Posted on 02/15/2013 11:49:55 PM PST by Yosemitest
This is an excerpt to wet your desire for an interesting book.
They had no idea what was coming.
They thought it would all go on as it always had, as if it would never change.
They had no idea what was about to happen or what it was all leading to.
Everything they had ever known, up to that point, their entire world, would vanish.
Who?
An ancient people
an ancient kingdom.
Israel, the northern kingdom, eighth century B.C.
They should have known.
It was all there from the beginning, but they forgot.
Forgot what?
Their purpose, their foundation, that which made them unique.
No other nation had been called into being for the will of God or dedicated to His purposes from conception.
No other people had been given a covenant.
But the covenant had a condition.
If they followed the ways of God, they would become the most blessed of nations.
But if they fell away and turned against His ways, then their blessings would be removed and replaced by calamity, as they did, and as it was.
But why would they turn away if they were given so much?
Its a mystery, said the prophet, a kind of spiritual amnesia.
When it began, they were still using Gods name, but with less and less meaning behind it.
Then they started merging Him, confusing Him with the gods of the nations.
And then they began turning against Himsubtly at first, then outright, then brazenlydriving Him out of their national life and bringing in idols to fill the void.
The land became covered with idols and altars to foreign gods.
They rejected their covenant, abandoned their standards, and exchanged the values they had always lived by for those they had never known
A key for the appointed time, for the word to be given and for the message to go forth, but not for an ancient nation.
Then for what
for what nation?
He was silent.
I asked him again, Then for what nation?
It was only then that he voiced it.
America, he said. Now for America.
With that, he got up from the bench and walked over toward the water.
I couldnt let it go at that. I followed him there.
All this has to do with America?
Yes.
So its the appointed time for America?
For a mystery to be revealed and a message to be given to America?
Yes.
But what does America have to do with ancient Israel?
Israel was unique among nations in that it was conceived and dedicated at its foundation for the purposes of God.
OK
But there was one othera civilization also conceived and dedicated to the will of God from its conception
America.
In fact, those who laid its foundations
The Founding Fathers.
No, long before the Founding Fathers.
Those who laid Americas foundations saw it as a new Israel, an Israel of the New World.
And as with ancient Israel, they saw it as in covenant with God.
Meaning?
Meaning its rise or fall would be dependent on its relationship with God.
If it followed His ways, America would become the most blessed, prosperous, and powerful nation on earth.
From the very beginning they foretold it.
And what they foretold would come true.
America would rise to heights no other nation had ever known.
Not that it was ever without fault or sin, but it would aspire to fulfill its calling.
What calling?
To be a vessel of redemption, an instrument of Gods purposes, a light to the world.
It would give refuge to the worlds poor and needy, and hope to its oppressed.
It would stand against tyranny.
It would fight, more than once, against the dark movements of the modern world that threatened to engulf the earth.
It would liberate millions.
And, as much as it fulfilled its calling or aspired to, it would become the most blessed, the most prosperous, the most powerful, and the most revered nation on the earthjust as its founders had prophesied.
But theres a but coming, isnt there?
Yes, he replied.
There was always another side to the covenant.
If ancient Israel fell away from God and turned against His ways, its blessings would be removed and replaced with curses.
But wasnt Israel surrounded by nations far worse, I asked, with no concept of God or moral code?
So why would Israel be judged?
Because to whom much is given, much is required.
And no nation had ever been given so much.
None had been so spiritually blessed.
So the standards were higher, the stakes greater, and the judgment, when it came, more severe.
And America
I said.
And America has done much good.
And theres no shortage of nations far exceeding any of its faults or sins.
But no nation in the modern world has ever been given so much.
None has been so blessed.
To whom much is given, much is required.
If a nation so blessed by God should turn away from Him, what then?
Its blessings will be replaced with curses?
Yes.
And has America turned away from God? I asked.
It has turned, and is turning.
How?
In the same way Israel turned.
It started with a spiritual complacency, then spiritual confusion, then the merging of God with idols, and then, ultimately, the rejection of His ways.
Just as with ancient Israel, America began ruling God out of its life, turning, step by step, against His ways, at first subtly, and then, more and more, brazenly.
When? I asked. When did it start?
Theres no one simple answer.
In Americas greatest moments there was always sin, and in its worst moments, greatness.
But there are critical junctures.
In the middle of the twentieth century America began officially removing God from its national life.
It abolished prayer and Scripture in its public schools.
As ancient Israel had removed the Ten Commandments from its national consciousness,
He didnt respond.
Is America in danger of judgment? I asked.
Again he was silent.
Tell me
is America in danger of judgment?
Are you sure you want to know the answer?
Im sure.
The answer to your question is yes
Yes.
America is in danger of judgment.
I didnt respond immediately.
I was trying to come up with a defense.
Finally I said, It cant be as bad as it was in ancient Israel.
They came against the prophets.
But if God sent a message today to America, calling it back, people would listen.
Would they?
They wouldnt?
No.
How do you know?
Because theyve deafened their ears to those voices.
So as with ancient Israel, the alarm would have to grow louder and the calling more severe.
Which means what?
Which means that America would enter a new stage.
Of what?
Of what happened to Israel, he answered.
The hedge?
The removal of the nations hedge of protection.
And what would it mean if something like that would happen?
There was a long pause before he answered that.
It already has.
What do you mean?
Americas hedge has already been removed, and the Nine Harbingers have been manifested.
The Nine Harbingers?
The Nine Harbingers that manifested in ancient Israel in the nations last days.
Each one was a sign.
Each one was a warning of judgment
of their end
the Nine Harbingers of judgment.
I dont understand.
Its all happening again according to the same pattern, according to the judgment of ancient Israel.
The Nine Harbingers that appeared in the last days of ancient Israel are now appearing in America.
Appearing in America?
Each one manifesting on American soil. Each one containing a prophetic message.
And upon these, the future of the nation hangs.
I dont understand
You dont have to understand. It will all be revealed.
He asked me if I had the seal.
I did. I removed it from my pocket and handed it to him.
He then opened up his other hand to reveal another seal, the same one he was holding the day we met.
He placed it in my hand.
Nine seals, one for each Harbinger, one for each mystery.
And this one? I asked.
This is the seal of the First Harbinger.
And the one I gave you?
That was your seal.
But as for the seals of the Harbingers, there are eight more.
Youll keep each seal until we meet again, at which time youll return it to me to receive the next seal and the next revelation.
Youll only have one seal at a time, the security deposit of a coming mystery.
And you trust me to give it back to you? I asked.
Yes.
But how do you know youll ever see me again?
Youre the one seeking, and you wont stop until you find.
In any case, I have my own security deposit, dont I?
He paused and then slightly nodding his head said, Until then, Nouriel.
And he began to walk away. And my seal? I shouted after him.
Youll get it back when were finished, he replied without stopping or turning his head
And when will we meet again? I asked.
When its time to speak of the First Harbinger.
Here?
At the appointed place, he replied.
How will I know?
How did you know to come here in the first place? he asked.
I didnt.
So you wont know again, and yet youll be there.
And then he was gone.
Not that it was ever without fault or sin, but it would aspire to fulfill its calling.bbrbr
I think about it as I do the "Late Great Planet Earth" and "1984". Kissenger was supposed to be the Anti-Christ and the human race extinct by 1984. I take it with a grain of salt.
Is Obama bad, you bet. He and his progressives are pushing immorality as fast as they can. Is he the anti-Christ and can you predict what will happen to America exactly? That is what I am waiting to see.
The test of a prophet is that they are specific and 100% accurate. Of course the spiritual penalty for false prophesy is horrendous.
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