1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Good Friday Morning,
Today I found an article at World Net Daily that was utterly fascinating and right on target with what we are seeing happen in the world. Some have criticized Tolkein and the Lord of the Ring movies and I think that perhaps because of how the movie glorifies the occult they have an argument. However ,Tolkein was led to the Lord by C.S. Lewis and I think some similarities can be drawn from the story to good triumphing over evil and the greed of man.
What we need to realize today is that we need hope and if we look in the Bible we find that our hope rest in the Lord. No matter what is happening in our lives God is in control and he is going to bring this present evil age and the evil one to an aburpt end. Praise the Lord! We may suffer in this present world but this world is not our home and I think our homegoing in the Rapture is near. Get ready for an exciting experience. Make sure you and your family know the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Savior and nothing man can do to you or me will matter. Then remember that nothing can happen to us as children of the living God that he does not allow (note I did not say cause). I pray this Christmas and the celebration of our Saviour's birth is special in light of all the prophetic scripture that is being fulfilled. Just as the Prophets told the world that He would be born in Bethlehem, Gods Word reminds us that He is Coming Again!
God Bless
Elaine
THE TIME OF THE ELVES IS OVER!
Posted: December 11, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
"For Sauron will have dominion over all life on this Earth, even until the ending of the world. The time of the elves is over. Do we leave Middle-Earth to this fate? Do we let them stand alone?"
– Galadriel, Lord of the Rings
There comes a moment in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings when the Elvish leadership recognizes they can no longer restrain the growth of evil. The conversation moments before between Elrond and his daughter Arwen makes clear that the elves understand all too well the curse of immortality lived out in a fallen world:
Elrond: "Whether by the sword or the slow decay of time, Aragorn (Arwen's lover of the race of men) will die. And there will be no comfort for you. No comfort to ease the pain of his passing. He will come to death. An image of the splendor of the kings of men in glory, undimmed before the breaking of the world. But you, my daughter, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt. As night falling winter has come without a star. Here you will dwell, bound to your grief, under the fading trees, until all the world has changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent."
Evil is a subject that our postmodern world is ill-equipped to understand, let alone deal with. That is why evil is growing stronger. Worse, it seems the more "educated" we are, the less likely we will understand the nature and power of evil. Our most educated imagine that racism, sexism or a disproportionate number of blacks in major universities is unrestrained evil. In that sense, quite an education lies ahead of us.
Our modern world has seen outbreaks of evil. Stalin, Hitler, Mao – all were men who perpetrated great evil among their own people, and against humanity in general. Each did so to make the world a better place. (Please reread this last sentence until you comprehend what it means.) Yet such outbreaks of evil have always been restrained and eventually overcome, albeit at a tremendous cost in human suffering.
In popular culture, men and women are not alone, but are from time to time assisted against evil and personal catastrophe by spiritual beings who can and do assume human form. Both popular culture and the Bible refer to these being as angels. There are problems, to be sure. Angels are often represented as female, perhaps because our culture still associates the feminine with nurturing and comfort. Yet the Bible describes angels as "ministering spirits" (Heb 1:14) sent to help mankind, although it more often depicts them as masculine, and organized militarily. "But the angel of the kingdom of Persia put himself against me for 21 days; but Michael, one of the chief angels, came to my help" (Daniel 10:13).
So today I find myself wondering: Will God's angelic army always be around to restrain evil? Or will they, like Tolkien's Elves, someday depart? And if they do, what will happen to humanity? The book of Revelation describes a time when evil is unrestrained on the Earth:
The Beast had a loud mouth, boastful and blasphemous. It could do anything it wanted for 42 months. It yelled blasphemies against God, blasphemed his Name, blasphemed his Church, especially those already dwelling with God in Heaven. It was permitted to make war on God's holy people and conquer them. It held absolute sway over all tribes and peoples, tongues and races. Everyone on earth whose name was not written from the world's foundation in the slaughtered Lamb's Book of Life will worship the Beast.
– Rev. 13:5-8
The age of the elves and the angels is perilously close to an end. You may know it as the "age of grace" or the Church age. When that time comes, God's restraint of and patience with evil will finally have become exhausted. When confronted with God's demands for righteous leadership, a world that can agree on nothing else will suddenly agree on one thing: Jesus is not going to assume any throne on this earth.
I saw the Beast and, assembled with him, earth's kings and their armies, ready to make war against the One on the horse and his army. The Beast was taken, and with him, his puppet, the False Prophet, who used signs to dazzle and deceive those who had taken the mark of the Beast and worshiped his image. They were thrown alive, those two, into Lake of Fire and Brimstone. The rest were killed by the sword of the One on the horse, the sword that comes from his mouth. All the birds held a feast on their flesh.
– Rev. 19:17-21
God intends to restore humanity to its pre-fallen condition. To do so requires the permanent destruction of evil and its adherents, lest eternity become corrupted and turn into hell for all. The age of the elves is nearly over.
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Hello everyone. Today I have little to comment on because I think that Hal Lindsey says it all in his column from World Net Daily. Let us be bold in our faith and in this spiritual battle for America. May God give us the strength and wisdom to recognize and know when we are in a battle with Satan blinded souls and stand for truth no matter the cost.
America was founded as a Christian nation no matter what the enemy has done to pervert her and the church is still present in our country and can at anytime rise up to be the salt and light to this dying nation. It is not going to be easy but with God all things are possible. Have a blessed day.
Elaine
The savaging of America's foundation
by Hal Lindsey
Posted: December 11, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness ..."
– Declaration of Independence
Though it has been said many times – much more eloquently than I can say it – America's first foundational premise is that there is a Creator-God, and it is this Creator-God who alone gives mankind his rights, not human government. Governments that grant them (Such as the United Nations) can also take them away. But God-given rights take precedence over any government. This is the entire basis of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
This is why our founding fathers made such statements as the following:
We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion ... Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
– John Adams, 2nd U.S. president)
It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
– Patrick Henry
... Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers. National prosperity can neither be obtained nor preserved without the favor of Providence.
– John Jay, first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent, our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian. No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation (State or National) because this is a religious people ... this is a Christian nation.
– U.S. Supreme Court, 1892
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being ... When the state encourages religious instruction or cooperates with religious authorities by adjusting the schedule of public events to sectarian needs; it follows the best of our traditions. For it then respects the religious nature of our people and accommodates the public service to their spiritual needs. To hold that it may not would be to find in the Constitution a requirement that the government show a callous indifference to religious groups. That would be preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe ... We find no Constitutional requirement which makes it necessary for government to be hostile to religion and to throw its weight against efforts to widen the effective scope of religious influence.
– U.S. Supreme Court, 1952
In the light of our history and founding principles, how dare such cursed organizations as the ACLU pretend to represent the meaning of the U.S. Constitution or interpret its intent.
Religion, particularly Christianity, is not only embedded in our founding documents, but also established by consistent historical profession by our government institutions.
Even the current decisions of our Supreme Court on the myth of separation of Church and State are clearly out of step with the established historical views of the Supreme Court. Most of the current Supreme Court justices are not interpreting law, but seeking to rewrite our most sacred and important foundational premise of law – that they issue from our Creator-God, to whom virtually all of our great leaders of the past appealed publicly.
Why is it that George Washington instituted a day of Thanksgiving to God?
Why is it that the U.S. Congress in 1895 passed the law to have "In God We Trust" placed on all our currency"?
Why is it that it is written over the entrance of the Supreme Court building, "In God We Trust"?
Why has it been from the beginning that presidents and other national and state leaders are sworn in with their hand on the Christian Bible"? Why do they close the oath with, "So help me God"?
The latest obscenity that has been attempted by a small minority of anti-God citizens – with the help of the ACLU's continued crusade to stamp out all public expression of faith in God – is a situation in North Carolina and Georgia. Grieving families of loved ones killed in automobile crashes place crosses along the highways at the place where they were killed.
The anti-God group is protesting that placing a cross on government owned right of way constitutes a violation of the "separation of Church and State."
What is next for these people? Will they go to government cemeteries for our military, such as Arlington National Cemetery, and demand that all crosses be removed from the graves of our fallen heroes?
What is it going to take for the vast majority of God-fearing Americans to wake up and say, "Enough is enough"? We need to make it known loudly and clearly, religion is our foundational heritage. If you want to live here, welcome. But if you want to remove the very thing without which our great country will self-destruct, Get out!
As the second U.S. president, John Adams, clearly warned: "... Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
The fact that there has been a calamitous decline of both of the above in our nation is the reason we are having so much trouble trying to govern these days. It is the reason our courts are overloaded and jails overcrowded.
Wake up Americans. God is giving us His last warnings. Return to the founding principles of our forefathers before there is nothing to salvage.
Note from me: These statements sure put a different light on what the ACLU and the atheist in this nation are trying to do. May the Lord rebuke them in their blasphemous assaults on our country and bring their evil plans to naught!!!
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Hello everyone. Today I have little to comment on because I think that Hal Lindsey says it all in his column from World Net Daily. Let us be bold in our faith and in this spiritual battle for America. May God give us the strength and wisdom to recognize and know when we are in a battle with Satan blinded souls and stand for truth no matter the cost.
America was founded as a Christian nation no matter what the enemy has done to pervert her and the church is still present in our country and can at anytime rise up to be the salt and light to this dying nation. It is not going to be easy but with God all things are possible. Have a blessed day.
Elaine
The savaging of America's foundation
by Hal Lindsey
Posted: December 11, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness ..."
– Declaration of Independence
Though it has been said many times – much more eloquently than I can say it – America's first foundational premise is that there is a Creator-God, and it is this Creator-God who alone gives mankind his rights, not human government. Governments that grant them (Such as the United Nations) can also take them away. But God-given rights take precedence over any government. This is the entire basis of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
This is why our founding fathers made such statements as the following:
We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion ... Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
– John Adams, 2nd U.S. president)
It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
– Patrick Henry
... Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers. National prosperity can neither be obtained nor preserved without the favor of Providence.
– John Jay, first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent, our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian. No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation (State or National) because this is a religious people ... this is a Christian nation.
– U.S. Supreme Court, 1892
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being ... When the state encourages religious instruction or cooperates with religious authorities by adjusting the schedule of public events to sectarian needs; it follows the best of our traditions. For it then respects the religious nature of our people and accommodates the public service to their spiritual needs. To hold that it may not would be to find in the Constitution a requirement that the government show a callous indifference to religious groups. That would be preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe ... We find no Constitutional requirement which makes it necessary for government to be hostile to religion and to throw its weight against efforts to widen the effective scope of religious influence.
– U.S. Supreme Court, 1952
In the light of our history and founding principles, how dare such cursed organizations as the ACLU pretend to represent the meaning of the U.S. Constitution or interpret its intent.
Religion, particularly Christianity, is not only embedded in our founding documents, but also established by consistent historical profession by our government institutions.
Even the current decisions of our Supreme Court on the myth of separation of Church and State are clearly out of step with the established historical views of the Supreme Court. Most of the current Supreme Court justices are not interpreting law, but seeking to rewrite our most sacred and important foundational premise of law – that they issue from our Creator-God, to whom virtually all of our great leaders of the past appealed publicly.
Why is it that George Washington instituted a day of Thanksgiving to God?
Why is it that the U.S. Congress in 1895 passed the law to have "In God We Trust" placed on all our currency"?
Why is it that it is written over the entrance of the Supreme Court building, "In God We Trust"?
Why has it been from the beginning that presidents and other national and state leaders are sworn in with their hand on the Christian Bible"? Why do they close the oath with, "So help me God"?
The latest obscenity that has been attempted by a small minority of anti-God citizens – with the help of the ACLU's continued crusade to stamp out all public expression of faith in God – is a situation in North Carolina and Georgia. Grieving families of loved ones killed in automobile crashes place crosses along the highways at the place where they were killed.
The anti-God group is protesting that placing a cross on government owned right of way constitutes a violation of the "separation of Church and State."
What is next for these people? Will they go to government cemeteries for our military, such as Arlington National Cemetery, and demand that all crosses be removed from the graves of our fallen heroes?
What is it going to take for the vast majority of God-fearing Americans to wake up and say, "Enough is enough"? We need to make it known loudly and clearly, religion is our foundational heritage. If you want to live here, welcome. But if you want to remove the very thing without which our great country will self-destruct, Get out!
As the second U.S. president, John Adams, clearly warned: "... Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
The fact that there has been a calamitous decline of both of the above in our nation is the reason we are having so much trouble trying to govern these days. It is the reason our courts are overloaded and jails overcrowded.
Wake up Americans. God is giving us His last warnings. Return to the founding principles of our forefathers before there is nothing to salvage.
Note from me: These statements sure put a different light on what the ACLU and the atheist in this nation are trying to do. May the Lord rebuke them in their blasphemous assaults on our country and bring their evil plans to naught!!!
