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When Moses asked God "What is your name?", God said "I AM". The great I AM... what a statement! Of all that is, He is the Great Present One, His existence at the pinnacle of all that is. This song is a panoramic view from the absolute lie of evolution (nothing more that a theory taught as fact - one that Darwin himself refuted on his deathbed) through the strategy of Lucifer to deceive the nations, to the wedding of the Lamb, culminating with The Great I AM. A celebration of what is to come for the bond servant of Christ.

This was a bit of a shocker for me. There's this woman, and you've seen her in the Columbia Pictures logo; the woman with the robe and the torch. She is also the same lady who stands in New York Harbor; Lady Liberty. But if you trace her roots, she goes way back to the ancient city of Babylon in the time of Nimrod - the builder of said city. Doing the research and finding out who this woman is and what she stands for is really unsettling. Here we are professing to be a Christian founded nation, but this woman - Columbia, this goddess is everywhere! She is in our movies with Columbia pictures, our music - Columbia Music, our education system with Columbia University, The space shuttle Columbia and on and on. She appears on many of our state capitol spires, sometimes as a female roman warrior, other times as the great mother with stars about her head and a light blazing torch in her hand. She is embossed on our hall of justice, the supreme court building... egads she is all over. It is as if we have dedicated our whole country secretly, or not so secretly to this Goddess. Is it any wonder that when the Bible speaks of judgement on the "great city" it talks about a woman who is the whore of Babylon, the great harlot of the earth... "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is seated upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.” And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." (The book of Revelation chapter 17). But just what is the harlot? Well the Bible speaks for itself.. “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.” What great city could that be? It is a great city of commerce and wealth...that is why it is a hated city; for all of its prosperity. What city is like that besides New York City, where the statue of Columbia stands proudly in the harbor. It is said of that great city... “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a] She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. 3 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.” 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “‘Come out of her, my people,’[b] so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6 Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup. 7 Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow;[c] I will never mourn.’ 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. 9 “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: “‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!’ 11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— 12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves. And on and on...

Intelligent design is a replay of instances in my life where I've seen things like the sunsets and the ocean where I grew up in New England and the Rocky Mountains that I saw on a long trip across the country with my daughter and the birth of my four children. All these events, when you see things like them, they cause you to think.. "there is something more going on here than just random happenings, the big bang and all these theories we have conjured up to replace a Supreme Intelligence. These are unbelievable wonders and I can't help but believe there is an intelligence behind the design. Especially when you look down into your babies' eyes, you know - you know that this is not just protoplasm, this is a life and it's a miracle. So the song Intelligent design is an effort to debunk viewpoints that flat out ignore the volume of evidence around us, the facts, the beauty and the designed intent. One of the lines in the song is "it takes more faith to believe the lie, than to look around at the evidence you find." It truly requires more mental, emotional and spiritual muscle to keep ignoring the truth and support the lie than to just look around, wide eyed and full of wonder. Believing in God as the Supreme Intelligence behind the design opens your mind to the love that went into the creation. On a cold winter day in New England, there is nothing like a hot soup or chowder. What's better is that same hot soup or chowder made by my wife. I can taste the love that went into it. It's the same with creation. The grass did not have to be green; it could have been grey. The sky did not have to radiate blue; it too could have been grey. Birds do not have to sing, food doesn't have to have taste and things don't have to smell good. All of these were given to us in the design as yet another statement from our real Father that says "I love you, and I'll take care of you..." just come to Me. Some will have ruffled feathers over this topic I know; everyone has their opinion and they are respectfully entitled to it. I simply wanted to share my opinion based on the experiences I've had and the things I've been shown. Hope you enjoy.

Between two extremes, the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle. On the one extreme, we have those who blissfully live day to day not thinking much about the changes that have taken place in our world in 2020. On the other extreme we have deep conspiracy theorists who peddle modified images and videos as fact. Somewhere in the middle however, we have people who think, take in facts, do their research and come to conclusions based on their study of those facts. Something larger is afoot, but we are being flooded with distractions as a societal control mechanism. "The prime element of social control is the strategy of distraction consisting of deviating the public attention from the important problems and from the mutations decided by the political and economic elites by means of the flooding technique or the continuous inundation of distractions and insignificant information." Hmmm. It doesn't take but 5 mind-numbing minutes in-front of the evening news, and the commercials between to know that, we are being led away from what is real into a world of contrived messages and staged performances. But what do we need to be distracted from? “To maintain the public attention distracted, away form the true social problems, captivated by subjects of no real importance." But what are we being distracted away from? One need look no further than the agenda of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab and The Great Reset (see reference below for link), AKA the "New World Order." This plan contains things like: Internet Governance, Drones, 5G, AI, Global Governance, Digital Identity, Future of Food (BTW why is a software entrepreneur the single largest farm land owner in the US?). As we remain focused on the trivial, the plan for our future is in the hands of the most powerful, wealthy and influential families and individuals on earth. In December of 2020, John Kerry spoke to the World Economic Forum about then candidate Joe Biden about The Great Reset. Kerry "firmly declared that the Biden administration will support the Great Reset and that the Great Reset “will happen with greater speed and with greater intensity than a lot of people might imagine.” Biblical prophecy proved correct again... predicted a one world system (economy, religion, government, etc.) and a leader whom the world will revere as the problem solver, the answer, the man to bring about peace and safety. Inside this new world order, people will be reduced, controlled and monitored, individual freedoms quenched for the "good of the whole." Societal classes will be erased leaving the controlled and the wealthy. National boundaries and sovereignty will be dissolved, and physical currency will be eliminated. Religions will join promoting peace and unity, all except two; Judaism and Christianity. Judaism will be allowed to continue, in fact a new Jewish temple will be built (which has been in the planning stages for some time now), and this famed world ruler will take his seat in that temple. It is time to shake off the distraction and study what is really going on. There is no hope in stopping it or slowing it down but only to know that biblical prophecy is coming to pass right under our noses and it is time to reach upward to the true Messiah, Jesus Christ, invite Him in to be the King of our Hearts. References The Unbound Spirit (2021). Ten strategies and techniques of social manipulation. Retrieved from: https://theunboundedspirit.com/10-strategies-and-techniques-of-social-manipulation/ WEF The Great Reset: https://intelligence.weforum.org/topics/a1G0X000006OLciUAG?tab=publications Haskins, J (12/03/2020). John Kerry reveals Biden's devotion to radical 'Great Reset' movement. Retrieved from The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/528482-john-kerry-reveals-bidens-devotion-to-radical-great-reset-movement

The often debated topic of the "Rapture" has been the subject of many movies in the last few decades. Also called in the Bible the "departure", or the "catching away", it speaks of a moment in time where Christ translates true believers to "be with him in the air." We are not given many details about this event, but when read cover to cover, the Bible is clear about the time of the end - the great tribulation, and the reason for that time. It is called "the time of Jacob's trouble." It is a 3 and a half year period where God will win the hearts of the nation of Israel. The world will follow a coming leader, supposing him to be the Messiah. Jews will follow him, rebuild their temple and resume sacrifices there. At the midpoint of the tribulation, this pompous leader will sit himself in the Jewish temple and proclaim himself to be God. Israel will realize that this leader is an imposter, and be awakened to the true Messiah, Jesus Christ. A key verse in the book of Thessalonians tells us that this leader (the Antichrist, or better the "in place of Christ") cannot be revealed until something happens... he is being restrained by a force of good on the earth. It is the Spirit of the Living God in His people who are praying, weeping and crying out for God's Kingdom to come and His will to be done on our planet. This amazing force is literally holding back a riptide of darkness that wants to consume humanity. This force that is holding back the revealing of the "man of sin", the antichrist, will do so until "he", the Spirit of the Living God in Christ's true followers, is taken out of the way.. "Now you know what is holding back the man of sin. He is held back so that he can make his appearance at the right time. 7 The secret power of sin is already at work. But the one who now holds back that power will keep doing it until he is taken out of the way. " That verse is in the book of 2nd Thessalonians, chapter 6, verse 2. "This event, the "catching away" was a part of the ancient Jewish betrothal and subsequent wedding. During the betrothal period, called "Erusin", the groom was to prepare a place for his bride, while the bride focused on her personal preparations: wedding garments, lamps, etc." "Although the bride knew to expect her groom after about a year, she did not know the exact day or hour. He could come earlier. It was the father of the groom who gave final approval for him to return to collect his bride." For that reason, the bride kept her oil lamps ready at all times, just in case the groom came in the night, sounding the shofar (ram’s horn) to lead the bridal procession to the home he had prepared for her. Jesus said, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” (John 14:3), speaking to his disciples. The final step in the Jewish wedding tradition is called nissuin (to take), a word that comes from naso, which means to lift up. "At this time, the groom, with much noise, fanfare and romance, carried the bride home. The nuptials are called nissuin, a term derived from the word nassa (to carry), which recalls the days when the townspeople carried the bride on a carriage from her parents’ home to her new home with the groom. Kiddushin connects two equals, man and woman, in a relationship as husband and wife. nissuin, which also means elevation, connects husband, wife, and God in a permanent commitment." "The wedding feast (seudah) after the nissuin might have included seven full days of food, music, dancing and celebrations (Judges 14:10–12) and Orthodox Jews celebrate after the wedding for seven nights, with friends and family, hosting festive meals in honor of the bride and groom." So, "catching away", "lifting up", "taking", "carrying", "elevation" are all part of the ancient Jewish wedding celebration and one day very soon God the Father will turn to his Son and say "Go and get your bride". He will catch away His bride and rejoice with her while a period of "sevens" pass on the earth. Study for yourselves! References: Bibles for Israel (2021). Ancient Jewish wedding customs and Yeshua's second coming. Retrieved from https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/ancient-jewish-wedding-customs-and-yeshuas-second-coming/ Chabad.org (2021). The Jewish Nuptuals (Nissuin). Retrieved from: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/479942/jewish/The-Jewish-Nuptials-Nissuin.htm