When a Culture of Honor Becomes a Culture of Horror

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Since the beginning of the recent revelations about “clergy sexual abuse” at IHOPKC, I’ve heard some espouse the idea that the “Culture of Honor” in certain circles has contributed to abusers in authority being shielded and portrayed as victims, while the actual victims, whistleblowers, and advocates are portrayed as agents of satan/evil.

When I looked up “culture of honor” to provide a definition, I found drastic differences, depending on the group being discussed, ranging from

“a culture where people avoid intentionally offending others, and maintain a reputation for not accepting improper conduct by others.” (Wikipedia)

To “A complex set of beliefs, attitudes, and norms about the importance of personal reputation, and the necessity of protecting and defending one’s reputation and social image.” (Iowa State Univ. site)

Even “Cultures placing a high emphasis on the importance of a man’s willingness (and ability) to violently, and even lethally, retaliate against anyone who insults him or his family.” (Springer .com)

And more… I quickly realized that defining what I’m talking about is important! Where this phrase has been adopted in a Christian context, I believe the purported goal is to follow Scriptural guidelines about honoring our leaders, fellow believers, and all, with the respect and value due to all created in the image of God. Sounds like a worthy endeavor.

Unfortunately, according to the testimony of some, the execution of this concept at times more closely resembles definition 2 (above), with even some expressing concerns in line with definition 3 (Where celebrity leaders have an empire to protect from damaging truth coming to light that would threaten it).

Yesterday morning, I read a thread on X that highlighted how this same emphasis on honor is also being used as a shield to protect false teaching and prophecy, due to a refusal to allow God’s alleged “anointed” (minister or ministry) to be subjected to the Biblical criteria of testing, while those who try to test and discern all things according to Scripture are labeled as having critical spirits, offense, or religious spirits.

The man writing the thread said,

“That’s when I learned that ‘culture of honor’ was insulation against accountability.”

He went on to say,

“I’m very charismatic, but I can admit that there’s a ton of weird stuff being elevated as ‘prophetic’ or ‘apostolic.’ There are leaders who need to be questioned and answer for nonsense said and done. BUT, to ask those questions or admit things are weird is ‘dishonoring.’ “

“What is the reward for ‘honor?’ Elevation – invitations to secret networks and retreats. Access – if I had a dollar for everyone who’s told me they had __’s phone number (I redacted this minister’s name), I’d be a rich man. Result of ‘dishonor?’ (referring to voicing legitimate concerns about whether a teaching or practice really lines up with Scripture/Truth) Gaslighting, backbiting, and seclusion.” (@jordanevans_nc thread)

Other accounts revealed additional tactics that have been employed to silence, intimidate, and condemn those who have tried to raise legitimate questions or concerns. It’s amazing the lack of self-awareness occurring when those promoting unconditional respect and honor fail to show the same respect and honor that they demand.

It doesn’t escape notice that what’s happening is just another manifestation of the enemy’s “law of reversal” (discussed in “The Inception of Inversion” blog) that we’re seeing en masse throughout society. In this application of it, evil and injustice are being protected and rewarded and those who point it out or stand against it are being gaslit and punished.

In fact, after hearing such a story on the news the same day – where the whistleblowers who exposed inappropriate behavior were portrayed as the villains by mainstream media – I felt the Lord was confirming to write about this since it had come up multiple times within hours.

How distressing to find this reversal, inversion, and gaslighting not only taking place in the world, but at times even in the church.

I’ve heard others describing a culture of honor sometimes involving

  • a “mafia”-like system that surrounds and protects certain leaders,
  • leaders surrounding themselves with “yes” men and women, and removing anyone in an advising capacity who raises questions or concerns instead of falling in line,
  • and the concept of “servant leadership” being inverted into requiring congregants to serve leaders in inappropriate and unreasonable ways (to jockey for position and platform).

And we’ve personally witnessed how popular hype around certain ones causes individuals to be too self-doubting to acknowledge blatantly obvious issues, resulting in “The Emperor’s New Clothes” phenomenon.

As many at IHOPKC have already begun to do, there’s a time when we must seriously question whether certain elements of a CULTure have actually turned it into more of a CULT.

Of course it would be ridiculous to throw the baby out with the bathwater and determine that encouraging respect and honor for those in authority, and for one another, is dangerous or wrong. Clearly these are Biblical principles we should live by. Perhaps the idea of a culture of honor was originally instituted with noble intentions as a countercultural response to the pervasive dishonor and disrespect of this generation. But as with every other well-intentioned correction, we need to guard against the tendency to overcorrect so the proverbial pendulum doesn’t swing too far the opposite way to another error of extreme. It seems in certain cases, the call to respect and honor has been applied to the exclusion of other equally valid Biblical truths, not making allowance for what we’ve come to call “the two sides of wisdom” that are found by studying the whole counsel of Scripture.

The two sides of wisdom are best exemplified in passages that appear contradictory on the surface, but in reality are revealing two equally valid truths – two opposite sides of the same coin.

One of the clearest examples of this can be seen in Proverbs 26:4-5

4 Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

5 Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit.

Because these two truths appear contradictory, they require us to receive the wisdom of God (word of wisdom) in order to know when we should apply which truth – which side of the coin. By holding the two apparent contradictions in tension, we’re much more likely to find a place of proper balance, rather than veering off into a ditch of error on either side of the road.

One of our pastors taught such a message on Sunday – trying to balance what are possibly Jesus’ most quoted words, “Do not judge”, with other passages in the NT that call us to make right judgments (including some found in the same chapter – Mt 7). These seemingly contradictory Scriptures, that give us guidelines for when, how, and who to judge, make clear that those who insist on applying Jesus’ “Do not judge” statement in every situation, as if it’s the totality of instruction He’s given us on this subject, err.

Likewise, when we try to apply the mandate to respect and honor our leaders and one another to the exclusion of other equally valid truths, failing to hold this truth in tension with other Scriptures that bring us into proper balance, we will err – and something intended to create a healthy, beautiful, loving environment will turn into an unhealthy, ugly, unloving one.

So when does the noble virtue of Honor turn into a vice of Horror?

I believe some examples would be (I’m sure this isn’t a comprehensive list):

  • When the call to honor leads us to abandon God’s instruction to test and examine all things, only holding fast to the good. (I Thess 5:19-21, I Cor 14:29)
  • When those who diligently search Scripture to see if the things being taught are in line with Truth are labeled and rejected for being dishonoring, subversive, critical, or having a religious spirit. (Acts 17:11, I Tim 4:16, II Tim 2:14-19, II Thess 2:15)
  • When honoring leaders supersedes our higher call to obey God rather than men. (John 12:43, Acts 5:29)
  • When honor prevents us from following the Biblical mandate to also hold leaders accountable for sin. (I Tim 5:19-22, Gal 2:11)

The reality is that discerning truth and confronting error in these ways is not mutually exclusive with respect and honor. When we respect and honor God and His Word above all, we’ll seek to follow these balancing Scriptures in love, even with respect and honor in every way possible, without compromising Truth. 🙏🙏

Referenced – The Inception of Inversion

Is Your Church Promoting Occult Practices?

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“…be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their (pagan) gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.” Deuteronomy 12:30

I imagine this will upset some people, perhaps even people I respect and love, but the occult and new age practices that have been creeping into the church need to be exposed and purged. I’ll post a video below that is doing just that, involving a popular internationally influential church.

Others have already given scathing reviews of the book “The Physics of Heaven”, calling this same church to repent for encouraging believers to find what they believe would be the supposed original Christian version of all new age teachings and practices – assuming they’ve been lost to Christians for centuries, stolen by other religions, and need to be reclaimed. Learning of these troubling teachings and others is part of what the Lord used in mid 2022 to catapult us back into studying occult infiltration in the church in depth again – more than a decade after He’d first revealed this issue to us in order to help us understand false teachings we’d encountered.

Though I do believe the enemy has counterfeit versions of all the gifts of the Spirit (I Cor 12), I believe it’s a misunderstanding to conclude that means that every practice found in the occult/new age has a direct equivalent in the Kingdom of God. For example, when we consider Tarot cards and divination, it’s correct to understand that those are counterfeits of God’s supernatural gifts of word of knowledge, word of wisdom, and prophecy by His Spirit. But I believe it’s incorrect (and dangerous) to conclude that, therefore, there must be a Christian version of Tarot. How can I say that with confidence? Because it doesn’t pass the most important of all “testing” (discernment) principles – determining whether or not something contradicts Scripture.

In addition to all the direct warnings in Scripture to stay away from such occult practices of the pagan nations, the Lord also told Israel not to inquire about how the other nations served their gods in order to imitate it – and not to learn their ways. (Deut 12:29-32, Jer 10:2). Yet some seem to be advising people we must do just that to rediscover and reclaim lost truths. Please take heed.

Last year, we heard a minister share that he was called in to do deliverance on a number of the leaders in a well known church (perhaps this same church ?) who were following that very guidance, and had ended up demonically oppressed.

When Paul said he became all things to all people in order to win some, He clarified that he didn’t mean he went to the extent of sin in his endeavors. (I Cor 9:20-21)

Even if someone could try to make a case that what’s being done is a modern day equivalent of urim and thummim or casting lots (which is addressed in this video), the instruction not to use the Name of Jesus or present the gospel in these attempts to minister should tell us everything we need to know. This is unfortunately not the first time I’ve heard of that alarming accusation in connection with some of this church’s outreaches. 😢

As a continuationist from a cessationist background, I’m zealous to see clearly erroneous things like this and many others, that bring such reproach on true continuationism (and Christianity in general), accurately identified and eradicated. It’s a hard enough hill to climb to accurately represent continuationism to our beloved cessationist brothers and sisters and the lost without having all these obstacles of occult practices, other spirits, other Christs, and other gospels thrown in the way. 🙏

(If you cannot see the embedded video, it should be available at the original site HERE )
The woman who made this video is a former internationally known new age teacher, who was saved and is now a cessationist. I believe her cessationist views cause her to reach some wrong conclusions and make some wrong assessments in most of her videos, so I can’t endorse all her content. But I appreciate that she involved some continuationists in the making of this video. I haven’t seen her do that before.

Referenced:
Mike Winger’s Review of “The Physics of Heaven” (others have done reviews as well)

Are You Ready for Your Secret Life to be Exposed? (revisited)

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One of the words I was led back to as I sought the Lord about the birthday blessing for 2024 was this word about secret lives being exposed. I originally posted it in FB notes (in 2011 or 12?), then here on this site in 2013.

Since these past several months have been marked by major exposures in the church and world, it’s been on my heart to share this word again – especially since the Epstein document releases have caused many to speculate about who all is nervously awaiting various degrees of exposure as a result. Though most of the nation and world aren’t experiencing this same stress over imminent exposure of things they’d rather keep hidden, it should still serve as a sobering reminder for everyone that an ultimate Day of exposure of all secret and hidden things is coming – and I believe relatively soon. But as discussed in this note, the Lord wants us to remember that this Day of exposure can provoke hope rather than fear…

May we pray that for those facing shameful exposures NOW – and for any wise enough to learn from seeing it happen to others – that this may serve as a wake-up call. While in one sense, it can be seen as a manifestation of God’s judgment (where the allegations are true), in another sense, if responded to properly, it can also be a manifestation of His mercy. It’s far greater for one to suffer the discomfort of exposure here, if they’ll seize the opportunity to be convicted of their sin, truly repent, and turn (or return) to Jesus as Lord and Savior, than to successfully hide a secret life and remain in sin here, only to face the ultimate Day of exposure with no further opportunity for repentance.

Hope this note (linked below) ministers to you and encourages us all to Live Ready!:

Are You Ready for Your Secret Life to be Exposed?

Are You Ready for Your Secret Life to be Exposed?

Surviving Seasons of Suffering to the Other Side

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I feel like the Lord’s been confirming to share this word from a few months ago… I pray it will find and minister to whoever needs it. I know many are grieving present and past loss.

During our trip to Nashville in October, we were praying for a friend who’s going through serious trials and, to make matters worse, was being attacked with suicidal thoughts from the enemy – one of his favorite counterfeit ways of escape he offers from seemingly unbearable suffering. The Lord had already led me to share some things to help her II Cor 10:3-5 these thoughts, but as we were driving to the conference one day, He gave more.

As I admired the trees that were changing colors, He began impressing on my heart lessons that we should learn from the SEASONS. I specifically felt like He was drawing my attention to the change and loss trees go through in Fall and Winter. I imagined what it would be like if a tree tried to assess its life in those seasons, without the knowledge that Spring and Summer would come again.

I thought about how we would counsel a distraught tree in this situation – that was looking at its life, feeling like everything was falling apart and that it was losing everything. What would we say to a tree that was looking at its circumstances and beginning to entertain lies of hopelessness and helplessness from the enemy – that nothing would ever change for the better, that promise and purpose were over, and that it was too painful to go on?

Armed with the knowledge we have about SEASONS, I knew that we would try to persuade the tree to hold on because better days are ahead. We would encourage the tree to have hope and believe that though this is indeed a painful time of change and loss, that new life, growth, beauty, increase and fruitfulness were on the way, if it didn’t believe those lies and give up in Fall and Winter.

Though this was certainly a moment when it felt like the Lord was speaking to me to the core of my being, I wasn’t 100% sure whether it was Him or just my own thoughts…

Several days later, we arrived back home and immediately listened to the replay of the message from our church we’d missed that morning (10-22-23). We were in awe as we listened to the guest speaker, Joel Stockstill, share a message entitled, “A Season of Burial”, inspired by his own tragic testimony of loss. He encouraged those who have been through disappointments, losses, and burials of different kinds, to recognize that God intends for these times to be A SEASON – relating this to the seasons of the year we experience in nature – and that if we’ll hold onto Him, and allow Him to walk us through the process, He wants to bring us through to resurrection and new life on the other side! It was a beautiful, timely confirmation of what I felt the Lord had spoken to my heart days earlier – and just what we needed to be fully persuaded it was truly HIM!

In case my friend, or others hearing this, would have been tempted to dismiss what I felt the Lord spoke to me as a nice analogy, but in reality just false, empty hope – I pray the swift confirmation He brought was profound encouragement that instead this was His genuine word of hope for her and us all.

For those who would like to hear this message, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjMKonllM0&t=2506s – the sermon begins around 44:45 in. I believe it’s certainly worth hearing.

Our hearts go out to all who are suffering and grieving. We’ve heard of several more difficult losses in these past few weeks. Praying for all! 🙏❤🙏

World Leader Confirms Accusations About Nefarious “New World Order” Are True

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Remember that time when the Prime Minister of Malaysia confirmed that the accusations about the nefarious intentions of the New World Order, that most have either never heard or dismiss as conspiracy theories, are actually true? No? Huh…. How odd that most never heard about it…

Mysterious Georgia Guidestones in North Georgia, USA., with what many have called “The 10 commandments of the New Age”

A friend sent me a short clip from instagram last week of the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) speech at a conference in 2015 that was examining whether the New World Order (NWO) was a recipe for peace or war. The person who had posted it on instagram had only included the most provocative part of the speech, confirming the globalists plans for depopulation – which are, in fact, nearly as extreme as what has sometimes been referred to as “The 10 Commandments of the New Age” – formerly displayed on the Georgia Guidestones before their mysterious destruction on July 6, 2022. With no context provided, it appeared that the PM was actually a proponent for the mass killing of billions of people – when the reality was that his entire speech was intended to expose the dangers of the NWO and their plans. Thankfully someone had commented with a link to a longer version of the speech, and as I kept researching, I found the entire speech, and then the entire conference online!

I posted some edited portions of about 1/3 of the speech (about 8 min.) to facebook, which you can find below. The second video below is the entire speech (22:24 min.).

If you’ve ever been tempted to question whether those warning about globalism/the NWO are just conspiracy theorists who should be dismissed, I hope this speech will lay those doubts to rest. In the speech the PM poses the rhetorical question – this one world government will be ruled by whom? (making the point that it will not be a democracy, but someone chosen by the ruling class) …Well we know exactly who will rule it. We might not know his specific name yet, but we see much written about him (and the other world leaders who surround him) in the Bible, which foretold all of this thousands of years ago.

Though it will not be as evident in the first video (the 8 min. edition), if you listen very carefully to the entire speech in the second video, you will hear a strikingly clear explanation for everything we’ve been witnessing happen in our nation and the world for a while, but especially accelerated since the election of Donald Trump (DT) – which sent the globalists/NWO into complete hysteria and meltdown. My intention and desire is not to try to defend every word or action of DT, but to try to make clear that the battle has honestly not been about him. The battle has been about globalism/the NWO vs. conservatism/populism (and truly, democracy – though you will also hear that accusation from the globalists as part of their gaslighting strategy). Anyone else who had dared step into that spot who was not willing to be a puppet of the globalist agenda would have become the same target for radical resistance, removal, and ruin by any means necessary. And because this is what the true battle is over, those of us who are conservatives/populists must not be fooled by globalists in conservatives’ clothing. There are a number of outstanding candidates running against DT for 2024, but regardless of how much we may like them on many levels, the most important question is whether or not they are on board with globalism/the NWO (the candidates sometimes referred to as Rhinos, or the old guard). If they are, they are just the other side of the coin from the progressive globalists and will continue to advance the NWO agenda down the field (as has happened for decades). There are only a few who do not fit that mold.

I pray all will understand that what we’ve observed since 2016 when a leader won office who refused to be controlled by the NWO is exactly what the PM of Malaysia described would happen in his full speech – a targeted operation to remove that leader through propaganda and other means and replace him with one who is fully submitted to the globalist system and agenda. There are actually videos of globalist leaders before the 2020 election warning that DT was a major threat to their global plans and must be stopped. And since that replacement occurred, the rapid acceleration of the INTENTIONAL undermining of our political system, national sovereignty and borders, our economic system, and our morality has resumed – just as the PM revealed is their goal. All of this is aided by mainstream media as the propaganda tool to deceive many into believing this agenda is righteous, or not really happening, and to despise those who try to expose and peacefully resist it as dangerous “enemies of the state” – as we’ve predictably and persistently been portrayed by this administration. (Predictable because it is the standard strategy of socialist/communist regimes throughout history).

Perhaps the Prime Minister’s speech didn’t go viral in 2015 (when it still might have been able to before shadowbanning and censorship became so prevalent) because at that point most people were not yet awakened to the reality of the things he exposes in his speech. Perhaps many still could not see. But looking back on it from 2023, I pray it’s glaringly obvious. Pray church, pray 🙏

Here’s the 8 minute edited version for those pressed for time. If you’re really pressed for time, you can scroll to 6:20 to hear him expose/confirm their plans for depopulation.

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Here’s the full speech which I encourage everyone to take time to listen to at some point, if not now:

Climate Crisis or Con?

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photo from Joe Bastardi, meteorologist, weatherBELL.com

Last week I nearly posted the first video and commentary embedded below to FB, addressing how disinformation about the weather is being used to advance the globalist agenda, but felt impressed to wait till this past Monday instead. I had no idea that the Clinton Global Initiative 2023 would be happening in New York Monday – Wednesday (Sept 18-20), and their discussions on climate would be in the news this week – as seen in the second and third videos below.

As mentioned in the commentary under the first video, I pray everyone will understand that denouncing the current climate charge as a con does not mean that we’re anti-environment/pro-pollution. Of course we should all be looking for LEGITIMATE ways to reduce and remove toxic and polluting substances from the environment (even if the globalist’s deceptive, alarmist claims aren’t true). Anyone who knows me knows I’m all for THAT. But the more you learn about their agenda – the obvious solutions they ignore while instead favoring unreasonable ones that will do untold damage to our nation and to countless spheres of life – you discover THIS (their agenda) is not THAT. (As always, please let me know if you cannot see the embedded post or videos below.)

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I posted these next 2 videos to FB on Sept. 21, but their reach was ridiculously suppressed. The embed feature is also not working properly for that post, so I’ve uploaded the videos to vimeo to embed here.

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This last SHORT clip is just to show the involvement of the Pope – representing the involvement of world religion as Billy Crone stated. Many would contend (with compelling evidence) that he, even more so, represents the emerging universal one-world religion.

Unfolding Prophecy in the News

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There have been numerous stories covered lately by Laura Ingraham and the 700 Club/CBN that sound the prophetic alarm for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. This first one is about the rise of hostility toward and persecution of Biblical Christianity in Europe that threatens to spread here in greater measure. Though this story does not mention it, these kinds of things are already happening in Canada as well (and I imagine other nations not mentioned). I clarify Biblical Christianity, those holding to the Truth of God’s Word, because there is a rapidly growing counterfeit Christianity that is an integral part of the one world universal religion of the antichrist system. I’ve embedded my posts to FB about this and the next story with commentary below. Please let me know if the embedded posts are not visible.

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The next story reveals the plans in the works for global id, citing only some of the dangerous implications without even taking into consideration the full extent of where we know all this is going from Scripture:

Eye-Witness Accounts of the Emerging Antichrist Kingdom

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If you want first-hand, eye-witness reports of how the necessary plans and components for the one world government, one world currency, one world religion, and more prophesied in the book of Revelation (of the antichrist kingdom) are escalating to their ultimate soon fulfillment, Carl Teichrib is one to watch.
Author of “Game of Gods” (entirely DIFFERENT from “Return of the Gods” by Jonathan Cahn that I recommended a few days ago on FB), Carl has had unique inside access to globalist events and gives the rest of us a sobering glimpse behind the curtain at what’s being planned for us in the coming “new world order” (NWO).

There’s way too much information with profound implications to try to unpack in one post from his recent trip to the Parliament of the World’s Religions event in Chicago last week. But I’ll share a few important highlights (or perhaps, more accurately, “lowlights”):

– “…one development stuck out, and I wouldn’t have recognized it unless I had attended other Parliaments and interfaith events: It was a very telling change in the language. Let me explain: Evangelical Christians are not well liked within the interfaith movement because of our stance on the exclusive truth claim of Jesus Christ – that He is the “way, truth and the life,” and that the only way to the Father is through Him (John 14:6). With interfaithism being pluralistic, however, this doesn’t fly. Never mind that their fundamentally inclusive claim is a form of exclusiveness; you must fit in their box to be viewed as authentic. So this is how the language towards those outside of the box has shifted. In the past you were called a “fundamentalist,” then an “exclusivist,” and at the 2018 Parliament you were labeled a “supremacist.” This year’s Parliament shuffled the label again: Evangelicalism, especially American evangelicalism, was equated with authoritarianism. I heard it every day. That’s a remarkable shift, and one with potential ramifications.”

– Attendees were told “That we need to recognize the global community as the new norm (it’s the end of the old world order, we were told, and now we’re birthing a new world order), and that evangelical Christians are America’s great authoritarian problem.”

– Certain sessions “focused on the global challenge of authoritarianism and hate. …the most dangerous expressions of hate and intolerance today – with the potential for authoritarian developments – so we were told, is emerging from American evangelicalism/conservatives and the “Christian Right” (no definitions were given – it’s just an accepted argument).”

– While attending “a couple of workshops on democracy and human rights, … we found out how the interfaith community needs to fight populism and conservative voices, that we need to somehow put safeguards in place to stop the flow of hate speech (never defined, but certainly implied) and to curb misinformation – Twitter is evil, everything mainstream except Fox is good, and AM talk radio has done damage to democracy. Yes, there was a strong sense of “othering” – … So… that’s where the narrative is going…”

– “part of our group – including yours truly – observed Matthew Fox’s “Cosmic Mass,” which was about an hour-and-a-half in length. Essentially, it’s a large pagan ceremony venerating the Earth and the cosmic Christ, with a circle dance and readings, along with communion and a revision of the Lord’s prayer.”

Translation 1 – Biblical Christianity, conservatism, and populism are seen as the enemies of the coming NWO (antichrist kingdom of Revelation)
Translation 2 – Universalism, the “Universal Christ”/”Cosmic Christ”, “progressivism”, and Globalism are central to the NWO.
Translation 3 – The Bible is true and the book of Revelation is soon to be fulfilled
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Carl’s full posts: (I’m including links to Carl’s FB reports, and also embedding each post for those who don’t have FB. These embedded posts mysteriously disappeared within the first day of this being posted. We stayed up late that night replacing them with images of his posts, but then the embedded posts mysteriously reappeared the following evening, so I’ve removed the images so you’re not seeing each post twice. But if you can’t see the embedded posts and don’t have FB (to view the links), please let me know and I will put the images of each post back in instead. The video Carl shared on August 17 is only available to view at his link. In addition, I believe this post (and my account in general) has been severely shadow banned on FB. And we’ve received notifications of relentless attempts of someone trying to hack into this site since this was posted on FB and here. We would appreciate your spiritual warfare against every form of attack as we try to share the truth. Please pray in agreement with II Thessalonians 3:1-3 that God’s Word/Truth is able to spread rapidly to all without hindrance and for all sharing it to be divinely protected from those with evil intent.)
link to August 14th report (pictures available at the link)

link to August 16th report

link to August 17th report (Video for this post available at link)

link to August 17th report part 2

link to August 18th report

Furthermore, brethren, do pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may speed on (spread rapidly and run its course) and be glorified (extolled) and triumph, even as [it has done] with you, And that we may be delivered from perverse (improper, unrighteous) and wicked (actively malicious) men, for not everybody has faith and is held by it. Yet the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen [you] and set you on a firm foundation and guard you from the evil [one]. II Thessalonians 3:1-3 AMPC

Close Encounters of the 666th Kind? – a closer look at UFOs, UAPs, aliens … and those telling us how to contact them

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Since the world is focused on this right now – the CHURCH needs to be prepared with ANSWERS based on Biblical Truth. So here’s some thoughts on UFOs, UAPs, and aliens … and those who are trying to teach us how to contact them.

I find it interesting that:

– these entities can only be contacted through occult practices that Yahweh, the Creator, Most High God, has forbidden ~ not to spoil our fun, or limit our knowledge, but because he knows they open the door to fallen angels/demons and their deceptions,

– thus far they have only been interdimensional in their appearances and disappearances, rather than intergalactic (never being observed as entering our atmosphere from space or returning into space),

– their messaging has been consistently antichrist,

– at least 30 yrs of research has revealed that they can be rebuked in the Name of Jesus and that repeat abduction/torture experiences can be stopped through repentance of sin (including occult practices) and spiritual warfare/demonic deliverance in Jesus’ Name.

I don’t doubt that someone could participate in the esoteric/occult practices some are advising, and that this would produce experiences, encounters, and contact with entities that seem to confirm their reality – in the same way that anyone who turns to witchcraft or occult ritual magic will also receive confirmation that it’s very real. The question is not whether the entities and powers are real – the question is what is their SOURCE. We know through God’s Word and Spirit, and through the experiences of many of our Christian brothers and sisters who have been delivered from the occult (and those who have helped them through that process), that the source is satan, not God ~ that these are not “aliens”, but demons masquerading as such. I believe we would be wise to prayerfully consider how these world events may end up being part of the great end-times deception of II Thessalonians 2, Revelation, etc. (see also The Spirit of a Magician and Supernatural Power, The Spirit of a Magician and Apostasy – part 1)

Unfortunately, many Christians have never been taught about the supernatural realm on either side (either good or evil) to equip us to be able to discern the difference. This has left many vulnerable to turning to and accepting the counterfeit sources of information and power when they encounter them, and abandoning the True Source. Yes, people will no doubt have supernatural experiences while engaging in occult practices that will seem to confirm that the message of the occult is true. But they will also open the door to demonic deception and oppression that they will not be able to be set free from apart from Jesus, and (without repentance and receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior) will tragically be turned away from the real Jesus in the end for practicing lawlessness/sin. The True Source of information and power we need can only be found in the God of the Bible (through His Word, Son, and Holy Spirit).

You may already be aware that there’s a significant connection between aliens and New Age teaching. Much, if not all, of their teaching was received through “channeling” or encountering such entities through occult practices – whether these beings presented themselves as “aliens”, “ascended masters”, “angels”, etc.

You may not be aware of the significant connection between the New Age and luciferianism. But when you dig deep enough, you will always find lucifer/satan at the root of these beliefs and practices.

“And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” II Corinthians 11:14

May God guide us all into all Truth and deliver us from every error and evil in Jesus’ Name. 🙏🙏

I will include some videos that I hope will be helpful. (This is not a blanket endorsement of these believers’ teachings, some of whom are in theological camps we strongly disagree with in certain areas.)

The first is a documentary from the late Dr. Michael Heiser and is very professionally done. I pray EVERY CHRISTIAN will see this. (1:15:38 long)

The second is an interview with Joseph Jordan, “who has analyzed over 600 UFO abduction cases since 1992 with MUFON and with his own CE4 Research Group”.
The interviewer was formerly a famous new age teacher, whom the Lord saved. She’s now trying to help others be delivered out of those deceptions. (1:07:46 long)

The third is an interview with astrophysicist Dr. Hugh Ross. (27:52 long)

(There is a longer interview with him with more detail here, but they had some minor audio issues)

The last one is an interview with Dr. Brian Huffling.
The interviewer here is another lady the Lord snatched out of New Age/New Thought who is trying to help others. Interestingly, this interview mentions all 3 of the previous interviewees above – Dr. Michael (Mike) Heiser, Joseph (Joe) Jordan, and Dr. Hugh Ross. (34:05 long)

“As It Was in the Days of Noah” revisited: “Come Out In Jesus’ Name” documentary on deliverance for the demonized

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“And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My Name they will drive out demons…” Mark 16:17

Jesse and I finally watched this documentary last weekend, since it’s now available to rent on Amazon Prime. I know it may be shocking, possibly even frightening, for many to see, but demons are real and many are oppressed and demonized in various ways, and much of the church has not known how to help them.

As mentioned in the “As It Was In the Days of Noah” notes 9 yrs ago –

“Though myriads of people in our society (and the church) have already opened themselves up to demonic influences in certain areas of their lives and need deliverance from demonic oppression and demonization, satan has still most often been able to covertly masquerade under the names of “addictions,” “disorders,” “compulsions,” and sin without being overtly recognized for who he truly is by those who do not believe. But as society plunges further and further into darkness and increasingly gives itself over to satan, his lies, and works, I believe we will also see more and more demonic manifestations, where the supernatural realm of darkness is exposed in such blatant ways that not even unbelievers can ignore it … If our nation continues its popularization of the occult and witchcraft, … it would open the floodgates to this phenomenon in our society (even as Africa and other nations have dealt with on a more widespread basis due to more prevalent pagan and occult practices).

… As Christians we need to understand what’s truly going on. We are called to have the answers for the horrors society is going to unleash through their increased rebellion toward God and we need to know how to help as many people as possible be delivered and set free. This is going to require us to be firmly established in the Word and in the full revelation of who we are in Christ, to remain full of His Spirit, to know how to put on our spiritual armor and operate in the power and authority the Lord has given us in Him, AND to be free from fear no matter what may come.

I know there is a great amount of ignorance about this subject in our nation, even in the body of Christ due to teachings that these kinds of things ceased after the first century … But I suspect that in the next several years many are about to have their theologies wrecked and their paradigms shifted.” (link to this blog post)

The minister who made this documentary is one who had his theology wrecked and his paradigm shifted through encountering the demonic and being ashamed that he didn’t know how to help. And he is not alone. But thankfully he determined not to remain ignorant.

Thank God that through Jesus deliverance from demons is also real and is life changing. And it’s desperately needed if the church is going to fulfill our calling to help our own and the lost – all the more so in the dark times we’re now in and coming into in greater measure as this age comes to its dramatic conclusion.

We recommend everyone watch this, not because we want to endorse this specific minister who made this documentary. Honestly, we didn’t even know of him till we watched this. We only recently became aware of a few of the other ministers featured in this film and have been blessed by some of their messages – but don’t know enough about any of them to give a blanket endorsement. So we’re not trying to endorse any specific person featured in this, but rather only want to confirm the reality of the great need for the body of Christ to understand spiritual warfare in greater measure and to fulfill our calling to help deliver those who are oppressed by demons. 🙏🙏🙏

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