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Still a Little Time to Decide – But Not Much

There’s a lot of things happening in the world right now and what we as believers need to do, probably more than anything else at this particular time, is to keep our focus. Keep our eyes on Jesus Christ, for it is only with His guidance that we have any hope at all of emerging from this Satanic nonsense with our hearts in the right place. This is about as serious as it gets – the time is growing short, and we don’t have to be especially blessed with a spirit of discernment to see it coming to a close. Evil spirits are hammering down our doors!

There are readers of this blog in various places throughout the world. Not especially many readers, but they are in several diverse places. If you are reading this post, I believe God is trying to get your attention and take your rightful place in His Kingdom. He is, through such foolishness as an internet article from some obscure old hillbilly in the Ozarks of Missouri, trying to encourage you to take this bit of hope for yourself, and just as importantly for your families and loved ones, and see the condition of the world and understand that we have evolved from whatever foundation(s) we have known, from whatever “normality” to which we grew accustomed in our past lives. No matter what conditions arise, no matter what persecutions we face, things will never go back to what we knew in our former days. Get ready for some big changes, folks. Steel yourselves for what lies ahead. Take refuge in the Word of God and the shelter of the Rock for that’s the only way to survive this mess we’re in.

Here in the US, our “leaders” have completely surrendered our national sovereignty to the evil entities that the apostle Paul warned us about. There are still indications that a few foreign countries are not willing to capitulate to the dark forces – the wealthy elites – that are slowly but steadily enveloping the world around us. Don’t be discouraged to see them for what they are, they’ve always been like this, it’s just that now the masks are coming off – the man (men) of sin are being revealed and everyone is faced with the choice they must make – to join forces with the evil or to steadfastly hold out for Jesus. He said, [John 14:6]: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father but through me.” He is the ONLY way to get through this calamity of a world we are in today.

We are witnessing the complete dissolution of the world we have known. The ICE movement is merely the beginning, those evil entities behind their masks are showing us just how helpless our Constitution is to protect a cowardly populace which is light years away from the courage of the founders of this nation. Don’t get the idea that I’m somehow promoting nationalism, because in light of what our ancestors did to the Indians and the fact that this country has been at war in all but a handful of the years of its existence, and in light of the fact that our “leaders” have sold out their Constitutional duties of governance for whatever pittance of lucre they deem appropriate for their souls, I’m certainly not advocating for this, or any other country at least as we recognize sovereign nations of humans.

Our real sovereign nation is, and has always been, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ to which we as believers pay our allegiance. We now see how governments of men are, and have always been, at odds with His Kingdom. Men are fallible and tend to wander from righteousness and even from good judgement when it comes to money. They reach that point where there is nothing they won’t do for wealth, especially when wealth becomes synonymous with power – which it always does. Satan took Jesus up on that mountain and promised Him lordship over the world if He would only worship him (Satan). Of course, the Lord Jesus refuse the offer, but through the ensuing years right up to this day Satan has made that and similar offers to unscrupulous men and they didn’t turn him down. That’s why all wealthy men in the world today are totally Satanic and there’s nothing – no evil – of which they are not capable. No matter how revulsive and sickening it looks to “normal” folks. See, Jesus will ultimately have Lordship over the whole world, and His followers will one day reign as kings as well, but not by worshiping Satan – by following the Word of God.

All of the world has been given the chance – through the promises of the Gospel – of an unimaginably wonderful future that will last forever if we but refuse Satan’s offer of wealth, fame, and power here on the earth and accept Jesus Christ as our infallible Shepherd. All of the rich guys whose names are now coming to light because of their unbelievably evil deeds will soon face the wrath of God and they will be required to pay a horrific price for their short time here as the “elite”. Where is Sheldon Adelson? Where is Dick Cheney, Jacob Rothschild, Joseph Stalin? All of those guys took Satan’s bait and unless they repented before the end, it would be safe to assume they are in for an unenviable future – FOREVER! The sad part is that so many of our fellow travelers who are not rich are headed for that same eternity, simply because they refuse to follow the only One who could save them.

The fact is, folks, that each and every one of us have a choice to make, and by not following, or just ignoring the offer of salvation from Jesus, the choice is being made, just as surely as if one were to outright sell his soul for wealth or fame. All who refuse Jesus Christ, especially after these days as the world of evil is being revealed for what it actually is, are headed for an eternity of indescribable sadness and agony. Time is getting short; Palantir and Black Rock are accumulating more wealth and souls for Satan every day; evil is rearing its ugly head; the time to decide is upon us and there will be no going back. Get right with Jesus Christ before it’s too late. Do everything in your power to stop the AI Data Centers – they are evil in every respect, including their insatiable need for water and electricity. Vote against any and every politician who promote those things, no matter what party they profess to serve.

Again, I urge, no I implore you to learn about Jesus Christ while you still have time -you won’t have it long. Please share this message with all whom you love.

May the blessings of the /Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Where to Go When the End is Upon Us

Here we are folks, on the fourth day of this new year and things are about as dismal for the country – indeed for the whole world – as I’ve ever seen in my 72 and 1/2 years here. As of this post California is enduring some of the worst flooding and coastal erosion they’ve ever had. The Pacific Ocean seems to have declared war on the whole west coast. Even as far up as Alaska, there have been record snowstorms that have actually dropped so much snow that sailboats are sinking in harbors from the sheer weight of the accumulations.

Arrival of heavy rain means risk for structures, boats and avalanches ...

The north central parts of the US are experiencing snow squalls and blizzards the like of which have not been seen in our lifetimes. The UP of Michigan, and much of the rest of the state are buried in feet of snow, as are Upstate New York and other areas around the lakes. For some odd reason(s) no one seems to be able to explain, the water level of Lake Erie is dropping drastically.

Lake Erie lowest water levels, seiche

In other parts of the world, the massive time bomb of Campi Flegrei in Italy keeps cooking inside and raising the land of Pozzuoli as it threatens to explode in what might be a cataclysmic super eruption. If it goes off, no one knows how much of the western flank of Italy will be obliterated, nor what effects it will have on the rest of the world. Volcanoes, many of which were deemed to be dormant have exploded with unexpected eruptions. There have been some 60 eruptions around the world in the past year. Many extremely powerful eruptions such as the Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia, the big volcanoes in Kamchatka, and Sumeru and others in Indonesia are currently erupting or have recently. I’m no geologist, but if the Tambora eruption of 1815 could create atmospheric conditions that caused an entire year without a summer, is it too farfetched to imagine that dozens of big volcanoes going off simultaneously such as are today might do the same thing? Might that be why we’re seeing such extreme winter weather in the northern US, Europe, and Russia?

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Widespread droughts, such as the ones in the southwestern US, Iran, and places in Africa are making water a valuable resource. Rivers around the world, many being lifelines through nations, are drying up at a phenomenal rate. Even the Mississippi has seen periods in recent years where it has become unnavigable for the volume of traffic it has served. Perhaps runoff from the voluminous snows in the high Sierra this winter will help with water shortages next spring in Lakes Mead and Powell, but that’s not a permanent solution for the huge requirements of agriculture out west that keep increasing with populations.

Light colored “bathtub ring” around the edges of Lake Mead as the water level drops

As if weather-related or other natural phenomena weren’t enough to foment worldwide pessimism, we also have war, pollution, and other man-made issues that do not bode well for humanity’s future. If a fraction of money and resources were dedicated to improving our lot as are to destroy each other’s nations and kill people, I have no doubt that mankind could drastically improve our collective world, but as long as wealth can be concentrated into the hands of the few who crave more and more, that’s not going to happen. The recent invasion of Venezuela in preparation for massive oil theft won’t be the last act in this production. Satan has a plan for all of humanity, and it doesn’t look good at all for those who opt to face the last days of our future without the benevolent guidance of Jesus Christ – rich or poor.

We have a great and passionate Savior who desires our fellowship and is willing to give us the support and compassion that will take us safely through these troubled times. He promises to give us rest, to give us a reason to hope, not especially for this time of trial, but beyond it. We too often make the mistake of imagining the end of this life to be a huge dark wall representing the end of all things, but there is hope on the other side and we need to be thinking about the other side of it and not about the piteous remains of this side. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that we are facing problems in this world that are of such monumental proportions that we cannot overcome them – neither the natural ones, nor the manmade. Jesus Christ promises that He has something reserved for us on the other side of the big fearsome wall. There is a gate through it, a narrow gate that we must direct all of our energy towards finding. It can be found, but only if we but listen and heed the words of Jesus, but if we continue to ignore His offer of salvation, there is indeed a dark future ahead.

As the darkness approaches, we have crucial choices ahead of us – we can continue to hope to survive whatever the world throws at us, but whatever existence we might come to, no one in their right mind could imagine it to be a prosperous, enjoyable existence. At best we might all become beggars or slaves, watching our loved ones perish for lack of food or medical help, or become tribal hunter-gatherers with hardly a chance at long-term survival, or we can resolve to follow the only One who offers us real hope of an eternal future. Jesus came to save the world, but only if we give Him the keys and let Him take us where we need to go. That’s the only way to real survival – in a very real paradise of eternal joy where there will be no worrying nor suffering of any kind. Jesus is preparing a mansion there for each of us who choose to answer His calling. [John 14:2-4]: “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

With the condition of the world deteriorating around us like it is, it’s beyond irrational to continue to hope for things to get better here in the world, but if we set our sights on the promises of Jesus, we have every reason to hope for the (long-term) future. Get right with Him today – for a far brighter future than anything we can hope for here.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us as the time draws near.

MK

2026 – Another Stage of Our Journey

This is the first post of Folkpotpouri.com of this, the 2026th year of our Lord. Since we all seem to be surrounded with turmoil and a generally bleak outlook left over from last year, I hope to share a generous portion of the hope with which I awakened today. This new year is the beginning of a new time, and it might just be the one we servants of Jesus have long anticipated, a year in which our hopes in the blessed promises we have been given will reveal themselves to be materializing. Indeed, there are portents of marvelous times ahead, possibly this very year, (who knows?) times that faithful servants can realize God’s grace in ways we haven’t heretofore experienced.

Pray then, for the Lord to shower His blessings upon us this year – moreso in the ominous dark days ahead than in past times wherein we found ourselves wanting, both in our servitude to Him and in withheld prosperity because of our shortcomings. Pray that He will examine our hearts and see that our faith and hopes have waxed sincere and that we might approach His throne with pure hearts – and in the obeisance required of faithful servants to participate in His Kingdom; that the abundant blessings of His majestic Providence might shower our new year like never before as the determined enemy spares no effort to force our capitulation into hopelessness.

As we step out into this new world of 2026, into the frosty, wintry day beginning this phase of our journey, let us realize that this episode is not our destiny, but is merely the next step down the pathway that leads us home. The mansion of splendor Jesus is preparing for us awaits across that river we will cross at the end of this stage, and what a Day that will be! Keep that hope in mind and at heart as you take this next step, and never forget, not even for a moment that the Lord Jesus Christ walks beside you with each and every step of the journey – after all, it is He that prepares our mansion so that wherever He is, we may be with Him there, therefore He is with us, His chosen now, in these days while we are still here.

2026 brings us yet closer to our home for which we long with heartfelt sincerity, let’s take it on with a refreshed hope, indeed, that hope which cannot be taken from us as long as we hold onto the hem of His garment. So by all means, hold onto Him and do not allow this merciless enemy to convince you to let go, not in 2026, not ever! If you do not know Jesus yet, let 2026 be the year you come to Him – He’s just outside the door after all.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us through another – hopefully wonderful – year.

With brotherly love,

MK

How To Prevail in This Time of Darkness Upon Us

The mighty power of God is now being unleashed upon the earth. It’s as though some great Spiritual dam has burst through the cosmos, and the earth is being flooded with God’s Spirit with an awesome power the world has not witnessed since the very crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are a believer, this great phenomenon has doubtless tugged at your soul lately. Take it in – it’s for real, but I fear that only God’s chosen and elect are able to discern what’s going on. Things are happening now that will affect our future, the enemy is no doubt aware of the power that is growing against him, and he will no doubt double down on the evil he has nurtured precisely to engage with God’s elect in this great spiritual battle for the ages. Expect him to throw everything he has in his arsenal – those who have not committed their lives to Jesus Christ will be the ones destined ultimately to fall. Those who are spiritually sealed to be God’s anointed will face tribulation but will ultimately prevail and do so in the magnificent protection that only the Son of God can impart to us.

We who have practiced our faith in submission to God’s will are not yet perfect – we have made and will continue to make – mistakes up until we put on that incorruptible existence, but do not doubt that we will reach it. We must not allow those errors and/or imperfections to deprive us of our confidence. Satan will use these missteps to attempt to rob us of our motivation, our confidence. Take heart, God knows we are not yet perfect and will forgive our mistakes. Our mission is to keep our eyes on the things above.

The enemy is putting on a fearsome spectacle that is designed to strike fear into the hearts of everyone, but will only do so in the hearts of those who do not know Christ, and from the news of the day, we learn more and more of the burdens he will impose, but do not allow these threats to create anxiety in your hearts – that is his whole purpose, to create doubt, create fear, but it can only work in hearts that are not sealed into the Kingdom. For those of us who belong to Jesus Christ, our Great and Mighty Shepherd, we need not concern ourselves with the wiles of Satan, [Psalm 23:4]: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

Open your eyes to the marvelous works of the Lord that are happening. The great megachurches filled with those who shun the responsibilities God gave us such as helping the orphans and widows, the huge ornate buildings where wealth is encouraged and admired, the congregations we all know as bastions of hypocrisy, are becoming deserted. This is not a blow to Christianity, for those who gather in such places were never a benefit to the Christian faith nor were they a threat to Satan. Nevertheless, according to prophecy, this was destined to happen. When the “man of sin” is to be revealed, he will be exposed as all who reject the teachings of Jesus Christ, such as that the rich will have no place in God’s Kingdom. In today’s “churches”, people are constantly taught what is called the “prosperity gospel” (with a lowercase g) that when they put money into the offering, it will be returned to them and with increase, when all it effectively does is to enrich the false prophet pastors. Now the “faithful” are walking away from these ministries in droves. Hopefully some will move on to seek the true Kingdom of God.

Messages from the truly faithful pastors are becoming more poignant and powerful as we approach the end of the age. This builds courage in the true faithful of Christ, courage that can be sensed in the heart. Sermons are delivered that can intuitively be discerned by the believer to be from the Holy Spirit and the discerning hearts that hear them can see and are starting to rejoice that our Savior is near. We have a new hope growing today in our collective Spirit – a hope that unbelievers cannot fathom in this growing darkness of threats by the enemy. An inexplicable and pure hope the enemy can never dislodge, and he becomes ever more furious as his end approaches, walking about like a roaring lion, but to no avail. We shall not be encumbered with fear and dread of what our future holds because our King has promised to meet us at the end of this rutted and utterly worn-out road we call life. Such a passage was never intended to be our permanent abode, nor shall we consider it to be, nor will we long for it anymore when the time comes for it to be over.

Jesus told His followers some things so beautiful, so appealing they cannot but put our hearts to rest from any and all anxiety. [ Matthew 11:28]: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” and [John 14:2,3]: “ In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” Hang on for just a little while longer folks and try as you can to bring others with you.

If you have not yet come to know who Jesus Christ is, I highly recommend that you search Him out while He can still be found. The enemy has plans for some awful events for all humanity, and those who do not know Jesus have no hope at all in the upcoming tempest. We shall all suffer tribulations, but in Jesus we can know we shall endure and emerge victorious over the evil one. Get right with the Lord for the sake your eternal future. The time is short.

Meanwhile, may the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us until the end.

MK

The Way – A Lonely Road with Bandits in Ambush

Lots of things happening in this old world these days and it’s looking more and more like everything’s coming to a head and rapidly so. We’re looking at shades of evil right out in the open that could cause nightmares for the stoutest of hearts. The Lord told us we were in for some hard times but I don’t think any of us could have imagined how the hard times would manifest to be. Rather than be taken aback however, by the way things are going, Christians must step up and exhort one another, we have to show our faith and try as best we can to allow the peace of Jesus Christ to rest upon us. He mentions the patience of the saints in the context that we will see the terrible things that the servants of the enemy are doing [Revelation 13:10]: “He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” but stay away from them.

It’s a tough row to hoe if we’re trying to endure the evil that’s upon us without the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit, in fact, it’s impossible to keep our hopes up without His help while watching the cruelty of our fellow human beings – those who’ve cast their lot with the enemy. We must take our stand against evil! We cannot allow anyone to think we’re afraid to publicly make our positions known. The extent of the power of the ruler of this world is just now being revealed and he is powerful indeed, his tentacles reach into every institution of man in this world, but it has to be so – his time is short. He is evil beyond any human imagination, and his servants are openly demonstrating the levels of inhumanity and malevolence of which they are capable. Many of us have been sheltered for a long time. We haven’t seen evil like this; at least most of the “civilized” world, but as the time of the enemy draws short, he is now demonstrating to the world just what he is capable of and it’s taking many by surprise.

As Christians, we shouldn’t be surprised. The scriptures have been screaming about these times for centuries; for millennia. We know of past times when Christians were beheaded – they still are in some places. They were fed to lions for the entertainment of the Romans in the great coliseum. The big shock for us is yet to come, but rest assured it’s coming! There will come a time in the not-too-distant future when Christians will face execution in all nations – including this one. The people who will be in charge of this country are precisely those servants of Satan who will hunt down and execute Christians – Satan’s greatest enemies on this earth.

He won’t be looking for Hindus, Krishnas, or Buddhists. The dragon has waged war on the woman (the Christian Church) for all the years since Jesus died and went to Heaven: [Revelation 12:17]: “And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” The “rest of her offspring” would be us believers in Jesus. Note the word “enraged” – if you think for even a second he hasn’t been working on a plan for us you’ve got another think coming. His plan, as prophesied, is coming to fruition, but will assuredly come to failure of the worst kind in the end. All of his schemes will come to naught – and he knows this. That’s the main reason for the “enraged” part.

The King on the white horse with a great army will be the ruin of the enemy. We will be in that army. See, whatever the enemy does to us in this life will come undone in a big way – death will come to us but cannot keep us. The Savior has defeated death, and that is the only weapon the enemy wields. It appears to be fearsome from this side, and that is his big threat, but as Christians who must be faithful to the end, we will ultimately prevail. The faint of heart will have the toughest time dealing with this, but if we remain faithful to the end, we have a crown waiting for us. Jesus will not abandon us – He will be with us every step of the way!

There are several things at play in these last days. One of the biggest surprises, at least for me, is how even the secular world is starting to call out the evil taking place. Except for the mainstream media, it has never, and will never take a stand against the malevolence that is happening. The enemy owns them, and they won’t mention anything he forbids. MSNBC, Fox and CNN hosts and all the others will also burn in hell with their managers, producers, etc. But there are lots of folks on social media platforms who are disgusted with genocide and intentional starvation and murder of children. Several prominent voices are speaking out – Tucker Carlson, Roger Waters, Candace Owens, – there are many more, but it’s important to pay attention and note that if they are not followers of Christ, they will fall by the wayside sooner or later – though for now many of them seem like allies, most of them aren’t willing to pay any real price, especially the ultimate price, and you can mark my word, at some point it will come to that. Many prominent men talk a lot about how evil the Zionists are for what they’re doing, but when it comes to doing anything about it, even though some of them have powerful armies, they waffle, i.e., Sisi, Erdogan, Abdullah, MBS, and so many more – this is what I meant by “seem like allies” but fall away. They think they are Satan’s allies, but much to their chagrin, at the given time they will find out Satan doesn’t have allies, neither is he beholden or loyal in the least to his servants.

We have to remember who the real enemy is, as well as who his servants are. He has a hierarchy of servants, much like the organization of a military and I believe most of the regular Joes at the bottom of the food chain don’t realize what evil they are into, but at some point way up the ladder, there are a select few who know what’s really going on. These ones are too heavily invested into the scheme to ever repent – they’ve sold their souls. For instance, I have known several men who belonged to a certain secretive group and the guys I knew wouldn’t have knowingly pledged themselves to serve Satan, but somewhere way up in the organization maybe around the very top levels, those guys knew what was up. I think this is the same scheme in other organizations, probably even some churches – this would include all the ones with millionaire pastors, but maybe others as well.

In case you’ve never heard of it, Google the Bohemian Grove. Most all of American politicians and judges, society elites, and others go to those covens and offer (mock?) sacrifices to a big graven image of some kind of owl (Moloch?) by night in the light of torches. This is in-your-face Satanism and it’s not only accepted, but highly respected by our leaders! There are others, the Skull and Bones organization among whose members were both Bush presidents, John Kerry and who knows who else. Without open fealty to Satan, those guys wouldn’t have gotten far up the ladder, but Satan ensures these kinds of men get to the top. I fully believe many if not most of them are possessed by demons. Do you still wonder why the wrath of God will be upon this nation?

When it gets down and dirty, and that day is rapidly approaching, Christians will bear the brunt of Satan’s anger. We are Christ’s servants by choice and as such are in the crosshairs of the enemy. All who operate in his service will be more than willing to take action against us – the military, the police, and the secular world (which is the Satanic world). They will do whatever they are commanded to do, and those commands will come from the very top. Get ready, it’s going to be a bumpy ride, but in the end I can assure you it will have been worth every indignation, every conceivable effort, every heartfelt prayer, every drop of blood – when we see the smile on the Savior’s face and hear Him say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant!”

There are multitudes of prominent men in the highest offices of the world who will eternally rue the fact that they never heard those words. As they endure eternal torment in the fires of Hell where their legions, their commanders, also suffer, they will regret forever the acts we all witness them committing in this world today. These acts are after all, part of their repayment to Satan for their (pitifully temporary) wealth and power. Stay as separate from them as possible.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

How To Become Victorious Over A Wretched World

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I watched another one of those videos on You Tube that showed what life is like for those folks in places like Mumbai and Dhaka – and so many others – and it’s really gut wrenching for me. I don’t watch them to gloat – not by a long shot. I’m fascinated and horrified to see things like the mountain of trash 70 – meters high outside the confines of Delhi. The toxic and polluted waterways in the areas of the slums of Lagos and in the Philippines are a sad sight to see. Some of the documentary visited cities in the US where the homeless people try to survive in tents or just out on the sidewalks, but the tent cities of Los Angeles are luxury condos compared to some of the morbid slums of giant cities in Asia and Africa. There are literally hundreds of millions of souls on this planet scrapping for everything they can get/use to survive. Some of the video shots showed people in more than one of the places where the garbage trucks bring the city trash just waiting for the truck to dump so they could be the first in line to start rummaging through the garbage for recyclables – and food scraps – anything!

The air in Lahore, Pakistan is so polluted the narrator said just breathing the air there for one day is equivalent to their lungs as smoking 50 cigarettes. There’s a lot worse things than nicotine in that smog too. As the video shots run in the documentary, I find myself praying for those poor folks, people who will never in their whole lives get a breath of clean air or feel the joy of hearing wild birdsong out in a secluded forest. Folks who don’t even have clean water to drink or to cook with, much less able to stop by one of the cold Ozark springs for a draught of pure water. No, every moment of their lives is consumed in a never-ending struggle to just survive another day, surrounded at all times by sweat-soaked fellow travelers who are fighting the same hunger.

Here in America, we can’t imagine what it’s like to be in constant competition with other people for a claim to a plastic bottle, a used one, not one filled with clean water but simply an item having some pittance of value anyway. There are places in those packed slums where a single toilet is shared by dozens – in some cases hundreds – of people. In some of the slums in Africa and the Philippines where people exist on floating villages or stilt hovels, folks just relieve themselves in the water that surrounds them. There’s no other place to throw the trash either, so it goes into the waterways too. If they are to get a bath, they must use the same water. This is the case in India where the Ganges River is the predominant water source. They inter their dead in the same water they bathe in.

I don’t know of any answer to this dilemma. Over population is the root cause, but what can they do? Reproduction is indelibly etched into the genetic code of humans as with other life forms, so on it goes. There is an ultimate answer for the unfortunate poor of the world however, and it is to get to know Jesus Christ, but alas, there are too few people interested in working to harvest these manifold cities. But with such tools as we can get our hands on, those of us who wish to help in the harvest must do what we can. These people need to know there is a better place awaiting beyond their noisome and overcrowded existences. That would have to go a long way towards giving meaning to their struggle. Working toward the promises of Jesus, His Kingdom, His gift of eternal life to those who simply believe in Him – would be for them, as it is for all of us, a hope for something infinitely better, but in their case maybe more urgently and desperately needed, and in this hope they can live and mature with the steadfast promise of Jesus.

According to scientists, people of the earth are able to discern around 93 billion light years of our observable universe. One light year is an unfathomable distance. Even one light minute is unimaginable. We don’t have a clue how many universes there may be either, or if Heaven is even part of – or completely something different from what we are able to see, so at any rate God has a lot of room for his servants – there’s plenty of room in the Heavenly Kingdom for each and every one of the people of the earth. It won’t be crowded – we’ll each have our own majestic mansion there, prepared by none other than Jesus Christ Himself. There’ll be plenty of fresh, pure, clean water flowing through the new paradise – the River of Life. We’ll have wonderful fruit from the Tree of Life which produces different fruit every month. Being in His blessed presence is going to occupy our whole existence there, and being in His presence and the beloved presence of the Lamb is going to be an absolutely unimaginably joyous experience and we will be able to enjoy it forever! The way the apostle put it: [1 Corinthians 2:9]: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” That’s a promise from our Savior and He will keep it, but we must believe in Him and be faithful to Him, and love Him.

When our belief in Jesus grows into actual expectation, our hope becomes manifest in our hearts and all of a sudden, we come to understand why the effort is worth our time and energy. Peter mentioned in one of his epistles about the morning star rising in our hearts and I’m convinced that’s what happens when we get to that blessed revelation – our faith grows into knowledge; believing becomes knowing! [2 Peter 1:19]: “And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts…”

If this post makes it into your hands, take heart, there’s a better life beyond this one. Although this site doesn’t get a huge volume of traffic, folkpotpourri nevertheless has readers in several of the countries mentioned in this post, so please share this with someone – maybe it can get to some of those folks I’ve been talking about who so desperately need hope for a better existence. If you follow folkpotpourri, you already know this site isn’t monetized so I’m not after clicks nor for any selfish reason – when I ask you to share this, it’s because I sincerely want to use this website to help people to learn about Jesus. And I’d like for my readers to experience the spiritual lift we get from knowing we are serving Him by helping others get to Him. Our true reward will be when He says: “Well done, my good and faithful servant” – the very definition of success in victory over this life!

When we get to the end of our journey here, there awaits a door we must enter. Every human being goes through that door, but only the called, chosen, and faithful will be greeted by the Savior and invited into His blessed Kingdom where we shall live forever! In that moment we will understand that what we always thought was life here wasn’t really life at all – we’ll begin a new life, the real life at last, with no worry, no pain, no sadness – only perfect peace and above all, love – and it will be a love we can feel, I believe kind of physically, like stepping into a great tidal wave of love and joy to forever be immersed in, except it will be spiritual and much more predominant in our new life than we could ever imagine. God is love, and we’ll finally realize how profound that Love is!

Even though we don’t have any way of knowing how deep God’s love is, we should nevertheless pray for Him to show us how to love – our neighbors, but mostly Him. We should set our hearts to love, even our enemies, and I believe the harder we try to love others – and God – we can begin to understand deeper things about the Lord and His ways. Of course, this also requires spending time in the Bible, so if you don’t have one, there are Christian ministries in every country, contact one, the Bibles are usually free. If you can’t get your hands on a Bible, leave your contact information in the comments and this site will do whatever I can to help you get one even if I have to send one myself.

Live in the assurance of His promises and never doubt for an instant that He will keep them for Heaven and earth will pass away but His Words will stand forever. Today is the time to pass His gospel on to others – time is growing short and the harvest is ripe – jump in!

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Of Faith, Courage and Good Cheer

“Be of good cheer”, He said. [John 16:33]; “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Who is this, a man; a human being, that can command the wind to be still, and it obeys? A Son of Man, Who one day will defeat the amassed armies of the world with the tempest of His breath. He is our only Path to salvation, to peace in troubled times.

He came to the earth in the guise of a lowly Son of a carpenter, an itinerant preacher with a new message, to which only a select few would ever listen and heed. He brought a Gospel into a sinful and wicked world and open to all, but meant for a precious few – a people He knows well, to whom He referred as His called, chosen, and faithful. They would come to Him to hear His beautiful message of peace, of eternal life in unimaginable paradise, a place where we can believe angels sing with voices that transcend human senses, piercing the veil of emotion, with sounds that reverberate through a universe unknown to any but those to whom God has given furtive glimpses. They come today as they did when He spoke inspirational messages with a human voice. They are rewarded with a powerful promise that, if accepted, shall carry their human experience and guide their souls through their entire journey here.

Why is it so important to Him that those to whom He so generously and graciously endowed with an earnest curiosity of – and attraction to – His Way, as though drawn by a great celestial magnet towards an incomprehensible eternity? Why? Because He is graced by the Father, the Creator of all, with an iteration of love we scarcely imagine. Would that He in His abundant grace allow us, His chosen, to learn, to know, to feel but a tithe of His love? For after all, He IS love. Thus it is only when we know Him that we can know love. How so? [Matthew 5:8]: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

We know from His word that we must strive toward a spiritual love for Him [John 4:24]: “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.“, a love only reserved for those who might wrest away from this human condition which restrains, such love as shall come endowed to manifest in our very souls. But only when we decide to lift our eyes from the vanities that ever threaten to obstruct our promise. The table dressed for carnal satiation cannot appeal to the appetite of the chosen. His Celestial love ever eludes the hearts of those with worldly eyes. We must resolve to pursue the Nazarene, the carpenter’s Son wherever He directs our path and never doubt His Word.

When He admonishes us to be of good cheer, then it becomes our objective to strive with every fiber of our heart and soul to be of good cheer. Although He understood well the malevolent world of seemingly endless tribulation we find ourselves striving to overcome, the much beloved Son of God would not have wasted His precious breath telling us to do something beyond our ability. Even in a world full of wickedness with dark talons of despair clawing at our very hearts, we can yet be of good cheer – but only in His blessed Presence. Only with that tithe of His incomprehensible (for now) love – for Him and for our fellow travelers. Only with the assurance that He indeed overcame this same evil world that we must find the courage to overcome ourselves, possible only because He overcame it first. When we obtain this incredible victory, when we have trudged up to the crest of the seemingly impossible mountain, then rest assured – we can and will be of good cheer.

As one of His called, chosen, and faithful, you can do it. Believe.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

The Real War – Between Wealth and Faith

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It would be easier to just turn and walk away. I have to confess, the temptation is there. I often feel like a fool for trying to get folks to at least look into opening their Bibles and take that decision to finally address their problems, indeed the problems of their world, through the eyes of one who believes in Jesus Christ. He very plainly tells us that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. [John 14:6] No matter how cross-threaded one is, it’s hard to misinterpret what He is saying in that statement – especially the Way part. If you’re looking for a way to deal with – not the problems of the world, they’ll only be solved when He comes back – but how those problems are affecting you right now, Jesus is the Way and there is no other. Believe me, I’ve been as frustrated as anybody. Like most folks, I wish there was some magic wand someone could wave and fix this mess we’re in, but that option isn’t available. I wish people would stop expecting some politician to step up and get us going in a better direction, but that’s not going to happen. There will indeed be one, who will appear at first to solve our problems, but he will be the very one we must avoid.

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Donald Trump is once again in a position where he might try to solve the world’s problems – if that was his intent. But as before, without Jesus Christ’s guidance, he won’t be successful. I don’t care how sold you are on him, he is just another rich man out to get richer, and that’s the bottom line. Look at all the billionaires in his administration. I’m not saying he’s the antiChrist, but he seems to be auditioning for the role.

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There are statues of him everywhere

For their entire lives on this earth. these people have never known what it’s like to worry about their lights being turned off for the lack of money to pay their electric bills. For Pete’s sake if Trump was really trying to help with the country’s serious problems, don’t you think he’d be hiring people with some semblance of ability to tackle homelessness. Our cities are in shambles. America definitely needs to be great (again?), and no amount of fealty to Benjamin Netanyahu is going to fix that. Trump’s been in office almost a month now, and the only moves he has made thus far is to prostrate himself to wealthy Zionists, even moreso than Joe Biden did, and that’s a low bar. His obeisance to Netanyahu was particularly disappointing for Americans -particularly those who wanted to see him as a courageous leader – to have to watch.

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The fake $100 bills in this pic have “In Trump We Trust” on his goat statue in Mara Lago.

Donald Trump, in his quest to appear wealthy, smart, and successful, continues to thoroughly embarrass America, both at home and especially in all foreign countries, he’s shaming America. That’s a real pathetic issue for sure, but there are several pressing ones. There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for them all. Our nation has almost completely abandoned God – that’s the root cause of our problems!

Personally, I don’t believe we should accept the insult to God that printing “In God We Trust” on money in the first place. The idolatrous love for money is the root of all evil and the one thing the Bible warns us about more than anything else, but to substitute Trump for God even in this out-of-place phrase is openly proclaiming Trump to be equal with God – the original sin of Satan. This is blatant idolatry, goat and all.

I live in an area of the country where houses still proudly wave Trump campaign flags. One day when the evil of his administration is manifested, they may out of conscience opt to take them down, but God is taking pictures of those yards to remind folks (in case they haven’t repented) at the judgement that they supported this fellow. Of course, the democrats are as bad or worse, but opposing one evil group by supporting another one will be no excuse.

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Do you really want to put yourself in the position to have explain to the Lord why you had something like this in your yard?

So here we are, most people at a loss for what to do, how to deal with this tsunami of evil overtaking the world, and so few of us have come to the realization that mankind doesn’t have the power within us to emerge victorious from it. At some point in the near future, a Savior will indeed appear, and He will decisively and forever defeat the enemy, but when that happens, it’ll be too late to get off the fence. [Revelation 16:15] “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” [16;18,19]: “And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. 19 Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.” A horrific moment for all who have rejected the Son of God. I think America fits the description of the great Babylon here, don’t you?

The opportunity for individuals to win this battle is slipping away, and no amount of fealty to wealthy people will help in the end. Jesus is the only Way, we need to start looking at our situation from a new perspective, one in which we are able to see that there is another existence, for only by understanding there is a better life ahead will we able to comprehend and elude the evil that is upon us. Too many of us reject the very faith that is able to save us, and it’s the only path to victory – those who turn to wealth, or even the desire of it, will be in for a horrible time.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

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MK

Guard Against the Enemy’s Flanking Maneuver

The flanking maneuver is a time-tested technique on the battlefield. It has been successfully employed in many battles and if properly executed with ample surprise, is very effective in warfare. The surprise and deception of such a maneuver contributes immensely to its effectiveness. When an enemy is focused on an aspect of the battle, especially caught up in a head-on battlefront, he can be susceptible to defeat by surprise from unexpected directions and/or from undefended areas such as the flanks, or ends, of his columns. We can get so caught up in our abhorrence of in-your-face evil, we can get distracted from unexpected tactics, and our tendency to allow our anger to become hate is one that leaves us open to an insidious defeat if we aren’t careful.

The enemy has been around for a long, long time. He is wiser than us, but not wiser than our Master. Those who do not know or care to know the Creator, are destined to be a type of pawn of the enemy, even though they may consider themselves to be good, upright people. The enemy knows well that if people reject Jesus Christ that he already has a certain amount of control over them, it’s just a matter of how much of a toll he wants to exact on them in the meanwhile and creating situations that foment hatred in decent people is just one of the many ways he does battle. As far as Christians are concerned, one of our less defended areas may be our control, or lack thereof, of our anger.

For instance, we all see what’s going on in Gaza, and most of us rightfully are disgusted by the murder of innocent people. Now the kind of people who support the genocide going on over there are already in Satan’s firm control, so that’s a whole nuther issue, but this post addresses folks who are repulsed by it. The problem comes in for us when we allow ourselves to hate these people doing the murder who are so completely under the control of the enemy. That’s his plan – to use his servants to perform evil, but equally as important, to invoke hatred from onlookers, because even though we are totally against what they are doing, we fall into his trap by hating them for it. When that happens, he wins on both sides of the battle, he controls those who commit murder, and when otherwise good people see the gross injustice and unmerciful treatment and allow hatred into their hearts, he has them where he wants them as well. That’s why Jesus admonishes us to love our enemies, to prevent us from falling victim to Satan by allowing hatred into our hearts. This may well be one of the most difficult things to avoid, even for good people.

Satan has complete control of many very wealthy people here in our country, who in turn have gained control of the leadership through bribery and extortion with the riches Satan has entrusted to them. These “elite” servants of Satan are the same ones who own all of our media organizations. They also own Hollywood and have tremendous influence over the content of entertainment, thus are able to influence many who are unaware of the power that entertainment has over their world views. When people see filth and violence, they tend to believe that because so many people are entertained by such, it must be ok. Of course, the wealthy do not see themselves as such, but in the grand scheme, they are no more than simple pawns for Satan to use as he sees fit – and destroy when the time is right. Animosity towards them is growing steadily as more and more citizens come to realize the degree to which they are manipulated and propagandized. For now, suffice it to say, the wealthy elites mentioned here generally support the genocide of the Palestinians, so their influence over our politicians tends to make them support what’s going on as well.

These same wealthy people completely own all but a precious and exemplary few members of our government and its institutions, especially including the military. They decide who gets to run for president, and it’s well known by now that no one can become president of the United States without showing proper fealty to them. There are required demonstrations of obeisance for a presidential candidate in the US nowadays and we’ve seen them. The same fealty demonstrated through various other rituals, is to be expected from legislators and from the benches of this country as well.

It looks as though Satan’s plan is to allow some light to shine on these individuals so that everyone sees who’s behind the evil that is apace in our country and the world. A lot of this has been practiced behind the curtain up to now, but normal citizens, including Christians who let their guard down, are starting to see who’s behind the rampant evil. That in itself is a good thing, but the enemy intends to use that knowledge to our destruction by causing us to hate these people. His wealthy servants? Sure, they don’t give it any thought, but he’ll drop them like a hot potato when it suits his purpose even though they are smug for now in the deception of their master’s loyalty. A perfect example is the French revolution and what happened to the elites of that day. The revolution itself may have been successful, but the devil won out when Louis and Marie were executed, because that resulted from the hatred he fomented and the ensuing sinful violence it caused among the French peasantry.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that as Christians we have to be careful to stay above the fray and not allow ourselves to be sucked into the maelstrom of hatred and violence that is bound to happen as the servants of evil are revealed. When we do that, we unintentionally do the bidding of the evil one and allow him to win a carefully conceived battle he planned out long ago and is once again setting up right now. We can certainly – and have a Christian duty to – disapprove of the evil that is going on, but we have to do it without falling into the trap of allowing hatred into our hearts, because when that happens, he wins both ways. Even though I firmly believe that Heaven will be an expansive place, nevertheless, there won’t be any room for hatred there.

Hate the sin but love the sinner. Pray for them – all of them, the oppressed, but just as importantly, the oppressors. It’s hard to do, but we have to give it our best shot, and with Jesus’ help we can prevail.

May God’s blessings find and keep us all in these trying times.

MK

The Final Day When Paupers Become Kings

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Today is Saturday, August 3, in the year of our Lord 2024 and things are shaping up to get really ugly in the Middle East – likely the whole world – as I write this post. The status of the world, though shocking to many, does not come as a surprise to Christians. We’ve long read about world events that are to come upon us in our Bibles. We know about most of the things that will take place because we believe the God-given prophecies of guys like Daniel, Ezekiel, and John, and if you haven’t read up on the things that are predicted, you should so you can get ready – it’s going to be quite the ride!

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When you decide to start checking into the events that are happening and are yet to happen you will undoubtedly encounter the undercurrent of it all which is the ongoing battle between the forces of good and evil – between God the Creator and His enemy Satan. There are way too many aspects of this enigmatic confrontation for any human still in the flesh to be able to comprehend. We cannot begin to enumerate nor understand all of the issues and their effects even though a lot of people, especially the charlatans that try to pass themselves off as preachers, would have you to believe they are able to. Suffice it to say there is an incomprehensible spiritual battle happening and like it or not, all of us – even those on this side of the void – are involved. We have to choose a side, and unfortunately most of humanity has already done so although many do not even realize they have. That’s where studying your Bible comes in.

Ignoring the words and the person of Jesus Christ is the same as opposing Him. Jesus Christ is the only Way we have out of this mess that the servants of evil have made of the world. There are many who claim to know how to confront Satan and his minions, but Jesus said that He is the ONLY way we can succeed, [John 14:6] “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father but through me.” There are many people who try to reach God, but if we believe Jesus is truthful, we must recognize His authority as the Son of God and follow Him to get where we need to go. Once we submit our hope to Him, we begin a journey that will lead us to an unimaginably joyful and indescribable victory. It will be the ultimate victory over the evil that today plagues this world, and in the end all of those servants of evil who seem to be so invincible now will actually be the servants of Jesus’ followers. According to this doctrine, Netanyahu, Dick Cheney, Jacob Rothschild and all of the evil figures who have seemed to be so untouchable, will be bowed at the feet of those who are for now, humble and innocent travelers, those who trust Jesus to bring justice upon all who practice iniquity today, for the servants of Jesus will inherit kingship in the reign of Christ.

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Imagine the shock and disappointment of those who would control the world today when they discover their whole earthly existences were no more than that of the grass of the field, and when they get to the Great Day of God’s judgement and see their master groveling before the True King. Those who wield the great swords of war, the dark and powerful weaponry that destroys nations, will be struck with fear and awe at the inimitable power of the real King when He appears in His unimaginable glory. In that moment they will realize the futility of their former allegiance to Satan, his wealth, his earthly control. If they had the mind to do so, they could look through those powerful telescopes and see great stars exploding, destroying everything in the millions of miles of space all around – that’s only a sample of the kind of power the Lord has. Their servitude to the evil one will all mean nothing, but those of us who have been faithful to our Lord Jesus will attain kingship and share His inheritance of all things.

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Just in case you haven’t noticed the world powers coalescing around the middle east and the open and unabashed slaughter of all those innocent people in Palestine, the warships congregating, and all the other portents of destruction and annihilation gathering like some dark cloud, you might want to open your eyes before it’s too late. It’s going to get really ugly, but when it’s all over, those who will be left standing will be our King Jesus Christ and His followers – and ONLY them. Everything He said would happen has either already happened or is happening now – that should be all the evidence we need to understand the Truth of what He says. Get on the right side of things before it’s too late. The clouds are rapidly closing in…

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God bless all.

MK