Tipping Points, America, the Middle East and What the World is Really on the Brink Of

There is danger in the air. You can feel it. The world is at a tipping point: "the crisis stage in a process, when a significant change takes place."

So what could the significant change be?

Is it that America will be no more? Indeed, it seems the USA is in a downward spiral only made worse by corrupt politicians and their followers. Is that the significant change the world is on the brink of?

Or is it that the Middle East will completely explode into chaos? It's already there. The so-called "Arab spring" has really become an "Israeli winter" as more and more of the nations in that part of the world descend towards anarchy / evil religious rule and call for an end to the Jewish state. Is that the significant change the world is on the brink of?

My answer to each of these questions is: No and no. Neither of these are the "significant change" the world is on the brink of. It's much, MUCH bigger than that.

And it's not that America won't become a shell of what she once was or that the Iranians (and others) won't attack Israel.

But there's really something else that the world is on the brink of that I expect isn't at the top of many people's minds. (Matthew 25:1-13)

And I don't know exactly how we get here, but we do. (We really do!) What I'm talking about is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself who died on the cross for our sins and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures ~ listen!! ~ He will stand again with His own two feet on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. (He really will!) (Zechariah 14:4)

This is the significant change the world is on the brink of.

Wow.

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear." (Psalm 46:1-2a)

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The Real Reason Why Some Christians Won't Vote for a Mormon (when they should)

(The "should" part in the title is if God is telling you to ~ not me.)

Here's the deal. There are Christians who will not vote, under any circumstances, for Mitt Romney for President. Their thinking? If they vote for a Mormon, then they are condoning, supporting Mormonism or worse ~ promoting, trumpeting it.

This simply doesn't make sense. (For a great article on it: Debunking the 'Can't Vote for Mormon' Belief, click here.)

These same Christians shop at stores and malls that have Mormons as clerks and managers. Is that condoning, supporting, promoting, trumpeting Mormonism? They go to sporting events with Mormons who play on their favorite teams. Their kids go to schools that, well maybe the particular teacher of little Johnny or sweet Suzy isn't a Mormon, but the receptionist is ~ and maybe even the Principal and the School Board is, too? I could go further and talk about your mail person (ours is female), your mechanic, the plumber, the interior decorator of your home, etc. And I guess I could put in just about any person and any person's religion as an example.

So if they're not a Christian, we should never vote for them? (Again, see the article link above.)

The fact is there are no perfect candidates. But there are some better than others (aside from their religion). Way better.

I am convinced that if America is lost, it will be in part because the Christians let her be lost. Don't let it be said!

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Why My Pastor is Voting for Mitt Romney (and not Barack Obama)

You may be surprised that a Christian minister would actually come out and say it. (Why not? He's an American, too.)

And to vote for a Mormon? Isn't Mormonism a cult after all? Yes, it is.  And he (my Pastor) makes that very clear.

But here are the facts. You can choose to believe them or not believe them. As an American that is your right. (At least, it still is for now.)

This country hangs in the balance. This country hangs by a thread. Our current President, Barack Obama, is an out of control spender. He believes in abortion and at its cruelest level (the killing of a baby who survives abortion). He is pro-gay marriage. He disregards the Constitution.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

We are talking biblical values here. And the fact is Mitt Romney actually stands for life (I know he didn't previously, but has changed his stance). He also stands for marriage between a man and a woman. He has a business background and promises he will work to get America's fiscal house back in order (versus a President that has been saying it and doing the exact opposite). He will also defend the Constitution.

And so that's why my Pastor is voting for Mitt Romney. He said so from the pulpit last Sunday. (God ~ or State? ~ forbid.)

And I am voting for Mitt Romney, too.

God bless, America. Land that I love.

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About "Fixes" (Are You in a Fix?)

"Then the Egyptians chased after them (the Israelites) with all the horses and chariots of Pharoah, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea." (Exodus 14:9)

A "fix." Simply put, it's a place where we find ourselves trapped. (Been there? Done that?) Think back to the fixes you've found yourself in. (Are you in one now?)

In Exodus 14 God directs His people into a "fix" (a corner). He's freed them from Egypt. (That's great.) But now God places them in a trap. (So what's up with that? Doesn't God know what He's doing?)

Of course, we know how the story turns out. (Btw, all stories turn out like that if you love Jesus. See Romans 8:28.)

And let me just give you a few more thoughts about "fixes." Sometimes God puts us in fix because He's got a higher purpose behind the scenes and we need to be in a fix so He can accomplish what He wants to accomplish and He couldn't accomplish it unless we were in a fix. Make sense? (Read it again to let it sink in.)

Think again back to the fixes you've found yourself in. Evaluate: What was God's part in it? (I happen to be in a fix right now. It's one of the tightest traps I've ever found myself in in my life, quite frankly. Btw, America is in quite a fix right now, too.)

And sometimes we're put in fixes just because we're serving and obeying God and living our lives surrendered to Him. (Read that again, too, to let it sink in.) We are required to just do what God tells us to do and not worry about the rest. (Like tithing.) If we end up in a "fix," we end up in a "fix."

Some people are out of the will of God. They won't submit to the "fixes" God has planned to put them in. (Read that again to let it sink in. I know I've been saying it a lot.)

One last thing about "fixes" to not forget: God will make a way where there seems to be no way.

"The sons of Israel went through the midst of the [Red Sea] on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left." (Exodus 14:22)

(Picture above in the public domain: HERE. PD-US)

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"'Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.'" (John 15:13)

How a Super Power Disappears from the Final Act of History

The United States of America is conspicuously absent in Biblical prophecy. Pat Robertson in his book, The Secret Kingdom, suggests she is among those being referred to in Ezekiel, chapter 38, verse 13, where it mentions: "the merchants of Tarshish." Beyond that there is nothing about the USA (many scholars agree).

How could this be? One suggestion is that she declines to the point of being irrelevant as it has to do with end times events. This is interesting as we see that process taking place right before our very eyes? And how else will Israel become surrounded by her enemies and face annihilation as the Bible declares it must happen? (Zechariah 14:2) America has to be no more. She really is the one and only friend of the Jewish people left that can do anything to help protect her.

So how is America removed from the scene? Here's how (it's happening now?)...

How a Super Power Disappears from the Final Act of History (7 ways):

1. Socialism established in place of capitalism
2. Sympathy offered to the religion of Islam
3. Political instability promoted within
4. Policies upheld to increase job loss, inflate fuel and food prices
5. Chaos, unrest encouraged/emboldened abroad
6. Military stretched thin by too many conflicts
7. Believers in Jesus Christ caught away (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)

"And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one." (Zechariah 14:9)

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My Country, 'Tis of Thee (Birth of a Nation)

The United States of America. "All men are created equal." "Endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." "We the people." The Boston Massacre. The Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts. "The shot heard 'round the world." The Revolutionary War. "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" (Patrick Henry) The Midnight Ride. (Paul Revere) The Battle of Bunker Hill. George Washington to command. The Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson. Samuel Adams. Benjamin Franklin. John Hancock. Redcoats defeat Washington's army in The Battle of Long Island. British occupy New York City. Valley Forge. French Alliance. The Battle of Monmouth. The Battle of Waxhaws. The Tappan Massacre. The Battle of Ramsour's Mill. Benedict Arnold. The Battle of Kings Mountain. "The turn of the tide of success." Articles of Confederation. Cornwallis. Yorktown surrender. The United States Constitution. "My Country, 'tis of Thee." I love the red, white and blue. (Revolutionary War Timeline) (Pictures in the public domain: HERE and HERE.)

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The American Dream

Early this morning I had a dream. I only remember my dreams if I wake up right after I have them. After I awoke I looked at the clock and it was 3:33 a.m. This is my dream. I saw four open pits with cinder block walls. They shared a mutual wall on the back side and the outer left and right pits had individual outer walls. Each inner wall was shared with the pit on either side. They were like ovens, but were in the open and had no tops to them. There were small amounts of wood not consumed in the fires, but most were all out if not completely. The pit closest to me still had a smoldering flame and a man who was darker in skin color and had shorter dark, but curly hair and a mustache. I don’t remember his pants color, but he had a tee shirt with an open light blue shirt over his tee shirt. I got the impression that it was important to him to get this task completed. He was a worker of great importance. He had a pole that fanned out at the end into like a huge spatula, one that you could find in a pizza parlor. He went into the pit and tramped on the smoldering parts to expedite the process by breaking off loose pieces of charred wood. As he turned over the wood with the spatula, he went back to break off more pieces of charred wood and he picked up the remaining piece of wood in his hands. I noticed that it was an eagle with its wings spread out as if in full flight with its head looking down. I remember thinking how beautiful it was. Well crafted. How could this be? I could see the detail of the wings and the tail feathers and sense the might of this creature. I particularly noticed how large its beak was and thought that it was looking for prey. I have a lot of ideas on the symbols of this dream, but what I am sure about is God’s Word as quoted here in Joel:

Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Joel 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

Joel 2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

I think some of the symbols of the dream are obvious and it frightens me yet I know that God is on the throne. Maranatha (Bob Wilson; @accesssonora)