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Obey the King

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Ecclesiastes 8:2-8.  It might be a little hard to relate to if you live in a nation that elects its officials and rulers and has set limitations for the length of their rule, or set terms in office, as today's passage discusses wisdom for relating to and living under a king.  However, once that person is in office, their rule does simulate a kingship in many ways, and so we can still learn from the wise sayings of these verses.  "Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.  Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.  Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'" "Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.  For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs

Stern-Faced King

Greetings in the Lord! This week the Lord has been giving lots of words about secular America and her rulers, many of whom have given over to a violent, deceitful power structure that is mostly heedless of the justice called for in God's law.  Many of these rulers are extremely arrogant and scoff at the word of God.  Let's start at the top.  First, from Daniel 8 we are told of a vision of a ram with two long horns being crushed by a goat with one long horn that came from the west.  But that one horn of the goat was broken off and replaced by four horns; and out of that, one horn grew to reach the heavens.  As it exalted itself up to the heavens, it persecuted and overcame some of the "starry host" and "truth was thrown to the ground."  The passage identifies the ram with Media and Persia and the goat with Greece.  It is the prophetic telling of a clash of East (Persia) and West (Greece) civilizations.  We see this clash today most obviously between Islam

North Korea & South Korea

Greetings in the Lord! It is such an honor to share this next word of the Lord with you.  Why God choses to use us humans as His servants when He is more than capable of doing it all Himself is beyond me, in the first place.  Anyway, to God be all the glory. The past couple of weeks I was in South Korea and was blessed to hear the Holy Spirit tell about all the wonderful things God is doing in that country, and in that whole peninsula!  He began by saying: "The Lord has given to South Korea all the nations of the earth; great favor with all the nations of the earth!  South Korea will begin to walk in the authority God has placed upon her shoulders, much in the same way He has blessed the United States of America, to share the Good News to all people!  Yes, there will be abundance in the marketplace, but that is just a result of the blessing.  The Lord is and has been opening doors of opportunity to South Korea, and will continue to do so as she learns to fly like the eagle.