ISAIAH 57: 14 And Shall say, CAST ye up, Cast ye up, prepare the WAY, take up the STUMBLING BLOCK out of the way of MY PEOPLE.
ISAIAH 57: 15 ... I dwell in the high and holy place, with him that also that is of contrite and humble spirit, to Revive the spirit of the humble, and the revive the heart e contrite ones.
ISAIAH 57: 16 For I WILL NOT CONTEND forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the SPIRIT should fall before me, and the souls which I have made.
Please read Isaiah 57.
What ENVIRONMENT brings the MARK into existence?
The World has gone astray, becoming Wicked beyond what the Father desires to contend with. Darkness has consumed the EARTH, because they prefer DARKNESS rather than the LIGHT. And a GREAT DARKNESS is about to fall over the land.
What will be the RESULT of this REJECTION of HIS SON and FALLING AWAY?
An EVIL EMPIRE will RISE, lead by a LITTLE HORN, seeking the very THRONE of GOD. The REBELLION and ABOMINATIONS will run rampant upon the EARTH. And anyone NOT in the WINGS of CHRIST, abiding IN HIM, will suffer the torment that is allotted to those aligned with the evil empire, BY THE FATHER’S WILL and DECREE.
Will there be a PHYSICAL MARK?
WHO’S “IMAGE” will you be found in, in the End?
Isaiah 28: 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
REV 13: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 20: 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
I must tell you that YES, I ABSOLUTELY believe there is an ACTUAL PHYSICAL MARK to the BEAST/Empire, Mark to the BEAST/man and an IMAGE of that beast/EMPIRE.
I do BELIEVE there will be a PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION of the SPIRITUAL CONDITION of mankind.
REV 13: 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Every Eye will behold this Empire, and NO ONE other than JESUS CHRIST will be able to STAND against it.
REV 18: 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF AN Empire, because the WHOLE WORLD has gone astray and is become the HABITATION of devils and an ABOMINATION before the LORD.
Because of these things, The LORD will no LONGER contend with spirit of man.
BABEL will have returned through the power and authority of the LITTLE HORN. The World, through the imagination of their hearts will have succeeded at creating an Empire that stands against GOD, HIS principals, and precepts. Lead by the MOTHER of ALL HARLOTS before her..
It will require a PHYSICAL MARK to have the ability to own MERCHANDISE and BUY GOODS.
But what I really would like to have you consider this morning is the equally important, and less often discussed, SPIRITUAL reality of the MARK
What is the SPIRITUAL REALITY OF THE MARK?
IS IT REALLY about a MARK?
• The LORD does not need a MARK to identify HIS people
• We will be easily identified because we DON’T Have a MARK.
• Satan and his empire will use the MARK to torment the people of GOD
• Satan and his empire will use the MARK to identify those within that KINGDOM.
• Taking the MARK of the BEAST/IMAGE/LITTLE HORN, will make ONE DESOLATE, the MARK is the revealing of the “abomination” within our hearts
The MARK of the BEAST will only be a REVELATION and Physical SIGN of what is ALREADY in our hearts.
WE “MUST” ask ourselves these things :
ARE YOU and I SPIRITUALLY READY TO DENY ourselves of our PHYSICAL needs and comforts?
We MUST SERIOUSLY EXAMINE OURSELVES BEFORE the LORD:
Have you considered that without a MARK of this KINGDOM/Empire you are not able to:
Live in your HOME?
Own a car?
Get medical attention?
Buy food for your children?
That you and I will be HUNTED down and killed, as a rebel against this KINGDOM EMPIRE?
And as if that isn’t enough,
And it is not just about ‘YOU’! Are you prepared to leave a son, daughter, husband, wife, father or Mother behind because they REFUSE to believe or fall to the temptation of the MARK? Are you prepared to watch loved ones suffer for lack of food, water, shelter and medical treatment?
It will be TEMPTING to listen to those supposed “BIBLICAL TEACHERS” of TRUTH who ACTUALLY speak for the Serpent! They will reach out to us in the day of our desperation and ask, “Did God REALLY say, thou shalt surely die if you take the MARK?” They will tell us such things as, “All sin is forgivable and therefore taking the MARK is also a FORGIVABLE act! Surely God would not want us to suffer!”, and “Scripture says God will MARK His people, how do you know this MARK is not the MARK of God? How do you know the one standing before you is NOT the MESSIAH? If you don’t believe him for his words, then believe the miracles you see!”
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Are you or I REALLY ready to forsake all for your TESTIMONY “of” JESUS CHRIST?
IF you are simply trusting your FORE-KNOWLEDGE of a MARK to save you, that is not likely to be enough.
UNLESS you have already MASTERED the desires of your flesh, THEN you are DECEIVING YOURSELF. .
YOU nor I are PHYSICALLY STRONG enough to deny ourselves the pleasures of our lives. Our very HEARTS will deceive us into taking a MARK.
IT is from the HEART that man is deceived, from the desires of our flesh, and from our very IDOLS that SHE (the harlot) will become a STUMBLING BLOCK during that time.
YOUR VERY DESIRE, will be what the enemy will use to entice the people to take the MARK of the BEAST. It will NOT REQUIRE that one BOW down to a man. You will simply chose to give WORSHIP to your IDOLS, which are the needs, and desires of your flesh.
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What will ENTICE PEOPLE to take the MARK of the BEAST?
The VERY SIN and abominations of our HEARTS will form the STUMBLING BLOCK.
EZ 14: 3 “set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face.
* FROM the lust of our hearts, for dainty and goodly things
IE: the comforts of your home, your goods, your merchandise, your medical needs, your love for your children. The longing for your comfort
* FROM the abomination that we have SO WILLINGLY given ourselves over to.
IE: adultery, pornography, comfort items, and when it comes down to it.. EVEN OUR very NEEDS will become a STUMBLING BLOCK.
OH I get it.. You don’t think the LORD would deny you of a NEED at such a time..
(you might need to consider that one LONG and hard from the scriptures. PEOPLE COUNT THE COST) We are called to ENDURE to be PATIENT during this time. For it will be a “TIME OF TROUBLE” like there has never been upon the earth. Dan 12: 1
MANY will simply choose the KINGDOM and Empire of the enemy over the KINGDOM of GOD.
* Because it will be EASIER, they will not ENDURE the HARDSHIP.
The HARLOT of REVELATIONS is the INSTRUMENT of that ENTICEMENT:
Rev 18: 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
ARE YOU going to be PARTAKERS of her sins and Abominations?
REV 18: 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
HER sins have reached HEAVEN, succeeding as BABEL was unable to, and anyone WITHIN her will receive of her plagues and torment.
REV 18: 14 And the fruits “that thy soul lusted” after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
WHAT is it that “THY SOUL LUST” for??
Who is it that gives BIRTH to the HARLOT and the END TIME BEAST?
IS 57: 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
IS 57: 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not CHILDREN of the TRANSGRESSION, a seed of FALSEHOOD.
IS 57: 8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered [thyself to another] than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee [a covenant] with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest [it].
Those that JOIN in her ABOMINATIONS and SINS will NOT be spared of her torment:
They will be DESOLATE and an ABOMINATION before the LORD.
WHO will ESCAPE:
Ez 7: 4 My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD!'
Ez 7: 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations
EZ 7: 9 My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD who strikes.
EZ 7: 12 The time has come, The day draws near. 'Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath [is] on their whole multitude.
WHO will ESCAPE:
EZ 7: 15 The sword [is] outside, And the pestilence and famine within. Whoever [is] in the field Will die by the sword; And whoever [is] in the city, Famine and pestilence will devour him.
Not those within the CITY/EMPIRE, they will suffer the famine and plagues
Not those working in the field outside the city empire. – they will be killed by the sword
(it will not be safe to simply compromise with her and work outside in the fields)
EZ 7: 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity.
ONLY those that are WILLING and READY to REPENT and “COME OUT OF HER” and go to the MOUNTAINS crying over their INIQUITIES will escape the torment that is going to be poured over her. Do you KNOW the PLANS the LORD has for you during that time?? GET before HIM and SEEK HIS instructions, for only those that HEAR the SHEPARD'S VOICE will know what to do.
EZ 7: 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be [as] weak [as] water.
EZ 7: 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame [will be] on every face, Baldness on all their heads.
Ez 7: 19 They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the LORD; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.
Silver and gold, nor MERCHANDISE will save you, IT will not satisfy our souls.
And it will be through our DEPENDANCE on money and the financial system with its MERCHANDISE, goods, and the luxuries of our own hands and hearts, that the STUMBLIING BLOCK will come and all the more so for those that are NOT PREPARED to REPENT
ENCOURAGEMENT and ADMONISHMENT:
Please get before the LORD TODAY with ME:
*Ask HIM to REVEAL all and any IDOLS within our heart.
*Ask HIM to HELP us repent before HIM and break our heart of anything that we are holding onto that HE is not pleased with..
*Ask HIM to give you confidence that HE will provide and give you WISDOM and Discernment during these times.
ARE you prepared and ready to be purified and cleansed?
Are you prepared to LAY DOWN your life as a TESTIMONY to JESUS CHRIST?
Is 1: 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Is 1: 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Is 1: 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
OR will you cry out to the QUEEN of HEAVEN (Harlot of the world) and return to her when the time of ENDURING gets to tough:
JEREMIAH: 44: 18
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all [things], and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
LET’S get our HEARTS right before HIM TODAY.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
In Whose IMAGE are you brought to LIFE?
WILL it be:
The IMAGE of CHRIST
OR the IMAGE Of the enemy (more on this subject later)
LUKE 16: 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 1: 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
AMEN.
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