Prophetic warning about the Market and a response to JPJ": The Coming Perfect Storm"

Note: I sent the message that follows as an e-mail Monday morning before the Markets opened. Nevertheless, the wild day of buying on Monday with Wall St. having the best day in over 70 years, the last day that we saw similar activity was during the Great Depression.

The things I share are more of a wakeup call - than for self promotion - I have nothing to gain by the market going up or down, neither am I peddling anything. If anything - Prophets of the past have rarely been popular, they have tended to bring more "Words of Doom & Gloom and calls to Repentance and correction" than words of Joy and Celebration, and Grace and peace.

So I don't have an angle other than Obedience to the Father.

When our Focus is not on the Father - we can find ourselves dwelling on fear rather than faith, on Factions and the Politcal Civil War at hand - While the whole time God controls the Heart of a King like He controls the flow of the River - Speaking of Rivers - Let Justice flow like a River over America -

Lest we repent - It will matter little who wins the Election - for the Judgement will come no matter who wins - On Novemeber 2nd last year I declared Prophetically :

as well what I sense in my Spirit is that it will be a shortened term that the
44th President serves - the 45th will serve during the 44th's term.

This was before their was a front runner in either party - before a single vote had been cast - So we will see a VP serving as President. Yet this matter's little when we we are simply going thru the motions.

While some may discard or discount what I had to say about the Market on Monday with a Jump of 938 points and Tuesday small drop of 70 some points.

I will reiterate this warning that we have not seen the Bottom - unless the Lord has directed you different - I would reccomend getting out of the Market - Wealth and retirements will be wiped out - What the market does'nt cause to crumble, Mega-inflation will eat away at what remains like ravenous locust.

While many are calling this a bottom - I sense the closest we will see to a bottom will be in the 1,500-1,700 range. That is not a drop of, rather a drop to that range.

Yet I would ask why is our faith or future in the markets - it rather remains in His Hands - this will be a "Job" period for many - some will bless God, others will curse Him and walk away from him. Far to many have been blinded by His Blessings and have called the current hard times in America - where most live better than the Kings of the Past - yet we gripe, complain, and moan and groan. America Bless God for God has Blessed America. America Repent! and be Saved or be Recalctraint and face Judgement - For the Father discplines and corrects those he calls his children. If those that think that the past year has been hard, what is coming will make them long for these days.

While many think of College Basketball when we hear "March Madness" - This coming March it will have new meaning. Declare the Spirit of the Soveregin Lord.

I also agree with JPJ assement and postion on Israel and Iran - I sense a window of this coming Dec-March - This is not a "thus saith the Lord" this is just what I have sensed in my spirit when ever I hear "Israel" or "Iran" mentioned.

-Jonathan


From the e-mail:
Very Interesting times and things to come,


I read this word that follows from JPJ in August of
this year. I bear witness in my Spirit with what much of what JPJ has
said, while I
am sure that I am not the only or the first but one of many as God sent
Prophets on average 9:1 to Israel : Heathen nation with messages to
repent or face Judgment or destruction . So while I am sure that I am
just one of many Prophets and Seers that used "September surprise" or
"Perfect Storm" before they happened.

JPJ below speaks of a Perfect Storm forming. Last week was the one week Anniversary of the
Stock markets historic high water mark - no longer just a a 52 week
high, now the high water mark that we will look back upon. That high
water mark Anniversary this year marked the 3rd highest one day loss (
point wise not percentage- Incredibly the one day greatest point loss
came on the Shmita

final day of the Sabbatical year -the year of the Lords release - That
was Monday the 29th of September 2008 with a 777 point drop the
previous largest one day drop was on the 17th of September of 2001 (
The day the Stock market reopened after 9/11 - 684 points this was
also the last day of the Sabbatical year - The 3rd was last Thursday - Yom Kippur - or the
Day of Atonement- as well as the Anniversary of the Historical High
water mark but was not Yom Kippur in 2007 -


Note: The Shmita was one of God's way to control perpetual and
generational poverty - I share about the pain we have felt over past
Sabbatical years when we retained the debts of others rather than
forgive them as we are instructed in the Sermon on the Mount - More in
my blog here: What is going to happen to the Dollar after the Olympics? Some Prophetic
insight of things to come.


(Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם
כִּפּוּר‎, IPA: [ˈjɔm
kiˈpur]), also known in English as the Day of Atonement,
is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally
observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting
and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue
services. )

Last Friday was another historic day on the market with a historic one
day swing of over 1,000 points. Friday we saw a trading low when the
market dropped below 8,000 when the stock market Traded at low of
7773. 71 - which is 6,506 points from the high of 14,280 or 45% in
October 2007.

Friday, November 16,
2007

Dow Bows to 7,000 in 2008

"....I know that others have seen currency devaluation. For far to many
Americans, Monetary Devaluation is foreign concept. Yet we have the
making for a "perfect storm" in America.

What happens when the stock market, drops to 7,000 on a correction?
2008 will bring a 50% + drop from the record high in October 2007.... ".

I sense that we might not drop below 7,000 until after
the first of the year, Yet we are far from the bottom. The majority
of those that remain in the market in the coming days will not recover
the losses -ever.


JPJ shares :

" 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."

In January - in my Word for 2008: Some of the things that have come to
pass that I prophesied about.

2008 things to come to America - a Year of Reaping

"Wheat worries as the harvest affected dramatically with a new resistant strain in a Hybrid wheat,
spreading from No. America. Spikes the price of wheat. What I heard was "Blight". Wheat blight, a new resistant strain will emerge and have dramatic impact on harvest esp on the US.....

The Dollar sinks, 401k's stinks. A
definitive shift, following in footsteps along the path of a former foe, starting a decline much like what the former USSR faced, just at a much more rapid pace.

Your self built hedge of protection, your great wall shall fall, for lack of a solid foundation below your "Wall" street the Dow Jones shall plunge down to 7,000. In a panic Gold spikes to over $1,350. Silver over $25, Oil Tops $127 a barrel. The dollar drops in value to 50% of what it was just 6- 7 years
ago.....

"The Federal reserve cuts the Federal fund rates to rates as low as 1.75% with calls for cuts to 1.25% in attempts to halt the spiral. Yet this will fail, demand for Ben Bernake to resign or be replaced..... (NOTE: FYI the FFR was at 4.25%
the discount rate was at 4.75% in December of 2007. Currently the FFR is at 1.50% the Discount Rate is at 1.75%)

Continued reports and impact of last summers Sub Prime mortgage morass, more losses come to light later,
even with lowered rates (far to little, far to late) Even with lower interests rates, the lending guidelines in an over correction will limit the origination and
re-financing of home loans. ....

This is what I have been sensing in my Spirit, is that terror is coming to the heartland, Don't be shocked when you see news coverage in the days ahead that is 24/7 on
the major Network channels like what we saw almost 7 years ago...."

-Selah
Jonathan

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

CitiGroups Collapse or Conservatorship will be the Straw that breaks the Camels back in the next 5 months

This is something that I have been sensing and sharing that the hinge pin or the Jenga Block or "Insert crafty Colloquial here". Will be the Take-over or failure of CitiGroup.

I shared in August on the Marketwatch website to Watchout when North Korea ( Who had been quiet and off the Radar for almost 12 months). Link to Follow. Well when North Korea return to the News headlines it was quickly displaced by the Conservtorship of Freddie and Fannie Mae. One of the fastest and largest and man made destruction of privately held wealth ( I.e Preffered and public stock in these GSE (Goverment sponsored Entities - Private but Publicly backed by the US Goverment.)

In the Summer of 2007 Before the Sub-Prime implosion began the current credit collapse. I entered a season of Prayer and Fasting. It was this time of seeking the Creator of the Universe that much of what I have been sharing has been revealed.

Even as Yesterday the 9th was the one year Anniversary, of the Dow Jones or the Stock Market hit it's all time High water mark of 14,280. 10 1/2 years ago we hit and all time High of 9,063, that was April of 1998.

Today we closed at 8,579 ( which is closed to the 2/1998 High water mark of 8,545)

Last November I wrote in this Prophetic Blog :Dow Bows to 7,000 in 2008

"We will
see extended impact and continued fallout from the subprime issue in
to
summer of 2008. Yet attention will be drawn away from it by bigger issues.
Bad debt from high risk credit cards will take center stage, and then be put
on
the back burner
for an even bigger issue, that will effect world markets. Watch
the news for
corrections on the true state and performance of the US economy,
when real
numbers are relased, the gap will slap investors"

"I sense that real melt down will happen after the 2008 election
takes place. Yet Jobs will be a debate issue this coming summer going into the
final leg of the election.

If you had 1-2 million in your retirement accounts, and suddenly
buying power is cut in half, or your nest egg evaporates in to thin air,
overnight.

What happens when the comfortably retired are forced back into the
workforce?"

The Spirit of the Sovergin Lord Declares that My daughter America, unless you Repent and seek me and Turn from your wicked ways and Seeks me with your wholeheart. You are about to reap much of what you and your forefathers sowed, while you have cried out to me where is my 100-Fold return? For Truly it is near unto you and it is almost Harvest time, Yes the Grapes of Wrath are ripening and ready for Trampling. My Daughter I long for you to repent and return to me even whole heartedly. For Many have scoffed and mocked and said that I was not real and that we live in a season of "Grace" and will not reap what we have sown, for destruction will come rapidly and instantly for many.

Those whose Idols have been Baal Hamon and Mammon, shall weep bitterly when I topple and trampled them under my feet, when your wealth becomes like dust in an instant. Many hearts have grown cold and hard, and have ears that hear not. Let those that have an ear to hear, listen and heed for even in the destruction shall I save you.

Those that know the Great shepherds voice, will find peace and protection in Calimity. Those that seek me shall find me, other will weep and mourn and gnash thier teeth, when that which they spent a lifetime working for will be left with little and no place to turn, yeah even then they will turn to me, and I will hear them, as will I heal them. Others will perish in thier stubborness and selfishness. Declares the Spirirt of the Sovergien Lord. For Salvation will even come from abroad from nations that you least expect it, as well being consider the least, they will be exalted when others are humbled. Those that have sought protection behind paper will find little comfort or protection in it.

How to stabilize the Market with limited risk to Taxpayers - Billion Dollar bailouts just say NO!

I am just a Common man with what I think is just common sense.

Yet the rush to the Mother of all Bailouts - is foolish and fool hearty and we are rewarding those who had the least at risk.

The proposed Bailout could be a depression era like Penny Auction where valuable assets are

snapped up at Fire sale prices. It will be the biggest economic failure in the History of the World.

If this Bailout passes without relief to Homeowners - it will be the biggest failure ever.

Want to halt the spiral and stabilize the markets long term and allow a recovery to start to take place

Lets look at the Problem:

- It's the Housing market stupid - as a former president would have said.

If Homeowners can't pay the mortgage with ARM's HOW WILL A BAILOUT HELP THEM PAY THEIR MORTGAGE? --it won't!

The end game remains the same, the outcome doesn't change, only money and asset changes hands - more foreclosures means more homes on the market and more homeless households.

This in turn means even more losses and a deeper and lower bottom and a longer recovery if --we ever recover.

The bailout is a huge farce. A Simple solution to Stabilize the Markets - To allow for a true turn around and time for reforms and correction and oversight to take place

None of this Hurry the Market is falling - Fear of Loss

Simple Solution -First, a six month Moratorium on all foreclosures -

Then a Reset of all mortgages ( for the remainder of term of the original Mortgage) written

since 2001 - To 5% and all late fees erased and a 12 month Moratorium on late fees for people

making at least 50% of their new mortgage payment. That is if the Homeowner wants it -

Even if your upside down but you have hope - and you can afford your mortgage you will find

away, to make ends meet, if you have hope. The ARMs are the problem and not just for Sub-

prime or Alt-A but soon it will also be for Prime paper ( Already 9% of ARMs that are "Prime"

are in some point of default -( their is more money at risk in Prime ARM than Sub- and Alt-

A). This brings stability to a plummeting housing values - Which helps municipal tax bases -

which starts to infuse liquidity back into markets as payment are made - then investors can

breath a sigh of relief.Best Thing - Doesn't Cost Tax Payers a Single Penny and it Doesn't

reward bad behavior or Greed of the Market, CEO's will still get their bonuses (for now) - but

it does help bring stability through home ownership and certainty. Certainty of the $100

Billion - $3 Trillion + Bailout - Foreclosure will continue, Inflation will rocket like never seen

in America -

Because we sure don't have the money - so we got to print it.

-Peace of mind from this and stability in the markets - Priceless

- Cost to Taxpayer's Minimal

- Likelihood of such a thing happening - A very hot place will freeze over first.

Yep, but our self-righteous attitude that they should have never bite off more than they could

chew or it is unfair is another reason that this would never fly.

We still want to punish those that might have made mistakes, How many people in ARMs

understand Credit Derivatives, or Tranche debt? How many CEO's that Graduated from

schools whose tuition's exceed six figures understand these debt instruments and would have

a hard time pleading that they didn't know or understand? Yet who lobbies for the least?

Since this will never happen.

Mark my words, Prophetically , in six months from now, we will be far worse than we are and

if this pass without away to relieve homeowners and stabilize the Housing market and stop

foreclosures. The Depression that we will be entering into will make the first depression look

like a picnic.

I say give it 6 months and prepare for long term depression - when this folly finally comes

home to roost, in fails. ( The "Capital" Hill bail out you buddy plan) The Mother of all Bailouts

will become the Mother of all Economic Failures.

-Selah

What is going to happen to the Dollar after the Olympics? Some Prophetic insight of things to come.

A quick note it has been a while since I have updated my blog finishing up a heavy school load since January. As well as focusing on get our own house in order. The Lord has been laying a lot on my heart these past few months. I am feeling His release to begin to share some of it.

I am hoping to be able to spend some time in the coming days to update the blog.

What is going to happen to the Dollar after the Olympics?

China holds 1.3 Trillion Dollars of US T-Bills, AR's in USD. Holding USD (US Dollars) has cost them 133 Billion USD due to the decline in the US Dollar.

The US Tax rebate Stimulus package was around$160 Billion for comparison.

Just exactly how much money has the US Government printed since last August? I can only wonder how many dollars have flooded the market.

If China has lost over $130 billion by holding US currency, just how great is their tolerance for risk and loss.

History has very few currencies that have staged a come back when they start trying to print their way out of trouble. What normally happens - a New National currency.

Once the rest of the world actually finds out how much they they have been abandoning dollar holdings, what keeps the rest of the world from jumping on board?

How much long till they abandon the dollar for oil purchases? If your worried about a Mega-Bubble popping, It will driven by the decline of the US dollar, it is recent history that Almighty dollar has lost its universal acceptance. Never in American History ( not since before Hamilton) has the dollar been shunned abroad.

America and Americans are broke - Will the Federal Goverment file bankruptcy? Along with how many Americans are going to file Chapter 7, opps I forget it is even harder now than ever before for the Average Joe to discharge their debt. While this is celebrated as the "Year of the Lord's release - or The Sabbatical Year - when all debts are released on the last day of the sabbatical year (coming up this fall) .

I will digress slightly we made it harder for indiduals to discharge debts - yet how many corpartions can discharge thier debt or get a Federal Bailout?

It seems that we are seeing bailouts of the lenders ( Bear -Sterans - this past spring) Yet how much mercy are the lenders showing the borrowers. (The mortgage holders going into forecloseure a Historical rate)

If one looks at how land ownersip as it is viewed by the Creator of the Universe. I have spent a lot of time digging in to the Old Testament on this issue. It is something that is not taken lightly.

Consider the Lord's prayer - Forgive us Debts as we forgive those in debted to us.

How is it that we forget the parable of the Servant that owed 10,000 talents? That found release from his debt? Yet retained the debts of those that owed him money. I see a very close parallel to the Mortgage lenders and the borrowers.

Mat 18:23-35 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. (24) When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. (25) But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. (26) The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' (27) The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. (28) "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' (29) "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!' (30) He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due. (31) So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done. (32) Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. (33) Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?' (34) His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him. (35) So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

The Celebration of the Sabbath goes back before the hand of God wrote on the tablets of stone. Yet we seem to pick and choose from the 10 commandments. Many people seem to think that Christ abolished the Law and the 10 commandments and that we are no longer subject to them.

In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus instructs us and informs us that anyone that breaks the least of these commandments is guilty of breaking them all.

I remeber growing up in the South and I recall that many stores were closed on Sundays. In 2006 when I visited Israel - it was a amazing reminder when I saw that even secular Jews honored the Sabbath - Very few places of business were open on the Sabbath.

It seems that we will affirm or embrace 9 of the 10 commandments but that we turn a blind eye to the "Keeping the Sabbath Holy"

Yet we toss the baby out with bath water, We merchandize and pedal "Christian wares and goods" 7 days a week.

How many churches do you know that have a book store that is open before and after the Sunday service.

I know that I get promotional e-mails pedaling " Christian Goods and Services" - 7 days a week.

I know that some will scoff at the Sabbatical year being important, guess what happend at the end of the last sabatical year. The last sabbatical year end less than a week from 9/11/2001.

I looked out of curosity some of the great losses to the American Stock market have occured around the sabbatical years. The Greatest ever one day decline of the stock market took place on the final day of a sabbatical year it dropped 684 points or "7" percent this was September 2001 the stock market lost $1.4 Trillion the week following the sabbatical year and 14% percent in the first week after the sabbatical year in 2001. Enron Bankruptcy about 75 days after the Sabbatical year. ( While it was greed that drove the growth, speculation and Ultimately the losses.)

Consider the 1987 Stock market crash of Black Monday October 19th 27 days after the Sabbatical Year. Savings and Loan losses $160 Billion cost to taxpayers or about 3.4% of the 1987 GDP The 1973 Oil Embargo starts 21 days after the Sabbatical Year.


Let me clear that I am not into numerology or anything like that but I do know that God does have cycles that we can see patterns.

I shared last fall that the only saving grace might be that this is a Sabbatical year but I see little in the way of turning and trusting God for provision during the Sabbatical year, not only was debt forgiven, but the land was not worked. One had to trust God for provision for the Sabbatical year, kind of like the manna for the Sabbath during the 40 years in the desert. No tithe was collected during Sabbatical year either........ I don't think that would preach in many churches today.

Taking a Sabbatical " or taking a year off from work would not fit any many followers of Calvin or our great American work ethic, instead of resting we burn the candle at both ends (I myself am guilty and have to repent for this as well) Is it any wonder that we have the mid-life crises or the burn out or the mental or emotional break downs?

Americans have enjoyed the greatest prosperity known to man in all of history; we have lived better than many kings of the past, we take it all for granted, it is viewed by many as an entitlement or a right as an American.

When was the last time that you thanked God for all that He has blessed you with and allowed you to enjoy and be a steward over? Many miss the blessing God already has given us, or allowed us to enjoy. We declare "God Bless America" when he already has many, many times over, rather it should be "America Bless God".

We have "In God we Trust" on our money, but do we? If followed Biblical tradition, of taking care of the Poor among us, forgiving the debts of others, and setting aside provosion for the Sabbatical year, and not working could we or would we do it? Have we been to busy keeping up with the Jones, to be keeping up the biblical instructions on the Sabbath and Sabbatical years?

That is truly trusting in God, not trusting in our Calvanist instilled work ethic, and the abillity to pull ourselves up by our boot straps. I am sure that this will rub some the wrong way, yet the problem that many have with the Truth is that remains the Truth even if we disagree, The word declares that the Truth will make or set us free.

We live in a fast food and an instant gratifcation society, much of the "Christian Instruction" we get comes the same way in a drive thru manner. The Breans were praised for searching the scriptures to see if what was being taught was so, they did'nt search out the New Testament, it did not exist yet. They searched the Scriptures in the Old Testament. The past 18 months have been eye opening as I have had the Holy Spirit opening my eyes as I re-read through the scriptures.

Previous Sabbatical years: 2001, 1994, 1987 , 1980, 1973, 1966, 1959, 1952, 1945, 1938, 1931, 1924, 1917, 1910, 1903, 1896, 1889, 1882, 1875, 1868, 1861. This is the last 21 Sabbatical Years.

The worst 5 bear markets for the S&P and 8 of the top 10 worst bear markets the DJIA Stock market with greatest fincial losses for Americans losses take place in direct correlation to the sabbatical year cycles.

During the Great Depression, we as a nation turned to the Goverment for help rather than to God, As well we had left a season of "" Bull Worship" - The Golden Calf and Excess Greed of the roaring 20's and the growth of that bull market - It was historical in that we borrowed for greed, it was'nt even goods that we borrowed for but greed. Much like what we have seen in this nation over this past seven years. Another season of excesses.

I think that the saying that God has mercy for fool's and small children; has a exclusion clause for the fool's that are driven by greed to get rich quick.

America as a nation (not including individual debt - but national debt as of 12/31/07 was 12.88 TRILLION DOLLARS1. China is holding about 1/10th of that debt. We have almost 4 Trillion dollars in Bonds and T-bills that we have issued to raise money. That is 12,877,889 Million dollars or almost 13 Trillion dollars. On 12/31/2003 our External Debt as a Nation was only 6.9 Trillion Dollars of GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT . That has almost doubled in just the past 4 years.

US GDP for 2007 13.8 Trillion. 3 \

US national external debt vs. US GDP 13.84 Trillion v. 12.88 Trillion less than 1 Trillion Dollars.

If Trillion does'nt compute, for the sake of simplicty consider that you make $13,840 per year but you owe $12,880. How long can you stay a float 4 years ago you only owed $6,900 but you earned almost $11,000 per year.

Yes, I know that Public Debt that the US taxpayer is on the hook for is only $9.5 Trillion.

Yet over 25% of US Debt is held by foriegn countries as of 12/2007 4 ( Approx) $2.4 Trillion US dollars. - China hold Approximatly $1.3 Trillion of this debt (over 10%).

Private American debts for Mortgage and Consumer Credit (i.e credit cards) Has almost doubled every seven years. 5 In 1980 Americans owed $1.39 Trillion, in 1987 we owed $2.75 Trillion, in 1994 $4.54 Trillion, in 2001 about $7.7 Trillion at the end of 2007 we owed $13.83 Trillion on mortgages and credit cards. That is about 10 fold of the what it was 28 years earlier.

Biblically debt should be forgiven at the end of every Sabbatical year on the last day of the year. Yet, money was borrowed for needs not wants, you would sell your property before you borrowed your self into slavery for up to 6 +years of endentured slavery, if you were unable to repay.

The United States outstanding Personal, Public, Federal, State and local as well as Corprate debt at the end of 2007 was $31.2 Trillion Dollars. This is outstanding US debt. Yes our nation has the largest economy in the world 19% based on GDP. Yet in the past 7 years we have grown our economy mostly with debt. As well as grown our debt 40%. We have leveraged and re-leveraged our assesta over and over.

In the past 7 years we grew that debt 40%. From $19 Trillion to over $31 Trillion. That is about the same size as our annual GDP.

I have gathered all these numbers tonight, the only number that I have known for a while was the $1.3 Trillion held by China. Because of the onbgoing dollar devalution in the past year China has lost 10% in value.

I know that we say to ourselves it would be foolish and irrational for China to cash in thier dollars.

Yet, while that sounds very logical and it is reassuring, a simple review of History we can see the epdemic of irrational humans through out histroy. Greed and Fear are not responses from the logically part of our brain, they are controlled by the emotional part of our brain.

Consider China's GDP for 2007 was about 1/4th of the US GDP at $3.25 Trillion - and they hold $1.3 Trillion in US Debt. A loss of $133 Billion has a much greater impact on $3.25 Trillion than on $13.8 Trillion. That is 1/25th of thier GDP. That is about the same as loosing 2 weeks paid vaction a year.

Hopefully, I have'nt lost you by trying to share the big picture.


- It's like a Trust fund kid being told by a bank teller that all the money is gone and the kid, thinks that they have the wrong account number.

I read a great quote that sums up much of the American mindset, :"It's amazing that people can't figure out that America is broke."Peter Schiff, president of money manager Euro Pacific Capital, warns that after years of profligate spending, the "chickens are finally coming home to roost"."Our whole phony standard of living is imploding," he said. "We have borrowed and spent ourselves into oblivion.""It's amazing that people can't figure out that America is broke."

-Selah

An open rebuke of Kenneth Copeland and a call to repentance

As followers of Christ we are called to walk in Love, and a part of walking in love involves rebuke. Pro 9:8(b) Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. It seems that our pulpits no longer preach repentance, so from the pews come cries for repentance.

As much as it grieves me to see the state of Church in America, I can no longer sit back in silence. Just look at how great the damage is when those that are looked up to, do not live up to the integrity, that their elevated position should command of them. When they fall, they fall hard and the damage is substantial.

This is a call to Kenneth Copeland to repent, and to submit to the earthly government that was placed over him by God.

I first heard about the six ministries that are being investigated last fall, by Sen. Charles Grassley, who heads the Senate Finance Committee. In a letter to these ministries, "Mr. Grassley’s letter says that since these ministries are tax exempt, contributions to them must be used for the “tax-exempt purposes of the organizations.”
If donations were diverted for personal use, that could violate the tax code. 1

Kenneth Copeland has aggressively rejected the Senate Finance Committee request for records. Which I ask myself why if every American taxpayer and corporate business if audited has to render account if asked. What does Jesus say in Luke 12:2; 11 ; 15 -- that which is hidden will be revealed, that when brought before rulers -fear not -- and that a mans life does not consist of that which he posses. Even more so what did Jesus instruct us in the Sermon on the mount?

Mat 5:40-44 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. (41) Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. (42) Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you. (43) "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.' (44) But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

The most shocking responses to this request came from Kenneth Copeland's Ministry. :

Copeland loudly proclaims “You render unto the government what belongs to the government. And you render unto God what belongs to God,” Copeland said at a meeting of prosperity ministers he sponsored in January a crowd of 1,000 ministers and their guests. "...we answered them we gave them a several page lesson on "no"! 3 After a searing attack on Grassley’s tactics — which Copeland says were designed to sully his image and pressure him via the media — Copeland says he will never provide information on his donors, even if he is ordered to do so by subpoena.

“You can go get a subpoena, and I won’t give it to you!” Copeland storms. “It’s not yours, it’s God’s and you’re not going to get it and that’s something I’ll go to prison over. So, just get over it!” he tells Grassley, jamming his finger into the air. “And if there’s a death penalty that applies, well just go for it!”(This excerpt comes courtesy of Roll Call. )

While I don't think that it is the information about the donors that the Government wants to know, more than likely it has already been reported by those that itemize on their tax returns.
Yet these ministries can't have thier cake and eat it to, while being able to sell their wares tax free, books, tapes, music, Cd's, DVD's Videos, Conferences proceeds all tax free and purely profit above any cost point. If it is the government that render's a ministry tax exempt from paying it (the government) taxes, therefore they should turn over the requested documents. Does tax exemption from paying American taxes as a "non-profit ministry" , does this exemption come from God or from the American government? The American government of course, they established the law and the exemption. Yet a church does not need to be a 501c3 to be exempt or to give tax deductible receipts. The Church becomes a Corporation and submits and comes under the authority and oversight of the Government when the incorporate as a 501c3 non-profit corporation. Read more here.

By embracing the 501c3 status to be tax free they then have the burden of proof to show that they are in compliance with the law (as well the Government could seize all the ministries assets ):

Sec. 501. Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.
(c) List of exempt organizations —
(3) Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, ..... "no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual", no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation, (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.

I ask the question does a 18,000 SF lake front home benefit a shareholder or individual, what about a $20,000,000 Citaion X corporate Jet?

It seems that just 20 years ago, the westernized church, was rocked with scandal. Yet rather than repent, we have multiplied the transgression of that era.
Yet we should not be that surprised, should we?

Let us even consider the Apostle Paul in the 2nd letter to the Corinthians in chapter 8. The context of the chapter is about giving to those that suffered. This was giving not a tithe but more of the "alms" or "mitzvahs" that Jesus spoke in the Sermon on the mount that when you give "alms" this has nothing to do with the tithe which by the way, was only brought to one location in all of Israel, to the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Apostle Paul, would leave no room for suspicion in regard to his own character; he would furnish the utmost security to the churches that their wishes were complied with. He desired to act honestly not only in the sight of the Lord, but to furnish evidence of his entire honesty to people, 2Co 8:16-21.To secure the same object he had also sent another brother, and these three brethren he felt willing to recommend as faithful and tried; as people in whom the church at Corinth might repose the utmost confidence, 2Co 8:22-24. ( Barnes)

2Co 8:20-22 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: (21) Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. (22) And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

The Apostle Paul was speaking about the Apostle Titus, let us then read in Titus:

it 2:6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sensible,

Tit 2:7 in all respects showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, dignity, incorruptibility,
Tit 2:8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, in order that the one who is an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

I know that we hear don't "Judge" yet we are also instructed in Titus to rebuke, does Kenneth Copeland's own words not condemn him and how many of his followers will take up that same mantle of rebellion? Do we let that which is being taught from the pulpit go uncorrected? No, how can we.

Tit 2:15 Speak these things, exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

Yet Paul further instructs us about the Earthly government of man in Titus and Peter:

Tit 3:1-2 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, (2) to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

1Pe 2:13-17 Therefore subject yourselves to every human institution on account of the Lord: whether to the king as to one having authority, (14) or to governors, as to those being sent for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those doing good. (15) For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men-- (16) as free, yet not using freedom as a cover for wickedness, but as bondservants of God. (17) Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

The Apostle Paul did not feel that he was above scrutiny, let us also look at the Prophet Nehemiah, look at the reforms that He instituted after the dedication of the rebuilding of the wall. We read when the tithe, (Notice it doesn't say gold, or silver or copper but food)
was brought to the temple. That it wasn't a single person that oversaw the tithe in the storehouse but four people.

Neh 13:12-13 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, into the treasuries. (13) And I made treasurers over the treasuries: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah. And next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they were counted faithful, and on them was the duty to distribute to their brothers.

Let us delve deeper at the multiple layers of accountability of wealth either food or spoils of war, this was put in place by King David.

1Ch 26:20-28 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things. (21) The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; (22) the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, (23) for the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites. (24) And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses was ruler over the treasures. (25) And his brothers by Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith. (26) Of Shelomith, he and his brothers were over all the treasures of the holy things that David the king, and the heads of the fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated. (27) They dedicated from the battles and the plunder, to maintain the house of Jehovah, (28) and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, all who dedicated, was at the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

The Word of God tells us to go to those that sin against us, How do you go to those that are untouchable, unaccessible and unaccountable? It is shameful that many of these ministers are only accountable to each other. Then we goto the next step, we tell it to the Assembly which is what is done here in this blog.

Why does the church circle the wagons around these men and women when the government makes a request of them? It seem that we react with a knee jerk to be quick to defend them, under the so called bond of persecution, while the western church does not know true persecution. We are told to expect it and embrace in the sermon on the mount. Instead of holding them accountable, we defend them. We have idolized them and made them our hero's. Let us all repent. Lets us walk in love.

Mat 18:15-17 "And if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother. (16) But if he does not hear, take along with you one or two more, so that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.' (17) But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the assembly. But if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.

The following is a video clip from CBS news:

5 Internet Cables were Cut in January. Update: Prophetic words from blog to News headlines:

5 Fiber optic cables in a few day period, wow. This is an update from my post in January, about the prophetic word about the Internet fiber optic backbone being cut in multiple locations. To read click here:

From the AFP wire story: Saboteurs may have cut Mideast telecom cables: UN agency

"Five undersea cables were damaged in late January and early February leading to disruption to Internet and telephone services in parts of the Middle East and south Asia.
There has been speculation that the sheer number of cables being cut over such a short period was too much of a coincidence and that sabotage must have been involved."
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvkY5d2b5hB6Mmgpe9JMiWoRKaRg 

    The last major disruption that crippled communications and caused disruption and outages to a region or a country, was from an Earthquake off of Taiwan which severed 6 lines in one location in 2006. 
    

    It is interesting that the first two cables in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Egypt were only about a 1/2 mile apart. The third cable was in a different body of water all-together it was in the Persian Gulf. The fourth was reported off the coast of France in the Mediterranean Sea. 
   

    Taiwan was a little different than, I am unsure of the odds but I know that it falls outside the norm when 3 Cables in two distinct locations in two different bodies of water, but what are the odds when 5 different cables in 3 distinct locations in two different bodies of water in one specific geographical region take place in 2-3 days? The statistical probabilities or odds a hard to fathom. 
   

    Technology fascinates me, so after the third cable was cut, I started to really dig and start to do some research. One of the things that I learned in my research was quite shocking. One fact that surprised me is that Oregon has some fat pipes for data transmission (Internet and telecommunications). The Oregon coast line hosts 90% of the west coasts international capacity (lading points are where the undersea fiber optic cables leave land and enter the sea,). From my research it is my understanding our capacity matches or mirrors California minus just one or two Internet backbones. (Most backbones are a web-ring that are composed of two cables for redundancy - for example one of the backbones is the Southern Cross which goes from So. Cal and Oregon to Australia - the Oregon portion was knocked out last December with the week of Intense storms that hit the coast of Oregon. (100+ MPH sustained winds for over 40 hours) 
    

    What is unbelievable is that all of the cable lading points on the West & East Coasts of America,  Their is a website with satellite photos,  and GPS coordinates and street maps for all of them as well as all the FCC documents in regards to their locations and capacity.

Undersea cables  http://content.zdnet.com/2346-9595_22-11239.html

The end of Pax Americana : Season of safety and security drawing to a close

The sense of safety and secuirty outside of the economic front, is about to be shaken.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord declares: " the season of Pax Americana, is coming to a close quickly. The day of demarcation, that which will define the end of this period of American history is at hand, for pride truly come before the fall, that which was the grace of the Sovereign Lord, was claimed as superior national intelligence and rapid response. Truly America you have said with a haughty heart" what evil can befall us? For we are a Christian nation." Even as you walk in your Idolatrous ways, I extended you season after season of grace to turn to Me, yet even now you rebel against the words of the Prophets that I have sent to you to repent and to return to me. For even in your self reliance and self-righteousness, your lust for more is never enough but, neither is it satisfying you as it once was. For you have much, but enjoy little. Instead of giving thanks--you petition for more, instead of blessing my Name, you ask me to bless your nation even more. For many are blind to the multitude of blessing that I have bestowed upon America and murmur and complain even as the children of Israel did in the dessert. For woe shall America know, for she thinks that she can sow and not reap, and reap with out sowing, for even as I spoke and established the land and the seas, and spoke to the day and the night and set forth the laws of the universe. So shall My word and My law stand.
For you have exalted your "Rights" over righteousness. Yet you have not sought to do that which was right before the Lord you GOD. The season for for repentance draws to a close very quickly. Repentance or reaping are the paths that are before you." Declares the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord to America. Repent.

Mic 6:8-16 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (9) The LORD's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it. (10) Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short efah that is accursed? (11) Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights? (12) Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech. (13) Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins. (14) You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword. (15) You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine. (16) For the statutes of `Omri 1 are kept, and all the works of the house of Ach'av. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."