May 9, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“Downright COCKY, Proud as a Poly Peacock”

“And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

And there was a man in Moan, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing sheep his sheep in Carmel.

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife was Abigal: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish (vulgar, boorish) and evil in his doings: and he was of the house of Caleb.

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

And thus shall ye say unto him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and Peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was ought (anything) missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give I pray (ask) thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David and ceased (stopped).

And Nabal answered David’s servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away from his master.

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh (meat) that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be (who they are)?

So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.” 1 Sanuel 25:1-12

Basically, what happened in this passage is that David and his men were out in the wilderness, they were tired, hungry, and thirsty and David had sent his men to ask help from one who should have gladly helped them.

David did not even send them to request anything specific, only whatever could be given to help he and his men during that time.

But Nabal being evil, and greedy, even knowing David as the son of Jesse, cocked up and berated them for even having asked.

As we go on in the story, David was so enraged that he was going to wipe them out, he and his men had protected those of Nabal and when they needed help, Nabal laughed in their face.

A young man who knew what had happened went and told Abigal, how Davids’s men had protected them and that Nabal had laughed in their face when David had sent asking for provision hoping that she could do something before they were all slaughtered.

“Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do (you will do); for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Beliel, that a man cannot speak to him.” 1 Sameul 25:17

Now that was quite a statement, he was such a jerk, such a son of… that no one could even talk to him, he would not listen because he was prideful and arrogant and cared only for himself and would not care at all about the wrath that he was bringing on everyone else.

“Then Abigal made haste (hurried), and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. but she told not her husband Nabal.

And it was so (happened), as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down against her, and she met them.

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him (protected all he had, and nothing was lost): and he hath requited me evil for good.

So and more also God do unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light and that pisseth against the wall (he vowed to wipe out every male by morning). 1 Sameul 25:19-22

If you have a moment, read this chapter, I’m breaking it down because it is a long story and skipped quite a few verses.

Abigal then went on to apologize for the action of her miserable excuse for a husband, and explained to David that she had been unaware that his men had come seeking aid, and asked him to accept what she had brought and went on to note that by bringing it to her attention that God had prevented David from avenging and spilling blood and that the Lord would fight for him and to remember her kindness when the Lord dealt with his enemies.

“And David said to Abigal, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee. except thou hath hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall (males). {If she had not came, he would have wiped them all out}

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thine house, see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person (listened and accepted in peace)

And Abigal came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feats of a king: and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore (therefore) she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

But it came to pass in the morning, after the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, and he died.

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil; for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David communed with Abigal, to take her for his wife.” 1 Samuel 25:32-40

Can’t help but think of this passage in light of the treatment being shown Israel by the nations, as many of my posts have been concerning that lately.

So cocky, so puffed up, and as the saying goes, “Proud as a Peacock” as they hold their meetings, expressing their grandeur and withholding needed aid and further victimizing and demonizing the very victims because that’s the politically advantageous game to play.

But playing with the devil will get you burnt when the wrath of God comes on all that have chosen evil over the cause of good.

But Israel is the focal point of all end-time prophecy and the great battle for Israel when Jesus returns to fight on her behalf is the culmination of all we have believed, prayed for, had faith for, and innumerable martyrs through the ages have died for.

Oh, so much cockiness, protests and protests, these people running wild over everyone and everything. so cocky, so arrogant and I do have a suggestion, if they love Gaza so much, why not take a few million of the immigration bled and buy them all tickets to Gaza and let them live there and see how well they fare.

The ridiculous demands of vegan and gluten free snacks and chargers, painfully alluding to the level of immaturity that is being dealt with.

To call these people childish is an insult to children.

As is calling these people peacocks is insulting to the actual bird so we’ll call them Poly Peacocks. much better than the first word choice that leapt into mind.

The leaders are hardcore manipulators whose only purpose is to stir up strife and lead the gullible to follow screaming after them calling for atrocities and speaking against things they do not even comparand.

And strife they have stirred, every imaginable subject, every imaginable group, year after year, the cause changing with the wind, as they have divided the land and brainwashed the youth to the point that they are unable to stand on their own feet, have their own opinions, or even know what their words even mean.

They do as their told and like little scarf-wearing superhero Wanna-Be’s to vanquish every whispered supposed injustice is the new goal.

Proud Poly peacocks, wearing their little scarves, some in their little masks, others outright hiding their faces, belligerently screaming through their little bullhorns, chanting along, all the while holding their phones in front of them to proudly display their arrogance for the world to see.

Some having to be carried away, I especially loved the video of the cop just picking up one guy that was twice his size, as he screamed the entire time and carried him away, if they are screaming that much while resisting arrest, what on earth is it going to sound like when the terrorists no longer have use for them and reveal their true hatred of us all?

The cops really need prayer, glee must fill criminals about now, as the police are tasked with babysitting these jokers and tearing their poly playhouses down, there is no time left to fight real crime.

When Hamas gives you two thumbs up that is not something you should be proud of.

These peacocks just want to strut those feathers and rack up those likes even at the expense of beheaded and burned alive babies.

“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them (appearance tells the tell); and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them (weak, effeminate men are their leaders). O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” Isaiah 3:9-12

That passage written originally for another time, perfectly mirrored, as present to past, describing with excellence the Poly Peacock show we see performed each and every day, by those in charge and those who just mindlessly follow their evil way.

Children are ruling, lawlessness and disrespect abound, and the adults just sit quietly with their heads down.

All that is left that we even could say it God help us all, but just like Nabal, there will be many due to treatment of God’s chosen who simply fall.

That judgment at times comes swiftly as it is God that makes those calls.

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Rev. N Brown Johnosn

April 27, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“Anti- Semitism – The Delusional Dance of the Doomed.”

REVELATION 11: 3-14: “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in like manner be killed.

These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophesy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will (want).

And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them.

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of that great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall SEE their dead bodies three days and an half and shall not suffer (permit) their dead bodies to be put in graves.

And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.

And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear feel upon them which saw them.

And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies beheld them.

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted (rest were afraid) and gave glory to the God of heaven.

The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.”

The last verse wasn’t really part of what we are dealing with in this post, but I thought you might like a place marker to know about where we are when this comes to pass.

Like many of you, as I have watched these sickening protests that are taking over the world screaming against Israel and chanting their little demonic chat.

Schools and colleges clamoring as they climb on the latest social bandwagon, most I suspect not even having a clue as to what on earth they are even saying, much less who it is they actually fight against, carrying their little signs, feeling all superior because they think they know so much and should be so privileged as to just demand that Israel lay down and be trampled over by her enemies.

I am always so curious as to know what their chant would be if these same monsters came to commit the same atrocities against them, against their people.

Who are these people anyway? Who could laugh and give out candy in celebration of Jewish deaths? Who could call for their deaths, in the streets?

Refresher course.

ROMANS 1:18-32: “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge (denied His existence), God gave them over to a reprobate mind‘ to do those things which are not convenient (not beneficial to their well-being);

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whispers,

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Without understanding ,covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

They have so hardened their hearts that they no longer possess even the basic common human decency.

They have given themselves over to the devil so much so that God has literally given their minds over to their own destruction.

And as they love and celebrate those that are evil and the enemies of God and all that is good, they will also be given over to those same enemies that they have so praised.

JUDE 1:16: “These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouths speak great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage. (making a show to try to gain prestige).”

Confess to standing for whatever they think will be most noticed by those whom they wish to impress.

2 PETER 2:12, 13, &17- 19: “But these, as natural brute beats, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption.

And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Speaking, rioting, and beguiling, leading others through their words and action into the same destruction.

“These are wells without water, clouds that are carried away with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were escaped from them who live in error.

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.”

Sounds about right, people taking up causes that are not even theirs, promising freedom that is not theirs to give and screaming about the rights of a country whose tyranny they have never endured. Ignorantly calling for the deaths of innocent people with those great swelling words.

The groups that hide the same antisemitism under the banner of freedom for Palestine while conveniently confessing themselves to be Jewish are the ones I find most disturbing.

People can lay claim to any name to fulfil their agenda, it does not make them part of the group they falsely represent.

REVELATION 3:9: “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.”

Whatever the motive, no matter the agenda, nothing is hidden from God.

Being on the devil’s side doesn’t spare you from the devil and coddling and praising terrorists is not going to protect you from them, although I do think that’s how that game is sometimes played.

Pretty clear to see from our beginning passage from Revelation that this is merely the tip of the iceberg, as the whole world will see and will celebrate and will consider the death of the two prophets a gift-giving occasion.

As I watched a live feed from Israel a couple of days ago, I could only think of that passage.

Those who would argue the legitimacy of the Bible would do very well to try to explain how John could have possibly known nineteen hundred and twenty-eight years ago, that in the last days, there would come a time in which the entire world could see the entire world at a single moment in real time, had it not been given by true, divine revelation.

So, hang on, keep your eyes on Jerusalem and pray for her and her people, her leaders and those who are held captive, her deliverance will come, and these events are those things which have been foretold long ago, just watch, as it all unfolds.

Genesis 12:3: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Watch the those of world as they rave, and shout, dance with glee with every atrocity, so deceived, so deadened that they don’t even realize that they bring about their own condemnation.

Φλογιζω NBJ 2023/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

Praise for the Victory

“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake (spoke), saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare for him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

Pharoah’s chariots and his host he hath cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath (has) dashed in pieces the enemy.

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Thou didst (You did) blow thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful (awesome) in praises, doing wonders?

Thou stretcheth out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; and all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm (his power) they shall be as still as a stone, till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

For the horse of Pharoah went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them, but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea,” Exodus 15:1-19

What an awesome sight that would have been! I can truly imagine the terror that gripped the Hebrews as Pharaohs army was seen in a distance behind them and the vast watery death that lie before them.

Oh, but Jehovah indeed had a greater plan, he always does.

“And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew (show) to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.” Exodus 14:13

They sang the song in praises to him for his great, supernatural deliverance.

So should we.

We have been given the great gift of Jesus, our passover Lamb, the sacrifice for our sins and the redeemer of our souls that were once enslaved to sin.

On this day of Passover, offer up your own praise thank him for who he is and all that He has done, and all He is yet to do.

To see his hand at work in our life and to win the victory, we need only stand still and sometimes for humans that is the hardest thing to do.

“Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible (awesome) things.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.” Psalms 45:3-6

That is the song I want to sing today!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Reverend Nina Brown Johnson

April 21, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

The Defeat of Sisera

“And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

And the LORD sold (gave) them into the hand of Jabin king of Cannan, that reigned in Hazor’ the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.” Judges 4:1,2

I just wanted to stop right there for a second, as we start this story, we notice that we are told that God’s people had committed evil again.

Basically, the Book of Judges has a repeating theme, God rescues and delivers them and then they would forget the sorrow of oppression of the enemy and run wild, sinning against God, and He would remove his hand and their enemies would overtake them and they would repent, and God would deliver them again and the cycle would start all over again and again.

This is really important to understand when we talk about America in the last days, and please don’t kill the messenger.

God gives us warnings so that we will repent, and his children understand what is taking place as it happens so we will not be afraid and have confidence in the Lord’s protection and sovereignty.

In this story we will see how God uses regular people to fulfil his plans and purpose, in this case destroy Israel’s fierce enemy.

“And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he (Sisera) had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtli, and said unto him, Hath (Has) not the LORD God of Israel commanded saying, Go and draw (come) toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and the children of Zebulun?

And I will draw (lead) unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

And Barak said unto her, if thou wilt (you will) go with me, then will I go but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour (he was not going for his personal glory); for the LORD shall sell (give) Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose,and went with Barak to Kedesh.

And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children (lineage) of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself (cut ties) from the Kenites, and pitched a tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

And they shewed (showed) Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. (told where he was)

And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that was with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: Is not the LORD gone out before you (doesn’t the LORD go before you)? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

And the LORD discomfited (overthrew) Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted (jumped) down off his chariot and fled away on his feet.

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host (army), unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword (were slaughtered); and there was not a man left.

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me: fear not (come in don’t be afraid). And when he had turned in unto her into (went in) the tent, she covered him with a mantle (large scarf)

And he said unto her, Give me I pray thee (please), a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk. and gave him drink and covered him (covered him up so he could rest)

Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. (Stand watch and if anyone asks, I am not here)

Then Jael Herber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. so he died.

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou sleekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before (in front of) the children of Israel.” Judges 4:3-23

She literally killed him with kindness, she gave him more than he asked for and she nailed his head to the floor.

Moral of this story, never underestimate how God can use you, as he did Jael, as she was relative by marriage to the Hebrews, even though her family was at peace with Israel’s enemies, she was still on the right side of the battle.

He uses even the simplest things in life to bring victory for his chosen and glory to His great name,

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Reverend Nina Brown Johnson

April 19, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

A Dose of Revelation

“And there came one of the angels which had the seven vials (of judgment), and talked with me, saying, Come hither; and I will shew unto you the judgment of the great whore that sitteth on many waters;

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” Revelation 17:1,2

If you have read any of my posts over the years, you probably know that I have written extensively on Mystery Babylon, and these posts are chronological and as everything has come into play, with each descent of our society spirally ever closer to the moment in time when that which is written will come pass.

We’ll dissect this a few verses at a time.

The great whore, I know that term can be truly offensive to women, but this was translated into Old English and that is a common term from that time era for a harlot and in this case, the reason the woman is a harlot is because she laughed in the face of her husband and sought the attention and [raise of the enemies of her husband.

This is symbolism for America and the relationship that once honored between our people and Jehovah God.

The kings of the earth and the inhabitants, the people who have become drunk with the wine of her fornication is the sheer influence that America has held in the worldview.

Known as the strongest and greatest country on earth. One time a beacon of true freedom but now the international poster child for sexual immorality, which is the fornication the Bible speaks of.

It has spread not only among our people but to those the world over, the spiritual drunken state impairing those who do not know the truth of God, to the point that they are no longer capable of making rational decisions. Courting those spiritual lovers to the point that not only have we abandoned our true friends the world over we have also sold-out own people, risking their safety and freedom.

Even former President trump now readjusting his view on abortion with the ease of adjusting a rearview mirror, he once stood for something but now he too, is caving and if it means winning the presidency, then well, it’ll be up to the state to decide who slaughters the babies and who doesn’t.

Not going to help at all, God does not paly cop outs, and unless he puts the reality of the dire straits America is truly in back at the forefront of his thinking, we will be forced with the choice of the lesser of two evils.

Hers’s the deal with Bible prophecy, everything written will come to pass, if repentance and nations and people turn back, it can buy a little time.

God sending Jonah to warn Nineveh is an excellent example and they did indeed repent for a bit. but I fear our leaders are a little too far gone and as we’ll see in our following passages just how eerie the world stage is becoming.

“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.

And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her I wondered with great admiration (not admiring her but in question of her).” Revelation 17:3-6

The first thing that really jumps out is the absolute lavishness, and excess dripping gold and pearls, wearing purple which is symbolic of riches and royalty.

The golden cup, her prized possession of wealth and prestige evident in that cup, the gain of which was all at the expense of all things holy and pure, as her cup is filled with nothing but blood, and torture, perversion, and absolute filth in the eyes of God.

But she is not ashamed or remorseful at any of her actions, she instead takes pride in abominations against God and rejoices at the slaughter of her own children, promoting and celebrating all who have given the souls and allegiance to her.

The description on her forehead telling all there is to tell, she is the mother of all that has befallen earth. The forehead symbolic of her arrogance and shamelessness.

If anyone will not admit the identity of the country that is referred to as this woman, they are doing nothing more than stopping their own ears from hearing the truth.

” And the angels aid unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel (why were you amazed)? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

The beast that thou sawest was and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition; and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder (be amazed) whose names were not written in the Lamb’s book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.” Revelation 17:7,8

This is a clear picture of the world political system showing power that had been in the past, fell out of power. to only rise again in the last days.

She is riding on the beast, the evil ascending from the bottomless pit, she is proud and arrogant and riding on him is symbolic of her being paraded about on its back and as if it is subservient to her, when its reality the beast is the one in control.

“And here is the mind that hath wisdom, The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space (have power for a short period of time)

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is one of the seven and goeth into perdition (utter ruin).

And the ten kings which thou sawest are ten kings which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power one hour (a very short time) with the beast.

These have one mind and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” Revelation 17:9-13

I couldn’t help but to think of this passage as so many small, tiny countries have come into the news, being the mouthpiece for terrorists coming against Israel and now to actually suggest that Palestine, which only exists on the lips of those who do the bidding of their master’s should be allowed to be part of the security council.

Twelve out of fifteen voted for in favor of this, two abstained which is to say nothing, and America actually vetoed it, for now because our leaders have tried to play both sides against teh middle and are loyal only to themselves.

It is so easily to see just how fast and how simple it is going to be for the right players to come into play, one vote.

Think about that, one vote standing between humanity and terrorists, and ultimately the beast, that the whole world is demonically brainwashed and I’m sure in many cases handsomely paid off to literally play the devil’s advocate on behalf of.

“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is the Lord of lords, and the King of kings, and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17: 14

We know the purpose of this, and we also know from this verse exactly how it will end.

But this next passage is the point of this entire post, The point that is being completely missed. Those who hate Israel, also hate America.

That is why the chants against both countries always go hand in hand. Coddling terrorists and forking out pay outs to them is not going to buy their friendship and it not somehow magically going to appease them and turn them all into good law-abiding diplomats.

They hate America and their ultimate goal is our destruction.

“And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. (many mixed and mingled cultures, and people of all nations, ethnic groups, and backgrounds)

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh and burn her fire.

For God hath put it in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdoms unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. “Revelation 17: 15-18

The horns, the leaders hate the woman, but it is a secret hate until they have their last needed player in position and then in a coordinated multiple nation attack they destroy the nation that is Mystery Babylon and the only remote opposition to their plans to destroy Israel will be gone.

Keep your eyes on the news and pay special attention and as Jesus had forewarned us, keep looking up and pray for our leaders, pray that somehow, they will see the truth before it is too late.

NBJ 2024/ Rev. N Brown Johnson

April 13, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

BREATH of GOD

“The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these dry bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest (you know)

Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into ye, and ye shall live.

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the house of Israel: behold they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel.

And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

And shall put my spirit within you, and ye shall live, And I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.” Ezekiel 37:1-14

There are so many things in that passage and is amazing foreshadowing of what God would do spiritually through Jesus.

We are born into sin and what we often do not understand is that even though we are alive until we accept Jesus, we are spiritually dead.

It is only when we accept him that we are truly alive both in body and spirit, and soul.

Mention of bodies, this is also gives us a glimpse of what the great resurrection would be like.

The dead in Christ, raised again, no matter how their death came, no matter what is left of their mortal bodies in the grave when the trump of God sounds, the dead in Christ will arise.

Even from ashes, God created all our bodies, and everything that is and everything that will be.

“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether the be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him.” Colossians 1:16

He is quite capable of creating a completely new body from nothing, if that is what is needed as our bodies will be made new, likened unto his.

We also see the salvation of Israel, we see the sorrow, the sadness, and the feeling of desolation we also see the promise that all will know that He Is God.

Adam, who had been fashioned from clay, the dirt of the earth, a body, a form, beautiful I am sure, perfectly complete with all his limbs, fingers and toes, but completely lifeless until God literally breathed his own breath into him, giving him life.

Think about Jesus when he appeared to the disciples after his resurrection.

“Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews (the place where they were hiding) came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

And when he had so said, he shewed (showed) unto them his hands and his side,

Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.” John 20:19-23

Now to go back to our passage from Ezekiel, God commanded Ezekiel to prophesy for that breath to come and it brought life back into those dead bodies.

We see a clear picture through all these of the anointing of God and we need the anointing more than we need our next breath.

Let’s look at few examples of the power of God and the strength of that power, this is my favorite of all time.

To give a little background, Elisha is the prophet that replaced Elijah when he had became discouraged. and asked the Lord to take him, and Elisha had asked for a double-portion of the anointing that had been on Elijah.

“And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming of the year.

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band of men (saw the enemy coming); and they cast (tossed) the man into the sepulchre of Elisha; and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood up on his feet.” 2 Kings 13:20,21

The power of God was so strong and powerful in his life that it seeped into the very bones of Elisha the prophet and the man’s dead body just touching those bones brought him back to life.

Not even death or being buried had any effect on that power, the same power that resurrected Jesus, the same power that still even today can break chains, heal the sick, and brings life into those that are spiritually dead, and newness to those who have grown weary or cold.

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” Isaiah 10:27

That is a description of the yoke breaker, the yoke breaker is the anointing of God.

Couple of more prime examples of the power of God working through his servants and the strength of that power.

“And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.” Acts 19:11,12

Paul, as the others had given himself completely to God, once Jesus revealed the truth to him. He had given himself completely to the work of God’s kingdom and often referred to himself as the Prisoner of Christ.

In reference to the preaching of the Gospel, he had said that it wasn’t whether or not that he would, it was that it was woe unto him if he did not.

“And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with evil spirits: and they were healed everyone.” Acts 5:14-16

We know that Peter walked with the Lord and the Lord even allowed Peter to walk on water, Peter also knew the pain of denying Christ in his moment of fear and he had also been foretold by Jesus that he would die for the Gospel.

Both suffered tremendous persecution, ridicule, abuse, and finally martyrdom.

They both gave everything that had to give and emptied themselves and their lives for Christ and even as Paul said the more, he suffered the greater the power of God rested on him.

He knew that the more he was crushed the greater the anointing would flow and the greater presence of God he would enjoy.

It is really sad, there are so many who believe that all the wonders were just for “Bible Times” and so many more who just don’t believe at all, and others who do believe, just don’t believe in that.

Yeah, Kinda the reason there that Jesus made them leave the room when he resurrected Jarius daughter and the reason he did not do many miracles in his hometown, he could do anything he wants, he is God.

It was because of their unbelief, same attitude as that of those who heckled him telling him that if he was the Son of God to save himself.

God sends what God wants to send when he wants to send it, just like the breath he told Ezekiel to prophecy.

I still believe and it may be next week, it may be three days before the rapture, but I still believe.

God has promised to pour out his Spirit and we have seen it happening in many places across the world, but it is not going to happen for those who don’t want it or only want it to happen under their conditions, none of this, nothing of God is for our personal use or for our time schedule.

Read those stories again and look at the context between the servants of God and the recipients.

It is to reveal to the world that God is real and that he does love them.

Please seek the Lord, seek him in prayer, communion, and pouring out of your heart, the more we pour out the more he flows in and the more we seek him, the greater his presence and we need his presence on this earth and in these last days.

He can still breathe life into that which is spiritually dead, and he can still ignite a bare flickering ember into an awesome flame burning in our hearts for him.

That is after all the meaning of the Greek name of this blog, and it is my prayer for us all.

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

April 4, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Cruel & Hateful? Now That’s Naming Names.

“These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; And their mouths speak great swelling (boastful) words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.” Jude 1:16

What can you say? Biden now proclaiming visibility day on Easter, the celebration day known by name for centuries of the visible resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The battle always first begins with a name change, always associated with relation, allegiance, and even ownership.

God named the Earth, the Heavens, the waters.

He named the light and the darkness, and even the stars He named.

He named Adam, and then allowed Adam the honor of naming all the animals and once his companion had been created from his own rib bone, God allowed him to choose the name for Eve.

Then we go on, God changed the names of many, given them new names to reflect His goodness and His purpose for their lives.

Satan loves to mimic and as the saying goes, “Possession is nine- tenths of the law.” What shows greater possession than that of the name.

The enemy always changed the names. think of Daniel, and the Hebrew boys.

Those who willingly change their own names for a multitude of reasons, Hadassah was changed to Esther for her protection until the time was right,

Naomi changed her name to Marah to reflect the bitterness of her soul as she dealt with grief and tremendous loss.

Now the entire world is all about the name.

Replacement titles running amok as genders and sexual preferences now have a mind-boggling array of terms.

Baby slaughter is made sterile and clinically white smocks hidden behind it’s reproductive care name tag, but if that name tag were lifted up, it will reveal dripping blood and atrocities that have reached into heaven itself.

Rip off the tacky stick-on name label of Bidens latest attack on Christianity and you will find the devil himself, ever seeking attention and feigned glory.

Remember that’s what got him kicked out of heaven, starting all this mess on earth.

It is a clear lead up to the soon coming day that we have tried faithfully to warn the world about.

The enemy has managed to change and alter societal beliefs and list of nouns concerning the existence of God, the truth of creation, the sanctity of life, every aspect of our existence the enemy has tried to pervert in some way,

It is not because he wants the world to be free and have a good ole time, as so many have been deceived, through their own lusts, into believing.

He wants the entire world to worship him.

“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.” Isaiah 14:12-15

That is a lot of determination and arrogance, you can hear it echoed all through society today.

He never had a throne! He is a fallen angel! He is determined to create his own kingdom and the world is certainly giving it to him, but he will never overtake Jehovah God and he will be eternally condemned, and he will take many to hell with him.

It so sad how many have been deceived into believing that hell is one big party.

Those who laugh and mock, the content creators of South Park, SNL, and Disney, many, many others all who have been involved in any way will one day stand in judgment for their blasphemies

Fun in hell? Nothing could be farther from the truth. Hell is eternal suffering, gnawing their tongues because they are in such pain.

There will be no partying, no sex, no good times with buddies, because the buddies will be suffering the same torment, no cell phones, no social media, no popularity prizes.

The supposed great leaders, the unrepentant progressives, and God-haters will not be able to help because they will be there alongside all those whom they have led there through their policies of ease, condoning, encouraging, and legalizing sins against God.

There will be no drugs, no coke, no meth, nothing. No booze to lighten the load, or lessen the pain, actually there will nothing to drink.

“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am TORMENTED in this flame.” Luke 16:23,24

That was from the story of Lazarus and the rich man.

The rich man had everything in his life. Lazarus was a poor beggar.

They both died but had very different eternal outcomes.

The rich man was answered by Abraham that he could not do that, there is a gulf between those places, they could see each other but could not travel between so that each must stay in their assigned eternal location.

The rich man cared for nothing of God in his life and had everything, Lazarus had nothing earthy, but had everything in his relationship with God and each received based on the lives they lead on earth.

So many are still choosing the wrong path and listening to the wrong voices.

They have chosen the path that approves and condones their lifestyle choices.

No one is saying they don’t have a right to those choices, but they have no right to pervert the Gospel of our Lord to appease their own consciences!

They have no right to push their candy-coat ‘preachers’ on all of us in attempt to falsely make the Gospel appear wrong and heinous sin right!

“And MANY shall follow their pernicious ways: by reason of whom the way of TRUTH shall be evil spoken of.” 2 Peter 2:2

We know from our starter verse the truth behind all these changes.

It has nothing to do with plights of people or lawmakers really caring about anyone other than themselves.

The verse said it all, they only want to impress and gain the admiration of all that they can to further themselves because it gives them the advantage of popular favor.

And now to address the comeback response to the outrage expressed at having the celebration of the resurrection of the Lord renamed to celebrate their greedy, demonic, agenda.

“The president is a Christian”, yeah, well that would be great if he actually had a clue that Christianly means to follow Christ and become Christ like, abstain from sin, and do not condone nor promote sin to others.

In our society we can name ourselves anything we wish, doesn’t mean that is what we actually are.

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostle of Christ.

And no marvel (no shocker) for Satan HIMSELF is transformed into an ANGEL OF LIGHT.” 2 Corinthians 11:13,14

The accusation that anyone who opposes them and their desire to pervert all things holy, are merely “cruel, and hateful” is also an absolute joke,

I’ll tell you what is cruel and hateful, ripping a living being from their mother’s womb, slapping its dismembering body into a pie pan to be sold to the highest bidder and the others trucked off as nothing more than trash.

Anyone remember the anguish of women with breast cancer? The physical pain and suffering of having to have their breast removed and the emotional toil of dealing with that loss?

I’ll tell you cruel and hateful, teens having both breasts lopped off as physicians bank accounts gain about forty G’s. That is cruelty beyond comprehension.

Genital mutilations that would have once struck horror into any heart, now part of the course.

Hormones and other treatments damaging young bodies for life.

Leaving them with irreversible consequences. Now that is hateful.

Love would never do such things. Love goes above and beyond to ease pain does not inflict greater agony.

If you get the votes and you get the dough and the popularity, who cares, right?

Evidently not them. Continue to pray that those who are hurting will find a better way,

They can rename anything they want but they will never change or do away with the only name.

“At the name of Jesus every knee should (will) bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should (will) confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10,11

“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” Romans 14:11

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

March 17, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Dear Israel

On behalf of your friends and adopted brethren, we are millions and millions strong who wish you nothing but the best.

Our hearts break as our leaders have foolishly decided to put the merciful patience of Almighty God to the test.

Please know that our hearts have broken with your pain and your sorrow.

Our prayers have been with your leaders and your forces as the fight the good fight.

Our cries for the captives are heard day and night.

And now as we have cried for your children, we will face our own plight.

It is time for you to cry for the children of our nations as the turning away from the chosen of God will bring his judgments on our heads.

Those judgments foretold by the prophets of old echoing through time warning us from long ago.

Warnings which are mocked and laughed at.

Ridiculed as the nations have become wicked, deceived, arrogantly at ease.

As the Bible teaches, those whose professing themselves as wise have become foolish.

Many are just truly evil, and some are simply demons in disguise.

Weep for us as we weep for you as what was once great among the earth is now all but through.

Please forgive us though the guilt is not ours, but please forgive us all as our leaders have so arrogantly let you down.

As all things come to pass and scripture will be fulfilled, great Babylon is swiftly wasted and left completely still.

Hold on and hold and when the time comes run, run to those hills and hide knowing that very soon Jehovah God will be there to fight by your side.

And I must ask, as you are the chosen and we are adopted in. Same Father, same family, only a little different still.

In your own sorrow and in your own pain, please pray for us.

Pray for revival in our lands as the day approaches and our leaders hastening the day in which all that is good and holy in our land shall be taken away.

And our lost will in that doomed state forever stay, as judgment comes swiftly and only the saved and the children will be divinely taken from harm’s way.

Then the great destruction shall come and none will stand.

Please forgive us as we are not consenting to the betrayal that has been done to you.

We are as you, trusting in the fact that we are all in God’s merciful hand and that he will see us through.

NBJ 2024

March 9, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

A Time of War

“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:8

Since the dawn of time, we have seen this verse played out but never have we witnessed it as we witness it now.

As Israel and her people are either loved and supported or she and her children are vehemently hated with such passion that she is wished destroyed from the face of the earth.

People who know nothing about her or the conflictions she has survived ridiculously blaming her for horror and heartache suffered by her people.

And I am forever amazed at the nations who in one breath admit the right to self-defend and with the next breath threaten to withhold support.

I am all for feeding people, I desire to see no one scared, hungry, or wounded but if our country can drop food then why can’t we drop specialized troops and rescue hostages, all hostages.

Why are other countries securing the release of their hostages while Jewish Americans are left to rot?

Why is it so important to feed people who laughed and rejoiced at the sight of brutalized human beings when the hostages are undoubtedly left to starve?

Why have thousands of medical aid trucks been sent to Gaza when the hostages are still left unattended?

Those are questions that the leaders evidently do not wish to answer as their only agenda is to appease the powers that be rather than risk having to take a stand for anything.

As all the old sage saying and proverbs over the generations should have well taught us, there is no such thing as middle ground.

It’s either right or left, on the side of good or the side of evil, because standing in the middle of the road is a very dangerous place to stand.

And unfortunately for all of us who dwell here, we are also left standing in the middle of that road as our country collapses in on us

Mention of which, it blows my mind, how someone could be caught committing criminal acts not once but twice only to be completely free to go to another state and slaughter an innocent woman.

Now recent news of a dismembering band also being freed only required to wear ankle monitors after the gruesome crime scene had been discovered in Babylon village.

The same week another man arrested also in New York, who had dismembered a man and actually hid part of his body in his freezer.

Got some questions with all this.

How do human beings find it perfectly comfortable to hack up bodies?

Could have a little something to do with the fact that abortion was legal in New York before Roe VS Wade and since it is acceptable to dismember infants, why would it seem especially heinous to do the same to a murder victim?

How do leaders find it perfectly okay to let violent criminals run wild?

Why is New York suddenly home to the most disturbing and vicious crimes?

Could have a little something with their abortion celebration statue that they felt the need to adorn their courthouse with.

Kinda like, attracting what is honored and honoring the demonic will bring the demonic.

Not only arrogantly celebrating slaughter, rejoicing and bragging about slaughter but to place that detestable image of self-worship above their legal institution has spiritually and symbolically placed their state under that demonic rule.

Which is why they have lost all common sense and changed laws in favor of crime while harming and risking the wellbeing of their own citizens and find nothing wrong in that.

Divine Judgment has been warned for years and as those judgments come, the evidence and severity will only increase.

As this is a great picture of spiritual warfare.

It is also a good time to remember to never be found on the side of sin, do not partake of their sin, even if you are not doing it, to condone it and justify it is just guilt by association.

Now on to the other kind of war, as Biden’s hot mic yet again caught in him in his bravado against Israel and all who continually scream ceasefire, when they themselves are not in Israels situation, they have not suffered the assault and it is mighty easy to advise and condemn and threaten when you’re not the one under constant attack.

But you know, the Bible has a little warning about that also, when we harshly condemn another in how they handle a situation or difficulty they have in a temptation or so on and instead of offering help and support we attack with a self-righteous barrage of what should be done.

I do not believe that nations are exempt from that.

Galatians 6:7: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

As a nation, along with many other nations and many people who have spewed hate and hostility, the day will come that they will find themselves in that same turmoil and be in that same situation and when they look for help and understanding they will find absolutely none.

Isaiah 47:10-12: “For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me.

Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none beside me.

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee, suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

Stand NOW with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured form thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.”

Isaiah 57: 13: “When thou criest, let thy companies (all the idols) deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away…”

Jeremiah 11:14: “Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.”

You can get the point there; God is patient but when nations and citizens go completely out of their way to mock God, his people, and hate his chosen to the point of calling for their annihilation, he then reserves his right to refuse to hear their cries when destruction comes to visit them.

Notice that at that time they do call, they call upon whom they have mocked, ridiculed, and rejected and his response to them is to stand with their idols that they have so loved and see if they can maybe help them out.

Deuteronomy 32:39: “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is NO god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.”

I do truly wish that all of Israel would realize they do not need any nations approval, support, or weaponry as in this next passage, God instructed them in making their own.

This is a mingled picture of the God dwelling in Zion and the great judgment, not to be confused with separate judgments on individual nations, this is the great one.

Joel 3:4-14: “Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coast of Palestine?

will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swifty and speedily will I return your recompense on your own head;

Because ye have taken my silver and my gold and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might REMOVE them far from THEIR border.

Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whiter ye have sold them and will return recompense upon your own head.

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare was, make up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up;

BEAT YOUR PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS, AND YOUR PRUNINGHOOKS INTO SPEARS; let the weak say, I am strong.

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither (to) cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

Let the heathen be wakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge the heathen round about.

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.”

We can see the need for weapons here and if God is telling them to make their own weapons, who on earth has the right to say otherwise?

This also gives a good indication that one day support will be withdrawn and the need for all to be armed will be great.

The good, good news is that once this occurs, God will call for the host of heaven to come forth and destroy the wicked that has tried to destroy his chosen.

Please also know that I am not shouting, I just wanted you to be sure to catch that verse in the face of all the nations threatening to withhold support.

Note also you may have noticed this passage in post past, but I needed it show that Israel does not need anyone’s weapons and that they have a God given right to arm themselves.

The truth is that it is not going to matter who chooses to support them as far as they are concerned.

God has chosen Israel. Israel belongs to him, and it will forever.

It will however be of great concern for those who chose to turn their back on them as all are judged by their own judgment and measured by their own measurement.

So, if we also would like to be accused and abandoned when we are under attack, we as a nation are on the path to accomplish exactly that.

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

February 29, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Sword & Lily

Just wanted to do a quick post introducing sister site https://swordandlily.com.

As this site will still be my main website with more detailed and longer teaching posts posting each Saturday.

The new site is dedicated to daily shorter one to two verse passages with a brief thought, prayerfully to encourage us on our journey.

Now more than ever we need God’s word, each day and every day!

Thank you for reading!

Φλογιζω NBJ2024/ Rev. N Brown Johnson

February 20, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“PLEASE WAKE UP!!!”

How many of us have tried to wake someone and finally in complete exasperation utter that all familiar phrase, “Would you PLEASE get up?!!”

The Beloved written about in Song of Solomon surely must understand this.

” I sleep, but my heart waketh: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew and my locks with the drops of the night.”

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile(dirty) them?

My beloved put his hand in the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him (heart stirred with longing).

I rose up to open to my beloved: and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him;

I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:2-6

Ah, the most misunderstood book in the Bible.

Most have difficulty reading it without misunderstanding it in the carnal mind and according to one Jewish tradition, men were required to be at least thirty years old and married and women were strictly forbidden to read it all.
It would seem that the American church suffers the same affliction as our lady in song of Songs.

Please do not take these remarks as attacks on any specific church, some of these attitudes and problems seem to creep into almost all churches at one point or another.

That is why we must always stay on guard: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8

The church like our lady here, in comparison to what it was intended to be, having been built on diligence, fortitude, tenacity, and above all the blood of Christ, the prophets, and all the martyrs. The church also has become quite comfortable seeming to have forgotten where it came from and the astonishing price that was paid for its continual existence.

Even though our lady is asleep, thankfully heart is still attentive to the voice of her one true love.

He is standing outside a door that has been locked against his presence, beaten beyond recognition,

the “dew” that had fallen during the tortures of the night he has just endured to take her punishment and to purchase a freedom she could have never been able to afford.

Pleading with her to take note of the “drops of the night” his hair completed saturated by his precious blood, a result of the excruciating crown of thorns that encircled his head, each piercing thorn driving into his flesh, a crown he wore in torment to free her troubled mind, bringing all thoughts captive, buying her salvation, while ensuring that one day he would reign as her King.

All she can come up with as he pleads with her from behind that locked door, is excuses of why she can’t get up, why it would be such an inconvenience, a burden to get up and answer his call on her heart, her soul, and her life.
Her first reason being that she is quite comfortable, right where she is, tucked in the warmth of her cozy bed, her complacency of more value to her than the value of the love she has for him.

Her second reason is that her feet are clean, oh, how can she possibly admit to maybe walking the wrong paths, imperfections, or heaven forbid, she admits any wrongdoing or much less admit blatant sin?

There is no way that she is going to answer to him and let him see her without her coat, how can she stand humbly before him, bearing all that she is, her very soul, without the protection of her coat of self-righteousness? No, she simply can’t do it.

Thankfully the sound of his voice had stirred her heart, it was then that she remembered, she remembered all the shame, all the suffering, all the love and mercy that also poured out as the ground flowed red with his blood while his life was given in exchange for her.
She remembered that her precious coat of self-righteousness, had only be crafted from the filthy rags of her own righteousness and without being clothed in his righteousness, she was less than nothing.

She remembered that without him and the guidance of his hand to her every step, that those feet, that she so arrogantly believed to be clean would only lead her into temptation and swift destruction.

In the span of time it took for her to realize this, he was gone, but in his desire that one day the locked door between them would open, he left her the key.

As the myrrh dripped from her hands, it let her finally see that the door could only be opened by the purification of her own heart, soul and spirit and by dying to her flesh, her desires, and humble herself completely to him, giving every single thing in her, both good and bad, over to him until they became one.

We are living in the midst of the most exciting time that has been or will ever be. The last day outpouring of the Holy Spirit and a harvest of souls to end it all.
But so many have grown comfortable or are just simply asleep, proclaiming Christianity while those in the world around us are lost, enslaved to drugs or alcohol or one of the many addictions that snare and trap.
Sometimes we refuse to reach out because of the lifestyles of others, we can’t be seen talking to them or associating with what hypocritically we refer to as “that kind” of person, this comes from wrongly believing that we are so holy, and so good that we forget we were once in those shoes.

“Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober (seriously mindful) For they that sleep, sleep in the night (spiritual night on earth) and they that be drunken are drunken in the night, but let us who are of they day, be sober (minded), putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

As Jesus said in John 9:4: “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”

I have often heard people say they believe in Jesus, but they don’t accept him because they don’t want to be a hypocrite, or they feel like they can’t change.

I respect that to the utmost measure, but the good news that we can never change ourselves, he does that for us!

All he requires is a reasonable service, no one is perfect, nor will we ever be on this earth.

When the Bible uses the word “perfect” it means “blameless” doing the best we can and some days that may be not so good, this is why his mercy is renewed every, single day and when we make mistakes, we ask for forgiveness, get up and go on!

If you don’t want to be a hypocrite, that’s a good indication that you would never be anyway!

But I am pleading with you as a servant of God, we are in the last days and if you have never committed to the Lord, please, please, hear his voice, hear his invitation, before all hell breaks loose on this earth, and I promise you, it has already begun.

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20

Simply put just answer him!

Let him come in! He doesn’t give a list of requirements there does he? Ask forgiveness for your sins and ask him to be Lord of your life and save you!

End of story, your sins are washed completely away, and he never brings them up again.

As we all will stand before the Lord and give account for the life he has given us, the saddest excuse we will ever give for not completing the work he has entrusted us with is having to say “Lord, I just couldn’t get up.”

Φλογίζω / Nina Brown Johnson/ baresoulphlogizo 2015 all rights reserved.
Original post:11/21/2013 01/22/2022, This was originally written for another site, but it is the VERY FIRST post I had written. *REVISTED* 02/20/2023

I hope you enjoy it and that it is thought provoking because that clock has counted down to mere seconds now and we must do what we are called to do before the trumpet calls us home and there will be no more time to work or do those things that we could have. Thank you for reading!

Podcast available at: https://anchor.fm/phlogizo

February 14, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Angels, Roses, & True Love Part 4 “Truest Love of All”

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in my love.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world,but I have CHOSEN you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:9-18

Love is the most misunderstood word in existence, and love in its truest sense is often left undiscovered.

When Jesus gave us these words, which he went on in verse twenty to remind us to, “REMEMBER the word that I have said unto you…” as He went on to warn them that we can never expect to be treated any differently than he was.

We are truly judged by the company we keep and often once you started “keeping company”, as our old Southern sayings go, with Jesus, you will find out pretty fast who your real friends are, which in most cases, will then mean were.

So often all of us at one time or another have been hit with the old routine of “If you really loved me…” and you know that is the biggest trap the enemy has ever set.

People who really love you will NEVER play that game, they will NEVER use the love that they know you have for them as a tool against you, to manipulate and control you or to coerce you into to bending to their will and never caring at all about you or your feelings.

So that my friends is the state of the world, and just as Jesus said, the world, referring to those people, people who do not honor God or his teachings and sure do not want you to honor him, they will hate you.

Being human will all need to feel love and we need acceptance and the enemy plays on those needs because he knows where our greatest weakness lies.

That it why it is imperative to cultivate a relationship with Jesus and of course if you have never accepted salvation, that is where you must start.

Think about that, just as he told us, there is NO GREATER LOVE, the love of God, the one who created you, just as He told the Prophet Jeremiah… “BEFORE, I formed thee in the belly I knew thee”… and he knew you, me, and every other person who was or ever will be created.

And His love, mercy, and grace will never fail.

He gives this freely, openly, honestly, no strings attached, no deals to be made.

He just gives all that He is and He gives from the moment He brings you into this world through all the ups, downs, of life until your golden years.

He gives us that hope, that choice, and that offer to open that door as He beckons for you to open your heart and as He also promises that even as time fades from us that He is there.

Isaiah 46:4: “And even to your old age I am he and even to your hoar hairs (gray hairs) will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.”

Now those are the words of God Himself promising us that even to the end of everything,.

He will carry us.

He will deliver us.

And as He also promised in scripture elsewhere, He will never leave us or forsake us.

THAT is Love.

So, you see no matter where you are, where you have been, none of it matters.

God wants you right where you are, and maybe the enemy has lied to you, convincing you that God has already called too many times, or you have went too far or that your family, relationships, or circumstance disqualifies you from ever being able to serve God, again one of the biggest lies of all.

Jesus loves you and He died on the cross to save you, and it is never too late until you take your last breath.

He will save you, all you have to do is ask him into your heart, because He will not just force you accept him, or force you to accept the greatest gift of all, His love the only true love, and a love that will never fail.

And as I leave you, I want to leave you with this question, Why spend life never knowing what you cannot know until you have accepted it?

I know that was a tongue twister, meaning this, never dismiss the thought of the existence of God or the relationship that is waiting for you, a relationship of peace and love, and truly knowing God, until you have at least sought Him.

Before I was saved I did not understand that either.

I always thought of God as just out in Heaven, we could pray to him and I believed in Him but never understood what it meant to know His presence, and no one can know that or understand that until they are saved.

This is how it works… you believe, you ask and then you know.

He is not in the business of proving Himself to us before we believe.

We believe and then He reveals Himself to us, that is the part the world that he referred to is missing, and they do hate him or rather the belief in Him, because their hearts are so darkened and their minds so blinded that they do not believe in anything.

They live in the moment, never believing that there is more.

Falsely thinking that this world, this life is all that there is.

The Bible teaches us, if we only had hope in this life, and our only confidence was in the things of this world we would be miserable.

He proved how much He loves us, enough to die for us, and there is no greater nor will there ever be a greater love than that of Jesus Christ.

Thanks for reading, sorry that I was running so late with this series that was supposed to be for Valentine’s Day, but God knows everything and His timing is perfect so I hope in some way this will bless you TODAY!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2020/ Rev. Nina Brown Johnson Revisited 02/16/2022 & 02/12/2023 *AND* 02/14/2024 Finally, posted on Valentine’s Day, but the love and Word of God is for us EVERY DAY!

Thanks for reading, have a wonderful day!

Series posts: Angels, Roses, & True Love/ Intro

Angels, Roses, & True Love : Part 2 “Angels”

Angels,Roses,& True Love/ part 3 “A rose by only one name”

February 13, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Angels, Roses, & True Love/ Part 3 “A Rose By Only One Name”

“The wilderness and the solitary (desert) place shall be glad for them: and the desert shall blossom as the rose.

It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and signing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm (make firm) the feeble knees. Say unto them that are of a fearful heart (are afraid), Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then the lame man shall leap as a hart (a deer), and the tongue of the dumb (mute) shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the desert.

And the parched ground shall become a pool and thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of dragons (jackals),where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

And an highway shall be there, and a way (road), And it shall be called The way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it: but is shall be for those; the wayfaring men (those who walk the road), though fools, shall not err therein (will not go astray).

No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed of the Lord shall walk there.

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35

Well to get started, Happy leap day, Happy leap year, Happy Sadie Hawkins Day! That is a lot for a day that only comes every four years!

It is cold and snowy in my part of the world, looked quite like a post card this morning, absolutely gorgeous with snow covering every branch of every tree and glittering down sparkling as the sun tried to shine through.

And it is a beautiful refreshing change from this time yesterday, as I was feeling a little ” Bob Crachet-ish” having just came out of a nineteen-hour power outage caused by a fallen tree…ah the joys of electric heat.

And things can and do change fast sometimes, like the old saying, “What a difference a day can make.”

Like our passage above, I know that seemed excessive, an entire chapter, but it is needed. God often works in our lives the same way, one day is catastrophic, your entire world crashing around you, such as in the first verse, a spiritual wilderness, a barren deserted land in which you feel that you have found yourself helplessness alone.

Then Jesus comes in and lets us know that He is already there, He is in that place with you and for you, and in those places of solitude is the very place that God often uses to bring that gladness and joy of his presence to us.

This is why the desert can be “glad” for us, and why it can be a place, starting out with feelings of lonely abandonment and quickly becoming a beautiful, fruited land in where find a renewing and strengthening of your personal relationship with God.

A place in which you learn complete trust and complete surrender while gaining faith and complete confidence in his power over your life and the blessed knowledge that he is doing something wonderful in you despite what everything around you may be saying to the contrary.

And the blooming of that rose, a rose not only blooming but blossoming into perfection out of the parched dry ground.

A rose that would seem doomed to never in bud given the hardness of the soil in which it is planted but once those sweet waters come bringing the glory and joy of the land over that land, everything will change.

Wasn’t it Shakespeare’s famous line that told even by any name a rose would smell just as sweet?

Ah, but I do beg to differ…

“I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As my lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.” Song of Solomon 2:1,2

And talk about beautiful fragrances…

“Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows (more than any other), All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia…” Psalm 45: 7, 8 (a)

No name greater, no fragrance sweeter than our God, the only true rose, the only rose whose love does bloom in us, even in the middle of a desert and who is the lily producing a beautiful, sweet fragrance covering and replacing the smell of the awful ash left by what had once consumed our life.

That sweet aroma of that lily, whose beauty shines forth even from among the painful thorns as we go through the valleys of this world, as all the “dragons”, all that would hurt and hinder are made silent and renewing, as that fresh grass growing starts to take place.

So, you see, you can’t stop, you cannot give up, because where you are today can change in twinkling of an eye.

The place of the desert that you may feel will engulf you may very well be the place you look back on one day with a higher knowledge and understanding that if it had not been for that desert, you may have never be given the only truly perfect rose.

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour (aroma).” Ephesians 5:1,2

Nothing, absolutely nothing that can be sweeter or any rose more beautiful than Jesus.

Trust him, just TRUST him.

Φλογιζω NBJ 2020/ Rev. Nina Brown Johnson Revisited 02/15/2022 *AND* 02/13/2024, pretty neat hat this republish fell on another Leap Year! Have a good one, thanks for reading!

For series posts, please click links:

Angels, Roses, & True Love/ Intro

Angels, Roses, & True Love : Part 2 “Angels”

February 12, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Angels, Roses, & True Love : Part 2 “Angels”

“The angel of the Lord encampeth round about the that fear him, and delivereth them.” Psalm 34:7

I really had a rough time thinking about this one. There are so many stories in the Bible of the interactions between those of us on earth and the host of heaven, who are sent to us, I believe, more often than we could ever imagine.

And it is truly hard to write for six years dealing in the same subject matter and not get redundant, and redundant I do not wish to be, so this post with be heavy laden with golden links that can be clicked on for more posts concerning heaven meeting earth.

But we have all experienced those moments in life, usually near fatal accidents that somehow, miraculously we were spared and stories upon stories that can have only one explanation divine intervention carried out by servants of the most Divine.

We can get into the mindset of this by recalling the stories of old.

One my personal favorites the angel that visited Hagar not once but TWICE.

Daniel whose life was spared through his faith in God as God sent an angel to “shut the mouths of the lions” which I believe this meant that the lions were calmed and lulled by the angel that the knew was there.

We see this perception in the story of Balaam and the donkey.

We know from the story of the beaten donkey , the donkey that kept stopping because she saw what her evil rider could not… the angel whose compassion toward that donkey almost brought an even earlier end to Balaam.

The angel Gabriel proclaiming blessed news to Mary, and again angels coming to proclaim to simple shepherds that that blessed promise had been fulfilled.

Other births had been foretold as those of the angelic realm paid visits also to Samson’s parents, his mother first and then at the prayer of Manoah, God sent the angel again to clarify how this child should be raised.

Not to mention Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist was also visited by Gabriel as he performed his duties in the temple.

There are stories of encounter after encounter with everything from bring prophecy and good news, to warning of danger ahead and assurance that the future will be brighter as in Hagar’s case.

An angel fed Elijah when he was so discouraged he could no longer continue.

Jacob wrestled with the angel before becoming Israel.

Joshua was given comfort meeting the captain of the host that were for them.

Other times he sent them forth in judgment to destroy those that sought to destroy his chosen or defiled his temple.

They announced his birth his resurrection, and spoke to the disciples at his ascension assuring them that he would indeed return just as he went away and they will continue to watch over us and do his will until that day.

So when I think of God and I think of love it is very difficult to not think of the angels and his beauty, grace,and kindness in sending them to watch over us and when I think of all the times in life all of us could have encountered an angel and not have ever even known is even more amazing to me!

“Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:1-2

Our gentle warning to always respond in love and a bigger warning that we should always be very careful how we treat others because we can actually be talking with an angel.

I want to point out something here, if you were to ever encounter an angel posing as human to check your true usage of the golden rule you would probably never even know that you had but just know that an angel would never test you on anything contrary to the word of God.

They would never request anything of you that is wrong or illegal or immoral.

And they are NEVER to be worshiped.

“And I John saw these things and heard them, and when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it NOT: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings (words) of this book: WORSHIP GOD.” Revelation 22:8,9

When we think of all the beautiful cards with truly inspirational sayings and thoughts of love and peace with gorgeous illustrations of what we perceive the angels to be, lets always bear in mind one thing.

These thoughts and sentiments that we have came to cherish are actually a reflection of the love God has sent to us, the only difference is his angels ARE real!

So I want to give you some of that good news, the words from God concerning those of the heavenly host that he does in deed give “charge over you” to watch over you, comfort you, protect you, and be there in the loneliest, most barren place of hopelessness .

Much like the place Hagar found herself in, through no fault of her own and just when she thought EVERYTHING was hopeless and she truly believed that she and much worse her son were going to die in that wilderness, God sent his angel with not only words of comfort, words of hope, and the PROMISE of a future for her son but also he miraculously sent them water so that they could physical continue on that journey.

God know all of our needs emotional, spiritual, and physical and he addressed all these for Hagar, taking care first of the emotional, then the spiritual, by giving her reassurance delivered no less than through an angel, and then her physical need was met.

And he does the same for us, we just have to believe and be open and mindful that even when we feel alone and it looks like there is no one on our side, Jesus is and he sends his angels as proof of that.

John was told to not worship them because they are workers together with us for the kingdom of God. Which is so important to say in a world that wants to worship everything except the one true God and always be careful of media posts and sites that touting messages from angels or connect with your angels.

We don’t connect with them… God sends them to us, they are ever present.

There is always the question that if God is real and angels are real why does bad things happen?

That is explained quite simply as being on this earth, being human, God never promised this earth would be easy, it is not our eternal home, we are not in the realm of immortality and the pain and heartache felt by one is surely felt by another.

And the best way to be mindful of that, especially when we are going through particularly painful seasons is remembering a very crucial lesson, Jesus was Mary’s firstborn son and he was also God in human form and will for ever be and Jesus who was the perfect, sinless, Lamb of God DIED for us so that we could live.

The Bible is also full of stories of heartache and blessings given for the generations by those near the end of their own.

The apostles Peter and Paul both writing of the deaths that were soon to come and yet both of these men spared, miraculously rescued by the angels and not just once.

Peter after having been arrested and chained between two guards had this encounter as recorded in Acts 12:7-10: “And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him (stood by), and a light shined in the prison: and he smote (tapped) Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly, And his chains fell off from his hands.

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals (get dressed and put on your shoes), so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

And he went out, and followed him; and wist (knew) not that it was true (real) which was done by the angel; but he thought that he saw a vision.

When they were past the first and second ward (guard posts), they came unto an iron gate that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them on his own accord (meaning the gate miraculously opened): and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.”

Paul as he was in the midst of the storm while a prisoner on a seemingly doomed ship, had the to speak of his encounter and what they must do to survive:

Acts 27:22-26: “And now I exhort (urge) you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship (the ship would be destroyed).

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve. Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Wherefore sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Howbeit we must be cast (run aground) upon a certain island.”

The angel reminding Paul, bringing God’s words and promises over his life back to his mind, assuring him that no matter how dark it was not quite time.

It was not yet time for them to go to that eternal home but when the time started to come they knew and they never questioned God’s love for them.

The one common thread that weaves it all together is this, it is only temporary and the entire reason for our faith is believing that there is so much better, in the life yet to come.

Lets actually just quickly look at what they both said concerning their inevitable deaths.

Paul wrote this ending his directions to Timothy concerning what he must do to be a successful minister for the Kingdom of Heaven.

2 Timothy 4:6: “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure (death) is at hand.”

And Peter, also giving instructions as his last words before saying this:

2 Peter 1:13-15: “Yea, I think it meet (is right), as long as I am in this tabernacle (body), to stir you up by putting you in remembrance:

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle (die), even as our Lord Jesus has shown me.

Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease (death) to have these things in remembrance always.”

How could they have such comfort and such peace? Because they knew, they had the Lord and they knew had the angelic host and were never alone.

They are with us from birth, through childhood, just as Jesus said concerning the children when he gave this warning from Matthew 18:10: “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”

When we have ran amok, wasting our inheritance like the prodigal sons and daughters that we are, hanging out with the wrong people and as messed up as we are he still loves us.

He still watches over us and still his angels watch over us and Jesus said this about the moment that they are observing as we come into the truth.

Luke 15:10: “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repeneth.”

They are with you in life and they will be with us in death as again Jesus relays the story of Lazarus.

Luke 16:22: ” And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man died and was buried.”

Quite a contrast the rich man died and was buried (we know that he also lifted up his eyes in hell, never have accepted salvation) but Lazarus carried by the angels.

Start to finish, God send us his messengers and when we have doubt and fears, loneliness and grief we should always rest in that comfort, as they have been with us silently and invisibly here, one day we will be with them there, we also we be part of that host of heaven but until then rest assured knowing that they are always around!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2020/ Rev Nina Brown Johnson Revisited 02/14/2022 *& 02/12/2024

Posts in series: Angels, Roses, & True Love/ Intro

Angels,Roses,& True Love/ part 3 “A rose by only one name”

February 11, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Angels, Roses, & True Love/ Part 1, The Intro

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God in whom I will trust.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome (deadly) pestilence.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust(take refuge); his truth shall be thy shield and buckler (shield).

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness; nor for the destruction that wastesth (lays waste) at noonday.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold the reward of the wicked.

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Psalm 91:1-11

Most familiar passage of scripture there, most know it and if you don’t, what a more fabulous time to learn it! And what a better time of the year, I am just a wee late on this but love should be celebrated every single day!

Not just once a year, but every single day. And I am not talking about carnal love, or the romantic love of a married couple, but the true healing balm that softens even the hardest heart and seals even the deepest spiritual wounds.

The love that is best understood by carefully reading and spiritually dividing his Word and this passage is an excellent place to start.

“If ye have heard of the dispensation (stewardship) of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward;

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in in few words,

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

That Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel;

Wherefore I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifest wisdom of God.

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you which is my glory.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.

That he would grant you according to to riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded IN love, may be able to comprehend (understand) what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height.

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” Ephesians 3:2-19

Part of the lesson the be learned from this scripture is this, the “mystery” of God, that had perplexed humans since the dawn of time, is not quite a mystery after all. Humans have a need to understand, to know, even to believe in something so much more than ourselves.

Love itself testifies to this because we know that love can not die and God created us with that very desire to know to understand something so much greater, but in that we have through time searched for these answers in so many wrong places.

Never understanding the simplicity of the truth, and being human we want to attribute our human thinking and logic to a divine force that can not be reduced to our human mentality.

This is why Jesus came to earth, everything that we thought and everything that attributed to God was quite skewed.

He wasn’t all about fire and brimstone, punishment and death, and the ability to hand down the sentence of eternal damnation, which all those have their place, but he came here for one reason and one reason only to save us.

Not with punishment and terror but to save us, and to save us with the most misunderstood yet greatest attribute of His divinity, His LOVE.

I do hope you will join me for the remainder of this series, Lord will, we will look at how that love which does truly surpass anything our mortal minds can comprehend, goes so far beyond and yet touches us every single day and just as our customs of angels, roses, and never ending love stories,but the real love story was written by the greatest author of all and that story has no end and that rose never fades and that love never dies or grows cold but lives forever, eternally in a story yet to be told.

And here is your final verse for our intro:

Romans 5:8: “But God commended(demonstrates) his love toward us, in, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

Join me next time! Have a blessed week. Rev. Nina Brown Johnson / Φλογιζω NBJ 2020 Revisited 02/13/2022 & 02/11/2024

February 7, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“Sanctions, Sordid Sojourners, and True Sanctuary”

Genesis 12:3: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:..”

That was one of the many promises that God made to Abram as he led him on his journey to becoming a great nation and a journey that would provide descendants as innumerable as the stars of heaven, and as we know through his children and our adoption, we as a body with them are truly innumerable.

That warning concerning the treatment of Israel was not just for individuals, it was also for nations.

The word spoken from God is eternal, that warning holds just as much power today as it did the moment it was spoken, it came with no time restrictions, no clauses, it was given as an irrevocable statement.

Our leaders have shown their true colors as they profess strength, power, and justice their actions speak volumes contrary to the military bravado pouring from their lips.

The spiritual repercussions this brings has been stirring for quite some time now, and God has sent prayer warriors and some of the greatest spiritual leaders of our day to the capitol to cry against their sins and to pray for this nation and to sound that warning to repent and turn back to Him while there is yet time to do so.

But it has fallen on deaf ears, ears deafened by their own greed and power-hungry agendas.

So, it was not much of a shock, still very disappointing, when our leaders pretended to have Israels proverbial back, when in fact it was just show as they hoped to play both sides against the middle and keep the entire world happy, no matter how evil and perverse the actions of the other players may be.

But to lay sanctions against Israeli settlers? That’s a new one, to constantly cry foul for Gaza while the hostages are still there, shipments of medicine sent in with the false promise that some would go to hostages, no one making sure that this happened. Americans also being held, and you have to wonder, had these been famous people on their side of the fence would a deal have already been made?

But what is done is done and as it continues to spiral ever downward, we can’t help but remember the word of the Lord.

So, let’s talk about some other sanctions, referred to Biblically as judgments.

Such as this passage of scripture revealing the anger of the Lord.

Isaiah 13:1-13: “The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. (God calls this battle together)

They come from afar country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Behold the DAY of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it.

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall darken in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

And I will punish THE WORLD for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the ARROGANCY of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Therefore I will SHAKE the heavens, and the earth shall REMOVE out of her place, in the WRATH of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.”

This is quite clear a picture, as Jesus told us that men’s hearts would literally fail them for fear of what will come upon earth.

And as we think about the fact that his children will be taken out of harm’s way, not just moved to safety, but literally taken until it is over, we can see how final it all is.

The Hebrews were divinely delivered from Egypt and Lot, at the request of Abraham was divinely spared from Sodom, and many countless victories and provisions for the people of God, we now will see the angels themselves gathering those of the Lord to hid away in heaven until he accomplishes his will upon earth.

WE ARE HIDDEN AWAY: Isaiah 26:20: ” COME, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee:

Hide thyself as it were for a little moment until the indignation be overpast.”

HE HIMSELF WILL HIDE US: I Thessalonians:16,17: ” For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain (faithful to God) shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

THE SHEER BEAUTY OF THE BRIDE MEETING HER KING: Song of Solomon 2:1-13: “MY beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

My beloved spake, and said unto me, RISE UP, my love, my fair one, and COME AWAY.

For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers do appear on earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle (turtledoves =peace) is heard in our land;

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. ARISE, my fair one, and COME AWAY.”

DELIVERED FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON THE GREAT: Revelation 13:4-10: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her SINS, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

FOR HER SINS HAVE REACHED UNTO HEAVEN (such as the cry of Sodom that brought destruction) AND GOD HATH REMEMBERED HER INIQUITIES.

Reward her even as she has rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill her to the double.

How much she hath GLORIFIED herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: For she saith in her heart, I SIT AS A QUEEN AND AM NO WIDOW, AND SHALL SEE NO SORROW.

Therefore shall her plagues come in ONE day, death and mourning, and famine; and she shall utterly be burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who JUDGETH her.

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for IN ONE HOUR THY JUDGMENT IS COME.”

As we see that day ever approaching and the identify of Spiritual Mystery Babylon now clear as crystal for all who will see.

All the wickedness. All the degradation. All the innocent blood. The list could go on and on, with all the God-haters, gay men dressing as nuns, members of the same community spewing absolute blasphemies and perversions, abortion rights activists attacking the word of God and those who trust in it.

The nations have become crazed with all these sins and the leaders no longer possess common sense and it becomes clearer with each passing day.

I was so shocked as I listened that New York is planning to spend fifty-three MILLION dollars on prepaid cards for immigrants, I am not bashing immigrants, my bloodline is multiple immigrants, (even though I still question their limitations on our Finnish ancestors, seems all were welcome, unless you were from Finland) but there is a point and for him to say that this money partly so that they could buy the food that they like while we have children and elderly going hungry every day.

Millions, perhaps even billions paid for housing and hotels while park benches are being divided by bars and trees cut down so they can no longer be used by our homeless as shelter or even a simple place to lay.

The icing on the cake was the clip of the New York cops being attacked, kicked, and beaten those arrested for the crimes (as shown on the video) freed, completely freed, not even having to post bail and as they were led out, they laughed, and mocked, and made sickening gestures at the cameras and gave many a one finger salute.

Here’s your verse: Revelation 18:2: “And he cried with a loud voice, saying, BABYLON THE GREAT is fallen, is fallen, and IS BECOME THE HABITATION OF DEVILS, AND THE HOLD OF EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, and A CAGE FOR EVERY UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD.”

There is no abomination, no perversion, no sickening atrocity that cannot now be found in Babylon. and all the nations that follow her lead.

Revelation 18:3: “For ALL NATIONS have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the KINGS OF THE EARTH have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”

The country that was to be alight has chosen darkness and it has truly touted itself as invincible, perhaps, at one time, while UNDER the protection and Provision of the Lord that it honored.

But those days are gone.

How I miss the America that we could be proud of and the countries that were a destination to dream to visit have now been taken over by that same hate and violence.

Maybe there is a glimmer of hope, if the world would repent but the odds are astronomical and as long as our laws and leaders are set against God, it is not going to happen, it will only worsen, as we have seen and continue to see.

Babylon will be destroyed because it turned on God and those who have fought against Israel and God’s children will be those who will be destroyed at his coming. notice also please, in our passage from Isaiah concerning the rapture, it is stated as “a little moment”. His judgment is swift, final, and brings about peace, harmony, love, and decency! What’s not to look forward to?

To wrap it all up, pray, be constant in your dedication to the Lord and as you see the judgments and the beginnings of those shakings come to pass, don’t be afraid, keep your eyes on the prize remembering that true sanctuary that will be provided for those who trust in him.

Also check out the blue links for more on the topics, Love & Peace till next time!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

February 1, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“UN”… UNNATURAL, UNHOLY, & UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Isaiah 9:16: “For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and they that are led by them are destroyed.”

The description well defined by the majority but the true manifestation of it is now glaring as unnatural positions are being taken by the governing powers that be.

Attitudes that are not only unnatural but completely illogical and ludicrous, attitudes that can only be explained by demonic influence over those who hold power and positions.

And those who scream out their doctrines of hate guised as charity and idiocies are snared by that same demonic force.

I watch in both shock and amazement that these people can stand by their arguments with straight faces and feigned outrage over Israel’s determination to avenge and defend itself.

It is sickening to continue to hear the cries of foul by the UN and other leaders as they demand ceasefires and concessions to terrorists while hostages, beautiful human beings, wounded, abused, starved, treated as subhuman, a precious child and a beautiful baby whose smile should melt any heart, are being held captive and suffering that only God could know and yet they never once bother to demand their release.

No, they are much too concerned with keeping their homeboys happy by playing the true advocate of the true devil and the majority goes right along for the ride, repeating and clinging to their options,

Defending the rights of crackpots who transport and hold dead bodies hostage also.

Who does these things? The same who is pulling all the strings.

Jude 1:9: “Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses…”

That’s who does that sort of thing, same devil, same demonic influence at work.

Not only them but the people who are held in China, North Korea, and untold numbers persecuted and trafficked, and do they care?

It’s the entire bloody world, can they not do better? Can they not free people?

Where is human concern, compassion, or common decency toward other humans for the sake of being human?

As they have refused to believe, while others have turned from the truth, they have become only puppets to their true master.

2 Corinthians 4:4: “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not…”

They cannot even think for themselves and will only do and continue to do the will of their master, the devil, who has control of not only the minds but the souls of those who have given themselves over to him and his demonic realm for power, prestige, and wealth, all that one day will burn with them in eternal torment.

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

For men (humans) shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

WITHOUT natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers (various) lusts,

Ever learning, and never being able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.” 2 Timothy 3:1-8

We all know and understand that this was written to us, well in advance so that we could discern the times in which we would find ourselves and we can easily go through each horrendous adjective that describes the inhabitants of the end times and quite clearly see each and every flaw in our society with absolute clarity.

It can also be traced back, taking it generation by generation seeing the normalization of absolute perversion and Godliness festering into hatred and detest for all that is Holy and just.

Ephesians 6:12:”For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

They have aligned themselves perfectly with the end time prophecies of those who will pledge allegiance to the beast and anti-Christ.

It was truly a shock to see how fast the escalation has been as specific nations end time roles are becoming evident as South Africa has chosen the wrong team, as we were enlightened in our verse above that leaders can and do lead their people in the wrong direction.

Jeremiah 49:12: For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was NOT to drink of the cup HAVE assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.”

I do hope this has been a little food for thought today as we continue to watch it all unfold, increasingly swift as it takes us to that day.

“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound the alarm in MY holy mountain: let ALL the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath NOT ever be the like, NEITHER shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a fire bureth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, yea, and nothing shall scape them.

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

Like the noises of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Before their face the people shall be much pained (horrified at the sight) all faces shall gather blackness.

They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall NOT be wounded.

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

And the LORD shall utter HIS voice before HIS army: for his camp is very great: for HE IS strong that executeh HIS word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

And rend (tear open) your heart and not your garments and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteh him of the evil.

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breast: let the bride forth go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, SPARE thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to the reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Then will the LORD be jealous for HIS LAND, and pity his people.

Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen.

But I WILL remove far off from you the northern army and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, and his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

Fear not, O Land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

Be NOT afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness so spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Be glad then, ye children of ZION, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the later rain in the first month.

And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

And I will RESTORE to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar and the palmerworm, my great army with I sent among you.

And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

And ye shall know that I AM in the midst of ISRAEL, and that I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophecy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

And I WILL shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

The sun SHALL be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and the remnant whom the LORD shall call.” Joel 3

One big aspect to that passage is that is shows the need for repentance from the priests to the ministers, to the congregation and God shows us his gentleness and kindness in the promise of the pouring out but in his blessing and a double blessing at that with the former and later rain being given simultaneously and in a beautiful, often overlooked by many, display of gentleness and sovereignty, even the animals are promised goodness and told to not be afraid.

Please continue to pray for Israel and all the enslaved and captive the world over all those who will be saved, all those who are trying their best to hang on to their faith during this time.

Stay vigilant, stay focused and let your trust be in Jesus and in Him alone.

I know some of it may seem repetitive, but it applies when it applies, and we need to always be aware of the time.

Matthew 10:16:” Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”

Peace & love till next time! Thanks for reading!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2024/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

January 31, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“You are precious to Him”

“But now saith the Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by name; thou art mine.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

For I am the Lord thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable (innocent), and I have loved thee…” Isaiah 43:1-5a

The magnificence of the Lord. Jesus loves us and is good to us not because of anything we do or could ever do.

Just as he creates us in our mother’s womb, he breathes life unto us and upon salvation gives us his overflowing presence, he calls us by name, and he calls us not servants but brothers and sisters and he calls us his friends.

As he was with the Hebrews as he made a way of their escape through the Red Sea, as he lifted up Peter when he was afraid, and the Hebrew boys, not bowing down, and from the flames he protected them.

He is “I AM THAT I AM”, which means he is who is and he makes his own choices and has none above him nor any beside him and yet he gave all of Egypt in rescuing his people.

Jeremiah 31:3: “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness I have drawn thee.”

He loves us simply because he is good, he is merciful, and he is Holy and when we repent and go on to know him, love him, and serve him in love, and worship him in truth and spirit, we become partakers of those wonderful promises he gave us through Isaiah.

Maybe you’re having a rough day, maybe the world, satan, or even self-doubt is making you feel that you or even your life doesn’t matter at all.

But to God you do! He even said that we are precious in his sight!

How could it get any better than that?

So, if you if need a little encouragement today, remember these words: “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you…”

Φλογιζω NBJ 2019 Revisited 02/17/2022 Rev. Nina Brown Johnson * 01/31/2024 Because sometimes we need reminded*

January 27, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“Love… Sweet Love”

1 Corinthians 13: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity (love), I am become a sounding brass, or a tinkling (clanging) cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Charity (love) suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vauneth not (does not brag on) itself, is not puffed up (arrogant).

Doth not behave itself unseemly (rudely), seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil (keeps no record of wrong);

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Charity (love) never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail (cease) whether there be tongues they shall cease; whether there shall be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

For we know in part, and we prophecy in part.

But when that which is perfect (complete) is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

When I was as a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

For now we see through a glass (mirror) darkly (dimly); but then face to face; now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am known.

And now abideth (remains) faith, hope, charity (love), these three; but the greatest of these is charity (love).”

LOVE CONQUERS ALL Jesus taught us this.

John 15:10-13: “As the Father hath loved me, so have I have loved you: continue (abide) in my love.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Jesus desires us to grow into that same level of love that He has, of course, being human that is a pretty tough assignment.

But when you really look at all Jesus went through and all that He dealt with, it really isn’t that much different, that is why he is our High Priest, who can understand and sympathize with what it is like to reach out and reach out to someone only to be cursed and rejected by them.

They laughed him to scorn when he announced that Jarius daughter wasn’t dead but only asleep.

When freeing people from the demons who were controlling them, he was accused of using the power of satan to cast out satan.

When he healed on the sabbath, he was accused of breaking Mosaic law.

His healing of the man who had been blind from birth so enraged those of the temple that they put not only the man but even his parents through an inquisition under the threat of excommunication.

An interesting way to rejoice with one who had just received sight!

His own people rejected him because they knew his family and had watched him grow up and refused to believe that “that the boy next door” could possibly be the Messiah.

The more kindness he showed them, the more most wanted to kill him.

Just as he said, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin (relatives) , and in his own house.

And we know that even at his arrest, in the face of those who hated him, and would beat him, torture him, spit in his face, and eventually crucify him, he still displayed perfect love.

Matthew chapter twenty-six tells that Peter, thinking that he was defending Jesus against arrest, cut off the ear of a solider and Jesus restored the man’s ear, and Jesus said this in verse fifty-three: “Thinketh thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me (provide me with) more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scripture be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

EVERYTHING had to happen exactly as it had been prophesied.

Luke 24:44: “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that ALL things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”

Jesus could have aborted the mission, he could have called down over seventy-two thousand angels and he could have destroyed this entire planet, and he could have left ALL of mankind never to be reconciled back to God and eternally lost and separated from the very one who created them.

But he didn’t and he didn’t because Jesus IS perfect love and he loved us enough to hold our souls in higher value than his life.

And that love comes just what Paul was describing to the Corinthians.

When we are not yet matured in Christ or when we are yet in the world, we react with what is considered a “normal” reaction.

A response kinda like, “If you hate me, I’ll hate you, you strike me and I’ll strike you harder” and think of some of our worldly “advice”, such as the quote, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

Everything we are taught by this world is contrary and backward to the word of God.

So we must mature in love, we all start out with Christ the same way,.

We all are on “the milk” of the word and are gradually graduated to that “solid meat” and that “food” does get pretty hard to chew sometimes, but we must grow in Christ.

And as Paul stated it, when he matured in Christ, he put away those reactions and that enabled him to do the will and work of God in the face of those who hated him, and all that the enemy sent to hinder that work.

We have to mature into that love so that we can be the lights he called us to be.

Because his word has to be fulfilled and this is what he said concerning that.

Matthew 6:43-48: ” Ye have heard that it hath been said, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR, AND HATE THINE ENEMY.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you;

That ye may be called the children of your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh the sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the the just and the unjust.

For it ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans (tax collectors) the same?

And if ye salute (greet) your brethren only, what do ye more than the others? do not even the publicans so?

Be ye therefore PERFECT, even as your Father which is in heaven IS PERFECT.”

Keep your mind on PERFECT for a bit. And REMEMBER this reference to PERFECT MEANS COMPLETE.

I do want to point out that I do NOT think that Jesus meant for us to live in the same house with a batterer and those who physically hurt us because again, he TOOK those stripes and being beat beyond recognition for us, so we would NOT suffer that.

Pray for those people WHEN your heart is healed enough to allow for that but don’t let anyone twist this scripture on you, to make you think God wants you to stay in abusive situations.

I tell ya, I have struggled so much in this area, even as recently as the passing of my mother, I had so much static to work through and I think once we understand why and just trust God, we have won at least half the battle.

But I think the best advice I have ever received was from my husband, I had been hurt so bad by someone and it was just so illogical and never was I given any kind of reasoning, even to this day.

I was so devastated, I could not figure out what I had done to make them just absolutely reject me, really to the point of shunning that I may as well have not ever existed to them and it damaged my ministry and honestly it damaged what little self-confidence I had at the time to the point of almost shutting me completely down, and I look back now and I can see just how much that my reaction to that cost and how much it still costs.

BUT that is how we grow, we grow through forgiveness, and we grow through depending on the love Jesus has for us being greater than the need we have for the approval of any person, and being made painfully aware that you do NOT have that approval makes the lesson of dependency on God’s approval that much easier to learn, didn’t say not painful, but definitely easier.

And that is what Jesus was teaching us with his words, followed by his reaction to those others would have hated.

Now WHY do we need that?

We need that to effectively touch others for Christ and sometimes the grouchiest, meanest, orneriest of the bunch could be the very God has sent you to.

Remember the story from Acts 9:10-20 concerning the conversion of Saul to Paul, Ananias actually had to have a little extra assurance from God before he would go pray for Paul, because he wasn’t quite sure he wanted to tangle with who Paul had been until God convinced him that who Paul had been was now forever gone and that now Paul was in the process of becoming a chosen vessel.

Love has to be shown and taught, and Jesus required it of us to show others what he is about, what his kingdom is about.

People are often hateful and contrary because they have bitterness, for whatever reason, and eventually it just takes over and it can happen to anyone.

Galatians 6:1,2: “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also been tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so FULFIL the law of Christ.“

We have to have that meekness, that humility of love to effectively help another as we would want someone to help us.

1 Peter 4:8: “And ABOVE ALL things have fervent charity (love) among yourselves; for CHARITY (love) COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.”

And that love is not the earthly love, that is the love that only comes from a relationship with Jesus and the love that he loves us with and that he commanded us to love others with, even those who make it extremely hard, because they have been hurt, wounded, and are AFRAID of letting anyone or anything in, especially God because often people become convinced that God could not possibly love them or that their sins are unforgivable, or they feel that God has abandoned them and this is why we are commanded to RESTORE, bring them back to the sheepfold, remind them of that love, and shine that light.

Because if something can be RESTORED that means it is ALREADY there and had been active at one time.

REMEMBER perfect, the PERFECT love, the complete love Jesus spoke of, and that Paul told us would change everything when it became active?

And this the power of that love. 1 John 4:18:”…but perfect (complete) love casteth out fear”

Perfect love, the complete love that only comes to us and through us for God himself, restores, heals, delivers, makes all things new, conquers all, cannot and will not ever fail.

Love and Peace! God bless you till next time.

φλογιζω Σαλπιζω NBJ 2018 REVISTED FOR THE SEASON 02/10/2021 Rev.Nina Brown Johnson Φλογιζω *REPOST 02/02/2023. & 01/27/2023 *

January 9, 2024 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

Starting Fresh

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts:.” Psalms 139:23

You know to me, that is a scary prayer, to be honest, it probably is for most of us.

And I like many have prayed that and asked the Lord to rid me of all the self-inflicted fleshly thoughts and attitudes that we, as humans often suffer from.

I want to take a break from that thought for a minute to lighten up a bit and ask that you please forgive any misspellings you happen across in my posts, I threaten myself often in my own mind, that one day I will write a post and title it “Fun with Dyslexia”, not making fun of it, but because I seriously have it!

It can make writing quite interesting, more like comical in my case.

Now that I got that out of the way and corrected many a word up to this point, let’s think about starting fresh!

Despite the cold, and the snow in my part of the world, I always make it through the winter by holding on to one single statement, “It’ll be spring soon.” sometimes we have to remind ourselves spiritually of that fact.

Back in the day, I loved it, being out the cold and walking in the snow, the Laplander in me I suppose, but after I got some age on me, I can’t quite go it. I still love to see it but now from the inside rather than out.

And on that note, sometimes the hardest sight for us to see if what is on the inside, others see us from the outside and we can present many different images, such as being brave in the face of danger when inside we are truly afraid.

Others professing us as strong, when we ourselves feel weak, and breaking.

Others may tell us we are smart, and inside we don’t even feel anything close to even being competent.

And then life has a way of bringing challenges that stretch us to our limits and push us to points we feel are past return.

Those times make that verse all important, when we invite God to examine us, and help us understand why we feel the emotions we feel, why a simple word or comment can bring a reaction from us, that we would have never seen coming nor could have imagined. These are the signals that the issues are in us, not necessarily all those goes on around us.

It’s getting to the root of why do they make me feel so inept? Why did that hurt me so bad? Why do I struggle with this over and over?

All emotions, all usually reactions rooted deep inside, hurt, and lack of self-worth looming, leftover from something long past.

We all have issues, I, myself have had plenty of them, like many, been through many rough spots in life. I am sure you have also.

And that my dear friends took the power of the Holy Ghost to deliver me from wounds the past, and to say I don’t struggle at times would be comical.

But God has taught me how to look to Him and ask for His guidance in why I am experiencing something that I was shocked to feel, and He never fails to help us and guide us, and most of all heal us and make us new, and give us a fresh new start each and every day, all we have to do is ask and be willing to not only look within ourselves but allow him to advise us concerning what He already sees.

I want to give you another passage to help on this journey, if you feel this would be for you.

Song of Solomon 4:6:“Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and the hill of frankincense.”

This is our Biblical instruction on accomplishing this very task.

When we desperately need that spiritual day break, from the gloomy days, dark evenings, and long nights life sometimes brings.

Notice if you will the use of shadows, what are shadows?

Shadows of everything past, shadows of hurt, regret, sorrow, and pain, even shadows of joyful times since gone, memories lingering playing a sorrowful song, longing of times and departed loved ones, seasons long past, seasons that changed far too fast and whispering fear and dread, threatening the emptiness that lies ahead.

Shadows, shadows that must acknowledged, shadows, whose purpose is only to attempt to block that glorious light , the light that wants to shine, the only force that has the power to send those shadows away, leaving clarity, peace and the hope for the dawning of a new spiritual day.

Inviting the light to conquer the shadows requires us to take action also, we start by having an honest conversation with Jesus, complete honesty about what prompted the shadows to loom, and complete honesty about what is going in our hearts, He already sees it, He knows, and He will help us, but we have to be willing to die to all those wrong thoughts and attitudes that the enemy has left us falsely believing from our time dwelt in the land of gloom.

The myrrh being the mountain, that one is the toughest, that myrrh representing the process of dying to ourselves, our old thoughts, and allowing God to minister in us His thoughts concerning us, which is love, mercy, kindness.

He only wants joy, peace, and hope for us, that is not to say bad things will never happen, that is to say, He will deliver you from the damage that has already been and help you through the “what may be’s.”

You are never too young, never too old for a brand-new start, or even just a refreshing after a particularly tough season.

Here’s His promise.

Isaiah 46:4: “And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar (gray) hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.”

Allow Jesus to take care of all those things that you can’t on your own and find a joy and peace unlike any you have ever known in submitting yourself into His perfect will for your life and I promise you will never regret it and you will never be the same and when you look back over the years, one day you will see just how those shadows fled and how futuristic dread was turned to joy in hope of the days now ahead.

Jesus strengthens us, He holds us up when we cannot stand on our own and Him living inside of us and when others see you, they will still see you, but they will see you decorated with a beauty and grace that only comes from him!

Blessings & peace till next time!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2023/ Rev N. Brown Johnson * RAINY DAY RERUN*01/09/2024

December 31, 2023 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“2024 Nary a Moment…”

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2

Ahh, 2023… what can we say, crazy got even crazier, in a world that is absolutely upside down.

Hate spewing with a new level of vehemence as the worldly agents of hell have added sorrow upon sorrow to the agony already felt by all those of Jewish blood. The constant attack and tearing down of all decency and common sense have been felt in every possible area of human existence.

The latest nails hammering that proverbial coffin lid of mankind forever shut, being an idiotic new claim that Jesus was Palestinian, ABSOLUTELY NOT, Jesus was and still is Jewish.

I really wonder if these people think the entire world is so stupid or just those who follow them that will never bother fact checking for themself.

Then we have the absolutely blasphemous meme that is a supposed image of him dressed as a Hamas terrorist, all you can say to that is, the seventy-five pound hailstones foretold in the Book of Revelation aren’t going to be lacking targets.

And my personal favorite, take that with some serious sarcasm is the popes new order allowing the blessing of same-sex marriages.

You know when a priest blesses something that would lead one to believe that God’s divine blessing would be imparted but think again. God does not nor will he ever bless sin.

A human can speak a blessing over anything. it does not mean that there is power in the words that are spoken, they are merely that, they are words.

Words and actions that are giving people false hope instead of leading them to repentance.

When they stand as we all will, before God and give account of their lives, what will happen when they look at the Lord and say, “But the priest gave his blessing.”

This is especially hysterical to me, considering that my first marriage ended because I refused to convert to Catholicism, not due to infidelity, abuse, or any of the other things that are usually at fault. No, it was like a Tina Turner song gone wrong, “What’s Love got to do with it.”

Like I told him, Not Catholic, not going to ever be Catholic, have nothing against Catholics, but still not Catholic and being forced into a religion to stay married to someone I had already married was ridiculous, his argument was that yes, we were married so what was the big deal with doing another one their way, seriously, if he had to ask! I’d just need to go to for my good Catholic wife lessons, promise off any children that may ever be born and give eternal allegiance to their church.

So, he decided I was unreasonable, and I decided he was a crackpot.

Forced conversion, not because a person wants to be saved or that they are under conviction to do so, but simply to be what others demand that you become.

I tell you, my dear friends, the entire ordeal was like being something picked up beside the road and taken home, only to have the parents say it couldn’t be kept and then being set back out again.

And so reminiscent this time of year when one of my favorite Christmas movies is shown a half-dozen times, it’s about this lady who wishes for the perfect relationship, she falls and while unconscious dreams about the perfect guy, only he is a mannequin who came to life, and she realizes perfect is not quite perfect after all and she protests that she does not want perfect and that she is not perfect and he replies, “Yeah but we can fix you.”

I’m always thinking every time I see that scene, “Gosh, that’s familiar.”

So, with the downside of being absolutely wrong and useless spiritually, this did present an added upside, these priests now also have the authority to bless people like my ex, who were excommunicated for marrying outside the church, so even though it does not make them completely right in church opinion, they can have some sort of peace.

I know, as I argued for months and months… God does not send people to hell for getting married. This was years and years before I was saved, but still I was more concerned with getting a divorce without a valid reason.

But anything based on one person deceiving another is not valid and had I known the truth, I would have never consented to it in the first place.

But everything always works out for the best in the end and when we accept Jesus, everything is covered under His Blood, including all of our failed relationships.

And I am truly glad that so many people will have some relief from the torment of truly believing that they are eternally damned because they married outside of the church.

But it is also sad to know how many homosexuals will be given a false sense of eternal hope.

And worse is knowing that for everyone, all created human beings on earth, true repentance and a Godly lifestyle will lead them to true eternal life, but false hope will prevent them from seeking it.

God will not grant eternal life to anyone who will not accept Jesus as Savior and live according to His word.

Well, we definitely established all the craziness of the past year and discussed more about me than anyone should ever have to hear 🙂

Going into the New Year always gives us a renewed sense of hope and is always the catalyst for new dreams and new goals, that’s why so many make resolutions.

And even though we can choose any day to change anything that we desire, and to set new goals for ourselves and step out to walk new paths, the New Year gives us the permission to hit that reset button of life and think forward. We are more comfortable with it in knowing that so many others are also doing the same.

So, the thought for the upcoming year, it’s a mess, it will continue to be a mess and the messes will just become bigger messes.

As the world at large still doesn’t get or more like refuses to acknowledge the truth that the only hope is for the nations to turn to God, but instead they run to more ungodliness and no one should need proof of that, just watch the news and see all the wrong that is heralded as right, and savagery celebrated while the innocents are forgotten.

Nary a moment, I had to go all Old English on that, because sometimes I just dig Old English!

But in all absolute seriousness, every moment of every day, when you are in Christ, you are protected, you are loved, you are cherished, and you are never forgotten. Nary a moment, never a moment, that his children are not in his view.

In a world so hardened, so devoid of love and mercy we need every day to remember that moment by moment He has our soul in His hand.

That in no way means that we will not hurt, that we will not have trouble, heartache, or pain or even suffer a martyr’s death. It does mean that despite all these things our soul is safe and secure and will live forever resurrected with our glorious Lord.

Jesus never ever promised life here would be great, actually the opposite:

“These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

2024, one moment, one day, one day at a time. Enjoy your life, enjoy your family, enjoy your friends and sow mercy, sow kindness and sow joy into every life that you can.

While wars may wage all around and world trouble abound, He is the author of our faith, he created us, he drew us to him, and he and he alone will sustain us through it all and one day take us to our true home, as he is the finisher of our faith.

“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body more than raiment?

Behold the fowls of the air: for the sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And yet I say unto you, That even Solmon in all his glory was not arrayed like unto one of these.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Suffiecnt unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:25-34

Basically, he is telling us that many in this world are consumed with thoughts of tomorrow and the what ifs.

But He in all things, takes care of His children and tomorrow is full of enough potential trouble all its own, he does not want us to borrow troubles that have not even happened yet and may never happen and be consumed by worry for tomorrows that may never be. We are only assured of the moment that we presently find ourselves in.

We need to remember this now more than ever as we see so many things come to pass.

Psalms 46:2: “Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.”

Blessing and Peace to you and yours today and in the days ahead!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2023/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

December 5, 2023 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“As the Pages of History Yellow.”

Proverbs 24:3-12:”Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

If thou faint in the day of thy adversity, thy strength is small.

IF THOU FORBEAR (abstain or refrain from) TO DELIVER THEM THAT ARE DRAWN UNTO DEATH, AND THOSE THAT ARE READY TO BE SLAIN;

IF THOU SAYEST, BEHOLD, WE KNEW IT NOT (didn’t know); DOTH NOT HE THAT PONDERETH THE HEART CONSIDER IT? AND HE THAT KEEPETH THY SOUL, DOTH NOT HE KNOW IT? AND SHALL NOT HE RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS?

Just off the cuff, please know that I am not shouting, my underline option seems to have transported itself somewhere deep into the unknown of cyberworld, and even with bold type and italic, I still really, really wanted and needed for you to dig these passages.

I remember as many of you do, the days when being an American could be something to take pride in, not false arrogant pride, but joy in knowing that our country stood for something and that something was freedom, and hope.

And while it was never, ever perfect as no earthly nation will ever be.

And with the influx of greedy, evil barbarians that flooded in shortly after the Puritans, at the inception of America, we know that many horrors also came, their horrendous treatment of the Indians, as their land was stolen, forcibly, violently taken away from them as they were marched off, many to their deaths, to be hidden away on reservations, as the powers of that day thought that in doing so they could destroy a people and a culture from existence.

That’s a subject we could deal with for multiple posts. And we will never forget the horrors and atrocities of slavery.

Quite honestly, all these sickening Pro-Hamas/ Pro-Palestinian rallies are no different.

These people are so reminiscent of the news clips of old which show the cross burnings and marches of the KKK and the belligerent, angry, hate-filled spewing’s of the white supremacists and the blood thirst and sadistic rhetoric of the segregationists.

As I said before, all through time, different era, different bodies possessed by the same old devils.

So as all nations have had their evil ones to contend with, once upon a time, American had laws and decency and passed new laws to deal with such and through it all, there were still decent, compassionate people who fought on the side of truth, many giving their own lives to make a better life for others.

Soldiers through the ages fighting for the causes of right, many wounded, often left disabled and their minds and souls forever changed, and many again, giving the ultimate sacrifice because they believed something so much greater than themselves.

Through the heartache, turmoil, and idiocy of so many, such as the protests during the Vietnam war, when so many, with the average age being nineteen years old, were sent to fight in a conflict that they had never asked for, only to return from absolute hell on earth to be met, not with a hero’s welcome, but with screams of “Baby Killer”, poison flowing from lips of those who had never fought for anything in their lives.

I have wondered through much heartache, at the unimaginable sorrow that will be felt by those hostages that have been released, having watched their families and friends be murdered, held captive by demonic beasts, when they discover that a majority of the world laughed and rejoiced in their pain and that there were thousands calling for their complete destruction.

And as we have all seen footage over the years of the concentration camps and piles of naked, Jewish bodies from the Holocaust and our government vowed “Never Again!”

We had those precious moments when Red, White, and Blue stood for something, as citizens we often did not agree with everything, but we could usually always agree that we were blessed to be citizens of a country where we could express our opinions without fear of being imprisoned or slaughtered.

We were free to pursue happiness without having to give account for our ever move. We were confident that if trouble arose, we would have friends and neighbors that would have our backs. We were free to try to bring about change for the truth and decency.

But now, as we watch our government cower as protesters scream their hatred flying their flags in our country, citizens having to fear in their own homeland. Listening to Blinken and Biden cower before the world, before Hamas and all the terrorists as they pressure Israel to lay down arms and in effect cease to be a nation and not even bother to avenge the slaughter of their people.

And it is absolute cowardice. It really drives the point home concerning how easy it will be for the anti-Christ to be given the power and allegiance of the nations. It is not taken; they pledge their allegiance to him.

It is not just America, it seems when it comes to the massacre, all nations would rather side with the enemy, in feigned hope of not having to fight them.

I was especially sickened when the rapes and slaughters were finally mentioned.

Oh, I suppose they hadn’t noticed what had been done and was being done.

Funny, I saw it on the news, on October 7th, as the whole world did, one clip in particular, a young lady being pulled from the back a vehicle, her pants soaked with blood, her face bloody, being pulled by hair to be shoved in to back of that vehicle.

OH BUT NO, they hadn’t noticed that!

Horror stories that played out in real life, things so horrifying, women being murdered during these rapes. Dismembered and carried about as some sort of sick trophy for Palestine. Videos posted to praise the evil and fuel for the sicked appetites of snuff films enthusiasts.

So disgusting that the whole world could just view what she and so many others went through. Another symptom of downfall of humanity, anything can be posted, no concern or common decency or respect for anyone or anyone’s family.

All this so reminiscent of the story of the murdered concubine from the Book of Judges, you may be unfamiliar with it, it doesn’t make sermon material very often, actually I have never heard it mentioned, even though it is definitely needed, if you like, you can read it here.

No, guess they hadn’t noticed, after all it was only a female, no matter our nationality, our age, whatever, we are indispensable right?

Who cares if we are raped, slaughtered, sold or tortured?

Well, I tell ya, I know one who really does care, and the day is coming that all the precious blood of our sisters the world over will be avenged.

We do not know the exact time, as ACTS 1:7 states: “And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.“

But we do know from Bible prophecy that these events are only in hasting of that day.

Not to even mention the treatment of children and burning babies alive and sadistic cruelty that defy any human logic, psychological cruelty to the victims and the hostages because killing is not enough for them, they want to destroy their very souls and destroys the souls of all who witness it.

And when the world saw and became aware of what had taken place, the leaders came with great lip service, while their actions spoke much different words.

As our verse stated, they have done nothing, absolutely nothing, to help them.

I couldn’t help but notice the use of the word “forebear”, bringing back to mind America abstaining from the recent UN vote and in doing nothing, they have chosen their path.

As we look back today at atrocities in our own history committed in times past with absolute disbelief, the history yet to be told will tell a most shameful and disgraceful tale.

What history that is left for America, the history that will go down in the annals of time, will not be a glowing tribute to the Red, White, and Blue.

The colors that we have so proudly waved symbolic of Valor, Purity, Perserverance, and Justice.

Values that we once pledged to attain, cherish, and protect have now taken on a strange yellow sheen; the yellowing brought about by the lack of backbone and spine in those who have been elected to lead.

That cowardice in failing to speak out and fight for those who need us most, those who are persecuted by the entire bloody world, and allowing others to come onto our soil and persecute those who have sought refuge here for generations, without any fear of prosecution, only proves to the entire world that we would not defend our own.

That yellow is going to be very, very hard to wash off.

To reiterate:

“IF THOU FORBEAR (abstain or refrain from) TO DELIVER THEM THAT ARE DRAWN UNTO DEATH, AND THOSE THAT ARE READY TO BE SLAIN;

As a nation, as a world we will be receive as we have given and considering the advice we have been handing to Israel and the dance with the devil we have performed with terrorist nations, it is safe to assume that as a nation we are in for a world of hurt.

And we will be shown the same mercy, and compassion that we have shown others of the world, and I can you tell you, when it comes to standing with Israel, it sure hasn’t been much.

As always, Blessing and Peace till next time, ever praying, “Even So, Come Lord Jesus.”

Φλογιζω NBJ 2023/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

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December 3, 2023 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“Abiding In The Field….”

Beautiful fields, prairie fields at the peak of the season flowing with wildflowers and butterflies.

Mown fields, lush green pastures as far as the eye can see just begging to be used as the ultimate reunion of love as two run toward each other to embrace.

Peaceful fields bordered by crystal clear flowing streams as sheep happily graze without a care in the world as their shepherd watches over them.

But there are other fields…. Fields of dry, brown grass withered by the scorch of the sun, patches of soil left exposed and cracked lacking the relief of gentle expected rains that did not come.

Fallow field that require the tedious backbreaking work of removing all the stone and working that ground until it can produce once again.

With the changing seasons of this life WE ARE THOSE SHEEP and those laborers. And we find ourselves in many different fields. The Prophet Jeremiah bought a filed for an inheritance, even though EVERYTHING was going to fall apart, this was the purchase of the FUTURE.

For thus SAITH the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; HOUSES AND VINEYARDS SHALL BE POSSESSED AGAIN IN THIS LAND.”

And we’ll go to another Bible account and visit Ruth, a lady who found herself in a “foreign” field and how that field held blessing beyond anything she could have imagined for her life at that time.

Ruth whose compassion and love for her grieving, widowed Mother in Law who was now also childless would not allow her to abandon her and run back to Moab in search of a new husband, soon found herself in an unknown foreign field, being advised as to what she must do in order for them to survive.

As she gleaned that field, working to take what had been left to feed those who were hungry, she unknowingly caught the eye of the one who owned the field!

Ruth 2:8,9: ” Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? GO NOT to glean in another field, NEITHER go from hence ( do not leave from here) BUT ABIDE HERE fast (close) by my maidens: LET THINE EYES BE ON THE FIELD THAT THEY DO REAP and go thou after them (follow them) : and have I not charged the young me that THEY SHOULD NOT TOUCH THEE? (they had been told to leave her alone and let her work ) and when thou art athirst (thirsty) GO UNTO THE VESSELS, and DRINK THAT WHICH THE YOUNG MEN HAVE DRAWN ( they were SUPPOSED to SHARE with her their water and allow her access to THEIR water jugs).

We’ll keep the advise Ruth had heeded in mind and we will journey on through the Bible and pay a visit to those who were also were also diligently minding the tasks of their field.

Luke 2:8-20 ” And there were in the same country SHEPHERDS ABIDING IN THE FIELD, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT.

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE ROUND ABOUT THEM: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people.

FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOUR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD.

And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And SUDDENLY there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host PRAISING GOD, and saying, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOD WILL TOWARD MEN.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them INTO HEAVEN, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and SEE this thing which is come to pass, which the LORD HATH MADE KNOWN UNTO US.

and they came WITH HASTE, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when THEY HAD SEEN IT, THEY MADE IT KNOWN abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

BUT Mary kept all these things, and PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART.

And the SHEPHERDS RETURNED, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.”

So that promised redemption, those open deeds, the things made known and crystal clear and those deeds that had been sealed, the birth of a King coming in a way no one could see, born in poverty to parents whose offering would be two turtle doves, the offering given by the poorest of the poor, those deeds to the inheritance of all of eternity had been kept in that earthen vessel which would be born of a virgin and in the lineage of another who obeyed the field command.

As God allowed love to blossom in that field between Ruth and Boaz, a love whose embrace led to the birth of their great-grandson who would be King David whose bloodline would be honored in the ultimate fulfillment of those deeds, those promises of OWNERSHIP of a nation and the world that would come in that earthen vessel born in that humble manger in the body of Jesus Christ.

The shepherds who were doing their job watching over their sheep AT NIGHT (I’m not even getting it to that YET, oh, but it is coming) were rewarded by the proclamation of the news to ends all news given straight BY THE VOICES OUT OF HEAVEN ITSELF!

So about those fields, had Jeremiah took it upon himself to ignore the voice of the Lord and think well, why buy a place that will be destroyed?

What if Ruth had decided that another field with kinder maidens would be more enjoyable?

What if the young men tried to run Ruth away and hoarded all the water that she was dependent on to strengthen her during gleaning?

What if the shepherds had not abided by their flock? They would have NEVER heard from heaven!

Mary kept it and pondered it, she knew who her baby was and that was enough for her.

Whatever field you find yourself in today, please stay there, if it is beautiful and fertile, let the Lord lead you and bless that beautiful place and season in your life, don’t doubt it, run through that field and embrace!

If you find yourself being urged to “purchase” what appears dead or hopeless, heed the voice of the Lord, only He knows His plans and He alone will bring life back to what APPEARS hopeless.

If your field is stone and you have worked until your back breaks and your hands bleed and you have cried so many tears that you can’t even remember the last time you smiled, DON’T GIVE UP!

I promise when that last stone is ripped from the ground and that soil is soft and

God sends those refreshing rains of spring, what you have sown also watered by all those tears is going to spring up into a harvest so plentiful and beautiful that you will rejoice and thank Him for giving you the strength to not give up.

Shepherds take heed that stay by your sheep DURING THIS NIGHT, and don’t let the water boys hoard that which is meant to be shared with those God has sent to glean the leftovers FROM YOUR FIELD and never cease to hear the voice of that heavenly host praising God, they beheld His glory but I promise you, we who are faithful will also behold Him and it will be a glory unlike any that has been as of yet but we have to be listening in our field.

HE IS THE I AM THAT IS and me and my little fire baby Φλογιζω will stay in our field and you stay in yours, you will never regret it!

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November 13, 2023 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

“FOREVER ISRAEL, The Who, The What, and The Why.”

Luke 21:17-22 “And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

In your patience possess ye your souls.

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Then let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.”

Many of you may have already saw the news report that God’s very chosen people are being advised to hide their true identity from the world.

Hide the fact that they are Jewish.

Hide their identity.

Hide the star of David, avoid wearing any clothing or article that would give away the truth of Who has chosen Jerusalem as His habitation, FOREVER and FOREVER.

After everything their people have been through, suffered, survived and overcome, now they must deny their very identity and hide?

No, because God will fight for them.

Isaiah 31:4: “For thus the LORD hath spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and the hill thereof.”

The gays have their rights, sex changes are all the rage, society brags inclusive, the new politically correct, anti-God phrase, and yet, 2023 the Jews are once again being commanded to hide themselves away.

The devil and the world would sure as Hades love that!

Isn’t that the ultimate goal?

Do away with Israel, do away with her people, in some twisted belief that in doing so they will be rid of God and His commands and hell and the forces thereof can have prime pickings over all the innocent of the earth.

And those who are absolute God Haters mistakenly think once that are rid of the rules and regulations set down from God that their lives on earth will be sweet as cherry pie, no one trying to win their souls, no one delivering the Word of God, no one to point out what they already know, sin is sin and sin will be judged but it’s just not going to quite work out that way.

God does not merely vanish because someone chooses to wish Him away.

Those who are raping and murdering the Jews today are coming for everyone else on another day.

How can people really be so delusional to think that they will be immune to that venomous hatred?

These monsters are not human.

Human beings do not bake babies in ovens and rape dead bodies, that is purely demonic, they commit these acts because they hate humans.

If you are human, it doesn’t matter what you are, gay, straight, black, white, saved, unsaved, whatever you call yourself to be, they will hate you and they will want to destroy you.

Does anyone ever wonder why Hitler and his henchmen committed suicide?

Merely killing off the bodies that they were inhabiting.

God created us all to be eternal beings, angels and the humans.

Humans can not destroy devils, they don’t die.

They will be eternally in hell, but they do not die.

God sends them to the abyss, which is a holding place until all things are fulfilled and then they and the devil will be dealt with.

Jude 1:6: ” And the angels which kept not their first estate. (the ones who chose to join Lucifer in his rebellion against God) he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”

So, you may ask what the deal with Lucifer is anyway.

I’ll answer that by asking this first, how much power does music hold?

Think of this, any human at any time can recall a song to mind, that song plays inside of our head and can instantly transport our thoughts to the times, people, and places familiar to us when we first heard or listened to that song.

Nothing else has that kind of power.

The reason is because all living creation has the built in need to praise, it is meant to be praise to God but at the fall when Lucifer became Satan, that was perverted along with everything else he held.

That’s not to say it’s wrong to listen to music.

I just wanted to point out the power it has, and we know there is truly demonic music, quite obvious by listening and many actually reference Satan in their lyrics, you just have to be careful to listen to what you’re listening to, watch out for lyrics.

We all fight to keep the wrong songs out of head.

But back to our subject. The Bible teaches us that there were three Arch Angels, Micheal, the warrior, Gabriel, the Messenger, and Lucifer, he was the praise leader, he actually had his instruments created inside of him.

He was the most beautiful of God’s creations and he was a protector, which also explains why the most vulnerable are always the ones who are attacked and suffer.

To gain even more understanding, also read Isaiah chapter fourteen, he is referred to by many names, in that chapter he referred to as king of Babylon.

Or check out this post, it details the thoughts of satan in his desire to set himself above the throne of God and God’s answer back to that.

Here’s a glimpse: Again, please read slowly, thoughtfully, and consider what the Lord is conveying to us in this passage, as it describes the enemy, and a clear before his fall and the cause of his fall, and a brief outcome of it all.

But I encourage to study for yourselves, there are so many passages in various books, I have to just highlight them, but there is so much more, and God can give you wisdom and understanding to them all, if you only ask.

Ezekiel 28:12-18: ” Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold:

the workmanship of the tabrets and of thy pipes (musical instruments) was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Thou art the anointed cherub (type of angel) that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned.

therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:

I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick;

therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.”

Because of his beauty and gifting, He became arrogant and jealous of God and wanted to be God, he wanted to be worshipped.

Jesus said this, Luke 10:18: “And he said unto them, I Beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.”

Now to explain all the Amalekites of old, Haman, and all the evil kings of earth, and Pharoah and all the nazis, Hezbollah, Hamas, and all those screaming possessed bodies who hate the Jews.

Well, he did take a lot of his buddies with him, the angels, a third of them followed him in his quest to overthrow heaven itself and they became demons.

Revelation 12:7-9:“And there was war in heaven: Micheal and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

and prevailed not: neither was their place found anymore in heaven.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

How horrific and chilling is it that seventy-five years after the United Nations made an international treaty to prevent and punish crimes of genocide that now the same organization has members that advocate and applaud the very atrocities this treaty was in place to prevent.

Hateful, evil protests worldwide calling for the destruction of the Jews, reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan marches and white supremacist rallies, same hatred, same evil, and same devil and demons running the show.

Ever notice that also, it just goes from one group to another.

But we understand through these scriptures who really calls the plays.

This all leads to the ultimate end time game of demanded worship of the devil, whatever party leader he may claim himself to be, and those who do not worship the beast and take his mark, will be beheaded and those who do will suffer eternal damnation.

BUT Israel will not cower, and Israel will not be defeated, no matter how bad it looks, it’s all the labor pains, the sorrow, the blood, the agony of deliverance as earth awaits the return of her King.

They were a nation that was destroyed and no longer a nation and now again a nation and a nation they will forever be.

Ezekiel 38:8-23: “After many days thou shalt be visited; in the latter years thou shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have always been waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

{The thoughts of the hearts of the enemy foretold}

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

To take a spoil, and to take a prey, to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

{The Lord’s answer}

Therefore, son of man. prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

And shalt come forth from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

And I will call for a sword against him throughout my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.

And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Thus will I magnify myself and sanctify myself; AND I WILL BE KNOWN IN THE EYES OF MANY NATIONS, AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.”

That’s a little of the Who and Why and remember those instructions for fleeing from our beginning passages are only for Israel.

The reason not a hair will perish is that even if we are killed we will be resurrected from the dead and we must have patience in all things to safeguard our souls during such a time of horrid events.

Babylon will be destroyed from the face of earth in a separate judgment, the Why on that one is pretty clear, so if we want out of here, we have to either die in the Lord or be saved and go in the rapture,

Who knows when these events will take place, it is getting scary as it all comes to pass and I really wouldn’t be shocked if we end up with martial law as they go from hating the Jews to moving onto hating the Christians, and on down the line.

In reality the devil hates all, he just uses those that follow him and then when they are no longer of value he will turn on them too as will his agents that are carrying out these atrocities now.

Pray for Israel, pray for the hostages, and all that need rescued the world over!

Revelation 22:21: ” He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”

Love & Peace till next time!

Φλογιζω NBJ 2023/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

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November 2, 2023 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson

The Nations- Dealing with The Devil and Getting the Same Deal”

Psalms 9:17: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

Depending on your personal biblical knowledge, you may or may not know that all things are leading to the return of Christ to this earth at which time He will rule over all the earth.

There will be no more questions or babbling philosophical arguments concerning His existence.

There will be no power struggles between political parties and leaders, most of which only desire is to further their supporters agenda and in no way have the best interest of anyone other than themselves at heart.

And the wicked, those who refuse to repent and all the nations that followed after evil and pagan teachings will be destroyed at his reign.

What I hope to accomplish with a few of these posts, such as my last two, is to help us understand why we are seeing these things and to give comfort to those who believe and a dire warning to those who are trying to play games with God, who profess to believe but are unwilling to accept Christ because there are often things in their lives that they do not want to give up.

God is indeed very patient but that does not mean that when He calls us and we feel that conviction in our hearts that we are free to shove it to the side, we can do just that, but he also reserves the right to no longer make that call to salvation.

Isaiah 55:12: “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him, while he is near.”

As you see all that is taking place in our world, prophecies literally being fulfilled before your eyes, know now more than ever these truths:

God is real, The Bible is true, and if you want to escape all the terrors that will come to this earth, this you must do.

Zephaniah 2:3:“Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness; it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.“

Removed, and hidden from the horrors, to come, and the resurrection of those who have died in Him and those who have died because they served Him and those who will die for the testimony of Him.

Isaiah 26:19-21: ” Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out her dead.

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth shall also disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain (Blood of all the innocents slaughtered upon it).”

In the last post we discussed the spiritual state of all those who laugh, mock and celebrate the demonic atrocities committed against the people of Israel.

We also covered the fact that all of these are either those who feign allegiance trying to appease those who violently oppress will still undoubtedly destroy them also.

You could fight for the rights of an alligator but that doesn’t mean it will not eat you if you happen to fall into a river next to it.

There are some who are truly demon posseted, the same old devils. who have always been but on earth will one day no longer be.

Some have spewed such hate and belligerency against God, overriding their conscience and truth until they have literally been given over to that evil, you know this by their hatred toward God, all things holy, and their constant blood thirst.

This also explains those who profess the faith, only later to leave it or pervert it to their own convenience.

1 Timothy 4:1,2: ” Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; Having their conscience seared with a hot iron.”

Finally, you have those who are just completely ignorant and are just following along all to fit in with the clique du jour.

Now that we have covered why bloodthirsty hatred has taken over so many globally, let’s take a look at what’s going on with the nations.

Nations and leaders praising terrorists, praising sick slaughters, praising the call for the destruction of the Jewish people.

Some of these are your basic cowards, professing allegiance, again, like, many people, in the hope that if they side with the devil the devil will not turn on them.

Wrong and wrong.

The servant often gets slapped the hardest and unfortunately for them, they are only an alliance of convenience and once they are no longer of value, they will be on the receiving side of that terror.

This is why it is called World Domination. Allies are only allies until the aggressor has reached the top and there are no second or third place victors.

Let’s take a look at the day of the reckoning, when those leaders and rulers who have absolutely, known or unknown have sold not only their countries, and their people, but their very own souls to the devil himself, in the following of hate, murder, and rejection of Jehovah God, Jesus, and all His people, people that are from every nation, every people, and every language on this earth.

God has children in all nations of the earth and all the persecution and sorrow they have suffered will also be avenged, along with His chosen, Israel.

I want to give you first, the verse highlighting the question that the rulers will in that day ask the one that they have followed, who is in fact Satan.

Isaiah 14:9,10: Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones (leaders and rulers) of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou (Have you) become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us (Are you like us)?

The one they followed, the one whose lies their blackened hearts were so eager to believe, pridefully believing the lie that they would rule forever now to only find that they have been led to the exact same fate, they all share the same damnation, with no one in first place.

No leader, no kingdom just eternal condemnation.

I want to give you the entirety in context that you can clearly see just what is going on today, pay special attention to the distress and wickedness that those of the nations have been subjected to and bear in mind that this chapter is in direct reference to Satan.

I strongly encourage you to carefully, slowly and prayerfully read these passages, they indeed sum up what has been, what is, and what will be and are vital to remember during these times.

Isaiah 14: “For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

And people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

And it shall come to pass in that day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The LORD hath broken the staff (leadership) of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

He (evil one) who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth (no one can stop the judgment of God)

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet: they break forth into signing.

Yea, the fir tree rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us (live in peace now)

Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

Thy pomp (boastful vanity) is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols (music) the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer; son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake the kingdoms? That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under foot.

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of the evildoers shall never be renowned.

Prepare slaughter for his children (followers) for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and the remnant, and the son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart form off them, and his burden shall depart from off their shoulders.

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken, for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

Howl, O gate, cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.”

Blessings & peace, stay strong in Christ, stay focused and remember:

Luke 21:28: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”

Φλογιζω NBJ 2023/ Rev. N. Brown Johnson

October 30, 2023 by Rev. Nina Brown Johnson