July 19, 2015 – End Times Prophecy Report

Contemporary Worship: Doorway to End Times Dragon Worship

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP: At the local church or Babylon, which ever is closest. — **CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP:** At the local church or Babylon, which ever is closest.

“Contemporary worship” is as popular now in the apostate churches as any dance craze in the world at large.

What is contemporary worship?

Contemporary Worship: Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the twentieth century. It was originally confined to the charismatic movement, but is now found to varying extents in a wide range of churches, including many that do not subscribe to a charismatic theology.

Contemporary worship is generally characterised by the use of contemporary worship music in an informal setting. Congregational singing typically comprises a greater proportion of the service than in conventional forms of worship.

NOTICE that contemporary worship is a very modern practice. It’s a form of worship, despite what its many defenders will say, where the focus is on the worshipers. Contemporary worship (and all of its handmaidens) is the doorway to abandonment.

And abandonment during worship is completely opposed by the Word of God.

“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”
—Mark 12:30

Worshiping God with all one’s mind opposes all that is valued in contemporary worship: the vain repetitions, the endless singing of a few lines over and over and over, the emphasis on bass and rhythm, the abandonment of self, the giving over to emotions and the attendant release (which is promoted as a “move of God” or a “move of the Spirit.”)

Contemporary worship has more in common with a worldly dance club (which is where much of what is valued in contemporary worship originated.) than it does with the praise, thanksgiving and worship of a holy God.

Which is why contemporary worship is being promoted by the worldly, apostate churches. Some churches now offer a “traditional worship” service and a “contemporary” one as well. (Check back in several years to see which service will prevail.)

Contemporary worship celebrates the participants –who are always looking for (if not finding) God and the Spirit. It also features quite a few antichrist, anti-God lyrics, many with occult overtones. Some are outright opposed to the Word of God.

One popular contemporary “worship” song has lyrics which go

“So set a fire down in my soul
That I can’t contain and I can’t control”

This is easily discerned as not from God if one remembers that “self-control” is one of the fruits of the Spirit [Galatians 5:22-23]. So the worshipers are singing (sometimes repeatedly) anti-God, anti-Spirit songs while caught up in the rhythms and the emotion of the moment.

But hey, it’s got a good beat and you can sway to it.

IF one believes the Bible is the Word of God, one has to believe the following description of worship in the end times.

“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
-—Revelation 13:4,8

QUESTION: Just where does the reader think all of this dragon worship will be taking place? Is there a massive satanic church building plan in the dragon’s future?

Or does he just use the churches which are already shot through with apostasy, perverse spirits, idols, witchcraft, revolt, other gospels and paganism?

And one has to believe the churches of the dragon will be worshiping according to the smart, fashionable, hip contemporary worship currently used by the “cool” apostate churches.

So most church-goers won’t even notice any difference.

[Parts of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: July 9, 2015.]

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

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End Times Apostasy: Storm Warning for the Churches

MOCKERS AND SCOFFERS: Signs of the Times

MOCKERS AND SCOFFERS: Part of the end times ambiance for true believers. — **MOCKERS AND SCOFFERS:** Part of the end times ambiance for true believers.

“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
—2 Peter 3:3-4

The Bible warns of mockers and scoffers in the last days. And the last days are here–and the mockers and scoffers are legion.

The first place this writer noticed mockers was in the comments section of various news stories reporting on any aspect of Christianity. IF the news story concerns any other faith (with the possible exception of Scientology), commenters by-and-large give it a bit of respect.

Not so with Christianity.

Just as God’s Word has warned.

The second place the mocking was noticed was in a church this writer once attended. For some reason, the idea that “lawlessness” was coming was a topic met (by some) with high amusement and giggles.

What is the believer to do with mockers? Ignore them; hard as that might be for some to do. They are just part of the end times ambiance for believers.

“He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.”
—Proverbs 9:7

It will not get better: it only gets worse.

In this world.

But the believer has a hope of something far better than this world, though the talk of the world is focused on “making this world a better place” and producing a “heaven on earth.”

Scoffers and mockers are just a little slice of persecution served up by a world which HATES Christianity. No, the world does NOT hate the counterfeit Christianity so on display on TV, the movies and in the churches. The world hates Jesus Christ and true believers.

Mockers and scoffers: enjoy them.

Because it only gets worse from here.

“How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”
—Jude 1:18

[Much of this piece originally appeared in End Times Prophecy Headlines: July 17, 2015.]

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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–with Mondo Frazier

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End Times Tribulation: Believers Should Have Much Tribulation

“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
—Acts 14:22

“…we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”

It seems that there is much discussion among the pew-sitters these days about enduring tribulation.

And not only discussion, but heated discussion.

The arguments that the churched will not have to endure tribulation flies in the face of everything the Bible declares. But it soothes the flesh, so tempers rise whenever it’s suggested that those inhabiting the churches are headed for tribulation.

“Didn’t Left Behind settle that argument? Who are you gonna believe: the Bible or Left Behind?”

The Greek word translated as “tribulation is θλίψεων (thlipseōn).

Basically, it means “pressure.”

thlípsis – properly, pressure (what constricts or rubs together), used of a narrow place that “hems someone in”; tribulation, especially internal pressure that causes someone to feel confined (restricted, “without options”).

2347/thlípsis (“compression, tribulation”) carries the challenge of coping with the internal pressure of a tribulation, especially when feeling there is “no way of escape” (“hemmed in”).

[By contrast, 4730 (stenoxōría) focuses on the external pressure exerted by circumstances.]
—HELPS Word Study

“No way of escape.”

That seems to be the hallmark of tribulation. Another hallmark of tribulation is how one deals with the internal pressure.

For the believer, it means relying on a God he has trusted daily. For the unbeliever, it means resorting to “Plan B.” For the counterfeit christian, it means sheer terror.

Perhaps the internal pressure of tribulation especially when feeling there is “no way of escape” is what causes so many angry discussions whenever “tribulation” is mentioned.

For sure, the pressures of “no way of escape” have contributed to the many “prepper” books and the survivalist movements popular in many of the churches.

“Who needs trust in God when you have a storage room full of canned goods and guns?”

“…we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”

This is a companion verse to 2 Timothy 3:12. Tribulation suggests INTERNAL pressure, while persecution suggests EXTERNAL pressure.

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”

Both promises tribulation and persecution to the true believer. That is not a soothing message for the flesh. It’s little wonder that neither Acts 14:22 or 2 Timothy 3:12 are popular in the churches.

For those wondering, tribulation is here.

Tribulation has always been here for true believers. So has persecution. IF the reader has not suffered tribulation and persecution, perhaps it is time to make his calling and election sure?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”
—Psalm 34:19

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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