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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

Domestic Loss of Agency and Spirit

As we witness world events the like of which have never happened at the tempo of informational disbursement that has never before been possible, it is critically important that we weigh the events and their significance against what we read in our Bibles. Against what has been prophesied down through the centuries, through millennia. We are able to watch things unfold in this modern era that were foretold long ago, and if we pay attention, we can see incredible accuracy in the predictions. Some of it is hard to interpret, but if we but trust the Spirit – the same Spirit who informed the prophecies to start with – He is sure to reveal to us the things we need to know.

Interpreting the Scriptures was intended to be a lifetime project for we must continually search them for those things the Lord means to reveal to us. For instance, we are told in several places that this world will be destroyed by fire in the end. Back before science had an idea that the depths of the earth contained molten rock and that said magma occasionally rises to the surface, before the advent of nuclear weapons, it wouldn’t have been all that odd to wonder how the world-ending apocalypse of fire would come about, but nowadays it’s easy to imagine.

There are prophecies in Revelation and in Daniel that speak of contaminated waters that will destroy life, and now after Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Three Mile Island, it’s no longer hard to imagine how such contamination could occur. In the event of a nuclear war, not only the radioactive contamination from bombs, but that which would undoubtedly result from all the sunken nuclear-powered warships with highly radioactive contamination pouring forth from their bowels would serve to likely destroy all ocean life and any life which might have survived the “war” along the highly populated coastlands of the world.

Even though we can rationally understand how such devastation can be orchestrated by humanity, it’s not outside the realms of likelihood that the Almighty God has plans of His own creation for this world of evil populated in large part by people who have utterly turned their backs on Him. Men who defy everything He has ordered and many of whom openly serve Satan and challenge our God to destroy them. Men have become hateful, spiteful creatures, murderers with no remorse, in fact, our leaders publicly boast of murdering people! They don’t even try to hide outright cold-blooded murder of innocents, or those to whom no evidence of illicit activity has been presented. We followers of Jesus Christ have no part in this and certainly owe no allegiance to “leaders” who perpetrate such heinous activity.

Our allegiance must be to Jesus Christ, and Him only. We must turn from the ways of this evil world and seek God with all our being. This world is not our home, nor is any mortal our king. Many of the leaders of the world have shown or are showing where their interests lie, and in the case of the US, our leadership is sold out to moneyed interests and they are willing to allow Americans to be accosted in the streets or even starved while exorbitant amounts of wealth are being squandered to appease an exceptional few people, including our president, and if you happen to be a “Christian” who supports any of these people, you need to get your Spiritual life sorted out before it’s too late. Jesus said the gate that leads to life is a narrow one and there will be few who find it. If you find yourself pulling for the leaders whose interests are making the rich men richer, you need to listen closely to the message of Jesus Christ about what lies in store for rich men – He makes no distinction nor excuses for politicians – don’t let them deceive you, this is about your eternal soul! Too many folks are trying to get through that wide gate, and that includes those who claim to be men of faith, but who believe these rich men are okay to follow and support.

MAGA was a con job by a shyster New York City real estate hustler who sold America a bill of goods and now the people who voted for him are seeing what has happened to the MAGA farmers who got sold out to his ignorant tariff schemes. Got sold out to places like Argentina where American billionaire servants of Satan invested lots of money. Argentina has to have money so those billionaires don’t lose their investments, so Secretary Bessent who has close ties to one Rob Citrone, a Hedge Fund Manager with big investments in Argentina prevailed on Trump to give Argentina some 40 billion dollars so his buddy doesn’t lose on his investment. In fact, when the giveaway to Argentina became approved but before it took place, it’s been reported that some of the billionaire investors bought more into Argentina so that the American money would find it’s way back into their portfolios. Outright theft disguised as insider trading, which also at least used to be illegal in the US. These guys are criminals of the highest order and are openly stealing money from America, destroying American farmers, and allowing poor Americans to go without food, and there are still die hard MAGA voters who trust them! Go figure! It’ll no doubt come as a shock that no MAGA voters from real America will be getting invitations to any festivities in the new White House ballroom.

This post was intended to be for encouragement to believers and for warning not to get caught up in things that are going on in the world, at least as far as supporting all the evil taking place. It wasn’t intended to get into politics, but due to the close association with political leaders with all sorts of evil, it was inevitable that the conversation would end up with a warning to anyone who considers themselves to be servants of Jesus Christ to tread carefully if you consider supporting (especially) our current leadership!

The world is scheduled to be destroyed by fire, and the money of the wealthy will surely burn along with them; the money will quickly burn up and be gone but their miserable souls will burn on for all eternity. If you choose to be with them now, you just might end up being with them then (and forever). Turn away from them while there is time. Find Jesus Christ Who is willing to secure your salvation.

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

MK

A Mental Foray into a New World

There are two worlds going, and probably always have been. There’s the physical world and a lesser-known Spiritual world. When I say lesser known, I of course am referring to the spiritual world as it is hardly regarded by the unbeliever.

There’s a lot of moisture outside this October morning. It comes from the dew as we are running a rain deficit, but nevertheless it would be difficult to get a fire started out there, so there’s a blessing of sorts, although later in the day things will dry out again. The big old oak trees are standing with fading greenery, looking at each other wondering when October is actually going to get started. Even with this late summer, there’s a quiet morning chill out in the damp air, but the solitude is refreshing, invigorating. The blue jays have already started to infiltrate this part of the Ozarks as juniper berries (actually tiny cones) once more begin to ripen. My daughter’s big old sunflowers have opened kiosks around her house for goldfinches to dine for another season.

I planted cucumbers a second time in August because the first ones got some kind of blight and did not produce much. These new ones are starting to put on lots of blossoms and some baby pickles are starting to show. The physical world in which we live steadily goes forward in spite of man’s efforts to destroy it, and that is how it should be – not that last part about how we foul our nest, but that the world itself has a great propensity for adaptation and survival. Autumn is, nevertheless, starting to run overdue, and if you are a long-time reader of folkpotpourri, you’ll know autumn is my favorite season.

Skies of clearest azure wake up to late sunrises and songbirds go about their routines, some bail out to southern places, but by and large most of them begin to hang out around the overgrown weeded pastures checking for seeds and berries. This is the physical world at its finest, and I feel sorry for city folk – those stuck in great sprawling metropolises who hardly get the opportunity to realize what God’s creation is all about. That’s where the Spiritual world comes to mind.

Probably one of the things we know the least about is infinity. The human brain has a limited capacity for knowledge and understanding. If you were on the beach with a bucket in your hand you could scoop up a bucket of water, but there’s an ocean full of water still out there and your tiny bucket only has the capacity to hold that one bucketful, like your brain after it’s full of all the knowledge it can hold. But there’s so much more out there to know!

If one were to allow their mind to wander, considering the things we know, or at least think we know, about the creation in which we exist, there are supposed to be something like 90 billion light years worth of universe – physical universe – out there packed with trillions of stars. That’s just the part we can observe, who knows how much more there is? Scientists speculate that many – if not most – stars herd planetary systems that might be similar to the solar system. I wonder how many of those worlds harbor spectacular scenery, giant mountains, waterfalls, expansive forests, and such. I like to think that after our time here, we might be free to wander about, find worlds that would be weird, wild, and impressive. Something else to consider is the fact that as Spiritual beings, we most likely won’t be restricted to places with oxygen and mild temperatures, so we’d likely do just fine in places like Jupiter or Venus. What kinds of animals and birds might be lurking out there? Would the Creator allow His faithful to explore such wonders in the great by and by? Do these kinds of things exist in the Spiritual world, and if so, where are the boundaries between physical and Spiritual? Are there infinite universes where we could spend eternity in fascination of physical and/or Spiritual places and would the boundaries between them become a blur that would make it impossible to discern if they are Spiritual universes or physical? Would things like that even matter in the afterlife?

You see, the apostle Paul said [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.” Now that verse opens up a whole slew of possibilities for what Heaven might be like. It says in effect that we cannot imagine what we’ll inherit in God’s Spiritual kingdom. Think about that for a minute – nothing has entered into the mind of any human being at any time that could describe the immensity, the joy of Heaven, and we have a chance to be there! If I were an unbeliever and had the option of that kind of reward in exchange for becoming a child of God, I’d take that chance. In fact, that’s exactly what I have done! But we also have the added bonus of sharing that paradise with our precious Lord Jesus who loves us infinitely. After all, you have to consider that we are all going to pass on from this world anyway, so why not?

For the here and now, my kids and I have this neck of the Ozarks – a blessing in itself to behold. We don’t have, nor do we desire a lot of money and the headaches that come with it. I do not envy folks with wealth – I’ve had the opportunity to become fairly well-off, but I walked away from it and never looked back because God gave me the good sense and the discernment to see and understand what riches do to people. They grow cold and forego any meaningful relationships with the Father or their fellow men. Typically, they and their own families and friends become mired in the lusts of the world to the extent that they could never understand the joy of watching an indigo bunting on the pasture fence on an early summer morning or catching a glimpse of turkeys marching among the chestnut oaks looking for those prized little acorns. God didn’t bless folks who put money ahead of Him (and everything else), even though what they see as their existence is not a blessing at all, but a superficial facade of a meaningful life. But most tragically for them, they have no hope for the afterlife – the present life they have is all they want and sadly, it and the memory of it is all they’ll ever have.

The Spiritual world we believers look forward to has unimaginable promise, from Jesus Christ, our beloved Savior who went through an incredibly painful, horrific and humiliating experience so we could be rid of – and forgiven for – our unwise choices back when we misbehaved so egregiously. From the way the Bible describes the events surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion I truly believe God the Father had His mighty hand on the big red button and was probably close to ending everything then and there, but only because of the love His Son had in His heart for you and me, His willingness to continue through His mighty sacrifice, God allowed the thing to proceed. Now something to consider: We are told that a day is as a thousand years with Jesus and a thousand years is as a day, so by the Heavenly calendar, it might be to God like His Son just died a few days ago and maybe He hasn’t gotten over the grief of it all yet. His anger at those who reject the wonderful offer Jesus makes by His sacrifice is likely still burning with a fire that will destroy and consume the very humans who turned Him down, instead they do evil things like even worshipping the antiChrist and accepting the mark of the beast. [Revelation 14:9-11]: “Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.  And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” His mighty hand is still on that button, folks, and when He cuts loose with His vengeance on those who: a) by sinning caused His Son to have to die on that cross, b) rejected His precious offer to be redeemed from those sins, thus making that sacrifice of no benefit to themselves. I do not want to partake in that beverage, folks!

There’s definitely another existence to be had after this one, a Spiritual Paradise to which we will ascend that will be so glorious and magnificent as to make us forget that other place where the mighty and the rich (and all those who followed after them) have ended up. There will be no hope for them anymore, so do not be counted among them. Enjoy as best you can what we have left of this world God created for us. Evil men are destroying it inexorably and rapidly for whatever wealth they can extract from it, and we won’t have it much longer, but fear not – Jesus will return and lead us into another, vastly more elaborate and precious place where He has built mansions for each of us. Do not despair nor fear the servants of Satan who are for a while in charge of things – their time is almost over. Pity them and pray for them – God can still work in their lives and some may yet come to salvation.

Meanwhile, in this world we need to make the best we can of things, pray incessantly and enjoy the fleeting time here under the gilded hickory boughs. Enjoy the blue jays. Pray for our brothers in cities who don’t have such joys. Pray for the persecuted in places like Gaza and Nigeria. Pray for our entry soon into God’s eternal Spiritual world.

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

MK

Why We Must Apply the Right Standards for Perfection

It is only through determined search that we may bring ourselves within reach of the perfection we desire. Indeed, to discover and address that which remains imperfect becomes of profound import if we are to dream of attaining to His order of perfection. For at all cost, and such cost as we find ourselves in need of remittance may truly seem hopeless and beyond our ability, we must resolve to strive to our utmost bounds to pay the penance of correction. Perfection after all, is our result of locating and removing anything impeding our fellowship with Him. As has been proven once in all of history, human perfection, as impossible as it appears, is nevertheless within human reach.

As I walked in the woods through the chill of a somber and dank morning, the Spirit happened to take my thoughts to the likelihood of perfection and the unlikelihood of ever attaining to such a status. I was looking through the green hickory saplings for, coincidentally, a perfect walking stick. In my mind, I envisioned a plumb and arrow-straight sapling, green and hopefully one to one and a half inch in diameter. Remember these criteria for the ultimate selection. In my time I’ve cut many walking sticks, always a hickory or sassafras (and invariably thrown away or lost), but I’ve never quite gotten exactly the one I wanted – today would be different, today I would find the perfect one, to keep and use for those long walks up and down the Ozark hills in the peaceful forest. As I ambled down the dim track (where we normally drive the ATV), I started thinking about perfection in general.

The scriptures encourage us to be perfect Christians [Matthew 5:48]: “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”, so what qualities would our Lord require of us to be perfect in His eyes?

First of all, as flesh and blood humans, I think we all realize that perfection is beyond our reach, and indeed it is, if we attempt it on our own. But there is a Way to perfection, even in this human iteration of our existence if we truly seek it. The Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ is the only answer this paradox! The Spirit can lead us to perfection. We are far from perfect as physical human beings when we begin our Spiritual journey (assuming we have decided to undertake it) but as we progress, as we trust Jesus Christ to develop our improvement, our imperfections become less and less of an issue, either because we become more able to see and resolve them, or even though we considered our “imperfections” to be such, maybe they weren’t imperfections in God’s eyes. Remember when Moses was reluctant to undertake the responsibility which God assigned to him because of his speech impediment? [Exodus 4:10]: “Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” Moses considered this to be a disqualifier for the role he was being solicited to fill in God’s service, but God didn’t see this as an imperfection at all, so what we deem imperfection may not be such to God.

It is sometimes due to these very imperfections which we perceive in ourselves that God chooses us to do His work. For instance, I believe that I’m sort of crazy and I sometimes write things that are often “out there”, but maybe God gives me the desire (responsibility) to write on His behalf, knowing that I don’t mind saying things that “normal” people would be disinclined to discuss – in the hopes of encouraging my fellow travelers to seek Him. Or in the case of this post, maybe to not be so down on ourselves for what might not be a real problem and accept that. After all, God has myriad ways of showing us when something is a real imperfection that we need to deal with, so we must trust Him and do it.

As these thoughts about perfection progressed, I watched my little dog scampering through the trees and catching the scent of all the critters that were about last night. This little girl is a canine thief, steals whatever she can get away with, but I love her very much. It occurred to me that God indeed sees our imperfections when He chooses us, both the real issues that need to be addressed, like cleaning up our language, or quitting drinking or whatever, versus those things about us which He doesn’t consider to be shortcomings, but maybe we do. He reaches down and grabs us, and if you’re like me, He had to hold His nose and reach way down, but if we hear His voice and invite Jesus Christ into our lives [Revelation 3:20] “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me”., He gives us whatever we need to overcome our issues. Namely the Holy Spirit which tells us everything we need to know and further, by writing His law on our hearts, gives us the ability to discern real imperfections from those we imagine. He also ultimately teaches us when those “obstacles” we feared might damage our relationship are not really a problem, so we don’t need to waste emotional capital worrying about them, for some of us that takes time, but He has plenty of time.

One other aspect of perfection that often goes unconsidered is that we can be capable of “perfect” love. Again, only through the Holy Spirit are we able to receive this absolutely marvelous asset. We are told in the Scriptures that with perfect love, we do not fear (the threats of the enemy), because perfect love casts out fear. [1 John 4:18]: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” That’s a big one, folks, because fear is the greatest weapon in the enemy’s arsenal, but with the perfect love blessing of the Holy Spirit, we are able to disarm him!

The last sentence of that verse also implies to us a very significant map to perfection. Do not overlook the part that tells us we can be made “perfect in love”. Through the power of love we can be perfected – yes, love – the greatest power in all of creation! How do we learn to love like this? How do we learn to wield this great power? [2 Thessalonians 3:5]: “Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.” The Holy Spirit teaches us (directs our hearts) how to love God (and our fellow travelers)! His amazing Love is by far the greatest of all spiritual gifts. Pray fervently for it. Love even has the power to cover much sin! [1 Peter 4:18]: “And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” Indeed, it is love that gives us our strength and courage in our time of need, that day is coming for all of us.

We are reminded many times throughout the scriptures that God is Love, therefore Love is the greatest power in all of creation. What’s more is that we have access to this love, so if we opt to follow Christ, even in our state of imperfection, with love we are well-armed to defeat the enemy in his strength.

As I sauntered down the woodland hill on the way back to the house after all this meditation on perfect and imperfect, I realized that I might not be applying the proper criteria for the right walking stick after all, and lo and behold, I finally found the perfect one. At first you might see an old crooked, weathered blackjack oak limb, but if you consider the implications of this post and look closer, you will behold the perfect walking stick!

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

MK

Standing at the Edge of the Precipice

Just came in from the garden a few minutes ago and not a moment too soon. It’s just too hot to work out there even at nine o’clock in the morning. I probably stayed out longer than I should have, but it seems like every time I get ready to come in, there’s always just one more thing I need to do, and on and on…

I don’t usually try to grow watermelons, but this year I decided to try my luck and lo and behold, there are several nice sized melons growing and the plants are still green and healthy. My usual luck is that the vines start getting brown and the leaves turn and dry out by this time of year, and if there are any melons growing, they just stop at whatever size they are when the plants start getting sick and that’s it, but this year they seem to be doing really good. I think they’re the crimson sweet variety. So here’s hoping.

Back to the heat this year – is it just me or does the weather seem to be taking a turn for the worse as far as global warming, climate change – whatever!? Seems like the weather is getting extremely hot this summer everywhere. There are videos showing how bad it is in China with those poor people just cooking in 120 plus weather. There are heat-induced wildfires raging right now all over southern Europe – Spain, Italy and especially places in Greece. Canada is and has been burning down, and here in the US we have an unusually large number of fires going as I write. Indeed, the Good Book says the world will end by fire. 2 Peter 3:10]; “The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.”

If places aren’t burning down, it seems like they are being flooded. Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, New York City, and right now Tennessee all have been severely flooded lately, and with hurricane season getting into full swing, there are more floods to be expected. Several places in Europe and Asia are experiencing catastrophic floods these days too.

I don’t know about anyone else, but the way things are unfolding these days, it sure seems to me that the Almighty isn’t very pleased with us human beings for the way we’ve been misbehaving of late. There are more volcanoes erupting right now than I can remember all at once in my lifetime. Looks like that big 8.7 earthquake in Kamchatka might have somehow awakened several volcanoes in that region because there are some erupting that have been dormant for centuries and that just since the big temblor. Other areas experiencing quakes are in particularly scary places – like Campi Flegrei, the fields of fire in Italy. That place is the home of a genuine super volcano and if it undergoes a super volcano eruption (VEI (Volcano Explosivity Index) 7 or 8), it will likely have profound global implications, and not good ones.

It seems like all the dominoes are lined up and ready to start falling worldwide, and that’s not even counting what our illustrious leaders might bring upon us what with all the endless bellicosity and threats of war we constantly hear. The Bible speaks of a time of great tribulation that’s coming to the world in the end times, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how it can come about, in fact, several places in the world are experiencing horrible tribulations right now. The hapless people of Gaza are undergoing a tribulation, and I don’t see how it could get much worse for them. They are and have been watching their loved ones being slaughtered and starved to death, thousands of people with severe injuries and no hope of medical help. Hospitals, churches, and all institutions of government there have been systematically destroyed.

We can all – as in everyone in the world – see what is happening to Gaza, and most people of conscience are horrified both by what is happening and by the stark realization that there are indeed entities in the world that try to pass themselves off as human beings who are capable of such brutality and barbarism. It’s a scary realization, because one has to acknowledge the reality that these same horrors can and will eventually be visited upon any and everyone who stands against them. People are being locked up in Merry old England for simply protesting against genocide today – how much longer before the “authorities” start executing those of us who stand against evil? It might sound outlandish here in the US, but don’t we have unbadged goons already prowling our cities right now, grabbing people off the streets and locking them up with no due process?

There will come a time when the powers that be will issue orders to thugs like the ice goons to shoot people on sight who attempt to obstruct them, and if you think I’m being hyperbolic, well, you’ve got another think coming. Read your Bible. The day will come when Satan turns all of the world’s authorities against his true enemies, Christians. We’ll see a time when followers of Jesus Christ anywhere in the world will be sought out for execution. If you are a believer, you already know this. If you are a faithful believer, you do not fear it, for you know that the moment you cross through that door, the Lord Jesus Christ will be there to meet you with open arms. He will call you a good and faithful servant and you will be shown into your own mansion in His Kingdom, a place of joy and peace where you will spend eternity with Him. The thugs who will be serving Satan in those times, will also die sooner or later as everyone does, and unless they repent, they will face something more dreadful than any mind on earth could ever imagine. But this will be the result of their own choice.

The days of tribulation – for those of us who haven’t yet suffered them yet – are fast approaching, and as believers, we must be prepared and ever watchful, for the time of His return will be as He said, “As a thief in the night.” He will come at a time of the Father’s choosing, and nothing – not epic world events, nor mundane issues like whether or not my watermelons are ripe – will have any bearing on His time of reckoning. Nothing. We must continuously be watchful and always be ready to go at any moment. This also means we must be ready to face whatever trials the enemy puts before us and stay faithful to the end, then He has a crown for us – what a fantastic event!

If you have been running the race, be especially careful from here on out, because the enemy will be throwing everything he has in his arsenal at us. Be careful to not fear and stay faithful. His time is short, and he knows it. Donald Trump doesn’t know it. Benjamin Netanyahu or Elon Musk or all of the world’s rich people do not know it – they can see no further into the future than Satan allows, otherwise they too, might turn and be saved, but no, they delude themselves into thinking their lifestyles will last, at least as far as they care to look. The only things they care about are wealth and power, but they don’t realize they won’t be able to buy friends and security with money that can never again be spent – anywhere, ever. Satan knows his end is near, but his chief servants don’t know it’s near, nor what that entails for them. At this point in time their greatest fear is losing their wealth, their status; being made equal with the common man, and it is a tremendous fear indeed, but when the end gets here, as it already has for so many of them (if you haven’t noticed, men like Sheldon Adelson, Jacob Rothschild, and Henry the Eighth aren’t around anymore) there are no words for the horror they will face before an angry Almighty God.

Satan, for his part, long ago waged war on the saints of Jesus, and the big advantage he has provided for his servants is economic and political power over the saints. He has given them the ability to purchase high offices (google Citizens United), and in order to serve him, those offices must eventually be dedicated to defeating his greatest enemy – the servant of Jesus Christ. If you think differently, if you think the high offices of this great government are beyond the reach of the evil one, if you think the senate and the congress, the supreme court, or even the white house, are unassailable by Satan, I urge you to look at the genocide support by the members of our government. Look at their financial statuses. Look at their AIPAC support. The synagogue of Satan has purchased their souls – it’s plain as day. If you think followers of Christ are safe anywhere in this country or this world, think again. They’ll be coming for us soon – count on it. This only applies to real Christians, not the ones that pack the megachurches of false pastors – they’re safe enough, at least for now.

I understand it’s a lot easier to talk about not fearing than actually rejecting fear, but do not forget we have access to a weapon that is guaranteed to give us what we need to win out over fear. Love. It’s right there in the word. [1 John 4:18]: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” There it is! Think about it. Think about all those servants of Jesus in the days of the early Church – those believers who were thrown to the lions in the coliseum of Rome, the disciples who were martyred – they were fearless, and so must we be today when the times of trial come upon us. We must pray for the mighty weapon of love to cast off our fear and strengthen our hearts when the real time of trial comes to us.

The tough times of tribulation are within sight now for all of us, and as mentioned earlier, such times are already here for many. The weather, the landslides, earthquakes, wildfires, wars, and other calamities are growing more frequent and intense. We were warned of these times, now we must endure them. Spiritual powers are arrayed against us, over whom we have no advantage – unless we receive that love and understand the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Who is able to give us the succor we need to emerge victorious in this – the grandest of all battles! It can be won, and I hope to see y’all on the other side!

May the blessings of the Almighty find and keep us.

MK

MAGA – Mutiny Against God Almighty

So, you claim to be a member in good standing of a God-fearing electorate, one nation under God seeking providence, peace and prosperity. Somewhere in the back of your mind, there are some Christian leanings, or at least you like to think so, but it’s been a while – a pretty long while, come to think of it – since you broke out the Good Book and examined anything it says. That’s what preachers are for, right? They can be the ones to study the scriptures and just tell you what it says come Sunday. But now that you think about it, it’s been several Sundays since you were at church. And some of them preachers are kinda suspect as far as their messages. For instance, a lot of them are preaching that it’s imperative that you support Israel, but those folks are into some pretty dastardly practices, what with murdering children and starving people on purpose. Does it occur to you, bother you, that the verse about supporting Israel is so badly misinterpreted by your pastor?

You know enough about the teachings of Jesus to see a huge conflict between what He told us about loving our neighbors and what you see as Israel’s evil treatment and slaughter of poor people, but as long as the pastor says we have to support them because they’re Jews and sons of Abraham, it must be ok. But some old guy whose posts you read once in a while says that in the book of Revelation, Jesus was speaking to the church of Smyrna about some evil, blasphemous people will come along in the last days claiming to be Jews, but they will be lying because they won’t be Jews at all. Said the same thing to the church of Philadelphia. Maybe that’s why the Israeli government doesn’t allow their “Jewish” people to take DNA tests. Maybe that’s why every Israeli PM in their history has changed their names from European names to Jewish-sounding names like from the Polish Meleikowski to the Jewish Netanyahu. Even if they were Jews, according to Jesus’ testament they would be absolutely in the wrong murdering helpless peasants and intentionally starving children and infants, oh, and not believing in Jesus!

You aren’t and never have been for abortion because in your eyes that’s murdering babies. How then, do you rationalize the disconnect between the evil of aborting unborn babies and supporting those who intentionally starve living children who are already alive and breathing? Do you not see that there is a big disconnect there? Oh yeah, because your pastor explained that it’s ok – the Palestinians are the bad guys, even the little kids and babies. When you shut off your TV as the newscast gets into occupation soldiers shooting kids in food lines for fun, it all goes away, right? For you maybe, but not for them.

When they drop huge bombs on hospitals and kill hundreds of patients and doctors, nurses, and staff, that’s ok too, because the bad guys hide in those places. I guess it’s also ok when they make the doctors strip down to their underwear in bad weather and parade them around to shame and humiliate them, because blah, blah, blah. And your preacher said the doctors are the bad guys for treating terrorist children. That makes it ok to torture them horribly, even rape them in Israeli prisons – for being doctors.

Your esteemed orange president whom you seem to worship says we gotta support those people because they’re our allies so there’s that, but aren’t these the same “allies” who attacked one of our unarmed ships and murdered several dozen American sailors back in the sixties? Yeah, those allies. Do you think your beloved president might be coddling those allies because some of their wealthy supporters gave him millions of dollars for his election? Maybe he likes them so much because so many people suspect they were behind the Kennedy assassination (and he could be next), who knows? Just like with 9/11, a proper investigation was never allowed into any of those incidents. Now, just who in the world wields so much power and influence that they could prevent and/or stop a congressional investigation cold?

After all, even an American president can be on the receiving end of a Congressional Investigation – see Richard Nixon, so what entity could be so very powerful as to simply block a real investigation into something like 9/11 in which thousands of Americans were murdered? No questions asked. You watched things unfold; you’ve seen the way they operate over and over again. You’ve heard this politician you idolize say he would drain the swamp; you cheered for him at rallies; you even fly his campaign flag from the 2016 election proudly in your yard. He is after all, a slick New York City hustler who has a knack for telling you what you want to hear, he just never gets around to doing anything he promised. His masters upstairs wouldn’t let him, even if he had a mind to do the right thing. Any right thing. But he doesn’t have such a mind at all. He was brought up in the midst of Zionist New York bankers, crooked lawyers, and perverts, how do you expect him to behave?

But, but, he stood there by the church outside the White House with a Bible in his hands… And you bought into that one too? Figures. Did your preacher tell you he was a devout believer because of the way he held the Bible as he posed for the photo op? With a strange and morbidly phony smile, he does photo ops with the Bible just for you and those like you. The only thing missing is a serpent – no, wait!

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If there were any believers present for this, I’d bet they were holding fire extinguishers

Is your revulsion of the Democrats such that you are willing to accept such a man as your vaunted and beloved leader? A lot of folks who think for themselves share your revulsion of the Democrats, but this disgrace is not anyone’s answer. Even if your pastor tells you otherwise. You should throw away that flag in your yard so when the locusts from the pit appear to torture evildoers you might be spared. You need to pray for him. And try opening your own Bible and read about the real Jesus Christ – not the christ that the Zionist MAGA pastors talk about.

Sorry for the rant, folks, but this Trump worship is getting old. The country has gone down in a big way unless one happens to be someone wealthy with lots of “contributions” for politicians. We must trust in the Lord – the evildoers will go down in flames – literally – in the end.

MK

Do Believers Abhor the Slaughter of Innocents?

Sometimes I think whatever new post I’m doing might just be my last opportunity to encourage readers to get serious about their plans – plans for the immediate future because on days like today we must consider our priorities for the here and now – but more importantly their plans for eternity. Here on earth, there might not be a down the road to think about. As of this writing, someone – TPTB are trying hard to sell that it was Ukraine – bombed several Russian airfields and destroyed a number of strategic aircraft.

If you have been watching the NATO vs Russia developments closely, you’d probably be as convinced as anyone else that Ukraine more than likely doesn’t have the technical capability to pull off such a sophisticated operation. They undoubtedly had NATO help, in fact the whole thing reeks of MOSSAD and/or CIA. In today’s US/Israel government they’re both the same. Think Lebanon and pagers – they set up things to go boom and then just sit back and wait for an opportune time to set off the fireworks. Problem here is, Mr. Putin, God bless his patience and pragmatism, might not let this one go unrecompensed. NATO might have crossed the Rubicon, and if so, we might all live to see some tough times ahead. No, if what I think might happen, we won’t all live or more likely, won’t survive Russia’s repayment.

Over the last few days there’s been another issue happening in that a recent solar blast has sent a Coronal Mass Ejection, or CME, toward the earth and scientists are saying we have endured what is known as a G4, or severe solar storm here on the planet. They say a G4 can disrupt power grids or even take them down and mess up communications and satellites. I guess we’ll know soon – or we won’t know anything, just lose power and internet and try to figure out whether it was Russia launching an EMP our way or whether the solar activity hammering our weakening magnetic field shut down the power. We’ve been told by the scriptures that there will be some hard times in the end days. Wars and rumors of wars, and that prophecy couldn’t be more applicable than what’s going on in today’s world.

The Bible speaks of a time of tribulation that will be so severe that God has to step in to ease things up lest all flesh on earth be destroyed. I think of a bunch of people trying to make do in a dark world with no amenities like stoves to cook on, no lights in the house, and worst of all, no internet! Instead of anxiously awaiting some football game (which will be a thing of the past) we’ll be anxiously awaiting someone in the household bringing home something to eat. It’ll be a world where a candle will be more valuable than a car, which won’t run without gas or electricity to charge it if it’s an EV. Driving somewhere would be suicide anyways, because there’ll be people everywhere waiting to kill anyone who might be near them to take whatever they have.

Those of us who have made it our life’s mission to serve God through faith in Jesus Christ are watching events unfold here on earth that portend an end to life as we have known it. Even absent a nuclear holocaust, the threat of a world controlled by Satanic forces using technology like AI is upon us and in the realm of the physical, there is little we can do to affect the trajectory. There are many things we can do to affect the spiritual, and the Folkpotpourri message of late is to expound on those.

It is of utmost importance to recognize some facets of our experience here and where our responsibilities lie regarding them. For instance, we must accept that some things are happening over which we have little to no control. By accepting, I do not mean approve of them, but in the instance of atrocities like the genocide currently underway in Gaza, we see it, we know it’s happening, but for now the only thing of any substance that an individual human being can do is to speak up about it. This speaking itself is becoming more and more hazardous; there are American citizens being sent to prison camps in foreign countries for publicly taking a stand against Zionism. The much-loved president of the US has shown his full-blown support for the starvation and murder of innocents, of children and babies, and there are people in this country who still fly his campaign flags in their yards.

I’ve studied the prophesied behavior of the person, or persons, who fulfill the prophecy of the anti-Christ, and one of the most incredible facets of his program is that he will have the unwavering support of vast numbers of people. In light of the teachings of the Bible, I’ve thought it astounding that this entity will garner such a devoted following – after all, many of the people who will follow after this guy will be learned in the scriptures. So how will they be so deceived as to devote themselves to a person of such abhorrent behavior? One answer to that enigmatic question can be found by examining today’s churches in the US. Check out the “preachers” who teach their flocks to support the anti-Christian behavior of those who are murdering innocent people. The Zionist leader in Israel could pass for Satan personified. In fact his policies toward the Palestinians reveal a totally sick, depraved individual who blindly serves the evil one, yet our nation’s leaders show him unwavering fealty. Our top leader commits unconstitutional acts daily in support of him. Trump has openly declared war on university students who call out Netanyahu’s execrable behavior. Donald Trump is himself possessed by demons of hell for the whole world to see and he’s not ashamed to demonstrate his evil. He loves money and will do anything to get it. Money and power. And we have people who would like to be considered Christians flying his campaign flags in their yards – on property of which God saw fit to allow them stewardship. Some of Trump’s followers would undoubtedly commit violence, possibly even kill their countrymen for being critical of him. This is being revealed to people like myself who had the audacity to wonder how such an evil man could gain the allegiance of otherwise good people. No person of Christian conscience could ever support someone of such malignant stature, yet our country is showing itself to be full of such people.

The acceptance of deviant behavior needs further clarification. Earlier I said we must accept that evil things are happening, and we should, but there is another facet to this – we must NEVER accept the evil acts themselves! Accept that they are happening, but do not accept the acts. A big push is on, and has been for a long time, for folks to look the other way. Things like the notion that the atrocity of genocide and starvation of helpless people are justified as self-defense, or that the bad guys are hiding among civilians are being pushed out so that decent people might be more accepting of the acts. NEVER accept that persecution, starvation, and murder of innocent people can be justified, under any guise. What is happening in Gaza is not a war, it’s cold-blooded murder. And the evil ones who are doing it and those who support them become increasingly enraged at those of us who openly disagree with their evil acts.

I know personally how difficult and frustrating it is to know the level of evil that is going on in the world, but it’s critical for the believer to never allow themselves to reconcile these things as normal. They are not. To turn one’s head away from what’s going on and try to ignore it might just be the worst possible way to respond. We must all speak out. We must speak LOUDLY! The evil taking place in the Middle East is a Rubicon for humanity. It is your and my opportunity to publicly make our positions clear and leave no room in the minds of politicians to take our acceptance and/or allegiance for granted. It is more importantly our opportunity to show our God and Creator which side of this remarkably obvious fence we choose to be on. When you turn away and try to ignore this level of evil, you are showing God which side you choose, and He’s not going to be pleased with your choice.

If you’re worried that He might turn you away seeing your choice as just a way of escaping the wrath that is about to be served upon humanity, don’t – Jesus Christ told a parable of a guy who went to the place where the unemployed fellows hang out looking for work and he hired some guys in the morning to work for a certain amount of money. He realized he needed more help so he came back hours later and hired more help, and did so later in the day several times, until the last hires were done with only an hour left to work. When it came time to pay them, he gave each one the same amount of money. Some of the early hires thought it unjust to reward those who only worked an hour the same as those who worked all day, but he reasoned with them that it was his business and furthermore that he paid each of them the agreed wage. I think it’s important for folks who have never served the Lord to understand that He is willing to extend the promise of eternal life to any and all who accept His offer, regardless that you would becoming in at this late hour. We don’t have a lot of time left, but don’t let these end-time events in the world discourage you. Jesus stands knocking at the doors of the hearts of men, even now as we watch the end unfold. It’s not too late to hire on, and the wages are sure to be worth your while.

Open your eyes and see the darkness that is upon the world. Murder is murder and it has always been since Cain killed his brother Abel and left a dark blood stain on the ground. The blood-soaked ground of Gaza cries to God for justice, and we of conscience must join that cry. God will not wait forever, in fact, many of us who study the Bible believe the very end is nigh – don’t wait until it’s too late. Don’t turn away. Learn about Jesus Christ – I’m willing to stake my eternal soul that He’s the only Way to find God. Life on this earth will never go back to the how things were in the past. Get on the right side of things before the culmination of our very human existence. Please help these urgent messages find their way to folks who need them by sharing.

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

A Promise for the Poor – the Salt of the Earth

This post is to reach people with no hope to convince them that they have good reason to hope. The key to understanding this is to be able to zoom out, as it were. We have to exercise the vision that the Almighty has so generously given us and see that the life we are caught up in right now is but a small part of a reality that is difficult – but not impossible – to comprehend. At least we have the opportunity to comprehend enough of it to understand where we fit in the grand scheme.

God, our Creator, left us a road map so that we can find Him. He also left us with the promise of another life after this one. There are many religions in our world, and they teach many differing accounts of our existence and our future, and I don’t want to get too far into what their adherents believe, because the intent of this post is to share what I have been taught by the Spirit of God. What I believe is real – God has brought me through storms in this life that I don’t see many others having to endure. I understand we all have our own bumpy roads to travel, and I can only speak of my own experiences. Following the road map that God left us has worked for me, and since it has, I’m bound to share what I have learned.

We all have a need to connect, a yearning in our hearts to learn what our lives are all about, and it’s like we all walk around with this electric cord in our hand looking for a place to plug it in. Once we locate the correct receptacle, we expect to be able to power up our inquisitive minds and find the answers we all seek. Ok, maybe that’s a weak analogy, but you get the idea. Please hear me out – I’m writing to tell you that the only place you can connect to find the meaning of life is Jesus Christ. He is the only Being in all of this crowded universe that can direct our paths to the Kingdom of the Almighty God. In the Holy Bible, He tells us: [John 14:6]:”Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.“

This passage gives us a lot of information if we study it. The Christian religion, for those who faithfully follow it, recognizes Jesus as the source of all truth. The religion of Islam even recognizes Jesus, who they call Isa, to be a great prophet, so if He is indeed a prophet, and prophets don’t lie, then when He says He is the only way to God, He is giving us the greatest bit of information a human being can embrace. I do not consider Christianity to only be another religion of many in the world. Jesus Christ stands triumphantly upon the top of all of the world’s religions. The very last thing I want to do is to offend anyone of any other faith, but I’m here to tell you that if you’ll just look at how the world is shaping up in these later days, you can easily see with which faith that Satan, from whence all evil emanates, has chosen to do battle. It is Christianity – faithful Christians are being persecuted and executed in several places in the world.

It’s painfully obvious that many peoples of all walks are dying in diverse places by the sword, but as opposed to ethnicities who have been historically persecuted because of their behavior, Christians are dying because of their faith. This has happened throughout history – Christians died before the crowds in the Roman coliseum. The Catholic church, in the dark ages a bastion of evil, burned Christian believers at the stake for heresy if their beliefs were not approved by the “church”. The Bible, in Revelations 12 metaphorically speaks of a woman giving birth to a male child and a vicious dragon (Satan) was standing before her to kill the child as soon as it was born, but the child (Jesus) was taken up to Heaven and the dragon waged war on the woman (the true Church) thereafter. The dragon is indeed waging war on Jesus’ people, but we do not fear him, for our Lord is greater. We may end up leaving this life as He did, but our reward awaits us in the next. When you’ve been around in this world as long as I have, you realize this world has nothing to offer – regardless of what the decadent wealthy people would have you think. Our time here is short, but the next life will last forever.

Jesus referred to us common folk as the salt of the earth, meaning we have more value than we realize, but we must keep our “flavor”. We must accept our stations in life, no matter how humble – in fact, the poor will inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven. [Luke 6:20]: “And he (Jesus) lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.” When we get caught up in the lusts and the desires of the world and choose to follow after the ways of the worldly people – the rich – we start to lose our flavor; our saltiness, and when this happens, we become worthless to Him. We are good for nothing anymore other than to be trampled underfoot by those people we want to be like. [Matthew 5:13]: “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”

You, no matter how poor, how hopeless, or destitute, are exactly the person that Jesus Christ is seeking to invite into His magnificent Kingdom. If you are burdened with a heavy load of sins from your past, He stands ready to forgive you and wash your sins away with His own precious blood. It is not humanly possible to understand how much He loves you. He died for you so that you would get this opportunity to accept His offer of eternal life, such is His desire to have fellowship, companionship with you. What a Friend! All authority on earth and in Heaven has been given to Him, and one day He will return to collect His people who will be given kingship with Him. The evil ones who run the world now – in service to Satan – will finally see justice. Unfortunately, a lot of people who are not in leadership positions but have lost their saltiness to desires of the flesh, will not be allowed into the Kingdom either.

Losing the chance to receive eternal life in the Paradise of God will be an unimaginable loss, and it is very easy to avoid. The only thing we have to do is to accept Jesus Christ for who He says He is, repent and be baptized into His Church. We must live for Him, and if the situation requires it, we must be prepared to die for Him as have so many martyrs before us. It might look to be a fearsome fate, but death is something we all must endure anyway, and it would be much easier to endure when the time comes, knowing that we are but moments from joining Him in Paradise.

Regardless of what Satan would have you believe, living for Jesus ain’t half bad. Choosing to live a Spiritual life gives us an opportunity to appreciate God’s creation in ways that worldly people don’t understand. We learn some meaningful things about our lives and the lives of others that we wouldn’t have explored without the Spirit to reveal them to us. Jesus said: [Revelation 2:17]: “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” That hidden manna nourishes us spiritually and gives us knowledge that is only reserved for Jesus’ people, and it can only come from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Wherever you are, whatever your station in life, Jesus stands at the door of your heart and knocks. He said if you but open the door for Him that He would come into your heart and dine with you – and you with Him. That means He is ready to walk with you – all the way to that magnificent Kingdom He promises you – and Jesus Christ keeps His promises. Will you open the door?

Forget this world – there’s nothing here for decent people anyways. Look to the light of Jesus Christ’s salvation. I can promise you’ll be eternally glad you did. Please share this post with friends, relatives, and people you don’t know – our time here is getting very short and our love for Jesus and each other is all that matters now. This site is not monetized, so I don’t need the numbers – not on this earth anyways, but I would like to help the message of salvation get spread far and wide – especially to the salt of the earth in places like Appalachia, the Ozarks, and as far as the Tondo in Manila, Khayelitsha in Cape Town, Kibera in Nairobi, Dharavi in Mumbai, Ciudad Neza in Mexico City, Orangi Town in Karachi, Kangari in Nairobi, Mathre in Nairobi, Rocinha in Rio de Janero, Makoko in Lagos, and folks in Indonesia and Malaysia. Jesus loves you all! Remember that great angel flying across the world with the Gospel! [Revelation 14:6]: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people…”

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

MK

Assessing Politicians and Pastors

There’s a lot of negativity out there concerning Donald Trump, and I must confess I’ve been one of the detractors. As a Christian, I understand my purpose should be to pray for him, pray that he does the right things, but as anyone who follows politics knows well by now that it sure looks like he’s getting himself lost in the woods. It’s awfully hard to pray in sincerity for a man that chooses to kill people, especially when he doesn’t have to. He doesn’t even need to; he seems to be practicing servitude to a genocidal nation of men who in turn practice servitude to Satan.

For all the die hard Trumpsters out there who believe they can support a person who chooses to kill civilians because the militia in their country fights against genocide, and still practice Christianity, well you can’t. Jesus will not hear your prayers if you support blatant murder of innocent people. If you are listening to false pastors who tell you that you must support a nation of murderers, you will only have yourself to blame when you face the Savior at judgement, and He tells you to depart from Him because He never knew you. Open up your own Bible and don’t let the false prophets convince you to try and live by verses they scavenge from the Old Testament and take completely out of context, or that have no longer applied since the New Covenant was established.

The most abused precept in the Bible today is that section where God promised Abraham that He would bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse them. First of all if you believe Jesus, He said that the people who call themselves Jews in the last days are not Jews at all, so if you think you are obligated to support the imposters squatting in Israel, you are barking up the wrong tree, as always happens when you don’t read your own Bible and let some charlatan tell you what it says. If you can follow the simplest precepts of Christianity, you would know that the title of “God’s Chosen” has been passed to all believers in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Jew and Gentile. Those who hold on to the old covenant are denying Jesus, so how could antichristians maintain the position of God’s Chosen? They are denying the Son, and in doing so, they are rejecting the Father. When you support these interlopers, you outright join forces with the enemies of Jesus, so good luck with that CUFI on Judgement Day. There is no possible excuse for supporting a nation of imposters posing as descendants of Jacob when even their leader has changed his name from the Polish Mileikowsky to Netanyahu (which means God has given – talk about blasphemy!) so it sounds more Hebraic. If you don’t believe it, Google is your friend – a little cursory research will reveal to you that this guy, and most all of the people squatting in Israel are of European descent and are no more Jewish than you or I.

Since about two thousand years ago, when people have blessed Christians, God has promised to bless them as true inheritors of Abraham’s promise. Those who curse Christians, as do the false Jews, will commensurately be cursed as likewise promised. Jesus said that if you even give His followers a drink of water in His name, you will merit a reward. This comports perfectly with God blessing upon those who bless Christians, thus fulfilling His promise to Abraham.

There is no doubt that those people who presume to be Jews have stolen all the wealth in this country, and probably the whole world. That wealth is why they have the unyielding support of creatures like John Hagee, who is himself a millionaire due to the largesse of the fake Jews. There’s no time to get into the political power that money has given them.

Remember when Satan took Jesus up on the mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms in the world and offered Him kingship over them if He would worship Satan? Jesus turned down Satan’s offer, but there are very wealthy people in the world today who apparently took Satan up on the same offer, or at least one similar, for the wealthy, mostly Zionists, seem to have gained control over the world, and from the demented things they do concerning murdering innocents and the unmentionable things they do to children, they obviously worship Satan. So, follow those false preachers who admonish you to support these evil creatures at your own peril, but don’t say you weren’t warned.

I’ve heard the absurd comment that Donald Trump is already rich, so if he is elected, he won’t be obligated to the rich people, and they won’t be able to sway him with offers of money. Suffice it to say that anyone who could believe such nonsense doesn’t know much about how rich people think. The fact is, they absolutely love money and can never get enough. They worship Mammon – that’s how they roll. They will do anything Satan commands them to do for more wealth, including sending planes to bomb Yemeni civilians.

That’s the real war down here on earth, they can attribute our problems to all kinds of things, but when it comes down to it, the great battle of mankind is and has always been between the wealthy and the not wealthy, but as long as the rich can dupe the peasantry into fighting among themselves, the proles never catch on to who their real enemies are. You’d think they would finally stop being able to get away with it, but then just drive around the countryside and see all the Trump flags in people’s yards. It boggles the mind.

If you are a believer in Christ and are struggling with whether or not to follow some of these preachers, please start with looking at their financial status. There are no true preachers who are millionaires. It just ain’t possible. Look back at the disciples – not one of them was wealthy. Peter, to whom Jesus left His entire Church, didn’t have money to give alms to a poor beggar. Jesus Christ Himself had to send a disciple to catch a fish and get a coin out of its mouth so He could pay His taxes. So how do you figure that Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, or Judas Hagee deserve so much earthly wealth? Are they better servants of Christ than Peter? Or Paul? No pastor of any true Church of Jesus Christ is going to be a rich man, and if you think they are, you’re following the wrong theology, and you’d better get to reading your Bible. Seriously, your salvation depends on it!

There’s a narrow gate somewhere ahead and we should all be seeking it. The fact that Jesus said it was narrow and there are few who will find it should serve as a warning to stay away from megachurches with deceitful false pastors. Most of these guys like to dabble in politics when it suits their purpose, such as encouraging their flocks to support one or another political agenda or foreign policy, and the political winds that blow from these inordinately wealthy congregations end up greatly influencing men like Donald Trump who, if the truth was known, couldn’t care a whit about what the Almighty God might think of them – or their constituents, but there’s gold (and voters) in them temples , so politicians pay attention to the big flocks. Your membership in these covens of evil will count against you, no matter what antichristian tripe you choose to buy into.

The fact that none of the megachurches ever seem to be bothered by the wiles of Satan should also raise a red flag for you. Satan doesn’t wage war against those who already serve him. Look for people who seem to have problems getting their message out. Google Chuck Baldwin and see what he came up against when he decided to leave the mainstream theological circles as he encountered the truth about the Zionists and started preaching such. Also Google Deitrich Bonhoeffer and his tribulations in WWII Germany. For crying out loud, look at what the disciples of Jesus went through. Even secular guys who reveal the truth are attacked by Satan. See what happened to Julian Assange and Ed Snowden. Satan doesn’t like the truth, no matter where it comes from. The big churches with wealthy preachers seem to cruise along with never a problem from Satan. That should tell you all you need to know about those congregations, especially the ones who espouse support for the murdering Zionist state.

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

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MK