30 Day Jesus Challenge - Day 3 Eyes that See

Do remember in the movie the Matrix, where the character had a choice to see the world as it was or to stay in ignorance?  Everyday, the Lord reaches out to you and challenges you to see.

Jesus Heals the Blind

Isaiah 29:18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.

Pray - I haven't seen you Jesus and your words have been nonsense to me.  If you are there, open my eyes that I might see you and open my ears that I might hear your voice.  I can not do it myself, it has to be you. Amen.

Knowing So Much that is Not True

Ronald Reagan famously stated, "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

If you have engaged with anyone that is a liberal atheist, you will have first hand experience with this.  The Bible tells us:

"Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking ..." Romans 1:28.

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Psalm 14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

We are already seeing the great deception, "For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie." 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Truth holds no weight with them, they are wise in their own eyes (Proverbs 3:7) and can back up their positions with as many sources as you.  They are blind and ignorant and their hearts are hardened.  By rejecting God, they become foolish in all of their ways.  They have on glasses that show them a world that does not exist; they are ripe for deception, and doomed to judgement.

It is the ultimate mercy and restraint of a loving God that stays His hand, that allows evil to flourish, and does not demonstrate his infinite power in righteous anger against the wickedness and depravity that has been unleashed upon this earth.  He will not be silent forever and I pray that any whom we have loved and witnessed to will have a chance but I fear it is already too late.

French Kissing the Devil

(Update:  the below blog was written Saturday 11/14 as the news from Paris rolled in.   I was very troubled in my spirit and sat down to compose a blog.  As I was writing, the Lord gave me a vision of a person walking up to the Devil, embracing and tongue kissing him.   When they pulled away, blood dripped from their lips and was smeared across their face.  The person stood with their arm around the shoulders of Satan and threw me a look of hatred.  It was disturbing and I was hesitant to write this or the blog.  It seemed insensitive and cruel but I was obedient.  It is now revealed that the concert the French victims were watching in the theater was a satanic metal band.  The song they were singing as the terrorist entered the concert hall was "Kiss the Devil".)

My Dad always asserted that at the end of the age the dividing line between good and evil would be so stark that there would be no gray.  I believe the day is upon us, the great delusion has begun.  People believe in their own righteousness, they reject God and his truth.

The humanist point of reference declares that man is the arbiter of right and wrong, that each person goes along the path they feel best suits them.  When you remove the immovable laws of God and right and wrong the morality of the world breaks down.  This is what we are witnessing.

If you are not firmly entrenched in the Word of God, you will be deceived.  We are seeing it everywhere as great madness descends upon the world.  Well meaning atheists are recoiling at the slaughter and terror in Paris but what they fail to realize is that they have by default aligned themselves with the same team.  By rejecting the free gift of Salvation, they choose their side.

In human standards, they may believe themselves to be good and righteous but by the standard of holiness required for salvation, we all have sinned and fall short of the perfection demanded by a holy God.  Thus, they are blinded.

Kissing the Devil Unaware

They walk up to the devil disguised as an angel of light and reason, put their arm around his shoulder, and tongue kiss him.  They pull away from the bloody kiss and see the world through their blind eyes.  The original promise of having the knowledge of good and evil was a lie for they can not see the difference and will call what is good evil and what is evil good.  For the devil is a liar, he was a liar from the beginning, and when he speaks he speaks his native language of lies.  The world has embraced the liar and he will destroy them.

30 Days of Birth Pangs - Day 13 Blind Eyes and Hard Hearts

John 12:40 "He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted , and I should heal them."

Brothers and Sisters, have you tried to talk to anyone about what is happening in the world lately?  It seems you can engage them on specific points but once you move into the big picture their eyes glaze over and they don't seem to be able to hear you.  It's astounding.  I've seen it time and time again in the last few months.  It is a supernatural hardening; they are modern day Pharaohs.

Revelation 16:10-11 Has always baffled me, until now.  People can have all of the evidence in front of them and still reject the Lord.  Today, these people are receiving the hard hearts they have longed for.  There are many debates in prophetic circles about who and how many are saved in the Tribulation and even the nature of that salvation - I think there are far fewer than we would expect.  For that matter, I think the Raptured number will be far fewer than almost anyone expects.

So men and women today do not want to hear about the saving grace and the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus.  They do not want to know there terrible things that are coming upon the Earth.  They have no fear for their lives or their immortal souls - Proverbs calls them fools.  It is indeed a dreadful and fearsome thing to fall into the hands of the Living God (Hebrews 10:31).

Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.  Thus the blind eyes, the hard hearts, the rebellion against God is accelerating.  Their time is running out.  Once the Rapture occurs most will finish the work they have begun and God will send them the powerful delusion which seals their fate and damns their souls forever.

So Brother's and Sisters, abide and witness but do not feel defeated if they can not hear you, they have made their choice.  Today's Rapture Index Score is a 9 out of 10, there is just a glimmer of hope, there are still a few who will be saved but the time is short.