Greetings,
"He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from My sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.. . . Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. . . Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. . . Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these." Ezekiel 8:6, 9, 13, 15
Back at the first of this year, 2020, the Lord spoke out of Ezekiel. Coming through in Bible readings, Ezekiel 16:2, 'cause them to know their abominations', the Lord stopped my reading and revealed this truth for our present day. The Lord led me to write, preach several sermons on this and I was much moved in prayer towards the abominations of our land, homes, churches and personal lives. Then the plague hit, and it was revealed what all this meant in regards to our sins and the Lord's answer to our sins. Now He had revealed at the end of 2019 that something was on the horizon, but none of us knew the specifics From this great pending historic judgement, came "A Call for a Solemn Assembly". It was to specifically identify our abominations, God's response to our hideous affronts to Him and the repercussion of His remedial judgments on our land. It was to confess, seek repentance and true humbling and have a lamentable outcry in prayer by God's people. This did not happen. Great teaching and preaching instructed, and many from the churches, denominations and nations joined us. Yet I believe, we lacked a deep, most need prayer time to prevail. If the Lord allows, and moves, the next time we will have greater moments of this.
The purpose of this address is to teach, remind and ask of you for a right response. God is declaring that despite what we have seen across our nation thus far this year, of 2020, 'greater abominations' are upon our land and coming. As a nation we have accelerated our abomination to greater abominations before the Lord. As we have monitored, reported and prayed against the abominations of our land; now we are getting ready for the Holy Ghost to reveal and respond to our greater abominations. Woe to us for our delay, lack of understanding and response before Him. There is the great need of Daniel 9:5, "We have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Thy precepts and from Thy judgements."
Within this chapter of Ezekiel, God revealed the 'greater abominations'. He took Ezekiel through the city of Jerusalem, in and around the Sanctuary specifically, and revealed to them the practices of men against Him. And each time that He revealed the sins of the people, He used this phrase before proceeding to the next place, 'And I will show you great abominations', than the previous works against God. Each place, each person practicing that against the Lord to provoke Him to great anger and wrath. So that in chapter 9, God responds by slaying all those guilty. And as men dropped dead before Him, Ezekiel cried out, 'Lord, will you slay all them?"
Let us see and identify the 'greater abominations' that are filling our land, homes, and minds of men.
Definition of Abomination -- something regarded with disgust or hatred; that which is detestable;
So it is that which God has defined as sin and sinful, that men multiply and increase it to the point of God's utter abhorrence of detesting and hating the choices, will and ways of men that are in direct defiance against His holiness and His ways. These choices and wills of men are found in 3 areas: locations; frequency - stats - numerics; and acceptance - legalized - permissiveness.
1. Locations - where is greater abominations happening and allowed? When sin is allowed and permitted and chosen, there are numerous things that go into it. The location, or pinpointing where these sins are being practiced is help to attack, and pray against. In Pilgrim's Progress, good Christian, ran from the City of Destruction, for it was within the city that they practised such things against the Lord. In Vanity Fair, was another place of wickedness against the Lord. It is a place of location within cities that are considered to be like evil Sodom. When one looks around at our nation, there was remote places and areas where sin abounded and abominations were allowed. But now when we look for sin and abominations we see them everywhere and in all places.
There is the location of the homes. A few homes were given to sin and the practice of abominations against the Lord. But now it is pervasive for whole homes, multiple generations and great darkness covers home after home. Yea, it is a rare thing to find a Christian home; let alone a whole home of all are safe and saved within. Every home, every city, every county, state; from north to south and from east to west. There is no safe haven. Location tells us the allowance of all places to permit and allow and practice these abominations that cause God to hate these wicked ones that participating in that which He hates and despises. He has spoken in regards to abominations that we are to have nothing to do with them, and that nation, or city or people that does, shall reap His judgement. Now, how much more shall we reap judgement for our abominations as they are found in all places, and everywhere.
2. Frequency - how often are these abominations happening and to what depth of numerics is it being allowed and practiced? We have watched within these first 20 years of this century, the dramatic increase of abominations multiplying within our nation, homes and hearts and minds of men. We have seen every act against God's Word, will and way affect our nation, homes, and put our very future in peril. These acts of sin and abominations have begun with the 1's and 2's, and increased to the dozens; then to the 100's then into the 1000's. And now we are at epidemics proportions of numbers that accelerates the frequency and depth of our abominations against the Lord and provoke Him to greater anger.
The frequency can also be found in who is doing these things. And we find the same volume of state, from the individuals to whole houses, to an entire generation, to multiple generation of old and young allow, and participating in these abominations. Defiling the flesh, the minds, the land, and any hope of survival when God's wrath is executed upon us.
Example: the drug epidemic; where did it begin? a few, a younger generation, small drug significance, compared to the extreme high potency drugs of today like fentayl; this generation from the 1960's exit young adulthood and becomes middle age, many bring that drug culture along with them, only some dismiss it. They pervade the next generation; the potency must be stronger and we go into LSD into the 1970's, then to cocaine into the 1980's to reach our opiate crisis of today. From small, to limited areas, to every county, city and every family being affected with this abomination that is systematically destroying us .
Example: 'blood defiles the land' of homicides, suicides and abortions; Even though murder has been with us and come from our sinful flesh, God commands, 'thou shalt not murder'. Yet we have seen the great sin of our land, in homicides and abortions. The rapid increase of numbers reveal our great evil and increased abominations against the Lord, in not regarding the sacredness of life, our's or others. Thus, come and see the 'great abominations' of EPIDEMIC numbers that fill our streets, homes, and nation with innocent blood. And this blood, as Abel's cried out to God, against our land, for God to judge and condemn us. Stats reveal the multiplication of this abomination that is sinking us the same as Manasseh's blood shed defiled Jerusalem, 'till there was no remedy'. God even said, for the innocent blood that Manasseh shed He would not pardon, but judge the land. From the single digits, to dozens, to 100's, to 1000's, that happen each day, each week. And all along pushing us closer to final judgement for our great abominations. Where is the cry?
One Last Moment:
My thoughts and question before the Lord, is 'how long' do we have. He is the same yesterday and forever. Since we have reached the level of EPIDEMICS that I have shared for near 2 years, I have wondered what comes next: revival or final judgement. We are in the beginning of the end season for our nation and time. Great abominations have caused us, as the church, to be revealed to our true state, "a remnant". Less than 30 million of our 330 million population are Christians. With 300 million against 30 million, our freedoms, atheism, agnosticism and other religions, will set themselves against the church and seek to eradicate it. Persecution has been happening and on the rise with all these other evils. WE shall know what the rest of the world has long lived with as the bride of Christ. Are we ready? I don't believe so.
And with all this on the line, facing rising evil and greater abominations, if there was ever a time for Joel 1 & 2, it is now. Whole nights of prayer, weekly fasts, much tears and crying out to God in humbleness like never before. The status of 'continuing on' cannot and will not get it done before the throne. Yea, it has not prevailed before, why would it prevail now. Therefore let us return to the Scripture for what God reveals is our only hope.
"The Return" to be held September 26 may be our last hope. A true national solemn assembly, yet I do not know the agenda or means for which this is being set up. With or without this, I know that the body of Christ must come together for 'such a time as this' to prevail before God. Languishing all our failed moments gone by, and know the certainty of our present plight to respond rightly. I beseech, you to 'take heed' to these things and know our end is near. Let us therefore do all that we must, with what time He has deemed us to prevail 'Who knows if He will turn and repent and leave a blessing behind Him?'
A true call to prayer - a set time for fasts - a gathering to bring the people these truth and revelations of our great abominations to be dealt with. As a leader, pastor, Christian, prayer warrior and person of this nation, a response is greatly needed. Let us not arrive at the last moment and wish we would have responded when God is offering us and leading us for more moment to come before Him. He is our only answer!
God is Sovereign in all His works. His will is right and there is no folly, sin or mistakes within it. As men, nations, His church sin against Him, He sends forth His truth to teach us and to remind us of what is pleasing to Him and what is not. He teaches us the good and right way of living, choices and time. He calls us to obedience and love, 'if you love Me, you will keep My commandments.' We are not ignorant of the good and right way of living, we know the truth. Whether we obey the truth is another matter to consider. Choices of our nation have not done right. And God has met us in remedial judgement for us to correct our abominations and cease from evil, and learn to do good.
It seems that even though these things of sinning against God, of provoking the Lord to anger are known, it is not considered. They are not known in the mind, but not addressed by the heart. The church should know wherein our sins greatly increased and how those same sins of offense against the Lord became greater offenses and are termed 'abominations'. And if our abominations had been considered by how our choices private and public were not enough, we increased our evil before Him causing greater judgements. Thus, here we are at the point of annihilation. God is removing us from the earth, and our future as a nation is in jeopardy.
Here is the sermon that I preached this Text from to Fox's Hollow Church -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOaUr7LPKc&feature=youtu.be
Until,
Dan
Started: July 16, 220
Continued: 7/25;
Finished:
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
PRAYER EMAIL - JULY 7
Greetings,
"O Lord, are not Thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. " Jeremiah 5: 3
Numerous of my word and phrase studies is found within these opening verses of Jeremiah 3. We have the "hear and see" activity of God; we have the "R" words of this verses 3, 'refuse (2)'; 'receive' and 'return'. And we have the impassioned plea of God in verse 1, to find one that is as concerned about the people as He is. It is declared what God has done, and what the people have responded with. God judged them for their abominations against Him and His statutes. We are repeating the same folly and abominations of Judah and we are reaping the same judgement.
In verse 1, God sends forth one, to run to and fro, to see and know and seek a man that is executing judgement of right and wrong (living rightly) and a man that is seeking the truth of God. If such a man was found, God would pardon their sin and grant mercy.
In verse 2, God dismisses the religious that say the right thing, but their hearts do not do the right thing. For God knows not only what we do, but why we do it.
Thus, in verse 3, the question is asked of God, 'do you not see those that within their hearts and souls are lovers, doers and followers of Your truth?
And then we have our current plight spelled out as well as we can in the conclusion of this verse 3 - "Thou hast stricken them, . . . Thou hast consumed them" WE are in a society of death, dying, destruction and heading toward utter desolation due to our forsaking and forgetting God. Read the response of the people towards God striking them and consuming them: "but they have not grieved"; 'but they have refused to receive correction"; 'they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return."
Oh Holy Father, what will it take to change this! before it is eternally too late! For those of you that have heard me preach the last two weeks and lead studies and prayer, I have asked the question and posed the observation that during these days of plague, riots and looting, advancement against the church and our freedoms, and death on our streets; you would think people would see and understand that we are heading for something major and that our future is at stake as a nation and the end of the age is coming rapidly. You would think that people would see this and consider their end is nigh and run to the Lord. But alas! we do not see nor do we hear of this. WE see this same response of Judah toward God as the US population toward God today. I could not believe it when I read this passage to see the exact same response.
Woe unto us as the church for not seeing and understanding that everything that we hold precious and blessed with, is about to be removed from us. Our freedoms, our advancements, our comforts, all will be gone, and a greater woe is barreling towards us. IN verse 4, they are termed ignorant of knowing the way of the Lord, that is true of our day. But the church is without excuse. WE should know better and be doing better. A declaration of God's ways, words, and will are to be proclaimed and explained. Regardless of whether they will return or not, let His Truth be spoken. The results are not our issue, that is between God and them; but we are accountable for telling them the truth.
On our knees, in our prayer closets, to pray like never before that when God sends a man to run to and fro they find us, as Daniel, praying 3 times a day on knees interceding. When God seeks for a church to be a house of prayer, that is exactly what we are. Be praying, for therein is our refuge, there is our hope. 'And who knows if He will repent and leave a blessing behind Him". But I don't hear much from the church in such prayers, nor in understanding why these things are happening. The same abominations and sins of Judah against the Lord, described in detail over these chapters and verses are the same sins on our streets, in our homes, and in the hearts of men. We are guilty of great offence against the Lord God.
Neither our nation, nor the church has returned to the Lord rightly during these crisis days. Thus, the judgements will continue and have. They will be greater in their persistence, depth and assault against us. That which remains untouched will be touched. That is a fearful thing.
Is there hope? Always in God, there is hope. For in the greatest darkness, God's 'suddenly' breaks forth. The end is not yet, for the nations and people groups must still be reached. And somehow and someway God will do it. But whether we still exist as a nation, remains to be seen. But whatever, as the church, we have been tasked with, we better find ourselves obedient in great and small things. For all is being shaken like never before. The last phrase of the end times if rapidly coming upon us. It may be greater judgements, it may be revival; but regardless of either of those two things, we know Satan is working venomously against us for he knows his time is getting shorter. Many have departed from the faith; men are working greater works of evil, and it is reaching the point of Noahs day, 'where men's thoughts were continually evil'.
If you be a saint of God, a child of the King and His bride. You be and do what Your Lord and Master requires of you. You be much in the Word, much in prayer, much in sharing Him with one and all. Seek His kingdom come and His will be done, while we are still able to do so. Many have departed from such things, and only a remnant is faithful in their spiritual disciplines. But you should know this verses, 'this is the way now walk in it'. Brethren, it is the last time, finish well. All things for His glory and honor, for He is worthy. Blessed be His Name, that He has allowed us to live and serve for such a time as this.
PRAYER TARGETS:
epidemics -
1. Drugs/Alcohol - no stats, but cases continue to come in our area every day of overdoses; great addiction of hell against the souls of our loved ones;
2. Children - in all this uproar of our nation, children are silently paying the price with neglect, abuse and sex trafficking continues;
3. LGBT - continued to pursue, it is an agency of hell to come against churches; it will be the plight of the near future for the church in regards to jail, lawsuits, and persecution;
4. Great Evil - numbers are staggering already first full week of July; watching as mass shootings saw 3 a day in June, and on the same pace; 1 police officer killed this week; murder-suicides are at 2 a day for July; death, destruction and desolation are upon us;
5. Pestilence - corona virus continues to happen; US had less deaths yesterday, just over 200, but back up to 500 today; world wide, recently saw its highest number of cases; cancers; STD's; plague in China, new strain of swine flu in China;
6. Natural Disasters - numerous things happening that I cannot stay up with; floods, fires in the West; volcanoes, earthquakes, odd happenings of the animal kingdom; still waiting for an 8.0 earthquake; waiting to see what happens for hurricane season; a record 5th storm in Atlantic, earliest ever;
UPDATE:
--bible readings up into Jeremiah; word study all the words that begin with "R";
--The Activity of God - Jeremiah 40;
--A Word blog; finished Isaiah chapter 65 of starting all verses, need to finish over 1/2 of those and complete chapter 66;
--live streams continue for Monday night and looking at Thursday and Saturday night Hour of prayer;
--church services we assembled this past Sunday for the first time in 100 days;
Until,
Dan
Started: July 7, 2020
Continued:
Finished:
"O Lord, are not Thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. " Jeremiah 5: 3
Numerous of my word and phrase studies is found within these opening verses of Jeremiah 3. We have the "hear and see" activity of God; we have the "R" words of this verses 3, 'refuse (2)'; 'receive' and 'return'. And we have the impassioned plea of God in verse 1, to find one that is as concerned about the people as He is. It is declared what God has done, and what the people have responded with. God judged them for their abominations against Him and His statutes. We are repeating the same folly and abominations of Judah and we are reaping the same judgement.
In verse 1, God sends forth one, to run to and fro, to see and know and seek a man that is executing judgement of right and wrong (living rightly) and a man that is seeking the truth of God. If such a man was found, God would pardon their sin and grant mercy.
In verse 2, God dismisses the religious that say the right thing, but their hearts do not do the right thing. For God knows not only what we do, but why we do it.
Thus, in verse 3, the question is asked of God, 'do you not see those that within their hearts and souls are lovers, doers and followers of Your truth?
And then we have our current plight spelled out as well as we can in the conclusion of this verse 3 - "Thou hast stricken them, . . . Thou hast consumed them" WE are in a society of death, dying, destruction and heading toward utter desolation due to our forsaking and forgetting God. Read the response of the people towards God striking them and consuming them: "but they have not grieved"; 'but they have refused to receive correction"; 'they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return."
Oh Holy Father, what will it take to change this! before it is eternally too late! For those of you that have heard me preach the last two weeks and lead studies and prayer, I have asked the question and posed the observation that during these days of plague, riots and looting, advancement against the church and our freedoms, and death on our streets; you would think people would see and understand that we are heading for something major and that our future is at stake as a nation and the end of the age is coming rapidly. You would think that people would see this and consider their end is nigh and run to the Lord. But alas! we do not see nor do we hear of this. WE see this same response of Judah toward God as the US population toward God today. I could not believe it when I read this passage to see the exact same response.
Woe unto us as the church for not seeing and understanding that everything that we hold precious and blessed with, is about to be removed from us. Our freedoms, our advancements, our comforts, all will be gone, and a greater woe is barreling towards us. IN verse 4, they are termed ignorant of knowing the way of the Lord, that is true of our day. But the church is without excuse. WE should know better and be doing better. A declaration of God's ways, words, and will are to be proclaimed and explained. Regardless of whether they will return or not, let His Truth be spoken. The results are not our issue, that is between God and them; but we are accountable for telling them the truth.
On our knees, in our prayer closets, to pray like never before that when God sends a man to run to and fro they find us, as Daniel, praying 3 times a day on knees interceding. When God seeks for a church to be a house of prayer, that is exactly what we are. Be praying, for therein is our refuge, there is our hope. 'And who knows if He will repent and leave a blessing behind Him". But I don't hear much from the church in such prayers, nor in understanding why these things are happening. The same abominations and sins of Judah against the Lord, described in detail over these chapters and verses are the same sins on our streets, in our homes, and in the hearts of men. We are guilty of great offence against the Lord God.
Neither our nation, nor the church has returned to the Lord rightly during these crisis days. Thus, the judgements will continue and have. They will be greater in their persistence, depth and assault against us. That which remains untouched will be touched. That is a fearful thing.
Is there hope? Always in God, there is hope. For in the greatest darkness, God's 'suddenly' breaks forth. The end is not yet, for the nations and people groups must still be reached. And somehow and someway God will do it. But whether we still exist as a nation, remains to be seen. But whatever, as the church, we have been tasked with, we better find ourselves obedient in great and small things. For all is being shaken like never before. The last phrase of the end times if rapidly coming upon us. It may be greater judgements, it may be revival; but regardless of either of those two things, we know Satan is working venomously against us for he knows his time is getting shorter. Many have departed from the faith; men are working greater works of evil, and it is reaching the point of Noahs day, 'where men's thoughts were continually evil'.
If you be a saint of God, a child of the King and His bride. You be and do what Your Lord and Master requires of you. You be much in the Word, much in prayer, much in sharing Him with one and all. Seek His kingdom come and His will be done, while we are still able to do so. Many have departed from such things, and only a remnant is faithful in their spiritual disciplines. But you should know this verses, 'this is the way now walk in it'. Brethren, it is the last time, finish well. All things for His glory and honor, for He is worthy. Blessed be His Name, that He has allowed us to live and serve for such a time as this.
PRAYER TARGETS:
epidemics -
1. Drugs/Alcohol - no stats, but cases continue to come in our area every day of overdoses; great addiction of hell against the souls of our loved ones;
2. Children - in all this uproar of our nation, children are silently paying the price with neglect, abuse and sex trafficking continues;
3. LGBT - continued to pursue, it is an agency of hell to come against churches; it will be the plight of the near future for the church in regards to jail, lawsuits, and persecution;
4. Great Evil - numbers are staggering already first full week of July; watching as mass shootings saw 3 a day in June, and on the same pace; 1 police officer killed this week; murder-suicides are at 2 a day for July; death, destruction and desolation are upon us;
5. Pestilence - corona virus continues to happen; US had less deaths yesterday, just over 200, but back up to 500 today; world wide, recently saw its highest number of cases; cancers; STD's; plague in China, new strain of swine flu in China;
6. Natural Disasters - numerous things happening that I cannot stay up with; floods, fires in the West; volcanoes, earthquakes, odd happenings of the animal kingdom; still waiting for an 8.0 earthquake; waiting to see what happens for hurricane season; a record 5th storm in Atlantic, earliest ever;
UPDATE:
--bible readings up into Jeremiah; word study all the words that begin with "R";
--The Activity of God - Jeremiah 40;
--A Word blog; finished Isaiah chapter 65 of starting all verses, need to finish over 1/2 of those and complete chapter 66;
--live streams continue for Monday night and looking at Thursday and Saturday night Hour of prayer;
--church services we assembled this past Sunday for the first time in 100 days;
Until,
Dan
Started: July 7, 2020
Continued:
Finished:
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