Just As I Am :: By Dennis Huebshman

The last two lines of the Statue of Liberty poem by Emma Lazarus in 1883: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free; the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” (any emphasis mine)

This has been an invitation to anyone who wished to legally immigrate to America, to come and “join” our population. It was not intended to be for those who want to enter illegally and take what they can get without offering any positive input here. It is not for those who do not wish to become a productive citizen of this once most powerful nation on earth. My father came past that statue in 1929 at the age of 9 from Germany, and he was proud to the day he died that he was a citizen of this great country. He served in the U.S. Army in World War 2, and until his passing, he worked hard to provide for his family. He believed in his Lord and Savior, Jesus.

Sadly, there has been a lot of erosion in our morality that has allowed us to slip backward, and to a place where our founding fathers never thought we would go. There’s a new cry for “socialism,” which is nothing more than relying on the government to give everyone everything, and not having to work for it. How is this working out in Argentina, for example? Free stuff only goes so far before the “bill” comes due, and the people in government cater to their own whims without consideration for the population.

When you take a look at the parts about “wretched refuse,” the “tempest-tossed,” “huddled masses yearning to be free,” does our Lord and Savior Jesus come to your mind? After all, the reason He came to this earth as a human was to provide us a gateway to an eternal life with Him. Any other pathway leads to absolute failure.

Before Calvary, people had to rely on the promise of a coming Messiah to reach back and save them. Meanwhile, they had to be in the will of God, which was to worship Him, and not man-made idols; and to offer sacrifices on a regular basis that were never intended to be permanent. The blood of sheep and goats would never be good enough to take away our sins (Hebrews 10:4).

At Calvary, our pardon for our sins was sealed with the precious blood of the Son of God, and on a cruel cross that He did not deserve. He took our punishment – my punishment – willingly (John 10:18). He was the only and final sacrifice needed for the Father to be able to forgive us, and for us to become a part of the Savior’s flock (John 10:16). His was the only offering that made any and all other sacrifices totally unacceptable from that day on, and our price was paid in full.

For anyone to try to “earn” or “buy” this Heavenly gift is to insult the Son of God, one third of the Holy Trinity, and who just happens to also be our Creator. If you were able to gather all the treasures this earth contains, it would not be enough to buy one drop of the blood that Jesus shed that day.

Yet, there are people today who try to do just that. They haven’t read Romans 10:9, “because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” That is our “price to pay”; receive Jesus’ sacrifice that was given for us, and accept Him as our one and only way to eternal life in Heaven. A gift is only valuable if one opens it.

I’ve given these verses before, but for the benefit of anyone who may have not seen them – John 14:6, “Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by Me.” Also, Acts 4:12, “And there is Salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.”

A promise made in Romans 8:1 plainly states, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Numbers 23:19, Titus 1:2 and Hebrews 6:18 are just three verses that tell us that God cannot lie. Where many people go wrong is by listening to, and heeding, false prophets that say there are many ways to heaven, and Jesus is not necessary for our Salvation. They try to tell you that Jesus did exist, but was just a good prophet. Also, some try to say all religions worship the same god.

For anyone to accept the word of God as pure truth, they must first realize and confess that we are all sinners (Romans 3:23). None of us likes to be told we are in the wrong, and many are turning to “services” that avoid the issue of sin. After all, there’s too much negativity in this world today that we have to deal with – Right?

There are “evangelical” churches that are holding entertainment services that tell people they are basically good, and they don’t tell about the consequences of not having Jesus in their lives. Very few actual Bible verses are given, and there’s a “Let Me Entertain You” atmosphere. Their goal is to fill seats and collections plates; and sadly, they’re thriving. Problem is that the membership is lost.

As a person who knows I am not perfect, and am a sinner, I read from God’s word daily to give me strength and guidance. This does not mean I will never sin, but I know I can go to the Father in prayer and receive forgiveness. I do not do works to earn my place in Heaven; but if I can do anything to honor my Savior, I give Him all the praise and glory for it.

My biggest hurdle over 34 years ago was to come to my Jesus “Just As I Am.” I realized that without Him I was absolutely lost, and I thank God every day that He did not require my soul before being able to ask Jesus into my heart. Once I received my pardon from Him, my eternal address changed that very instant.

You have the same option right now. Ask yourself, if you were to pass away today, where would you spend eternity? Would it be with Jesus, or a reservation in that long line at the Great White Throne Judgment spoken of in Revelation 20:11-15? You have the choice of where you will end up, and no one can decide for you. That choice has to be made before you take your last breath on this earth. To not choose Jesus is to automatically choose the Lake of Fire. No other options are available.

Consider please, this favorite church hymn standard from Charlotte Elliot, written in 1835:

“Just as I am, without one plea; but that Thy blood was shed for me. And that Thou bidst me come to Thee; O Lamb Of God, I come.

Just as I am, and waiting not, to rid my soul of one dark blot. To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb Of God, I come.

Just as I am, though tossed about, with many a conflict, many a doubt. Fightings and fears, within, without; O Lamb Of God, I come.

Just as I am, poor wretched, blind; Sight, riches, healing of the mind. Yea, all I need in thee to find; O Lamb Of God, I come.

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive; wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve. Because Thy promise, I believe; O Lamb Of God, I come.

Just as I am, Thy love unknown, has broken every barrier down. Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone; O Lamb Of God, I come.

Just as I am, of that free love. The breadth, length, depth, height to prove. Here for a “season,” then above; O Lamb Of God, I come; I Come!

This song is a “gospel” (good news) about having a pardon, and peace in Heaven no matter what your past was. There are no special ceremonies, rites of passage or anything of this earth to bring you to the Savior. Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13 both tell us, “All who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Today would not be too early to call out to Him; tomorrow could just be too late.

With all the signs present in this world today, and knowing the word of the Father is true and complete, we are on the brink of a major event known as the Rapture. Jesus will be coming soon to call up all believers to meet Him in the air to avoid the coming Tribulation (1 Corinthians 15:51-53 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Those who are left behind will face a time of tremendous wrath that this earth has never seen.

He’s waiting for your call, but won’t do so much longer. Just as in the days of Noah, God finally shut the door to the ark, and the rain came down. Our safety is our eternal “Ark,” Jesus the Christ. He is there for us.

Shalom B’Shem Yeshua! (Peace in the name of Jesus)

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The Sun Has Been in Lockdown Right Along With Us :: By Geri Ungurean

Since the very beginning of the “Covid 19” pandemic, I have been asking my husband almost on a daily basis, “What has happened to our sun?” We would laugh about it, but brethren – this is no laughing matter.

Today it has been reported from one of the most trusted websites, which I use as a source for my writing, that the sun is acting strangely – so strangely that it has never been seen in recorded history.

I remember in April, waiting and waiting for the warmer temps and April showers to come as they always have since I can remember. Even into May, the temps have dipped below freezing at night and struggled to get above the high fifties during the day.

I keep wondering what is happening with our weather.

From zerohedge.com

The Sun “Has Gone into Lockdown” and This Strange Behavior Could Worsen Global Food Shortages

At a time when the world is already being hit with major crisis after major crisis, our sun is behaving in ways that we have never seen before.  For as long as records have been kept, the sun has never been quieter than it has been in 2019 and 2020; and as you will see below, we are being warned that we have now entered “a very deep solar minimum.” Unfortunately, other very deep solar minimums throughout history have corresponded with brutally cold temperatures and horrific global famines, and of course this new solar minimum comes at a time when the United Nations is already warning that we are on the verge of “biblical” famines around the worldSo we’d better hope that the sun wakes up soon, because the alternative is almost too horrifying to talk about.

Sadly, most mainstream news outlets are largely ignoring this story, but at least a few are covering it. The following comes from Forbes

While we on Earth suffer from coronavirus, our star—the Sun—is having a lockdown all of its own. Spaceweather.com reports that already there have been 100 days in 2020 when our Sun has displayed zero sunspots.

That makes 2020 the second consecutive year of a record-setting low number of sunspots— which you can see (a complete absence of) here.

And here is what the New York Post is saying…

Our sun has gone into lockdown, which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, scientists say.

The sun is currently in a period of “solar minimum,” meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically.

Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine “recession” ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared.

Yes, covering COVID-19 is important, but the fact that scientists are warning that we are potentially facing “freezing weather, earthquakes and famine” should be deeply alarming for all of us.

And since the mainstream media has been largely silent on this crisis, most Americans don’t even know that it exists.

Last year, there were no sunspots at all 77 percent of the time,; and so far this year, there have been no sunspots at all 76 percent of the time

“This is a sign that solar minimum is underway,” reads SpaceWeather.com. “So far this year, the Sun has been blank 76% of the time, a rate surpassed only once before in the Space Age. Last year, 2019, the Sun was blank 77% of the time. Two consecutive years of record-setting spotlessness adds up to a very deep solar minimum, indeed.”

So why is this such a big deal?

Well, every once in a while, a very deep solar minimum that lasts for several decades comes along, and when our planet has experienced such periods in the past, the consequences have been quite dramatic.

For example, the New York Post is claiming that NASA scientists fear that we could potentially be facing “a repeat of the Dalton Minimum.”

NASA scientists fear it could be a repeat of the Dalton Minimum, which happened between 1790 and 1830 — leading to periods of brutal cold, crop loss, famine and powerful volcanic eruptions.

Temperatures plummeted by up to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over 20 years, devastating the world’s food production.

Even worse would be a repeat of the Maunder Minimum which stretched from 1645 to 1715. It came as the globe was already in the midst of “the Little Ice Age,” and it caused harvest failures and famines all over the globe

The Maunder Minimum is the most famous cold period of the Little Ice Age. Temperatures plummeted in Europe (Figs. 14.3–14.7), the growing season became shorter by more than a month, the number of snowy days increased from a few to 20–30, the ground froze to several feet, alpine glaciers advanced all over the world, glaciers in the Swiss Alps encroached on farms and buried villages, tree-lines in the Alps dropped, sea ports were blocked by sea ice that surrounded Iceland and Holland for about 20 miles, wine grape harvests diminished, and cereal grain harvests failed, leading to mass famines (Fagan, 2007).

The Thames River and canals and rivers of the Netherlands froze over during the winter (Fig. 14.3). The population of Iceland decreased by about half. In parts of China, warm-weather crops that had been grown for centuries were abandoned. In North America, early European settlers experienced exceptionally severe winters.

Of course this would be an exceptionally bad time for such a cataclysmic climate shift, because African Swine Fever has already wiped out approximately one-fourth of all the pigs in the world, colossal armies of locusts the size of major cities are systematically wiping out crops across much of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and fear of COVID-19 is greatly disrupting global food supply chains.

In fact, it is being reported that widespread shutdowns of meat processing facilities in the United States may force farmers to euthanize “as many as 10 million hogs by September”

U.S. pork farmers may be forced to euthanize as many as 10 million hogs by September as a result of production-plant shutdowns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the National Pork Producers Council.

At least 14,000 reported positive COVID-19 cases have been connected to meatpacking facilities in at least 181 plants in 31 states as of May 13, and at least 54 meatpacking facility workers have died of the virus at 30 plants in 18 states, according to an investigation by the Midwest Center for Investigative reporting.

Even if the sun suddenly started acting perfectly normal once again, we would still be facing what the UN is calling “the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two.”

Global food supplies are getting tighter with each passing day, and many are warning that some areas of the globe will soon be dealing with severe food shortages.

What we really need are a few years of really good growing weather, but the behavior of the sun may not make that possible.

So let’s keep a very close eye on the giant ball of fire that we are revolving around, because if it remains very quiet, that could mean big trouble for all of us. source

From news.harvard.edu

An Umbrella to Combat Warming

When will mankind realize that they are not God? When will they know that manipulating the atmosphere using their own “wisdom” (and I use that term loosely) can be catastrophic to our planet?

From website:

Research examines the possibility of spraying tiny particles into the stratosphere to block the sun a bit and cool the planet.

Every morning, the Keutsch Research Group gathers for a meeting. Eight engineers and chemists give updates on their preceding day’s work: ordering parts, transferring software, untangling an administrative snafu. The whole affair usually lasts less than 15 minutes.

Scheduling vacations and requisitioning supplies do not scream “high stakes,” but the group’s project could someday have major consequences for global climate change. It is controversial, however. Some even fear it could make things worse. Right now the group is waiting for approval to schedule a new experiment in the stratosphere.

Their idea? To shield the Earth with a mist of tiny particles. It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but since it was first proposed in the 1950s, the idea has gained traction among scientists around the world to shield us not from extraterrestrials, as Hollywood might have it, but from the sun. Known as solar geoengineering, the concept is to send planes into the stratosphere — 6 to 31 miles above the Earth — to spray particles that can reflect sunlight back into space and cool the planet.

Working in collaboration with colleagues from the Keith Group — more than a dozen environmental scientists, engineers, economists, and political scientists under the leadership of David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School — the Keutsch Group is hoping to uncover some answers about the possibilities of such a scheme with a project they call the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment, or SCoPEx.

The need for a bold new plan seems clear.

Read rest of ridiculous article HERE

When will mankind know this very simple truth?

GOD IS GOD AND WE ARE NOT.

Perhaps these mad scientists caused the “Grand Solar Minimum.”

Brethren, I believe that we are seeing the hand of God in His judgment against the people on earth. I am not saying that we are in the period of time which the Bible calls Tribulation, but we are very close.

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

“For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” (Matthew 24:3-14).

Come, Lord Jesus – Your bride awaits you. Come Quickly!

How Can I Be Saved?

Shalom b’Yeshua

MARANATHA!!