MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

And don’t forget about Ezekiel 7:19:

“They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.”

I think about these verses a lot lately, along with David Wilkerson’s prophetic words regarding an economic collapse that would begin in Europe and then the world. He said “gold hoarders” (his words) would be hit very hard.

AHF

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kurt – there is nothing wrong with your approach and there is nothing wrong with having funds for a rainy day or investments – but you seem to have some worry attached with it maybe it is the economy ?? – I have no investments other than my home and my business – I have lived month to month for almost 50 years and God has never failed me in anything

I have 25 employees and every payroll I have to put it into Gods hands that it will be there – in the last 20 years he has never failed – he has amazed me on many many occasions with his faithfulness.

I will tell you a story about when I was a hostage in Q8 in Aug 1990 of Gods faithfulness – when I landed I had about a hundred bucks on me and I knew that I was in trouble. Right at the beginning I knew that we would be there for a period of time and we were 4.5 months – I said well Lord it is you and me more you than me – The first 3 weeks I was kept in a 5 star hotel with all that it has to offer – room and food we never missed a meal or a nights sleep – than I was moved into and spent 4 months in the Canadain ambassadores house because he left 4 hours before the invasion – there were freezers full of meat, caviour, an indian maid etc.

After about 2 months after me and three others helped evacuate all of the women and children by getting them onto flights etc we had the Kuwaiti rsistance start giving us money just out of the blue – we had enought to buy fresh veggies – cheese etc. After tens of thousands of people left all the warehouses were still full of food so it never was a problem
The morning we left we had for breakfast 7 different kinds of cheese, grapes, eggs, bacon, toast, fruit, etc etc. I am certainly not a man of perfect faith I doubt many times but God did and does provide

One day there were 13 of us who were arrested – there were various nationalities some were diplomates who were with us loading the flights. The ones that arrested us were the Iraqi Republican Guard (Canadians were only under house arrest) and taken to the military head quarters to be ID’ed and I prayed – I asked God to show me that he was here even in Saddams Iraq and that he would protect me and take care. When we arrived at the head quarters I was standing aside with about 10 other people and from across the school gym were we were taken this coffe boy walks completely across the gym and directly to me and he came close and asked me quitely “Are you a christian” I was completely surprised to say the least – I said yes I am – he reaches into his pocket and pulls out an Assyrian Christian cross and says to me “ME TOO” You can not imagine what this did for my faith – yes God was even here in Saddams Iraq or Kuwait

I remember when my son was 1.5 years old he had cancer and one can only imagine what a parent goes through – while in the hospital full of worry and fear his nurse looks at me and says Willard God never makes a mistake – this was one of my very first experiance of faith building – my son is 32 years old today.

I am certainly not suggesting that we shed all materialism because of coarse we need things I love a nice truck and a nice house nice things and travel just like everyone else – All I am saying Kurt we certainly should enjoy the fruits of ones labor but at the end of the day we must walk by faith and in thankfulness which I am sure you do – just like the sparrows he will and does provide. While I was in Kuwait and completing it shortly there after I wrote the following poems after refecting on the power of trusting Christ for mu worldly needs

THE COPPER COINS
Two copper coins in a coffer laid
More than all the rich a lowly widow paid
From her heart all she had she gave
Only if the rich were from the heart so brave

Through the centuries this widows story known
Remembered for a heart of love she had shown
Who can recall a rich man from days of old
Who gave as much of all the world he did hold

Not a thought of what tomorrow it would bring
She gave her all, her last, trusting upon her king
Look! Look! Upon our hearts we must
To tithe, to share and on the Lord to trust

My favorite when I look upon what God considers enough and were Christ`s priorities were

THE BORROWER
A borrowed virgins womb God has used
From her has come the one that bruised
Over lowly Bethlehem the stars did sing
Gifts of gold. Myrrh, incense wise men bring

In a borrowed stable a manger filled with hay
Was were the Christ child was put to lay
Shepherds, wise men, angels all filled with praise
The Christ has come our sins to raze

To a borrowed country he did flee
To escape a king who’s heart was cruelty
To Egypt an angel led the way
Thus he escaped the sword Herod used to slay

On Galilee in a borrowed boat he did teach
Love thy neighbor love thy God firmly preached
Salvation was through him alone
He would return and take us home

With a borrowed coin a lesson taught
Should we pay Caesar ? or should we not
Give God his share but do Caesar not deny
Amazed they were with his reply

Borrowed fish and borrowed loaves of bread
Thanks to God and four thousand people fed
Seven baskets scraps filled to overflowing
His love his bounty on all bestowing

On a borrowed donkey a triumphant ride
God himself on his way to be crucified
With cloaks and palms they paved the road
Onward humbly to Jerusalem Gods abode

A borrowed room his final place to dine
His body blood new bread and wine
A wicked friend who with him did eat
With a kiss betrayed in a darkened meet

A borrowed crown made of thorn
Forced into the head of Gods first born
Blood running down his wrinkled brow
Man at his lowest, we must ask ? But How?

On a borrowed cross not his own unjustly slain
Yet forgave them all for causing all this pain
By all the leaders and his friends forsaken
By his suffering, death all our sins were taken

In a borrowed tomb he was sealed away
But the grave could not prolong his stay
Again the angels and all did sing
Hallelujah! Raised to heaven is our King

Wn

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Willard – awesome story. Just wow. God is so, so good to us.

Kurt – I think a case could be made for the gold and silver mentioned in the prophecies being the commodity with which we are all familiar in our day and age. James did say that greed was idolatry. Especially considering that the Ezekiel prophecy was concerning the “day of the wrath of the Lord”.

That being said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to invest wisely what God has provided. My point in quoting the verses above is that there will be those in the last days who DO put all of their hopes in their wealth and, in the end, will find themselves hiding in caves and holes in the ground from the face of the Son of God. It seems incredibly relevant to our very day, as a matter of fact. ICA – I’ll have to dig up the story on the spike in survival bunker sales in the past year (i.e. “holes” in the ground).

I do have a little bone of contention with many of the books and articles out there that propose to tell us how to prepare for the hard times ahead. I 100% believe that we are indeed headed for disaster, but so many of the financial gurus out there, even the Christian ones, seem to operate on the presumption that all of us have lots of money, a portfolio, a 401k, etc. etc. I think they must live in a bubble where they don’t come in contact with the greater percentage of the American population who lives paycheck to paycheck, couldn’t afford to buy an ounce of gold if their life depended on it and, if they do have a 401k, they have raided it more than once just to pay for one emergency or another (hand up here). That is the reality of most Americans. And, even the Americans who are struggling are still better off than 90% of the rest of the world. So, most of the advice being given benefits only 25% of Americans (if that – and,no, I’m not an OWS’er).

This is one of the reasons I started publishing my newsletter for young families. Most of my subscribers don’t have two nickels to rub together. I can’t tell you how many young moms I heard from who couldn’t even afford the $12.00 subscription price. So, we all put our heads together to help one another prepare in ways that don’t require lots of money. And, even then, we often shared with one another how we didn’t want to base our security on the fact that we put up 100 jars of green beans or that our hens were laying 12 eggs a day. One bad earthquake or flood or fire, or even a bad gardening year, and its all gone. Ditto for financial preparations – I think we all know now how easily it can all go “poof”.

My husband and I were sitting in church many years ago and the pastor was giving a message on finances. He said that he felt it prudent to diversify. My husband leaned over to me and whispered “How do you diversify $5 bucks?” I guarantee, we represented the majority of that congregation. Yes, the back of my neck gets a little hot at the idea that, out of the sacrifice of a congregation, most of whom could not afford to diversify, the pastor was paid so well that he was able to.

No, God is not against money, but isn’t it interesting that very few of His children are rich? (1 Cor. 1:26).

Please do not take any of this as directed to you, Kurt. Your intentions in sharing the information are very kind. A lot of this has been bubbling in me for a while and I guess I wonder if anyone else thinks about these things.

AHF

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You hit the nail on the head with that last comment, Kurt! :)

AHF

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For those interested in todays financial condition that we are in a good watch is the video Corrupted Riches

http://www.hallindsey.com/

Wn

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