Compromise-edited version

 A View of the Shaking

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel. Eze. 38:19.

I saw some, with strong faith and agonizing cries, pleading with God. Their countenances were pale and marked with deep anxiety, expressive of their internal struggle. Firmness and great earnestness was expressed in their countenances; large drops of perspiration fell from their foreheads....

Evil angels crowded around, pressing darkness upon them to shut out Jesus from their view, that their eyes might be drawn to the darkness that surrounded them, and thus they be led to distrust God and murmur against Him. Their only safety was in keeping their eyes directed upward. Angels of God had charge over His people, and as the poisonous atmosphere of evil angels was pressed around these anxious ones, the heavenly angels were continually wafting their wings over them to scatter the thick darkness.

As the praying ones continued their earnest cries, at times a ray of light from Jesus came to them, to encourage their hearts and light up their countenances. Some, I saw, did not participate in this work of agonizing and pleading. They seemed indifferent and careless.... The angels of God... went to the aid of the earnest, praying ones. . . . But His angels left those who made no effort to help themselves, and I lost sight of them.

I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness of the Laodiceans. . . .

My attention was then turned to the company I had seen, who were mightily shaken. . . . The company of guardian angels around them had been doubled, and they were clothed with an armor from their head to their feet. . . .

I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect....I asked what had made this great change. An angel answered, "It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel."

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Jeremiah 6:16 "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.  18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.  19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it."
    My heart is saddened by the continual compromise that I have seen coming into the church.  There are some that have stopped paying tithe to the church due to not agreeing with the way that the church is run.  I even heard someone give a sermon that the church is Babylon and that we should come out of her!  People were saying amen and nodding their heads.  I could not believe what I was hearing!  I locked eyes with the speaker at one point and he knew that I was not falling for his arguments.  An evil gleam shone from his eyes and I knew I had to get out of that place immediately!  I have written blogs on tithing and on our church not being Babylon.  .  God is coming sooooooooooooo very soon.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE God help the church and my kids come back to you.
     On a different note, kind of, if anyone actually reads these, please say a prayer for my children.  The oldest is a believer but has started working on the Sabbath, more compromise.  The youngest has gone way off the deep end, drinking (even though he isn't old enough), smoking and even getting into the occult world.  My heart breaks.  God please wake all of them up someway, somehow!  Whatever it takes to get their attention, that's what I pray for this Mother's day weekend.
     Before anyone disagrees with any of my premises on the compromises in our church, catch up on past blogs regarding these subjects, especially about tithe and the church not being babylon!