Sunday, January 5, 2014

SPIRITUAL EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA


On April 18, 1906 the San Andreas fault moved powerfully in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake eventually destroying over 80% of all buildings in San Francisco and killing over 3,400 people.

 On January 1, 2014 a far more powerful “spiritual earthquake” hit all of California and the United States when the 100 year old Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena included a float of two men being “married.”   Sadly, many more than 3,400 who may follow this same sex marriage practice will ultimately perish unless they repent and follow Christ’s explicit direction on marriage.


There have been public displays of same sex marriage before; more and more people think it’s no big deal; why did this event generate a Spiritual earthquake? 

 To answer that question first look at Scripture.  This is what Scripture tells us: “Do not be deceived.  God is not mocked.  Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.“~ Galatians 6:7-8.
 
Jesus Christ Himself defined marriage.  Quoting from Genesis 1:27, 2:24, and 5:2 Jesus defined marriage, once in the Book of Matthew 19:4-6, and again in the Book of Mark 10:6-9: “ But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.  For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.  Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Later, as the Risen Christ, Jesus explains in Revelation chapter 21:8 and 27 and 22:14 that not everyone will be able to enter the New Jerusalem and drink of the River of Life, enjoying eternal fellowship with Him.  He tells us in Revelation 22:12-17: “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. 16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
Being sexually immoral disqualifies a person from receiving eternal life with the Living God.

Additionally, Jesus is returning soon as the “Bridegroom” to meet His believers, His “Bride.”  As marriage is continuing to be debased, as the definitions of “bridegroom” and “bride” are being fundamentally changed, it is an attempt to debase Jesus Himself as the soon returning Bridegroom.   Those with spiritual discernment see that the movement toward same sex marriage thus has at its root an antichrist spirit.  This antichrist spirit, the serpent in the Garden of Eden, has to be brought out into the Light and exposed as part of a spiritual battle for individual souls, and for the soul of every nation.   
 
Jesus also said: “Enter by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.  Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”   

Salvation is by faith alone in the Risen Christ.  But it also calls for knowledge of the Truth, repentance, submission to Christ as Lord, and a willingness to obey His will and Word.


“There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death.” Proverbs 14:12 and 16: 25


We must reach out in love to those trapped in same sex practices.  Instead of judgment, which will be the responsibility of the soon returning Jesus Christ, those aware of God’s Word must with gentleness and humility  lovingly correct those in opposition: “ And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”~ 2 Timothy 2: 24-26.


Although the media never covers it, the good news is that every day dozens, maybe hundreds of individuals in the United States and other nations are coming out of the same sex lifestyle, realizing that there is no such thing as a same sex “gene.”  Many then marry members of the opposite sex and are then blessed with children! With the Holy Spirit’s help we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.  Philippians 4:13.
 
The United States of America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, where publicly our founders rightfully gave the Living God all credit for the miracles that enabled the settlers to survive, and the nation---against all odds---- to be liberated from Great Britain.  Until fairly recently, Jesus Christ and The Bible were publicly supported by our Presidents. For example, President Theodore Roosevelt stated in 1909: “My great joy and glory is that, in occupying an exalted position in the nation, I am enabled to preach the practical moralities of The Bible to my fellow countrymen and to hold up Christ as the hope and Savior of the world.”  (William Federer, Prayers of the Presidents).


The one hundred year old Rose Bowl Parade has been, until now, a family event, a child-friendly,  fun gathering of marching bands and local charities and celebrities.  But on January 1, 2014 debauchery was honored for tens of millions to watch on television all over the nation. “Debauchery” is defined as “excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures” and “seduction from duty or virtue.” (Random House Webster’s College Dictionary 1992)


“Seduction from duty or virtue.”  Exactly. Virtue was turned on its head. Scripture tells us that “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this age,  against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”  (Ephesians 6:12). 


Clearly the spirit of perversion was at work, seducing, encouraging sexual immorality and presenting it to millions of young children as normal.   “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil.”  Isaiah 5:20.    Jude 17-19 reminds us: “But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.  These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.”

In staging a float where the Living God is mocked through public debauchery and sexual immorality in front of millions of children, a Spiritual earthquake of enormous magnitude took place, rocking the heavens.


God’s judgment on those involved and on our nation must surely follow unless those involved, and those of us who didn’t protest, sincerely repent.
 

There was a time when the United States stood for moral values pleasing to a Living God. Unless there is a huge wave of repentance in our nation among God’s people called by His Name (2 Chronicles 7:14) the response for our nation may well be: How the mighty have fallen! (2 Samuel 1:19).


The strength of a nation is its connection to the Living God. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.”   Psalm 33:12.


Maybe it’s time to start a petition to have a different float in next year’s Rose Bowl parade:  fill a plain platform with the hundreds or thousands of persons who have come out of the same sex lifestyle.

 
Now that would be in line with the Lord’s very clear directions to reject the flesh, to yield to His Holy Spirit, to follow Him as the Good Shepherd to go through His narrow gate, to join Him for eternity.
 
~Pastor Jeff Daly
 
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  " We have staked the whole of our political Institutions upon the capacity of mankind for Self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to The Ten Commandments."
 ~James Madison

Prayer:  Most High God, Creator and Master of the Universe.  We declare that your Law is the only Law that matters in this world and in the world to come.  Many may raise a fist in defiance to your Natural Order but they will be exposed publicly to be in grievous error.  You are a Holy God and you will not be mocked.  Whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.  Lord we pray first and foremost for the precious children of this Earth.  Your Word claims that it is better for someone to have a millstone tied around their neck and be flung into the middle of a lake rather than lead one of these little ones astray.

  We take authority over this demonic spirit of perversion that is spreading throughout our land and removing our liberties, freedoms and, most importantly, You as the plumbline for a prospering society.  We look not just to economic prosperities but first ask for the prosperity of our souls according to your Holy Word.  What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?  We repent, first as individuals, then for our families and finally for our nation.

  Please have Mercy on us Most High God.  Remember that we are created from the dust of the earth and only have a higher purpose because Your Spirit was breathed into us.  Open the eyes of your Church and Wake Up your people from the spirit of apathy that has pervaded this nation for too long.  We pray this prayer in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ/Yeshua under whom every knee will bow.  He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 

 Amen.         


 

 


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

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