Dear Global Christian Warriors,
Join us on this 21 day repentance journey to study His Word on Judgments. God willing, we will also include each day a suggested issue to repent of. We hope to bless you, to edify you, to strengthen you with His Word, consistent with 2 Timothy 3:16-17: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Today's focus is especially real to me. I was brought up in the secular suburbs after World War 2 when doing more in a worldly career than my Dad had done was my life focus. Today, now in Jesus' Kingdom, I keep repenting of any residue of clinging to the things of this world, and loving THIS LIFE too much.
TODAY'S REPENTANCE REFLECTION:
Judgment Seal #4 ~ Rider on the Pale Horse (DEATH)
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
~Revelation 6:7-8 (KJV)
Some versions translate "pale" as more of a "sickly green" color. It conjures up images of rotting corpses with rigamortis setting in. Whatever it is, it won't be pleasant. Flesh and fleshly behavior = SIN. By the time of 4th seal is opened, sin has METASTASIZED.
It's almost become a cliche now. When a preacher mentions "Living Your Best Life Now" someone will say: "Well, if this is your best life now, I guess you are on your way to hell."
While that may be funny to some, it really shouldn't be. Jesus did not come to give us wealth, riches, prosperity, fans and fame. BUT!...what about the promise of "life and life more abundantly?"
The JOY that the Lord mentions that is available to each of us (John 15: 11 and John 17: 13) is derived from finding His unique call on each of our lives as His bondservant and the confidence that the price of dying to our own will holds the absolute certainty that His calling on our lives is His Better Way, now and eternally. John 15:16 speaks not just to those first disciples but to each of us today: " You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. "
For those who are true disciples of Christ, we often must stoically accept that THIS LIFE does not always go the way we want it to. Surely, we must look to the First Century Church as a great example of what we can expect. God is no respecter of persons. Does Jesus love us more than Paul? more than the martyred disciples? more than the persecuted Church?
Of course not! While not everyone's fate is martyrdom, somehow in our Western demon-cracies, we have decided that "absence of any pain" is the definition of Christianity. This could not be any further from the Truth.
Today, join me in confessing this sin in our nations and in ourselves. Having confessed this sin pattern, He will forgive you. You can then REPENT of clinging to the things of this world, and loving THIS LIFE too much.
He's worthy of praise every day. With the fruit of His Holy Spirit, we can "Rejoice always." (1 Thessalonians 5:16). It's OK to "love life" as long as we have a somber and realistic expectation of how FLEETING it is. Let's take a look at how scripture speaks of THIS LIFE:
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
~James 4:14 (Berean Study Bible)
We should not expect admiring fans:
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
~John 15:18 (Berean Study Bible)
We need to keep our "eye on the prize" and walk circumspectly:
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
~Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NKJV)
If we try to cling to this life, we will lose it:
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
~Luke 9:24 (Berean Study Bible)
If we love our friends and family more than God, we CANNOT be His disciple:
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be My disciple.
~Luke 14:26 *Berean Study Bible)
Is Jesus telling us to hate our families here? NO, of course not. He's saying that if the choice comes to:
a) being His Disciple
or
b) being popular with your friends and family..."a" is the only correct choice. Will this have painful ramifications? Yep. Jesus' family came to take Him away because they thought He was crazy:
When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
~Mark 3:21 (Berean Study Bible)
If they thought PERFECT JESUS was crazy...what must they think about you and me? Imperfect messes, indeed, to only become "perfected" by Him!
Remember the word that I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
So, what can we expect when the 4th "seal" is opened? The Bible tells us we will see DEATH and lots of it. Using the verse up above and our knowledge of the 3 previous Riders on the Horses, we will expect to see the fruit of following a system of the anti-Christ, global war, and global hunger. Death by sword, hunger and even by "wild beasts" of the earth. Maybe those "wild beasts" are humans who put their faith in this life and painfully realize that they put their faith in a mist that soon vanishes. This will make them wild with rage.
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
~Ecclesiastes 3:8 (Berean Study Bible)
On this day, November 13, spend time with the Lord, asking Him if you have "loved the world" and your earthly life more
than following Him?
You and I were born for such a time as this. We are to minister to others during the serious shakings ahead, expected in all nations. To do so, we need today to build up our spiritual strength through times of private repentance. We can also share times of fellowship, sharing testimonies of repentance to encourage us further.
The fear of God is not a terror that He is against us or will strike without cause or warning. Rather, the awe, the reverential fear of God, produces wise, healthy actions, as when the midwives feared God more than Pharaoh, and saved the male children, including Moses.
During these 21 days, as your doctor and the Lord may direct, you may also wish to fast as the Lord leads. Removing old sin strongholds spiritually may also act as a blessing to detox your body physically.
When you repented to come into His Kingdom, you became a vessel filled with His Holy Spirit. We are to fear, have an awesome respect for, the Living God, not fear of man, nor fear of death.
Join us in this spiritual journey to study His Word on Judgments and to repent to avoid Judgment.
You may want to ask "where did this surface in me?" Is it a generational curse? How does it show up in my character today? If you confess that sin pattern, the Lord will forgive you. You can then sincerely repent, replacing that stronghold with His Holy Word.
A key one is found in Matthew 28: 18: " And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."
No need for a theologian. The word "all" means ALL.
Revelation 1: 17-18 could not be more clear: "And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death."
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First Layer of Judgments: THE SEALS
#2) Rider on the Red Horse ~ War
#4) Rider on the Pale Horse ~ DEATH
#5) Martyrdom of the Saints
#6) Cataclysmic Earthquake and Heavenly Phenomenon
#7) Solemn Silence as understanding increases of the serious nature of events which will now take place.
REPENT!
Second Layer of Judgments: THE TRUMPS
#1) "Hail and Fire" ~ 1/3rd of grass and trees burned up.
#2) "Burning Mountain" (Asteroid?) ~ 1/3rd of ocean, sea life and ships destroyed.
#3) "Wormwood" (Nuclear power?) ~ 1/3rd of freshwater and lakes poisoned.
#4) "Heavenly Lights Out" ~ 1/3rd of Sun, Moon and Starlight goes dark.
REPENT!
WOE, WOE, WOE. The three woes begin.
#5) Plague of demonic locusts from abyss ~ those unsealed will be tormented for 5 months.
#6) 4 Angels of the Apocalypse released from the 4 corners of the earth ~ 1/3rd of global population will be destroyed.
#7) Announcement that the world and it's kings and kingdoms have come to an end and the Messianic King Yeshua has now become the Final Ruler over all the Earth.
The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
and he will reign for ever and ever.
~(Revelation 11:15).
THERE IS NO MORE REPENTANCE.
GOD'S WRATH IS UPON THE WORLD.
Third Layer of WRATH Judgments: THE VIALS
#1) FESTERING SORES AND BOILS ~ On those who took the "Mark of the Beast."
#2) SEAS TURN TO BLOOD ~ everything in the sea dies.
#3) FRESH LAKES AND RIVERS TURN TO BLOOD ~ no more fresh drinking water.
#4) SUN SCORCHES INTENSE HEAT ~ no more protective shield around the planet (ozone layer?).
#5) BLACKNESS DESCENDS ON THE EARTH ~ people chew their tongues in agony but refuse to repent as their hearts are impenetrable.
#6) LIES, like boastful frogs, COME OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF SATAN, THE ANTICHRIST, THE FALSE PROPHET ~ accompanied by demonic "signs and wonders." The Battle of Armegeddon.
#7) FINAL DESTRUCTION OF EARTH BY GIANT HAILSTONES AND EARTHQUAKES ~ Cities collapse. No more mountains or islands.
IT IS FINISHED
Vengeance of the Lord for all martyrs
and slain prophets.
If you have not already joined us, do please join our ongoing project to call on God's Solution to end our physical drought in the Western States of the USA, as well as ending the spiritual drought in every nation . www.endingdroughtgodsway.com
This 21 day repentance journey, this one focused on Judgments, is part of our ongoing cleansing as His Bride, getting ready to meet Him as our Bridegroom. A special page on all of these signs of His Judgment has been set up on that website. Please join us!
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Do you see repentance as vital for our times? To our knowledge National Day of Repentance is the only Christian ministry focusing solely on personal and national repentance in every nation and applying it in our lives.
No church, no denomination supports us, only YOU! Though we work as volunteers, costs and requests for food pour in each day far beyond our capacity to fulfill these requests.
Would you please pray for us? And then give from a cheerful heart as the Lord leads? THANK YOU--whatever the amount you give, you'll receive a blessing--- 2 Corinthians 8: 2-4 and Luke 8:3--- and Fruit that will abound to your spiritual account, Philippians 4:17.
God bless you.
Pastor Jeff Daly
National Day of Repentance
pastorjeff@repentday.com
Every Wednesday NDR hosts a one hour zoom call focusing on one sin pattern that we all have. You'll have private time with the Holy Spirit to review that sin with Him and then have time to confess it, as well as to repent, fully put it behind you, replacing that old stronghold with His Word. JOY follows repentance! The call is at 11 AM pacific, 2 PM eastern, 5 AM Thursday, Eastern Australia time. Direct Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87050808691?pwd=ZkMvM3VtTDF6TUFCKytDdE9vZ0V0UT09 Password 1221
