Saturday, March 2, 2013

Sleeping in Galveston

What causes people to be sleeping in the face of danger?

In 1900,  the deadliest storm in US history hit Galveston, Texas, killing as many as 12,000 people when a fifteen foot high storm surge ran over Galveston Island - whose high point was less than nine feet above sea level.  This high death toll was despite four days notice that the storm was coming from meteorologists in Cuba, and the efforts of two meteorologists who personally walked the beaches of Galveston, warning people to get off the island.  Practically no one paid any attention to the warnings, and the majority of people in Galveston died when the storm surge hit.

Why did all of these people die when they had been warned of the disaster?  Why did all of these people die when the opportunity of salvation was available to each and everyone of them?  Why could these people not see the eminent danger and flee for their lives?  What caused these people to be sleeping in Galveston?

Galveston at the time was the Las Vegas of the Gulf Coast.  Many people were too busy giving themselves over to wine and debauchery to let something like a hurricane shut down their party.  Other people believed the reports of the official government experts, who purposely did not let the full size of the storm be known, because they did not want to be blamed for causing a panic.  Still others were so wrapped up in the affairs of day to day life, that they really paid no attention to anything else, including the warnings of their imminent demise.  Finally, there were religious professionals, who assured the people that a good and loving God, would never use the weather to bring judgment on a place for its wickedness.  For these reasons, even though the people had eyes. they could not see and even though they had ears, they could not hear.  The warnings might as well been given to them while while they were in a deep sleep, for they could not understand the warnings nor act on them.  They were sleeping in Galveston.

What causes people to be sleeping in the face of danger?

The truth is the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) does use the weather to bring judgement on people for their wickedness.  The Book of Truth (The Bible) tells of the greatest weather disaster in the history of mankind.  In this disaster, almost everyone on Earth died, which could have easily been a quarter of a billion (250,000,000) people.  These people that died were not that much different those who had been sleeping in Galveston.

These people had not four days, but nine hundred and sixty nine years of warning.  Enoch, the first Prophet of Truth in history, had named his son Methuselah as a warning since his name means "when he dies it (the flood) will come" (Genesis 5:21-22).  The Father of Truth gave people nine hundred and sixty nine years to repent to avoid judgment (Genesis 5:21-22).  The Father of Truth warned the next Prophet of Truth that the disaster was coming soon, and what to do to be saved (Genesis 6:13-17).  The Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) acted on the warning to be saved from the disaster (Genesis 6:18-22).  When Methuselah died, the door of salvation were still open for a week, to anyone who would heed the warning (Genesis 7:7-10).  However, once the judgment began, the door of salvation was shut (Genesis 7:11-16).  During that entire time, the Prophet of Truth, Noah, preached that people should live righteously to avoid the judgment that would come upon them (2 Peter 2:5).  Those people did not heed the warning, because they were like those who had been sleeping in Galveston.

What caused these people to be sleeping in the face of danger?

These people had been living wickedly and did not want their party shut down (Genesis 6:5). The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) said that these people were so caught up in the day to day affairs of life that they paid no attention to the warnings of their imminent demise (Matthew 24:38).  Since they were asleep to what the Father of Truth was doing every single one of them drowned like those who were sleeping in Galveston (Luke 17:27).

In like manner, the nation of Israel had also fell asleep to what the Father of Truth was doing on account of their wickedness.  They were first warned by Moses, the great Prophet of Truth, that the Father of Truth would use a fierce nation to destroy them if they left the way of righteousness, about a thousand years before it came to pass (Deuteronomy 28:47-51).  Then they were warned over and over again by many Prophets of Truth until the disaster came (2 Kings 24:2).  They were even given the opportunity to avoid dying, until the day the judgment began (Jeremiah 38:17-18).  Finally, almost all of them were taken away, when the judgment came (Jeremiah 44:6).  Those people did not heed the warning, because they were like those that had been sleeping in Galveston.

What caused these people to be sleeping in the face of danger?

When they started taking credit for their prosperity, instead of remembering that they had been prospered by the hand of the Father of Truth, so that His covenant could be established on the Earth (Deuteronomy 8:17-18).  They would not give ear to the Prophets of Truth, when they were warned (2 Chronicles 24:19). They abused the Prophets of Truth, when they were warned (2 Chronicles 36:15-17).  They instead listened to the religious professionals, the Prophets of Lies, that told them what they could continue in sin, and be spared judgment from the Father of Truth (Jeremiah 28:10-16).  They sought after their own pleasure seven days a week, instead of seeking after the pleasure of the Father of Truth for the entire Sabbath (Isaiah 58:13).

They had eyes, but they would not see their need for the Father of Truth, nor hear His warnings, despite all that He had done for them (Deuteronomy 29:3-5).  They had ears, but they would not heed the warnings, like those on the beaches of Galveston (Jeremiah 5:20-22).  Since they refused to see what the Father of Truth was doing, and hear what the Prophets of Truth were saying, the Father of Truth gave their government and religious professionals over to a Spirit of Lies (devil aka demon aka god aka unclean spirit), which caused them to be asleep to the warnings, as if they were badly drunk (Isaiah 29:9-10).  Their educated professionals could not know the truth, because the truth was sealed off from everyone, who had rejected what the Father of Truth said (Isaiah 29:11).  The rest could know not the truth, because they relied on their educated professionals to tell them the truth, instead of finding out for themselves (Isaiah 29:12).  These people went thru the religions motions, taught by these Teachers of Lies, in order to keep the commandments of the Father of Truth (Isaiah 29:13).  These people believed that their religious activities exempted them from the judgment of the Father of Truth (Isaiah 29:15-16). These people became a rebellious house, that refused to see the danger, or hear the warning, no matter what the Father of Truth did, or who He sent to warn them. (Ezekiel 12:2)  The Spirits of Lies had lead them to believe, that a good and loving God would never bring judgment on anyone that called themselves His children, no matter how wickedly they lived.  The Spirits of Lies lead them to be like those sleeping in Galveston.

Again, the nation of Judaea fell asleep to what the Father of Truth was doing, due to their wickedness.  They had been told by Moses, the great Prophet of Truth, that the Father of Truth would send another greater Prophet of Truth like him, who they must listen to (Deuteronomy 18:15).  The greater Prophet of Truth would only speak, what the Father of Truth said (Deuteronomy 18:18).  Anyone that did not listen to this greater Prophet of Truth, would come under the judgment of the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 18:19).  This greater Prophet would be called HaMashiach (The Messiah [literally "The Anointed One"]) (Daniel 9:25).  This greater Prophet of Truth would die, for the sins of Israel (Daniel 9:25).

This judgment of the Father of Truth for not listening this greater Prophet of Truth, would be like the judgment that had came upon the nation of Israel, the first time when it did not listen to the great Prophet of Truth, Moses, but it would be greater in every way.  Their land would be made utterly desolate (Leviticus 26:32).  They would be forced to live among the Gentiles (Leviticus 26:33).  They would always live as a minority among the Gentiles (Deuteronomy 4:26-27).   They would be scattered to the ends of the Earth and forced to worship idols (Deuteronomy 28:64).  They would have no long term safety, or peace, but would instead live in constant fear of persecution (Deuteronomy 28:65-67).  They would not be welcome anywhere - even a slaves (Deuteronomy 28:68).  The Father of Truth would scatter them, so that none of the Gentiles could take credit, for the judgment of rejecting His Word (Deuteronomy 32:25-27).

All of this judgment has surely came upon the Jewish people, starting about two thousand years ago.  When Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD ,it was noted by those that came there afterwards, that they could hardly believe that a city had ever stood there, or that anything had ever lived around it.  When Mark Twain went there in 1867 AD, he reported that on his journey to Jerusalem from Haifa, that he did not see so much as a goat for three or four days.  The land was truly made desolate for almost 1800 years, instead of only 70 years, as it was in the first judgment.  The Jews did not have a nation of their own, from when they were thrust out of the land of Judea (which the Romans renamed Palestine after the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, to add insult to injury) in 135 AD, until 1948 AD.  During this time they lived among every Gentile nation, and always as a minority.  They were literally scattered to the ends of the Earth.  (I once met a Jew that had grew up in Rapa Iti which is the furthest inhabitable place on Earth from Jerusalem.)  They were often force to worship idols by the False Church of Rome, as Marranos, Conversos and the like. (Renaming an idol "Jesus" or "Mary" does not make it no longer an idol.)  They suffered terrible persecution, like the crusades, the pogroms and the Holocaust, every where they lived.  They have been denied entry into many countries over the years, including when F.D. Roosevelt refused the offer of Hitler for their transfer from Europe to the US, before the Holocaust, and when he blocked the St. Louis from coming to the US to save Jewish women and children from the ovens of Hitler.  The Jews were without their own country for almost 1800 years, instead of only 70 years, as it was in the first judgment.  There is no natural explanation for such treatment of people, who have almost always been beneficial to the country that was hosting them.  This has been the judgment of the Father of Truth for not listening to the Word of Truth concerning that greater Prophet of Truth that the great Prophet of Truth, Moses, said would come.

The Father of Truth sent that greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, in power, like the great Prophet of Truth Moses (John 5:36).  This greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, only spoke what the Father of Truth said (John 12:50). It is only by listening to this greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, that they could be saved from the judgment of the Father of Truth (Acts 4:12).  This greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, is called HaMashiach (The Messiah) but is more commonly called the Christ [literally "The Anointed One"] (John 1:41).  This greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, died for the sins of Israel (Acts 2:36).

What caused these people to be sleeping in the face of danger?

This greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, warned them of the coming disaster, and told them how to escape it (Luke 21:20-24).  However, for the most part, Israel did not accept this greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, that the Father of Truth raised up in their midst (John 1:11).  This greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, was mistreated like the other Prophets of Truth (Acts 7:52).

The religious professionals rejected this greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, because he would not submit to their religious system (Matthew 15:2).  These religious professionals had made the commandments of the Father of Truth null and void, thru their traditions (Matthew 15:3-6).  These Teachers of Lies went thru the religions motions, that they taught in order to keep the commandments of the Father of Truth (Isaiah 29:13).   These religious professionals enslaved people with religion, while making a show of their religious observance (Matthew 23:4-6).  These religious professionals sought a title, that meant that everyone must listen to them, like the greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, that the great Prophet of Truth, Moses, had said would come (Matthew 23:7-8).  The Man of Truth said, that these these religious professionals were blind guides, who did not know what was the most important things (Matthew 23:23-24). These religious professionals went about to establish their own righteousness thru their religious acts, instead submitting to the righteous of the Father of Truth, which was listening to the greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, whom the great Prophet of Truth, Moses, had said that they must listen to (Romans 10:2-4).

The people of Judaea relied on these religious professionals to show them how to keep the Law, that the Father of Truth gave Moses (Matthew 23:2).  It was because of this reliance on the religious professionals, instead of the Word of Truth, that they could not see that the Man of Truth was the greater Prophet of Truth, who had been promised by Moses, the great Prophet of Truth (Matthew 13:14-16).  It was because of this reliance on the religious professionals, instead of the Word of Truth, that they would not listen to the greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, whom Moses the great Prophet of Truth, had said that they must listen to (John 12:39-41).  Since they turned their eyes from the great miracles that the greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, had done to show that he was the one sent by the Father of Truth. and they stopped up their ears so that they could not hear the greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, then the Father of Truth gave them over to a Spirit of Lies, which made them as unaware of the danger as those that were in a deep sleep (Romans 11:7-8).  They were like those that were sleeping in Galveston.

How about you?  Do you understand the times we live in?  Or have you been given over to a Spirit of Lies that lulls you to sleep so that you do not recognize the danger?  Are you like those that were sleeping in Galveston?

You need to understand your times so that you can know what your country should do (1 Chronicles 12:32).  You need to be able to discern the signs of the times that we live in as easily as you can discern the signs of the weather (Matthew 16:3).  The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will guide you into all truth if you will listen to the truth (John 16:13). The Book of Truth will tell you of the judgment that will happen very quickly to those that refuse to see or hear the truth and how to escape it (Revelation 1:1).

This judgment will be so bad that if the Father of Truth did not stop it before it ran its full course then nothing would be left alive on planet Earth (Matthew 24:21-22).  This judgment will not be upon only one group of people like the judgments on Israel but upon the whole Earth like the flood. but the Father of Truth has provided a means of escape like always (Luke 21:35).  This judgment will also have a king of fierce countenance, the Man of Lies (Antichrist aka The Beast) that will bring terrible destruction similar to the judgments against Israel (Daniel 8:23-24).  This judgment will bring worst wars on the Earth than any that have already happened (Revelation 6:2-8).  This judgment will bring terror from the skies similar to the flood (Revelation 16:21).

Just as the death of Methuselah was a sign that the judgment of the flood would soon come we have been given a sure sign that the judgment of God will soon come upon the Earth.  The Father of Truth promised to the Jews back to the land that He gave them before the judgment comes (Deuteronomy 30:3-5).  The Father of Truth promised to use the Gentiles to accomplish this (Isaiah 49:22).  The Father of Truth promised to make Israel a nation once again in a single day (Isaiah 66:8).  The Father of Truth promised to bring the children of Israel back to the Land of Israel just as He would always have sanctuaries for them in their Diaspora (Ezekiel 11:15-17). The Father of Truth shall do this so the Gentiles will know that He alone is God (Ezekiel 28:24-26).   The Father of Truth promised to bring the Hebrew language back from the dead (Zephaniah 3:9).

The Father of Truth has brought the Jews to the land that He gave them. The Father of Truth has used Gentiles that have became Children of Truth, like Sir Isaac Newton, to bring the Children of Israel back to the Land of Israel.  The Jews declared their nationhood, fought their war, formed their government and the nation of Israel was recognized as a nation by the United Nation all in one day, May 14, 1948 as the Father of Truth had promised.  The Jews have come back from every nation on Earth just as there were always nations of refuge for them to run to during their entire Diaspora.  The Gentiles that do not know if there is a God, or who the one true God is, only need a map of the Middle East to answer that question.  Hebrew is the official language of Israel and has more than seven million speakers despite being as dead as Latin until it was revived about one hundred years ago. 

The Father of Truth has provided a means of escape from this soon coming judgement which is to come into the House of Truth  (Luke 21:36).  Those that are asleep to what the Father of Truth is doing and fight against this work of the Father of Truth will find themselves fighting against the Father of Truth just like those religious professionals that fought against the Children of Truth because they were asleep to what the Father of Truth was doing (Acts 5:38-39).  They are like those that were sleeping in Galveston.

What is causing people to be sleeping in the face of danger?

They are too concerned about accumulating wealth to stay in the House of Truth (Matthew 13:22).  They have let their desires for other things like sports to keep them doing what it takes to stay in the House of Truth (Mark 4:19).  They are too caught up in the day to day affairs of life to pay attention to the warnings of their imminent demise (Luke 21:34).  They are too entangled in the issues of this life to be in the fight against the World of Darkness (2 Timothy 2:4). 

It is not too late for you if you have been like those sleeping in Galveston.  The Spirit of Truth can take the scales come off of your eyes that have been keeping you from seeing (Acts 9:17-18).  Today is the time for you to wake up (Romans 13:11)!  The Man of Truth is ready to help you to see yourself as you really are so that you will not be over taken by disaster like those that were sleeping in Galveston (Revelation 3:17-19).

It is later than most people think. Time is short. It is way too late for business as usual.  If you do not wake up then you will not escape the danger.  Please heed the warnings and take refuge so that you do not become like those that were sleeping in Galveston.  Come into the House of Truth by surrendering your life and your rights to that greater Prophet of Truth, the Man of Truth, who you must listen to because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).

Come into the House of Truth.


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