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  1. On 7/2/2022 at 7:10 AM, Heleadethme said:

    ...yes, and the sanctions haven't deterred Putin one bit.  So have to wonder what is the point of keeping these sanctions going if they are not serving any useful purpose.  Seems as though either western political leaders are under a spirit of stupor (aka God's judgment), or they are doing this on purpose...or both.

     

    Never got these alerts (I don't think, anyway), so sorry for not responding. 

    I agree. Many seem to assume the Biden Administration is just dense, but that's a bit naive IMO. I suppose it is a wiser tactic than outright accusing them of things without irrefutable proof, so they go with "these people are clueless" instead, however I think the opposite is actually true. But I'm not appearing to millions of people every night and liable for being sued, so I can voice what others can't for fear of legal repercussions. 

    I think they know exactly what they are doing.

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  2. 2 hours ago, servant4christ said:

    It sounds like a very sad and tragic event of hatred toward gay people. I do not condone their lifestyle, but it is still very sad to see hatred poured out on targeted groups of people.

     

    No, it didn't appear to be a hate crime. The way the cops were describing things to me, he had a number of enemies within the gay community itself, and though I never kept track of it to see if they ever caught the killer, the ex-boyfriend was apparently a prime subject. 

    The point of my post was to confirm from my own experience something said by a previous poster about there being more violence within the gay community itself than the media lets on about.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Starise said:

    If you ever get the chance look at videos disclosing what happened behind the scenes with people like Ellen DeGeneres and Elton John. They are some of the most miserable people alive and they take those frustrations out on others behind the scenes. There is the scripted public persona and then the miserable person none wants to work for.

     

    57 minutes ago, JohnR7 said:

    The outcome of a poll is a direct reflection of the way questions are asked. Gay people fight among themselves. The police are being called in for domestic violence all of the time. Yet they want non gays to accept the very people they do not accept. They are very fragmented with each person wanting to create their own unique identity. They get very upset if you talk about their conflicts and disputes with each other. Esp when the police are called in. 

     

    Interesting points, and I truly hate to sound incriminating, but I actually have a little experience that confirms it strangely enough. Not long after I had graduated college I was looking for a place to live and could only afford a room somewhere. I found this place close to work. Unfortunately it was this dude who was homosexual, though he didn't appear that  blatant about it on the surface. At the moment (for whatever silly reason), I thought, "He doesn't seem so bad, and the rate is cheap so maybe I'll try it for awhile." That must have been desperation thinking, because a day or so before I moved in he had his ex-boyfriend over when I was there, maybe to get him jealous or something. It apparently worked, because a few days later someone murdered my would-have-been roommate by beating him to death with some blunt instrument. The cops even questioned me like I might have had something to do with it, and I was like, "I didn't even know the guy."

    Needless to say I wasn't too interested in looking into rooming with any homosexuals after that. I seriously shouldn't have been to begin with for common sense reasons, but I had no idea how vicious they could be to one another. As you say, John, it's not well known outside the community, but if you get close enough, you will see signs of it.  

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  4. 3 hours ago, Starise said:

    And maybe you are correct and this is the only reason any ever come to Christ at all.

    When God " gives someone over" to something maybe it isn't necessarily permanent, even though I often see those people never turning around, especially since everyone around them is constantly affirming their behavior, even the laws of the land.

    When a person is handed over or given to the devil, I guess until their last breath it isn't technically over. In reality though, how many people have we known who really change? Most people never change. I have seen a few exceptions. Sometimes it takes a wakeup call. Look at Freddy Mercury, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres. All loud,proud and in our faces. In Ellen's case millions of housewives adored her every day. If ever there were modern day stories of "The Emporer's New Clothes" this is it. We will all just ignore the delusion that everything is ok.

    There will always be those 'what if' stories. "Maybe while on their deathbed" they repented.  I guess anything is possible but highly unlikely.

    All depends on the price they pay. 

    The three you mentioned all prospered in this life, but not everyone ends up happy. Maybe prayer is involved in some of the ones that don't. I've seen quite a few homosexual relationships go bad, and no one wants to be lonely. And that's the wonderful thing about Christianity; if you give your heart to God, you never have to be lonely again, especially if you have Christian friends you can talk to as well.

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  5. 26 minutes ago, Starise said:

    Since the Bible is clear we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, we wrestle against invisible forces of evil on the earth, I see homosexuals as having been caught up in the enemy's web. There is a caveat to continued sins of the flesh. There is an implication to the PERSON as stated in Romans chap. 1 18-22. Since they willfully rejected the ways of God, He has blinded them to practice these evil deeds.

    I take this to mean they really can't see how immorally crazy they are. First they would't see, now they CAN'T see. It is almost as if  in the same way we are SEALED to redemption, they are sealed to damnation. Some homosexuals have been turned to God. Something deep within them turned to God. Could it be similar to the way any sinner who continues to sin can get to the very bottom. The very lowest depravity. Maybe just maybe at that point a minority of them decides to look up. To desire a way out of it. When all other ways to cope have been exhausted.

    So long as we are all so very "accepting" of them, we only aid in their delusion. Accept the person. Point out the sin in love if the Lord leads. 

    Too much acceptance and velvet .vs steel they won't recognize you from anyone else.

    Hmmm...

    The passage is here:

    24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

    26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

    28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

    I think "giving them over" implies allowing them to believe and act as they wish, yes, and also that they were being given over to the influence of demonic spirits as well, because Paul used the word "uncleanness" in the passage, which was an understood reference to demonic (i.e. "unclean") spirits. But it might be going a bit too far to be saying they are "sealed unto damnation," unless you mean by it that their freewill is still intact. I think demonic spirits are a type of "seal" of spiritual certification much like the Holy Spirit is for believers, but I think neither is a permanent declaration of ownership. I think freewill is still always in play, though with some - should they refuse God time and time again - their number of remaining good opportunities may be dwindling away. 

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  6. 16 hours ago, kwikphilly said:

    This might sound funny but I'm not being funny

    I have a relative that used to take things she wanted from the time she could reach & grab for whatever she " desired" to have.

    Of course she was told " no" before she was old enough to reason with & as she got older she was taught right from wrong( just as her 3 other siblings were)... This behavior went on & on until her " stealing" was so out of hand that she was taken to a psychiatrist who labeled her as a kleptomaniac

    Okay my point is this-does" she can't help it" apply? I'm a Christian who just has to call a spade a spade. I will never buy into mans facts,labels or excuses because it is ALL spiritual warfare

    Yes,binding spirits can pass from generation to generation, spiritual oppression & possession does not discriminate age and when a person cannot or will not resist temptation to feed the desires of their flesh there is but one cure- JESUS

    Every shackle & chain is broken when we are Born Again…..... Can they help it,probably temporarily & oh boy what a struggle but when Delivered of evil..... Glory to God!

    Anyway,Christians can certainly be bound again after Deliverance but then they will have Holy Spirit tugging at their heart.... Many a homosexual has been Born Again & can(& do) testify of how they were convinced they were born that way & then( some after years of struggling flesh against spirit) were FREE after they Received Gods Truth

    In His Love Kwik

    Exactly.

    There are numerous scriptures that came to mind in reading ET's post and then yours. For starters, Paul taught that no temptation has taken us except what it common to man and that the Lord always provides a way of escape if we choose to take it, the meaning being precisely that we cannot be tempted beyond out means to resist because God would not allow it.

    Then there is the passage in James about when we are tempted through our own lusts, which again suggests that the temptations the enemy uses to seduce us arise from ourselves and are not the result of the overpowering influence of outside forces.

    14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.

    Too much to explain, but "deviation, nor shadow of turning" there are symbolic references to demonic spirits, who speak half-truths in the ear but whose "light" turns to darkness and seductions and temptations. But as the rest of the Chapter implies (see v.21), the decision is ours to either allow such thoughts and desires to be "implanted" within us or not. It's why he advised to receive the implanted word of God instead, "which has the power to save our souls."  

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  7. 4 hours ago, Heleadethme said:

    God is still on His throne and can turn anything around for good.  Back in the day I became an unwed mother and was so grateful not to be stigmatized and shunned, but was extended compassion and allowed to keep my dignity by being called a "single mother".  I don't know how I could have lived it down otherwise, and all these things having to do with my circumstances helped to prepare my heart for the gospel and a few years later the Lord came calling and I was saved.  Think I've really only just begun to understand how mercy triumphs over judgment, the Lord has begun opening my eyes to this.

    Jesus came not to condemn but to save...it's not for us to condemn and reject lost souls but to proffer His mercy and compassion...His kindness leads to repentance...it is God who knows all things about each soul and will righteously and justly judge everyone in the end.  This world is terminally ill with sin and dysfunction, and it is sad to see, and instead of judging/condemning, rejecting and worrying, we need to be interceding for these folks.

    With homosexuals I think behind all the bravado we see people who mostly have been hurt and wounded in their growing up years.   We all were sinners who had lost our way at one time as well, and Jesus had compassion and mercy on us while we were yet sinners.

    Sin is sin and the gospel message is the same to all regardless of what kind of sin they became ensnared in.  If you ask me there is that God is using the changing circumstances of our society to test and try US....so truth be told we really need to be examining our own hearts in these days, not our neighbours'.   :)

    Sometimes I think it's like the devil is flaunting his feathers in our faces to try and make us believe he has the upper hand...but he doesn't, God is very much on His throne as always and we must not lose confidence in Him.  Not going to lie, it can be difficult and dismaying at times to see how things are going, but the truth remains and I have to remind myself as well, that we need to rise above whatever circumstances are presenting around us and be in the spirit, not in the flesh. 

     

    Beautifully put, HLM.

    I'm not sure if I mentioned this here - maybe elsewhere - but I don't think the typical homosexual is actually a problem. I don't see them any differently than anyone else, at least so long as they are not throwing sexuality in my face, and I make friends with them easily and get along with them well, even when they know full well what my beliefs are. I have a co-worker right now who is lesbian, and she knows I'm Christian but is warming up to me a lot because I make her laugh and treat her kindly and respectfully.

    My real worry is with the governments in the West. I don't think they are honestly concerned with the welfare of homosexuals near so much as wanting to undermine the influence of Christianity in society. That may come off as something of a "conspiracy theory," but I have been around long enough to see a number of trends leading in that direction, hence why I posted the OP. Biblical Christianity is not just viewed as "outdated" but as the enemy, and I suspect they are going to attempt to eradicate its influence one way or the other. The homosexual issue just seems like the most likely route.

    God bless, and I enjoyed reading your post.

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  8. On 1/3/2019 at 12:37 AM, Arrowcreek said:

    Dream 2008

    I was standing on a cliff over looking the water below. It was a shear drop off high above the water. There was no turning back I new I had to jump to survive. I hit the water below sinking deeper and deeper it seem like a long time before hitting the bottom. Then I pushed hard with my feet off the bottom toward the surface of the water. On the way up I needed a breath of air I cried out Lord help me I don't want to drown as I reached the water surface I heard the Lord say in a loud voice 45 End of Dream.

     

    Greetings, Arrowcreek. 

    I was reading this dream the other day and some things came to mind. There is an expression in finances called being "underwater." It's especially related to homes being worth less than what's owed on them, but it can also be applied to other assets as well. 

    Anyway, the thing I wanted to point out was that there was a prophecy given back around 2007 concerning America that there would be a "bubble of hope" come to the nation but that it will be short-lived. I believe this prophecy was fulfilled during the Trump Presidency.

    If you'd like to read more, I created a thread about it that just passed approval. When you have time, check it out and tell me what you think.

    God bless, Hidden In Him

     

     

  9. 3 hours ago, Robellia said:

    I'd also doubt the statistics based on societal pressures. Many people refuse to state their stances, even outside of homosexuality, for fear of what happens. Twitter even vaguely thinks you have an opinion, well... Bye bye job, hello harassment.

     

    Greetings sister, and I think this goes to point. Some may already be kowtowing to public pressure, and if so how many more will do so in the future? In effect, even if some are doing it already, the poll is accurate in terms of how many are presently willing to stand up and be counted and how many are now becoming increasingly afraid to.

    Insightful post. 

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  10. 4 hours ago, ladypeartree said:

    The difficulty is in the wording ..ACCEPTANCE  doesnt actually mean wanting to join in or thinking they are right it means accepting that they have a choice . My next door neighbour is homosexual  He is open in that he has no interest in women in a sexual manner  but he certainly doesnt go around advertising the fact or pushing it into other peoples faces So do I " accept " him YES he is one of the kindest people around here and polite,  thoughtful, loves my grandchildren and my dogs, in fact the best neighbour one could ask for . His choices are his own and his relationship or not is between himself and God it is not for me to not " accept " him   

     

    Understand, what is at issue is the acceptance of homosexuality, not the homosexuals themselves. Will there be universal acceptance of homosexual practices within Western society by 2040, and if so, how many believers will still be willing to speak out against it in such an environment. 

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  11. 19 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

    By 2040? I don't think this earth will be around in 2040 as we know it now. Not with the way things are going.

    I have friends that take this position, but I think there are too many things that would need to happen in too short a time for the Lord's return to come that soon. I fully expect to live out my life and the Lord's return will not have come yet, and I believe I have another 25 years left, Lord willing.

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  12. 1 hour ago, Jayne said:

    Not to worry.

    I clicked on the link.  The question says [in fine print at the bottom] that only a "half sample" was used. Which begged the question, what is a whole sample used by Gallop?

    I Googled a while and found that they believe that there are about 187,000,000 adults in the United States and that they use 1,000 people as a sample for that many people.  They think that is enough to represent everyone.

    I don't.  Plus, what was the representative sampling comprised of?  Gay people, straight people, religious people, non-religious people, old people, young people, male, female, black, white, Native American, hispanic......?

    So, with a "half sample", that would mean only 71% of 500 people said that homosexuality was morally acceptable.

     

     

    Hello Jane, and good to see you again.

    I understand that polls can be manipulated, but with this I'm not sure that's the case. It's certainly possible they can be skewing things, but also possible they are not. If they are tampering with the numbers then it is a coordinated effort, because a Pew Research study from a few years ago was apparently even larger (exact numbers of US polling not provided), and it came to the same conclusions. See 2nd paragraph.

    Acceptance of LGBTQ people has risen worldwide: Pew survey

    The report by Pew Research Center also found that people in wealthier countries were generally more accepting of homosexuality than people in less developed countries.

    25 June, 2020 10:32 pm IST
     
    People during a Queer Pride march in New Delhi | PTI File Photo

    Charlotte: Support for the LGBTQ community has generally increased in the U.S. and abroad in recent years, including with landmark Supreme Court decisions five years ago and last week legalizing same-sex marriage and barring LGBTQ employment discrimination. Still, some parts of the world are more accepting than others, as detailed in a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

    The report is based on a 2019 survey that asked over 38,000 people in 34 countries whether they thought homosexuality should be accepted by society. In the U.S., the percentage of respondents accepting of homosexuality rose to 72% in 2019 from 60% in an earlier survey in 2013. Rates had jumped more than 20 points in India and 16 in Turkey, but support remains low: 37% and 25%, respectively. In 2018, India’s high court decriminalized homosexuality.

    Countries in the Americas and Western Europe were more accepting of homosexuality than countries in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and parts of Southeast Asia, according to the report, titled “The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists.”

    In Lebanon, for instance, 85% of respondents said homosexuality should not be accepted, while 72% in Tunisia said that. The median rate of acceptance of homosexuality in Central and Eastern Europe was 46%.

    “Those differences across regions, which can also be an indicator of economic development, are really interesting findings that have remained steady, even as there have been changes on overall levels of acceptance,” said Jacob Poushter, one of the report authors and associate director for Pew Research Center’s global attitudes research.

    https://theprint.in/world/acceptance-of-lgbtq-people-has-risen-worldwide-pew-survey/448911/

  13. Just saw something interesting. A recent Gallup poll is showing that 71% of respondents now say homosexuality is morally acceptable, with only 28% saying it is not. That amounts to a 30% jump in those who favor it (up from 40% to 70%) in just two decades.

    If this is the case, and if that's how quickly public opinion is changing, we should assume that Western society will be approaching almost universal acceptance within just the next 20 years. I wonder how many Christians will still stand for what the word of God actually teaches on the subject by 2040.

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  14. This one was obvious from the day the war in Ukraine started, but for anyone who might have doubted, the proof is now becoming evident. Those running the show deliberately sabotaged the WESTERN economies through the supposed sanctions "against Russia." Russia is going through considerable manpower and militarily equipment, but their economy is now marching along at a better clip than it was when the war began.

    Lest anyone think the powers that be were simply "underestimating things," let me reiterate this again. They are NOT stupid, ok. They know exactly what they are doing, and they knew EXACTLY what would happen. The destruction of the Western economies - particularly the US economy - is proceeding apace EXACTLY as planned from the beginning. Anyone who thinks otherwise simply doesn't understand what they are watching take place. 

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  15. 50 minutes ago, Starise said:

    The main thing is they wanted someone pliable.

    He's certainly that, LoL.  

    Much I could comment on, but there are others who seem to think Biden at the very least has indeed actually checked out. For my part I always assumed so myself, but the thing that strikes me as interesting now is that so many he has under his employ seem to take the same posture if you will, even those in the prime of life or with stellar credentials.

    I know what you mean about the education establishment, as it appears the same mentality took over Christian academia as well in many circles. But I sense something very deliberate afoot in the Biden Administration now. I was watching Kudlow talking about how they needed to send a quality, knowledgeable representative to the Oil industry execs and work out a solution, but instead they chose to send in a complete numskull who wasn't even up on the situation. Again I think this was deliberate. If they can make people think they are simply ignorant, people will more readily excuse the fact that their policies are destroying the country.

    Apparently they met again a few days ago, but time will tell if anything has changed. A few weeks ago, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth wrote a letter to Biden saying that he “has largely sought to criticize, and at times vilify, our industry,” and it took Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre only a day or two after the latest meeting to do it again, so they could just be pulling the wool over their eyes like they are doing with the American people. 

     

  16. Just thought I'd share a cool testimony I just ran across. The following was posted by a woman on another forum over ten years ago. She gave her life to Jesus as a young girl, but then fell into sin as an adult and began working for an escort service, but she never lost sight of God. She posted the following dream she had one night:

    In the dream I was standing in a room, next to a window, and I could feel a strong evil presence which I couldn't see. I just felt it,knew exactly where in the room it stood and I felt a sort of terror.I couldn't see him but I knew it was the devil. The room wasn't dark but it had the lighting of dawn. In the dream, somehow I ended up in the room across and sitting under that window with my arms around my legs in fear. The door was cracked open and I could see the room where the evil presence was. I felt afraid and an urgent need to feel a good presence/ God. I also vaguely remember the wall around the door being covered in papers and/or pictures. Then suddenly, a soft ray of light made me turn to a man I've never met, or to my knowledge, have never even seen before, who stood atop of a latter at the window I was crouched under. He said something to the affect of " you can't see the picture because the wires are crossed" or something about there being no clear connection. He just gave me the feeling of being a cable guy or something but I also felt a calmness.

    Shortly after the entry she stopped posting and disappeared from the forum, but just this morning posted an update to her testimony that read as follows:

    This is the weird 10 year update! I thank all of those who interceded for me and prayed. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for you all and his call to you all to share his heart. Today I am a great nurse and a pretty awesome mommy! Glory to God forever and ever. Thank you Lord for never losing sight of me no matter how far I thought I could run. Lord, you truly kept your promise to give me hope and a future. I can only respond by surrendering the life you gave me. May the Lord Jesus Christ continue to keep you all in love, hope, faith and peace! Amen!

    The wonderful thing about her dream is that it highlights the necessity of having the power of God in one's life, and how a lifestyle of sin can short-circuit that power. I wrote her the following response:

    Blessings in Christ, Light88!

    I went back and read through your dream, and in hindsight the cable guy appears to have represented the Lord, who was trying to tell you the reason you were walking in such fears was because the enemy had seduced you into getting your "wires crossed," which prevented you from feeling "connected" to Him. When wires cross it causes a short circuit, and then power can no longer run to whatever it is supposed to be powering. In spiritual terms, this is what your life of prostitution was doing to your spiritual life; it was disconnecting you from the Power of God. But as the Scripture says, "He has not given us a Spirit of fear, but one of Power, Love, and a Sound Mind." So the dream appears to have been saying that to "see the picture" of a life without fear, it would necessitate departing from sin and then getting connected to God, the Source of your spiritual Empowerment over the enemy.

    So give yourself to study of His word, and to prayer, and to worship. Scripture also says His words are Spirit and they are Life, and that He inhabits the praises of His people, so these spiritual practices become sources of Spiritual Empowerment in your life that will keep you strong if you determine to stay connected to Him. God bless, and thank you for sharing!


    Just clever how the Lord uses even illustrations from electrical power to get across the importance of staying "connected" to Him, and how this is the answer to having "power" over the enemy.

    God bless,
    Hidden In Him

  17. Interpretation and Insights
     
         That I can now see the end of this field indicates that the end of our economic prosperity is now in sight. What I saw at the end was much more catastrophic than I had ever thought. There are some very dark times ahead, but at the same time there is a whole new world being built right in our midst that is more wonderful than we can even imagine.
         To the degree that we have built our lives and faith on the economy of the world, we have built on a very shaky foundation. We know that the time will come when everything that can be shaken will be. The time that we have been given until that happens is for the purpose of preparation. Let us build our hope and trust on the kingdom that alone cannot be shaken.
         Those who kept walking into the fog just as they had been walking in the open field, not discerning or not acknowledging the change, either perished or fell into slavery. Those who immediately fell to their knees found a safe way down, but it still led down. They had to stay on their knees all the way; no one could have stood up on that slope because it was too steep and narrow. Falling to our knees speaks of prayer. As soon as we see the fog, or confusion, we must pray for every step we take thereafter.
         That no one ascended, but all went down to the bottom of the cliff, spoke to me that the economy of the whole world was going down. Many will survive what is coming, but not at the level they are presently. Much of our present standard of living has been built upon credit, borrowing from the future, and the future is now here. We are fast approaching the time when the bills will have to be paid. That will cause a drastic reduction of our present lifestyles.
         I felt that the slave ships were banks. During the Great Depression, banks were so over extended that most of them failed. Somehow, they have now positioned themselves to not only survive another economic collapse, but will actually be in a place to enslave those who are in debt to them.
         The warships were all different sizes, and I felt represented different powers. Their efforts were not coordinated, but they all seemed to be in as much confusion as everyone else, and all seemed to be at war with one another. They lived by plundering the other ships and each other. I believe that in the times ahead, small wars will be flashing up almost everywhere and without apparent reason. Anyone who gets in the way of those with some power will be in trouble.
         The luxury ships were so filthy that it seemed only slightly better to be on one of them instead of a slave or warship. It was obvious that the luxury of the future will not be as we know it today. Also, the luxury ships were constantly being plundered by the warships, making them almost an intolerable place to be. Even a hint of luxury in the future may only serve to make us targets.
         I knew that the hospital ships were the church. They were glistening white with red crosses on them. They were so bright and clean that they stood out dramatically in this vision. White speaks of purity, and the red crosses spoke to me that they were bearing the cross. Red is also the color of sacrifice. These ships were so beautiful that anyone would have wanted to be on them. The church will become the most desirable place in the world to be, and the church will become the pure vessel she is called to be when she takes up the cross, committing herself to the life of sacrifice. In the times ahead, the life of sacrifice and service to others will be the most desirable life in the world and will actually be a glorious place to dwell.
         The people on the hospital ships each wore brilliant, silver armor. They, too, stood out dramatically whenever they appeared, and this caused everyone to show them great respect, even the warships. This spoke to me that when believers learn to wear their armor, they will command the whole world's respect and have authority because of it.
         The docks of the hospital ships were also spotless and were overflowing with supplies. There was far more wealth on them than on the luxury ships, but the wealth was being used for service, not luxury. Because the individuals with the armor and the hospital ships commanded such respect, no one was trying to plunder their great stocks of supplies, even though they were obvious to everyone.
         When a hospital ship pulled between two warships that were fighting, they would stop fighting and give them their wounded. It seemed that this was one of the primary purposes of these ships, to simply stop the fighting whenever they could.
         In the midst of the chaos of this place, the dignity, resolve, and purpose that the Christians and their ships moved with was stunning. The greatest feeling came over me when I stood on the bridge of the ship leaving for the open sea. That feeling was freedom. As soon as we entered the open sea, we ascended into the heavenly places. Once out of the fog, we did not travel on the earth. When we came back down, it was to a seemingly new earth, even though I knew somehow that it was right in the middle of what I had left.
         That I entered this extraordinary freedom on a hospital ship speaks of finding our true peace when we take up our crosses to serve others. When we do this, we will begin to dwell in the heavenly places. Then we will see the earth very differently—we will see what God is doing. I really felt that those paradise islands were already right in our midst, but we just could not see them yet.
         At the very time when the world descends into a terrible chaos, which will probably begin with economic chaos, God is building bridges between people that will be the foundation of a glorious future. The end of this age is the beginning of the one over which Christ will reign. In Revelation 17:15 we are told that, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.” The sea often represents mass humanity in prophetic language. That the sea at the bottom of the cliff was in the most terrible chaos represents what the kingdoms of this world are headed for. The islands represent that the Lord is also laying a foundation for His kingdom right in our midst at this same time. That I knew these islands were close to the sea of confusion spoke to me that what the Lord is about to build on the earth is also very close at hand.
         The bridges are right now being built between people. The bridges were for interchange, and it was obvious to me that each island was building something wonderful, as if it were the very best from their culture in order to share it with the other islands. That new foundations were being laid for cities represented a whole new beginning for the earth. What is now being built for the Lord, for the sake of His kingdom, will remain and be a foundation for the age to come.
  18. Since the thread has gone through, let me include this here. It is an extensive dream that related to the same subject matter, and also provided what the primary solution will be for the church: Not simply resorting to borrowing, which would bring them into bondage to the creditors, but seeking the Lord on our knees through prayer every step of the way, leaning on Him alone for our survival.

    I will include the interpretations in the next post.

     

    Field Of Dreams Or Nightmares?


    While praying about the future of our economy, I was given a vision of a long, lush green field. I felt that this represented a long period of economic prosperity, which has generally been the case since that time. While praying in August 1995, I saw this field in a vision again, but with much more detail. The end of the field was covered in fog. Not far into the fog there was a very steep cliff. In the middle of the cliff, there was a narrow, twisting, steep path that appeared like a descending bridge. It had the same green grass on it that the field did and went all the way to the bottom.

    Those who walked into the fog almost all missed the little path and fell over the cliff. Some of these died, but nets below the cliffs caught many of them. However, these nets were not there to save the people but to trap them. Others entered the fog carefully, dropping to their knees and searching for the path, which they seemed to intuitively know was there. Most of those looking for the path were able to find it and carefully started down on their knees. A few people had parachutes, and they jumped off the cliff into the fog.

    At the bottom there was a sea with four kinds of ships in the harbor: slave ships, warships, luxury liners, and hospital ships. Most of the ships were slavers. The next greatest number was warships. There were only five hospital ships, all of which were on clean, well-kept docks right in the middle of the harbor. The two luxury liners were docked at each end of the harbor. An abundance of supplies were on their docks, but both the docks and ships looked filthy and poorly maintained. No warships were docked, but all kept moving about in the harbor.

    The people who fell into the nets were put on the slave ships. Most of those who made it down the steep paths headed for the hospital ships, but many did head for the luxury liners. Of those who headed for the luxury liners, some were captured and made to board a slave ship.

    The luxury liners were closely guarded, and obviously under the control of the warships. The warships occasionally took people from the slave ships and luxury liners, and they were taking whoever they wanted—they could not be resisted.

    Those from the hospital ships were also taking people from the other ships. However, they only took the weakest or those who were so sick or wounded and not expected to live.

    The crewmen of the hospital ships were shown respect because they wore brilliant armor that seemed to confound everyone else. Those who were jumping off the cliff with the parachutes were all landing on the hospital ships or their docks.

    When a slave ship would fill up it would depart, making frequent turns as if it knew where it was going. The warships were also making so many turns that it seemed impossible to tell which way they would go next. Any ship that happened to be in the way of a warship when it turned was blasted and sunk by the warship. If the warships turned toward each other, they started shooting at each other until one was sunk.

    Because of the fog, many ships collided with other ships and sank. The water was filled with sharks that quickly devoured those who fell into it. The confusion, despair, and fear over the harbor were as thick as the fog. When the fog thickened, these fears would intensify. When the fog would thin a little, hope would begin to rise in the people. When the fog lifted enough so that the open sea could be seen, the ships would begin heading for it.

    The hospital ships were also the only ones who seemed to be sailing as if they knew where they were going. They could sail right through the chaos in the harbor and into the open sea at will. One or two of them were constantly going out to sea, disappearing for a time, and then they would return. Then another would go and do the same.

    As I followed one of these ships to the open sea in the vision, all of a sudden it was as if I was standing on the bridge of the ship. The farther out we went, the more the sky cleared. Soon it became bluer than I had ever seen it, except when flying in a high altitude jet. I was so intrigued by the sky that I had not been watching the sea. When I looked back at it, I saw that we were actually flying at a very high altitude.

    I thought that we were going out into space, but soon we descended toward what appeared to be a whole new world. It was composed of islands, each with a different culture of people on it. The wounded on our hospital ship were placed on several of the different islands, so that each wounded person was placed with those from his or her own culture.

    These islands were at perfect peace, and there were beautiful white bridges connecting them to one another, with a constant flow of people on the bridges. On each island vast foundations were being laid for a great city.

    Even though each island was very different, and different from any place that I had ever seen, I felt immediately at home on each one. They were each like paradise, and though they seemed to be on a different world, I knew that they were somehow very close to the one I had just left.


     

  19. Greetings Worthy, and blessings in Christ! 
     
    I realize not all believe the New Testament gift of prophecy is still in effect, but for those who consider it there have been a number of prophecies about a coming economic crash that would take place in our time, and I strongly believe we are on the precipice of it now.
     
    Numerous visions and dreams can be provided on this (which Lord willing I shall if time permits), and I noticed there was even one posted by a member here back in 2019, though I'm not sure if he fully knows the interpretation of it or not. But let me start here. In 2007, John Paul Jackson prophesied that a crash was coming, but that it would not be characterized by a single economic phenomenon but by several. In prophesying specifically to America, the prophecy stated:
     
    A bubble of hope is going to come to this nation (fulfilled from 2016 - 2020), but it will be short-lived. And in that span, there's going to be just enough time for godly people to make the necessary adjustments. However, it will not be a time to take on additional debt. Commercial paper and credit card debt is another domino that will fall... as joblessness increases and buildings lay empty. I saw malls that were more than half empty, and stores that were closed...  We had a financial planner ask the other day, 'Will it be stagflation, or deflation, or inflation, or hyper-inflation?' And I had to look at him and tell him, 'It's going to be all of these. They are all waves on a quickly-changing economic sea, and what has worked in the past will only work for a brief period of time in this changing economic era.' (The Coming Perfect Storm, 19:27 - 20:44)
     
     
     
    This indeed appears to be the case now. The second video below lays out why the current inflationary cycle we are in may give way to a deflationary crash soon. If so, inflation will eventually come down, but only when people can no longer buy their goods at such high prices. And once consumer spending is no longer able to keep the markets moving, the only option will be for companies to lower their prices even though they will take big hits in doing so. The only way most of them will be able to compensate at that point is by laying off workers to stay viable, and this in turn will lead to even less consumer spending, which in turn will further speed the deflationary crash.
     
    The end result will then likely be stagflation, though it is still too early to tell when that fully sets in; possibly not until all excess money has been drained out of the system. But I should add that it is not all bad news. As the following also points out, those who can manage to stay out of debt and save some money will be in a position to buy goods at much cheaper prices in the coming years if it plays out in the following way.
     
     
  20. On 6/23/2022 at 7:05 PM, Marilyn C said:

     

      

    People think I was teaching a "conspiracy theory" when I said it, but I believe the globalists deliberately instigated the war in Ukraine to subjugate the Western economies while going after Russia's at the same time. The fact that the Western sanctions have actually hurt the West more than Russia is telling, because the globalists are not stupid.

    What he discusses at 9:00+ highlight some of their longterm objectives, btw. They have long wanted to isolate the masses in the cities where they can be more closely monitored and controlled, so why not use "gas shortages" as a justification for doing it... 

    On what he ends on, Russia is partially still selling to us anyway anyway, because they sell to China and India and then China and India turn around and sell to us, so I think a lot of what Western leaders are doing is just posturing.

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  21. Reposting to this forum where the videos will hopefully show up.
     
    There has been something bothering me for several months now which I never seem to hear anyone talking about it, but members of the Biden Administration cannot be as inept and incompetent as they are appearing to be. These are people who have Masters degrees and PhDs from the most prestigious Universities in the country, and yet when asked to address the American people they consistently present themselves as having barely graduated High School. I believe they are presenting this image deliberately so as to deflect from the heat they would otherwise take on how their policies are destroying the country. The idea is to fake incompetence so badly that Americans give them a pass rather than fervently holding them accountable, which all the more is enabling them to carry out their work of, as they call it, "Building Back Better."
     
    Please understand, I am not into bashing people politically. I don't even normally follow politics that much. I'm simply posting this thread because I see so many obviously not understanding what it is they are actually seeing. People need to wake up to the fact that they are being PLAYED. These people know what they are doing, and those who think they don't are being duped.
     
    Let's start with the US Press Secretary, Karine Jeanne-Pierre. Since assuming the office a month or so ago, Jeanne-Pierre has this habit of not actually addressing reporters directly when faced with tough questions. She simply reads off notes provided for her, and if the questions get really tough, she will thumb through her notes for upwards of 15 seconds and then reply, "I'm sorry, but don't have anything else for you on that right now."
     
     
    The average High School graduate could read from notes on a page, so why is a woman with a Masters Degree in Public Affairs from Columbia University incapable of answering reporters directly? Maybe she's feigning ineptitude so she doesn't have to answer. And why was she even chosen to begin with? Maybe it's because she's the country's first black lesbian Press Secretary (Horray!), arranged by design so that if anyone criticizes her preplanned "ineptitude" it is simply because they are "racist homophobes" and don't want a black lesbian to speak to them about White House affairs.
     
    Then we have US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. This woman was an honors student all her life. She was admitted to a selective science honors program at Columbia University, and graduated summa cum laude from Brown University with a Bachelor's in economics, going on to earn her Master's and PhD degrees from Yale. She's pure Ivy League and cream of the crop, and currently worth over 200 million. Yet her advice to the American people on matters of the economy over the last two years has bordered on the imbecilic. As economist Jess Sica recently stated, "I spend more time listening to my golden retriever on the topic of economics than I do Janet Yellen," and as Laura Ingraham said last week, "I wouldn't trust that woman with my grandchildren's daycare."
     
    The obvious conclusion from watching her is that she is simply telling the American people what Joe Biden wants them to hear while trying to put an "educated" face on it, but her positions have become so bizarre (and politically correct) now that she appears to be getting senile. In reality, however, I seriously doubt she actually believes anything coming out of her mouth. She knows better. But she also knows few can get angry with someone who looks like she's an over-the-hill grandmother who bakes warm batches of cookies for the kids, and makes sure they have nice outfits to wear.
     
    As Hannity put it bluntly, she is now little more than a useful idiot in Joe Biden's Administration; yet another case of someone who is actually much smarter than she appears to be but is coming off like she has no clue.
     
     
    Then we have Joe Biden himself, the kingpin. He just fell off his bike a few days ago with the world watching, and that goes well with the 3,000,000,000,0000,0000,000 gaffs that have come out of his mouth since taking office. I suppose the only polite response is sarcasm, which is what many are now resorting to even internationally. But the reality is, the Biden administration has been sending the US economy straight into the gutter deliberately and the rest of the world's right along with it, even as most people laugh off the stumblings and bumblings of a "cognitively challenged" old codger.
     
    At least he's comedy relief, but what's happening isn't funny, and as they say, "He who laughs last, laughs the loudest."
     
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