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Into the Dragon’s

War Room

Continued

Why is the Church such a powerful restrainer?  There are three reasons that the Church is God’s restrainer of the evil to come.

1.  The Church is the temple of the Holy Spirit.  The Spirit of God lives in each of us individually and in the Body of Christ collectively.  The Holy Spirit is a powerful restrainer of evil.  But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper{that is the Holy Spirit} will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. “And He {the Holy Spirit}, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world

{that is Satan} has been judged.  {John 16:7-11}.  It is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we are able to overcome evil; it is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we are able to withstand the forces of evil; it is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we receive our healing, our deliverance, our understanding of God’s Word.  The Holy Spirit of God in the world today is a restrainer of evil.

2.  The Church preaches the Word of God.  For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.  {Hebrews 4:12}.  The Word of God being preached; the spoken Word of God going forth in the world does not return void.  This spoken Word restrains evil from taking complete control.  As long as the Church remains, there will remain a remnant that will preach and teach the uncompromised Word of God!  It is only because of the preaching of God’s Word that killing of babies and unwanted children hasn’t become required, it’s why abortion is only an option rather than government mandated; it is only because of the preaching of God’s Word that same sex marriage is still controversial and that homosexuality is not a mandated requirement for all our children.  The Spoken Word of God going forth in the world restrains evil.

3. The Church has the Angels of God fighting the spiritual battle against the forces of evil that are attempting to overtake all mankind.   For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. {Psalm 91:11}  ~~ The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.   {Psalm 34:7}  There is a battle going on around us each and every day in the spirit; a battle that we are unable to fight ourselves; so God provides us with Angels that we can send forth to fight this spiritual battle on our behalf.  We talked about principalities, evil spirits, controlling leaders of governments and God’s Angels being assigned to nations to fight in the spirit for that nation. The Arch Angel Michael is an example ~ he is assigned as the spiritual defender of Israel.  World leaders are influenced by one of three spirits ~ either the spirit of evil, the Spirit of God, or the spirit of man {which can be swayed and influenced at different times by either the spirit of evil or the Spirit of God}.  It is the Angels of God that battle the spirits of evil in this world on behalf of God’s people. Angels are spiritual restrainers of evil.

When the Church is raptured out of this world, these restrainers will also be removed from the world and the spirit of antichrist ~ and the AntiChrist will be free to take control of the world systems totally and completely as told in Daniel and Revelation. 

Until then, the United States of America is at the forefront of the fight against evil.  The United States is also foremost in Satan’s gun sights; foremost in Satan’s manifesto of destruction.  That’s why we see the attacks against Christianity in the U.S. that we are seeing.  It is a concentrated effort of the forces of evil to destroy Christianity in America.  Satan is in his final days and he is well aware of it.  He is going to come at us, both guns blazing.  The battle is over the truth. He is challenging the God of America, the Christian heritage of America, the Christian legacy of America, and the Christian foundation of America.  Satan is out to destroy the truth ~ Jesus said that He is the truth ~ John 14:6 ~

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and  the truth, and  the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Satan wants to destroy the truth; to destroy Jesus because his goal is to keep us in bondage and we know

 ~ John 8:32 says ~ 

 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

This brings us to the second battle front we find in the Dragon’s WarRoom.  As with all wars, battles are fought on several different fronts; several different attack points.

Satan’s attack on the Truth ~ The Sonship of Jesus, the Priestly Ministry of Jesus, the salvation through the Blood of Jesus, the Deity of Jesus, the Gospel message of Jesus is his major battle front.

Where he can’t distort the Truth, his next attack is on the messengers of the Truth, the leadership of the Church, the heads of the households, the leadership of our country.

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,  2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, 

{1 Timothy 4:1-2 NASB}

Again, here we have spirits; that is those demonic spirits coming from Satan; causing some to fall away from the faith through deception and false doctrines, believing lies.  In other words, Christians believing that Jesus is not the only way to heaven; believing that we should not preach sin as sin because we might offend someone’s personal beliefs; believing that sin is in fact not sin at all; Christians becoming like the Pharisees of Jesus times ~ looking good on the outside, but their insides are corrupted:

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.28 “So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 
{Matt. 23:27-28 NASB}
 

The worst thing Satan does is to deceive the leadership of the Church. Pastors, teachers, preachers and evangelists.

When the shepherd is corrupted, then the sheep will scatter.  When ministers start preaching a different Gospel than that put forth in the Word of God, they corrupt the sheep.  Just recently we heard about a pastor of a mega Church running in the thousands on membership; this pastor was found out to be having a homosexual relationship ~ so what happened? The news media got access to all his tapes where he preached against the homosexual lifestyle and aired them; ridiculed him and exposed his hypocrisy; and the world poked fun at Christian values.  The Pastor stepped down, but almost a third of the Church left.  Maybe they went to other Churches but more likely they just gave up on Christianity.  It’s not that this pastor should not have been exposed; but look what happened to the sheep.

 In past years, we have seen several big name Preachers caught up in acts of immorality and their exposure caused many of the faithful to fall.  Recent years have seen an increase in the accusations and admissions of Priests and Ministers engaging in child abuse, child molestation, pedophilia, and homosexual acts. 

When ministers of the Gospel are corrupted and ruined, then the message they preach becomes ineffective.  People no longer want to hear what they have to say, people no longer believe that they are preaching the truth, people turn away from the true path of salvation and begin to seek alternatives to heaven; different pathways to the Father.

When people see these great men and women of faith fall from righteousness, it devastates the Church.  What’s worse is when these great men and women of faith deviate from the Pure, Uncompromised Word of God and begin to do and say things that are not in line with the Gospel of Jesus and promote such things as righteousness; to begin calling those “doctrines of demons” as a new revelation of truth; compromising the truth of the Gospel for the sake of their own interests and gain; and promoting these doctrines to their followers either by direct preaching or simply by passive acceptance of the lifestyle they are living.

I’m not sure which is worse; causing believers to turn their backs on the Church and Christianity all together; or leading believers astray to accept the doctrines of demons and think that they are still within the confines of the Grace of God!

We have got to teach our young people, our children, our teenagers the importance of standing with God; being true to His Word and His definition of Righteousness. 
True Believers, we must stand firm in our Faith and be the example for them to follow. They are the next generation of Pastors and Teachers, the next generation of Evangelists and Preachers, the next generation of Missionaries and Leaders of the Church
~ if the Lord should tarry;

they will be required to carry the Torch of Salvation to a lost and dying world of darkness and as the “End of Days” draws nearer and nearer, that darkness will grow stronger everyday.

I don’t believe that the Church will be going through the “Tribulation Period”; because that will be the out pouring of the wrath of God.  I do believe, however, that as the final days before the rapture of the Bride of Christ approaches; we will see and experience times of tribulation and testing of our faith by this world and the demonic spirits that are at work in the world today. Jesus said that the end will be like the birth pangs of a woman giving birth; the closer the time, the greater the frequency and the greater the pain.  We have to be ready, our children have to be ready, our Churches have to be ready, our families have to be ready, and our Nation has to be ready.

Satan wants to create confusion in the Body of Christ, in the ministry of the Preachers and Teachers of God’s Word.  When God’s man or woman is corrupted and exposed, it not only scatters the sheep; it discredits the message; it creates antagonism towards Christianity; and hinders lost souls from finding their Salvation!

 

So we have two battlefronts of Satan in America:

1.      Attack the Deity of Jesus; the Sonship of Jesus; the

Priestly Ministry of Jesus and thereby the Road to Salvation through the Blood of Jesus.

2.     Attack the messengers of the Gospel of Jesus; because if you can corrupt the messengers, you can damage the Body of Christ ~ His Church.        

 

And now we look at a third..................

 

3.      Attack the Body of Christ by creating offenses among them.

What do we mean by an offense?  According to the American Heritage dictionary

a.The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.

b. A violation or infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or sin.

c. A transgression of law; a crime.

Something that outrages moral sensibilities:

 

 

 

 

So basically if something you do causes anger, resentment, displeasure, insult, slight, outrage, or wounded feelings in someone else; it is an offense; whether you intended it to be or not!

 

 

How do I know this?

 Look at Matthew Chapter 18:23-35 

Jesus is telling the story about the servant who was forgiven an enormous debt by the king and then in turn refused to forgive the meager debt owed to him by his fellow servant ~ this is right after Peter asked about how many times should we forgive someone who sins against us; someone who offends us.  We see the result of the servant who was offended ~ angered by his fellow servant; since he wouldn’t forgive, he was then not forgiven and worse; handed over to the torturers.

Verse 34: 

“And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

 

 Now here’s the key to the whole segment. verse 35: “ My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”

 

So who are the torturers that we will be handed over to?  Tormenting spirits!  The door is opened for them because we have removed ourselves from the Fathers protection; because we have allowed ourselves to be offended; because we have refused to forgive our brother, or our sister.

Offense leads to unforgiveness; unforgiveness opens the door to a tormenting spirit.

We need to quit being so thin skinned and so easily offended by what someone else does or says, or doesn’t do or say. 

In Matthew 24:13 when Jesus says that he who endures to the end shall be saved; if you look, you’ll find that what they are supposed to endure are offenses and the love of many growing cold.  Why?  Because offense leads to unforgiveness and unforgiveness opens the door to a tormenting spirit.

Not only that; but if you are offended and do not forgive, you will not be forgiven.  Matt. 6:14-15; Mark 11:25-26

Satan is out to steal, kill, and destroy; going about as a roaring lion, seeking who he may devour.  He is the great deceiver, and if he can make you believe that a brother or sister in Christ has said or done something against you and make you be offended; he can steal your joy ~ your strength; he can bring you into unforgiveness and thus open the door for his evil spirits to come against you and torment you. 

 

Then what happens?  We blame God for doing this to us and we become offended by God!  When we get offended by God; at least in our own minds; we either attribute evil to God for doing this to us to teach us a lesson; or we turn away from God altogether >>>>>>> either way ~ the devil wins!!!

Remember, we are talking about the Body of Christ, the Church of the First Born, the Bride of Christ that is supposed to be without spot or blemish and yet we allow ourselves to be so easily offended and so easily to assume that our brother or sister in Christ Jesus intended to cause us harm or insult!!!!  Are we really so shallow in our faith, and in our spirituality; that our feelings are so easily hurt, that we are so easily angered, that we are so easily offended??  Should we give Satan place in our lives because we get our feelings hurt so easily and over nothing of lasting Spiritual importance???  

 

NO!!  Absolutely not!!

 

But that is exactly what the devil wants: offense leads to unforgiveness; and unforgiveness to a tormenting spirit.

We’ve got to get to where we don’t let these things bother us or offend us.  Life is too short to get into offense.  Offense will steal your Joy in the Lord and thus your Strength in the Lord “.....for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 

 Nehemiah 8:10

Don’t give place to the devil!  Don’t let yourself be offended!  If Satan can cause offense in the Church, he can cause disunity in the Spirit, discourse in the meetings and corrupt the Bride of Christ.  That’s his goal, that’s his agenda, that’s his battle plan.  Because if he can disrupt the Church, disrupt the Christians, disrupt the True Believers in the United States of America; then he can derail the advance of the Gospel of Jesus in these Last Days; he can inhibit the out pouring of the Holy Spirit in these End of Days; he can curtail support of God’s Chosen Nation ~~ Israel in these days before the Tribulation Time. 

Understand this; if Satan can bring down the Church in the United States of America; he can successfully destroy the moral and spiritual foundation of this country and we will suffer the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah. 

Don’t let yourself get offended at your brothers and sisters in Christ.  We are all part of the same body; we are all under the same Head; which is Christ Jesus.  To be offended by one part of the body, is to be offended by the head of the body; that is to be offended by Jesus.   What did Jesus say in:

Luke 7:23 “Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

Okay, back to the Dragon’s WarRoom.

 

The fourth battlefront is an attack against our children, our young people.  Remember what we’ve said before; Satan can destroy the United States of America if he can corrupt an entire generation.  We are literally only one generation away from annihilation of this country as we know it today ~ One Nation Under God ~ God’s Lighthouse of the Gospel to the World in these End of Days
 

I know that this seems to be the long way around to determining the place of the United States of America in End of Days Prophecy and Events; but we must understand these foundational issues to fully understand why and where the U.S. is or is not involved in the scheme of things during this period of time.

1CO 16:13 ~ Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
EPH 6:10 ~   Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Now, the Fourth Battlefront ~ the attack against our children.  Besides all the things in the United States of America that is coming against our children and young people; our teenagers ~ and trust me, there is a lot!  But besides all these things; there are two National Sins that directly affect our youth, our children and their Spiritual futures.

 

1.   The sin of shedding innocent blood ~ which is abortion

 

2.  The sin of same sex relations~ which is the gay lifestyle

1.

The shedding of innocent blood ~ Satan is out to steal, kill, and destroy; and thanks to the liberal judges and lawmakers in the United States, it is legal to kill unborn babies.

 

 You think this doesn’t make an impact with our children and teenagers? We have devalued life through abortion to such an extent that our children see no problem in killing other children, they see no problem in settling issues with violence that results in the loss of life, they fail to see the value of someone’s life over some frivolous piece of property.  We see in each passing generation since the legalization of abortion, increasing of violence and lack of concern for human life.

 

We look at this plague of violence against children; rape, incest, physical abuse, emotional abuse, violence, and neglect; and we wonder how we have come to the point that we can treat children this way.  How can a father stick his child into a microwave oven and turn it on; how can a mother drown her own children in a bathtub; how can a parent kill their own children; how can a child kill their own brother and sisters and their parents and basically show no signs of remorse at all.  The news media questions why these things happen, what has gotten into people; and the answer is obvious ~ as a nation, we are under the curse of shedding of innocent blood. 

How any True Believer, anyone who calls themselves a Christian can possibly support the killing of an unborn child of God is beyond me.  You cannot possibly believe that there is any instance that warrants murdering an innocent child; especially in the case of partial birth abortion.  Look at what God’s Word says:

 Isaiah 44:2 – “Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb,”

Isaiah 44:24 – “Thus says the LORD, your  Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,”

Isaiah 49:5 – “And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,”

Jeremiah 1:5 - “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you;”

We won’t even talk about all the people in the Bible that were named before they were even conceived or just barely conceived; or the many discourses of Jesus concerning His love and the Father’s love for children.  And what about John the Baptist????? Luke 1:15 says that he was filled with the Holy Spirit while in the womb of his mother.

This National Sin has infected America; and just like the nation of Israel, we too suffer the curse associated with shedding of innocent blood.  God’s blessings and protection is withdrawn from our nation and we are becoming more and more at risk, the closer we get to the End of Days.  It is only the prayers and intercession of the True Believer in the U.S. today that prevents the total withdrawal of God’s Blessings on our Nation.

 

Understand this; the Nation of Israel and the United States of America are Spiritually linked!!  We’ll get into this more later; but be assured that we are in fact Spiritually linked to the Nation of Israel.  We can see the patterns and similarities throughout our history.  So, as we understand that all Scripture is inspired by God through the Holy Spirit and is good for all peoples and times; and we understand that we as a nation are spiritually connected to Israel, we can see ourselves as a nation when we look at what God’s Word says about Israel.  Think about the U.S. as we look at some scripture.  Written to and about Israel; plug in the United States and apply today’s understanding to the verses:

35 But they mingled with the nations

And learned their practices,

36 And served their idols,

Which became a snare to them.

37 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

38 And shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with the blood.

39 Thus they became unclean in their practices,

And played the harlot in their deeds.

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people

And He abhorred His inheritance.

41 Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,

And those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies also oppressed them,

And they were subdued under their power.

{Psalm 106:35-42 NASB}

Let’s apply the United States into this pattern:

35 But they mingled with the nations

And learned their practices,

36 And served their idols,

Which became a snare to them.

I’ve mentioned this before; when we allow other religions and other practices and idols to become part of the accepted mainstream of our Christian Heritage; we empower those evil, demonic spirits which are part of these religions, practices, and idols; and give them place in our lives.  They become a snare to us by conditioning us to be spiritually insensitive to the problems and sin they promote. 

37 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters

 to the demons,

38 And shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with the blood.

39 Thus they became unclean in their practices,

And played the harlot in their deeds.

We mentioned the plague in the U.S. today of murdering children by parents and other family members; those children who are aborted for the convenience of the parent.  Children sacrificed thru violence and abortion to the demons and idols of alcohol, drugs, selfishness, ego, pride, immorality, pornography, arrogance, money, power, sports, careers, position, and lifestyle; because these have been set up as idols in the lives of Americans; set up in their lives as being more important, more deserving of their time and resources than Almighty God ~ and the children suffer!

Now here’s the curse for a nation shedding innocent blood

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people

And He abhorred His inheritance.

41 Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,

And those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies also oppressed them,

And they were subdued under their power.

Is this what we have to look forward to?  Are we destined to be ruled by those who hate us?  Radical Islam?  Will the United States of America be reduced to a subordinate nation in the world stage?

 

“If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

{2 Chronicles 7:14 NASB}

I guess that would be up to us; to the True Believers; the Radical Remnant; The Church of the First Born; The Bride of Christ!!!!  As long as we continue to pray and intercede on behalf of our nation; we can secure our place with God in these “End of Days”.  

2.

The second national sin that affects our children is that of homosexuality. 

< man with man; woman with woman>

 

I don’t care how you slice it; you can preach tolerance, you can preach God is Love, you can preach acceptance, you can preach equality, you can preach against hatred, you can preach biology, you can preach psychology, you can preach divine appointment; but no matter what the world might want to believe, homosexuality is SIN!

 Scripture indicates that it is sin and an abomination in the sight of God.

 

Leviticus 18:22: ‘ You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

 

Leviticus 20:13: ‘ If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

 

Romans 1:24-27:  Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.  25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

 

RO 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,  27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.

 However, we need to understand, like any sin ~ we hate the sin, but we must love the sinner ~ we must always remember that Jesus died for every sinner, no matter what the sin, God so loved the WORLD that He gave His only son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, for all of us; for all sin.

 

But the sin is sin; and is condemned in God’s Word, in spite of the misguided claims of the secular world.  Look at what Jude and Peter say about it in their letters to the churches; when comparing the punishment of the angels that fell to that of Sodom and Gomorrah!

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an 8 example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

{Jude verse 7-8  NASB}

He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; 

  {2 Peter 2:6 NASB}

 

Peter tells us that the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah are examples to future generations concerning this ungodly and unrighteous living. 

We need to wake up America, we are in the “End of Days” and we are fast being overtaken by the ungodly causing God to remove His protecting hand from our great nation.  If He didn’t spare His chosen nation Israel when they were in sin and following after other gods, what makes us think that God will protect us and bless us as a nation; when we are doing the exact same thing!!  If it wasn’t for the righteous of God praying and interceding for the United States of America, Satan would have free reign over this country and our place in the Last Days would be much different.

 Just how bad was it in these cities of Sodom and Gomorrah?  Let’s look at some historical records and writings: the Book of Jasher 19:3 { the Book of Jasher (Jashar) is referenced in the Bible as a legitimate historical account ~ Joshua 10:13 and  2 Samuel 1:18 }

"And by desire of their four judges the people of Sodom and Gomorrah had beds erected in the streets of the cities, and if a man came to these places they laid hold of him and brought him to one of their beds, and by force made him to lie in them."

In other words, the law allowed them to force visitors to their cities into homosexual activities.

Is it any wonder that God said in Genesis 18:20  “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.”

Understand, this is the same exceedingly grave sin that the devil is perpetuating in the United States today.  He knows thatGod has destroyed cities in the past for this sin and will indeed remove His protection from cities and countries for the very same thing, thus opening them up to judgment and destruction.

 

We have schools requiring children to read books about same sex marriages and families as alternative lifestyles and family environments.  We are teaching our children that the morals and values of their parents are archaic and out of date; intolerant and prejudicial.

We allow same sex couples to adopt children and raise them in an environment that fosters that lifestyle.  While many husband and wife couples are denied adoption because they just don’t meet the requirements of the Social Services criteria.

We advocate the homosexual lifestyle by glamorizing it in TV series and in movies; promoting it as okay for children to express themselves and encouraging them to explore this  so-called beautiful alternative to heterosexual relationships.

Family, children oriented theme parks are sponsoring “Gay Days”.  Once more promoting and justifying this lifestyle to our children. Gay marches are widely advertised and covered on television promoting tolerance and acceptance of this lifestyle for our young people.

Judges and mayors are making same sex unions legal in their jurisdiction, putting them on the same acceptance level as a marriage between a man and a woman; in total disregard for the laws of our country!!!

We even have Church organizations licensing and ordaining Pastors and Preachers who are openly homosexual and promoting homosexuality as acceptable teaching in our Churches.

We are being told that we must accept this sinful lifestyle; we are being required to teach our children that this is acceptable. You think this won’t come to be a law in this country; that you could be thrown into jail for not teaching your children that this is an acceptable alternative.  It can; we are definitely headed in that direction.  You can cry NO WAY this will happen in the United States of America if you want, but let me share this with you:

Have you ever heard of the Folsom Street Fair?

 

Every year in San Francisco, there is a free outdoor “fetish” event called the Folsom Street Fair at which hundreds of thousands of mostly gay men stroll around the city streets in leather or rubber fetish outfits; and nude or partially nude attire.  They stroll around with their “private parts” exposed; engaging in homosexual acts on the street; showcasing sexual and homosexual fetish acts on stages and in booths around the city streets; selling of sex toys (including religious oriented sex toys); 

In researching this, I found on the internet photographs taken by a neutral observer depicting all of these activities actually going on at the 2007 Folsom Street Fair.  They are not for family viewing.  Most people who report on the Fair only publish the “G” Rated; maybe some “PG”; photographs and video.  They don’t want people to get the wrong idea??????   Here’s a statement from the photographers account:

"When you see mainstream coverage of the Folsom Street Fair, this is what you are usually shown. >>Someone, almost always from the back, being mildly whipped or spanked in public.<<

 Until the appearance of this report you're now reading, those seeking to answer the question of whether or not the behavior at the fair was "inappropriate" had to rely on mainstream media accounts of what went on. But the media, for various reasons, does not report the full extent of what really goes on there. Whether this is because journalistic guidelines prevent them from depicting the true nature of the fair, or because the media purposely downplays the more outrageous behavior as part of an ideological bias, it's hard to say. The coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle, for example, neither showed nor described anything explicit, and swept all the inconvenient parts under the rug. This also may be due to the fact that the Chronicle itself had a booth at the fair. Perhaps they didn't want to do anything to drive away subscribers."

 This one depiction of the Fair was simply to put forth a true and accurate account of it. It was in fact, one of the very few I could find.

Understand, this is open to the public, anyone can attend.  In fact, in 2005, there were actually photographs published of children attending the Fair!  Organizers do claim to discourage this; or maybe they truly just discourage the publishing of photographs of children attending the Fair.

Here are some excerpts from Golden Gate [X] Press:

{I believe that this is an internet blog site from the Journalism Department - San Francisco State University}

 

Folsom Street Fair Not For Children

Parents have mixed feelings about bringing their children to this year's bondage fest

by Poh Si Teng, Special to [X]Press

September 29, 2005 2:32 PM

 

 

Some of the most unlikely attendees of Sundays kinky leather fetish festival were under four feet tall.

Two-year-olds Zola and Veronica Kruschel waddled through Folsom Street Fair amidst strangers in fishnets and leather crotch pouches, semi and fully nude men.

The twin girls who were also dressed for the event wore identical lace blouses, floral bonnets and black leather collars purchased from a pet store.

Fathers Gary Beuschel and John Kruse watched over them closely. They were proud to show the twins off. {Notice that there are two fathers and the children have a last name that is a combination of the two fathers last names}

They will see more than the kids with moms and dads in Iowa, said Beuschel, who wanted to expose his children to San Franciscos diverse community.  Every parent has to decide for

themselves what is right for them. And I respect that. And we decided that this is right for our children.

Beuschel and his girls were at the 22nd Folsom Street Fair, an annual leather event in San Franciscos South of Market district, which showcased outrageous costumes, fetish attire, and a community obsessed with bondage, whipping, and spanking.

As for Dylan Middlebrooks, it was his sixth year at the leather fair. He is 10 years old.

“Its pretty nasty because a lot of people here are naked, said Middlebrooks, who was there with his mother. {what on earth is this mother thinking????}

Organizers said that they gave families ample warning.

We do our best that these people know that this is an adult-natured event,  said Darryl Flick, executive director of Folsom Street Events. Ive seen a thousand dotting aunts and uncles, and a kid having the time of his life.{aunts and uncles?????  Whose kid is this??????}

Father of two, John Kruse {this is the father of the twins mentioned previously} said it is an educational experience for children. He said there were conservative parents against having kids at the event.

Those are the same close-minded people {Christians who do not believe that same sex couples should be allowed to adopt or that children should not be at such events are close-minded} who think we shouldnt have children to begin with, he said.

 Something else I noticed in these photographs at the Fair; were the Police Officers standing around while these illegal activities were going on in full view of the public.  I am certain that even in San Francisco there are laws against public masturbation and public acts of oral copulation???  Right?????

I can say this; I sure am thankful that I don’t live in San Francisco.  Especially in these “End of Days” as all these disasters and plagues come more and more intensely as the end approaches.

So how did the United States get to this point??  The same way Sodom and Gomorrah got to where they were:

“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.  “Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.”

{Ezekiel 16:49-50 NASB}

Can you see the similarities?  Are we arrogant?  Do we have the attitude that we are better than everyone else? After all, we are the United States of America.  Do we not have people walking in sin that believe that in their sin they are safe and a better person than a Christian who is close-minded and intolerant and bigoted and a hate monger?

Do we not have an abundance of food, are we not the richest country in the world, do we not waste more food than many countries even have to eat.

Do we not have an abundant of leisure time to do what we want: go to movies, attend sports events, participate in sports events, fish, hunt, boat, ski, camp, hike, ride horses, sew, garden, travel, vacation, visit casinos, and on and on and on.  In spite of our complaints that we are too busy, we always seem to have time for careless ease. 

We are the most blessed nation on earth today and yet the vast majority of people; the vast majority of Christians do not give any time or money or effort to help the poor and needy ~ let the government do it!!!  I’m sorry to tell you this, but it’s not the job of the government, it is the job given to the Church by God to help the poor and needy; not just with handouts, but with a lift up.  The King James version says: neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 

 

In other words, to help them to better themselves to overcome their poverty ~ don’t just give them a fish to eat; teach them to fish and eat forever.

The Dragon’s battle plans are succeeding in many areas of our society, of our government.  We’ve now been to his WarRoom and we know what his attacks are; we know what he is doing to this great nation of the United States of America that was founded by God for the continuation of the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus; to be a lighthouse for the world; to support God’s chosen people, the nation of Israel; to fight the fight of righteousness around the world; and to train up our children in the paths of righteousness for His Glory and His Kingdom.

What can we do?  Stand up and be firm in your convictions; uncompromised in the obedience of His Word; don’t be pushed around by Satan and his forces of evil in this world ~ Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world; love all people because Christ died for all, but hate sin, flee from sin, call sin ~ sin; be steadfast; endure; study to show yourself approved, a workman worthy of his hire; seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.

Understand this:  We as True Believers, the Church of the First Born, the Children of the Most High God, the Redeemed of the Lord, Joint-Heirs with Christ Jesus, the Bride of Christ ~ ~ ~ We are not going to be here during the “Tribulation Period”; those final days when the wrath of God is going to be poured out all flesh, on this earth because of the sins and corruption of God’s Creation.

These attributes in themselves are not necessarily wrong; so much as they are a progression of wrong

 doing, leading up to the abomination for which the cities were destroyed.

 

We become arrogant because of the blessings we have received, the abundance of food and leisure time are blessings from God; because of our arrogance, we fail to fulfill the mandate of God given to the Church ~ True Believers ~ Christians; that is to build up the poor and needy, help them to better themselves.  Too often we leave it up to the government or others.  And yet in all of this we begin to see ourselves as better than anyone else; we begin to justify our sin as not being sin; infact we even begin to call sin as righteous ~ right living;  we become haughty and commit abominations before the God of our Nation; in whom and through whom this great country was founded.

We’re not going to be here, but Our Legacy will remain!!

What we leave behind in the way we lived, what we taught and believed, how we conducted ourselves with others; they will remember ~ those people who are just on the edge; not quite persuaded; those who believe that they are okay; those who think they are saved but are seeking another way besides Jesus and will be left.  They are going to remember their loved ones, their friends, their pastors, that TV evangelist they heard, that teenager who handed them a Gospel Tract in the airport or street corner. 

Here in the United States of America, there will be those who will miss the rapture but are just short of accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior; not from lack of opportunity, no..... But from their own arrogance, their own selfishness, their own decision. They will be the ones who will fall on their knees and repent; too late for the Homecoming and Marriage Supper of the Lamb; but they will proclaim the Gospel of Jesus across this world and guide the United States of America to fulfill her destiny as the “Christian Israel” and support the Nation of Israel in her greatest hour of need.