Music industry

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written
          Psalm 149:5-9

Dear brothers and sisters,
we know that worship is a weapon against the enemy of the LORD and our enemy. If we praise the LORD with a pure heart, then we bind Satan end his daemons with chains, with iron bonds. Who sings in the midst of darkness, in the midst of problems is not problem orientated, but is orientated to GOD and this has an incredible power. Satan knows this, he is not stupid, like some people tend to think, but he is very clever and so he has decided to do something about it.

Music is given to mankind to adore the LORD, but if we have a look at the music industry, especially to day, then it is all about lots of money, influence, occultism, Satanism, etc. If you are more then 50 years of age, then you will remember the 60es with Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones etc. At that time it was a revolution, but not to be compared with what it is today! It all started very harmless. What has changed the world a lot in the last decades? The TV and the music. What has started very harmless has pushed a lot of people and specially the youngsters into drugs, alcohol, perversions, occultism and Satanism. How did this easy life which we see nowadays in the communities come about? Through TV and the music. We want to have this time a closer look at the music.

When I was in Copenhagen a few months ago, one could hear in the news something which has shocked me deeply. In a city where GOD is no conversation topic at all, a concert, a Christian concert found its way in to the news. You could see a music group, which played in a style, that Elvis, the Beatles and so on where, by comparison really harmless. Hundreds of peoples were dancing there like if they were mad! In the end some people were interviewed; they said something about JESUS, but these youngsters looked like they were full of drugs or into occultism – these people were not free at all.

When I was in Finland, the family I was staying with was telling me, that there are several Christian Heavy Metal bands here. They had received some CDs from a friend. I have never heard Heavy Metal in my live before, so I was listening for a few minutes to one of them.
What then entered my ears made me speechless. There was a grunting to hear, like the grunting of pigs. Or screams like coming from hell, just something crazy and this was Christian Heavy Metal music!!!

Many years ago, we were living in Cham, by Zug and I had a dream. I saw myself in a hall of a community and a “Christian music group” all dressed in black was playing. I walked up to the front and stood before the group, shouting: This group is not from GOD but from the devil!!! Then I saw myself sitting at a table and a man came up to me and handed me a note on which was written: “You are a prophet of GOD”! This was nothing new to me, but only a confirmation of what the LORD has written in my heart years ago. The prophets of the LORD are not fortune tellers, but some other time about this ……

Recently I have been asking myself seriously, if it could be, that Satan has infiltrated the communities with “his converted music groups” to destroy the communities from within?
It is clear that the enemy has planted his people everywhere, why not amongst us? A lot of Christians are of the opinion that an occultist or a Satanist would never mention the name JESUS. That is Christian naivety! One thing is clear: Satan tries everything to destroy the congregation and one way is through the music.

I would like to ask again: How is it possible, that there is hardly any fear of GOD left in the congregations? How did the slanderous living come about? - Piercing, chains, tattoos, sexy dressing or even nakedness, disrespectfulness etc.? – Through TV and the music! It can not be ignored, that the church of CHRIST which should be a light, which should be the salt, is sick to death.

How could the congregation only let such music enter? The snake at Adam and Eve was so ingenious and was able to cheat two people who were walking closely with the LORD. Should it encounter problems with us, who hardly know such close ties with the LORD and don’t even seek it? It came with lies: If you are like the world, if you have the same music like the world, if you are dressing in the same manner as the world, if you become modern, you are going to gain the world for JESUS! Does it not sound very spiritual? I can still remember, when, 15 years ago, my husband and I were speaking out warnings, we were laughed at.
What has happened? Did we win the world for JESUS? No, the opposite has happened; the world has taken over the congregation, we got corrupted!
Do you know what has happened? The children of the believers have become addicted to the worldly music, have departed from JESUS, or are with their body still in the congregation, but with their hearts in the world. Some time ago I have read that in L.A. there is a quarter where normal people hardly dare to go. There darkness, drugs, perversion etc. rules … and do you know who is living there? Plenty of children of believers!

A few days ago I learned from the homepage of a well known American bible teacher, that 75% of the children of the congregation, with the South Baptists even 94%, turn away from their believe during their college time! The congregation wants to take now measures against this development. But which? To congest the youth with even more music? What do these youngsters watch and listen to in the congregation and at home? Preaching about success, money, money, money … what are their examples at home? - Parents who sit in front of the TV or run after the money? Parents who are to lazy to train their children, instead, they are screaming for help and prayer if it is maybe already too late?

Some parents ask to pray for their children. But now I want to ask you: Did you raise your children in the fear of the LORD when they were small? Did you keep them within boundaries? Did you make it plain to them, that you don’t accept crazy music or videos as long as they are living with you? If you didn’t do that, why do you call for prayers? A lot of parents are of the opinion, that you can’t take away these things from the kids, they would have to first understand why etc. Brother and sister, if your child wants to drink a glass of poison, what will you do? I hope you will tear the glass of poison out of the child’s hands!

When I was in Scandinavia, my hosting family told me, that their son is not interested in Christianity any more. When I saw his room, it was clear to me why: Posters of occultist music groups on the wall, dirty violence movies on the floor, ….. this young boy is not the only one, a lot of children of Christian believers are in this state. Why? Because we, the congregations wanted to be like the world, because we the congregations wanted to win people for CHRIST with the methods of the world. Can you imagine Peter or Paul making the people first hot with ear deafening music, so that they would not be walking out of the preaching.
Is it clear to us, that the loud music in the congregations is very often a substitute for the missing anointing of GOD? Just turn once the music off and you will notice that there is hardly any spirit there. A few years ago, as I was attending a holy mess, people were singing: all I give to you …. then I sad to the LORD: Oh LORD you know that this is not true, make the ones stop singing who don’t give it all to you …. Suddenly it became very, very silent. The pastor had to go to the front and motivate the people to sing; amazing how fast sometimes prayers are being answered by the LORD! Brothers and sisters we have become addicted to music. We can hardly praise the LORD anymore without loud and sometimes even ear deafening music. How about, if we would open our mouth again and would praise the LORD?
With hundreds of believers the building should start shaking. How about, if we would switch of all the music instruments to become somehow normal again?

There are churches which are cemeteries and others are discos. The church of Christ is neither a cemetery nor a disco. Christians should be the happiest and most gay people. But if they resemble a cemetery or a disco, then there is definitely something wrong. A few months ago I was at an assembly. It was nice and the presence of the LORD could be felt. And this until a group of young women started to dance and shake their hips in front, next to the pulpit. Immediately the Holy Ghost drew back! GOD is holy, where we admit the flesh, the LORD draws back.
As I see it, we have three groups in the body of Christ: Satanic groups with whom the normal Christian hardly ever gets in to contact. They appear in concerts and sell of course their CD’s. Secondly we have musical people, who have come to JESUS, but have not abandoned their lives. Don’t forget, the body of Christ consists of hundreds of millions of people, that’s an enormous market; it’s about lots of money! Thirdly, there are a few people and a few groups who are really serious about the LORD and his congregation. It is up to the leaders to make the necessary corrections!

One more thought before I close this chapter: The live of plenty of young people is boring, that’s why they are constantly on the lookout for pleasures. How about if the communities would introduce courses, for example: What to do in case of an earthquake? How do I go through trials and tribulations? How do I help others in times of nature catastrophes, epidemics etc.? I believe for many people this would be very interesting and it would amongst many, especially the youngsters sharpen the perception that we are in the end times. Brother and sister, do you talk with your children about the end times? Do you make it quite clear to them, that the fat years are over and difficult times are ahead, or are you afraid to talk about it? Then you, yourself do not realize in what times we are living.
I know quite a number of young people: They love JESUS, sometimes they are even very zealous, but don’t touch their music, because they can not at all understand why they should not watch violent videos, etc. This is the scrap of which the bible talks in 2. Thessalonians 2,3 and responsible for that are the parents and the congregation. How many of those who came through music to the ministry will go through persecution and be faithful???

CHURCH, DO YOU WANT TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE, OR TURN THEM IN TO DISCIPLES!

From the 18. – 30. November I was staying in Lisbon, Portugal. Actually I really wanted to go to Vienna-Bratislava again, but I wasn’t at ease about this. A sister who was in the old times my praying companion had a dream: “She saw me sitting at a table, everything around me was white, two angels came and told me not to go there where I wanted to!” Is it not amazing how the LORD guides when we are true?

I got to know the Portuguese as kind but bitter people. In the old times Portugal was an empire but nowadays it is a poor country in the EC. I have seen a lot of poverty; I thought if it is already like this, how bad it will be in the times to come. The queen of heavens rules in Portugal, but if the congregation would rise in purity and unity, her throne would be shaking.
I had some talks with young people, with Chinese, with Pakistanis, North Africans etc. Always when I ascended from the metro I saw people handing out advertising material for dentist and so on. So, on my last day when I had tracts left over, I also stood in front of the metro handing them out and I was surprised how much they were in demand; they went away like fresh bred and people red them too!

A lot of people in Portugal and also here don’t want to know anything about JESUS. But if I talk about the end times, then they are often interested. If I told the people in Portugal: We are the generation of the antichrist, they said, yes we believe it. You can see how the crime rate, etc. are increasing.

I hardly talk about JESUS without talking about the end times and so I experience increasingly, that people are listening and say: We have to give it a thought …..
At the beginning of November, when I preached very clearly at the Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich, a group of children came and wanted to hear about heaven and hell. The smallest one wanted then to invite the Holy Spirit in to his heart and so I prayed with him and some others. These were children of Albanians, Curds, Italians and so on …

In the beginning of 2007 I was in Lausanne at a assembly of prayers and on Friday afternoon, I prayed and sang in the centre of Lausanne, I sang and preached … while I was doing this, surrounded by a few brothers and sisters, it was like Lausanne belonged to me, it was like I was ruling over Lausanne! I can’t explain this feeling to you! The country is ours, when will we rise up and take it? A few days ago I asked at the lake of Zurich a young Swiss: Can you see what’s heading us? He said: I can see it and I am much afraid!

A few weeks ago I was preaching again in Zurich at the Bahnhofstrasse and I was warning, that the money market would collapse, because we regard the money as our GOD. A few days later came the news about the UBS disaster and I tell you: This is only the beginning (and how true it turned out to be; remark translator)! What is your life built on: JESUS or earthly riches? Are you a disciple of JESUS or just somebody who is looking for entertainment?

…….. and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. Amen!
    Revelation 15:2-4

The joy in the LORD shall be your strength!

Catherine Hafner, a maidservant of JESUS CHRIST!

Translation: H. Hegetschweiler