What Is the ‘Abomination of Desolation’? September 8, 2014 | DAN DORIANI

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If a group of Christians sat down to list perplexing passages, it wouldn’t take long for someone to mention Matthew 24:15-16: “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” The reasons for uncertainty are easy to list. What is an abomination? What abomination does Jesus have in mind? One that belongs to his generation, or one from the last days? What is the connection between the prophecies of Daniel and Jesus? Who is “the reader,” and what should he or she understand? In what sense should readers “flee to the mountains”? Should they obey literally or metaphorically? 

As always, the first step is to read the text in literary, cultural, historical, and canonical contexts. Then we analyze the structure of the passage and do the necessary lexical and grammatical work. We begin with the key phrase, “abomination of desolation.”

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"May Is Not a Time to Play" Andrew Towe, Chattanooga, TN May 15, 2024

Personally, I don't like gimmicks or even rhythmical, catchy, little sayings that might make me sound like I am commercializing the word of God, and the Lord knows this. After telling Him multiple times that I don't like to rhyme when I prophesy, lately He has persisted in speaking to me in prophetic rhymes.

No doubt about it, God has a sense of humor! He reminded me that a whole division in the Old Testament is called the "poetical writings." He's been impressing on my heart to get over my preferences. It's not about me; it's about Him! Moreover, He said to speak His words the way He gave them to me. I have resigned myself to the idea that if people begin to describe me as the "Dr. Seuss" prophet, it doesn't matter, as long as I am obeying God. (Don't worry, He's not led me to speak about green eggs and ham!)

Here it is—the one-line poetical word of the Lord that came to me that I wrestled so much with:  continue >>>

They Crossed Our Southern Border - Karen Hardin - May 15, 2024

They Crossed Our Southern Border
Some who have crossed our southern border have come seeking a better life. I truly believe this. But others have taken advantage of the open border for nefarious reasons. One of our featured articles today mentions that the earlier groups of Chinese who crossed our southern border were primarily young males aged 25-35. Hmmm. That sounds like military aged males. Later families with kids started coming. We may not know the true motives of many of these illegal immigrants until some future event reveals those who came with the intention of bringing harm to the American people. We do need to ask God how to prepare for such an event when our enemies hiding among us decide it is time to act. 

In our second article, activists from Iran and China who have found sanctuary in the U.S. are facing threats in the U.S. from agents of their home countries who are harrassing, intimidating or plotting violence against them for their activism in the U.S. 

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Recently, in a corporate prayer meeting, the Lord spoke to me and said, "Divine intel." I had a vague understanding of what the word intel meant, but I looked it up so that I could really unpack and understand this word the Lord had just spoken to me.

Intel is actually short for the word intelligence. Used in this kind of context, it often relates to information of military or political value.

Divine Intel from Heaven   continue >>>

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Recently I heard the Lord say, "Fire is coming on your eyes; I must purify how you see," and I began to see the fire of God flowing powerfully through the Body of Christ. As this holy fire began to flow, I could hear a deep groan in the atmosphere; it was the groan of the Lord's heart calling His people to come up higher and to see as He sees.  continue >>>

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We Are Crossing Over

Ever since we crossed over into 2024, I have noticed a massive shift in my dreams from the Lord. One of the common themes I keep dreaming about is healing and deliverance. In every dream, this is not just happening to individuals, but en masse. It's become quite common for me to dream of people encountering freedom and deliverance on such a scale and level of power and glory that I wake up and still feel it lingering. It's captured my heart—the longing and desire of Jesus to see His people truly free. I feel it in my bones: we are crossing over.

We have bound the Church for too long. The pews have been places where sickness has thrived, and we have normalized issues that Jesus healed people from in the Bible. We have celebrated dysfunctions, mental illness, and given the enemy 'high places,' instead of casting out the snake, defying Jezebel, and calling out strongmen for what they are. They have sat at our tables for too long, poisoning pulpits, compromising the Bride, killing marriages, and raising prodigals. We have 'band-aided' what has plagued us instead of driving it out with the power of the Spirit. We have been sick with nowhere to go, and no doctors, nurses, or healers to lead us to wholeness.

But, yes, those days are over... We are crossing over.

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Alane Haynes: "The Landscape of Your Life Is Changing" - San Diego, CA - May 7, 2024

Some weeks ago, I had a very strange dream. After seeking the Lord about what it meant and sharing it with a few close friends, I know that it is a word from the Lord.

Prophetic Dream

In the dream, I was inside a house looking out one of two very large windows which overlooked the yard. In the dream, I knew it was my house, but it was not the house I currently live in. In the yard were three workers, construction equipment, and storage units. Our shed and back fence were gone, as well as everything we had planted. The workers were tagging three willow trees that bordered a neighbor's property. I was upset and went outside, telling them they had no right to do this, that this was our property. The man in charge said, "The owner has rights." I was confused because I thought my husband and I were the owners.

My husband and I walked to the back edge of our property where the fence had been. We now saw that it was a very high place overlooking a vast expanse of ocean. There was a ledge about six feet below, and my husband jumped onto it. I was gripped by fear and yelled, "What are you doing?" He then lifted his hand and I pulled him up. Then I woke up.  continue >>>

Life in the New Covenant, Part 19 Rick Joyner May 7

Any time believers in our congregation display weakness, we should try to strengthen them in the faith and not reject them. We should keep trying to help them as long as they continue to try. However, when they quit, it is not possible to prop them up. As harsh as it may seem, we cannot expend that which has been given to us in service of those who do not have the will to receive it.

Nowhere do we see the Lord trying to compel or beg people to follow Him if they did not have it in themselves to do it. Such will only hold back the rest from becoming and doing what they are called to do or be.

However, we must not confuse the lack of commitment to a doctrine or project as a lack of commitment to the Lord. We should not confuse their lack of commitment to our congregation with a lack of commitment to the Lord. They may be called to another congregation, even another movement or expression of the body of Christ. If we think we have the best, or the only one worthy of commitment, we are deluded and conceited, and it is good that they leave us. If they have been called, their devotion will come alive if they are allowed to find their right place in Him. continue >>>

Hope in Prayer

Sometimes we think we need to have eloquent prayers to be heard by God. Not true. Our best prayers are often, “Help!” or “I’m confused,” or “I’m afraid.” The apostle Paul reminds us that prayer can even be without proper words. The Spirit of God within us intercedes for us with “wordless groans” (verse 26).

God sees us. He knows us. He discerns what we’re worried about. When life is overwhelming and we have no words to describe what we’re going through, or trauma steals our voice and we don’t even know what to ask for, we can still hope. Why? Because God already knows. He loves us enough to communicate for us when words fail. He loves with abandon.

No matter what circumstance is giving you anxiety today, Paul reminds us that during those groaning prayers, God is at work. He will take what we see as failure or duress or brokenness and, eventually, make something beautiful from each difficult situation. He does this for his glory and our good.

Because of that, we have hope. God loves to take impossible situations and do something redemptive through them. Even when we can’t verbalize our need, he is already working.

Lord, thank you that even when I don’t know how to pray, or my words get caught in my throat, your Spirit is interceding for me. I trust that you will bring good from every mess in my life. Amen.

When has God answered an unspoken prayer of yours? What happened? What did you learn about God through that situation?

Taken from the NIV Radiant Virtues Bible.

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