Christian Raw Dog - Rick Roman & The Synthetic Music Machine

Hello just wanted to tell you all about a new piece I just uploaded. Something we did on our second album......Let God Be God. We did a scripture reading of Revelations 12. This chapter always speaks volumes to me and tells us of the plan and purposes of God for the Church , the Body of Christ, the Israel of God in these last days. These 3 names mean the same for this company of people, in other words they are one in the same. There is much to say about the typology of this chapter. For the percussion we used a bunch of bicycle parts and some other stuff, we were definitely experimenting with our new found freedom in Music. This was in 1991

Chicago Blues Rock with Brass - During these trying times of many voices telling you which way to go and the world changing so very quickly there is only one place a person can go for refuge. The Lord Jesus is the rock of stability we can stand on. There is no other rock. Psalm 91 say...He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” 3 For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence (destructive plague, deadly sickness)

James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Jesus Christ is the true light that has come into the world and enlightens everyone who truly turns toward Him.

PHILLIPS 1:12......He came into the world—the world he had created—and the world failed to recognize him. He came into his own creation, and his own people would not accept him. Yet wherever men did accept him he gave them the power to become sons of God.
Isaiah 45:11 Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons,
And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.

My friends there is something to consider....The plagues were for the Egyptians and not for the Israelites.

Taken from the Book of Daniel in the Bible. I believe that the first beast in Daniel 7:1-4 is a picture of the USA in these last days and the progression of the nation we live in.

The Lyrics read:

I was looking in my vision by night
and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. (the nations of the world)
And four great beasts were coming up from the sea (in succession)
different, I said different from one another

The first was like a lion
and had the wings of an eagle.
I kept looking
until its wings were plucked,
and it was lifted up from the ground
and made to stand
on two feet like a man;
a human mind also was given to it

Let me explain what I believe I have received from the Lord concerning this passage and the spirit and progression of our nation the United States.
Lyrics:
The interpretation of the Lyrics are as follows:

The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle....
(In the early days of our country we had the dress and language and customs of England, so we resembled the lion who has been called the Lion. We as a people came out of England and flew with the guidance and grace of the Lord. We flew like an eagle soaring into the heavens. This also happened to Israel when they came out of Egypt. Exodus 19:4. Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. God loved this country because we followed His principals and had a vision. It became a place where Christians could worship God in freedom.)
I kept looking........
(as time went on)
until its wings were plucked,.......
(we fell to the ground no longer soaring as an Eagle and being a leader amongst the nations, because God promised that He would make those who serve Him the Head and not the tail. We no longer looked to the Lord for guidance and grace and slowly became corrupted with our own thinking and forsook the Lord Jesus who sustained us )
and it was lifted up from the ground........
(after our departure from Him)
and made to stand on two feet like a man;........
(a mere man, depending on his own strength and reasoning with his mind, following the course of this world)
a human mind also was given to it.........
(thinking like a humanistic man we now forget Gods judgments and laws and cast truth to the ground, all restraints are cast off and men do what is right in their own eyes. A False fleshly kind of love.)

This parallels are nation very well and its course.
As time goes on our wings are being plucked more and more.
I believe President George W. Bush was holding back this process as best as He could but has been hard pressed with the world and the powers of darkness breathing down his throat with the worlds ideas. Remember his father George link. Bush said "They were bringing about a new world order".
Back then I believed the Lord said to me that He put George W. Bush in office for a season to hold back the flood that was about to brake forth in this nation..
For after him would come the flood. This has come to pass.
Obama became president and the flood came like a rush of mighty waters and the Lord gave me this verse from the song of Moses to explain to me what was going on. Deuteronomy 32:32-33 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison, and their clusters with bitterness. Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
I believe the Lord has raised up president Trump to expose the swamp of evil doers who hate this country and who want to see its destruction to bring about their globalistic agenda.. They are pawns of satan who are very much deceived. They put on a religious mask and twist the scripture to deceive those who just have a form of godliness and just follow along.
Rick Roman: Vocals, Guitar, Drum Machine
Robert Schwartz: Bass Guitar
Genre: Rock - Guitar Rock

Rock/Guitar Rock - Here is a piece of Raw Rock. This early recording of 1992 demonstrates the rawness of the early drum machine. I should put this under experimental because we were experimenting with sound and learning some things about digital, not easy for us analog guys. Done on a 4 track cassette player, we played our instruments along with that little box called a drum machine and enjoyed the new found freedom we were finding with the Lord . Hope you enjoy the energy of what was played and vocalized. The words were something that came from my inner most being and the scripture used was alive to me. Where can I go, the Lord will always pursue us in His love even when we are running away scared. Like Jonah running away to Joppa when He was told to go to Nineveh.
Rick from Christian Raw Dog.

Timeless Message...Timeless Song. Yes we all have friends and then we have friends if you know what I mean.. Just went thru something myself about a friend, this is what inspired me to up load this tune that was done so long ago. "Jesus Is Your Friend" is a song written by brother Mike Babcox about 1972. He formed a group called Harvest at that time and I was a part of that group playing guitar and vocals. I really enjoyed Mike's music allot for it was a blessing playing and performing it. So here it is! We did put it on tape back in about 1973. Hope you enjoy are blessed as much as I was. Rick
Below is something out of the Proverbs in the bible about friends, Of course I added my own twist after each verse about Jesus because He is the only true friend that will never leave us or desert us.
The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Who is this friend? Jesus
There are persons for companionship, but then there is a friend who is more loyal than family. Who is this friend? Jesus
Some “friends” pretend to be friends, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother. . Who is this friend? Jesus
The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin, But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother. Who is this friend? Jesus
There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother. Who is this friend? Jesus
There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother who pretends to be a brother. . Who is this friend? Jesus
Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation]. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST (renewal, blessed quiet) FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 For My yoke is easy [to bear] and My burden is light.”

Merry Christmas you all.........Rick