Devotionals – Page 22 – Maranatha – Awaiting Christ's Return

Does it not bother you, reader, that the news is talking about food shortages but no one digs into the real reasons why? The “powers that be” want to create a food shortage so they can create a world that must depend on its government to provide their needs. This is pure Socialism! They will make farming so expensive that farmers will be forced to give up their land at a cheap rate.

New York City will begin tracking the carbon footprint of household food consumption and putting caps on how much red meat can be served in public institutions as part of a sweeping initiative to achieve a 33% reduction in carbon emissions from food by 2030.

“Different meats have different kinds of greenhouse gas footprints” because of differences in the production systems and “all land is not created equal” Melissa McKendree, Ph.D., an agricultural economist at Michigan State University, told The Defender.
The Defender

Farmland is being purchased by the rich! Why?? Why is John Malone, a billionaire, buying all this land? One has to wonder! Apparently Bill Gates is doing the same. The rich will have food while the poor won’t be able to find anything on the stores’ shelves!

Rev 6:5-6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. (6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

These news items point toward the end times, Reader. One cannot ignore the preparation by the spirit of antichrist. Christians will not know who the antichrist will be because the Rapture will take us out of here before he is. But the devil’s “spirit” is alive and well on planet Earth at this time. Events are falling into to place to prepare for the Tribulation period.

1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

The prophet Amos prophesied that in the end times there would be a famine, not just of food, but of God’s Word. No one wants to hear what God has to say about sin because that would mean they are sinners. Prideful hearts have they!

Not only will there be a lack of God’s Word during the end times but you can be sure there will be famines of the worst kind; of such we have never seen since the 10-year dust bowl which began in 1930 here in America! We have been blessed with abundance because we were founded on Christian values. But one only has to have ears and eyes today to see and hear the evil direction our nation is going!! 😥 Preparations are being made now for these famines. The seven-year Tribulation, the time of Jacob’s Troubles, will be like no other time in history.

Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

The famines of the Tribulation period will kill one-fourth of the earth’s population! Animals will also die for lack of food. It was estimated by the United Nations that our planet now has over eight billion people (as of November 2022). Using this number, we can see that this prophecy at the beginning of the Tribulation will kill two billion people, both from famine and the sword!! (The sword may be referring to wars.)

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Gender Identity

By Kate Plourde

On June 7, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Gen 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Mar 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Mat 19:4-5 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, (5) And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

There are no mistakes with God. The genetic makeup of a man and a woman are most certainly different. When God created mankind, He said His work was very good! (Genesis 1:31) There are no mistakes with God.

I am not here to pass judgment on anyone because that is God’s job. (Revelation 20:11-15) My job as a Christian is to draw sinners to Jesus Christ so they can be saved, just as my friend drew me to Him in 1980! (Mark 16:15) Thank you, Vicky!!! 🙌🙌 Praise the Lord that she shared the good news with me. That is true love and that is how Christians should behave.

If you have been scarred by hurtful and condemning comments made by “Christians,” then they have been disobedient to God’s Word. We are to love all of God’s creation and to point them to everlasting life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

1 John 4:20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (21) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Reader, you must understand that your actions today are not going to condemn you before God! Really, Kate??? The Bible says that everyone who is born is already condemned because they are born with a sinful nature. Just as I was already condemned before I became born-again. (John 3:3, 3:7)

Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

That is the whole purpose of being “born-again”! One must be born-again in order to go from the “condemned” line to the “not condemned line. Once one is born-again, the old sinful nature is replaced with a desire to live for God. Christians are not sinless but they will sin less and less as they grow spiritually. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Friend, today’s end-time agenda is deceiving many into believing that because they are the result of evolution, there are genetic “mistakes.”

What used to be a “theory of evolution” is now looked upon as fact. But in the beginning, it was not so. Can you not see that these are lies that are being thrown at people from the father of lies!

Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The devil desires to kill you so you will go to Hell. That is his ultimate goal. He is filled with lies that are powerful. He is the opposite of God. God has truth and life (John 14:6) while the devil has lies and death. In fact, he will cause those lies to appear as though they are from God! They are from the god of this world.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

2 Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Reader, God did not make a mistake when He created you. He loves you (John 3:16) and wants you to be saved so you can spend eternity with Him. God made you in His image and He said His creation was very good.

Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The only way to find the truth in a world filled with lies is by reading the Bible. It is our manual for life as we walk this earth. God didn’t leave us empty-handed to go willy-nilly into a world that has gone crazy. He loves us and has given us the Bible so we can find out His will for us.

Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

If you believe that you are a mistake of evolution, then you are not alone. There are at least one-third of children in England between 16-18 that believe it as well. I’m saddened by this article.

Almost a third of youngsters have been taught that a woman can have a penis. That is just one of the concerning findings that Civitas, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, a British think tank, has revealed in a new report. Show, tell and leave nothing to the imagination: How critical social justice is undermining British schooling.

The organisation conducted a survey in England of more than 1,100 youngsters aged 16 to 18 and a poll of a similar number of parents of younger teenagers.
Gender Identity

This is not a new thing, nor is social justice. The Bible has much to say on the topic and we can know what is the truth if we only read the Bible. If you are a believer, your job isn’t to scream and yell as the unbelievers do to us. Our job is to point them to the truth and to love them. God will reveal their sin to them – it is up to you to reveal His Word to them. Let the Holy Spirit do the rest.

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Mysterious “Aurora Blobs”

By Kate Plourde

On June 5, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

Have you ever seen anything like this? We are seeing different and strange new phenomenon in the skies lately. I’m not date setting at all. But Jesus said there would be signs in the heavens, along with distress of nations and the seas and waves roaring.

Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Watchers News publishes weather news and disasters, along with earthquakes and other phenomenon. I read about this a month ago and found it quite interesting.

On April 23, 2023, an unusual spectacle of “Aurora Blobs” baffled observers across Europe. These peculiar auroras, unlike anything seen before, have now been identified as “Proton Auroras,” originating from Earth’s ring current system, according to space physicist Toshi Nishimura of Boston University.

A celestial spectacle that took place on April 23 left Europeans and scientists alike mystified. On that night, expecting the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME), photographers and enthusiasts were outdoors, cameras at the ready, to capture the anticipated auroras. However, the lights that danced across the sky were not ordinary auroras.
https://watchers.news/2023/05/16/mysterious-aurora-blobs-confirmed-as-proton-auroras

God still mystifies scientists just as He did when the wise men followed that star! I had to chuckle because the Creator of the universe is certainly able to do any of these things! As Christians, we should not be shocked at what we see. We should be viewing these wonders knowing that our Lord could return at any moment!

But the devil is also able to do such miracles as well. Remember, he is known as the angel of light and will deceive many into thinking that he is the Messiah!

Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

The Tribulation period will not be a party – it will be the most horrific time ever to have come upon planet Earth. There will be so much deception after the Holy Spirit’s restraint is removed at the Rapture! Man’s sinful nature will rule and what you thought was bad now with the woke agenda, will be a thousand times worse during the Tribulation.

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Global Alliance for Responsible Media – GARM

By Kate Plourde

On June 2, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

Kurt Mahlburg, an Australian Christian writer and author, said it best: “Who needs facts when we have thought police like GARM?” Indeed! Of course the World Economic Forum would have this organization under their umbrella. Responsible media is an oxymoron for brainwashing the world into what they want you to think.

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) dubs itself “a cross-industry initiative established by the World Federation of Advertisers to address the challenge of harmful content on digital media platforms and its monetization via advertising”. Liking what it saw, the World Economic Forum gobbled up GARM as a “flagship project” in its “Platform For Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment and Culture” just months after the project’s launch in 2019.
Kurt Mahlburg

It’s not as if they are hiding their agenda, Reader! They are putting their goals out there for all to see!

GARM is the Global Alliance for Responsible Media. They’re a collective of marketers, media agencies, media platforms, tech companies, and industry associations who created a standardized framework to help identify and address potential harmful content online and through social media.
https://www.peer39.com/blog/garm-standards#:~:text=GARM%20is%20the%20Global%20Alliance,online%20and%20through%20social%20media.

So how can Christians know the difference between deception and truth? It is solely obtained from reading the Word of God.

2 Tim 3:12-17 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. (13) But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (14) But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; (15) And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (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, throughly furnished unto all good works.

People claiming to be Christians don’t read the Bible and expect to pull through without singeing their garments. Jeremiah had the same problem in his day. But as believers, we should not be devoid of knowledge. God has given us His instruction manual in the Bible and everything in life and what to do can be found in its pages.

Jer 32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

As believers, we have the Holy Spirit of God residing within us and He teaches us all things through the Bible. Christians have no excuse.

Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Social media, advertisements and the news media have sought to deceive the masses for a long time now. There is a world-wide agenda and that is to bring in the one-world government and the one-world church. It’s all part of the devil’s plans and his plans will be accomplished. However, the devil’s plans are all part of God’s great design to cast him into the Lake of Fire once and for all!

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – AI Will Be Writing New Religions for Humans to Follow

By Kate Plourde

On May 31, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

As the world sinks lower into depravity during these end times, we see an even greater push for knowledge. As we saw in my previous post on Klaus Schwab, the WEF is an evil organization which brings think tanks together to influence future decisions for the world.

Can you see the how the world will welcome a one-world government and one-world religion? Here’s what Harari had to say about AI being involved in both:

Schwab henchman Yuval Noah Harari said that the 2024 election could be run by AI, and indicated that Q Anon is an AI PsyOp. High-level World Economic Forum advisor Yuval Noah Harari, a key henchman to WEF leader Klaus Schwab, says that the 2024 election could be run entirely by artificial intelligence and that in the near future, AI technologies will be writing new religions for humans to follow, presumably religions that benefit groups like the World Economic Forum and their global government allies. Harari also indicated that cult-like online theories like “Q Anon” could already be controlled by government-backed AI in a twisted test run for promoting new, computer-designed religions.

Harari, a top World Economic Forum member and a lecturer at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said in a recent address that artificial intelligence will be meddling in the 2024 US Presidential race, producing new “political manifestos,” “fake news stories,” and even “holy scriptures” – though, according to Harari’s plot line, the “holy scriptures” will be more like handbooks for political cults.
https://nationalfile.com/video-world-economic-forum-says-2024-election-will-be-run-by-artificial-intelligence/

These are news items that we don’t hear about on the regular news. Anyone who is interested on news with truth has to search for it. There is coming a time, however, that one will not be able to find any truth. But one thing is for sure, Jesus said:

(Joh 14:6) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

There is no other way to Heaven according to the Bible. The Bible is our plumb line to keep us on the straight and narrow path. As we dive deeper into the end times, we see less and less people interested in hearing about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It brings to light the verse:

(Mat 7:13-14) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: (14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

People are being led straight to Hell by the deceivers of this world. They are being led by the father of lies (John 8:44). The devil is a liar and there is no truth found in him. Is it any wonder that we are seeing a falling away from the truth? People claim that they have “their truth” and that cannot be. There has to be something to base that “truth” upon in order for it to be truth. What would courts do when people swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? There is coming a time when that won’t even matter anymore. The devil is running wild putting his plan into play.

Mat 24:4-12 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (6) And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. (7) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (8) All these are the beginning of sorrows. (9) Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. (10) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. (11) And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. (12) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Mat 24:23-24 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. (24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Friend, you don’t want to be here for the Tribulation. You think you can continue in your sin now and get saved during the Tribulation? That may very well be, but Jesus said that there will be false prophets (possibly AI?) that if it were possible, would deceive even the elect of the seven-year Tribulation period. You may be one of those or you may succumb to the lies and lose every possibility of finding salvation because of those lies.

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – After-School Satan Clubs

By Kate Plourde

On May 29, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

To me, this is probably one of the most disturbing signs of the end times! We are watching Satan’s attack on our children happening right before our eyes. He managed to succeed in the abortion industry and now he is attacking the children who are alive. Did you ever imagine children signing up for this type of event? Parents are failing in their role to raise their children.

Launched in 2020 and promptly opposed by most parents, the clubs, associated with the Satanic Temple, are being pitched as an alternative to Christian after-school groups for those who identify as agnostics, atheists and religious minorities, such as pagans.

Last Monday, the Satanic Temple and the ACLU scored a legal victory after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled against the Northampton County school district, which banned the club from meeting on its grounds.

“In a victory for free speech and religious freedom, a federal court has ruled that the Saucon Valley School District must allow the After School Satan Club to meet in district facilities,” the ACLU said in a statement. Totally not Satanic?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/after-school-satan-clubs-are-hot-hot-hot

2 Cor 11:14-15 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Is it any wonder that people fall for this kind of thing? Satan is diligently working to attract the lost to believe that his way is the way to joy and fulfillment. There can be no joy or fulfillment except it be found in Jesus Christ.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

There is great judgment for those who lead children astray; not just Satan worshipers, but also the parents who allow it!

Luk 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

The Apostle Paul said this would be part of the signs that we are in the last days! He spoke of blasphemers, unholy, and despisers of those that are good. Oh how true this is! Think about it – could you have imagined seeing this type of after-school activity when you were at school?

2 Tim 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2) For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, (3) Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, (4) Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; (5) Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Just look at what they are promoting!!! The worst of seven things is “personal sovereignty”!

Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Satan is doing his best to plant his wicked doctrine into the minds of impressionable children. They are in school and after-school events longer than they are in the home. They are being bombarded by this evilness. How can they escape if we don’t do something about it! We should be enraged but do we hear about these things in the liberal media? Of course not! Wake up!!!

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Digital ID

By Kate Plourde

On May 26, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

Digital ID: it’s become the “buzz word” of the year. It may be new to us in America but it is not new to those in Europe. And, as they say, “As goes Europe, so goes America”! It’s not if this technology will lead us into the one-world currency, but when. The European Union says its “digital identity wallet” will go into use next year. It comes as no surprise that the mark of the beast will begin in this area. (Revelation 13:7)

The digital identity wallet, “The most ambitious rollout yet of a comprehensive digital ID system, combining security, compliance, and privacy safeguards for the EU’s 447 million citizens.”
Entrust, Wired Magazine

As we can see, it is a hot topic abroad. Even though America is a few years behind the advancements introduced by European countries, we can easily see its implementation.

In fact, over the next few years the number of users using digital ID is predicted to increase by more than 50% from 4.2 billion in 2022 to 6.5 billion in 2026. Based on this trajectory, digital IDs will become even more mainstream in the daily lives of citizens very soon – it’s just a matter of time.
business-reporter.co.uk

With the European Digital Identity Framework, we want the EU to become the first global region with a governance framework for trusted digital identities. The Digital Wallet will become a reliable, all-in-one identity gateway that puts citizens in full control of their own data and gives them the freedom to decide exactly what information to share, with whom, and when.

From social, financial, medical, and professional data, to contacts and much more, it will make it possible to store personal credentials within a single digital ID. Digital identity is no longer just a nice-to-have feature.
Croatia’s Romana Jerković representative in the EU Parliament is a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

There’s always a hidden agenda. They state it will be voluntary but read the very next paragraph!

Using the EU wallet will always be voluntary. MEPs also want to ensure that citizens who choose not to adopt it are not treated differently to those who do. The scheme would require each member state to notify at least one “Wallet” under a national eID scheme to make them interoperable at EU level.

The draft legislation includes provisions to securely request, obtain, store, combine and use personal identification data and electronic certificates, that can be used to authenticate online and offline and to access goods and public and private services.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230206IPR72110/meps-back-plans-for-an-eu-wide-digital-wallet

Digital ID’s will open the door that will lead to the Antichrist’s ability to see everyone’s ability to buy/sell online and offline! This tells me that you and your activities will be tracked wherever you are located.

Rev 13:16-18 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (17) And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (18) Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

There has never been a time in history where this technology has been available until today. Revelation 13:17 tells us that without some kind of mark, no one will be able to buy or sell. Digital ID’s are not the mark, don’t get me wrong. But the believer can see that it most certainly is preparing the minds of mankind to accept the mark of the beast when it does come. But praise the Lord that Christians won’t have to see this event because we will participate in the Blessed Hope, the meeting of the Church in the air with her Saviour, Jesus Christ!

1 Thess 4:15-18 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. (16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (18) Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Love Growing Cold

By Kate Plourde

On May 24, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Born in the late 1700’s in Ireland, Adam Clarke was a studious itinerant preacher living in London. He is known for his commentaries on the Bible. I found his description of this verse extremely interesting:

The love of many shall wax cold – By reason of these trials and persecutions from without, and those apostasies and false prophets from within, the love of many to Christ and his doctrine, and to one another, shall grow cold. Some openly deserting the faith, as Mat 24:10; others corrupting it, as Mat 24:11; and others growing indifferent about it, Mat 24:12. Even at this early period there seems to have been a very considerable defection in several Christian Churches; see Gal 3:1-4; 2Th 3:1, etc.; 2 Ti 1:15.
Adam Clarke Commentary

Adam Clarke wrote this in the 1800’s and it amazes me that he recognized it in his day. How much more is it evident today!??

I also look at this verse, Matthew 24:12, as how cold men’s hearts have become because of the lawlessness and sin. The more it is allowed in a country, the more the country’s moral values decline. One of those moral values is abortion! Our elected officials can’t even stay on track! Their platform changes with the wind of change. Their political party changes direction to achieve a hidden agenda:

President Biden’s support for abortion is well-documented. He actually started his long political career as a centrist on the issue. In 1974, then-Sen. Biden told a reporter that a woman should not have the “sole right to say what should happen to her body,” and in 1982, he voted in favor of an amendment that would have allowed states to overturn Roe v. Wade. But Biden, like his party, has shifted dramatically in a pro-abortion direction.

For decades, Biden supported the Hyde Amendment that prohibits taxpayer funds from paying for abortions. He even voted in favor of the partial-birth abortion ban, but as a presidential candidate, Biden tacked hard to the left in the 2020 Democratic primary. Since that time, he has pursued increasingly aggressive pro-abortion policies.
https://harbingersdaily.com/abortion-champion-the-biden-admin-has-secured-its-place-as-the-most-forceful-defender-of-murder-in-the-nations-history/

How can one kill a baby when it is supposed to be in the most protected environment, the mother’s womb?!

Our country’s problems are evidence of what is inside of its citizens. The more the unbelievers cold-hearted beliefs succeed and the less Christians speak out, the more cold-hearted the country becomes!

During these end times, we see the difference between Christians and non-believers. We have become a loveless country. We have to place the blame where it is needed. This started with us, Christian. We are to be the light and the salt of the world. We are to shine the lost and point them to the Word of God for salvation. We are to cause the lost to thirst after righteousness. Because of our growing lack of love for the lost, we have reaped what we have sown (or not sown, for that matter). This began with us; it crept into the churches, then into our towns and cities.

Are you ashamed yet? Are you guilty of your love waxing cold? Yes, there will always be critics and unbelievers but that does not give us the right to ignore our duty as citizens of the Kingdom of God. Paul told Timothy what was going to happen in the last days and we are seeing this being fulfilled:

2 Tim 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2) For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, (3) Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, (4) Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; (5) Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Have you ever seen a more self-loving generation than our own? But rather than having our eyes on them, why not place our eyes on our own hearts to see if we are guilty of the same! We have to examine ourselves daily to make sure that we are practicing our faith! We can’t allow ourselves to grow cold toward the things of God. We can’t allow the things of this world to dictate our walk with Christ. Yielding ourselves to the Holy Spirit and using the gifts He has given to us to reach a lost and dying world will keep us “in the faith.”

2 Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

We can’t blame the world for everything. We need to do moral inventory and compare it to the Scriptures, not man’s definition of what is right. We all know man’s definitions change all the time. The Bible is our measuring stick and plumb line. It never changes – it is not God who moves away from us, but our hearts move away from God. Be vigilant!

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Gender Issues

By Kate Plourde

On May 22, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

We are a world wrapped up in confusion and it will get much worse as the Tribulation grows closer. God is not the creator of confusion:

1 Co 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Jas 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Joh 8:43-44 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Confusion doesn’t happen overnight. It takes years of grooming, spiritual pampering and preaching that tickles the ears. I love this quote by Dave Hunt because it summarizes exactly what has been going on in the church:

“We are raising a generation on the spiritual junk food of religious videos, movies, youth entertainment, and comic book paraphrases of the Bible. The Word of God is being rewritten, watered down, illustrated, and dramatized in order to cater to the taste of the carnal mind. That only leads further into the wilderness of doubt and confusion.”
Dave Hunt

There can be no confusion when it comes to God’s Word, reader. The end-time topic for today is the one of “gender confusion.” God is the one who created the animals and man. With EACH animal and human being, they were both male and female. He did not make a mistake because God said that “it was very good.” (Gen. 1:31) No one questioned this … EVER! I am not writing this to debate the issue. I’m writing this post to show the problems that this issue poses today. It creates confusion!

The article below is about a “religious” university allowing transgender male to be assigned to a a dorm room with a female. That is totally unacceptable yet the world will scream discrimination if it is not allowed.

A new O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) video shows University of St. Thomas Associate Director of Residence Life Zoe Chang stating that the school allows biological males who identify as women to share living spaces with females. This, according to Chang, is done as discreetly as possible in order to avoid upsetting parents.
https://alphanews.org/catholic-university-doesnt-tell-girls-if-theyre-assigned-to-room-with-biological-male/

Do you see how confusing this issue has become? Sinful minds will always take a foot if they are given an inch. This is exactly what has happened. The Church stayed silent and the devil and his demons have crept in unawares. Bit by bit, apostasy entered the church and now it has jumped into a good-for-nothing church. As I said above,

(1 Cor 14:33) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

God initially created the Garden of Eden as a perfect place to live along with perfect human beings, male and female. When the devil successfully tempted Adam and Eve, perfection was gone and they were cast out of Eden. Now perfect life had become sinful life. It only took approximately 1,500 years from their creation to the flood in Noah’s day for sinful man to become so bad that God had to destroy the entire earth!!! He promised never to destroy the earth by flood again.

Now some 4500+ years later, man is just as sinful and more so. By the time the Tribulation is over, Jesus questions how much faith will be found when He returns. (Luke 18:8)

The ungodly will become even more ungodly as time moves forward. We are seeing the outcome of this ungodliness and it’s much worse than ever before.

Jud 1:4-8 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. (5) I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. (6) And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (7) Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (8) Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

As Christians, it is our duty not only to tell the lost about the love of Jesus, but also of the condemnation that will result if they do not repent.

Luk 13:27-28 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. (28) There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

Take a lesson from the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus:

Luk 16:22-31 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; (23) And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (24) And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. (25) But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (26) And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (27) Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: (28) For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (29) Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. (30) And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. (31) And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

God doesn’t send people from the dead to warn the lost. The bottom line is that the lost have the Bible and preachers by the thousands. If the lost won’t listen to the plan of salvation through these, they won’t listen to a dead person. Satan has the power to deceive and can use these dead “images” to convince people they are on the right path and not to seek for salvation elsewhere. Do not be deceived!

2 Cor 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (14) And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

There is no confusion in Christ. He brings peace and rest in His Word. (Matthew 11:28) This world is bound for the judgments of the Tribulation. We must try to rescue those who are lost. The Internet says that 30% of Americans are Christians, but not all are born-again. So let’s just say for argument’s sake that 5% are truly born-again. If each born-again Christian led one person to the Lord, it would draw 16.5 million people to salvation! We are to be salt and light to a dying world. Is your light dim? Does your salt have barely any flavor?

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

Rapture and End Time News – Klaus Schwab

By Kate Plourde

On May 19, 2023

In Devotionals, Rapture and End Time News

Isa 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

No matter how smart a man is or how progressive technology becomes, no one can out-master the Master and Creator!

There will come a time very soon where Satan will deceive the world through his man, the Antichrist. In the meantime, the spirit of antichrist is hard at work in our world through people bent on taking control. (1 John 4:3) You may think I’m a conspiracy theorist but I’m not. I’m a Bible believing, born-again Christian, determined to warn anyone who will read this blog, about what is to come! If these news events are happening now, can you imagine in a year from now?

A great example of my warning is this man. Have you heard of Klaus Schwab? Up until recently, he was not in the news. He was born in Germany, and started the World Economic Forum in 1971. Although the World Economic Forum has no power to make decisions, its members have a lot of political influence as well as influence over business policies. Why do I say that? Here are some of its members and a snippet of who they are:

Christine Legarde, Lawyer, President of the European Central Bank, Managing director of the International Monetary Fund, 2011-present, Minister of Finance (France), 2007-2011, Minister of Agriculture, 2007, Minister of Commerce and Industry, 2005-2007
Al Gore, American politician and climate-change environmentalist
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, German-born, climate-change environmentalist
Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum, Normalized relationship with China
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, Liberal, also served as Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs
Peter Sands, British Banker, chief executive (CEO) of Standard Chartered (a British multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services) from November 2006 to June 2015.
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, An Austrian businessman and Chairman Emeritus of the Nestle Group, a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland; also was on the board of directors of Credit Suisse Group, L’Oréal, and ExxonMobil. He is also a member of ERT (European Round Table of Industrialists)
Angela Merkel, German former politician and scientist (studied physics at Karl Marx University), advocated for the resettlement of large numbers of people in Germany. As a result, more than one million migrants entered Germany in 2015 alone!
Francois Velleroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, serving as Governor of the Bank of France and ex officio President of the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (an independent administrative authority which exercises prudential supervision of regulated French financial firms such as banks and insurance companies).
Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian serving as Director of the International Monetary Fund, grew up under Bulgaria’s communist party.
Marc Benioff, American internet entrepreneur, CEO of Salesforce, Owner of Time, ironically opposed capitalism, favoring strict gun control, defending liberal-left approaches to homelessness, and supporting liberal expansionist immigration policy.
Antonio Guterres, a Portuguese politician, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, studied physics and engineering, against fossil fuels
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, pro “family planning,” not a medical doctor, a member of the violent and powerful communist Ethiopian political party known as the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)
Sharan Burrow, Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, advocate and campaigner for social justice, women’s rights, and placing people, not least as workers, at the heart of environmental and climate action
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Paramount Leader and President of China, promote Marxism-Leninism and socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Chinese political system is authoritarian. There are no freely elected national leaders, political opposition is suppressed, all religious activity is controlled by the CCP, dissent is not permitted, and civil rights are curtailed.
Delia Ferreira Rubio, Chair of the Transparency International, a German with PhD in Law, registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank
Sarita Nayyar, Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum USA, Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Global Industries, which is the foremost multi-stakeholder platform for shaping the future of industries in a strategic and socially responsible way.

When you look at the totality of the backgrounds for each of the members listed above, one can easily see how influential they will be in the end times. Nowhere to be found are godly Christian individuals! Nowhere to be found are right-wing conservatives! We have:

7 bankers/involved with banking/economics,
4 environmentalist,
2 scientist,
1 internet mogul,
5 socialists/communists,
1 Medical moguls,
4 Commerce and trade

As you watch this clip, you will see what Klaus Schwab has in mind when he refers to a brain implant that will transmit your thoughts. He casually mentions it as if it’s in the future. But you can be sure that as far into the end times as we currently are, this technology has already been created and they are working on a way to get it out to everyone in the world.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1559654850274770945

The WEF lists a whole slew of categories that they are working on. You can view them at WEF Communities. This should open the eyes of the skeptics who don’t believe that there’s some kind of “one-world” planning going on! I challenge you to browse through their website. You can see how many years of work have gone into the WEF’s formation. It’s not something that has happened in the past year or so. It’s no coincidence that the top contributors have a vast background, including the Students and Young Professionals they are attempting to attract.

As we approach the Tribulation hour, we can see that we are already at a time where biblical prophecies are coming to past.

2 Thess 2:10-12 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Klaus Schwab’s implant doesn’t necessarily have to be in the brain. It can be an implant in the forehead or anywhere on your body. Whatever the implant will be, it will control every thought you have and every move you make. It will be too late! The Bible says it will be “IN their right hand, or IN their foreheads” … it doesn’t say it will a mark ON the right hand, or ON their foreheads. Is this a coincidence? Did the Apostle John use the word “in” meaning “on”? I don’t think it’s a coincidence at all. God knew how He wanted these verses written in the Bible.

Rev 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (17) And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

We are seeing Bible prophecy coming true in our lifetime, Reader! If you’re a Christian, these are exciting times. Jesus told us these events would happen and they are happening. To the unbeliever, however, these are scary times.

The time is coming when it will be too late for you to repent. You will remember each opportunity you were given by God to be saved; you will remember each time you laughed it off and ignored it. Please Reader, repent and accept Christ into your life. (Act 16:31, Rom 10:9) I want to be sure that anyone who reads the posts on this blog can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are going to Heaven. Have you received Christ as your Saviour? If no, your sins are not covered by His sacrificial offering of Himself. You have not been redeemed by His blood. It is no coincidence that God has placed you here for such a time as this so that you may be saved if you are not already. Please click here and the link will open up in a separate tab to You Can Be Born Again and Know It!

1 Cor. 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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