Pressing On Toward The Goal

Pressing on toward the goal is beyond difficult when your whole world has been turned upside down. Even in the worst of tragedies, there was a semblance of normality when hope remained for completing the course. There was hope when there remained true companions on the course participating in the struggle of pressing on toward the goal. However, when the hope diminished by an unrecoverable loss, then the goal faded in the distance. When the goal fades along with the hope of reaching it, then new struggles emerge cutting deep within the heart. How does one recover the hope of their calling? How can a new goal be established that resurrects a world that has been completely turned upside down? There are solid answers to both these questions that have penetrated deep within my heart by the Holy Spirit, our true Comforter in times of pain and great loss. The loss was the unrecoverable loss of my sweet wife, Robin, who struggled for fifteen years with Alzheimer’s disease. This is a horrific disease that takes a person slowly, one piece at a time, over the course of many years. Through each step, the caregiver is also sorely affected pressing us to me more for their continued happiness and self-worth. Continue reading Pressing On Toward The Goal

Fall of the American Empire

I believe it was a tremendous blessing being born in the West and specifically in America. I have great childhood memories of growing up in America and later serving in the armed forces in England. Jog your memory and look beyond memories of the latest movie or post on social media to a time when the whole family sat around the same dinner table sharing stories from the day. Look deep into your memory to a time when television and technology didn’t control your day but allowed you to experience the most beautiful face-to-face relationships. Yes, if we try really hard, we can remember those nights sitting on the front porch in the safety of our neighborhoods. Well, things are different now. Lawlessness, gangs, alarms, and monitoring systems have changed everything pushing us behind closed doors and homes without porches. Yes, America has been on a downward spiral since the last Great War. There has been a lot of news and propaganda that everything will change for the better if we only elect the right person to lead America. I wish it would be that simple, contrary to who they elect, the American Empire will fall. So great will be the fall that every country in the world will be sorely affected. Although there are many reasons for this eventual fall, I believe that there is one underlying reason that has put America and the West on its current trajectory. Continue reading Fall of the American Empire

Silence in Heaven

When heaven goes silent let the whole world take notice. Let God’s elect children press on with the beautiful memories that changed their lives forever. With every memory, it will be like a blessing, that solidifies their abiding trust in God. With every memory, the joy leaps within their hearts as peace fills the empty holes left by those who have passed on before them. They have learned how to cherish the silence, remembering the still small voice from God that they had heard so loudly in the depths of their hearts. It had been prophesied more than two thousand years ago that heaven would go silent briefly just before the end, as the seventh seal, the seventh trumpet, and the seventh bowl of God’s wrath simultaneously brings the world to an end. For many, this will be a frightful silence bringing forth the consummation of all things. It is the Lamb of God who opened the seventh seal as each event of the seals, trumpets, and bowls of God’s wrath unfolded simultaneously growing worse through each age from the resurrection of Christ to His return in glory to catch up all of His elect children. Let’s not lockup the encouraging truth in the Book of Revelation needed for each age. Continue reading Silence in Heaven

Bringing Peace Out of Chaos

The coming one known by many different names will bring peace out of chaos. Humanity has witnessed the horror of religious wars for thousands of years. The Muslim hordes have faithfully followed the second woe in the book of Revelation by bringing death and destruction to millions since its founding in the sixth century. Even today it is relentlessly striking at the heels of other religions to convert or destroy. Its primary objective is the annihilation of the state of Israel, to occupy their Holy Mount and all the land of Palestine from the river to the sea. We have witnessed the protests against the Catholic Church spawning numerous Protestant denominations, but this pales in comparison to the chaos caused by the Muslim hordes now occupying or residing in nearly every country in the world seen by their latest bloody protests. This is truly a woe and a blight against humanity. Antisemitism has run rampant in the world adding to the chaos. Well, one is coming soon that will end this chaos bringing forth a new kind of peace. The Muslims call him Al-Masih ad-Dajjal and Christians call him the Antichrist or the Beast in the Book of Revelation. Continue reading Bringing Peace Out of Chaos

The Coming Image of the Beast

Israel and the Jewish people are still expecting the Messiah because they have rejected Jesus Christ as the true Messiah. Now that the Jewish people are firmly planted back in the Holy Land, the land of their ancestors, their expectation has grown more pronounced. Many of the conservative majority want all the land from the river to the sea. Some want to see their Temple rebuilt in its original location on the Holy Mount. Although this may seem quite impossible at this juncture, there is one coming who could easily make it a reality. The Jewish people have made deep inroads into many countries, especially in America. They have become entrenched in leadership roles in government, entertainment, education, and technology. Their technological advancements in Israel and their host countries are unprecedented. Although they may appear to be hated by every nation because of their economic advancements, it only appears that way. The diaspora has made them a viable part of every country. Because of their religious roots, they are deeply loved by the Christian community. No matter what corner of the world they are in, their national ambitions have not changed as they fervently anticipate the arrival of their messiah, yet they are unaware that he is the Beast in the book of Revelation (Revelation 13:11-18). Continue reading The Coming Image of the Beast

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