The Pope

Why is everyone going gaga over the pope? Have nothing against him personally, I don't know the man, but I do know the church that he represents and it's history. Seems that we,as a nation, have forgotten.

Four hundred years ago the Puritans escaped Europe, that was essentially controlled by the Roman Catholic church, to come to “the new world” They wanted the freedom to worship God as they chose, not as dictated to them by Rome or the king, who was little more than a puppet of Rome.

They went through hell trying to establish a toehold in this land and while they were not perfect, they had issues of religious freedom themselves as well as issues with the natives, but it was worth it to them because they wanted to escape from the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church. Prior to that time the Catholic church had spent hundreds of years persecuting and killing those who disagreed with them,especially among the Jews, but many others were tortured and burned at the stake for no other reason than they disagreed with the church or they had a scientific point of view that flew in the face of the churches dogma. Someone once said that if it hadn't been for that kind of oppression we could have landed on the moon 500 years earlier then we did.

Back in the colonial days of America most people were against anything that even looked like “Popery”They didn't celebrate Christmas or Easter or any other day that looked even remotely catholic. The reason the Irish were treated so badly when they first came to the US was because they were not only Irish but they were practicing Catholics.

Most of the protestant churches used to believe that the Roman Catholic Church was the “beast” spoken of in the book of Revelations and Daniel, yet now the Pope is considered to be the head, at least according to the media, of the worlds 2.1 billion Christians, how did that happen? How can it be that a nation that was essentially founded on religious freedom, fleeing from the church ,has now come to embrace it? Has the the Pope or the Catholic Church apologized for the murder of hundreds of thousands, if not more, over the years? Have they apologized or made amends for the countless civilizations that they destroyed because the people were heathens to them? Have they made any kind of restitution or reform that would convince you that they have changed?

The church says that the Pope is infallible and that he represents God on earth. Really? I don't think so. He is no more than a mere mortal man , just like the rest of us. We don't need him or anyone else to advocate for us before God ,that's what Christians used to believe,and that's what both Jews and Muslims still believe. I know that the Roman Church has put a new friendly face on their church but the bottom line is that they crave power and world domination as they once had and they will use any means to do it.

You don't have to believe me, go read the history, go see how they adopted customs (think Christmas) that was originally pagan in origin, read how that changed a few things about those holidays and created a new religion out of. Look how they adopted various idols and changed the Sabbath,even though the bible speaks against it, and then read how they treated everyone who has disagreed with them.

Even now,as he visits the US he is using the pulpit to press forward popular opinion and political views all the while speaking of religious freedom. He knows that if he can get the praises of the people,especially those here in the US, then he will be well on his way to the real agenda of the church and that's religious and political domination. They have done it before , they will do it again, if we allow it.

Open Your Hand To The Poor

It has been said that this country was founded on Judeao/Christian principals. I tend to agree, though I don't think that all of the men involved were necessarily religious, as we think of religious, yet they knew that the best laws to be found were found in the Hebrew scriptures and ,as a result, many of our original laws and rights, as found in the constitution,were based on those laws. Yet somewhere along the way, especially in the last 50 years or so, we have lost our way and have forgotten those laws. In particular the laws of G-d that pertain to how we treat each other.

I realize that for many of you, when you think of the laws of G-D, think of the 10 big ones, known as the 10 commandments, not realizing perhaps that there are another 603 laws that follow. Many of those laws, in all fairness, have to do with the sacrifices and the duties of the priests in the temple or are to be only done in the land of Israel, but there are a whole set of laws that deal with domestic issues such as slavery, idol worship and how to treat the poor , orphans and widows.

As an example, farmers were told to leave the edges of their fields for the poor “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God. Lev.19:9. Elsewhere( in Exodus 23 )he tells them to leave the fields to rest during the 7^th year sabbatical year and to let the poor harvest whats there. The point of it was that the needy were to be taken care of by those that were better off. It did come with a blessing as well that if they did this they would prosper even more.

This is especially emphasized in Deut.15 when Israel is receiving the laws concerning debts. G-d is essentially telling them to not be stingy with their resources. Even if the 7^th year ( when all debts were forgiven ) was almost upon them, that they should still freely give to those in need. Verse 10 “Give to him readily and have no regrets when you do so, for in return the Lord your God will bless you in all your efforts and in all your undertakings.

They were not to hold back or even question the timing, just simply give and again there would be a blessing.

These laws were not just given to individuals but to the nation of Israel as a whole. See Deut 4.

They collectively heard these words that G-d gave to Moses and the collectively agreed to follow them. To this day, if you visit Israel you will find that they take care of all their people and services aren't based on ability to pay.

So what has happened here in the United States? We are supposed to be a nation that was based on these very same laws as the ancient Hebrews yet we tend to treat the poor with scorn rather then compassion, we worship at the altar of the wealthy while mocking and shaming the old and the poor, condemning them for being so.

We could feed the world and bring it healing but instead we worship profit even when it destroys people. We could easily fee the poorest of nations in the world but there is no money to be made so we don't.

Do you know why G-d actually destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and ancient Israel? It wasn't their sexual practices, as some try to suggest, it was their refusal to worship G-d and their lack of hospitality and caring for the poor. See Isa 3:8-9, Jeremiah 23:13-14 and especially Ezekiel 16:49-50.

Does any of this sound familiar?

We claim to be a nation that follows the book, yet our actions,(collectively not necessarily individually) would seem to suggest otherwise.

I have read and have seen clips showings cities and communities destroying tents that housed otherwise homeless people because it didn't look good or wasn't in some approved place, you know out of sight and mind, or read of church groups no longer being allowed to feed the homeless because suddenly they needed expensive paperwork to get approval to do the very things that G-d has commanded them to.. Time and again cities seem to be going out of their way to suppress the homeless rather then help them, so that they might attract more tourists. Time and again politicians seem to be bent on ripping the carpet out from under the neediest in our society while they are living high on the hog and giving massive breaks to big corporations. This is wrong and goes against the very laws of G-d that we are claiming to be based upon

Our sins are no different than those of ancient Israel or Sodom. We have tossed G-d under the bus as well as Israel. We have turned a blind eye to the poor and needy, not just here but around the world, and have, collectively, turned to worshiping at the altar of money, greed and power.

We need to get back to the real biblical principals. Love G-d with all your heart, keep His commands and take care of the poor and needy. If we do these things, just as Israel, we will be blessed again.

Deut. 15:11 “For there will never cease to be needy ones in your land, which is why I command you: open you hand to the poor and needy kinsman in your land.”

Can you feel it?

Something is wrong in this world. I know you can feel it. Even the most optimistic of people seem to be scratching their heads and asking what is going on? It seems that evil, on a massive scale, is gaining more and more control over the events in this world and I am truly saddened. Worse is I am saddened by people who could do something about it sitting silently by or are using it as some sort of political tool to point fingers at their collective opponents to earn brownie points with their constituents.

Politics and power have become the driving force behind our government and really all the governments of the world, corporations are the ones writing the laws and our so called representatives reap the benefits.

I watched a news clip out of Georgia, that a friend has posted on FB, where this kind of thing was going on. They had Sheriff dept. deputies there to keep the news crew out but the bottom line was that they essentially caught the politicians voting on legislation that the corporations wanted and then money was given to the politicians through a different agency that's supposed to be some sort of “education fund” for the politicians. I am sure that none of this surprises you, what does surprise me is that more news organizations haven't picked up on this, this is the kind of stuff they live for and you know that if it's happening in one state it's likely happening in all of them not to mention the Federal government.

If this is not enough, Five service members gunned down by a radical Jihadist all because of his perverted view of his religion. Whats the governments answer? No ,not to defend themselves ,but to not wear their uniforms to work. Worse yet is that the president says almost nothing about it in his weekly Saturday address. I guess I know where service members really stand with this bunch. Then again what should you expect from them when veterans are treated like crap at the VA.

Next we have, Nine people killed by a radical white supremacist ,while they were in church at a bible study, all because they were black. Do we blame the shooter? No, of course not, we instead blame a flag. I personally have never witnessed a flag killing anyone, never mind with a gun, but according to our learned friends on the left and some on the right, it's the confederate battle flags fault. At least they aren't blaming the gun this time.

All over the world; Thousands of Christian, Jews and Muslim as well as other minorities have been raped ,pillaged, sold into slavery ,and brutally murdered by radical Islam and it seems we, as in those of us here in the US, would rather argue as to who can marry who, or sue each other because our feeling have been hurt by folks who don't agree with us. Do you honestly think that in the end of days God is going to care one iota about that? Or is He going to care more about what we did or didn't do to relieve the suffering? Sadly we don't have enough stomach in this country to fight the things that really need fighting over.

I don't have a solution. I wish I did. Seems that anything I can say falls on deaf ears or on to people, who, just like me, have no real power or clout.

The only thing I can do is pray. That's what I intend to do,and leave the politics to someone else, I simply can't stomach it any more.

Perhaps when a day comes that we either have real leadership or Messiah comes to usher in a new era I will write of politics but for now all of it totally sickens me.

I will pass on a bit of warning though if we continue on this path that we are on, and I am speaking world wide ,as the nations rattle their swords at each other and prepare for a massive war ,the bible makes it quite clear whats going to happen;

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly despoiled; for the Lord hath spoken this word.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away; the world languisheth and fadeth away; the haughty people of the earth do languish.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. Isa 24:1-6

Shalom,

A Warning of Judgement.

The other night I awoke after having a rather vivid dream. I am sharing it with you because I believe that I have been commanded by God to do so. You may believe what you wish and as always I don't claim to be any kind of prophet.

I found my self in this place that was extremely dark. There was a smoke cloud swirling slowly about 10 feet above my head and filling this area as far as I could see. I also saw what appeared to be something like a volcano, erupting with fire, going down the side of this mountain in the middle of this smoke, and I heard a voice speaking and the sound was very much like thunder. It was clearly a voice though I couldn't understand the words. Then a man in some kind of uniform came over to me with a piece of paper that clearly had my name written on the top of it and I was told that I was going to share this dream with you. I woke up very confused. I have puzzled on it for a few days, read the book of Joel which talks of smoke and of “old men having visions and dreams” but it wasn't until my wife pointed out to me that the night I had this dream was on Shavout (this is the day that the Jews celebrate the giving of the commandments at Mt. Sinai) that it made sense to me. What I was seeing was the commandments being given to the children of Israel, and the voice was that of God warning them to keep His commandments.

I believe that this dream is meant for all people of God or at least those who claim to be His people. It is a warning. We have not obeyed Him. We have disregarded His Torah as being irrelevant and have thrown God out of our society steadily for the last 50 years. Christians claim that the law was done away with and yet that never came from the mouth of God. His Torah, His commandments, are to be observed through out eternity and it's not for us to try to change them or throw them out because they are politically incorrect or because some so called religious leader tells us so.

It's not that the laws of G-d can't be followed, God Himself tells the children of Israel straight out that they can be: Deut.30 11-14 “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

It's more that, just like ancient Israel, we have chosen to serve other, more popular “gods” that have no real value they just make us feel good and don't require any kind of real commitment on our parts.

Do you really believe that it's nothing but a coincidence that we have some of the worst weather happening right now as our enemies are gathering strength and are posturing against us all over the world? Do you really believe it's just some sort of cosmic oops that our former allies no longer trust us?

We have claimed the blessings of God but we have ignored the word of God and His Torah and if He was willing to punish His children,His chosen, what makes you believe that He will not punish us as well?

Make of this what you will, laugh if you must but make no mistake, His judgment is coming.

A Dream

Last night I had a dream. I normally wouldn't speak to anyone of the dream but I think this one needs to be told because it affects us all.

I was at the house of an elderly couple when I heard a strong wind start to blow and heard it starting to rain heavy. I decided at that point that I needed to head out to my car and go so I excused myself and headed out the door. When I stepped out on their porch I realized that their house was up on a high hill and that the rain and wind was much more powerful than I had thought. I watched as the waves rose so high as to dwarf the house that I was in and I watched as the blue water turned an angry black complete with dark foam and a roar. I realized that it was to late to get away and that all I could do was warn the people in the house and pray that the house could stand the massive wave that I saw coming. When I went back into the house to warn the people, I saw water starting to trickle in across the floor and water swirling around a glass door or perhaps a wall but it had not yet entered into the room. I saw the man lying on the floor with his shirt missing and his wife walking across the room. I tried to get her attention but she couldn't hear me over the roar. Finally she noticed me and all I could do was point at the wall. It was then that I woke up.

I believe that this was a warning. The United States days are all but over. We have incurred the wrath of God and we are about to pay dearly for it. The house, I believe, represents us. The elderly couple represents the old ways of God and country, which we have thrown out for political correctness, and moral relativism. The massive waves represent that which is going to destroy us, whether or not it's a nation, people, or natural disasters, or even all the above, it's going to hit us hard. In that dream I was scared, really scared, because I knew that I couldn't escape the waves or the angry waters that were flooding everything around me and all I could do was hope and pray that the house would hold. I woke up before I got that answer.

The few of you who read this will likely ignore it as just another kook writing nonsense,and I will be the first to admit to you that I don't consider myself to be any kind of prophet, but I pay attention to what is going on in the world and in our country and things don't look very good.

The one thing I will point out to you,those who might think that I am crazy, God spent many years warning the people of Israel what was to come over the course of many life times and through various prophets yet, in the end, God's word was fulfilled and Israel was all but destroyed. We have been a nation that has claimed the blessings of God, the very same blessings of Israel, yet in the past 50 years we have all but pushed God out of everything relevant in our lives and have let the secular progressive movement take over. If God punished His own people, when they rebelled, what makes us think that we are going to get away with it?