Our National and Personal Debt

Our National Debt

A TRILLION dollars is difficult to comprehend. A million seconds is 13 days. If you have lived 32 years, then you have lived a billion seconds. But to live a TRILLION seconds, you would have to live to the ripe old age of 31,688 years! Outside on a clear night, according to astronomers, you can see about two thousand stars with the naked eye. With $1 TRILLION, you could buy all of those stars at the enormous cost of $500 million for each star.

 If every American were to pay off our national debt, each would have to contribute $50,888.

Suppose a brand new Porsche costs $88,800, a luxury car only the very wealthy can afford. But with a TRILLION dollars, you could give a set of keys to every graduating high school student in the country— for the next four years! And remember, our staggering national debt is not one TRILLION dollars, it is more than 16 times that! If every person in the world (7 billion) were to pay off our national debt by contributing an equal amount, each person would have to contribute more than $2,200. And yet, why should the world pay America’s debt? If every American were to pay off our national debt, each would have to contribute $50,888.

If our nation continues to add to this debt we are headed for a sure financial catastrophe and collapse. This is very serious! Something must be done to curb such massive spending by our out-of-control government. It is a debt we can never repay.

Our Personal Debt

As individuals before a holy God, we also have an enormous debt that we can never pay. We have failed to meet our obligations to God: "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God...There is none righteous, no, not one" (Rom. 3:23; 3:10). We have failed to love God supremely and we have failed to love our neighbor. Jesus said, "None of you keepeth the law" (John 7:19). Because of our life of sin we have earned for ourselves the death penalty (separation from God): "The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). In and of ourselves there is no way to remedy our lost condition, but God has a solution!

The Lord sent His beloved Son into this world to pay our debt and to suffer the death penalty in our place!

The Lord sent His beloved Son into this world to pay our debt and to suffer the death penalty in our place: "Christ died for our sins" (1 Cor.15:3). "For Christ hath once suffered for sins, the Just (the righteous One) for the unjust (the unrighteous ones) that He might bring us to God" (1 Pet. 3:18). Have you realized the seriousness of your own heart’s condition and have you personally received Jesus Christ as your Saviour? "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons (children) of God, even to them that believe on His Name" (John 1:12). Christ came to pay a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay. He took your sins so that you could receive His righteousness: "For He (God) hath made Him (Christ) to be sin for us, Who (Christ) knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Cor. 5:21). Believe on Him today!

GWZ I.F.

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The Two Witnesses and the Fulfillment of the Day of Atonement

My dear friends it is held by many Jewish and gentile believers that the Rapture of the Church will takeplace on a future Feast of Rosh Hashanah. This position does not at all contradict the Holy Scripture since the Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits and Pentecost all had major prophetic events including the mystery of the church fulfilled on their Feasts Days (Isa. 53, Acts 2, 1 Cor. 5:7,15:23).

When the Rapture is fulfilled oneday on the Feast of Rosh Hashanah then 10 days later on the Day of Atonement - when the nation of Israel is to greatly afflict their souls before the Lord - Israel will then be met with Two of Israel’s most mighty men of old dressed in  sackcloth (Rev. 11:3).

My dear friends I have been absolutely blown away as I have looked more and more into the ministry of theTwo Witnesses of Revelation. They are the most neglected individuals of Biblical prophecy today and because of this many are led astray with false prophetic teachings of end time events. We here at the IFB have gone into great depth of who these two individuals are and what their future ministry will be (Rev.11:3-12). These Two mighty men of old will have all eyes on them for the first 3 ½ years of the 7 year tribulation period as the gentile world spins EXPONENTIALLY out of control at the hands of the Four Horsemen. The world willexperience EXPONENTIAL supernatural catastrophic events on the creation,demonic global dominance and tyranny and the Quad Demonic War (Rev. 6-9). Itwill be during this time of EXPONENTIAL global catastrophe that Israel will dwell in absolute security and safety (Ezek. 38:8-14). How can this be? We shall see!

These Two mighty men of old will have all eyes on them for the first 3 ½ years of the 7 year tribulation period as the gentile world spins EXPONENTIALLY out of control.

It will be after this amazing event called the Rapture of the Church that the world - in particularly America - will be absolutely shocked by the mass disappearance of believers in every walk of society. This shock will be very short lived as global events and war will lead into a covenant which a man from Europe will lend his political weight on behalf of the greatly defeated enemies of Israel with a supervictorious Israel (Ezek. 38: 8-14, Dan. 9:27, Rev. 6:1-2). This covenant is established with Israel as the dominant power behind it and the newly revealed anti Christ as the weaker; for his time has not yet come to dominate the world. He will have to patiently wait 3 ½ more years for his lawless hour (Rev. 11:3-12, Rev. 13).

It will be on this day - the day that the covenant is established (Dan. 9:26-27, Rev. 6:1-2) - that the Two Witnesses will begin their ministry to Israel and to the world dressed in sackcloth (Rev. 11:3). My dear friend there can NEVER be any lasting peace for humanity or the Jew until Almighty God’s Law and Messiah is placed in the heart of man (Isa. 53:3-5, John 1:12, Eph. 2:14, Col 1:27, 3:3). If we can see that REALITY then we will NEVER have any problems with the delusions that the world seeks to promote today. It is our position that the covenant with Israel by the Anti Christ will take place on… the Day of Atonement and it is also our position that the Two Witnesses will begin their 3 ½ year ministry on this date also. The key to this position is to see the Holy Scriptures through the eyes of the Jew and the fulfillment of other major prophetic events including the death, burial and resurrection of the Messiah of Israel and the establishment of the Church on the Feast Days of the Lord (Lev. 23, Matt. 5:17, Luke 24:24-49, John 5:39, Acts 2, 3:18, 28:23, 1 Cor. 15:2-4, Heb. 10:7).

My dear friend there can NEVER be any lasting peace for humanity or the Jew until Almighty God’s Law and Messiah is placed in the heart of man.

Unbelieving Israel is finally ina position now after a great decisive victory over their border enemies toestablish a delusional peace for themselves after centuries of being undergentile domination (Ezek. 38:8-14, Dan. 9:27), However in spite of their victorious exploits and the fruit thereof they are NOT at peace with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and God will use the 7 year tribulation to bring Israel to the REALITY of their dire estate and condition before Almighty God (Ezek. 39:26, Rev. 11:8). As the nation of Israel half heartedly honors the Day of Atonement as their covenant of “shalom” is established, Two Men of oldwill appear on the scene dressed in sackcloth preaching “Repent, For the Kingdom of Heaven is NOW at hand!” Much like John the Baptist did 2000 years ago in preparing the nation of Israel for Messiah’s first coming and Kingdom offer (Isa. 40:3, Matt. 3, 11:1-11, John 1:6-8, 29) and much like the WORD of ALMIGHTY God (John 1:1-14) and the Messiah of Israel did in His 3 ½ year ministry (Matt. 4:17, 10:7, 13) so will these Two Men of old (Moses and Elijah) do (Rev. 11:3-12)!    

The Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur is the most solemn and holiest of all the Feasts of the Lord (Lev.23:27-32). It is a day of repentance, of afflicting of one’s soul and seeking the Lord’s forgiveness for past national and individual transgressions. It is the day that the high priest of Israel would enter into the tabernacle or temple and make atonement for the nation of Israel . Israel has been WITHOUT a temple and a high priest since 70 AD and without an atonement or covering since the resurrection of the Messiah of Israel (Acts 2, 7). The Messiah IS the fulfillment of all things! He is the perfect Lamb, the atonement for the transgressor and the High Priest for not just Israel but for the whole world (Isa. 53, John3:16-17, Rom.10:2-4, Heb. 6:18-20, 7-9).

It will be when the Two Witnesses begin their ministry that they will be in sackcloth and their entire ministry will be that of preaching repentance unto all and the ETERNAL truths that Jesus Messiah IS the Savior of the world and the Atoning One for the transgressions of the world (Isa. 53, John 3:16-17)!

It will be that the 7 year tribulation will begin on the Day of Atonement and seven years to the day will end on the Day of Atonement. It will be when Israel is in its most desperate hour and the Anti Christ has full reign on this world that he (the man of lawlessness) will embark on his total eradication of Israel as NEVER EVER seen before in the history of the world (Zech.12-14, Rev. 12). It will be at the end of the seven year tribulation as the armies of the world seek to obliterate Israel that the Messiah will come out of the Heavens with His heavenly armies and those who are left of all Israel will see the very One they have greatly despised and rejected for the last 2000 years (Zech.12:8-14, Rev. 19:11-21)!

Zechariah states that;

“The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth (wailing)  for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning (wailing) in Jerusalem , as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.” - Zechariah. 12

My friend the Day of the Lord will end with the majority of the nation of Israel afflicting their souls in absolute repentance and they will then with all their being truly repent and receive their Messiah; the Lamb, Atonement, Savior, Redeemer, King, High Priest, Creator and Almighty God the Son (Psalm 2, 110, Isa. 9:6-8, 53,Heb. 1:1-3, 6:18-20, 7-10, Rev. 21:11-21)! Oh what a day that will be!

The Tribulation will begin with the Day of Atonement and will end with the Day of Atonement fulfilling all of Almighty God’s future kingdom promises to her!

The Tribulation will begin with the Day of Atonement and will end with the Day of Atonement fulfilling all of Almighty God’s future kingdom promises to her (Isa. 2:3, 11:10-17, 33:17-20, Ezek. 37:21, Amos 9:14-15,Mic. 4:1-4, Zech. 8:3, 12:8-14, 14, Rom. 11:25-27). It will be by the mighty ministry and supernatural testimony of the Two Witnesses (Moses and Elijah) that Almighty God will use these two as a Divine catalyst to bring Israel to full repentance and to the reception of their Messiah (Zech. 12:8-14,Mal. 4, Rom. 9-11)!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

Miss Sandra Fluke - The Left's Martyr of Lawlessness

Sandra Fluke the new star of the New LAWLESS Democratic Party has been exalted by the reprobate Left here in America as a queen and a martyr for the radical Democratic pro abortion movement in America. Miss Fluke came to the national stage when she addressed the House Democrat Steering Committee in favor for a private mandate for contraception coverage. In Miss Fluke's speech she insisted that her advocacy was for the enforcing on Catholic institutions - which adhere to a Pro- Life policies - mandatory contraceptive coverage. Miss Fluke stated that during the time she spent as a law student, birth control "could" cost as much as $3,000 or more for the practicing woman. Miss Fluke also stated that about 40% of Georgetown Law School's female population suffered financial hardship as a result of birth control costs not being covered by the student health insurance plan. Sandra's final plea was that the lack of free contraception coverage for women in the university insurance plans would cause many "low income" students who attend one of the most expensive colleges to go without contraceptives. Sandra then played the victim card and shared "heart breaking" stories seeking to arouse sympathy from the lawless Left of the many women who engage in immoral behavior who could not afford birth control. This whole pre -planned speech was all organized by the Left to go after institutions which prohibit birth control and adhere to Pro-Life policies and cross the line of separation of Church and State.

 It was the Right and Rush's righteous indignation against the LAWLESS Left and Miss Fluke which led to the immortal exaltation and martyrdom of Sandra Fluke.

This separation issue is what drove the Right and Rush Limbaugh so crazy an few months back. Rush then took the LAWLESS and IMMORAL Miss Fluke to the moral woodshed and as a result Rush was brutally demonized and slandered by the Left and the media. It was the Right and Rush's righteous indignation against Miss Fluke, which led to her victim status and immortal exaltation. Sandra Fluke has now been exalted by the Left as the ultimate victim and a martyr of the  LAWLESSNESS for their godless crusade.

This LAWLESS exaltation has gotten Miss Fluke a spot to speak at the Democratic Convention, where she preceded Bill Clinton; the Left's most committed womanizer, adulterer and sexual offender. How rich is that!! How tragic it is when any woman becomes an agent and champion of a godlessness agenda for their war is not with the Right or even Rush Limbaugh but with the ETERNAL CREATOR, ALMIGHTY GOD (Rom. 1:18-32, Heb. 13:4).

We have seen since the beginning of the social and sexual revolution here in America that the American man has been made base, feminine and weak by the subtle charms of the lawless intellect, licentious behavior, dominating spirit and position in the new social order of our post Judeo/Christian culture. Satan’s hand is all over this. Tragically with this rise of the godless woman and the promotion of secular feminism here in America there has come a ravishing price tag for this delusional “liberation”. The American woman of today is plagued with compounding guilt, personal unfulfillment, sex, drug and alcohol addiction, plaguing STD’s, physical abuse, deep dark depression, psychological trauma, rage, hatred, bitterness, a vindictive spirit and emotional instability. They are personally unfullfilled and spiritually vacant (Gal. 6:7,8). These women have drunk the lawless kool-aid of the secular liberation movement's message and have been sold a demonic bill of wares. They have forsaken and rebelled against Almighty God’s Divine purpose and design for them and it has affected them all according to their own personal application of this secular and lawless ideology. Tragically they have become shipwrecked on the lawless shores of godlessness and have been reaping the lawless consequences continually (Gal. 6:7-8). Instead of humbling themselves to the love, mercy and grace of Almighty God they have tragically only hardened their hearts and have become bitter and even more vile in their manner of living.

Satan's delusional and lawless ambitions for godless liberation have only shackled these women with iron battleship chains and have imposed a lawless tyranny upon themselves.

Almighty God created the woman to be finer than the man. She was created to balance the dominant nature of man, to hold him accountable, to be his help meet, to be loving, motherly, caring, compassionate and the anchor of the Divine design of the family unit (Almighty God being the bedrock) - Prov. 31: 10-31, Matt. 7:24-26). One can always tell the temperature of a culture and society by the state and condition of its women. When women are in a right relationship with Almighty God, Satan is limited in his corrupting powers. When she adheres to the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God there is a healthy restraint, order and harmony in a fallen society, to preserve it and to keep it from corruption. Since 1962 - when prayer and Almighty God were removed from our nation’s schools - the lawless dam here in America broke wide open and the American woman has been swept away and has been its greatest victim. Satan's delusional and lawless ambitions for godless liberation have only shackled these women with iron battleship chains and have imposed a lawless tyranny upon themselves (Gal. 6:7-8).

One can always tell the temperature of a culture and society by the state and condition of its women. When women are in a right relationship with Almighty God, Satan is limited in his corrupting powers.

As we come to the end expect evil men and women to get worse and worse as the day approaches (2 Tim 3:1-7). The Day of the Lord is at hand and His time for global judgment on all those who hold the TRUTH, physical and spiritual ABSOLUTES and RIGHTEOUSNESS of Almighty God in unrighteousness is drawing near (Rom. 1:18-32, Rev. 6-16). When the women of a society have sold themselves to lawlessness and have given themselves over to Satan's lawless and tyrannical designs as we have seen for these last 50 years. We witness yet another sign that we are indeed at the end of our nation’s journey.

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The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!!

DJP I.F.