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EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY in the CLUTCHES of BABYLON

by Bob Brunette
11/06/2008 / Prophecy

~POST-ELECTION 2008 - EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY~

~PRESS RELEASE~

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY IN THE CLUTCHES OF BABYLON

"To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water."
Jer. 2:13b

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- This is what Moishe Rosen (founder of Jews for Jesus)
said about The BAB-TRACT(Pre-cursor to the Book "Evangelical Christianity in the Clutches of Babylon")

"WHAT YOU HAVE IS A SERMON CALLING FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH. IT IS ARTICULATE AND SPEAKS TO A NEED. I AGREE THE CHURCH IS TAKING A VACATION IN BABYLON."

. This is what the Church has been waiting to hear but so few willing to express! What is the true State of the Evangelical Church of Jesus Christ in the U.S.A. Today???

. Why is the Evangelical Church of our day at it's very root, so anemic in its Testimony? Struggling with the same sins that the world is Church growth so stagnant the Great Commission virtually compromised etc. ???

. Because of some of the thorny issues that will come to light, many have rather chosen to ignore or rationalize away the True State of the Evangelical Church in the U.S.A. And yet the truth of the matter remains, until the truth be known there is little that can be done to change it's course and thereby be liberated from these hindrances. "Your Prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not uncovered your iniquity, TO BRING BACK YOUR CAPTIVITY; but have seen for you visions of falsehood and seduction" Lamentations 2:14

. Much like an alcoholic, who refuses to admit that he has a drinking problem. Having difficulty holding a regular job, struggling with broken family ties, and has become a veritable vagabond wondering through the streets of life. Yet insisting that he doesn't have a problem! Even offended when someone would so much as imply that he has a problem to begin with

Proverbs 28:13 "He that covers his sins shall not prosper:
But whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have Mercy!"

John 8:32 "and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.!!! "

~ A MUST READ TO THOSE WHO ARE TRULY SEEKING
AFTER "MESSIAH JESUS" IN THEIR LOCAL CONGREGATION ~

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"POST ELECTION - 2008 EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY"

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY in the CLUTCHES of BABYLON!!!

A TRACT DIRECTED TO
JEWISH & GENTILE BELIEVERS
IN THE U.S.A TODAY!!!

THE CHURCH VACATIONING
IN BABYLON
(Man controlling HIS Church
vs. yielding control to "Jesus")

Are you sensing as though you are rarely spiritually challenged or fed where you regularly attend church. Does the Pastor seem more concerned about establishing his vision or his own church growth program rather than that of the LORD's!!! Are you sensing, although hard pressed to admit even to yourself, that you're more likely to be spiritually fed listening to a sermon on television or the radiorather than attending your local church???

Characteristics of the Church in BABYLON!!!

.Pastors with an Undue reliance upon money (tithes & offerings) and people of influence rather than upon being rich in a personal faith - in our Savior "Jesus Christ" and encouraging their followers by example

. Literal interpretation of Scripture is minimized or diluted so much so that its difficult for anyone to be convicted of any sin other than in abstract terms

. Your Prophets (Pastors) have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not uncovered your iniquity, TO BRING BACK YOUR CAPTIVITY; but have seen for you visions of falsehood and seduction Lamentations 2:14
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. Frequently the Pastor will run his church as though it were his own kingdom, based upon his views or the established views of his respective Denomination.
- "The Prophets (Pastors) Prophecy falsely, and the Priests rule on their own authority; And my people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?" ---Jeremiah 5:31

. Frequently the "Pastor", while failing in many of his responsibilities in ministering the way JESUS INSTRUCTED those who would Shepherd HIS FLOCK! Will rather Elevate & Exalt his position as 'Pastor (Rabbi)'! Matthew 23:8 " But do not be called Rabbi; for ONE is your Teacher; and you are all brothers. 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for ONE is your FATHER: HE who is in heaven. 10 Do not be called Leaders; for ONE is your Leader, that is CHRIST. 11 But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

. IN BABYLON there's an increasing unwillingness to hear GOD's WORD Directly! But prefer hearing the teachings of their own Evangelical Spiritual Leaders "Behold days are coming, declares the LORD GOD, When I will send a famine on the land, not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather FOR HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD!"- Amos 8:11 (After all doesn't faith come from HEARINGGOD's WORD!) "So faith comes from HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD OF CHRIST!!! Romans 10:17

. IN BABYLON spiritual leaders will frequently qualify their ministers based upon the acquisition of knowledge and credentials rather than on a Heavenly calling inspired by God Himself !!! "For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge" Romans 10:2 "Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the TRUTH"- 2 Timothy 3:7 - The inevitable consequences of a Pastor serving in his own strength rather than in the Spirit of God is manifold. To include holding any real influence of the Holy Spirit at bay or at a distance

. IN BABYLON The god of this world/Babylon (satan) has been most successful in blinding the eyes of the unbelieving, especially those who claim to be Christian into believing "I'm already a Christian & I know GOD loves me, even if I'm disobedient to HIS WORD!!! Besides this whole idea that we are living in Babylon is nonsense.." Luke 24:11 "But these words appeared to them as nonsense and they would not believe them" --- 2nd Corinthians 4:4 "in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the LIGHT of the GOSPEL of the GLORY of CHRIST, who is the IMAGE OF GOD!" Pg-2

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"MANY SHEPHERDS HAVE RUINED MY VINEYARD" (Jeremiah-12:10a)
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"PROPHECY AGAINST
the SHEPHERDS of ISRAEL"
(TAKE IT FROM ONE WHO KNEW BABYLON WELL EZEKIEL- HE LIVED THERE) Ezekiel 34:2-8
"Son of man, prophesy against the Shepherds of Israel, Prophesy and say to those Shepherds, 'Thus says the LORD GOD, "Woe, Shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves' Should not the Shepherds feed the flock? 3 You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, 4 Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, The scattered you have not brought back, NOR HAVE YOU SOUGHT FOR THE LOST: but with force and with severity you have dominated them, 5 They were scattered for lack of a Shepherd.. 8bMy Shepherds did not search for My Flock, but rather the Shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My Flock"

TODAY MANY EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONS !!! WOULD HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY ~ RECEIVING "JESUS'" MINISTRY!!!
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"AS A RESULT OF THIS MANY OF "HIS" DISCIPLES WITHDREW & WERE NOT WALKING WITH "HIM" ANYMORE"-John 6:66
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~"And HE said to them Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors ME with their lips, but their heart is far away from ME, 7 But in vain do they worship ME, Teaching as Doctrines the precepts of men, 8 Neglecting the commandment of GOD, you hold to the Tradition of men. (Evangelical denomination-teaching). 9 HE was also saying to them, You are experts at setting aside the Commandment of GOD in order to keep your Tradition. -Mark 7:6-9

~ "HIS" MINISTERS HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY IN TAKING TRUE CARE OF "HIS" FLOCK ~

"Let the Priests, the Lord's Ministers, Weep between the PORCH and the ALTAR, And let them say, "SPARE YOUR PEOPLE, OH LORD and do not make your inheritance a reproach, a byword among the Nations. Why should they among the peoples say, Where is their GOD"? Joel 2:17
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~ HOW MANY MINISTERS today could receive this rebuke from the ONE who with HIS VERY
OWN BLOOD PAIDfor the Privilege to have this Relationship with HIS BRIDE the CHURCH of TODAY ???

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"And they heal the brokenness of the Daughter of MY PEOPLE superficially saying, PEACE, PEACE, but there is no PEACE"!!! Jeremiah 8:11

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~ HOW MANY JEWISH & GENTILE BELIEVERS TODAY PUT THEIR GREATER CONFIDENCE / FAITH IN THEIR PASTOR'S AUTHORITY RATHER THAN IN THE AUTHORITY OF GOD'S WORD!!!
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~ THE LORD'S MODEL FOR MINISTRY ~

"I am the GOOD SHEPHERD; the good Shepherd lays down HIS LIFE for the Sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the Sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the Sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the Sheep. 14 "I am THE GOOD SHEPHERD, and I know MY OWN and MY OWN know ME, 15 even as the FATHER knows ME and I know the FATHER: and I lay down MY LIFE for the Sheep." John 10:11-15

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"Then I will give you shepherds after MY OWN HEART, who will FEED YOU on KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING." Jeremiah 3:15

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The LORD will provide Shepherds who will "Devote themselves to Prayer & the Ministry of the WORD of GOD" Acts 6:4

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"Shepherd the flock of GOD among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the WILL of GOD; and not for sordid Gain (money) but with eagerness; 3 nor yet as LORDING it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the Flock"
-1st Peter 5:2,3

"I will FEED MY FLOCK and I will LEAD them to REST, "declares the LORD GOD. 16 "I WILL SEEK the LOST, BRING BACK the SCATTERED, BIND UP the BROKEN and STRENGTHEN the SICK: But the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them with judgment. Ezekiel 34:15,16

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DOES THIS
"BABYLONIAN DESCRIPTION"
APPLY TO THE U.S.A. TODAY???
(SPIRITUALLY OR PHYSICALLY)
(YOU CAN BE THE JUDGE OF THAT!!!)

SIGNIFICANT DESCRIPTIONS of BABYLON!!!
~From someone quite familiar with the Judgments of "BABYLON"
~THE PROPHET JEREMIAH !!!
He Prophesied them!!!
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~ CHAPTER 50 & 51~
- Leave Babylon before the LORD judges the Country and save your lives
- The LORD shall punish her Idols
- From the LORD shall destroyers come to Babylon
- The LORD shall make her Princes and Wise men her Governors and her Mighty men Drunk that they may SLEEP a PERPETUAL SLEEP
- The LORD shall Dispatch Foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her and may devastate her Land for on Every Side they will be Opposed to Babylon (i.e. Al Quaeda, and other extremist Islamic Terrorist Groups, etc. while we wait in our American Dream Comfort Zone lulled into indifference/Spiritual Sleep) putting all of our trust & confidence not in the LORD, but in our Duly Elected Officials to resolve our National Difficulties. - Lamentations 4:17b"In our watching we have watched for a Nation that could not save us" - When in fact the LORD is the ONE stirring our enemies to be increasingly more aggressive, in their attacks against the U.S.

-Just as HE did with HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL in times past-) Disciplining them for their turning away from their GOD!!!
- After all (besides Israel) what other country has been more blessed of GOD, than the U.S.
-"From everyone who has been given much, much will be required ; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more."- Luke 12:48b
- Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD, Intoxicating all the earth Pg-5

- The LORD has aroused the spirit of the Kings of the Medes (Arab World), Because HIS purpose is against Babylon to destroy it

- "Oh you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your End has come, The measure of your end has come, The measure of your end."

- Babylon is a land of idols

- "In those days and at that time, "declares the LORD," the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the LORD their GOD they will seek. They will ask for the way to Zion,(Israel) turning their faces in its direction. (The fate of the entire world rests upon the Final Re-gathering of the Jewish people to their GOD given land, the land of Israel!!! ~For the 1st time in over 2000 yrs. on May 14th, 1948 the Nation of Israel became the homeland for God's Jewish People. - IN the last 40 Yrs. over 100,000 Jewish People have come to Proclaim JESUS has their Long Awaited Jewish Messiah! A phenomenon not witnessed in over 2000 yrs when the Church of "Messiah Jesus" was birthed on the day of Pentecost (Shavuot) in Jerusalem !!! -

- "Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows, For she has sinned against the LORD."

- "I set a snare for you, and you were also caught, Oh Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged IN CONFLICT with the LORD."
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~ CAN YOU READ
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL ~

DANIEL 5:5 " Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing. 6 Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together..V24 "Then the hand was sent from him and this inscription was written out: 'MENE', 'MENE', 'TEKEL', 'UPHARSIN'. 26 This is the interpretation of the message: 'MENE' GOD has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. 27 'TEKEL' you have been weighed on the scales and found Deficient. 28 'PERES' your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians. "(Today's Oil-Rich Arab World) . Pg-6

THE LORD'S REBUKE TO
"HIS" CHURCH IN BABYLON

" I spoke to you in your prosperity; But you said, ' I will not listen!' This has been your practice from your youth, That you have not obeyed MY voice. 22a "The wind will sweep away all your shepherds. And your lovers will go into captivity !!!
-Jeremiah 22: 21,22

"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, " I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, "and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from ME gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20a Behold, I stand at the door and knock..". Revelation 3:15 20

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~ IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE "LORD" HAS ALREADY BEGUN JUDGING "HIS " CHURCH IN BABYLON IN HOPES THAT SHE WILL COME OUT EVEN AS "HE" DISCIPLINED "HIS" PEOPLE ISRAEL IN ANCIENT BABYLON???

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THIS PRECIOUS VALUE, THEN, IS FOR YOU WHO BELIEVE. BUT FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS (Religious Leaders) REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER STONE"; A STONE OF STUMBLING & A ROCK OF OFFENSE FOR THEY STUMBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE DISOBEDIENT TO THE "WORD" AND TO THIS DOOM THEY WERE ALSO APPOINTED ~1st Peter 2:7,8

~ For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? 1ST Peter 4:17

~ IF YOU WON'T be the JUDGE of
"BABYLON" - "HE" WILL!!! " ~

"AND I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, "COME OUT OF HER, (BABYLON) MY PEOPLE SO, THAT YOU MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN HER SINS AND RECEIVE OF HER PLAGUES;"
REV. 18:4 Pg-7

~For Many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even Weeping, that they are Enemies of the CROSS of CHRIST Philippians 3:18
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- BEHOLD "I" STAND AT THE DOOR & KNOCK!!!
Rev.3:20a ~Will You Open the Door???

~"And He was saying to them all, If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me, For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake he is the one who will save it. !!! Luke 9:23,24
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~PLEASE PRAY for our EVANGELICAL PASTORS & INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS alike, in our LAND:
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That they would discover that the ONLY REAL POWER THEY HAVE comes from the PREACHING of the CROSS of CHRIST !!! ~That they might learn what the Apostle Paul knew so well: "And when I came to you Brethren I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the TESTIMONY of GOD. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Messiah JESUS, and HIM CRUCIFIED. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, 4 and my message and preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of THE SPIRIT AND OF POWER, 5 so that your FAITH would not rest on the wisdom of men but on the POWER of GOD"!!!-1st Cor.2: 1-5

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