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Wake up America: COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN:

The Perversion of the LAW, Noah’s time, and the Sign of Jonah.

COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN: The Fig Tree & The Prophetic Generation was written to Wake up America.  God inspired me to write this to wake you up. This is written to shake up the reticent, the comfortable, the confident, and the bright.  Yes, there is a countdown and you are a part of it.  That is why time and events seem compressed and sped up and that is why there is so much uncertainty, uneasiness, fear, and anxiety. We need to get our lives together and seek God.

This is what I want to impress on you in this  discourse.  The LORD is not coming back the way he came the first time.  He is returning in order to gather His church and to judge the earth and the people on the earth.  This plan was set centuries ago.  His Plan was expressed in Genesis and partially revealed in Genesis 3:15.  Whether you believe it or not, this revelation occurred in the Garden of Eden when the LORD addressed the serpent in front of Adam and Eve.  The LORD told the serpent “he will strike the heal of the seed of the woman, but that the seed would crush his head.”  About 4000 years later Jesus would be born and the church would be created.  John an Apostle of Christ would write about the “Child” in the Woman of Revelation 12.  In this “Wheel of Time” two messages are conveyed about the same characters.  Satan will “strike” and injure the “Promised” seed, but in turn the child  will win the war and Satan will be defeated.  The first promises a Messiah and the second promises a child which will grow and is to be raptured, despite the serpent’s pursuit.  Since Jesus Christ is in us and we are in Jesus Christ, the child is the church.  Jesus himself has not and will not be raptured, nor was He in danger of being devoured by Satan.

The Great Sign as described by John is the Sign of the Woman of Revelation 12.  This sign is coming together in the next few weeks like it has never before.  This is just one of 4 reasons why I wrote the book: COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN: The Fig Tree & The Prophetic Generation.  The Fig Tree discourse shared by Jesus Christ concerning what he called the “Last Generation” or what can be designated as the  “Prophetic Generation” is the main reason why I set my pen upon paper to get the message out.  The other two reason related to all the incredible Testimonies by the Apostles, the Prophets, and many others,  and the Convergence of the Generations- the 70, 50, 100, and 40 generational periods described in the Bible.  These 4 reasons make up the 4 legs or arms of the Crossroad that will soon intersect our timeline.

In the time of Jesus there were a group of men in white robes called the Pharisees.  They took the LAW that God gave the people and used it to manipulate and control the Jewish nation.  They perverted the message that God gave from His heart of Mercy.  You will see how they clearly did this in my book. Likewise we have a group of people in “white robes” who have perverted the “Laws” today.  These people are telling us that it is normal to pervert our sexual orientation, the institution of marriage, and a child’s sex.  They are telling us to ignore the natural LAWS of creation in other fundamental ways including the laws of Thermodynamics.  Yes, these people are trying to brainwash everyone into believing that everything came from nothing!  They are trying to drive God out of the lives of children and replace it with the gods of evolution, re-incarnation, self actualization, and any other  form of worthless mind numbing and mind fogging pursuit.  That is why Jesus said, “To an evil generation I will give only one sign and that is the sign of Jonah.”

The Sign of Jonah has been proven by secular observers to be a Solar Eclipse that happened a short time before Jonah preached the warning of God’s Wrath if they did not repent.  Guess what “They Repented” and their nation was temporarily spared.  Take notice that the Sun turned to darkness when Jesus was crucified.  In today’s world  God has placed pastors in every city in this nation calling for repentance, yet few have heeded the warnings.  God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent and He gave us 40 days starting with the Solar Eclipse on August 21.  We did not repent.

Again I suggest you read my previous message as it gives more detail on what I am about to share.  You will see that we are being given the same signs and warnings.  The world, however, is looking to scientific predictions, calculations and experts to answer problems.  They are not looking at signs.  Jesus  said that a future generation would  come under the sign of “Noah”.  This sign of “Noah’s day” also relates to our society and therefore forms another “Wheel of Time” that is intersecting God’s prophetic time-line.  Like in Noah’s day we marrying and giving to marriage.  We have a “family” that is building an “Ark” just as Noah’s family built an ark on dry land.  The people scoffed and laughed at Noah and his family.  Likewise people today scoff and laugh at the “family of God” that is ministering the Gospel of Truth to the world.  This Gospel puts Jesus Christ at the center and accepts the Word as the Truth, the inerrant Truth.  He is the Ark that Saves. He the Creator of the Universe – not the Big Bang.  He is the creator of all life-form, not evolution.  He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and as he Himself says, “and no one comes to the Father except by me”.   There is no other way!  He is the only God.

Here is an outline of the next video:

Everyone needs to take a spiritual inventory and an eternal perspective before it is too late!  If you cannot understand, nor concentrate on the Bible it is useless as revelation to you.  Every Word in the Bible is inspired!  It feeds the human soul, just as Jesus said, “My bread is every word that procedeth out of the mouth of God!”  Yes, the Word or Bible is more than just words, it is the living Word that can divide and discern soul and spirit, mind and falsehood, and even natural and supernatural.  Even the words of Shakespeare are meant to tickle the mind and are for entertainment: the Word of God is not!  Understand that there is a real war going on in the supernatural as stated in the inspired  word Paul shared with the Ephesians.  “ For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

 If you devote time with the Creator of the Universe, he will reply to your quest and question.  He will open your own mind and heart up, and remove the fog of fear and pride, giving you knowledge of both the universe and the supernatural.  He will reveal Truth to you and give you purpose and an identity that is eternal!  He will give you the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things that you cannot see!  Yes, that is what He calls Faith, and it is a free Gift along with Eternal Life.

 The purpose of the book COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN- The Fig Tree & The Prophetic Generation, is to draw many people  to the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings, Jesus Christ.  There are some speed bumps and blind alleys in life, but God uses them to build us up so that we can be a better witness. He wants to develop Godliness in us through perseverance and patience.  There are some errors in this first edition of the book.  A new edition will be out in 4 weeks (since the Publisher acknowledged that they made some big mistakes), but do not worry- the message is the same and it has not been affected by error.  I would still get the first edition since time is a big factor.

If you watch Part I of my recent YouTube video you will see one of my more difficult paintings in the background; one that required a very difficult framing for the canvas, and a whole new technique for laying down paint which required layers of acrylic masking & molding, oil paint for the face, digitized printing on a special plastic for the Word emanating from heaven’s door, spray painting, and gold painting for  the DNA (the miracle molecule for life) in the LORD’s right hand and the Atom in the LORD’s left hand.  I tried to express the Glory and Power of the presence of the LORD.  This painting is illustrated under the recent painting post.

Addition to the Book: COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN

My favorite verse to summarize the importance of this book is: “Be alert and of sound mind so that you can pray.”  This simple yet powerful verse emphasizes the fact that this book alerts the public to the need to reconnect with the God of their childhood and to have faith in Him, Jesus Christ.  Most of all we need to pray as we study the Word of God  so that He can teach us and guide us through tough times that are fast approaching.  We are NOT called to defend ourselves with weapons of destruction, but with weapons of the Spirit, or Prayer & The Word of God.  We are not going to help anyone by hiding out in an underground bunker, nor a mountain cave.  We are to be a Light on a Hill for everyone to see and know.   The Answer and Truth are from God and God alone.
NOW FOR THE ADDITION:
If you were God and wanted to communicate a warning to all mankind, what would you do? Would you communicate a written warning first? If mankind did not heed that warning, what would you do next? If He then recreated himself as one of us and again warned us, would you listen? Having left clear directions and updated commands He departs. Then as He predicted most have fallen away, and the future generations followed in disobedience and rebellion.
 
The “Wheels of Time” have repeated this cycle of repentance to disobedience, righteous pursuit to the glorification of the perverse, the lifting of Worship and Relationship with the God of Love and Truth, to the lifting up of the Lie and Deceit.  What would He then do? Does He repeat His past attempts to suppress evil and preserve a righteous remnant? Or does He try to repeat Signs and Warnings to the most influential nation in the world as He did with the Babylonians, then the Persians, and again with the Romans and most recently with the nations that have upheld his ideals and spread his Gospel? In the past those attempts have worked only for a  short time and with each attempt the results have been weaker and less effective. A good example was Nineveh where God sent Jonah to preach, and in due time the evil Empire of Assyria repented.  What motivated them to repent?  Star charts show that there was a Solar Eclipse that happened right before Jonah arrived.  Jesus said to the Pharisees, that to “an evil generation he would give no sign except the sign of Jonah.” Was that the same sign that He just gave to America?  In short time Nineveh went back to its old ways and was totally obliterated by the Babylonians. 
 
We are the strongest nation in the world, with power over trade and currency, domination in language and communication, the world’s entertainer and driver of technology and services, and sadly the greatest producer of perverse, sordid, and anti-family film, music, games, literature, and art. We are the world’s greatest purveyor of gambling, drugs, and abortion aid and services. We drive the world’s economy, lust, greed, and a good part of its addictions. However, America has also been the world’s leader for many decades in defending and protecting victims and the defenseless, medical research and cures, charitable giving and rescue, and the builder and developer of churches, missions, and other Gospel instruments. We have also been the strongest and most consistent supporter of Israel and the persecuted Christian.  It would make sense that God will address America first.

Everyone needs to take a spiritual inventory and an eternal perspective before it is too late!  If you cannot understand, nor concentrate on the Bible it is useless as revelation to you.  Every Word in the Bible is inspired!  It feeds the human soul, just as Jesus said, “My bread is every word that procedeth out of the mouth of God!”  Yes, the Word or Bible is more than just words, it is the living Word that can divide and discern soul and spirit, mind and falsehood, and even natural and supernatural.  Even the words of Shakespeare are meant to tickle the mind and are for entertainment: the Word of God is not!  Understand that there is a real war going on in the supernatural as stated in the inspired  word Paul shared with the Ephesians.  “ For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

 If you devote time with the Creator of the Universe, he will reply to your quest and question.  He will open your own mind and heart up, and remove the fog of fear and pride, giving you knowledge of both the universe and the supernatural. He will reveal Truth to you and give you purpose and an identity that is eternal! He will give you the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things that you cannot see!  Yes, that is what He calls Faith, and it is a free Gift along with Eternal Life.

The purpose of the book COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN- The Fig Tree & The Prophetic Generation, is to draw as many people to the Truth in the Bible for this book reflects the Prophecies, Teachings, and Events recorded in God’s message to man.  There are some speed bumps and blind alleys in life, but God uses them to build us up so that we can be a better person and witness.  Likewise, there are some errors in this first edition of the book, but a new edition is now out.

 More than ever in my life- I believe that Christians as a group are at the Crossroad of the Promised Return of the Lord Coming in the Clouds. What legacy are you leaving behind?  Are you sharing the Gospel? Are you preparing your loved ones and others for the rapture, or are you the one that needs to truly repent and believe?  Tell your loved ones that Good News, that Jesus Christ accepts them where they are at!  The God of the Universe has a special Purpose and Plan for them! 
NOTE THAT WHEN THE INITIAL TRANSCRIPTS WERE SENT IN FOR PUBLISHING, THE BOOK WAS SABOTAGED.   You will see the first evidence of this on the very first page on the 3rd paragraph where the name of “Jesus” is mentioned first!  Right after his name there is a capital “Z” placed in the middle of “hiZmself.”
There are at least 9 other changes that were made after they received the final draft!  In one case someone changed the verse chapter related to Matthew 24 to Matthew 9.  Another one adds an entire repeated paragraph.  When reading the book, if you have difficulty understanding it, return to this website for clarification, or email me at “phrescue7@sbcglobal.net,” and I will answer your questions.  The theme and message of the book was NOT changed, nor was the import!  The book is meant as a warning and a “heads Up” to all who read it!  We are already seeing God’s Sign to America playing out with a record breaking “freak” hurricane that struck at the heart of the “Bible Belt” and conservative America just a week after the Solar Eclipse.  In just a matter of one day this category 1 storm turned into a category 4, then moved back and forth over the shoreline for a week of heavy rain and up 134 mph winds! Why would God allow this? America as a nation, will be judged just as was Israel.  God is showing us that ALL of America will be tested.  I believe that Texas is passing the test!  Will what is coming to California/ West Coast,  and the North East/South East be handled with the love and sacrifice that has been seen here? Will we see the next hurricane hitting Florida?  Will extreme cold hit the North this year? I  think even Texas is headed for a record cold winter.
The motion of that hurricane in a sense mimics the movement of Jupiter in the “birth womb” of the Woman of Revelation 12 making this next sign one of its kind and much more significant than the Solar Eclipse. It is also a reflection of the Genesis Prophecy of Genesis 3:15 showing the “seed” in both and the “serpent” wanting to devour it. Like in the Revelation sign the Lion of Judah waits to crush the head of the serpent- its paw sits near the serpents head.  Could the promise of Genesis 3:15 be a foreshadowing of the unfolding of God’s eternal promise to Israel and to the church. AS stated in the book COSMIC CROSSROAD COUNTDOWN the Solar Eclipse also had a divine link between the Jewish world and the Gentile world. This linkage will be heightened when the feast days approach next month!   Here is the cover to the new book:  
“Offer the sacrifices of Righteousness to the Lord”.  God commands us to offer our actions and thoughts as sacrifices to Him.  Yes our “Right Living” is accepted by God as a sacrifice to Him!  This is our sacrifice that we can offer to Him daily – or for that matter at every minute or second of our life!  We should all offer on a daily basis the sacrifices of Praise and obedience.
God wants a relationship with us and he seeks us … all we have to do is to receive the gift that he has to give us and that is the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ and it is only through Jesus Christ ….for as Jesus himself said, the path is narrow and hard but the crowds follow the easy wide path. Do you want to choose him or do you want to choose the way of the world? Jesus Christ is the Door to heaven and the only door… do not be fooled by false prophets or false religions nor the lies of the media and of the world

Cosmic Crossroad Countdown- Bio, Summary, and Excerpt:

THIS BOOK WAS originally WRITTEN 2 years AGO, and DUE TO AN ERROR (SOMEONE SABOTAGED THE PRODUCTION by putting a “Z” on the first page next to the name Jesus Christ), it had to be republished 3 months after being submitted.  At that time my heart was impressed with the need to warn America quickly that the Sign of the Solar Eclipse would bring serious storms and other events  and that America needed to repent of its defiance and sins against God and authority.  We all need to come to the table of reconciliation with forgiveness and repentance.  That first 130 page Book was printed in a hurry to beat the Solar event and so had some fragmentation in the flow.  I have now  republished it with the same data but which clarity and better flow. You will be amazed how relevant it is to today, for every inspiration and insight has Come True.   Dr. Hofmann continues to warn about the countdown that is bringing radical new Beginnings.  Continue reading for the Author’s Bio and Book Summary. Continue reading Cosmic Crossroad Countdown- Bio, Summary, and Excerpt:

Us vs. Them – the new Paradigm

You created “us”   
when you attacked our freedom of speech.

You created “us”   
when you attacked our right to bear arms.

You created “us”   
when you attacked our Christian beliefs.

You created “us”   
when you constantly referred to as as racists.

You created “us”

  When you called us “deplorables”

You created “us”   
when you constantly called us xenophobic, yet countries like Saudi Arabia which gave the Clintons billions will not let any non-Muslim to enter either the city of Medina nor the city of Mecca!

You created “us”   
when you told us to get on board or get out of the way, yet Trump has done more for the American worker in 8 weeks than Obama did in 8 years.

You created “us”   
when you forced us to buy health care and then financially penalized us for not participating.

You created “us”   
when you lied and said we could keep our insurance plans and our doctors.

You created “us”   
when you allowed illegal immigrants to have the rights of legal immigrant and receive the benefits that our veterans deserve.

You created “us”   
when you attacked our flag.

You created “us”   
when you took God out of our schools.

You created “us”   
when you confused women’s rights with feminism.

You created “us”   
when you began to emasculate men.

You created “us”   
when you decided to make our children soft.

You created “us”

When you decided to rewrite school history books and remove the truth about our founders

You created “us”   
when you decided to vote for progressive ideals and forced a social globalism on us.

You created “us”   
when you attacked our way of life and the life of unborn human babies.

You created “us”   
when you decided to let our government get out of control and increase the national (non-bank) debt to 46 trillion.

“You” created “us”   
the silent majority.

You created “us”   
when you created the atmosphere for murdering innocent law enforcement officers.

You created “us”   
when you took a knee, or stayed seated or didn’t remove your hat during our National Anthem.

And we became fed up   
and we pushed back and spoke up.

And we did it with   
ballots, not bullets.

With ballots, not   
riots.

With ballots, not   
looting.

With ballots, not   
blocking traffic.

With ballots, not   
fires, except the one you started inside of “us”.

“YOU” created “US”.

It really is just   
that simple.

The Woman behind the Trump Victory!

Kellyanne Conway was America’s first female campaign manager and she was the one person who steered the rudderless Trump campaign through a very challenging storm.  She deserves a lot of credit for her patience, humility, wisdom, and steady hand.  As a professional pollster she knew where to guide the campaign and how to encourage and promote Trump.  She was especially effective  with the hostile and unfair media.  She in essence became the voice and soul of the Trump campaign that helped win the hearts of many.

She deserves a major role in the new Administration and may be just the person to help ameliorate many of the divisions and fears in the aftermath of this raucous race.   Her faith, her experience as an effective pollster, and her dedication to her family of 4 kids have helped her survive the waves of dissent and confusion.  She knows how to communicate strength and compassion at the same time and is a very good judge of character and purpose.  Trump was smart in allowing her to take over.  That very fact says a lot about him and his relationship with women!   She deflected a lot of heat that was thrown at Trump!

She understands that an “Ideological Revolution” is taking place that may just save America- at least temporarily.   Not sure how we will deal with the hordes of students that want a free education, a free lunch, and free citizenship – but their revolution has been democratically snubbed by the majority.  I believe that Kellyanne understands this and sees  the University system as needing a serious overhaul -just as much as many other segments and levels of society.  She can best appreciate that the students should be content with the fact that a lot of other things are about to change including job opportunities!
More than anyone she can see the need to motivate a biased media in a way that will inspire them to be reporters of facts and not expressions of liberal idealism. For instance last night the talking heads were making fun of Trump and the Republican platform by attacking the credentials of those who were congratulating him!  We have a media that is so narrow minded that they prefer that Trump be unpopular with foreign leaders!!  President Duarte, who leads the Philippines has turned to China for help because of Obama’s policy of enforcing the UN!   Likewise many of the leaders in Africa have been intimidated by Obama’s scorched earth policy against any government that has laws and/or policies limiting homosexuality and abortion!  The media lies to the American public! Duarte is not the monster that they have made him out to be.  He is fighting Abu Sayyaf (Islamic Terrorism) on one side and the rampant drug trade on the other. The media does not share the important fact that he is opening the public schools to Christian studies and the Gospel!  This fact is true of many of the African nations who are turning to God for hope and to the Chinese for aid instead of America!  Kellyanne is aware of this and will draw attention to them!
This is just the beginning of the “revolution” to win back nations and people who have become disenchanted with the Obama social agenda.  The world has watched as Hollywood, the networks, and the press have tried to reprogram the world’s agendas, policies, and mindset.  We have become an anathema to many God fearing people and now it is time to reset the entire State Department, Defense Department, and every other agency that deals with the UN and the world!  We need smart, talented people like Kellyanne to lead this “revolution of ideas” to push back 8 years of anti-Christian policy.

The Rise of the Great White Male! “THE DEPLORABLES”

The Rise of the Great White Male:  THE DEPLORABLES

The Great White Male has struck fear in the halls of Hollywood, Wall  Street, Fifth Avenue, the Networks, Congress and every progressive institution in the World. This has been the election surprise of 10 lifetimes! Thank you Lord – the miracle of main street has happened!

Billions of dollars and thousands of celebrities did not matter. Hillary outspent Trump 3 to one and Trump had less than a fifth of the volunteers knocking on doors and manning field offices. The great Trump wave sunk her ship. The funeral arrived at the Networks  before all the cameras in one beautiful night!

The Canadian Immigration website has crashed! May it come back up soon so that promises made by those obnoxious celebrities will come true as soon as possible. The hunter from the rust states took the cake and the candles away from the naughty children before they could burn the house down! The man on the white horse has saved the day! To the LGBT and radical left community this seemed more like Moby Dick than the Lone Ranger, as they watched their ship of state sink.  Obama pleaded with America not to let Trump destroy his legacy and the answer came back from those rustic woods of the Rust Belt- “Your Blue Wall has Fallen”.

Trump sacrificed everything.  He did not need the money, nor the fame and this reached the hearts of the American core.  He has never held office and yet, he beat the experts  overturning all the pollsters and pundits!  He outsmarted and outclassed the best! He woke up rustic America by sounding the alarm, and they came out to be counted!  The ideological Revolution begins.

“Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord”.
Now let us sit down and break bread and make this country great again!

(The day before the election I was sharing with someone how bad the media and 5th Avenue was in not only treating Trump, but also the American white male.  I had just watched a major TV ad for a major car company with a guy sitting near the front gate grilling his food in his long johns. A young, attractive female employee walks up to him and says, “You do not need to camp out the sale is on- the trucks are here!”  He jumps up and runs to the entrance in his long johns and she yells out, “don’t you want to put your pants on?”  and he says,  “No I need them for kindling”…..another really stupid 5th Avenue ad that denigrates the white male- who also appears unshaven and almost like a Neanderthal.)
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FEAR to Fear

FEAR to Fear!

There is a calm in the air, but it is more than calmness,
A stillness reigns as if danger approaches,
A wait with a sense of dread and fear!
Have you noticed that the economy seems stale and each day trends with more caution and concern?  Everything we read seems to be fear-driven, including stock markets, commodities, merchandise sales, and the State of the Union.  We are afraid of identity theft, hacking, immigration, inflation, rising Fed rates, and the list goes on and on! The news is permeated with record floods and other storms in a wide range of places, and accelerating violence that seems to be spreading to many segments of society!  We are in a cadence of fear. Remember those movies where the lead character notices an abnormal stillness just before the enemy attacks? Europe went through many invasions from the Goths to the Huns to the Ottoman hoards and each time a dread permeated the air as fear moved the masses.   We seem to be in the calmness before the storm.  Even the earth seems to recognize this!   For we are seeing earthquakes, droughts, forest fires, deadly viruses, and active volcanoes in diverse places and closer to home!

We all know that fear has permeated the elections from top to bottom! How many Trump and Hillary signs have you seen in front lawns; most likely very few!  And the media love to use fear to stoke our attention on the environment, race issues, Zika, guns, and any threat to their pet causes!  And of course ISIS, terrorism, civil violence, drug epidemics, and deadly crime permeates both national and international news on a daily basis!  We seem to be a world at the brink of war. One author compares our present predicament to the Spanish Civil War which he says was a rehearsal for WWII involving the Germans and many weapons soon to be used against Poland.  Every major military or economic power is involved in the Middle East or in dealings with the rogue regime in North Korea! There are now more refugees worldwide and many more who have been martyred for just believing in Jesus Christ!  Fear is worldwide!  And the traditional war of nations has morphed into a global war of sects, cultures, & religions affecting everyone!

I like to think of myself as an authority on FEAR since I was consumed with fear even as a young child.  My personal pathology began when I was a 5 year old foreigner learning English, when one day my big brothers confided in me that what I saw on the talking box called “TV”, was real. That night I was sitting on my Dad’s lap, when the “Werewolf” movie came on and panned in on a stranger walking across a bridge at midnight. The face, blood, and teeth that soon covered the screen blew me into a world of nightmares and fear of the dark. For years I was consumed by this fear as it grew and spread into other areas of my daily life. I was unbearably shy and afraid to speak up in class. By God’s grace I had loving parents who were there for me. They saw that I led a gang of kids in my neighborhood and so did not suspect anything.  I had natural skills in dexterity, throwing, and fighting and so no one including my brothers suspected how vulnerable I was. My Dad, however taught me to swim by throwing me into the deep end of a pool, encouraging me to swim for my life!  And my older brother did his best to trap me into an unwinnable boxing match with a much bigger kid from outside our neighborhood!  At times I felt that I was fighting for survival!

It was only after a persistent FEAR of public speaking in class that my parents intervened to get me socially involved. They got me into sports. Swimming and cross country running gave me the fuel to keep going and not give up!  Ironically this managed fear served to keep me out of trouble and anything that smelled of evil.  I was the good kid who obeyed his parents!

Now if you believe in the principalities of evil and the powers of darkness there was something more that was notably unusual about my life. As hinted earlier, I did not grow up in America; instead I was raised in some of the most spiritually cursed nations of the world!  My dad worked for the State Department and so every two years we moved from one nation to the next!  I was born in the slave port of Fortaleza, Brazil where the Brazilian form of Voodoo was birthed.  I spoke only Portuguese when we then moved to Caracas, Venezuela (considered one of the hottest places in the world and also the home of the world’s most intense lightening strikes). We moved to Laredo, Texas, where I learned English and the art of throwing rocks very accurately; then to Persia (Iran) where I had to defend my life against an Islamic gang of kids by rapidly and accurately throwing rocks back at them after they cornered me! We then moved to Pasay City, Philippines (the areas poorest and most drug invested city and where thousands were killed when a massive cyclone hit us only a year later).   I went to High School in Argentina which historically is one of the most cursed nations; as it was the only country in all the Americas to have totally wiped out its’ indigenous Indian groups! Of course Argentina was also the only South American country to side with Hitler, and many years later go to war against Britain!  Insolvent twice, it now suffers from government corruption, weekly mass demonstrations, and very poor leadership.  It is also interesting to note that the general condition of most of these nations has only grown worse with time!

College did not help my fear. I was lost in my insecurity and fear which ironically kept me out of trouble and made me a good student.  As a vulnerable young adult with parents 40,000 miles away, I had to learn the American culture in the midst of the Vietnam war!  Finally in my senior year the walls came down and with trepidation, I experimented with both drugs and alcohol.  Luckily, I soon took the entrance exam for Dental School, and scored one of the highest scores in Texas- having exhibited great dexterity on the chalk test and a natural propensity for visualizing spacial relations!  With a growing confidence, I grew comfortable in my compartmentalized fear. However, when I married I had to deal with the fear of relationship failure and abandonment. Both of which were self-fulfilling!     But things were soon to change for the better and in a very radical way!

Although Fear had become my friend, it was the fear of losing control that drove me to desperation!  As my marriage was unraveling and my wife was working the late evening shift, I turned to deep episodes of using Nitrous Oxide and began the process of losing both my identity and my direction.  Realizing that I had nothing to lose, I sought the opposing side of the supernatural; I turned to the God of my childhood and Jesus Christ who seemed to be the answer.  I prostrated myself on the floor of my office and surrendered everything including those fears and my dreams, desires, thoughts, and all that I possessed and wanted.

Amazingly God answered! And He gave me purpose and an irreversible identity founded on the Gospel and His Promises. God answered my prayers with simple replies that showed me a new way of thinking based not on fear, but on grace, peace, and faith. Initially I was confused since I had depended so much on fear, evolution, competition, and all those common thoughts of lust, greed, power, and popularity.  Now I had to depend on the Bible and what I could not see! Jesus said, “The Truth will set you free!”   Truth exposed my fear and all the evil associated with it as lies!   Light defeated darkness

So how was I going to process all these changes? In His Mercy God allowed me to continue in the Nitrous so that He could “speak” to me through visions and dreams. I had a vision that a door with fire and a looming shadow of Satan opened up behind me!   It was so real that I fled in fear to my car, but as I ran a voice in my mind warned me that my car would not start.  To make matters even worse all the lights in the underground parking lot were out!  So I sprinted up the ramp to the “Stop n Go” across the street and called a ministry that I had been listening to on the radio. They told me to put on the “full armor of God”, and to return to my car and restart it.  Instead I asked them to pray for help!  We prayed and just a few minutes later a car with a group speaking only Spanish asked for the location of a nearby hospital.   In Spanish I told them, and then asked if they would help jump my car, and they agreed! –  Prayer Answered!

I had other visions, each leading me closer to God and the Love I needed so much.   Since I had no one to guide me and since I did not trust anyone, God brought a Christ-centered dental assistant into my office.  She and her husband led me through the Word and into the mission field where I served for many years. I also took 21 hours at the Dallas Theological Seminary Lay Institute and many other intensive Bible courses! God healed my mind, showing me the fallacy of evolution, and continued to sanctify my heart and soul! He gave me a zeal to seek Him and know Him through his Word, his creation, and his Church. I sought Christian fellowship, prayer, and Bible study wherever I could on a daily basis!

Jesus Christ promises us that Love will drive out FEAR!  He declares, “Be courageous!  I have overcome the world!”  He does not, however, banish fear and presents in his life the picture of a son obeying a Father who demands obedience!   No longer a weapon of the dark side, fear has drawn me to God in obedience. I love Him, but I also have a healthy fear of the Almighty God who commanded that Israel “fear and dread” Him when they turned away from him. I know how easy it is to fall away in the flesh and disobey his commands, and so I allow enough healthy fear to keep me focused and walking in His Light.  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; acknowledge Him in all that you do and He will make your path straight!  Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear God and turn away from evil, and this will bring healing to your body and strength to your bones!”  Prov. 3: 5-9  I know God’s love in a very, very deep way, but no one has been able to convince me that love alone will keep someone or myself from sinning.  Even the Apostle Paul struggled with the flesh!

P.S.  Ironically I and a group of fellow ballroom dancers were just recently in the “eye of the storm” when hurricane Newton made a direct hit on Cabo San Lucas. I had prayed for cool weather since September in Cabo is usually very hot. Well it was cool and we lost electricity for over 24 hours! So I had plenty of time to write for this blog!! Another bit of irony is the fact that this cyclone was named Newton which is the name of the author of my favorite song, “Amazing Grace” . This storm in essence was “amazing grace” to many dry areas in the Baja Caifornia and to those suffering in the desert heat and drought of Arizona and New Mexico. We were also graced with some of the most incredible sunsets and a sea turtle that sought refugee nearby to lay her eggs! God has his hands in the renewal of life and the redeeming of souls through the “storms of life”!  Thank you for your patience in reading my personal account, as I know many of you have had your own ups and downs in life along with many unique phobias and fears! Just know that: “God loves you so much that He sent His Son to this earth, to die for you, so that you will not perish, but will have eternal life.”  Jn. 3:16

Room War & War Room

This has been the most contentious and unpredictable primary election processes in history and I am afraid we have yet to see the apex.   It is not hard to imagine what is happening in many households as different age groups, cultures, and sexes take aim at their favorite “vile” candidate.   And in most cases I would imagine that behind those doors there is no consensus only a war of words.  My solution is for everyone to have a “War Room” in order to reorganize their thoughts and fears so that they can pray.   This battle is not just flesh and blood, but also entails what I like to call “dark matter”.   Yes, there are powers of darkness and principalities of evil that we cannot see, nor easily comprehend. They are as real as swords and weapons of spiritual warfare.   Your best weapon is sincere prayer based on understanding of who God is and faith in what he can do for us.  If you do not know what I am talking about, then find the nearest Bible and start reading.   Try starting with the book of war and the Judges for there is judgement coming.  And continue with the book of Matthew for there is an Answer and a Salvation.

(to be continued….)

Divine Plan or Just Chance?

Does anyone remember the movie “The Ten Commandments”, or the details of the Exodus account.   What happened when the people erected a golden calf to their self created god?   They probably tried to give the true God some token credit as they celebrated their “freedom” and “success” in escaping the Pharaoh with many of the treasures of Egypt.  Does this sound a little like religion in America?  While Moses was on top of Mt.Sinai conversing with God and receiving the 10 Commandments the people decided to worship their own way-with their own idol and a lot of fun and evil desires.   Just as America has removed the 10 Commandments from the pubic Arena….., these people did not need nor want God’s Law, nor the curse of knowing their own sin.   They wanted freedom to do what they wanted without interference.   This is the same rationale of those who want abortions and the whole abortion industry.  This is the same rationale of those behind atheism and Evolution and the New Religions of self made gods….they do not want God interfering with their desires, habits, dreams, and psyche.   This is the  rationale of all those in leadership that want to control the masses through deceit, lies, and carefully designed illusions.
The whole world is turning against the Truth and the God of the Universe who is behind the Truth.  The penalty will be great.  Remember how the earth opened up and consumed the rebellious Israelites.  Well in reality that only happened later.  If you read Exodus you will see that God commanded Moses and Aaron to arm the Levites with swords so that they could execute all those who rebelled.  In a later rebellion God opened the earth to swallow a large rebellious family.   This illustrates that God will judge us not only by a nation’s action, but also according to  family and individual decisions and behavior. We will all be held accountable for our sin – the only difference will be whether one chooses to Trust in the Sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on the Cross for your sin.  When you believe in Him you are in essence exchanging your sin for a new Life in Him, which means you are making Him Lord of your Life.
Now back to the main point.   The Golden Calf represents our own god that we wish to follow and celebrate.  Because of our sin nature we are separated from God.  However, when one erects a “standard” to this prideful rejection, it becomes a virtual “slap” in God’s face.   This happened when Israel and Judah erected “Ashtoreth poles” and other idols in and around Jerusalem during the reign of the “evil” kings.  In order to redeem His people God had to judge them by leading them into captivity.  Can and will this happen to America?  We are raising flags in jubilant gay  “Pride” parades, mosques to the moon god,  Hindu temples and other temples to “millions” of other gods, and now we are about to erect multiple replicas of the hellish Gate to Baal (Baal worship demanded the sacrifice of babies to appease the gods).  Ironically ISIS destroyed the Baal temple in Palmyra and has promised severe punishment to anyone who breaks its version of Shariah law.  They seem to understand the danger of erecting idols to other pagan gods.  America needs to wake up.
We have dumbed down our spiritual accountability and Biblical perspective to the point that worshiping skin, sports and “Shallowood” are the norm and the priority.  How many of you have heard of the “Festival to Moloch”?  Read up on it for it represents the deepest of evils in a land that God commanded to be destroyed.  No man, woman, or child was to be left alive because of the evil of the Canaanites.  They celebrated this Spring festival with the sacrifice of babies in their mountain top fire altars.  The two most holy days to the Satanist coincide with this Spring festival and the Fall festival of Halloween.  The retailers predict that we will spend up to 20% more this Halloween!
The media and now the general population seems to relish the shaming of Christians, Christianity, and anything related to Jesus Christ and the Cross. Warning signs are all around us:  extreme weather conditions, a Zika virus that has the potential of being a massive pandemic (since there is no attempt to quarantine), crazy election wars, an economic slowdown generated out of corruption and fear, and the crisis of war and terrorism throughout the world mixed in with a toxic blend of civilian crime, looting, aberrant behavior, drugs, and the perverted system of rewards for doing nothing.  Are these signs of His coming? When Jesus returns, he will return as the Judge to judge the nations and each and every individual.   Are you ready?
Do not forget that the Bible has eternal power like a supernatural double edged sword which can divide lies and deceit from Truth and Spirit …after all it is the “Living Word”.  Jesus called himself the Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” So lets see what the Word says: Gal 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
So is it coincidence that these mockers were treated to a judgement instead of a reward, a sign to all those who mock God?  John Lennon mocked God what he suggested that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ? He died with six bullets shot at close range. Tancredo Neves when running for President in Brazil bragged that if he got 500,000 votes not even God could remove him from office. He won, then died one day before taking office. Cazuza, a notorious Brazilian bi-sexual, mocked God by blowing a puff of smoke to a crowd saying “this is for you God”. He died of lung cancer at the age of 32. The man who built the Titanic said, “not even God can sink this ship”. The ex-vocalist of AD/DC sang, “Don’t stop me I am going down all the way down the highway to Hell” In 1980 he was found dead choked in his own vomit.
What we see day in and day out is the universal principle of “cause and effect”. Many think of it just in scientific terms, but since God created everything including science we see the “divine effect” transferred from the supernatural world into our daily world of trial and error, success and failure.   We cannot escape it because we were made in His image and for a very special reason. We were made to harvest the earth, tending to His creation, and having fellowship with Him.  However, instead of choosing Him, man naturally chose sin and self. What we reap is death, chaos, futility, and fear.    The Cross changed it all.   The Cross  restored our connection to God and opened the Door to Redemption and Fellowship with Him.  This truth will set you free!  Do not mock God!

Cosmic Coincidences or Not?

First I want to make sure that you understand what “cosmic” means.  Remember when you were a kid and how that word could transport your mind to the world of super human heroes and super natural villains.  Carl Sagan made it a common scientific word that ironically in his world of theory generated more fiction than the cartoons did.  You will not understand this until the end of this essay- so be patient.

Many of you have heard of the Privileged Planet and the simple fact that it appears mankind was “given” a special place to live and propagate.  Nowhere in the entire Universe is there a place like earth.  All our nearby planets and our moon  fit into a precise pattern that either shields us or actively improves the condition for life on our planet.  Thanks to the moon, tidal movements affect and generate ocean currents and other changes in ocean physiology that protects a very diverse ecology on this planet.  The simple fact that the Universe has a beginning implies that a Creator exists.  This Creator, or God, made something from nothing and created time, space, and energy.   This could not have happened by chance since it would go against not only every law of physics, but also every conceivable form of logic and common sense.  Carl Sagan tried to defy this very fact just like Darwin tried to formulate a man centered answer to why we have so many different species.  The fact is  God created the billions and billions of spiral galaxies (which by the way would no longer be in the perfect spiral form if left to chance and billions of years- for energy and time causes the energy of a spiral to unwind).  God also created DNA which is akin to a very sophisticated computer program and anyone who uses a computer or writes or reads knows that information cannot create itself.  This genetic information is what makes you who you are and  differentiates  every “Family” and “Kind” in the animal and plant kingdoms.

The ability to procreate -thus allowing for DNA to recombine into new patterns was God’s gift.   God started with a baseline of DNA combinations that formed the basic pure gene pool that He defined as “kind”.   These pure gene pools or “kinds” produced all the colorful and wild species that we see today.   This is what we call natural selection. For instance wolves produced all the species of dogs that we see today.  However,  it is impossible for two different “kinds”  to procreate with each other.  We do not see one “kind” producing a new “kind”.  For instance we do not see dogs producing a type of cat, or horse, or alligator.  All cats are of the same “kind”; everything from kitties to Lions to Bob cats.  All dogs are of the same kind: from wolves, to poodles, to Hyenas.  Human kind cannot and will never be able to “evolve” into an ape, nor will an ape evolve into a human.

Now back to the Cosmic issue.  Since God created the Universe, the word Cosmic implies a Divine and a supernatural element to our existence.  So as we continue in this vein of logic, we will see that many things that we take for granted or just cannot explain are in essence carefully planned by our Creator- wars for instance that were won by sudden storms or extreme weather.  We are given examples in the Bible of hail storms that destroyed cities (Egypt) or defeated armies (Judges and the battle Deborah fought for Israel);  of droughts that brought Empires to their knees as in the case of Joseph and Egypt;  of navies that we decimated by storms as in the case of Xerxes and Esther (more of historical nature); or of earthquakes that marked the moment of the Resurrection.  We have blood moons, sackcloth suns, falling stars, and a host of other cosmic events promised in prophecy.  In history we also see the weather related defeat of the Spanish Armada, the British marine forces in Washington in the War of 1812, the German invasion of Russia, and the great Chinese naval fleet attacking Japan.  History shows how fog has protected our men and other “good” military forces from being detected during war. There are countless other accounts of “super natural” events and conditions aiding in the survival of noble men and women in war  and in peace.

So lets address the main theme of this essay: is God directing events today?  Can and would God use ISIS or Iran or for that matter any enemy of America in the same way as He used Assyria, Babylon, and Persia?  Are we deserving of Judgment? Many seem to think so including many leading pastors.   Why for instance are we catering to concepts, philosophies, and behavior that mimic the pagan nations that God judged in the Old Testament.  We place the creation over the Creator in our worship of animals and evolution.   We place convenience and personal “rights” over the sanctity of life as in the case of wanton abortion.  It is estimated that with the new abortion pill, that our nation alone commits a million abortions per year!    We place “tolerance” foremost in the formation of new laws that elevate homosexuality and most other deviant forms of sexual behavior.  We glamorize violence, sex, drugs, and cosmetic beauty.  We exploit the young, the innocent, and the weak to promote our materialistic and narcissistic society.  We fill our void of loneliness and rejection with pets, alcohol, fantasy, and fiction. We have turned away from God and from the Truth that He placed on our path.  We have rejected a relationship with the Almighty God

Is it mere Coincidence that we are erecting a gate from the Temple of Baal at our most famous intersection: Times Square?   Is this significant?  It reminds me of the “Harbinger” verse in Isaiah 9:11 where the “curse” is misinterpreted by Congressional and other public leaders as being a blessing. They think that it is a “victory” call –  when it actually is a warning of impending judgement by God.   This pagan gate is not a “victory gate”,  it is a symbolic gate or door to a Hellish Temple and the worse form of worship- the sacrifice of babies. It has recently been reported that multiple “Baal Gates” will be delivered to cities around our country!  As stated earlier that form of pagan worship was why God allowed, and in fact motivated the great pagan Empires to attack and conquer Israel and Jerusalem!  The only Door that honors God is Jesus Christ who called himself the “Door” to eternal life.  He is both the path and  the Light that guides us through this dark, confusing world of sin.  He is the “Strong Tower” and our “Redeemer” who saves us from the penalty of sin and death.  It is no coincidence that the principalities of evil and the powers of darkness erect mosques, pornography shops, or cult structures next to churches and Christian charities.

Trump Time vs Media Hype

I never thought that I would be taking the side of Trump, but after the bombastic, one-sided, behavior of the media in scourging the candidate, I have changed my mind. Trump is absolutely right in saying that “he should sue the media”. The media reacted in their normal fashion by saying that it would be against the constitution for Trump to sue them…. Really? The media has been sued many times for misrepresenting facts and lost. The best  case was the bombing in Atlanta where they skewered an innocent man by saying early on in the investigation that he was culpable. They hounded the poor guy to the point that his refusal to cooperate was framed by the media as a sign of his guilt.

The media has been criticized for not giving equal time during an election to all candidates. The media loves to make fun of Trump, yet completely ignores the fallacies and lies of the Hillary campaign. She has broken the law with her private email server, something more egregious than the General Petraeus email scandal. Her actions may have compromised  American security since her “lack of judgement” was happening “real time” and during a real crisis in foreign affairs. Many aspects of our emergency protocols were learned by our enemies.

Another big problem is the media’s lack of fairness in providing equal expression. For instance here in Dallas, the Dallas Morning News has a flagrant liberal cartoon called “Doonesbury” which seems to have a completely free hand in attacking the church, Christianity, and any person the author wishes to malign. Most of what the author says is not true and is just conjecture or theory. Does the Dallas Morning News have a cartoon to counter balance this huge liberal bent? No!  They have not allowed a conservative, nor a “Christian” cartoon into their paper. This problem  motivated me to cancel my subscription.

The media has used degrading and sarcastic humor to attack Trump in all the evening talk shows, at the Oscars, and in most other venues. Trump recently promised to sue those networks and newspapers. I think that he could win, – if he does not wait too long.   If the liberals win this election, we are likely to see a Nazi type judicial system in the very near future.  The media loves to take one phrase, one sentence, or sound bite and make an entire story out of it.  From an hour long event they will take 15 seconds of action and make a negative story out of that, ignoring the fact that a protester had impeded the celebration for 30 minutes and infringed upon the constitution rights of all those around him.

And this brings up the next issue: the double talk used by the media in pushing its agenda.  The Media focuses their cameras on signs and bill boards claiming that Trump is another Hitler when in essence it is the liberal media, Obama,and its agencies that are pushing a Nazi like propaganda machine.   They are trying to uproot family and religious values and principles  that are the backbone of this country.  One good example of this is how the media vilifies anyone who they think is not politically correct yet ignores actual criminal elements guiding protesters, the Hillary machine, and others in this pro-Islamic administration.   The media hype against Trump is a well orchestrated arm of the Obama Administration, globalism, the UN, and the Bilderburg/Rothschild/Soros forces.  Thank God that someone is not walking in step with the world system that wants to bring America down.  It seems as if Trump is willing to stand up against this multi-dimensional dark power and any political correctness that they have successfully manipulated others with.

The latest development imposes the rule of violence and force to impede this nations election process.   Organized groups of disenchanted youth, union members, illegal migrants, Bernie babies,  and Trump bashers are blocking freeways and roads in order to prevent the normal election process from taking place.   So why doesn’t the media demand that the Democratic party call off it’s dogs.  The media is quick to demand that Trump tell his supporters to play dead! The fact is the media is using a double standard in every aspect of this election.  Thanks to Trump we have an anecdote to this elemental force of deception that is ruling our nation.  Frankly the media is terrified of Trump because they know that he will force changes, even if it requires the Justice Department to take action against their monopoly.  If Trump wins his promise to sue these media giants could indeed happen.  This does not mean that I am a bonafide Trump supporter.  I still favor Cruz but would find it very entertaining to watch Trump go after this ever dangerous Media monopoly.

 

Here are some simple facts of life that you can rely on:

10.  Life seems good, but the afterlife is better if you make it to the good side.

9. Death is the number one killer in the world.

8. Life is sexually transmitted.

7. Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

6. Men have two motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can’t
tell them apart.  If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.

5. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to
use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

4. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the
hospital, dying of nothing.

3. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no
attention to criticism.

4. In the 60’s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the
world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

5. Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may
become a burning issue tomorrow.