Michael Phelps, Gold Metals and Man's Vanity

No one can deny that Michael Phelps' years of dedication and hard work has absolutely paid off in the last three Olympics. He has made multitudes of Americans including myself proud to be an American! Michael has established himself as the Olympic's greatest athlete of all time winning 28 metals, 23 of those gold! That is quite an accomplishment to top in one's brief existence here in time but the question at hand here is, do gold metals and men's great achievements have any ETERNAL merit and weight to them (Psalm 39:5, 1 Peter 1:7, 18-19, 1 John 2:16-17)? No offense to Michael as we look at this topic - since this thought applies to all - but while everyone throughout the world is paying attention to Michael's great achievement, why not take the time and make people consider and think this brief life through; for this little vapor called time is less than a drop of water in the ETERNAL bucket of FOREVER (Rom. 10:2-4, John 3:36, 1 John 16-17). Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Roberto Clemente,  Mohammad Ali etc, etc, have all had their brief moments in the sun, have greatly achieved and now have gone the way of the earth FOREVER. If these individuals could speak now from their ETERNAL habitation, what would their message be in light of all of their great achievements and fame?
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That is quite an accomplishment to top in one's brief existence here in time but the question at hand here is, do gold metals and man's great achievements have any ETERNAL weight to them.

The Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes is the tragic biography of Adam’s fallen race (i.e., humanity) told by the wisest of all men, King Solomon. King Solomon possessed it all: wisdom, brilliance, discernment, authority, prestige, riches/ wealth, property/ possessions, power, fame, women and glory. Amazingly, as he was reflecting on his life in his last days, he made this very sobering and tragic statement: “Vanity of vanities…all is vanity” (Eccl. 1:1-15, 12:7-8).

In possessing all of this stature and achievement, it never satisfied the ETERNAL void of his heart. All of it did not - and could not - yield peace and contentment. In the end, all of Solomon's great achievements and pomp could never deliver him in the hour of his death. To Solomon, all indeed was truly dust in the wind...

Dust in the Wind, the title of a song released by the group Kansas in the late 1970’s, is a melancholy piece regarding the terrible uncertainties and brevity of earthly existence. There is no certainty, no hope, no expectation, no solution and no deliverance. The song is painted with pessimistic colors and presents a bleak and tragic picture with absolute abandonment and no salvation to be found. All we are is dust in the wind…
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All we are is dust in the wind.

What the majority of humanity (and the song) greatly misses is that WITHOUT Almighty God, our Creator and Sustainer and His righteousness, all is indeed an absolute tragedy, vanity and dust in the wind (Psalm 39:5). My friend, that was NEVER Almighty God’s plan and purpose for His creation (Rom. 5:12-21). It is Almighty God’s sincerest desire that all would come to the saving knowledge of His Son Jesus Christ and have ETERNAL Life. The Bible states:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17)

"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die…?" (Ezekiel 33:11)

"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost" (Matt 18:11)

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matt 11:28-30)

Jesus said, "The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10)

Your existence here in time does not have to end in vanity. Almighty God has a great future plan and purpose for your life.

But as it is written, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Cor. 2:9)

"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live" (John 11:25)

"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever" (Rev. 22:5)

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Without Almighty God’s remedy for our sinful condition which is found only in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ, indeed all is truly vanity and dust in the wind.
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"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? " (Matt 16:26)

"Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah" (Psalm 39:5).

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" (Rev 20:11-15).

In the end, Solomon fully comprehended that Almighty God was absolutely essential for the existence of man. To know Him is life ETERNAL with great expectation and purpose!

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil" (Eccl. 12:13,14)

Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior? To know Him is to have ETERNAL Life and possess ETERNAL Hope. May it be your sincere desire to know the One that made it all possible for you to have all of God’s highest and best for your life - both here in time and also for ETERNITY.

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

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In the Presence of the King!

Be Careful America For What You Wish For

The lawless Left in America today is using every EXPONENTIAL medium at their disposal; to divide, distort, destroy, deceive, defame, tear down, redefine, eradicate and obliterate all resemblance of our U.S. Judeo/Christian society and they are winning big time! Don't think they are? Then you are totally deceived and not seeing our nation from an objective and statist point of view! We are imploding EXPONENTIALLY as a society and culture daily! Just look at our day and be absolutely astonished! President Trump is only keeping America afloat for a few more minutes, for there is nowhere near enough time and resources to save this failing nation! Good intentions, positive ideas, and valiant fights are not enough today to save our Republic! Just look over the last 15 years and see how EXPONENTIALLY far we have been removed from our Judeo/Christian founding and the sound moral absolutes which keep a nation and its people from implosion and ruin (Prov. 14:34)! Some past examples; Incas, Mayans, Aztecs, Rome, Eygpt etc. Marxism, social justice, moral relativism, pluralism, lawlessness, godlessness, and the spirit of narcissism dominate our land! From town halls to state and federal government bureaucracies, from congressional seats to  schools to schools of higher education

Paul warned of the Last Days environment before the Day of the Lord and what he described as a world at the near end of collapse due to abounding lawlessness (2 Thess. 2:10-12; 1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Tim. 3:1-5)! If America, which has been the world's only beacon for freedom and restraint for the oppressed of this world falls, what will be of the world then? Remember it is the white godless left that oppresses Americans (red, yellow, black or white)


 They are a well-oiled machine and they are demonically hell-bent  America very moment are beyond ecstatic with president Obama and all the secular godless opportunities which stand before them as they continue their blitzkrieg on the Constitution, the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, conservatism and Biblical Christianity. Now with Hillary on deck these seek to finish the job! In their heart of hearts Obama, Hillary and the Left cannot believe how easy it is to continually lie and be believed by the hordes of dummkopf Americans, who have handed over ALL of their God-given freedoms and liberties for a bowl of soup, sex on demand, birth control, gay marriage, a welfare check, idleness, sloth and an Obama phone. Oh, how these elitist secularists have waited ever so patiently throughout the years for this very moment when all the doors would be opened for the plunder of the American culture, society, and people. With a spineless GOP in Washington and moral relativism the ideology of the land, you can bet your last deflated dollar that there is nothing to hold back the Left from making all of their lawless delusional dreams come true! However, Obama, Hillary, and the Left have better be careful for that which they wish for; for in their lawless endeavors for control and power and as they pursue their godless utopian delusions... for little do they know that they are just Lucifer's fools and tools for setting the last pieces of the global stage for the EXPONENTIALLY HORRIFIC period called the Day of the Lord! (1 Thess. 5:3, Rev. 6-19).
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for little do they know that they are nothing more than Lucifer's fools and tools for setting the last pieces of the global stage for the EXPONENTIALLY HORRIFIC period called the Day of the Lord!

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In a day of great national and global uncertainties, oh how we need REALITY! This technological age has even more so exposed the absolute bankruptcy and godlessness of our fallen world.  We are indeed at the very precipice of our world’s collapse. Words alone are infinitesimally inadequate to describe or explain what is at our very door and to get people to even listen to the warning sirens and shofar blasts are even infinitesimally more so (Rev. 6-19).

Only those who possess heavenly objectivity and who perceive of these matters from a heavenly and biblical point of view can see our critical status as a world and a nation. Jesus said, that you must be born again to see the Kingdom of God (literally and spiritually) – John 3:3-7, Rom. 8:5-8, 1 Cor. 1:9-16, 2 Cor. 5:17-21, Col. 3:1-4). O how true that is!
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 In these days of full-blown American and Christian Apostasy, may we separate ourselves from these and join ourselves unto Almighty God, His NEVER changing Word and His saving grace.

My dear friends, that is where ALL of these national and global crises and events of this world are headed to. We just happen to be at this moment of time at the very door of the fulfillment of these events which are literally going to be. The Kingdom of Heaven WILL be established under the Messiah of Israel on earth and it is a LITERAL Kingdom which WILL be established! Christ's 1000 year Kingdom is not a make-believe fairy tale kingdom but it will be a reality in the time coming up.

In these days of full-blown American and Christian Apostasy, may we separate ourselves from these and join ourselves unto Almighty God, His NEVER changing Word and His saving grace. If you DO NOT personally know the Savior then may you do so as He has commanded (Acts 16:29-31, 17:30-31, 1 Tim. 2:3-4). If you DO know Him, then may you exercise all of His precious promises and truths that are for you in this fallen world and for all ETERNITY until our blessed Savior comes to meet us in the air. These days are very disturbing and frightening. When we exercise faith in Almighty God He will calm our hearts and set us free from this world’s oppressive fear and dominating mental tyrannies (Matt. 11:28-30, John 8:32,36, 14:1). My beloved, Rejoice and again I say rejoice! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!!
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DJP I.F.

Christian Parrots or ETERNAL Possessors (The American Church)

Today the "Church" is full of "Christian" parrots who can quote the Bible, quote the preacher, quote the Bible teacher, quote the Days of Praise, quote and use phrases from Christian songs, books and messages, who love to use the "Christian vernacular" of our day with its "Christian" talking points all the while NEVER for themselves possessing these WONDROUS and MARVELOUS truths which only comes by the application of God's Word in the will of Almighty God for ones life (1 Sam. 15:22, Luke 6:47-48, John 14:15, James 1:22). It is always easier to quote someone else's experiences then walk with the Lord and be a Divine possessor for ones self.

It is always easier to quote someone else's experiences then walk with the Lord and be a Divine possessor for ones self.

The reality is that adhering to Christian morality, Christian sanctification, conservative values and seeking to keep the 10 Commandment's moral laws will not produce the Heavenly wisdom, understanding, experience, authority and life changing power of the Holy Spirit which Almighty God the Father desires for all His blood brought children (John 8:32, Rom. 8:26-39, Heb. 11:6, James 1:1-6). My dear friends, do not get me wrong, these moral absolutes should be applied in every believers life and have great benefits (individually and for society), but truly how many believers actually by faith want Almighty God's wondrous will for their lives and the TRUE intercession of the Holy Spirit on our behalf (Matt. 6:9-10, Rom. 8:26-29, Heb. 11:1,6)... The answer.... very few...

Christians today have been consumed with the cares of this temporal fallen world (Matt. 6:25-34, Mark 4:19, Luke 10:40-42, John 6:64-71, 2 Tim 4:10); their kids college savings, retirement plans, climbing the corporate ladder, American politics, following their favorite sport teams, pursuing their passions and hobbies, trying to keep up with Jones' and seeking to find bigger and better barns. There is nothing wrong with these things in and by themselves but when they become dominate and primary over the will of Almighty God for one's earthly existence here in time, then they are a demonic distraction from the very best Almighty God the Father has for you in light of ETERNITY (Rom 8:26-38, Col. 1:9-14).

Our American setting is like none on the face of the earth. Since the scattering at Babel some 4300 years ago there has never been a nation like America for personal opportunity, personal freedom and because of our nation's founding, the liberty to enjoy and not miss use material blessings and the technological advances that have given us much freedom from past sicknesses, our frail human limitations that had always plagued humanity and the freedom from the world's tyrannical leaders. In the light of 4300 years of past history since Babel's scattering (Gen. 11:1-9, Rom. 1:18-32) these personal freedoms have been very brief (237 years) and contained mainly to just our nation. The majority of Americans today (believers and unbelievers) are subjective and believe that things have always been this way and are oblivious to the world's 4300 year past history of oppressing despots, tyrants and the fallen consequences of this world and humanity.

 In the light of 4300 years of past history since Babel's scattering these personal freedoms have been very brief (237 years) and contained mainly to just our nation.

These cannot see outside of the box and only possess a subjective earthy temporal mindset oblivious to any of Almighty God's ETERNAL TRUTHS and REALITIES which are found in His precious Word (John 17:17). Because of the many freedoms, blessings and opportunities that one can enjoy in this brief window of time as an American, so many believers today have become distracted and consumed with the personal opportunities of this world and oblivious to the ETERNAL REALITIES of one's personal ETERNAL destiny. These individuals have chosen healthy conservative principles, rust, moths and vanity for ones own temporal personal existence over Almighty God's PERFECT will for their lives and the GLORIES and WONDERS of Almighty God's ETERNAL treasures and rewards in His NEW Heavens and earth (Matt. 6:19-21, 1 Cor. 3:11-16, Rev. 21, 22:1-5).

Many of these individuals are dear believers and great lights of morality and salt for our America society, but again they do NOT want God's will for their lives and do NOT truly want to possess the riches of His wisdom and ETERNAL perspective which only comes through the application of the biblical formulas and recipes found in the Word of God for the will of God in one's life (John 8:32, 17:17, Eph. 1:3, 2:1-6, 3:20). Today at the end of our nation's journey, believers have become slack and lazy, self centered and possessors and promoters of their own agendas sprinkled with a dash of biblical Christianity and conservatism. When push comes to shove these truly do NOT want to draw close to their Savior because to draw close to the Savior is to see how desperately we need Him in all aspects of our lives. To draw near to Him is to DENY our own personal agendas for our brief existence here in time for Almighty God's glorious will and way in time for His ETERNAL glory (1 Sam. 2:30, Matt. 10:38, Rom. 8:28-29, 1 Cor. 2:9).

 Today at the end of our nation's journey, believers have become slack and lazy, self centered and possessors and promoters of their own agendas sprinkled with a dash of biblical Christianity and conservatism.

Today as in times past believers believe the delusion that if they want God's perfect will for their lives that they will be sent to Africa, or forced to sell everything they have or to have to eat locust etc... Dearly beloved, that is NEVER the case. When we were saved, the Holy Spirit perfectly places us in the Body of our Savior and gives us a position in His body PERFECTLY in the will of God (1 Cor. 12:1-14, Eph. 4:1-16). As the Holy Spirit develops our gift and calling we will love and enjoy His will no matter how hard the road. That is God's perfect will for your life and how foolish it is to through it away for earthly treasure that will fade away (Rom. 8:28-39, 1 John 2:15-17, Rev. 21:1). We ALL have a holy calling from the Father to be lights to this dying world and servants to the will of Almighty God for His glory! There is NO GREATER calling for one then to possess the perfect will of Almighty God in light of ETERNITY!

Dearly beloved, we as fallen humanity live in a spiritual wasteland and a HORRIFIC battlefield where the fallen host of heaven seek to corrupt, ruin and destroy Adam's fallen race and usurp the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS REIGN of Almighty God (John 8:44, 2 Cor. 4:3-4, Eph.2:1-3, 6:12, 1 Peter 5:18, Rev. 12:10). We are to by the grace and mercy of Almighty God the Father are to be ALL that our Heavenly Father would have us to be for His Glory (Rom. 8:26-29, 1 Cor. 10:31, Eph. 4:11-13). We are to be soldiers for His glory and not idle vacationers and spiritual sloths for the will of God (1 Cor. 10:31, Eph. 5:16-17, 2 Tim. 2:3). The bottom line is that it is ALL about ETERNITY and when we possess that REALITY by the Holy Spirit's wondrous working in our hearts and minds we will - in Almighty God's grace and mercy in His will - be unstoppable for Almighty God's glory! The will of Almighty God is the safest place to be in this world and it is there that we have ALL of Almighty God and His ETERNAL blessings and resources; and it is also there where we have ALL of His favor and PERFECT love (Rom. 8:26-29, Eph. 1:3)!

The bottom line is that it is ALL about ETERNITY and when we possess that REALITY by the Holy Spirit's wondrous working in our hearts and minds we will - in Almighty God's grace and mercy in His will - be unstoppable for Almighty God's glory!

Today there are very little possessors of the Word of God who can speak with this POWER and AUTHORITY, who Almighty God the Holy Spirit has done a mighty work in for the glory of Almighty God.. We are to not just see the events and things of this world from a subjective earthly realm but from a Heavenly ETERNAL perspective and to be possessors and victors of these wondrous TRUTHS and REALITIES (1 Cor. 15:57, 2 Cor. 2:14, Eph. 2:6, Col. 3:1-4, 1 John 5:1-5)!

Dearly beloved, we would like to encourage you and ourselves to be possessors of the Word of God and not just a bunch of christian parrots that lack wisdom and depth and are just quoters of Biblical TRUTHS. May we desire with ALL sincerity the maximum will of God for our lives with all our heart, soul and mind! In these last Days may we who truly know the Savior be fully surrendered to the will of God for our life and be absolutely filled with the Holy Spirit (He reigning supreme) and His leading (Rom. 8:26-29, Eph. 4:30, 5:18, 1 Thess. 5:19)! Our labors are NEVER in vain in the Lord, but have ETERNAL reward and glory and in the end the smile and joy of our Heavenly Father, our Savior and the Holy Spirit with the pleasing words, Well done my child! Oh my beloved, may it be so!!! Unto Victory for the Father's glory!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

What Hillary and Bernie Voters Believe

Many Americans say to themselves today, "How can anyone vote for Hillary? Are they nuts!!..." Well...  it is much much more than that.. Let's take a look!

The majority of Hillary and Bernie voters and those of the Democratic base are Liberal /progressives whose "reality and belief system" is rooted in the firm rejection of Almighty God and His ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS,  core moral absolutes and the practice of a sensual subjectivism, that view God ordained absolutes through the lawless prism of moral relativism and pluralism. These possess a fear of moral absolutes and believe that true freedom is to be free from any Divine instituted moral absolutes or laws that suppress their unbridled passions (Psalm 14:1-3, Isa 24:5, 2 Tim 3:1-7, Jude 1:10). They are lawless in their practices and hostile to any that impose a Divine reality or the adherence of moral absolutes (Rom. 1:28-32). Just as their father (i.e., the Devil), they follow his godless example to live a godless and lawless existence, always seeking the fruit of RIGHTEOUSNESS by lawless means (Isa. 5:20; 48:22; John 8:44; Gal 5:19-20).
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They possess a fear of moral absolutes and believe that true freedom is to be free from any Divine instituted moral absolutes or laws that suppress their unbridled passions.

The Lord Jesus stated that, you shall know men by their fruits and by their actions (Matt. 7:16-20). It is simple enough to see that where ever the “virtues” of secular liberalism are promoted and exercised that poverty, disease, anarchy, crime, social chaos, the break down of the family unit, violence and horrific social devastation are to be found.

When one rejects and abandons the core moral building blocks for a health society for a godless delusion of lawlessness, expect to find social devastation and chaos (2 Tim. 3:1-7).

By applying these lawless solutions, these excel the rate of today’s social ills at EXPONENTIAL rates.

What is most alarming is how the very people that impose their delusional solutions and remedies upon the American people seek also to fix these ills of society by applying the very same logic that got us to this social catastrophic point in the first place. By applying these lawless solutions, these excel the rate of today’s social ills at  EXPONENTIAL rates. Today’s American social culture is at the extreme breaking point. The evidence is every where, yet the majority of American’s live in the apathetic delusion that all is well and that we will remain and prosper as times past. Wake up America, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

Hold Fast! The Savior is at Hand!

May Almighty God's REALITY, TRUTH and ETERNAL PROMISES from His INFALLIBLE Word burn in our hearts and may the overflow awaken and fire up a sleeping church and be the spark of revival in these last moments before the trumpet sounds (1 Thess. 4:13-18). May we be holding fast for Almighty God's GREAT Name and Glory redeeming the day in Spirit and Truth for the Savior is at hand (1 Cor. 10:31, Eph. 5:16-17)! May we all be found ready to receive our Lord with great joy and with a servant’s heart when He calls us home and meets us in the air (Matt. 5:14-16, 1 Cor. 10:31, 2 Thess. 4:13-18, 1 John 3:1-2)! Oh my beloved! What could EVER be greater and more precious then when our Savior’s expresses His joyful words towards us when we finally see His face and He states, “Well done thy good and faithful servant.” Oh Beloved! That is what this existence here in this fallen world is all about! Serving our Savior in sincerity and genuine LOVE and TRUTH till He comes (John 14:21, 17:17). May Almighty God keep us all in His GRACE and MERCY for His glory in these last darken days till He comes! Even so come Lord Jesus!

May we all be found ready to receive our Lord with great joy and with a servant’s heart when He calls us home and meets us in the air!

My dear friends and Heavenly soldiers of the Truth, occupy and God speed and remember my dear friends that the Kingdom of Heaven is truly at hand (Eph. 5:16-17)!

DJP I.F.

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