Is This Time Biblical & What Do We Do Now? PART 2 (updated from 2008)

PART 2

Parts 1 and 2 were both updated from 2008.  That's the scary part.  I did not change but just a few words in each article.  Not much has changed on the Liberal front.

Knowing that many people are afraid right now, because of the liberal platform of the elected Democrats and the Virus, I apologize if this article makes that worse. I don’t want to be a “doomsday prophet.” We need to come against the Spirit of Fear and know that Christ has won the victory!

If you look at Scripture, especially in Matthew 24, you will see that we are getting really close to the end times. We may not know the time or the day, but Jesus tells us of the events surrounding it. I think we are looking at the entire chapter of Matthew 24 unfolding.

We have to go through all these things: persecution, wars, famines, earthquakes, being hated and hating each other, false prophets, being killed, deception, false messiahs, the desecration of the Holy Place in Jerusalem, before Christ returns.

For several years now, Christians in the United States have been going through persecution. Just look at prayer being taken out of schools, the Ten Commandments being removed from courthouses, and now, Christians are being targeted for hate crimes because so many things in the world go against God's Word.  If you compare the U. S. to other countries, our persecution is negligible, but worsening. Matthew 24:9-10 says, 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.” Verse 10 could relate to the Obama years and if Biden gets elected, we get even more of the extreme liberal agenda that kills babies up to their exit from the womb, open borders, getting rid of the police, leading to chaos and the end of Law and Order, more hate, more destruction of our Constitution, more lies, and who knows what else.  

Wars and rumors of wars have really increased over the last few years. Just look at all of the civil wars (Viet Nam, Korea, Bosnia, Syria etc.) and the rumors of what the Muslims are doing and going to do. The Muslims have risen against the U. S. through the terrorists attacks and just numerically moving into our country bringing Sharia Law with them; U. S. has risen against Iraq & Afghanistan seeking the terrorists still. Most countries are rising up against Israel. Matthew 24:6-8, 6“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, crop failures, famines….like we have never seen, are on the increase and being blamed on climate change.) And now we have Coronavirus to contend with!

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. This is where I think we are…in the era of sorrows.

This verse warns us about the influx of false prophets or lying preachers (depending on which translation you are reading)…. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. I think we are witnessing this now. I believe if a prophet operating in the Office of Prophet is indeed a prophet of God, then, what comes out of his mouth better be right 100% of the time. Do you think Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel or Hosea spoke lies from their mouths? I do not. False prophets are here in great numbers and we will recognize them by what comes out of their mouths. AND IF, the Scripture is referring to lying preachers, just take a look at the “fallen” ones over the past few years! Matthew 7 says, 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”

Back to Matthew 24… verse 12 “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” How many people do you personally know that have fallen away from God? How many have replaced the first love that they had in their early years, with an easier lifestyle; a lifestyle of greed, sexual sin, hate, etc.? I know I left for a while. It’s so easy to put Jesus on the back burner when we are satisfying our own lustful or prideful desires. Remember how almost everyone attended church when we were kids? It was a way of life. Now…..we can't even fill 1/3 of our building and our children are being “fought for” by each church in our community, it seems.

In verse 15, Jesus starts telling about the beginning of the Great Tribulation. If we witness or hear about the “abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel, standing in the Holy Place,” we had better know our Bible. It will be our guide through those days…..IF we haven't already gone to heaven beforehand. (That’s a different article! Pre-Tribulation, Mid-Tribulation, Post-Tribulation rapture….That is a great debate.)

13-14 "Staying with it—that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry, and you'll be saved. All during this time, the good news—the Message of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come.” (The Message)

So how do we endure? Stand on God’s Word…. Do Good…. Pray….. Obey…. Trust….. Have faith……. Spread the gospel….. Don’t worry…. Love God…. Love each other…. Love your enemies…..Believe in Jesus Christ....Trust in God to lead you.

Do not worry: Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Pray: Ezekiel 22:30, “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.”  I think President has been led to fill that gap, at least for such a time as this.

Obey: Deuteronomy 6: 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.  (You know, I don't do most of this and I don't even know what frontlets are, but I should!!)

Stand on God’s Word: Matthew 25: 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

Stand on His Word: Romans 8: 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Trust & Obey: Proverbs 3: 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Pray: 2 Chronicles 7:14 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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

The list goes on and on and on….. Keep studying so you will know. Make your own lists Be prepared, for we know not the time.…maybe not tomorrow or even the next 20 years, but Satan is there, ready to attack you at the least little crack in the door. This election?….. just another way Satan can cause worry and grief.

God’s in control. He knows what He’s doing.  I have heard so many stories as to why people just know that God has sent President Trump to rescue the United States, but if we don't do our part, Trump can only do so much.  God can do miracles, but his people need to do their part, too.

We just need to always be doing what we are supposed to do. Listen for what God is telling you to do and do it.  Study His Word. Even if things get really bad, it’s in there. How to fix it?….it’s in there. How to react?….It’s in there. Is it okay to fight for biblical principles? Yes, Read Matthew 21:12-13 –it’s in there.

So if you still have trouble coming to terms with things, talk to someone. God’s Word says to seek wise counsel…it’s in there!

Is This Time Biblical & What Do We Do Now? Part 1 (Updated from 2008)

As I read through my email from friends, news services and commentaries from Christian websites, listen to radio shows and TV news, I am so grieved by the tone set by them. People are so sad and scared and in a state of turmoil on the conservative side while Obama’s liberal supporters are raising him up to the level of being their Savior thinking that he’s going to perform some kind of miracle and be everything to everyone solving all of their problems!  Now they're doing the same thing to Biden.

As conservatives, because we live in the Bible Belt, in a small protected town, in the South, where God is such a part of our lives and we seldom ever cross paths with the other side, we hold to our views because they are biblical and we are comfortable with them. Anything from the liberal front, recently anyway, has been from the other side of the universe compared to our traditional thinking.

We stay hidden here in our own little worlds of making believe that all of that horrible stuff out there in D. C. Or California or Oregon will not touch us here. Believing that the media is just blowing things up out of proportion to the truth because God just wouldn't allow it to really happen! Or we just ignore it and hope it will go away and the government will take care of it. Well, let’s look at Scripture….Read Romans 1:18 – 32.

In this passage, God shows his anger at sin by abandoning the people to their own foolish thinking and allows them to do things that should not be done.

This is what I see in the world today. People know God, but have turned away and worship the idols of “things” around them that make them feel good. So you get blatant homosexuality, abortion, greed, adultery, murder, deception, and all of the other named sins in verses 28-31. This says that God will leave them to their own devices, and I believe he may be doing just that, but…..judgment day is coming.

Keep in mind, however that Romans 2:1-16 goes on to say that we, who sit in judgment, are no better than they are. We deserve to die for our sins, just as they do. We will all be judged for our sins. The day of Christ’s judgment is coming. We are, instead, to do good, seeking the glory, honor and immortality that God offers. In other words, we are to stand on God’s Word, seeking His approval, not that of the world, nor are we to condemn the people in it.

Is this time Biblical? Yes, I believe we entered into the end times several years ago, and then, with the election of the liberal left to lead this country with Obama and to lead the way for other countries to follow, it convinces me even more.

Do we need to be scared? No. Jesus has already won the war. We are going to have to go through some tribulation, but in the end we will be with Jesus. All we have to do is receive His salvation and stand on His Word. I mean, if you think about it, the absolute worst thing that can happen is that we are killed. The best thing that can happen to us is that we live in eternity with Jesus. Death was defeated at the Cross. It seems simple to me….if you have accepted Jesus into you heart, repented of your sins, spoken it out of your mouth then obey God’s Word, death has no power over you, so why be afraid?

Our job right now, as God’s children, is to be obedient which means to do good, spread the gospel and try to lead as many as possible to Him.

We do that by coming out of our self-made Never-Never Lands, doing good, ready to bulldoze our way through and change our country’s behavior back to His values.  President Trump is instrumental in getting that done. We need to spread the gospel, utilizing our God-given gifts for the growth of His kingdom. He tells us to do good. That’s an action. DO GOOD.

Sometimes that may mean that we need to stand together to prevent children in school from being taught that homosexuality is a lifestyle okay for them to choose; or to get up an hour earlier to read His word so we will have it in our hearts to use when He tells us; or to really pray when we commit to do it; or to stand up for our biblical values in the face of adversity; or to teach and enforce with our children, God’s ways; or to be examples by doing; or by living every day like we do on Sunday; or to show up and vote at every single election so that it makes it really hard for the liberals to reach their goals and maybe, just maybe, allowing us to reach ours.

Sometimes, it may mean that we just need to be still and know that He is God, soaking up all that it implies….resting in Him, increasing our faith, trusting Him, allowing Him to refresh us and standing on His Word.

Always remember what Paul said, too….that we are to pray unceasingly. The Holy Spirit leads us in how and what to pray. Jesus takes those prayers and intercedes for us. God hears our prayers and acts on them in His wisdom. God is in control!

Christians Must Stand Up for Our Country

We must do more than just “fit in” to the stance of our local congregation/pastor (I believe what I do or don’t do is between me and God) or agree with a cause or simply stop doing something in protest.

We must find a way to “fight” for change, be it signing a petition, supporting or fighting against legislation, even vetting the right candidate and voting for them or just alerting people that the enemy is approaching.

I chose to exercise my  watchman calling by running for County Chair of the local Republican Party as a conservative Christian and by keeping up with current events from a variety of sources including liberal, conservative, Christian and Israeli.  I have chosen to be active in my support or non-support of legislation and those that know me, know that I am not shy about stating my opinion.  I tend to be a little radical in my thinking but if I am to be a watchman on the wall, I must always be ready to send the alarm when the enemy shows it ugly head and God’s people are being threatened.  I encourage Christians to pray, but to know that God works through people, so to be prepared to actually do something like vote or protest that which is not of God in our government or workplace.  If we don’t speak up as Christians, who will speak for us?  Madeline O’Hare? Barack Obama?

The Star Spangled Banner-Francis Scott Key

O say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming!
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner!  O long may it wave.
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave,
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved home and the war's desolation.
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land,
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto:  "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

(Flag is from the World Trade Towers, 2001)

Fabulously Humble

Is true humility shrinking away from being noticed at all? Wasn't Jesus a walking light among people? Didn't he show God to the world even though it made the Pharisees angry enough to literally kill him?

It seems every time we are taught about humility, it is to shrink away from being ourselves and in a way it is, but it is so that we can allow the glory of God to shine through us. We can't do that if we stay in the background trying to blend into it.

We are taught that to be a good Christian is to allow God to form us into the image of Jesus. Yes, we should, but the image of Jesus is the thing I question. The Jesus that I read about in the Bible does not shrink back from anything. He strides along telling everything He knows about the Father. He teaches in the Synagogues and in the streets and in the woods. He reaches out across all lines, busting barriers put up by man and touches different races, sexes, ages. He is a walking light. People followed him everywhere.

Traditional religion has blasted away at our Christ-likeness and attempted to burn their view of Jesus into our heads. God's Word does not say to: wear our hair in a bun or wear long skirts, long sleeves, dark suits; stay away from the movie theaters and television; not listen to music; only do what the preacher says we can do or that we even have to go to an organized "church" for that matter; ask permission before we minister or teach others about His word or a lot of other "additions or interpretations" that have been credited to God's Word through the centuries.

NO, we are to be the bright and shining star, the light on the hill, the beacon that lures people to us by being different, by showing our love for each other, and to quote Marianne Williamson, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God. (Italics mine) ....We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us."

Humility is NOT fading away into oblivion so no one notices us. Through our efforts to be like Jesus, we need to study the life of Jesus in the New Testament, watching Him as he moves through the countryside, the towns, and groups of people. Watch how he deals with the Pharisees and the Sadducees and how he relates to the people closest to him.  People NOTICE him. He is FABULOUS! So should we be!

Look on the Brighter Side

As Thanksgiving comes upon us, I think we need to be reminded of all the bad stuff that has gone on around us this past few years and really thank God that we have survived it all.  We should look at things in a way that turns bad into good....our thinking mainly.

My mother and my husband have been telling me how negative I have been lately and that it only seems like I talk about how terrible things are going with the government and how much worse they're going to get if something doesn't happen to stop it.  I have gotten a little radical about how most people just seem to think it's going to correct itself without our intervention.  I am negative about the trivial things people seem to care about instead of a federal government out of control.  I am negative about preachers and teachers of the bible that trust that God is going to take care of everything just because we pray about it, and don't believe that we must rise up to actually do something, obeying Him and allowing Him to work through us.  I am negative about the US not supporting Israel, therefor not believing the Bible.  I am negative about a lot of things, but what they do not pay attention to is the fact that I know where I am going to end up....in eternity....with our Lord and Savior in heaven.  It is the tribulation that I am negative towards not the outcome.  So, I am trying to recognize some things that I am thankful for...

For instance, the shooting atrocity at Ft. Hood is an awful event, but we should be consentrating now on how thankful we are for the survivors and that the attack has brought about an investigation to help prevent another one. We could be thankful that this was only one terrorist and that the carnage was limited to as few as it was.

I am thankful for my husband, who really is my better half, and my sons and their families, even though I don't see them nearly as much as I would like.  I am thankful for the rest of my family, as well, who are always there for me.

I am thankful for a God that cares so much for me that He made a way for me to spend eternity with Him in spite of my sins...who is always there for me even when I'm not there for Him...who allows me to come directly into His presence as His daughter even if it's just to rest there.....

We, as a nation, should be thankful for our freedoms while we still have them.  (Oops, that was a little negative!)  We should be thankful for people like Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and others that have the guts to speak out against the Liberals and Socialists.  We should be thankful that there are more and more people willing to take a stand for the preservation of and a return to the founding principles of our country. 

We should be thankful to organizations such as Fox News, World News Daily and the Heritage Foundation that are not afraid of the government or big business or the UN or other forces that would try to control the news media.  We should be thankful to organizations such as the National Rifle Association that fight so hard to keep our right to bear arms in tact; the Thomas Moore Law Center, Wallbuilders, and the Don't Tear Me Down group for fighting to get God back into the government and keep our war memorials in tact; the Catholic Church for threatening to withdraw all social services from D.C. unless they drop plans for a gay marriage bill; and many more.

We should be thankful for all of the little things that make so much of a difference in our lives, like good friends, a hot cup of coffee, sunshine warming our faces, birds singing, snuggling with our children, hearing nice words spoken, being able to praise our God, watching a sunset, having a car to drive, a house to shelter us and a job to pay for them, having a selection of fresh vegetables to choose from, finding a good recipe, sharing a milkshake with our spouse, living beside good neighbors, having time to spend with each other, our health, computer programs that allow us to share our lives, love and thoughts, etc.....you add to the list...

So, in this time of giving thanks, let us turn to the brighter side of things and find good in all situations.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Pray for Israel

In Sunday School class this morning, our teacher read Nehemiah 4 and taught on the restoration of the wall as well as restoration in our lives to God and each other. The entire time he was teaching, however, my mind kept picking up on details in the chapter that pertained to modern day Israel and since God has used Nehemiah before, to speak to me about the restoration and healing of the women of our church, I listened to what I think He was saying.

The niches in the wall were made by attacks from their enemies and if you relate that to current events, the niches are things like losing part of Gaza, the Temple Mount being occupied by a mosque, Jerusalem is threatened with being divided up between Israel and the Palestinians, population quotas are being set by other countries, threats and statements of annihilation by Iran, etc.

The enemies are counted as most of the world, including Iran, the Palestinians, the Hamas, United Nations, Syria, Lebanon (the Hezbollah), and President Obama among others.

The Israelites of old prepared to fight off offenders even as they lived and worked. The Jewish people of modern Israel are doing the same. They are in a constant state of preparation to do battle...not to offend, but to defend what is rightfully theirs. They get blamed for every move they make to defend themselves.

Nehemiah prayed that God would judge their enemies unmercifully, knowing that they were also enemies of God. Doesn't this match up with what is going on today? The enemies of Israel are mostly Muslim and enemies of God?

Verse 20 says, "Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us." Don't you think that the trumpet is sounding right now and that our brothers and sisters in the family of God are calling for us to rally with them....that their wall is being breached by their enemies and our "swords" are desperately needed?

The most important thing we can do is pray. God hears our prayers and acts on them. Each time they have had a conflict, whether it was thousands of years ago or 60, God's hand has been visible when the battle was in God's will. They and we must turn to Him for His protection, wisdom, restoration and victory over our enemies. We must pray for Israel's survival, protection and victory.

Spread the word that the very least or maybe the ultimate most that we can do is pray.


"For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch." Isaiah 62:1

Are You Prepared?

Can you survive without the government’s help?

When the South seceded from the Union, the main reason was that the Union government was taking too much power from the states. They were telling the states what they could and could not do (for instance slavery) and the southern states rebelled by forming the Confederacy.

If you look at all the changes that have taken place within the government (Federal) since then, you will see how much more power the states have lost. Little by little, the people have turned over their rights in exchange for the government taking on more and more authority to “take care of” what should be our responsibilities. We, the people, have gotten complacent and lazy, allowing and even encouraging, at times, “Big Brother” to take over control of our lives.

This has really begun to show up now that the ultra liberals have taken control of big government. Instead of small steps that have taken place behind the scenes and ever so silent over the years, with the election of Obama as President and Pelosi as Speaker of the House, giant strides and booming moves have overtaken us. So much so, that several states have passed legislation assuring their sovereignty as per the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, apart from the federal government. The tenth amendment says that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

If most of the states feel that this new socialist government is threatening them, how much more do you think our personal rights are being threatened?

Are you prepared?

You may think that the big deal about more gun control is okay because you do not like guns; you think they are dangerous and especially when they fall into the hands of offenders, you may get killed or injured by them. However, consider the bigger picture.

The Second Amendment to the Constitution states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed (violated.)" The founding fathers of our country considered this so important that they made it the Second Amendment. We must be able to protect ourselves from anyone that would threaten the security of a free State and that includes an out of control Federal government. (These founding fathers had just come out from under the control of an English king and understood what infringement of their freedom meant.)

Did you know that during WWII, 110,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese-Americans were put in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese decent (62% were US citizens) in the United States under Presidential Executive Order #9066? (Think about this for a while: you’ll connect it!)

Did you know that the liberals are trying to pass legislation to require your fingerprints & personal info just to buy ammunition? They already require it to buy a gun as well as a criminal history. They are trying their best to be able to locate every gun owner and know what kind and how many guns they have in their possession. Why would they need to know that? I can’t think it would make any difference to control criminal activity. They certainly do not get their guns legally.

Are you prepared?

Unemployment rates are at an all time high but someone’s “experts” say that the economy has “bottomed out” whatever that means. It ‘s supposed to be good news, but the oil business’ (which is very big business in Texas) future looks bleak with the “cap and trade” taxes that are in the works on Obama’s agenda. The oil industry will suffer like it never has. Unemployment will continue to rise while taxes on our electricity will skyrocket along with the price of foreign oil. We already have unheard of trillions of dollars of debt taken on by big government that is going to have to be paid somehow. Where is it going to come from? Printing more money just makes the money we already have worth less. And guess what comes after a recession and depression? Inflation gets out of control. Everything is fixing’ to get more expensive. Our money isn’t going nearly as far as it did just a year ago. We already can’t buy groceries and if Obama has his way, our gas and electricity are going to be too expensive to buy. More layoffs will happen in those industries as well.

Are you prepared?

Court justices have taken it upon themselves to write laws instead of interpreting them appearing to make the Constitution say that God is not supposed to be involved with the government. The First Amendment to the Constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress (a setting right or a remedy) of grievances."

My class on Government, taught that there are three branches of government: Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch. This is a checks and balances system. But if the Judicial branch is making law, what does the Legislative branch do? Hmmmm… The Legislative branch cannot make any laws about religion, whether establishing it or prohibiting the free exercise of it, so how can the Judicial branch interpret a non-existent law? It can’t. It has to re-write the First Amendment to do so. Hmmmm…

This has caused prayer to be taken out of school. In some states, the Pledge of Allegiance is optional because the “under God” part is objectionable to some people. The Ten Commandments were forcibly removed from different government buildings. It’s okay to burn Old Glory, but you cannot display her in your office. That part of the amendment is perfectly clear????? Pornography is protected by this same amendment. Hate speech is allowed by this amendment except when Christians are talking about homosexuality as being against God’s Word. A pastor and his wife in California were just ordered to stop having bible studies in their home without a permit! Do these decisions sound like interpretation of the amendment as you read it? Do you have to have a law degree to see law being made and not interpreted? AND talk about job security. Supreme Court Justices are for life!

And what part of …all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness says that a baby is not included? From the moment a woman misses her period or reads the positive tester, she knows that if she doesn’t abort the cause, then it will grow and ultimately be born. It is a baby from conception and she knows it. We all do. Where does the law say that anyone has the right to murder?

Even Congress in spite of all the bipartisan hype of the election is still voting Democrats versus Republicans. So much for the people’s best interest. Special interest is closer to the truth. Find out how much money your representatives and senators are making and how much they will make for the rest of their lives and how much Social Security they are paying in. Let me know what you learn from that little expedition. You will begin to understand that it’s all about the money. Be sure and look into their election campaign funds and contributors. There are some good ones out there, probably several, but it just takes one bad apple and the barrel smells bad.

Our Godly, conservative, lifegiving views are being eroded away in this me, me, me world. Our rights are being systematically whittled away while the government is getting bigger and bigger.

And by the way, how’s that hope and change working for you?

Are you prepared?

North Korea has been test-firing missiles, did an underground nuclear test and threatened US and South Korean forces with harm if they tried to intercept any of its ships.

Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium and they’re producing their own plutonium for nuclear bombs. Iran’s president hates Israel and the Jews and with Obama’s “sit down and chat” attitude, who knows where that will go.

The US and the UN are both blaming Israel for defending herself and pushing her to settle for a Palestinian state, giving them land that is rightfully theirs. They are being pressured to settle and compromise with countries and terrorists such as Hamas that only want to destroy them. The US at this point does not seem to be prepared to support Israel; nor does anyone else. Biblical prophesy of the end times is at hand.

Are you prepared?

If the worst happens and we should undergo great tribulation from Iranian or North Korean nuclear, biological or chemical warfare, a rebellion within our borders, a series of natural disasters, a government controlled seizure of our property and martial law, do you have a plan? Do you have food, water, a radio, blankets, medicines, etc. put back to survive for a while?

Did you know you can survive a nuclear, chemical or biological attack if you are prepared for it? How much do you know about survival without car access or a food supply?

This may sound like something out of the movies, but we are a lot closer than we have ever been to losing this great nation. How much do you think we can lose before chaos takes over? I know we have been guaranteed eternity with God and Jesus won the war over sin and Satan, but we still have to battle in this human world and go through tribulation. The United States has lost a lot of her power. We, the People no longer have control of our government, Christian persecution is worsening and we are being threatened from all fronts. The end times are getting closer.

Are you prepared?