The Worst Hard Time

I just finished reading a book given to me as a Christmas gift by a friend of mine.  The title is The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan.  It is about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.  It is an excellent read.

The hard lesson of the Dust Bowl of 1930s is that too much land was broken up by the plow to grow wheat.  The grasslands of the plains states had thin soil and not as much rain as the midwestern states.  It was better suited for grazing cattle.  The farmers that plowed up the soil were warned by cowboys and ranchers not to break up the grasslands.  What happened was hell on earth:  little rain, dust storms, failed crops, displaced families and vacant farmsteads. 

Here is an excerpt:

Pages 256-257:  The journalist Ernie Pyle, one of the most influential writers of the day toured the plains in the summer of 1936.  He called the Dust Bowl "this withering land of misery."  Driving through counties in Kansas that used to have a farm on every quarter-section, Pyle said, "I saw not a solitary thing but bare earth and a few lonely, empty farmhouses . . .There was not a tree or a blade of grass, or a dog or a cow or a human being -- nothing whatsoever, nothing at all but gray raw earth and a few farmhouses and barns, sticking up from the dark gray sea like white cattle skeletons on the desert."  It was, he wrote, "the saddest land I have ever seen."

Pyle never bumped into the ghostly figure who traveled the dusted roads of western Kansas, a man with a white beard and long white hair who carried a staff and called himself "Walking Will".  Farmers would see him along a road, stop and ask him if he needed a ride.  Sometimes he would get in; other times he kept walking.  When he took a ride, it was not for long.

"Stop the car!" he shouted.  "The Lord has instructed me to get out and go back."

Then he would walk over another stretch of road, repeating his pattern.  In 1936 Kansas, he seemed to belong, a figure from an uncertain dream.

Another excerpt by Don Hartwell from his diary:

Page 297:  [July 20, 1938]  I wonder if in the next 500 years -- or the next 1000 years, there will be a summer when rain will fall in Inavale [Nebraska].  Certainly not as long as I live will the curse of drought be lifted from this country.

Leviticus 18:25:  "And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants."

When I think of Walking Will walking and hitchhiking the roads of western Kansas during the Dust Bowl:  maybe he was interceding and breaking the curses off the land.

Intercession

The Plow That Broke the Plains

Holy Ghost Fire - Judgment of the Wicked

Revelation 12:11: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

It doesn’t matter if every demon in Hell is unleashed on the earth. We have the Blood of Jesus and the word of our testimony. The Blood of Jesus gives us access to the Father, to the Throne Room of Grace. The Blood of Jesus gives us access to the Holy Ghost Fire. When the Holy Ghost Fire falls on us, Satan’s hold on us is destroyed, bondage is broken. The anointing breaks the yoke of sin.

In the Book of Judges, Samson held a jawbone of an ass in his hand and, in the power of the Holy Ghost, killed a thousand Philistines. In the New Testament, WE ARE THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS: the Lord wields us and uses us and places us in certain places in the earth; the Holy Ghost Fire falls and Satanic strongholds are destroyed.

Psalm 110:2: “The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.”

Zion, in the New Testament sense of the word, is the Presence of God, the Holy Ghost Fire. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of the Presence of God. No demon from Hell can stand or come near the Holy Ghost Fire.

II Thessalonians 1:8-10: “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”

“WHEN HE SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS.” The Lord needs his blood-washed sons and daughters in the earth, so that He can glorify our bodies (temples) with the Holy Ghost Fire. This is how the wicked are exposed and judged in the earth.

In the Old Testament, an external fire and brimstone came down and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. In the New Testament, an internal Holy Ghost Fire comes through His saints to judge the wicked.

Hebrews 10:31: “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

How to Overcome Our Spiritual Adversary - Revelation 12:11

Satan Cast Out:  A Woman, A Child, A Dragon by Shane Idleman

Akal Esh:  The Consuming Fire

Constellation Virgo / Biblical

George H.W. Bush - CIA - JFK - Reagan

George H.W. Bush - CIA - JFK - Reagan

From this video: on George H.W. Bush and Chip Tatum:

16:00 - 16:30: ". . .Chip Tatum who worked for George Bush, Sr.-- very, very close to him. He said that George Bush, Sr., by far, was the most intelligent person he had ever met. And, by far, the most evil."

Another description of George H.W. Bush by Barbara Honegger: 23:20 - 24:00.

Chip Tatum - Presidential Secrets

Conspiring Against President Trump

LBJ and the Killing of JFK with Roger Stone

The Angel of Death in the film Sicario (2015)

Interview with the Grassy Knoll JFK Shooter - James Files

Cathy O'Brien:  Reagan - George H.W. Bush - Clinton - For 20 years Bush ran the White House - Reagan & Clinton took Orders from Bush (5:10 - 8:50)

The Fall of Minneapolis

The Fall of Minneapolis

"Award-winning investigative journalist Liz Collin exposes the holes in the prevailing narrative surrounding George Floyd’s death, the 2020 riots, the trial of Derek Chauvin, and the fallout the city of Minneapolis has suffered ever since."

The Fall of Minneapolis / A Crowdfunded Documentary

George Floyd is Not Dead

George Floyd Killing was a Hoax

Woman says George Floyd is Not Dead

George Floyd Mural Crumbles after being Struck by Lightning

"The hundreds of riots that took place in the second half of that year [2020] also left immense property damage, assessed at up to $2 billion, and at least 25 people dead."

--The Heritage Foundation

Candace Owens Exposes BLM Founder Patrisse Cullors

The Truth Behind MLK's Social Gospel

Martin Luther King, Jr was not a Christian

2024 - The Transition Prophecy & Vision - Texas

From Richard's Watch Telegram.  Forwarded from Seeking the Glory of God:

2024 - The Transition Prophecy & Vision [Texas as the next capital of the United States? (7:20 - 7:50)]

Tiffany Root and Kirk VandeGuchte
November 24, 2023

2024 The Transition [transcript]

The Lord speaks to me (Kirk) today. He says: "Prophet, lift your eyes and see. I AM would show you some things."

He continues, "Prophet, tell the people that I AM has a plan. One plan. Plan A.  And it will be carried out on the earth. And tell them that My plans are good!

Now, about your enemy. He too makes plans, but his plans are destined to fail. Then he must formulate back up plans and regroup to carry them out. What will he do? Is there anything he wouldn't try to do? To what extreme would he go to keep his grip on the world? Therefore, prepare yourselves then for this coming evil. Do not go into fear! But plan on seeing some of the enemy's tactics displayed. Kill, steal, destroy - yes, this will happen. But do not back down or shy away. Remember, Plan A is still in effect. When the religious become downcast and want to give up, remember they were never with you anyway. When tempted to panic, remember I AM is still in charge!"

I'm taken in the Spirit to an unfamiliar place. There are many machines at work, earth moving equipment, and scores of workers. Some are at work making new roads. There are a lot of engineers and surveyors laying out a great project. I asked in my mind, "What is this?" The voice of the Lord says, 

"The capital city will no longer be separate from the states it governs over. It will be in and among the states and the people, for it will be under the same law and the same standards as the rest of the country over which it governs. It cannot be separate any longer."

I continued to look over this great undertaking, and in doing so, I came to a building which was completely finished. It was big and white and had very broad steps leading up to it. There were people gathered everywhere. It was very crowded. Being in the spirit, I drifted over the top of this crowd and looked at the top of the stairs to a place where a podium stood. As I waited, I saw a man step up to the microphone and begin to speak. I couldn't hear what he said, but he only spoke a few words, stretched forth his right hand, and ushered the next speaker to the mic.

Donald Trump then took his place before the people and began to speak. I still couldn't hear what was said, but I watched, and when the first words came from him, the crowd went totally crazy hugging each other, throwing things in the air, crazy! In my mind I wondered what he might have said to get that reaction. Again the Lord spoke: "He just took back his rightful spot as President." WOW! I too felt just beside myself!

President Trump spoke for some time, then turned his back to the crowd, stretched out his right hand straight in front of himself, and began to slowly turn in a circle with his hand completely stretched out in front of him. He did a complete 360 degree circle. Again, the crowd went crazy!

I lifted my eyes right then as he swept his hand, and I saw everything that was wrong made right. Trash disappeared, the broken things were restored, the air cleared, the downcast were raised up, etc. I thought, "How weird. How could this happen?" Then I again heard the Lord: "I AM a Redeemer." Amen.

Derek Johnson & Riccardo Bosi - Texas the NEXT Capital of USA? (1:10:30 - 1:11:40)

WASHINGTON, DC IS A GHOST TOWN

Derek Johnson - Donald Trump is your Commander in Chief

2021:  A 'Now' Word for the State of Texas - Veronika West

Four Winds prophetic vision:  2024 The Transition - Kurt VandeGuchte

The Eagle Has Landed in Texas 

"The location of the new capital will soon be revealed." - Julie Green Prophecy

MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VACATE AFTER BEING SERVED – MIKI KLANN (about Texas:  33:30 – 33:50)

Britain to sign biggest U.S. state-level trade pact yet with Texas

Obedience and God's Promises - Noah

This is from the blog A Word in Season:

“For you have need of patience (endurance),
that having done the will of God
you may obtain the promise.”
Hebrews 10:36 (LITV)

God’s promises come as we persevere in our work of obedience. It is in our “having done” the will of God we obtain His great and precious promises.

Obedience and God’s Promises – Noah

“Just as it was in the days of Noah,
so will it be in the days of the Son of Man”
Luke 17:26 (ESV)

The promise to Noah of salvation for his family was obtained after he had completed the ark. His obedience was required for the promise to be fulfilled.

“God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water…”
1 Peter 3:20

God and His promises waited “while the ark was being prepared”. May we comprehend that His promises concerning us also wait upon our working out of His will in our lives. God’s promise to Noah was inextricably entwined in the work that God gave him to do. So, it is with each of us. The work He has given us to accomplish is directly related to the promises given. Each of us is a participant in the fulfillment of His grace personally and corporately!

“By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this, he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith”
Hebrews 11:7  (SELAH!)

How did Noah condemn the world? By His obedience in building the ark. It is through our obedience unto Him that we condemn this world.

“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ”
2 Thessalonians 1:8

The judgment of God falls on the disobedient but the fulcrum for His releasing of these judgments on the earth is the obedience of His people. God is not a hypocrite; He cannot freely judge the world in fullness until He has a people who walk in obedience.

“And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience,
when your obedience is fulfilled”
2 Corinthians 10:6

Obedience and God’s Promises – Lot

“Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire, and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed”
Luke 17:28-30 (ESV)

God waited in Noah’s day, as He also waited for Lot to leave Sodom and Gomorrah (Revelation 18:4).

“Escape there quickly,
for I can do nothing till you arrive there”
Genesis 19:22

The Judgment of God was stayed until Lot was out of the city! May we comprehend the righteousness of God concerning His judgments in our day and how closely they are related to our obedience. He is ever watching over us, pressing us, drawing us, and moving us to follow in the footsteps of the Author of our Faith, Jesus Christ.

Noah being moved by faith was the beginning of the end of the world and its violence of that Day. So it is in this final chapter of the world as we now know it. The True Faith of God MOVES His own unto obedience. Faith that does not culminate in obedience is a dead, religious faith that will never move the hand of God.

“But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God,
made known to all nations FOR the obedience of faith”
Romans 16:26

Why is the Gospel to be made known to all the nations? For the obedience of Faith! The modern-day evangelist who preaches salvation from hell while excluding the obedience of faith has failed to present the Lordship of Christ. There is a vast difference between those who know Christ as Savior and those who know Him as Christ the LORD.

The faith that moves the hearts of men
Is the same faith that moves
The hand of God in a responding manner

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“The safe place lies in obedience to God’s Word,
singleness of heart and holy vigilance”
A.B. Simpson

See Related Post in this Series: Obedience and God’s Promises – Elisha

See related article on overcoming the apathy: Lukewarmness

See related article on Lot leaving Sodom: The Two Voices

Brian Troxel