Occupy Until I Come - Putin
Intercepts Adrenochrome Shipment Headed to United States - New Benjamin Fulford
- New Melissa Redpill - Patriot Underground - HAL TURNER SHOW - 55 Corporations
Pay NO Income Tax On Profits - HARBINGER DAILY - WORLD ISRAEL NEWS – ZERO HEDGE
REPORTS - LIFE SITE NEWS
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
Feb. 9th 2023
X22 Report - Companies Laying Off
Thousands! Green New Deal! Economy Failing! Accountability Coming! - Must Video
- Thursday, February 9, 2023 13:56 - The woke companies are failing, they are
now laying off people and if they keep this up they will be in trouble. The
[CB]/[D]s GND is failing and Trump fact checks Biden on unemployment, climate
change and oil. The people will want accountability in the end. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/02/x22-report-companies-laying-off-thousands-green-new-deal-economy-failing-accountability-coming-must-video-3078367.html
REAL RAW NEWS: Biden Body Double
Delivers SOTU to Clones, Holograms, and Lookalikes - By Michael Baxter
-February 9, 2023 - Playing the role of illegitimate president Joseph Biden,
actor Arthur Roberts, one of many Biden doppelgangers, delivered a State of the
Union Address rife with lies and quarter-truths to an audience of body doubles
hired to applaud his imagined accomplishments. White Hats at U.S. Army Cyber
Command who scrutinized the address estimate that 30% of attendees were actors,
look-a-likes, or even clones, a clever array of facsimiles to confuse and trick
the public. https://realrawnews.com/2023/02/biden-body-double-delivers-satu-to-clones-holograms-and-lookalikes/
Bombshell Story Drops About a Bomb
& a Pipeline! - Dan Bongino Video - Thursday, February 9, 2023 13:21 - In
this episode, I address the lowlights from Biden’s disgraceful state of the
union speech. I also address how the UFO story is related to censorship efforts
by the left. https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/02/bombshell-story-drops-about-a-bomb-a-pipeline-dan-bongino-must-video-2477253.html
The First Arrest Will Shock The
World! The End is Near! There is No Step [5] Thank You For Playing! - Wednesday,
February 8, 2023 10:07 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/02/the-first-arrest-will-shock-the-world-the-end-is-near-there-is-no-step-5-thank-you-for-playing-3788270.html
REAL RAW NEWS: Putin Intercepts
Adrenochrome Shipment Headed to United States - By Michael Baxter -February 8,
2023 – Russian Special Forces in Ukraine have intercepted a refrigerated
tractor-trailer that was hauling refined Adrenochrome from Ukraine to Warsaw,
Poland, where the shipment would have been loaded onto planes headed for the
United States, a Russian FSB agent, Andrei Zakharov, told Real Raw News. https://realrawnews.com/2023/02/putin-intercepts-adrenochrome-shipment-headed-to-united-states/
New Melissa Redpill: 2023 SOTU
Disaster! Trump Clues, Turkey's Warning, Jacob Wrestling 2-8-23 - Wednesday,
February 8, 2023 23:19 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/new-melissa-redpill-2023-sotu-disaster-trump-clues-turkeys-warning-jacob-wrestling-2-8-23-2538174.html
Situation Update: Biden Lies At State
Of Corporation Address! NATO/US Will Lose Against Russia! Regime Using Chemical
Weapons Against Russians! Pfizer Admits To Creating Viruses To Sell Vaccines! -
We The People News - Wednesday, February 8, 2023 22:23 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/situation-update-biden-lies-at-state-of-corporation-address-natous-will-lose-against-russia-regime-using-chemical-weapons-against-russians-pfizer-admits-to-creating-viruses-to-sell-vaccines-we-3654479.html
New Dr. Jim Willie & Patriot
Underground: “We’re Being Played” - Doubles & Clones - Missing Celebrities
& Crimes Against Children - Exposing The Evil: Living In A Movie - Wednesday,
February 8, 2023 22:33 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/new-dr-jim-willie-patriot-underground-2-2538173.html
HAL TURNER SHOW: 17,000 Dead (So Far)
After Earthquakes smash Turkey and Syria – WORLD - HAL TURNER - 09 FEBRUARY
2023 - More than 17,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked
southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to
officials. As of today, not one cent of
aid money and not one shipment of emergency food has been sent by the United
States because of "economic sanctions." What kind of slithering human filth is in the
US Government that they would spite such suffering through economic sanctions? https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/17-000-dead-so-far-after-earthquakes-smash-turkey-and-syria
55 Corporations Pay NO Income Tax On
Profits: This Now Makes Perfect Sense As To How Illegal Agendas Are Being
Pushed Upon The People By The Government! - Thursday, February 9, 2023 8:33 - “The
devil calls in his favors from those in the government and the corporate devils
are right there in delivering.” Have you noticed that when the government comes
up with actively promoting and advocating an illegal agenda that the corporate
world follows in close pursuit, parroting exactly what the government... by:
Tim Brown | Thursday, 09 Feb 2023, 08:33 - We see this
over and over, do we not? The sodomite agenda (Leviticus 18:22), homosexual
“marriage” (Never in the history of mankind), the recent plandemic, etc. All these are advocated and promoted by the
corrupt in the government and then the corrupt corporations follow in close
pursuit (Proverbs 17:15). This is what we define as a fascist state, where the
organized society now becomes an autocratic government (Independent power), a
dictatorial rule with the suppression of opposition, all the while the
government does this with the help of the corporate world. https://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2023/02/55-corporations-pay-no-income-tax-on-profits-this-now-makes-perfect-sense-as-to-how-illegal-agendas-are-being-pushed-upon-the-people-by-the-government-2600993.html
HARBINGER DAILY: The Tribulation
Centers Around Israel And A Christ-Rejecting World—Not The Church – By Amir
Tsarfati - February 7, 2023 - We must be Bereans. Who were the Bereans? Acts
17:10-11 KJV – “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night
unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were
more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were
so.” You see? We must search the Scriptures… Do you know what the Tribulation
is all about? The Day of the Lord has three layers. God’s dealing with Satan
and his demons, God’s dealing with the nations, and God’s dealing with Israel.
Remember that it’s a span of seven biblical years that can be clearly seen
through the Scriptures. https://harbingersdaily.com/the-tribulation-centers-around-israel-and-a-christ-rejecting-world-not-the-church/
WORLD ISRAEL NEWS: German politicians
anxious after Islamists stage large rally in Hamburg - February 7, 2023 - Germany’s
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), a state agency
charged with safeguarding the postwar nation’s democratic institutions, has
expressed concern about a radical Muslim organization after more than 3,500
Islamists rallied on Saturday in the port city of Hamburg. The demonstrators —
who were protesting the burning of a copy of the Qu’ran last month outside the
Turkish Embassy in Stockholm by a far right politician — want to “enforce a
society that is absolutely incompatible with our democracy,” Marco Haase, a
spokesperson for the BfV, told the Bild news outlet. - An Islamist group with
an extensive social media following and aligned with an actively antisemitic
organization that seeks to establish an international Islamic caliphate
organized the event. (Comment: Once you start accepting large numbers of
Muslims into the country they will want Shari law that is the direct opposite
of democracy. The land they are living on they will call Muslim land and your
law will not apply to them they think. The only way I see to deal with it is to
declare Muslims persona non grata which is a person who is not wanted or
welcome in a particular country, because they are unacceptable to its
government. We have the same problem in America.) https://worldisraelnews.com/german-politicians-anxious-after-islamists-stage-large-rally-in-hamburg/
WORLD ISRAEL NEWS: ‘No legitimate
jurisdiction’ – US lawmakers move to sanction Int’l Criminal Court associates -
February 8, 2023 - A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill last week
that would sanction representatives of the International Criminal Court
involved in investigations against the U.S. or its allies that do not recognize
the ICC’s authority, including Israel. The move comes almost two years after
the Biden administration ended a Trump-era policy that saw ICC employees and
officials subject to sanctions and denied U.S. visas. https://worldisraelnews.com/no-legitimate-jurisdiction-us-lawmakers-move-to-sanction-intl-criminal-court-associates/
ZERO HEDGE: Nord Stream Sabotage Was
CIA, US Navy Covert Op: Seymour Hersh Bombshell Prompts White House Response -
BY TYLER DURDEN - THURSDAY, FEB 09, 2023 - 05:12 AM - Famed journalist and
Pulitzer prize winner Seymour Hersh, who for decades was a star reporter
writing for The New York Times and New Yorker, on Wednesday published a new
bombshell as his first Substack post, prompting a quick White House response. After
conducting his own investigation into who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines
via a series of underwater blasts on Sept. 26, 2022 Hersh has concluded the
United States blew up the Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline as part of a
covert operation under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nord-stream-sabotage-was-cia-us-navy-covert-op-seymour-hersh-bombshell-prompts-white
LIFE SITE NEWS: Left-wing mother
stops ‘transitioning’ her two young sons after realizing transgenderism is a
‘cult’‘ ... In reality, the track that I had put my son on would have ended in
irreversible damage to him. Not my “transgender daughter.” My son.’ Tue Feb 7,
2023 - 9:30 pm EST - The former progressive “true believer,” who co-parents her
sons with another woman, said the boys are now thriving after she realized she
needed to raise them according to their true, biological identities. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/left-wing-mother-stops-transitioning-her-two-young-sons-after-realizing-transgenderism-is-a-cult/
ZERO HEDGE - "Not A Sustainable
Model": AZ Hospital 'On Brink Of Collapse' After Spending $20 Million On
Migrants - BY TYLER DURDEN - WEDNESDAY, FEB 08, 2023 - 07:10 PM - A hospital in
Yuma, Arizona is reportedly on the brink of collapse after providing $20
million in care for what has become a constant stream of illegal migrants. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/not-sustainable-model-az-hospital-brink-collapse-after-spending-20-million-migrants
New Derek Johnson & SGAnon Stream
"What is Going on 2/9/23" - Thursday, February 9, 2023 9:54 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/new-derek-johnson-sganon-stream-what-is-going-on-2923-2538182.html
New Benjamin Fulford: The Khazarian
Mafia Has Been Comprehensively Defeated, Mopping Up Continues - Thursday,
February 9, 2023 9:48 - Events over the coming weeks will make it obvious even
to the most brainwashed sheeple in the West that something fundamental and
historic has taken place. There can be no doubt the Khazarian Mafia has been
defeated and the mopping up of their last leaders has begun. The arrest of New
Zealand cross-dressing Prime Minister Jack Adern, criminal charges against
Swiss President Alain Berset and Pfizer, mass arrests of Ukrainian government
officials and many other events all point to this. https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/new-benjamin-fulford-the-khazarian-mafia-has-been-comprehensively-defeated-mopping-up-continues-2538179.html
ATLAS SHRUGS: A bill straight out of
Gavin Newsom’s playbook is being introduced in Maryland. The State of Maryland
could be the next state to allow children to get vaccinated without parental
consent. Senate Bill 378 would allow minors to consent to vaccination. There is
NO age requirement for a minor having the ability to give consent. A minor aged
14 or older would have the same capacity as an adult to consent to vaccination.
BUT a minor under 14 years old, “including a minor who is developmentally
disabled or unemancipated” can also consent to vaccination if a “healthcare
worker” determines the minor is of sufficient intelligence to understand and
“appreciate the need for, nature of and the significant risks and consequences
of the vaccination.” (Comment: So if the vaccine jab kills you and Maryland,
with a Black population of 30%, passes this killer Bill, then what they are
actually doing is committing genocide against their own citizens. That would
put them in the category of crimes against humanity from which there would be
no coming back.) https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/democrat-bill-to-vaccinate-of-children-without-parental-consent-3654510.html
by Jack Kelley
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Published on: March 28, 2015
Some of you are aware that I post a
“Question of the Day” on Face Book each day. Recently one of these questions
received more comments than any other we’ve ever posted by a wide margin.
It concerned a woman’s frustration
because in a recent conversation her friends confirmed that they believe in an
any moment Rapture but then went on to tell her their plans for the next 10-20
years, what they expect to do when they retire, what kind of career they hope
their children will have, and how they can’t wait to have grandchildren. She
felt like they were just paying lip service to the nearness of the Rapture and
were more focused on their long term hopes and plans for this world.
I agreed with her, saying that what
people pay attention to in their lives gives you a clue as to what their
intentions are for their life. When people spend more time talking about their
long range plans for their life in this world than they do about their longing
for the Lord to return for the church and what they’re doing for Him while they
wait, it tells us they intend to be here for a long time.
The comments I received in response
to this posting were all over the place. A few agreed with the questioner, but
most thought there is nothing wrong with making long term plans for our lives
because we can’t know for sure when He’s coming. And more than one person said,
“We can’t just abandon our lives and go camp on a hill waiting for Him.”
Several quoted the phrase “Occupy
until I come” from the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27) as their
justification for making long term worldly plans, but I wonder how many of us
realize the context in which the Lord said this.
In the parable, a man of noble birth
was going on an extended trip and was leaving his servants in charge of a
portion of his wealth saying, “Occupy till I come.”
As you know a parable is a heavenly
story put into an earthly context where every character is fictional and
represents an actual one. In the Parable of the Ten Minas the man of noble
birth represents Jesus, and His servants represent us.
The Greek word translated “occupy” in
the King James translation of Luke 19:13 can mean to be occupied in anything,
but in the context of the parable it means to “carry on a business.” In place
of “occupy till I come” some English translations have the nobleman saying,
“Put this money to work until I come back.” Others say, “Engage in business
with this until I return.”
While there are a number of ways in
which different translations convey this idea, I didn’t find a single one that
indicated the nobleman was just telling his servants to idly wait for him as in
“camping on a hill.” Nor did I find one that had the nobleman telling them to
do whatever they wanted while he was gone. They all conveyed the idea that he
expected them to conduct his business on his behalf using the resources he was
leaving with them.
Therefore, the phrase “Occupy until I
come” doesn’t mean we’re free to live our life according to whatever priorities
we’ve established while we wait for the Rapture. It means we’re to be occupied
in the work He’s given us until He returns, and have something to show for it.
The fact that the nobleman criticized the servant who preserved the money he’d
been given but didn’t increase it at all lends credence to this interpretation.
He expected a return on his capital.
What Work Has He Given Us?
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and
sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and pleasing to God–this is your true and proper worship” (Romans 12:1).
Romans 12:1-2 could be called Paul’s
interpretation of the phrase “Occupy until I come.” I say that because the
Greek word translated “worship” in Romans 12:1 is not the one that would
normally be used. In fact, it actually means “service” and that’s the way many
translations render it. The King James translation calls it our “reasonable
service”. In Romans 12:1 Paul urged us to offer ourselves to God to perform
whatever service He has in mind for us as our response to the mercy He has
shown us. And how are we supposed to know what that is? Verse 2 gives us the
answer.
“Do not conform to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be
able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect
will” (Romans 12:2).
Do you know what God’s will for your
life is? We can discover His will for us by refusing to accept the pattern of
this world with its “bigger this and more of that” mentality and allowing our
minds to be renewed and become focused on the much more meaningful plans God
has for our lives..
You can make this discovery at any
point in your life. The minute you decide to give your life to the Lord and start
seeking His will for you, He will meet you right where you are. The only
radical change you’ll have to make is in the area of your priorities. God has
to replace you or anything else you might currently have in your number 1
position. But even then, He knows you have family and financial
responsibilities and will not expect you to abandon them.
Remember, in the early church there
were no paid positions. Everyone was a volunteer, and earned his or her own
living. Even today there are untold numbers of bi-vocational pastors, para-church ministries,
missionaries, etc. who earn their own way in life, yet consider the work they
do for the Lord as their reasonable acts of service and their number 1
priority.
Remember, the mission fields aren’t
all in faraway places. They are all around us. There are people everywhere who
need food, shelter, and clothing. There are sick people who need visitors to
comfort them, lonely people who need someone to talk to, ministries who need
volunteer help, the list goes on and on. Some are even missionaries to their
own local congregation. Also, there are two kinds of missionaries; those who go
and those who send those who go.
Gifted for Service
“There are different kinds of gifts,
but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in
everyone. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the
common good” (1 Cor. 12:4-7).
“All these are the work of one and
the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines” (1 Cor.
12:10-11).
The ten minas the nobleman gave to
each servant can represent the Spiritual gifts we’ve all been given to enable
us to accomplish the Lord’s will for us. And just as the nobleman expected his
servants to put what he had given them to work, so does the Lord expect us to
put the gifts He’s given us to work for him. Listen to these words He spoke.
“You are the light of the world. A
city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither
do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its
stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your
light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your
Father in heaven” (Matt. 5:14-16).
Do you know what spiritual gifts He’s
given you to help you achieve His will for your life? We all have them, you
know. We just need to discover them, and put them to use. That will happen as
we seek His will for our life.
No One Knows the Day or Hour
Most people have no idea that the
Lord only spoke this phrase in reference to the 2nd Coming, never the Rapture.
Even so, no one knows exactly when the Rapture will happen. But the Bible gives
us a number of signs as to when the end of the age will arrive, and tells us
the Rapture will precede it. And for the first time in history, every one of
those signs is visible today.
Paul said the coming day of the Lord
should not take us by surprise because we’re children of the light (1 Thess.
5:4-5). That means we’ve been given all the information (light) we need to know
the times and seasons of His Coming. The only people who can be taken by
surprise are those have not made themselves familiar with end times prophecy,
whether by accident or design. In other words, those who say we can’t know the
nearness of the Rapture simply haven’t made an effort to inform themselves.
Read what the Lord said to the
generation that wasn’t expecting Him the first time He came.
“When evening comes, you say, ‘It
will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will
be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the
appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times” (Matt.
16:2-3).
It was not that they couldn’t have
known He was coming, because their Scriptures contained hundreds of prophecies
of His first coming, many of which pointed to their time. It was that His
coming had become less important to them than knowing what the day’s weather
would be, so they didn’t bother learning about it. He could say the same thing
to much of the church today.
Some scholars are calling what’s happening
in our time the convergence of signs. That means we don’t just have a few signs
showing up, which would be exciting enough. It means that all the signs we were
told to look for can now be found and they are all converging on a point in our
not too distant future. No generation since His first coming could say this.
Does This Mean I Can’t Have a Life of
My Own?
Truth be told the Bible never
promised us a life of our own. In fact it says,“We are not our own. We’ve been
bought at a price” (1 Cor. 6:19-20). But God never forces any of His children
to do anything. The single condition for our salvation is to “believe in the
One He sent” (John 6:28-29). So you can have a life of your own.
If all you want is to have your “fire
insurance” policy paid up, you did that by becoming a believer (Ephes.
1:13-14). Even if you never do a single thing for the Lord and all your works
are burned up in the fires of judgment, you yourself will still be saved, but
only as one escaping through the flames (1 Cor. 3:15).
In Romans 12:1 Paul said, “Therefore,
I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy …” He didn’t order or
command us, he urged us. Even the Holy Spirit is only our counselor, not our
commander. No one will force you to do anything.
Instead, what this means is you can
have a better life than the one you’ve planned for yourself. Jesus said, “I
have come that they might have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). In
the first place, when you turn your life over to the Lord, He will see to it that
all your needs are met, so you won’t have to worry at all about what tomorrow
might bring (Matt 6:31-34).
He will see that everything works
together for your good (Romans 8:28). He will give back to you all out of
proportion to what you give to Him (Luke 6:38). He will make you rich in every
way so you can be generous on every occasion (2 Cor. 9:11), and you’ll be
storing up untold treasure in heaven (Matt. 6:19-21) as well.
So you see, neither camping on a
hilltop and waiting nor getting on with life while waiting is the biblically
correct approach. To occupy till He comes is to be engaged in the conduct of
the business He has called us to.
Final Thoughts
In closing, I’m reminded of my
favorite paraphrase of James 2:17 where the apostle wrote, “Faith by itself, if
it is not accompanied by deeds is dead.” The version I like goes, “If what you
say you believe does not result in action, maybe you don’t really believe it.”
If you’re not longing for the Rapture and engaged in the Lord’s work while you
wait for it, then maybe you don’t really believe it’s coming soon.
When viewed from a strictly human
perspective, the Rapture of the church is the most incredible event in history.
The resurrection of believers is the fulfillment of a promise that was made on
the cross, the delivery of the greatest blessing ever given to mankind. And
among resurrected believers, no other group has been or will be blessed as
richly as the church. Paul said God is doing this so that in ages yet to come
He might demonstrate the incomparable riches of His Grace, expressed in His
kindness to us in Christ Jesus (Ephes. 2:7).
But even above all this, He has
chosen one generation of the church to pass directly from mortal to immortal
without experiencing death. This generation will be standing on earth in our
mortal, sin filled bodies and then in the twinkling of an eye we’ll be
transformed directly into a perfect, immortal version of ourselves.
Immediately, we’ll be transported to the home He has spent the last 2,000 years
preparing for us to begin a life with Him that is literally beyond imagining.
And it could happen any day now.
But what if it doesn’t happen today?
I was a business consultant when I became a believer 30 years ago. One of the
services I provided was to help individuals and companies identify and achieve
long term goals. Following my own example, I had binders full of five year
plans for myself and my company which I faithfully tracked each month and
completely updated annually.
I had learned about the Rapture early
in my life as a believer and like most people, I was immediately excited about
it. When I felt the Lord telling me to put my plans for my life aside and
follow the path He had laid out for me instead, I thought, “Why not? We won’t
be here that long anyway.” I decided to stop making my own plans for the
future, and began letting Him implement His plan instead. Later I realized that
this is what He meant in Matt. 16:24-25:
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must
deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to
save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find
it.”
That was 30 years ago, and I haven’t
made any future plans for me or anyone else since. The life I have today is
nothing like the one I had planned for myself. But it’s more exciting and more
fulfilling than anything I could have imagined. I still see the Rapture as an
“any day now” event and I’m ready to go the instant I hear the trumpet. But I
also realize that if that doesn’t happen today, the plan the Lord is unfolding
for my life is the next best thing that could have happened to me, because I’m
occupying until He comes. Maranatha
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