Residents of Bat Cave, North Carolina, are facing a daunting recovery effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which left the small town in ruins. Despite suffering significant damage, the community has seen little to no support from FEMA, leaving frustrated locals to rebuild on their own. The lack of federal aid has sparked outrage among residents, who feel abandoned by the agency.
Hurricane Helene, a powerful Category 4 storm, devastated much of the Southeastern United States, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. In Bat Cave, a small town nestled in the mountains, the storm turned the usually calm Broad River into a raging torrent, destroying homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Yet, despite the severity of the situation, the federal response has been slow, leaving the remaining residents to wonder if help will ever come.
Chelsea Atkins, a 38-year-old resident of Bat Cave, shared her frustration after multiple failed attempts to get assistance from FEMA. “FEMA called me and told me they wanted to inspect my house,” Atkins recounted in an interview with The New York Post. “Then they called back and said they couldn’t drive around the ‘road closed’ sign. They weren’t allowed.” Atkins, like many others in the town, was left without federal assistance after her home was severely damaged by the storm.
For many, the situation has been dire. While some elderly and infirm residents were airlifted to safety shortly after the storm passed, those who stayed behind have seen little government presence. The few Louisiana State Police officers who arrived have done little beyond “keeping an eye on everything,” according to locals.
Unlike other areas in North Carolina that have received military aid and rescue missions, Bat Cave’s recovery has been driven primarily by local efforts. Apple orchard workers and a grading contractor from the area took matters into their own hands, clearing blocked roadways before the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT) arrived. Residents welcomed the DOT’s eventual arrival, but by that point, much of the immediate response had already been handled by civilians.
The damage in Bat Cave is extensive. The Broad River, which is typically about 10 yards wide near the town, has expanded to 100 yards across in some areas, filled with debris such as fallen trees, powerlines, and chunks of concrete. Homes that once stood along the riverbank have been destroyed, swept away by the floodwaters, or now teetering on the edge of collapse.
Atkins, originally from Buffalo, New York, said that the storm was unlike anything she had ever experienced. When the hurricane hit, she and her husband, Andy Wells, sought shelter with neighbors in a small post office building across Highway 64. “It was wild,” Atkins recalled. As floodwaters rose, the group was forced to move to higher ground, dodging further dangers such as a nearby gas leak and sinking ground beneath another home.
Despite the overwhelming destruction, FEMA has yet to make a meaningful appearance in Bat Cave. Atkins shared that FEMA had arranged to inspect her home but never showed up because of a closed road—one that reporters were able to drive through. “The DOT’s been here, and random fire departments, like Kannapolis. They were great. But nobody’s been bringing in supplies except civilians,” she said.
Curtis McCart, a retired Los Angeles fire captain and paramedic, is another Bat Cave resident who has voiced his frustrations with the lack of federal support. McCart estimated that at least a dozen homes along his stretch of Highway 64 had been destroyed by the storm. Like Atkins, he hasn’t seen any FEMA personnel in the area and is beginning to question what will happen if they eventually arrive. “At this point, I don’t care if FEMA comes by. I don’t want somebody to pull me out of here, saying I’m working in an unsafe spot,” McCart said, reflecting the growing disillusionment with the agency.
The destruction in Bat Cave has been so severe that the town, home to about 180 people, was literally split in half after a bridge connecting the two sides of town was washed away by the storm. Residents have temporarily covered the gap with sheet metal, but the makeshift bridge only supports foot traffic, forcing people to risk crossing on foot over a dangerous drop.
Hurricane Helene has already been deemed the deadliest mainland U.S. hurricane since Hurricane Katrina, with at least 232 people confirmed dead and hundreds still missing across the Southeast. While other towns and cities in North Carolina have received significant assistance, Bat Cave continues to struggle on its own.
As the town’s residents continue to grapple with the aftermath, many are left wondering whether FEMA will ever arrive to provide the necessary support. For now, they remain largely on their own, relying on each other to clear debris, rebuild homes, and, hopefully, restore some sense of normalcy. Whether federal aid comes in time to make a difference remains to be seen.
Stop paying tax’s
tell them u are an illegal or a democrat and u will get all the help u need
Has anyone asked Obama if this is the kind of shit-hole fundamentally changed America he was talking about?
I have to admit this isn’t the country I grew up in and fat chance it will ever be again; too many dumb-down, dei-woke, atheist, leftist losers have overrun the society. Look at our government, its loaded with them.
Not only has Taylor Swift endorsed the Communist Kamala Harris but I just watched Bruce Springsteen endorsed the Queen of lies Harris also but really gets me is how so many dumbed down idiot fools will do what the millionaires and billionaires tell them to do and they will do it.!
Do the stupid voters have any sense left to realize the millionaires and billionaires are set for life and the sheeple will die under Communism.
Do they not see what the Communist Democrats have done for the Illegals and pushed Americans aside.?
Illegals take precedence over all the dumbasses voting for Communist Harris and Tampon Tim.
Harris/Biden and the Muslim puppet master Obama has practically destroyed America and the dumbasses actually want more .?
Communist in Washington DC say President Trump will destroy America and the Constitution but the Communist have already done that and the mindless dipshits believe everything their told. It’s amazing how many brainless non thinking humans have been bread into society, that has to be told what and how to do anything.
We need President Trump back in office and Christ back in our lives more than ever.
Michael all excellent and to the heart of it! The world is full of trickery!
Giving “the illusion” that these “fat cats and actually gluttons” that “don’t give a rat’s ass” about what the “plebs or peasants in the streets and trenches are doing,” or especially what will happen to them when “all hell breaks loose,” all of this current rhetoric of theirs is “mass manipulation” or even like what happened during the “Covid Plan-demic,” “mass formation psychosis!”
They treat the fans like “a herd of dumb animals” is all; which is actually the truth; about how some “slimy vain materialistic self-worshiping glorified snake-like persona that Jezebel” hidden within an image of an independent mega-star “girlie singer” of the “Crooked Ways of the World” Taylor Swift who appears to have it all; really feels about it all. The $Billions in revenues and the business model with her Industry Partners is “their bottom-line,” and that’s what they (Taylor) “tailor” their strategy around always maintaining that “bottom-line (Money) and the illusion” they have over a large swath of the public; many of them in that public unfortunately very stupid, gullible, brainwashed, screwed in the head or totally lost to begin with.
During the fall of the Roman Empire the same game was in play as “the powers that be” or the “ruling class” gave much of the “public mob or herds” what they wanted and distracted them from the reality of how controlled they really were and will be when the party is over; after all of the “Bread and Circus”!
“Bread and circuses” (or bread and games; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace,[1] by offering a palliative: for example food (bread) or entertainment (circuses). Juvenal originally used it to decry the “selfishness” of common people and their neglect of wider concerns.[2][3][4] The phrase implies a population’s erosion or ignorance of civic duty as a priority.”
In addition just look how they toss so much of the taxpayer’s (citizens) money at “Illegal Invaders” to “suck them in for use later!” As the definition points out here what was done all those thousands of years ago still works like a charm.
“Juvenal refers to the Roman practice of providing free wheat to Roman citizens as well as costly circus games and other forms of entertainment as a means of gaining political power. The earliest known Annona (the gift of free or subsidized grain to nominated citizens) was begun under the instigation of the aristocratic politician Gaius Sempronius Gracchus in 123 BC. The annona remained an object of political contention until it was taken under the control of the autocratic Roman emperors.”
(wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses)
Even say like the analogy of the frog being so passively content in the kettle of “cool water” which is slowly being heated to cook him; but never realized it until it was too late! Being half-baked (in the head, Dumbed Down) or cooked alive doesn’t leave much strength to “run for your life” at that point. When the frog finally knew for sure that they were cooking him, it was “too little too late” and they got to eat him!
thank you for your insight vote Trump vote Red to bring change for the bestter
Yes Ruby, for this we must pray.
Thank you.
God bless you and yours.
Amen.
While Americans in the Southeast struggle to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Helene, their government is more concerned with catering to illegal immigrants than their own citizens. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the organization designed to help Americans in times of disaster, had its funds diverted to illegals. And what’s worse—White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is lying through her teeth to cover it all up. This is beyond negligence—it’s criminal.
During a recent press conference, KJP flat-out denied that FEMA funds were being diverted to support illegal immigrants, but a clip from 2022 says otherwise. In that clip, Jean-Pierre herself confirmed that FEMA money was being used to provide free rent, food, and shelter for illegal immigrants under FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program. So, who do we believe—the 2022 version of KJP or the one standing at the podium today?
It’s crystal clear that the Democrats have their priorities upside down, and this latest scandal proves just how little they care about everyday Americans.
Americans Suffer While Illegals Prosper
Think about this for a second: hardworking Americans, who have paid taxes all their lives, are left out in the cold after one of the most devastating hurricanes in recent history. Meanwhile, illegal immigrants—who have violated our laws by crossing the border—are receiving our tax dollars. It doesn’t get any more outrageous than that.
Families in rural communities hit by Hurricane Helene have no power, no clean water, and no access to FEMA assistance. But FEMA somehow has the resources to hand out free housing and food to people who shouldn’t even be here in the first place?
This is more than just poor leadership. This is a calculated strategy. And let’s be clear—this isn’t just about disaster relief. It’s about reshaping the political landscape of America.
The Democrats have been pushing for open borders for years, and now we’re seeing the real endgame. They’re not just allowing illegal immigration to continue—they’re encouraging it. Why? Because they know that every illegal immigrant who crosses that border will eventually be a vote in their column.
It’s all part of their long-term strategy to fundamentally change the electorate. By allowing millions of illegal immigrants into the country, they’re shifting the balance of power in favor of the Democratic Party. These illegals may not be able to vote immediately, but they will impact apportionment, leading to changes in the number of seats states hold in the House of Representatives and in the Electoral College.
Once citizenship is granted en masse (and don’t kid yourself—that’s the goal), these individuals will vote for the party that gave them everything—free healthcare, housing, food, and more, all courtesy of the American taxpayer. The Democrats are literally buying votes using money that should have been used to help our own citizens recover from disasters.
Karine Jean-Pierre’s blatant lies about FEMA funds are just one piece of the puzzle. This administration has been caught repeatedly deceiving the American people about its border policies. They don’t want you to know what’s really happening. They don’t want you to know that the resources meant for Americans are being funneled to illegals. And they certainly don’t want you to know that their ultimate goal is to create a permanent underclass of Democratic voters. But we see through it.
This administration is more focused on handing out entitlements to illegal immigrants than they are on providing relief to actual American citizens in crisis. While rural communities struggle to rebuild their homes, the Biden-Harris administration continues to funnel money to people who have no legal right to be here.
The Electoral College is at Risk and
One of the most insidious parts of this whole scheme is how it could impact future elections. Illegal immigrants, while not voting now, still affect how electoral votes are distributed. The more people in a state—legal or illegal—the more representatives that state has. And guess what? Most illegal immigrants are heading to Democratic strongholds like California and New York, which means those states get more electoral votes and more power in presidential elections.
This isn’t just about disaster funds—it’s about destroying the integrity of our electoral system. The Democrats know that they can’t win on their disastrous policies alone, so they’re stacking the deck. They’re using illegal immigration to shift the balance of power in their favor permanently.
We’re at a dangerous crossroads. If this Communist administration continues on this path, the America we know and love will be unrecognizable in just a few short years. Open borders, diverted FEMA funds, illegals being given resources that rightfully belong to Americans—this is just the beginning.
The hurricane victims who are being neglected by FEMA right now should be the priority. Instead, they’ve become second-class citizens in their own country, all while illegals reap the benefits of a system meant to help Americans.
If President Trump doesn’t make it Civil War must begin and all Communist Democrats including the Communist illegals should be destroyed.
Unless your OK with your hard earnings going to illegals and you get nothing in return because your born an American, then by all means let the Communist kill all Americans.
Michael my brother in-Christ Jesus. This is a superbly articulated expose of Truth as to what is happening in our Country and to its People, us the Citizens that followed all the rules and paid all the taxes they told us we had to, while being good law abiding God fearing members of our communities! I wrote a bit about some similar aspects here in this article just now in one of the other articles on this site, which I want to place here, especially because of the two Scriptural verses that apply to these same forces at work mentioned in this article; We the People, Citizens and our wicked “so called leaders.”
“*The American people are the most effectively lied to people in modern time’s thanks primarily to the political class, the bureaucracy, the media, and academia.” C.W. LAUDERDALE
What I’ve said for years is how the system, “those in control” are running a con. I had a brief time in mass media that was enough for me to see that is was mostly a tool of the elite or rulers.
Today I made a comment to this effect, but was going to add; that even though the People have already lost long ago, in the end, “judgment” will be concise and brutal for all of these tyrants! And the afflicted or brutalized peoples will gain paradise. I was also going further add later to that comment, how there may be a sliver of a chance to “rise up” if the “majority of the People” would unite and seeing the light know who the actual enemies are so they can fight back. The enemy has become quite crafty at getting us People to “turn on each other” keeping the masses “off balance and going always in the wrong direction, mostly down into the dust as in screwed over.”
What I pointed out though is how this whole situation is “too far gone” as in “history does repeat itself,” by this one point I mentioned that illustrates clearly where the People actually stand presently.
I’m referring to the whole Bread and Circus thing during the Fall of the Roman Empire.
But this one point in your dissertation I now think is very telling in that so many have actually done it to the point where now in this digital hi-tech AI nuclear armed planet of many adversaries or “master puppeteers” those “creatures with so much power that don’t give a rat’s ass;” that the writing is clearly on the proverbial wall. Armageddon.
. “Most of the group will sell their souls” C.W. LAUDERDALE
That is an obvious major component of the program in place as many of our “so called leaders” who swore an oath to serve and protect the Constitution, Nation and its People in their high ranking leadership roles, have been “mostly serving themselves and hidden constituents.” Biden, Pelosi, McConnell, Clinton’s, Bush’s, Obama and on and on see themselves as the “masters of the world.” But, they all serve Satan who now “owns them.”
While the populace the Jane and John Does have gotten “softer and dumber” (conditioned) over the last several decades resulting in this “upside-down loony bin society” that the CCP, Islamists (a political ideology), Russia and others have all been wrapping their serpentine coils around to slowly but surely suffocate and devour; a big soft kiddy cat or perhaps because of all the sins of “The People” it’s a big “stuffed pig.”
What it all boils down to is human history, and this material world’s ultimate end result is all spelled out in “Biblical Prophecy;” and nothing is going to change God Almighty’s plan.
But the wild card before the end as I see it is what plans have the Devil’s globalists and Illuminati hatched and are going to unleash when they’re ready. We already had the Plan-demic trial run, so there are surely bigger plans in the pipeline because we know the ending already.
I ask the one question that to me and multitudes of other human beings who actually care; “what can we or should we do?” One simple and unequivocal answer to all of our human foibles and woes is to “seek God Almighty through the Savior Jesus Christ.”
James 4:13-15 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” 14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Mark 8:35-37 “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it. 36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? 37Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?”
We can be certain what place those I mentioned previously will be finding their souls occupying for eternity with many multitudes of others that willingly chose it; and they weren’t so smart or clever after all, but dumber than the stupidest! I hope and pray that other multitudes choose wisely what they commit their lives, hearts and especially souls to in their own moment of ultimate choice, which we all will be confronted with; so that they that “follow the one righteous path” will be with God eternally in peace, joy, happiness and love. Amen.
God bless.
Brother in-Christ Jesus-Lawrence
Lawrence my brother, it’s amazing as to how much lies come from the mouths within the Government.
And when the truth is known and exposed to the public, it doesn’t change the minds of the voters so they simply accept the lies and vote for Communism anyway.
They’ve been conditioned over the years when they were given Government assistance IE, taxpayers money for every child they have, Food programs and housing assistance (HUD).
That way they vote Communist Democrat every time even though the promises their told is a lie and disappointment every 4 years.
Their just way to far gone to realize that all the freebies will be taken away and given to the Illegals.
I’m guessing their brains are filled with parasites making them all controlled by the Communist.
Actually they’ve become slaves to the Communist Democrats. And they’ll never receive the help as they’ve received for years past.
Remember the Communist Democrat President who said “I’ll have those nig**rs voting Democrat for the next 200 years).
Martin Luther King was a Republican at first and someone in Washington DC changed his mind before his assassination, Why.?
JFK and Bobby Kennedy, assassinated by the Communist CIA, Why.?
Then an Assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, who they claimed that the Assasin was infatuated over Jodie Foster, I never believed it was over Jodie Foster I believe the CIA or FBI was behind it.
Now theirs 2 assassination attempts on President Trump, again Why.?
Answer; Because those individuals would interfere in the Communist Democrats agenda to destroy America.!
If General George S. Paton was allowed to take out the top brass in Russia, and if General MCcarther was allowed to take out the Communist Chinese during Korea, and if JFK were allowed to take out the Cuban missile chrises, and if President Trump was able to finish the Terrorist off but was stopped by the Communist Democrats over impeachment hearings, the world would be a much better place.
But since the Anti-American Communist Democrats couldn’t have peace in the world, since it don’t make them any money.
Those Communist Bastards thrive on chaos, destruction, division, in simple terms; Blood shed throughout the Planet.
They’ve got to be stopped now.
The 2nd Amendment means nothing if those are willing to surrender to them.
The deadly storm tore up 5 states leaving hundreds dead and injured. Many large cities were affected. Sorry Bat Cave, North Carolina they come first. Search and rescue in large accesible cities then fan out. Then power, water, roads, debris etc.
It’s called battle field triage. The preliminary assessment of patients or casualties in order to determine the urgency of their need for treatment and the nature of treatment required. Help the many first and then the few.
If you are alive, bytching to the world online you are OK. Take a number.
They can Help people from other Countries not here LEGALLY but they can’t help American Citizens ??
Yes Del, it’s a HUGE LIE and CON. We have a huge military that could be mobilized to fan out and rescue as well as protect neighborhoods and citizens along with their property! Don’t give me this horseshit you trolls at the top of our infected demonic government, when I know you can send hardware and hundreds of $Billions over to that actor Zelinsky and his army of Oligarchs in Ukraine to go buy themselves yachts, mansions and limos and live the life you stinking rat liars joined at the hip with the MIC!
another Biden/Harris controlled disaster. Change of administration can’t come soon enough. hope we have a country left. Money for Lebanon, Gaza and Ukraine, but not North Carolina. I bet if one of those folks missed a $25.00 IRS payment, the government would be all over them.
don, damn straight!
Brother Michael, what you say about all the lies and stupefaction of the masses is sadly quite true and yes, hard to believe. A society where I see how some of the most corrupted or anti-American sorts are given high corporate and government positions throughout our nation.
But remember all that talk about tolerance, equity and inclusion especially that which got anchored during those two destructive Obama terms in office, then with his invisible man routine the actual third which he is wrapping up now, during which DEI is now center stage in our Military, USSS, Commercial Aviation, Education and the list goes on and on! To the point where our society is now being led to believe that “the best of the best” model which was the former template by which a “morally strong prosperous society and culture should be founded upon” was all wrong and what we are now doing is using this new approach, that is so inclusive and better” because “we allow the weakest or most untrustworthy (even crazies or criminals) to lead the parade of LGBTQ+ Leftist Society (Satan demonized) down the yellow brick road to wherever it leads us to;” oh well even “if off a cliff or precipice into hell so be it!”
When so much corruption and rot is rolling downhill from the top it will only corrupt and smother everybody in its path. I can see how some “citizens when asked about one thing or another and what do they think of such a thing,” they just grunt and blurt out “I don’t know and I don’t care;” so how long can a society or nation last when “too many citizens become dregs and animals not caring!” Notice how Pot is legal, even some states like Oregon decriminalized procession of cocaine and other formerly illegal or controlled drugs and substances! While in pretty much most states now the DA’s as you well know are way “soft on crime” and allowing offenders to be released immediately without bail, even for rape or robbery and then go right out and do it again, just happened weeks ago in NYC. So criminals get a slap on the wrist and encouraged to go have a ball and “do the crime b’cuz’ you won’t do the time” while “good decent law abiding even outstanding citizens get kicked to the curb” and told to “put up or shut up!”
I see former active duty veterans on the street corners daily panhandling; and why, because the VA or the GOVT. that sent them into “harm’s way” where they served valiantly now won’t do a damn thing to help them! But you “Break Federal Border Laws” as a “foreign invader” and you get the “welcome mat with Carte Blanche benefits,” like free full medical, a social security number as if you are a citizen, debit cards loaded with thousands of monthly stipends, free groceries and other meal credits, first time buyer mortgage assistance, free college tuition and other perks for being “a violator who disrespected the American Citizens and the Laws of the Land they invaded;” which tells them all “Crime Pays” and they invite all their kin or gangs, to come join the “bonanza party all on the backs of the dumbed-down and screwed over American Citizens!”
“Replacement Migration” is what we are seeing, and the sooner the better for them, both those at the top ruling and the invaders! This is all very Soros-esk of how to collapse a society, or how he started out destroying small businesses and buying out the remnants then replacing them with his conglomerates to increase his monopoly board game in real life. What I’m driving at is, yes our government and all the fat cats (Power Brokers) got together (MIC) and decided to “take the whole game over once and for all;” pure demonic greed at work now and while they take it all they say “to hell with the rest,” because it will be them on top and all of these illegals combined with the citizens that will be killing each other in the streets to survive. Then they the Rulers can crush us all if they can’t control our every move like little puppets on strings. Digital Passports and ID with all of the accompanying AI that people are being linked to will make it “easy as pie” like an “eye in the sky” to CONTROL everybody like it’s massive “house arrest!” They have already been doing this in China and during the Plan-demic citizens were murdered trying to get help or necessities like food; yet Bill Gates that demonic infested troll said China is the model to follow which Fauci also spouted about; very telling as to who these leaders worship and get their marching orders from, “Big Brother”. George Orwell had many correct insights as to what was coming for mankind before its final demise; “the Devil getting his due” is ramping up now; so that says the crescendo is not far off.
Thank you for the insights and inspiration my American Brother.
Exactly brother Lawrence, now I’m wondering when those Satan worshipping Communist Democrats will tell the American Citizens that they’ll have to have the mark of the Devil on their wrist if they want to eat and drink in order to survive.
Just what is that Bitch Kamala expecting when the victims of the destruction that devastated their lives when the Communist Democrats are going to send another $57 Billion dollars to Ukraine after the victims were told there’s no more money but that generous bitch Kamala told them they can get a mere $750.00 by filling out an on line application and if they qualify they’ll have to pay it back.!
WTF.?
They have no home, no electricity, no food, no vehicle, no water and $750.00 is going how far.? Especially in today’s shithole of America, after the Communist Democrats fuc* ed everything up.
And she the Bitch Kamala Harris thinks that’s going to get her more votes.?
Just see how generous that Skanky, sticky panties Harris is.
For all you Communist voters for Krapala Harris, I don’t feel sorry for any of you when your next to experience what Hurricane Helene did to those who are suffering and the dead toll is rising.
Fuc* You Kamala Harris you’ll never be my President.!
Michael; I suppose it’s all academic as that saying goes, but most important in this case, as its in Holy Biblical Prophecy given to us by God Himself, His very words.
But you got me motivated to take a deep dive into the mystery which in the past I had done to some extent and it involved looking into the Greek alphabet and number systems to equate what is said about the beast and his number as most anyone knows is 666 and the number is of a man.
I am inspired to take time and delve into this much more with prayer as well, but just for the time being I want to leave this particular Scripture that came to my immediate attention during a cursory search into the hidden meaning that “requires a person to have wisdom.” My gut feeling I must say before any of this was usually like the concept also in Scriptures of the shepherd and his flock, how the sheep know him so well, his nature or voice and hand when he touches them, and likewise he knows his lambs and cares about them greatly. So it was profound that this particular Scripture came to me upon my initial searching for answers and needed understanding just now.
Jeremiah 9:22-24 “Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.” 23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. 24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.”
I just got all choked up reading that again as I was placing it here for you and others to take to heart.
I can say this too for now, which of course multitudes in this upside-down current world also at least understand on some surface or even gut level. That “things are really going bad fast” and “something big is coming” perhaps yes the Final Battle between Good and Evil, but regardless of what is going to happen “it is imperative I tell myself,” that I have to “be more diligent in preparing my own soul and invest all of myself in seeking Him our Lord in Jesus’ name in order to follow the Father’s will,” day by day and even moment by moment to the best of my ability! Of course “I believe and trust in Him” so I know that is all that matters, my hope being that I will be found worthy and forgiven for any of my transgressions over my lifetime. This is what any of us should want to hear upon sitting on the judgment seat of God; (Aramaic) Matthew 25:23 His lord said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I shall set you over much; enter the joy of your Lord.”
Again seeking his will thusly.
John 14:25-27 “All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. 27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.”
Amen.
God bless you.
Biblical Scriptures that we all should consider in these harrowing times.
Romans 3:23 ESV “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
Luke 13:3 ESV “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Acts 17:30 ESV “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,”
1 John 1:8-10 ESV “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
John 8:7 ESV “And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Luke 24:47 ESV “And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”
Romans 5:1 ESV “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Acts 10:43 ESV “To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
1 Peter 3:9 ESV “Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
Revelation 2:10 ESV “Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
1 John 1:7 ESV “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”
Colossians 1:13-14 ESV “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
James 5:14-15 ESV “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Psalm 103:10-12 ESV “He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.”
Romans 12:19 ESV “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Isaiah 55:7 ESV “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Nehemiah 9:31 ESV “Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.”
Romans 10:9 ESV “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Romans 6:23 ESV “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Acts 26:18 ESV “To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
Romans 8:1 ESV “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
James 5:16 ESV “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”
Ephesians 1:7-8 ESV “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
1 John 2:1 ESV “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
Acts 22:16 ESV “And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.”
1 John 2:2 ESV “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
1 Peter 4:8 ESV “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
John 3:16 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16-17 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
Romans 3:23-26 ESV “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”
Matthew 6:9-15 ESV “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.”
Sorry for the error; I was under the weather when posting there verses so here is what it should have been.
Revelation 1:1-6 “1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”