Grace and Peace
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Psalm 119:89-91
Your word, Lord, is eternal;
it stands firm in the heavens.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations;
you established the earth, and it endures.
Your laws endure to this day,
for all things serve you.
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Preface
Today’s blog post is a continuation of pastoral/prophetic biblical warnings and instructions toward those who are faithful witnesses during these times of tribulations.
It is also directed at those lost souls that require the supernatural spiritual intervention of remorse of sins, the sincere heart of repentance toward God, those who they have harmed, and themselves.
May God deliver all of us from this current tribulation thus rescuing both saith and sinner alike, thus empowering us to endure to the very end of this generation.
The contents below are taken from Isaiah 66:1-4, 3:1-15, and II Thessalonians 2:10-12, will speak clearly for themselves without any additional interpretation on my part for such a time as now.
Grace and Peace
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God’s Living Word is Eternal
Our Loving Creator states that “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. (Humans), what kind of house could you build for Me? What possible place could you devise for My rest? Am I not God and did not I alone make all these things-thus this is how they all came to be!”
If you desire favor from Me, one must possess a poor and humble spirit, only then will you innately tremble at my Word.
all others…, just like these, they have [done profane things and approached Me with false forms of worship], while vainly chosen inappropriate ways while enjoying their disgusting practices.
So, I as the Eternal God will enjoy making fools of them, and bring on them the very things they fear. For when I called, no one answered; [as the case with the first Adam], when I spoke, they did not hear. Instead, they did what was evil in my sight and chose what did not please me.
Hear the Word of Adonai!
Be warned while forever watchful as the Lord of Host will remove from all the nations of the earth, every kind of support-all reserves of food and water; heroes and warriors, judges and prophets, diviners, and leaders…,
I said the Lord, will put children in authority; capriciousness [subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic:] will govern them.
People will oppress each other-everyone his friend, everyone his neighbor. The young will be insolent [boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting], toward their elders, insignificant arrogant toward the respected.
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah [as is all other Nations] has fallen; because their words and deeds defy Adonai, in open provocation of His Glory!
Their very look witnesses against them! They parade their sin, like Sodom; they don’t even try to hide it-all the worse for them!- they bring evil on themselves.
Say that it will go well with the righteous, that they will enjoy the fruit of their actions; but woe to the wicked, it will go badly with him; for what he has done will be done to him…,
My people! Your guides lead you astray and obliterate the paths you should follow. Adonai rises to accuse, He stands to judge the peoples. Adonai presents the indictment against the leaders and officers of His people:
“It is you who devour the vineyard; in your houses in plunder taken from the poor. What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding down the faces of the poor?”
says Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot [Lord God of Host].
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The spirit and Age of Delusion
Definition of delusion
1a: something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated under the delusion that they will finish on schedule delusions of grandeur psychology: a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary the delusion that someone was out to hurt him also: the abnormal state marked by such beliefs.
2: the act of tricking or deceiving someone: the state of being deluded… accused the Bohemian of having practiced the most abominable arts of delusion among the younger brethren.— Walter Scott [delusion definition by https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delusion
The Apostle Paul warned the Beloved Community of God in 51 AD, that the mystery of lawlessness was already at work within the church communities and the world. Then as it is at present, the Holy Spirit restring the evil assault of the evil one while God continues to offer salvation and holiness to those who are lost.
One of the biblical warning signs of those who are perishing in the world today is those who Paul writes: “they did not receive the love of “The Truth” to be saved. [2 Thessalonians 2:10].
Paul continues in verse 11, “And for this reason, God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is FALSE, so that they all may be judged who did not believe The Truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
This “deluding influence” is growing stronger and stronger as we have witnessed and are greatly impacted by all of the events thus far in 2020! It is God’s sovereign will to permit this deluding influence to separate those who are walking in Light and those walking in darkness.
The deluding influence is both a punishment and a moral result of any soul that willfully, reject The Truth!
The Holy Scriptures makes no mistake about proclaiming to those who have ears to hear what the Word of God says, and is! It alone is “The Truth” absolute and without rivals. What Is The Truth?
When I am always asked why is and why does the Holy Scriptures claim that it alone is The Truth, I initially will offer 2 Timothy 3:16-17:
2 Timothy 3:16–17. The Apostle Paul taught how the scriptures bless our lives. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
And as an assignment for one who is seriously seeking truth, I always give them Psalms 119:1-176.
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Pastoral Appeal
To those who are victimized by this spirit of delusion and are in fact practitioners of iniquity, now is your appointed day to escape the deluding influence and the eternal moral punishment of your soul that willfully, reject The Truth!
Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? Ezekiel 33:11
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Prayer
Heavenly Father,
All power in all of Your creation is Yours alone. We boldly appeal to Your mercy, and your long-suffering on behalf of living souls who are groping in darkness and are without the present and eternal blessings and benefits that are given by You, toward those that are delivered from darkness to the Light.
We pray that those who read this blog will experience Your spiritual regenerative power and pull of the Holy Spirit within their souls. We present them to Your presence so that You may complete the work that You promised through Christ our Lord and redeemer.
To the Congregation of the Most High
I pray that we all continue to grow spiritually in our individual and corporate perseverance, and our trust in The Truth while enduring all of the persecution and troubles in the world today.
My Lord, it is well recorded by all of the Holy Scriptures, that God’s judgment is always just and is eternally established upon His covenants.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for keeping us who are indeed faithful witnesses during this age of delusion must never forsake our first Love, nor should any of us be held captive by any ungodly or uncivil alliances of systems, institutions, or beliefs, or practices that will separate us from God’s Kingdom.
Please, my Lord, bless those who endure to the end by making us worthy of all of the promised of God who called and commissioned us out of the darkness, into Your marvelous Light. Amen
The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.’ Numbers 6: 22-27
Brother Alonzo
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