The Evil Coming On America

We know trouble is coming on America and the dollar will die. Anyone who has fun giving this kind of information out is sick. How do I tell my six children? I cry over what is coming and realize that my only hope, is a sure hope, in Jesus the Messiah. Our nation has made the world drunk with the wine of her excess and we will reap what we have sowed. The blood of the innocent cries from the ground. Our sins have reached heaven. We are not alone and the other nations will suffer also.

We have killed millions of babies through abortion, and destroyed countless lives through wars. And now we are making an issue over a relatively small number of people who supposedly have been killed by chemical weapons? What about two atomic bombs and the chemical weapons we have used and given to others to use? What about the countless lives we have destroyed while we sit in luxury?

The judgment coming requires us to seek the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. His name is above all names. His name is Jesus the Messiah. He will not leave his children who obey him, even if we lose our heads or die from the consequences of our nations sins. Jesus said in John 8:

"51Truly, I tell all of youaa emphatically, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

True believers cannot die, but escape these bodies and be rid forever of the old sin nature. Do not be afraid. Trust in Jesus. If you have not done so, surrender your life to him. He is the creator. He alone is God.

No one but God knows for sure what is coming, but the warnings below are the desires of the elite, according to Lindsey Williams. They will have their One World Government. They will almost destroy the earth. Prepare your hearts. Draw near to God.

Lindsey Williams The Next Four Years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Pastor Lindsay Williams lived with the elite of the world for a period of 3 years and gained insider information on there plans to create a new world order.

Information he gained from inside sources he has laid out there plans for the next 4 years.Their plans are to entrap every American and nation into debt while they destroy the economy and currency of the US dollar and its world reserve statues.

• The Elite of the world are not ready for the coming economic collapse of America.

• They want forced debt creation on every nation and every person in America  so they can be forced to serve them. 
• The bank bailouts were designed to create massive amounts of debt to the the banks.
• Only the banks they wanted to succeed were given a bailout.
•  Student loans debt will be given to the masses for jobs they have shipped out of the nation. 
• The rich are to protect there assets by leaving the nation. 
• The middle class will be taxed into oblivion  gradually over the next 4 years.                    1...Marginal minimum tax  2...National sales tax 3...Obama care tax
• In reaction to the Obama care tax Walmart, Target and companies all over the nation will require limitation of hours to 29 or less. 
• The Federal Reserve is buying 40 billion dollars a month in mortgaged backed securities for  quantitative easing cutting the dollars value by 3-4 percent.
• Obama Care tax increases start in 2013.
• Food price hikes start in 2013.
• The Federal Reserve are using this crisis which they have created to buy every mortgage in America to force every man to and woman into debt to accept there new currency in there new world order 
• The American Dollar is being phased out of the reserve currency of the world. The will cause a return of all the American dollars being used in other nations which will lead to the devaluation of the dollar and the economic collapse of the United States.  This time frame Will be gradual over the next 4 years and past 2017
• President Obama is out of control with hidden loyalty's to his Muslim brothers and has denied Americas right to drill oil on this land for Muslim drilling rights.
• The rich and powerful elites have divided themselves for control forming there own factions 3.
• 38% of Americans receive some sort of government assistance this is planed to increase to 70% over the next 4 years for the economic collapse of America.
• in 2008 gold was 800 dollars an oz in 2012 gold is 1700 dollars an oz over the next 4 years in 2016 gold will be 3000 dollars an oz
• Churches will be confiscated and repossessed by banks because they can not make the payment due to the economic crisis.
• President Obama wants to bring in thousands of Muslims into this nation. this will lead to the creation of sharia laws in our government to please the people and nullify the constitution.
• You must become your own doctor because Obama care will lead to 40% quitting of doctors in the health care system that will cause massive waiting lines for care.
• All the currency's of the world will be destroyed by the derivative markets. 

Visions Of America's Future

Once again I want to say anytime I am told of a prophecy, vision or an encounter with an angel, I judge it with the Word of God. I look for anything that would lead one away from Jesus the Messiah or change the gospel. In the case below, I simply see warnings from the Lord and stressing the need to follow Christ and be holy. Bereans judge what they hear. Please do so as you read and watch the following. I believe America could be Mystery Babylon who makes the world drunk with the wine of her excess. 

Remember, our brothers and sisters have been tortured and killed in in other nations by the millions. We are not exempt because we are in America. Things can change forever for us in one night. This is not to make you fearful, but to prepare your hearts to trust and meet the Lord. I believe our nation has already been overthrown by the communists, as Babylon was overthrown. Peacefully.   

DOUG METZGER Visions of the Future of America

Doug Metzger has visions from the Lord of the Future destruction of America  by 12 Nuclear explosions stretched across the United States. His ministry began with the vision of a red star missile headed for America which he believes is North Korea

The Vision is Clear  America will come to a financial collapse of its economy and the dollar will become worthless. This will lead to a time of great tribulation for the church and people will beg for food for the lack of money.
The Government is in full awareness of these issues and will betray the people as we enter into a 3rd world war. America will be left in ruins after a nuclear holocaust of 12 major city's.

  Each Vision Contains important information for the Church in America.

• America, the Fallen Tree

• 10 to 1 Inflation Dollar Became Worthless

• Vision of How the Church was Formed in America

• Visions of the End of America

• Vision of Nuclear Missile

• Twelve Cities Destroyed

• A Million Voices Screaming

• Vision of Begging Woman

• The Great Betrayal

• They Ran to Jesus

• Prayer Is Protection

• The Greatest Horror & Revival 

A 90 Year Old Christian Woman's Vision In 1968

Anytime I read about a prophecy, vision or an encounter with an angel, I judge it with the Word of God. I look for anything that would lead one away from Jesus the Messiah or change the gospel. In the case below, I simply see warnings from the Lord and stressing the need to follow Christ and be holy. Bereans judge what they hear. Please do so as you read the following.

Emanuel Minos Events before the Return of Jesus Christ and World War 3 1968 Prophecy

An old woman of 90 from Valdres in Norway had a vision from God in 1968. The evangelist Emanuel Minos had meetings (services) where she lived. He had the opportunity to meet her, and she told him what she had seen. He wrote it down, but thought it to be so unintelligible that he put it in a drawer. Now, almost 30 years later, he understands he has to share the vision with others.

The woman from Valdres was a very alert, reliable, awake and credible Christian, with a good reputation among all who knew her. This is what she saw:

"I saw the time just before the coming of Jesus and the outbreak of the Third World War. I saw the events with my natural eyes. I saw the world like a kind of a globe and saw Europe, land by land. I saw Scandinavia. I saw Norway. I saw certain things that would take place just before the return of Jesus, and just before the last calamity happens, a calamity the likes of which we have never before experienced.

She mentioned four waves:

1. "First before Jesus comes and before the Third World War breaks out there will be a ‘détente’(the relaxation of strained relations) like we have never had before. There will be peace between the super powers in the east and the west, and there will be a long peace. (Remember, that this was in 1968 when the cold war was at its highest. E. Minos) In this period of peace there will be disarmament in many countries, also in Norway and we are not prepared when it (the war) comes. The Third World War will begin in a way no one would have anticipated - and from an unexpected place.

2. "A lukewarmness without parallel will take hold of the Christians, a falling away from true, living Christianity. Christians will not be open for penetrating preaching. They will not, like in earlier times, want to hear of sin and grace, law and gospel, repentance and restoration. There will come a substitute instead: prosperity (happiness) Christianity.

"The important thing will be to have success, to be something; to have material things, things that God never promised us in this way. Churches and prayer houses will be emptier and emptier. Instead of the preaching we have been used to for generations -like, to take your cross up and follow Jesus, - entertainment, art and culture will invade the churches where there should have been gatherings for repentance and revival. This will increase markedly just before the return of Jesus.

3. "There will be a moral disintegration that old Norway has never experienced the likes of. People will live together like married without being married. (I do not believe the concept ‘co-habitor’? existed in 1968 - E. Minos.) Much uncleanness before marriage, and much infidelity in marriage will become the natural (the common), and it will be justified from every angle. It will even enter Christian circles and we pet it - even sin against nature. Just before Jesus return there will be TV- programs like we have never experienced. (TV had just arrived in Norway in 1968. E. Minos)

"TV will be filled with such horrible violence that it teaches people to murder and destroy each other, and it will be unsafe in our streets. People will copy what they see. There will not be only one ‘station’ on TV, it will be filled with ‘stations.’ (She did not know the word ‘channel’ which we use today. Therefore she called them stations. E. Minos.) TV will be just like the radio where we have many ‘stations,’ and it will be filled with violence. People will use it for entertainment. We will see terrible scenes of murder and destruction one of the other, and this will spread in society. Sex scenes will also be shown on the screen, the most intimate things that takes place in a marriage." (I protested and said, we have a paragraph that forbids this kind of thing. E. Minos.) There the old woman said: "It will happen, and you will see it. All we have had before will be broken down, and the most indecent things will pass before our eyes."

4. "People from poor countries will stream to Europe. (In 1968 there was no such thing as immigration. E. Minos.) They will also come to Scandinavia - and Norway. There will be so many of them that people will begin to dislike them and become hard with them. They will be treated like the Jews before the Second World War. Then the full measure of our sins will have been reached (I protested at the issue of immigration. I did not understand it at the time. E. Minos.)

The tears streamed from the old woman’s eyes down her cheeks. "I will not see it, but you will. Then suddenly, Jesus will come and the Third World War breaks out. It will be a short war." (She saw it in the vision.)

"All that I have seen of war before is only child’s play compared to this one, and it will be ended with a nuclear atom bomb. The air will be so polluted that one cannot draw one’s breath. It will cover several continents, America, Japan, Australia and the wealthy nations. The water will be ruined (contaminated?). We can no longer till the soil. The result will be that only a remnant will remain. The remnant in the wealthy countries will try to flee to the poor countries, but they will be as hard on us as we were on them.

"I am so glad that I will not see it, but when the time draws near, you must take courage and tell this. I have received it from God, and nothing of it goes against what the Bible tells.

"The one who has his sin forgiven and has Jesus as Savior and Lord, is safe."

Babylon. Are You Coming Out Of Her Or Staying In Her?

Brothers and sisters, Dumitru Duduman, a Romanian preacher, was tortured for smuggling bibles into Romania.  He said he was told by the Lord to go to America in 1984 and warn her she would be destroyed and that America is Mystery Babylon. He died around 1999. I have listened to his preaching and testimony many times and do believe him. In any case, we should be concerned about the judgment that will fall on Mystery Babylon, for we do not want to partake of her plagues or the lake of fire. I encourage you to look at YouTube and the internet for his preaching and testimony.

There are a great number of believers who believe America is Mystery Babylon. Dumitru tells of asking the angel why God named America Mystery Babylon. This is what he said the angel told him in 1984, shortly after he arrived in the USA.

• "Tell them because all the nations of the world immigrated to America with their own gods and were not stopped. Encouraged by the freedom here, the wickedness began to increase. Later on, even though Americas was established as a Christian nation, the American people began to follow the strange gods that the immigrants had brought in and also turned their backs on the God who had built and prospered this country." 

Something also to consider. What nation has ever been a cup of gold in the hand of God, if not America? It cannot be Israel as she will never be destroyed. Are we not seeing America quickly degenerating into the time she will be destroyed?

• Jeremiah 51:7  "Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine, therefore the nations have gone mad." ISV

Are you continuing to live in sins which bring the wrath of God on a person? Jesus the Messiah has a warning for you. I believe 22:15 is the last warning in the bible.

• Revelation 21:8 "But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death." ISV
• Revelation 22:15 "Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood." ISV

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Revelation 18:1

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

18:1-8 The downfall and destruction of the mystical Babylon are determined in the counsels of God. Another angel comes from heaven. This seems to be Christ himself, coming to destroy his enemies, and to shed abroad the light of his gospel through all nations. The wickedness of this Babylon was very great; she had forsaken the true God, and set up idols, and had drawn all sorts of men into spiritual adultery, and by her wealth and luxury kept them in her interest. The spiritual merchandise, by which multitudes have wickedly lived in wealth, by the sins and follies of mankind, seems principally intended. Fair warning is given to all that expect mercy from God, that they should not only come out of this Babylon, but assist in her destruction. God may have a people even in Babylon. But God's people shall be called out of Babylon, and called effectually, while those that partake with wicked men in their sins, must receive of their plagues.

Revelation 18:2

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Revelation 18:3

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Revelation 18:5

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Revelation 18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Revelation 18:7

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Revelation 18:8

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

18:9-19 The mourners had shared Babylon's sensual pleasures, and gained by her wealth and trade. The kings of the earth, whom she flattered into idolatry, allowing them to be tyrannical over their subjects, while obedient to her; and the merchants, those who trafficked for her indulgences, pardons, and honours; these mourn. Babylon's friends partook her sinful pleasures and profits, but are not willing to share her plagues. The spirit of antichrist is a worldly spirit, and that sorrow is a mere worldly sorrow; they do not lament for the anger of God, but for the loss of outward comforts. The magnificence and riches of the ungodly will avail them nothing, but will render the vengeance harder to be borne. The spiritual merchandise is here alluded to, when not only slaves, but the souls of men, are mentioned as articles of commerce, to the destroying the souls of millions. Nor has this been peculiar to the Roman antichrist, and only her guilt. But let prosperous traders learn, with all their gains, to get the unsearchable riches of Christ; otherwise; even in this life, they may have to mourn that riches make to themselves wings and fly away, and that all the fruits their souls lusted after, are departed from them. Death, at any rate, will soon end their commerce, and all the riches of the ungodly will be exchanged, not only for the coffin and the worm, but for the fire that cannot be quenched.

Egyptian Official ties Obama’s Brother to Brotherhood

Walid Shoebat  
Former Muslim Brotherhood
Member Now Peace Activist

Egyptian Official ties Obama’s Brother to Brotherhood

by Shoebat Foundation on August 19, 2013 in Blog, General

Egyptian government and mainstream media has reported a major development regarding the role of Barack Obama’s brother (presumably, his half-brother Malik Obama) with the Muslim Brotherhood. As we have reported before, Malik is a member of the Islamic Da’wa Organization (IDO), an arm of the Sudanese government, which is led by President Omar al-Bashir, who is himself a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

These facts would lend credibility to the following claims from Egypt. It is also important to note that August 25th is a very key date in Egypt; it is when imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood leaders go on trial there.

The former Chancellor of the Constitutional Court of Egypt and current adviser, Tahani Al-Jebali stated that the reason the United States cannot fight the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood is because the brother of U.S. President Barack Obama is the architect of the investments for the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Tahani Al-Jebali: Obama’s brother a Muslim Brotherhood investment architect

Jebali stated she would like…

“…to inform the American people that their president’s brother Obama is one of the architects of the major investments of the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

She added…

“We will carry out the law and the Americans will not stop us. We need to open the files and begin court sessions. The Obama administration cannot stop us; they know that they supported terrorism. We will open the files so these nations are exposed, to show how they collaborated with them [the terrorists]. It is for this reason why the American administration fights us.”

Here is video of Jebali explaining this, via Youm 7:

Jebali also appeared on Egyptian television to explain how important this news is to Americans who are concerned about their President’s actions, saying it “is a gift to the American people”, implying there is much more to come:

She noted that the cost to Egypt has been great and that her country will not allow any conspiracy against its people, the Egyptian state or any one of the members of the Security Council. Leading Egypt to Chapter 7 is unacceptable and would plunge her country into a dire state similar to that which exists in Iraq and Libya.

If these reports are correct, Turkey appears to play a central role in the conspiratorial nature of this activity and that Egypt has asserted to the international community that it will not tolerate such activity.

This information is reported by three very credible Arabic sources. [1] [2] [3]

Again, based on what we already know about Malik Obama’s affiliations, that he is a key player relative to international Muslim Brotherhood investments isn’t a shock at all.

See for yourself (again, our calls to Obama sycophant George Clooney have gone unanswered):

One person who may want to give very serious thought to singing like a canary is Lois Lerner. Her signature is at the bottom of Malik Obama’s tax-exempt approval letter. Lerner illegally granted Malik’s foundation retroactive tax exempt status, backdating it 38 months when the law prohibits doing so further back than 27 months.

On top of that, Malik may be tied to international Muslim Brotherhood investments?!

For more on Malik Obama, click here.

**UPDATE on August 19, 2013 at 8:30pm EST**
Al-Wafd, another prominent Arabic source is reporting similar news. Under the title, “Obama’s Brother is Muslim Brotherhood” and on Egypt’s National Television, (Tahani Al-Jebali) stated:

“There are many reasons why the United States does not take a strong stand against the Muslim Brotherhood.”

One such reason, which she says is a gift to the American people, is that Obama’s brother is a major operative with the Muslim Brotherhood in that he is the conduit for funneling monies for the organization.

She also added…

“Documents from the Egyptian national security must be brought into the light in order to confirm that this international organization (Muslim Brotherhood) shows exchanges with the CIA so as to reach the power center of (Egypt).”

Our work has unequivocally demonstrated that Malik Obama works with Muslim Brotherhood leaders.

CHECK OUT WALID SHOEBAT AT http://shoebat.com/2013/08/19/egyptian-official-ties-obamas-brother-to-brotherhood/

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Giant US government Internet spying scandal revealed

The Washington Post and The Guardian have revealed a US government mass Internet surveillance program code-named "PRISM". They report that the NSA and the FBI have been tapping directly into the servers of nine US service providers, including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo, YouTube, AOL and Skype, and began this surveillance program at least seven years ago. (clarifying slides)

These revelations are shaking up an international debate.

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Programs like PRISM undermine our Privacy, disrupt faith in governments, and are a danger to the free Internet.

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THE PUNISHMENT FOR READING A BIBLE IN SAUDI ARABIA

THE PUNISHMENT FOR READING A BIBLE IN SAUDI ARABIA (PHOTO)

May 4, 2013 · by Moderator · in Muslims WorldWide

147 Votes

Ever had a cut in your finger and it hurts like mad? Well…

* This is a new form of punishment in one of the Saudi nations. According to reports sent to us from Arabia, this is a new punishment used on at least one person found to possess a bible [the image shows an accident, but is an example of the damage caused by these kind of punishment and tools used].

Apart from their Sharia law, based on the doctrine’s of their ‘prophet’ Mohammed (warlord and pedophile) Saudi Arabia has been short of head-choppers for their 2,500+ executions per year PER executioner and have been advertising to fill these dirty positions for quite sometime.

An executioner is a job done by ‘lower status’ individual and is a position that is paid per execution by the government under confidentiality agreements. The government also provides the sword. The Saudi government has been considering firing squads to fill the shortage of executioners.
Executioners have said they are “proud to do God’s work”. But is it a god or a man who sentence these people, without a fair trial, tortured into confessions?

And it doesn’t get better in other Muslim societies. The Iranian government announced new legal punishment tools under Sharia: an electronic saw is now being used to cut off hands, fingers and feet [see picture from government announcement below]. And now a type of shredder is implemented in some places for punishments.

The entire article is found at http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/the-punishment-for-reading-bible-in-saudi-arabia/ 

Jesus' Final Warning

Today, I finish looking at the warnings in the New Testament. They are very sobering. The New Testament is full of warnings. I believe I was led to do this several times, in part because I have broken many of the warnings and learned first hand how priceless they are. I also believe I was led to do this because the teachers of the day, for the most part, have abandoned them.

God is Love. God warns. This is so wonderfully shown in what I see as the last warning.

Blessed are you Father, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. There is no other God but you. You are worthy of all praise and glory. Amen

Revelation 21:8 ISV

6Then he told me, “It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. 

• I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty. 7The person who conquers will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
• 8But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselvesb in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Believers Who Are Miserable, Pitiful, Poor, Blind, And Naked

John writes the seventh and final letter to the church in Laodicea. This church is so very like today's church in the western world. These passages are a rebuke to the health and wealth gospel preached by countless greedy, ear tickling preachers today.

Jesus is not talking to unbelievers, but believers and he tells them:

1. Their actions are neither cold nor hot and if they do not repent Jesus will spit them out of his mouth. 
2. They do not realize they are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
3. Jesus advises them to by from him gold purified in the fire so they may be rich and white clothes to wear so their shameful nakedness won't show, and to buy ointment to put on their eyes so they can see. 
4. He tells them he disciplines those who he loves and for them to be serious and repent.

Do we want to be spit out of God's mouth? Is that what you do to your bride? Brothers and sisters, these are very serious warnings and I do not want to be part of this group of believers. These believers sound much like those who fall away. How can a child of God be blind and naked? We are wealthy in this nation and many are guilty of loving money. This is idolatry and and Jesus says idolaters "will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death." Revelation 21:8

Time is short. We do not know we have tomorrow. Are we lukewarm? Jesus tells these people they do not realize their condition. This should shake us with holy fear! What do we do? We go to the Father, humbling ourselves and seeking him to reveal our sins to us. Surrender all we are and all we have to him. Ask him to do what it takes to keep us from being one who is lukewarm. Live out this attitude and prayer until he comes for us. I did this in 2001. I have not been the same since. I am still doing it. I will not be satisfied until I live a life which constantly realizes Jesus is at my side, hearing and seeing every thing I do.

Revelation 3 ISV

14“To the messengerh of the church in Laodicea, write:

‘The Amen, the witness who is faithful and true, the originator of God’s creation, says this:

15‘I know your actions, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 

• 16Since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth. 

• Yet you don’t realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 

• I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so you may be rich, white clothes to wear so your shameful nakedness won’t show, and ointment to put on your eyes so you may see. 

17You say, “I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don’t need anything.” 

18Therefore, 

19I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent! 

20Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eati with me. 

21To the one who conquers I will give a place to sit with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne.

22‘Let everyonej listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Christians Are Commanded To Obey Jesus' Word And Not Deny Him

There is an "hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth". To those who endure by obeying Jesus the Messiah's word and not denying him, they will be kept "from the hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth".

If we are caught up in the cares of this life and loving the things of this world, we may be left to the testing which is coming. Some will be like the five virgins who did not have enough oil and were told by Jesus "I never knew you". Matthew 25:12 

The seven letters to the churches all end in a very sobering warning from Jesus the Messiah:
"‘Let everyoned listen to what the Spirit says to the churches".

Friends, do not trust your soul to the ear tickling, false teachers and preachers of our day. They will not help us on the day of judgment. You are to be judging the teachers. Multitudes have been deceived. If you do not know what the scriptures say and simply trust a teacher or teachers, you are playing with your soul. Many are continuing in sins that keep people out of the kingdom of God. Do not be deceived. Search out what Jesus and those chosen to write the New Testament said. Obey God.  

Revelation 3 ISV

7“To the messengerc of the church in Philadelphia, write:

‘The one who is holy, who is true,

who has the key of David,

who opens a door thatd no one can shut,

and who shuts a door thate no one can open,

‘says this:

8‘I know what you’ve been doing. Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut. You have only a little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name. 

• 9I will make those who belong to the synagogue of Satan—those who claim to be Jews and aren’t, but are lying—come and bow down at your feet. 
• Then they will realize that I have loved you. 
• 10Because you have obeyed my command to endure,f I will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth. 
• 11I am coming soon! 
• Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor’s crown. 
• 12I will make the one who conquers to become a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out of it again. 
• I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God), and my own new name.

13‘Let everyoneg listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Can A Christian Have Their Name Blotted Out Of The Book Of Life?

John continues the letters to the churches. Today we look at the church in Sardis. In this warning from Jesus, I see some very sobering issues here.

1. The church as a whole was dead.
2. Jesus warns them some are about to die. 
3. Jesus warns those who are not dead to obey and repent.
4. There are a few who have not soiled their clothes with sins of that day. They will walk with Jesus because they are worthy. They are finishing the race. Their names will not be erased from the Book of Life.

We cannot earn salvation. Jesus took the wrath of God for us, and paid for salvation, yet over and over in the New Testament we are warned and find we are responsible for our actions. I believe what is written. We are to live a holy life and one of ongoing repentance. Why would we play with sin and having our names blotted out of the Book of Life?

I do not try to explain these verses away with other scriptures. I take them as written and seek to be an obedient child of God, loving him and his people. We must humble ourselves before Jesus the Messiah. He is Love. Love warns us.


Revelation 3 ISV

1“To the messengera of the church in Sardis, write:

‘The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says this:

‘I know what you’ve been doing. 

• You are known for being alive, but you are dead. 
• 2Be alert, and strengthen the things that are left, which are about to die. 
• I note that your actions are incomplete before my God. 
• 3So remember what you received and heard. 
• Obey it, and repent. 
• If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you won’t know the time when I will come to you. 
• 4But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. 
• They will walk with me in white clothes because they are worthy. 
• 5The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. 
• I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.

6‘Let everyoneb listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.’”