By pastor Mike Taylor
1
“He,
that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2When
the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the
wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” (Proverbs 29:1-2)
I
don't know about you, but the last several months have been a roller
coaster of emotions, fears, and me deciding to put the matter into
God's hands. The election is finally over and whether your candidate
won or not, we as a nation have enormous problems that will not go
away anytime soon.
The
last 8 years have seen an administration that has pulled this nation
down a wide path of moral depravity. This POTUS, (I will NOT say his
name) has so divided this country along racial, gender, economic, and
political lines drawn in the sand to such an extent that the country
I grew up in, played in, and worked in has changed to a near
unrecognizable image of its former glory and stature in the world and
at home.
As
I take a long, slow breath, I thank God for His mercy and grace that
did not allow the single most criminal, flawed, and divisive
candidate to ever run for the highest office in the land and leader
of the free world that did not win the trust and the winning votes of
the American people. On this day after the most important election of
our times, second only to the last two that went the wrong way for
the continued success of this experiment called the United States of
America, I take a long look at where we have arrived and where
possibly, we might be headed to.
WHAT
CAN WE HOPE FOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
Know
this, my friend, this is no mere man that can solve the problems that
has taken so many years in slow increments to come to a near boiling
point, and find a solution to our collective national problems.
Now
a man who has the corporate and business experience of a Donald Trump
may point the nation in the right direction for our economic recovery
and as he likes to say “Make America Great Again”. Realize that
this man has huge problems to tackle in his first 100 days in office,
let alone for the next four years. It will take more than human
intervention to aright this sinking ship of state. What this nation
needs is a deep, spiritual revival to restore the God centered
institutions that were laid by our founding fathers after and during
the American Revolution. America needs to be on her knees crying out
to God for mercy for the sins of this nation which has been in
rebellion against God for the last 50+ years and even more so in the
last 8 years.
One
thing I believe is probable here, is that a Trump administration
could...I say COULD slow the decline of this nation into the abyss of
destruction and becoming either a One World Government participant in
the near future, or becoming a third world banana republic with no
influence in the world affairs that affect human kind. I truly
believe that his opponent, I believe would have “put the pedal the
metal” for our complete downfall or brought on a larger conflict
with the rising power and our chief nemesis, the Russian bear. Our
social, political and foreign policy programs would have been a
continuation of the present administration, but doubling down on the
proverbial psychodelic high of a Clinton presidency.
Right
now, the liberal left is in full panic mode and reacting as you would
expect, like total children who just lost their rubber ball to the
bully on the block. I read about protest and rioting on the west
coast. Threats on Twitter of taking the law into their own hands and
advocating the assassination of the newly elected President of the
United States. The rule of law has taken a detour in the last few
years and lawlessness abounds.
I
find it amazing that they can't see, that in prior elections half of
the country elected the “usurper in chief” the community
organizer that had virtually no experience in running any government
outside of Chicago slums. But they are swift to condemn this election
when the results are not to their left leaning agenda of political
correctness and what seems right in the minds of mortal men who find
pleasure in unrighteousness. Paul described our world that we live in
nearly 2000 years ago, some 40 years after the Lord Jesus ascended
to heaven in front of His apostles.
18
“For
the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
20For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, evenhis
eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not
as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations,
and their foolish heart was darkened.” (Romans 1:18-21)
I
have preached for some time the demise and complete destruction of
this country, as I see it going from bad to worse in our generation.
Men have become just what Paul expressed in the above verses in
Romans. The debauchery that has called evil good and good evil is in
front of the nation's eyes everyday. We have succumbed to the left
with it's abortion rights and the killing of millions of innocent
lives without end for the last 50 years. We have given legitimacy to
homosexual relations within the bonds of Holy Matrimony which in
God's eyes is an abomination. We have allowed terrorism in this world
and entering into our nation to grow and fester to the point that no
one is safe in their own home. And the national ills keep growing as
we have, as a nation, turned our back on God and our leaders are
immoral and set the tone of the morality of the nation.
23
“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and
creeping things.
24Wherefore
God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26For
this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And
likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is
unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error
which was meet.
28And
even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,
God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are
not convenient; (Romans 1:23-28)
That
is our country. That is our collective sins before God and it goes
even deeper...We need some national day of mourning and repentance
and turning toward the God of heaven and weeping in sack cloth and
ashes, just as Ninevah did during the time of Jonah. Who can God use
to bring this nation out of the moral fog we have drifted into? Will
God throw us a lifeline and bring us to repentance?
ENTER
THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2016
Thus
we have a complete outsider that in the beginning, I feared had no
chance of winning anything past the beginning primaries. As an
aggressive, even bombastic man slowly whittled the pack of contenders
down where he was the last man standing I will admit, I had
reservations about the man's qualifications, but I knew he was a
success in just about everything he did, and as he has always said
“we have so many problems, what do you have to loose?”
HAS
GOD RAISED UP A MODERN DAY JEHU OR A KING CYRUS ?
So
I have been praying for Jehu-like political leaders to be raised and
anointed by God at this very late hour and spiritual leaders of the
caliber of Elisha who are willing for God and the nation sake to go
for broke like Queen Esther was when she was willing to act
politically incorrect when she said: "so
I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I
perish!" (Esther
4:16)
Much
of what we have seen is so mediocre and politically correct that
real change is but a fleeting political promise that is quickly
forgotten when the election is over. Concerning what God did when
Elijah anointed Jehu, king of Israel, that he came and disposed of
Queen Jezebel by having her thrown off a high balcony and the dogs
ate her flesh. Then he rid the nation of all the sons of the
despotic and evil King Ahab, thus ridding the nation of the
abomination of Jezebel and Ahab the King. Yes, I realize that the
answer to the problems of remedy for Israel's problems is extreme
for our time. But God will not tolerate evil in the land for an
indefinate period. He is patient and long suffering, but when His
judgment comes, it comes swiftly and with Divine retribulation and
judgment for the sins of the people who are in rebellion against
Him.
Oh,
how it is needed today to find and anoint men like Jehu and Elisha,
both in the political arena as well as in the spiritual arena who
under the mighty anointing of the Lord are willing to do whatever it
takes under that anointing to see the will of the Lord triumph in
the affairs of men.
Is
Donald Trump this hour's King Jehu or a King Cyrus?
Based on this story of
Elijah at Horeb when he felt there was no more hope for his Jezebel,
Ahab run nation and sighed: 'Let me die', the Lord impressed on me
that as then, also now in relation to the US, He needed a Jehu-like
leader to be anointed and a Elijah-like prophet like Elisha became.
In other words His answer to the desperate situation in the land was
a strong fierce leadership, both in the political as well as the
spiritual dimensions.
The
reason that there was hope in Israel in the time of King Jehu, was
that there still was 7000 men who had not bowed the knee to Ba'al.
This can also be said for the intercessors who have been washed in
the blood of the Lamb of God, who have stood in true intercession
for the United States of America. I have been so distraught and
resigned that judgment has come to America and we will see her
decline into the pit of hell.
But
as we watched the aforementioned candidates drop off one by one, and
Donald Trump was left standing alone, I felt God may be preparing a
modern day Jehu to bring America back to her foundational principles
of God, country, family and allegiance to all in that order.
I
would like to share with you an article I just read in a column
written in Charisma magazine:
“Jeremiah
Johnson of “Behold the Man Ministries” in Lakeland,
Florida, said he was praying several weeks ago "when God began
to speak to me concerning the destiny of Donald Trump in America:"
The
Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, "Trump shall become My
trumpet to the American people, for he possesses qualities that are
even hard to find in My people these days. Trump does not fear man
nor will he allow deception and lies to go unnoticed. I am going to
use him to expose darkness and perversion in America like never
before, but you must understand that he is like a bull in a china
closet.
Many
will want to throw him away because he will disturb their sense of
peace and tranquility, but you must listen through the bantering to
discover the truth that I will speak through him. I will use the
wealth that I have given him to expose and launch investigations
searching for the truth. Just as I raised up Cyrus to fulfill My
purposes and plans, so have I raised up Trump to fulfill my
purposes and plans prior to the 2016 election.
You must listen to
the trumpet very closely for he will sound the alarm and many will
be blessed because of his compassion and mercy. Though many see the
outward pride and arrogance, I have given him the tender heart of a
father that wants to lend a helping hand to the poor and the needy,
to the foreigner and the stranger."
Johnson
cited the specific Old Testament example of God personally
selecting the non-believing, pagan King Cyrus to work on His
behalf, as recounted in the 45th chapter of the Book of
Isaiah.
2
I
will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will
break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of
iron:
3
And
I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of
secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call
thee by
thy name, am the
God of Israel.” (Isaiah 45:1-3)
Not
only may Donald Trump be a Jehu whom God will use to finish much of
the corruption which has been the hallmark of the Obama-Clinton
administrations in America and thus "drain the swamp" but
he will also become a great, great friend of Israel, a modern day
Cyrus who was God's anointed one to help and back Israel in days
past even to build the temple unto the Lord in Jerusalem. As God's
word in chapter 45 in Isaiah so clearly indicates
4”For
Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called
thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known
me.
5I am the
LORD, and there
is none
else, there
is no
God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6That
they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,
that there
is none
beside me. I am the
LORD, and there
is none
else.
7I
form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil:
I the LORD do all these things.”
(Isaiah 45:4-7)
I
believe we will see political judgment come upon our modern day
Jezebel and Ahab, the Clinton dynasty. Remember, Trump said if
elected he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate all the
inside dealings and criminal activity associated with the Clinton
Foundation. My friend, it will be a purging of the American
political landscape and many will be found to be enemies of the
United States and enemies of our most trusted ally in the Middle
East, the nation of Israel.
I can imagine what you're thinking: “That is exactly what the Anti-Christ will do” Yes, the ultimate man of sin, the man of perdition will indeed give Israel the right to build a Temple in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount. No, I don't believe that Trump is the prophesied Anti-Christ. What he will be is a facillitator of Israel's right to exist and give her the ability to continue in prosperity and be her defender. This will obviously lead to a time of great political intrigue in the land of Israel.
What I pray is that God will give the man we know as Donald Trump the wisdom of Solomon to govern in righteousness and justice for all people of this land. The coming AC will be so charismatic that he will swoon the people with soft words and a lying tongue. At the moment, Donald Trump is hated by half the nation, and the world is fearful of what his foreign policy positions will be. I pray that his actions will galvanize the American people to know that the man is a lover of the USA and the American people. The Anti-Christ will have no such limitations. What I pray for is that God will give us a time of a reprieve from judgment. A temporary time that we will have a chance to reach many more people for the Kingdom of God and bring more people to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We have “God willing” four to eight years to increase the entrance of many more souls into the coming removal of the church from this earth known as the “rapture”. If it be in the next 8 years, know that many people in government will vanish, just as common folks will. It is reported that Trump and Mike Pence are both born again Christians. If they would suddenly vanish with millions of other souls, would it not be a total chaos in the United States and around the world, even in Israel? The world will need, they will clamor for a man to bring tranquility back to the nations which has been turned upside down. So sets the stage for the coming Anti-Christ. WE may see many changing things in the political landscape in the near future, we may not. And I may be all wet in this assessment, but I have seen God's hand moving in our political landscape and the alignment of world powers. The rise of a well known, but political outsider to the highest office in the land at near insurmountable odds, can only be the hand of God, as people said the man, Donald Trump had no chance...
But here he is folks, the next POTUS was elected last Tuesday night. We live in very exciting times and the end of the world as we know it, got a little extention as the end of the age grows ever closer. Let us spread the Gospel to all men and women who need the salvation found only in our Lord Jesus Christ, before this short reprieve ends and we see another administration that won't be in the best interest of the United States of America. I have postulated that the coming Anti-Christ would have to be the leader of the strongest nation on earth with Babylon being the center of all commerce and trade, and for the last 150 years, that place has only been New York City...will the USA and it's leader become the beast power, or will we be reduced to rubble in the coming future?. God only knows and I make no predictions, but just give you the facts found in your bible, and let God reveal to you what will be based on the signs of the times....
“For God so love the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
God sent not His Son to condemn the world, but that the world through Him, might be saved”.
(John 3:16-17)
This is pastor Mike Taylor praying for you, our country, and the world we live in. If you need counseling, prayer, or just a listening ear, email me at realteam1999@sbcglobal.net . God bless you all.
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