Seal of Disapproval

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) was created in 1906 to help keep impurities out of foods.  Foods are inspected by this organization and then deemed acceptable for public consumption.  In America, I think we need to have the spiritual equivalent of an FDA.  For the rest of this blog, just consider me to be your friendly FDA (Fruit and Death Advisor) or “apple inspector.”

In order to be on guard for spiritual impurities, you need to “Know Thy Enemy.” Satan doesn’t come to you with a vial of smelly poison and say “drink up”.  Like the evil villains in a Disney movie, he proffers a delicious looking apple, or a promise of some desired benefit. 

By the time you’ve partaken, it’s too late…you’re DEAD (literally or spiritually).

This week I mentioned to people that Obama”care” has all the earmarks of a “Mark of the Beast” scenario.  I was scoffed at.  This is NOTHING like that! ...or so I was told.  According to all these people (who must’ve been big fans of the “Left Behind” series)…the Mark will come from someone with an enormous ANTICHRIST name badge who brands the numbers 666 on your forehead.  Maybe it should even have a little “seal” on it that says:  FDA approved by Satan—so that all of those who have been sinning, apostate and just plain asleep can now know it’s time to get serious.

THEN and only then…we’ll know that it’s the Mark of the Beast for sure. Right? 

I laughed at this ill-advised thinking until I realized how frighteningly sad it was.  Do you think the devil is going to be that obvious?  Lucifer is sneaky, devious, subtle…He comes as an “Angel of Light.”  Another person raised this objection:  No, no, no…Remember, when the Mark of the Beast arrives, you won’t be able to “buy or sell.” 

so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark

~Revelation 13:17

Well, let me explain something to you in case you haven’t been following Obama”care” closely.  You WON’T be able to BUY OR SELL insurance UNLESS you go along with (dare I say bow down?) to the HHS abortion mandate first.  You must willingly accept this marker as an indication of your consent.

 Let’s look at the scriptures:

It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads

~Revelation 13:16

 If you take the time to study the scriptures, a mark on the “hand” or “forehead” signifies ALLEGIANCE.  It does not necessarily mean an ACTUAL written marking on your body:

Deuteronomy 6:8~Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Deuteronomy 11:18~Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Revelation 22:4~And they shall see His face and his Name shall be upon their foreheads. (Symbolic)

 In Greek, ‘Right-Hand’ is dexios which is derived from dechomai - to receive, accept, take willingly  - an exercise of individual power to receive/accept something or not.

The Greek word for "Forehead" is metophon.  It is derived from the word meta, which means accompany, participation, proximity, transfer or sequence and ops which means "face."

 

So the “right hand” or the “forehead” is SYMBOLIC…It means willing ACQUIESCENCE to an authority. 

When you sign up for Obama”care” your premiums and tax dollars will go to support Planned Parenthood—despite all of the previous false assurances to the contrary.  Employers will also be FORCED to provide abortifacients and birth control to their employees, regardless of their religious objections.  Abortifacients are abortion-inducing drugs that cause the demise of another human being.  In essence, you will become a

de facto murder accomplice.  

If you don’t sign up for Obama”care” coverage…you MUST purchase an insurance policy that has the SAME or SIMILAR type coverage in order to AVOID THE PENALTIES.  I don’t know about you…but I’ll take the monetary penalties and avoid this horrific penalty:

They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.  And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.

~Revelation 14: 9-11

So, when we add 1 + 1 + 1 together we get this:

If you sign up for Obama”care”:

1)  You are supporting the slaughter of innocents in order to obtain some personal “benefit.”
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2)  You are doing this WILLINGLY--giving your mind (forehead/consent) and hand (hard earned money and/or signature) for this abomination.  
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3)   IF you WILLINGLY accept this coverage, then you are REQUIRED (Rev 13:16) to do this or you may not “buy and sell” insurance (Rev 13:17) unless you are in accordance with this law.

Still not concerned?  Then review this scripture once more…the creepiest clue of all:

There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

~Revelation 14: 11b

Hmmm…what’s this program called again?  Is it NAMED after anyone?   Uh-oh.

I don’t know about you, but this is just all too close for comfort…

Pretty DAMN-ation close…if you ask me.

Just sayin’…

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They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.

~2 Thessalonians 2: 10b-11

"A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven."

~James Madison (4^th President of the United States)

REPENTANCE PRAYER:

Lord Most High, we are in dire need of your assistance.  There are forces afoot that would attempt to destroy your Creation--Forces that seek to steal, kill and destroy your Church.  The Enemy is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.  You said that we would have Life and have it more abundantly.  You said the gates of Hell would not prevail against your Church.  For your sake, O God, and based on the unfailing promises of your Holy Word, do not let the forces of Evil and Darkness prevail.  We ask the Righteousness, Peace and Joy would abound so that your name would be honored and glorified.  We believe that both Israel and America were formed for Your Glory—both nations Providentially placed under your Covenantal Contract to be a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people and nations globally. 

We acknowledge our failure to live up to our side of the Covenant.  We have NOT lived as we should.  We have NOT obeyed all of your commands.  We have NOT placed you first in our lives.  We confess that our nation is currently on a dangerous pathway towards the idolatry of Human Secularism which seeks to remove you from every aspect of our daily public lives.  And in doing so we have not only failed to follow in Christ’s footsteps to help “set the captives free”, but have become captives ourselves to a un-Godly philosophy that will ultimately destroy the very foundations of our country. 

O God, we sincerely repent of our personal and national sins.  We repent of the sins of omission as well as commission.  These sins include idolatry, murder, anger, stubbornness, dishonesty, corruption, greed, sloth, lust, envy and the ultimate sin of Pride.  We take no solace in the fact that some of us may not have personally embraced sins such as abortion or marriage redefinition BUT by apathy or indifference have allowed evil to flourish.  We have not followed your Biblical mandate to resist the Devil and have a passionate zeal for your commandments.

Master, please have mercy on us.  We beg for your grace and mercy.  We are undeserving of your mercy but your Holy Word says you are patient, kind, loving, merciful and longsuffering.  Please, because of who YOU are and not because of what WE are—hear our prayer and grant our petition this day. 

Then may all the kingdoms of the world truly know that YOU are our God and that we have no other gods but You.

May you get all the glory, honor and praise.  May your Kingdom come quickly and may your will be done here on Earth as it is in Heaven. 

Amen.   

~Posted by Permission of Pastor Jeffrey N. Daly

Pastor Jeffrey N. Daly is the author of Repentance—God’s Strategy to Bless a Nation and Zeal to Repent!—A Key to Personal and National Restoration

–Both are available for FREE at The National Day of Repentance website:  www.dayofrepentance.org

or by emailing him at

jdalylaw@aol.com