In the beginning was the Word and in Him was life and the life was the light of men.
The Word (Jesus Christ) was with God from the beginning of eternity and was a real personality not a thought or an idea.  He was the source of all creation.  He was the Word that expressed Gods power.  Nothing was created unless it came by the Word of God.

         "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God." John 1:1

           John starts his gospel with an evangelistic theme; "But these have been written (signs and wonders of Jesus) so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name."

The crowd cried out "crucify Him;" He prayed," Father forgive them."  I'd never know such agony; I'd known such loss.  I'd never known such love in any other eyes.

Yet He loved them. 

 Behold the Lamb that taketh away the sins of the world.

          How about you?  Are you a doer of the word or just a hearer.  Is reading the word just something to check of the list of things to do, or is it an experience with God?  We have a choice of building on the rock or sandy beach.  I don't want to be like the guy that looked in the mirror and walked away and forgot what he looked like, I want to walk in the power of the word of God and be able to stand on the rock in times of the stormy Gail.

         Nebuchadnezzar said bow to my god or die.  Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego refused to bow because they trusted their God to rescue them.  Then they said the most powerful statement of trust and faith; "But even if He does not."  It was okay if God did not save them, they would not bow to another God.  There was no, why me Lord, why didn't you answer my prayer.  They were prepared to trust the Lord, no matter what.
          How about you who do you trust?

        In the nineteen sixties we stopped worrying about what the Lord thought and started to lust after the things of the world.  It may be the lusting after the world of culture, education, science, or even religion.  In this world we created we made no room for God or His Son.  A world where the name of Christ is no longer welcomed and even forbidden except as an empty formality.  We allowed the gods of ancient days to breach the defensive walls and possess the land that God and our fathers gave to us.  Come Lord Jesus and forgive us. 

          We are going on a journey to understand how my America that I knew for nearly sixty or seventy years has all of a sudden turned to a country I don't recognize.  This is not a journey in a car in the material world which we can see, but a journey into a world that is no less real and even more important, one that has long term consequences.  
          We are going to travel into the heavenlies, into God's realm, the spirit world which has eternal consequences. Gaining knowledge "of the mysteries behind our world, a journey of nearly three thousand years."  Our tour guide will be Rabbi Jonathan Cahn thru two of his books, The Paradigm and The Return of the Gods. 
          Hold on this will be quite a life changing experience.

Paul says, "it is not I but sin that is in me."  If we say that we have no sin, then we make God out to be a liar and the truth is not in us.  In order to be set free and know the truth in Christ we must confess our sins unto the Lord with a pure honest heart.  You deceive yourself if you think you are hiding anything from God.  Psalm 32:2 & 5:  2"How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit is no deceit, 5 I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord "; and you forgave the quilt of my sin. "

How have we gone from a Christian nation to one who celebrates paganism?  If we eliminate God from our culture, we are left with nothing but our own truth, and chaos ensues when there is nothing but individual truths.  We find ourselves overriding God's laws and His morality for our own.  God was once known to be immutable now each of thinks we are. 

Why is America falling apart at the seams?  What has happened to this great land of hope and blessings?  Who is working to destroy what we have been blessed with for hundreds of years?  Can it be stopped and reversed, or have we gone too far and are we facing judgement?
We will be looking into the writings of Rabbi Jonathan Chan for possible answers.  Looking forward to sharing with you.