Changing Times and Seasons

I have just gone through more than 30 days without a single word to write. As I have said before I do not write just to be writing nor do I write to comment on others opinions. I write when something is given to me and that comes in such a variety of ways that I am nearly always surprised by it. Such was the case last night.
I was taking a shower and pondering all that is going on in the world and in particular all of the satanic symbolism that is being overtly displayed surrounding the upcoming Olympic Games in London. I have forwarded articles to you folks out there that have been written by a fellow Christian that looks a lot like yours truly. His articles are very well done and well researched and if you chose to believe them, very telling of where we are in God's timeline. Here is his latest article concerning the Olympic Games and Babylon Rising.  http://parablesblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/babylon-rising-part-seven-ringing-in.html

Anyway as I was pondering these things a thought occurred to me that has never entered my mind before. These days there is much talk about the Mayan calender and the fact that it does not go beyond December 21,2012. I have paid very little attention to this before because how can a Christian who trusts in God take his signals from a band of savages who used human sacrifice to appease their gods? Also I could not take the idea seriously that it could be the end of the world because there is just too much foretold in the book of Revelation that has not yet come to pass. Now here's the thought that came to me;

Just a little over two thousand years ago the Messiah came to earth and the times and seasons were changed. Prior the Christ is referred to as B.C. and subsequent to Christ is referred to as A.D.
Presently the world is in a state of chaos and is getting worse by the day and everyone is looking for someone to come along and save the day. Could 2012 and what the Mayans were seeing be the changing of times and seasons? Could this be the time of the appearance of the false Messiah?
Perhaps what the Mayans were seeing was the end of the kingdom of God as we know it and the arrival of the kingdom of satan and they just didn't know what it meant. Revelation speaks of satan coming down have great wrath for he knows his time is short.

When Christ came He announced "The kingdom of God has come down to you! " and along with it came the Holy Spirit Who has remained until now. However there is this verse to consider in this day;

2 Thessalonians 2:7

New King James Version (NKJV)
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

Lawlessness abounds and as man continues to push God aside in pursuit of their own evil agenda the Spirit is slowly being taken away. The above scripture does not say that it will happen all at once and from what I am seeing it is a gradual removal until all trace of godliness is gone and only those with the mark of God on them will be aware of His presence.
Many among us and sadly I must say even many Christians are focused on the presidential race as to who is going to be in the White House for the next four years. I don't think it is going to make a whit of difference who is there because the way things are going the country is going to be ungovernable very soon. No man will be able to solve the problems that we are facing and that are going to get much worse. Look out there right now, it is estimated that 80% of the country is in drought conditions and we have had some of the worst wildfires in history and when I opened our local paper last night I learned for the first time that Oregon has the largest wildfire in 150 years raging in southeast Oregon. It was merely a footnote in another article. Drought, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes and other disasters are not man made and therefore there is little the government can do about it. We are teetering on the edge of economic collapse and all they can do is print more money that makes what we have worth less. Mark my words you are going to need a whole lot more green to buy anything soon and especially food. What do you think the drought and wildfires are doing to our future food supply?

I am concerned for the Christian who is looking for a rapture to whisk him away before the bad stuff really arrives because he is going to be bitterly disappointed and will be easy prey for the one who is going to offer him a solution, "just take this little mark and we will take care of everything". Wake up!! we may have but five months to make up our minds which side of the fence we are going to be on and preparation must begin now. By preparation I mean get on God's side with fervency and seek His face because the only safe place will be under the shadow of His wings with the faith of a little child.
Read Psalm 91 as if it is a promise of protection to those who are absolutely sold out to Him for that is what it is. The Psalmist foresaw this day and spoke of it in the only words that he had at his disposal.

There are some of you out there that are on the fence and you know it. You know the truth, you know that Jesus is the Christ yet you have never made Him Lord. It's time to stop procrastinating and get off the fence once and for all.
Last week a man was in my shop and we were talking about current events and you could see the fear in his eyes and hear it in his voice. I know he is a believer but not committed and I said something about it is the end times and we shouldn't be surprised by it and he said "I think you are right but it might not end for hundreds of years and I'm just trying to be optimistic for my kid's sake. Friends this is just an excuse to do nothing. As long as we can convince ourselves that it is far enough away then it is someone else's problem and not ours but I will tell  you it is your problem and my problem right now unless we make it His problem by committing our ways and life totally into His hands. I urge you to do it now, delay no longer, you entire future depends on it.

God bless and keep you all,

john

john Martin
email; justjohn@eoni.com