It was under the deception of peace and negotiations that Japan struck without warning.
To set the stage for 1941, tensions were high between Tokyo and Washington. Japan had been flexing its military muscle throughout China and ravaging the Chinese people and their neighboring countries. Japan's naval might was astounding, and it dominated the Pacific Ocean. It was under the deception of peace and negotiations that Japan struck without warning. They attacked first, THEN declared war! How and why did America not see what was eventually coming baffles people to this day? In light of Japan's aggressive military advancements and military policies, the evidence was more than abundant. Sadly, our guard was up BUT... we deceived ourselves that we were safe from the threat of the Japanese Imperial Navy and their military aggressions. The mindset was that it could not happen to us? We are safe, surrounded by the two big ponds, and we are America, the greatest nation in the world. Who could EVER attack us? This same mindset was also present on 9/11/2001.
On a beautiful SUNDAY morning, when our guard was down and daydreaming of a positive, bright future for the world and our children, infamy struck.
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On a beautiful SUNDAY morning, when our guard was down and daydreaming of a positive, bright future for the world and our children, infamy struck. The attacks on Pearl Harbor shocked our nation and woke a sleeping giant to the realities of this big, bad, fallen evil world. That day, America personally experienced the horrific, aggressive appetites of the world's power-hungry war pigs of their day, and the result was a horrific war.
Since 1941, we as a nation and a world have EXPONENTIALLY changed for the worse. Our barbarity, decadence, lasciviousness, greed, violence, and narcissism have saturated our world from top to bottom, and the evidence of it is everywhere. With the arrival of the EXPONENTIAL growth of our technology age and its EXPONENTIAL ramifications, all have access to its mighty power. There is absolutely no comparison between our day (2025) and that of 1941. We have EXPONENTIALLY changed as individuals, callous and wanton. The EXPONENTIAL technological advances have demonstrated that we as a world have expressed to all that we are more evil and more godless than ever (conservative and liberal). We have demonstrated to angels good and bad everywhere that we DO NOT NEED Almighty God's PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS - which is found ONLY in Jesus Christ - and are quite self-sufficient and content in our fallen humanity (conservative or liberal) to exist without our Creator in SPIRIT and TRUTH (John 1:10, Rom. 1:18-32, 10:2-4).
The technological advances OF OUR DAY have demonstrated to all who pay attention that we are more evil and more godless than ever (conservative and liberal).
It will be this very mindset and godless attitude that will lead this oblivious present world straight into the Day of the Lord and into the unimaginable (the reception of Lucifer's and his anti-Christ - 2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev. 6-9, 13). As the attacks on Pearl Harbor and 9/11 OVERTOOK a sleeping nation, so will the Day of the Lord OVER TAKE a sleeping America and an entire world (1 Thess. 5:3, Rev. 6-16). An overwhelming majority of the world's inhabitants (conservative and liberal) REJECT the RIGHTEOUS REALITIES of Almighty God's Word and its prophetic TRUTHS. Deep in their heart's mankind KNOWS without a shadow of a doubt that Almighty God's Day of Reckoning is at hand (Rom. 1:32). Sadly, they seek to suppress and block out these REALITIES in the fear that they would have to repent and be saved (Rom. 1:18-32, 2 Thess. 2:10, Rev. 21:8, 27). How tragic!
An overwhelming majority of the world's inhabitants (conservative and liberal) REJECT the RIGHTEOUS REALITIES of Almighty God's Word and its prophetic TRUTHS.
The Holy Scriptures give ample warnings to be awake and on our guard about the day and hour in which we are presently living. NOT to be asleep, but awake (Rom. 13:11, Thess. 5:6)! NOT to be idle, but redeeming the time (Eph. 5:16-17)! NOT to be ignorant fools, but wise (2 Cor. 2:11, Rom. 10:3, 11:25, 1 Thess. 4:13-18). NOT to be unbelieving, but believing (Mark 11:22, Heb. 11:6, James 1:6-8, 1 John 5:4)! Sadly many professing "Christians" know not the TRUE Christ of Holy Scripture and are deceiving themselves about their ETERNAL estate (Matt 7:21-23, Rom. 10:2-4, Jude 1:10). They themselves are looking for a delusional earthly world utopia and are oblivious to the Battle of Armageddon, Christ's glorious return to earth and the establishment of the 1000 year Kingdom of Heaven on earth.(Isa. 2:1-5, 11, Micah 4:1-4, Matt. 7:21-23, 15:7-9, Rev. 16:13-16, 19:11-21). Is it no wonder that that Day comes as a thief in the night!
In these last days, may we be the children of light that our Savior desires of us. May we be steadfast and unmovable as this world is about to enter the ultimate "Pearl Harbor" called "the Day of the Lord" (1 Thess. 5:3).
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Maranatha!
DJP I.F.





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