Friends,

Keep yourself strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. This is a time to see the Lord, high and lifted up. We are very near the time of Restoration.  Jesus is coming soon.  Enjoy Him and love Him forever.

As the Day is very near, let brotherly love continue, have a fervent love for one another and do what you must to remain sincere
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Never forget that the Prize is worth the price.

I stand in awe-struck bemused horror at many things I see on a daily basis, nearly unbelieving what my eyes see and ears hear.
 
Our government has forced Israel not to defend herself for many years while the Moslems, with our tacit assistance, arm and surround her—just recently the "newly liberated" Egyptians allowed Iranian warships to come through the Suez Canal for the first time since 1979 to set up a naval attack base in Syria, just north of Israel.
 
Iran is also busily involved in setting up missile bases in Venezuela for the benefit and amusement of Americans.  Our legislators are fighting one another, and for some reason, can't seem to agree that this country should not allow Sharia Law to begin to dominate our culture—you really ought to look into that and see how that jives with our Constitution. We reluctantly prosecute "honor killings" of girls trying to break away from the oppression of sharia in America!

We remain dependent on Moslem oil when the United States has more oil, natural gas, and coal than anywhere else on earth.....we could become energy independent and prosperous in a short time.

Our government is not interested in securing our borders and now tunnels are being discovered that are replicas of those used to funnel men and arms in the Middle East.  The Bible can not be read in public schools, but now Moslem studies, with the reading of the Koran, are required in some schools and colleges.

It really is treason on a vast level—treason is the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.

To add to the madness, now the White House is seeking to take down the Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage is between one man and one woman.

The maniacal frenzy to to destruct this country and take Israel down has become a grotesque parody and is nothing more than strong delusion.

I know that God is about to reign us in.

WE MUST ALL KNOW THAT JUDGMENT IN SOME FORM IS GOING TO HIT THIS NATION—God is going to stage an intervention to block our madness.The day we force Israel to divide Jerusalem will be the saddest day in American history in our lifetimes, perhaps in the history of the nation.  The United Nations with our backing is ready to unilaterally recognize Palestine as a nation by this Fall. We have already allowed the Palestinians to open an embassy in Washington, DC and to raise their flag on American soil.

My only hope in this is I cry out to God that such madness is not the common will of the American people, but the godless elite that rule us, and to please have mercy on us.

One of the things I have learned as a Christian is that life in this fallen world always contains moments of ultimate shock.  I am thankful for the long seasons of "normal life" I have been afforded, but have realized every human being I have known to this point sometimes finds himself in the midst of circumstances that are devastating and way over the the idividual's personal tolerance/coping level. 

Thank God His Grace is sufficient, and His power is not shortened by our "overwhelmingness" in such circumstances!  We Christians are made to weather and pass through the storms of life.

WE ARE ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE SHOCK, CHRISTIAN AND NON-CHRISTIAN ALIKE.

Keep real short accounts with the Lord right now and realize we are in His Hands. There is more to do in less time than we realize—ask the Lord to give you not only the comfort and power of the Holy Spirit, but the adaptation and wisdom to change wisely. We must be able to bend and flow without compromising the Standard of the Word of God.
 

Also ask God for graceful exits from all that weighs you down—there are powerful demon spirits of hatred, bitterness, vengeance, murder, and retaliation at work against this nation and the Body of Christ.  Confusion and division are tools of Satan so that he can do his wicked work of destruction.  Not only pray for our protection as a nation from terrorist attacks and for the peace of Jerusalem….

…..let slander against others and corrupt communication cease.  As long as Christians take pleasure in the suffering of other believers, and seem to believe Jesus died to accommodate such wreckage and carnage we are bound to wisdom that is earthly, sensual, and demonic. This madness can only produce self-seeking, confusion, and every evil work. I see spiritual train wrecks in many places I go to minister and it appears some sinister intrusion has possessed many Christians who derive some kind of sick satisfaction in the loss.

Do we really know what spirit we are of? I think Satan has many "secret agents" in the Body. I would like to believe most are blind and ignorant and do his bidding unknowingly or believing they are right. I wonder how many times I have been a traitor to the Kingdom of God?

We may find out the hard way that sorrow and pressure force some real Christian love to emerge.  Don’t engage in mockery and faultfinding of other believers now at all cost—hold the standard of the Word of God and walk in the reverential fear of God! DO THIS VOLUNTARILY!  Go ahead and get in touch with reality—we will SOON have so much mockery from the world, we will not be able to afford trying to destroy one another if we have any  spiritual sanity remaining.

We must stand as men and women of God to recognize and guard ourselves against the hellish vent of universalism that it sweeping the Body of Christ. This is the teaching that Jesus is not the Way to salvation, but a way. This is the spirit of antichrist emerging rapidly which we must recognize and stand against at all costs—it is a false gospel that will destroy many spiritually and embolden those so deceived to hate Christians virulently.  At the same time we must bend our hearts to love those who are truly in Christ Jesus and stop our childish ways.

The last few days I have contemplated the schism and paralysis over the nation and the Church, trembling at  what outcome will ensue.  I see the arrogance and self-will of man and know the foibles of human nature, so bent on creating a perfect Christless world, even "at church" it seems. Everyone wants to be right, to be correct.....while pondering these things these words were emblazoned on my soul,

"Who will be king over these ruins?"

Where will be the arrogance, pomp, and circumstance of our proud hearts when the wind we have sown comes to us as whirlwind?

Read Hebrews 12: 1-11.  The Lord tells us  to remember the testimony of those who have gone on before us. He commands us to about lay aside sin and weights so we can hit our stride in Him to run the race with endurance.  He tells us not to resist chastening, as He loves us, and corrects us as our Father for our eternal good.

I find it very interesting that chastening is called “training” and yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness. The Word does not deny that chastening is painful, but it is a part of sonship towards God.

There is a side to chastening we do not seem to get….

“Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.”—-Hebrews 12: 12-13

None of us wants to be weak and “not O.K.”—not one of us wants to be lame.  None of us wants to be ashamed or to be wrong about anything.  But there is a way to make straight paths for our weakness and lameness, especially when we are being dealt with by God….

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;”—Hebrews 12: 14-15

Part of chastening and making straight paths for ourselves and others is pursuing peace and holiness.  We won’t see God without this restraint. We must seek this diligently so we are not poisoned or spread poison. 

There is epidemic spiritual narcissism.  A narcissist is someone who never grew out of being a selfish child, whose whole world must revolve around them. In the destructive sense of this immaturity, there is a tendency to elitism and and an indifference to the plight of others. A narcissist tends to see others as objects that either make their world happen or are not necessary.

Wow, this is a spirit for the Last Days! We have disposable people now, and self-contained realities of relevance, regardless of Truth.  Truly narcissistic folks have an unrealistic sense of superiority and may pursue power at all costs. Emotional responses become guarded public conveniences and others can be devalued and exploited without remorse. The end justifies the means.

Whether an American is functional or dysfunctional in the eyes of the world, this seems to be a national dilemma.

I honestly think this delusion is part of the harlotry and whoredom of the Last Days, to be so centered on self that nothing but the fufillment, worship, and adoration of self can be allowed to be God.

I say to brace yourselves for a Holy Ghost reality check—-I am including myself in that adjustment, asking for mercy every step of the way.

How much poison have we tolerated and imbibed?  Look at the effects of the poison of bitterness through not pursuing peace with others and by not yearning after holiness (Hebrews 12: 16-17)—it seems that profanity and fornication and forfeiting destiny are some results.

I speak no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, but warning.  The ruin of much pride, arrogance, bitterness, and hatred are upon this nation, upon churches, upon individuals. I have been standing in pulpits and leading God's' people in repentance for the shedding of innocent blood in our Christian lives and asking God to do damage control, to remove stumbling blocks, to remove the altars that have consumed the lives of others.

How much has been forfeited by stubbornness and who will be king over these ruins?
 
There is a sweet fragrance and new oil being poured out, an incense of brokeness.  Will we seek to hide in the wreckage of a world foolish enough to oppose God to the limit, or rise to meet the incense He now releases to bear fruit for a clean Harvest? I see a religious spirit that opposes Jesus Christ that looks like Him and appeals to the part of man defiled —this beautiful devil enables man to remain unchanged. 

This is the End Time delusion called Wormwood that will defile one third of the Body of Christ, a form of godliness denying the power thereof ( Revelations 8: 10-11, Deuteronomy 29: 14-19, Jeremiah 23: 15). This is the mystery of iniquity and the gall of false teachers and prophets.

I also see the Lord standing over our nation weeping, but triumphant, with His Hands extended in a sweeping motion from coast to coast and from border to border, with His Glory touching this nation once again. When God rises up in His Holiness again, who will stand?

Some fruits do not become sweet until they are bitten by frost; others do not bear well without a hard winter. My favorite flower, peonies, will not grow in our area because the winters are not harsh enough. Oh there is a balm in Gilead, but we are coming out of the greenhouse to put down roots in real fields. We will grow. Repentance is upon us, and a new day as well—let us arise to a New Day and seek the Lord.

"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His Own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him Who called you out darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."—-I Peter 2: 9-10

The King of King is arising—demonic dictators are arising upon the earth to oppress His people and to futilly try to oppose His coming. He has called us out, and through the Blood of the Covenant, has made us a royal priesthood, His Own people to stand before Him. He also is demanding that corruption and wickedness be routed out before Him.

"Behold I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in Whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," says the Lord of hosts.  But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For  He is like a refiner's fire and like launderers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that them may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness."—Malachi 3: 1-3

Over two decades ago what was dubbed "The Laughter Revival" hit globally. It got my attention as it happened simultaneously in areas without Western influence. I know there was excess and some open doors to the enemy, but God blasted Psalm 2 into my being that He was laughing at His enemies. I had seen Holy laughter since my earliest Christian experience, but nothing to this extent. I sought God about this and He said some things to me I have not forgotten,

"This is a foreshadowing of what is to come. For in the shaking ahead, you will see many more fall before Me and weep and cry for days in Repentance.  It will not be a time for restraint or dignity, but in seeking Me and crying out to Me, beseeching Me for deliverance and mercy. The religious spirits that seek to dominate My people will speak against this "extreme" repentance, but they will not stand against what I will do."

When will it be that we attend church one week with business as usual, go about our lives in idle ease and either the Spirit of the Living God falls upon us, or some disaster strikes, or both, and when we seek to stand in His Presence in our next meeting, or even sit back at home, not one can bear the Glory? What will it be when Ananias and Sapphira drop dead before us, or we are so stricken by knowing He is upon us our teeth chatter like castanets?

My heart is stricken before the Lord.

"....you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."—I Peter 2: 10

"..then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which is the plague, and they shall cast them out in an unclean place outside the city........Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house."—Leviticus 14: 40 and 42

Who will be kings over these ruins in the nation and in the church of leprous stones? Will we lie among the embers of destruction and seek the shadow of a corner in which to hide? 

Will we  not rise from the plague of this final hour to be placed as living stones to offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord, to be cleaned, purified, refined into His spiritual house? Will we not live in His embrace.

Will we resist His Holy gaze and fire stubbornly to be removed as gangrene from the dwelling and forfeit our destiny?

Will we not even see this Day of Visitation? Will you try to be king over these ruins?


In Jesus,

Vaughn Clark www.vaughnclark.com

Glorious Light Ministries
P.O. Box 16217
Dublin, GA 31040