Remnant Saints Inter-Continental Congress
NEWSLETTER
Volume 1 Number 9
February 16, 2002

http://www.rsicc.org/Newsletter/2002/Feb16_choicefromheart.htm

To: full RSICC membership


Yesterday in a response to Randy (via Susan), I made the following comment:

"I do not think that we could accomplish the completion of the model Joel
outlines without divine help and guidance, and so it is yet appropriate (1)
to expect that members of RSICC meet up to the definition of 'saint' as we
have described, so as to (a) acknowledge the need for the Lord's guidance in
attaining our objecting and (b) already be familiar with the voice of the
Lord, so as to be able to be thus guided; (2) to expect that God will
inspire us and guild our deliberations, and lead us to ideas and people and
explanations in accomplishing our task; (3) to anticipate that the end
result of our efforts, through the grace of God, will be the prophesied
kingdom/government spoken of in Daniel 2, built 'without hands,' meaning not
by the brawn of man but by the inspiration of God."

The impression that came to me this morning is that while this is true, it
is not going to be a spiritually glamorous, ever-constant flow of
overwhelming revelation that fills the soul with joy and love and peace, as
is sometimes the case when truths are witnessed powerfully from the heavens.

There may be those moments individually at key junctures, but overall it is
going to be an arduous task.

Here is why.

What we produce as a body (RSICC and friends, as representative of the
larger patriot saint community), must be a reflection of the core of our
heart of hearts -- our choice -- our decision from the center of our very
being.

God is not one to impose his will on us. We are here on earth as a proving
ground for the metal of our soul, to be refined, to remove the dross, to
grow in godliness, as we learn to align our soul with eternal truths, of
which God is the ideal and promoter and defender. It is in that heart of
hearts -- the holy of holies of our being -- that we both meet God and
manifest God. And so it must be from that holy of holies that our decision
is made regarding the proper role that government should play for the
protection of the freedom of all mankind.

The cycle of civilization is to rise and to fall, but with each new cycle
comes the benefit of the truths that the previous civilization was able to
embrace before succumbing to the forces of destruction. In other words,
though the rise and fall of civilizations may seem to be a matter of up,
followed by down, there is an overall progression of an upward climb, as the
children of God are able to build on the strength of the previous
generations, learning both from what they got right as well as what they got
wrong.

We are on the brink of the greatest collapse of society ever to occur on
this planet, which will be followed by the greatest surge forward by the
remnant who are preserved.

It is my faith that one of the reasons for this will be because of a
conscientious choice on the part of the remnant to both (1) stand in
opposition to Satan's plans to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations
and countries, and to bring to pass the destruction of all mankind; as well
as to (2) present to the world an alternative to Satan's plan, namely a
government that will uphold the freedom of all lands, nations and countries,
and bring to pass the exaltation of all mankind.

In other words, the remnant is proactively choosing and getting in touch
with God, not just going with the flow of the decline of our society, and
hoping that God will show up soon to make everything better.

The remnant realizes that for God to 'show up' we must first 'knock.' Ask
and ye shall receive.

We are not just waiting for God to open the door and give to us his ideal
government on a silver platter. We are knocking at the door, asking, with
full confidence that God is faithful to reveal his truths to those who seek,
and that we will receive guidance in pulling this together.

At the same time, because the delusion that our society has chosen is so
strong in the world about us, our task is made more difficult. We don't
just face the requirement of asking and receiving, which under usual
circumstances is designed to be somewhat challenging. We also face the task
of breaking through the fog of strong delusion, which makes the recognition
of truth all the more exacting.

It is in that context of keen difficulty, that our souls will be tried to
the core -- to the heart of hearts -- to the holy of holies, where we must
make our choice, and where we will meet God, and from whence God will be
manifest.

As I see it, RSICC and its friends, as a body, will serve this role of going
to the holy of holies when it comes to choosing the proper role of
government, as representatives on earth for the desires of the entire
planet -- at least that remnant that is going to survive the coming
calamities, which the book of Joel calls 'the valley of decision.'

May we choose wisely. It is not going to be easy.

Sincerely,

Sterling D. Allan