Monday, June 16, 2014

The Fall of Iraq


“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, “and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. … Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you.” – Ezekiel 38: 2-3, 5, NKJV

As ISIS, a radical Islamic Sunni faction, including Al Qaeda, sweeps across Iraq and parts of Syria, it is good to remember that America’s present administration supplied them with arms through Libya as they were fighting Assad of Syria. Now, as they are camped just 20 miles outside Bagdad, Iraq, America is joining Iranian forces in fighting them in Iraq.

As our confused news media tries to keep it all straight bantering names like Assad, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, Al Qods Brigade, Sunni, and Shiite, they seem as confused as our government. We can make sense out of all by realizing it is nothing less than war between Sunni and Shiite Muslims over who will establish a ruling government over the Mid East, known as a Caliphate.

There is a prophesy in the book of Jeremiah that foretells all of this.

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. – Jeremiah 50:9

As the United States, directly over the North Pole from Iraq, and a coalition of other nations came against Iraq in Desert Storm who cannot remember seeing pictures of the Cruise missiles homing in on their targets with pin-point accuracy? Then Jeremiah states,

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. – Jeremiah 51:9

How many lives did we yield to try and establish peace between Sunni and Shiite factions in Iraq and how much money did we waste? All to no avail, so we left Iraq to her ordained fate:

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. – Jeremiah 51:27

ISIS comes as a coalition of these nations, slaughtering and imposing rough unyielding Islamic Sharia law against the land, like ‘rough caterpillers’. But, the judgment is not yet ended:

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. – Jeremiah 51:28

Soon the king of the Medes comes. This is none other than the Iranians who are called the Medes and Persians in Scripture. But they do not come to rescue Iraq and Syria from ISIS, they come to dominate! The Iranians will then control Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon through their proxies. And remember, they are strongly linked to Russia. I believe this will likely set the stage for the Ezekiel 38 and 39 war of God. But, it is always risky to interpret prophesy by current events, so we should be alert to the possibilities and watch and pray for wisdom from God.

 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Mystery Babylon - part 2

Revelation 17

In part 1, we saw that Mystery Babylon is a evil spirit that tries to corrupt both physical and spiritual actions of mankind. Because mankind is created with a strong 'spiritual' dimension -(we are spirit, soul and body and our spirits are meant to lead)- Mystery Babylon uses spiritual fornication (false worship, idolatry, etc.) to corrupt men.

We saw this in the story of Cain who offered the fruit of the ground, which had been cursed by God, instead of a lamb as God had commanded, then killing Abel who had obeyed God. Again, we saw this as the Hebrews, who had just been miraculously rescued from Egypt, quickly over-ruled God's command to keep the feasts of Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Pentecost, by making a Golden Calf to worship and appointing their own 'feast day' in Exodus 23. 

In Revelation 13, we once again see this evil spirit at work as the 2nd Beast who appears as a lamb with two horns and is later called the False Prophet. Here we are given a clue how to recognize this false spirit - this lamb has only two horns. The true Lamb of God appeared earlier in Revelation 5 as "a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth." The false lamb will use an evil spirit to accomplish Satan's plan, but the true Lamb will use the Holy Spirit to accomplish God's plan. The true Church will always allow the Holy Spirit to move in it's midst. The false will always try to control the Holy Spirit, limiting His work in our day, saying "those gifts were only for the past", etc. But, God is the same today as He ever was and His Holy Spirit is too!

While Mystery Babylon has appeared many times throughout history, her final portrait is revealed to John as a harlot, decked out in royal colors (1 Peter 2:4), but riding on the Beast of Revelation 13. She is a tool of Satan to deceive the world with her fornication. She is a persecutor of all those who love the truth of God's word and so cannot be deceived by her. Like Joseph of old, who fled Potiphar's wife rather than embrace to her seduction, she will ultimately persecute all those who do not submit to her. And so John sees her with a golden cup saying "she is drunk with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus."

As the false church she wears the trappings of religion but the redemption she offers always has a price - some payment. She preaches more about tithes and offerings than she does about communion with God and obedience to His laws. The spirit that rules her says, "The church is big business" and her success is measured by its 'bigness'. - big buildings, big influence, big flock, big programs, etc. Those who are deceived by her never seem to realize that their big structures make them all the easier to control. In America, this spirit led people to give up their small community schools, which they controlled, in favor of 'big' combined and centralized schools, but in the process, they lost control of the schools. As a result American education has gone downhill and foreign philosophies have replaced Biblical foundations. Bigness is not always better!

In part three, we will look at the Harlot's cooperation with the beast she rides.
Mystery Babylon - part 1
Revelation 17
"Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” - Revelation 17:1, 2

The ‘great harlot’ has been around a long time because the earth has a history of about 6000 years and the kings and people were committing fornication with her during this time. Fornication can be physical or spiritual and it means unlawful relations. Spiritual fornication is usually in areas of worship, idolatry, etc. The root cause is usually rebellion and selfishness.

She is seen throughout the Bible narrative. The first is in the story of Cain and Abel. Cain had a “I did my way” philosophy and he wanted to worship God his way instead the way God had prescribed. The Harlot is the false church, often using the same practices and even the same words as the true church, but with a different spirit behind them.
Another example is the ‘golden calf’ made by Aaron. They called it Jehovah and Elohim just like the true God, but it was an idol. God had set down three feasts (feasts of the Lord) they were to keep yearly: Unleavened Bread, First fruits, and In-gathering (Pentecost or Weeks) – Exodus 23:14-16. They were His Appointed times to meet with the people. But shortly after God gave these directions to Moses (Exodus 32:5), we see Aaron and the people making their own god (a golden calf) and appointing their own feast to meet with their god. “And Aaron made a proclamation and said, ‘Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord (Jehovah).” 
The false church has no real "fear of God" and obeys only those rules which please her. Their Bible is one of convenience and while the Harlot may give 'lip-service' to the teaching of God, she only keeps those that are convenient to her.
In following posts I will explain more about the Great Whore and how to recognize her.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Jeremiah and Malchi Speak to America




As one calamity after another strikes the U.S. whether they be natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, or drought, or attacks by terrorists and financial downturns, the nightly news seems to be dominated by bad news. We can no longer claim it is just the result of better news coverage as those who keep statistics have now shown that natural disasters of every sort are definitely on the increase. What is the answer?

Atheism is growing in leaps and bounds in the western world:

1.   45% of Americans say they’d be willing to vote for an atheist for president of the United States.
2.   President Barak Obama puts them on an equal footing as religious Americans – in his 1st inaugural address, he said, “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.”
3.   Atheism is so big in the United Kingdom that more than 100,000 Britons downloaded “certificates of de-baptism” off the internet to make official the renunciation of their Christian faith.

There are at least three reasons for this rapid growth in atheism; now at least 16% in the USA which is more than main-line Protestants.

1.   Firstly, the amount of evil coming from within Islam; as Jihadist commit genocide in Africa, and in countries with Muslim majorities liberty is almost non-existent for women and for those of other religions. (Remember atheists lump Christians, Jews, and Muslims together as religions.)
2.   Secondly, the secular indoctrination of a generation thanks to a de facto atheistic public school system. If you are purported to be a purveyor of truth and you never mention God or give credit to Him, pupils are bound to conclude that God doesn’t exist! We now have had several generations of this mind-set.
3.   Thirdly, Christianity and Judaism have largely failed to provide any contrast to the ever-growing atheistic secularism of the western world. Dennis Prager writes, “It is virtually impossible to distinguish between liberal Christian or Jew and a liberal secularist”. All three regard the human fetus as morally worthless; regard the man-woman definition of marriage as a form of bigotry; and come close to holding pacifist beliefs, to cite just a few examples.
In the face of these points, fewer and fewer are willing to stand to confront them, so atheism continues to grow.[1]

How do we face this reality? The answer is, we must face up to the reality of our condition:

FIRST: I dare to suggest that we have brought this evil upon ourselves because we willfully left our covenant relationship with the God of the Bible. When our forefathers came to this land, they entered into covenant relationship with Him and as a result we, their children, have enjoyed the blessings and prosperity of that relationship. A parallel is written about in the Book of Jeremiah.

Thus says the LORD: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, have followed idols, and have become idolaters? – Jer. 2:5

Israel began with a covenant relationship with God but then they turned against Him and God asked them why? Israel didn’t realize their blessings were caused by God and not their own intelligence or industry. They wandered from God’s commands and looked to other nations. They began to depend on ‘the arm of flesh’ and it failed them!

For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that can hold no water. – Jer.2:13

The United States of America is doing the exact same thing and we are beginning to experience the same results. We have forsaken the God of the Bible; no longer mentioning Him in our schools turning instead to the idolatry of Humanism. The 10 year anniversary of the terrorist attack on 9/11 was recently memorialized in New York and the mayor would not let God be a part of it. His excuse was ‘He didn’t want to offend any other religion!’ He didn’t even know enough about the true God to differentiate between Him and all the false gods that are so freely celebrated in our land!



SECOND: As a nation we offend God regularly as we kill 1.6 million babies a year by abortion – the total count is now up to 60 million. And then we wonder why a spirit of murder is released on our nation! We are giving our country to Mexicans and Muslims because we kill our babies and they keep theirs, often using our tax-payer dollars to care for them.

Also on your skirts is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things. Yet you say, 'Because I am innocent, surely His anger shall turn from me.' Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, 'I have not sinned.' – Jer. 2:34, 35

Our church families surrender their most precious gift, their children, to the public school where they teach against God. The churches say, ‘We have a great Sunday School program’ where they teach the children about God for ½ to 1 hour a week but then turn the children over to the public schools where they are taught 30 or more hours a week the doctrines of humanism, homosexuality, promiscuity, evolution and socialism. This says nothing about the so-called ‘socialization’ process that is going on from the other kids who do not practice the teachings of Christ. If my math is correct, that means the public school has up to 60 times more influence on the children than the church has. And yet, I do not see Pastors teaching against this practice or encouraging home schooling.

THIRD: Our leaders promise anything to the people just to get elected, full knowing they cannot fulfill their pledges. Washington DC is filled with self-seekers and liars and no party is exempt from them. The news media which claims special rights in our system because they were supposed to be the messengers of truth for the electorate are mostly concerned with their own power and agendas. Because we have forsaken God’s standards of truth, we are easily deceived by wickedness.

Jeremiah speaks loudly to this country -

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and the fear of Me is not in you," Says the Lord GOD of hosts. – Jer. 2:19

FOURTH: America is losing its foundation, the family, as divorce now exceeds 50%. This is a deadly statistic for any nation as almost every institution is based upon the family. Psalm 11 verse 3 asks, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” The answer is, NOT MUCH! When over 52% of our children are living in single parent homes there is not the proper teaching of faithfulness, of commitment, of kindness, of honoring your word, and a whole host of principles a society depends upon. That is why God declares “I hate divorce!”

We have opened the gates of our country and allowed a ‘Trojan Horse’ to be brought in. The judgment of our own wickedness is indeed upon us and we will see that it is an evil and bitter thing. We have made money our god and we are about to see our financial system come collapsing down around us. All the other things that we have made more important than our relationship with God and His Son Jesus Christ will not save us from the calamity ahead.

But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble; for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah. – Jer. 2:28

FINALLY: We are about to be hit with a tsunami of judgment that will wash away everything not built on the Rock. Jesus is that Rock. His word is the only solid foundation that will stand against the flood that is coming. As the prophet Malachi wrote, we have “profaned the Lord’s holy institution”, which He loves; there is no fear of the Lord in our lives; we have allowed foreign gods to rule our lives, such as humanism, materialism, pleasure, and we have looked to other people for our approval rather than God. Rejection by other people is more important to us than rejection by God!

Remember what the Apostle Paul wrote to us,

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. – Galatians 5:16-21

Remember, it is the “little foxes that spoil the harvest”. Great evils usually have small beginnings and so God warns us: contentions, jealousies, dissentions, or outbursts of wrath are as damaging as great heresies.

It has been said of me by some in this congregation that there is no moving of the Spirit here and that we do not speak of the Love of God enough here – but I say to you, this is the Spirit of God speaking to you and it is the love of God revealed because He does not want you to fail, or be deceived by the evil one. God’s message to Malachi concludes with -

“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

“But who can endure the day of His coming?
And who can stand when He appears?
For He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.
He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness. Malachi 3

Many Christians talk about the Lord’s soon coming but do they know that when He comes it will be a time of purging, with fire, the dross that is in His Bride, the Church. Remember the Word of God says “If we would judge ourselves, we shall not be judged” so let us begin now return to our true foundations in Christ and His word.

Our President held out the promise of hope through the political process, but I say to you our only hope is the word the prophet Hosea gave to a backsliding Israel,

Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. – Hosea 6:1

Out of love, God is warning us to check our foundations that we may not be washed away by the tsunami that is coming. I, for one, intend to do just that. If we do this, God will say to us what He said to the Philadelphia Church of Revelation 3 –

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Pastor Charles Cooley




[1] Points taken from Atheism’s NO. 1 Argument by David Kupelian: WhistleBlower magazine, vol 22. No. 12

Monday, December 16, 2013

The Attack against Israel and Christians

Are we living in the generation that will see the fulfillment of these verses from the Book of Revelation?

Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the maleChild. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. – Revelation 12:13-17

Persecution of Israel has gone on for nearly 2000 years, but the 1930’s and 40’s began a period of all-out intense hatred of Jewish people which was centered in Nazi Germany. While the demise of Germany’s Hitler ushered in an interlude in that hatred, it merely caused it to go underground for a time, to re-appear in more successful vehicles. It has reappeared in Islam, the UN, and the EU.

Remember, the Devil’s goal is to destroy faith in God. So while he attacks the Jews, he also attacks any faith in God, Jesus His Son, and in the Bible, which is His Word. We are witnessing how materialism, pluralism, and political correctness can be just as successful weapons for Satan as Nazism was. The Bible warns that “the love of money is the root of all evil” and we can see how government and the corporate world can be corrupted by it. I am not speaking against true capitalism, which I believe is of God, but of the greed which drives both government and the corporate world to succeed without God. They have forgotten the Biblical truth that it is “God who gives the power to get riches” and our government is settling for worldly power rather than godly authority. Pluralism breeds an ‘anything goes’ attitude that denies Biblical standards of truth and morality while the doctrine of ‘political correctness’ attacks any who would dare to stand for those standards.

Once the devil’s weapons of materialism, pluralism, and political correctness have sufficiently weakened us, he turns to the corruption of politics. Few understand that Islam is not primarily a religion but a political ideology that hates Israel and wants to destroy it. Does no one wonder why Islam, which teaches anyone who does not believe in Allah must be destroyed, could be so closely aligned with Hitler or with Communism, both of which confessed atheism and occultism?
While the UN was founded by people with Catholic backgrounds, their roots have always been socialistic and they regularly pass resolutions condemning Israel. While they say they are for equality among nations, persons from Israel can hardly get a job in the UN while Palestinians are readily preferred. The recent article Revealed: UN Body PrefersPro-Palestinian Employees says it all. Another recent article, Potential Economic Sanctions Really Anti-Semitism, also reveals how the EU is taking a stand against Israel in favor of Palestinians.

Since WWII, the world has seen a dramatic decline in faith in God. The churches throughout Europe are mostly empty or have been taken over by Islam. The head of the EU declared that if a man came forward with a solution to their economic problems, they would follow him whether he is God or devil! They have clearly chosen the devil! Israel itself is largely a secular state and America is rapidly denying the faith that once made them strong. In Europe and South America, Nazism is rearing its ugly head once again. In America, radical Muslims are given sensitive jobs in the government and public display of Christian values is discouraged. Laws are being passed which stop Christians from legally practicing their faith, such as forcing Christian bakers to make cakes for homosexual weddings, or Christian medical workers being forced to give abortions, or Christian landlords forced to rent to homosexuals. American corporations are caving into this pressure all for the sake of the dollar, changing Merry Christmas greetings by employees to Happy Holidays. Apple’s new iPhone 5 now places the Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall in Palestinian Jerusalem.

There are many other examples of this rapid decay into the Antichrist system but, I list these few to draw your attention to the last verses of Revelation that this article began with. Not only is another holocaust for the Jews being planned, but Christians as well are the target. If America loses its faith in God for the sake of materialism, pluralism, or political correctness, we will cease to be the ‘light set on a hill’ that our founders envisioned. And further, Jews and Christians will be driven “into the wilderness” in defeat.

During WWII, America almost waited too long before joining the battle and won only at great cost. In this war, if American Christians do not stand up now and fight for the faith that was delivered to us, we too may face a great cost.


But be encouraged, it is not too late for us to overcome if we call on the name of the Lord without fear, giving testimony of our faith in the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ. Pray earnestly how you can be the person you were destined to be – one who is a witness for God and His Son Jesus Christ.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Meaning of Christmas

The Christmas season is once again approaching and I already see stores setting up displays of Christmas trees, bright lights, and isles filled with toys and other items related to the season. It is with great sadness that I read about the White House no longer erecting a Christmas tree but a ‘holiday’ tree because either they don’t believe in Christmas or they are afraid of offending Muslims and others. While Islam is un-ashamedly declaring they will take over the world and every knee will bow in submission to Allah, Christians are mostly silent on the reason we celebrate Christmas, or perhaps it’s just because most don’t know why Christmas is important.

Just what is Christmas anyway? Is it Santa and a sleigh full of presents for every child? Is it a time of celebration and family get-together's? Or is it a time for retailers to make up for lagging sales throughout the year?
While all these things might be done during the Christmas season, they are not what Christmas is about! The true meaning of Christmas can be summed up in a verse from the Book of Isaiah:

“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” – Isaiah 9:6, 7

Christmas is really about God re-affirming His government on earth. This government was officially re-established nearly 2000 years ago with the birth of the Christ Child, Jesus. To Isaiah it was revealed that His government would increase and have no end. To king David God revealed –

“..I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. …Now therefore, be wise O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth, serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.” – Psalm 2:6-12.

Satan’s forces claim they will rule the world but it is always through fear, intimidation and violence that they try to achieve their goal. God’s plan is for the government of Christ to be established with “judgment and justice”. It is not forced on anyone but each is given a free choice. We all have sinned in some way and so have earned the reward of death but because of God’s love for us, He made a way to be reconciled through the free sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. His mercy makes a way for all who will choose it.

How are judgment and justice brought forth? Those who follow Jesus, the Christ, are having their senses exercised to discern good and evil. His innocent blood shed for us on the cross cleanses us from sin and guilt. The Holy Spirit, Jesus sends to every believer who asks, is training us to judge every situation, every temptation by holding it up to the light of God’s Word. When we choose God and His standards, true justice is established. We are not only cleansed by the blood of the Lamb but it also gives us judgment, the act of discerning between the good and evil. When we testify of the good, the truth, (and that means act on it) God’s justice is lifted up like a light in the darkness. When we give place to no fear but the fear of God – we overcome. Our prayer rises like sweet smelling incense to God.

Christmas is about God making a way to save us from our self-imposed destruction. As each individual person responds to the free offer of salvation through Christ Jesus, the government of Christ grows.

Christmas is about establishing the government of Christ Jesus in our individual lives. We do that by turning from ideas and actions that will destroy us to the ideals that Jesus and the Word of God teach us. This process is called repentance. Contrary to popular thought, repentance is not just feeling sorry but it is changing from bad to good. It starts with individuals. But when individuals change they can affect their families. And when families change they can affect their communities. And when communities change they can affect their states. And when states change they can affect their nation, and so on. So, every individual has the potential to affect nations for the good!

We celebrate Christmas because it commemorates the birth of the Christ Child. The time God stepped into man’s history with the answer to his problems. The time when God began to bring forth His government on earth that will only increase and have no end.

No matter how bad the world situation looks or how much evil seems to hold sway over mankind, I can celebrate Christmas with joy because it reminds me that Christ is still on the throne of God’s government on earth and it will yet rule all. How can I be sure of this? Because the “zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish it!”

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Light to See By




19 Year Old Christian Girl Forced to Convert to Islam with Knife at Her Throat



Imagine if this happened to your daughter. You say, “That could never happen here!” But, it could. Islamic terrorists are capturing children all over Nigeria and subjecting them to this choice – convert to Islam and be a slave or die! The same Islamic philosophy drives Muslims in the West as those in Africa. Already, in countries like Holland, France,  England, and even the United States wherever Muslims become a majority they are pressing for Sharia law where husbands can kill their wives for lack of submission.

In the United States Muslim Brotherhood, which has been indicted as a terrorist group, is being placed in key positions of authority in the Obama administration. In cities like Dearborn MI so-called ‘mercy killings’ are taking place. ‘Mercy killings’ seem to be legal, under Sharia law, for cases of suspected adultery on the wife’s side, leaving the faith, unruly children, and a whole host of other actions. Now we are seeing public schools around the nation teaching Islam to grade school children, even while they refuse to honor Christmas as a Christian holiday. Graduating students cannot mention Jesus in Salutatorian speeches but students can take Muslim names and pretend they are on jihad! All this and more is happening during the tenure of a president who is clearly sympathetic to Islam if not, as some claim, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Jesus taught a simple rule to judge situations like this – “by their fruits you shall know them.”

President Obama worked to oust Qaddafi from Libya and President Mubarak from Egypt while backing the Muslim Brotherhood thus loosing the US key allies in the region, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel. He is backing Muslim Brotherhood forces in Syria against Assad. Now he has made a secret deal with Iran to allow them to become a nuclear power and has even made them the US’s main ally in the region, a position Israel once enjoyed. An Israeli headline says it all - Ex-Intel Chiefs: Obama Let Iran Go Nuclear. President Obama recently released an Iranian nuclear scientist from jail to honor the agreement he made with Iran but he would not bring up the release of the American preacher Saeed, who has been jailed in Iran for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After all, everyone knows preaching the Gospel is much more dangerous than building nuclear bombs!

The United States is the last place where Christianity can be freely practiced and it is being attacked here as well, even by those in high government positions. Our President has helped accelerate the process that began much earlier. As Allen West recently wrote in the article Obama's 'clandestine' plan to make bullets vanish by using the EPA to stop ammunition makers in the US from making bullets, Obama has successfully sidestepped the 2nd Amendment. After all, what good are guns if you don’t have bullets?

If you infiltrate the country's leadership, undermine its ability to resist, build up its enemies, and then weaken the faith it was built on, you can bring down the country, even though it was a giant.


Our intelligentsia's are outlawing Christian expression from the public schools while allowing Islam full access. Under the banner of Political Correctness common sense has been outlawed. At the same time many in the Christian Church are preaching a doctrine of surrender rather than stand up and fight – after all, they might get sued! It is not the doctrine that Jesus and the Apostles preached but then maybe that is why they were in trouble all the time. If the churches really preached against evil in all its forms, they would be in court so often they would overload it! Because preaching against evil is certainly politically in-correct! Nevertheless, let us remember what Paul told Timothy -


Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy,  – 1 Timothy 4:1-4

But, if we stand by the Word of God, we will not only have light to see by in this present darkness, but we will overcome it. Don't depart from the faith!