The word for the day
The word for the day is “Hyperinflation”. Now I know that you were expecting a biblical word weren’t you. Well it is, and it isn’t, I’ll explain.
As Christians we are often less familiar with some of the economic terms thrown around these days. Sadly there is a good possibility that we’ll get to experience exactly what this word means in the near future, so I thought it might be good to write about it.
When a nation undertakes the printing of paper money on a massive scale and introduces newly printed money into the existing money supply, it effectively reduces the value of the existing money which is circulating in the economy. That means that your dollar is no longer worth a dollar, or put it another way, your dollar no longer holds the purchasing power it previously held. The result is that prices seem to be going up, in reality the prices are not going up, the value of your dollar is going down.
This is called inflation, every economy suffers from it. Now when governments introduce massive amounts of new paper dollars into the economy, then they risk causing inflation which is out of control, this is called hyperinflation. Prices climb rapidly due to the devaluing of the currency.
Before we move on lets read a quote from someone who experienced hyperinflation:
“It was horrible. Horrible! Like lightning it struck. No one was prepared. The shelves in the grocery stores were empty. You could buy nothing with your paper money.” – Harvard University law professor Friedrich Kessler on the Weimar Republic hyperinflation (1993 interview)
When the Black horse of Revelation is unleashed upon the earth, one of the results is Hyperinflation. A good biblical example of hyperinflation is found in Revelation 6:6. In this day a man will have to labor all day, in order to purchase a loaf of bread. This is basically what the scripture in Revelation is saying ;
Rev 6:6 And a voice from among the four living beings said, “A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley for a day’s pay.[fn1] And don’t waste[fn2] the olive oil and wine.”
In the midst of the present economic crisis one of the things that many western nations have done in order free up the credit markets is to print more money. If we are wise and use this money for infra structure initiatives then that will bode well, but if we simply throw it into the black hole of propping up banks and institutions that are “too big to fail” then we risk a climate of hyperinflation. Sadly it seems to me that it’s the big black hole that we are more concerned about fixing, and this type of action will invariably lead to out of control inflation, Hyperinflation.
When hyperinflation runs rampant it is terribly destructive to the culture and may well lead to civil unrest, as those who have little income can scarcely afford to buy a loaf of bread and will resort to whatever means at hand to survive.
Now sometimes I’m a little reluctant to suggest how we should consider surviving such a crisis. One part of me says that we should not put our trust in wealth, nor hoard wealth, but another part of me that knows full well that God has in times past, forewarned His people of a coming famine, and as a result of being forewarned, they were able to take appropriate action and care for and provide for each other.
These things should be brought before the Lord in prayer.
Come out of her My people
I imagine that in the last days the Lord is aware that there are a whole bunch of His people caught up in a way of life that is abhorrent to Him. Of course it must be so, for He Himself has to call them out Rev 18:4.
Let us suppose for a moment that He can see that these people have been caught in a snare, perhaps unaware of the perilous nature of their predicament. They being lukewarm in their faith, as a result of living in times of prosperity, and having need of little, are spiritually blind, lacking discernment and altogether unaware of their position. Just like the Loadicean church Rev3:17.
Now God in His mercy, who abounds in grace and relents from doing harm, desires to call His people out of that place in which they find themselves. To awaken them from their slumber, before the judgement comes. He stands at the door of their hearts knocking , but few respond, most are enamored with their abundant lifestyle, even supposing that it is God who is blessing them with all material wealth, because they are righteous. But sadly, in the eyes of the Lord, they are blind, naked and poor.
Therefore I imagine that He is going to have to call them out with great signs and wonders. “COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE LEST YOU SHARE IN HER SINS, AND RECEIVE OF HER PLAGUES” Come out! Comeout! With great signs and wonders the Lord calls them out, even bringing plagues upon the land. But the people say, “Come out of where? Come out of what? Where is this Mystery Babylon and why should I care, for I myself am righteous amongst men. Babylon is of old, is of ages past. I am no fool nor blind that I cannot see. Can you not see for yourself that God has blessed me with every good thing because I am righteous”
This people have grown dull of hearing, for there ears are heavy and thy have shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed.” Isaiah 6:10
With great signs and wonders the Lord calls them, with great mercy He extends His hand toward them. See, look, be astounded at the work I do in your day. Here is Babylon He says, a mystery to all, she is of old and yet is. By My strong hand I have shown you where she dwells, I have marked her out and appointed her to judgement. She is of Babel of old, and yet is, will you not see?
Knowing full well that He speaks to a generation who find their pleasure in the buying and selling of goods, in the materialism of the culture, He asks them to come buy from Him instead. 3:18 I counsel thee – who art poor, and blind, and naked. To buy of me – Without money or price. Gold purified in the fire – True, living faith, which is purified in the furnace of affliction. And white raiment – True holiness. And eyesalve – Spiritual illumination; the unction of the Holy One, which teacheth all things.
Christian, whilst ever we live in the world and love the things of the world, the love of the father is not in us. 1John 2:15. We will never have eyes to see nor ears to hear, nor the ability to discern the mysteries of God through these carnal eyes unless we forsake the love of the world. We will not be able to grasp the mystery of lawlesness, which is the falling away, and Mystery Babylon, in whom these fallen ones dwell.
Fall of Babylon – a vision – June 1st 2009
The following prophecy was distributed by Andrew Strom of revivalschool.com
I know nothing of Darren Smith, but I would say everything he has written in this prophecy is biblically sound and rings true with my understanding of the very close at hand, judgement of Mystery Babylon of the end times. FTW
NOTE: Darren Smith is one of the soundest preachers that I know
in America – which is why I think we should give close attention to
this word. He runs a ministry to the homeless in Texas. The only
question I have is the “timing” for some of it – because I know the
“urgency” and sense of ‘imminence’ that often comes with these
kinds of prophecies. Darren says he feels that some things begin
“this summer”. Either way, it is a very important word from a very
credible source. -One to be noted and heeded concerning what
lies ahead-FALL OF BABYLON – a VISION
-by Darren Smith. (1 Jun 09).The Lord kept me up most of the night bringing a word for me to
share and to share now. Many times I wait until I have prayed over
what I hear in my spirit, but I can’t wait to send this word out.Last night while praying before I went to bed, The Lord gave me a
vision that really rattled me. In the vision I saw this land split into
four parts with each one under its own flag. Each region had terrible
destruction and many people were dead. As I looked over the
destruction I was crying and the Lord asked me, “Why are you
crying over the fall of Babylon? As a matter of fact, why have you
been praying for the healing of Babylon?”In this vision I didn’t have an answer and the Lord opened a scroll
and started reading off the indictments against our country, but
before each one he clearly called the USA Babylon.The list was long and to the point, with such points as the killing
of several generations of unborn children. Beside this charge He
added that these babies had been sacrificed to the god of self. The
list also included greed, idolatry, pride, fornication, and many others,
so many I could not even read them all.As I looked at the list of charges I was overwhelmed and broken
by the fact that we live every day in a nation that is so far removed
from God and in total opposition to the Kingdom of God, yet we are
comfortable here. We have become just like Lot living in Sodom,
the prosperity that the nation offers us has blinded us from the evil
that rules this land. We complain about how bad it is but still stay
attached to it with every ounce of strength we have.The Lord told me to look at the nation as He sees it, not through
my eyes but through His. I could not look too long before I had to
agree and repent of loving Babylon. Once I repented the Lord told
me to prepare for the fall as time is running out. I must preach the
Gospel of The Kingdom not the Gospel of America. America is
already judged, the time of shaking is now and will increase rapidly
this summer. Water shortages and food shortages will become
common this summer, as well as fuel shortages. Civil unrest will
become common place in large cities first but will spill over into
the rural areas as well.Natural disasters will stretch the resources of the nation to the
breaking point and the government will use this to take freedom
away. Brothers up north take note, you will see this start to happen
quickly. Please seek the Lord for direction as you are out of time.
The west coast will see this soon as well, please prepare.In this vision there was a great wasteland that appeared to be in
the center of the nation where everything was wiped out and I saw
masses of people wandering without direction. They were dirty and
ragged, almost dead and there was no relief in sight. Most of you
reading this think I’m crazy I’m sure, but I must be faithful to share
what I’m given to share.The Lord told me to cry from the mountain tops to repent and seek
the Lord now!! We don’t have any more time to seek after the things
of this world. He has also given me teaching to prepare people to
pass through this time of shaking into the Kingdom and I must be
faithful to preach this word anywhere I have an open door.If you want to hear this word please contact me to set up times
and places, but again I must warn you, we are running out of time.
We must stop living like we have all the time in the world. We
must stop crying over the fall of Babylon and press into the Kingdom.-Darren Smith – EMAIL -
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Lessons from America
I recently heard someone say that Americans are losing their homes to the banks at the rate of 1 every 13 seconds. I wasn’t sure if that was correct so thought it best to check for myself. According to the Wall St Journal, there were approx 120,000 U.S. home foreclosures in February 2009. At my reckoning, that works out at 1 every 21 seconds. Not quite 1 every 13 seconds but still, a significant number.
How awful this must be for those who have labored, sacrificed and struggled, to obtain these properties, only to see them disappear before their eyes. In some ways it reminds me of a type of modern day slavery and legalized theft. Big business, corporations and financial institutions make merchandise of mens souls. Rev 18:13
I guess the tragedy about this whole affair is that the people willingly partook of this game. It was sold to them as “The Dream”. Be it the great Australian dream, or the American dream, the dream of home ownership, with the promise of a prosperous future, and financial security.
But now, every 21 seconds “the American dream” becomes a nightmare. The reality that people have been unwittingly yoked into the bondage of modern day slavery is realized, and they wake up homeless in the land their forefathers conquered.
Some 218 years ago, one of Americas founding fathers made a profound statement. Whether Thomas Jefferson was a man of faith or not, I do not know, but I know this. His prophetic warning was ignored and is now fulfilled in this generation.
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a money aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. This issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered” Thomas Jefferson, 1791
Of course history records that much of what Jefferson warned against, was fulfilled when the government handed much of the US financial system to an independent corporation, the Federal Reserve.
Australians need to pay attention to what is presently unfolding in the U.S. We are playing a very similar game in many respects, supposing that there will be an altogether different outcome.
I believe that dream is coming to an end and it’s a hard lesson for many. Men have been beguiled by the promise of serving mammon and self, only to discover a hard master.
Such a master you shall not find in the service of Christ. As we live out these last days, serve Him Christian, do it with all of your heart and strength. Do not be beguiled as many have been, do not lay up your treasure on earth, where rust and moth destroy, and thieves break in and steal. Serve Christ and you shall have treasure in heaven, where your treasure is secure.
Mat 6:19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
Mat 6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
New World Order Beast Advancing
It’s all getting pretty crazy out there now. Every other week I hear of some news out of the U.S. and just think “You’ve got to be joking”
Two weeks ago it was news of O’bama’s Brownshirts legislation, HR 1388 that had my attention. Last week it was it was the likelyhood of nationalizing GM (Government Motors) that had me thinking, and this week it’s HR 875. The legislation which has the potential to stop you from growing vegetables in your backyard veggie garden.
I don’t live in the U.S. but I would also be fairly sure also that like Australia at this time, you are seeing an order of control unveiled as a result of this so called potential apocalytic pandemic, Swine Flu.
Pretty soon there will be no area of your life which is free of potential government intervention. The New World Order Beast is marching onwards and things seem to be moving along quickly now. Government takeover of industry, internal security forces, big brother style draconian legislation and worldwide pandemic scare campaigns. The Beast New World Order may be here sooner than we imagine.
Where are you church? Are you asleep in the light? Are you warning your people of the dangers that lay ahead? Are you asking them to take a stand for righteousness? Are you suggesting that they earnestly seek God and pray, turn away from serving their worldly idols and bowing before gods that are not gods. Or are you more interested in satisfying itching ears with your lukewarm messages and maintaining your large congregations and international ministries?
Could it be, heaven forbid that history is about to repeat, and like the false teachers of Israel saying peace and safety, all is well, you also refuse to accept the possibility that the Lord your God could be about to discipline his wayward children.
Not so long ago I wasn’t so sure, but now it seems increasingly likely as many have said in the past, that the greatest Christian persecution to occur in history of the world is likely to take place in the land of the free.
Because you are Lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I’m about to spew you from My mouth. Revelation :16
There is plenty of information out there on these legislative changes HR 1388 and HR 875. Here are a couple of videos that will fill in the gaps if you are not familiar with them.
Tell him he’s dreamin (economic titanic)
As you can see I wasn’t quite sure what to call this post so I’ve kinda given it two names, as above.
There’s a classic Australian movie that’s been around for a few years called “the castle“. It’s a very funny story about an Ozzie family that are about to be evicted from their home, as developers attempt to buy up the property for an extension to the airport next door.
It’s full of Aussie humour, and there’s a classic line that is revisited throughout the movie, “tell him he’s dreamin”. One of the kids in the family, Steve, is an avid reader of newspaper classified ads. Steve comes to dad regularly with the prospect of purchasing a bargain at such an such a price, he reads his dad the ad, and dad’s reply is always “tell him he’s dreamin”
To put it another way, they’re kidding themselves, it just aint worth that sort of money.
As I read an article today in our Australian media, in which the reserve bank governor is suggesting the strong possibility of an economic recovery in the not too distant future, I would just like to say this “tell him he’s dreamin” (RBA Chief Glenn Stephens upbeat on recovery)
It’s not going to happen, Glenn Stephens’ is kidding himself. The US economy is going down and she’ll be taking a whole bunch of other nations down with her, Australia included.
In the very short term there may seem to be a recovery in the stock market, but in my opinion, for what it’s worth, as soon as the markets recover sufficiently, many of the big investors are going to pull out in an attempt to recover some of the losses that they have born over these last few months.
I guess we can talk this thing up and hope for the best, I understand that Glenn is just doing his job, but if you are willing to look at the US economic fundamentals such as foreign debt, money supply, productive capacity, you will see that the world has changed, and will change profoundly as a result. It’s a little like watching the Titanic sail on with the passengers and crew in denial that such a ship could ever sink. I guess we’ll find out soon enough that there are no lifeboats to get out of this one either.
As to Glenn Stephens supposed recovery. Someone, tell him he’s dreamin.
Here are a couple of vids if you are interested in this stuff.
An image of Jesus
Ever noticed the way we portray Jesus in images, like photo’s, paintings and websites. Usually attractive, or at the very least, pleasant to the eye. Often fair skinned, and likely to have western facial features, sometimes even blue eyes.
The thought came to mind this week that we tend to picture Him as someone we can relate to, someone in whom we see a likeness of ourselves. In our western culture, Jesus so often looks like one of us, a westerner.
The reality however is probably quite different in that Jesus most likely had darker skin, middle eastern facial features, shorter hair, and brown eyes. The scriptures say that he was not particularly physically attractive, and yet rarely is He depicted otherwise in our paintings and images.
And here is the thought that keeps coming to mind. We often tend to portray Christ in our own image. That is to say, we make Christ look like us, or what we would like Him to look like. And I have this sense that we probably also apply this kind of thinking to the character of Christ as well, that is to say, His attributes. We assume that God would see things in a particular way, we imagine that God would seek to act in a particular way, according to what we know of ourselves.
Yes we were created in the image of God, and we are given some insight into His character according to the way we have been created, but the overwhelming thought is this; how easily we are able to make God and His Christ into the image of someone who looks like me.
In this day in which humanism is infiltrating the church, it is vitally important that we know who our God is, and that we take His word as to His character, as truth, even if we are having some difficulty reconciling it with our natural mind.
I recall Oprah Winfrey stating once that she couldn’t reconcile the Christian God as being a Jealous God, to her way of thinking. It just did not make sense, so she threw the baby out with the bathwater. In light of her spiritual awakening she has since determined what seems most fitting, as to the character of God. And sadly she now enlightens her viewers with a new age humanistic kind of God, who is able to be accepted by many. Oprah’s picture of God, looks just like she does, all fits nicely together and is a replica of Oprah’s natural understanding. In a sense, the same way that we sometimes depict Jesus in paintings, making Him look like a North American white skinned Christian with a goatee and long hair.
As to the Character of God, know this Christian. The Lord your God is a wrathful God. This may sit a little uncomfortably with our “God is Love” thinking, but regardless, we cannot ignore it and turn a blind eye to it, lest we also become a stumbling block to this generation.
I’ve grabbed a handful of scriptures from the New Testament concerning this particular characteristic of God. I hope you may take a moment to prayerfully read them and think upon them as to who your God is, and what He is like.
Mat 3:7 But when he (John) saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Jhn 3:36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Rom 2:5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.)
Rom 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath
Rom 9:22 [What] if God, wanting to show [His] wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Eph 2:3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
Eph 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Col 3:6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
1Th 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, [even] Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Rev 6:16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
Rev 6:17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
Daniel 11:32 says; “By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action.
Know your God Christian!
Christian Apostasy = Rise of Islam
Is it a co-incidence that this last 50 years has seen a reformation and reawakening of the Islamic faith on a worldwide scale, whilst at the same time Christendom has undergone a falling away from the faith?
I’ll get back to that question shortly.
Those of us who hold fast to our Christian faith, who know that the Lord is God, we reside in the midst of Christendom and lament what’s going on around us. Our culture is doing all it can to abandon it’s Christian heritage. I think of the words of the psalmist who penned;
Psalm 2 “Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from this slavery.“
This is precisely what we are doing at this time in my nation, and I am sure most of Christendom likewise. We are seeking to break the bonds of righteousness, to which this wicked generation likens to being bonds of slavery.
Today in my nation the media generally seek to belittle their Christian heritage, and undermine the faith. They speak on things which they do not understand, nor do they care to. They so often mock the Christian faith and use words such as “fairytales” to describe the word of God.
Yet in the very same breath in which they belittle the Christian faith, they embrace the Islamic faith as an valid faith to behold, and refuse point blank to look upon the sad reality of what the religion of Islam will offer a culture which values it’s freedoms.
Woe to you foolish people.
Back to my original question, is it a co-incidence, that the rise of Islam has occurred at the very same time that Christendom is reaching the fullness of it’s apostasy.
Of course it’s no co-incidence!
I imagine that this day is likened to the day of Jeremiah, for it is just the same in that Jeremiah had to tell the people that their wayward hearts and backsliding ways had bought the nation to a place of judgment.
Jeremiah 5:15 “Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an enduring nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say.
Those of us in who hold fast to our Christian faith in the midst of this apostasy know full well that there must come a day of reckoning. We see it approaching rather rapidly at this time. We know full well that in order for a loving father to correct the waywardness of a disobedient child, one must discipline sternly. We who hold to any godly wisdom know this full well.
Those of us who hold fast to our faith in this generation also see something perhaps more troubling. We see so many of our churches preaching another gospel, a gospel that is altogether different from the Gospel of our Lord.
At the same time as the prevailing culture has embraced humanism, this same humanism has made it’s way into much of the church. We see man being exalted from our pulpits, we hear a new gospel that seeks to make man the centre of all things, and God, as the one whom ought to respond to our needs according to our carnal hopes, dreams and desires.
I am saddened to say that so many in our churches are no longer able to discern the error in these new teachings which are so often embraced by the hearer, with no critical thought given to biblical truth. Worldliness is dressed up in a gown of righteousness and we buy it, no questions asked.
Paul said in 2 Thessalonians that the day will come when there is a falling away from the faith, an apostasy, and at that time the son of perdition (man of sin) would sit in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. And this man of sin would opposeth and exalteth himself above God.
This is that day!
I believe that Paul is referring to this day in which we live Christian. And I believe this scripture is applied to Christendom.
Sadly there are no co-incidences going on here. The rise of Islam is to suit the purposes of God. Did Christ not say that He would spew the lukewarm church out of His mouth, did Paul not say that we were to hand over the adulterer to satan for destruction of the flesh, in the hope, in the hope, that in the day of the Lord, his spirit would be saved.
Luke 21:36 Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Having said that remember this, that the Lord may be with Islam at this time in regard to her increase, He is allowing her to flourish for a season, to suit His purposes.
Christian, be not soon shaken or troubled as you see all of these things come to pass.
Slumdog Christian
I just thought this was an inspirational video. Lord please send more men of faith, love and hope into these communities.
Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Thanks to Gospel for Asia, for the video.
New age faith
An Evolutionary atheists statement of faith, and first verse of their book.
We believe that all things were created by nothing.
1. In the beginning all things were created by nothing, and by nothing, all things were created. 2. And the nothing formed nothing into living creatures and trees and oceans brimming with life. 3. And the nothing was worshiped and given a name, a name by which all men might know it. This nothing, umm whatever it was, like umm some energy force or something? 4. And the name it was given was Evolution, and men beheld it’s glory, this nothing called Evolution. 5. And men bowed down to “Evolution” and worshiped it, for out of it they were created, and from it, all diversity of life was formed. And they saw that it was good, and was worthy to be praised.
The sad reality is that this is exactly what evolutionary atheists believe. Though they themselves deny that it is a faith, it most certainly requires great faith to behold this creed.
2000 years ago the apostle Paul wrote of the futility that would abound in our day, in the book of Romans chapter 1. God has indeed handed men of this generation of to futile thinking, because they suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Professing to be wise, they became as fools.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,Rom 1:19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,Rom 1:21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Rom 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, Rom 1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man–and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. “aka Evolution”
