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Re: Bulletin Board [message #8187 is a reply to message #8167] Tue, 06 September 2011 18:15 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
james  is currently offline james
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A Day of Decision...

As I was thinking about 'The Mark of The Beast' and how it will play out in the future, I was wondering if it'll be a gradual thing where people are lulled into it without really knowing it or if it will be a clear and concise decision one must make. I believe it will be a choice that is clear to understand, though very few will chose to refuse it. This got me to thinking about the courage it takes for a person to stand up to the government, peer pressure, and traditional values and to examine my own heart. As I continued thinking along these lines I was reminded of a couple of times in my life where I had to make a decision that would shape and influence the rest of my life. Of course, first and foremost is the day I asked Jesus to grant me repentance, give me a new heart, forgive my sins, and become my Lord and Saviour.(June 1,1978)

Another important day in my life was July 1,1970; the day the United States of America assigned me number 59 for the military draft for Vietnam. This number determined the order men born in 1951 were to report for induction into the military.(#59 placed me in the first call-up group, there were 94,092 young 18-26 yr. old men inducted into the armed forces from that group)...I wasn't one of them.

I was suddenly faced with a huge decision, follow my conscience and go against everything my family and friends stood for and believed in(my dad and 3 uncles served in WWII, and I had 2 cousins already in Vietnam)or go participate in a war that, though I wasn't yet a Christian, I knew was against the teachings of Jesus.(not to mention both cousins who were already in Vietman had written me telling me it was a no win war and I should go to Canada if drafted)

I went to my local draft board and applied for I-O status(Conscientious Objector), with NO support from ANYONE, including my imediate family. The draft board refused my request and allowed me to appeal their decision to the State of Alabama Draft Board in Montgomery, Al. I was questioned repeatedly for quite some time by a bunch of veterans from WWI & WWII (me just a 19 yr.old kid, too afraid to show fear, yet inside very afraid) During the time between being turned down by the local board and the appeals date, I had mapped out a route to Canada (estimates say that there were about 70,000 draft evaders living in Canada by 1972) and was prepared to leave my country, family, and friends without a single clue as to what I would do once I arrived. But to my surprise I was granted I-O.

A few statistics I looked up on Vietman...58,272 Americans were killed in action in Vietnam, 303,644 were wounded, and 1,687 are still MIA. President Johnson said this to his Defense Secretary in 1965 after starting the "Rolling Thunder" bombing campaign, "I don't think anything is going to be as bad as losing, and I don't see any way of winning." Yet, the war continued for 10 more years...

There are people today who still look down upon me for that decision I made 41 years ago, I was challenged to fight over it, called a communist hippie, told I should leave America, and cursed out. Patriotism is a blinding spirit, and the vast majority of professing christians in this nation think that patriotism and christianity are one and the same. As I remember back how so many of my generation blindly accepted what the government, news media, the general public, and family said and thought...and proudly stepped forward to go serve a cause they thought to be just and godly(those that were mature enough to even think things through). Yet when they returned, if they returned, our nation got a whole generation of men who have spent the rest of their lives (a huge number of them) fighting depression, flashbacks, drug addiction, and guilt; still with questions as to why our leaders sent them into a no win situation and for what?

So anyway, back to the mark of the beast, it won't be an easy decision to make when the mark will be the only way to buy and sell, and survival has become the only thing of real importance, and everyone else is getting it,The Mark.(Rev.13:16-18)

I think that day will also be a very important day of decision...with eternal consequence.

I believe The Holy Spirit is admonishing/reminding/encouraging us to prepare now, while there's still time...We'll only stand by faith, anything counterfeit will be exposed, if you question whether or not your faith is genuine, pray for The Lord to show you now, while there's still time to repent and get it settled in your heart.


“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
 
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