Our second observational event to watch for is scheduled on May 18-21, 2021. The “Davos World Economic Forum” will hold its annual meeting. If you are unfamiliar with this group, it’s a collection of the world’s richest individuals, corporations and businesses along with prominent and celebrity ‘movers and shakers’ (billed as “thinkers”) who gather in Davos Switzerland, (this year it’s to be held in Bürgenstock, Weggis, Switzerland).
 
The fundamental effort of this group is summed up in their proposal for a “Great Economic Reset.” An effort to reconstruct the foundations of global economic structures. With an emphasis on worldwide social initiatives as precursors of an eventual economic and financial system combination. As changes to the fiat currency systems used by and through ‘central bank accounts’ digital banking, the underlying efforts by the World Economic Forum group will be presented as an umbrella for global economic, financial and social changes.
 
Using and promoting initial interest and actions through worldwide recognition of “climate change” and new "Green Energy Initiatives" as its first rallying cries will allow business and governments aligned with and associated with the World Economic Forum to aid in erecting a new straw man of global corporate cooperatives under social unification labels and banners. Their proclamations of proposed accomplishments and dispersals will be presented as a collective effort to address the continuing scourge of economic suffering in the world.
 
They will be furthering their influence of elite wealth inequality by incorporating global social movements’ support with ideas and efforts toward the ways and means of production and distribution. However, the inevitable result will be the rich will get richer at the expense of the middle and poorer classes of societies around the world. It is imperative to remember everything comes down to economics. And it is about control, not equality.
 
The “Climate Change” and "Green Initiatives" talking points are stepping stones in coordinated and planned efforts for future economic control. The sparks of this authoritarian control which will begin in earnest in 2021-22 will be functioning at sustainable levels by the mid to late years of this decade. Sadly, climate decimation and its deteriorating consequences have exceeded all stops or corrections we might hope for or propose to alter or eradicate. We are battling the forces of nature with inadequate tools and compromised attitudes supplanted by individual and collective needs, desires, and avarice.
 
We will never be able to curtail or reverse the damage we as a species have wrought on our environment and subsequently upon ourselves through industrialization without guard rails over the past two-hundred fifty years. Why is it an impossible task? Plain and simple: greed. Personal and corporate greed long ago outstripped any advancements to curtail measures we might have imagined in order to diminish the damage, let alone address the impending and further the continued suffering ahead.
 
What does this mean for us? You and I cannot change the directions or goals of governments, uber wealthy individuals, corporations, or elite influential groups. We can however be cognizant and aware of the outcomes and how to avoid being drawn into complicity of this dismantling of society for as long as possible. We can know what to expect, how to respond and how to protect our families. We can know of the fallout ahead and be prepared for the path of spiritual salvation as the world proceeds to destroy itself through lies and deceit.
 
The world will inevitably revert to its prototypical economic ‘masters and slaves’ scenario. The fundamental one that has been in operation for the last six thousand years. A two-tiered economic class system housed within a 'one world' scenario. These seedlings are being sown in order for the roots of inequality to be spread and accepted as the 'new normal' giving rise to the harvest of propaganda ideas. These are all preparations for the soon to be revealed Antichrist to establish his worldwide tyrannical rule, political and economic domination that have been foretold and will come to pass. We are living in and experiencing the steps needed for these changes to take place. You can be prepared, or you can be a victim. The choice is yours. Now is the time to learn more.
 
Join me next time when we examine the latest changes in our world that affect our beliefs and actions.


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God’s grace is so great that He made the path to spiritual salvation and everlasting life as easy as possible. His unconditional love and forgiveness that leads to His eternal presence is enveloped by these two scriptural references; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, and Romans 10:9-10, 17. When death arrives know and believe with your heart, mind and soul the faith actions of these two and you’ll have everlasting life and peace, irrespective of how you may pass from this mortal life.
 
The believer and follower of Jesus Christ will understand and be strengthened. Scripture makes evident a series of occurrences prophesied to aide us in determining when our spiritual response should be “on high alert and at the ready.” Being engaged spiritually prepares those interested in embracing the Lord. Active spiritual grounding and strength will allow you to face the challenges ahead without fear or consternation. Bible prophesy details certain time frames and durations of and between observable ‘End Times’ events. Every person alive without God’s spiritual protection when these ‘Last Days’ occur will potentially experience fear, danger and death in light of God’s judgmental wrath.
 
Let’s examine this coming final decade of mankind’s ‘superiority.’ How it’s justified as unrighteous, how it will be put asunder by the wrath and indignation of God almighty, and why spiritual salvation is dependent upon accepting Jesus as the Christ/Messiah.
 
If you’re aware of the unfolding events in the middle east in and around Israel, you know of the current (pre-military) situation escalating in Syria between Israel and its neighbors. We are told in the book of Ezekiel of an impending invasion of Israel [Ez 38-39] by a coalition of countries under the lead and direction of a Turkey, Iran and Russia coalition (the Leopard, the Lion, and the Bear). [Dan 7:3-6, Rev13:2]
 
This military incursion is predated by agreements between Israel and various other countries in the middle east region (notably many of the recent Trump administration “Abrahamic Accords” signatories) that will serve as a fundamental division of separatist ethnic and nationalistic groups described in bible prophesy. [1 Chronicles 1:9, 1:32] 
When this coalition's invasion from the north (Syrian territory) into the ‘mountains of Israel’ (Golan Heights/West Bank region) is imminent, facing overwhelming numbers of enemy troops and armaments with all hope lost for Israel, many countries will believe Israel’s final destruction is at hand.  [Ez 38:13]
 
When all talk is put aside and Israel’s military defeat appears inevitable, God Himself will intervene on Israel’s behalf. The victory for Israel will be decisive and irrevocable. The world will see God’s devotion and love for His chosen people, the Jews. His victory over Israel’s enemies will cause not only devastation to those invading armies it will also show His victorious living presence to the rest of the world. [Ez 38:16-23] One of the outcomes of His actions on Israel’s behalf will be a worldwide revival for and of belief in Jesus as the Christ/Messiah.
 
It will also verify and validate the Bible’s Old and New Testaments as God’s recorded words. Will everyone be enlightened and accepting to a point of belief and discipleship? 
Of course not. But many will come to know of God’s nature and character through His Holy Spirit and belief in Jesus as His Son; mankind’s redeemer/savior [1Thess 4:1-2, 8].
As significant as this victory’s clarion call will be for both immediate and long term ramifications to the world’s people and more specifically to Israel and her neighbors, the subsequent events to be set in motion by its occurrence will (I believe) initiate the actuation of mankind’s “Final Decade” of this age. More specifically, these precursor years plus the final seven years of “The Last Days” described in biblical prophecy [Dan 9:27] are part of this "Final Decade."
 
There are many events, outcomes and actions related to these “Last Days” which will not be covered here. I am presenting occurrences I believe will be undeniably observable and related to the unmistakable ‘End Times.’ Again, specific dates are not as important as awareness of these actions by those having spiritual understanding and its applied strength to live through (if possible) these events.
 
Join me next time as we examine the post conflict fallout.

Among the more difficult tasks in understanding and deciphering events prophesied to take place during the coming future End Times (or Last Days) are specific determinable correlations between events and their dates of occurrence. This is particularly cogent when trying to clarify the challenges presented by descriptions in the Old Testament by prophets such as Daniel and Ezekiel, alongside New Testament prophetic visions by John in the last book of the bible; “Revelation”.
 
If you’ve had the time to read my series’ “Hidden in Plain View”, “Out of the Shadows”, or “Time Lines” (www.manaopublishing.com/articles) concerning posited End Times events and their consequences for believers and non-believers alike, you’ll notice events are related to spiritual growth and purpose rather than exclusively focusing on when they will actually occur.
 
Many think the timing of events presented in the book of Revelation are sequential. It’s believed by others this bible text’s events are not necessarily chronological. This series (Doxology) is an attempt to frame explanation and sequence by distillation to show readers connections between prophesy and existential reality as future history revealed. More specific reading and applied extrapolations of End Times events are available in my new series, “The Final Decade.”
 
As with previous postings the underpinning effort herein is to provide comprehensive understanding for those desiring to know more. And precautions for those who may experience firsthand described events of the ‘Last Days.’ In either case for readers now or in the future, the fundamental belief paving the way of salvation is encapsulated in these two scriptural references: 1Corinthians 15:1-4, and Romans 10:9-10, 17.

​These hold for the believer in Christ, the foundational pillar of salvation’s redemption. For the few reading today, there is comfort in stepping on the spiritual path. However, its poignancy for many during the strife and struggle of life in the Last Days will be invaluable. Whether today or in the Tribulation years ahead the taproot of salvation remains understanding the cognitive and spiritual relevance of salvation’s scripture.
 
Let’s examine two global actions that will occur in the near future which illustrate the power of preparation verses victimization. The first is a reset or reconstruct of 'fiat' to digital currencies. This action may very well turn out to be a form of financial fraud for those who have put their faith in paper money. Effective Jan 25, 2021 the U.S. Federal Reserve is scheduled to consider and possibly enact steps to establish for implementation a new Central Bank ‘digital currency’ model.

​The easiest way to understand this is to know that the ‘Fed’s’ digital currency system (“Fed Dollars”) will eventually become everyone’s ‘bank.’ This action will accomplish several things. It will gradually eliminate the banking system as we know it and additionally, it will consolidate control of the U.S. financial system.
 
These changes will most likely be incremental over the next few years. However, by mid-decade replacement of the U. S. (and possibly other nations’) fiat currency with “digital dollars" should be accomplished or well on its way to effective implementation. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s accommodation to this monetary modification will probably be initially employed through two or more innocuous methods; first by government agencies' payments (i.e., Social Security, Disability, Annuities, IRS, Health and Human Service program recipients) by transferring their fund beneficiary payees as the first ‘clients’ of this new credit and debit program.

Second, within commercial retail buying and selling exchanges. Use of scare tactics as an attempt to curtail or stop pandemic viral transmissions wrapped up in propaganda similar to; “The paper money you come in contact with is tainted, spreading the virus.” Or, “Stop using paper (fiat) currency and protect yourself, family and others.” Or, “We will curtail all paper money usage and stop the spread of virus.”
 
Instead of payments being received by individuals and groups as is now the case, future ‘Fed Account’ holders will be credited electronically their funds through the receiver’s identity account. All purchase and debt transactions will be credited and debited from accounts by electronic digitization transfer. In this way, we can move steadily to a ‘cashless society.’ These new transaction steps will likely be presented and promoted under auspicious banners labeled as ‘Equality Distributions, Safety and Security, Universal Basic Income’ or some other tag line/promotional program name. Ultimately, at stake is national and then, global financial control. In a cashless scenario all transactions will become trackable, traceable, and taxable.
 
This type of Central Bank cashless ‘auto credit/debit system’ is currently being used in Sweden, tested in China, and soon to be operational in Switzerland. Many of the world's Central Banks are somewhere on the Digital Wallet Account path. It’s being considered, evaluated, and proposed by approximately eighty percent (or sixty-six) of the world's fiat currency central banks. A joint venture of exploration instituted and accepted by central banks around the world will allow the global stage to be set for an eventual one-world currency system of centralized electronic credit/debit accounts.
 
What does a new financial world system like this one mean? When the prophesied worship of the Antichrist is dictatorially ordained and instituted, the global financial system necessary for worldwide commerce adherence in line with such an order will be fully functional. The dictate to possess an identity ‘mark’ for participation in the global ‘buying and selling’ system will be easily implemented. The ‘banking’ system necessary to make global commerce transactional recording possible will already be established and operational. (Rev 13:17, 14:11, 16:2).
 
Join me next time when we examine economic collapse and rebirth.





 
 

The Lord God does not wish us to be ignorant about His plan for our spiritual redemption and reconciliation. He does however, desire we employ discernment and patience regarding His prophetic design pertaining to the ‘end of the age’ or ‘End Times’. Jesus warns us as to his Second Coming by stating, “that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”  [Mt 24:36, Mk 13:32]. However Old Testament prophets, New Testament apostles, even Jesus himself did in fact give us an ‘event’ chronology to study and apply in preparation for His “second coming” arrival as it relates to that specific moment for every believer in Christ.
 
The information contained herein is based on readings and study of biblical scripture. I share it with you to help make bible prophesy less intimidating and more relevant in your life and future. I am not claiming to know, nor project dates that the following events may or will occur. All calculations are based on a three-hundred and sixty-day Jewish calendar year. The purpose of this series is to aid listeners, readers, and followers in preparation for prophesied pre-millennial kingdom occurrences. And to help explain the path of spiritual salvation through the shed blood of Christ, should you meet your mortal demise prior to His second coming.
 
I am sharing what I believe will be significant and observable events prophesied to take place, affecting people around the world during the coming final decade of this world’s present age. When will ‘The End’ start? Many prophetic precursors have already begun or have taken place. When will the ‘Last Days’ begin? I believe the initiating ‘spark’ is on the horizon, with the advent of the coming “Ezekiel War.” [Ez 38-39]
 
I encourage you today, come to personally know God’s unconditional love, mercy and forgiveness through His Holy Spirit enveloped by and contained within a voluntary, surrendered heartfelt and soul dedicated relationship with Jesus, the Christ/Messiah/Savior. When one spiritually accepts and trusts in Jesus’ thoughts, words and deeds through faith and belief, no matter when death may occur, that individual is better prepared for the promise of everlasting life in the presence of the Holy Trinity; Father, Son and Spirit.
 
There will be many who doubt, mock, or scoff at what I am about to share. So be it. We each choose for ourselves who and what we will believe. These are neither predictions nor efforts to entice, coerce or frighten. These are my determined understandings based on the study of biblical scripture. My commission is neither to convince nor convert. My task is to sow seeds that expose readers to the possibility and process of attaining everlasting life through spiritual rebirth by belief in Jesus as the Christ/Messiah.
 
The choice to believe in Jesus or not is yours and yours alone. Should you decide to heed and respond to these observable events, perhaps when they come to pass, you will remember how to avoid their consequences. Or at least be redeemed by the blood of Christ should you be unable to sidestep the outcomes that await their manifestations.
 
Join me next time in Part 2 as we recognize the pivotal moment of God’s intervention.
 
*All bible text annotations herein are bracketed [  ] and reference specific books and verses found in the “NIV Study Bible.” (If you don’t have a bible, you can use this link- https://www.biblica.com/bible/ to read, reference and follow along. Or, this link www.biblegateway.com Both provide a variety of bible editions for the reader to select and use).



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​What “Lie” could be so great as to deceive the entire world and entice its inhabitants as global serfdom followers to pay homage to a single individual? 
How profound would the lead up need to be for that Lie to be accomplished? 
How convincing would its supposed merits need be to coerce the entire world? 
God tells us that wickedness through belief and action paves a way for the coming “Man of Lawlessness” [2 Thessalonians 2:11]. However, his arrival will be preceded by numbing preparations that enable “the Lie” to be believed and go unquestioned.
 
Such a devoted delusion would have to be ensconced within a situation so life threatening, and conversely, so sincere in its belief of life saving certainty that it's irresistible to all but the most Christ grounded and spiritually confident. Its success would need to appear guaranteed without any down sides. What could produce such a singular entity utilizing both sides of the same coin, with hope in the face of failure and success in the light of disaster?
 
The lies preceding the Lawless One will make the Lie of the Lawless One seem complete and competent. The first part of this Lie is a unifying delusion that victory in the face of our ‘climate change’ crisis is achievable by its recognition. The second part of the Lie is that economic security will be guaranteed within the advent of an institutional one world financial system.
 
These two predated parts of "the Lie" are necessary for operational and staged execution so existence of the Lie embodied in one man’s worldwide tyrannical rule can and will be accomplished. According to God’s planned design for mankind’s salvation as described in ‘End Times and Last Days’ prophesies. [2 Thessalonians 2:9] The world must be deceived to desire the Lie, so when it is unveiled by the Man of Perdition, it will seem to be the logical next step. Where received without resistance its rewards will be coveted and its punishments feared enough to move men and women to the pinnacle of a life or death choice.
 
This Lie has several precursor events which must be advanced and accepted by the public using labels which are not offensive, frightening, or absurd. No matter which are touted in the media or presented by political propaganda messaging machines posited as, “The Great Reset, Building Back Better, New Normal, New World Order” or some other plebian pabulum pronouncement, the outcomes will be the same. Preparing the mass of humanity for global change old to new, which will set into motion for the Antichrist heralded opportunity to step in and take political and economic control.
 
The constant drip of multiple small lies daily eroding the presence of truth establishes a pattern that invariably builds a barrier in the psyche of the listener. In this way the “Big Lie” makes perfect sense for those who no longer understand, pursue, or desire truth. Many have experienced this phenomenon over the last five years from daily exposure to the oratory and written rhetoric of Donald Trump’s fabrications and outright deceptions. He has single handedly reversed the course of two hundred and fifty years of commonly held collective civil belief that truth matters.
 
As with others in history who have come before, his presence on the world stage has led astray millions of people to a point where they now blindly follow without query or reason exceedingly absurd, harmful or damaging presuppositions affecting behaviors that lead away from truth. Trump and his ilk will continue to prepare and mentally massage the way for the Antichrist to step into the spotlight of a world frothing at the mouth, and with perked ears open wide to hear “the Lie”.
 
If you know and trust in truth then you are keen on knowing what to expect, and from whom. With the veil lifted efforts and actions of prophesy are revealed. Those who desire to know the truth of the End Times have opportunities to recognize the signs, events and personalities fulfilling Last Days prophesies.
 
Bible prophesy tells us exactly what is to take place in the future leading to Christ’s return to gather his believing followers. More importantly these prophesies also explain to the reader and hearer what the consequences of the coming premillennial events will be. By knowing the precursors one can be prepared to survive the struggle while understanding how the fallout will affect humanity.
 
God plays no favorites. This information is given freely through love and grace to the reader of biblical texts. His unconditional love, compassion, and mercy is provided to every living soul. Recognition of Christ Jesus as the advent, arbitrator, and conduit in this spiritual relationship is the only prerequisite for the understanding that leads to eternal life. Our individual decision of acceptance awaits each of us as the prophesied future unfolds in the coming years.
 
The changes on our horizon continue to creep into our life systems to be embraced, enabling forward movement item by item through cultural normative alterations and governmental legislations. These life arenas are now in undeniable and irreversible flex as their bases are compromised and consolidated by the financial and political elites around the world.
 
With unfolding time and impending circumstances each change will occur across every nations’ financial, social, and economic landscapes. Cascading the pronounced events necessary for future history’s fulfillment according to God’s plan and design. If prophecy about End Times events are true and therefore inevitable, these step-by-step incremental changes must take place. Knowing this equation, nothing happening in our world today is surprising or unpredictable for the listener and hearer of God’s prophetic word.
 
Now is the time to prepare. For your sake and that of your family, today is the day to commit to learning more. These things will come to be. You can believe and understand, or you can risk everything and be led astray in ignorance and pride. The choice, as always, is yours.
 
Join me next time for Part 2 when we look at shattering economic foundations.

As spiritual energy created by God through Christ [Jn 1:3], each of us has an inactive spirit waiting to be ignited to cognition. With our spiritual activation initiated through a relationship with Christ we become a child of God. This acknowledged "activation" on our part engages His original Spirit to once again rejoin ours as its originator. From that moment until our last breath, the closer we choose to be with Him through moral and ethical emulation of Jesus’ thoughts, words, and deeds the more fully we see and experience life’s true reality. The esoteric realism that recognizes evil and corruption for what it is, and the spiritual grounding and strength to resist lies and deceit of the world which exist around us.

The evidence is in plain view. We each ultimately choose if our life will include a spiritual relationship or not. Spiritual strengthened support enables us to control our response to evil, hatred and corruption. By engaging spiritual strength when it's needed, we are able to confront and defeat the onslaught of negative energy trying to overtake and claim us. We are able to exercise the power of God’s spirit to repel and rebuke evil, casting it from our lives through and in the name of Christ. This is the power of faith in action.

Will you meet resistance? Yes. Will people mock and belittle you? Yes. Will the people closest to you ridicule and  possibly decry you? Perhaps. Who knows? Can you handle it? Emphatically, Yes! Once you see truth, embrace and live with truth, others' opinions, words and actions will fade as the mist that they are until they don't matter. The world hates the truth. It will do all it can to keep the truth hidden. The world does all it can to obfuscate truth. When challenged by truth the world's characters dismiss themselves through excuses and blame, looking for a new place to thrive.
 
Will the confrontation between your new spirit grounded in truth and the world be easy? Probably not. The one entity who knows the scriptures as well as the Triune Godhead is Satan himself. His desire is to be worshiped as god. Satan knows how the story ends. He knows he will be defeated.  His sole intent is to gather as many worshipers as possible into his kingdom. For this reason whenever a new believer in Christ spiritually surrenders to Jesus, Satan will do all he can to dissuade that choice to become a child of God.
 
Every new believer is tested. Tested to see if they will stay the course they’ve chosen that leads to God. If you trust in the power and presence of God’s spirit serving and counseling yours, He will strengthen you through these trials and tests. Each spiritual victory response will fortify you for the next challenge. Soon you’ll instantly recognize the truth in your current situation and know immediately the Lord’s suggested response.
 
Observe the world long enough and you'll realize we cannot, nor will we, change it. What we can change is how we respond and treat those in our life. We each have opportunities to become better people, particularly with those we say we love and care about. And then by extension toward others who come into our lives. Or, through spiritual ignorance we can experience a life of stress and struggle. The choice is ours. We each welcome God as an active participant in our life, or we don't. But we will all choose who we will follow and what will be our compass; the Lord or the world. Consider your options and learn all you can. For more about spiritual grounding and strength, we invite you to visit our web site and YouTube channel for our latest postings.
 
All the best,
Branch
 


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We should stop here for a moment to explain that as soon as you turn to your spiritual counselor with a dilemma, you may have mixed emotions. For the first time, or the first time in a long time, you may feel odd by contemplating the truth of your pending situation. The shadow of 'truth' is always present, each and every time we choose or decide. The question is always, how will we respond? 
 
Just as our spirit is now always present, so too is the truth. With an active spirit we now become cognizant of the truth and the role it plays in the emotional struggle we now face. Truth's recognition through the Holy Spirit dwelling within us is always there. In every situation. We have lived our entire life ignoring it, distrusting it, abandoning it. Yet, it is always easier (and much more gratifying [in the short term or during the experience]) for us to dismiss it as “it's not for me”. It is easier to repeat our ‘old pattern’ behavior, and then, if necessary, to rationalize the consequence(s). Even if we know the potential outcome is not in our best interest, for many it’s actually more comforting to repeat the experience despite knowing and acknowledging (a potential negative outcome) rather than to trust an invisible ‘God’.
 
When your spirit is active and alive with the presence of God through the advent promise of a relationship with Christ, you now possess the temerity to recognize truth and its strength, by making it your reality in each specific and every particular scenario. There is nothing else available that will allow you to see the truth of your decisions in real time prior to enactment, as will the spirit of God within you.
 
How to make the jump? How does one go from neophyte (new) believer, with a now ‘born again’ activated spirit to an engaged, expectant receiver of ‘good news’? How do we learn to be expectant as to our response in a situation, which requires choice or decision with a consequence attached? As with learning to ride a bicycle, parallel park a car, being part of a team, learning a musical instrument, or any prolific new skill set: practice, practice, practice. Or as applied to our spiritual grounding and growth: hear, listen, trust, act; repeat!
 
The more we allow ourselves to turn inward for spiritual counseling and guidance in every important relationship or actualized decision, the more comfortably accustomed we become in asking. The more we ask, the more He answers. However, because His Spirit always answers with the truth, it is in our repeated recognition of that truth (or not) which enables us to control the consequence of our action (or not) before it occurs. Simply put, the more we ask and accept what He (God the Father through His living Spirit, in Christ abiding within us) would have us do, the more controlled our response or reaction. With our "counselor’s direction" we can sidestep the holes of adversity in our lives present and future instead of continually trying to dig ourselves out. We are able to start living full and blessed lives.
 
Once you are on the path, Stay on the path. This is the key!
 
Join me next time when we look at How our spirit works with the Spirit of God within us.




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We each carry within our consciousness and subconscious different 'splinters'. One of the world and one of spirituality. For we are each both physical and spiritual in our nature. No matter how involved or invested in one over the other we are or to what degree, at any given time in our lives both are available and present.
 
Now that we have established a new way of examining our thoughts as related to our actions and responses, let me share a real-life example. A friend of mine had an ‘inactive’ spirit and for that reason was living trapped in and by the world's ways. With a focus on self-interests and narcissistic desires, his personal motto was “Anything and everything for money.” He was enmeshed in the ways of the world and wallowed in his successes, while excused, blamed, and transferred his foils when experiencing failure.
 
Having grown up in a ‘normal and average’ dysfunctional home with few expressions of love, while being no stranger to abuse, his focus of self was piled high with the layers of life from childhood to an adult. From childhood cognitions his innate concept of right and wrong had been formed foundationally on 'reward and punishment'. His actions and responses were grounded in his parents' experiential lives. Simply said, the cycle continued. As an adult he relished the freedom and opportunities to enjoy the pleasures life offered with few concerns as to the harm and damage his decisions wrought.
 
And yet the alternate 'splinter' of spiritual acknowledgement persisted to exist in the deep recess of his subconscious. At times "itching" at other times festering, coming to the surface of his conscience thoughts infrequent, yet persistently. Always there yet put aside by the immediacy of ‘self’. Then came the day. The day that choice stared him literally in the face. One of his greatest temptations was immediate, at his beck and call, available thirty feet away arching with desire. Next to that wanton wish was the seed of spiritual consciousness. Eyeing and salivating for his temptress, he chose to sow the seed of spirit by consciously inviting the Lord God into his being, thus activating his spirit by a single decision of action. In that moment one splinter was removed, a fork in the road chosen. He swears to me this happened. I simply share it with you.
 
His final comment to me was, “I’m just an average ordinary guy, struggling. Conflicted by life and its choices. But once I voluntarily removed and replaced the splinter of the world's ways to sow the seed of that latent splinter of spiritual acknowledgement available, it was as if a heavy weight was removed and I could breathe again.” He died shortly thereafter but lives again.
 
We live in a complex world. We are pushed, pulled, and prodded. We are bombarded by ‘wishes, wants, and the 'where-with-all’ of this world. We control nothing more than our thoughts and responses. Remove the world's splinter by inviting spiritual consciousness and the presence of the Lord God through His Son Jesus Christ to dwell within you. Your spirit will be activated, and your life’s choices will become clearer. And as you will soon discover, always in your best interests.
 
Now that we know how to become spiritually active, what do we do with that knowledge power? And how does it work? Before we go further let’s answer the question of, Why? Because ‘Why’ is at the core of everything we want to know about and experience. Why should we desire an active spirit? Only through an actively connected spirit can we prepare for salvation, redemption, and spiritual reconciliation. For the believer eternal presence with the Lord is the essential answer to ‘Why’.
 
With an active spirit we possess the spiritual ‘counselor’ Jesus promised. Now that 'he' is with us, how do we enlist him to work with us? Because He delights in being our advocate, our best interests are always aligned with his. In every situation you now find you are not alone. You now have God’s spirit actively counseling you from within. Therefore, His presence gives strength and power never experienced. You have had this connection since birth, but now it is active!
 
So, how do we as believers employ it? With every choice or decision we make from now on, before responding by words or action, STOP and ask yourself, "What would God have me do? How would He have me respond? (In this situation) What Would Jesus Do?" By asking we will get both an answer and direction. The more energy and time we give to the question the more convicted our direction will be. This is how the Lord’s spirit within works. The more interactive communication we have in thought, words and deeds the more of His spiritual presence we will discover and can trust to rely on.
 
Now comes the quintessential question for every believer in Christ. After you have asked and received, how will you respond? Conscious of the guidance His Spirit gives? Or will you resort to your 'Old Pattern' behavior? Will you do what you desire, even though the consequences may be harmful?
 
Join me next time when we look at the “Key” to making the jump.We each carry within our consciousness and subconscious different 'splinters'. One of the world and one of spirituality. For we are each both physical and spiritual in our nature. No matter how involved or invested in one over the other we are or to what degree, at any given time in our lives both are available and present.
 
Now that we have established a new way of examining our thoughts as related to our actions and responses, let me share a real-life example. A friend of mine had an ‘inactive’ spirit and for that reason was living trapped in and by the world's ways. With a focus on self-interests and narcissistic desires, his personal motto was “Anything and everything for money.” He was enmeshed in the ways of the world and wallowed in his successes, while excused, blamed, and transferred his foils when experiencing failure.
 
Having grown up in a ‘normal and average’ dysfunctional home with few expressions of love, while being no stranger to abuse, his focus of self was piled high with the layers of life from childhood to an adult. From childhood cognitions his innate concept of right and wrong had been formed foundationally on 'reward and punishment'. His actions and responses were grounded in his parents' experiential lives. Simply said, the cycle continued. As an adult he relished the freedom and opportunities to enjoy the pleasures life offered with few concerns as to the harm and damage his decisions wrought.
 
And yet the alternate 'splinter' of spiritual acknowledgement persisted to exist in the deep recess of his subconscious. At times "itching" at other times festering, coming to the surface of his conscience thoughts infrequent, yet persistently. Always there yet put aside by the immediacy of ‘self’. Then came the day. The day that choice stared him literally in the face. One of his greatest temptations was immediate, at his beck and call, available thirty feet away arching with desire. Next to that wanton wish was the seed of spiritual consciousness. Eyeing and salivating for his temptress, he chose to sow the seed of spirit by consciously inviting the Lord God into his being, thus activating his spirit by a single decision of action. In that moment one splinter was removed, a fork in the road chosen. He swears to me this happened. I simply share it with you.
 
His final comment to me was, “I’m just an average ordinary guy, struggling. Conflicted by life and its choices. But once I voluntarily removed and replaced the splinter of the world's ways to sow the seed of that latent splinter of spiritual acknowledgement available, it was as if a heavy weight was removed and I could breathe again.” He died shortly thereafter but lives again.
 
We live in a complex world. We are pushed, pulled, and prodded. We are bombarded by ‘wishes, wants, and the 'where-with-all’ of this world. We control nothing more than our thoughts and responses. Remove the world's splinter by inviting spiritual consciousness and the presence of the Lord God through His Son Jesus Christ to dwell within you. Your spirit will be activated, and your life’s choices will become clearer. And as you will soon discover, always in your best interests.
 
Now that we know how to become spiritually active, what do we do with that knowledge power? And how does it work? Before we go further let’s answer the question of, Why? Because ‘Why’ is at the core of everything we want to know about and experience. Why should we desire an active spirit? Only through an actively connected spirit can we prepare for salvation, redemption, and spiritual reconciliation. For the believer eternal presence with the Lord is the essential answer to ‘Why’.
 
With an active spirit we possess the spiritual ‘counselor’ Jesus promised. Now that 'he' is with us, how do we enlist him to work with us? Because He delights in being our advocate, our best interests are always aligned with his. In every situation you now find you are not alone. You now have God’s spirit actively counseling you from within. Therefore, His presence gives strength and power never experienced. You have had this connection since birth, but now it is active!
 
So, how do we as believers employ it? With every choice or decision we make from now on, before responding by words or action, STOP and ask yourself, "What would God have me do? How would He have me respond? (In this situation) What Would Jesus Do?" By asking we will get both an answer and direction. The more energy and time we give to the question the more convicted our direction will be. This is how the Lord’s spirit within works. The more interactive communication we have in thought, words and deeds the more of His spiritual presence we will discover and can trust to rely on.
 
Now comes the quintessential question for every believer in Christ. After you have asked and received, how will you respond? Conscious of the guidance His Spirit gives? Or will you resort to your 'Old Pattern' behavior? Will you do what you desire, even though the consequences may be harmful?
 
Join me next time when we look at the “Key” to making the jump.



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How much political power do you have?
How much financial leverage do you command?
How much social influence do you possess?
How much of your life do you control?
 
For this series, there are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers to these questions. They are reflective gauges of our ‘station’ in life and what we are doing with it.
We have jobs, careers, responsibilities, duties, obligations. We have relationships, issues, problems, fears. We have an id, an ego, insecurities and doubts, a conscience, a mind and body. We are each complex individuals living in a complicated world.
 
What do you have control over, exactly? Thoughts and Responses. Your Thoughts, Your Responses. On that platform we all start on a level ‘playing field.’ Think about what you can change in the world today. Not much right? Think about what you can change in your world today! Think for a moment about what you can change right now, today, in your family, neighborhood, community. Imagine what you can change in yourself. The questions really are simply, How? and Why? If you want change in your life, do you want that change to be positive or negative?
 
We are all caught up in life. Specifically ours unfolding hour by hour, day by day. We are trying to get by, get along, and get ahead. We’re all juggling people, places, objects, and emotions. 
You name it, we have got an aspiration to have it, be it, or possess it. How many of our desires, wants, wishes and delights do we actually have ‘control’ over? True control? Meaning "you’re able to walk away from it" if and when you need to?
 
We are each living, but are we ‘alive’? To recognize the purpose behind being ‘alive’ one needs to be ‘complete’. Mind, body, and spirit working in concert. That is the true challenge of life. We are each a spirit upon arrival, occupying a soul, housed in a corporeal body with a processing mind on a journey travelling a path that stretches before us. It is our individual life, yet we are each on a quest to understand and be understood. To know ourselves and our place in our world. After day one no one remains unimpaired. Life becomes a continuum. A series of chances, choices, consequences and changes. It is little things that often determine who we can, may, or will become. You, your complete package is and has traversed its journey that culminates in you, today.
 
From our first breath we are caught up in the world. With each of us inhaling its enveloping existence. We become part of our singular new world. And the longer we are a part of it and it a part of us, the more bonded to 'our life' we become. It is a “Matrix” like realm as our energies are used, influenced, morphed, modeled, and molded for and by the world through its control, evil and corruption. Are we an unwitting part of its system? Or do we blindly 'buy into' its temptations designed to engage us first and foremost in "self"? The essence of who you are is an energy unit of the cosmos. When the spirit within the corporeal body is ‘activated’ in a living spiritual relationship, choices come with fewer harmful consequences because an activated spirit identifies opportunities as efforts to grow. On the other hand an ‘inactive’ spirit is silent, allowing habitual repeated mistakes and errors in judgment to constantly proliferate, engage and result in requited suffering.
 
What to do? 
First, forgive your parents. Free yourself by doing this one thing, and you can start the rest of your journey to become your own person. Realize they are (were) just who they are (were). A culmination of their nature and nurtured upbringing. Each having ‘good, bad and ugly’ experiences you saw, endured, embraced and perhaps escaped? Next, allow yourself to forgive yourself the pain of the anger and animosity you hold deep within against those who have harmed you on your path. This is essential. It is only you who suffers the lingering indignant emotions of those experiences. If those people are no longer in your life, then be done with them once and for all. If they are still in your life, then you have work to do and decisions to make.
 
Are these two actions easy? Well, that depends on how much you continue to be emotionally invested in your anger and 'hurt' feelings. Does this sound harsh? Perhaps, however the penultimate question is do you want to heal and become better? More whole in your being and existence? Do you? If so, these two steps are the start. If your only desire is to feel sorry for yourself by refusing to overcome your past, then that is where you have chosen to be and stay. Good luck with that. Our choice with every step on the journey's path is to determine whether we will be 'whole' or, stay in the 'hole'.
 
Let’s turn back to that which we can control. Our thoughts and responses. God’s love for each of us is so great that He designed our brains (minds) with a unique ability. Like a supercomputer our brains can process information at the 'speed of thought.' That is, instantly. Our minds can change, analyze, prepare, and respond in nano milliseconds. Faster even than we ourselves can understand. But here is the true genius of God’s loving design. We can only have one thought at a time.
 
Think about it. Although the multiplicity of our brain's abilities is innumerable, we can only actively focus on one thought at a time. This is the omniscience of God’s love. He knew with our mind’s instant processing abilities we would be able to imagine wishes, desires and actions constantly. Combining this thought processing ability with ‘free will’ we often manage get ourselves into situations/issues/problems we create for ourselves. For this reason, He gave us the capability of focusing only on a single active thought in a singular moment upon which to act.
 
What does this mean? If you want to change your life, change your thoughts! How? Redirect or replace that (inappropriate or negative consequence producing) focused thought with a different one. Why? Because our thoughts become our actions, our actions become our habits, our habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny. If you want to change your life, change your thoughts, and then act accordingly in every situation. If you want/need help to make that happen, activate your spiritual connection with God, through Jesus Christ.
 
By not recognizing the spiritual power connection between the innate concept of right vs. wrong consequences, life continues as a process of cause and effect, reward and punishment. Life becomes layer upon layer of covered and muted pronouncements or attempts at ‘control.’ Always lingering is the knowledge of choice between immediate gratification and an alternative response. It is similar to experiencing the brass ring on a classic Merry-Go-Round. Knowing it exists and is attainable, yet never stretching out far enough to grasp it.
 
We each come to learn and understand the consequential options between right and wrong. Spiritually speaking, that same option is between a moral or ethical response, versus an amoral/immoral or inappropriate/unethical response. Each moment of decision can represent a point of mental conflict within every choice. The question, or opportunity becomes, " Will I choose my way?" That is, my well known and well used, comfortable 'old pattern' world influenced response/action/reaction? Or will I attempt the unknown, untried, possibly untrue and perhaps uncomfortable response guided by spiritual recognition and understanding?
 
Being and remaining ‘in limbo’ teetering between these two with every major (or minor) decision or choice leads to frustrating and potentially costly consequences. This can also make for tenuous and conflicted daily interactions which can further exacerbate our doubts or fears. Truly a difficult way to live. Much like Alice’s rabbit hole, we tumble, wander and wonder. While the entire time in the back of our mind is an itch we are unable to scratch, that mental 'splinter' we are unable to extricate. An ever-present cognition that surely, there must be an alternative way.
 
Join me for Part 2 when we pull the splinter.



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If you have ever considered the path to God through Jesus Christ, and when to establish or reinforce a relationship with the Holy Trinity of God, that time is here. If you have wondered about the End Times, are they real? Will they actually happen? How ‘true’ are its predictions? Will the Last Days really be as ‘bad’ and ‘horrible’ as prophesied? If you give the least bit of thought or attention to the current states of affairs around the world, you realize evil and corruption plague every country and peoples.
 
Its endemic presence becomes more evident with the passing of each season. We have finally reached the zenith of man’s exploitation of the planet and his fellows. The words have been written and read. Some believe, most do not. The time of choice and decision is upon us. No one will escape the economic fallout, political upheaval, and discordant social devastation on the horizon. Everyone will be affected.
 
Spiritual grounding and strength will be essential to cope with the fallout and survive the onslaught of evil's actions about to be released on the world through those who embrace its presence. Now more than ever each of us needs to be prepared going forward. This may be hard to understand, even more difficult to comprehend, analyze, and accept. Life will be different than what we have experienced or been accustom to in the past.
 
The Lord has warned all those who have ears to hear that the coming “end times or last days” will be extreme and precarious. Are you ready to hear? Whether or not you know, have read, or even care about what the bible foretells or has to say about the next decade, you and your family will be part of its unfolding events.
 
What does Jesus, the Christ/Messiah tell us to expect? Wars and threats of armed conflicts. Storms on land and sea more violent, frequent, and intensely destructive than ever before. Famine, pestilence, and virus’ more caustic and deadly than we’ve ever experienced. Clashes between tribes and peoples within countries, regions, and neighborhoods.  Hate, violence, and rebellion both local and widespread. Daily persecutions and executions. These he says are the beginnings of birth pains. The stress and struggle seen and experienced by women in labor are the reference points he uses that all might understand the nature and severity of what lay ahead.
 
The Lord God has drawn a ‘line in the sand’ for believers and non-believers alike. He has shared His Word with the entire world that all might hear and take advantage of His unconditional love and forgiveness by coming to know of Him through His Son Jesus. That ‘line’ divides between what has been forecast to take place, and what is taking place by cognition of events surrounding the state of Israel and the Jewish people which took place on May 14, 1948.
 
1948 -The rebirth of Israel as a nation-state “in one day”
1967 - Recapture of Jerusalem (Six Days War)
1973 - Yom Kippur War victory
2017 - 2018 Jubilee Year/Shemitah Year
1948 - 2018 The “last generation”
Israel’s coming “Seventieth (70th) Week” is now on the precipice of unfolding
 
We have crossed that line. We were warned of it. Each day brings the world closer to the moment of exposure to the man who will become the Antichrist. When he steps out of the shadows and into the light of leadership some will recognize, others will not. The world is currently plagued by inept and corrupt politicians on the one hand and authoritarian regimes, dictators, and war lords on the other. Each guiding his country or region into perilous times of conflict internally and externally.
 
Chaos and disillusionment will infuse aspects of daily life to become part and parcel of the next decade. Out of the devastation will come a hue and cry for one to take control and save the world from itself. This savior is already here, biding his time and orchestrating his backroom alliances. He sees and believes himself to be the stable genius of peace and safety. Jesus had his clarion caller announcing his imminent arrival. So too this man has a predecessor paving the way for his arrival and acceptance. Preparing the world for what God describes as ‘the lie’ (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).
 
His presence should serve as our warning. A warning to see through the veil of the world’s disorder and strife. To know and understand that nothing is in our control, except the path and power to grow spiritually. Now is the time. Protect yourself and your family. Ignore the smoke and mirrors of deception and deceit. Seek the truth and acknowledge reality so you can turn to the only path of salvation.
 
All the best,
Branch Isole



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