Friday, November 6, 2015

"World Champions! A Prophetic Sign to the Church from Prophet Bob Jones, As Kansas City Royals Win World Series" by Bob Jones, Submitted by Bonnie Jones - The Elijah List


The Royals had come from behind again for an 8th time in their 11 postseason games, securing their first World Series title since 1985 (click here for story).
It's been thirty years since Bob Jones' prophecy that the Kansas City Royals would be World Champs. In the spring of 1985 when Bob brought this wild and outrageous prophecy, the Royals were in the basement. People laughed and sneered at Bob calling him a false prophet, but God would prove him to be trusted and true. The Royals began to rise in the stats and go on to win the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the fall of 2010 Bob was in a powerful trance where the Father took him to a baseball field and reminded him of past revelation. He also gave Bob understanding of the present condition of the Church and things to come. I want to share this powerful experience, which also includes both "Baseball Prophecies" from 1985 and 1995.
These prophecies were parables to the Church, establishing love, faith, godly wisdom, grace and justice. After thirty years (that represents the royal priesthood), Kansas City once again holds the title of winners of "The World Series". I believe the fact that the Royals made a comeback in the 12th inning scoring 5 runs says there is grace for the royal priesthood of Believers to establish new government. And they will be the "World Champions" as you will read in Bob's last prophecy about the Church being International.
Be blessed as you read these exciting prophecies. Congratulations Kansas City Royals!
Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones
World Champions!
(Transcribed from World Champions Message, By Bob Jones from 2010)
Home Base
A couple of weeks ago, I was in a high level trance; one of the highest ones that I have known in recent years. The Lord came and took me to a field and it had been covered with snow for two years. We walked out on this field and He told me to uncover a place where He pointed. So I began to rake the snow away from the place that He said, and I realized it was a baseball plate. I didn't rake off all of the snow I just saw it was a baseball plate. 
And He said, "That's all I want you to see. This is home base and now the sun will melt the snow off of the rest of it. You did all I want you to do right now. I just wanted to show you that this is home base."
I believe the Church is getting ready to come back to the bases. And home base is also the beginning and the end. It's where you start, and it's also where you win. I believe that we had a start, but I think we're coming into a year of winning.
Then He said, "Do you know what home base is?" And I'm thinking, No not really. He said, "I've given you revelation in the past where home base is. But mainly home base is going to be repentance and prayer. These things that I've shown you in the past, I can begin to bring it in step-by-step." He said,"This field had been snowed under for two years."
So I believe the Church is going through two years of really hard, dark times. It was like we didn't know where to go, and it was like a blanket of snow was on everything. I don't think this snow meant righteousness. I think it meant two years of trouble. 
These two years of trouble were coming to an end because it had accomplished some of the things it was meant to do.
Field of Dreams
He said, "This base is international!" So I'm not speaking about one church here; I'm speaking about the Church worldwide. 
And He reminded me that twice before I brought a prophecy about a baseball game. Also that it reminded me of a movie called, "Field of Dreams." So I think for two years we've been plowing things under in a time of not knowing what we were doing. But we were doing our best to obey what He was telling us to do just like the Field of Dreams. I believe that this "Field of Dreams" is getting ready to be revealed like it was in the movie. He told me to just repeat what you did twenty-five years ago.
Kansas City Royals – 1985
On May 21st of 1985, I brought a word in Kansas City about a baseball game, and it was about the Kansas City Royals. At that time the Kansas City Royals were then in the cellar. They hadn't won a game in quite a long while and nobody was paying much attention to them. 
My word was this, "The Kansas City Royals was going to come forth and was going to begin to win. They were going to be world champions in 1985."(Photo via flickr)
This is what I saw in the vision: I saw that it was the last half of the 9th inning and satan's team was in the field and the Lord's team was at bat, and the Lord's team had two outs. 
So the Lord sent in His first batter and this batter was Love. 
So satan pitched the ball and Love swung and it was a base hit. One on.
Love is the thing that's going to be the base. Love has got to be the basis of all things in Christianity. 
And I believe this is the year true Christians are going to be known for the love they have for one another. True servants of the Lord. They're going to be brought into a place of loving one another to where they have total control over their tongue, over their conversation, and how they express and present things. 
These three things: conversation, expression and presentation are going to be done in love. There's no defense the enemy has against love.
Instead of gossip, slander, and all of these wrong things, I think that when true disciples of the Lord speak, it will be something you want to listen to. Because if they haven't got something good to say about somebody, they won't say anything. But when they're saying something good about somebody you want to hear about it, because it's going to be the truth.
So, the first batter was Love. Well, faith worketh by love. 
Then the Lord sent His second batter out and His name was Faith. 
Faith pleases God and he can't fail. So, satan pitched the ball. Faith swung. Base hit. Two on!
So, I believe the Lord is calling us to a place of faith. Faith to me is three things. Humility to me is simply being obedient to the written Word of God, the logos, for it is the law book that shows us how to grow up. And if you grow up, your conversation is going to be right. I believe there's a work in humility that I could also call obedience, but you can also call it faith.
These three things I see as one: humility, obedience, and faith. 
You cannot study the Word without adding faith to it. If you obey it, then faith is going to automatically begin to move in you because you believe the logos. Then the living Words will start coming out of you. When it does, that faith can swing and it will be a base hit.
Then the Lord brought out His third batter. His name was Godly Wisdom. 
And satan pitched the ball, and Godly Wisdom looked over the ball and let it pass. Satan pitched the second ball; He looked it over and let it pass. Satan pitched a third ball; Godly Wisdom looked it over and also let it pass. Then satan pitched a fourth ball; Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass. 
You see, Godly Wisdom won't swing at what satan is throwing at him.(Photo via flickr)
Many times satan throws us things and our tongue can speak it, but Godly Wisdom won't allow it. Many times Godly Wisdom is in our ambitions and everything, because the enemy opens doors the Holy Spirit is not opening for us, and we enter those doors by not discerning whether the Lord wants us to or not. We should go to Him. 
When a door opens, we should go to find out who opens it, and you'll know real quick-like. Is it love? Is it faith? Well, if it's these things then it will be our witness to what the Holy Spirit's opening. But if it's our ambition, like money, then many times the enemy opens that door to distract us.
So Godly Wisdom looks them over and lets them all pass. Bases loaded! And the Lord is sending in a pinch hitter. Nobody's ever seen him before, and I don't think this generation has seen him. 
His name is Grace; great Grace.
So satan winds up and pitches. It was a tremendous hit. And satan's hollering, "Don't worry about it. I've got beelzebub (another name for satan or demon) in center field and he's never let a fly get by." By the way, flies mean lies. And so the ball is going to center field and beelzebub is hollering, "I got it! I got it!"
But it went right through his glove and banged him in the head, and down come beelzebub. Home run! Grand slam!
Why didn't Love, Faith, and Godly Wisdom get you through? They are only steps to prepare you for great Grace, and great Grace will get you home. The others will get you one base but great Grace will get you home!
I believe we are starting the Season of Love. And as we begin to love one another and be known throughout the world by the love we have for one another, we'll begin to see faith really rise up and get an answer to things. 
We'll begin to see the Body of Christ mature into Godly Wisdom to where we totally bridle our tongue so that when we speak, things happen. These are all a preparation for great Grace to get us home.
This was a parable of the Kansas City Royals when I brought it in 1985. They were in the cellar when I spoke this prophecy. I was pretty young in prophecy then and was really sweating it because it went all over town, and everybody said we'd know he's a false prophet because that's not going to happen.
Well, the Royals began to win immediately and they kept winning. They advanced to the World Series and the final game was played in Kansas City against the St. Louis Cardinals. After six games played they were tied with three games each. This was the final game of the series. 
And if I've ever seen a fix, Papa had a fix in on this game because the Cardinals were a powerful team, and everybody said Kansas City doesn't stand a chance because the Cardinals are a far better team. They had a far better coach and all the money was bet on the Cardinals. (Photo via flickr)
So the game was played. It really got frustrating for the Cardinals because everything they did disintegrated, while everything the Royals did ended in home runs. It finally ended with the Royals 11 – Cardinals 0. I believe that number 11 is important because we are getting ready to start 2011.
Atlanta Braves – 1995
In 1995, I attended a MorningStar conference in Fort Mill (in South Carolina). I was living in Panama City, Florida and I was on my way up there. I was thinking of that baseball game, and that I needed to bring that prophecy again. 
(Paul) Keith Davis was driving me and said, "Bob, I think you ought to bring that prophecy again." I said, "That's my confirmation." When I got there, I told them I have a prophecy I want to bring and I started sharing the baseball story with them. I hadn't heard this before, but as I shared it I said, "This year it will be the Atlanta Braves," and I didn't know that till the second I spoke it. But Atlanta Braves will be the World Champions this year. So needless to say we really watched the baseball games that year.
It was the sixth game of the World Series played in Atlanta against the Cleveland Indians. The score was 0-0 going into the last half of the 9th inning and Atlanta had 2 outs, and a man by the name of David Justice comes up to the plate. He hit a home run. I believe "David's Justice" has a real meaning to it. And Atlanta was the winner that year. They became World Champions. 
I believe the Lord is talking about world champions.
World Champs – The Church
Now this is the third time I'm bringing this prophecy. He didn't tell me the name of a baseball team. There's going to be winners. I think He said the Church is the winner this year. I think the Church has sort of been in the cellar. Like literally, on our knees praying.
I think the Church is going to come out of the cellar and out of the dark place. 
The cellar is dark. I think sometimes the cellar can be a comfort zone. I think we're going to come out of our comfort zone and we're going to come out into the light. And I think you're getting ready to see these four things working in the Church this year: Love bringing forth FaithGodly Wisdom, and get ready for Grace to come to the plate. 
(Photo via Pixabay)
Home base: I think everything He's talking about is home base. Everything He's talking about here will be international – worldwide. 
I think we're getting ready for our Father's game to start, and I don't believe the enemy's going to be able to stop the ball from rolling. And no matter what he pitches at the Church, the Church is going to knock in a home run, because I think our Daddy has got the fix in. And I think He's appointed the Church to begin to be aware this year – to where those that don't know Him will see there's something behind these people that are representing Him.
So I think that snow has melted and the trouble is long gone. I think spring is getting ready to spring forth in the Church, and I believe you're getting ready to hear the song birds again; praise on a level like we've never heard before. I think the long, hard winter is over but the trouble in the world is only beginning. And I think the trouble in the true Church is coming to an ending, by us joining one to the other in love. 
For there's no weapon the enemy's got that can defeat love. So get ready for love to be the main message you'll hear. 
And you don't have to worry about the faith because if you have love it will come. Where you have that love and that faith, it will discern to where Godly Wisdom will have its way.
I believe we're in a time of tremendous change. 
In a time where you're going to see Christians with a smile on her face because they're going to be world winners. Get ready because you're a winner! Our old winter is gone and you're the World Champions. It's getting ready to be revealed worldwide this coming year.
Bob's Prayer for the Body
In Jesus name, I do bless you. And let your eyes open to see that love will enter into you and have His perfect work in you and bring you to that place so you'll be a vessel of love poured out to all who come your way. In Jesus name, amen.
Bob Jones, submitted by Bonnie Jones

The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones

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Bonnie Jones has a great love for the Lord, the Word, and the Cross of Jesus. She loves children and enjoys blessing them with a gift of joy, truth, love, and encouragement. Bonnie moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2001 to attend Morning Star School of Ministry; in 2005 she met Bob Jones and they were married the following year 
(Bob Jones went home to be with the Lord in 2014). Bonnie moves in a seer prophetic gifting as well as healing and miracles. Her passion is to see women set free from the fear of man and step into their gifts and calling.
Bob Jones went home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2014. Bob was known as a contemporary prophet with a great love for the Lord Jesus and His truth. His prophecies have spanned over four decades as the Lord has enabled him to foretell earthquakes, tidal waves, comets, and weather patterns. 
Like Daniel who functioned at an incredible level, Bob has often told leaders their dreams and experiences, as well as the interpretation. After his death experience in 1975, God sent him back to minister to Church leadership and reach the multitudes with His love and truth, and to equip the saints with understanding of the spiritual gifts. God promised Bob that he would see the beginning of one billion souls coming into the Kingdom in one great wave of the end time harvest.

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Trust and Israel's Salvation - ISRAEL MEDIA MINISTRIES Newsletter - Ze-ev Nevo



Trust and Israel's Salvation

 Ze'ev Nevo


Shalom! I have exciting news! Israel Media Ministries has been accredited by the Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability (ECFA). We are honored to have earned this seal of trustworthiness, as we strive to lead the people of Israel to trust in YESHUA.

Having been accredited by ECFA, we are in the company of organizations like Billy Graham Evangelical Association, Campus Crusade for Christ, Samaritan’s Purse, Dallas Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, Child Evangelism Fellowship, The Gideons and others.

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My life and ministry are dedicated to reaching Israel with the Gospel, and I’m so thrilled and thankful that the projects we have released online are reaching SO MANY Jewish people!

For example, the “Hear O Israel” project is proclaiming the Gospel of Matthew through YouTube, chapter by chapter, verse by verse, to many thousands of Israelis!! To Watch these videos of the Word of God in HEBREW (with English subtitles) please click here.

As you can see in these videos, our ministry does not exist to give people messages to tickle their ears. We want to present the truth, which pierces the heart. We don’t exist as a ministry that releases funds to missions. We exist to release freedom, healing and restoration to a nation broken by sin and transgression.

Psalm 37:5 tells us “Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” We trust in God to provide for this ministry, as he has in the past. It is our desire to see people not just support us, but trust us as well because trust of great value to me.

The year is coming to a close, and many Christian donors pray and deliberate about which ministries they will support. I am encouraged and excited by your generosity, because I know God is going to use you as an instrument of His power. You are an extension of the favor and grace of God. Yes, there may be a tax deduction obtained from your donations, but I believe there are rewards that are far greater!

As you consider your giving and of course, look for organizations that will be good stewards of your investment, please do consider to pray about helping Israel Media Ministries. I am honored to serve with you in introducing Yeshua to the Jewish people, and seeing the nation of Israel be transformed by the compelling power of the Gospel

Please pray with me that God will use us together in a mighty way to lead the people of Israel to TRUST in YESHUA as their personal Lord and Savior!

In these troubling times, when Israel is suffering brutal terror attacks on a daily basis, may the people of Israel proclaim together with us: “Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their TRUST in Him.”

Together for Israel's salvation,

Ze'ev



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Rick Joyner - Prophetic Perspective - The Alley Fighter For President




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Thursday, November 5, 2015

In this episode, Rick shares his thoughts about America's need for strong, resolute leadership. He addresses recent controversy regarding the faiths of the candidates and talks about how Christ chose edgy people to be His close followers.



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Is The Global Economy Following The 'Classic Crash Formula?' - TROY ANDERSON CHARISMA NEWS

Stock market experts are asking whether the global economy is following the 'Classic Crash Formula.'


Stock market experts are asking whether the global economy is following the 'Classic Crash Formula.' (Reuters)


Is The Global Economy Following The 'Classic Crash Formula?'


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After $11 trillion in global stock market wealth was wiped out in the third quarter of this year—the end of the biblical Shemitah—the markets have rallied to new highs.
As this has happened, financial analysts and prophecy experts have asked two questions, "Are we out of the woods yet?" or "Is this the calm before the storm?"
Jay Peroni, the chief investment officer at Faith-Based Investor and author of Blood Moons on Wall Street, says these are important questions on the minds of many investors. Despite a strong market recovery in October, Peroni says he's seeing "very troubling signs for the global economy and stock market ahead."
Some of these signs, according to Peroni, include:
  • U.S. third quarter gross domestic product rose at just 1.5 percent, far below the 3.9 percent growth rate during the second quarter.
  • U.S. exports have fallen over 11 percent this year—lining up with prior recessions.
  • Manufacturing activity, a good indicator of overall financial health, has steadily declined in the U.S. and China—the largest economies in the world.
  • Nations throughout the world are keeping their countries propped up solely through central bank stimulus—keeping interest rates artificially low and printing more money to stimulate economic growth.
  • The International Monetary Fund has warned the world economy could crash if central banks do not continue their low interest rate policies.
  • Tensions with Russia and Syria could erupt into a much more global war, disrupting world stability.
  • The refugee crisis in Europe could make an already fragile economic crisis much worse.
At a time when many people believe the markets have normalized and the "worst is behind us," Peroni says this couldn't be further from the truth. Normally, during a bull market rally, investors will see a spike in the number of shares traded. In October, trading volume fell. Meanwhile, the number of advancing stocks versus declining stocks dropped, and the total number of advancing stocks as a group also declined—a bearish sign for the markets ahead. Further, earning expectations are the worst on record since the Great Recession.
Adding further stress to the U.S., President Obama is expected to sign into law a new budget on Monday that would increase the national debt to $20 trillion by the time he leaves office in 2017—double the amount when he took the oath in 2009.
In light of these signs, Peroni says the current market looks like it could be "following the classic crash formula" of a stock market drop followed by a quick recovery and then comes the "real collapse."
"Basically, what you tend to see whenever a crash has happened, if you go back to the last three major crashes in 1987, 2000 and 2007-08, is the market will have a pretty big drop—anywhere from 10-20 percent—and then you see a quick recovery ... followed by the third leg which is a significant drop even worse than the first drop."
Peroni says current market conditions and the global economy seem to be following the same pattern of prior Shemitahs that marked the beginning of market crashes that took place over the course of at least several months.
"It really does because it has been following the seven-year Shemitah pattern," Peroni says. "Even though August didn't give us a major crash—it gave us more of a correction—all the things that are developing are pretty significant. Around the world, we're seeing everything from China's stock market crashing to countries being in recessions and depressions.
"The other big development is the whole crisis with refugees. You have all these developments—Syria and Russian tensions. All these things are very much lining up with what we saw in the last Shemitah cycle where the markets started to unravel. Sometimes it's slowly and sometimes it's quickly. This one is unraveling a little more slowly, but there is a lot of strength behind it, and it could very quickly pick up steam."
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, author of the New York Times best-selling books The Harbinger and The Mystery of the Shemitah, says America and the world "won't be out of the woods without repentance and a change of course."
"Any nation that turns away and turns against the ways of God is in danger of judgment," Cahn says. "America has turned away and is now turning increasingly against the ways of God and the foundation upon which it was founded."
The Hebrew word Shemitah can be translated to mean "the Fall." It was a previous year of the Shemitah—1973—that defined one of the greatest moments in America's moral and spiritual fall from God, the year it legalized the killing of the unborn, Cahn says. During this year's Shemitah, another milestone in America's fall from God was crossed as the nation, in effect, struck down the biblical order of marriage ordained by God, Cahn says.
"We have now reached the point when the state is finding guilty, punishing and even throwing in jail those who will not participate in what God calls sin," Cahn says. "To those to whom much is given, much is required. America has been given much, and much will be required. How much more America could do to invoke the judgment of God is hard to imagine. No, we are not out of the woods.
"Add to the equation the fact that at the same moment of our departure from God, we are departing from Israel, even taking action which the leaders of Israel say is putting the Jewish state in danger—(it's) a most dangerous combination."
Mark Biltz, founder of El Shaddai Ministries and author of Blood Moons: Decoding Imminent Heavenly Signs, says the world is "definitely not out of the woods, but entering the woods."
"The first year of a new seven-year cycle is often when judgment is poured out from a prophetic point of view," Biltz says. "We are now beyond the tipping point and will see dramatic results by the end of next year."
The last three market crashes, Peroni says, were preceded by initial drops of 10-15 percent, followed by sharp rebounds like the one that occurred in October. Based on history, Peroni says there are "still high odds that we could see another big crash very soon."
"Now is the time to have a game plan for a tough market," Peroni says. "It could be the calm before the storm. Make sure you own solid investments that can stand up through tough times."

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Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)


Posted: 05 Nov 2015
Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron (All pictures are from the Library of Congress, circa 1900)


























Republishing an earlier posting.
  
In synagogues around the world this Sabbath, congregations will read the Torah portion describing Sarah's death and burial.  Abraham purchased the Mearat HaMachpela[literally the "double cave" -- so named either because it had two chambers or it would eventually contain pairs of husbands and their wives].

Genesis 23:  And these were the days of Sarah, 127 years. Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba which is Hebron....Abraham spoke to the Sons of Heth: grant me legal possession of land for a burial site... for its price in full ... 400 shekels of silver.... Thus it was established, the field and the cave that was in it, for Abraham as legally possessed for a burial site from the Sons of Heth."

"Inner entrance to
Machpelah showing mammoth
 stones in Herodian wall"

In Israel, despite the recent terror knifings in Hebron, tens of thousands of Jews will converge on Hebron to pray in the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs during the Sabbath. Security will be tight.

The massive building surrounding the gravesite was built by King Herod two thousand years ago.  The actual graves are located in subterranean caverns beneath.  Their locations are marked above ground by cenotaphs -- empty tombs that serve as monuments.

Cenotaph above the Tomb of Sarah (circa 1900)















In the 11th and 12th century Jewish travelers documented visiting the caves.  One of them, Binyamin of Tudela, described "two empty caves, and in the third ... six tombs, on which the names of the three Patriarchs and their wives are inscribed in Hebrew characters. The cave is filled with barrels containing bones of people, which are taken there as to a sacred place."  



 

The great Jewish scholar Maimonides visited the tombs in 1116 and declared it a personal holy day.   

From the 14th century, however, Jews were not permitted to pray at the shrine.  The Mamluks (an Islamic army of slave soldiers) forbade Jews from visiting the site other than standing on stairs outside.  The practice continued until 1948 when all Jews were banned from the Jordanian-occupied West Bank.
Tomb of Abraham
"Cenotaph of Isaac showing distinctive
features of Crusader Church"

























Hebron today, where school boys from near
 Jerusalem recently celebrated
completion of the book of Genesis
























When Israel captured the area in 1967 Jews were allowed to visit the Cave of the Patriarchs, but Israel allowed the Islamic Waqf authorities to maintain control of large portions of the site.

Many Jewish families in Israel celebrate weddings, bar mitzvas and circumcisions at the shrine.

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Why Are Christians Throwing Stones at Bishop Juanita Bynum? - JENNIFER LECLAIRE CHARISMA NEWS

Juanita Bynum has been through hell and back—and now Global United Fellowship (GUF) is promoting the controversial prophetess to full-blown bishop status.
Juanita Bynum has been through hell and back—and now Global United Fellowship (GUF) is promoting the controversial prophetess to full-blown bishop status. (Facebook)

Why Are Christians Throwing Stones at Bishop Juanita Bynum?


Watchman on the Wall, by Jennifer LeClaire
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Juanita Bynum has been through hell and back—and now Global United Fellowship (GUF) is promoting the controversial prophetess to full-blown bishop status.
It's no great surprise that her spiritual elevation is stirring a Christian hornet's nest, but are believers being mean-spirited or just discerning?
In case you're not familiar with GUF, it's a Christian fellowship that embraces churches, ministries, fellowships and pastors who acknowledge, accept and submit to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. GUF believes there is more that unites Christians than divides them. 
Ironically, Bynum's appointment is already driving division. Although the group's mission statement is to "foster biblical unity among believers as one body in Christ," some onlookers are gravely concerned about the appointment, given her history and what Paul wrote in 1 Tim. 3:2-5:
"An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach; not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money, but patient, not argumentative, not covetous; and one who manages his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence. For if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?"
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"Is there any doubt we are in the last days? The great falling away is happening before our eyes," one commenter wrote on a Christian news site. "Homosexuality has infiltrated the church. Between 50 to 90% of Christians (sic) men are watching porn. The wheat is being separated from the chaff."
Many of the comments were too harsh, accusatory or unhelpful to republish. Suffice it to say that a peppered history that includes homosexual encounters with women, speaking at an ordination service for a gay minister, alleged breaches of contract and divorce has some second-guessing Bynum's appointment as bishop.
Bynum divorced her second husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks, in 2008, about a month before their sixth wedding anniversary. It seems, though, she had good reason. Weeks earlier that year pled guilty to aggravated assault for pushing and kicking Bynum in the parking lot of an Atlanta hotel.
Bynum has taken plenty of flak over the years. She's also been the subject of rap songs calling out prosperity preachers, along with Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, T.D. Jakes, Benny Hinn, Paula White, Fred Price, Kenneth Copeland, Robert Tilton, and Eddie Long.
"Jesus is not a means to an end," Shai Linne raps in his song "Fal$e Teacher$". "The gospel is He came to redeem us from sin, and that is the message forever I'll yell. If you're living your best life now, you're heading for hell."
In 2013, Bynum—who was once a regular on TBN and has had gospel music hits and best-selling books—was arrested. I wrote about that in my column, Why Do So Many Televangelists Land Themselves in Jail?.
The case involved a judgment that ordered her to shell out $140,000 to ALW Entertainment. Apparently, she did not follow through on a commitment to perform in a play ALW was producing. She later said she was "wrongfully detained" and her accuser backed down.
Bynum has lived a stormy life, with ups and downs and downs and ups. Many will not let her live it down, but the GUF has embraced her.
How do we apply the truth in 1 Tim. 3:2-5 to situations like this? Is the blood of Jesus sufficient for a peppered past and all the scandals that went along with it? How do you judge true repentance? Is there a double standard for recovering from scandals for women in ministry? Should Christians really be throwing stones at Bynum?
Jennifer LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of awakeningtv.com, on the leadership team of the New Breed Revival Network and author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening;Mornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of GodThe Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit her website here. You can also join Jennifer onFacebook or follow her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope handle is @propheticbooks.
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Why Will Israel Survive? - Tom Brennan Charisma News

Israel will survive in the end times, but will America?

Israel will survive in the end times, but will America? (iStock file photo )


Why Will Israel Survive?


Standing With Israel
America is not even referred to in the Bible. Not even as the New Babylon, although it is beginning to resemble it more each day. Sorry to upset anyone, but it's not about us.
Israel has survived for over 3,500 years because of God's covenant and favor. Yes, there has been unfaithfulness, idolatry, dispersion, persecution, diaspora and Hamas, Hezbollah and Obama. Israel will survive. Why? Because God said it would.
So, how can we rescue America and the West in general from impending and brutal domination by Mahdist forces? Syria/Iraq and Iran are fighting for supremacy in bringing about the worldwide Mahdi who will force the world of infidels to submit to their version of Islam. Don't worry, one of these competitors will prevail and the loser will link with them. All the paper, deals and negotiations in the universe won't change that.
Israel has survived the great empires of the past: Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Greece, Rome, Czars and Inquisitors and brutal Nazis and Fascists all tried in vain to eradicate Israel.
Will America and Europe survive assaults on religious freedom, family values and secular humanism that try to eradicate any mention of the Almighty? America is no longer a Christian country or so the President has decreed. Any criticism of Islam is denounced as racist while insults, ridicule and lawsuits are considered the rightly due of Christians and now Jews. "Smiley face" sermons in many churches avoid the increasing persecution for fear of 501c3 penalties.
The cruel reality of an outright war against God's people and His Word are crowded out by the urge to not offend anyone. Denominations are dividing on real Biblical issues such as same-sex marriage. They are also voting to boycott Israel on pretend humanitarian grounds over Palestine. Yeshua said a house divided against itself cannot stand; 60,000 denominations seem to bear witness to that.
So what lessons can we draw from these issues? First, admittance must be made that a war has begun. Christians and Jews are being targeted for suits and discrimination by many sources, atheists are suing daily to remove any mention of the Almighty, statues of Satan are openly displayed, television talk shows regularly criticize believers and have their lies taken seriously. Wars have winners and losers. Where do we stand?
Joshua called the houses of Israel together. He asked about their loyalty and whom they would serve. Yeshua said we can only serve one master. In our Western culture we have divided our societies into civil and faith. Today the civil openly shows disrespect for faith.
Once more, whom will we serve? Our enemies from outside and within our borders seek to divide us even further than we have divided ourselves. We are a part of a spiritual Israel and as long as our loyalty is to the Messiah who will return to that place—on the Mount of Olives—we will survive. 

Note: The opinions of this writer are not necessarily those of Charisma Media.
Tom Brennan has worked in quite a few professions. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he worked as a museum curator, archivist and graphics curator, library administrator, small business owner, animal care worker, sheriff's deputy, rancher, farmer, author, researcher and NewsBlogger. He plans to volunteer for Sar-El next year and see Israel from the ground up. When he's not digging into news, he works with Arabian horses and other breeds in Boise, Idaho.
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