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Message from the Monthly Flyer from March 2004

„Sieg - Heil ! ?“
("Victory and Salvation")

It was not so long ago that almost a whole nation was crying out “Sieg-Heil” to a leader who they had chosen. “Sieg-Heil” was their way of greeting and became law in the entire country. If anyone did not follow these rules, they could face punishment. “Sieg-Heil” was a hope that a nation NEVER will experience, for they had forgotten the God of the Bible along with their leaders. “Sieg-Heil” - nothing but illusion, a work of spiritual deception that came directly out of hell and was leading the people into it. What nobody dared to believe at that time, took place. This nation and other nations experienced immense suffering.

What do the Scriptures say in Proverbs 20:28? “Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.” For all those who want to lead a nation, these are the spiritual measures and boundaries, which cannot be breached. Whosoever forsakes the holy devotion and truth, will be cast down from their throne in the time when God decides and all those who are holding onto this throne, will fall down with their king. Solomon wrote by divine wisdom in Ecclesiastes 10:16, “Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!”

Just take a look at how an individual maps out his path, but it is God who decides what happens and who judges. “Sieg-Heil” was almost in the mouth of everyone from this nation; and it remained that way until the veil was taken away from their eyes. Instead of “victory and salvation”, there was defeat and condemnation; towns and villages were burnt and turned upside down. No wonder, for it is written: Jeremiah 17:5 “Thus saith the LORD; cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD!”

Behind the human cry of “Sieg-Heil”, hell and the abyss where following. How could such a thing happen and why is something similar going to occur in the future? The reason is that the religious leaders failed and their fear of man is greater than their fear for God.

Paul wrote in 2 Thess 2:8-10 “…And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” The scriptures clearly states: 1. They have no love for the truth. 2. They have no love for the Word of God. 3. They show no love in response to the outstretched arms of God, who is able to save them through his gospel.

God will not be mocked; it is true that his goodness will last forever, however, not for those who forget and despise HIM! HE handed Jerusalem over into the hands of the enemy and gave them his sword, and not one stone remained on top of the other. Why? Because they did not realize that it was their time and they refused their saviour. They thought that Caesar would bring them “Sieg-Heil”, and believed it up until the time that the veil was taken away from their eyes.

Has a lesson be learnt as a consequence of such events? No, the mass of the people and majority of the nations and their citizens have not learnt from it at all. They try to go the way, which they are unable to go without God, by their own strength, by their own human wisdom, and without God’s guidance and advice. They are still under the illusion that they can solve problems without the help of Jesus Christ. They ignore the WORD of God, and therefore, their end and the place where they will be gathering together is exactly there at the place, which God has prepared for those who believed that victory and salvation could be found by the hand of man. The Word of God will even be fulfilled in their lives, for there will never be “Sieg-Heil” for the ungodly throughout all eternity.

But could there ever be “Sieg-Heil” for a whole nation? God says, “Yes, even still today, up until the time that my door will be closed.”

The Bible is still around and people can pray; they can obey that which is written within. When they obey, there will be “Sieg-Heil”, and the veil will immediately be taken away from their eyes. For all those who do not obey, hell is awaiting them and  then, when it is too late, their eyes will be opened.

The victory, which Jesus Christ gives, is victory over the power of sin and evil. His salvation is eternal life. No deception, no tricks involved; you can have victory and salvation for yourself and your house through HIM!  (rw)


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