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• God’s Giving You A Snapshot (Part 2)

  Posted at 8:26 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on August 1, 2020

  

  On July 2, I wrote a post about how these days are a snapshot of what it will be like during the Tribulation Period (God’s Giving You A Snapshot, to read it, click here) – that period between the Rapture of the Church, and the Thousand Year Millennial Reign of Christ.

  I spoke, for example, how the churches were shut – just like the Tribulation Period – when the church is gone for all intents and purposes – as it’s the end of the church age.

  Today, I’d like to speak of the Antichrist – and I truly believe that he’s among us today.

  What does it say in Revelation 13, about the Antichrist?

  Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. (Revelation 13:17-17)

  What do we have today, that is mandatory to buy and sell? What do merchants need to sell anything? What do we need to get into a store?

  

  That’s right – a mask.

  Now – this is not the “mark of the beast” – but God is giving us a picture of what it will be like to have something required of you, by a government, in order to purchase anything – or to sell anything.

  You don’t want to take that mark! If you’re left behind, it will be tempting to take that mark, because you’ll be hungry, or you’ll need money and need to work – you won’t be able to without the mark, just as you’re not able to now (in most cases).

  Governor Newsome of California has ordered churches shut yet again.  If they open, there can be no more than 10 people and no singing or standing. Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Church in Sun Valley, California, has told the governor, in no uncertain terms, that the church will follow God, not man, in this case – and their elders concurred.  See their statement here (Click here), and see a video of John MacArthur regarding this here (Click here).

  Pastors need to wake the heck up!

  God is showing us that the end of the Church Age – the Rapture of His Church – is very near. The signs are all around us. We need to be evangelizing like never before, Every sermon needs to center on salvation and evangelism with an altar call at the end of every service.

  Why evangelism? Because God’s people are all called to be ministers – even though they may not be called to be pastors. Everyone – and I mean everyone – has a responsibility to be spreading the Gospel.

  “But pastor, I might get made fun of…” or “What could I say to someone else?”

  Well, to that first one, I say “boo hoo – cry me a river!” – the Apostle Paul languished in prison for years for Christ! Eleven of the Twelve Disciples were crucified for Christ! And you’re worried about a few mean words? How many missionaries have given their very lives in the work of evangelism? And you’re worried about a little persecution? You get no sympathy from me!

  As for the second one – you have mouth, and a testimony! Use both! What has God done in your life to bring you to a point of humility, a point where there was no place to look, but up? You never know – that other person may be in a similar situation.  God allows us to go through trials to show us how to trust Him – and to use these to tell others!

  In my case, I have no voice – so I write. God’s been bugging me to write for the last week – and I’ve been putting it off. You don’t do this – because God just piles it up until your mind is scrambled with His Words to you, and you have no place to look, but up – “God, I repent for not doing this earlier – where do you want me to start, and please guide me through it.”

  You’re seeing the first part of that right now.  More will be coming.

  You see, we get busy in our lives – and Satan just loves that.  In my case, doctor’s appointments, the grass needs cut, the dog needs to go to the groomers, we need to pick up some things at the drug store – all of these things took precedence over what God wanted – and that won’t happen again – and never let it happen to you.

  God is first and foremost in our lives – we must remember that. Every time God gives you the opportunity to be a witness – take it.

  In my case, I have a caregiver that comes each morning to help me (and give my wife a break) – she helps me get ready for the day, get breakfast, feed and walk our dog, Micah. My wife and I truly believe that God puts them here, to hear the Word of God, and for a witness.  One of these caregivers gave her heart to the Lord at our dining room table.

  Many of you know – but some may not – I have advanced Parkinson’s Disease with Traumatic Brain Injuries from falls. I have trouble walking and speaking – even typing this is a challenge as the dexterity in my fingers is just not there. If it weren’t for the Holy Spirit giving me these words to say, the TBI itself would prevent me from putting together a coherent message. If I can evangelize – so can you!

  Yes, these posts are God’s messages to you, not mine.

  So pastors – wake up and smell the coffee! Stop trying to be politically correct and start preaching right and wrong! There is so much wrongdoing in the nation – and the world – today, and we as Christians must stand up against it.

  Pastors – stop dealing with Black Lives Matter – and start dealing with “Every Spiritual Life – and Every Eternal Life – Matters!”

  Your job isn’t social justice, it’s not ensuring that your collection plate is full and that there are butts in seats. Your one job is to shepherd your local flock, and to preach the gospel – and the rest will fall into place. Yes, we help our fellow man – but not at the expense of God. His will comes first and foremost. We take a knee for no one – we kneel for God, not for any man!

  People of the Body of Christ – you may not be a pastor, but you are a minister! You must fulfill the Great Commission:

  Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20)

  You don’t have to be a pastor to fulfill the Great Commission – as a wonderful preacher I admire and respect – who used to live and preach around here – put it: “God gave you a mouth – Use It!”

  Couldn’t have said it any plainer myself.

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• God Is Giving You A Snapshot

  Posted at 2:23 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on July 2, 2020

  

  What is the Rapture?

  It’s known as the Rapture of the Church – the end of the church age, and the beginning of the seven year period known as the Tribulation period, where the Antichrist will rule and reign over the earth in a one-world government.

  Well, guess what — God is giving us a snapshot of what that might look like – today.

  The church, as we know it, is gone.

  Missing going to church? Even if your church is now “open” – it’s just not the same. Everyone’s wearing masks, no one is hugging or shaking hands. It’s impersonal.

  Well, in the Tribulation, the church is gone.  The building will still be there, but if the pastor was a believing man – he’s gone.

  If the pastor is still around – he’s probably repenting to the point where he’s not having services anyway – what’s the point? Actually, he should be repenting big-time, then working to get people saved because he now knows what lies ahead.

  Deadness of spirit

  A clip from a sermon by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) is very appropriate here:

  When God is present with power in any land, then there are always many awakened to a sense of sin and flocking to Christ. One godly minister, speaking of such a time, says, “There were tokens of God’s presence in almost every house. It was a time of joy in families, on account of salvation being brought to them. Parents were rejoicing over their children as newborn, husbands over their wives, and wives over their husbands. The town seemed to be full of the presence of God. It never was so full of love nor of joy, and yet never so full of distress, as it was then.” We have nothing of the kind with us. What a dismal contrast do most of our families present. How many families are there that do not have one living soul!

  That last sentence, describes today, to a tee. How many families are there, that don’t have one living soul – saved by the blood of Christ?

  During revival periods, entire towns would be gathered at the church – without reason, prostrate on the ground, in reverent awe of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit moved that much in the town.

  In Los Angeles, in 1909, on Azuza Street – a revival so large, that it reignited the Pentecostal movement.

  People are looking for revival today – and I would love to see it happen… but are God’s people waiting on the Holy Spirit to move? No – they’re more interested in who’s going to prison, and what corruption is being exposed.

  Yes, this is important – but what’s more important is, are these people being saved, or at least being told the gospel? Are they being prayed for?

  I think that if we were more in prayer for the offenders, than cheering on the “perp walks” – the Holy Spirit can move.

  Continuing on with M’Cheyne’s sermon…

  How much deadness is there among true Christians! In times of reviving, when God is present with power in any land, not only are unconverted persons awakened and made to flee to Christ, but those who were in Christ before, receive new measures of the Spirit. They undergo, as it were, a second new birth. They are brought into the palace of the King and say, “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine” (Song of Sol. 1:2).

  A dear Christian in such a time says, “My wickedness, as I am in myself, has long appeared to me perfectly unspeakable-like an infinite deluge, or mountains over my head. I do not know how to express better what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite.” How little of this feeling there is among us! How few seem to feel sin as an infinite evil! How plain that God is a stranger in the land!

  How many of us can truly look at ourselves and say with a straight face, that we’re living for the Holy Spirit today?

  How many people have you shown the gospel today?

  How many people have you shown the love of Christ through your actions today?

  How did you start your day? Did you thank God for the new day He gave you? The day He gave you to serve Him? Did you pray for our nation, and the distress it’s going through? Did you pray for our leaders, for God to give them the wisdom to make decisions to govern His way?

  When was the last time you led your family in a devotional time?

  If you’re feeling a little queasy about these questions – good! Time to examine yourself.

  M’Cheyne finishes this portion with:

  The boldness of sinners in sin is great. As in Jeremiah’s day, so in ours; many seem as if their necks were made of iron and their foreheads were of brass (Isa. 48:4). When God is present with power, then open sinners, though they may remain unconverted, are often restrained. There is an awe of God in their spirits. It is not so amongst us. The flood-gates of sin are opened. “They proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it” (Isa. 3:9). Isn’t it, then, a time to cry, “Oh the hope of Israel and its Savior!”

  When the Holy Spirit is moving in a big way – even those who aren’t saved, are examining themselves and their actions.

  Is this happening today? No!

  Hoardes of lawless people are destroying property, taking sections of our cities hostage, and chanting for their respective causes – with sin being the end result of these protests.

  Signs of the times

  Let’s look at Matthew chapter 24, starting in verse 3, through verse 8:

  As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

  More of this picture is shown here – a lot from the last twelve months:

  How many false ministers are showing up on television – they’re out there in droves, fleecing unsuspecting sheep of their property, making outrageous claims.

  We’ve had wars – including world wars – but not like the one that’s coming. Ezekiel 38 and 39 tell of a great war that will include (using modern day countries), Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, Libya and Ethiopia.

  China, Russia, Iran and Turkey – are all making strategic, military alliances – and will strike against Israel from the north.

  Libya and Ethiopia will make alliances and strike from the south.

  The resulting war will take place on the plains of Meggido – it’s called Armageddon.

  But before this war occurs, God will take His people home, in the Rapture, and end the church age. Prophecy from Ezekiel 38 and 39 is being fulfilled before our very eyes.

  Nation is rising up against nation today. China is rising up against India, Taiwan, the United States and other nations — not just militarily, but also in cyberspace and in finance and trade.

  Look around the globe – are there any peaceful areas today, where there isn’t a nation threatening another? You’d be hard-pressed to find one.

  Famine and earthquakes have been around for a long time now – but both have increased with alarming frequency of late – especially the earthquakes

  Now, let’s look at verses 9-13 of Matthew 24:

  “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  Look around this nation – and the world.  The name of Jesus used to be revered, and the Ten Commandments could be found in virtually every town square.

  Not anymore.

  God’s Word, and God Himself, is hated more in this nation – that was founded on the Judeo-Christian heritage – and around the world. In many parts of the world, including parts of Africa and the Middle East – and China – you can be killed for just professing Christ. In China, they’ll send you off to a camp, and harvest your organs for transplant into another person.

  We also see a falling away from the church, of many, who used to profess their love of Christ. Of late, there have been at least three, well known, worship leaders, who have publicly denounced their faith – and at least two, who have started homosexual relationships.

  It’s said that only about 25% of people who call themselves “Christian” – are truly “born again Christians”.

  Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 7:13, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

  What this means is simple – not as many people as you think, will be going to Heaven. Most will be on that broad road – to destruction, and that’s so sad.

  Verses 21-23 emphasize this – Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”

  There will be pastors and evangelists – left behind. Why? Because they were more interested in lining their pockets than the salvation of people.

  Are you beginning to see the picture?

  This is nothing, compared to what’s coming during those seven years. What you see today, is just a snapshot of the horrors to come.

  You don’t want to be here for this – trust me.

  I encourage you to listen to my four-part series on the End Times, which goes into the Tribulation in detail – in everyday language.

  I implore you – meet Jesus now, because you won’t want to live through this.

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• To Whom Are You Bowing?

  Posted at 4:22 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 10, 2020

  

  Let’s get one thing straight from the outset here, I bow down to no person, of any color, race, nationality, sex/gender, etc. The first and second commandment, found in Exodus 20:

  I bow to the one, living, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

  And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. (Exodus 20:1-6)

  The Bible clear – we bow before our creator, and no one, or nothing else!

  But of course, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Jesus Christ, has been taken out of the town square today, and that’s what’s wrong with the world today – lawlessness and godlessness.

  We see this all over the Old and New Testaments. One great example is Solomon.  Some say he’s saved, others – not so much.  Why? Let’s look at 1 Kings, chapter 11, verses 4 through 8:

  For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.

  He was faithful to the one, true, living God, then Satan and Solomon’s hormones got a hold of him – he started fooling around, and marrying women who did not worship God, to the point where he started erecting places of worship to these other gods, such as Ashtoreth – the goddess of fertility (yes, sex was, and is part of their ritual), and Molech, where the death of babies was – and is still – involved today. (Milcom is a variation on Molech, and Chemosh is a variation on Ashtoreth – different names for the same gods, in different countries/regions).

  What did God have to say about what Solomon was doing? Verses 9 through 13:

  And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”

  Yep – God was none too pleased. even after two warnings not to do this, Solomon went and did it anyway. He let his earthly desires (illicit sex) rule his heart, and not God’s desires – His Commandments.

  What does Jesus say? “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” (John 14:21).

  God wants us above all, to be obedient – and when we’re obedient, we’re doing God’s will.

  Today, we see lawlessness all over the place.

  This George Floyd issue – whatever you think about the man himself – no one, and I mean no one, has the right to murder another human being – and I don’t care the color of your skin, or your race.

  However, now you have celebrities, policemen, everyday people, and even members of congress – bowing down before people of color, because a police officer murdered a black man.

  No! This is wrong!

  No man or woman of any color, or race, or ethnicity, is superior to any other. To bow down in the name of making yourself subservient to another is idol worship.

  It’s no better than bowing down to Molech, offering your baby to the god of abortion – or bowing down to Ashtoreth – and committing fornication, or adultery.

  Let’s get something straight right now, and I cannot state it more strongly than this:

  ANYTHING, OR ANY ONE, THAT YOU HOLD IN HIGHER ESTEEM, THAN THE ONE HOLY, AND LIVING GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB – IS IDOL WORSHIP – AND MUST BE EXPUNGED FROM YOUR LIFE!

  If you’re living with someone who is not your legal spouse, you worshiping the idol of Ashtoreth. Sex is your idol – and God will have His way in that relationship. God tears them apart is one form or another. If you’re here – get it right, now!

  Same goes if you’re having sexual relations with anyone who is not your legal spouse! Stop it now, or be prepared for one nasty fall.

  Solomon fell from God’s grace, and although not during his natural lifetime, lost all but one tribe of the kingdom.

  (This is where the disagreement over whether Solomon was saved and in heaven comes in – I’m not taking a position over it here, one way or the other – that’s between Him and God. I would hope that he got things right with God, before he went to “sleep with his fathers”.)

  And there are a whole lot of people out there today who call themselves Christians, who are falling all over themselves, worshiping idols.

  Well guess what?

  • That sports star who’s “taking that knee” – won’t get you into heaven.
  • That celebrity who thinks that they know better than everyone else, can’t save you.
  • Your perfect house and manicured lawn – doesn’t mean squat, without Christ in it.
  • That girlfriend/boyfriend, who pleases you in sinful ways – is leading you to Hell.
  • That great paying job? Money is the root of all evil. Use it wisely, and for God’s glory.

  And above all – the second part of the Greatest Commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.

  That means respect your differences. We respect those of a different skin color, race or ethnicity. We are all one in Christ Jesus.

  That does not mean that you have to tolerate their sin. We do not have to tolerate homosexuality, transgenderism, or anything else that God has deemed abominable in His sight. As Christians, we are to righteously judge sin, and call it out when we see it – with the end result being restoration to the Body of Christ and salvation of the lost.

  God will have His way in idol worship – and He will judge rightly.  He will remove whatever idol you have – one way or another. If you do it willingly, it will go much better for you, but of if God removes it – it will hurt – and the longer you resist – the more it will hurt.

  • Money? Imagine losing it all.
  • Presitige? Imagine being at the bottom, having to climb up all over again.
  • Living together? God will tear it apart.

  These are just but a few examples of how God can work – to establish His rightful place in your life.

  So, don’t bow down to another person – for any reason! They’re no better, and no worse, than you. Bow only to your Creator – who rightly deserves that honor and all of the praise.

   

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• The Kingdom of God, is Closer Than You Think!

  Posted at 12:40 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on May 19, 2020

  

  I’m in a quandary today. I’m hurting inside seeing all of the sin around us, and seeing the signs of Christ’s imminent return in the Rapture of the Church all around us in that sin.

  How many people need salvation?

  How many think they’re saved, but really aren’t?

  How many pastors are going to find themselves “left behind” to wonder, “Why didn’t you take me, Lord? Did I not teach in your name, did I not prophesy in your name? Why didn’t you take me?” Were they really saved to begin with? There are more than a few out there, I’m sure.

  Jesus was clear in Matthew 7:13-14:

  “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

  He’s describing the way to Heaven, and the number of people who will actually make it – aren’t as many as pastors would have us believe.

  The “narrow gate” is the narrow path that we all hear about – doing what is righteous and good in God’s eyes.  The “wide gate” is for those who are not doing what is right in God’s eyes. A lot of people can get through the wide gate – but only a few, can get through the narrow gate.

  This leads me to believe that not everyone who shouts “Lord, Lord” – will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.  In fact, Jesus tells us that too – in verse 21 of Matthew chapter 7, he said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

  So, what’s good and right in God’s eyes? What is the will of the Father?

  Salvation through the shed blood of Jesus – for the remission of sins. You can be forgiven of your sins. John wrote in chapter 3, verses 16-21:

  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

  Pastors stop after the first sentence – the rest of the passage is just as important, and this is where most “sinner’s prayers” fall short.

  When one prays the sinner’s prayer, if there’s not true repentance and true belief, then there’s no salvation. “Just repeat after me…” they say, but if you’re just mouthing the words to feel better, and you don’t truly believe – then you really need to question your salvation.

  The ONLY way to salvation, you must confess your belief that Jesus is LORD, and that He died for our sins, that he was raised from the dead on the third day, and you BELIEVE with all of your heart, you will be saved.

  You are NOT saved by baptism (infant baptism or otherwise), or by doing good works (you can’t earn your way to heaven), or by praying into heaven (there is no mention of reference of purgatory in the Bible). The purchase of Mass Cards (indulgences) don’t cut it either.

  Allah, Buddah, Mohammed can’t help you – nor any other god other than the True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Only HE can save you. Your works are nothing to God. In fact, the prophet Isaiah said as much:

  We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. (Isaiah 64:6)

  This is why Jesus said that not everyone who shouts “Lord, Lord” will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.  There are a lot of pastors, priests and rabbis out there doing just this – trying to be pious, but they’re not saved – and if they’re not saved, they’ll be left behind at the great rapture of the Church.

  The Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans:

  But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. (Romans 10:8-10)

  Are you ready to meet Jesus when He comes? He could come in five minutes, an hour, tonight, tomorrow, He could come at any time – we don’t know when. You’re not promised tomorrow, and if you’re left behind, it will be a chaotic time for everyone.

  You think this Coronovirus garbage is bad? Look at the featured picture of this post. Cars, busses and trains crashing because drivers are gone. Imagine planes falling from the skies because their believing pilots are gone – along with some passengers.

  In the twinking of an eye. 11/100th of a second.

  I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:50-52)

  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

  So, I ask again, are you ready?

   

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• 2 Chronicles 7:14 and COVID-19 – Pastors, Take Note!

  Posted at 8:16 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on April 17, 2020

  

  Every Christian, it seems, is spouting off 2 Chronicles 7:14, as if is the cure for all of our problems. It is – if you read it right, and take it in context.

  Tonight, I was fired up – and I had a mini Bible Study with my wife (and not social distancing either – we were two feet from each other) – about this very verse.

  We turned to 2 Chronicles, chapter 6, which is the set-up for chapter 7.  Here, Solomon is dedicating the newly constructed Temple to God. In his prayer of dedication, which was made in front of the entire nation of Israel – he went point by point.

  Starting in verse 22 of chapter 6: “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.”

  This is where Solomon recognizes – and stresses God’s faithfulness – God judges sin, and rewards righteousness…

  Verse 24: “If your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.”

  If the people are given over to an enemy because they’ve sinned – and then turn and repent, Solomon is asking God to forgive their sin.

  Verse 26: “When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.”

  Solomon starts getting specific now. Here, he addressed drought.  A common occurrence in Israel. Israel is a desert nation, rain falls in the fall and winter months, and if they don’t get enough – drought sets in.

  God promised that if the people didn’t follow the law back then – there would be judgement. This was one of them. Solomon asked God that if they repent, that God teach them how they are to behave – and bring rain.

  Verse 28: “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind, that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.”

  Now, he addresses famine, infestations and disease – again, repentance first, then heal the land. Solomon understood this. (Unfortunately, he forgot this later in his life).

  Do you see how 2 Chronicles 7:14 is being set up?

  Verse 32 addresses those who are not Israelites, but converts – grafted into the vine – so to speak: “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house, hear from heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.”

  The same rules for the Israelites, go for the foreigner – in other words, repent of sin to the one and only God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the sin is forgiven.

  Verse 36, it seems, foretells the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people – and the seventy year capativity: “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity to which they were carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you. Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.”

  Why do I go into this expository look into 2 Chronicles 6 and 7?

  What does 2 Chronicles 7:12-14 say? First, you can’t have verse 14, without beginning in verse 12:

  “Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.  When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

  This is God answering Solomon’s prayer – and it’s the beginning of the answer. God addresses each items that Solomon asked for, with a caveat:

  • Humble themselves – get on their knees and prostrate themselves, lowering themselves before a HOLY GOD,
  • Pray – Ask for forgiveness in a deep, humble and heartfelt way,
  • Seek God’s Face – Look for God’s guidance for corrective behavior,
  • Turn from their wicked ways – Total REPENTANCE.

  There’s the key – REPENTANCE.

  The Hebrew word for Repent is “shuv” (שׁוּב) – meaning to “turn back” or “return” – and the act of repentance is “teshuvah” (תשובה) – meaning “turning back to God” is what Solomon stipulated, and what a Holy God requires.

  Pastors, I said in my title “Take Note” – how many of you are preaching sin and repentance in your sermons? Not many of you. Of the pastors I know, I can count on one hand, ones that pound home repentance before a Holy God.

  Yet, y’all spout off 2 Chronicles 7:14 as if it’s come sort of cure-all… just ask God to heal our land, and like some sort of genie in a bottle – our problems will be taken care of.

  How many of you are preaching against the sin of same-sex marriage, homosexuality and transgenderism? I mean really railing against it? I think I’ve heard one pastor, other than myself do so.

   

  How many of you are preaching against the sin of abortion? The murder of unborn children? I think I’ve heard three, other than myself, do so.

  Here we are – a people – in this world – doing the same things that was done in Abraham and Lot’s day – men sleeping with men, and women sleeping with women – and sacrificing our babies to the god of Molech!

  No wonder God’s allowed this COVID-19 to be unleashed in the world! He’s pissed – and I don’t blame Him.  And His Pastors aren’t doing much about it either!

  We talk about revival – repentance starts with Self-Revival. If pastors want to start revival – they need to examine themselves first – and repent for their own failures – and then get out there, at whatever the cost to his reputation, and start preaching Heaven and Hell, Sin and Repentance!

  We have a state representative here in our area of Pennsylvania – who is also a pastor of a local church. He doesn’t like abortion, but won’t lift a finger in Harrisburg (our capital) to get it restricted. He doesn’t support same sex marriage (he claims), yet again, he won’t lift a finger to keep men out of women’s bathrooms (and vice versa).  It makes me think: What the heck is he preaching to his church?

  This clown is up for re-election.  If he holds the same positions as he did back then – I will have no choice but to actively work to see that he’s defeated. (See my blog post when he ran two years ago here).

  And don’t be blaming it on the separation of church and state either! You either believe that there’s a Holy and Just God that cannot stand – and will judge – sin, or you don’t.  You can’t serve a Holy God – and government – two masters.

  So, what’s it gonna be pastors? Are we gonna start doing our jobs, or answer to a Holy God as to why we didn’t.

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• Are You Lukewarm?

  Posted at 1:26 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on February 10, 2020

  

  My wife Jeannie and I, have for the past several weeks and months, have been noticing the lack of Christian discipline – calling out sin when it needs to be called out – by those who call themselves “Christians”.

  To be honest, it’s been really ticking us off!

  So here goes — some Christian discipline to those of you who may need it.  Don’t think this applies to you? Read on, and if the Holy Spirit convicts you, you need it.

  Let’s start with what God says about the “lukewarm church:

  “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.” (Revelation 3:15-19)

  These, my friends, are the words of God Himself. Let’s look at some Greek here:

  The word “spit” in verse 16, is actually the word emeó, which does not mean spit, it means vomit. The King James uses the term “spew”.

  Why such horrible descriptive language? Well, God was describing the Church at Laodicea.  Six miles from Laodicea, hot springs at Hierapolis brought water that became lukewarm by the time it reached Laodicea. It was contaminated with many minerals, impossible to drink and nauseating. The Laodiceans were lukewarm in spiritual fervor and good works; their lack of commitment is revolting to the Lord, who would have them go one way or the other.

  The Laodiceans were supposedly Christians, but they weren’t on fire for their faith – they could care less how they – or anyone else behaved.

  How sad.

  Let’s look at the ninth chapter of the Book of Ezra.

  Some background first. After the seventy years of captivity, God in all of His goodness, releases the people back to Israel as promised to Daniel. Ezra is sent to teach this new generation how to live, and the law of the land.

  When Ezra gets to Israel he finds that the people did what they were banished for in the first place – intermarrying, and thus, worshiping idols and the gods of their new spouse, instead of the God of Israel.

  Ezra, to say the least, was extremely angry. Ezra 9:3 states:

  As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.

  The Hebrew word for “appalled” in this verse is שָׁמֵם (shamem, pronounced shah-MEM), which means desolated, devastated, laid waste,

  Think of the worst thing that can come from the human body – then fill a room with it. Vile, disgusting, horrible – sounds a little like the Church at Laodicea in Revelation 3. That’s how Ezra felt when he saw this.

  And if Ezra felt this way, can you imagine how God felt?

  He was embarrassed to even pray for the people: Verse 6:

  “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.”

  This is exactly how Jeannie and I are feeling about the sin in this nation and the world today – we’re sickened by it.

  • The corruption in our government
  • The killing of the unborn through abortion
  • The desecration of biblical marriage through homosexuality
  • Transgenderism
  • Worshiping idols
  • False teaching in our churches

  I could go on and on – and so could many of you.

  But so many so-called “christians” don’t see anything wrong with this behavior. They think that if two men want to commit sodomy, then so be it. If two women want to marry and commit unnatural acts with each other – that’s okay. If a man wants to mutilate his body and “become a woman” – then that’s his right.

  In the words of the late Jack Van Impe – BUNK!

  Men are men; women are women; God doesn’t make mistakes – and sex was made to be enjoyed between men and women, properly joined in biblical marriage.

  Remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? There were men who were sleeping with other men! God destroyed those cities with fire and brimstone. Do you think the AIDS virus was some mutation? No! It was a warning shot from God to get things right down here!

  We have people in government who are so corrupt; that to even hear their names so sickens us that we want to scream.  Their deeds are well documented – and yet they still walk free.  The deeds of the Clintons and their “foundation” are well documented – these people belong in prison. The deeds of the Biden family are now coming home to roost – will any of them see the inside of a prison cell? Probably not.

  Government offiicials of BOTH PARTIES, are equally culplable! Congresses of both parties have raided Social Security and Medicare – monies that we paid into as insurance for retirement and old age – to feed their pet projects or to service government debt. This is theft – pure and simple. Trillions of dollars have been stolen from us who paid into this system, just to have it taken away by thieves in Washington – yes, I said THIEVES. Most of these people should be thrown in prison, and a whole new crop installed.

  Why aren’t Christians standing up and saying ENOUGH! to sin? Are you afraid of offending your fellow man? Are you afraid of being called names, like “homophobe” or “racist” or some such other word?

  If Jesus acted in this way – there would be no salvation.

  In John chapter 4, we find the Samaritan woman at the well. Do you honestly think that Jesus landed there by accident? No! He asked her for a drink – to which she obliged. They started having a discussion – something not done – a man and a woman alone. It was a theological discussion.  Jesus knew she was sinning – and he called her out on it. Verses 16-18:

  Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”

  What he said to her was that she’s been married five times, and she was “test driving” potential number 6!  How did He know that? She was astounded, and from that encounter, became the town evangelist telling all who would listen: “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” And in verse 30, They went out of the town and were coming to him.

  In John chapter 8, we find the woman caught in the act of adultery. Although we can see that this was a “set up” to trap Jesus, it was still a sin on the woman’s – and the man’s – part.

  After the pharisees dropped their rocks and left, in verses 10 and 11:

  Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

  Jesus called out the sin, and told her not to do it again.

  In both cases, Jesus wasn’t afraid to tell others of their sin – and neither should we!

  “But,” people say, “who are you to judge me?”

  I’m not judging YOU – I’m calling out your BEHAVIOR!

  The first rule of management – and parenting – is to deal with someone’s actions – their behavior – not the person. This is what Jesus did – he dealt with the behavior.

  Yes, God loves us. But God is also HOLY – and He cannot dwell where there is unholiness. The circular actions of “Sin … ask forgiveness, then do the same sin again – then ask forgiveness” – because you think that because you’re saved, you can get away with that? You’re sorely mistaken!

  1 Corinthians 5:17 says “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” When you become saved, you become a new creation! This means that if you’re unmarried and cohabitating with someone of the opposite gender (there are only TWO genders, after all) – you need to get married, or split up, it’s that simple. If you’re in any sin, you need to repent and ask God to get you right.

  There are many people today who were in the homosexual lifestyle, who are living godly lives today, many with spouses and kids – who have shed that sinful lifestyle (it’s not a choice).

  I wish I had my voice – I’d give my right arm to stand up in front a joint session of Congress, and deliver a hellfire and brimstone sermon about their evils – exhorting them to repent – and turn from their wicked ways. For until they – and the people of this nation do, God will be hard pressed to heal this land (2 Chronicles 7:14).

  So Christian, don’t be afraid to call out sin – yes love them.  To call out sin is to hopefully love them into Heaven.

  To not to do so, is to love them straight to Hell – and you will answer to the Lord God for that one day – and you don’t want that.

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• The Condition of this Nation, and Repentance

  Posted at 6:48 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on October 9, 2019

  

  Today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.  As a Messianic Jew, I recognize Yom Kippur for what it means to Christians – the final, Great White Throne Judgement.

  Starting on Rosh ha’Shanana – the Feast of Trumpets, and continuing ten days unti; Yom Kippur – this period is known as the “Days of Awe”.  During this time, Jews are to perform acts of repentance with others they’ve harmed here on earth. Then on Yom Kippur, they spend all day fasting and abstaining of all things pleasurable, and asking God’s forgiveness for sins committed against God.

  Well, as I look around this nation, yes, even the world, there’s not a whole lot of repenting going on.

  There’s so much corruption in our governments – that to root it out, every single person would need to be fired, and replaced. This goes for the US Congress as well. All 435 House seats, and I believe 33 Senate seats are up for grabs in 2020.  Church, it’s time to clean house of those who are harming this nation.

  The president needs to start vetting those who he surrounds himself with.  There are a few rats in the White House, and they need to be weeded out and tossed out, with security clearances pulled. If that includes the Vice President – and I’ve heard stories – then get rid of him too. If he truly is a believer in the Risen Christ – he needs to repent.

  I use that term Repent a lot – but what do I mean by it?

  The term is derived from the Hebrew word Teshuvah (teh-shu-VAH), which means “to turn”.  Christians constantly refer to 2 Chronicles 7:14, for God to heal our land. There are conditions which need to be met before God will hear from Heaven and heal our land. Let’s look at the text:

  …if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

  First, the verse is a continuation from verse 13, where God is confirming to Solomon that the Temple he just finished is now a house of prayer – and He was telling Solomon that when the people go astray – and when He allows bad things to happen, to get their attention, that they have a place to come – the Temple.

  Second, he lays down the conditions in verse 14, the people must:

  1. Humble themselves – this includes everyone, everywhere.  This includes all believers – including pastors and laypeople – everyone. My wife and I have devotional time each day and we’ve been studying A. W. Tozer on Leadership, and today’s is appropriate here.”If this is a fairly accurate view of things, what can we say then when Christian men vie with one another for place and position? What can we answer when we see them hungrily seeking for praise and honor? How can we excuse that passion for publicity which is so glaringly evident among Christian leaders? What about political ambition in Church circles? What about the fevered palm that is stretched out for more and bigger “love offerings”? What about the shameless egotism among Christians? How can we explain the gross man-worship that habitually blows up one and another popular leader to the size of a colossus? What about the obsequious hand kissing of moneyed men by those purporting to be sound preachers of the gospel?

     “There is only one answer to these questions; it is simply that in these manifestations we see the world and nothing but the world. No passionate profession of love for ‘souls’ can change evil into good. These are the very sins that crucified Jesus.” (The Pursuit of Man, A. W. Tozer, page 126).

     This describes many pastors and leaders today – but also translates into the personal lives of many leaders – not in the church – such as government leaders.  All for power and money,

     So, we must humble ourselves.

  2. Next, we absolutely must pray – and seek God’s face. I truly believe that Evangelical Christians all over the world, are praying for restoration of our lands.  But is praying enough? Is it enough to bring the revival required to turn a nation around? 

     It’s required – absolutely, but in this prayer, we need to repent of our own sin, and the sins of this nation. 

     Show God that it sickens you, and that you repent of the wholesale slaughter of almost 63,000,000 babies since 1973, in the US alone! This is Worship to Molech and God hates idol worship – and the murder of innocents. 

     Show God that you love everyone, but you cannot compromise your faith by condoning same-sex relationship, let alone marriage, or transgenderism.  Boys are Boys, Girls are Girls – one has a “stem on the apple” – the other doesn’t,  God made male and female to “complement” one another – they fit together – for the reproduction of the species. Anything else is of Satan, and God finds it an abomination. It must be repented of – personally, and as a nation.
     

  3. We must turn from our wicked ways. THIS — this is Teshuvah. This is where Jesus came up with the phrase “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit” in Matthew 12:33.
     
     We show that we’ve repented by never doing the wrong things again. 

     – If we’re a thief, we’ve given back what we’ve stolen and vow to never do it again – and show it through your actions. 

     – If we’re battling sexual sin, we break that sin, whether it be homosexuality, adultery, transgenderism, fornication  – whatever, it must be broken, and you must turn from that sinful behavior, and show it through your actions. 

     – If you’re an unmarried couple (of the opposite sex) living together in a sexual relationship – you must get this right.  If you’re committed to each other – get married! If there are children involved – staying unmarried sends a lousy testimony to them – that it’s OK to “test drive” before committing – Get married or break it off!This list is by no means exhaustive – you get the point.  In order for God to know you’re serious about repentance, you must TURN FROM YOUR WICKED WAYS.

      

  4. THEN, AND ONLY THEN – will God hear from heaven, and heal our land.

  See much repenting and turning going on in the world today?  How about our nation, the United States?

  Our president, who I truly believe was elected through an act of God through the prayers of the believers – is being attacked day and night by demonic forces of the opposing party – and even some in his own party – who have no problem sacrificing children at the altar of Moloech (abortion), or legalize and give legitimacy to sexual practices as in the days of Lot (homosexuality).

  They’re doing everything possible to destroy this man, because he’s exposing the corruption in government. He’s upsetting the apple cart – and drying up the cash stream that makes politicians rich.

  Did you ever stop to think how someone who makes $195,000 a year, has two homes (one in their home district, and one in Washington DC), ends up with a net worth in the millions?  Think about that! There is corruption somewhere, and it’s being exposed.

  If we want revival, if we want change, it’s up to Evangelical Christians to take back the country we helped found.  We were founded on Judeo-Christian principles as laid out in the Old and New Testaments.  If you want your land healed – 2 Chronicles 7:14 gives the roadmap – but be prepared to meet all of the conditions laid out.

   

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• How Do We Extricate Ourselves From God’s Judgement?

  Posted at 11:56 am by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on May 19, 2019

  

  Most believers look at 2 Chronicles 7:14 and think that this verse solves all of our problems. This isn’t true, nor is it biblical.

  To understand this verse, we need to look at it in context.

  You see, Solomon just finished building the temple and was dedicating it to the Lord Yahveh.  All of the people were involved – not just Solomon and the priests – everyone.

  Verse 13 is the first part of this sentence, which continues into verse 14. The idea is further solidified in the remainder of the chapter.  Let’s look at verses 13 and 14:

  When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

  It’s clear that God is telling us that He will send judgement on us when we go astray – but, when He does, there is a remedy – and it consists of several parts:

  1. We must Humble ourselves – we must admit that we’re in the wrong and bring ourselves before the King of Kings in all humility.
  2. We must Pray – and Seek God’s Face in our sin, again, in humility.
  3. We must Turn from our Wicked Ways – this is called Repentance. The word “repent” means “to turn from” – therefore, we must repent of the sin – we must turn from it, denounce it, and ask forgiveness from it.

  Then – and only then – will God hear from Heaven, forgive our sin – and heal our land.

  Our nation, and other nations of the world, have been blessed beyond measure.  Yet we have been under increasing judgement.  To read more about that word from the Lord, read my post on how the USA is under judgement here.

  So how do we get out of it? I don’t know if that’s possible anymore. Could God have turned His back on us? Let’s look at Romans 1, starting in verse 18 – where we see the steps God takes before He is just fed up – and turns us over to our own sin, and turns His back on the people.

  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. (Romans 1:18-23)

  This is the first step – people start looking away from God, and turning to idols. Back in the day – the idols were golden calves, statues of animals, and towers to the false gods Baal and Molech.

  Nothings changed today – people are worshiping statues of Buddha, trees, nature, money, possessions – and bowing to false gods such as Allah and Molech.

  We are sacrificing our children at the altar of Molech, just as was done in biblical times. This is being done through child ritual sacrifice (and child trafficking) – and through abortion – where over sixty-one million (61,000,000) children have been slaughtered in the name of “Roe v. Wade” here in the USA alone.

  Just think of how productive these human beings could have been as contributing members of society – but no, we had to allow mothers to choose to kill their babies.

  We as a nation, and as a people, thought we were so smart – but as it says in verse 22. we have become fools. We probably wouldn’t have a Social Security and Medicare problem today, if we had 61,000,000 additional taxpayers in the workforce. But I digress…

  Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. (Romans 1:24-25)

  Paul’s indictment here is that by a wretched exchange human beings came to worship and serve “created things rather than the Creator.” They have wholly rid themselves of God by substituting other objects in his place. This should be sufficient to banish the notion that the practice of idolatry is simply using a man-made image or false god in order to worship God. Contemplating this abysmal betrayal, Paul can’t resist an outburst to counteract it. The Creator “is forever praised.” God’s glory remains, even though unacknowledged by many of his creatures. (Expositor’s Bible Commentary [Abridged Edition]: New Testament)

  We’ve dishonored ourselves by serving false gods and worshiping idols – it’s that simple!

  For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. (Romans 1:26-27)

  The next phase, we see today – and it’s “in your face”…

  • Homosexuality
  • Lesbianism
  • Transgenderism
  • Same-sex marriage

  Note that there is a connection between the first and second phases. Given that people have started worshiping their own deities – gods – they were now free to follow their own sinful passions.

  Paul is showing the unnatural relations of men with men, women with women.  This type of perversion has no counterpart anywhere in the animal kingdom – it’s purely made from human imagination.

  And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. (Romans 1:28-32)

  What’s a “debased” (or in some translations, “depraved”) mind? Well, in this case, people just gave up on God, and He gave up on the people.

  Think of it this way, it is God’s function to judge, but people have usurped that prerogative in order to sit in judgment on him and dismiss him from their lives.

  Look at that list of sins! They’re all around us today – and many of them are prominent in our government!

  That last verse – verse 32: Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them – – we see this in society today! People are given permission to act in this way! Many of our politicians are doing it!

  Sexual perversion? Fornication? Adultery? All approved by our leaders – because many of them are doing it! We have a man running for president who is a sodomite – and has married, and sleeps with – another man!

  Has God turned His back on us? He sure has a reason to!

  Getting back to 2 Chronicles, chapter 7…

  “But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’” (2 Chronicles 7:19-22)

  Here’s the caveat about the “healing of the land” – if you turn away from the True and Living God – he will take the land away and bring disaster on the people.

  So – if there’s any chance – any chance at all that we find favor with God as a nation – and receive future blessings – we need to humble ourselves, and admit that as a people, we have sinned, then we must collectively – as a people – go to God (not Allah, not Buddha, not idols – but the true and living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) and seek forgiveness for the sins of the nation. Then we must turn away from these sins, to never repeat them.

  I truly believe that we true believers are doing just this. But we see the judgement in states like California, New York and Illinois – with more jurisdictions to come – if people don’t come to their senses!

  Repent – for there isn’t much time before Christ comes for His bride (that’s us, His believers, folks) – if you haven’t accepted Christ as your personal savior – today is the day, for you are not promised tomorrow.

  Don’t get caught in judgement – repent of your sin – Christ died for your sins – all of them, no matter how bad. You just need to Acknowledge your sin – admit that you are a sinner, then ask Jesus to save you and forgive your sin.

  Do it – Do it today!

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• We Are In The Midst of Judgement

  Posted at 4:43 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on May 2, 2019

  

  First off, let me ask you a question: What is a Prophet? What is the job of a Prophet?

  Miriam Webster defines a prophet as one who foretells future events, a predictor – biblically, this is wrong. They do have one definition that is correct however, and that is “one regarded by a group of followers as the final authoritative revealer of God’s will.”

  The prophets in the Bible did one thing – they revealed what God had told them. If the people did what was right, they would be blessed, if they didn’t, they would be cursed and judgement would fall upon them.

  How many times do we read in the Bible, that when the people “did what was evil in the sight of the Lord” – stuff happened.

  Well folks, as it is today.

  The United States has been blessed by God beyond belief in its short history. We were founded on Judeo-Christian principles, we taught God in schools, we had prayer in the classrooms. The nation prospered through the years.

  Then we started acting stupid, just like the Israelites in the Bible. We did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.I received a revelation earlier this week – could it be that all of these illegal aliens invading our country’s borders, be a judgement? Could this be like the locusts that invaded Egypt before Pharaoh let the Hebrews out of slavery? I wrote on Facebook, the following:

  Just prior to the first Passover in Egypt, there was a judgement of locusts, such consume everything in their paths.

  Could it be, that the invasion of illegal immigrants, consuming all sorts of resources – natural and financial – be a judgement of God on the USA? Could these be our locusts?

  We deserve this judgement, we deserve worse – Yahveh – the Father – is truly grieved, between the worship of Molech (the killing of the unborn), and as in the days of Noah, eating, drinking and making merry.

  It’s time to repent people. We need to repent for ourselves and for the sin of our nation. If you don’t know Yeshua ha’Mashiach – Jesus, the Messiah – as your savior, repent of your sin and ask Him into your life today – you are not promised tomorrow!

  This morning, when my wife and I came together in prayer and devotions, I asked the Lord, “if this is true, if we are in indeed in judgement, please confirm it and give me the words to give your people. Use me as your prophet to tell the people to repent, and that You again, may bless this nation.”No sooner than this prayer was concluded, that I was taken to the sixth chapter of Judges, where the hoardes of people of Midian oppress Israel. Let’s look at the text – and see the similarities to today.

  The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the Lord. (Judges 6:1-6 ESV)

  Starting with the very first verse – the people did what was evil in the sight of the Lord – and God judged by giving the nation into the hand of Midian for seven years. Today, we have this evil all around us.

  • We are worshiping at the altar of Baal and Molech by sacrificing our unborn
     children through abortion.  Over 61,000,000 – that’s 61

    million – children sacrificed in the US alone since the passing of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Do you think this is pleasing in God’s sight? I think not!

  • We are worshiping at the altar of Baal by giving into the lusts of our flesh, by fornicating and committing adultery – leading to that first one many times! God said “Don’t commit adultery” – He meant it!
  • We are trying to play God by redefining what God gave us in terms of marriage, gender, and procreation.
    • Hey – it’s OK for men to marry men, and women to marry women.  We have a candidate for president who has married another man! How can this man lead morally? He can’t!
    • Hey – it’s OK to “identify” as another gender – today, I’m a man, tomorrow, I’m a woman. or no gender at all!
    • Hey – it’s OK to sleep with someone the same gender and share bodily fluids! Power to the Queer! Gay Pride! No – It’s an abomination to the Lord!

  Gettting back to the text, For seven years, the hoards of people would invade Israel, and take of their harvest.

  Well heck people, we have hoards of people from other nations invading our borders. taking of our resources, bleeding our treasury dry! They’re bringing pestilence and disease to our nation. 

  Measles – once eradicated, is now an epidemic along the border.  This, along with syphilis. dysentery, and other diseases. What’s next, smallpox? 

  And our government does nothing to combat this – in fact, they celebrate the very sins that God is judging!

  Ask any democrat candidate about a sin, they celebrate it!

  • Abortion: Yes, it must be allowed up to the moment of birth – and even after, if the child isn’t wanted.
  • Homosexuality: Celebrate the gay lifestyle – allow same sex marriage
  • Transgenderism: Let boys who “identify” as girls – use the girl’s bathroom facilities – and vice versa.

  And all of this is to be celebrated by all – lest you be labelled a bigot, a homophobe, a racist, etc. 

  All of this is sin! 

  Back to our text – verse 5: “… they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in.”

  We’re being invaded – just like locusts – aren’t we?

  What do we do?  We must repent as a nation – for the sins of this nation.

  Our leaders must repeal Roe v. Wade – and make abortion illegal!

  We, as a nation, must resurrect sodomy law and outlaw homosexuality.

  We, as a nation, must stand up to the politically correct crowd and declare that transgenderism is a mental disorder – and never permit boys in girl’s bathroom or girls in boy’s bathrooms.

  We must get to the bottom of the corruption in government, root it out.

  Then, repent as a nation.

  Will it happen? Unfortunately – I don’t think so, but until we repent as a nation – which means to turn from our sin – God will continue to bring judgement on this nation.

  Verses 7 and 8: When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites, the Lord sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:…”

  This is where I come in – I am your prophet – and I’m telling all of you, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel – You must repent as a nation of your sins! You must turn away from the sin of Abortion, Homosexuality and Transgenderism. You must clean house in your government and bring in godly people to bring stability back to this nation.

  That’s the job of a prophet. It’s to give God’s Word, and give people a choice – do what’s right and be blessed – or do evil in the sight of the Lord and be judged.

  What’s it gonna be America? 

  Turn back to God!

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• God Must Be Pissed Off!

  Posted at 4:05 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on March 1, 2019

  

  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6 KJV

  I don’t care your political affiliation. I don’t care if you’re black, white, yellow, red, or purple with pink polka dots. I don’t care if you’re straight or gay. I don’t care if you’re a man or a woman…

  IF YOU THINK THE TAKING OF AN INNOCENT LIFE THROUGH INTENTIONAL KILLING IS ACCEPTABLE, YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT YOUR CONSCIENCE!

  I yell this because I know that if I’m affected in this way – mourning for the senseless loss of life – then God must really be offended.

  The sixth commandment is, translated directly from the Hebrew is shown here – in Hebrew, we say lo teer-TZAK which literally means Not – shall you murder. Hebrew syntax uses the negative before the action, to denote that you shouldn’t do perform the action.

  Note also that the commandment isn’t “Thou shall not kill” – it’s “don’t murder” – there’s a difference!

  God allows for some killing – for example, in a justifiable war, or for self defense. If someone were to break into my home with intent on harming my family, I would be totally justified to use my 9mm Glock and send this person to meet his or her maker. Likewise, if I’m delivering a sermon in a church, and someone comes in intent on murdering those attending, I would, as the shepherd of the flock, be justified in taking that person out and killing them. That’ not murder. (See my article here on God’s view on Self Defense and Firearms)

  The biblical definition of murder is different that Miriam Webster’s.  The biblical definition is the intentional taking of a life without justification or with malice. Miriam Webster’s adds the word unlawful – hence, the rub.

  Man says that it’s okay to kill a fetus in the womb, because it’s not a person – it’s merely a clump of cells, or it’s not viable – (unable to live outside of the womb). The law hasn’t caught up with the fact that at conception, that life became a separate and distinct life.

  It’s not a woman’s right to choose – it’s not her body – it’s the body of another living human being – a person. She – or her doctor – should not have the right to take that life without justification.

  Over 60,000,000 lives have been taken since the United States made abortion legal.  The argument was to make it “Safe but Rare”…. Well, it may be safer than it was, but it’s certainly not rare.

  Over 97% of all abortions performed, were due to what I call “the oops factor” …

  • Oops, I forgot to take my birth control pill
  • Oops, we got too passionate, too fast

  In other words, men and women couldn’t control themselves.

  Actions – have consequences – and abortion should never be the cure for those consequences.

  What about rape? Only 6/10 of 1% (0.6%) of all abortions, are due to rape. The life of the mother? 2.8%. I’m sorry – there’s no excuse for abortion on demand as we have in the United States.

  Where do I get my statistics? See this site (The Alan Guttmacher Institute studies), where you can see them broken down quite nicely.

  And I truly believe that God will have His judgment on those states that continue to allow the wholesale slaughter of our children – the mass sacrifice to Molech – for the sake of convenience.

  Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  “Again, you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who [a]dwell in Israel, who gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.  I will set My face against that man, and will [b]cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name. And if the people of the land should in any way [c]hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him, then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech.

  (Leviticus 20:1-5 NKJV)

  God will judge – and now we have states that are legalizing the killing of children up to – and in some case – immediately after birth? God’s going to have His way. You see the penalties laid out in the Bible in Leviticus above.

  Do you think that New York, Illinois and California are having fiscal problems, because they’re inept? Do you think that weather conditions in Washington state – and fires in California – are a product of so-called climate change?

  No – God’s trying to get the attention of people – and get them to repent!

  And unless they do so, and soon – judgment will be coming – and it won’t be pretty.

   

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