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Today’s Devotional – June 1st

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The Pied Piper of Television

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Most everyone knows the children’s tale, the Pied Piper of Hamlin, in which a man with a magical flute was left unpaid for his services of ridding the village of its rodent plague. 

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But the very same flute which mesmerized those rodents was later used to lead away captive all the children of this community.

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Now whether or not this was a true story (and there is debate on that), this children’s tale can be allegorized to present some spiritual relevance.

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Pied Piper – Wikipedia – public domain

 

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PIED PIPER OF TELEVISION

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Like never before, our society is being led over the precipice of destruction by a certain Pied Piper! Yes television, Internet devices (also radio, printed page, etc.), are now the modern-day Pied Piper of the entire world. And this talking-image is now leading the great masses into moral decadence at such a rapid decline, it is amazing to behold!

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Statistics show that morality and our acceptance of immorality is changing at an incredible rate of speed!

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And yet there are many skeptics who claim that these devices have no such power over the people. But the Bible says quite differently…

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Listen… “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.1st Corinthians 15:33.

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Yes, the Bible makes quite clear that our associations determine, to a great extent, just how we think, and what we believe, and who we are!

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“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon”

Revelation 13:11

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Revelation 13 foretold of a “beast” which would, one day, “arise out of the earth, having two horns like a lamb, and speaks as a dragon”.

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Unfortunately, this beast is fulfilled by the rise of the United States of America, as it rose up in the wilderness of North America, deriving its power from the products which the earth produces. (don’t forget, beasts in the Bible symbolize nations).

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And though the USA professes to be moral, even Christian in its values (symbolized by the two lamb-like horns), the major media speaks increasingly “as a dragon” (Satan), now promoting immorality, racism, atheism, while at the same time censoring any speech it deems threatening to Satan’s soul-destroying warfare against the human race! 

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Thus, we should not be surprised to see how forcefully the media has become in dragging down humanity into the darkness of godless, moral depravity! 

TV – The Image of the Beast – www.theheavensdeclare.net – Not for commercial uses

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THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST

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“And he (the 2nd Beast) had power to give life unto the image of the (1st) beast, that the image of the (1st) beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the (1st) beast should be killed.”

Revelation 13:15

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So, if this 2nd Beast represents the USA, then just what is this talking image? Television? Internet? Artificial Intelligence?

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Yes, this talking image has now been invented! And just like that Pied Piper, our high-tech innovations are now demanding that we and our children become conformed to its image. Yes, Lucifer’s antichrist world-system is that 1st Beast of Revelation 13!

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And it is becoming more bold and more demanding that each of us become transformed into its image…which is actually the fallen character of Lucifer: the very essence of selfishness, narcissism, jealousy, greed, dishonesty, vengeance, hatefulness, violence, sexual-perverseness, indifference, lust, impatience, worldly-ambitiousness, and such-like characteristics.

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This is what the image of the beast is all about. And this is what the mark of the Beast is all about.

ABOVE PICTURE: TV indoctrination – www.signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses

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“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!”

Revelation 18:4 

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The Bible commands God’s people to come out of Babylon. Oh yes, Babylon is the apostate church. But Babylon is also the world! This is perhaps one great reason for the pronouncement… “Babylon is fallen, is fallen”. Yes, this great city, “is fallen is fallen”, hinting that it is twice fallen.

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And lest there be any doubts about our responsibility as Christians, God has made it quite clear… “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?… Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,” 2nd Corinthians 6:14, 17.

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Here is a very pointed and clear commandment from God, right out of the New Testament. God will be a Father to us, if we are faithful to this above directive to come out from among them, and, “be ye separate!”

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And the implied threat here is, that if we do not separate from unbelievers, then we should NOT expect God to be a Father to us!

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It’s that simple!

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TV high-quality – cropped – wikimedia – creative commons license

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“I SHALL DO UNTO YOU AS…UNTO THEM”

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Just listen to the results which God’s people suffered, because they did not obey the Lord’s command to drive out the unbelievers… “They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.” Psalm 106:34-36

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A great deal of the Old Testament was concerning whether or not God’s people would drive out all the evil influences from their land….

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Listen… “But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be thorns in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.” Numbers 33:55, 56

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This warning, threat, and admonition from God still stands today! It’s absolutely necessary for anyone who cares about his or her Salvation to awake unto righteousness, and get rid of these evil influences, A.S.A.P.!

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VERY GOOD NEWS!

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The very Good News is, that God will help us and give us strength to accomplish the purification of our hearts, if we ask and believe that He will.

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And if our spouse and children are of a different mind, we must pray that God will open their eyes to the destructive nature of television.

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And though our older children may be going after the worldly pleasures and pursuits, if we will only turn our own lives around, God has promised us…

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“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day…Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body,” Deuteronomy 28:1, 4.

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Yes, God has a promise for those who are obedient. And so, the Believer must, prayerfully, never give up hope for the deliverance for his or her own self, and for their own family.

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Homeschoolers playing Dutch Blitz at picnic gathering – cropped – wikimedia – share-alike license

 

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“PURIFY YOUR HEARTS YE DOUBLE-MINDED”

James 4:8

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And so, O Stranger & Pilgrim, you must obey the Lord, and begin to throw off the yoke of Satan’s bondage. You must pray for strength to stop your ears and shut your eyes from this insidious Pied Piper, who is leading you and your children into the “bottomless pit” of sin! (Revelation 9:1, 2, 11, etc…)

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And then, we must replace all the worldly rubbish which is presently in our hearts with the pure Word of Truth, found within the pages of the Bible.

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And by immersing ourselves in holy things, we can make our little corner of the world into a little corner of Heaven, if we should choose to!

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Chaplain reads Bible – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to separate myself from every unwholesome influence that I possibly can! Help me to purify my heart, thus becoming changed into Thy glorious image…

Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Television & The Image That Speaks” or you can also read… “Fleeing to the Mountains, Part 3: The Abomination in My Heart”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

 

 

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THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS STARS

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A new constellation has been revealed, as of about May 29th, 2014. This constellation appears as a snake. Its body is comprised of stars from the Bootes Constellation, and its jaws are made of the four stars which Babylonians saw as the head of Draco, the Dragon. It also has a small single star for an eye.

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Now in this constellation is a group of five stars, which will be called “The Five Foolish Virgins Stars”. These are located on the opposite side of the Glorious Crown of 12 Stars, from the Five Wise Virgins Stars. But one big difference between the two is, that The Five Wise are curved around the Glorious Crown, while the Five Foolish are curved away from it!

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Now another incredible aspect to all this is that this snake/serpent is winding its way around the backside of this Crown. And it is traveling in a direction away from the Crown! And one really phenomenal aspect to this, is that each jaw (composed of two stars each) is pointing in two directions. In other words, if you drew a line parallel with these two sets of stars (the head of Draco), they each go in two directions: one leading to the Valley of Decision Constellation, and the other going straight to the Broad Way to Hell Constellation (AKA Pisces).

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Now if one studies the Valley of Decision Constellation, it is soon discovered that the same concept, of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, is also depicted in this constellation group. The Five Wise Virgins being depicted by the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Five Foolish Virgins, looking like a wheel, rolling its way down into the Dragon Constellation!

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Now, before this gets too confusing, perhaps we should dissect each aspect individually, to get a basic understanding of just what all this means.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Five Foolish Virgins Stars” or you can also read… “The Five Wise Virgins Stars”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW:

“June 2nd (Just Enough Rope!)”

Noose – Wikimedia Commons- public domain

 

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