Let us prepare ourselves for the Day of Atonement to be certain
we are in position to receive God’s protection and provision.
If you are a listener to my podcast (and I certainly hope you are!) then you know each week I seek the Lord to help us understand world events, God’s plan and our place in it. Prophetically God has repeatedly said times would get far worse before they get better and He has given us countless reasons we must not allow any measure of fear to impact us, regardless of what we see and hear. God has specifically said the unprecedented events the world will experience will make it very difficult to walk by faith and not by sight. He has said what the world is about to experience will be the greatest ever, because of the extent of evil in the world is the greatest ever. God has said, when we see and hear what we will, to command our first and continually focused thought on the knowledge it is God at work judging sin and evil wherever it exists and bringing justice for His people.
The acceleration of world events now, is the panicked response of the enemy who is pulling out all the stops, because everything he has tried has failed. He and his minions are experiencing chaos and violence as the enemies turn on each other. The Bible reveals the enemy will rise in power under his wicked one world government commanding all people to worship him. The enemy has been working to achieve this for hundreds of years and he planned on accomplishing this by 2025, (see Kissinger and “World Order 2025: Conflicting Visions of the International State System.”). When proponents of globalism realized opposition to their plans delayed them, they announced adjustment to 2030, (see “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” headed by the United Nations). Either way, their effort to accelerate God’s timeline has been met with God’s powerful intervention. This is not the time for the enemy’s last days, although he has given us greater understanding that his plans will succeed at some point in the future.
I have been asked in the past, why I spend so much time discerning current events as they relate to government and politics. I explain, the world belongs to Jesus; the governments of the world are on His shoulders. As His children we have been positioned to influence the world for Christ. The idea that the Church is to be uninvolved in government or politics, the claim of separation of Church and state, are not biblical. They are instead lies of the enemy that successfully caused the Church to become disengaged in world events, essentially giving the devil unrestricted access to every aspect of our lives. As I’ve said many times, the reason the world is in the condition it’s in today is because the Church has failed to accomplish our commission.
There are two nations that stand in the way of the enemy’s plans: Israel and the United States. These two nations are in unique covenant with God and from these two nations, God will bless the entire world. Biblically speaking the word “nations” refers to people groups who are identified by whom they worship. However, these two nations are held to a higher accountability than others because of the covenant and their responsibility to influence the world for God.
We are in the most significant transition the world has ever experienced–a transition that will take some time. Not a long time, but as we hear and experience what lies ahead, it will seem like a long time as we go through it. The last days of opportunity for repentance are upon us now. I expect a change beginning October 2, 2024 which is the start of Rosh Hashana’s new year of 5785, with the following ten days known as the Days of Awe, leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. I expect these days to be of the highest spiritual intensity ever. During the Days of Awe, it is tradition for God’s people to soberly examine themselves before God to reveal anything they need to repent of, before Yom Kippur, the day of judgment. This year Yom Kippur begins Friday October 11 and concludes on Saturday the 12th.
As we approach the Jewish High Holy Days in October and the November 2024 Elections, and in the weeks to follow, we can expect evil to increase. However, we have God’s promises that His children will not be harmed, as His people were not harmed when He sent judgment against Pharaoh of Egypt recorded in the book of Exodus. On my recent podcast, I admonished my listeners to learn everything we can especially from the past four years and in the next few months, to never allow the world to become overtaken with evil again. We are held responsible by God to do what He has asked of us, which is to occupy until Jesus returns–to fulfill the Great Commission in every way. Making disciples of all nations must be our focus. The best place to start within ourselves.
God is intervening in the affairs of mankind at this time, in response to the remnant of His people who humbled themselves, called out to Him, seeking Him in prayer to help us and heal out land. Many Christians have hidden themselves from the evil in this world, thinking they would be rescued in the rapture. This doctrine has actually helped allow evil to increase. As I read the Bible, Jesus returns for a Bride who has made herself ready in the victory power Christ died to give us, not a bride who is whimpering and cowering in defeat.
I pray this upcoming Day of Atonement, God finds His Bride repentant and emboldened to get engaged in the affairs of the world as never before, to actually see God’s Kingdom Will done on earth as it is in heaven. I’m convinced it is God’s plan to eradicate the world from the level of evil we’ve suffered under, to see His Church, the Ekklesia, rise to the prominence He always intended, Amen.
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Pam,
I so enjoyed your article. Grateful that you are so committed and a great example.
I miss you !!! Let’s make a lunch date. I have a lot to share with
you.
Love you,
Debye