NEITHER ROOT NOR BRANCH

"For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch." Malachi 4:1

Neither root not branch. That day to come, a time of darkness and gloom when God will humble the proud and arrogant. Malachi says that when that day comes, all roots and branches will be totally consumed, utterly destroyed, meaning there will be nothing left to rebuild upon. Before this coming time, there was never a time in history where the Lord destroyed the roots of recovery completely. But now, there will be no way of recovery.

There is now a day of reckoning upon America and the world. The economy is crashing and burning, age old established corporations are being affected, and there is no visible means of recovery. Even the secular world sees it. Sees America headed for hard times. Our greed has caught up with us and America is in a horrible mood, i see it at the hotel i work at. America's mood is different.

So, as i write this, i do it with tears. Tears for the lost and dying and for a church that is not reaching them. The prophecy of Malachi is not for the believing church. It is for the proud and arrogant and lawless. It is a holy warning to the ungodly world. We are overcomers.

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

We overcomers...we know Jesus Christ will rise up in us. We will push on into the streets of the nation and world with the saving word of God. The Holy Ghost will restore the miraculous. There will be an outpouring, a fresh baptism of the Holy Ghost. We will go and preach until the end. We will be filled with joy and faith. Pray for it. Pray the Holy Ghost bring your fire, renew your faith and draw you closer to his heart.

"And now Lord, behold their threatenings and grant unto they servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word. By stretching forth thine hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus." Acts 4:29-30

A word of warning to the believing church. The devil knows the Scriptures too. Beware of his perverted healing meetings. In these meetings, Christ is not the center, but the exalting of angels or an individual.

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourn, to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified." Isaiah 61:1-3