns, ignoring the rights of many citizens, etc.).

God’s judgment would continue to fall because Israel had abandoned the Word of God, the Jews were provoking God by speaking against Him (our leaders want a world religion without Jesus), the Jews were openly boasting of their sin like Sodom (our leaders openly boast about supporting unbiblical issues), and they were rewarding evil.

Having said this, with the permission of Jean Worland, here are some thoughts from her Dec. 10, 2021, email list (see jeanworland234@gmail.com).

I don’t know who wrote them, but the writer did a great job, they seem to fit the Scriptures above, and more people need to know about Jean’s great work.

  • If a guy pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
  • Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
  • Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
  • Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
  • People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
  • People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
  • Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
  • Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang member or terrorist who jumps the southern fence is welcome.
  • $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.
  • If you cheat to get into college, you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country, you can go to college for free.
  • If you cheat in an election, nothing happens to you, but if you point out the mathematical errors of that election, you are a conspiracy theorist & disdained.
  • People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
  • We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan for us.
  • Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
  • Criminals are caught-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it’s a violation of their rights.
  • And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us “racists”?!

These are good reasons to suspect the mental status or motives of those that control America’s government.

Here are some more articles about recent events.

One, on Dec. 9, 2021, Brian Williams, MSNBC reporter for 28 years, said on “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams” (in this writer’s words for the sake of brevity), I am worried about America because dark forces in America who swore an oath to our constitution are trying to burn it down with us inside. This should scare us to no end.

Williams did not identify the “dark forces” or what they are doing to destroy America, but many prophecy teachers believe there is a deliberate effort to fundamentally transform America and surrender its sovereignty to a godless world government.

(Writer’s note: The coming godless world government should not scare Christians, but if the globalist elite that are trying to create it knew and believed the Bible, they would be trembling uncontrollably.)

Two, on Dec. 13, 2021, it was reported that several major hospital systems reversed their mandatory vaccination policy because so many crucial employees, including doctors and nurses, have refused to comply.

(Writer’s note: Those that are considering the jab might do well to ask why some doctors and nurses are refusing to take it.)

(More: On Dec. 13, 2021, Natural News reported that the latest issue of the Air Line Pilot Association, ALPA magazine, shows that 1 pilot died in 2019, 6 pilots died in 2020, and 111 pilots died in the first 9 months of 2021.)

Three, on MSNBC on Dec. 8, 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked if the Biden administration should stop requiring mandatory vaccinations (because of the recent court rulings against them). In essence, he said no, the communal good supersedes individual choices.

This is similar to something Pope Francis says about world government: the common good supersedes (world government and world religion) individual freedoms.

The U.S. Constitution, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, court rulings against mandatory vaccinations, etc., mean nothing to the globalists that are trying to establish a global dictatorship.

Four, concerning natural disasters increasing in frequency and intensity at the end of the age: on Dec. 10, 2021, approximately 40 tornadoes tore through MO, AR, KY, IL, and TN (very rare and the worst ever in the month of Dec.).

One tornado was possibly an EF-5 (The most powerful category; wind speeds more than 200 mph.).

Next-day reports said more than 75 people were killed (the death toll could reach more than 100), many people were injured, property damage was massive, and about 350,000 people were without electricity in Tennessee and Kentucky.

(Writer’s note: The lost lives cannot be replaced. The lost property can be replaced, but the supply chain crisis and inflation will add to the problem and make it more difficult and expensive. Crisis upon crisis like birth pains is a sign of the end of the age.)

(Writer’s note: This was at least the third major disaster in the state of Tennessee in 2021.)

Five, concerning earthquakes: on Dec. 7-8, 2021, there were more than 60 earthquakes in 36 hours (the largest was 5.8) about 250 miles off the coast of Oregon.

Experts said it is not a cause for concern.

Six, concerning wars and rumors of wars: there are almost daily reports that Israel could attack Iran at any moment, it is just a matter of time until China attacks Taiwan, Russia is massing for an invasion of Ukraine in late Feb., etc.

(Writer’s note: Ukraine has admitted that it doesn’t have a chance against Russia’s forces without NATO help, but Biden said the U.S. will not send any troops to Ukraine.)

(Writer’s note: The Biden administration says it is prepared to turn to other options if Iran does not agree to stop trying to build nuclear weapons, but Biden will not agree to help Israel attack Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities).

Seven, concerning the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Dec. 7, 2021, Israel’s Air Force reportedly attacked an Iranian-controlled target near a Russian military base in Latakia, Syria.

If this was an Israeli attack, it could be a major escalation of the long-simmering conflict.

Russia defends the base at Latakia with some of its latest and most sophisticated missiles, and it has been Israel’s policy to avoid attacks near Russian bases so as not to accidentally kill Russian personnel.

Officials believe Iran had to have something very important near that Russian base for Israel to risk having her jets shot down by sophisticated Russian missiles and accidentally killing Russians.

There were reports of large explosions and heavy material damage but no deaths.

(Note: With the possibility of several major wars looming, Biden abandoned weapons worth billions of dollars in Afghanistan, and now he wants to cut America’s military defense budget.)

Eight, concerning a cashless society and a global ID system: at a digital money conference on Dec. 2, 2021, India said that nation is working with the UN, the World Bank, and other global organizations to create a Universal Global ID system.

Nine, concerning world government: on Dec. 9, 2021, Brighteon, a very conservative pro-liberty group, charged that U.S. leaders are using Ukraine to create a crisis (never let a good crisis go to waste, even a created crisis) with Russia.

Brighteon believes some of America’s leaders want a crisis to justify martial law, suspend the upcoming elections, confiscate guns, cover up the supply chain crisis, establish the Great Reset, and more.

Here is a link to the article.

https://www.brighteon.com/2ebfb624-094d-488d-a4a6-a71fb3333a8e

Ten, concerning the days of Noah and wickedness: on Dec. 9, 2021, it was reported that 12 U.S. cities have set a new record for murders.

These 12 record-breaking cities have one thing in common: They are all run by Democrats.

(Note: On Dec. 8, 2021, it was reported that the head of the Los Angeles police union is urging tourists to stay away from Los Angeles during the holiday season because of rampant crime.)

Eleven, concerning a worthless peace treaty in the Middle East: in early Dec. 2021, officials, investment groups, and business leaders from Israel and the four nations that signed the Abraham Accords with Israel (the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco), plus the two nations that have signed a peace treaty with Israel (Egypt and Jordan), met to discuss the success of the Accords and to discuss ways to improve upon the Accords and strengthen their relationships in 2022.

Some prophecy teachers believe these agreements could possibly lead to a covenant of peace in the future.

Twelve, concerning the Mark of the Beast: on Dec. 2, 2021, it was reported that researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) can now inject people with a patch that contains quantum dot tattoos that can store and transmit information to mark and track those that have been vaccinated.

The development of this system was partly funded by Bill and Melinda Gates, and their patch inside the body of the vaccinated will eliminate the need for a card.

Prophecy teachers are concerned that this could become the Mark of the Beast system (injecting a patch with a tattoo in the right hand or forehead of the vaccinated).

Thirteen, since Dec. 7, 2021, there have been several reports that Pope Francis is terminally ill (perhaps cancer) and probably will not survive through 2022.

Should that happen, the College of Cardinals (called a Papal Conclave) will gather to name a successor.

Be careful because this will likely cause speculation about the identity of the False Prophet.

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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An Enduring Kingdom :: By Matt Ward

 

“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20).

One of the most important messages ever given by Jesus before he ascended into heaven has brightened Christmas every year for centuries. It has given hope for two millennia now. That message, often lost today, is that Jesus is alive, and He is coming again soon!

As the disciples stood gazing into the clouds after the resurrected Lord had ascended from the surface of the earth, rising higher and higher into the sky, two angels suddenly appeared with a vitally important message,

“Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11).

There is a hope embedded in this message that one day Jesus will return for his own. Just a short time earlier, while Jesus was celebrating Passover with His disciples, he revealed to them,

“Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward” (John. 13:36).

The disciples must have felt crushed. This was the Man most of them believed would usher in a new Messianic age, and here He is telling them He is departing and leaving them in their greatest hour of need. The disciples must have been distraught, feeling as though the very ground they stood upon had been pulled out from underneath them.

But then Jesus reassured them:

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1–3).

Jesus was departing from them with a specific purpose in mind, and he had a definite plan to return. He wasn’t intending to just leave them but described a very real scenario through which they would once again be united to him and with him.

Jesus referred to a Jewish wedding to help His disciples understand. Using this imagery, Jesus attempted to convey not only the absolute certainty of his return but the inexpressible joy that would accompany it.

In Jewish weddings, after paying tribute to the bride’s father and establishing the marriage covenant with his father-in-law, the Jewish bridegroom would return home to his own father for a time to prepare a dwelling place in his own father’s house that was fit for his bride. This is where the Jewish bride and bridegroom would eventually live, in the father’s house.

After completing the dwelling places to his father’s satisfaction, and allowing for his fiancé to adjust to and prepare for married life, the father of the groom would indicate that it was time for the bridegroom to return for his beautiful bride. With a shout, the bridegroom would announce his arrival and, along with his trusted companions and friends, would take her away to her new home. The bride would leave her old home on hearing the voice of her new husband and immediately leave for her new home with her new husband.

This is the imagery that Jesus used to convey the meaning of His absence. This imagery perfectly fits the concept of the Rapture of the church, when Jesus Christ, after leaving to prepare a place for his Bride, would once again return so, “…that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:3).

Later, Paul also describes how Christ “loved the church and gave Himself for her … that He might present her to Himself a glorious church” (Ephesians 5:25, 27).

The apostle John, in his Apocalypse, glimpsed this glorious future when he saw the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. “The Lamb [Christ] has come, and His wife has made herself ready … arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright” (Rev. 19:7–8). If you are a believer in Jesus Christ—this is your destiny.

From the first members of the bride of Christ huddled together in the upper room during the final Passover celebration to each member of the Church today, each one has now become a member of a royal priesthood through Jesus Christ.

“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:10).

There are very real foreshadows of this modern bride of Christ found in the Old Testament. As John Walvoord states:

“Some expositors have found, for instance, in the marriages of Isaac and Rebekah, Joseph and Asenath, Moses and Zipporah, and Boaz and Ruth a typical representation of the plan of God to present Christ with a bride, the church, composed largely of Gentiles. In each of these illustrations, the bride is non-Jewish, that is, not a descendant of Jacob.”

God is forming his Church from all the nations of the world, from Jew and Gentile. This has always been his plan.

“I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd” (John 10:16).

When Jesus departed, he emphasized that his purpose was to prepare a place for his Bride and that he would shortly return for them. The phrase… and if I go and prepare a place for youconditionally links His departure with His return: “I will come again” (John 14:3).

In the Greek, the word translated “will come” is actually in the present tense. Jesus is literally saying, “I am coming,” which carries a future force … to emphasize the certainty of Jesus’ return for his disciples.”

The analogy of the ancient Jewish wedding ceremony that Jesus uses guarantees Jesus’ return for his Church. Therefore, “Be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand” (James 5:8).

We are entering a time in history that the Bible speaks much about. Indeed, the Bible talks more about the events of this generation and Jesus’ Second Coming than it does His first appearance on this earth. We stand on the cusp of world-changing momentous events.

No doubt, in view of the change we are seeing every day now, the world will be a dramatically different place just twelve months from now.

For some of us, this may mean persecution is ahead – each and every passing day seems to make this reality more of a certainty in my own mind.

But we have a living, dynamic, and real hope. We have Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Lord and Savior. Never will he leave us, never will he forsake us. And our destiny lies in an enduring Kingdom that cannot be destroyed and that will never come to an end.

Whatever the future may bring, we are servants of the King. And that fact, alongside the very real promise Jesus made that He will come back at some point soon and take us to be with Him so that we will be where He is, should fill us with hope and peace.

As the early church would say, “Maranatha!” meaning, “Our Lord, come!”

“Abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming” (1 John. 2:28).

Merry Christmas!

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