More than Meets the Eye :: by Sandee Lloyd

Prophetically related discussions of recent and future events:

Unseen in the cosmos is a war. Sounds of colliding swords, clashing warriors clatter about in the heavens, scarcely regarded by mere mortals going about their earthly business.

What is that sound? Do you hear that?

It’s coming from the sky!

No, it’s coming from the earth! It is everywhere. It sounds sort of like a trumpet! And that! What is that humming? That booming? It’s driving me crazy! Someone needs to figure it out, because it’s disturbing!

Did you see that thing, the light that shot down from the sky on New Year’s Eve a few years back, right over the Dome of the Rock, and shot back up just like a lighted yo-yo on a string? What do you think that was? It’s all getting so crazy! What does it mean?

“As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning” (Ezekiel 1:13).

Oh, yeah, and then the lightning that struck the Vatican when they were in there choosing the new Pope! What’s that about? Weird!

“And Jesus said unto them, ‘I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven” (Luke 10:18).

“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations” (Isaiah 14:12).

“Behold, now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2b).

“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).

“Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near” (Isaiah 55:6).

I don’t need God. I’m fine as I am and I don’t believe in all that apocalyptic junk!

“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 3:23; 6:23).

Yeah, and can you believe all that stuff about a “New World Order? I mean, come on!

“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us” (Psalm 2:1).

Multiple dimensions, the vibration of invisible strings, waves of energy detected by tiny cells in the ear, visible waves of light, spin out through the ether, from Gods spoken command, and the physical world perceived by His created beings, came to be.

But there is much more than what meets the eye and ear. In countless dimensions, hidden for now, a battle is reaching a crescendo; the cacophony begins to disrupt the boundaries which withheld them from the mortal realm.

The noise of hell, enlarging itself to accommodate more souls, soon to be slaughtered in wars and in torment the likes of which this world has never known. Like a humming hive, the hordes of demonic beasts of every kind, restlessly beat the air with wings straining for their brief, bloodthirsty release, eagerly anticipating the destruction they will soon visit upon humans—those privileged mortal beings.

“You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; and the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared” (Ezekiel 28:13).

“For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit” (Isaiah 14:13-15).

From the battle of Jericho’s marching and shouting, and blowing of trumpets, to those who welcomed the heroes home after the defeat of the philistine giant, tabrets and pipes engaged. Percussion and piping and trumpeting, heard.

“And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it” (Isaiah 30:32).

Nature itself is changing, weather unpredictable, floods and storms, volcanoes and earthquakes, death, rising evil, demonic and depraved.

What is the world coming to?

“A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah 25:31).

What is that sound? It sounds almost…supernatural!

“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” (Romans 8:22).

“I’ve never heard anything like it before!”

“I’m so tired of bad news, I just want to live my life in peace.”

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

I’m so tired of all these wars, when will they stop, and why do we keep sending our people over there to those Middle Eastern countries to die, anyway?

It’s all about oil, and the Jews. When will they learn? When will they stop oppressing those poor Palestinians?

“And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled; for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom” (Mark 13:7, 8a).

All the babies are gone! The children are gone! So many people have disappeared!

Zechariah 2:

“I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,m And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For thus saith the Lord of hosts; after the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.” “We would have a king to rule over us” (1 Samuel 8:19b).

“What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the alliances of all people and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and be he god or devil, we will receive him.” —Henri Spaak

“The time has come to deepen economic and currency union. For this renewed push towards integration we need strong political leadership.” —John Giles

“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4).

“Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth” (Revelation 12:2).

Don’t talk to me about God, I don’t believe in him. I’m not perfect, but I’m good enough, better than a lot of people.

“None is righteous, no not one” (Romans 3:10).

There are plenty of ways to get to heaven, your way isn’t any more legitimate than others.

Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the light, and no man cometh unto the Father but by me”(John 14:6).

That’s just a bunch of junk the church made up to scare us into living a certain way. I can live a moral life without all that, and I figure my shot at getting into heaven is as good as those of anyone else, so I’ll take my chances.

“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).

“Ye must be born again” (John 3:7).

No one is in a position to judge me!

“I Am that I Am” (Exodus 3:14).

“I Am God Almighty”(Genesis 17:1).“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death”(Revelation 1:18).

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 22:13).

“And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters” (Revelation 1: 12-15).

“I am the first and the last, I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death” (Revelation 1:18).

“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Revelation 22:12-13).


Notes

1. http://servehiminthewaiting.com/2014/12/14/climate-chaos-in-2015-strange-eventsapocalyptic-sounds-increasing-around-the-world-2014-15/

2. http://bibleapps.com/commentaries/isaiah/30-32.htm (Commentary denotes celebration with the tabrets and harps when God exacts perfect justice.) 3. Henri Spaak, Former Secretary General of NATO 4. John Giles, President of Deutsche Bank

The FEW…the Forgiven…ONLY God Knows for Sure! :: by Don Twobears

There comes a time, every so often, when a writer, pastor or whomever comes upon a revelation they did NOT know before. One sits in the sanctuary or in the quiet peace alone, sometimes reading, sometimes praying, sometimes listening to a sermon─when the Lord will touch you and suddenly you will have a certain amount of understanding. This evidently was meant for this particular time and place and if nothing else is ever done in your life, this should be the one thing you make certain to take place.

Most everything we do is on impulse, one person wants: such-n-such and you then try and fill that need, am I not correct? The point is, how much time do we truly put into “prayer” and by this I mean actual, truthful, “fervent prayer?” How many of us are either tired, bored, depressed, whatever the case─to actually come before the Lord and ask HIS blessings on what truly matters in this life? Oh sure we all do the usual, “Lord please give me this or that, blah, blah, blah”…for ourselves…as many blessing as HE thinks we deserve. Come on now! That is just plain…heresy to the Lord! Is this all we can think of…to PRAY about?

What about the “separation of church and state?”

“NO prayer in our schools?”

The changes our elected officials are making…“IN OUR NAME?”

How about the justice of all our judges?

How about our citizens…their SIN before the Lord?

What of the direction our fellow Americans are moving in: perverse actions, homosexuality, pornography, taking the Lord’s name in vain ALL THE TIME?

The divorces, the “living together,” the “Prosperity Gospel” and the “Feel Good Gospel” in our pulpits, of all things?

Is this OUR SIN as well? Are we a part of this problem, as well as those that commit these SINS before the Lord? Do NOT sit back, getting all smug about yourself because WE are indeed at fault for these things…as if we had committed them ourselves! WE allowed these things to come and take place…ON OUR WATCH!

Has it never occurred to anyone, that we are RESPONSIBLE by virtue of allowing these things to take place, when we should have been on our knees and confessing each and every one of them before the Lord, as they took place? This is called APATHY. What was the saying, “Bad things happen when good men fail to stand up for what is good and right?”

I would say that is our state of affairs, right now, wouldn’t you? Where was the thunder of knees hitting the floor every time we went to war, every time the government chose to conduct our children’s upbringing, instead of the parents? Or when the message of pastors and preachers (which was to be the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the cross) became something else all together?

Even worse, as YOU sat there and listened to that message and did NOTHING! What do YOU think Jesus Christ went to the cross at Calvary for? For us to sit around and pat each other on the back, for garbage sermons, hypocritical prayer, false motivations, inept attitudes every day and in every action?

THAT IS WRONG!!!

Do YOU really think the Lord is hearing any of our PRAYERS…when they are worthless Prayers to HIM just looking for blessings for our selves and to hell with everyone else? How far have we fallen now? Let me share this with you, it is from the “Love Worth Finding Ministry” as taught be Adrian Rogers and it was a small devotional in my email, but worth more than every word in it!

BIBLE MEDITATION

“We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have      rebelled, even by departing from Thy precepts and from Thy judgments” (Daniel 9:5).

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT

Daniel prayed, “We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done      wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Thy precepts and Thy      judgments.” You ask, “Did Daniel do all that?” No, Daniel simply included himself in      his prayer for his nation.

Does God hold me accountable for the abortion in America? Yes! Does God hold me      accountable for the pornography?Yes! For the drug addiction, alcoholism,      materialism, humanism? Yes, He does. Friend, if the church had done what she ought      to have done, and if we would do what we ought to do, then these problems would be      healed. And while we may not commit these sins, they are still our sins. Verse 20 of      this same chapter makes it so clear: “While I was speaking, and praying, and      confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel….

Now, people who don’t know God aren’t going to confess the sin of this nation. Like      Daniel, we must set our face and pray with reflection and repentance, confessing our      sin and the sin of America. Only sin that is confessed is forgiven.

ACTION POINT

Have you ever set your face to prayer? So much of our prayer, I hate to say, is casual      prayer, prayer that comes with almost a take-it-or-leave-it attitude. When are we going      to set our face before God with fasting and determination?

I listen to Adrian Rogers on the radio and on the Net and I am certain that he is a true born-again Christian designated by the Lord to teach and preach the Word of God. I am also convinced that Adrian does so with the direction from the Lord. This devotional was the focal point, that led to my writing this article.

Matthew 7.13-14: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

This is then, the exact spot…”Where the rubber meets the road”…sort of thinking! If we are RESPONSIBLE for the actions of our citizens and the officials over us and yet we never bring this SIN before the Lord and ask HIS forgiveness…for allowing these things…for NOT bringing it before HIM as it took place…then we are living in SIN!

Will we still be one of the FEW?

John 3.16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”