""Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with you shall perish" (Isaiah 41:11).

The Lord has given me this message to post this morning again from the prophet Isaiah concerning the last days.

Isaiah 29:7 says that...

"And the multitude of all nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem), even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision."

Then Isaiah goes on to explain what he means. Those nations, ALL of them, who fight against Jerusalem will be as if they never were. Just like a man in a deep sleep who dreams he has eaten but wakes up hungry, so these nations that fight against Jerusalem will be as if they were not.

The USA has joined the nations that fight against Jerusalem and will be as if she never were.

Notice the word "munition". This means fortress or defense.

The United States is joining the rest of the world in coming against Jerusalem and her defense of herself. God has said woe to any nation that has turned against God and Israel, the apple of His eye!

What is happening out there? Are we as a nation, a world and a church under judgment? I think so. I have seen it coming now for a few years.

Listen to what Isaiah said concerning the judgment of Tyre: He said that those who live before God will be provided with sufficient food and durable clothing. In other words, even though the nation was judged, God provided for the faithful. But look how He provided. We know that He doesn not change so why would He deal any differently with the USA? Won't He still provide for the faithful?

Yes! He always has! But look at how He provides...this is very important. Isaiah 23:18 reads very misleadingly in the NIV. This can cause the church to misunderstand God. In the NIV, the text says..."Those who live before the LORD will have abundant food and fine clothing." But the KJV says something quite different. It reads: "Those who dwell before the LORD will have sufficient food and durable clothing." Big, big difference.

God says here that He will supply what we need. The NIV suggests that He will give in excess. Abundant food is m ore than we need and fine clothing is more than we need. But sufficient food and durable clothing has a note of necessity attached to it.

Why is this important? It is because believers who have been very faithful are going through hard times now and feel confused that they don't have abundant food and fine clothing. But God never said that!

Remember the widow of the prophet who told Elisha that she was just going to die because her sons were about to be sold into slavery to pay a debt and they had no food and no money.

What do we see here? This was a faithful family that was God fearing. Because of God's judgment on the nation of Israel, there was a famine. She suffered like all the rest eventhough she was faithful to God. But here is the thing...God miraculously paid her debts and gave her and her sons sufficient food to get them through the famine.

He will do the same for the faithful church today.

This is why we have no fear...God is faithful and those who live before the Lord will have sufficient food and durable clothing. Elisha told the widow that she should go and live at rest.

This is how we are to live each day no matter what comes. If there is a job loss or unpaid debt or whatever as a result of this economy which I believe is judgment...we should live at rest and trust God.

So waht can we do if trouble comes our away? Walk with God fully trusting Him no matter what and we WILL be at rest!

The Lord bless you today as you walk according to His will.

A couple of years ago. I was in a dream sitting high up on a cliff that overlooked the most beautiful blue water. I was in a waiting room but there were no walls. I was alone just waiting. I was waiting for the ok to dive into this water below that was tantilizingly inviting.

All of a sudden, a man appeared sitting right next to me. I thought it strange that he would choose the chair right next to me when the whole waiting room was empty.

He had white hair, blue eyes and a black mustache. This is always how the Lord, representing the Trinity, appears to me in a dream. He looked directly at me and asked if I planned to dive in to that water way below. I said yes, that I was eager. He said to me..."Go look at it again." I got up from my seat and went to the edge of the cliff to look again and saw that the water which I thought was so deep was actually very shallow...maybe 3 feet deep at the very most.

But not only was this water shallow, there were silhoets of sharks swarming just waiting for something to eat. I did not see them before. When the man next to me told me to go take another look, He had given me eyes to see what was really there.

I went back to my seat, resolved in my spirit that I would not dive in to these deadly waters afterall. He was still there so I asked Him Who He was. He said, "I am Jesus."

I said, "What is my name?" I was testing Him to know that He was truly the Lord. He looked directly into my face and called me, "Beloved."

The dream was over.

I woke and knew without any effort the meaning of the dream.

I had been invited to a prophetic equipping conference in North Carolina just a few days before. Jesus was warning me no to go because what I thought was good and beautiful was actually shallow and deadly with an infestation of sharks looking for prey.

This was a confirmation of a warning not to go that was also given to me...the Lord told me not to get caught in their snare.

I have since been burdened with the truth that the charismatic church is in dire, deceived straits. Those following them will be ensnared and I am to speak out. I have.

Please hear this warning if you have been lured by the glitter of those pushing the latest charismatic gatherings: turn away and get back to Jesus.

Thank you Lord for Your unending mercy and love. Amen!

"Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine."