Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Day 192 - Lost Kingdoms

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 264
         
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I am reminded of one of Michael’s famous statements: “Jesus is The Way, and all other ways are not The Way.”  Amen.

This is what all the other “kingdoms” are trying to get us away from.  They are Anti-Jehovah.  Anti-Christ.  Anti-The Way.  Pro “all the other ways.” 

As Joshua said, “…as for me and my house, we will serve (worship) the LORD!”



DAY 192

Lost Kingdoms


 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" --Matthew 4:8-10   

I went to the British Museum, possibly the best natural-history museum in the world. However, I think it should be called the British Museum of God’s Judgment on Godless Kingdoms, for that is what it really reveals. From the Incas, the Greeks, the Romans, the Egyptians, the Africans, and many more, one readily sees the result of kingdoms that are anti-Jehovah. Evolutionists and anthropologists have perpetrated the notion that ancient societies were idyllic before the advent of Christianity, which spreads guilt and condemnation; that is preposterous. We forget one of the lessons of the Old Testament, and that is that God raises up kingdoms to punish the godless, non-God-fearing kingdoms. Where are these idyllic kingdoms, anyway? The Incas were performing so many ritual killings and bloodlettings that I believe God permitted the Spanish to be the instrument of judgment. All kingdoms passed away because of their wickedness. The respected Indian prophet, Sundar Singh, visited Europe in the 1920’s. He prophesied about the coming punishment that would be WWII, and he did not see the looming war as a “natural disaster,” but as God’s judgment. Of course, his message was not received. Many in Europe say that they lost their faith because of the Great War. That is not true. The Great War revealed that they had already lost their faith. God’s judgments are always true. I make many mistakes, but I fear making a false judgment, and therefore I am not a fan of condemnation teaching. However, this is not condemnation teaching, for I am merely pointing out what appears to be an absolute, that God raises up kingdoms to destroy corrupt kingdoms.

By the way, in the museum, the letters “A.D.” or “B.C.” following dates are more commonly being replaced with the letters “c.e.” (Common Era) or “b.c.e.” (Before Common Era) as a means of being more sensitive to non-Christian religious traditions. The world would like us to forget that it is the “year of our Lord.” But Jesus Christ is real, He will judge, and His return is near. In the course of the ministry travels I have been taken to so many museums, parks, attractions, and more. In the end I have this assessment, “All is vanity; we must abide in Jesus.”

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory



Joshua 24:15 was one of the first verses I came to know after being Born Again.  What a beautiful verse it is, in its completeness:
          “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will
            serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side
            of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me
            and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
WOW!  Direct.  Time to make a choice.  That’s where we are today, for sure!

Michael gives us five things to give a lot of study and deciding to do:
1. God raises up kingdoms to punish the godless, non-God-fearing kingdoms...to
    destroy corrupt kingdoms.
2. (All of life’s events) The Great War revealed that they had already lost their
    faith.
3. God’s judgments are always true.
4. Jesus Christ is real, He will judge, and His return is near.
5. “All is vanity, we must abide in Jesus.”

Let us join in with Jesus as Matthew quoted Him: “Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"  That is OUR Lord, Savior, and Shepherd telling Satan for us!



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