Issachar Gazette: Common Sense in an Age of Vain Ideology
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Seal and Unseal - Biblical Prophecy: In the Book of Daniel 12:4, Daniel is told to seal up a book of prophecy. In Revelation 22:10, John is told not to seal up the prophetic words in the Book. We are living in a time of accelerated revelation, where " Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Dan 12:4). We certainly live in a time of expedited travel and exponential access to knowledge (as opposed to wisdom). Steam engine, Moon travel, Internet etc...
Eschatology is the study of "Last Things" and the intrepid Christian will study Daniel, Ezekiel, Revelation and the prophecies of Jesus diligently in order, like Issachar, to "understand the times and know what to do." (1 Chronicles 12:32). Jesus was concerned that we who are His should watch and pray (Matt 24:42), "can ye not discern the sign of the times? (Matt 16:3).
Three keys to revelation may help guide our navigation of the days leading up to the Day of the Lord.
KEY # 1 THE TEMPER OF OUR TIMES
When good is called evil and evil is called good (Isaiah 5:20), we see the full grown seed of the Edenic deception (you shall be as god, knowing good and evil) where man in committing deicide elevated himself to the position of god (self-deification), determining what is good and evil contrary to God's established creation order.
In the 21st century, the unthinkable has become the possible if not the actual.
'Same sex marriage' is now lauded as an item for justice, Christian opposition to it is deemed evil, bigoted, prejudice. This is an inversion of the moral order; from the criminalisation of sodomy to the criminalisation of Christianity where it engages in speech opposing the normalisation of homosexuality.
Abortion continues apace, the Swiss Parliament is debating consensual incest. A close study of Leviticus 18 and the consequences of following in the Ordinances of the Canaanites/Egyptians, as the Israelites were warned not to, should be closely examined: John McTernan's excellent study is a must-read: "Homosexuality vs God's Holiness: The Ordinance of the Amorites"
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Romans 1:28-32
Question: Are you distressed by ”the filthy lives of lawless men”? 2 Peter 2:7-9 Or indifferent?
If the land is sick (Leviticus 18), it vomits. We are called to stand in the gap (Ezekiel 22:29-31) so God would not have to destroy a land which is marinating in lawlessness and to intercede for healing for the land
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chron 7:14
Lawlessness makes the land sick. What is lawlessness? Sin is lawlessness (1 John 3:4-5) and corporate lawlessness gives rise to
(a) Judgment (Ezekiel 22:29-31)
(b) lovelessness in the church (Matt 24:12)
Lovelessness in the church accelerates the loss of Christian Vision, Identity and Conscience and speeds up assimilation into the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. Arrogance, self-righteousness, self-sufficiency and a turning away from God.
Those who assimilate out of fear will have a spirit of effeminacy and the loss of the warriors heart, full of compromise, cowardice and passivity. (Judges 5:8 When they chose new gods, war came to the city gates, and not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel
KEY # 2 ISRAEL AS GOD'S TIME CLOCK
a) Can a nation be born in a Day? Isaiah 66:8 - Yes, Israel, 14 May 1948.
The National Miracle of Israel
b) Jerusalem trampled until the times of the Gentiles are over: They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles (Luke 21:24)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled
Two Jewish captivities
a) Babylonian Captivity: 605 BC - destruction of Temple and Jerusalem in 586 BC and Cyrus Decree permitting return of exiled Jews in 538 BC
b) Roman destruction of Jerusalem - 70 AD
Jerusalem trampled by Gentiles
There are constant attempts to divide Jerusalem
KEY # 3: SPIRITUAL LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
Obadiah 1:15 (as thou has done to Israel)
· "The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads. NLT
· Now the Lord had said to Abram: Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Gen. 12:1-3)
If a nation blesses Israel, it is blessed and vice versa. America was used to bless Israel and was even the first nation to recognise its existence in May 1948. Now america the brave has become america the depraved and not only is the US exporting and imposing blatant immorality through its foreign policy (forcing the LGBT agenda on the rest of the world), the current president is calling for the division of the land of Israel. Has this brought judgment? Consider:
So while the core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear: a viable Palestine, and a secure Israel. The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state (Obama, May 2011)
Netahyahu: 1967 Lines Are Indefensible
May 22, 2011: Tornado in Joplin, - Missouri: US$3b damage - As America has done to Israel?
Joel 3:2 “I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land.”
If only -
Klavan's One-State Solution: Give the Middle East to the Jews
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem” — Psalm 122:6a
