Hand of The Almighty God

Two stories from California this month caught my attention. I did not see the correlation until my pastor pointed it out to me. And it could not have been any clearer.

From World Net Daily:
10/16/07

"We're calling upon every California parent to pull their child out of California's public school system," Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, told WND.

"The so-called 'public schools' are no longer a safe emotional environment for children. Under the new law, schoolchildren as young as kindergarten will be sexually indoctrinated and introduced to homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality, over the protests of parents, teachers and even school districts," he said.

The law at issue went through the California legislature as SB 777, and now bans in school texts and activities any discriminatory bias against those who have chosen alternative sexual lifestyles, Meredith Turney, legislative liaison for Capitol Resource Institute, said.

"There will be no exemptions to this indoctrination," Thomasson told WND. "Private schools and homeschool will be the only sanctuary left for parents in California who love their children and want to protect their sexual innocence."

He posted on his website examples of situations he expects to see developing in California schools, under the new requirements:

• "Please turn to Chapter 10, entitled Famous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. History tells us that great Americans such as Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln were gay and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was lesbian. It's likely that even prominent biblical personas were gay, such as King David of Israel and the Apostle Paul. Until this year, the sexual identities of these and other historical figures have been denied by discriminatory textbooks that reflected adversely on LGBT people by ignoring their existence."
• "Children, our new picture book has arrived. This is a fantastic story called Daddy's Wedding. It teaches us that no relationship is bad. See the two men dressed in tuxedos, like they're at a wedding? Daddy's Wedding tells us that two men can love each other and even get married…"
• "Class, for our contemporary social studies' new No-Discriminatory-Bias component, we have a special speaker this afternoon. He will share his amazing story of growing up as a male trapped in a female's body."
• "Here in our boys' sex education assembly, you need to know that puberty means growing facial hair, a deeper voice and a growth spurt when you're in junior high. If you're comfortable with those changes, great. But we're required by law to tell you some of you may have a different future. Some of you may feel more comfortable with girls and feel like a girl inside…"

The second story, was of course the California wildfires of October 2007. Now there are many stories on this catastrophe. And as of today (10/24/07) about 1 million residents have been evacuated, about 1600 homes have been destroyed, 700,000 acres have been burnt, 6 deaths, and the fires continue to ravage. A good synopsis of the fires can be found here.

Matthew 16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

America, our judgment cannot be any clearer.

I am quite sure that every decade had its own signs that made it evident that the the second coming was near. But the fact of the matter is that those times are here, right now. In 2nd Timothy 3, we are given the signs of the last days, describing these as "perilous times":

• Men will be lovers of themselves and money
• Men will be proud, blasphemers, and disobedient to parents
• Without self-control and lovers of pleasure

We have to move, brethren. We have no choice. There is a coming judgment to this nation if we do not turn things around. The laziness of our American Christianity must stop. The Hand of our Protector will be slipping away soon. Please repent and turn to Jesus. He is our only salvation. Give up this worldly pride. Disasters like this will become commonplace if we do not turn the direction of this country.
The prophet Amos wrote us that there will be a famine, not of bread or water, but for hearing the words of our Lord (Amos 8:11). These are those days.