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THE PROBLEMS, THE SOLUTION
More and more people are becoming aware of the great financial problems that most leading national governments are in and that most major banks in these same countries are in. People want solutions to these great financial problems but no one seems to know what the solutions are. The demands of the majority are often the worst thing to do. Very often the people in positions of authority perpetuate the problem and have absolutely no intensions of rectifying the chaos that they personally benefit from.
The problems are actually very deep rooted and go back even to the beginning of mankind. The problems start with disobedience to God and the consequent fracturing of a workable relationship with God. You remember the story of Adam and Eve who disobeyed God and got cast out of the Garden of Eden. And at the time of Noah only Noah found favour in God^s eyes. The rest of the people did only evil, they were disobedient to God, and so God drowned perhaps billions of people and only saved Noah and his immediate family.
We are on track to have a similar fate given to us in the form of a Great Tribulation. Some people want to know an exact date of this event. I expect it to be within my lifetime.
Let^s let Hosea shed some light on the matter.
From Hosea 5 (NKJV)
Verse 1
Hear this, O priests!
Take heed, O house of Israel!
The house of Israel refers to all the descendents of Israel, all twelve tribes.
Verse 3
I know Ephraim,
Ephraim was a son of Joseph, one of the twelve sons of Israel and is known to be the United Kingdom today. God calls the descendants of Ephraim Ephraim.
Verse 3 cont d
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
Here Israel probably refers to the lost ten tribes of Israel who are not hidden from God. The most dominant of these ten tribes is that of Manasseh which is known to be the USA today. Jacob (Israel) had given his blessings to Ephraim and Manasseh, the greater blessing going to Manasseh. This is why Manasseh is sometimes called Israel.
Verse 3 cont d
For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;
Israel is defiled.
Harlotry is a term that God uses when people and nations entertain other gods. To be defiled is to be morally corrupt. This is the consequence of going after false gods, entertaining false beliefs and not seeking after the one and true God.
Verse 4
They do not direct their deeds
Toward turning to their God,
For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
And they do not know the LORD.
In following other gods they have lost the knowledge of the one true God.
Verse 5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with them.
Judah is another one of Israel^s sons, the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Here Judah refers to the modern day nation of Israel, made up mostly of descendants of Judah, the Jews. This is one of the tribes that has not lost its identity. They know that they are descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jacob^s name was changed by God to Israel.
Verse 7
They have dealt treacherously with the LORD,
For they have begotten pagan children.
Pagan children are children who do not know God and or children born out of wedlock who do not know God. They pursue other interests and idols. God is adversely affected by this and calls it the way He sees it, treachery.
Verse 7 cont d
Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.
A New Moon implies the period of a month or less. Who will do the devouring is not mentioned here but the imagery is quite clear that much will be lost. This devouring is probably the great tribulation or at least part of it.
Isaiah mentions what I believe to be the same event.
Isaiah 24:6 explains further.
Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
God^s church knows their God that He is a jealous God. There are many scriptures that warn us of this fact. Here is another example.
Nahum 1:2 (NASB)
A jealous and avenging God is the LORD;
The LORD is avenging and wrathful.
The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
But God also knows how to bless His obedient children.
Matthew 7:11 (RSV) If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
So don^t think that God is blind or deaf to people chasing after false gods. He is ready to give good things to those who ask Him, not those who ask others.
This is not the end of the story.
Hosea 5:15
I will return again to My place
Till they acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
Here we see the true reason for God punishing the USA, the UK and the nation of Israel, He wants them to seek Him, the one and true God and nothing or no one else. This verse also refers to the return of Jesus Christ after the great tribulation.
You can see that the task to convert the descendants of Abraham Isaac and Jacob as well as the rest of the world is monumental and can only realistically be accomplished by God so your objective should be to let Jesus save your soul, to work out your own salvation with proper reverence toward God and not to be lead to destruction down the broad road of the way of the world. You should seek God^s approval and not that of any man. If we all had Godly principles we would not elect people who don t. If we followed God^s guidance we would make sound decisions and God would bless us.
You should first and foremost be followers of Christ. It^s for your own good and for the glory of God.
2012 Jacques Gauvin
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