Are Christians Still Under the Condemnation of Law? Part 1

Good day Saints of the Living God,

Today I would love to answer two questions that most people ask in religious circles. May I say at the offset, if you have any questions, please email me and I will take out some time as I am doing today to answer your question in my devotionals. Today I will look at the first question on Galatians chapter 3, and next week, I shall take a look at the second question on Colossians 2:16. Note these two devotionals will be a longer read than normal , and I do welcome your comments.

Please understand, in writing the next two devotionals. They are only written to the many questions people have sent on these texts to Garden Ministry Devotionals from around the world. If anyone takes these next two devotionals the wrong way, I am sorry. 

May I say as chaplain, "Some of the best, and devote Christians I have ever found in the world, worship God on Sundays and not on the Saturday, the Sabbath day of the Bible." On the other hand, God has other children who are blessed and Highly Favored by Him who don't attend any church on any day of the week. All these wonderful Christians with their leaders, and those faithful once who worship Him at home, in the woods, or some place on earth. Are some of the fineness saints on earth. These Brothers and sisters are some of my best friends, and we work together as Brethren. With that said, I am called regularly to speak in many churches of different denomination and they always ask me to come back. lastly on this point. I am the first to be offended when people speak down on my Brothers and Sisters of different denominations. So understand, these two devotionals will be a longer read than normal, and I do welcome your comments. 

The Devotional for the Day:

The other day when I was driving my car, I came to a red light telling me it was time to stop. But somehow the people behind me gave me the horn, and pulled their car around me, and kept on going. But before they made it across the intersection, they found themselves in front of a police car coming from the other direction. If you think this was funny, the man jumped out of his car and told the officer to move his car, because he was there first. The officer kindly got out of his car and respectfully reminded him of the law of the land that governs all men and gave him a ticket.

It is said, “Today's opponents can be your allies tomorrow. And today's allies can be tomorrow's opponents,” because they are built on customs and tradition. But principles and standards stand forever!

For years opponents of the Seventh-day Sabbath often pointed to verses on the law which talk about it as a schoolmaster that was to “bring us to Christ”, and many teach that the law was a “yoke of bondage” and that this “system of law” ceased or was abolished at the coming of Christ.  They believe that those who think that the law is still in effect today “desire to be under the law” and are putting themselves in “bondage”.

Many early Christians referred to the law in Galatians as the ceremonial law, and many of them still do today. But what does the Bible say on this subject? Let us examination the Bible concerning the subject of the schoolmaster and what it means to be “under the law”.

Galatians 3:23-25  But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.  (24)  Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  (25)  But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Before faith we were under the law.  After faith we are no longer under the law.  What does it mean?

What Law is the Schoolmaster? The Ceremonial Law?  The Moral Law?  Or Both?

“The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith” (Galatians 3:24). In this scripture, the Holy Spirit through the apostle is speaking especially of the moral law. The law reveals sin to us, and causes us to feel our need of Christ and to flee unto Him for pardon and peace by exercising repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”

What does it mean to be Under the Law?

Many believe that to be “under the law” means that we are under a “system of law” and that this “system of law” ceased at the cross, and we therefore were under obligation to keep the law up until the cross.  Then the law was abolished.  They tell us that Paul is teaching us that we are no longer under the obligation to keep the law, and anyone teaching this is teaching “another gospel” or that they are “legalists” and in “bondage to the law”.

But what does the Bible say to these things? In Isaiah 8:20 the Bible says, “To the law and the testimony, if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them”.  If it means we are no longer “under obligation” to keep the law, then someone is wrong here in saying that we are under obligation to keep it.

“The Lord Jesus gave these commandments from the pillar of cloud and Moses repeated them to the children of Israel and wrote them in a book, that they might not depart from righteousness...We are under obligation to fulfill these specifications; for in so doing, we fulfill the specifications of the law of God.”

 “There is full assurance of hope in believing every word of Christ, believing in Him, being united to Him by living faith. When this is our experience, the human being is no longer under the law, for the law no longer condemns our course of action.”

The law that condemns us is the moral law.  When the law no longer condemns our course of action, we are no longer under it.  In other words we are no longer “under the condemnation of the law”, but yet, we are still “under obligation” to keep it.  To be no longer under the law is to mean, “we now walk in harmony with it by faith.”

“The law of God, spoken in awful grandeur from Sinai, is the utterance of condemnation to the sinner. It is the province of the law to condemn, but there is in it no power to pardon or to redeem. It is ordained to life; those who walk in harmony with its precepts will receive the reward of obedience. But it brings bondage and death to those who remain under its condemnation.

Galatians 4:4-7  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,  (5)  To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.  (6)  And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.  (7)  Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Should those who are not under the law be particular to understand the law?  

Yes!

“But how particular we should be to understand the law of God, so that we may not be under condemnation as law-breakers.  It is the willing and obedient that God will bless. If we are desirous of understanding the law of earthly Governments, how much more should we desire to know what God requires of us. If we are anxious to understand our duty, he will not leave us to be enshrouded in darkness, but will enlighten our understanding so that we shall know for ourselves what is truth.”

God only gives understanding to those who will be desirous to understand their duty.  The Bible teaches that Law-breakers are under the condemnation of the law. But those who walk after the Spirit are not under the condemnation of the law.

“Here is held out the very thing for which we are to labor: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love.” If we have the love of Christ in our souls, it will be a natural consequence for us to have all the other graces,—joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance;” and “against such there is no law.” The law of God does not condemn and hold in bondage those who have these graces; because they are obeying the requirements of the law of God. They are law-keepers, and therefore they are not under the bondage of the law.

It is only when you do not walk in harmony with the law of God that you are brought in bondage to it and under it.  When you or I walk contrary to the Spirit of God, then and only then do we find ourselves back under the condemnation of the Law.

What does Gal 5:18 mean? “But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”

This verse clearly is not referring to any particular time period after the cross alone, but to all time, and since the beginning of time, even back to the time of Cain and Abel.   If you are not led of the Spirit, you are under the law.   Before faith came, you were under the law. Before grace came, you were under the law. But after faith is come, you are not under the schoolmaster.  Many before the cross were under grace and not under the law.   Paul is speaking to Galatians here, several years after the cross.   Those that have not received the Spirit of adoption still need redemption from under the bondage and condemnation of the law.  Therefore to be under the law was not referring to a system that ceased at the cross. (Gal 4:4-6)  But something that ceases when faith is come.(Gal 3:23-25, Heb 11).

The Moral Law Governs the Everyday Life as Long as Time Should Last

Some are proposing that the law given at Sinai was only to govern until the cross and now “we are no longer under the government of the law”, but at the time of the cross the law was abolished or would pass away.   What does Ellen White say about this?

“In consequence of continual transgression, the moral law was repeated in awful grandeur from Sinai. Christ gave to Moses religious precepts which were to ***govern*** the everyday life. These statutes were explicitly given to guard the ten commandments. They were not shadowy types to pass away with the ***death of Christ***. They were to be binding upon man in every age as long as time should last.

The passage above tells us that the law was repeated at Sinai. Those who teach it was nailed to the cross normally believe it wasn’t even given until Mount Sinai, let alone repeated.  This passage also tells us that the law will govern as long as time should last.   And that it did not pass away at the death of Christ.  Neither did the statutes that explain the moral law.   Though our penalty and our condemnation for breaking the law was nailed to the cross.  None of the moral law, or statutes were nailed to the cross.

“When the mind is drawn to the cross of Calvary, Christ by imperfect sight is discerned on the shameful cross. Why did He die? In consequence of sin. What is sin? The transgression of the law. Then the eyes are open to see the character of sin. The law is broken but cannot pardon the transgressor. It is our schoolmaster, condemning to punishment. Where is the remedy? The law drives us to Christ, who was hanged upon the cross that He might be able to impart His righteousness to fallen, sinful man and thus present men to His Father in His righteous character.” 

Is it delusion to think we are no longer “governed by the law”?

Let no one foster the delusion that the Lord God of heaven and earth has no law by which to control and govern His subjects…We are under obligation to be governed by His will, to acknowledge Him as our supreme ruler….”

The Apostle Paul had much to say on this subject, but let us look at a few of his teachings.

Romans 6:14-15  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.  (15)  What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

In other words, we are no longer under the condemnation of the law, but under grace.  You cannot be under grace and under the law at the same time. The covenant of grace was given to Adam and Eve to redeem them from under the condemnation of the law.   Though Christ was not crucified until 31AD, they were fully forgiven back then.  We are told that Christ is the “lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8)

Do we then sin or break the law?  “God forbid” Paul says.   And the law that told him what sin is was clearly the moral law which was our schoolmaster, this law condemned us, but it also brought us to Christ who took upon himself our condemnation so that we are now able to stand in liberty, free from the bondage of sin and law breaking all by the power of the promise of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Those who walk after the Spirit are no longer under the condemnation of the law.  And they have received that Spirit of adoption.  They walk after the Spirit. (Gal 4:4-7). They have been “the born of spirit”, or in other words “born again”.

Romans 8:14-17 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (15) For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (16) The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: (17) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Brothers and Sisters, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, may I ask, what is the Great Standard of Righteousness?

To answer this, we must look at Jesus. Christ gave His life to redeem humanity, and He calls upon men and women to make every sacrifice in their power to glorify God by placing light in contrast with darkness. Christ gave His life as a sacrifice, not to destroy God's law, not to create a lower standard, but to maintain justice, and to give man a second probation. No one can keep God's commandments except in Christ's power. He bore in His body the sins of all mankind, and He imputes His righteousness to every believing child.

Christ is our example in all things. He has magnified the law and made it honorable. By His unwavering obedience He testified to the truth that God's law is the standard of righteousness for all men. God requires of man nothing that is impossible for him to do. He “so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Possessing our nature, though unstained by sin, and tempted in all points like as we are, Christ kept the law, proving beyond controversy that man also can keep it.

The fiat has gone forth, “The wages of sin is death.” The sinner must feel his guiltiness, else he will never repent. He has broken the law, and in so doing has placed himself under its condemnation. The law has no power to pardon the transgressor, but it points him to Christ Jesus, who says to him, I will take your sin and bear it myself, if you will accept me as your substitute and surety. Return to your allegiance, and I will impute to you my righteousness. You will be made complete in me. 

Sin is the transgression of the law. God declares, “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.” Notwithstanding all the profession of lip and voice, if the character is not in harmony with the law of God, those making profession of godliness bear evil fruit.

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven,”—the will made known in the ten commandments, given in Eden when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy, and spoken with an audible voice from Sinai. “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Many mighty works are done under the inspiration of Satan, and these works will be more and more apparent in the last days.

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” 

The mischief done by the professed believers in God who are not doers of the Word, cannot be estimated. Their lawless, unholy principles corrupt many, leading them away from the path of obedience.

A life of conformity to the Christ-life cannot be a life of disobedience to God's commands. The lawyer who questioned Christ concerning the law, in answering his own question, said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.” “Thou hast answered right,” Christ said; “this do, and thou shalt live.” Sin cannot reign in the life of the one who loves God supremely. Obedience to God is the fruit borne by love. Christ is not at war with Christ, and love to our neighbor prevents us from working ill to him. “The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.” The law of God lays its claim upon the whole man. There is no period of time when the law does not make this demand upon every son and daughter of Adam.

Complete obedience is the only condition that meets the requirement of the law. “God is not a man, that He should lie.” God's law is the rule of His government. He says, “This do, and thou shalt live.” But to the disobedient He says, “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.” “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Ezekiel 18:20

God has given the promise that those who obey His law will be rewarded, not only in the present life, but in the life to come. He declares just as decidedly that those who do not obey His requirements shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on them. By lips that never lie the obedient are blessed, and the disobedient are pronounced guilty.

There are only two classes in the world today, and only two classes will be recognized in the Judgment,—those who violate God's law, and those who keep His law. Two great opposing powers are revealed in the last great battle. On one side stands the Creator of heaven and earth. All on His side bear His signet. They are obedient to His commands. On the other side stands the Prince of darkness, with those who have chosen apostasy and rebellion.

When the judgment shall sit, and every one shall be judged by the things written in the books, the authority of God's law will be looked upon in a light altogether different from that in which it is now regarded by the Christian world. Satan has blinded their eyes and confused their understanding, as he blinded and confused Adam and Eve, and led them into transgression. The law of Jehovah is great, even as its Author is great. In the Judgment it will be recognized as holy, just, and good in all its requirements. Those who transgress this law will find that they have a serious account to settle with God; for His claims are decisive.

Christ has borne our sins in His own body, and those who accept Him as a personal Saviour are free from the penalty of the law. Jesus has been made the propitiation for our sin, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. “Hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected. Hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.”

In Conclusion:

To the obedient child of God the commandments are a delight. David declares, “Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.... I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.” Psalm 119:111-119

Did the contempt shown to the law of God extinguish David's loyalty? Hear his words. He calls upon God to interfere and vindicate His honor, to show that there is a God, that there are limits to His forbearance. “It is time for thee, Lord, to work,” he says, “for they have made void thy law.” Psalm 119:126

David saw the divine precepts thrown aside, and obstinacy and rebellion increasing. But he was not swept away by the prevalence of apostasy. The scorn and contempt cast upon the law did not lead him to refrain from vindicating the law. On the contrary, his reverence for the law of Jehovah increased as he saw the disregard and contempt shown for it by others. “They have made void thy law,” he exclaims. “Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.” Psalms 119:128

As man studies and contemplates the precious statutes of the Most High, as he meditates upon them, and realizes their value, he exclaims: “Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.... Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Psalms 119:129

Song of the Day: Ed Gungor- The Law Of The Lord Is Perfect (Medley) Songs Of Worship (Hosanna! Music) Psalms 19:7-11

Thank you for your prayers for this ministry, and may the blessings of the Lord rest on you, and your family always.

Blessings, Blessing, Blessings 

Garden Ministry Devotionals are written by Chaplain Kevin Santucci

If you know of ten persons who need a word of encouragement through this devotional, please forward this email of faith on to them today.

EXCESS BAGGAGE

Text for the day: Ephesians 4:20-24

²⁰But ye have not so learned Christ;

²¹ If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

²² That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

²³ And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

²⁴ And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Good day Saints of the Living God,

As you reflect on how God has been good to you over this pass year. Let us not forget that before the day of probation ends, we all must go through a humbling experience so that sin will have no part of us. To you who are reading this message, this may not be the thing you want to hear, but it is the truth. In other words, if there were two words that should awaken you, and me to our feet, that is, “Excess Baggage.”

If you were traveling by an airplane as a passenger, everyone is told ahead of their fight that their luggage must be a certain weight. If your luggage exceeds the limits for weight, size, or number of pieces allowed by a particular carrier, you will be asked to wait. Excess baggage requires payment of additional freight may cause your luggage to be sent separately as cargo and not as accompanied baggage.

In this life, God has assigned a principle or standard by which we may be fitted, judged or decided to enter heaven. Infact, He has assured us victory and success, but only to those who follow the direction through Jesus Christ will He permit to enter the heavenly flight. But they must learn through the lessons of faith, righteousness, and through the lesson of humbling through trails, the joy of living with a Holy God in His kingdom.

Sadly to say to those who feel that they know it all, and have it all, they must be left behind forever spiritually, and end up in the lake of fire finally.

Today I would share with you Satan’s five point plan to destroy the Saints of the Living God. These are Satan’s plans to cause excess baggage weight in God’s children if he can.

Firstly, God has a great work to do in a short time. This work will be done in and through you His people, but only if you will Him too. The big question is, will you allow Him to do it? If not you, who? If not now, when? 

Just think for a moment, why is it that we have forgotten what time it is? Has not God shown us through His word the signs of the time that shall come upon the earth just before probation closes, and His second coming? Yes! In ever age God has given a probationary time before He punishes the inhabitants of that time with destruction.

The Probationary time that God has allotted to all living on this earth is rapidly closing. The big problem is, "we think we have all the time in the world to get it right. The enemy of our soul knows we don't, and that is why he is pushing mankind into these up and down relationships with God. He is hoping that one day, we would be caught out when we are down spiritually, and probation closes. Through this evil plan, Satan tells his evil angels that we would forever be lost.

Secondly, the reason why they, the would be saints are not working with God, and treating the Saints of God like dirt is because they are not walking in the light of God, but in darkness and they know it not. 

Thirdly, these would be saints don't serve God, nor His people with a loving spirit, but they serve themselves. Like the antediluvians, God bestowed upon them many and rich gifts; but they used His bounties to glorify themselves, and turned them into a curse by fixing their affections upon the gifts instead of the Giver. They employed the gold and silver, the precious stones and the choice wood, in the construction of habitations for themselves, and endeavored to excel one another in beautifying their dwellings with the most skillful workmanship. They sought only to gratify the desires of their own proud hearts, and reveled in scenes of pleasure and wickedness. Not desiring to retain God in their knowledge, they soon came to deny His existence. They adored nature in place of the God of nature. They glorified human genius, worshiped the works of their own hands, and taught their children to bow down to graven images. These would be saints have a want things our way spirit, or a controlling spirit. They love to fight against those who are blessed and highly favored by God in heaven. They say, "if anyone is not following us, or doing things to our likeness, we will cut them off."

 “It is a law of the human mind that by beholding we become changed. Man will rise no higher than his conceptions of truth, purity, and holiness. If the mind is never exalted above the level of humanity, if it is not uplifted by faith to contemplate infinite wisdom and love, the man will be constantly sinking lower and lower.” “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.... The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.” God had given men His commandments as a rule of life, but His law was transgressed, and every conceivable sin was the result. The wickedness of men was open and daring, justice was trampled in the dust, and the cries of the oppressed reached unto heaven,” until He destroyed them with a flood. Genesis chapter 6 and 7. 

Fourthly, "These would be saints of God who are working for Satan, don't have anything nice to say about the true Saints of God. When they speak of them, or when their name comes up in a conversation, they speak down on them. They even go as far as to send out spies to see what they are doing to rack up things against them, and keep a handle on them. This they say will help lead them to get rid of Gods Saints by any means possible." Even if it means to kill them, their families, or anything and everybody that is associated with the them. This outward showing of these would be saints, would be to finally kill the spirit of unity within the church of the LIVING GOD, and even in the community! But the Lord God will have none of this! The day will come when He shall laugh at these wicked once, for He knows their day is coming. Psalms 37:13

Fifthly, these would be saints of God, find joy in openly belittling the integrity and character of God’s true saints. But the word of the Lord condemns this behavior, because it is the work of Satan, who is the father of lies. It is said, “If you would be a saint in heaven, you must first be a saint on earth. The traits of character you cherish in life will not be changed by death or by the resurrection. You will come up from the grave with the same disposition you manifested in your home and in society. Jesus does not change the character at His coming. The work of transformation must be done now. Our daily lives are determining our destiny.”

Today it is time for all, who have committed their lives to Jesus to ask for a fresh start. In other words, we all need a new beginning. We are on the last leg of the run before probation closes forever. It's time to focus more on where God is directing you. Don't get sidetracked anymore by those who are not working with God. Remember, when God allows you to see the faults in others, just pray for them. Because if it had not been for the goodness of God in calling you, where would you be?

We are living in a time when prevailing corruption covers the earth. Like in the days of Methuselah, Noah, and many others who labored to keep alive the knowledge of the true God and to stay the tide of moral evil, God is calling you. But you must put off your excess baggage. God loves you very much. Always remember that this battle is not yours, it's the Lord's. Fight the good fight of faith! 

This year God shall break every chain, and not do it the conventional way in which we have seen it done in the pass. He say, "Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place — floods." Isaiah 43:19 

May your day be Blessed

Maranatha, Jesus is coming

Please listen to the four part message by the late C.D Brooks (The Handwriting on the Wall)

Part 1 to 4 (Note when it stops, go to the next video in the series.)  

 

Song of the Day:

 

Thank you for your prayers for this ministry, and may the blessings of the Lord rest on you, and your family always.

Blessings, Blessing, Blessings 

Garden Ministry Devotionals are written by Chaplain Kevin Santucci

If you know of ten persons who need a word of encouragement through this devotional, please forward this email of faith on to them today.

The 11th of September

Good morning Prayer Warriors and Colleagues  

When Emperor Haile Selassie gave his final statement to the League of Nations in his speech in Geneva Switzerland on June 30^th 1936. It is said he gave a far-famed and widely cited warning to all nations and countries against Fascist propaganda. His famous opening words - "It is us today. It will be you tomorrow" - circuited the newspapers. This has been described as the final epitaph of the impotent. He went on to say, “Today is the day on which we defeated our enemy. Therefore, when we say let us rejoice with our hearts, let not our rejoicing be in any other way but in the spirit of Christ. Do not return evil for evil. Do not indulge in the atrocities which the enemy has been practicing in his usual way, even to the last.

Take care not to spoil the good name of Ethiopia by acts which are worthy of the enemy. We shall see that our enemies are disarmed and sent out the same way they came.” Today we are in a war like Ethiopia was many years ago. But this war is not against one nation like they where, but against an enemy and his evil angels. The Bible say soon, our Redeemer shall come, at the sound of the trump. 

The song the Mid Night Cry was the final song sung this morning at 6:55 am by me, through the power of the Holy Spirit at an all night 12 hour prayer service which ended on morning of September 11th, 2016. Just think for a moment, this was the same day in 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters.

There is much CONSPIRACY behind 9/11, but you be the judge. It is my duty to inform you, the lives of millions of men, woman, and children what is taking place on the earth right now. It is my duty to tell you what will soon threaten you, by describing to you the fate which we as humans will soon suffer.

Today l'll love to take a moment to pray for your country, and invite you to pray for a country near you. It has been said many years ago, "God Has Told Us What to Expect in Our Day.
Before His crucifixion the Saviour explained to His disciples that He was to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb, and angels were present to impress His words on minds and hearts. [See Mark 8:31, 32; 9:31; 10:32-34.] But the disciples were looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes centered should suffer an ignominious death. The words which they needed to remember were banished from their minds, and when the time of trial came it found them unprepared. The death of Jesus as fully destroyed their hopes as if He had not forewarned them."

This was amazing we would say, but, "so in the prophecies the future is opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the disciples by the words of Christ. The events connected with the close of probation and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But multitudes have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed."

"The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place about us. They are watching the relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element and they recognize that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis."

"The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones."

When "Christ upon the Mount of Olives rehearsed the fearful judgments that were to precede His second coming: “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: ... Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows” [Matthew 24:6-8]. While these prophecies received a partial fulfillment at the destruction of Jerusalem, they have a more direct application in the last days."

"Jesus declares: “There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations” (Luke 21:25; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24-26; Revelation 6:12-17). Those who behold these harbingers of His coming are to “know that it is near, even at the doors” (Matthew 24:33). The nations are in unrest. Times of perplexity are upon us. Men’s hearts are failing them for fear of the things that are coming upon the earth. But those who believe in God will hear His voice amid the storm, saying, “It is I; be not afraid."

Lastly, "Strange and eventful history is being recorded in the books of heaven—events which it was declared should shortly precede the great day of God. Everything in the world is in an unsettled state." It is my prayer that when Jesus comes, He may not find our hearts in an unsettled state with Him, but at peace. May we be found ready when Jesus comes. If you need help with your walk with Jesus, email me at, tuccigardenministry@gmail.com

This year God shall break every chain, and not do it the conventional way in which we have seen it done in the pass. He say, "Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place — floods." Isaiah 43:19 

May your day be Blessed

Maranatha, Jesus is coming

Song of the Day:

"The mid-Night Cry” By Chaplain Kevin Santucci

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What Happened On September 11, 2001? Fifteen years after 9/11, relatives of those who died are still trying to recover.

 

If you would like to find out other shocking facts and secrets about the 9/11 attacks and building 7. Look up William Cooper 10 shocking and disturbing facts about the September 11th attacks. But may we never show disrespect to those who died and the families of those who have lost their lives on September 11, 2001. 

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