(CHAPTER 2) The Adventures of Matthew Jeremiah in Europe (A Novel / Word from God)

 The Adventures of

Matthew Jeremiah

in Europe:

The Sister of Babylon

Chapter 2

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(Europe Shall Face Hardship)

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This is a word from God written in the format of a story.

The characters are fictional,

but what shall happen in Europe and America's future is not fictional.

Please seek God about this story / document and about the

messages that are presented in it. God will reveal the truth to you.

America and Europe will both soon experience
 very challenging times in the years ahead.




 Introduction

This is a word from God that is framed in a story format. Wherever a quote is attributed to God, it truly is a word from God. (Please seek God about this if you are wondering.) The characters taking part in the story are fictional, but the nature of the story is very realistic according to prophecies God has given in recent times. These prophecies do not hold the same weight as the Bible itself, but the Spirit of God reveals truth through the Holy Bible to those who seek Him.

Though things contained in this story / word of God are strange sounding, they are very realistic and true. Prophecies never make sense to the carnal mind because the carnal mind is at war with God, as Romans chapter 8 says. Take the book of Revelation, for instance. The beginning of the book of Revelation says:

[Revelation 1:1-3]

“[1] The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: [2] Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. [3] Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.”

And, yet, the prophecies contained in the holy book of Revelation don’t make sense to the carnal mind. Romans 8:5-7 says:

[Romans 8:5-7]

“[5] For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. [6] For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [7] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”

As you read, please consider that these events described are not speculative, purely imaginative, or entirely fictional. And, please consider that the words attributed to God are indeed God’s words. Seek God about this and He will show you the truth.

God bless.

Sincerely,

Justin Brown (a pen name)

(August 9, 2019)

Chapter 2

The Rousset Home. Ginoux, France. 2038 A.D. {Matthew Jeremiah}

[Note: Pierre Ricard; Matthew and Sarah Jeremiah;  Jean and Marylise Rousset; and the three Rousset offspring (Andre, Claude, and Nathalie) are having a Bible study in the Rousset’s den.]

Three hours had passed since Matthew and Sarah had arrived at the Rousset home. Shortly after the Jeremiahs had come, three young-adult Rousset “children” had ascended from the basement to meet their guests. The Jeremiahs visited with Andre, Claude, and Nathalie. They learned that Andre was 22, Claude: 20, and Nathalie: 18. Then, Pierre Ricard had showed up 38 minutes after Matthew and Sarah’s arrival.

Now, the group totaled 8 adults. Not long after Pierre had shown up, they had a Bible study and a worship time. Following that, they had been praying and interceding for France and for specific people in the government of France. They had also brought all their concerns before God for the underground Church and for Christians still attending state-ran Churches, which did not preach the Gospel of salvation only by faith in Jesus Christ.

“Dear Heavenly Father, we ask you to give the leaders of France a revelation of your love and goodness,” said Nathalie Rousset, Jean’s only daughter. “We ask that you remove the deception from their eyes and show them the truth about who Jesus Christ is.”

She was sitting beside Sarah on a three-person sofa. Matthew sat on the other side of Sarah, gripping her hand gently.

Rap. Rap. Rap. A knocking sound came from the front door. Then, the doorbell rang a few times. Ding-dong. Ding-dong. Ding-dong.

The underground Christians were all seated in a den (a room used for relaxing and visiting), which was connected to a hallway that led into the living room. They were some distance from the living room, and away from the street and its noises. This den had a skylight, but the other windows were shuttered. Table lamps provided light for reading.

Jean stood up. “I probably need to answer the door.”

“Should we ask God first what we should do?” Marylise said to her husband.

“You are right, dear,” Jean said, as he paused before the door leading into the hallway. The door was ajar so he could hear what was going on outside the den.

He closed his eyes and spoke with his Heavenly Father.

[Note: The following quotes attributed to God are actually words from God. Seek God about this if you wonder.]

“Abba Father, what should we do about this knocking?” Jean said silently. “Whoever it is, is very persistent. Are they secret police? If so, what should we do?”

“My son,” God’s kind voice said to Jean, “the secret police are after you, but don’t be afraid. Do you remember how I showed you that I shall translate you out of France and bring you to a place to prepare you for the future?”

“Yes,” Jean whispered. “I remember that.”

“My son,” God said with love and certainty, “I shall translate you like how I translated Philip away from the Ethiopian eunuch and brought him many miles away from the place where he baptized the man. I shall do that with the rest of this group and your children too. Now, tell the others that, and I confess Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. That is the test of the spirits you find in 1 John chapter 4. Now, go and tell them this truth, My son. And, I the LORD your God and Abba Father have spoken.”

“Thank you, Heavenly Father,” Jean said silently.

Jean proceeded to tell the group all he had heard from God, but as he spoke, a clicking sound came from the front door. Then, the front door swung open quietly, and the sound of feet walking across a tile floor reached Matthew’s keen (sensitive) ears. He felt fear attack him strongly, but he quickly rejected it and gave it to God.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed onto the handle of the den door and pushed it open. Standing in the doorway was a man wearing a dark business suit and armed with a silenced pistol.

All the Christians froze, feeling the enemy strike them with fear. The agent, a tall, dark-haired man, had a military crew cut and a tough-looking, clean-shaven face.

“I am here to place you all under arrest for conducting an illegal religious meeting,” the agent said firmly.

As he spoke, a second agent came up from behind him and drew a silenced pistol. Then, both men stepped into the den. But, as they did, both agents blinked to clear some dust out of their eyes. When they had opened their eyes again, the Christians were all gone. Their Bibles had vanished too. But, the table lamps were still giving off light, and glasses of water were still resting where they last had been.

Dumbfounded, the agents searched the whole room, looking around, completely baffled by the sudden, miraculous disappearance. There was no physical explanation for the disappearance of all eight adults. Both agents knew that their boss would not believe them if he was told about the miracle. So, the agents both agreed to lie and make up a story that no one was home when they arrived at the house.

And, both tried to convince each other that they had just been seeing things and that nothing strange had happened. But, deep in their hearts, they knew that what they had seen was a real miracle of God.

Francois Israel in Paris, France. 2038 A.D. {Francois Israel}

It was a summer day, and spring had just come to a close. Francois Israel -- a tall Jewish man with brown, curly hair -- approached the entrance of a grocery story in the outskirts of the growing French capital. Tall, five-story, multi-purpose buildings rose up on either side of the busy street. Constructed with a modern design, they conserved materials and used more tinted glass, steel, and recycled materials than concrete in their construction.

As the French Christian Jew reached the entrance, his face was scanned in one second by a facial-recognition device mounted near the door. The automatic doors opened and admitted him into the store. He was not on a wanted list, not yet, but he felt some nervousness as he walked through the store.

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The Surveillance State (1 of 3)

High tech cameras connected to a supercomputer network monitored the entire store. Miniature cameras and microphones were embedded in key places throughout the store. They recorded every word spoken. Each word would be transmitted into a computer code which would be sent to a powerful supercomputer network within Paris. The words were analyzed by advanced software. If they contained a perceived threat to the communist government, the supercomputer network would contact the police and have cameras and microphones try to find who uttered the “disloyal” or “harmful” words.

When the perpetrator was found, which was usually in seconds, he would be tracked through the store and into the streets of Paris. Security cameras on poles would follow his movements until police officers were able to apprehend him.

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As he walked through the grocery store, Francois shuddered at a memory he had of seeing a tough-looking man arrested in a gas station. The man had been speaking quietly to himself in angry tones about something. A couple minutes later, the police had suddenly shown up and had taken him outside the gas station. Francois had noticed a sign hanging up in the room which had warned that any discourteous or disloyal behavior, speech, or actions would be dealt with to remove dangerous habits and beliefs from society.

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The Surveillance State (2 of 3)

The elegant capital of France no longer had the so-called “care-free” of its “golden years.” Under a dictatorship appointed by the Russians, France was subjugated to a powerful surveillance state similar to Xinjiang, China. This regime of oppression included biometrics-based control and surveillance; audio and video surveillance; and state-of-the-art mind control. Part of the mind control used in the new communist Europe involved programming, mental deconstruction (the belief that the way people reason must be decided by the state), coercion, fear, terror, oppression, and the threat of torture.

The communist puppet states of Europe wanted citizens to believe that how they thought -- how they determined what was true, and right, and what was wrong -- entirely depended on how their minds were formed at birth. Propaganda, mind-control techniques, deception, and communist rhetoric were used with advanced technologies to convince people that they need the “assistance” of their government in understanding how to “think properly.”

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Francois picked up an apple in the fruit section and did his best not to whisper. He realized that even his loud whispers could be recorded by highly sensitive listening devices throughout the business. The French underground Christian Jew often prayed for people while he went about his day. Francois knew that he really needed a closer friendship with God. And, prayer was how he communed with his Friend and God.

The crushing, suffocating surveillance states that existed throughout communist Europe kept people on their toes, so to speak. It was hard for Francois to go about a day without feeling constant, nagging thoughts that he was being watched and that anytime now police would show up to interrogate him. He had already been interrogated by police, but God had given him the wisdom for how to answer them so that he avoided being sent off to a “re-education” camp.

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The Surveillance State (3 of 3)

At this time, people began to accept the lies, brainwashing, and deception, they began to submit themselves to the deception and embrace communist doctrines and atheistic teachings like never before. The state became the new “god” of many European people. It handed out food; provided paychecks and state-controlled jobs; and gave poor people a higher standard of living than what they had before. As the state provided the people with jobs, money, food, housing, and other resources, people began to grow very dependent on it for everything. State-sponsored companies created “jobs” for people who were fired or laid off from work due to the poor economy of Europe prior to the Russian invasion.

As the state-controlled companies popped up all over Europe, privately-owned enterprises were heavily restricted until they could no longer afford to run. And, Churches were heavily monitored -- so much so that any pastor who read from the Bible or who spoke any truth that the state didn’t approve of would be arrested and sent to “rehabilitation center,” or a “re-education facility.”

Christians began to go “underground” and form secret Churches. But, the secret police of Europe’s new communist states would seek out these Churches and arrest all who participated in them. But, in the early years of the new regimes, they would simply fine the families and individuals involved and warn them not to meet again.

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Francois Israel placed the apple in his shopping cart and said silently: “Dear Father God, I need to know what to do. How can I keep going on like this? We are being oppressed by this corrupt government. Everything we do on the computer is recorded and anything suspicious is used against us. We are thrown into concentration camps, beaten, and tortured. Some of us have been murdered by the state. How can we live like this, Father God?”

[Note: The following quotes attributed to God are actually words from God. Seek God about this if you wonder.]

“My son,” God’s kind voice replied, “I am with you. I love you very much. Seek to know Me much better, and I will reveal more to you. And, I will lead you out of this evil generation, and have you go where I will send you. But, are you willing to suffer for My Name?”

Francois thought about that for a moment as he looked at various fruits. He tried to appear busy as he talked silently with God.

“I am willing to suffer for your Name, Father God,” Francois said. “But, what suffering are you speaking of?”

“I am asking if you are willing to die to yourself, take up you cross, and follow Me.” God said. “Or, do you want to do something different than that?”

“Different?” Francois said. “What do you mean by ‘different?’”

“I mean, My son, do you want to do your own will, instead of Mine?” God said kindly.

“I guess I have been kind of selfish, Father God,” Francois said as he tested the quality of some pears.

“Do you want to know Me intimately,” God said, “and experience true love, joy, and peace like never before?”

“Yes,” Francois said almost in a whisper. Then, he tightened his lips, feeling concerned that the sensitive microphones might have recorded more than just his “yes.”

“Then, here is what I would like you to do, My son,” God said tenderly. “I want you to give to Me your will to go about your day doing your own thing. I want you to spend more time reading My Word, seeking to know Me, loving Me, desiring Me, and realizing that I am all you need. But, I know you can’t do this all by yourself. Your flesh gets in the way. How to do this is to focus on what the Bible says about Me. And, seek to know Me better. Ask Me to give you a desire for My Word, for Me, and for My ways. That is true. And, as you do that, you will be blessed.”

“I want to do that,” Francois said silently as he placed a couple pears in his shopping cart. “Father God, will You give me a longing for You. Give me love for You and your Word. Give me a desire to know You much better. I ask this in Jesus Christ’s Name.”

“Your desire shall be granted, My son,” God said with love and care in His voice. “But, I want you to do this. I want you to go shopping online instead of in the grocery store. That way, you will avoid indecently-dressed women, for they are everywhere in Europe. And, I want you to seek Me about where to go, and when to go. Will you do that? I will certainly guide you.”

“Yes, Father God,” Francois said. “I will do that. With your help and guidance, I can do that.”

“That is good, My son,” God said gently. “Now, will you be willing to change your schedule? Will you be willing to quit your job? And, will you be willing to live in a location I show you?”

Francois swallowed hard as he thought about what God was asking him to do. “Change my schedule, quit my work, leave my apartment? That is a lot to ask someone, but I am willing to do that.”

“Very good,” God said. “I will guide you in all of that. I will provide you a place to live, and food, and all you need. Now, go back to your apartment, I recommend, and seek Me more about this, and I will bless you.”

Francois Israel’s Apartment in Paris, France. 2038 A.D. {Francois Israel}

Back at his apartment on the outskirts of Paris, Francois stepped into a walk-in closet and turned on an overhead light. He shut the door and sat down on a folding chair. In this sanctuary, the underground Christian sought God and asked Him many questions.

Then, after some time of seeking God, reading the Bible, and praying, Francois left the closet and began making preparations to move from his Paris apartment and put a five-day notice in at his work. Since unemployment was so high in France, it would be easy for his employer to find someone else to take Francois’s job as a waiter. And, Francois knew that his apartment lease would expire in a week. He would not renew it. The place God had told him to move to was the home of his dad, Judah Joseph Israel, who lived in the countryside of France.

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Like his son Francois, Judah Joseph Israel was an evangelical Christian Jew who attended underground Churches. He lived in a remote part of France alone. But, he had God and a relationship with God that was growing deeper and deeper by the day.

Like his son, Judah knew that Christians like Corrie Ten-Boom had helped Jewish people escape from Nazi Europe during the holocaust of World War 2. Both Judah and Francois Israel were lovers of their fellow Jewish people and supported Israel’s right to exist in the promised land.

They knew that the word “Christian” often caused Jewish people they met to cringe. But, the wicked Nazis and other evil people were not Christians in any sense of the word. The true followers of Jesus were taught to love their enemies, do good to those who did wrong to them, and show compassion and forgiveness toward their enemies, as the Lord Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah Himself both did and taught. Judah and Francois knew that hatred toward the Jews was the old, devilish plot of past autocrats and leaders, such as Haman; and some satraps of Persia during Daniel’s time; and King Herod who sought to kill Jesus Christ; and Hitler; and many others.

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“My son,” God had said to Francois while he was seeking Him in the closet, “I am having you move in with your dad since he needs your encouragement, and you need his. And, I will prepare both of you for leaving France. I have just the right way of moving you out of harm and into a place of joy and safety. But, even in difficult times, I give joy and safety. For, I am Love, and I am the Source of Joy, Peace, and Happiness. It all comes from Me. I know it is humiliating to return to the place you grew up as a child, but I will prepare you for great things. Follow My leading, and you will be safe. I love you very much, and I the LORD your God and Abba Father have spoken.”

As he sat on his metal folding chair in the walk-in closet, Francois pursed his lips in deep thought. He could see boxes of stuff resting on the narrow shelves in the closet.

“What will I do with all this stuff?” Francois said after a few moments of deep thought.

[Note: The following quotes attributed to God are actually words from God. Seek God about this if you wonder.]

“Give it away to second-hand stores,” God said kindly. “Give it all away if you don’t need it. But, just take what you need and go to your dad’s house. I will bless you for that, My son.”

“I have some valuable things, Father God,” Francois said with a little protest in his tone. “I have an autographed football (i.e. soccer ball).”

“My son, are you willing to give up all that you have in order to have something much better?” God said kindly.

Francois felt his world drop out from under him, for a moment, but then peace began to sweep into his soul. He realized God was going to truly bless him for denying himself and forsaking anything that would keep him from doing God’s best will. Joy began to slip into his heart.

“Yes, Father God,” Francois said, “I want to surrender it all to you. You can have it. I will give all this stuff to you and just place it into your hands. All that matters is knowing you intimately and doing your will.”

“I am pleased with you, My son,” God’s kind voice said. “Now, go and prepare for your expedition to your dad’s house. And, I will bless you for all you do in obedience to Me, My son. And, I the LORD your God and Abba Father have spoken.”

  

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