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On a Trail

Thursday, September 09, 2010, 1:48 a.m. – I was in bed for the second time to go to sleep for the night. I was talking with the Lord when I heard a phrase in my mind:

“Dale Schmale is on a trail.”

I learned in a previous writing that Dale means “valley; glen; gorge; or gulf” and that Schmale is a German word meaning “narrow.”

Anyway, after I heard that phrase in my mind, I inquired of the Lord if he allowed me to hear that, and I believe he said, “Yes,” so I inquired if there was more, and I believe God answered me with “Time is running out.”

The name “Dale” has been used previously by the Lord during my quiet times with him to symbolize the time of tribulation to come upon the earth.

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Ezekiel 19:

A Lament for Israel's Princes
1 "Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel 2 and say:
" 'What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he devoured men.
4 The nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.

5 " 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
6 He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he devoured men.
7 He broke down their strongholds
and devastated their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
8 Then the nations came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
9 With hooks they pulled him into a cage
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.

10 " 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of abundant water.
11 Its branches were strong,
fit for a ruler's scepter.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.
12 But it was uprooted in fury
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.
13 Now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire spread from one of its main branches
and consumed its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler's scepter.'
This is a lament and is to be used as a lament."

My Understanding: I read these news articles: Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn - Excite News - Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn; Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit - Excite News - Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit; Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes - Excite News - Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes; Suicide attack in Russia kills 15, wounds over 130 - Excite News - Suicide attack in Russia kills 15, wounds over 130; and Storm that killed 2 in Texas continues north - Excite News - Storm that killed 2 in Texas continues north

When I think of “on a trail,” I think of a hunting dog following a scent that will lead him to his prey. So, someone is on the hunt, and he is following a trail that will lead him to his prey. The person (or group of people) on this trail is being represented by this word “dale,” which means a lowland valley, and the word “schmale,” which is German for “narrow.”

I Googled the word “Schmale” and what came up was a poster/ad that was published by Lakehead University in 2006 which was titled, “Yale Shmale” and was “poking fun at U.S. President George W. Bush and his Ivy League alma mater,” saying, “Graduating from an Ivy League University doesn’t necessarily mean you’re smart”. So, the “Yale Shmale” was mocking the president and his alma mater. And, it assumed Bush was not smart. First Door on the Left » Yale Schmale - Interesting!

This passage of scripture in Ezekiel 19 is talking about lions (kings) who became strong and who learned to tear their prey and to devour men; to break down strongholds and to devastate towns. These lions were on a hunt (on a trail) going after their prey. These lions came from a mother (Israel). In the cases of these two lions in this passage of scripture, the “nations” heard about them, came out against them, spread their net for them and they were trapped in the pit of the nations (which I now see as the New World Order). This “mother” is speaking of a nation and the lion cubs are her kings (or presidents).

The second half of this passage of scripture is also speaking of the mother, only in this reference it appears to be more on a spiritual level, i.e. back during the time of Ezekiel, Israel was both a nation of people as well as they were a people of God, so they had both a political side and a spiritual side. I believe this passage of scripture covers both.

In this second half, Israel (spiritual) is described as a vine planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant water. I immediately plugged this into the church and the water representing the Holy Spirit and the fruit as the fruit of the Holy Spirit. When the church is planted (put into the ground to enable it to grow; to put something down or take a position firmly or decisively; establish - Encarta) by God in his vineyard by the water (Holy Spirit), it enables the church to be fruitful and to bear more branches.

But, then, the passage immediately moved from this picture of God’s blessing on Israel as a vine that was fruitful and that was planted by the water, to a picture of a people who were now uprooted and thrown to the ground, stripped of its fruit, and its strong branches withered and fire consumed them. No strong branch was left on it that was fit to have over it a king. This was a lament for Israel, and I believe now it is a lament for the church in the USA and that the Lord is also paralleling this whole passage over to the USA and is now speaking of his judgment against us, as a nation, and against his church in the USA, because they have forgotten that God, and God alone is to be their source for blessing.

The term “Dale Schmale” literally means “valley narrow”, yet I also saw this phrase as a mockery, just like in “Yale Shmale” on that poster mocking George W. Bush. So, I saw two things here. One is that people are mocking the idea of a tribulation period to come on the earth or they are mocking the idea that we are already there, i.e. that it is at our door and that “time is running out.” I believe most people in the USA do not take this seriously that this is very near. I did a search on the word “narrow” in my thesaurus (MS Word) and it rendered these words: “reduction; lessening; dwindling; and tapering.” Perhaps the idea here is that this “narrowing” of this “dale” has to do more with time and that what the Lord is presenting to me here is that the time until this “dale” appears is narrowing and that is what people are mocking, thinking it is a long way off and/or that it won’t apply to them.

Two, I see that people did not take GW Bush seriously and they made fun of him, too, thinking he was an idiot. What if he is not an idiot after all? What if he is a whole lot smarter than we give him credit for? He is part of the Illuminati, or at least his family is, and he is part of the Free Masons and the occult and the Skull & Bones society, so his family is very much a part of this New World Order and this revival of the Hitler-like regime (the beast) that is taking over the world (the lion-hunting nations on the hunt for their prey). And, I believe that is what this is about. It is about a group of nations (the New World Order) capturing the kings (governments) of the world in their net so that we, as sovereign nations, will no longer be ruled by our individual kings but we will be under the rule of this New World Order – the beast (the lion-hunting nations). Many people do not take this seriously, either, and mock the idea, but the scriptures are clear that this time of tribulation is coming and that there will be the rule of a beast who will consume and will rule all the nations of the earth and will kill all those who do not bow to it and its image.

It is clear from this passage of scripture, thus, that our trust should never be placed in man or in kings (presidents and/or governments), because Jesus is the only King worthy of our trust. Ezekiel demonstrated that it was foolish and futile for the people of Israel to place their trust in Zedekiah, because Zedekiah was partially responsible for the imminent judgment to come upon them. I believe that is true of the USA today. Our government is partially responsible for the judgment that is going to come upon our nation, but we, as the church, bear the responsibility for the other part by forsaking our God and by following after the gods of men. The church of today not only is in partnership with the federal government, but they have given way to the teachings of man over the teachings of God in so many aspects. God sees the institutional church here in America as idolatrous and as adulterous and he is calling on her to repent of her sins and to turn back to him and to make him their only God.

With regard to these news articles, these words and/or phrases jumped out at me in relation to what our government (or part of it) is involved in producing world-wide:

· Destruction of property
· Killing of people
· Widespread flooding and fires
· Ethnic tensions resulting in frequent attacks
· Sowing enmity between citizens within a nation
· Inflame hatred and incite violence (between people of other nations; other religions; other culture; other ethnicity; other skin color; other political affiliation, etc.)

Although people might mock this nearing of the judgment of God and think it will not come in their lifetime or to them or to our nation or to the church, for that matter, it is here and these ‘Lion-hunting nations’ are on the scent and they are on the trail and they are coming after their prey. When I inquired of the Lord if there was more, I heard him say, “Time is running out.” I believe it. We need to make sure we are ready for when the time comes for Jesus to take us home.

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer / Thomas O. Chisholm / W. J. Kirkpatrick

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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