25 hours after

 Proverbs 15:28-29

King James Version

28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: 

but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

29 The Lord is far from the wicked: 

but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

It's just been 25 hours since the "pager" attacks in Lebanon and Syria.

Now, there's the "Push-to-talk" (PTT*) attacks.

It seems to be a coordinated, synchronized set of attacks.

Would there be a third?

Which electronic communication would come next?

Now, I am reminded of a curious set of phrases.

Which GOD gave me in a dream 22 years ago.

And which I wrote about two years ago:

"electronic armageddon"

Wherein I felt we were all going to destroy ourselves, through "electronics".

After all, is there any individual on earth now, without gadgets?

We have satellites, computers, cellphones, radios.

We have policy-makers, coders, and programmers.

We have electronics and communication engineers.

Everyone's focused on electronics.

The world is steeped in electronics.

Anyone who wants to create chaos, or make a statement, can use any device.

And all I can focus on, as born again, is to heed the LORD's call:

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

NOTE:

*PTT is also known as "press-to-transmit".

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TRUE cloud PROTECTOR

 Job 20:4-7

King James Version

4 Knowest thou not this of old, 

since man was placed upon earth,

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, 

and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, 

and his head reach unto the clouds;

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: 

they which have seen him shall say, 

Where is he?

GOD wired me for words.

His "secrets" are in His WORD.

He knows I love words, so He gives me TONS of clues.

And we have a wonderful time sifting through the words.

Unraveling the meanings, true meanings, and double meanings.

With earthly words being corrected by heavenly words.

That's why I pay attention to EVERY word the LORD alerts me to.

Today, His SPIRIT led me to this intriguing phrase:

"Protector of the Cloud"

That was the Crowdstrike marketing tag line.

I knew what they were referring to -- cloud storage.

Is it really safe, fool-proof, impenetrable?

Well, the global outage the past days proved otherwise.

But we are not here to feast upon the misfortune of many.

The word "cloud" merely triggered a different thought in me.

That's what we'll explore here.

Thanks to SPIRIT Who always leads me to GOD's WORD.

Which happens to be JESUS.

So I turn to Scripture.

What does the Bible say about "clouds"?

GOD and clouds:

Exodus 13:21-22

King James Version

21 And the Lord went before them 

by day in a pillar of a cloud, 

to lead them the way; 

and by night in a pillar of fire, 

to give them light; 

to go by day and night:

22 He took not away 

the pillar of the cloud by day, 

nor the pillar of fire by night, 

from before the people.

Right there, I could end this article.

Verses worthy of meditation.

GOD is the TRUE "cloud cover".

The TRUE protection.

The One leading the way.

But we must continue.

For the Bible has much more to say:

Exodus 33:9-10

King James Version

9 And it came to pass, 

as Moses entered into the tabernacle, 

the cloudy pillar descended, 

and stood at the door of the tabernacle, 

and the Lord talked with Moses.

10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar 

stand at the tabernacle door: 

and all the people rose up and worshipped, 

every man in his tent door.

JESUS and clouds:

Daniel 7:13-14

King James Version

13 I saw in the night visions, 

and, behold, 

one like the Son of man came 

with the clouds of heaven, 

and came to the Ancient of days, 

and they brought him near before him.

14 And there was given him dominion, 

and glory, and a kingdom, 

that all people, nations, and languages, 

should serve him: 

his dominion is an everlasting dominion, 

which shall not pass away, 

and his kingdom that 

which shall not be destroyed.

Matthew 17:4-6

King James Version

4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, 

Lord, it is good for us to be here: 

if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; 

one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 While he yet spake, 

behold, 

a bright cloud overshadowed them: 

and behold a voice out of the cloud, 

which said, 

This is my beloved Son, 

in whom I am well pleased; 

hear ye him.

6 And when the disciples heard it, 

they fell on their face, 

and were sore afraid.

Matthew 24:29-31

King James Version

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days 

shall the sun be darkened, 

and the moon shall not give her light, 

and the stars shall fall from heaven, 

and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear 

the sign of the Son of man in heaven: 

and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, 

and they shall see the Son of man coming 

in the clouds of heaven 

with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels 

with a great sound of a trumpet, 

and they shall gather together his elect 

from the four winds, 

from one end of heaven to the other.

Acts 1:9-11

King James Version

9 And when he had spoken these things, 

while they beheld, 

he was taken up; 

and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven 

as he went up, 

behold, 

two men stood by them in white apparel;

11 Which also said, 

Ye men of Galilee, 

why stand ye gazing up into heaven? 

this same Jesus, 

which is taken up from you into heaven, 

shall so come in like manner 

as ye have seen him go into heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

King James Version

16 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:

17 Then we which are alive and remain 

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.

Revelation 1:7

King James Version

7 Behold, 

he cometh with clouds; 

and every eye shall see him, 

and they also which pierced him: 

and all kindreds of the earth 

shall wail because of him. 

Even so, Amen.

GOD's cloud never goes wrong.

But ours, does.

Crowdstrike had an update gone wrong.

Affecting 30,ooo customers.

With 300 being from The Fortune 500.

Experts say the update should have been tested first.

I've always wondered why people would want to store data in a "cloud".

That feels so abstract, and it probably is.

But forgive my ignorance; I'm no tech expert.

All I know is nothing man-made could be fool-proof.

We're not GOD. we're humans.

Thus the convenient excuse, "human error".

Whether it be error in design, tech, or judgment.

Let's face it, and accept it.

With man, there will ALWAYS be "glitches".

And it's something we must not take personally.

As they say, "It just is."

At best, we learn from our mistakes.

That's the lesson that sticks most of all.

Remember the Y2K problem?

They had to "manually" fix EACH computer.

Until it became Y2K "compliant".

We learned the same thing about the Crowdstrike issue.

EVERY computer has to be "manually" fixed.

Experts reveal it will take days, and weeks.

Who knows, maybe longer?

Everything has to be tested.

And re-tested.

Imagine the "damage control" measures being undertaken.

Surely, there is not one area of home, business, or government, untouched by the incident.

Of course, the first ones to be fixed are the big clients.

Because their legal teams are perpetually on stand-by.

They say no hacking went on.

Still, hackers came in AFTER the incident.

As is to be expected from vultures who smell "food".

Thus, they went "phishing".

Such is the way of man.

Feeding upon an already weakened system.

Getting the spoils, instead of helping.

Is GOD's judgment upon us?

All that greed, and desire for world domination?

So caught up in ourselves, and not in GOD?

Acting with our head "up in the clouds"?

All that pride and ego will fail, and fall.

Proverbs 18:12

King James Version

12 Before destruction 

the heart of man is haughty, 

and before honour is humility.

The tech cloud may appear to be man's.

But all clouds -- tech and heavenly -- belong to GOD.

Only through Him, can we have REAL protection.

All our man-made "devices", and "defenses", issue no real protection.

No matter how well-thought-out we think they are.

Only JESUS offers us true SECURITY, PROTECTION, and SALVATION.

John 14:6

King James Version

6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

Acts 4:12

King James Version

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, whereby we must be saved.

It's time for man to acknowledge, and bow down to GOD's power.

Let ALL our creations come from GOD, be of GOD, be for GOD.

That way, we receive GOD's SEAL of APPROVAL.

Ensuring we truly serve our brothers, and sisters, in the world.

Who, we must not mislead, through our false sense of self, and glory.

Let us remember the LORD of ALL.

Hebrews 12:1-2

King James Version

12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about 

with so great a cloud of witnesses, 

let us lay aside every weight, 

and the sin which doth so easily beset us, 

and let us run with patience 

the race that is set before us,

2 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 hand 

of the throne of God.

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1 John 2:15-16

King James Version

15 Love not the world, 

neither the things that are in the world. 

If any man love the world, 

the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.

Are you 43 years old, and below?

That means you're from these generations.

The generations at RISK:

Generation Y

"Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with the generation typically being defined as people born from 1981 to 1996.

As the first generation to grow up with the Internet, Millennials have also been described as the first global generation.[5] The generation is generally marked by elevated usage of and familiarity with the Internet, mobile devices, and social media.[6] The term "digital natives", which is now also applied to successive generations, was originally coined to describe this generation."

Generation Z

"Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years.

As the first social generation to have grown up with access to the Internet and portable digital technology from a young age, members of Generation Z, even if not necessarily digitally literate, have been dubbed "digital natives".[6][7][8][9] Moreover, the negative effects of screen time are most pronounced in adolescents, as compared to younger children.[10] Compared to previous generations, members of Generation Z tend to live more slowly than their predecessors when they were their age,[11][12] have lower rates of teenage pregnancies, and consume alcohol (but not necessarily other psychoactive drugs) less often."

Generation Alpha

"Researchers and popular media use the early 2010s as starting birth years to the mid-2020s as ending birth years (see § Date and age range definitions). Named after alpha, the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Generation Alpha is the first to be born entirely in the 21st century and the third millennium.

Generation Alpha has been born at a time of falling fertility rates across much of the world,[6][7] and experienced the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as young children. For those with access, children's entertainment has been increasingly dominated by electronic technology, social networks, and streaming services, with interest in traditional television concurrently falling. Changes in the use of technology in classrooms and other aspects of life have had a significant effect on how this generation has experienced early learning compared to previous generations. Studies have suggested that health problems related to screen time, allergies, and obesity became increasingly prevalent in the late 2010s."

SPIRIT and I underlined the years of birth for each generation.

Similarly, we underlined their tech exposure.

Better yet, we put them in "bold" letters.

Those are the THREE generations at GREAT risk.

Spiritually, mentally, and physically.

Imagine being addicted to gadgets.

Imagine being bombarded by social media.

Imagine being thrown into the tech arena for everything.

As born again baby boomer, I am deeply concerned.

Would these "kids" have a normal life without tech?

What do they know about GOD?

Are they taught about JESUS?

Are they taught about the HOLY SPIRIT?

Do they know Scripture?

We know ey-ay gives its own version of the LORD.

Based on material it has gathered from everything, and everyone.

Niftily putting it all together.

And coming up with a facsimile of the LORD.

As if the LORD can be duplicated at all.

A "copy" is NOT the ORIGINAL.

Remember who the copycat is.

Those generations are hooked on tech, gadgets, and social media.

Is that a normal way of life?

Is that a normal view of life?

Is that a normal way of communicating?

Is that a healthy way of learning?

Or has the devil succeeded?

Genesis 11:6

King James Version

6 And the Lord said, 

Behold, 

the people is one, 

and they have all one language; 

and this they begin to do: 

and now nothing will be restrained from them, 

which they have imagined to do.

That "one language" in today's time is the COMPUTER language.

A digital language.

How far has Satan gone corrupting young people's minds?

How far has he corrupted the digital designer's minds?

How far has this idea of "world domination" gone into our "streams"?

Remember also what JESUS said:

Matthew 24:14

King James Version

14 And this gospel of the kingdom 

shall be preached in all the world 

for a witness unto all nations; 

and then shall the end come.

EVERYTHING is shared digitally now.

Even this post.

Every corner of the world is reached digitally.

The agenda seems FULL "digitalization".

Through these areas:

-- Communication, currency, and companionship.

-- Wealth, warfare, and worldly "wisdom".

-- Health, healing, and worldly "holiness".

Man feels he can have it all.

Man feels he's already done it all.

Man feels nothing can be withheld from him.

That means, the Rapture hovers.

As with everything, digitalization has its pros and cons.

We all get to connect with each other.

At what price, though?

What happens to privacy?

What happens to respect?

What happens to freedom?

What happens to our souls?

I've had enough "telling" dreams, from decades past.

Which SPIRIT and I translated into fiction, through ebooks.

Mostly on "spiritual warfare".

GOD allowed those dreams before making me born again.

As born again 56 months now, it merely reinforced THREE things:

The validity, relevance, and urgency of such dreams.

And now, I have Scripture to back it up.

The idea of "electronic armageddon" was "shown" in one dream.

Signifying the danger we are all in.

A previous "generations" post, identified the generations at risk.

See the descriptions above.

That "armageddon" dream happened about 22 years ago.

I am grateful, GOD made me pay attention to EVERY dream.

He knows I aim to be attentive, and retentive.

I pay attention to every detail in my life.

I look for signs, symbols, patterns, clues, leads.

I observe what's happening in the world.

I take notes.

GOD knows I'll try to "connect" the dots.

Because He knows I've always cared about people.

That I've always looked to where you may be in danger.

And alert you, soon as I'm sure of the facts.

What better facts, than Scripture?

The WORD of GOD doesn't lie.

John 1:17

King James Version

17 For the law was given by Moses, 

but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

JESUS is the "Word made flesh".

John 1:14

King James Version

14 And the Word was made flesh, 

and dwelt among us, 

(and we beheld his glory, 

the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) 

full of grace and truth.

JESUS is all these:

John 14:6

King James Version

6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, 

but by me.

Only by being born again can we have a sure future.

Not through the NEW ouija.

But only through, in, by, and from CHRIST.

SPIRIT teaches the born again.

He teaches us about JESUS.

He teaches us about GOD's TRUTH.

He teaches us about the world.

What other education would one need?

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