We are in the very end of the end times and Messiah Yeshua can return in any second. Many are falling away into the apostasy Yeshua warned would occur in the last days. Many who have stood firm for so long have fallen away including those you never thought would stray.
There are those who still hold to the faith who are now being swayed by the kingdom now / dominionists who teach that they need to make the world "good enough" before Yeshua can return. Many are caught up in this and think if they vote for the right person that "america will become great again". Yahweh does not need any ones help to get someone in office He wants in office. Just because you believe a candidate will be "good for america [or whatever country you live in] " does not mean that it is Yahweh's will for that candidate to be in office.
Voting for a candidate that is not Yahweh's will is working against Yahweh It is how Ancient Israel got King Saul who was from Benjamin not Judah and was not Yahweh's ultimate will for the people although it was used in His plan. It is what got the crowd Barabbas instead of Yeshua although it was used in Yahweh's plan.
Yahweh told His TRUE prophets His plan in advance (funny how the false prophets use that verse to deceive people into believing they are Yahweh's prophets) but Yahweh does not always give a time frame for His promises. Yahweh promised Abraham a son and because it did not happen right away, Ishmael came into the world when Sarah gave Abraham Hagar for a wife to bear a son.
True followers of Yeshua obey what Yahweh says. Yahweh says to not yoke yourself to evil and to avoid all appearance of evil. Voting for someone who is not a true follower of Yeshua and may or may not be Yahweh's will is a compromise and may very well be a test by Yahweh to see if we are following Him or following a false leader.
Deuteronomy 13
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Regardless of whether you vote or not, the people Yahweh wants in office will be in office. He will call up those that do not belong to Him to vote for whoever He wants. Your vote for the "lessor evil" is still a vote for evil and it will be judged.
Messiah Yeshua said we are to not walk with the world and we are to stay separate and cleave to what is good. He also gave the warning to not look back at the world as we see His return draw near - we are to keep our eyes watching for His return.
Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.
I've watched so many people fall away that still claim to be "following Jesus" yet they are on the broad road to hell and are seducing even more to follow them. Now is not the time to waiver. If you have been seduced by satan to not follow Yeshua whole heartedly and follow Yahweh in spirit and in truth, you need to repent and turn back before it is too late for you. Yahweh knows what you have done and He will forgive you if you truly repent. If you are still on the narrow road and following Yeshua, hang tight and continue regardless of what others do. Yeshua's return and our redemption is very near.
When Yeshua spoke of the end times, He gave a warning: Remember Lot's Wife after stating that the end times would be like the days or Noah and the days of Lot:
Luke 17
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
This came to me the other day when I was listening to the local Christian radio station and there was a song about making america great again. This is part of the dominionism movement which wants to take over america and make it perfect so Yeshua can return. The kingdom now / dominion theology is part of the great apostasy of the NAR (new apostolic reformation) / ihop / hillsong / and bethel-redding / Rick Warren (and their associated churches)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Theology
Kingdom Now theology is a branch of Dominion Theology which has had a following within Pentecostalism. It attracted attention in the late 1980s.[17][18]
Kingdom Now theology states that although Satan has been in control of the world since the Fall, God is looking for people who will help him take back dominion. Those who yield themselves to the authority of God's apostles and prophets will take control of the kingdoms of this world, being defined as all social institutions, the "kingdom" of education, the "kingdom" of science, the "kingdom" of the arts, etc.[19] C. Peter Wagner, the founder of the New Apostolic Reformation, writes: "The practical theology that best builds a foundation under social transformation is dominion theology, sometimes called 'Kingdom Now.' Its history can be traced back through R. J. Rushdoony and Abraham Kuyper to John Calvin."[20]
Kingdom Now theology is influenced by the Latter Rain movement,[21] and critics have connected it to the New Apostolic Reformation,[22] "Spiritual Warfare Christianity",[21] and Fivefold ministry thinking.[23]
Kingdom Now theology should not be confused with Kingdom theology, which is related to inaugurated eschatology.
We are in the very end of times and Yahweh said what was going to happen and it is not about false apostles of the NAR making america great again and taking over the country and making it "good enough for Jesus to return" which is what they, and their sock puppet Tea Party, is all about.
Yeshua said when the time is getting near to His return that His followers will know it and we are to LOOK UP and watch for His return just like Lot and His family were told to not look back when they were leaving sodom. We are to be watching for Yeshua in this late hour not longing for the "good old days" and trying to repair this broken nation when it is under the judgment of Yahweh. Yes, we are to continue to be salt and light although trying to circumvent what Yahweh is doing is working against His will, not for it. We are not to be looking back to what was like Lot's wife looked back to sodom, we are to be looking for Messiah's very soon return and not be pining for the past (like Ancient Israel did for egypt after the Exodus) or looking back to try and "make america great again:
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Genesis 19
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
We are to be watching for Messiah Yeshua's VERY soon return and not have our eyes and hearts in this world. America will NOT be "great again" and things will NOT be getting better on earth until Messiah sets up His millenial kingdom. Do not be sucked into the false kingdom now theology led by the apostate church and false antichrist ministries. They will use music, patriotism, and everything else to seduce you and deceive you into following them down the broad road to hell right along with them.
2 Corinthians 11
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
2 Thessalonians 2
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
NOW is the time to repent and watch for Messiah Yeshua's very soon return. America will NOT become great again - read your bible and open your eyes to the season we are in and do not fall for the lying deceptions of the apostate churches.
We can learn something when we examine scripture about Lot's wife. In a previous post, I showed Lot was a righteous man and had reasons to do what he did. Now we will explore a little about Lot's wife and the possible end times ramifications.
Yeshua said the time of the end will be as the time of Noah and the time of Lot. I showed in a previous post this could also refer to globalism and rebellion against Yahweh although the main sign of those times was the vile wickedness. With Lot being a righteous man and being vexed with the city he lived in (as so many True Believers are vexed of what is happening today) one reason he may have been in sodom was because of his wife and her love of the city.
Genesis 19
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Notice that Lot, his wife, and his daughters all escaped sodom and were safely in Zoar whe Lot's wife looked back. She was saved and then disobeyed and was judged. Look at the warning Yeshua gives for the end times:
Luke 17
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
This passage is why I believe that their will be war and missile strikes immediately after the rapture. The people are told when it happens to flea and not look back and are given the warning of Lot's wife. It says that both Noah and Lot left and on the same day destruction happened.
In an earlier post on Righteous Lot, I showed how he was not to blame for his daughters "date raping" him after they believed they may be the only ones left alive.
Genesis 19
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
The firstborn daughter bore a son to Lot and named him Moab who was the father of the Moabites. What most people do not realize is that Ruth, King David's great grandmother, was from this line - she was a Moabite - and therefore Lot and his daughter are in the line of Messiah Yeshua.
Ruth 1
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
Ruth 4
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
So interesting to study scripture and see what happened based on what choices the people of Ancient Israel made.
