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THE COMING PERFECT STORM

PROPHETIC BULLETIN August 2008 (original print date)

I originally wrote this Prophetic Bulletin for the Streams Ministries Partners at the beginning of August. At the urging of my Board, I am now making it a public Prophetic Bulletin. When I first wrote it, little did I know the events that were soon to happen concerning Todd Bentley, the Gulf Hurricanes, Russia’s invasion of Georgia, the trains that would collide near Los Angeles, Sarah Palin’s nomination and the stir that would cause, or September 15’s Stock Market plunge. All of these are early elements of what the Lord called “The Coming Perfect Storm.”

THE COMING PERFECT STORM
by John Paul Jackson

For those of you who have followed this ministry, you have heard me say more than once during the past eight years that from 2009 or 2010, things will become very difficult. I have been praying and hoping that what I am about to write may be averted. However, I am now concerned that without prophetic people speaking up, we will not play our redemptive part in bringing change for the good.

FIVE ELEMENTS OF THE BREWING PERFECT STORM As in the movie The Perfect Storm, the storm I see coming to the United States is a combination of more than one element, and when the elements unite, the storm becomes exponentially more dangerous. However, unlike the movie, this storm is not just a storm of merging weather patterns. This storm is worse; it involves five different elements: religion, politics, economics, war and geo-physical events.

At times these five elements will be so intertwined that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish which events are driving a particular manifestation of the storm. Massive problems in these five areas will come often, or in combination, and sometimes repeatedly. Each element has potentially several events that will have national and international ripple effects. Some ripples will be worse than others, depending on where you live and how you make your living. Different areas of the United States will experience different severities. Some will experience more economic elements, others more geo-physical elements; some will experience all elements. Remember, it is the combination and the rapidity that will make the storm problematic.

Also, this does not mean all five elements will hit at the most devastating levels. For example, on a scale of 1–10 with 10 being the worst, one element may strike at a six while another strikes at an eight. It is the particular combinations of elements — the proximity of each element as well as the intensity of each element — that will make this storm so difficult and seem to last so long. This storm will not be short-lived; it will come in waves, one after another.

WHY IS THE STORM COMING? This storm is coming because the Church (the Body of Christ) is no longer the backbone of this nation. From our inception, the Christian faith has been the plumb line of decisions made at all levels of life. The Christian founding of this nation is what makes it different from every other nation, other than perhaps Israel. Other nations may have become Christian in their focus, but none were initially formed with Christianity as the core of its DNA.

The Church is to make known God’s manifold wisdom to the world and the powers of the air (Ephesians 2:2). This demonstration to the heavens is not accomplished by speaking to those powers but through righteous living. How we live opens or closes doors for Satan to legally afflict us and even rule over us via leaders who do not know the ways of God. From Adam and Eve through today, the actions of humankind have given room for the enemy to strike and attack us. The only legal way the enemy has access to us is when the hand of God lifts from us, resulting in a space between Him and us. This space increases as we distance ourselves from Him and His ways.

Anytime there is an increased distance between God and humanity, it leaves room for attack to come and for principalities and powers of the air (rulers of darkness) to take up residence. The longer dark powers reside over an area, the more the people begin to call right wrong and wrong right. Here in the United States, leaders arise from the people; in other words, as the people believe and think, so do the leaders who rise from their ranks. Eventually, the lines between right and wrong, as well as the holy and profane, become blurred. The way to God through Jesus and the Cross is no longer seen as an absolute. In fact, absolutes become touted as “intolerance” first in the world and then even within the Church. Yes, there are exceptions to this thinking within the Church, but through compromise, the absolutes of Heaven and eternity are clearly evaporating.

GOD CAN FASHION A DISASTER We are living in the days of Ezekiel and Jeremiah, who prophesied that God can bring disaster on a nation if that nation continually chooses to walk according to its own plans. God spoke this to Jeremiah:

“The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”’”

And they said, “… We will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.” — Jeremiah 18:7–12

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING? What are some of the things/consequences that will come? In time, water will be more expensive than oil, and cities will evacuate thousands because there is not enough water to meet their needs. (As Amos 4:7 says, “I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city.”) Earthquakes will strike not only coastal areas but devastate the Midwest as well. Israel will bomb Iran, and anti-Semitism will escalate as fuel costs soar. A dirty bomb will explode in a coastal city. There will be thunderstorms with huge hail, 24 inches of rain in 24 hours, three feet of snow in six hours, record-setting tornadoes with winds of more than 350 miles per hour and tornadoes in unusual places. There will be an unexpected blight that will hit various hybrid seed crops and weaken the yield. In addition, drought and devastation from storms will dramatically cut into various harvests and the national food storage will deplete.

“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”’” — Jeremiah 18:11

FOUR THINGS THE CHURCH MUST DO First, the Church must return to knowing God and His ways rather than just knowing about God. We have replaced power with programs, revelation with administration and the Father’s heart with organizational skills.

Second, the Church must learn how to contend for the faith again. We are weak, and we fall away so easily when crisis is not at hand. We have not been tested, and we have lost our resolve. We understand little of the adversary’s plans. We do not know how to debate our faith without becoming angry, and thus we have so few strong, clear, godly voices in political arenas. We have lost our witness — the witness that convicts others and strongly testifies that God is still God and is very, very real. We have lost the witness that demonstrates that God is a personal God in a very impersonal world, the witness that says, “What I do proves God exists.”

Third, the Church must return to the love of God’s Word and the belief that it is infallible and inerrant. This would include the conviction, understanding and knowledge that God is absolute, and there is only one way to know Him: through Jesus the Messiah. We need a new revelation that God’s power is unlimited, His knowledge is unending, His presence is with us always and He never changes. We have made God far too small, and our lives prove it.

Fourth, we will need to declare sacred and solemn assemblies of repentance and corporate fasting in many parts of this nation — a time set aside for rending our hearts before God.

“Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him — A grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God?

Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room. Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD.” — Joel 2:12–17

CRISIS IS THE FRUIT OF FOLLOWING THE WRONG GOD God allows calamities to happen in order to draw us to Himself. What does that mean? It means that God allows us to reap the fruit of that which we serve. Walking in God’s ways brings blessings and fullness of life, while walking in the ways of the “god of this world” will bring the fruit of the god of this world: decay, destruction, deterioration and death. We make our choice, then the choice makes us. Sadly, we are developing a history of wrong choices.

Throughout Scripture, when crises hit the people of God, they turned their hearts to Him, and He heard and took action.

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. — Jeremiah 29:12–13

May the people of the United States seek the Lord … and find Him. Remember, we still have the promise that if we turn from our wicked ways, God will heal our land.

Serving God and His Kingdom, John Paul Jackson August 2008

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IF MY PEOPLE

"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14

If
"Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart…" Psalm 95:7-8
"Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble." Proverbs 28:14
"But, because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His righteous judgement will be revealed." Romans 2:5
"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." Hebrews 3:13
"For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they've closed their eyes…" Acts 28:27

My people
"Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Although the whole earth is Mine, you will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation…" Exodus 19:5-6
"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth the Lord has chosen you to be His treasured possession." Deuteronomy 14:2
"Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture." Psalm 100:3
"I'll put My Laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be My people." Hebrews 8:10

Who are called by My Name
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him Who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light." 1 Peter 2:9
"…our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good." Titus 2:13-14

Will humble themselves
"The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." Psalm 51:17
"Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Matthew 5:4
"He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Mica 6:8
"I live…with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the spirit of the contrite." Isaiah 57:15
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time." 1 Peter 5:6
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up." James 4:10

And pray
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. To everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." Matthew 26:41
"…the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:16
"If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you." John 15:7
"Pray continually." 1 Thessalonians 5:17

And seek My face
"You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart."
Jeremiah 29:13
"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Deuteronomy 4:29
"Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always." Psalm 105:4
"Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.: Isaiah 55:6 "…break up your unploughed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord…" Hosea 10:12
"Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always." 1 Chronicles 16:11
"Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands you sinners, and purify your hearts you who are double-minded." James 4:8

And turn from their wicked ways
"…but now God commands all people everywhere to repent." Acts 17:30
"Repent then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, and times of refreshing may come from the Lord." Acts 3:19
"…unless you repent, you too will all perish." Luke 13:3
"Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him and to our God, for He will freely pardon."
Isaiah 55:7
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret."
2 Corinthians 7:10
"Return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning." Joel 2:12

Then will I hear from heaven
"Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord…because you tore your robes and wept in My presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord." 2 Kings 22:19
"So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He answered our prayer."
Ezra 8:23
"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly." Acts 4:31

And will forgive their sin
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins in accordance with the riches of God's grace." Ephesians 1:7
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
"He forgives all my sins…" Psalm 103:3
"But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared." Psalm 130:4
"For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." Matthew 6:14
"And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins." Matthew 11:25
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:32
"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." Colossians 3:13

And will heal their land
"How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished." Jeremiah 12:4
"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people." Proverbs 14:34
"For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King; it is He Who will save us." Isaiah 33:22
"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Habakkuk 2:14


Peter Hammond
Frontline Fellowship
P O Box 74
Newlands, 7725
Cape Town
South Africa

Yep...

Many warnings in holy books...

Bout false prophets which will show many wonders...speak many things...

And by darn that is the one thing from those holy books which I have noticed actually seems to be happening.

So many in these days CLAIM to be prophets.

God has yet to show one of them as REAL.

Words without signs from the source are but words.

Believe them at your own peril.

False prophets abound... Here there... In all faiths... In every corner of the world.

Dammmmmmmmmm, It's all perfectally clear now!!! looks like someone found the church key

Ok...you had me with you there for a minute and then, nup! lost me...

Scientists and ecologists, and indigenous have been saying the same thing...
Psychics and crystal kissers, and new agers have been saying the same thing...
Of course those religious types have to step up to the plate and say the same thing too....

...it is pretty obvious.

So please share with me, how is it that most of the other groups, ie scientists, tree huggers, etc, all cite two obvious reasons for these potential storms as man made and planetary occurances...

and ONLY religion cites a wrathful god?


How about fessing up, owning one's mistakes, and not continuously pointing the bone at sinners, so that one feels righteous and elevated above the masses if religious....

Guess what...

One planet, one address....

same history.

Ever wondered why with the rising level of education more and more people leave organized religions and churches behind?

For hundreds of years especially the churches have kept us in ignorance, and now, that we are finally learning to think for ourselves, these churches become more empty.

Christianity could only hold a sway on people as long they were not able to read for themselves what's written in the bible. Priests refused to educate the poor for far too long.

Somehow now for them it's payback time. All the coniving and manipulating they have done in hundreds of years, now it backfires on them.

Yeah right? and the world is such a better place today without God? I think not...just ask people in the third world who are under govt. tyranny & oppressive religiosity. How about slavery all over the world... not only of women but children too. Let's not forget the wonderful empty economy that just exploded around the world... political greed & corrupted politicans who so easliy fall under temptation at the expense of the people. WOW! Such a deal!!!! So much for the "rising level of education" as you put it.

As I said... the great shaking is something no man can stop... some will turn to God & realize the error of their ways & some will be rebellious to their own deadly end.

Now that's what I call choice. I am hoping that most will be in it to win.

FYI...secular humanism is also a religion... with all its oppressions. It's only human after all!!!!

Keep YOUR dogma... I'll keep my faith in God & Him alone.

So are you making good use of the key then?

Thats not true!

Mourningsong said that no one starving or has committed sins!

You see I asked the same question.

You fundies do really need to get your stories straight before even coming onto a board with so many freethinkers.




How ridiculous can you get!

humanism is part of atheism.

You may recognise that as no belief in imaginary friends.

So you keep your knees on the ground, your arse in the air and your head in the sand, and I will wander around thinking freely.

Belushi.....You asked on another thread...what sin did a child commit that was starving in a 3rd world country ( in so many words)....

I said , " None".

Children have no knowledge yet of sin or of good and evil in the first place.....and so are not held accountable.
(however,we are are born with a sin nature from adam , but that is not what we are talking about here..we are talking about commiting a sin).

But also by the same token, just becausue bad stuff happens to good people, does not mean that the people did something wrong.

Bad times fall on the just as well as the unjust.....we live in a fallen world.

But we also have One whom we can turn to ,in the midst of our troubles......One who will help us and see us thru every storm....if we just turn to Him and trust in Him and call upon His Name...that Name being Jesus.

And Jesus also helps us to help the helpless too..those that do not know him yet...like in 3rd world countries..where we bring aid and food and encouragement..along with the gospel message of hope and Love...that can only come from the Lord.

Some of you say that God has been taken out of the schools, been taken out of the governments, and taken out control of the world.

Well, I say G-D never was in the schools, G-D never was in the government,G-D never was in control of the world.

The False God of the Earth rules this world, and always has.


The True God is in Heaven

MirrorMirror...God is God ABOVE ALL....including Both the Heavens and the EARTH.

But I think you are referring to the "god" of this world system.....and not GOD ALMIGHTY....Who is GOD ABOVE ALL.

Here is an article that might help explain better:

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.........."How is Satan god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4)? "..........


Question: "How is Satan god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4)?"

Answer:

The phrase “god of this world” (or “god of this age”) ,
indicates that Satan is the major influence on the mind-set expressed by the ideals, opinions, goals, hopes and views of the majority of people.

His areas of influence also encompass the world’s philosophies, education, and commerce.
The thoughts, ideas, speculations and false religions of the world are under his control and have sprung from his lies and deceptions.

Similar titles are found elsewhere in Scripture concerning Satan.

Satan is called the "prince of the power of the air" in Ephesians 2:2.

He is called the "ruler of this world" in John 12:31.

These titles, and many more attributed to Satan throughout Scripture, signify his capabilities. To say, for example, that Satan is the "prince of the power of the air" is to signify that in some way he rules over the world and the people in it.

This is not to say that he rules the world completely; ONLY GOD DOES THIS!!

But it does mean that God, in His infinite wisdom, has allowed Satan to operate in this world (within the boundaries God has set for him) and has allowed Satan to operate with an agenda.
When the Bible says Satan has power over the world, it must be made clear that God has given him domain over unbelievers alone.
Believers are no longer under the rule of Satan (Colossians 1:13).

Unbelievers, on the other hand, are caught "in the snare of the devil" (2 Timothy 2:26), lie in the "power of the evil one" (1 John 5:19), and are in bondage to Satan (Ephesians 2:2).

So, when the Bible says that Satan is the "god of this world," it is not saying that he has ultimate authority.

It is conveying the idea that Satan rules over the unbelieving world in a specific way.
In the case of 2 Corinthians 4:4, the unbeliever follows Satan's agenda.

According to 2 Corinthians 4:4, the "god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ." Satan's agenda includes pushing a false philosophy onto the unbelieving world—a false philosophy that blinds the unbeliever from the truth of the Gospel.

Satan’s philosophies are the fortresses in which people are imprisoned, needing to be set free and brought captive to Christ in obedience to the truth.

An example of a false philosophy might be a belief that man can earn God's favor by a certain act or acts.
In fact, earning eternal life is a predominate theme around the world. Earning God's favor by works, however, is contrary to biblical revelation.

Man cannot work to earn God's favor; eternal life is a free gift (see Ephesians 2:8-9).
And that free gift is available through Jesus Christ and Him alone (John 3:16; 14:6).

You may ask why does mankind simply not receive the free gift that enables them to truly be called children of God (John 1:12)?
The answer is that Satan—the god of this world—pushes a false philosophy onto the world.
Satan sets the agenda, the unbelieving world follows, and mankind continues to be deceived.
It is no wonder that Scripture calls Satan a liar (John 8:44).

Recommended Resource: The Serpent of Paradise by Erwin Lutzer.
































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Well, what about the wars men were waging in the name of this oh so loving God.

What about the thousands that died during the inquision?

What about the witchhunt the socalled Christians still conduct against all who don't believe as they do?

Do you really think I want to live in a world where I am not allowed to think on my own anymore?
Where the priest tells me when I have to do what for a very uncertain possibility of an afterlife?

No, thank you.

I'm very happy in my own believes and thinking, and I'd appreciate if people stopped trying to tell be what I have to believe and to think.

You didn't have to post here either...

ditto.....

Why?

Because I don't write what you want to read?

No because all you want to do is stir up trouble with your nasty comments. So no one here can point fingers when it's slammed back in their faces.

NOT TO MENTION THAT I AM THE OP. DUH!!!!!

Does OP come with a shiny marshall badge ????

Does OP mean NO-ONE else is allowed to post in my thread unless I say so, and all copies of potential posts MUST be sent to me in triplicate, to be reveiwed by MY censorship board, and ONLY and I MEAN ONLY after I approve it???


Or does it really only mean poor ole little insignificant me, opened a thread for discussion... and too bad what may be opposed to what I think... I get no say in it..?


Hmmm.... dooor number two I think...

I'm waiting for an OP on my knees, does that count?

EXACTLY MS! It's people's choice to believe what they want but if they really had something that worked they wouldn't be insulting Christians.

I am amazed at the rebellion I see against God of the Bible when He is the only source of life & living on earth...with peace to men of GOOD WILL!


































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