I hope these series of songs bless you. I've heard each song in the past but they never stuck like they did this week. The lyrics are uplifting and true. Thanks Lord for faithful ministers of music that glorify you and proclaim the truth and love that is only found in Jesus Christ!

• But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. Romans 11:6
• But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
• And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14
• Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Romans 3:24
• For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. Romans 6:14
• For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8-9
• Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32

GOD'S HANDIWORK:

Before you read this blog please listen to this awesome song:

http://youtu.be/ewvcCT3yYnk

As we place our trust in God he hides from us the glory that he is producing in us for himself..... so that he gets all the glory. That means right now God is doing something bigger than you through you...unbeknownst to you. Do you trust that God is doing that or can do that? No wonder he says when we are the weakest he is the strongest. The revealing ceremony for God's glory will be truly awesome! I can't wait to see what God has done through you for his eternal purpose and for his glory! We're all going to be surprised and amazed at his handiwork! Wherever you are at it is no accident and God is not surprised. Good or bad. Did you once love Jesus well? Well, he has never stopped loving you perfectly! Have you never loved Jesus? Well, he died for you even while you were in the act of sinning. You can trust that because of all he has been through for you. See those wounds of his? 

 

Believe it! Those wounds of Jesus are yours.... and he is humbly and passionately thinking of you at every scourge, mock, piercing, blow, humiliation, at every shameful moment. He is Gladly, Lovingly, Passionately taking His Father's Justice for your sins. Even if you have wandered away from God he has not wondered away from you! Even if you have never trusted in Jesus he is calling you now to do so. Do you feel your heart is too hard for God?  Well, maybe he has just prepared you to be perfectly broken so that he can start shining in your life. 

As a loving warning, not trusting in God is sin. It is prideful sin. Amazingly, these two things, unbelief and pride, keep us from receiving what God took drastic measures to give us... His eternal salvation....his Son. Our sin does not bring glory to God. The prideful weak person is still weak. The humble weak person trusting in God is strong in God's strength alone. Run back to Jesus or run to him for the first time in faith. Repentance is a gift from God. Cry out to Him to help you turn from pride and unbelief and he will give you a new heart.

                                        

Because there is only one true character, and there is only one real way to live God says come to me and I will give you my rest, my life, my character, my perfection, my Holiness. Because all men are like withering grass, and all have turned away from God to their own way we are starving and dead without trusting in Christ. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. The beauty of the cross is that you can come just as you are no matter where you are and Jesus will forgive you. This is the Good News about Jesus. I love you and am praying for the faith that pleases God to be born in you. "And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him." Hebrews 11:6

Jesus Rose from the Grave after he died for you and I. He is alive and is coming back soon. He is the powerful King of Kings and Lord of Lords and the keys to death and Hades are his! Jesus says, " I am the Living One. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades." Revelation 1:18 

 

Check out these other verses from the Bible:

·   And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6

·   And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:15

·   But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9

·   But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 

·   16“For God so loved the world,ⁱ that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.18Whoever 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. 19And 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. 20For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21But 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.” John 3:16-21

·   but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

·   For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Matthew 23:12

·   Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10

·   A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor. Proverbs 29:23

·   Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar. Psalm 138:6

·   But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6

·   The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17

·   The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Psalm 34:18

·   The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18

·   For this is what the high and lofty One says--he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. Isaiah 57:15

·   For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. 2 Corinthians 7:10

·   Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

·   In him was life, and that life was the light of men. John 1:4

·   For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17

·   The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 2 Peter 3:9

·   Isaiah 53: Who has believed what he has heard from us?^a
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected^b by men;
a man of sorrows,^c and acquainted with^d grief;^e
and as one from whom men hide their faces^f
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;^g
when his soul makes^h an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall seeⁱ and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,^j
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,^k
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Love In Christ,

Hank

Your Answer!

Jesus is the most powerful! He is greater then your need for water! And your need for food! And your need for shelter! He is more important than your family, and children! He is so significant! Jesus is the very essence of life itself! He is the only source of life! He IS LITERALLY LIFE. This is the BIG DEAL about Jesus Christ. He said it about himself, "I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father unless they come through me. "

When you die if Jesus is not in you or in other words if his Holy Spirit is not in you ....you will not live forever with him. You will be dead forever and separated from Him (God) for eternity. Jesus is the only option for eternal life after this earthly material life. Think that through. If Jesus is not in you now you are NOT REALLY ALIVE right now. Even though you are physically "living" you are spiritually dead and when you die you will be spiritually dead forever. Don't you want to be spiritually alive? Physical life is +/- 75yrs........

You are dead because your sin is separating you from God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit Himself. The One True God who IS LOVE; who is HOLY and different; set apart, is turning his face away from your SINFUL STATE of being, mind, behavior. He is rejecting the essence of who you are which is SIN. BUT he wants to shine his face upon you!! In contrast, the essence of God is Righteous, Holy and True, Just, Love. He is a Consuming Fire. Perfect. And he gave humanity His Law in the Torah to prove he is different in these ways. The Ten Commandments are a BIG DEAL. God has always protected us from ourselves. Our sinful way. He protected first through the law which will always be good. But because we can not do the law or fulfill the law of God perfectly he chose to protect or save us through a better way then the law. Loved One! God loves you so much that he wants to remove your sin for you. He wants to remove the stain that lying, stealing, sexual sins, pride, anger, gossip, (name your sins) has left and replace it with clean garments that are white as snow. The only way to do that is to give up himself for you. And he did through Jesus His Son.

Look at this verse:

Romans 3:21-22

Christ Took Your Punishment

21 But now God has shown you a way to be made right with him without
keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings
of Moses and the prophets long ago. 22 You are made right with God by
placing your faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who
believes, no matter who they are.

That verse is the bottom line truth and Jesus is your answer. Jesus is not just another man. He is God and he gave up his life willingly for you because he loves you. Jesus is the only one who died to fulfill God's Justice in your place. If you want to be made right with God right now you can! Do the following and have Jesus defend you when you stand before God on Judgement Day.

1. Admit you are the problem. A Sinner.
2. Believe in Jesus Christ that He alone is God's solution to your problem. Believe, that by living perfect and sinless on earth Jesus is the perfect and only sacrifice needed to cover your sins. Believe that by dieing, Jesus fulfilled Gods Justice for all your wrongdoing once and for all. Believe, that by raising from the dead Jesus conquered death and you can now live in Christ spiritually, physically, emotionally free forever. 
3. Confess that Jesus is God. Your Loving Creator, Savior and King. Confess that you are a sinner and ask Jesus to personally cleanse you from all your unrighteousness. Confess to Jesus alone, wherever you are (He will hear you), that you want him to remove your sins and to be the Lord and Savior of your soul forever. Confess that you place all your trust in His finished work on the cross for you and that you repent ( turn and walk away from your sinning behaviors and thoughts) of your current lifestyle of sin. Confess that you will live in the grace and mercy and love of God and not make your new faith a legalistic man centered religion.

If you do this Jesus will respond to you personally through his Holy Spirit. And he will provide for you and bless you because you have become his child! Praise God! Go buy a Bible and start reading Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These are the Gospels that share the good news about Jesus. Seek Jesus through prayer and find a good church where you can meet people who love the Lord and are seeking him and conforming to his image. Gen 1:26.

You are meant to know God personally.

Nothing is more important than this.

You are meant to be in heaven worshipping, praising and enjoying Jesus forever.

Much love,

Hank

The Bride Groom Cometh!!!!!

It's amazing how close the REALITY of being with Jesus is! So close you may have a checks and balances going on inside of you.....back and forth we go ........."Really!.. now.... could it really be? and then ..........Excited nervousness realizing we could stand before our Lord........... then............"NO WAY he will tarry. It can't be now. No one knows the day or hour not even Jesus" ...........then......." it is so possible. Look at all the signs!" Back and forth we go.



Nevertheless, if you are WATCHING for Jesus as Jesus has commanded (Luke 12:38, Matthew 26:40, Matthew 25:13, Mark 13:34, Galatians 6:1, etc) you probably have an amazing sense that this could very well be the last few ________ we are in these tents. Filling the blank with "years", "months", or "days" causes people to have different reactions, BUT is it really CRAZY to say that we can't rule out days and months, especially if you are watching for Jesus?


Are you aware of how things are merging and how God's moeds (appointed times / Feast Days) work according to HIS timeline, and how he speaks to us through times and seasons, the stars, the moon, the sun? Do you see the geopolitical and religious fronts imploding and standing against Israel? Do you realize that that there is a huge gap between the Bride of Christ and the False Apostate Church? Do you knoe the parable of the good fish and bad fish? Can you factor in the moral decline of the world and its universal cry for a false peace to save it rather then Jesus Christ Himself? Do you know the UN is voting Sept 20 on something very important? Do you know Sept 21 is world "peace day"? Can you discern the times like the Sons of Issachar did in 1 Chronicles 12:32? Do you know the sign in Rev 12 is being fulfilled Sept 30th? Do you know The Feast of Trumpets is Sept 29th or 30th? Can you discern the jubilee years of Israel? do you know...............that there are even more things on this earth and in the heavens and in the spiritual realm aligning that if you knew you would be left stunned and amazed and have a hard time believing?


As we know, our God is a God of order, he is a God who reveals his mysteries to those who watch and seek for him. As the Bride of Christ, we believe the rapture could happen anytime right? We say this and agree as most Born Again Christians do, but interestingly not all Born Again Christians seek Jesus the same, not all are fully open or comfortable with all that Jesus wants to give them in scripture. I believe Jesus wants us to know his mysteries ..........which is simply an outcome of having intimacy with him. He is so gracious and kind and merciful to invite us to seek him in a special way as shown in Jeremiah 33:3 , and we see references throughout the word that mysteries can be known, seasons can be understood, times can be discerned: Romans 11:25, Eph 5:32, Col 1:26, Eph 3:3,4, Rev 10:7, Dan 2:19, 1 Thess 5:2,4 etc.


When I learned that the Feast of Trumptets is actually known as "The Feast that no one knows the day or the hour of its arrival" I was amazed. It left me asking, "Do we really know what Jesus was refering to in Mark 13:32 and Matthew 24:36?". Was he alluding to something more? I would never say that a certain date is when Jesus is coming or the rapture is happening. But I would definitly say that we can know the season of his coming for us in connection to Moeds, signs in the heavens, and on earth, according to Matthew 24. We are indeed in that season now! The time of the Bride's Harpazo is emminant, the time of Jacob's trouble is emminant. Things are not how they have always been! Iran has never been in alliance with Russia as they are today, for example. Triads and Tetrads of Lunar eclipses and Solar eclipses are declaring God's Glory. Consider that Israel and the Nations are ripe for judgement.


Dear family in Christ, don't rule out that it could possibly be days and months for our Harpazo (Rapture) unto Christ!


Consider that:


Peter Rebukes those who scoff at the coming of the Lord whether it be the Rapture of the Church or the Day of the Lord.


1This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, 3knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, 6and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.8But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,a not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodiesb will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.c11Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:1-13


God keeps some things hidden until they are needed to be known.


"And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand." Dan 12:9-10"


"...who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:5"


"For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 1 Thessalonians 5:2,4",


"Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Habakkuk 2:2"


Some details in scripture have not made sense until enough revelation occurred. For instance, Jesus' words in Matthew 24 (and Luke 17) about some people being taken and others left could not be understood from the time the concept of the Rapture was forgotten in the fourth century until it was revealed again in the latter days.


"For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took [Airo - remove] them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken [Paralambano - take to join with a companion] and the other left [Aphiemi - abandon, disregard, divorce]. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken [Paralambano] and the other left [Aphiemi]. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew 24:39-44"


Jesus rebuked the religious leaders who had the knowledge of the scriptures for not knowing the time of His first visitation or the signs of the times. He would not have rebuked them for something they could not have known.


"Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, "If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation." Luke 19:41-44"


1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2He answered them,a “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 4An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed. Matthew 16: 1-4


Will He rebuke believers for not knowing the time of His second coming and for not being trimmed with Oil in their lamps? You can count on it!


1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers,a you have no need to have anything written to you. 2For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5For you are all childrenb of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10
38Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38


1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lampsa and went to meet the bridegroom.b 2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Matthew 25:1-13


So many signs are aligning or are already aligned that a midnight cry is about to sound (we do not know if it is days, months, or years out) but it is very possible it could be days and your lamps best be trimmed with oil. It is the Lord Jesus himself who warned us to be ready. How do you get ready? Repent of your sins. Stop sinning intentionally! When you sin repent immediately. Seek Jesus' Face. Fix your eyes on Jesus.


If the Lord tarries (he does not wish that any shoudl perish but that all come to him through Jesus Christ), we will continue to become more excited for him, share the gospel with the lost and stand firm amidst persecution and troubling times. We will see amazing things and NOT BE SHAKEN. We will be able to discern the evil that's been twisted into "good" . Praise God! We will be sovereignly provided for by God. We will share our belongings, our homes, we will meet often together singing, praying and having communion together. We might die together in these bodies as we testify to Christ in a hostile world toward Christ. We are not destined for God's wrath and that fact alone strengthens our faith that the rapture is eminant.


Understand that WATCHING for Jesus is more of a heart condition that is excited to be with him and for others to be with him for eternity.

God Bless you,
Hank

Lingering, Disobedience and Salty Pillars


For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. 2 Corinthians 7:10

We read this in church last night in connection to Matthew 5 where we are the salt of the earth, and how salt can lose it's saltiness.....I am amazed at how far God's Mercy towards Lot and his family went, and also how Lot's wife chose not to obey in that mercy. The men even seized Lot in his lingering!! Why do we linger when God commands us to do something that will save our life? Why did Lot's wife want to look back? I am praying that we do not have a lingering disobedient heart like Lot and his wife. The Day of The Lord is near  and God is GOOD,SERIOUS,JUDGEMENTAL,MERCIFUL,LOVING,RIGHTEOUS, and PATIENT all at the same time.


Genesis 19

15As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” 16But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” ... 24Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 25And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

WARNING SIGNS- WILL YOU GIVE ATTENTION TO GOD?

Please pray that the world will NOT push against Israel. Much of the world's chaos and judgement is coming due to it's opposition to God and his redemptive plan for Israel which is part of his bigger redemptive plan for everyone and everything. God's word is very clear about it

• “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him (Jesus Christ-Yeshua Ha-Maschiac) whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn." Zechariah 12:10

Is God's redemption not the single most important issue to face our individual souls, communities, and the nations? and we run from and deny it........we rebel against it????

• "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son (Jesus Christ-Yeshua Ha-Maschiac), that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

Has anything made you weep lately? How about bitter weeping? Have you ever cried over and mourned the loss of your child or someone so connected to you that it impacted your physicality and emotions to the point that you could do or think nothing? If so you KNOW the all consuming power that love and grief and sorrow and longing can have over you. If not, you can at least KNOW this by watching others grieve who long for their LOVED ONE to be near again. We watch from afar the devastation in Japan and do we feel their pain? We must if we are really alive in our spirit! Are we immune to the same devastation in our land? No and we ought to humble ourselves and seek God for his will and guidance in these times.

The all consuming power that love and grief and sorrow and longing bring when losing a loved one is the same motivation and meaning behind the seriousness and critical nature of God's desire to redeem you and all the people and nations in the world. God is so serious about your Life and Death because they are eternal forever statuses. He cannot bear to lose you to your sin nature forever, and so he did something to save you. The question is will you respond? We need to see things in the right perspective or we are lost. God allows our axis to shift and he allows earthquakes to rock this world. He allows molten ash and solar flares to burn this earth away. He is not causing it he is allowing it.

Will we give God our attention?

God's words are true. Those are the words that are in his BIBLE. God has per se been screaming at everyone for centuries to wake up because these things are inevitably coming upon the world. His message is that NO ONE is innocent. NO ONE is good. NOT ONE. All are sinners and turn away and fall short of the glory of God. And there are many different consequences to this. Ultimately, the wages of sin is death....eternal separation from God which is in a literal Hell. How foolish of us if we disregard this warning from the loving and holy God and blame him for such devastations in the world! As if it is his fault people are dying because of tsunamis and earthquakes and famines. We say well only God can stop an earthquake from happening therefore he can prevent the death. This is true but we must not blame God if it happens because in actuality he is lovingly warning us of the inevitable consequences of sin in our lives and of the world. There is a critical more important perspective at play here that God is emphasizing.

• "For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now." Romans 8:22


• "Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come." Matthew 24:7,8


• "Those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” Luke 13: 4,5

Where is God's love in all this? I beg your attention friend! God's love is so great and he has already done what is necessary to save the world and you from your guilty sinful nature. Instead of getting mad at God, or becoming afraid of him, or ignoring the issue humbly begin to consider the words of God about his son Jesus. Listen to the Holy Spirit who convicts you of your sin while at the same time giving you hope by pointing to Jesus and his sole purpose for coming to this earth. This is not hard. The only thing that makes it hard is the pride of life. If you are wanting to know God and this salvation he provided for you through Jesus Christ then ask for grace and mercy from God so that you can begin to hear and see it.

• The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both. Proverbs 20:12


• Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Mark 4:9

Dear friend this is the good news! Jesus came, he died and he rose again for us! That means you personally!

• "Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus." Acts 8:35


• "Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:11-21


• The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth." Psalm 145:18

This is important and there is nothing more important then for you to hear this good news and for you to confess your sin to Jesus, repent and turn from your sins and believe that Jesus died and rose again for you. Don't delay. God has warned what is going to happen in the future and we are starting to see what the warning is all about. The warning is repent from your sin for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

• "On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it." Zechariah 12:3


• "Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you." Numbers 24:9


• On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness." Zechariah 12:4

Is the quake in Japan a signal to the world to stop putting pressure on Israel?

I am amazed, yet again, of how this quake near Japan is falling in line with reoccurring patterns. Patterns that follow when anyone or any nation is willing to condemn Israel's right to exist, or their right to their land, or their right to build on their own land, or put any pressure on them to divide their land.

I just watch and sometimes can't believe the consistency of these patterns over the past number of years. The same thing happened to Australia recently. Our hurricane Katrina was connected to these kinds of pressures on Israel.

I was unaware of these stances of Japan's Official Government position toward Israel prior to the earthquake and right up to the very day of the earthquake.

January 11, 2011:


Statement by Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, condemns the demolishing of a part of the Shepherd’s Hotel in E. Jerusalem to construct housing for Jewish people
Japan condemns the demolishing of a part of the Shepherd’s Hotel in East Jerusalem with a view to constructing new housing units for Jewish people.
 Japan does not recognize any unilateral measures that prejudge the final resolution on pre-1967 borders, nor does Japan recognize the annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel. In this regard, Japan urges Israel to refrain from any unilateral act that could change the existing conditions of East Jerusalem. Yutaka Iimura, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, who was in Israel, has already informed Israeli Government officials of Japanese views.
 Japan once again strongly encourages both the Israel and the Palestinian sides to focus on the goal of a two-state solution, which is important not only for the Middle East but also for the international community as a whole; to act in such a way that mutual trust will be developed; and to continue efforts for peace tenaciously.
February 8, 2011:


Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on measures by Israel on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Japan welcomes the series of economic measures announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Quartet Representative Tony Blair on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Japan hopes that based on this announcement, measures will be fully and promptly implemented for economic growth as well as for the improvement of the social and living conditions in the Palestinian territories, particularly the Gaza Strip. Japan will pay close attention to any developments surrounding this matter. Japan also hopes that these measures will enhance the mutual trust between the Israeli and Palestinian sides, although they are not a substitute for negotiations for Middle East peace. Japan, for its part, calls upon both parties to exert further efforts for the resumption of peace negotiations.
February 10, 2011:


Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Japan, concerned over housing in E. Jerusalem for Jewish people

The Government of Japan is concerned about the Jerusalem municipal planning committee’s approval of a plan to build housing units for Jewish people in the Sheih Jarrah of East Jerusalem. Such act goes against the efforts by the international community to resume the negotiations. The Government of Japan does not recognize any act that prejudges the final status of the territories in the pre-1967 borders nor Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem. Japan urges Israel to refrain from any unilateral act that the current situation in East Jerusalem.
March 11, 2010:


Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan deplores the decisions of the Government of Israel to give permission to construct in East Jerusalem and the West Bank

The Government of Japan deplores the decisions of the Government of Israel to give permission for the construction of 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem in addition to 112 units in West Bank just after the Israeli and Palestinian leadership’s acceptance of the start of indirect talks. The Government of Japan does not recognize any act that prejudges the final status of Jerusalem and the territories in the pre-1967 borders

March 11, 2011:


Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis by 4 inches

With Love,
Hank

"In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father's will that even one of these little ones should perish." Matthew 18:14
"The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent." 2 Peter 3:9

LIFE IS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD

Things are going to come to pass in the next number of years that will challenge all of us, and I want to encourage you in your relationship with Jesus Christ until that option is not possible. It says in Acts 4:12 : "There is salvation in no one else but Jesus Christ! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved." I hope that you will open your hearts to Jesus in a sincere way this 2011 and receive the salvation he offers you from your sins. At least begin to seek him with all your heart like you would a treasure. You may not see the treasure in him now but I will testify to that for you until you find out for yourself. As much as I am hopeful that this new year will bring much good I am also aware of what the bible speaks about that is truly sobering and inevitable and we are getting closer and closer to the Day of the Lord: That day spoken of in the bible in many places and also Zephaniah 1:14- ""That terrible day of the LORD is near. Swiftly it comes--a day of bitter tears, a day when even strong men will cry out." God's judgement towards the unrepentant is getting closer. No one likes to discuss the reality of God's wrath because it is not a fun topic. This is understandable but it should be understood. God hates evil and because He is Just he must deal with it. We are living in a time when man is beginning to disregard, spurn and even defy God and His ways and commands WITHOUT FEAR or SHAME. The examples are endless, and these evidences should be enough to cause a man to believe in what Jesus warned of in Matthew 24. Anyone who not only has a conscience aware of the difference between what is good and evil but is also concerned about the shift away from honoring and giving glory to God can see Jesus' warning coming to pass. Matthew 24 is inevitable and it is not a secret. Everyone should begin to look into what Jesus warned us of because He does not want ANYONe to be caught off guard or deceived or to perish in their sins. More than anything, the Lord loves you more than you can ever really know, AND you can get a glimpse of how much he loves you by what he did on the cross for you. Putting your trust in Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach the Jewish Messiah and following him is more important now than ever before. I pray for your sincere love for Jesus to blossom in 2011. Remember, LIFE is between you and God. This LIFE is JESUS CHRIST. God bless you!


Please visit this link to see a timeline of significant events and cycles between 2011-2019 http://watch.org/showart.php3?idx=129114&rtn=%2Findex.html&showsubj=1&mcat=1

Matthew 24:
Signs of Christ’s Return

1Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”3As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”4And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. 5“For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. 6“You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8“But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
9“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10“At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. 11“Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 12“Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. 13“But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Perilous Times

15“Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17“Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18“Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 19“But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20“But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21“For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22“Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. 23“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him. 24“For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. 25“Behold, I have told you in advance. 26“So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. 27“For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28“Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

The Glorious Return

29“But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30“And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. 31“And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree

32“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. 34“Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.36“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38“For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40“Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41“Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

42“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. 43“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44“For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.45“Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46“Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 47“Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48“But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.