Gideon had 300 men.. David had a sling and five little stones..

                                               

copywrite by Johnette Moore

Do you have the faith of Gideon? Are you crazy enough to go to war against an enormous army having just an army of 300 men strong?  Could it be that 300 men of absolute trusted obedient faith carry more power than tens of thousands of wavering man followers?  Look at Gideon's army..

David was a shepherd boy whose only weapons were a sling and five smooth stones carefully chosen from a rippling brook.. the water of the word.. Still with his primitive weapons he stilled the enemy by bringing Goliath to the ground.

This season God will return all that the palmer worm and the canker worm have stolen or even attempted to steal from you.. No weapon formed against you can or shall prosper.. The army of the Lord is marching against the foe.. One can send a thousand to flight and two can send 10,000.. Three will send the legions fleeing..

Someone was sharing with me and mentioned not having the power, money and influence to match the oppressor.... this bought me in rememberance of Gideons army.. He could have marched into battle with 32,000 ill equipped soldiers and lost the battle.. instead he went in with only 300 men (a mere ramnant), a promise from God, and the BEST COMMANDER IN CHIEF EVER..

It appeared they did not have a chance against the enemy whose army was thousands of men in strength compared to their own 300 men. Still God had a plan and the key to accessing the plan of God was submission and obedience.. They heard God, agreed with Him through obedience and the enemy turned on their own ..God's instructions made no apparent sense .. still because they trusted Him, they obeyed and at the sound of the trumpet and the  breaking of a little clay pitcher containing a candle.. victory was wrought just as God said it would be..

Sound the trumpet.. PRAISE..

Break the clay jar.. YIELDED SUBMISSION

and the light of the Word (the candle) will lead the way to victory..

Many are the plans of a man.. but they are the way to distruction.. Continue to STAND ON THE PROMISE OF GOD.. CONTINUE TO PRAISE HIM IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.. CONTINUE TO ALLOW HIS WORD TO BE AS A LAMP UNTO YOUR FEET AND A LIGHT UNTO YOUR PATH.. FEAR NOT.. ONLY BELIEVE.. AND STAND STILL AND WATCH THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.. KNOWLEDGE IS GAIN, WISDOM IS POWER BUT OBEDIENT TRUST IS PARAMOUNT.

God will take the foolish (simple) things of this world to confound the wise.. the crafty.. the cunning.. the seemingly strong.. BUT HIS WAYS AND THOUGHTS ARE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN OURS.. HE HAS A PLAN.. Position yourself to SHOUT and BREAK THE POT.. the light will come on and the battle will be won..

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

©copy written jmoore 7.22.11

How do I call you brother when I don’t even know your name

How can I say I love you and not shelter you from the rain

How can I say “God bless you” then I hold back what you need

How can we say we are one, yet stand and watch one bleed

A new command He gave to us “As I have loved you so

Reach out and show love to each other wherever you may go

By this all men will look and see… and know that you are mine

Disciples taught and learned of me… men after my own kind”  (john 13:35)

And as we sacrifice our time, our money and our goods

We lay down our lives for those, as Jesus said we should (John 3:16)

Therefore as we yet have chance to see, let us to all do good

Especially to those of whom we know… belong to the family of God (Gal 3:10)

Let us come to realize… though many… we are one

Each belonging to the rest, from one body we all come (Rom 12:5)

Yes we are Christ’s body… and each of us “a part” (1 Cor 12:27)

The eye can never tell the hand “I don’t need you, depart!

(1Cor 12:21a)

The feet will never hear the head say “Feet I need you not”

(1Cor 12:21b)

Without the feet what would we do, except sit down and rut

We read how all did congregate, all things they had in common

Sharing all the goods they had… to meets the needs of each other (Acts 2:44-45)

Every day they did meet as one… in the temple’s courts

Breaking bread and eating together… with glad and sincere hearts

Praising God, partaking of the favour of all the people

As God multiplied and added to those He called His Redeemed (Acts 2:48)

So you see my brother, in love I’ll seek to know your name

I’ll look to give you shelter, to come in from the rain

Next time I say “God bless you” I’ll obey His lead

And do my very best to find a way to meet your need

When you’re down I’ll build you up with nuggets from God’s word

I’ll make the time to pray for you, to see you undergird

I’ll show you love and give you hugs and listen to your woes

Together we’ll allow the Lord to lead us as He goes

Together we will build up the foundation that He lays

Together we will show the world His love as we obey

Together we will grow in grace… God let your Kingdom come

Manifest your glory Lord, bring us together as one..

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. Eph 4:15-16NAS

For Two Hearts to Beat as One.. poem..

For Two Hearts to Beat as One

For our two hearts to beat as one

It’s through the heart of our Father that we must come

By intertwining first with Him

He will join us together, starting from within

He brings together to bring to Himself glory

That each union would tell the story

Of His power and His majesty

As His bringing together will set us free

Free from life’s bondage and ideals of man

Into a life of liberty that only He can

For in joining together the purpose should be

To bring to our Father

Praise and Glory

For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.  Romans 11:36

©j.moore 7.20.01

The Call to Relocate

© Johnette M. Moore

God is calling His people out of the church and into the Kingdom; He is calling us to RELOCATE… to leave where we are and to come to where He is. He is calling us to do away with the ideals of atmospheric and cultural influence that have shaped and molded our subconscious, those principals that have formed our mindsets; and to come into His Kingdom... a place where the culture, character and laws are HIS...a place where we think like He thinks and everything we do is of one accord.  A place where we do away with personal goals and aspirations and give way to HIS WILL AND HIS PURPOSE…KINGDOM PURPOSE.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matt 6:33kjv

We are the sum total of our life’s experiences and our thoughts and actions are governed by the laws of the community in which we reside.  We all claim to serve the same God and we read the same bible, supposedly being transformed by the renewing of our minds through the study of the word of God…Still our mindsets differ according to our culture and atmosphere. This is often seen in the way we interpret the word of God and apply it to our lives

Even though we are filled with the word of God, our cultural upbringing seems to have far more effect on our actions than does that of the word we claim to live by. Atmospheric influence is powerful, effectual and impacting. It shapes and forms our mindsets thus effecting change in our lifestyles and situations. In short... our surroundings profoundly impact our lives. The influence of our cultural upbringing lodged in our subconscious serves to govern our thoughts and our deeds more than we know.

In the book of Ephesians chapter 4, Paul admonishes the Ephesians to live a life worthy of their calling, to live in unity one with the another.

 ¹ Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. ² Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. ³ Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. ⁴ For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. ⁵ There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ and one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all. Eph 4:1-6NLT

This passage of scripture seems to be the most difficult for believers to adhere to.  In fact, the body of Christ is so severely disjointed, having more schisms and disharmony than any other religious body. Why is this so? We have become so divided through the competitiveness of denominational doctrines, philosophies and traditions that we have lost sight of Kingdom completely.

The word of God is the only rule of measure by which we should seek to agree one with another. Denominational doctrines exalted above the word of God have served to dilute the truth of the gospel, enforcing religion that has a form of godliness while denying the power therein. The gospel is not the gospel without the presence of the Spirit of God. The letter kills but the Spirit gives life.

Surely you are wondering what all of this has to do with the call to relocate. The answer is simple… EVERYTHING! When we come into the body of Christ, we come forgiven, but not transformed. We come with our carnal nature and common mindsets. We come not understanding the things of the spirit or how to apply them. We come misaligned and in need of re-alignment to the word, the will and the way of God.  

The bible tells us to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, thus implying that all is not perfected at the time of conversion, we have work to do. When we submit to Godly teachers... when we SUBMIT to God’s word and do what we know to do with our limited understanding... when we study to show ourselves approved... when we diligently seek HIM... We shall find Him. When we seek His righteousness... WE SHALL BE FILLED!

This is a process and somewhere along the way in this journey our minds are transformed and our passion for more of Him, all of Him, is developed, nurtured and increased.  The more we seek Him, the more we find Him. The more we find Him, the more we love Him. The more we love Him the more we want to please HIM. When He becomes our PASSION, PRIORITY will be established. When Priority is established, POWER is made manifest. Those who are led by the Spirit of God obtain son ship, and sons want what Daddy wants for them and not what they want for themselves.  By the time we come to this place in God, it matters not what possessions we have gained or lost, who comes or who leaves, what positions we hold, or who recognizes us. All that matters is purpose.

Now we live to please Him, and in doing so, He takes care of our needs and oddly enough those things we THOUGHT we wanted become pale in the likes of Him. THIS IS AN AWESOME JOURNEY. Once our mind is renewed and the eyes of our understanding opened... once we are enlightened, we come to SOAR LIKE THE EAGLE…FOR KINGDOM PURPOSE.

HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. Psalm 91:1Amp

The KINGDOM of God is a dwelling place, a place of abode and not a place of occasional visits.  Kingdom is God and God is Kingdom. As we seek to come into oneness with Him, having our mindsets restored to His original way of thinking, relocating is inevitable.

When we come to understand the Kingdom of God as a dwelling place, having only one Sovereign ruler; a place where the culture and character of the abode are governed by the word, the will and the way of God, a place where His subjects have all things in common, having no lack… We can RELOCATE, moving from where we are to where He is... mobilizing and advancing the Kingdom of God, effecting change that will see the power of God made manifest in our everyday living.

Kingdom is a community governed by a constitution. That constitution is the word of God and serves to establish a culture that is directly adverse to our cultural upbringing. Though we are in the world we are not of the world. We did not originate here. We are a peculiar people.

But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1Peter 2:9NAS

People of God the time to move is now. Leave where you are and come to where He is… not for a visit… but to abide. He is Sovereign.

Poem: Just like an Eagle.

Just Like an Eagle

Just like an Eagle, I will not be

Defeated by any storm that comes to me

I will not run no I will not hide

But on the winds of that storm

I will surely ride

If you look at the eagle you will see

That when a storm comes he does not flee

He opens his wings as he heads right on in

Expecting that same storm to empower him to win

Just like the Eagle I’ll keep my eye on the “Son”

That I will see nothing but the light of that same one

With my eye on Him I’ll be blinded you see

To the circumstances that storm will try to bring to me

I’ll see only His majesty as His beauty I behold

I will trust in Him as my destiny He’ll unfold

I will rest in His peace knowing that He is you see

The orchestrator of destiny

As the storm rages on with wind, rain, snow and sleet

My needs and desires I trust God will meet

I know, as I trust Him that He will bring me through

If I continue in Him and do as He says to do

I will allow the storm to cause me to see

So much clearer as it elevates me

Through my outstretched arms and yielding to thee

I’ll allow that storm to empower me to be

 

Just like an Eagle

But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope in Him) shall change and renew their strength and power: they shall lift their wings and mount up (close to God) as eagles (mount up to the sun): they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.  Is 40:31 Amp    

  ©jmoore 07/28/03

Here I am ... Send me (Poetry)

Here I am ... Send me

copywrite j.moore 12.05.09

One day as I was walking along a lonely road

I came upon a fig tree, and this is what I heard

Rest your weary body, sit beneath my wings

Listen to Me daughter, and I will tell you somethings

You see before this fig tree, life had been so rough

The road had been rugged and the meat I chewed, so tough

The mountains and the valleys, the vast and rough terrain

Had bought me to this fig tree and I sat beneath the rain

In this cool and pleasant place I listened to the voice

As the Master explained that day, He'd given me a choice

I could go on as I had done, or He could change my course

I could do it all my way or let Him be the boss

I pondered on this briefly but knew what I must do

I simply had to consent to let Him bring me through

I knew that I should follow the wisdom of His lead

Not knowing where He'd bring me, while trusting me He'd feed

I threw my hands up in the air and said to Him that day

You are the Master Potter, I am but the clay

Do with me as you see fit, Make me in your image

Do what only you can do, I promise not to grimace

Take me Lord and have your way, do with me as you please

I give to you all that I am, right here beneath these trees

To day I give my right to chose, My destiny I sow

I vow to speak as you instruct and where you send, I'll go

Use me Lord to do your will, your purpose to evoke

Work through me as you will to reach out to these folk

Create in me a clean heart, make my feet to be

Moved in the direction that leads to the red sea

Take my hand and lead me Lord, speak that I might hear

Give clarity and vision as your Kingdom draweth near

Guide me in that direction that will see the red sea part

Do as only you can do, Lord circumcise my heart

I didn't really understand what I had done that day

As I relinquished all my rights so He might have His way

I didn't fully grasp the magnitude at all

Of this great commission and mighty awesome call

I really didn't have a clue of where I'd have to go

What I would encounter as His Heart I'd come to know

The valleys and the mountains I would meet again

But this time it is different, I'm really not the same

This time as I journey on the way is not so rough

The road is not as rugged and the meat is not so touch

Oh to some it might appear that what I bear is pain

But for me to live is Christ and dying is my gain

The gate is strait, the way so tight, but through it I must go

I count it but a priviledge as on this path I know

I guess I'll never understand in it's entirety

What I really did when I said "Lord here I am, send me".

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. A-men. Matt 28:19-20

Reach out and touch the Master..

copywrite by Johnette M. Moore
Do you have a situation that requires a touch from the Master? Are you waiting on HIM to come by and make things right for you? The woman with the issue of blood was a disdain to the community. She was deemed ceremonially unclean and not allowed to mingle with the people, let alone to come into the presence of Jesus. In spite of what religion deemed right or wrong, she KNEW ...deep in her KNOWER... that if she could but TOUCH HIM.. Hallelujah! She would be made whole.

Now AS SOON AS she touched the hem of His garment, the bible says that IMMEDIATELY her issue was taken care of and her FAITH had made her whole!! Jesus knew instantly that she had touched Him. She had purposed in her heart to touch Him and He recognized her intent and purpose .. as a result of her putting a DEMAND on the anoiniting, VIRTUE left His body, Jesus honoured her faith and HEALING BECAME HER PORTION. While we are yet waiting for a touch from the Master, He is waiting for us to TOUCH HIM. Deep is calling unto deep and  He IS a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seek Him.. TOUCH~

 Luke 8:43-47 (kjv)

 ⁴³And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
 ⁴⁴Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
 ⁴⁵And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
 ⁴⁶And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
 ⁴⁷And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Isaiah 53:5 (kjv)

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Won't your reach out and TOUCH the Master?  He is waiting for your touch! 

The Great conflict between Christ and Satan



by Guest writer -  Bro. Lennard Coombs (Trinidad & Tobago)

The Great conflict between Christ and Satan, and in particular the sin problem, involves certain individuals and groups:

1) The Godhead is definitely involved (Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

2) 2/3 of Angels who remained loyal to God are involved.. as they are still looking

     into how their Creator deals with sin (1 Peter 1:12)

3) The beings from other worlds who have never sinned are also carefully  observing the way God handles the sin issue. We are not alone.. (Matthew 8:12)

4) We have another category; Satan and the 1/3 of his fallen forces of evil (Rev 12:4) who must also be satisfied that God was right in His handling of sin (remember Satan is called the "accuser of the brethren", who accuses God's children of their sins before Him day & night (Rev. 12:10;  Zech.3:1-3)

5) The last group relates to human beings divided into 2 groups; Repentant and unrepentant sinners in the great controversy. As the scriptures say, "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord..." (Isaiah 45:23;  Rom 14:11),whether they be human beings or demons)... No one in the Cosmos or on earth will be able to say that God was unfair..  the records will speak for themselves.

Therefore we should heed the call of Peter to "...give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fail" (2Peter 1:10)
What things does he refer to?
Because we have been given "exceeding great and precious promises that by these [promises] ye might be partakers of the divine nature.."(Christ's character), it becomes necessary to be diligent to "add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge, temperance [self-control], and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness (God-likeness), and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity (love in action), for if these things be in you, and abound, they shall make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,"But he that lacketh these things is blind, (Lord have mercy), and cannot see afar off (the future), and hath forgotten that he was purged from his sins" (2Peter 1:4-9)

The emphasis in this admonition is preparation and development for dwelling with beings in heaven and the rest of the universe who have never sinned!
If the counsel of the Holy Spirit using Peter is received, "ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,... for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 8. 11)When we understand the objective of God toward his human family is love and full restoration to the character of Adam before the fall, we will hate every offensive thought, word or action that opposes Him and shuts us out from the glorious paradise Christ has gone to prepare for those who are faithful.
God has given us a free will, let us use it wisely through His powerful grace.

Destroying the rule of Satan's power over your mind..

copywrite Johnette Moore

 

The word of God admonishes us to be TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our minds...

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing THE WAY YOU THINK!!!  Then you will learn to KNOW God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:12 NLT

Principalities are mindsets governed by Powers (laws)... We must PULL DOWN these Principalities AND Powers by renewing our minds through obedience, with the word of God. We will then have "the mind of Christ” and obtain the promises in His word, once our thoughts (Mindsets) are governed by the laws of GOD.

Yes our youth lay emphasis on Money. Maybe the fact that our generation enforced in them that "LACK of money" was the reason why they had to do without so much. Our mindsets have been shaped by the spiritual laws governing our geographical locations and subsequently seen us as slave to a poverty mentality. Let us be transformed by the renewing of our own minds & we will become equipped to effect change in the mindsets of our youth.

Having our minds governed by the power of the laws of God's word will break the bond of poverty and see us walking in the fullness of the benefits of Kingdom living,  remembering that the battlefield is always in the mind and the victory is won when mindsets (principalities) are dethroned... hallelujah!

So often we are heard to say "we are fighting a losing battle," This being the case because the governing principalities of our mind have greater effect then our desire for victory.. Let us desire a mind change and we will see a power shift that will see us shifted from that off slave to master. God has given us the power to get wealth and He would that we should prosper and be in health even as our souls prosper. Let us therefore grab hold of the keys to the kingdom of God and allow Him to establish prosperity in our souls through the re-establishment of governing principalities and laws of influence.. Let us be active Kingdom Citizens with the sphere of our environment (the Kingdom of God) being the governing factor that will influence our thinking and the manifestation of Kingdom living here on this earth. GOD is revealing His word. Let us push past erroneous mind sets and take on the MIND of Christ through the word of God, for KINGDOM PURPOSE. Victory is ours!

We wonder why we in the body of Christ have so much word but very little power. The power lies in the principal laws that govern our thoughts and mindsets. Even though we are filling ourselves with the word, we struggle to UNDERSTAND and ENFORCE that same word in our lives through our existing mindsets, thoughts and understanding that has been erected in the deep recesses of our minds, shaped and formed by the governing territorial principalities that we have unconsciously submitted to by way of our being born into that perspective region..

Bearing this in mind, being “born again” should see us born into a new geographical region by way of the spirit of God, giving us new governing principal laws thus establishing fresh mindsets, and provoking victorious living.. Being born again into the KINGDOM of God gives us access to KINGDOM LIVING made possible by our coming under the rule of the governing principals of KINGDOM MINDSET. Let us grab onto this and soar like and eagle.  It is ours for the asking, however we must yield to the WORD, the SPIRIT, the PERSON OF GOD... that we might obtain the PROMISE.

It is the continuation of the kingdom of God that destroys the rule of Satan's powers of darkness and the thrones of his rule will diminish in exact proportion to the rule of the kingdom of God in any given geographical area.

It is the responsibility of the church to confront principalities and powers by establishing the Kingdom of God first in our own lives and then by helping others, and thus establishing a witness to the people of God's Kingdom. Ephesians 3:9-12, "And to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him."

The victorious Christian life is only available to those who are willing to engage the enemy. We must exercise the authority that we have been given, and if we do, victory is assured!

Scriptures:

Romans 12:12 NLT: Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing THE WAY YOU THINK!!!  Then you will learn to KNOW God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Eph 6:12 NLT: For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

2 Corinthians 10:4 NLT:  We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments

Ephesians 3:9-12 (King James Version)

 ⁹And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

¹⁰To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

 ¹¹According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

 ¹²In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

FACING THE END-TIME CRISIS

GUEST WRITER: LENNARD COOMBS 

of Trinidad and Tobago..

Because of the seriousness of the times in which we live, as Paul says in Romans 13:12

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armour of light ....

As we prepare ourselves and others for the grand spectacular return of Our Lord in air, it would be well to consider the fact- a serious life & death fact- that the enemy is not going to lie down while the christian world breezes into the heavenly paradise Jesus has prepared for God's children, and from which he and his fallen

evil hordes were kicked out.
Here's what the apostle warns us of for the last days..

2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 (King James Version)

³Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition:
⁴Who opposeth and xalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

⁵Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

 ⁶And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

 ⁷For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

 ⁸And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

 ⁹Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

 ¹⁰And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

 ¹¹And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

¹²That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

It is clear that there will be a massive deception as millions will hail this false christ and arch-deceiver 

as the "long-looked for messiah" to come!  Daniel looking down to our day said the wise shall understand

and shall turn many to righteousness (Dan. 12: 10, 3)

The great issue is understanding and knowing Jesus for ourselves, which Jesus says is "life eternal (John17:3)

that as He leads us through His pure, unadulterated Word, the wise who have oil in their lamps will know the

counterfeit "christ" from the true Lord of Lords and King of Kings.

What has me in some heaviness, is the lack of seriousness and sobering meditation on the deep truths of

the Word the Lord has shown us in prophecy when there will be a time of trouble such as NEVER WAS.

Very sadly, millions will be deceived thinking Christ has come, simply because God will allow  a

"strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth,

but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thess. 2: 11-12...

 ⁹Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

 ¹⁰And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (2 Thess. 2: 9-10)

It is a serious issue and involves loving the truth, even prophecy, that saves lives, and sharing His love by

knowing Him on an intimate level. Thank God,Jesus has not returned yet, so many can study His Word and

make Him number one in their lives..

by Lennard Coombs of Trinidad and Tobago