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April 25, 2026, the 115th day of 2026 The Time is Set No one can make Jesus come any sooner. No one can bring in the Antichrist any faster. The time has already been set.... View MoreApril 25, 2026, the 115th day of 2026 The Time is Set No one can make Jesus come any sooner. No one can bring in the Antichrist any faster. The time has already been set. The last 7 years before Jesus returns is set for the end of mankind's reign. We just don't know when that is. The Antichrist will be a part of it, but he will only have his major power for the last 3 1/2 years of that time. Whether we desire it, or fear it, we cannot make the end come sooner. Evil wants to bring in the end through chaos and destruction. They still cannot speed it along. We all have free will, but we all have set times. We have a set time to be born and to die. Mankind's rule of the Earth also has a set time, and then it is over and Jesus returns to take up His reign. There is something we need to realize. Even though we have free will choices, they are being recorded. All of Earth's history has been, and is being written in God's books. Books keep records. "And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books." Revelation 20:12 All of the history of all the people who ever lived or will live, has been, or is, being written in a book, in books. We are making our choices, free will choices, and they are being written down. God has access not only to the beginning of those books, but the ending of them. Omniscient--all-knowing, it may be a complicated idea for us humans, but we can explain a bit of it in human terms that we can understand. A simple way of putting it is that once it is written in the book, it is. And if all that is, becomes a finished record, it can be seen and read. As a record, it is not going to be altered and remain a record. So, if it were possible to go to the end of Earthly time and read those books, that record, we would know all the choices that everyone made. We would have all of the history, not because we wrote it, but because we read it. When I am reading a book, but have not yet finished reading it, I can speculate on what might happen. But once I have read the book, I know what has happened. At that point it is done, and I can discuss the points I liked or didn't like, but it is set. My speculation and my actions have no part in it. We have free will choices, that inpact our life. But once they have been made and written, they are unchangeable. They have been done. God's record is being written about all of us, and all that is happening, but we have no impact on the finished product. That part is done. We cannot change it. There is no second draft. This is not a perfect explanation, or even a very good one, but it helps me to understand a bit of it. God, Who does not exist in time, Who is not limited by what is happening in our time, can reads what we have done, within our alloted time. God reveals what He chooses to reveal fron the beginning of our time to the end of it, and a bit beyond, to His chosen ones, to Moses, the prophets, the apostles, along with others He chooses. And it is recorded in the Bible. The time is set, because the time was set. The signs are set, because the signs were set. A lot of the signs we are seeing are signs that show us that we are getting near the end. God has already seen that end. He doesn't really need to read the book, because He is God. Still, because at the end, it is all finished, He can read that end. It is all written down. Being outside of time, God knows the end from the beginning, because He sees it all, not because He does it all. But God is God. He is the Creator, the Master, the Ruler. He can and does move in the lives of His creation as He chooses. He sees and knows the thoughts and intentions of the heart, each heart, all of our hearts. Some things God stops before they happen, because the time He gave to mankind's rule would end prematurely if He did not. "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened." Matthew 24:21-22 Jesus returns when mankind's time is up. And He will come as the King of kings and Lord of lords. The decisions that would be made to follow Jesus or not, have already been made by the time He comes. There is no chance to change sides when we see Jesus coming in tue clouds with His troops. If we study the Bible we can be more aware of the timeline of things. Much is scattered across the Old and New Testaments, and take some digging out, like a treasure hunt. Why wouldn't we seek out that treasure? It is such an amazing study! Stay strong! Live righteously in the time allotted you! NAN

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April 24, 2026 7:28 pm

April 24, 2026, the 114th day of 2026 Don't Give in to Little Delusions Some day there will be a great delusion, a strong delusion that will come upon the world and will be believed by those who hav... View MoreApril 24, 2026, the 114th day of 2026 Don't Give in to Little Delusions Some day there will be a great delusion, a strong delusion that will come upon the world and will be believed by those who have given into lies, and made lies their truth. "The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." II Thessalonians 2:9-12 Giving into little delusions now, will prime one to give into the great delusion later. The only protection is the truth. There is always a danger to believing lies because Satan, the Devil, is the father of lies. "Jesus said to them, 'If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the Devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me." John 8:42-45 If someone consistently accept lies and does not seek out the truth, there will come a point where they have surrendered so much to lies that the truth can find no place in them. And that is a sad state indeed. It won't matter how the truth is shown to be truth, those who have been trusting in lies, will not see the truth. It is a sign of the corrupted heart that has rejected God and does not love the truth, that these lies can be accepted by them. The "signs, and lying wonders", "with all unrighteous deception" of the lawless one, the Antichrist, are believed by those who have been believing lies, trusting in lies and turning from the truth. There are obvious signs, that have beem growing over the decades, being now so obviously against God and the truth, that only irrational and emotional arguments can be used to support the deception. It is obvious when someone cannot accept that a man is a man and a woman is a woman, thst they have long since left the path of truth and are living in a delusion. When people smear the word of God as hate speech, but praise the mutilating of children, they have gone beyond a little delusion. Even if you do not believe this yourself, if you accept it and/or champion it, you are allowing their delusion to be your own. Of course they want to keep people from the Bible as the Bible speaks to this very thing. This is what the Bible says about the creation of man and woman. It is pretty straight forward. "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" Genesis 1:27-28 Jesus also restates this when talking of marriage: "And He answered and said to them, 'Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning "made them male and female," and said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh"? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.'" Matthew 19:4-6 That we have reached a place that anyone debates over what makes a man a man and a woman a woman shows how utterly foolish and deceived the world has become. And the deception will get worse. Even as we have a slight reprieve in America with a return to sanity concerning gender, much of the world continues the downward trend. Any accepted lie leads to accepting more lies. So we are coming to a place that leads to confusion over what makes a human? When God is removed from the equation and evolution is put in its place, the idea rises that any creation of man, with artificial intelligence may become sentieit given enough time and information. It makes for good sci-fi, but is dangerous if it is believed as a fact. As more and more people communicate through the digital world, it is easier to give artificial intelligence more due than it deserves. And it will get worse. Right now A.i. is messing with the reality online and many are believing it, accepting it and not questioning it. Many are even listening to an A.I. Jesus, instead of seeking the real thing, as if a soulless, artificial being that is being fed the Bible could give the truth. It is different than a simple search engine, that already can lead people to the information the site owners desire. This is far more dangerous. There are enough people misusing the Bible and misquoting from it. Those who want to misuse it will do so. But most do not claim to be a representation of Jesus. The Bible itself is veiled in ways until the Holy Spirit opens our eyes. "And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.' But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For 'who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ." I Corinthians 2:2-16 A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is a creation of fallen humanity and does not have the Holy Spirit to inspire it. Nothing is stopping evil men from twisting their creation to suit their purposes, no matter how good some intentions may seem. If you cannot go to the Bible, prayerfully seek God's guidance and seek Jesus in its pages, but must turn to a fake Jesus, to give you answers, you are beyond believing a little delusion. Wake up before you make yourself a prime target for the strong delusion. If nothing else was going on but these things, it would be enough warning signs shouted from the heavens to turn and repent and seek the truth while you still can! If you have been deceived or have fallen for lies, repent of your sins and turn to Jesus, surrendering your life to Him as your Lord and Master, your King. Jesus is not only the way to God, but the living truth. "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'" John 14:6 Stay strong! Believe in the truth and flee from lies. NAN

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April 23, 2026 10:00 pm

April 23, 2026, the 113th day of 2026 Glory to God in the Highest Every now and then it is good to recount some things about God, to remind us of His majesty. When I do, I do not attempt to encompa... View More

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April 22, 2026 8:50 am

April 22, 2026, the 112th day of 2026 It is Easy to Disconnect It is way too easy to disconnect with one another, even when we are close friends, if we let time keep slipping by, and not making an e... View MoreApril 22, 2026, the 112th day of 2026 It is Easy to Disconnect It is way too easy to disconnect with one another, even when we are close friends, if we let time keep slipping by, and not making an effort to schedule a time to get together. The sad thing is that it is not on purpose. We really love our close friends and never want to lose them, but if we don't guard those friendships we will find that when we finally meet somewhere unexpected that we are like strangers, neither knowing what really had been happening in each other's life, the deep stuff, the stuff the world in general doesn't know. Sometimes it is busy lives, but we seem to find the time for what matters to us. We even find the tine for what doesn't matter to us, because we feel it is something we need to do, or we were roped into doing it. We often think because close friends will understand, that they can wait, we wind up pushing aside those we want to see, for others we would rather not see, because something keeps coming up that we need to deal with. But if we wait for things to be perfect and timing to be perfect, it will not happen. It has to be one of our priorities, or it will slip away without us even being aware. Friendships are important. We lift each other up. We know each other's histories. A lot of the background info does not need filled in, it is in our hearts already. But that makes it more important, not less important, to keep that communication flowing. There is not always another time when we do not make that time. There is not always tomorrow. When days go into weeks and weeks move into months, it is not long before months move into years. Then we think, "I guess they were close to us for that time of our life." But that is a crazy, stupid thought. Life is life and friends should not fall by the wayside because we fill up their space with something else. It happens too often, especially in the household of faith. Satan knows that the Holy Spirit can enlighten us on things when we are together, that we might miss when we are apart. Our friends can catch what we are missing, but only if we stay connected. It is part of spiritual warfare to not lose that connection to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Friendships are treasures. True friends are priceless. We should treat them as such! Stay strong! Stay connected to your friends and if you have let that connection slip away, reconnect! NAN

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April 21, 2026 9:11 am

April 21, 2026, the 111th day of 2026 Tender Heart to God, Hard Heart to Evil The state of our heart affects many things. Where our allegiance is matters.... View More

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April 20, 2026 6:35 pm

April 20, 2026, the 110th day of 2026 Don't be Pulled In There are tines we are called upon to stand for our faith, to hold the line, no matter the cost.... View MoreApril 20, 2026, the 110th day of 2026 Don't be Pulled In There are tines we are called upon to stand for our faith, to hold the line, no matter the cost. There are times we must stand witb the truth against lies, and warn others of the dangers of deception. There our times that our convictions will cause friends and/or family to walk away from us, because they don't share those convictions and they won't be friends with someone they do not agree with. As it gets closer to the end we will be persecuted more and more, about things that really matter and are of eternal consequences. But until that time when it is choose Jesus or side with the Antichrist, we have to be able to differentiate between godly battles and the enemy's traps. Right now we have a small reprieve in America, where the gospel can go out unhindered. President Trump is standing with God and rededicating our country to God the Father, through His Son Jesus Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit on May 17th. But he has already done a lot to reverse the enemy's foothold on this country, from day 1 in office. So we have less of the enemy's agenda to deal with openly, but they have not stopped, they just gone underground awaiting a more favorable time. For now, most of the time, it is not standing with Jesus, the truth or our convictions that causes strife, it is being pulled into foolish arguments and suppositions. We have to be able to discern the difference, because the enemy uses guile to pull us in. We think that we are defending the truth, when truth is not really the issue, because truth means nothing to them. It is all about speculation. The intent is to entangle us with "what ifs" and the like, trying to whittle down our patience, our emotional reserves and trap us in the enemy's snare. "It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel." Proverbs 20:3 The Internet is filled with fools starting quarrels. We may get pulled in at the start, but we have to know how to exit wisely. We need to learn to step back and step out of it. Much of the Intetnet has become one of the enemy's favorite tools. It is where we cannot let down our guard. More and more lies and A.I. images, stories and videos should make us wary of everything, not automatically trusting anything. Otherwise, we can be sucked into an endless web of deceit meant to cause division and stress. Stay strong! Don't be pulled into evil's traps! NAN

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