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Posted: 04/21/2011 at 8:21pm
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Remember that there is a difference between the judgment of Sodom and the cities of the plain, and when Babylon was sent against Israel. Sodom and Gomorrah had less than ten righteous, and was destroyed. But when Babylon came as a judgment God did not allow all the people of Israel to be destroyed. We definitely need to keep interceding on behalf of the USA, that there would be a great turning away from evil, that the church would wake up, and for the Lord to especially have mercy on the lost.
Remember the vision through the prophet Darren Smith:
"Last night while praying before I went to bed, The Lord gave me a
vision that really rattled me. In the vision I saw this land split into
four parts with each one under its own flag. Each region had terrible
destruction and many people were dead. As I looked over the
destruction I was crying and the Lord asked me, "Why are you
crying over the fall of Babylon? As a matter of fact, why have you
been praying for the healing of Babylon?"
In this vision I didn't have an answer and the Lord opened a scroll
and started reading off the indictments against our country, but
before each one he clearly called the USA Babylon.
The list was long and to the point, with such points as the killing
of several generations of unborn children. Beside this charge He
added that these babies had been sacrificed to the god of self. The
list also included greed, idolatry, pride, fornication, and many others,
so many I could not even read them all.
As I looked at the list of charges I was overwhelmed and broken
by the fact that we live every day in a nation that is so far removed
from God and in total opposition to the Kingdom of God, yet we are
comfortable here. We have become just like Lot living in Sodom,
the prosperity that the nation offers us has blinded us from the evil
that rules this land. We complain about how bad it is but still stay
attached to it with every ounce of strength we have.
The Lord told me to look at the nation as He sees it, not through
my eyes but through His. I could not look too long before I had to
agree and repent of loving Babylon. Once I repented the Lord told
me to prepare for the fall as time is running out."
And for further consideration read what our brother Jim Bakker summarized recently:
"God Remembers Mercy in Judgment
There is a lot of chatter in the Christian community and even in the secular world about the End Times and whether these natural disasters like Katina, the Haitian earthquake, and the Japan earthquake were the judgment of God or merely the results of a world gone wild.
Rick Joyner is with us this week, and he emphasized that even in God’s judgment, He always desires to show His mercy. Romans 2:4 says “Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?”
The Lord always wants to show mercy rather than judgment. The kindness of God really does lead to repentance. When Ninevah repented, they averted God’s judgment. But even when judgment is necessary to bring repentance, God still remembers mercy.
The economic unraveling is coming and Rick said that it could be a major positive – a jubilee where we can start over. Hundreds of years after King David lived, God would still do things for Israel for the sake of his servant David because David’s righteousness still had currency with God.
America still has a foundation of righteousness with God, but we’ve departed from our Godly foundation – departed from righteousness and justice, but the Lord will give us a reset if we repent. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Rick went on to say there will be a shaking first. The economic unraveling is the grace from God to give us a reset where we can start again. There will be a period of time when our dollar won’t be worth anything, but we have another source. We have a kingdom that is above all of our natural circumstances and every Christian is going to have to come to the kingdom.
Rick said he talked to Bob Jones (another Prophet) the Sunday after the big quake hit in Japan, and Bob said “it’s coming to California.” This confirms what the Lord showed me in the “31 Things” he gave me in 1999. When the Lord speaks something like that, He will usually confirm it with two or three witnesses.
Rick said up until this point, he has been counseling people not to leave California unless they had a direct word from God to leave. Now however, Rick said he feels very strongly that people should not stay in California unless they have a direct word from the Lord. You can imagine the impact of that counsel. Rick said that he has many who are upset with him about it – but he dare not be afraid to warn them.
Why is all this happening? Is it the judgment of God?
Many people want to remember only the goodness of God but the Bible says in Romans 11:22 NKJV “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise you also shall be cut off.”
Rick said that destruction is only one form of judgment, but discipline is up to us in America. If the church in America wakes up, we can be a blessing to the world if we respond and repent! That’s right – it’s the CHURCH who needs to repent!
We have stood by as America has told God we don’t want you anymore – not in public – not in our schools – not in our judicial and government systems, and He is withdrawing His grace from us!
Whom God loves He chastens and America will be chastened.
Rick reminded us that the Bible says to judge yourself lest ye be judged – fall on the Rock or He will fall on you! Every one of these events are calls to His people – do it now! Repent and return to Him, know that God always desires to show His mercy! Interceed for America, and for the world...
Together, we can mine the richness of God’s wisdom in all this and be prepared, both spiritually and naturally.
Love,
Jim
Edited by Wayne Mitchell on 04/21/2011 at 8:29pm
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Topic: "I LIFT THE SAFETY NET"
