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WHAT IF GOD IS GIVING US EXACTLY WHAT WE DESERVE? -Mark Wilson

Posted in #PaulthePoke, Culture, Mark Wilson, Trend Update with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2026 by paulthepoke

Mark provides outstanding Biblical content on X @ https://x.com/Mark_Wilson_25/

A crown resting on a stone pedestal with a backdrop of the U.S. Capitol building, accompanied by biblical quotes discussing leadership and judgment.

What happens when a nation celebrates what God condemns? When truth is rejected, righteousness is mocked, and evil is called good?

What if God’s judgment begins not with catastrophe, but with the leaders a nation receives?

Consider the sobering words of Scripture.

ISAIAH 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.”

HOSEA 13:11 “I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.”

ISAIAH 3:4 “And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.”

ISAIAH 3:8 “For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD.”

God is not indifferent to rebellion.

And there is another warning we dare not overlook.

GENESIS 12:3 “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse”

God’s covenant promises to Abraham are not political conveniences. Nations and their leaders should take His Word seriously.

Recent announcements concerning American assistance to Israel remind us how quickly political relationships can change. But God’s covenant promises remain steadfast.

AND WHERE ARE THE SHEPHERDS?

Before we ask why our leaders have abandoned righteousness, perhaps we should ask whether our pulpits have abandoned truth.

When pastors compromise Scripture, accommodate cultural rebellion, avoid difficult doctrines, and refuse to proclaim the whole counsel of God, spiritual deception flourishes.

2 TIMOTHY 4:3–4 — People will reject sound teaching and seek teachers who tell them what they want to hear.

JEREMIAH 23:1 — God pronounces judgment on shepherds who destroy and scatter His flock.

ACTS 20:27 — Paul declares that he did not shrink from proclaiming the whole counsel of God.

A nation suffering from spiritual blindness does not need shepherds who make the darkness more comfortable. It needs men who faithfully proclaim the Word of God.

And Scripture warns that the last days will be marked by increasing deception and apostasy.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1–5 — Moral corruption and a form of godliness without its power.

1 TIMOTHY 4:1 — Some will depart from the faith.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 — The coming rebellion.

MATTHEW 24:12 — Increasing lawlessness and love growing cold.

Romans 1:24–28 describes God giving rebellious people over to their own desires.

Sometimes judgment comes not because God refuses to give people what they want, but because He allows them to have it.

A nation can lose its moral compass long before it loses its freedom.

We cannot declare every election an act of divine judgment.

But Scripture leaves no doubt that God judges rebellion, holds shepherds accountable, and rules over the kingdoms of men.

Our greatest national crisis is not political. It is spiritual.

No election can accomplish what only repentance can address.

Earthly kingdoms rise and fall. Leaders come and go. Nations rebel. Darkness deepens.

BUT THE KING IS COMING!

Daniel 2:44 promises a Kingdom that will never be destroyed.

Our ultimate hope is not in Washington, political parties, or earthly rulers.

Our hope is in Jesus Christ, the returning King of kings!

As Adrian Rogers famously said: “It’s getting gloriously dark!”

Mark provides outstanding Biblical content on X @ https://x.com/Mark_Wilson_25/

Independence Day, July 4th, 2025

Posted in #PaulthePoke, Culture, Trend Update with tags , , , , , on July 3, 2025 by paulthepoke

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness“

Life: John 10:10 I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. -Jesus

Liberty: 2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Happiness: Psalm 144:15: Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

This country is a gift. Let us not forget our founding fathers and our inheritance.

The following was released from the White House earlier this week. It is The Founders Museum. Enclosed are 27 short biographies of our founders. They are approximately 1 to 2 minutes in length.

Step into history like never before. Watch America’s Founding Fathers, Ladies of the Revolution and Events that paved the way for Independence come to life.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/founders-museum

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https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Lehr/e/B09W8FB77N

Trend Update: Sanhedrin Calls on Trump & Putin to Rebuild Temple, November 2016

Posted in Prophecy, Sanhedrin, Temple, Trend Update with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2016 by paulthepoke

Ezra 1:1-2 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build Him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah…

November 10, 2016: The Jewish Sanhedrin is calling on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to come together and rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The Sanhedrin is encouraging the two leaders to act as modern-day Cyrus figures: non-Jewish kings who recognize the importance of Israel and the Temple.

“The leaders of Russia and America can lead the nations of the world to global peace through building the Temple, the source of peace,” Rabbi Weiss, the Sanhedrin Spokesman.

The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is a public law of the United States. The law was passed by the 104th Congress on October 23, 1995. The law states the United States Embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The law states Jerusalem is to be an undivided city. Jerusalem is recognized as the capital of Israel. Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama have opposed the law because of national security concerns. This law was to be enacted by May 31, 1999.

https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ45/PLAW-104publ45.pdf

November 10, 2016: President elect Trump had stated on the campaign trail he wished to enact this law.

David Friedman co-chair of Trump’s Israel Advisory Committee stated, “It was a campaign promise and there is every intention to keep it. We are going to see a very different relationship between America and Israel in a positive way.”

Jewish leaders like Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely are calling on Trump to move quickly with the relocation of the embassy.

Friedman further elaborated the following. “The level of friendship between the U.S. and Israel is going to grow like never before, and it will be better than ever, even the way it was under Republican administrations in the past.”

“The hostility will be gone between Israel and the U.S. We know how Obama treated the prime minister of Israel and how [Hillary] Clinton berated the prime minister… We will move forward with mutual respect and mutual love and a much better future for the U.S. and Israel.”

http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-israel-adviser-we-will-go-ahead-embassy-move-jerusalem-519453?rx=us

In 2012, Putin visited Jerusalem for a third official visit. On a late night visit to the Western Wall, Putin was respectfully silent, prayed, and read Psalms. In response to a greeting from an Israeli citizen, Putin discussed the importance of the Temple Mount and the Jewish Temple.

“That’s exactly the reason I came here, to pray for the Temple to be built again,” Vladimir Putin.

http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/78372/bin-exclusive-sanhedrin-asks-putin-trump-build-third-temple-jerusalem/#j4ZkLaLPKVUHd2LL.97

In his first year of his leadership, King Cyrus called on the Jewish people to go home and rebuild their Temple. The Sanhedrin is calling on President Trump in his first year and for Vladimir Putin to push for the rebuilding of the Temple.