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For where envy and self seeking exist,

confusion and every evil thing are there.

James 3 - 16

There shouldn't be an issue.    We follow the Christ so how come His church has become an abomination where everything He taught is ignored or twisted.

James the brother of Yeshua (Jesus) didn't mince his words

James 5 - 1 - 3
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
2 - Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 - Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire.  You have heaped up treasure in the last days.

Of course many don't even consider the bible the word of God but amazingly what James and others prophesied 2,000+ years ago is unfolding.   You can get quite sickened by the bullion adverts on television, people encouraged to buy gold as a  hedge against what is coming.   Total rubbish - neither gold or silver will save anyone. 

Ezekiel 7 -  19
They will cast their silver into the street, and their gold is like an unclean thing.
Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath.
He will neither satisfy them nor feed them for their greed can only trip them up.

What is it going to take for politicians to realise there is a price to pay for those they abandon on the streets of the U.K. and those starving to death in Yemen.  Where will those who sanction the sale of weapons and order the killing of leaders hide from the Lord's wrath.  

The God of heaven sees all,  He will cleanse the planet, we are all expendable.

And yes, all is going to plan with Brexit.   Leaders speak with forked tongue - they have no intention of respecting the will of the people.   That is just camouflage, even the cheery look on the face of the Scottish leader said it all "it's not really going to happen but just in case we'll threaten a referendum for Scottish Independence.       

So here we are - totally fallen from grace.   Slowly sliding into the Slough of Despond, nobody listening to the man on the street, most totally fed up with the constant coverage and many losing their business and homes.   They have no hope.   They have nowhere to turn.   Now more than ever they need their Saviour.   But even now they remain blind and deaf.

When a fellow countryman uses a rubber bullet on his brother he becomes a tool of the state.  What will it take to shift leaders that stand by and watch Joe Public lose an eye or a limb protesting they have had enough.   They don't mess around in France.  Madam guillotine comes to mind.   

Meanwhile all appears relatively peaceful in Russia despite every effort to goad them into WW3.

When a church turns it back on God it can expect the rod.   This once proud country with its parliament of squabbling children is a disgrace that can't be hidden from the all seeing eye of the camera.  Their place in global history is best buried.   

But those who love the Lord and run from sin city can expect a far better place.

John Bunyan - Pilgrims Progress:

There shall be no more crying, nor sorrow for he that is owner of the place will wipe all tears from our eyes (bible quotes referenced -  Isa. 25.8, Rev 7.16,17; 21.4)

God preserve us from the constant adverts for Life Insurance that "costs no more than a cup of coffee".   Fish you in at 30 years of age that may well be the case but a pensioner will soon learn it costs much more than that.   Who cares anyway - leave your body to science that costs nothing.   No funeral,  no false emotions (thank heavens that's over - hopefully no chance of a resurrection with him/her,  they gave us enough earache when they were here.   Perhaps insurance companies do believe this is the last generation in which case their sales patter is lost and their burial plans won't be needed but they will have your money.

The idiotic comments from authorities regarding knife crime in this country are amazing.   If a teenager decides to knife someone there are tools in every kitchen in the land.   Perhaps parents should be teaching their children what Jesus said "love your neighbour as yourself" of course its an ongoing battle with both the drip feed of violence on television and the influence of peer groups who have been raised on a diet of hating anything that is different from themselves.  You struggle against the current where your kids are concerned because in just one day everything you have taught them comes under the influence of another mindset or drug peddler and all is lost and the pain is overwhelming as you watch your child slowly rejecting your values and standards to sink in the mire of this world.

Little children don't know how to hate they learn this at their parents knee.  These things happen when children are raised without knowledge of the Nazarene who taught his people to "love your enemies, do good to those who hate you".   This once christian country has only itself to blame for the violence that will only get worse when men are radicalised with a "tit for tat" mentality.

There have been so many guiding lights across the centuries, men who spoke wisdom and truth  perhaps the science fiction writers glimpsed rightly that we are on the edge of a void.   We either learn to respect each other and to live together, or we wipe ourselves off the map.  People watch the skies, expect aliens and enjoy apocolyptic movies never imagining the horror that is slowly creeping towards us all.

Hopefully the tide will turn, and a new generation will teach their children love instead of hate, that they will learn that this planet we call home is precious and we need to say NO to those who are slowly killing the earth with their pesticides and plastics and chemicals.   That the injustice of a world where some will starve on the street and others live a life of pure luxury will cease and that the martyrs this will create will finally receive justice when the King of Kings returns.
  

John Bunyan - Pilgrims Progress - Reference - Isa.62
There we shall be with seraphim and cherubim creatures that dazzle your eyes to look on them.   

Pilgrims Progress - Reference -  Revelation 14 - 1-5

there we shall see men that by the world were cut in pieces, burnt in flames, eaten of beasts, drowned in the seas for the love they bare to the Lord of the place, all well, and clothed with immortality as a garment  Reference - John.12.25, 2 Cor.5: 2-4

John 12-25
Jesus said: "He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."   All is very positive for those who love the Lord.   Terrifying for those who kill by proxy and hide their riches.  

Whilst those without hope reach for the anti.depressants and live in fear of all out war the christian longs for the return of Yeshua (Jesus) our Messiah and this time He will rule with a rod of iron.   Nations will bow down and there will be Peace at the Last.

One can always discern the true christian from a false flag.   By their behaviour and Yeshua (Jesus) warned in Matthew 7 - 17 - Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.   And His warning - Matthew 7 - 21 - "Not everyone who says to Me "Lord, Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 

It's so simple even a little child can understand or perhaps Occam's Razor applies -  "The most likely explanation for an event is usually the simplest."

It's not about denominations or religious wars - or men who appoint themselves as Gods - its about our creator God - and our eternal destiny.  Make sure you're on the right bus when your time comes.

BEHOLD HE COMES:

ISAIAH 2 - 12

For the day of the Lord shall come upon EVERYTHING proud and lofty.

Isaiah 2 - 17

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down,

The haughtiness of men shall be brought low;

The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

SHALOM