Children of The Light#12 JAPAN (31st May 2015)

Dear...

'The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.  All this is from God, Who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;......entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.'
          2 Corinthians 5:17-19

As I penned this, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the Izu Islands, Japan today.
And just yesterday, a 8.5 magnitude earthquake shook most of Japan, much as its epicenter was about a 1000 kilometers away.

 http://world.time.com/2013/03/10/two-years-after-fukushima-japan-worries-about-the-next-big-quake/

Japan being in the seismically most volatile region is no stranger to regular tremors and the inevitable major earthquake. This morning I was reminded of one infamous gentleman, whose exploits then was considered earth shattering, when he brought down the pedigreed British Investment House, Baring Brothers, through unauthorized trades.

Nick Lesson, the man in question was already on the wrong path, but the Kobe earthquake of 1995 not just lured him into magnifying his follies, but exposed his shenanigans.
In a moment of sinfulness, the thought did strike me. Should the long overdue mother of all earthquakes hit Tokyo, how can one profit from it?
Was it to short or long the Nikkei Index? And can one double that potential return by shorting or going long the Japan Govt Bond futures? And maybe triple my returns by taking a directional position on the Japanese Yen?

'Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.'
       2 Corinthians 5:20-21

I am a diplomat for the Kingdom of God. All of us who believe and call ourselves Christians are, for we are all part of the Great Commission. It is just a question of where and who God places you with.

Japan is where God has placed me these past two years. My first foray into Japan for the ministry God put me in was in May 2013, a month before Abenomics. A time where one could clearly feel and see the palpable sense of despair amongst the Japanese who felt hapless and were as a country about to keel over.  Abenomics was a desperate and necessary toss of the proverbial straw for a drowning man.

Japan needs a miracle. Question is, are the Japanese, or rather, the powers to be in government seeking the largesse of the Prince of the Air, the devil himself? A reversion of the old ways, that led to World War 2, when the cruel ambitions of the proponents of the Meiji Restoration brought much grief to the world.

God has not just shown me these past two years,  but by His grace, many like minded men and women of faith that He is bringing about a new stirring in Japan. A land that has been a very hard ground for the past few hundred years since the intense persecution of Christians who flowered for a very short but fruitful period in the 16th Century.
It is an exciting time of witnessing as well as witnessing for our Lord in this revival of seeds of faith long laid to rest in the tundra of suppression.

 http://j-friendshiphouse.com/the-team/
(see the work God has done through us these past two years)

But time is short, and the harvest field is plentiful, for no matter the plans of the devil, God will bring about a significant rise in the faithful, a tenfold increase from the present 1% of the population. And from Japan, He will move on to China and to the great dark lands of Central Asia.

What has it got to do with you? I have come to learn that what inspires me as my calling, need not necessary be the same for another. For just as God gives each of us different gifts, He leads us on different paths, but with the same focus, to guide the sheep to Christ our Chief Shepherd.
Do take time to rest in our Lord. Seek Him with your all. Learn to love others more than ourselves.
And the Holy Spirit will show you the route God wants you to take.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/mt-fuji-may-erupt-by-2015-says-ryuku-university-professor ( Mt Fuji rumbling)

Time is not just running out for Japan but for many globally. The End of Times are clearly intensifying.
Wickedness has gone mainstream, while Godly values are increasingly being pushed by the wayside if not persecuted.
It is increasingly hip to be gay, but not acceptable to be joyful. And the great delusion just got a helping hand with the legalization of marijuana.

When Japan shakes, there will be a tsunami, not just of the watery form, but of economic and geo political consequences. A world that now lives out the principle of instant gratification and unfettered borrowing from the future to fund the present, a philosophy, whose proponent, the late monetarist, John Maynard Keynes was an active and avowed worshiper of hedonism. We are as a world sitting precariously at the perch of greed and excessive leverage, that all it takes is one big shake to bring us crashing down to terra firma.

A humbled and contrite heart is what God looks for. For He wants to save us from ourselves.
Would you prefer, by your own free will,  to anchor yourself on the solid rock of Christ our Lord, or be brought crashing down involuntarily?
There is work to be done. God is patient, but for our sake, He will not wait in perpetuity.

God Blesses

Eng Hieang
31 May 2015

Children of The Ligh#11 Redeeming the times (10 May 2015)

Dear.....

'.....pass the time of your sojourning in fear: knowing that ye were redeemed,..........but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ.'

        1 Peter 1:17-19

Lately I feel this sense of urgency. A little flustered in fact as I ponder on how "well" have I used the day that our Lord has blessed me with? "Well," for me is no longer measured by my worldly understanding but rather by the following

- have I seek and love the Lord my God with my all today? Or have I been distracted by the delusions of Satan's world?

- have I strived to be holy or has temptation been my bedfellow? 

Is submission to the Holy Spirit's leading ingrained in my psyche, or is my finite and imperfect understanding still the king of my roost?

I had a dream last night. I was led into temptation and chose to partake in it much as I knew it was wrong. And amongst the cast of characters in my dream, was this man who emanated bad vibes to me. And this man was the chap who opened the door to my place of sin.

This morning, it dawned upon me that that man was the devil impersonate.

But more importantly, much as my flesh was weak, somehow the intended act of willful disobedience never took place. And much as I could not remember why, I believe our good Lord saved me from myself. 

For indeed we wrestle against principalities and it is comforting to know that even in our imperfections, the Perfect God watches over us. But only a heart that seeks Him will be cognizance of His presence and be willing to return to His protective fold.

For, all flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

    1 Peter 1:24

I have 21 years more to serve our Lord. Is it a minimal or maximum 21 years? Our good Lord never answered my question when He impressed upon my heart the number "75."

A reassurance in the midst of the discovery of a significant blockage of the main blood vessel of my left heart, back in Sep 2011.

With the clock running in a more cognizance manner, I want to ensure that I allow our good Lord to work His plans through me His way, and pray that I do not be a stumbling block.

'....according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience...'

          1 Peter 1:2

There is a God. Obvious as it should be given that Christians are aplenty. Yet God for many including professed Christians is at best a stranger, if not a concept. Like the disappointed Jews who cannot accept the idea of a lowly carpenter for their promised Savior, many of us are waiting for the God of our own definition.

But God is indeed real and omnipresent. I truly knew Him when His Spirit fell upon me that wonderful night in Bangkok 14 years back. Awash in His love, words can never describe the love I felt from Him. My life changed, my faith took on a new God imbued determination.

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: 

    1 Peter 1:14

For my friends who have known me in my pre follower days, I believe you will notice the distinct difference. Yet I continue to struggle with both commands of our Lord

- to seek Him and to submit to Him always and not lean on my own understanding 

- to put on the new man of holiness, and not cling on to the sinful old self.

but like as He who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

        1 Peter 1:15-16

But thanks be to God. Struggle I might but He never left me. Question for all of us is

'......when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?'

               Luke 18:8

An afterthought: The next Middle East war!!

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

现在就是选择归向主的时刻。

Our good Lord brought me to three interesting videos.

One on the 1973 Yom Kippur war, the last major conflict between Israel and her Arab neighbors.

It was a war that Israel could have lost but won. But what was new to me was the fact that the then USSR was ready to send in their troops to aid their defeated Arab allies. And the Soviets only stood down in the face of American nuclear threats.

Would the Russians under Putin stand down in the near future?

http://youtu.be/QQh6yovxBag

The other is the ongoing civil war near the Golan Heights, the border between Israel and Syria.

In my recent trip to Israel, from the commanding heights, we could look into the Syrian border and have a bird's eyes view of the ongoing conflict on the Syrian plains. But it is getting too near for comfort.

http://youtu.be/ItykyRdBTHE

And the third titled "will Israel bomb Iran?"

http://youtu.be/LyVEOUwiti8

在苦难中，我们学习信靠的功课。

Indeed, if we don't redeem the gift of salvation God gives to all, eternal damnation awaits.

To save us from ourselves, God will let us go through the consequences of our own follies.

The end of times have intensified, and Biblical prophecies are being played out. The world is a stage, and we are all part of it. Will you play the devil's advocate or put on your inheritance as the child of God?

'Before I was afflicted I went astray. But now I keep Your Word.'

      Psalm 119:67

God blesses

Eng Hieang 

10th May 2015