Recently, a healthy discussion arose in regard to making physical preparations for what many are "seeing" for the near future. 

If you pay attention to the mainstream news propaganda, it does not require being paranoid to be pessimistic about our financial future.  The coming collapse of the now eroded-inflated bailout-dollar, the runnup in food costs, the decline in food production from drought and other causes, the looming threat of wars, and the possibility of persecution as the left-wing assumes almost unopposable power are all verifiable news items. 

The job of a watchman, a "seer", is difficult because we "see" what others don't, or we see things before others do. Step into a nice, middle class, American church with a message of judgement and repentence and see if the good folks there dance for joy.  Do you think the pastor will smile and escort the one who carries this Word to the pulpit and announce "We really need to hear this message"?  

When Israel was almost as backslidden as the church of our day, God sent them prophets to warn them to change their apostate ways: And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. -a phrase I found used 12 times by the Lord in trying to get through to the people who were called by His name. 

Oh how history repeats! "The things that have been are the things that shall be, the thing that has been done is the thing that shall be done..." Ecc. 1:9 
Just as there was a "last days" of the kingdom of ancient Israel, there is now a "last days" in the kingdom of Spiritual Israel.  And the kingdom of Christianity is numericaly more corrupt, leavened, fragmented, and apostasized from God's Word than the Israelites we read about in scripture, including the apostate spiritual leadership over Gods' people in Jesus' day .  

Just as it was before, it is now. We try and justify, sugar coat, and apply human reasoning to practices and traditions of religious Christianity that have no basis in scripture. (See the "NOT in Scripture" artice on our homepage.)

  If that was not enough, many Christians are consumed by following political and economic news MORE than they do the scripture!  Is it any wonder our minds and thinking get twisted up by focusing on the "oracle" of media?  I bet we can come up with all sorts of excuses for that one... -and every one of them is contrary to what the Word tells us.  Yes Virginia, even Christians can make an idol of the news and rumors.  -And the Good News of the gospel gets shoved aside as we rush to pass on the latest information.

Where's the balance? How much time is devoted to study of what God says versus our study of the news and even the idol of entertainment?  Recently the Lord awoke me in the middle of night and spoke these words:
Pursue me and I will be found, but your distractions have confounded your eyes.  
Politics have distracted you, yes, they have become your lovers and where is my love?
Your possessions have possessed you, they have been your distractions, therefore I will dis-possess and remove them. 
These will I purge as I purge My Bread from the leaven of your things. 
Those that love the economy will fear but those that love Me will not,
therefore be purged of these also for whom I have chosen will love Me when I purge them. 
For I am their Lord and I do these things. 

How will God accomplish this?
Have you checked your 401k recently? Have you purchased food and have less left over for Hollywood Video? Is the cost of gasoline more than a car payment?  And if that is not convincing enough, just wait and see what the new left-wing administration delivers in the form of taxation and wealth confiscation.  -That is how God is doing it, right before our very eyes.

An amazing double prophecy: once for Israel, once for Spiritual Israel, 2Kings 20:17 and Isa 39:6:

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

So how may we prepare today in Babylon-USA?  Should we buy gold, silver, euros, water storage, a 3 year food supply and guns and ammo to protect it like some Christian ministries advise?  (completely contrary to the Word I might add).

As I was praying and meditating on this, the Lord suggested to search the phrases "lay up", "store up" "prepare" "preparation" and it is quite an eye opener.  Here is the page.

Our flesh loves security, a full pantry, and a comfortable bank account, right? 

Human reasoning attempts to make virtue out of "common sense prearedness", but that is actually a worldly approach and phrase, not found in God's Word. 

Laying up, storing up, self-preservation, and the insurance of a storehouse full of survivalist gear are of no value when God sends persecution and judgement on His people who He desires to "live by faith".  Where did Jesus, Paul, or any of the Christian writers advise material preparations? 

In Acts 11, a Christian prophet, Agabus, was shown a coming famine.  A good time for God to tell His people to prepare by storing up, right?
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar Acts 11:28

In the verses that follow, not a single mention is given for "storing up" like Joseph did under Pharaoh of Egypt, even though the same circumstances were taking place, i.e., a famine. No, the Bible tells rather that relief was sent to the needy brethren by other disciples.

The church in Acts was birthed in a time when they had a few short years to prepare for both religious persecution and government persecution.  Is there any word recorded for them to "lay up", or do any of the things recommended by Christian survivalists? No, not one.

Didn't God realize they would need food, clothing, shelter, diapers, and maybe some toothpaste?
Could it be when the persecution came, they were ostracized and maybe they could not even buy or sell in the marketplace back there in the book of Acts?
"And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles" -Acts 8:1

If those early Christians had "stored up", I wonder how much they were able to take with them and if there were any who did not leave and suffered or died needlessly protecting their "stash"?

The GOOD NEWS is that God has made preparation for us! Although we may not have the comforts we enjoy, we need "be anxious for NOTHING..." as God has promised "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."   "ALL"? 
What does "all" leave out?

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.   -Heb 4:16. 

We  lay up, store up, and prepare by putting Gods' Word in our heart....    

The REAL GOOD NEWS

The other day I received a request for prayer and finances from a brother Christian. He is in great affliction and suffering. Cancer was spoken to him by the doctors.
I forwarded it to our prayer ministry for agreement and this reply was sent to our friend.  It contains great wisdom from scripture and the keys to open the door of faith to have God meet our need. 

This is the real Good News of our gospel, that God is able, and has already met our needs according to His promises in scripture.  Those promise are obtained through FAITH in what God says, not our hopes and certainly not what our eyes and mind may tell us. "ALL things are possible to him that believeth'.

The email we sent him from Bill at Unleavened Bread:

"The purpose of this ministry is to spread the real good news.  The real good news of the Gospel.  The good news that we don't need doctors, we don't need medicine, we don't need money. 

What we need is faith in the Gospel, that we were delivered from he curse by faith.

James speaks of the prayer of faith;  James 5:15 and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. 

So what is faith?  Hebrews has something to say about that; 11:1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.  The Bible is saying that we have a firm expectation to receive those things for which we pray when we believe as though it already is. 

 So, we put our faith together an pray that our Father will have mercy on you..  This is also a good time to confess  of any sin that may be hindering your deliverance from the curse.  

 Confession of  your sins  and forgiving  those whom you need to forgive is a prerequisite of manifesting a deliverance from the curse, for sin and unforgiveness brings us under the curse.  
      James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much.
     Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.  

 We pray and believe according to the scripture. 

Matthew 18:18
Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 
19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven 
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

Mark 11:24  Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 
I Peter 2:24  who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

The curse brings us to the cross and the the sacrifice of Jesus Christ delivers us from that curse by faith:  

 Hebrews 11:1  Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.  Jesus Christ is very impressed with faith.  So, by faith and according to scripture, we can believe for our deliverance from the curse.  

Matthew 9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.  29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you. 

The apostles commanded healing by faith. 

Acts 3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.   6 But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.   7 And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength.

Much like the three Hebrew children in the book of  Daniel prior to being thrown into the fiery furnace, we also are faced with trials.   The three Hebrew children were between a rock and a hard spot and they knew it.  If they bowed a knee to Baal, then they would really end up in a fiery furnace.  

 But if they didn't bow a knee to Baal, they knew they would be saved in the Spirit.  Our Father had great mercy on those children and  saved them both body and Spirit.  Our Father will do the same for you.  When you put your trust in God and not man, you will be saved. 

It has been my experience and also with many who have posted their testimonies on David's web site www.unleavenbreadministries.org; when you place yourself completely in the hands of our Father, put aside your feelings of doubt and hold fast to the confession of your hope that it waver not, our Father is faithful to His promise of deliverance from the curse and His promise for provision of our needs. 

Our Father has promised us deliverance from the curse and promised to provide our every need.  

To take advantage of that promise,  we need to  follow the example of Jesus Christ, and walk as He walked, by faith. 
We do this by reading the word, the Gospel, and abiding in that word.  Then we go through a process of putting to death the flesh as we produce the fruit of Jesus Christ, 30, 60, hundredfold.   

 Galations 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.  

We do this by trusting in our Father to deliver us from the trials that He Himself authors in our lives.  As we grow in Jesus Christ, wisdom and knowledge,  we can expect to be have trials of our faith.  These are trials which cause us to place our trust in our Father and not man. 

As James said,  17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.  
We do battle by taking a  bold stand  in this spiritual warfare  through the power and authority of the Gospel.  You have authority to bind and loose spirits according to your faith.   You have authority to lay on hands  and heal through the blood of Jesus Christ.  You have all the power and authority of our Father's heaven from which to place your trust.  

 We have not because we ask not.  We have not because we act not upon these promises our Father has already given us back at the cross two thousand years ago.   We are to  act, take charge, and lead the spiritual battle in which you have been placed from the foundations of the earth.  This is your time, your place, and your one opportunity in all eternity to produce the fruit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   Nothing happens by chance. 

 Our Father has given us all a job to do.  And if we don't fill in the gap, then our Father is able to raise up stones. 
Luke 3: 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 

As believers, our weapon is the word and our faith in that word.   To receive the promises from our Father we must take charge and use the weapons our Father has given us against evil strong holds in our lives and against the curse.   To be entitled to our Father's promises, we must have faith in those promises. Our Father has  put forth all the promises in His  word, through His Son Jesus Christ, once and for all,  yesterday, today and tomorrow, from the foundations of the earth.  And we can take comfort in the knowledge that we are righteous by faith, and when we repent and believe, the old things are passed away  and we become new in the eyes of our Father. 

II Corinthians 5:17  Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.   Our Father's will for His  people to be  delivered from the curse by faith,  has purpose, for the curse without cause alighteth not,

Proverbs 26:2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.    So, there is a reason for the curse.  It is there  to bring us  into alignment with the word, and as a means to force us into a situation where we must walk by faith. 

Numbers 21 is an example of our Father sending the curse and then providing the deliverance from that very curse.  This is also a type and shadow of Jesus Christ on the cross.  We take our eyes off of the curse  and look back at the cross and believe Jesus Christ took that curse for us. 

5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.      
6 And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.   
7 And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 
8 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. Numbers 21:

 The lady with the issue of blood finally came to the conclusion that she could find hope by no other means then  touching the hem of Jesus Christ's garment to be healed.  She is an example of what we go through in our lives as we learn to walk by faith and finally come to the knowledge of truth.  And we need only to place our hand on the hem of Jesus Christ's garment and believe through him, we have already overcome the curse.  

For us to step out in faith, we must have the faith to believe   This is the trial of our faith.  Reaching that point where we finally cross over from unbelief to believing that the promises are not nay, or maybe, or if it by thy will, but yea. 
II Corinthians 1: 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.    20 For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.    21 Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God; 

 When we  walk by faith, and  believe the word,  we are delivered from the curse.  When we finally come to the end of our rope and say, "Yea Lord,"  I believe that You are able to deliver me, then we place ourselves in a position of weakness, by faith we are released from the curse,   and through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ we have all the promises of our Father.  

 All we have to offer is our faith.  So, by entering into the rest of Jesus Christ, when we are weak, our Father steps in, takes over and does His work His way.  We are edified and our Father gets all the glory.   We enter into the rest and the trial of our faith which is that time period between the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the manifestation of our healing.  

Thank You Father for granting Glen  repentance and a forgiving  heart.  Thank You Father for giving him  the word of knowledge that Your Son Jesus Christ suffered and gave up His life not only for our sins but also for our infirmities.  That by faith, we were delivered from the curse and we only need put our trust in You Father and not man.  That there is nothing man can do that hasn't already been done by Your Son Jesus Christ.  

 A PRAYER FOR YOU.
Thank You Father for giving  us the faith to believe that they were already delivered from his infirmities and the curse was already lifted from his body, back at the cross of Your Son Jesus Christ.    We  believe we can receive nothing lest it comes from You Father.  

 Thus, it must stand that the curse brings us to the cross and through Your Son Jesus Christ, we are delivered from the curse.   Thank You Father for giving Glen  the word of knowledge that faith is based on Your word and not our feelings.  That our hope rests on submitting to Your word and not our feelings.  That manifestation of prayer comes to past according to our faith and trust in Your word Father, and not what we think, what we feel, for the word states;   Romans 3: 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.   

 We add our faith to yours and command deliverance from all  infirmities and include what the doctors say.   Thank You Father for comforting us in the knowledge that You will not leave us nor forsake us as demonstrated by the resurrection of Your Son Jesus Christ, our only hope.  Amen. 

Strong Delusion Has Begun

Recent events have prompted us in regard to what we are watching unfold on the world-wide stage right before our eyes.  In our lifetime, various players have received the fanatical adoration of millions of people.  In the 1930's, the average American could not concieve of how an intelligent nation such as Germany could fall under the evil spell of Hitler and vote him into office. 

What should concern the true Christian, who, given the times we live in, is that the "Christian" church of Germany bought in to Hitler and his "change".
Hitler wanted to "change Germany", and he succeeded.  He changed it from a republic to a dictatorship, it changed from a place where Germans lived in peace with their neighbors to a place where neighbors turned against their Jewish friends. He changed it into a militarized aggressive state that sought world domination and he changed it into a place where millions of its' own citizens would be slaughtered. 

Can it (persecution) happen here to Americans, can it happen to Christians this time?

It has already happened to Christians MANY times in MANY countries around the world.  It happened all through the book of Acts. It is happening in Somalia, Indonesia, China, and many Middle Easte nations. 

As a friend of ours is wont to say "the crowd is usually wrong".  In Christianity and in the history of God's people, it usually fell to the prophets to speak out warning, repentence, and seek to turn people to the Lord.  The people usually followed leaders who told them what they wanted to hear.

In recent days, I had a chance to speak with some people in regard to the man who will live in the Whitehouse.  While we did not vote for either of the candidates, as there is no such thing as political salvation, I was very alarmed by the legitimate news stories regarding the backround and the statements made by the voters choice himself. 

I heard a radio interview with a well known conservative economist.  When confronted with facts and direct quotes and news, the interview guest either shrugged off, downplayed, or blatantly excused the illegal, immoral, and unconstitutional actions of a certain candidate.  He was not willing to even consider the evidence in a blatant disregard of truth!

In his own words the candidate promised unrestricted abortion "rights", including the killing of babies who somehow survived the abortion process. In his own words the candidate vowed to reverse the law requing abortion centers to fully inform their clients of the possible consequences of their actions.     

Either one of those statements should have immediately disqualified him from serious consideration for any public office in a free, God-fearing nation.

It was then I realized that God Himself was sending a delusion upon the people of this country including Christians, who have fallen into the idolatry of this world.  When a person refuses to consider straightforward facts and refuses to hear truth when it violates his pre-concieved ideas, he is in position to receive a  lie.  Here is what the Bible says about this:

2Thess 2:10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11  And for this cause (not having a love for truth) God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Will it happen again?  History says "YES". The Bible says"YES".