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My name is Pastor Tony Catron I graduate from K.S.U. with a degree in electronic/electrical engineering. While doing that I became a Junior Deacon and also a musician in my dad's ministry in Cleveland, Ohio. Years later, my career took me to Michigan where I worked as a Electrical/Electronic Engineer. While in Michigan I became a Minister, then later went to Seminary training at Birmingham Bible Institute and became an Elder at a large Pentecostal church in Michigan called LLCC. I was called to the ministry by God. So I headed up an outreach ministry based on the End Times, dealing with restoration in people lives. Then my dad called me back to Ohio to help him Pastor his church. During that time, God changed my outreach ministry, turning it into a full-time restoration ministry. He gave me the name Ark of Covenant Ministries and the rest is history.
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As in the Days of Noah…

Matthew 24:4-15

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Emphasis on verses 6-7:

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

We are seeing these signs now. The Bible talks about signs in the heavens…

Matthew 24:16-26

 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

 

The last verse is a statement. Every year in Nevada’s desert there is a festival of the Burning Man, an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock City-a temporary community erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Hundreds of thousand of people show up to sacrifice this big huge creation that they create which they burn and they celebrate. They tell everyone they can come. According to Wikipedia, the event takes its name from its culmination, the symbolic ritual burning of a large wooden effigy (“the man”) that traditionally occurs on the Saturday evening of the event. Because of the variety of goals fostered by participatory attendees, known as “Burners,” Buring Man does not have a single focus. Features of the event are subject to the participants and include community, artwork, absurdity, decommodification, and revelry. There could be a situation where they say “Christ is there,” and everyone will flock to the desert. That will be said amongst this world.

 

Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

 

What does that statement say to you? When lightning hits out North, in a matter of seconds it brightens up the whole of the sky. Every eye shall see Him when He returns.

 

Matthew 24:28-31

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. IImmediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Luke 21: 23-26

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

 

What you read in Luke is an important stage of what is going to happen. I was talking with someone the other day, exclaiming that everyone thinks that Christ is going to come back; that the signs of heaven will be so unlikely or unnoticeable. Yes they will be if you are not looking. If you are worried about everything else going on in the world, these things will happen in plain sight and you will not be able to focus on that which is at hand; your concentration on Christ’s return. Now these signs that are taking place right now; this is the thing that most people don’t know that is taking place now. Around the world, they say people are really literally going through, because of the different things that are happening in this air; in the sea, in the land. Scientists and researchers say the land is doing things they’ve never seen before. The moon and sun are changing; these things are point blank and they’re happening. Their causing the weather to change; everything to change. Nobody is paying attention to it. The Children of God should be paying attention to it. Scientists said there are sink holes coming up all around the world. Big huge openings in the Earth, consuming buildings; people; randomly. This is going on now around the world. People are missing by the thousands, and they don’t know where they’ve gone to. They say there are sightings becoming more prevalent now around than it ever has been. Thousands of people see UFOs.

The point is, is this, the perplexity of nations. These folks really don’t feel…when God said what He would do…on the news a lot of people are scared and afraid and know not what to do. It is taking place now! The Word of God said that these things will happen, and they’re happening. Constantly talking of wars and rumors of wars. No one is paying attention to it.

When you show people that there are other people outside yourself, aliens and other creatures from outerspace. The Bible tells us this, the same as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of Man. People say the only thing going on in Noah’s day was that they were marrying and being given in marriage. But this is not all; people don’t do the research. The Bible tells you that angels were sleeping with women. If an angel who is highly intelligent sleeps with a woman, her children will be what…highly intelligent and giants. The intelligence of these children was far beyond what normal man’s understanding would have been. This intelligence began to influence man. These giants circumferenced the Earth, believing in the power of the pyramid. The pyramid does contain power and energy, you just have to know how to use it. The giants knew how to use it; harness energy. We only know of the 3 Egyptian pyramids that align with the 3 stars that comprise Orion’s Belt. They found out a couple years ago, the largest pyramid in Bosnia ever found in the world. Its so big that it looks like a mountain. (Read Genesis 6).

These statements are made for one reason…to inform you that the scenes that you hear of around the world lets you know what does appear is not what really is. These so called UFO’s…are not new. They’ve been seen for thousands of years. Researchers and scientist say they almost exhibit qualities of being spirits…appearing…not appearing. The Bible tells us that Satan appears as an angel of light. Not just a physical light but a light of understanding also. People need to understand that demons can appear to deceive men and women. They can appear as any form or shape that is needed to deceive the men and women of this Earth. People throughout the ages have said they’ve seen images of crafts flying throughout the heavens. As a matter of fact, the painting “Madonna of the UFO,” or “Madonna of the flying saucer,” depicts the nativity with the infant St. John in the foreground, and in the background a man watching an unidentified flying object.

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What is Our Disposition in God, During Our Situations?

How are you coping with the situation you are in now? Are you excited about it? Well, no one can be excited about being in a problem, situation, event or something detrimental to their health. No one can be happy in a trial. “Yes, Lord give me more!” No one can be like that. The disposition we go through now is how we handle it in our mindset towards God. “God why are You doing this?” we ask. Sometimes we get into the groves of life (every life is not a straight line) not knowing how far one point is from another. We get upset and ask God “why am I going through this,” or “why did this person get blessed even though they did wrong, yet I do good and nothing works out?”

We have to ask God to help us to discipline ourselves enough not to look at the outcome of other peoples situations or goals, but focus on our own. Our outcomes are totally different from those of others.What they are headed for is something else. What you’re heading for, God has already designed. In order to get to that, you have to go through this, that and this again. You can’t come out of anywhere and be a saved, strong child of God or even a  pastor, without having experienced anything. We’ve not gone through testing on love, hatred, being faithful to the people and men of God, caring for the things of God, yet we want to counsel or help someone to go through something that we have never experienced or something simular. It won’t be effective. So we have to evaluate in our own minds when we see people with new cars and nice thing, who seem to have a wonderful family life, etc, even though we know they aren’t living a life in Christ, or don’t even believe in God, yet they are blessed.

In this world today, we’re standing in the midst of the way to go. We don’t know where to go. The kings and rulers of this world are making laws and statutes that are against every law of God to the point that our very fibers of existence are shaken. We have our President declaring that the United States is not a Christian nation, when historically, it was founded in Christianity. In this day, laws are being made to suit the flesh. It will come upon the children of God to make a decision. Will that effect your life? Yes, as a Child of God, it will effect your life. Look at your mindset in that decision state. How are you coping in your mindset with what decision is being made? Will you give over just because of the President? God says, Let God be true, and every man a liar. If God says its wrong, then whom are you going to listen to?

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve theLord.

This should be the banner and cry for every Child of God, regardless of what any President or ruler says.

How long shall we have this thought of indecision in our walk with God, how long shall we stay in the midst of our decision, being upset with God, how long shall we go through hurt and pain, saying to ourselves “I’m tired of going through,” how long shall we be what we are when God wants us to be better than where we are at? We need to understand that only His mercy and grace is keeping us where we’re at.

Let’s take a look at the story of Daniel:

Daniel 6:1-7

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Daniel prayed 3 times a day, what was going on here was a set- up. If the King declared something, it was carried out regardless of family members or beloved ones.

Daniel 6:8-10

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

 

Daniel knew whom He served. Not Darius or other princes, he served God.

 

Daniel 6:11-28

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?  Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.  My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.  Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.  And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

In Daniel’s decision about what he was going through, what he should think and how he should do, before he went into the den he made a declaration that God would protect him. This is the way we’re supposed to take it. “I’m going through, I’m going through.” This is how you, we, me, every Child of God should be. They’re taking all the Children of God and putting them in camps. Should we go in saying, no I’m going to fight against it, or should we go in saying ok, my God will deliver me? We will all come to a point when we will be in the lion’s den.

How you operate in what you’re going through, and your disposition, in your situation; how you handle it will determine how God will deliver you. When you going through, go through with the outcome of a victorious spirit, not a spirit of defeat.

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Obedience to Instruction Brings Results

Joshua 6:1, Proverbs 15:5, Respectively

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

 

Obedience the Bible says is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22). Obedience to instruction brings results. If we look at the word obedience it means to submit to the strength or command of authority. Instructions, lessons, precepts, demands, and orders; to teach orally; to inform.

If you want God to do something, then you need to be obedient to His instructions “will”. Today, people don’t want to listen to anybody. They have their own thought, they know what they want to do and say; they know what’s right for them and what’s right for you too. The Bible tells us, the blind will lead the blind and both will fall in a ditch. It also says they will heap unto themselves teachers after their own flesh. This is what is happing today. Obedience to the instruction of God allows God to operate on your behalf. You shouldn’t sit there and question God. Now asking Him how something should be done is good, but asking why you should do it, is bad.

If you look at your life, your marriage especially, when you say I do, and they get to the part where you must promise to love and obey, until death do you part. Many women are reluctant at the word obedient. The husband is not to be a tyrant over you, but you both are to be together in the household. The Bible says that we must obey the one that has rule over us.

Now, what would have happened if Joshua didn’t follow the plan that he was given from God about walking around Jericho? Nothing. He would have been defeated and over taken by the enemy because of disobedience. When you are given instructions, make sure those instructions are from God and not of your flesh because you want to see certain things go your way. If you continually disregard instructions in your life, then results that you would desire to happen in your life won’t happen. If someone is telling you to do something, follow instructions. Yet use wisdom, make sure the instructions make sense. Be obedient to instruction that is righteous, wise, logical, won’t put you or others in danger, and is clear instructions.

The Word says that the steps of a righteous man are ordered by God. The structure, the movement. So that when you are getting obedient instruction, God says He wants you to walk a certain way: Treat your neighbor as yourself, keep His words, don’t drink or smoke, go to this certain church because there will be someone there to train you to be what God wants you to be. So if you decide not to go to that particular Church because the church doesn’t have this and it doesn’t have that; it doesn’t meet your specifications so you don’t go to that church. So your result will be negative. God will put you through multiple tests to adhere you to his obedience. He chastens the ones He loves.

The point is you have to be obedient to instruction. If you are out of step, whose order are you in? When you are given instruction in the house of God, if the Pastor or Lady gives you instruction; if God directly gives you instruction, be obedient. Many people don’t want to do what the word of God says, but they think they will go to heaven. If several babies are in a room with their mothers, and one of the babies cries out, will all the mothers get up? No, only the mother whom that child belongs to. The same thing with God, He will take his children who have been obedient to Him, who has done His will. Not those who have never done anything for Him. Out of all of that, if we are obedient to the will of God, you will get the results that He wants for you.

Don’t be misinformed, don’t take everything for granted, don’t try to do things your way, do it God’s way. Take your instructions from the Holy Ghost, and He will lead you and guide you to all truth, and you will never fail.

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Timothy Conference 2016

This year’s Timothy Conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio at Bishop Albert Robinson’s Church, April 13-April 16. While Pastor Catron helped with designing the name badges for the church as he has for the past 4 years, he also had the opportunity to teach one of the seminars the Conference offered.

Pastor Catron’s class was titled “Father’s Leading their Families into the Future, Naturally and Spiritually.” Click the link below to view the PowerPoint Presentation on this topic.

 

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God is not an Option

Joshua 24:15

People in Church and the world think that believing in God or giving His son Jesus true worship is an option. When we look at those iconic words Joshua said in 24:15 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Now, when Joshua made that statement, he was making one in the face of the world you might say because we still read this today. We are still hearing his declaration to the whole world about whom he believed in without a doubt. He detached himself from the world around him, including the people whom he led across Jordan.

People in the world say that to believe in God is an option. I can have faith in Him or not have faith in Him, I can believe in Him or not believe in Him; I don’t have to because He isn’t really real anyhow. If He turns out to be true, then He is God. He is understanding, plus He’s faithful. He understands my heart, “He understands what I’m going through; He will take me into heaven still. He knows that I really love Him, even when I didn’t believe in Him.” People will defend their beliefs. People will be quick to say God is not real, but when the evidence came out that the places the Children of Isreal traveled were found, people said “I have the right to believe what I want  to believe.” God says yes you do have the right. However know this, your life is an opinion but God is not.

Hebrews 11:6

But with out faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

How can anyone please God when they don’t know Him? If you didn’t believe in Him.  How all of a sudden can you say you love Him, if you’ve not had a relationship with Him. Some might say “I kind of figured He was true; I kind of knew He was always in my heart.” Jesus said in John 20:29 “…blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” The whole point is, we have to realize that God was never false, He’s always been real. You need to search the scriptures to find Him. So having the faith that God is, and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently seek Him, you have to realize that whether you believe in Him or not, He is real. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord God.

Most people want an option. “If God turns out to be real, then I’ll worship Him, I’ll believe Him, and He’ll understand me and I will go back with Him. It is not that easy. You can’t go back with someone who does not know you. If there were several babies in one room with all their mothers, and one of the babies cries out, are all the mothers going to go to that child? No, only the mother which belongs to that child; that mother who knows the cry of her child. That is the same way with those in the world, who have no relationship with God, yet try to cry out to Him. Will He hear the cry of those who are His or those who aren’t His? Only those who are His. He won’t touch something that is not His. He will not hear the cry of a sinner to help them continue in sin, unless their cry is to deliver them from this life of sin. He reins on the just and the unjust, Matt. 5:45. He loves all  of his creation, but if He does not know you personally, then who are you calling on and you don’t believe in Yeshua (Jesus) Messiah (Christ), then again, I ask you who are you calling on for help? The false gods of this world which are demons and evil spirits.  But if you don’t believe in the real and true God then who hears you pray,  if your life is linked to this world system and philosophy which is totally against the words of God and His son Jesus (Yeshua)?

You’ve got to know who you serve. People think they have options. We’ve been given options so much in our lives, we don’t even recognize that options were started by the devil. It happened during the time of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Option A: don’t eat of the tree and be obedient to God. Option B: eat of the tree and you’ll be like God. We are taught to look for options. With God, there are no options. Either you live with Him in the Kingdom to come forever or you die in the World in sin, and can look forward to live forever in Hell. God does not give options. It is the choices we make that determine our end.

Rev 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Many people are going with option B. They will flip the script when they find out God is real.” He is ever loving, ever faithful and will accept me so I can get in”. That is not the way it’s done. You have to have a relationship with Him. This life is the training ground for living with God forever in heaven. If you can’t do what is right down here, how will you do it in heaven? God does not give options, Satan does!

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

We need to understand that this is our preparation for going to heaven. How can you do what you want to do, not listen to God, and think you’ll go back with God. How can you live lavishly in this world, doing drugs, drinking, crimes etc, and at the last minute finally decided to believe in Jesus when He appears? While you are allowed to see another day, let that time be spent trying to find out who He is now. Build a relationship with Him.

God does not want us to rely on options. He wants you to have life, but you can choose either life or death.