The Game Has Changed...
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September 29, 2008A new reality is upon us. The economic world as we know it has shifted in a big way and there’s more to come. Soon. But life will continue. So will business, but it will require different skills or at the very least, additional or new skills. Are you prepared? Soon, the means and methods you exercised to provide for you and your family will feel the squeeze, if not already. For many of you, a slight constriction in your cash flow is the difference between keeping your home or losing it. For over a year, I have told any of my friends and all of my clients that I was very concerned for the fourth quarter of 2008. We as a nation are proceeding through a gate in 2008 and what is on the other side includes a different way of surviving. We must be prepared. I have been seeking the Lord for a new model for doing business for the last 3 ½ years and some of you have heard me speak about the rainforest (something God made) as a business model. That is primarily because it is a system (an ecosystem) that flourishes and thrives despite having limited capital (topsoil) to work with. How it produces abundance from scarcity is what you and I need to know more than ever. On Friday, my new book, Rainforest Strategy is being released. We will be offering a bonus one hour audio download called Rainforest Roundtable for all of you who receive my emails. I will tell you more about the book this week, but for now, it is sufficient to tell you that it is all about creating abundance from scarcity, accomplishing much in less time and all of that without the stress that usually comes from higher productivity. I am urging you now to watch for the email on Friday and order your copy with the free download. We will ship it out right away.
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In these times how we need to clearly hear the voice of the Lord telling us exactly what to do and where to go, where to plant and how to reap. The wealth He plans to transfer into the hands of the righteous I believe will be in direct proportion to our righteous motivation concerning the use of His wealth for Kingdom purposes. I for one am sifting the motives and intentions of my heart as I believe that this economic uncertainty is more about the transferrence of wealth than worldly political and financial strategies. In 1939 the church missed it, too stuck in their doctrines of poverty. I pray we will not miss it this time. Thanks Michael for your wisdom. God bless everyone as we seek first the kingdom.
Chrissie at 5:50am EDT - September 29, 2008
Eagerly awaiting...
moserw at 6:49am EDT - September 29, 2008
I for one am quite intrigued with your coming message. Your reference to housing issues is so critical here in Maricopa County (Arizona) since large Title Companies are now reporting that more than half of their transactions involve foreclosure properties.
Hind sight is sometimes so clear ---- how about a FICO score for banks and executives so that we mere citizens could track their whereabouts, performance and actions?????
I defy any two attorneys to read a contemporary mortgage contract and explain how it works and who it is for. In Arizona we have a 'standard' real estate contract for homes; why not the same for mortgage contracts?????
It is time for any and all of us to be financially responsible in every way is it not??
Tom Walker at 11:17am EDT - September 29, 2008
I grew up in Panama Canal Zone I know the rain forest like my best friend. The ecostructure is very fragile! Plants, animals, and insect only trive when there is stable weather system! Water is vital! Rain and plenty of it is the only means of survival. GOD provides the rain! In our lives it is the same! GOD provides the means of our survival. In every life some rain must fall. We are assured that we will received provision if we are walking GOD's path and living in his will. John 10:10 is the prime example! Models are man's way to rationalize events and systems. As a project manager I am familiar with Risk Models! The lesson I learned is there is risk in everything! The solution that GOD places before us is \"Seek Me and I will provide\"! Small risk great reward! The only place GOD tells us to test him is with our giving! So ultimately that is the only risk model we can adapt and apply! I have been unemployed for 5 month! IN that time GOD has provided. I have food and shelter. He will send a job in HIS time and HIS will.
BLESSINGS!
Arnold Talbott at 12:11pm EDT - September 29, 2008
Can hardly wait to order the book. Thank you for all you do Michael. I've learned much, had things confirmed and know so much better how to move forward in these changing times because of your obedience.
Gail at 12:51pm EDT - September 29, 2008
Yes, everything is changing as the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of the Lord and of His Christ and He shall reign on earth with us, His saints, forever and ever. Amen
I have written three books about this over the past three years. The book entitled, \"The Ultimate New world Order\" describes the righteous ways and means of God' s kingdom. In God' s kingdom, all things are held in common, no one considers anything their own and those who have excess houses and lands sell them to distribute to those who have need as is decribed in Acts 2:44-47 and 4:33-37. This is where Karl Marx got his ideas that became the mantra for Communism, \"From each according to his ability to each according to his need. But ruthless satanically controlled men like Stalin, Mao and Castro used this idea to control, subjugate and exploit millions of people while satanically controlled capitalists controlled, subjugated and exploited millions of people through greed in the non-communist so-called free world. Thus has the whole modern world come under the domination of the satanic whore of Babylon as depicted in Revelation chapter 17 & 18. But praise God today we are seeing the fall of Babylon in each of the seven mountains of infuence that Lance Wallnau talks about. But our leaders do not seem to have a clue about what God is doing.
What is happening with the so-called financial bail out bill is not a bail out of wall street but rather a great move of God to discount and cancel mortgage debt for those who need it. The money of the greedy wealthy is being redistributed by God to those who need it. This will bring the cost of living more in line with low incomes. In the immediate future I believe that when people need homes, God will move upon the hearts of the wealthy as He did with the early church, to simply give them the money they need without requiring a 30 year mortgage payback with interest. Foreclosures on homesteads will be illegal as it already is in some state like Kansas.
David Thompson
David Thompson at 6:56pm EDT - September 29, 2008
To David Thompson,
The quotes from Acts are NOT a biblical injunction of \"how we should then live\". There is plenty of scripture that points us to generous giving. To be like Jesus we will be givers. If you were in first century Jerusalem and heard the prophesy from Jesus concerning it's imminent total destruction, then you might sell a house or land too.
The gift of giving is being poured out on His Bride. There is and should be the \"righteous wealthy\" who God will use to be conduits for His financial blessings to take back the mountains of influence. But forcing \"equality\" is not biblical. Many Christians response to suddenly getting $100 million would be to give to all the good places, missionaries, orphanages, hospitals, etc. But what if you took that $100 million and bought a major television station and affected an entire city for Jesus shaping its culture AND had a return on that investment that could be used for those same good things.
Making foreclosures illegal is THEFT, plain and simple.
God is definitely moving His people to see \"His Kingdom come, His will be done, on EARTH as it is in heaven\". I am looking forward to the insight from Michael's new book so we can more efficiently use the limited capital we all have, time.
Michael B. at 9:03pm EDT - September 30, 2008
These blogs are very effective in bringing forth the truth because they allow for two way communication. Michael Q. presents what he feels God has showed him to be the truth and then he invites reponses that either confirm or deny what he has said is the truth. So far, when the Holy Spirit gives me full understanding of what Michael is saying, the Spirit has so far only confirmed what Michael says to actually be the truth. Even so, the Holy Spirit lets me know that I must not take for granted that everything Michael says will be the truth. I must always let the Holy Spirit interpret what Michael is saying and then see what the Holy Spirit confirms or denies through the responses of other people. Moreover, in everything we read and hear we must let the Holy Spirit interpret for us. Otherwise we will fall prey to the devil' s cunning deceptions. This is especially true when it comes to evaluating what scripture says about \"How we should live in this present world that is being transitioned into the kingdom of God.\"
Michael B. has taken issue with with what I have said about Acts chapter 3 & 4 setting forth the standards for kingdom economy and living. He implies that the motivation for people selling houses and lands back then might be because of the imminent destruction that Jesus prophesied. But the Holy Spirit shows me that it was His (the Holy Spirit' s) motivation and prompting that caused Aninias and Saphira to sell their properties. When they held back some of the proceeds, it was recorded that they had lied to the Holy Spirit--and the Holy Spirit removed them from the land of the living. And this caused great fear to fall upon the early church. It was the fear of God which is a good and righteous fear. Make no mistake here. God' s plan to restore His kingdom on earth requires redistribution of wealth; but this redistribution will come at God' s prompting not by men greedy for gain or though satanic government leaders such as Stalin and Mao.
Part of Godly redistribution of wealth will entail mortgage debt cancelation. But as always, we must consult with the Holy Spirit to know what redistribution of wealth is of God and which is of Satan.
David Thompson
David Thompson at 8:49am EDT - October 20, 2008
I certainly agree that we should always “check” to see if these things be true like the people in the church of Berea, by searching the scripture. The Holy Spirit will lead us and guide us to all truth. But the Holy Spirit will always be consistent with The Word He has already spoken.
The Kingdom of God is here now; we are not being transitioned into it. The Kingdom of God is in you if you are His. What needs to happen is for the Kingdom of God to expand. A little leaven will leaven the whole lump.
David writes, “God’s plan to restore His kingdom on earth requires redistribution of wealth…”. While I can see the practical necessities of this, I do not know of a scriptural mandate requiring redistribution for His plans to succeed. God gives us the power to create wealth. I can see several examples where a windfall of wealth came to the children of Israel. Redistribution could come from His children coming up with goods or services that are just better than anybody else and therefore wealth would flow to us.
David, the scripture conflicts with your statement that “Godly redistribution of wealth will entail mortgage debt cancelation”. If you enter into a contract agreeing to repay a loan and then don’t, you have lied and stolen someone else’s property. A direct violation of two commandments. All of the other arguments for mortgage debt cancelation like predatory lending or usurious rates ignore the personal responsibility of the person taking the loan. Seek wise counsel before entering into a contract.
Michael B. at 12:20pm EDT - October 20, 2008
To Michael B.
Revelation 11:15 and many many other scriptures imply there has been a transition process going on to restore God' s kingdom on earth similar to our growth and development process to be conformed to the image and stature of Christ. Daniel 9:24 envisons a process during which Jesus will finish the transgression, make an end of sin, make reconciliation for iniquity to bring in everlasting rightousness.
Michael, you are quite right that the kingdom of God is here. When Jesus and his apostles proclaimed, \"Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand\", he was saying the kingdom of God is indeed here. But he also said it suffers violence and the violent take it by force. The repentance that Jesus is calling for is a change of mind from operating our life following satanic kingdom principles of selfishness, greed, meaness, graft, corruption and salvery to mortgage debt to operating under God' s kingdom principles of selflessness, benevolence, sharing, honesty, respect for others AND debt relief that sets the captives free from the slavery of debt. In God' s kingdom laws, all debts are canceled every seven years regardless if a debtor promised to pay off the debt in 30 years at some interest rate. In God' s kingdom law such thirty year mortgages that bear an interest rate are unconscionable. Also the Bible is clear in God' s kingdom law, a man' s cloak may not be held as collateral over night as guarantee for repayment of a loan. If a man's cloak cannot be held as collateral overnight, how can a man' s home be held as collateral? All this 30 year mortgage business that charges interest on promisory notes is the work of the devil that Jesus is now destroying. In God' s kingdom economy that we are now transitioning to, those who have more than they need simply give the necessary funds to those who need to buy a home. There should not be any requirement to make a recipient of such funds to pay the funds back--and defintently not with interest. The iniquity of the current satanic Babylonian economic system has now reached its fullness with so many home mortgages being in many cases twofold more than the value of the home. God is now smashing this corrupt Babylonian system by causing lenders to renegotiate home loans with the owners and writing off billions of dollars that result in debt relief for many who so desparately need it. This is the work of Jesus destroying the works of the devil of this thoroughly corrupt mortgage business.
David Thompson
David Thompson at 2:49pm EDT - October 20, 2008
Excellent stuff! I appreciate the spirit of the dialogue. We are reading from the same sheet of music.
I couldn’t agree more that 30 year mortgages are not from Father & Sons Inc. At the Kingdom Economic Yearly Summit in Austin, TX this past August, there were some speakers that specifically addressed this issue. However, there is personal responsibility that cannot be neglected. If you enter into a contract knowing you are going to default that is wrong. Don’t do it. Live outside the system. We need to swear to our own hurt and change not. Do believers handle their finances any different than the worldly system? We should!
Let’s look to our Father to enable us to create wealth and not expect a windfall at someone else’s expense.
Michael B. at 3:37pm EDT - October 20, 2008
Revelation 18:4 does say that God' s people should \"come out of Babylon\" but Revelation 11:15 and other scriptures imply that we will take over Babylon and install God' s kingdom in its place. I think these scriptures seem to reflect a sequence of events in God' s plan to restore His kingdom on earth. There have been other instances where God first tells his people to \"come out\" before He brings his judgment down on a corrupted temple or city such as with the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem in 70 AD and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Abraham' s day. But I
don' t think we should use such hazy understaning of these prophetic utterances to make more specific and definte predictions about when Christ will return to earth to take charge of the final phases of his work to restore God' s kingdom on earth. From what I know about how God conceals things from us, his children, and how he choses to perform His work to restore His kingdom in mystery and secrecy, it seems in His prophetic utterances, that God mushes the timing and sequence of what He is doing together so we and most especially the devil cannot detect for sure specifically what He is doing, when he is doing it and what He wants us to do. This is why St. Paul said, \"We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of this world knew; for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.\"
Jesus told his apostles just before he ascended to heaven, when they asked him if he would now restore again the kingdom to Israel, that it was not given for them to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in His own power. But he did tell them they would receive power to be witnesses of all that he had done and taught them in his three years of ministry walking with them. His ministry was of course, \"Repent , for the kingdom of God is at hand.\" In his parables he taught them how the kingdom would come as a grain of mustard seed, what it would look like and how it would function, who would enter it and how it would be restored.
I believe the power they received was to actually begin his work of restoring his kingdom on earth by casting the devil and his works out of their lives and replacing the devil' s evil ways and means with God' s kingdom ways and means. It is evident that they did this from what is recorded in Acts chaps. 2&3.
Fast forward to the present. Because we now are clearly at the end of the end times, God can now reveal to us the times and seasons that were unnecessary to reveal to Jesus' s apostles some 1940 years ago. Instead of beginning the work of restoring God' s kingdom, we are now involved with finishing this mystery as per Rev. 10:7 & 11:15.
I believe it is time to declare the works of the devil destoyed and null and void. This I believe applies to the devil' s unconscionable 30 -year mortgage notes. These mortgages are unscionable because they charge interest that is compounded yearly and require of the borrower to commit to making monthly payments continually for thirty years when most people will not be able to make such continual payments if the lose their jobs, get sick or die. But the greatest aspect of these ungodly unconscionable mortgages is they give the lender the right to foreclose on a homeowner under the acceleration clause. Under God' s kingdom economy laws, people who need a home but do not have the money to buy one will be freely and voluntarily given money to buy a home from those who have excess money. If God should direct people to stop paying their mortgages and to claim they are cancelled, then it is not stealing. When Jesus directed his apostles to take a donkey without paying for it, it was not stealing. I believe that God is taking the devil' s money and possessions and is giving it to his people. This is not stealing when the taking is motivated by the Holy Spirit. Moreover, I believe God is relieving all his people of all the obligations that they have unconscionably agreed to with the devil. From God' s perspective, all that the devil now controls he has stolen from God' s people (all human beings) so if God gives us power to take it back then it can hardly be called stealing. Strangely and very mysteriously, most mortgages today are held by etherial securitized trusts and other entities that often have no evidence that mortgage notes have been tranferred to them. As a consequence no one knows who really owns the mortgage notes. Duh! Could this be the work of Jesus to desroy the works of the devil or what? When such mortgages are cancelled and writen off, who is hurt? Moreover, much of the money in securitized trusts comes from foreign multimillionaires like the Saudi' s, the Chinese communists leaders and posible even drug dealers. But even if they should lose 1/2 of their wealth though motgage write offs, its no big deal. They are still wealthy. Perhaps such a 50% loss will serve to maybe just shake and wake them up to what God wants them to do with the rest of their excess wealth.
David Thompson
David Thompson at 12:45am EDT - October 21, 2008
Hi guys, I got this off God TV today. Sobering stuff, I believe it tells it how it is....
And I knew with a great dread that part of what we were all experiencing in the tumult of the world economic shake up was actually the Lord's JUDGEMENT on the trading systems of the world - But at the very same time, I sensed His great mercies start to flow and His overwhelming compassions and fervency of His love for His own Household - for YOU His child. And it seemed to me that the Lord was saying a very different thing to His children.
And He said, \"Wendy - I want you to tell My people that THEY DO NOT HAVE TO FEAR.
Things will get ROUGH
Things will get TURBULENT
BUT I WILL KEEP THEM SAFE IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
Tell My people - It is time to fly by the instruments by the weapons of their warfare
It is time for them to fly by FAITH
BY ENDURANCE
BY PERSERVERANCE
FOR THEM TO WALK IN THE OPPOSITE SPIRIT OF THE AGE BECAUSE they have set their love on Me,\" the Lord said,
\"BECAUSE they have set their heart on Me, BECAUSE they have set their substance on Me, SURELY I will deliver them.
And the Father said to Me, \"I am MOVED - I am greatly MOVED FOR My people and BY the prayers of My people at this time.\"
I SAW BABYLON ABOVE WALL ST. AND I SAW A NOOSE THAT WAS AROUND THE NECKS OF THE BANKERS, MANY BANKERS, INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY
And then I saw the word 'BABYLON' and I saw Babylon above WALL STREET and THE FEDERAL RESERVE was there above Wall Street. Then I saw a noose that was around the necks of the bankers, many bankers, institutions in the city and in Wall Street and then I saw the spirit of Babylon just pull on that noose and it started to get so tight around that noose and then I saw Jesus.
Jesus Christ was there walking through Wall Street and He noted every Christian, every follower of His and there were many followers who were actually IN banks and institutions.
TORNADO - EYE OF THE STORM PASSING OVER HOUSES
And finally I saw this huge tornado and it was the financial situation upon the earth.
And I saw it come and there was a whole city and it just went through the whole city and the city was devastated and I saw these houses that stayed and they were beautiful and they were completely intact.
The eye of the storm passed over these houses but they were completely intact.
Nothing was touched. Not their gardens or fences.
And the Father said for those of you who have loved Him
For those of you who have served HIM
For those of you who have set your heart on Him
And He kept saying, for those of you who have kept your substance on Him
He said the destroyer will pass over you because the Blood of the Lamb, the living Blood of the Lamb was over all of those houses which represent the people who have truly loved the Lord and their substance is set on the Lord. And it was like a canopy, the protection of the Lord that even as the eye of the storm passed across your life, your finances, your mortgages, passed across the banks -
The Lord promised THAT HE IS GOING TO KEEP YOU. THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO LET YOU DOWN, THAT HE WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU - THAT HE TRULY IS WITH YOU AND THAT YOU WILL SEE HIS PROVISION, YOU WILL SEE HIS LOVE AND THAT YOU WILL SEE WHAT YOU HAVE INTACT IN HIS DAY.
\"And a thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand but it shall not come near you.\" Only a spectator you will be.
EXCERPT FROM WWW.UNKNOWNPROPHET.COM
This is another excerpt from Unknown Prophet written many years ago, but for all who have served the Lord faithfully with their substance, the Lord said:
\"But for those who have been found faithful to My Father in the monetary matters of the earth, to those who have not set their heart upon the possessions and the riches that I have blessed them with, but have laid up their treasures in Heaven and have given of My substance to feed the poor and those of lesser fortune than themselves- for those who have poured out My substance through the vehicles that I have raised up to preach the gospel in these end-times and have given of their generously and joyfully with a thankful heart - to these ones comes a multiplication, a multiplication not as in the past. For in the past it was a multiplication of five and of tens, but in this coming time, says the Lord, I shall multiply My substance supernaturally upon these ones that it shall be a hundred and a thousandfold.
\"And I shall yet open up unseen riches that until now have been hidden in the secret places of the Earth. And to these ones I shall pour out upon the gold of Ophir and the treasures of Solomon. I shall pour upon them the gold hidden deep under the earth and the oil, even the oil shall come into their hands. These will not have to tremble when My Judgement falls for I shall keep their substance safe in the eye of the storm. For their substance is indeed My substance and their inheritance is My inheritance. For they are the proven ones, the ones whose treasure is fixed in Me.
\"And so in these latter days you shall see them come forth as guiding lights rising from within the world system but rising from out of the world's system. Yes they shall rise. Watch now and see if they will not come forth. And through them My ministers shall be blessed, and shall do their exploits, and through their faithfulness in the hidden places so My Gospel shall yet be financed and shall be preached through all the nations of the Earth. So be it. Amen.\"
Chrissie at 1:21am EDT - October 21, 2008
We are going to have to agree to disagree on your last point. Though the wealth of anyone who breaks the laws of God is in jeopardy, I think it is inconsistent with the Word for us to use unrighteous means to \"punish\" the unrighteous. In no cases that have been openly publicized has anyone in the US had a gun held to their heads to sign a mortgage note. If you signed something that you didn't understand then you are at fault, no matter how evil the person was who put it togethor. You should seek wise counsel. Paid or otherwise.
God has given us the power to take back what the enemy has stolen. But not by means of confiscation. How much wealth has Bill Gates accumulated. What if there were dozens of believers who became the \"Bill Gates\" in their industries or areas of influence? Then the wealth that the devil had stolen would be transferred back to the Kingdom.
Michael B. at 8:39am EDT - October 21, 2008
I believe God is in the business of confiscation of ill-gotten gains. All the devil owns is ill gotten and much of the money invested in mortgages is ill gotten. Courts of equity should not enforce unconscionable contracts because they are unfair and imbalanced. The 30-year mortgage note exploits people who need houses and makes them slaves to the lender under the threat of losing their homes through foreclosure. This, I believe is iniquity that Jesus is now reconciling. If we acuse and blame the borrower for commiting to such a note, I believe we are in concert with the devil who is the acuser and he blamer. God is the forgiver of those who in ingnorance commit themselves to be a slave to the lender. I believe God does not honor such 30-year mortgage notes and therefore we should not honr them either.
David Thompson at 2:42pm EDT - October 21, 2008
To Michael B.
With respect to \"agreeing to disagree\", it may be that such agreement may allow us to continue \"walking together\" as per Amos 3:3 that asks, \"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?\" But I do not feel that such agreement is the same as the agreement Jesus talked about in Matt. 18:19 where, \"..if two of you agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. St. John clarifies this in 1John 5:14 saying, \"...if we ask anything ACORDING TO HIS WILL, He heareth us: and if we know that He heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we disired of Him. In other words we should strive to find agreement as to what
God' s will is in a matter and how He will carry out His will in every mountain of evil that we confront on earth.
In our godly dialog, you seem to take issue with me only with regard to the methods God may use to lay up the wealth of the sinner for the just as per Proverbs 13:22. It does not appear that you disagree with the knowledge of the truth that God' s will is indeed to lay up the wealth of the sinner for the just. You cite one valid way, which is for the just to compete righteously in the market place to acquire great wealth. Another way God has done it in the past is by His Holy Spirit moving upon the hearts of the wealthy sinner so that they voluntarily and cheerfully release thier excess wealth to the needy just. This happened when the Hebrews departed Egypt and also in the early church when those who had houses and lands sold them and laid the proceeds at the feet of the Apostles to distribute to the needy just. I believe this is happening to Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and other super wealthy men and women. But there are also many instances where God has directed his just and righeous people to TAKE the wealth of sinners by confiscation even to the extent of using force of arms that are wielded though just and righteous governments. This happens probably everyday when law enforcement officials confiscate millions of ill-gotten dollars and the ill-gotten boats and aircraft and other items of ill-gotten wealth from illegal drug dealers. Most of this confiscated wealth is then used by law enforcement to further the work of Jesus to destroy the works of the devil. This is similar to what God directed David to do when he took Goliath' s sword and cut off his head.
With respect to the corrupt mortgage industry, I see that God is using the righteous offices of our government (only the righeous offices, some are not so righteous) to confiscate the wealth of sinners(unscrupulous lenders) to redistribute it to needy homeowners who have become slaves to mortgage debt. The fact that homeowners may have been willing participants in this mortgage slavery by signing unconscionable 30-year mortgage notes does not alter God' s will to set them free from this morgage slavery.
God' s will be done.
David Thompson
David Thompson at 9:26am EDT - October 22, 2008

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