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.