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Last night the White House became awash in rainbow lights as LGBT revelers partied and made out by its gates. Marking a historic day that will greatly impact the future of the nation, as a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects gay marriage.
But if yesterday was the party, today is the hangover. No rainbow, just rain and a lingering fog hover over Washington DC. And now America is awakening to the consequences of this decision.
Some of the most sobering words came from Chief Justice John Roberts, who passionately opposed the constitutional basis of his colleagues’ decision. “The majority’s decision is an act of will, not legal judgment,” he wrote. “The right it announces has no basis in the Constitution or this Court’s precedent.”
Further, Roberts warned that the same legal argument used for gay marriage could easily be applied to cover polyamorous marriages—polygamy. “It is striking how much of the majority’s reasoning would apply with equal force to the claim of a fundamental right to plural marriage,” the Chief Justice warned in his dissent.
Following his logic to its end, did the Court just rule that all sexual expressions should be constitutionally protected? Who ultimately determines what is moral and what is immoral? Does the President or the Court retain this authority—does culture—or does God?
“Just who do we think we are?” Roberts asked, hauntingly. And beloved, this is a question we all should be asking right now. Because Pandora’s box has now been opened. And America will never be the same.
Ezekiel 16:49: “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.”
This was the root – revealed by the LORD – of the fruit, for which Sodom was judged. There is none so poor and needy – so utterly defenseless – as the preborn children (Mt. 26). If we will not deal with the root, we will likewise – just as surely – be overtaken by the fruit.
Let the solemn assemblies of Repentance begin. And let the fruit of repentance begin to grow in our quiet hearts. Read the verse again. The word of the LORD. Lord, have mercy on me.
“The Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that established homosexual marriage as national policy is unambiguously wrong on at least three crucial levels: Moral, Constitutional, and Structural The whole article is worth reading and is empowering to understanding significant issues pertaining to this blatantly un-Constitutional ruling.”
The Supreme Courts decree on marriage will become a club to bludgeon the sincerely-held rights of religious conscience, especially of those in the several dozen States who, through their republican form of government, had enacted public policies that conformed to both the Moral Law and the traditional Common Law.
While the Supreme Court decision paid lip service to the rights of religious people to disagree with its marriage decision, history shows that not only does this acknowledgment mean little but also that it will be openly disregarded and ignored, particularly at the local level. After all, there are numerous Supreme Court decisions currently on the books – including unanimous Court decisions – protecting the rights of religious expression in public, including for students. Yet such faith expressions continue to be relentlessly attacked by school and city officials at the local and city levels. (See http://www.religioushostility.org for thousands of such recent examples.)
David Barton, PhD, Founder of wallbuilders.com. David is a spirit-filled believer who I understand to be in possession of 5,000 original document pertaining to our US history. He’s an amazing source of credible information and has even testified in DC, TX and perhaps even in other states regarding significant issues relating to history.
This is a posting which appeared on my FB page which I thought to submit to you.
Johnny Enlow
“America, I’m not About to Judge you Because of Your Courts”
Like many of you, I’ve been trying to perceive the Lord’s heart over all the many strong opinions concerning the recent ruling by the Supreme Court that legalized same sex marriage. To the best of my ability to perceive His voice and heart, this is what I heard:
“America, I’m not about to judge you because of your courts. Church of America, I’m not about to judge your nation because same sex marriages are now legal in the land. America and Church of America, you are both in need of more correction AND more mercy. You are both simultaneously more messed up AND more wonderful than you’ve imagined. Church, you are less representative of who I am than you think you are– and your government and Supreme Court are less like gates of hell than you think they are. You are both a work in progress and you are both in need of radical change. This is your big news from MY Supreme Court today. Change is coming and get ready to change– because change is what you will do. I’ve released the hosts of heaven and I’m pouring out of My Holy Spirit in an unprecedented manner and church, both you and your nation are about to go through a merciful, heavenly overhaul. This is extreme makeover time for the United States of America. I will personally be orchestrating this national overhaul, so make sure your agenda fits with Mine, or your agenda will not go well.
Church, My overhaul will start with you. You haven’t known if you’re to be a people of truth or a people of love. Many of you have been saying love is important, but not many of you have been willing to actually showcase that. Love looks like something. You can’t just claim to have love while “speaking the truth in love.” If people can’t feel your love, it isn’t love. Your love response is more important to Me than your truth response. I’m not impressed by your zeal for My standards of holiness. Impress me by your zeal for loving the unlovely and seemingly “unworthy” to be loved. I did not send My Son Jesus so that He could remind the world of My rules. I sent My Son because I so loved the world while they were yet messed up and violating My rules.
In some ways I am more pleased with your culture than I am with you. To some degree they have better carried My heart of compassion than many of you have. They’ve understood that the outcast, rejected, and isolated can’t just remain a pariah of society. Yes, they may not be completely in touch with My standards of holiness, but they are in touch with My heart of kindness to the outcasts. Your Supreme Court did not rule the way they did because they hate Me and My standards. Most are relatively ignorant of Me. They ruled the way they did because they felt the pain of a rejected niche of the population that wanted a right others had extended to them. They interpret your Constitution as allowing that freedom, while others see it differently. Either way, know that I’m greater than your Constitution. It has many of My priorities within it, but it’s still much less than who I am.
Know this, I’m not near as troubled as you think I am about the direction of your courts and of your laws. You have some good changes taking place and you have some changes that aren’t as good. I’m way more concerned about My church and My house. Your courts and your laws are only a reflection of what’s going on in My people. When My house is not a place of My presence and My power, then you default to religion and rules. Heaven isn’t run by rules and religion, but heaven is filled with My presence and My power. Church, on earth as it is in heaven.
My church, do you want to know what your primary sin is? Your primary sin is that you’ve preferred rules and principles above My presence and My power. This primary sin makes my Holy Spirit not welcome in the very places He is given lip-service to. Church, I love you beyond anything that you can imagine and I also love America more than most of you know. I provided for America to become a blessing to the world. She is far from perfect, but she is My gift to the nations. All will one day see what they would have been like had I not made that provision. Church, it’s important you understand that I have not given up on America. I’m not close to giving up on America.
Is America perfect? No, not even close. While you’re concerned over rulings of the last few days, yet you still have many, many other laws and ordinances that stand in absolute contrast to who I am. Many of your immigration laws are in direct contradiction of who I made you to be. Many of your criminal justice laws are way out of synch with who I am. You haven’t sown into your legal system mercy clauses that represent Me. Your abortion laws, your gambling laws, your tax laws, your healthcare laws, your education laws– are all filled with ordinances that are against My way of doing things. You’re not as close to utopia as you think to be so concerned about this last ruling, as if then you would be a righteous nation. You have precepts and ordinances all over the board that are not representative of Me
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So why do I still love you and America so much? I love because that’s who I am and that’s what I do. I love you easily because My patience and longsuffering exceeds your capacity to understand. I love America because she has continually moved in the right direction and she will continually do so in the future. She has moved in the right direction as much as she could, considering the state of My church. For a church as unfriendly to My Holy Spirit as she has been, America’s doing great. This is why My overhaul of your nation is starting with you. I will do so in love and in mercy, because that is My nature– but I will overhaul you. I will overhaul you, My church, so that your nation may enter into her true destiny of greatness. When I have a people who truly love Me, My presence, My power, and My love– then you’ll enter your greater destiny as a nation. I don’t need you being the sin police for your nation. I need you to be those who carry My love, My kindness, My hope, My power, and My presence. I need you to carry relational Me, not transactional Me. My Holy Spirit is an incredible sin police when He fills a place or a person. Be friendly to Him and let Him do His job.
My church, I love you so much because you’ve attempted to be faithful to Me and to please Me. However, I’m now coming to you and I’m going to instruct you on My priorities. I’m going to saturate you with so much of who I am that it’s going to soften your parched hearts. I’m going to pour in so much of heaven on earth that you’ll cease to be at war with everything that you’re at war with. I don’t need you warring against anything that is flesh and blood. Your only war is against Satan and his demons. They always show up with distortions and lies of who I am and how I am. I’m going to pour out so much of My Spirit on you that you’re going to better recognize your enemy– and it’s never people. I need you to stop fighting. I need you to stop fighting with My other kids who also see an aspect of who I am that you don’t see. Just stop the fighting. I am going to help you stop the fighting. I don’t need you fighting for Me, I need you loving for Me. I need you letting Me radically love through you. Don’t love just the saint– and don’t love just the sinner. Love sinner and saint alike. I don’t need you involved in holy wars. I don’t need you involved in wars against deviancy. I need all your attention and energy. Become an expert in Me. Let that be your war– to know the real Me. To know Me in ways you don’t presently know Me and to see Me in places you didn’t know I habituate.
My People, as an example of how you’re to be in society, this is how I’m going to come to you— I’m going to be kinder than you deserve. I’m going to heal you of diseases that are your fault. I’m going to forgive you of debts that were also your fault. I’m going to take care of all kinds of things that you’re helpless to take care of yourself. Furthermore, every move towards Me that you make, I’m going to reward far beyond what seems reasonable. I am going to be so generous and so merciful with you that you might wrongfully think you’re behaving better than you are. I will not deal with you as you deserve, but I will deal with you as I desire. I’m going to bombard you with kindness– and if you will but pay if forward, it will transform your life. What I will give to you is exactly what I ask you to give. This is My priority for your nation– that I would have sons and daughters who would display Me as I truly am. When you do this, your nation will better represent who she is called to be. When you do this your laws will better represent My heart. When you do this you will see transformation of your society. So change is coming. Extreme change is coming– and it’s starting with you. The One who began a good work in you will see it through to the end. I am your Supreme Court and this is my edict– both for you and for your nation. Go and ahead and rejoice because this is going to be a wonderful thing.”
Johnny is correct in terms of the “religion” mountain. In terms of the (civil) “government” mountain, I believe lesser magistrates must demonstrate this courage, and we must support such action where it is possible > http://www.missionariestopreborn.com/InnocentBlood.pdf
Above all, we must maintain hope, and trust in the Lord, as His Kingdom will never fail! I am thankful for the Hamill’s leadership in intercession, and promoting the Crown and Throne aspect into which the Lord has moved His ekklesia, as the Father disciples the nations, through His suffering servant Body.