Crying Wolf

For years I and others have been crying out saying the wolf is at the door with little or no attention being paid to it. It is common and we all know the story. Ears become deaf to warnings about things that never seem to happen. That's the way it is in God's world, HE give warnings but never gives a clear time frame because if He did then people would live their reckless life right up to the last minute and then repent in the final moments before the disaster strikes. Jesus warned us that judgement would come as a thief in the night. The disaster of the twin towers of 9/11 caught everyone by surprise and I think everyone was expecting more to follow shortly thereafter. When another one did not occur then everyone went into coma mode trusting that our government had everything under control. Well in fact they did have everything under control and going exactly the way they wanted it to go. The truth is that while we were crying wolf (disaster approaching) the sly fox (much more subtle than the wolf) was raiding the hen house. Now there's nothing left but a pile of feathers and not a peep out of anyone.

What difference does it make if your liberties and prosperity is taken away all at once or incrementally? You will be just as broke and just as desperate either way. The only difference is that by doing it in small stages they have avoided rioting which has given them time to make preparations to deal with rioting which is certain to occur and much sooner than anyone thinks. If there is anything at all that you absolutely must do before serious austerity sets in you had better do it now.

We have been seriously anesthetized by our comforts while the only thing of real value has been taken away from us, OUR LIBERTY. If you don't agree with me then just try to build something on your own property without permission. What about the poor farmer who cannot do anything with his land because somebody decided that it was once a wet land. Pig farmers in Michigan are having their entire herds of swine destroyed because they don't have a certain hair color. They teach our little children in school about sex and especially alternate lifestyles but arrest 6 year olds for singing a song about being sexy. There are literally thousands of examples of the already in place Police State and yet most people accept it as necessary to keep them safe from the boogie man (who ever he is).

The  other distraction is the political scene which is a carefully choreographed side show to keep people in the dark about what is really happening before their very eyes. It's like the Emperor has no clothes and doesn't know it. Did you know that the Oregon governor now made it a law that a Hispanic immigrant now only needs to show his Mexican id card when he is driving and is stopped by a police officer. No longer does he need a drivers licence. It was bad enough that he could go in and get a licence without any id. Do you know that I have been an Oregon resident all my life and had an Oregon drivers license for 54 years but if I want to renew it I will need tons of ID including my original birth certificate and a picture Id and I don't know how much other stuff. What is going on is not just about illegal immigrants or any other single issue but all things put together spell one thing, "Population Control".

If you think that the election will change anything you are dead wrong. In the first place any politician who had any worries about being reelected would not be doing the things that president Obama is doing. His level of arrogance tells me one thing and that is simply that he knows that the election is already in the bag. Either his re election is assured or he has a plan in place to insure there is no election. I suspect it is the latter. Most likely we will see major civil unrest before the summer is out and the question is, What should we be doing about it? Here's the problem, If you chose to join in protests it is very likely that you will be detained and no one will care. Why? Because in the wake of 9/11 and the whole war on terror the people have been very successfully divided in opinion. Any person who opposes the government must surely be a potential terrorist and deserves to be put away. We need a revolution but any person who tries to start one will surely be a martyr and no one will care because he is already classed as a danger to society. When enough of the population is fooled then it is impossible to get enough together to make a difference.

The question remains "what should you or I be doing"? I strongly urge you to pay no attention to those who advocate violence. The Bible warns that whoever lives (retains his life) by the sword will die by the sword. Some would say well I would rather die fighting than to go down without a whimper. Well we are not fighting a war with another country, this is a spiritual battle and the outcome has already been determined and the only winner will be the faithful Christian. None of this is new, it has been foretold for thousands of years and yet few choose to believe it. If you were fully committed to Christ you would have no difficulty at all in believing it because He makes Himself so real to you that it is no problem to see the invisible spiritual side of life. God in His mercy has declared that there must be an end to the evil that has controlled this planet and the lives of men for so long and to reward the faithful and the time is here. I can only urge you to get off the fence now, stop being divided by two opinions and make a final decision to get off on His side and stay there and begin to consume His word. Spend time talking to Him, He's eager to hear what is on your mind. He will change your perspective overnight and draw you into His presence in ways that you could never imagine. We cling to things we have and want so foolishly. There's an old hymn that says " Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace"? you must experience this to understand it but it is so true. There is not a thing I have or that the world has to offer that I would not gladly give up for just one closer encounter with Him. There's another thing too and that is the matter of peace. I do not really know of more than one or two other people today that I can say for sure know true peace in spite of all that is going on around us today. But a life truly hidden with Christ in God insures complete peace. You know deep inside that really bad things are coming but something inside give assurance that the Master is in charge and that He has His angels all around you and nothing can harm you because you have made Him your shelter rather than having built yourself a bomb shelter or a literal fortress.

I suggest that you take some time and read Psalm 91 and as you read it pray and ask the Spirit to help you see it for the Prophesy that it is. It was written thousands of years ago as a promise for a future that the writer could not understand nor did he have the words to express things in the language that we have today but it is all there. I know it is just words but when the Spirit of God is opening your eyes then it takes on a much different sense. It speaks of literally thousands of people dropping like flies all around you but whatever is killing them does not harm you. Do you believe the stories of the Bible? 3 men were thrown into a furnace so hot that the men who threw them in were destroyed by the blast of heat and yet these 3 men were walking around in there then a fourth person appeared who was said to look like the Son of Man. When they were allowed to come out there was not even the smell of smoke on their clothes and the rope that was used to tie their hands was not singed. This tells me that even a nuclear explosion will not be able to touch me as long as God chooses to keep me on this earth. Do I have any fear of such things? I would be liar if I said that I didn't. However I have also discovered something about my Lord. He gives you what you need at the time that you need it rather than in advance. Faith to believe is not something that you work up but is a gift that is given due to faithfulness. That is why I have written so many times that you need to begin spending more of your time with Him instead of pursuing earthly pleasures because it is the only way you will ever learn to trust Him in all things and to really know that this is not your home anyway and to begin to long for the promise of a dwelling with Him. Oh how I pray that God will use some of these simple words to persuade some to turn from their present path and seek the narrow way before it is too late. The trouble of which I speak is no longer in some distant time but is here now and perhaps it just hasn't touched your life yet but rest assured it will. Don't wait until that happens to make a decision because there is such a thing a "TOO LATE". You definitely do not want to go alone through what lies ahead.

john Martin
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