(CHAPTER 3) The Adventures of Matthew Jeremiah in Europe (A Novel / Word from God)

 The Adventures of

Matthew Jeremiah

in Europe:

The Sister of Babylon

Chapter 3

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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.

Chapter 3

Carpathian Mountains. Romania. 2038 A.D. {Matthew Jeremiah}

Pine needles and dried twigs crunched underneath Matthew Jeremiah’s boots as he walked under tall conifers in a large, Romanian pine forest. He had just been on a mile hike through the woods to get some exercise and see more of the layout of the land. And, now, he was returning back to the camp where he, his friends, and a number of Roma people were staying.

The Roma, who had suffered from being insulted and mistreated by European society, had fled into remote parts of Europe as communists had dispossessed them of their land. These poor, mistreated and hurting people had come to the sanctuary of the Carpathian forest. They sought out a place where they could try to survive without having to rely on the communists, who despised them. Some underground Christians joined them, due to an act of God.

A miracle of God had happened while Matthew and his friends were having an “underground” Bible study. As the secret police were entering the Rousset house, Matthew and his Christian friends had been instantly translated away, in the same way that God had translated Philip the evangelist, in Acts chapter 8. The group translated by God consisted of: Matthew and Sarah Jeremiah; Pierre Ricard; Jean and Marylise Rousset; and the Rousset children: Andre (a 22-year-old), Claude (20), and Nathalie (18).

When the group of underground Christians had arrived in the Carpathian Mountains, they had found that Roma people already lived there, and that the Roma would welcome the Christians if they could help them. Many of the poor Roma were in need of medical attention and had a hard time finding food in the forest. So, several smugglers had found out where they lived and had given them medicine and store-bought food in exchange for pigs, sheep, and chickens, which the Roma raised out in the forest.

But, the smugglers didn’t trade fairly, and some of the Roma had gotten into heated arguments with the smugglers over prices and bartering. Eventually, the smugglers began to stop showing up as often as before, and the plight of the Roma grew worse.

When Matthew and his friends had showed up, the Roma had been very suspicious of them. But then Pierre had asked if there was anyone who needed medical attention. An aged man had said ‘yes.’ He was suffering from arthritis that made it hard for him to move. He had walked bent over and move with great care.

A Month Previously {Matthew Jeremiah}

Pierre, Matthew, Jean Rousset, and Conrad Schmidt (another Christian that had been translated to the Roma camp) surrounded the man and prayed over him. In less than an hour, the elderly man stood up straight. His eyes lit up. “I am healed!” he said loudly. “I am healed! What did you do to me?”

“We didn’t do anything but pray,” Conrad Schmidt, a German Christian, said. “Jesus Christ did the miracle healing.”

“Well,” the old man said. “I want Jesus to save me. He healed me. So, he can save me.”

“We would be happy,” said Matthew Jeremiah, “to tell you how to know Jesus as your Personal Savior and Lord. He who healed you from arthritis can also heal your soul and give you eternal life, for free.”

“I want this eternal life,” the old man said.

The Christians led him to Jesus, and the old man, named Dmitri, trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation and gave his life to the Lord Jesus. Seeing this, a handful of other Roma asked if they could also be followers of Jesus. A revival soon broke out among the Roma in that section of the woods, and many more got saved after seeing and hearing the testimony of Dmitri, who had been miraculously healed of arthritis. More healings took place. A lady was healed of cancer. A man was healed of kidney stones. A deaf boy was healed so that he could speak and hear properly. And, many more miracles took place.

Soon, about 50 percent of the Roma were true Christians. They were baptized in the next few weeks in various places of the forest. Marylise Rousset and Sarah Jeremiah, Matthew’s wife, led Bible studies for women and girls. Matthew, Pierre, Jean, and Conrad led Church services for the new believers and conducted small Bible studies for men and teen guys.

Now {Matthew Jeremiah}

Matthew Jeremiah walked into the camp of the Roma. Winter tents, carrying cases, fire pits, propane stoves, backpacks, and other things for living in the woods appeared in various places, here and there. Five-hundred people covered two square miles of forest, living in primitive conditions.

“Hello Belo,” Matthew said to a man who was cleaning a fish he had caught recently.

“Hi, Matt,” said Belo Oprescu, a handsome, 50-year-old, Roma man. “Jesus is very good to me. He helped me catch this big fish. You see the size of this? This is larger than I normally catch.” He was grinning as he spoke.

The fish was about a foot in length, meaty, and appeared like it would make a good meal.

“That is wonderful, Belo,” Matthew said. “God is a good Provider.”

“Amen, brother,” Belo said as he turned back to his catch.

Matthew, his friends, and new coverts had visited the other camps of Roma and had prayed over them. More healing miracles had taken place, and the Gospel had spread like wildfire among the Roma.

But, among the Roma were a sizeable number of die-hard Catholic and Eastern Orthodox adherents. They resisted the true Gospel of grace through faith, as the book of Romans teaches, and believed that their works could save them in addition to the cross. They prayed to Mary, offered incense, and used prayer beads. Among them were several men and women who strongly resisted the disciples of Jesus and the Gospel of grace.

One of them had threatened to burn the tents of the Evangelicals. But, so far, he had not carried out his threat.

As Matthew walked through the Roma camp toward his tent, he heard a deep groaning sound -- the sound of a large diesel engine. He paused to listen. And, his heart beat faster. Through the woods, the sound of a truck or tank could be heard. Then, before he could pay attention to any more of the sounds, men and women began to run from other parts of the Roma camp. Some were shouting.

“The communists have come for us!” a woman cried as she ran.

“What did you see?” Matthew said as she drew near.

“We must flee!” she said, not hearing him clearly.

A burly man jogged over to him and said, “I saw a Russian-made tank and soldiers. It probably belongs to the communist government of Romania. We have to leave this camp before they capture us and relocate us to a work camp.”

“Why would they put you in a work camp?” Matthew said, concerned as he studied the man’s worried face.

“The communists have put Roma into work camps because they are cheap labor,” the Roma man said, “and the communists view us as lower than dirt. But, since we are now filled with Christians, they will send us to concentration camps, which are much worse than work camps.”

Hearing that brought fear into Matthew’s heart. He had heard about the concentration camps run by the Nazis, and he had heard about the Russian gulags. So, he turned away and closed his eyes. As he did, the Roma man sprinted off.

“Father God, what do we do? We face the threat of being thrown into a concentration camp,” Matthew prayed silently as people began hustling about, grabbing personal belongings and stuffing them into packs.

“My son,” God’s kind voice said to Matthew’s spirit, “I will show you this. I will protect you. This is a trial for the Roma to repent and seek Me -- those Roma who have not turned to Me need to seek Me. Now, I will show you that I will protect you and keep you safe, but some of the Roma will be captured and taken to a work camp. But, I will protect the Christians who are with you. Pray that they will repent from following their carnal minds, and pray that they will seek Me, and follow Me, and not follow what makes sense to them.

“If a man or woman follows Me, he or she will do well and will be safe. If he or she follows his or her own will, that person will be placing him-or-herself in danger. Now, I will show you what to do. Have the Christians stop preparing to flee and have them meet with you to have a prayer time. I will bless you, My son. And, I the LORD your God and Abba Father have spoken.”

“Thank you, Abba Father God,” Matthew said, feeling peace return to him. He gave his fears to God and relaxed.

Then, Matthew shouted, “I need every evangelical Christian to come here please. God would like us to have a prayer time.”

“Are you crazy?” an evangelical Roma man said. “They will soon be on top of us. We will be thrown into a concentration camp.”

“God told me that He will protect us believers,” Matthew said. “But, we need to follow His Spirit even when it doesn’t make sense to our own minds.”

“Okay,” the Roma man said, sighing. “I believe you’re right. Let me go and gather some of the other evangelicals over here.”

He went off. But, as he left to bring more over, Sarah and some of the other Christians and Roma converts arrived.

“I heard you shouting out something about a prayer time,” Sarah said.

“I was calling us believers into a prayer time because communists are heading our way, but God will protect us believers who trust Him,” Matthew said.

When a good-sized group was gathered, Matthew began the impromptu meeting by saying, “Brothers and sisters in Christ, we are gathered here because our Abba Father God had told Me that we should have a prayer time. We know that we are being hunted down by communist troops.

“But, King David was being hunted down by Absalom and many years prior to that by King Saul. Both men and their armies could not defeat David, or capture him, or harm him. God was with King David to protect him and watch over him. So, we are gathered together today to place our trust in God. David wrote Psalm 91 which gives us great assurance and hope in this dark hour in which we live.”

Matthew pulled out a pocket Bible and flipped it over to Psalm 91.

“Psalm 91 says this in verses 9 through 12:

‘[9] Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge,

even the Most High, thy habitation ;

[10] There shall no evil befall thee,

neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

[11] For he shall give his angels charge over thee,

to keep thee in all thy ways.

[12] They shall bear thee up in their hands,

lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.’ [Psalm 91:9-12] [End quote]”

“That is comforting,” a lady said, sniffing.

“God shall never forsake us,” Matthew said boldly. “And, if we want to know Him intimately, and personally, and if we trust Him and follow where He leads, we will be safe from harm, as David was. David was never tortured. He was never thrown into a prison. He was never starved. God protected him even though he had many enemies who sought to kill him at different times in his life.”

Matthew looked at the Bible again and said: “Psalm 91 says this in verses 1 through 4:

‘[1] He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

[2] I will say of the Lord,

He is my refuge and my fortress :

my God ; in him will I trust.

[3] Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,

and from the noisome pestilence.

[4] He shall cover thee with his feathers,

and under his wings shalt thou trust :

his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.’ [Psalm 91:1-4] [End quote]”

“That is encouraging,” a Roma man said.

“It certainly is,” Matthew said. “God is telling us through David’s pen that God protects those who trust in Him and in His truth -- the Word of God and the guidance of God’s Spirit. Jesus told us, in John 14:17, that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth and that He dwells in a believer. In John 16:13 Jesus said this truth:

‘[13] Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you

into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he

shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come.’ [End quote]”

“So,” Matthew said, “if we follow the Holy Spirit, who guides us into all truth, we will be safe from all harm. For, God is the God of Psalm 91. God shall never abandon us, and He shall deliver us from harm.”

The sound of big diesel engines grew close, and the cry of people panicking filled the air. Then, soldiers armed with AK-style automatic rifles pushed their way through bushes and came upon the Roma who were busy packing up their camps.

“Halt!” a soldier shouted at some Roma men and women who were 250 feet away from Matthew.

They froze, terrified of the communist soldiers.

“Raise your hands!” another soldier barked.

Those men and women complied. But, a few others bolted off into the forest, and several other soldiers ran after them.

As this was happening, a camouflaged T-90 tank rolled into the Roma camp and crushed tents and equipment into the ground as its clattering treads flattened everything before it. Matthew and his group stiffened, feeling fear attack them strongly. But, miraculously, none of the communist soldiers or tank crews spotted any of the Christians in Matthew’s circle. The communists acted oblivious to their presence.

And, miraculously, none of the Christian’s tents were pilfered by the greedy soldiers. Their tents were ignored, but the tents of non-believing Roma were rifled by the soldiers. The loud rat-tat-tat of machine gun fire suddenly erupted from the forest 300 feet away. People screamed as they were cut down by the bullets, but the dense woods kept Matthew and his group from seeing the killing.

“Obey us, and we will not shoot you,” a soldier told the Roma who had surrendered.

“We will follow your orders,” said a nervous Roma man 200 feet away from Matthew.

“March,” a soldier shouted before he ordered the captured Roma to form a line and get moving.

Once all the communist soldiers and tanks had left with their loot and the captured Roma, the circle of Christians breathed a sigh of relief. But they also felt deep sorrow for the Roma who had been captured or killed. These atrocities against the Roma were fairly common now that corrupt communists were running the countries of Europe.

“I feel like I deserve to be with those people. Some of them are my relatives,” a man said after a while. “Why should God miraculously spare us from being seen and caught?”

“God is for you,” Matthew said, looking first at the man and then at all the people. “He doesn’t want you to suffer. Those people who were captured didn’t trust only in Jesus Christ for salvation. They followed their own works and their own carnal minds. God didn’t want this to happen to them, but they refused to take His offer or even heed what we told them. So, God allowed them to be captured. But, I believe that God will save and deliver them if they will trust in Him.”

“Why would God allow this to happen to our people?” an elderly Roma lady said.

“God didn’t want any of this suffering to happen,” Matthew said, “but God can use what Satan meant for evil to be used against the devil’s wishes. God can take the suffering and use it to bring hardened hearts -- who don’t want to trust only in Jesus -- out of deception and into the Light.”

Clapham Common. London, England. 2038 A.D. {Daniel Shultz}

Daniel Shultz, an Austrian tourist, was walking through Clapham Common, a public park in London, England. Daniel wore eyeglasses, was clean shaven, and had 5-cm-long blonde hair. As he walked, he noticed that a good portion of the landscape was covered with a forest of temporary structures.

About 50 percent of the entire common (city park or field) was occupied with tents and makeshift structures. It looked like a refugee camp similar to the 2015 refugee camp in Calais, France. Steel fire pits (metal containers with legs used for camp fires) sent up wispy clouds of smoke as homeless campers cooked their food over open flames. But, instead of Syrian, Eritrean, and Afghan refugees living in these tents, native Caucasian people of the British isles were living in great poverty in the parks and commons of their cities.

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Economic and Crime Problems in Europe (1 of 3)

Housing prices had risen greatly and many companies had to lay off thousands and thousands of workers. Living expenses were higher than ever before, and crop production was reduced due to blights that affected the wheat, barley, and rye crops.

Ever since Britain and the European Union had connected their economies to the rest of the world, they had set themselves up for financial problems. While a connected world offered financial benefits, it also acted as a potential source of economic problems. The 2008 financial crisis affected not only America, but it also affected economies in European countries as well.

Now, with vast amounts of risky financial transactions, poor investment, improper use of money, and many other problems, not to mention the weakening economy, crop failures, and other problems, Britain and the rest of Europe began to suffer economic hardship. Austerity measures began to take place as governments in Europe had to tighten their budgets and decrease spending and borrowing in order to try to stay afloat.

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Clapham Common

“Sir, do you have any spare coins?” asked a homeless man in his thirties as Daniel Shultz approached him on his walk through the common.

The man wore a dirt-stained jacket and carried a backpack. He looked like he was in good health, but his slightly unkempt appearance suggested he really was homeless. Stubble covered his face, and his hair appeared greasy and unwashed.

Daniel reached into the right pocket of his baggy jeans and handed the man fifteen pounds.

“Thank you, sir,” the man said, smiling. “I hope you don’t end up like me.”

“How did you end up here?” the Austrian tourist said. “By the way, my name is Daniel,” he added as he reached out a hand.

The homeless man shook his hand and said, “I’m Perry. I was employed as a truck driver, but my company had to lay off some people, and I was one of the poor blokes [i.e. men] to be chosen. Their costs were starting to exceed their profit margin, so they had to downsize.”

“That is too bad,” Daniel said, feeling sorry for the man.

“I have three children living with my wife,” Perry said. “We got divorced four years ago. She won’t let me in her house, so I suffer out here with the rest of these homeless people. My dad is living in a very small apartment in London, and my mom is living in New Zealand. None of my relatives would let me stay with them, seeing they have small houses or apartments. But, I get handouts from the government. Even so, I don’t always have enough good food. Vegetables. Carrots. Healthy choices.”

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Economic and Crime Problems in Europe (2 of 3)

Millions of people across Europe found themselves without employment, dispossessed of their homes, and living in tents. The governments didn’t know how to cope with so many homeless people that they only offered meager financial assistance and food. Riots and protests swept over Europe as people rose up in anger over the austerity measures, unemployment, and food shortages. As riots took place, Middle-Easterners felt more and more of the rage of Europe’s hatred toward non-Caucasian peoples. Both Jews and Muslims faced intense persecution from nationalist groups in Europe that began to grow in strength as Europe’s economy sank.

Nationalist politicians blamed the refugees, Jews, and Roma people for Europe’s problems. As this hatred grew, Muslims and Jews began to flee from Europe. The continent that had welcomed them now rejected them. With nowhere else to go, Muslims returned to their countries of origin or ancestry. And, Jews returned to Israel.

But, even as this took place, the people of Europe began to divide between ultra-liberal and nationalist / neo-conservative camps. As unemployment soared, as economic problems increased, and as refugees continued to move into Europe, the liberals and nationalists began to take their words and turn them into actions.

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The “Inner City”

Daniel Shultz had driven through English countryside and into a particularly notable city of the U.K. He was now walking through an area of the large city that used to be safe for pedestrians and families to visit, but it was now rife with crime. Disgruntled, unemployed men and gangs slowly took over the streets, driving out police and ordinary citizens with their pistols, knives, and eastern-European-made semi-automatic rifles.

The Austrian, out of curiosity, had apprehensively entered this region of the city to see what it was like now that the gangs had moved in. The wind stirred some trees and caused crumpled pieces of paper to roll down the street like tumbleweeds in a desert.

It was a fall day that had gone from sunshine to clouds. And, the temperature had dropped a little, so Daniel shivered slightly. The buildings on his right and left appeared to be run down and in bad condition. Broken glass, pieces of garbage, and scraps of paper littered the street. Graffiti covered some of the walls of the buildings, and pieces of broken pottery crunched under his feet. The whole atmosphere of the region was very dark and gloomy.

Suddenly, a guy in his early 20s stepped out from an alley and glared at Daniel. He had short hair, a scar on one cheek, and a black, leather jacket. Then, he turned slightly to his left and hissed, keeping a wary (cautious) eye on the Austrian tourist. Someone came running up from behind him. Now, two young men were facing Daniel, a man in his early 40s.

“Hey,” the first man said to Daniel angrily, “what are you doing on our turf?”

“I was just passing through,” Daniel said, feeling some fear rising up. He held up a hand to try to calm them.

“Beat it,” the second gangster said with gritted teeth. “This our street.”

“Okay,” Daniel said apologetically. “I’ll leave.”

“If I ever see your face in this street, I will …” the first gangster said some vile and crude threats.

Daniel shuddered as he turned to leave. He now realized, from first hand experience, that the large cities of Britain were much worse than when he was a young man. Daniel remembered this particular neighborhood from when he was a younger man. Over a decade ago, it didn’t have any gangs. It used to be a safe neighborhood.

Gangs were starting to overrun many districts of large European cities such as in Britain, Germany, France, and elsewhere in Europe. And, crime was escalating more and more. As young people felt no love from their fathers, they sought love and companionship from a gang. But, they often ended up in many fist fights and brawls over petty reasons. And, they also fought other gangs for “turf.” So, the end result was a society of violence, murder, and chaos. ‘Only God can reach such hardened hearts,’ thought Daniel. ‘Only God can give a Christian the power to reach such lost souls and point them to Jesus.’

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Economic and Crime Problems in Europe (3 of 3)

Protests, marches, and rallies filled Europe’s capitals and major cities and towns. Soon, the protests began to erode into chaos and anarchy. Riot police subdued the belligerent people, and brought the riots to an end, but the problem of unemployment, high prices, and inflation caused many to cry out to their governments to help. But, some cried out to God, and saw Him come through.

But, even as these difficult times continued, Europe, for the most part, continued to harden its collective heart against God, defying Him. The preaching of the Gospel became nearly impossible in most of the cities of Europe. Hollywood and its sister produced more and more films promoting sodomy, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, fornication, violence, crime, anarchy, the occult, rebellion, and other sins.

The culture of Europe, especially the people of native European blood, became more and more like their cousins in America. What their role models were promoting, they began to promote. What Hollywood and popular musicians promoted, the people of Europe continued to promote. As the entertainment industry got more and more filthy and vile, so did the people of Europe and America.

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