On Treasures

1 Cor. 3

"Each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. ¹⁴ If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames."

So obviously we will be rewarded based on what we do in this life.  All who believe in Christ will be saved since the foundation of Christ's blood has been laid.  But what do we do after we make Jesus the Lord of our lives?  It's not just about not doing certain things, it's also about what we do.  We are not saved by our works, but if we are saved, we will most likely be working.  We will be doing something for God. 

So what are you doing?  Or what can you do?  Ask God. :)  He'll show you.  We are all alive for a reason, a purpose.  Ask God what his purpose for you is. :)

On the Holy Spirit

A church's statement of faith about the Holy Spirit:

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who was present before creation, was sent on the day of Pentecost to convict, equip, empower, and draw to the Father those who will believe and confess Jesus as the Savior promised in the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit seals all who receive the gift of grace offered through Jesus Christ. He instructs, guides, and leads us into all truth. He distributes gifts to the believer, all of which are available to the church today. He is co-equal with God the Father and God the Son and is to be revered, honored, and worshiped as such.

 

John 16:13

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¹³ But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

John 14:16-17

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¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be^[a] in you.

 

Luke 11:13

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¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

 

Romans 8:26-27

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²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

1 Corinthians 3:16

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¹⁶ Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

 

Ephesians 1:13

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¹³ And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit"

 

1 Corinthians 12

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Concerning Spiritual Gifts

12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. ⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶ There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,^[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.^{[b] 11} All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Unity and Diversity in the Body

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we were all baptized by^[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴ Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

¹⁵ Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸ But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²² On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, ²⁴ while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸ And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰ Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues^[d]? Do all interpret? ³¹ Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

1 Cor. 13

⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 

1 Corinthians 14

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Intelligibility in Worship

14 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. ² For anyone who speaks in a tongue^[a] does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. ³ But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. ⁴ Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. ⁵ I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,^[b] but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,^[c] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

⁶ Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? ⁷ Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? ⁸ Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? ⁹ So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. ¹⁰ Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. ¹¹ If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. ¹² So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.
¹³ For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. ¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵ So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. ¹⁶ Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,^[d] say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? ¹⁷ You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.
¹⁸ I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹ But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
²⁰ Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. ²¹ In the Law it is written:

“With other tongues
    and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
    but even then they will not listen to me,
says the Lord.”^[e]

²² Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. ²³ So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? ²⁴ But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, ²⁵ as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

Good Order in Worship

²⁶ What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. ²⁷ If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. ²⁸ If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.
²⁹ Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. ³⁰ And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. ³¹ For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. ³² The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. ³³ For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
³⁴ Women^[f] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. ³⁵ If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.^[g]
36 Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? ³⁷ If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. ³⁸ But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.^[h]
39 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ⁴⁰ But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

Another church's statement of faith on the Holy Spirit:

 

Holy Spirit - Genesis 1:26; John 14:16-17; John 15:26-27

The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to awaken the minds of sinners to their need of a Savior. He permanently indwells every Believer and becomes their source of assurance, strength, wisdom, comfort and power in serving the Lord.

 

Gen. 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."

Mariner's, my church of 10 years, statement of faith on the Holy Spirit:


Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit: a Spirit-Led Church

We believe all who by faith receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord are born again by the Holy Spirit, who brings them into the Body of Christ as children of God. This salvation is not a result of any human effort or merit.
John 1:12, 3:1-16, 10:27-30, 14:16-17: Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:28, 8:9, 8:31-39; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:26-27; Philippians 1:6

We believe all Christians still have a sinful nature, but God is in the process of transforming them into the likeness of His Son by the indwelling of His Spirit.
1 John 1:8: Romans 5:3-19,8:11-13; Galatians 5:16; Philippians 1:9-11, 19

We believe in the reality and personality of Satan, who attempts to defeat all people through deception. Believers overcome Satan's schemes by applying biblical truth in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 6:10-19; Luke 10:18; Job 1:6-12; John 8:44; Mark 4:15; Revelation 12:9; 1 Peter 5:8

We believe the Holy Spirit gives spiritual gifts to each believer to be used for building up
the Body of Christ - the Church - according to biblical guidelines and priorities.
1 Corinthians 12:1-14; Romans 12:6-8; 1 Peter 4:10-11

Love it!  Mariners is awesome! :)

 

 

My Testimony

First, here is one of my favorite passages in scripture. :)

 

2 Corinthians 11 and 12

Paul and the False Apostles

 “I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! ² I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. ³ But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. ⁴ For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

⁵ I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”^{[a] 6} I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. ⁷ 

…..such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

Paul Boasts About His Sufferings

¹⁶ I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. ¹⁷ In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool. ¹⁸ Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast. ¹⁹ You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! ²⁰ In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face. ²¹ To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that!

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about. ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I. ²³ Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, ²⁶ I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. ²⁷ I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. ²⁸ Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness……

2 Cor. 12:9-10 He (God) said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

The main message of my testimony or life story, and I think of all of ours, is that I am still alive.  I have not been killed and I have not been driven to kill myself.  I have had thoughts of the later, never seriously attempted, but given the way life seems to have kicked me around I have wanted to end things for myself a few times.  It all seems like nothing compared to all Paul went through, but it has still been a lot to handle.

In all honesty, who wouldn’t rather be dead than living here on this earth at times?  Who wouldn’t rather be in heaven with God forever having fun and being eternally joyful than having to suffer through this life?  But we are all still alive for a reason, for a purpose.  God wants to use us.  We just have to figure out how. J

Here’s my background:

I grew up in a Christian home, ironically, but when I was 6 my dad molested me.  In actuality he tried to rape me.  I will spare you the details of the event, but he admitted to my mom later when he was in jail that if he hadn't been stopped it would have led up to incest eventually.  He admitted that from the time I was a baby he was conditioning me in a sense to like him in that way, very strange I know.  The kicker is that even after he admitted all this to my mom, she still reunited their marriage for a time, but eventually divorced him, praise God. 

I had a friend who worked in mental health for 10 years.  He told me how rare it is that some one's own father would do something like that to them.  Usually a molest comes from someone outside the family or a more removed family member.  But my own dad molested me, which I have only shared when giving my story in public once before.  It seemed too shameful to actually say that.

But the shame is not mine; it is my dad's.  And I no longer consider him my father really, since he essentially gave up his right to be my father in doing that. 

And I know now that it was not my fault.  I couldn't have done anything to prevent what happened.  I was just a kid.  I had to live there.  It took me about 3 years in counseling over the course of 16 years to realize that; that I was the victim.  That I did not want what happened to me.  That I was sinned against but I was and am still innocent.  It’s amazing how those who molest others can try to convince them that they wanted what happened to them or they brought it on themselves, and how they can convince others that the fault was not theirs.  That is probably why most victims of abuse don’t want to talk about their sexual abuse, because they are confused about if they were really the victim or not. 

The ironic thing about it all is that my mom and brother were convinced he was better now.  They didn't get why I didn’t want to talk to him.  But just a few months ago he was accused of molesting another little girl; quite sad but true.  I made a video to testify against him in court since he somehow got what he did to me wiped off his record.  That made me think of the verse “Vindication is mine’ says the Lord.”  I forgave my dad a long time ago and have not tried to take revenge in any way, but God will punish those who hurt us eventually.  People reap what they sow, and may justice be done in the case of my dad. 

After my dad, my brother also molested me twice, which has, needless to say, made things awkward for us ever since.  When my dad confronted him after my brother simply said to him, “What? You did it too.”

There was also some incident with a neighbor once. 

So all this taught me that very few people could be trusted.  That I needed to stay away from people, to isolate as much as I could.  That I needed to control situations in the future so that they did not control me.

Despite my childhood and the hypocrisy of my dad I still grew up having a close relationship with God for the most part.  I was raised in church, praise God, and always loved singing worship songs and going to Sunday school. 

I started to head down the wrong path in junior high, but luckily my mom moved me out to California to be by her incredible and godly mom who steered me onto the right path. 

In junior high I shoplifted, drank a bit, tried pot, smoked and had my first boyfriend at 12.  I know it was all a way to forget about how broken and messed up our family was.  My parents had divorced when I was 9, of course due to my dad molesting me, but that really did damage to me and my brother for a time.  My mom's depression almost made her seem non-existent so my brother and I were left to run free and make lots of dumb decisions on our own. :)

But in high school when I was 14 I fully committed my life to God, told him I would go and do whatever he wanted me to.  I went on a few missions trips, to India, Taiwan and Mexico which were pretty cool.  I still messed up from time to time with relationships but for the most part stayed on the right path. 

I went on to a private Christian college, Biola in L.A. but I never felt like I fit in with the kids there because of my past.  Most of them had come from pretty healthy families and I always felt like I didn't belong there.  But I finished and got a degree. 

I was working in a group home awhile back and told the girls there that even though they came from broken homes or hard childhoods they could still achieve their dreams.  My dream was always to get that degree, and God enabled me to.  

As an adult, and as a result of my abuses, I have struggled with anger and control issues.  I have read in recovery books that when our childhood is out of control we then want to try and control everything when we are adults.  Or when we feel helpless as a child we decide we never want to feel that way again so we put up defenses in the form of control or anger or simply isolate from the world etc.

I suppose I also have developed an addiction to worry or I have obsessive negative thoughts.  I know that is why many people drink and do drugs, because they don't want to think about certain things.  I often times have things pass through my mind that I wish I didn't.  My thoughts seem to torture me sometimes.  Whenever I'm alone the crazed worried thoughts come in, usually relating to the person I am in a relationship with, that that person will leave or cheat or stop loving me or something like that.  I know it's Satan and I should have power over these thoughts through Jesus, but sometimes it seems impossible. 

I never was addicted to drugs or alcohol, praise be to God for that.  I saw what it did in the lives of those closest to me so I stayed away for the most part. 

My mom has had clinical depression my whole life, due to what my dad did obviously, so she has been on and off almost every anti-depressant drug on the market.  I saw how horribly that affected her and learned my lesson from her to stay away from drugs, legal or illegal.  I also saw my brother throw his life away due to smoking pot.  He started when he was 16 and still hasn't stopped at 32.  He actually recently got kicked out of the army for failing a drug test, which will have pretty bad ramifications for him I think. 

My anger and need for control resulted in many heated arguments with my late husband.  It didn't help that he was somewhat of an alcoholic so that complicated things more. 

I say late because he died about a year ago.  He was on a few prescription drugs, methadone being one of them.  He asked his doctor to get him on Methadone to help him wean off of the Klonopin he was on.  The last night I was with him, we had an argument, which I will forever regret, and he went out drinking for the first time in a year.  He had given up drinking for a year for me.  The result was that he inadvertently killed himself, because drinking anything, or consuming any second substance when on methadone can kill someone. 

But my quite crazy story does have a happy ending.  God sent me an amazing Christian man that I am now married to and we have a kid on the way.  Praise God.  There is a light at the end of the tunnel. :)  So don’t lose heart in your own life if it seems like everything is going wrong.  God will work it out for the good.  Just give it time. J

My mom has turned out to be a wonderful Christian woman and a great mentor in my life now.  She has really come a long way on her own road to recovery.  For years she was leading a co-dependency group at a Celebrate Recovery at her church, which I think helped her a lot to care more about herself.  About 9 years ago she remarried a great Christian guy and they are very happy together now.  Seeing them gave me hope that marriage can work and that things can work out for the good even if they start bad. 

So I'm trusting that God will work my life out for the good.  I know in many ways He already is.

He certainly has brought my life full circle in bringing Ben into my life.  Joyce Meyer always says that God will give us double blessing for our former trouble, and He certainly has in my life.

Some verses that really give me hope are;

“And my God will work all things together for the good of those who love Him.” 

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” 

“We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus.” 

“Behold you are a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come.” 

And that Jesus said, “I am going to prepare a place for you so that where I am there you also may be.”  Amen?

  I hope God has used my story to help some of you. 

God bless :)

The Day the Dollar Died

Similar to the title of that famous song there is a book written by Paul McGuire called the Day the Dollar Died. 

He theorizes that in 2016 the dollar will be dead and we will have a one world currency. 

What will that be you may ask?

His theory is a coin of some sort.

My theory is that will be when the mark of the beast will be instituted.

How will this come about?

Let's look at the timeline of things.

Obama's second term will be ending in 2016.  Some have heard that he plans to go for leader of the UN then in 2016, which would make total sense.  When he was running for president in 2008 one article said, "It seems like Obama is not only running for president of the U.S. but president of the world too."

Because of his mixed gender he has been the most accepted president by other countries, in my opinion, because he is a blend between white and African American. 

A thought I had today was that somehow the student loan industry is also going to bring all this about. 

The student loan and parent loan debt in America will be so high in 3 years that people will be more than ready to give up on the dollar. 

The ploy Obama could make to Americans is, "If you don't agree to this new currency (most likely an implanted chip the size of a grain of rice) you will be thrown in jail for your student loan debt."

So pay off your loans if you can. :)

I was recently working at a student loan company.  I was hired to help with the consolidation process that Obama instituted. 

I was wondering what was up their sleeve with the whole thing.

What the consolidations did was in the end ensure that almost all the student loans in the U.S. were then owned by the Dept. of Education, or the U.S. Gov. 

Some have theories however that even our own U.S. Treasury is not U.S. but is owned by the world bankers.  Look up Alex Jones on that subject.

So potentially the world bankers, the richest people in the world, now hold all, or almost all, of student loan debt.  What will they do with that power?  Who knows.

Another interesting finding was that the system that we were trained on to carry out these Consolidations was called Horns.  Think of the 10 horns in Revelation.  Then one horn came up and destroyed three horns.  The one horn is supposed to represent the anti-Christ.

So why did they, Obama, choose to name the system Horns?

Another interesting fact, the main emblem for this system was a picture of a beast looking creature.  It was no animal that I have ever seen alive.  It was a mixture between a bull and something else. 

And on top of it's head it had two horns, that looked very much like Satan horns.

Then there was a lower case n covering the picture of this beast, which I thought was funny also.

At the time I was looking into this stuff more and discovered Obama's main limo that he drives around in is called "The Beast" ironically.  Look it up. 

So will the dollar die in 2016?  Will Obama run for head of the UN?  It is quite possible.

Will the mark of the beast be instituted then in 2016?  I could see it happening easily. 

They are already putting tracking chips the size of a grain of rice in cats and dogs. 

Paul McGuire theorizes that our government is making drones already that will fly around and implant these chips into people.  

And here they are:






  They look like tiny mosquitos.  You can actually see a tiny clear sliver of something protruding from its mouth.  That could be a micro chip. 

I hope it would not be possible that they could implant us in our sleep.  I think it has to be something we are willing to do, since in Rev. Christians are warned not to receive this mark. 

But I for one, do not plan to be around to find that out.

I'm hoping that my husband and I can move to New Zealand before 2016 and before all this happens.

Some say that will be the new America, the new safe haven, when all this goes down.

I wrote about Obama possibly being the anti-Christ awhile ago and have not in a bit but I still believe it's possible. 

Rev. 13 says, "I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. ² The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. ³ One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. ⁴ People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

Ok, so the beast comes out of the sea.  What is the most powerful country that is surrounded by oceans?  The U.S. 

So the anti-Christ could rise out of the U.S., the sea it would seem.

The 10 horns are supposed to represent 10 nations, 10 countries that are behind the beast.  Obama is already forming several alliances so who knows what those 10 countries will end up being. 

I am not sure what the seven heads represent. 

But here is the main evidence that I see that it very well could be Obama.  The "beast resembled a leopard."  Why a leopard?  Well a leopard is multi colored.  It is both white and black.  Obama is half white, half black. 

"Feet like those of bear" could just mean that he is powerful, and he is. 

"A mouth like that of a lion," Obama has a very strong, persuasive voice.  More so, I think, than any president before him. 

The fatal wound?  I am not sure when or how that will happen.  But somehow something will happen but he will resurrect and everyone will be amazed by this. 

Now I'd like to analyze some of the lyrics to the song the Day the Music Died.  I know the first interpretation is that the writer wrote it about his friends who died in a plane crash, but a secondary interpretation could be that he's referencing the end of the world, or at least the end of America. 

I realize this might be a bit of a stretch but bear with me. 

I believe Babylon in Rev. 19 is talking about America.  I believe in one hour our destruction will come and we will be blown up by a nuclear weapon. 

Could this happen in 2016?  It's possible.  No one knows the day or the hour, but the year....hm.... :)

"A long, long time ago… I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make those people dance,
And maybe they’d be happy for a while."

If he could possibly be singing about America being blown up someday, he is looking back on the event in this song.  Everyone is sad.   Revelations says that all the nations will mourn when Babylon is destroyed. 

"Soo..Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol’ boys were drinking whisky and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the day that I die"

The chorus seems to clearly be about the destruction of America, depending on how you look at it.  He is saying "bye, bye" to America.  There is no water left here.  Men are drinking because they know they are about to die. 

"And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died"

Darkness is one of the plagues talked about in Revelation.  The whole world will be in darkness.  There will be no sunlight and it will be completely dark.   Rev. says, "The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony ¹¹ and cursed the God of heaven."

"Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with the fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast It landed foul on the grass"

Helter Skelter is another term for madness, something crazy.  He says it's in the summer, so perhaps this could take place in the summer of 2016.  "The birds flew off with the fallout shelter" is an interesting line.  This obviously has nothing to do with his friend's death.  A fallout shelter is of course for an atomic bomb hitting a place. 

The birds flew off is interesting because I have seen several news programs of hundreds of birds falling to earth dead over the last few years for not apparent reason at all.

"Eight miles high" some interpret that he was just high.  But what if an object was literally eight miles off the ground?  What could that be?  A nuclear weapon headed towards America perhaps?The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

"The players" could be our military.  They tried to divert the nuclear weapon and send it into the ocean perhaps.  We have technology to do this.  I'm not sure who the jester would represent in this interpretation.  Perhaps the president, and he is immobilized somehow, in a cast, from something.

"Do you recall what was revealed,
The day the music died?"

What may be revealed is that America is the Babylon spoken of in Revelations, which most won't realize until we are actually destroyed. 

"So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick
‘Cause fire is the devil’s only friend."

Fire.  Fire is what will, or could, consume America with the atomic bomb. 

"As I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell"

No matter what we try to do, we cannot stop this from happening.  It is prophesied.  It will come to pass.  Satan will bring it about and God will allow it.  Some country is going to be destroyed in the last days in one hour, and the description of Babylon seems to very much match up with the U.S.

"And as flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw satan laughing with delight
the day the music died."

Satan will be quite happy when/if America is destroyed.  Why?  Because most of America is or at least was Christian.  We would then become like a sacrifice to Satan done by the anti-Christ or someone. 

"I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away"

"I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play"

"And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken"

"And the three men I admire most
The Father Son and Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died"
 So everything is destroyed.  Everyone is sad.  There is no music.  Children are screaming.  Why?  Perhaps because their parents have died, most people died in the nuclear bombing.  Lovers cried because perhaps one died and the other survived. 

I find the line funny that the trinity gets on a train for the coast.  Why?  To head to another country most likely.  But by then it might be too late.  Other countries may not accept all the American refugees that will be left over from the massive bombing. 

"Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol’ boys were drinking whisky and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the day that I die:

It's interesting how many potential parallels there are in this song.  I could be completely wrong, who knows.  But either way, I thought I would write about it.  God seemed to want me to write about this song and the end of America, so I did. :)

Every time I've heard it on the radio I always think, "Man that is the strangest song."  And I knew it had to be saying something.  So this is what I think it could be saying, but who knows.

May God be with you and give you wisdom in all things!  Amen :)