Tag Archives: Faith

“Vote For What America NEEDS To Become OUR AMERICA AGAIN!” Op-Ed

By Tonja Condray Klein©10/23/2024

I’m a Christian and an Independent when it comes to my political views, so I usually vote Republican since their platform is the most conservative and represents my values in 2024. Republicans didn’t used to be for the common people at one point, but that changed a couple presidents after JFK was assassinated when it seemed like the parties switched the platforms uniformly from one to the other on main issues suddenly with changes in the political, societal, and economic climates in what felt like a blink of an eye. America was going through a countywide depression and identity crises from what seemed like a golden era of Camelot with John F. Kennedy that had been so easily destroyed by three deaths with President Kennedy, his brother Robert, and Reverend Martin Luther King. Then war twisted everyone’s hearts again.

Whatever the reasons for those changes that began decades ago, in 2024 we ALL really need to KNOW what each candidate STANDS FOR AND AGAINST, not just from the media rhetoric that seems never-ending while lies are said as reality when they are NOT FACTS at all. We MUST NOT give into loud voices of disdain against ALL America has been defined by since the United States became FOR the people and BY the people as this Constitutional Democratic Republic and NOT just a Democracy alone since that doesn’t work because it marginalizes different groups of people that are NOT given equal representation. A Constitutional Democratic Republic is the ONLY type that allows people to be FREE by the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights within the United States of America Constitution and added later too.

These documents don’t seem to be taught correctly in schools anymore, regardless of primary or university, and that means that the younger generations DON’T SEEM TO EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY SAY OR MEAN ANYMORE! If we don’t teach them the meaning of the entire governmental processes, their equal and necessary branches, and each of their purposes, then they will allow other government types that are lauded by groups that seem to BE SEEKING POWER over the people instead of being the servants to represent more of the people. While that is my opinion from having lived here through the last fifty years in America, I have seen PROOF of it with my own eyes and read enough about it to do a dissertation on the decline of America if I was the academic type instead of an intellectual that reads everything I can.

I wasn’t taught WHAT to think; I was taught how to LEARN to think by using the Scientific Method for not only sciences like archaeology but also for literature, history, social sciences, and even life itself when things didn’t make any sense. The issue I have seen unfold now is that FACTS are being replaced by ‘feelings’. There are FACTS that NEVER should be replaced since they are what make up HOW this world works, how humanity is supposed to maintain concepts instead of accepting things that are NOT beneficial to our endurance as a nation, and how governing must be about the people being treated lawfully, equally, and with rights that can’t be overrun by anyone in power for their own personal gain instead of for the good of the constituency. In other words, WE THE PEOPLE needs PROTECTED AGAIN!

If we don’t stop the ignorance being foisted upon the younger generations then we will see the END of this great nation that has stood the test of time over and over again, and it needs as much protecting as the people do, so we MUST STOP socialism, communism, totalitarianism, or any other –ism that the enemies of our FREEDOM want to use to divide people instead of maintaining the ‘Great American Melting Pot’ that this country was PROUD to be when I was a child and still now decades beyond. After doing Ancestry and finding out how I am connected to so many different places and cultures through marriage and birth from 1972 A.D (CE) back to one branch link to -3760 B.C. (BCE), this ideal planted itself within the core of my soul as being important to remember no matter what any group or government might claim:

WE ARE ALL RELATED IN SOME WAY INTO ‘THE GREAT AMERICAN MELTING POT’, AND WITH THE FREEDOM OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PROTECTED, WE EACH HAVE THE MANDATE TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY AWAY FROM ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT TYPE BY VOTING OUR FAITH AND VALUES THAT CAN STOP ANYONE FROM YANKING IT AWAY FROM US BEFORE THEY MAKE US BECOME SLAVES TO THEIR OWN PURPOSES. THAT IS AGAINST ALL OF THE ONES WHO HAVE SHED THEIR BLOOD IN THE WARS TO KEEP AMERICA “THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE”, AND ALL THEIR BLOOD CALLS OUT FROM THEIR GRAVES TO REMIND US TO PROTECT WHAT THEY DIED FOR!

That might sound dramatic and a bit emotional, but since my father fought and bled in WWII and his brother died fighting in WWII I think I HAVE THE RIGHT to point this out and draw attention to what is at stake with this election! The percentage of proclaimed Evangelicals, Catholics, and other denominations of Christians say they are NOT planning to VOTE! HOW CAN THIS BE? Our Faith DEMANDS that we VOTE to protect our GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS that exist without our government, but still need to be upheld by it for us to LIVE OUR FAITH! If we don’t keep this Constitutional Democratic Republic then our FAITH will be targeted like any other kind of government ALWAYS stops any religion from remaining when they take power so people let them become their religion. HOW CAN CHRISTIANS ALLOW THIS!?!

We might not agree with any ‘Political Candidate’ on ALL of the issues, but as believers in Jesus Christ and His Word then we have to LIVE BY IT AND VOTE FOR IT! We are not exempt from politics. If we don’t use our RIGHT TO VOTE for our government leaders then we have NO RIGHT to complain about it or try to change it all after the fact. Don’t let the lies being told make you so upset that you can’t SEE THE TRUTH right in front of your eyes AND WITH YOUR WALLET! How can we keep up the house of God if we don’t have enough money to feed our families? THIS VOTE IS COMMON SENSE AND FAITH RELATED! Stop letting falsehoods keep you from following the ONLY course of action that will PROTECT ALL OF US! PLEASE VOTE YOUR FAITH AND CONSCIOUS! PLEASE!!!

“Father God of Creation, we come in the name of Jesus Christ, Your One and Only Son and our Savior, and ask that You will help us to see the ones we are to vote into office for the United States of America according to Your Will and to restore the United States of America to its Christian and Faith heritage while allowing all to be FREE with their beliefs as our representatives PROTECT OUR RIGHTS. We ask that You work in the hearts of ALL who want YOUR WILL TO BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN through our government’s choices to represent its people. Please help ALL who are YOURS to take this seriously and VOTE THEIR FAITH! Please help EVERYONE to NOT allow society or political pawns change their hearts from Your choices in this. In the Name of Jesus, we pray. Amen!”

PLEASE VOTE! My husband and I usually vote in person on Election Day, but medical situations arose so we had to do Absentee Ballots this time that we have already returned. Go to the GOP website, choose your district, and get the list of candidates that are for OUR CHRISTIAN VALUES, and print it out to VOTE! Also see what issues to VOTE AGAINST so you can help to END THIS ONGOING INVASION AND OVERTAKING OF AMERICAN RIGHTS AS U.S. CITIZENS! PLEASE!!! If you can’t do it alone, try to find someone you trust to help you get to the voting booth. I don’t claim to always be right, BUT THE BIBLE DOES, SO VOTE YOUR FAITH to keep it safe and Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be allowed to be preached all over America and the world! In Jesus’ Name, VOTE YOUR FAITH!!!

“SHAKIN’ THE HOUSE IN 2024” OP-ED

By Tonja Condray Klein©01/25/2024

I have been wounded by the Christian church several times. I was
betrayed by some I trusted with all that I am, and that is not something a believer in Jesus Christ can quickly heal from to trust others again. If you’ve known me for any time at all then that might surprise some since I’ve been in church for most of my life. That’s a part of what makes something like this hurt so much. You think that you’ve found your church FAMILY to joyfully worship with, think are actually friends, and personally adopt into your Faith life; but then they suddenly reject the main things you shared with them as your God-Given calling with Gifts you have no doubt God Almighty gave to you for HIS purpose to reach the lost that so many others seem to ignore. It hurts more than about anything the world itself could do to you personally.

Some might simply say that I need to pray, forgive, and move on. That’s easy to do if you don’t actually care for those that used to be part of your world that you had to walk away from just because of the actions of a few or even one. I HAVE forgiven and I KEEP praying. I can’t help but wonder if this is not just happening to me but also the reason WHY the real Revival hasn’t happened in churches yet. It might be. Such hurt between those all supposed to be serving the same God Almighty of Creation Who gave His Son Jesus Christ for humanity might be what the REAL enemy (that is SATAN) could be using right now. Hatred between church denominations, races, political parties, and any divisions used could be the ploy of the destroyer of this world if the True Church doesn’t WAKE UP and REACH OUT to ALL who are LOST!

The song “Thankful Heart” by Petra came into my heart on January 8th, and that led me to listen to their album “Back to the Street” from 1986.
The song name of this Op-Ed’s title hit me like a ton of bricks! Russ Taff’s song “Shake” has always been one of my favorites to instill the need to pay attention to what’s going on in this world at any given time. Petra’s song reminded me that the ‘Shake’ is going to begin with the house of God… to the real Church of the Lord Jesus Christ! How many believers are ready for that? Do we understand what it could really mean? Petra’s song makes it really clear that we might not understand WHY some things are happening, but maybe it’s WHY some (or even most) are blind about it right now. It breaks my heart since even
though I’ve been hurt I don’t want ANYONE to be lost by dismissal.

Since 2020 so many have lost family, friends, and loved ones due to
Covid-19, and that loss has maybe hardened the hearts of people to an all-time stone condition. That’s also the reason WHY we all need to reach out to each other in a kind and understanding way of other’s burdens so that healing can begin. If we don’t get our own Houses in order then the final Revival might NOT happen before the Rapture takes place. Do any of us really want to see people be lost and go to Hell because of hurt feelings, unresolved anger, or festering revenge just because some Church person failed to help you? I DON’T! I don’t
want to be the reason why a single person refuses to accept Jesus Christ as Personal Savior, Lord, King, and God Almighty! No matter what happened to me or how upset I’ve been, I CHOOSE to forgive ALL who hurt me.

THAT is part of the ‘Shakin’ the House’ that some might not understand. Many view it as getting more ‘religious’ for the sake of seeming ‘Godly’ to others but without honest spiritual growth. It seems like the majority isn’t even paying attention to the heart of the real ‘shaking’ this means – YOUR OWN HOUSE! Some in Christian churches have become worldly to the point that unbelievers wouldn’t even be convicted of sins. Conviction leads to Salvation by Grace through Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! I deal with my own shortcomings daily and pray my lapses haven’t caused a single person to turn away from Christ. I fail, but God Almighty through Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit has NEVER failed me! I’ve questioned things that have happened and been hurt over outcomes, but Jesus has been faithful to me for my whole life.

I’m sure many Christians today with all that’s been going on have
struggled to keep their fires of Faith burning to be witnesses to those who don’t know Christ as Savior yet. At the same time, there seems to be an overwhelming amount of those claiming to be ‘Christian’ who don’t even believe in true Salvation by Faith in the Blood of Jesus Christ for sins. THIS IS A PROBLEM! False doctrine, false teachers, false prophets… Jesus Christ told His disciples to TURN AWAY from them. We need to be reading the Christian Holy Bible to know what is RIGHT so we don’t accept what is WRONG. I might not have all the answers someone might ask me, but I KNOW when I hear something that is OFF. If you ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding as you read, HE WILL DO IT. It’s time we ALL STUDIED the Holy Bible.

I have Bible Sermon Notes up on my www.tribulationhelp.com website for anyone to read for FREE! I also have some essays, links to other study helps, and even prayers for different circumstances. I’m not always right, but I believe in what I’ve written and shared with others in my life and on this website. I’m still mainly Assembly of God in my beliefs. I don’t agree with some restrictions that some teach or the even stricter ones by others, but I do try to live by the teachings of Apostle Paul, and he told Timothy to ‘study to show thyself approved’. If what I have taught or done is wrong then I’ll answer for it at the Judgment Seat of Christ. If you refuse Christ because you got ticked or hurt at someone who failed you or something someone said then YOU
will still be responsible for your own soul’s damnation if you refuse  Jesus Christ.

I can’t blame those who failed me for the choices I made after them
since we each are responsible for ‘our own soul salvation with fear and
trembling’ because each of us is supposed to read the Holy Bible on our own to find what it says for ourselves! No preacher will be responsible for you refusing the Salvation that Jesus Christ gave to each of us by shedding His Blood on Calvary to redeem each of us from sin. EACH PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SOUL! NO ONE ELSE is responsible for YOURS but YOU. Jesus Christ being accepted by a best friend, parents, grandparents, or link back through ancestors doesn’t save YOU. Jesus Christ accepted by your Sunday school teacher, youth pastor, or church pastor doesn’t save YOU through them either. ONLY YOU CAN CHOOSE JESUS CHRIST PERSONALLY!

Let me start spitting bars – to keep from ending up in Eternal Hell that will happen to you if you don’t seek the ONLY Salvation from Sin, YOU
PERSONALLY must accept Jesus Christ as YOUR SAVIOR by believing HE did all He did for YOU. It is a Spiritual transaction in Heaven – By His Grace and Through Your Faith that He shed His Blood IN YOUR PLACE on Calvary will settle the balance of your own Soul’s Ledger since your age of accountability! If you let His Love into your heart as His Holy Spirit reactivates your spiritual soul-to-God connection that all humanity lost in DNA when Adam and Eve sinned in Eden. Once this major spiritual transaction is applied to YOU God Almighty sees YOU through the blood of Jesus Christ that COVERS YOU upon acceptance for as long as YOU BELIEVE IN HIM!

Yes, there are many religions in this world other than Christianity,
and I respect the rights of others to believe in their chosen faith. I simply have studied the Christian Holy Bible and seen that it makes the most sense spiritually. It also does historically, archaeologically, geologically, biologically, and psychologically. Some might argue against that due to those sciences, but I’ve read enough to wade through pseudo-science muddle to find misunderstanding timelines and even an unwillingness to see that science and Christianity are NOT at odds if everyone would be HONEST and not make stuff up that has NO proof at all. Christians need to get over Darwin used as the main
point of contention against ALL sciences. Real Science Facts point to something before Adam and Eve, so accept it and preach Jesus Christ to ALL RIGHT NOW!

My possible non-fiction book title is BEFORE ADAM, and some actual Science facts explain how incongruities with the originally accepted Christian timeline, Carbon-14 dating not being as reliable as stated,
and technologies pointing to certain things that really DID happen BEFORE the dating of Adam being created in 3762 B.C. will explain WHY two different timelines of Earth existing does NOT disclaim the most important one of Jesus Christ having become humanity’s Savior after homo-sapiens fell from Grace to need HIM since He was ‘slain before the foundations of the world’. It seems Cain comingled with a possible Neanderthal or Denisovan for Nephilim giants to enter his line. When Jesus Christ died for humanity He died for ALL of the
resulting humans. Mary’s line was from ONLY homo-sapiens DNA.

Fallen Lucifer renamed Satan tried to use the divergent DNA from
other beings before Adam with Cain and fallen angel spawn with human women to create Nephilim giants to pollute the lines of humanity, but God Almighty KNEW the end from the beginning, so the line through Seth was preserved to allow our Savior to be born of a virgin with the Father’s blood of God Almighty for Jesus Christ to have the lineage of King David and Priest Zadok through Mary to make
Jesus Christ meet the prophetic demands as Jewish Messiah (Christian Savior), Priest, and King. Mary’s husband Joseph wasn’t the biological father of Jesus Christ, but he ALSO had proper lineage so there would be no discrediting the full lineage of Jesus Christ legally. While Judaism doesn’t recognize Jesus Christ as their Messiah, many Jewish Christians HAVE.

Shakin’ the House should lead Gentile Christians to STOP hating and
blaming the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ GAVE HIS LIFE… NO ONE took it from Him. I’ve read Christian leaders in our history make very anti-Semitic statements that are NOT TRUE. Ancient Jewish spiritual leaders like the Pharisees and Sadducees were part of what led to Jesus Christ being crucified, but they still did NOT have the power to TAKE the life of Jesus Christ on their own. NO man did. Jesus Christ GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ALL HUMANITY. If hating those responsible for what did happen you should add Rome and all the other nations of people who were THERE and did anything to Jesus Christ. NO MATTER OUR PAST ANCESTORS, WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE! We need to acknowledge THAT REALITY.

The Christian Church needs to embrace the Jewish believers in Christ
and unite the two groups that share twenty-four thrones as written about by John the Revelator in the Christian Holy Bible New Testament book of Revelation. That might become the HOW a final Revival begins soon! Gentiles are not the only ones represented in the End Times. Jewish believers in Jesus Christ were the FIRST CHRISTIANS and are ALSO part of what makes the COMPLETED Christian Church of the Lord Jesus Christ as Jewish Messiah AND Savior of ALL others! Satan using this hatred to divide those supposed to be working for God Almighty of Creation has always been part of his playbook. Christians should be more aware of this in 2024, but many seem to let divisions between Gentile and other cultural believers discount those others.

ALL Believers in Jesus Christ as Savior: we each need to get our own
house in order before it’s too late! We ALL MUST be praying for ourselves and others, reading the Holy Bible for clarity, and living our lives to witness to the others in this world as time seems to be running out for the Grace Period of Biblical Dispensations. Yes, it seemed to have been thought when Jesus Christ rose back to Heaven that He would return in a short time by the original Disciples. Back then there wasn’t what needed to be in place for it to happen prophetically. NOW is VERY different. We MUST be aware of our limited days to show the love of Jesus Christ to a world we ALL have FAILED since an unknown
amount of people still need JESUS! Each and Every person who claims Christ as Savior has a CALLING TO FULFILL RIGHT NOW.

You might not be able to preach, sing, play an instrument, or do major outreach due to a number of reasons, but we all can still PRAY and show HIS LOVE to others around us wherever we go. We ALL need to stop judging those who still need to understand the REAL GOSPEL of Jesus Christ without the church indoctrinations, meaningless platitudes, or constrictive dogma that WILL NOT SAVE THEM. Stop preaching hate and start sharing LOVE! Call sin what it is AND give the answer to their soul deficiency – JESUS CHRIST! The Holy Spirit is the
ONE who brings conviction to a person that leads to Salvation. Christians can’t do it themselves. ONLY the Holy Spirit can begin the transformation of a human soul being SAVED BY GRACE AND THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST! Share Jesus Christ
until we leave…

“What If You Are The Only Jesus People See?” Op-Ed

By Tonja Condray Klein©04/07/2022

Christianity isn’t just a religious way of life, a moral standard of living, or even a fight for the greater good. The reality of Christianity is having Faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, the Only Son of the Only Living God of Creation Who died in the place of each and every person’s sins passed down from the first humans through their blood line…until Jesus Christ was born with the blood line of God Almighty instead and was able to die for every single person throughout time who would simply BELIEVE. It sounds simple, but people make it so blasted hard to understand. Whether it’s due to the misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or direct misdirecting, the actual full message of Christianity through Grace by Faith isn’t presented as the Power-filled life of believers since many who claim to be believers have NO POWER by choice.

There are many groups who claim to be Christian that expect you to do all kinds of spiritual contortions that have NOTHING to do with SALVATION as stated in the Christian Holy Bible: “Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” THIS IS A FIRST STEP INTO A NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST WITH HIM AS YOUR SAVIOR. Christianity asks for you to let Jesus Christ through His Holy Spirit and His Living Word to begin restoring you spiritually, changing you personally to empower you supernaturally once you claim Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, Lord, King, and God of Creation.

THIS IS PERSONAL. This is the most important relationship you can have in your life since it is with the One who took your sin, knows you better than you know yourself, and wants for you to know HIM. His Spirit fills you again once you accept what He did FOR YOU, let Him take all sin you’ve done away FROM YOU, and let Him give a new life TO YOU. Salvation is instant, but LIVING your new life will take a lifetime. Justification is through Faith in Christ, and Redemption is promised. NONE of us are perfect so no matter how long a person is saved he or she will sin even if they have the best intentions to live for Christ, but His forgiveness is promised as long as you take sins to the Lord for Him to reapply His blood to your life once again for you to go forward AGAIN. AN ONGOING AGAIN!

Life is hard. Every day idiocy grates on the nerves and makes even a sane (or semi-sane) person want to destroy what is in the way of peace, joy, love, and even complete sanity. I’m writing this with tears in my eyes since I fail all the time to control my anger over things that overwhelm me when something that should be easier to handle drive me crazy! Is it possible I need to pray more, read the Bible more, and let go of things interfering with my Christian life more? YES! Is it possible the RRMS I have, though in remission, has me taking medicine that could be part of over- reactions? YES! Is it possible that approaching 50 years old with changing hormones could make me do the same? YES! Is it possible the enemy causes things to happen to turn the screws on my psyche so I fall short being a model Christian? YES!

We ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We ALL have the same tainted blood due to the human fall from the Grace of God Almighty our Creator that happened by Adam and Eve. WE ALL NEED JESUS! I can’t do the things I wish I could do or NOT do the things I wish I would NOT do. I AM HUMAN… inherently undisciplined in mind and body. I’m not proud of myself, and I certainly hurt my own heart when I do the things Jesus cries over each time I fail Him. There is NO excuse. I’m still trying to live my Faith to make my Savior be thankful that He did die for me. I am His even when I mess everything up. I’m still redeemed but ONLY by Faith in what HE already did for me. I’m supposed to be learning, progressing, and growing in His Grace, and yet I falter at the worst possible moments I could at times.

Christianity is NOT something to use so you can claim to be perfect; Christianity IS the WAY to reach the ONE who IS perfect as HE then helps you to try to live your life to SHARE that He lives IN YOU by His Grace through your Faith in what He’s already done for you and ALL WHO BELIEVE HIM. We each are supposed to be a Light Shining on the hill by living for Jesus with all of our abilities in spite of our own failures. Do things seem so out of control most of the time that it can make us question why we should even try? Yes. Do some people claim to be Christian yet seem to try to hurt others? Yes. Is either okay? NO! Jesus Christ gave His life to restore yours to how yours was meant to be before you were even born. HE SAW YOU when He was on the Cross of Calvary! Accept HIM to begin Life Restoration!

“That seems a bit dramatic!” some might exclaim. What happened on the Cross was as DRAMATIC as it was TORTUROUS and HEART-BREAKING. Every time I make a mistake and sin then my heart hurts since I know Jesus bled a drop to cover it for me. “That is some nonsensical way of thinking” others might yell out. Each person has your own decisions that you need to take responsibility for doing, and NO ONE has the power to live good enough on your own to overcome the sin in your soul. “Who do you think you are to judge anyone?” more scream in outrage. I’m not. I point to the facts according to the Holy Bible that gives the argument that we ALL have sinned and need a Savior Who has given HIS FREE GIFT for you that you need to accept so HE can change you from the inside out over time.

It is an ongoing struggle to even try to live for Christ sometimes. It is NOT always sunshine and roses. There are moments of rain and thorns. I’ve been through enough storms to tell you that it’s not easy, but in the midst of the storm is when Jesus shows up to help you not sink in a wreck and even walk on some kind of spiritual water if you trust Him. I’m still trying to understand why I had the car accident a couple years ago that totaled it. I only had a couple of bruised knees, so I’m thankful, but why did it have to happen? I was in shock but didn’t have a nervous breakdown and gave out cards to the police officer, towing driver, and owner of car I rear-ended after 30 years without an accident so I still ask WHY? Did any of them come to find the Lord or find a closer walk with the Savior? I don’t know, but the possibility gives solace.

What if I was the only Jesus those people will ever see? That is a thrilling but a frightening prospect since I’m not the best I’d choose for it. How many people have I failed to reach? How many people have I turned against Jesus by some careless action? How many have I pushed away by not showing the kind of Jesus they needed to see? It shadows parts of my life with how they could have happened. All I can do now is to TRY to live more like Him so all those going forward will see HIM instead of just me. Sharing the sea-walking Galilean carpenter Savior that died for all can happen in a better way, but what if that unexpected accident, scary disease, or ongoing illness put you in a place where Jesus can use you to reach even one soul that no one else will ever be able to reach? EVERY Christian needs to REALLY consider that.

Am I glad the car accident happened? Am I glad that I have Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis even if I’m in remission? Am I glad that I have to see a regular doctor, an allergy doctor, and a neurologist doctor? NO to all three, but if I have managed to show even a slight light to someone during one of those visits that reached someone for Jesus then that IS something that I’m glad about happening. I’m not a masochist so I don’t want pain, problems, or persecution, BUT if a moment of discomfort leads to an eternity in Heaven for even one person to have then it ALL will be worth it. I don’t like illness, but it’s an old thing to me since I was a child. I’ve wept sitting in the middle of a hospital bed more than once, but knowing that my Savior was right beside me singing over me has always been a comfort that I want everyone to have.

I used to be an optimist most of the time when I was younger, but if I’m honest I’m more of a realist now when it comes to everyday life. I have moments of utter joy with things I find beautiful, inspiring, and truthful, but desolation hits when the world feels like it’s falling down on me at the toughest times I’ve known. I trust people too quickly and get hurt often, but I still try to see the good a person has inside to help them get closer to Jesus to see good become a brighter light for others. It is part of my calling and the reason for my songs and books, but when others can’t understand things I try to use in a different way to do that reaching then it hurts more than anything else has in my almost 50 years. ‘Judge not lest ye be judged’ isn’t something many Christians seem to take very seriously. I do and try to live by it each day.

Like I’ve said before many times, I’m NOT perfect; I’m not even close or approaching it at any speed other than a human crawl. I try to let the Lord change what He wills with music, scripture, books, research, and any media He chooses. It’s interesting what He DOES use sometimes, but there are many who wouldn’t believe it was God Almighty who does it because they try to put God Almighty in a religious box of their own making. I DON’T. I know that HE KNOWS ME. HE KNOWS WHAT REACHES ME. HE KNOWS WHAT REACHES EACH AND EVERY PERSON. That is WHY I still write what I write and sing what I sing. If one part of a book or one stanza of a song reaches them then that means I wrote it FOR THEM TO FIND HIM! Will that be many? Maybe not, but even 1 is worth it. Even 1 matters. Even 1 is enough.

I keep watching “Castle”. That series helped me to finish writing BREAKING THE SHACKLES, Book 1 of my “Rebirth of Eirinth” Christian Speculative Fantasy Novel Series. I don’t claim it’s the best book you’d ever read or if the writing is what some would want, but I tried to do something different to reach a few specific groups of what I’d hoped would be my readers based on my eclectic interests and how the book interlaced Fantasy novels, Japanese Anime series, and Christian music within the pages of the story. It has a positive purpose even if some can’t see it. It definitely has my heart throughout it, so if anyone knows me at all they should see it in the art, read it in the story, and hear it in the music. If it and TREADING THE PATH, “Rebirth of Eirinth” book 2 don’t show Jesus Christ too in some way then I failed.

When I chose ‘Tenrai Daystar’ as the name for my version of Jesus Christ in Eirinth it wasn’t done lightly. Tenrai is a Japanese word that means ‘sound of the wind, divine, beautiful poetry’ and that is how I FEEL about Jesus Christ, my Savior, Lord, King, and God Almighty. I knew I needed something else, and the song “Daystar Shine Down on Me” came to me when I prayed about it and sounded right when added to the first name. ALL character names were chosen for their meaning to give spiritual background and personality traits once shown through their reactions and places in the storyline. That was how I planned it and hoped readers would understand and find the one they related to the most to then find their path in this world toward Faith with their skills and abilities that God can use to show Jesus to others too. I truly hope.

If my songs and books are my ways to be the only Jesus people see then I’m thankful for what I’ve done as a teen and adult with my music and as an adult with my books even if others can’t recognize it now. I’ll have a table at the Gem City Comic Con on 07/23-24/2022 at the Dayton Convention Center for the first time. Though my book series is NOT the comic genre but written Fantasy books, they have similar artwork. Maybe someone there will be interested. I’m giving my music CD “Eirinth Breaking” with each purchase while supplies last and will be in ‘costume’, so maybe something in my multi-media project will reach out to EVEN ONE PERSON. It might seem a small return for all of my time, money, and tears, but what if THAT ONE is your son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, parent, grandparent, spouse, or friend?

A Worldwide Revival is prophesied to happen BEFORE the Rapture (calling away) of the Believers in Christ as many believe happens BEFORE the Great Tribulation begins. I recently read the online article at Kehilanews Community Blog under “Yeshua’s Hidden Identity Revealed on Succoth, His True Birthday” by Richard Honorof on Oct 7, 2020. He believes that Worldwide Revival will begin in Jerusalem once people there see the link that Mary (Miriam) has to the line of King David through her father AND the line of Aaronic high priesthood by Zadok through her mother. This gave Jesus Christ not only the KING line but also the HIGH PRIEST line for the final SACRIFICE HE GAVE FOR ALL OF US!

What if YOU are the ONLY JESUS people in your life SEE? What if…?

Glad Tidings with Mixed Signals – Part 2 (Op-Ed 01/25/21)

By Tonja Condray Klein(c)11/25/21

“While what is going on may not affect us personally yet, what is going on will keep getting closer to affecting EVERYONE. Church of Jesus Christ, we MUST begin praying intercession and protection over this country’s freedoms we have enjoyed our whole lives but have taken for granted for probably that long too. Hold onto your faith. Reach out to others that need to know Jesus as Savior. Support each other and let baseless arguments end. We need to be in one mind and one accord to see the hand of the Lord rescue us, whether physically in this world or spiritually to get ready to leave this world. The endgame may have begun. Read Ezekiel 37, for it seems to already be happening right now … the people of Israel are returning to their country. That might mean 38 and 39 are upon us, and if so then we might be leaving sooner than was expected. Pray. Read. Share. Church of the Living God, Redemption is drawing nigh to ALL who know Jesus Christ as their Savior. We NEED a Revival of HIS people – ALL of the Christians and Messianic Jews alike! Read the Book, DON’T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE like White Heart’s song stated in 1986! Like so many of their songs that were prophetic then, they are even more so NOW in 2021.”

The words in the quotes was a post I put on Facebook 01/24/21. I thought it was only going to be a ‘post’, but as I thought about it hours later I realized it was the beginning of another Op-Ed meant for a much larger media outlet sharing. While it said what I was thinking about the most then it didn’t give the whole picture I’d intended. In case anyone thought I was making up the claim that many were going back to Israel then you would be completely wrong. I based this fact on actual verified news from two sources. It’s been happening actually since before Covid-19.

Due to several word-wide situations happening, including here in the United States, I’m aware that Christians all over the world are dealing with what all who claim Christ might face in even a few years from now if the Rapture doesn’t take place soon. Yes, I realize that people have been claiming that the Rapture would be happening at their certain dates, events, or ‘signs’ for as long as the oldest living person in 2021 has been alive. There are still defining things that really haven’t been around before now though, so those changes do make a difference that matters.

Technology has become a continually changing thing that could create some things spoken of in prophecy that couldn’t be explained properly by previous writers from hundreds to thousands of years ago. Even physical descriptions of today’s weapons would be different and unable to even be imagined for centuries. In writing my Eirinth Book 2 with characters from present-day Earth translated to medieval style Eirinth, I realized how different things could be viewed in that situation… computers and screens alone would be seen as ‘supernatural’ in nature.

Point of view is a thing that all writers have to consider while writing scenes, emotions, places, and even fighting sequences. With all of the different countries involved in following the anti-Christ and in the fighting during the end of the Great Tribulation Battle of Armageddon, I have to shake my head in horror and sadness from thinking about those that are on Earth then. My point of view right now is before the actual time, and I’m trying to find something to help as many as I can to understand that God Almighty made the Way to keep anyone from being in that!

How can mankind refuse the loving gift of Grace that costs you nothing but belief? “Wait!” some of you shout in anger, “I can’t do this, and I can’t do that, so it costs me everything I want!” When you really understand and believe that Jesus Christ died to save you from Hell then you WANT to follow what HE told His believers to do. ALL of what He says to NOT do IS to protect you. Do I understand WHY? Yes. It really helps if you study what the Christian Holy Bible says to see the reasoning for the whys and the NOTs. Doing a ‘NOT’ can end up being deadly.

I have drunk alcohol. I have smoked cigarettes. I have had sex outside of marriage. I have cussed. I have written some things that I will see burned up in front of me at the judgement seat of Christ too. I’m not perfect. I simply accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, Lord, King, and God Almighty in the Son. Do I ever doubt? Yes, I do. I also tell God all the time that IF I’m wrong and end up disappearing from existence at my death instead of being in Heaven with Him, then how could I have felt His Holy Spirit in me with His gifts being used? That IS my proof!

I would rather believe on Jesus Christ than go in the direction of any religion. They would lead to eternity in Hell with Satan and his demons. Heaven with Jesus or even existence dust would be MUCH BETTER than the alternative. All the other religions I’ve studied have a person ‘work’ for any hope of not being destroyed. The love and fellowship of my Jesus versus the coldness of religion is not even a point I consider. I’ve had the Holy Spirit move through me for the past 35 years in private and in church services, and that’s WHY doubt falls to my Faith experience.

Test the Holy Spirit. God told us to seek, ask, test, and even question in several scriptures. God Almighty wants for us to KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. This is what all ‘religions’ can’t understand. While Christianity is categorized as that too and even has songs with that designation used, I think we really should call it a Supernatural Experience instead. This is WHY the apostles were told to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit to come to them. Jesus wanted them to have the Comforter to remind them, console them, teach them, and empower them so doubt would fail.

It’s easy to get bewildered, frustrated, downtrodden, fearful, and even depressed right now with the crazy things going on in this world. I sometimes wish I could travel back in time to when things seemed more balanced than they are now. Then I think about possibly missing the moment when Jesus Christ returns to take His people, both Christians and Messianic Jews home to Heaven, and I can’t afford to miss THAT! I’m encouraging every person to take a spiritual test regarding Jesus Christ, compare the scriptures with the news, and PRAY for God to give you His Light!

Is Redemption Drawing Near Sooner Than Expected?

By Tonja Condray Klein(c)11/24/20

I’ve read apologetic Biblical works, prophetic Biblical studies, and even historical non-Biblical books, but what’s been making me question some of the teachings I’ve studied for the last thirty-five years of my forty-eight has been how prophecies have been fulfilled in undeniable ways but revival has been brought to a grinding halt. Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 have made Christian meetings outlawed in some places, but even before then hadn’t many already stopped trying to change their communities in a positive way? Didn’t many quit praying? Didn’t many just give up completely? From what I’ve read in all of the Christian ‘end-of-times’ main teachings, ‘true’ believers in Jesus Christ were to have a Revival like has never been seen before that leads to the last soul to be saved in the ‘Grace Dispensation’ that immediately causes the ‘calling away’/‘meeting in the sky’/‘Christian evacuation’ known as ‘the Rapture’ before the Great Tribulation begins. If things expected to happen a certain way doesn’t then does it mean we missed the point where it would have but we failed the test of understanding and awareness of the present times like the foolish virgins? Will it not now? I don’t know.

Prophecies are interpreted differently by various groups of people, but many had been in one accord for the past few years, so I’m asking what many believers are right now, “WHAT HAPPENED?” While some still preach the Gospel in several media formats, Covid-19 has limited or even stopped the coming together of churches for an in-person revival, so what now? While we have technology to keep spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ on ‘airways’ if nowhere else, what about if (or when) those media outlets take away the platforms to silence us? When our everyday rights and freedoms are being limited or taken, what makes us think for even a moment that any anti-religious group now in power won’t use this opportunity to outlaw any size of gathering if we hold true to our callings? I never thought in my lifetime that I’d see this possibility, but as things happening in 2020 begin to reach the place that screams critical mass reached, we should take an inventory of our beliefs, evaluate our plans, and strengthen our fortitude to keep our Faith while trying to keep the peace until we have no choice but to practice social disobedience to fight for our Constitutional rights and freedoms.

Many outlets have already begun to ban any opinion they don’t agree with, so how much longer will we have a right to express ours individually or even as a group? We really need to be figuring out our plan to not be silenced if our freedoms now become only freedom for others. Being a singer, songwriter, author, and webpage designer I’m really not taking anything for granted since my ‘voice’ could be taken in a single moment. Are you thinking about that if you are a believer who depends on channels, radio, media outlets, bookstores, websites, web hosting companies, online stores, and all other technological advances that only a few corporations actually control? What will you do when or if they pull the plug? I’m not trying to instill panic but want believers in Christ to be mindful of this situation now. I posted long ago on my tribulationhelp.com site about how people during the Great Tribulation might be able to maintain freedom with their faith without underground technology, but WE might have to use those ourselves now. Are you ready for something like that? You should be checking backup plans, backup supplies, and backup media should we face this now in 2020.

I’m NOT part of a survivalist group. I’m NOT part of some religious order demanding money. I’m NOT against our Constitutional Democracy when it follows what is stated in our founding documents. What I AM is a Christian who is NOT going to stop spreading the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! If you are part of a different religion then you still need to be concerned since this possible totalitarian regime that may take over soon will be against ANY RELIGION that isn’t their government. Many of you were not taught about the USSR (what Russia used to be) and their methods of a total governmental control. It saddens me that two generations have lost knowledge that I now prize more than all of the diamonds in the world! I WAS ALIVE WHEN THE USSR STIL EXSTED! I SAW EVIL THEY DID TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE! I SAW IT TELEVISED! I READ ACCOUNTS OF THE ONES WHO ESCAPED! IT HAPPENED EVEN IF YOUR SCHOOOL NEVER TOLD YOU! This is why former President Ronald Reagan said that Democracy is only a generation from extinction. Once education becomes indoctrination then our freedom and democracy is lost.

I READ. I QUESTION. I STUDY. I TEST. If something doesn’t match known history, proven science, linear mathematics, and basic Christian theology at the same time then it doesn’t pass the test of REALITY for me. That may seem a bit theoretical, heretical, and anti-establish-mental, but it is the scientific method at heart even if those in a field disagree. I’m not looking for funding or a grant, so take your assessment elsewhere. My point is? There is a reality that has existed since time began, and some yahoos running our country now are trying to rewrite history, redefine science, and nullify mathematics for the purpose of making generations younger than mine be unable to know the absolutes that were proven in every single one of these varied disciplines that held for historians, scientists, mathematicians, and even theologians for centuries up to millennia! THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS! When did most of the parents claiming to be Christian give up the educating of their genealogical lines to be done by atheists or ‘worse’? Yes, ‘worse’ than atheist is rather troubling, isn’t it? At least atheists just say there is NO god. ‘Worse’ claim to BE god.

How will we as Christians or even people of other faiths not in power endure this coming storm against freedoms and rights? With technology changing so rapidly and abilities to circumvent the biased channels to even give your opinion without it being removed happening, I’m not sure what our path to being as free as we have been will be now. Freedom of Speech was given by our Founding Fathers for this country. I will fight in all the ways I can to make sure that I don’t lose it completely. Maybe this was what was needed to instigate the final Christian Revival but in ways we didn’t image in the United States of America. I’m still not sure. I’m really not sure of much of anything except in the Salvation by Faith in the Blood of Jesus Christ and infilling of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of Speaking in other Tongues with promised Gifts if we simply repent and allow redemption to happen. I’m like Paul the Apostle when I say that I speak in tongues as often as others but seek prophecy to uplift and encourage believers in these last days. Paul thought he was living in the last days back then, and that was in early AD, so we are closer if not there yet. Redemption may draw near sooner than expected…

One_More_River_111720

ONE MORE RIVER…
By Tonja Condray Klein
11/17/2020

I have been studying Eschatology for thirty-five years since I was a teenager. I’ve been seeing a shift of events in the past four years that have led to this disturbing point in 2020. As a woman who has intellect beyond educational degrees from studying more than I was told, and as a believer in the Holy Christian Bible, I’m beginning to ask if the United States has reached a tipping point with its election standards while we yell in the political vehicle’s backseat like spoiled children, “Are we there yet?”

The President of the United States of America was named while ballots were still being counted! Donald J. Trump may still be the rightfully elected President for a second term in spite of what seems to be an attempted coup. This situation in the 2020 election could have been allowed for what many biblical prophecy groups have thought would take place as another piece of the puzzle being placed for the last American government before the Rapture of the Believers in Jesus Christ as Savior happens.

The ones who voted for Trump saw returns be overcome with suspicious mail-in ballot dumps, but will it matter? This all depends on whether or not the Gospel message still needs to be preached for four more years so souls can be saved before believers are evacuated from this planet and/or possible dimension. Look at our immense universe, people! If you think that God Almighty, the Creator of this whole 3-demensional plane of existence is limited to just us, THINK AGAIN.

The Presidency of the United States of America is NOT FINAL yet. Ballots are still being found, counted, and recounted where irregularities were found. Invalid votes by DEAD people and false polling actions by witnesses with SWORN AFIDAVITS have been documented to be forwarded to proper legal courts. If planned legal actions fail to give corrected results in Trump’s favor even with the evidence of tampering worse than the Bush-vs-Gore election, then we may never be able to trust elections again.

It will be no better than being in a dictatorship if the other party gets into power because of what THEY stated as THEIR plans once they defeat Trump. They are trying to destroy the middle class so only the upper ruling class and the lower working class will be here so they can rule absolutely. This is basis of totalitarian dictatorship, and AMERICA CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN! Every legal American needs to stand with the laws of our elections so our Constitutional Democracy doesn’t end without a valid fight.

Yes, this should be highly troubling for this country that is still fighting Covid-19. Yes, this also should be extremely disturbing for those who have seen prosperity in a way this country hadn’t in maybe a couple decades or more before Covid-19. Yes, this should be very frustrating for those seeing the signs of America becoming the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave again. It should really be shaking Christians since the last great revival many have been waiting to break free might NOT happen now!

Why? Why would God Almighty put the ways for American Christians to do more to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the world then let the enemy’s agents steal it by taking away free elections from us here? Were we too satisfied with riches or position to see we had a short time to do what is right before verbal freedom is taken away? Is it possible revival might not come as easily now? Or might it not come the way believers have taught it would for the almost five decades I’ve lived in religious freedom?

I don’t know. Shocked that I admit that? I’m not a sage, scholar, or prophet. I’m simply a believer in the Blood Sacrifice of Jesus Christ and Follower of the Word of God with Eschatology. It’s not a secret that many Christians voted for Trump to protect our rights for worship and preaching. A second round of Cyrus may be in pause, but we still face an anti-Bible culture to maybe begin to rule this country again. I’m hoping this coup will fail and our Constitutional Democracy will win legally and emphatically!

I don’t want anyone to lose his or her right to legally vote. I want the illegal votes already found in places of controversy to be cast out legally and have counts done again legally to verify integrity. The upper ruling class didn’t like WE THE PEOPLE having freedom that we enjoyed for most of four years. They want to CONTROL us like they have during Covid-19. They want to FORCE us to work for them – not ourselves, our families, or our communities. They want POWER. They shouldn’t have any of it.

This country has existed with the Constitution and state legislatures that have mandated how our elections should be done since our beginning. 2020 was NOT held to these standards, and all those who voted should be very concerned, whether you voted for Trump or Biden. One stolen election could begin a pattern to basically make YOUR vote to NOT count. That is the opposite of what this constitutional democracy was founded upon, and to protect what our soldiers have fought and bled to keep for us.

My father fought in World War II, and his brother (my uncle I wasn’t alive yet to meet) died in World War II. They and every other soldier fight for our rights given by the Constitution and against all of the other forms of government that we have seen are NOT for America. We do NOT want Socialism, Communism, or whatever other -ism they are pushing because too many of our soldiers died to protect Freedom from these controlling governments that are against every drop of blood our soldiers spilled.

My father, my uncle, and every single soldier who have fought since World War II know that the other forms of government DON’T WORK and make people being governed into SLAVES. I don’t care what color you are, if these people take over our government and begin their plans then America will no longer be free. People of Faith need to be praying that the illegal ballots will be rejected and the takeover against our voting freedom will be stopped. EVERY LEGAL AMERICAN VOTE COUNTS!

NOT ON MY WATCH…

By Tonja Condray Klein – 11/01/20

As I watch what’s happening in America 2020, I must not keep my voice silent or fingers idle! We’re facing a possibility of seeing the complete totalitarian over-throw of our Founded Constitutional Democracy. WE MUST VOTE OUR FAITH on 11/03/20! Support all of the candidates that stand for protecting our CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS, our GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS, and our ability to use FREEDOM OF SPEECH online or in public! I will NOT be silenced. I will NOT stop sharing views. I will NOT let anyone keep me from utilizing my abilities with the written and spoken words that are all mandatory for my calling as a Singer/Songwriter/Novelist/Blogger in this crucial voting time!

NO ONE should be allowed to take away my rights to share my views, my support, or even my disagreement. WE ALL HAVE RIGHTS! I may not agree with you, but so help me God I have the right to say why online or publicly. YOU TOO! I’m calling on all of those who share my beliefs or at least the foundation of our country to VOTE YOUR FAITH or FREEDOM! Anyone who is for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness should see themselves as ‘Watchmen on the Walls’. This concept is from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible in the days of Israel centuries before our country began. Being a watchman means we MUST NOT let others succeed taking over our country’s political system!

The watchmen have to stand on the wall, watch for invaders trying to infiltrate for purposes of destruction of present government, and fight them with the weapons they had. We must FIGHT WITH OUR VOTE! I don’t want violence, whether social, psychological, or even physical during this election. I want people to THINK about what is important, VOTE for those who will try to keep us safe, and PRAY for those who are against our government’s foundation to have moments of clarity by spiritual means we need to employ immediately. Be KIND to those we meet but protect yourself, stay STEADFAST with your values in spite of hate, and LOVE enemies in the midst of contention.

THIS IS NOT EASY! I have a temper like Mt. Saint Helen, but I will do all I can to utilize my decades of Customer Service skills during this time. I may hand out cards for my two Fantasy novels as witness to someone who desperately needs Christ as well as great stories of action and adventure. We must find ways to distract from the political anger that seems to be seeping into every single group. It isn’t God Almighty’s will that we fail to be His representatives here on Earth until Jesus Christ returns. That may happen sooner than any of us can imagine, but we need to VOTE to keep this county as the Constitutional Democracy that it must remain for as long as we are still here to share the Gospel!

Even if you don’t share my faith I want you to be free to live your life with the FREEDOMS this country founded and has endured since after the Revolutionary War. There is NO country in this world without failures of certain groups in dark times, but the foundations of THIS FREE COUNTRY needs to be upheld and protected by the constituents AT ALL COST. Our flag bleeds red from the many soldiers who have defended it, white for the righteous concept that ALL men and women were created equal, and blue is for vigilance and justice in keeping this country FREE. We must NEVER forget what good we Americans have done over the years, and we must learn from our mistakes. VOTE for that chance!

We have today and two more days before we cast our ballots if you haven’t already. I’m asking all of you, regardless of race, gender, color, creed, or religion to VOTE for those that want to make life in America to be the land of promise and opportunities that the colonists and immigrants saw it as all those years ago. We MUST have law and order. We MUST keep our rights to worship together. We MUST see others get the chance to legally join our nation. These are ALL necessary to keep this nation as a whole fulfilled country that leads the way to prosperity, shines its light of freedom around the world, and lets its countlessly different citizens continue to strive for the future and show how FREEDOM reigns!