Friday, January 29, 2016

Jane Hamon: "A Year Heaven Partners with Earth in a New Way - Part 2" THE ELIJAH LIST

Jane Hamon: "A Year Heaven Partners with Earth in a New Way - Part 2"


THE ELIJAH LIST  Jan 29, 2016

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Jane Hamon is not only one of the best teachers, but is an apostle and prophet to the nations...AND a good friend to us here at the Elijah List!
We just finished our annual conference earlier this month with Jane Hamon, Dr. Alveda King, Chuck Pierce, and Dutch Sheets...what was shared was off the charts!
Here is Part 2 of Jane Hamon's word for 2016: "A Year Heaven Partners with Earth in a New Way" in which she continues with a most encouraging word for the Body in this New Year as Jane shares:
I believe as the Apostles and Prophets (as well as apostolic and prophetic people) come together to decree and create a sound in the earth, they will put the Lord in remembrance regarding previous covenants in our nation where we were dedicated to God and to the expansion of the Gospel and the Kingdom of God, and He will respond from Heaven.
Now, read the rest of this word...and learn just how YOU can respond in seeing Heaven partnering with Earth this year!
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Below is Part 2 of Jane Hamon's prophetic word for 2016: "A Year Heaven Partners with Earth in a New Way". To read Part 1 click here.
Leviathan in My Dream
The next scene in my dream (continuing with the Light Horsemen) I saw was that together these four horsemen, with their arms linked, had hit a golf ball on a course (remember, this was a dream). I didn't actually see them hit it...how could four individuals hit a ball together? Why a golf course? The only thing I thought of was the Scripture where Paul says "I have finished my course." As funny as this seems, I do believe the context of the dream was about the Church finishing her course well in this next season.
The golf ball landed a few feet from a giant crocodile. The angelic team was in a stand-off waiting...waiting for something to happen....for the crocodile to move so that they could play the next shot. But the game was delayed because the crocodile refused to move. These four powerful horsemen were stalemated because of the intimidating and dangerous nature of the crocodile. Something needed to happen to change this.
I knew the angels were waiting on the people of God to engage in the battle and appeal to Heaven, which would release them to move forward and deal with resistance. 
I knew this crocodile represented the spirit of Leviathan, spoken of in Job 41, which is being stirred to resist awakening and revival, to stagnate and stalemate the Church. (Photo via Pixabay)
I feel we will see Leviathan resisting awakening on every hand. Churches will resist awakening, most media will ridicule it, the government will even try to stop it. But God will have those who know how to Appeal to Heaven to bring a momentum shift!
If the reader is unfamiliar with the current Appeal to Heaven movement I encourage you to read Dutch Sheet's book by this title and to research America's first flag. Our first flag was white with a picture of a pine tree in the middle with the words "Appeal to Heaven" at the top. 
These words were taken from writing by a British philosopher and clergyman, John Locke, who basically said that if you have not received justice in the courts of men, if you are facing impossible odds, when all hope of victory is lost, the only option is to appeal to Heaven.
Dutch Sheets tells the full story of how, through a dream and other revelations God showed him, He wanted to reveal himself as El Olam, the everlasting God who keeps covenant from generation to generation. 
God is reminding us of previous covenants made for our nation and how He wants us to pull them forward into today. Really, you can see the concept of the Vav, connecting past to present and present to future...Heaven and earth working together to restore covenant over a nation.
The Hebrew word Leviathan actually means "to mourn." The enemy's strategy has been to get the Church into a place of mourning over things that have gone against us and immobilize us with a sense of fatalism or hopelessness. He is called the King of the children of pride. He is arrogant, brings crooked communications, strife and division, prayerlessness, fear, apathy and passivity due to an intimidation factor.
But again, the word for reversal, haphak, is the one used when Scripture says, "I will turn your mourning into dancing...I will turn your sorrow to joy...I will turn the curse to a blessing for you because I love you, says the Lord." 
We must shake ourselves from grief and mourning and rejoice because God is taking everything meant for our evil and turning it for our good!
(Photo by Linda Harris-Iorio "Dance of the Bride" via elijahshopper.com)
Job 41:1 asks, "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook?" Remember the Vav? It is a hook. Perhaps man cannot defeat Leviathan, but clearly God can.
If we will just show up in this spiritual confrontation with Leviathan, being careful to recognize we do not battle against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, if we will show up, God will delight in showing off His superior powers to bring about Leviathan's defeat!
One more interesting thing that ties Leviathan in this dream to the current Appeal to Heaven Movement is something shared with me by Dr. Don Lynch, from Freedom House in Jacksonville, FL. He told us that when the Native Americans faced an alligator, clearly a leviathan type, their arrows and spears could not penetrate its hide, so they would cut down a small pine tree (as in the pine tree on the Appeal to Heaven flag). 
They would sharpen the trunk into a sharp point and remove most of the branches, leaving only a few for a handle. Then when the alligator opened its mouth they would ram the spear clear down its throat, killing it instantly.
I believe we will see Leviathan open its mouth wide this next year...through the political spirit, through the media, even through some in the Church, but that will be the very opportunity to Appeal to Heaven to see a turn around victory. The spear is our Vav that will cause Heaven and earth to connect to see the plans of the enemy defeated!
In my dream, there was actually a big party waiting at the end of the course but the party was delayed because the final holes couldn't continue until something happened by the Church that mobilized the angels. I got the sense this crowd was the great cloud of witnesses yelling, "Come on! Finish it! Finish well!"
I didn't see this in the dream, but knew that the angels were waiting on the Church to rise up and press the battle to the full – willing to sacrifice and work to see things finished, willing to find solutions to difficult societal issues, and willing to bring an Appeal to Heaven and overcome against impossible odds. 
(Photo by Mike De Lorenzo "Jesus' Return on the White Horse" via elijahshopper.com)
Appeal For Your House and Your Land!
A few verses I have meditated on in regards to how we partner with Heaven in making an appeal:
Job 5:8-11"But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. He provides rain for the earth; He sends water on the countryside. The lowly He sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety."
2 Kings 8:3-6It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land. Then the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done." Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. 
And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed a certain officer for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now."
(The word Philistines means immigrant, but comes from a root word which means to roll in the dust of mourning, to wallow in yourself. There is the word mourning again. We must come out of mourning into joy, for the joy of the Lord will be our strength.)
Isaiah 43:25-26"I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted."
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The Lord is inviting us into His courtroom to put Him in remembrance...of past covenants, of past prophetic words, of past dedications. He invites us to contend with Him and state our case. I believe there is an application of this for every individual, every family, every church and even every nation.
An awakening is upon us! People are being awakened in the world! The Church needs to awaken to go get them!
Presidential Elections
I don't have any real prophetic insight on who the next president will be. But I do want to share something for a point of prayer. In 1999, the Lord showed me George W. Bush would be our next president and that he would be a Cyrus whose had an assignment to overthrow Babylon. Regardless of how you might feel about him or the Iraq war, this was something I heard from the Lord even before 911. That's exactly what he did! He went in and overthrew Babylon. But since that time there has been the ancient Prince of Persia spirit loosed in the earth.
When you look at the geography of the ancient Persian Empire you see that it covers the same nations that are currently embroiled in upheaval in the Middle East and Northern Africa. I believe this Prince of Persia is the spirit behind Haman in the book of Esther, Sanballot and Tobias in Nehemiah, Ahaseurus and Artaxerxes in Ezra, and behind those who put Daniel in the lion's den. 
I believe this Prince of Persia is a spirit of resistance sent into the earth in times of reformation to lock things up...when God has declared a time of divine unlocking! (Read Ezra 4 to see its effect on the Jews rebuilding the temple.)
A Tipping Point
Around 2005, I was reading in Ezra 4 and I saw that after Cyrus was gone two other kings arose and shut down every bit of progress Judah had made in rebuilding the temple and reclaiming Jerusalem. This shut down of progress lasted 16 years. 
I felt the Lord say that the same would happen after George Bush left office, as a nation we would go into a season where the Prince of Persia would resist the work of the Church and reformation. I didn't necessarily feel it had to be 16 years. The Church could arise and pray and bring a shift through our appeal to Heaven! 
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Ahaseurus name means I will cause you to be poor and silent. Artaxerxes means the restrainer. Clearly we can see how these two forces have affected the Church over the past 7 years, not because of who is sitting in the office of president, but because of the response, or lack of response from the Church. Culture has pushed back against Biblical values. President Obama declared America is not a Christian nation. Expression of Biblical values are now called bigoted and even criminalized in some cases.
We have clearly lost ground in the battle for our nation. I believe we may be in the tipping point of prayer right now to determine what the second half of those 16 years will look like for our nation and for the Church. Will we show up so that God will show off?
But the good news is, after these two kings ruled in Ezra 4, there were a succession of Persian kings who restored full authority to all Cyrus had decreed. In Ezra 5 you see the turn around occurs because Zerrubabel (the governor/apostle) and Haggai and Zechariah (the prophets) began to decree. In Ezra 5:17, these leaders sent a letter to the new king, Darius. 
They asked him to search the royal treasuries to see if a previous decree had been made by Cyrus that superseded the decrees of obstruction by Ahaseurus and Artaxerxes. 
When the king discovered the previous covenant he restored it then added an even greater authority to it by adding his own decree.
I believe as the Apostles and Prophets (as well as apostolic and prophetic people) come together to decree and create a sound in the earth, they will put the Lord in remembrance regarding previous covenants in our nation where we were dedicated to God and to the expansion of the Gospel and the Kingdom of God, and He will respond from Heaven.
(Photo via Pixabay)
I have felt recently that our nation came into covenant with this Prince of Persia when the Iran agreement was signed. This is a covenant that aligns us against Israel, with Islam and this ancient principality and will open us for attack. I believe we need to appeal to Heaven and remind the Lord about the previous covenants so that those dedications and covenants can supersede this ungodly alignment, breaking us free from its curse.
In Ezra 6-7, the people of Judah were given more and more power, money and dominion in the land. Unlimited resources, unlimited authority and unlimited breakthrough were given. Heaven broke the way open for Jerusalem to be restored! The temple was finished (the Church was reformed) and built in double portion dimensions to what had been destroyed and the city was rebuilt. It was one of the most victorious times Judah experienced.
It says in Ezra 6:14-15"And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia; and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king."
They build and prospered because of the insight, strategy and power of the spoken prophetic word of the prophets and the righteous decrees of the kings. As they made a prophetic sound in the earth, Heaven answered and brought a finishing anointing for a new time of prosperity for the people of God. Those are the times ahead for the Church!
In closing, I believe one other area God wants to hook (Vav) together is the generations. A quote which really impacted me this year is by Winston Churchill and I will close with this:
Winston Churchill: "One of the signs of a great society is the diligence with which it passes culture from one generation to the next. This culture is the embodiment of everything the people of that society hold dear: its religious faith, its heroes...when one generation no longer esteems its own heritage and fails to pass the torch to its children, it is saying in essence that the very foundational principles and experiences that make the society what it is are no longer valid.
"This leaves that generation without any sense of definition or direction, making them the fulfillment of Karl Marx's dictum, 'A people without a heritage are easily persuaded.' What is required when this happens and the society has lost its way, is for leaders to arise, who have not forgotten the discarded legacy and who love it with all their hearts. 
They can then become the voice of that lost generation, wooing an errant generation back to the faith of their fathers, back to the ancient foundations and bedrock values..." (Never Give In, The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill, Page 190)
(To read part 1 of Jane Hamon's prophetic word for 2016: "A Year Heaven Partners with Earth in a New Way" click here.)
Jane Hamon
Vision Church @ Christian International

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Tom and Jane Hamon are the senior pastors of Vision Church @ Christian International in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Their ministry together is an example to the Body of Christ of a husband and wife team working in tandem and unity to accomplish God's purposes. Their ministry is characterized by a rich deposit of God's wisdom to provide apostolic covering for the Church, prophetic teaching and ministry, and demonstration of Kingdom anointing and power. 
They travel as an apostolic/prophetic team to the nations, imparting both the spirit of wisdom and revelation to establish the Church and break open territories through spiritual warfare for the Kingdom of God to be experienced in a powerful and practical way. Jane has also written several books, including her very practical work on Dreams and Visions, her call to marketplace ministers called The Cyrus Decree, and her proclamation over women in the Church to arise and be The Deborah Company.
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Mount of Olives: Gateway to Resurrection By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz - BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

Mount of Olives with the Old City Walls in the background. (Photo: Rotem Harel/Wikimedia Commons)

Mount of Olives with the Old City Walls in the background. (Photo: Rotem Harel/Wikimedia Commons)


Mount of Olives: Gateway to Resurrection

“Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fighteth in the day of battle. And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, so that there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.” (Zechariah 14:4-5)
While Israel battles a horrific wave of Arab terror that has literally caused blood to flow in the streets, a lesser-known side of their jihad is going unseen: the Arab war against Jewish graves. Though less brutal than murder, Arab desecration of Jewish graves is a part of the same war that will not only establish whose land it is, but will also determine the nature of the coming Messiah.
One of the main targets for Arab vandalism is the  Mount of Olives and the thousands of Jewish gravesites located there. Gravestones are destroyed and mourners are attacked on a daily basis, requiring special security details to accompany Jews who visit the site.
The Mount of Olives has messianic and religious significance in addition to being an ancient burial site. It is referred to in the book of Zechariah, when he prophesied that the mountain will play an essential part in the Messiah, splitting in two (14:4), with one half shifting south.
The Mount of Olives, adjacent to the Temple Mount, was an integral part of the Temple service. It was where the Para Adumah (red heifer), the major component needed for ritually purity, was burned. Any attack on the Jewish claim to the Temple Mount as part of their religious heritage would necessarily include an attack on the Mount of Olives.
As a site of Biblical significance, and because of its proximity to the Temple Mount, it has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years, and contains over 150,000 gravesites, including the tombs traditionally identified with the Biblical figures Zechariah, Absalom, Haggai, and Malachi.
Religious Jews have always preferred to be buried on the Mount of Olives, since it is the place where the resurrection of the dead will begin. According to the Jewish tradition, people buried outside of Israel will have to burrow through the ground to arrive at the Mount of Olives in order to be resurrected there.
Considered a holy site by international accords, it is protected by international law. Nonetheless, during the Jordanian occupation of East Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967, an estimated 38,000 gravestones were damaged. Four paved roads ran over hundreds of graves, and Jordan’s King Hussein permitted the construction of the Intercontinental Hotel on the mount, destroying some gravesites from the First Temple period. Gravestones were removed and used for paving stones, and some were taken for use as latrines in Jordanian army barracks.
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There was a sharp increase in vandalism on the Mount of Olives last September, congruent with the increase in violence against Jews in the Old City. Some gravesites are specifically targeted for vandalism. The grave of the Gerrer Rebbe, former leader of the largest Hasidic sect in Israel, is frequently vandalized. In September, a few hundred meters from where the Muslims were rioting on the Temple Mount, the gravestone of Nathan Mileikowsky, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s grandfather, was destroyed.
An even stranger, more perplexing, phenomenon has appeared in this war on the dead. In 2011, it was discovered the Arabs had begun burying their dead adjacent to the Eastern Wall of the Temple Mount, in between centuries-old Jewish graves and the Temple Mount. Not only was this illegal and destructive to the archaeology of the site, it was, in effect, jumping to the front of the resurrection queue.
Even stranger was when authorities caught Arabs preparing fake Muslim graves at the site, graves which contained no human remains, an action that can only be an attempt to distance Jews from being buried in the spot where the resurrection will begin.
It has also been conjectured that this is an attempt to prevent a Jewish Kohen (priest) from ever performing the ritual of the Red Heifer, since he is forbidden for reasons of ritual purity from walking over a grave, and he must do so in order to bring the ashes of the Red Heifer to the Temple. This is a mistaken belief, since the remains of a non-Jew do not carry impurity.
Breaking Israel News asked Rabbi Pinchas Winston, an authority on the end of days, about this war on the dead. He affirmed that the Arab violence on the Mount of Olives is clearly part of a war against the Messiah. However, he believes that the vandals may not be aware of why they are acting in this illogical manner. Even if they make claims that they are fighting for nationalistic goals, they are part of a greater plan.
“The perpetrators do not have to know the spiritual significance of what they do or where they do it. Everything is orchestrated on higher levels, and the people who carry out the deeds, acting compulsively, only have to believe that the idea originates with them,” he explained.
“In fact, they are merely merely puppets, vehicles for the Divine will to be carried in order to communicate to the spiritually astute the direction history is going and the stage it is at,” added Winston. “Those who are aware of the ‘bigger picture’ know the greater significance of current historical events, and to prepare for what is destined to occur next.”

Dr. Michael Brown's (AskDrBrown.org) first "A Night To Ignite Vision" - Charlotte, NC Jan. 28, 2016

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Dr. Michael Brown's (AskDrBrown.org) first "A Night To Ignite Vision" - Charlotte, NC Jan. 28, 2016

It was a joy to attend "A Night To Ignite Vision", hosted by the staff of Dr. Michael Brown (AskDrBrown) on Jan. 28, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. 

After a special pre-dinner and book signing hour time with Dr. Brown, many more gathered from 6:30 pm - 9 pm in the Hilton event room.

The Behman brothers, Jason and David; a spokesman for Salem Broadcasting, which carries Dr. Brown's radio program across the nation; and then Dr. Brown himself all shared the vision of the outreach. The outreach has impressively exploded in effectiveness and numbers listening and responding to the radio program, In the Line of Fire,  seeing the social media posts, and reading his published books and articles, especially in these past three years specifically.

Love For His People, Inc. monthly supports this vital ministry of Dr. Michael Brown, as we stand with him for the sake of the Gospel. Being a Messianic Jew, we particularly are appreciate of what he is doing in this nation, and his heart for the Jewish people. 

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Founder
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Book signing time



Scott Volk & Steve Martin

Scott Volk, a longtime friend and co-worker with Dr. Brown, was also on the Vision For Israel (Barry & Batya Segal) board when I was the VFI USA Director from 2005-2010. We became good friends then.

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Our table #5 at "A Night To Ignite Vision" event

(L-R) Mr. Belk, along with Judy & Steve from Paul Wilbur's ministry


 Scott Volk was the MC for the night. Dr. Brown's table.


Scott and the ministry's Director of Operations.

 David & Jason Benham











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Open Letter to Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations | Tsvi Sadan ISRAEL TODAY

Open Letter to Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Thursday, January 28, 2016 |  Tsvi Sadan  ISRAEL TODAY
Dear Sir,
We in Israel think of you as descent and honorable man. This why so many were offended by your speech of January 26 in which, through historical shortsightedness, you were able to portray Israel as an immoral and oppressive country. To arrive at this negative position you had to use the one and only crutch you have – the occupation.
As the head of one of the most important institutions in the world you can ill afford misrepresenting terms and history for highly contested political ends. In resorting to this kind of demagoguery, sir, you are risking the loss of two components without which you can't fulfill your duty in good faith – credibility and trust.
I would like to draw attention to just one sentence from your unfortunate speech in which you spoke about "oppressed peoples [that] have demonstrated throughout the ages [that] it is human nature to react to occupation."
You off all people, sir, should know that already in 1920 the League of Nations, later to become the UN, recognized the right of the Jewish people to return to their ancient homeland. This recognition must surely assumes that any people other than Jews inhabiting what came to be known as "Palestine" are occupying a land not theirs. Non-Jews settling in Palestine during the times of Rome, Byzantine, Mamelukes, Ottoman and British took possession of a land which wasn't theirs. It goes without saying that "occupiers" is a term fitting those Arabic-speaking people who came here following the Muslim conquest.
At first the area envisioned to be the Jewish homeland included what today is Israel and Jordan. That, however, quickly changed. The League of Nations' resolution from 1922 sliced down the borders of the Jewish homeland to be from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River. The carving down of the Jewish homeland continued with the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
I remind you, sir, that the 1948 war wasn't over Gaza and the West Bank, but over Israel. I would also remind you that from 1948 to 1967 (after which Israel remarkably found herself back in the 1922 League of Nations borders), the idea of an occupied Palestine wasn't even conceived. Attacks against Israel were carried out from Egypt, Jordan and Syria not to free the occupied territories, but to regain Jaffa and Haifa. The PLO, sir, came into being in 1963 not to free Gaza, but to destroy a Jewish settlement called Tel Aviv. Yes, sir, one does not have to like Netanyahu to acknowledge this undeniable historical fact.
But you insist on the contrary, that Israel, through repossession of her ancient homeland, is destroying another people. Regretfully, in doing so you are rejuvenating the Muslims' hope of replacing Israel with an unheard of new Muslim state called Palestine. From this perspective, sir, your admirable effort to end the conflict seems not much different from the peace plans of Haj Amin el Husseini, Yasser Arafat, Ahmad Yassin and their successors.
What's even more distressing is what seems to be contempt for a country that in principle has agreed to give those dwelling in the West Bank something no one else has ever given them – a state of their own on a land they have been occupying for centuries.
And finally, since you will probably fall back on Resolution 242 to justify your position, I will have you remember that though you Israel's occupation illegal, the truth is that "illegal" is your interpretation of that resolution, an interpretation that is contested by Israel. Calling occupation "illegal" is to take a political position disguised as a legal position.
The resolution itself, which never once mentions the word Palestine or Palestinians, calls for Israel's withdrawal "from territories occupied in the recent [1967] conflict" in exchange for a just and lasting peace between the involved parties (Egypt, Jordan and Syria).
This resolution that has been subjected to endless debates has tragically done nothing but encourage vehement anti-Israel sentiments that are now turning to unabashed anti-Semitism.
Though I am sure you didn't intend it to be so understood, your speech added fuel to an ever growing flame that could only result in complete chaos. It is your duty, sir, to tell the world that Israel's willingness to give land for peace is a gesture of such magnitude that should not be carried out unless a lasting peace can be guaranteed by those whose perverted dream has brought upon them the life they now have.
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The Rapture, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton And 50 Other Excuses People Use For Not Prepping - Michael Snyder THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

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Posted: 28 Jan 2016   Michael Snyder  THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE


Have you ever come away discouraged after trying to talk about prepping with friends or family members that just don’t seem to be interested?  Over the years, I have heard countless excuses from people for why they aren’t getting prepared for what is about to happen to America.  Some of the excuses, like a lack of money, are definitely legitimate.  But in many other instances, the objections don’t seem to make a lot of sense. 

In America today, most people let others do most of their thinking for them.  And in general, our political, religious and cultural leaders are telling Americans that there really is no reason to be overly concerned about the future.  They assure us that they have everything under control, and that life is only going to get better in the years ahead.  

Bad beliefs lead to bad decisions which in turn lead to bad actions, and most Americans have chosen to believe what the elite are telling them at this point.  As a result, only a small fraction of society is getting physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually prepared for the exceedingly hard times that are rapidly approaching.  The following are 53 common excuses that people like to use for not prepping…

1. “Obama fixed everything that was wrong with America”
2. “When Hillary Clinton is elected she will put this nation back on the right track”
3. “Donald Trump will make America great again”
4. “I don’t have to prepare because the rapture is going to happen before anything really bad happens to this country”
5. “Everybody told me that the world was going to end in September and that didn’t happen”
6. “I don’t have enough money to buy emergency food and supplies”
7. “I’m too exhausted after working hard all day to do anything else”
8. “There is never enough time, and I would rather spend my precious free time doing something else”
9. “The U.S. economy is the greatest economy in the history of the world – there is no way that it could ever possibly collapse”
10. “Whenever we have had a major economic downturn in the past we have always recovered”
11. “Things are never going to get THAT bad”
12. “When things fall apart the federal government will take care of us”
13. “I am going to spend my extra money on fun rather than on fear”
14. “While you guys are sitting on stockpiles of expired food, I will be counting all of the money that I made in the stock market”
15. “When disaster strikes I will simply steal food from everyone else that has been prepping”
16. “The people at the Federal Reserve are very highly educated and they know precisely what they are doing”
17. “Wal-Mart will always be there when I need it”
18. “I’m too lazy to get prepared”
19. “Preppers don’t have a positive mental attitude”
20. “It is anti-faith to get prepared for an economic collapse”
21. “If the economy does collapse, I will just go on welfare”
22. “Nobody can get prepared for every possible scenario, so why bother?”
23. “I would rather save money for retirement”
24. “Obama told me that anyone that says the economy is heading for hard times is just peddling fiction”
25. “The stock market always rebounds to new highs after every crash, so why worry?”
26. “I don’t have room to store anything at my place”
27. “Prepping is something that crazy people do”
28. “I’m not a conspiracy theorist”
29. “I am afraid that all of the food that I store is going to go bad”
30. “All of the people that got freaked out about Y2K look really foolish right about now, don’t they?”
31. “Instead of being ultra-paranoid, I would rather just enjoy my life”
32. “If things get really bad, the people in my community will just band together to take care of everyone”
33. “If society did completely collapse, I would not want to go on living anyway”
34. “I’m too lazy to learn how to grow a garden”
35. “If you assume that the worst is eventually going to happen, then you don’t really believe in America”
36. “If something happens I will just run out to the store and grab what I need”
37. “If all of my debts are wiped out during an economic collapse I might as well live it up now”
38. “When things hit the fan I will just go live with my relatives that have been prepping”
39. “My spouse does not believe that prepping is a good idea”
40. “Prepping seems so complicated and I don’t know where to start”
41. “I don’t have to worry about preparing for a major disaster because that is what FEMA is for”
42. “There is no way that the supermarkets could ever possibly run out of food”
43. “Once I get my student loans and credit card debt paid off then maybe I will start thinking about prepping”
44. “My relatives are already convinced that I am a nutjob – I don’t need to make it worse by stockpiling buckets of food in my garage”
45. “What would the people at work think?”
46. “If there really was a reason to get prepared they would have told us about it on the news”
47. “People have been predicting doom and gloom for years, and yet nothing has happened”
48. “If I do prepare, angry mobs will just come and steal it all at some point anyway”
49. “Look at how fast technology is advancing – there is no way that things could completely fall apart now that humanity has so much advanced knowledge”
50. “We live in the greatest country on the entire planet during the greatest time for humanity in the history of the world”
51. “I have no intention of becoming a card carrying member of the Tin Foil Hat Brigade”
52. “If we are all going to die anyway, what is the point of prepping?”
53. “There is always more time – if I don’t get prepared today I can always get prepared tomorrow

If you would like to learn more about how you can get prepared for what is immediately ahead of us, you may want to check out an article that I recently did entitled “70 Tips That Will Help You Survive What Is Going To Happen To America“.  It contains quite a few little “nuggets” that many people don’t commonly think about when it comes to prepping.

Personally, I think that it would be very nice if normal life were to just continue indefinitely in America.  That way I could just sit up on my mountain and enjoy a nice quiet life with my family.

But the truth is that we are moving into the greatest time of chaos that any of us have ever experienced, and those of us that have been preparing are going to need to step forward as leaders.  It is during times of great darkness that light is needed the most, and during the hard years ahead there is going to be a crying need for people that have great strength, great courage and great love.

So do you have any excuses that you have heard that you think would make good additions to this list?  Please feel free to share them with the rest of us by leaving a comment below…