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boat. May God give us men of backbone in these last days and rid us of these wishy-washy, puppy love preachers. Jesus warned the church of Thyatira (Rev. 2 v. 20), "Not withstanding, I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat the things sacrificed unto idols." When Constantine marched his soldiers through the river, baptizing them and making Christianity the official religion of Rome, the devil entered the church bringing all forms of pagan rituals with him -- a corrupting mixture that lingers in our churches to this day.
Ezekiel (chap. 9, vs. 4-6) is a sober warning, calling for us to cry out against all forms of spiritual fornication. The Lord commands His servant, "Go through the midst of the city (Jerusalem) and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to others He said in my hearing -- Go ye after and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have you pity: Slay utterly old and young both maids and little children and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which are before the house."
"Judgment begins at the house of God." Either we'll get right or be left behind. There are two marks coming: the Mark of God or the Mark of the Beast. The mark of those crying against the abominations in the Church and in the world; or the mark of compromise. Those crying against the Harlot church will receive God's favor like Enoch who (in Jude 14-15) prophesied, "Behold, the Lord cometh, with ten thousands of His saints to execute judgment upon all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds."
Those compromising for material gain, so as not to offend, or rock the boat, will marry the Great Whore of Revelation. David (a good type of the coming anointing) tried on Saul's armor (a type of man's religious powers) but would not wear it when he went out to fight Goliath (who is a type of the devil) because he had not proved it. So today we have a great and rich church in America, doing great humanitarian works, (and God is using it) but the devil, like Goliath, is mocking an army lacking Divine Power. Still, God's plan is to save all Israel, and it will take some Davids coming against Satan with the true prophetic Word, at God's moment, to place the devil beneath our feet. Saul represents the organizational aspects of Christianity that started in the Spirit but ended in the flesh: Luther, Wesley, Calvin, and others made their mark upon history by following the Lord "whensoever He wills." and today we see only the skeletons of their fire in denominationalism. People try to steady the ark of God, but God will never be boxed in; His primary interest is in individuals -- those being led by His Spirit are represented by David. All Saul's armies could not bring down Goliath. It took one ordained, led by the Spirit David, to defeat the foe and lead all Israel to victory. This is why God always refers to Himself as the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," for He is the God of individuals, who experience firsthand a relationship with Him. There are millions who have read every word in the Bible, and can quote thousands of scriptures, (like the Pharisees) and yet they know only about God -- they do not really know Him. They read all about Him, but He is only an intellectual concept to them. They lack intimate communion. This is the great failure and tragedy of the Church -- we lead people to the letter of the Word but not to the Person of the Word -- Jesus Christ! We gave them a doctrine instead of a Sav
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