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The stage is set, and the world once again is headed for times where the loyalties of others can not be trusted. A rise of evil is emerging to make a last stand deadly set against the goodly land and the God of Hosts. And who is this villain stubbornly the cause of such reckless abandonment the likes of which there has never been nor ever shall be again. There-be only one place to find the most trustworthy and truthful honest answer. The Bible’s Holy Scriptures as it is written in Revelation 12:9, And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

2nd Thessalonians 2:3, Let no man deceive you by any means: for that shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.

The goodly peoples aware of the impending dangers of the coming darkness over the goodly land, with a sense of urgency try to prevent harm over the goodly land by holding on fast to the Holy Precepts spoken of in the Bible. Where a cautionary warning is given to be aware of a wicked foe seeking whom he may devour as it is written in 1st Peter 5:8, Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

‘The Once Upon a Time,’ is the present day in the novel ‘Lily Among Thorns,’ by author Annette K Mazzone, the book begins with a young woman, the character named Lily who is reminiscing back to the simpler blissful time of her childhood living in the place she called home. A home filled with love of kindly protective parents, of whom bestowed upon their daughter Lily to dream of the endless possibilities that await her as she grows into the miracle that is beautiful young womanhood. On life’s journey Lily takes with her the goodly teachings of the Holy Scriptures as she ventures beyond her protective hearth and home as it is written in Colossians 3:16, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Deuteronomy 6:7, And thou shall teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk with them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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Yet sad to say and after century’s of conflict, here in the first decades of the Twenty First Century. The cares of this world began to encroach over the hearts and minds of the goodly people of the Wondrous Land. The Holy Scriptures began to be ignored and the grievous warnings how it is an unrestrained authority can lead to tyranny. Luke 21: 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may come to pass.

Luke 21:34, And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

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Lily moving forward to make all her wholesome heartfelt dreams for a One True Love’ come true, she soon had come to find beyond the safety of Home. A evil intensity is gaining influence over the beautiful land as it is written in Revelation 18:23, And the light of the candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

An admiring glance from a handsome stranger captures Lily’s heartstrings. And through many perils of the day their love blossoms the likes of which are the ‘Story Book’ kind. The Christian couple find themselves at risk living in a world where a rapid rise of evil is at war with the faithful of which this devoted couple is apart as it is written in Revelation 13:7, And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, tongues, and nations.

Mark 13:30, And except the Lord had shortened those days, No flesh should be saved: but for the elects sake whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

2nd Timothy 3:1, This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2nd Peter 1:21, For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of men: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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Micah 4:1, But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and the people shall flow unto it.

Acts 2:17, And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Revelation 11:1, And the nations were angry, and thy wroth is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them that destroy the earth.

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The Faithful Couple hold onto the Hope in the Lord’s goodly statutes by trusting on the promises of God in the ‘Last Days,’ and from the daily readings of the Holy Scriptures. Hope remains a constant within their hearts to stay true by the blessed assurance God will keep His Precious Promises as it is written in 2nd Peter 1:4, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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Holy Scriptures, King James Bible

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The Author: Dear Reader, The Lord’s Grace And Peace Be With You This Day The Lord Has Made. Amen.