I warn you upfront. I'm pretty fired up about this blog today. In this time of great calamity in our nation, I wonder what God says. I thought about prophets of old like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Joel, Amos and others. I wondered what words they would speak to our nation. Some of the same words they wrote to warn Israel?
I surfed around the internet and stumbled on this website of supposed prophets and their messages. I clicked skeptically. I browsed the titles on the home page of supposed words from the Lord. Here are a few of the most recent titles they have listed. Mind you, these are supposed to be fresh revelations from God. Here are the titles. If You Say Yes - I'll Do The Rest, Great Days of Glory Are on the Horizon, Decree Divine Reversal, The Great Communion Revival, Best Days Are Ahead, The Shaking That Leads to the Lord's Upgrade.
There were others. I did not read any of them. I thought about how everyone of those supposed prophecies dealt with prosperity. I then thought about Bible prophets. The revelations they received from God were words of warning calling God's people to repentance. Funny I did not see the word repent one time in those charlatan titles.
These supposed prophets know what sells. What gets the viewers. What is popular. What tickles the ears. What wins a following. What sells the books and sermon series. What keeps the crowds coming back. It certainly is not repentance.
While these false prophets tell the world what they want to hear and that things are going to get a whole lot better, God is giving me a different message in my prayers. Things are going to get worse. A whole lot worse. Call me a doom and gloom prophet if you like. I share what God impresses on my heart. What He impresses on my heart is that we have snubbed our noses at the Holy One. We have mocked Him and His commands. We have stiffened our necks against His reproof for years and now we are facing times like we have never seen in our nation.
In response is the nation turning back to God? No. America will blame God. Will we throw consternation toward God for allowing so many to die, get sick, lose their jobs, homes and vehicles. Yet, on the other hand, America applauds every decision to remove God from each sector of society. We worship at the shine of "separation of church and state."The message has been clear for decades. America does not want God. America does not need God. America opposes God. America, God will have the last say. We will answer for our insolence.
I know there are exceptions. God still has a remnant here. Those who stand for truth and plead for God to turn the hearts of this nation back to Him in repentance. I thank God for you. I thank God for those proclaiming all of God's word and not watering it down.
Repentance is not the message of the prophets who do what they do for profits. They flaunt their flagrant lifestyles profiting off the mindless masses open to anything. Who holds them accountable for any false prophesies. Where are the warnings of God's judgment? Where are the hard truths meant to shake people from their slumber? Where are the calls to repentance? Where is the indignation of God revealed or taken into consideration?
While these high flying deceivers fleece the pockets and purses of the gullible, we inch nearer to the wrath of God. Are we so naïve, so oblivious, so deceived and dare I say it... so stupid we thought we as a nation could get away with it? God judged His own chosen covenant people harshly for idolatry. He said through prophets that Israel played the whore.
I did not see one title Playing the Whore among the prophets for profits. We as a nation are filled with idolatry. Not only that, we even have a television show called American Idol. We gyrate to music promoting vulgarity, immorality and anarchy against God. We promote the occult in our movies dancing with the devil in deception. God says avoid every appearance of evil. We embrace evil. Even flaunt it at our public libraries before little unsuspecting children. Do we think God will not take offense. We redefine words making them fit with a progressive agenda. It is not progressive. It is degenerate. God has dealt with other nations throughout history who defied Him. Those who tried to redefine morality. Ever heard of Sodom and Gomorrah. Is America above them?
I don't read about Bible prophets prancing around at their conferences offering seminars and self help talks. They stayed shut up with God most of the time. Hidden with God until they received His message. They entered the scenes like thunderbolts. They preached like thunder messages of warning and repentance. What compensation did they receive in return. Ridicule. Rejection. Imprisonment. They did not walk away with offering plates overflowing. They received little provision. They lived by faith. They had one thing these false prophets preaching for profit do not have. Bible prophets had the POWER OF GOD on their ministries. Elijah could pray for rain to stop, fire to fall and rain to return. Elijah stood before a whole nation of double minded idolaters and called them to task. He put his life and ministry on the line when he faced down the 850 false prophets. Courageously he stood, but not alone. Yahweh stood with Him and backed him up by sending fire. How did the people respond? They fell on their faces in unison declaring Yahweh is God.
What profit did Elijah receive for such a revival. Nothing but a bounty put out on his head by the queen. The Bible prophets saw little profit. They endured hard lives preaching hard messages in hard times. Let the real persecution come to America. Let it start costing people to follow Jesus. I predict the prophets for profit will fold up like a card table.
May God raise fearless preachers who will proclaim the whole counsel of God's word. May such preachers be delivered from the opinion of men and labor for the pleasure of hearing God say, "Well done good and faithful servant." That will be a more profitable day than all the lavish love offerings of false prophets. False prophets who will be exposed for the shams they are in God's refining fire when all works will be tested.
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