Behold The Haughty

The description was given with the prophecy some 1,940 years ago. The Apostle Paul shared them in his second epistle to Timothy (11 Timothy 3:1-11) shortly before his martyrdom in 66 A.D. By his own confession Paul had fought a good fight, had finished his course, and had kept the faith. And now he was looking toward his homegoing, "according to the promise of (eternal) life which is in Christ Jesus" (11 Timothy 1:1 and Titus 1:2).

It concerns the last generation, the end-times generation, the days and years that you and I have watched roll along since May 15, 1948 and the Israeli six-day war of 1967 when Jerusalem and the Temple Mount were recaptured by Israel. This prophecy is the mirrored image of today's four living generations, the eldest ranging from their late 70s into their early 90s. The youngest and fourth generation ranges from the cradle toward the first decade of years. It is a portrait of the decay of the church and all civic  authority.

Today, within these scriptures, and within the real-time-passing of these last days and years, we see and hear the blatant nose-thumbing mockeries Paul warns of, dressed up in the haughty fineries of pride, arrogance and corruption, especially noteworthy in those who are engaged in various ranks of political, judicial, executive and religious leadership roles. We note as well the despair of those that must endure the stench of political correctness in all ranks and branches of our once honorable Republic. When was it last honorable? Perhaps when Ronald Reagan was president...

The conspiracy of the elitists to destroy the national sovereignty of the Republic of  America, in lieu of a one world order ruled by a few godless tyrants, has been exposed for the citizens of this land to take note of for it may never be roped, tied or hidden again. It is a hellish beast, ready to pounce and devour, while the child-like followers of the world's liberal idiots sing and dance to the piper's deadly fife...

Verse 12:

"Yea, and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."

The battle lines have been drawn against America which means - the enemies of the Cross have set up barriers against the Holy God. The haughty troops are marching, they have been for a hundred years or more. They were an enemy we held at bay until - about fifty years ago. Then, in the 1950s, the pulpits of America began filling with passive, lukewarm, cautious little puppies called - the local pastors. They walked a fine line to appease the power of the ruling congregants, selling out for thirty pieces of silver rather than preach the whole Gospel from God's infallible Word...

They were afraid to push a little, afraid they might intimidate or offend someone. They were afraid to pull them out of the fire or warn them - someone in the church didn't like that ole' time preachin' and they might make a fuss. And they must at all cost avoid the teachings on the baptism of the Holy Ghost and the spiritual gifts. They must avoid teaching them their salvation is not real if they have not been changed, if they have not been born again in their heart and spirit. If there has been no change in heart, attitude or fruits of the spirit, it is not real. You need to seek God with new understanding,  examine yourselves and search out the infallible righteousness of Christ Jesus in whose righteousness you seek to stand. Such  teaching in some mainline denominations would have been grounds for a pastor's dismissal - whether it came out of the good book or not.

It wasn't the first time Lucifer's children infiltrated the sanctuary in an attempt to undermine the power and the blood of Jesus, and it won't be the last. Yet in many churches and towns across this land, there dwelled giants of faith that defied them and did feed their sheep with good pasture and fresh water two to three times a week. These thrived and grew in spiritual stature to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to other parts of the country. and today this nation numbers in the hundreds of millions who profess to be Christians. But now, we are in the fight for our spiritual and mortal lives. Yes - I did say - mortal lives...

Today the Christian Communities of this nation and this great wide world are under attack by "lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blashemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers. false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away...(11 Timothy 3: 1-5).

Notice! We are to turn away from such as these. These are not the children of God. They are the children of the Great Whore of Babylon, seeds of corruption, sons and daughters of their father, Satan...

Behold the haughty - up  the street, down the street, in the workplace, in the church and in the halls of education. Behold the haughty in Congress, in the White House, in the halls of justice and in the halls of elections. Behold the haughty who profess to be Christians and are not - these are liars, deceivers, murderers and haters of the true Christians. They resent us with a passion for our very existence convicts them. They plan to do away with all of us because our presence in this world prevents their dominating the masses. The first thing the New World Order will do is depopulate the earth by starvation, war, nuclear attacks, middle-of-the-night round ups and executions, Nazi style, of all the Christians, the elderly and the sick who will be beheaded or thrust through with the sword.

I know this is not what you want to hear this New Year, but it has been weighing on my heart to spit it out and pass it on. There are millions of good people out there who deny such a thing can happen in America, but for the sake of the thousands who know there is a good chance it will happen, I urge you to clean and mend your spiritual armor and fill your field packs. Polish those shields of faith to shine so brightly they will blind the eyes of the enemy even on a cloudy day. You are going off to war against a supernatural force so mighty and so deadly you will need every drop of anointing oil you can carry. Your best weapon will be your ear to hear from God who will guide your every move if you will trust Him.

It is here. It is seen, it is heard and it is smelled. Even the blind and the deaf can sense the evil that pervades our world. The hope is here too. It too is seen, it is heard and it is smelled - that sweet sweet smell of Jesus when He enters the camps of the righteous. We choose sides. Many will cancel their committment to Christ and will capitulate in fear. They do not understand that martyrdom is a promotion. Not only will we be privileged to witness and stand up for Christ in this body, but we will receive a new, whole, healed and glorified body on the other side - with a new assignment - a promotion that no man on earth can ever give, no success on earth can every match...

Unless it is begotten for the good of all men and the glory of God, fame and success in this world is brief and temporal. Like the flesh that desires it, it is subject to slander, rot and decay. It becomes dust in the deep, the deeds perhaps remembered but always with pain and regret - as in Adolph Hitler whose fame will always be an accusation and a verdict, like Joseph Stalin whose fame will always be a curse against his people and the many nations he raped and plundered.  Like great evangelists and pastors of the past twenty centuries who have inherited and are about to inherit their promotions to services unimaginable and eternal. They heard the call, they left everything to answer it and gave Jesus all they had, some even their mortal lives.

Obedience is better than sacrifice. And whether He calls us to evangelism or the challenging task of teaching Sunday School, we do it with love and obedience. It isn't the call that saves us and makes us holy. It is the sacrifice of obedience to the call and in the call that glorifies God and exalts our Lord Jesus Christ. So whether we are called to evangelize or teach fragile minds about Jesus, we are called to enter into a holy vocation. It is the filling of hearts with God's truths that spreads the aroma that perfumes the classroom of the Holy Ghost. Then, after a season or two, or three, a truth falls upon all and the teacher learns with the students that the evangelist and the teacher are equal laborers in the eyes of God.

Not so holy is the aroma in the halls of unbelief. Behold - the haughty are haughty still, they whisper and conspire deceptions...

"Yea, and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution."