No Corners Cut, No Pacifying, No Round-About Way

By Lou Yeboah

“Listen carefully, and read with discernment,” says the Lord. For something important is about to be uttered.” [Revelation 13:9]. Remember, I told you that Satan is an imitator. Right now, he has the world right where he wants it; eating out of the palm of his hand. And by his words, he has stirred up a nation and convinced them that they could rule the world. He has convinced them that they are superior to all others, and like a fool, they have bowed before this hellish king, and given him what they have steadfastly refused to give Me. [Revelation 12:10]. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” Not knowing that the leader is Satanically empowered. Not knowing that Satan has raised him up so that he can receive worship. [Revelation 13:4-10]. Not knowing that because they have chosen to worship him, I will abandon them to their choice, with all the consequences that come with such a decision. If anyone has an ear, let him hear.  

Two beasts are described in the Book of Revelation chapter 13, one from the sea [vs. 1] and one from the land [vs. 11]. With the beast out of the sea, the one from the land, although he claims that he is the peace maker, he is not. He comes as a great source of darkness into the world. He comes not to save the world, but to damn the world. Listen and listen carefully! There is an urgency in the world that has never existed before. Your entire life is about to change. Events will unfold soon to destroy the Western world’s way of life as you know it. Soon, mankind will suffer through the most devastating, bloody war in human history—called, in biblical terminology, the “Great Tribulation.” A war such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. [Matthew 24:21-22]. Yes, a major war in the Middle East is coming soon, and it will be massive. The players are in place and this coming war will be the birth pangs of the Gog-Magog Wars as foretold by God to the prophet Ezekiel. “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass.” [Luke 21:36]. Because nothing in the past can even remotely compare to what is about to take place. Listen, and listen carefully!

The Book of Daniel was written for your time. Its prophecies speak with increased meaning to your generation. The Bible prophet, Daniel, outlined in vivid detail world events now unfolding before your eyes. They provide “inside information” on the enemy’s plans. They reveal the last-day delusions Satan uses to deceive the world’s population. They also carefully outline God’s strategy for the end time. The days ahead will be difficult. A crisis of unimagined fury will break upon the world. Read and understand the Book of Daniel, for it contains truth for your time. In it, the stories reveal how to be ready for earth’s final days. The prophecies reveal when these last-day events will occur. Understand the significance of today’s news and where it is all leading. Learn to discern. Yearn to discern. For the failure to discern the times and the threat is detrimental. [2Peter 3:3-4]. The exhortation, “Listen carefully and read with discernment!”

By Lou Yeboah

Mad because the affairs of man did not turn out the way you wanted them too. Who do you think you are? Listen, and listen good. ALL existing authority is set up by Me. [Romans 13:1]. There is no authority except from Me, and those that exist have been placed there by Me. I tell you, when you understand that there is nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing that can happen unless I allow it, you will be alright. For I am God and God all by myself! And let me just say this, if you resist the authorities whom I have appointed, you will incur judgment. You better know that you know! For it is I, who declare how things turn out long before they ever happen. For it is I, who declare not just natural events, but human events. I rule the kingdom of men and give it to whom I will. [Daniel 4:32]. I plan and govern all things, not you. [Isaiah 46:8-11]. It is I, who declare the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done. It is I, who removes kings and set up kings. [Daniel 2:21]. I tell you, when you understand that there is nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing that can happen, unless I allow it, you will be alright.” My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all My purposes. “For the earth is Mines and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” [Psalm 24:1]. EVERYTHING is subject to My command. Nothing can take place without My sanctioning it. If you will only grasp this truth and comprehend that fact, you will stop worrying about a lot of things because absolutely nothing happens without My permission. Even the devil has to seek My permission.  Know that I will use anything and anyone of My choosing to fulfill My divine purpose. [Job 1:6, 12; 2:6] [John 19:11].  “For no plan of Mine can be thwart.” [Job 42:2].

I want you to know that EVERYTHING in the universe is either caused by God or allowed by God. Nothing ever “just happens” and nothing is caused by someone or something outside of God’s control. Whatever is happening to us is part of the working of God’s plan. God is at work in all things at all times to accomplish His will in the universe. He does whatever pleases Him. And He will ALWAYS have the final say! [Ephesians 1:11].

“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” [Proverbs 16:33; 19:21].

I believe “all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…” [2 Timothy 3:16, 17.] and that includes the text in [Romans 13

By Lou Yeboah

Every action has a reaction, and I tell you, “I Did It My Way” has severe consequences.  You better know that you know!

“All day long, I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” [Romans. 10: 21]. They “walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices.” [Isaiah 65: 2]. But I tell you, they will soon find out the danger in, “doing it their way.”  In Genesis 27, four people sang that same old song, “I did it my way.” In the end they all came up empty and paid a high price for their selfishness. Listen, there is a real danger in the “I did it my way” philosophy. The lie of autonomy seduces us into thinking that we’re independent creatures with the right to do whatever we want with the life that belongs to us. But listen to the song of Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning, God…” That song is played to a radically different melody. If God was first, our lives have never belonged to us. You and I don’t have the right to think, desire, act and speak as if it does.  If God was, then everything he declares is. That means the universe and everything in it must be seen and understood in a certain way – God’s way.

You know, the last thing Joshua did in the [Book of Judges] was tell the people, “You choose how you are going to live your life” and they did. They did it “their way” and what a mess they made of it.  Over a 350 year period, they went through seven cycles. A cycle would start with the Israelite doing it their way.  As a result, Israel would find herself in slavery. God would then send a leader-a judge-who would bring them out of captivity. Israel would follow for a while. But then another cycle would begin with “doing it their way.” Each cycle was worse than the one before.  God would step in yet again, and for a while peace came over the land. But, overall, the spiraling down of the society continued. I tell you, the danger of “doing it your way” always lead to severe consequences.

For Saul, disobedience in not following God’s instructions had severe consequences. In [1 Samuel 31] Saul was the Lord’s chosen king for the Israelite’s. But rather than trusting that God knew best, Saul’s ego took first place in his heart. When it did, disobedience—doing things his way—became his undoing. Saul lost everything by losing sight of the only thing that mattered: his relationship with the one, true God. Don’t you do! For [Proverbs 14:12] tells us that, “There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death.”

I tell you, “there are some dire consequences when you don’t do things God’s way. You lose out on the blessings that God has for you when you don’t do things God’s way. You lose out on the victory that God has for you when you don’t do things God’s way. Doors of opportunity will be shut in your face when you don’t do things God’s way. Sleep will leave your eyes and you won’t be able to get any rest when you don’t do things God’s way. You will find yourself disappointed, depressed, and sad when you don’t do things God’s way. You will find yourself in bondage and confused when you don’t do things God’s way. You will find yourself broke, disgusted and frustrated when you don’t do things God’s way. You will find yourself in a whole lot of trouble, you will find yourself in a whole lot of mess, and in a whole lot of unnecessary drama when you don’t do things God’s way. You will become weak, and despondent when you don’t do things God’s way. There will be no peace for you and no comfort for you when you don’t do things God’s way. There will be no joy for you and no happiness for you when you don’t do things God’s way.  Not only will you mess yourself up when you don’t do things God’s way, but you will even cause your family, not to be blessed when you don’t do things God’s way. Salvation and eternal life will be out of your reach when you don’t’ do things God’s way because salvation and eternal life is found in Jesus Christ.”

“If you want to be blessed, you have to do things God’s way. If you want the victory, you have to do things God’s way. If you want to be successful and prosperous, you have to do things God’s way. If you want to be the head and not the tail, you got to do things God’s way. If you want to be blessed in the city and blessed in the field, you have to do things God’s way. If you want to be blessed going in and going out, you have to do things God’s way. If you want to be more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus, you have to do things God’s way. If you want deliverance, you must do things God’s way. If you want to be healed, you have to do things God’s way. If you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit, you have to do things God’s way. If you want your home and marriage to be blessed, you have to do things God’s way. If you want to be blessed on your job, at school, in your neighborhood, you have to do things God’s way. You ought to be committed in doing things God’s way.”  [Proverbs 3:5-6,].

I tell you, wisdom is the principal thing, but in all your getting get an understanding.” [Proverbs 4:7].  

“Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail…” [Proverbs 15:22-32].

By Lou Yeboah

“After all I’ve done for you. I have loved you, with an everlasting love [Malachi 1:2], but instead of receiving Me with delight, you receive Me not. [John 1:11]. You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart people. I have spread out my hands all day unto a rebellious people; A people that provoketh Me to anger continually to My face’. [Isaiah 1:4-6; Jeremiah 7:17-20 Jeremiah 25:7-11; Ezekiel 8:17-19; Deuteronomy 31:29; 2 Kings 22:16-17 Hebrews 3:7-9, 12, 15].

You Ingrates! Don’t you know, that My grace is love which you do not deserve, but yet are given? Don’t you know, that it is My grace that is keeping you alive? [Ephesians 2:1-2]. Prostituting My grace. Taking My goodness for granted. [Romans 6:23]. Listen, and listen good. I WILL NOT allow you to become complacent or neglectful concerning Me. I WILL NOT allow you to take Me for granted. Think lightly of the riches of My kindness, tolerance, and patience, and repent quickly, before I bring My wrath upon you, for my patience is at its limit!” [Romans 2:4-5; 2 Peter 3:8-10].

I want you to know that when God learned of how Israel had betrayed His love and taken His grace for granted, God became furious, and brought His wrath upon Israel. [2 Kings 17:18]. And before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. [Psalms 78:31]. “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid! [Romans 6:2,15] Know that God’s long-suffering will eventually ends. It ended in the days of Noah [Genesis 6:8]. It ended for Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of Abraham. [Genesis 19:1-5]. And, it eventually will end for all of us. [2 Peter 3:10]. “One final appeal, and this is it! This is the final call, says the Lord. Repent before I bring My wrath upon you!”

I admonish you to receive Him while you are able. He is a gracious and compassionate God, [Romans 2:4-5; 2 Peter 3:8-10], but He has His limits. For the Lord said in [Genesis 6:3] “My Spirit will not always strive with man. I will proceed no longer in this way, but pass and execute the sentence of condemnation on you…” No one is excluded from Jesus’ demand to repent..” All is included.  Don’t delay! The need is urgent! [Acts 17:30]. For Jesus said, “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” [Luke 13:3]. “The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here” [Matthew 12:41].

Jesus, is warning us of the judgment to come, and offering escape if we will repent. If we will not repent, Jesus has one word, “Woe unto you.” “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin” [Ezekiel 18:30; Acts 3:19]. The Bible commands it, our wickedness demands it, justice requires it, Christ preached it and God expects it. Don’t let the verdict be for you as it was for Israel. They saw all the evidence. They heard all the teaching. They saw the miracles. But they refused to repent.

Know that, “If you do not obey Me [take Me for granted and treat Me neglectfully], and do not observe all these commandments, and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. ‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me [if you still take Me for granted and if you still neglect Me], then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. ‘Then, if you [still take Me for granted] and walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate. ‘And if by these things you [still take Me for granted] are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me, then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied. ‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me [if you still are complacent and you continue to neglect Me and take Me for granted], but walk contrary to Me, then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters. But, “If you turn your heart around; if you accept your guilt and change [repent], I will remember My covenant. [Leviticus 4-29; Deuteronomy 28].

They continue in their foolishness. [Proverbs 26:11].

Yet you have not listened to Me, declares the Lord, in order that you might provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm. [Jeremiah 25:7].

Hear, O earth: behold, I am bring disaster on this people, the fruit of their plans, because they have not listed to My words, and as for My law, they have rejected it also. [Jeremiah 6:19].

By Lou Yeboah

“For I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot, but because you are lukewarm, I’m about to spit you out of My mouth. And because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked, be zealous and repent, so that you may live and not die, [Galatians 5:19-21] and pray that you are found worthy to escape the tribulation that is coming upon the whole world. [Galatians 5:19-21]. I tell you, the night is fading away, the sun is peeking over the Eastern horizon, and I am coming soon!” [Romans 13:11]. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. [Revelation 3:15-22].

God’s message to each of us is as it was to Hezekiah, “SET THINE HOUSE IN ORDER FOR THOU SHALT DIE AND NOT LIVE.”  Just as Isaiah did not have anything else to say, neither do I. Isaiah delivered his message and left. Why? Because the message was plain enough that it did not need to be explained.  

Getting “our house in order” MUST become a priority in all of our lives. The Bible declares that there will be a 2nd coming of Christ. When? We do not know. But when He do come, He will be coming as Judge this time.

I can only hope and pray that today is the day that you put into action, the steps needed in getting your house in order. This is our finest hour!  The present shaking that we are experiencing is proof positive that God’s Kingdom is advancing on the earth and the hour of His return is near.  Be vigilant.  Be focused.  The present world as we watch it is undergoing shaking. Governments who are previously unmovable are trembling. Kings and Rulers who are untouchable in the past are being removed from their glorious palaces. [Haggai 2:6-7, 21-22] Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.” [1Thessalonians 5:6].

“A watchman stood on the city wall and warned the people… [Ezekiel 3:17].

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices …y. [Colossians 3:5-10].

“He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!” [Revelation 22:20].

By Lou Yeboah

Now most, “Americans” know what that means. On a theological level, the phrase can be translated as, “You can lead someone to God’s Truth, but you can’t make that person embrace and live according to those principles and values.”  You can show someone something that will benefit them, but you can’t force them to accept it. People, like horses, will do as they will. The problem with that is, as a good English Proverb says, “He that neglects the occasion, the occasion will neglect him.” Case in point. Jesus says, “Because you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock you when calamity overtakes you— when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. “Then you will call to Me, but I will not answer; you will look for Me, but you will not find Me [Proverbs 1:24-28].  Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living Water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water. [Jeremiah 2:12-13].

You know, as I thought on this text, it reminded me of where I was when the Lord found me. Just like the Samaritan woman in the Book of John chapter 4, I was looking for something I did not have. I was drinking from every well I could find, but none were satisfying the thirst in my soul. When I met Jesus Christ, and He offered me a drink from His well, I found out that there was more than water in His well. What did He offer? He offered satisfaction and salvation for my soul. He offered me the opportunity to have all my sins forgiven. He offered me the opportunity to be right with God. He offered me the opportunity to miss Hell and go to Heaven when I die. What was the catch? There was no catch! All He requires from me and you, is everything! [John 7:37-38]. He wants you to come before Him, confessing yourself a sinner and calling on Him by faith. He wants you to take His death on the cross as the payment for your sins. He wants you to believe what the Bible says about Him and He wants you to accept it all on the basis of faith, [Romans 10:9]. If you are saved, let the Lord remind you how good He has been to you in redeeming your soul. If you are lost, answer Him as He calls you to come to Him and drink of His well, because every human effort of quenching your thirst apart from God will not bring satisfaction.

I admonish you, quench your thirst by drinking from the Fountain of Living Water. Understanding that Grace is God’s unmerited favor and it goes beyond mercy. Mercy is God not giving us the punishment that we deserve for our sins. Don’t hesitate to drink from the Fountain of Living Water, because when men have gone beyond the time of Gods mercies, and out-rowed the tide of Gods forbearance, and will not return, the Lord sets it down with Himself, that His wrath shall return upon them. He will no longer forbear: as [Hosea 9:15] reminds us, “There was a time wherein God did pitied them, but now He will not pitied them any more; twenty five years He called unto them and sought to bring them home; but because they stood out and refused, the Lord saith, I will love Ephraim no more.”

The Spirit is inviting you. Jesus is inviting you.  There is a river of Living Water flowing all around you, that will quench your deepest thirsts and desires. There’s a satisfaction beyond anything words can describe. All you have to do is drink of the Living Water.  It will change your life forever!  We wasn’t meant to live our lives with dehydrated hearts– recognize your need for the Living Water, Jesus Christ. As the Coca-Cola slogan says, “Obey your thirst,” and saturate yourself with water that lasts–water that only Jesus can supply.

Wisdom crieth without, she uttereth her voice in the streets. going up and down the City from street to street, and from door to door, crying his commodity, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. [John 7:37-52].

“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.” [Revelation 22:17].

By Lou Yeboah

He is the ONLY One that has the cure for anything that we encounter. What man puts a period on, God puts a comma in those places because it’s not over until He says it’s over. So despite what we think, feel or believe, we need to remind ourselves that God is in control. When everything around us feels out of control, we can allow Scripture to prove to us that God has been, is, and will be sovereign over our lives and world. Nothing in nature happens outside of God’s providence. In Exodus, God clearly sent the plagues in Egypt. In Genesis, God sent the flood. When we read about Jonah, we see that God hurled a storm into the sea.

Understand that there is one God in heaven Who is King and Lord of all. There is one God in heaven to Whom EVERY entity in this universe is subject. The pandemic serves as a warning to us, a warning against disobedience, a warning against exerting our will against God’s, and a warning that assures us sin has consequences.

God is trying to get our attention; He wants to heal our land, but we must turn to Him with all our heart and soul. For He says in [2 Chronicles 7:13-14]: If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; What can mere man do about it? Nothing! Nothing at all! Absolutely Nothing!

Listen, disasters come upon nations for a reason. The Bible talks about famine, sword, and plagues [pestilences] as instruments of judgment upon a people. [Jeremiah 14:12]. God uses disasters to discipline nations. Those who have a secular mind set might not believe such could happen in our modern and sophisticated society. Yet, the Bible is not governed by the beliefs of modern society. The Bible definitely teaches that God does and has used disasters to discipline and judge nations. [2Chronicles 6:26-27].  The Bible is clear that God punishes nations that fall into sin and refuse to repent. He has done it before and He is doing it now whether you believe it or not!

What then is a Biblical response to disaster? “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” The emphasis is national and is directed to a nation not a people within a nation. Lot and his family acknowledged God but that did not save Sodom. God destroyed Sodom because of its sin despite the fact that Lot who lived there was righteous. Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah and that nation was spared. The whole nation repented as a people collectively from the top down. That is a true national repentance. National repentance, prayer, and reformation are required…. We as a nation the “United States of America,” need to repent of our national sins and to turn as a nation back to the God we have revolted from. Then an only then will we will see a national healing of our land when there is a national repentance of the people of our land.

We have failed to respond to disaster properly. We have done many things to respond to our national disasters such as giving aide to the needy and providing help to those who have suffered. All of this is to be commended. However, the great failure on the part of this nation, the “United States of America,” is that we have not acknowledged God in all of our disasters, we have not owned up to our sinfulness as a people, and we certainly have not repented of our sins. Because of our national failure to do these things, the disasters have continued to come year after year and they will continue to come in the future and may increase in number and degree. So if we are going to call on God to heal our land, to heal our nation, and to heal our human community, it is vital that we are also forthright in changing our wicked ways. Until we as a people own up to our national sins, and until we as a people repent of those sins, we can expect national disasters to continue. Besides, no nation that divorces itself from God can expect to survive as a nation. We cannot secularize the nation and expect God to bless us.

The distress we are experiencing in our nation today can be addressed. It can be reversed. Our only hope is in repentance. We must individually and corporately as a people of God bow before our Maker and repent.  [2 Chronicles 7:14].  “Yet even now,’ declares the LORD, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting…weeping, and…mourning; and rend your hearts….’ Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster” [Joel 2:12-27].

But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. [John 16:4]

By Lou Yeboah

Hear me and hear me good! Not once in recorded history has the world been brought together into any sort of international unity. Until Now! Many governments have attempted global domination. They all have conquered great chunks of territory, but none have ultimately succeeded in forging a one-world government. Until now! And as children of the Living God, we must prepare for what is ahead in our future. Jesus Christ encourages us through the Parable of the Ten Virgins [Matthew 25:1–13] to keep watch and prepare… For it is clear that many pieces of prophecy are falling into place before our very eyes.  And soon and VERY SOON to come is a world ruler who is going to come up to dominate the world in the last days, and he is going to be an instrument in Satan’s hands. In the book of Revelation, John refers to the final and ultimate Antichrist as the Beast. He will have supernatural power and global influence. The Beast first appears as a political leader, who will make a covenant with Israel and assume world leadership. Later he takes on the role of a religious leader who is worshiped. Supported by his sidekick—the False Prophet—the Beast will deceive the world. He, his prophet, and Satan will form an unholy trinity to rule all of creation. But the man of lawlessness, the son of perdition, and the beast from the sea is restrained – for now. [2 Thessalonians 2: 7-12].

Therefore, hear me and hear me good – The worst of evil is coming. “The Players Are In Place!” This is no time for compromise. Understand that the Antichrist is not going to burst suddenly onto the scene as something new.  He is not going to come as a politician with radical ideas that shake up the whole fiber of the nations and of the world, but he is going to come as a moderate.  There is going to be something that is very attractive about him.  His attractiveness will be that he will be able to bring everything and everyone together.  Not only will he propose plausible solutions for economics and politics and social issues and religion, but he will bring the people of the earth together.  He will ride a wave of popular opinion.  He will be a great communicator, who will convince those who are against him, until, as Revelation puts it, the whole world will wonder after him, they will stand in amazement at him.  He will be able to come that way because everything that the Antichrist represents is already present in the world. [2 Thessalonians 2:7]. And his coming, will only serve to bring us closer to the day of Jesus Christ.  His day will be short, the Bible tells us, and immediately following it, Jesus will come.  

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief… [1 Thessalonians 5:1–11].

Beware, and WATCH [Luke 21:29–36]!  Indeed, the “fig tree” is putting forth “buds”

“And do this, knowing the time, that NOW it is high time to awake out of sleep; for NOW your salvation is nearer than when you first believed.” [Romans 13:11].

“So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, Understand, [daughter] of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end. Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.  And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.” [Daniel 8:17-19].

I tell you, “The Players Are in Place!”

Reference Notes: [Dr. Roger Barrier]

1. New World Order –

Here are some significant historical milestones pointing to one-world government:

1935: A New World Order symbol on the back of the US dollar bill.

1940: H.G. Wells publishes a book entitled The New World Order.

1945: The UN is founded.

1949: NATO is established.

1973: The trilateral commission is established.

1995: The World Trade Organization is formed.

2002: American FDA-approved the VeriChip (human implanted microchip for electronic ID).

2009: The body responsible for managing the Internet, Icann, takes over from the US to become global.

2019: Countries around the world have increased facial recognition surveillance, e-mail, text, and phone monitoring, geolocation data from smartphones and vehicles, credit card data and ad tracking information.

2. The Antichrist Will Unify 10 Nations

The Bible says this will be around the territory of the old Roman Empire and then capture three other countries. He soon defeats the whole world as he establishes his worldwide government [Daniel 8].

3. The Coronavirus Fulfills Prediction

The coronavirus of worldwide consequence is fulfilling Jesus’ prediction in [Luke 21:11].

4. Technology Tracks Everyone

Technological tools already are developed to track everyone in the world. Many countries are implementing a system of facial recognition and GPS locators to spy on everyone in the world. Facial recognition is an insidious tool. Phones can record conversations even when the phones are turned off.

5. Mass Financial Changes

Large-scale changes in our financial systems can open the door for a one-world government. Every nation of the world is sapped with crushing debt. Banking will change dramatically. Paper checks can slide into a slot and be read and deducted or deposited without ever touching another human being.

6. Fraud Is Rampant

Hacking and fraud are sophisticated enough for one nation to control another.

7. Economic Sanctions

Economic sanctions could very well be the ultimate tool of the Antichrist. Only those who have submitted their lives to the Antichrist as Lord, as evidenced by receiving a mark in the forehead or right hand, will be allowed to buy and sell.

8. Common Worldwide Currency

Watch for a common worldwide currency like the development of the Euro in Europe.

9. Everyone Can See

Only in the last 70 years has it been possible for everyone to see Jesus simultaneously at his Second Coming.

10. Believers Anticipate

Watch For Jesus! Hopefully, the Rapture is just around the corner.

By Lou Yeboah

Mama always said, “A hard-head makes a soft behind.” Now, if you don’t know what that means, you just keep on doing you. Keep on doing what you want, when you want. Keep on ignoring God’s warnings. You will find out sooner than later what it means.

Listen, warning is never meant to hurt us. Warning is meant to keep us from hurting ourselves.  Alarms may be a nuisance to our ears, but they are really our friends, so to speak. Fire alarms alert us to the danger of fire. Burglar alarms alert us of the danger of theft and violence. Our alarm clocks alert us of the danger of being late for work. If we do not heed the warnings, we can find ourselves in a place that we wouldn’t want to be. And if that is the case, what about the warnings that exist for our spiritual lives? If our spiritual selves are more important, and even more “real” due to the fact that they are eternal, if they are more important than our physical bodies, how much more should we pay attention to spiritual warning signs?

[Proverbs 22:3] tells us,  “A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.”The word “simple” here means those without moral direction. It refers to people who just want to do their own thing as they see fit, people who move about as if there are no consequences for the things they do.  [Proverbs 1:22], asks the question, “How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?” How long will you keep ignoring the warning signs and live for your own ways and desires as if there are no consequences for doing so?” I tell you, “It takes a fool to learn!

Don’t be another Samson [Judges 14:1-9] who ignored warning signs that would have indicated he was headed for disaster. Because he did not listen, he suffered greatly for it. Samson leaped over many warning signs. Don’t you do it! When you ignore the warning signs and step across clearly stated boundaries for your life, you will absolutely compromise God’s intended future for you as did Samson. You can’t get down the road where God desires to take you if you are ignoring the warning signs.

Just like Samson’s parents tried to talk some sense into him. They tried to get him to consider the ramifications of what he was doing, but his mind was made up. He couldn’t see the big picture. He couldn’t consider the compromise. He couldn’t weigh the impact of his decisions on the others around him. He didn’t even think about the example he was setting for the rest of the Israelite’s. I tell you, shutting out the voice of truth; that kind of arrogance is foolishness and destructive. We all need direction. We all need correction. We all need perspective. Samson’s parents were trying to put a speed bump in his path, trying to get him to think things through, but he wouldn’t listen. “It takes a fool to learn!

“Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; and you neglected all my counsel and didn’t want my reproof; I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes. When your dread comes like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call on me,” – “and I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, they will not find me, because they hated knowledge…  and they would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof. So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way” – [Proverbs 1:23-31].

Return, oh backsliding children, for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. And I will give you a shepherd [Jeremiah 3:14-15].

By Lou Coleman

“…From day to day, as we live we have to make decisions, and when we make those decisions, things don’t always turn out the way we’d like them to or want them to. No matter what we feel or what seems real, things change. We don’t have a crystal ball to look into, to know what our future is going to be, or what it gonna be…” [Whatever We Had, We Had…Barry White].  But when we look at the Word of God. God tells us about the future. He tells us what is coming. [Matthew 24].

You know, the Apostle Paul wrote Timothy a letter while he was in prison in Rome.  He wrote Timothy to tell him that difficult, troublesome, violent, threatening and dangerous days were just around the corner.” Don’t be naive. Don’t think that everything is going to be okay. Its not going to be okay! The “Last Days” will be fierce, violent, dangerous and frightening. [Scripture – Psalms 2 & Timothy 3:1-11]. What we are seeing all around us is a society on the brink of collapse! This is proven by the 18 characteristics of the last days presented by Paul. And the Bible does not leave us guessing about what is going to happen, it speaks very clearly, very simply, very straightforwardly. Therefore, “As the World Turns,.” as our world seems to be going its own way, doing its own thing, I implore you, to decide today, to repent and to give your life to Christ. Jesus is our only hope!

Hear the call God is giving you today. There is an urgency in our world that has never existed before. Warnings of Imminent Dangers! DO NOT trifle with your soul’s salvation, “Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” [James 4:14].  The Urgency of Today [Proverbs 29:1]. The Insistence of God – [Proverbs 1: 24-28]. Know that “TODAY” may be the very last time you may be exposed to the Gospel of the grace of God. Don’t blow it! “NOW,” “TODAY,” repent of your sins and accept Jesus as your Savior. For the Bible declares, “Behold, “NOW” is the acceptable time; behold, “NOW” is the day of salvation.” “NOW” is Mercy offered. “NOW” is the invitation from God, reaching down from Heaven. Know that the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. [2 Peter 3:9]. 

The time is now for you to discern this time, this age and period in which we live, and understand what God is doing among the nations. His purpose is being fulfilled according to plan, and His Kingdom is coming. Do not be deceived!  God is not mocked. “Unless ye REPENT ye shall likewise perish” [Acts 2:39].

“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon 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 [war], and with hunger [famine], and with death and with the beasts of the earth [Revelation 6:8]

Now you can deny the fact that Jesus is coming soon if you want too, but you can’t change the truth of it. Jesus is coming, and He is coming soon. And when He comes, it will be with “sudden destruction” [2Thessalonians]. This world is preparing itself for the fulfillment of God’s prophecies. The signs are everywhere. I beg you, don’t take it lightly; your eternity is at stake. Jesus says, “Come now, and let us reason together: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool”. [Isaiah 1:18]. “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteousness man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.” [Isaiah 55:7]. “As the World Turns,” how will you respond?

End Times Signs… [Daniel 12:4] [Zechariah 12:3;] [Matthew 13:25-30] [Matthew 24:6-14,24] [Luke 21:25-26] [1 Thessalonians 5:3]  [1Timothy 4:3-4] [2 Timothy 3:1-5] [2 Timothy 4:4] [2 Peter 2:1-3] [2 Peter 3:3-6].