MIRACULOUS TURN OF EVENTS

 A number of years ago when my oldest son, Kristopher, was in Afghanistan, our family was struggling with the last days of deployment.  It's during those times where danger is heightened.  It's like the enemy knows when one group is coming and one is going.  They try like the dickens to leave a big impression.  That generally means loss of lives.  

It was during this time that a friend of my wife named Martha sent an email to her. She told Joanne during her prayer time, this phrase kept coming to her..., "Miraculous Turn of Events".   She kept repeating herself.  Well over 15 times.  She said, "I'm not sure what it means, but it's something big".  Around that same time, we initiated a Prayer Vigil at the State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa.  The reason?  An uptick in enemy fire had killed a number of U.S. soldiers and we were feeling desperate.  So we prayed and prayed and prayed.  

Some two weeks later we found out that roughly the same time we were undertaking the Prayer Vigil one of the more amazing battles in U.S. Military history took place.  It was called the Battle of Do Ab.  Here's the Wikipedia version of the event: 

"The Battle of Do Ab took place in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on May 25th, 2011.  In the battle, a scout platoon from the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army, 20 Afghan soldiers and two U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) operators and one Law Enforcement Professional (LEP) were ambushed by an estimated 400-500 Taliban near the village of Do Ab,  With assistance from close air support, the coalition forces repulsed the ambush, killing 270 Taliban.  The coalition forces suffered no casualties".  Let me repeat that again.   NO CASUALTIES.  This despite taking immediate fire 360 degrees around the two helicopters when they tried to disembark.    Definitely a MIRACULOUS TURN OF EVENT.  

So why do I bring this up?  Look around and see if we have a number of things going on in our lives that are festering towards a blow up.  If anything politics and religion are about to collide.  

This recent election has done much to bring emotions to the fullest.  Regardless of who wins, which I think is still in doubt, there will be chaos.  No one can guess to what degree.  That is except God.  

So, will Biden pull one out or will Trump turn the table?  If Biden is named President then this country will head to depths never imagined.  It will be a give away party.  Socialism will take over the Country.  Yet, should Trump turn things around in showing voter fraud, what will it buy us?  A couple of more years?  Will burning and looting and killing be common place?  Most likely...

This brings me to the other aspect of the subject.  God.  There is a thing called prophesy that most Christians are totally unaware of.  And that's the Churches fault. They don't teach it and most don't even talk about it.  Why, I'm not sure.  After all, God didn't provide us with prophesy to scare us, he did it to prepare us.  

The Battle is real....and it's right outside your door

 Last week, this took place and most people had no idea it even happened.  From the Associated Press: (November 19)-Israel said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday in a "wide-scale" operation in response to rocket fire on the Israel-controlled Golan Heights the day before.  A Britian-based war monitoring group said the strikes killed at least 23 people, including 15 non-Syrians, some of the Iranians".  Additionally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "I have made clear that whoever hurts us, we will hurt them".

And the significance of this is what, you say.  

"An oracle concerning Damascus.  Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins.  The cities of Aroer are deserted; they will be flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.  The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, declares the Lord of hosts-Isaiah 17:1-3

Things are lining up all over the place.  Prophesy tells us so.  As a good friend of mine put it the other day, "God has never lied to us.  All of his prophesies have come true".  Shouldn't that be enough to put on your armor and be ready for battle? 

People.  I've said this before.  Time is running out.  There will be a turn of events coming in the not to distant future.  Will you be ready?  I hope so.  Because it's going to be Miraculous!!!

YGG,

John     

ONE NATION UNDER GOD....NOT

This country....this land we call the United States of America was founded over 200 years ago. With all of our history you'd think it was nearly 400.  Through it all, our forefathers laid a great foundation for us.  They spent hour after hour after hour streamlining the Constitution as a road for success. Other important things took place along the way.  Take for example this:  An early pledge of allegiance to the flag of the Republic was offered up in 1887 by Captain George T. Bach, a veteran of the Civil War.  It read, "We give our heads and hearts to God and our country, one country, one language and one flag". 

Several years later, 1892 to be exact, Francis Bellamy put forward another form of the pledge that became a big portion of what we now know today.  His version was formally adopted by Congress in 1942.  The official name of the Pledge of Allegiance was adopted in 1945.  Lastly, on Flag Day of 1954, the words "under God" were added".  That brought us to these words:

"I pledge the allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all".  

These words used to be recited in classrooms around the country before the beginning of each school day. They were words that meant something.  Kids loved to sing the song, so to speak.  The pledge might have been recited more than, "Now I lay me down to sleep"......    

So what happened in a little over 10 years, after the pledge became official?   

"The reasons for this deterioration is simple.  In the beginning our founding fathers framed our Constitution around God, His moral government and laws. God was the supreme authority for government, the authority for oaths", according to the Courier of Montgomery County, Texas.  "This is a binding put in place to bind us together as one nation under God.  In the early 1960's, the Supreme Court and because of the lack of opposition made it unconstitutional to teach, suggest or recognize that there is a God.  In one uncontested opinion, our nation was brought to its knees, no longer bound as one nation, no longer liberty and justice for all (liberty and justice for the highest bidder), no longer united but heavily fragmented.  No longer a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but a government of the people, by politicians and their greed and struggle for power and for control.  One of our founding fathers gave a profound prediction, 'Those who will not be by God will be ruled by tyrants".  

Would it be helpful if I said, "well, we got what we deserved".  Of course not, but didn't we, though? We turned the other way and we let evil worm it's way into every facet of this country's makeup.  Greed, lust, power and deceit are all around.  And today, if we turn to the Church, are they teaching us what we should be doing?  Most aren't. They're not teaching prophesy. As a churchgoer, you'd be hard pressed to know that Satan is attacking us NOW MORE THAN EVER.  If you're attending a church that is fully committed to where we are biblically in these times, consider yourself fortunate.       

God is WAITING.  He so wants to bring every last person to his kindgom.  Remember Noah and the Ark?  If you'll recall there wasn't a whole lot of room.  So....      

"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those who heart is loyal to Him.  In this you have done foolishly, therefore from now on you shall have wars- 2 Chronicles 16:9

One Nation Under God.  Not anymore.  It hurts to say that.  But the truth is...the whole truth and nothing but the Truth, so help me God.

YGG,

John