Sunday, October 27, 2024

But God Had Different Plans

"Those who bow down on the roofs to the hosts of the heavens, those who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom" Zephaniah 1:5 ESV

             I certainly have never seen anything like it. The only thing close was the Trump race in 2016. From a historical perspective.....it is right up there at the top with others....no names needed. From a psychology perspective....it is more than troubling....and from a Christian perspective....it has end-times deception and delusion written all over it.
             Zephaniah....who was a contemporary of Jeremiah....and prophesied during the reign of Josiah....is primarily an end-times prophet. Solomon built altars to Milcom....one of them on the Mount of Olives.....and Josiah tore them down. Zephaniah was in effect saying to the people....'What gives?.....you worship Yahweh when you want....and Milcom when you want?'
             That is what is going on in Madison Square Garden as I type this. Maybe the evangelicals there were in church this morning....probably not because apparently the crowds were massive much earlier in the day.....but some surely were....and the others are watching....and they are living out the words of the prophet Zephaniah.
              I'm listening in as I type...."Our country will be richer....safer....stronger.....than ever before.....we will achieve success that no one can imagine....this will be a new American golden age....we're going to make America great again....and it's going to happen fast....(the crowd here breaks into USA USA USAs)....we will quickly build the greatest economy in the history of the world." 
              Pastors....especially those who perfunctorily....mechanically.....with little enthusiam....warned of false prophets at various times in their ministry....why is this man not a false prophet? How would John MacArthur answer that question....and if some admit that he is a false prophet....why won't they warn their sheep? What they will do is push that question out of their mind as fast as they can....because they do not have an answer for it.
             We had four years of...."we are going to keep on winning....winning....winning....and our best is yet to come".....this is only round two....what does it take today to identify a false prophet? There's no BPRA....Biblical Prophets Registration Act!  All these prophecies of peace and security were given before....on....and since....February 4, 2020 at the State of the Union....but God....but God....Martyn Lloyd-Jones preached those words often....but God had different plans!
              The prophecies are still coming on my iPhone next to me as I continue to type...."And I will prevent World War III from happening....and build a beautiful dome over our country....and will tell our allies that it's about time we take care of ourselves....and everyone will prosper....every family will thrive"....and of course it all ended with...."For we are one glorious nation under God".....(why not bring that phrase back....it is the Lord's Day after all)....and...."We will make America.....powerful....and wealthy....and healthy....and strong....and proud....and safe....and....great again."