The one who scatters has come upon you. Man the fortress, watch the road; strengthen your back, summon all your strength. Prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of JESUS Christ.  

The LORD spoke clearly; Prepare My people for what lies ahead. Their lives are a tangled mess of uncertainty; they are ego-driven, arrogant, boastful and proud. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The days are growing darker, amid light the darkness dwells. Sinister evil forces lurk about passing as political correctness, freedom of speech, climate change. Satan' agenda moves ahead within the confines of abortion clinics and halls of congress, shamelessly flaunted through gay pride parades, transgender drag queens, the insanity of gender reassignment, homosexuality, fake news, a compromised church and complacent christians. The hatred, the animosity between political parties satan' latest triumph as the battle for dominance and power rages on.

"Prepare My people for what lies ahead." To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed and they cannot listen, behold the Word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; they have no delight in it. What can be said that has not already been spoken? What words will awaken the slumbering; the apathetic, stiff-necked, hard-hearted, disillusioned? You boast and brag yet turn away your ears from the truth and turn aside to myths. Man in his fallen state cannot see the approaching danger. For those who have turned a blind eye, who refuse to see truth, for those whose ears desire a gentler more pleasing 'gospel,' for those who have grown tired of the fight, the wait, the struggle...behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer cover her slain; I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud and abase the haughtiness of the ruthless. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and The Truth is not in us.

 "Wake Up America and hear the Word of the LORD."

"Behold the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things. No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil...their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways. The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned from them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace. 

So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. For our offenses are many in Your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities; rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 

Truth is nowhere to be found and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey."

The watchman is silent. It is time. His intent was that, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to rulers and authorities....and it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it...and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores and they did not repent of their deeds.

The watchman is silent, ever mindful of the task, watching, praying, standing in the gap for a world deranged, gone mad, intoxicated by sin. The depravity of man continues...his wisdom, his folly has taken its tole and now man lives in a vacuum, peace illusive, truth hidden among the thorns, the wisdom of the world has stolen the sanity of mankind. His choices become more irrational, demented as he continues to partake of the delicacies of the world. His life a confused mixture of half-truth, doubt, depression and fear. Lawlessness abounds. Unable to regain balance, void of stability, hope is lost as his soulish nature gains control. Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. 

Hope found in a bottle, a pill is not hope but insanity. Stability found in self-help seminars and motivational speakers is not stability but vanity, balance is unattainable without Christ at the center of your life. Your church preaches a false gospel if they do not preach JESUS Christ, Him crucified, sin, redemption and righteousness. Your pastor stands condemned if his words contradict God' Word. Acceptance of sin, excusing, justifying the sinner brings separation from God. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

It is time; behold, days are coming, declares the LORD God, when I will send a famine on the land. Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

Grief and sadness, weeping and tears follow the watchmen, the prophet. Their messages, "repent, return and be reconciled to the God who loves you" grow stronger as the day draws near for all things to be accomplished; yet the messanger and the message are met with apathy, indifference and lack of concern. The message, lost amidst the sounding of brass and tinkling of cymbals, is dismissed; growing stale, redundant and irksome to many. Men and women, the old the young seek to be entertained, enlightened, illuminated yet the messanger continues to speak forth truth; knowing the message they must deliver falls on hard, calloused hearts and deaf ears. Go to this people and say, "you will keep on hearing but will not understand, and you will keep on seeing but will not perceive... for the heart of this people has become dull, with their ears they scarcely hear, and they have closed their eyes, otherwise they would see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts and return, and I would heal them."

One cannot hide for long what is hidden in the heart, yet millions are determined to try. Man gravitates to feel good fantasies; the sensational, the thrilling as teachings on hell, the cross, eternal damnation, repentance and sin are scorned, maligned, ignored. The message of the cross doesn't interest the self-serving be they saint or sinner; for as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears; many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things...It has become all to obvious that the message of the cross has become a fable, a yarn a tale. Denying The Truth masses scurry around seeking after the baubles the bangles the flash, the fake. To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. they profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for all good deeds. 

Have we time to spare? you do not even know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Have we ignored warning signs to our own peril? There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves. Have we become so comfortable in our palatial palaces and ivory towers that we fail to notice the instability, the greed, the pretense in our midst? His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. Have we relegated God to a benevolent doting old grandfather or a long-suffering docile benefactor; an Aladdin with a magical lamp granting wishes disguised as prayers? Have we allowed the ways of the world to determine, to influence our view of God? Do we seek His Word to lead and guide or do we consult the horoscope, phone a friend or roll the dice? Do we continue to do the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome? The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds." 

Time is running out, we have no time to spare, no time to waste. Jesus will return; today, tomorrow, next month, next year...it matters not. Jesus will return, and millions are not ready. Millions think themselves ready, millions are deceived, misguided and fooled. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me. Is your faith based on 'biblical, foundational Truth' or have you taken a step back from Christianity to embrace the world system of "doing church" in hopes of finding a better fit for you and your family? These questions demand answers; answers that can only be found as you seek His face within the pages of His Word. Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD that He may have compassion, and to our God,  for He will freely pardon...

The love of God is greater still, than tongue or pen could ever tell....so too is His judgment. Swift and final it will come for;  the LORD' anger burns against His people. People will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled. But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by His justice and the holy God will be proved holy by His righteous acts. His mercies are new every morning, great is His faithfulness, but.. woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit and wickedness as with a cart rope. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. Darkness is descending upon the unprepared unregenerate souls that continue to reject all that is good as they embrace and cling to all that is profane and evil; without excuse they will stand before The Holy One of Israel to give an account. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent. Look around America, look around and see the devastation upon the land and be amazed. Yet for all this, His anger is not turned away, His hand is still upraised.

John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife"...Mark 6:18

Voices are silent. Fearing repercussions; market place, academia, athletics, voices remain quiet. Free speech has died a slow death in America. It took time, it took a society of compromised, indifferent, apathetic spoiled citizens demanding to be heard at the expense of God and country to sell the nation into bondage. It took time for the church to crumble, for the government to pass legislation legalizing sin, for men to embrace and adapt to 'that's the way it is.' It took time for men to drift further away from God; but time passed, the church faltered, the government garnered more power and control and the citizens choose to accept laws directly opposed to God' Word rather than draw a line in the sand and take a stand. The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are "There is no God." The church acquiesced to the world system, becoming a harlot rather than a haven, the government became more amoral and deceitful. American patriots took a stand often sacrificing home and health only to be met with ridicule and false accusations, soon became silent. To the pure, all things are pure but to those who are defined and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

John the Baptist spoke up against evil. John refused to remain silent, refusing to accept the corruption, the sin he took a stand and it cost him his life. American' have refused to take a stand; accepting the laws, the lies, the fraud they plow furrows of resentment and hostility deeper and wider. America now stands condemned before a Righteous and Holy God; Do not be deceived,  God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will receive eternal life. With hearts filled with shame and regret we must see what is before us; The star-spangled banner no longer waves o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave, repent and take a stand for truth.

A moment in time, again tragedy strikes; the church rallies, prayers are prayed, tears are shed. Time passes, hearts mend and life returns to 'normal' but nothing really changed.  Hearts remain cold, hard, distant from God. Self-serving and proud millions continue to reject the goodness of God. Compromised churches, placated parishioners and misdirected ministers light candles, lead the nation in a moment of silence and once again ask "Why?" The answer clearly visible yet men continue to grope around in the darkness scratching through the rubble in search of truth. For you hate discipline, and you cast My words behind you. Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble and dry grass collapses into the flame, so their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Since you have rejected this word and have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them, this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant. It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.

God has given man His Word, but man cares not. God speaks through circumstances but man will not listen. The voice of God grows faint as continually millions reject the teachings of God that they may embrace false teachers who tickle their ears and speak what their deceitful and desperately wicked hearts desire to hear. The church has become a proving ground for the profane, a three ring circus complete with clowns and a ringmaster. Refusing to judge, to speak against sin, to warn against hell, the church has developed a tolerant, inclusive mindset welcoming all to come enjoy the entertainment being held weekly under the big top. For thus the LORD GOD, the Holy One of Israel has said, "In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength." But you were not willing.

Do you have the faith of Abraham;  by faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going, or is your faith more like that of Thomas; unless I see the nail marks in His hands, put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe. Do you 'hope' for the best, expect karma to balance the scale or trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding... Do you acknowledge God as LORD of all or do you acknowledge Him as LORD at all? Do you allow Him to direct your path or do questions, doubt and trepidation crowd in immediately following your 'amen?'

Weak faith, hoping for the best, karma will not sustain as darkness overshadows the fading Light that once filled the church in America. Watch out that no one deceives you;  prophet, pastor, teacher, preacher, family or friend, be on your guard. This is what the LORD says: "cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD." 

Where the glory has departed, where The Spirit is no longer welcome, darkness dwells and light is extinguished. The cry of millions; kings, princes, generals, the rich, the mighty will be heard across America and around the world; 'hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?'

Jesus spoke clearly that all would understand; I AM The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one can come to the Father except through Me. He did not say I am 'one of many ways', nor did He say, 'I am 'a' way. JESUS said I AM "the" way. A half-hearted commitment to Jehovah God, a wink and a nod at sin, drifting in drifting out of fellowship with God and His people, compromising with the world, twisting scripture...God will shake what can be shaken. Wickedness is increasing, the love of most is growing cold. Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Only that which cannot be shaken will remain; "once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well". The words, 'once more' signify the removal of what can be shaken - that is, created things - so that the unshakable may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe....

...and this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you; that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But what is darkness, what is 'truth?'

Darkness...the absence of light. Darkness, spiritual darkness is the absence of The Light of God, JESUS Christ the LORD. Living among the shadows, the gloom; never quite at peace, seldom content with yourself or your surroundings, this is darkness. Truth defined as that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality is rejected by millions as they embrace what 'they' perceive to be truth. Truth is fluid, ever changing, each generation reassesses and a new truth is born. A women' right to choose, homosexuality, transgender; this is truth for many. JESUS said; I AM the Way, the Truth, the Life...God' Word is truth, it never changes, it is fact, reality, all other truth is man-made conveniences to justify deviate lifestyles, given over to an abhorrent hatred of all that is good in a world reeling with the sin and sickness that is filling hearts and minds, destroying spirit, soul and body. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God...but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ.

Darkness has infiltrated the church in America. Truth no longer finds a place as weekly men and women, the young, the old gravitate to their favorite form of religion. Basking in the glory of their own goodness...rejecting Truth darkness continues to shackle the saints, enslave the evangelicals as the message of the cross slowly dies upon the altar of Baal.