An article in Rapture Ready news on August 23, 2021, commented on the deliberateness of tacitly surrendering key equipment and intelligence assets for the enemy to utilize and share with other enemies of freedom. Even our allies have lost trust, and the Israelis must know they can no longer rely on us.

I Chronicles Chapter 21 makes key points (in Bold below) that significantly align with today’s crises:

• Satan is the instigator as the liar/deceiver who keenly desires to murder, rob, and destroy.
• While some military leaders seem and sound complicit in conducting this reverse campaign, most military personnel are horrified at what the leaders of Washington DC planned, ordered, and demanded. This nation’s present and retired trained military who took the oath and served obediently, as well as their families, are aghast. Likewise, so many civilian citizens are deeply grieved.
• Perhaps some things ordered may not have been fully carried out in order to protect life and country?
• God spoke through His spokesman to King David then, and now He speaks through scripture – enlightened by His Holy Spirit. We are in deep trouble, and it worsens by the day.
• Great losses are occurring, and mega-storms of wind, flood, quakes, and fire/drought are tormenting us from sea to sea. Lawlessness abounds. The plague that killed 70,000 men then is today mirrored by the ongoing and increasing numbers of victims suffering and dying. And yet, the leadership and the media continue to stay with their narratives that we will be OK with their plan. But the concerns remain that the formulas of medication are nothing like the balm of Gilead but are contaminated by design and carry risk and dread of deaths to come. Enough adverse medical events confirm that this vax should get an extraordinary black-box warning, not a blanket approval.
• The horrors continued until King David received word from God’s servant on what must be done in repentance and acknowledgment that God is the Lord in supreme control.
• Fast forward to the cry of Jeremiah that only he remained faithful to the true God, but God’s answer was to the effect that, ‘No, I have reserved to Me many who have not bowed, surrendered, nor celebrated Satan’s schemes.’

Today there is a great cloud of witnesses that believe in His truth, and we must be first to repent and plead for our wayward neighbors and leaders. We must show that this age of Grace is for us yet today if we truly fear (reverence) Him above all. The prophetic warnings of scripture tell us that the door of this era is closing, leading to an unavoidable doom of tribulation. The true Watchmen on the Wall will be taken into heaven, and the judgments portend a hellish future here and in eternity. This battle can only be won if and when we turn it over to Him! It is a spiritual battle for which we must suit up in His armor and stand, per Ephesians 6:10-20. We must not fear but praise Him for His goodness and mercies to the believers.

Thanks be to God for those like you who continue to sound the alarm and point to scripture for explanation and solution!

Here are the key points from I Chronicles Chapter 21 (in bold) that significantly align with today’s crises:

1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab (chief general of the military at the time) and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He smote Israel.

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer (spiritual messenger), saying,

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are His mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and He repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on Thy people, that they should be plagued.

18 Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.

20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and He answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

27 And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

28 At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

Ephesians, Chapter 6:1-4, NKJV:

How Not to Produce a Fractured Family

A Household in Order (vv.1-4)

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² ‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ³ ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ ⁴ And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”

Children are to listen to, respond positively, and obey their parents. First, because it is the right and proper thing to do as well as a commandment from the LORD (Exodus 20:12; Proverbs 1:8, 6:20). A child is to honor their father and mother (Deuteronomy 5:16). Obedience and order bring about a sound and structured family environment. Children are to care for their parents in their old age (Leviticus 19:32; Proverbs 23:22; 1 Timothy 5: 1,2) as they did for them when they were little.

As a former nursing home chaplain, I was appalled by the neglect and dismissal of far too many senior adults by children and other members of a family because they were seen as a “burden” or some such excuse. I took care of both my father, mother, and mother-in-law because of the Commandments and my love for them. We were not in the best financial shape, but to neglect them in their time of need would have been far worse in the sight of God.

To honor and obey one’s parents means having a life that is blessed and honored. The epidemic of crime and murder rates among juveniles can be traced to the lack of godly parents and the absence of fathers in the home. It does not matter what or who says that children can thrive in a one-parent home; every child needs a father or father figure as a role model and guide in life as well as a dedicated and loving mother. The love and salvation offered in Jesus Christ can bring harmony, love, and stability to even the most troubled family situation or background. No case is too tough for Jesus to handle, period.

There have been men and women who have reared other people’s children and have been the parents the child needed. Single parents are to be commended for the task they endure, and the church needs to get its head out of the cause of the day and get back to caring for the least of these who need our help and prayers. Any couple who decides to love and care for children other than their own are to be commended as well and given our full support as part of the body of Christ.

This evil world system has told young people and pretty much everyone else that there are no consequences for anything we do or say and that you can get away with just about anything. This is so true as it applies to social media and cyberbullying, cancel culture, wokeness, name-calling, and agreeing with the government “experts” that you can be whatever gender or creature you want to be for the day. And anyone who does not agree with your decision is to be shunned, shamed, and condemned as some kind of “hater,” or “right-wing nut job,” or “domestic agent of terrorism.”

Christians are being targeted more than ever for their stands against the growing godless culture and expectations that either we be tolerant of each other’s deviancy or suffer the consequences and be hurt or worse.

We lived in New Orleans for nearly twenty years, and one of the things I witnessed is that whenever there was a funeral for a gang member (and that was regular), those that knew him or her often wore t-shirts with the deceased’s picture on it. These kids (and they were all too often just that) were cut down before they had any kind of chance or opportunity to better themselves or to find ways of getting out of that life altogether. Unfortunately, a lot of them were not right with God, totally unprepared for where they would spend eternity. They went from a life of violence and evil to a place of destruction, terror, and never-ending torment forever. What a waste of life and potential, but such is the way of those who embrace the lies of the devil and his minions.

The large cities do not need any more programs or other man-made solutions, but an army of missionaries and prayer veterans to go into these areas with the message of the Gospel. I pray that there is someone reading this study who will feel the pull of God on them to undertake such a calling before it is too late.

The Bible gives harsh penalties for disobeying or harming one’s parents. Anyone who struck his parents in anger or abused them in some way was to be put to death by the town elders (Exodus 21:15). This also went for anyone who cursed at their parents (Leviticus 20:9). The death penalty was given to any young person or adult who would not listen to the counsel of his parents and kept rebelling against their authority and the authority of God (Deuteronomy 21:18). There was to be no tolerance of anyone who brought shame and malevolence upon their parents, and this was also punishable by death (Prov. 19:26, 28:24).

Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for taking money designated for parental care and instead making it a “gift to God,” a man-made ritual known as “Corban” (Mark 7:11-12), a practice NEVER sanctioned by the LORD or His prophets.

Paul instructs all fathers to not provoke their children, that is to treat them in such a way that leads to deep-seated anger and resentment. Children are not to be overprotected, which implies mistrust. There is to be no favoritism of one sibling over another, no pushing a child to over-achieve or go beyond their reasonable bounds, and to not make them participate in events for which they may not have the skill or aptitude. Parents are to not constantly discourage their children or withhold compliments and to NEVER make them feel unwanted or that they have allegedly ruined the parent’s own selfish plans and dreams.

What is abortion but a convenient method of ridding oneself of responsibility and accountability for one’s actions done in a hotel room, back seat, or wherever the urge hit? We murder children by the thousands each day for the sake of a career; the wishes of a husband or boyfriend who won’t be the man he is supposed to be and take care of that child; or that someone thought that a baby would ruin their perfect body and figure; or that it was a way of making money by the words and deeds of a slick “women’s clinic” spokesperson; or that some medical facility needed specimens for experimentations that are no better than what was done to the Jews in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany?

Now we have doctors and educators calling for genital mutilation of kindergartners that want to be one gender or another. There are parents who are forcing their children to either wear girls’ clothing or boys’ to satisfy their sick desire that their child fit in with the sexual deviancy that is being passed off as education. Drag queens are being welcomed in libraries, schools, and even some churches to be seen as role models, and anyone who objects will feel societal wrath.

Child abuse of every kind is on the rise, and even the horrid and disgusting practice of pedophilia is being championed by celebrities, scientists, and politicians. Pedophilia scandals are exposed and then shut down just as quickly.

Just remember that curtains, Christmas ornaments, and Jeffrey Epstein all have one thing in common: They didn’t hang themselves.

As the days for the LORD’S return draw near, expect more perversions and blasphemous actions to come. Christian parents need to train their children in the things of the LORD, the truth of the faith, and the ability to defend their beliefs before a growing skeptical and hostile world. This is not a suggestion. If you want your children to end up as atheists, pagans, anarchists, and haters of God and all that is holy, then continue to stick your head in the sand and pretend that it will not affect you.

How you take care of your family from this point on will be seen by the world as evidence to rid themselves of you if you stand for Christ. This is the new reality according to the world, but the TRUTH (John 14:6) is on His way, and He will not spare the lives of those who have hurt His people. Jesus is the King, Ruler, and Champion. Amen.

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