Our Guest Ron Phillips
RON: There’s a third day coming! Just like he got up from the dead! Now remember that the Book of James was written to the Jew. The very first verse: James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings. The Jews of what’s called the diaspora. That word, dia means; through, spora, that’s the word seed. They’re scattered like seed around the world. Now there are Jews back in Israel but you hear me there are more coming. James lets us know that his Book is about the Second Coming but it’s also about its connected with the Jews who are still scattered around the world because of persecution. They’re going to have – by the way they’re already leaving some, they’re leaving France. You know I believe over a million Jews are going to leave France because of what’s happened in Paris. They’re already flying them in, did you know that? They’re already flying in from France. The Jewish Jews in France are leaving. Benjamin Netanyahu met with them. They’re leaving France to avoid persecution. James is written. But you have to turn over to James chapter 5 to get back to the Latter, you all think I’ve forgotten the Latter Rain. No, we’re going there right now. I’m rushing cause I want to get to the good stuff here. James chapter 5, verse 1: Come now you rich. Weep and howl for your miseries are coming upon you! Your riches are corrupted, your garments are moth-eaten, your gold and silver are corroded and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You’ve heaped up treasure for the last days. Everybody say last days.
AUDIENCE: Last days.
RON: James says there are two circumstances that describe the Last Days. One: Finances will fail for some at the end of the age. Number Two: Corruption and greed will mark the Last Days. We’re living in the days when people in America can’t get a living wage in the middle and lower-middle class. But Bernie Madoff can steal billions of dollars. C’mon somebody!
AUDIENCE: Yeah. Yes.
RON: The first time in history, how many of you are like me are drawing Social Security? Anybody here admit it? We got a cut. Some of us did and they took it to put on our insurance, our Medicare, some of us if you still making some income. And I called Social Security. I said Why? We’re not supposed to get cut! We’ll you’ve got to help pay for your Obamacare that’s now took over Medicare. Excuse me? First time in 40 years old people have been cut according under this so-called generous liberal people we have. This wasn’t Richard Nixon that made the cut, by the way. I’m still mad about it, I’m telling you!
AUDIENCE: [LAUGHTER]
RON: I got cut? How many of you got old people in your family that got cut this year? But the upper one percent are doing alright, aren’t they? These actors and these athletes are doing all right, aren’t they?
AUDIENCE: Yes.
RON: The Wall Street Bankers are doing all right! Well let me read what James says it’s going to be like. He looks at them and said you’ve hoarded up all this wealth for yourself. I read where they just sold Robin Williams house for 18 million dollars! Can you imagine? 18 million dollars! James 5: The wages of the laborers who moved your fields, that’s who helped you with your harvest, you kept back by fraud cry out and the cries of the reapers have reached the Lord of the Sabbath. There are people who have helped people reap a harvest of wealth and they haven’t paid them right.
AUDIENCE: Murmuring. That’s right.
RON: That’s the truth!
AUDIENCE: Yes, it is.
