Waxing on Fiery Correction

More than 840 wildfires sparked by an "unprecedented" lightning storm are burning a swath of Northern California, alarming the governor and requiring the help of firefighters from Nevada and Oregon according to The Associated Press.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was told late Sunday evening that the state had 520 fires, and he found it "quite shocking" that by Monday morning the number had risen above 700. Moments later, a top state fire official standing at Schwarzenegger's side offered a grim update: The figure was actually 842 fires, said Del Walters, assistant regional chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. All but a couple were in the northern part of the state."This is an unprecedented lightning storm in California, that it lasted as long as it did, 5,000 to 6,000 lightning strikes," Walters said. "We are finding fires all the time."

Extreme weather has become so commonplace lately that it does not hold the "shock value" that it once did. Unprececented lightning, numerous tornadoes, and a "500 year flood" in the midwest. Could God be trying to correct us? It definitely is not the work of "Mother Nature" because as sweet as she sounds, she simply does not exist...but "Father God" does exist and this arrogant nation would be wise to wake up to His correction before we are completely decimated.

Job 36
29 Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? 30 Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. 31 For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.32 He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.

Job 37
“At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place. 2 Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth. 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.4 After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice,and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
13 Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.

Waxing on Not So Funny Stuff

Foreign policy architects could benefit from studying Winnie the Pooh and Star Wars, according to a Barack Obama adviser who is set to attend a meeting of the Democratic candidate’s national security work group Wednesday.
Richard Danzig, former Navy secretary under President Clinton, drew several creative and unusual analogies to explain the challenges America faces overseas during a foreign policy conference in Washington, D.C., last week, according to an article in the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
In arguing that the country should back off a policy that causes too much pain, Danzig said, “”Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.”
He read a section from the children’s book where Pooh Bear hurts himself going down the steps because he hasn’t stopped to think of another way.
During his address to the Center for New American Security, Danzig also said much can be learned about the motivations of terrorists by looking at, for instance, soccer fans who become absorbed by violence or even the Star Wars movies.
According to the article, Danzig said a terrorist from the 1995 Tokyo nerve gas attack once told him: “We have been raised on a theory of superheroes. We all want to be like Luke Skywalker.”
Danzig argued that anyone who leads a “mundane” life and
loses his or her ambition can be tempted by the promises of an extremist group or leader.Yeah...OK, is this guy serious?










Although this is not even funny, I would guess there are a few people who might find this quite humorous...Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez...Osama Bin Laden maybe?
Are you praying yet???

Waxing on Funny Stuff

So I thought I would blog on something a little less serious today...yes I have a lighter side! Yesterday was Father's Day and my daughter Jordyn gave me two very cool things...first a card that she recorded her greeting on, complete with Indiana Jones theme music (I am not a fan but it is an inside joke in our house). Then the big gift...Nacho Libre on DVD!!! Yes, my very own copy! Thanks Jordyn!! I am so proud to be your Dad!!!
So anyway, Nacho Libre is the second funniest movie I have ever seen (Napolean Dynamite is still "numero uno"... lo ciento amigo). So we watched Nacho again and if you have yet to see it, and you can manage not to take your humor too seriously, give it a watch. No perversion or filth, just stupid, hilarious humor! Nacho!Nacho!Nacho!

Waxing on Heat

I love hot weather but 93 degress at 7:30pm is a bit extreme for June 8th. Pretty sure we broke 100 today and the forecast for tomorrow is 102! Wow! Hot! Hot! Hot! But I am not complaining...much better than cold. I remember growing up without air conditioning at home, at school or in our car. The nearest cool spot was the river or the grocery store but we survived and contrary to popular notions, we had 100 degree days in June then too.
Oh yeah, yeah, I know global warming...go green...blah, blah, blah! Most of the celebrities and Al Gore can't be wrong right? Whether you actually believe that the world is really warming or not, I would like to warn you about a place much hotter than June in Central Virginia will ever be...hell.

Yes, I know we don't talk about hell anymore. It is not popular. It is not politically correct. It is offensive. It is still true. You can "go green" if you want, just be sure you don't "go to hell" while you are busy conforming to the politically correct thinking and rhetoric of our culture. Eternal truth never changes. Jesus said Heaven and Earth will pass away but His words will never pass away. Listen to your conscience. Think for yourself. What are you afraid of? Jesus told us Who to fear...
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Luke 12:4-5
Talk about an "inconvenient truth!"

Waxing on The Last Word

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news agency. Ahmadinejad's latest comment on the eventual disappearance of the Jewish state came Monday at a ceremony honoring the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Accusing Israel of decades of aggression, he said the country "has reached the end of its function and will soon disappear off the geographical domain," IRNA reported.

Wow...serious words. Not the first time Mr Ahmadinejad has threatened Israel. He also threatens the United States as well, although he insists that Iran's Nuclear Program is only for "peaceful" purposes.
Who will have the last word on Israel? Ahmadinejad? What does God think of such talk?
Psalms 2
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apartand cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs;the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath,and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” I will tell of the decree:The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.” Now therefore, O kings, be wise;be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear,and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son,lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled.Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

The Son, Jesus Christ Himself, will have the last word on the fate of Israel.

More of the Eternal Word of the Lord, concerning Israel's future through His prophet Zechariah...from chapter 12
On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it. On that day, declares the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’
“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child,
and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

Hitler thought he would eliminate the Jews... other haters of God's people have come and gone and now Ahmadinejad is arrogantly threatening Israel, but the One who will have the last word happens to have some Jewish heritage. Jesus Christ, the One and Only! The Lord of Lords! The King of Creation will ultimately have the last word on EVERYTHING!

The Revelation of John the Apostle from chapter 19 describes His Second Coming:
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
The Apostle John saw into the future...a future that is guaranteed to take place...guaranteed by the word of the Lord! The FIRST and the LAST! All praise and glory to JESUS CHRIST!! The King of Israel will ultimately defend God's chosen nation of Israel! Repent all you haters! Fall on your knees before the soon coming KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!! PRAISE HIS NAME!!

Waxing on a Wicked Drumbeat

One of the ancient demon gods of the Ammonites and Phonecians was Molech. Molech worship involved the hideous practice of heating the idol to a red hot temperature and placing infant children on the arms of the idol, burning them to death. As the innocent children were sacrificed, the beating of drums would drown out the cries of the dying child. The Lord God condemned this profane practice as an abomination that would cause Him to set His face against those who would commit such an obsenity.(Leviticus 18, 20; I Kings 11, 2 Kings 23; 1 Chronicles 7; Jeremiah 32)

Satan, the father of lies, the destroyer of life, still influences and deceives many to sacrifice their own precious children. The drumbeat of defiant rhetoric is louder than ever...the declaration of justification in the name of choice is incessant...while the abhorent sacrifice of the most innocent continues daily in our country, even funded by your tax dollars to the tune of 300 million dollars a year.
Oh, how ripe we are for the judgment of God! He is holy and righteous and in Him there is no shadow of turning! He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked! He is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance and faith in Christ! Wake up O sleeper and Christ will give you light!
Wake up and realize the vile nature of your sin! Don't allow the drumbeat of the devil's lies to keep you from hearing the truth! Cry out for mercy to Jesus! He is full of compassion and mercy....He is mighty to save! All of heaven celebrates over one repentant sinner!
Repent America! Stop sacrificing your children! Repent and trust Christ to save you while there is still time! The shedding of innocent blood requires blood as an atonement! There is One Who has shed His blood for even the murderer!! The blood of Jesus will cleanse and save to the uttermost all who will repent of their sins and turn in faith to Him!