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· “I never knew you”- Jesus’ most frightening
words
· What does the Bible really say about the
unborn?
· If Row vs. Wade is overturned, Abortions in
California could increase exponentially
· Israeli archaeological treasures align with
Hebrew Bible accounts
· Spiders the size of a House?
· GOD’S VIEW OF SIN
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'I
NEVER KNEW YOU:' JESUS' MOST FRIGHTENING WORDS
The Christian Post – Nov. 11, 2021 - There are some words of
Jesus that usually send chills up my spine whenever I read them. The fear of
being turned away by God at the end of my Christian journey is sometimes
overwhelming.
Before now, I had been convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that
I would make it to Heaven if Christ returned today. But as I began to
contemplate His words more deeply, I have now resolved to become extremely
careful in my daily activities as a Christian. I had been so engrossed in the
euphoria of the loving-kindness and mercy of God that I seldom remember the
terms and conditions that I am bound to keep.
When Jesus gave the instructions that self-denial and cross-carrying
are prerequisites for becoming His disciple (Luke 9:23), he wanted us to deny
ourselves and follow God. He wants us to collapse our will into the will of God
and to get ready to suffer and die the most shameful death for the sake of the
Gospel. I struggle every day to kill my flesh in my daily activities, but it
keeps on pushing itself into my major decisions. I pick my cross daily, but I
still notice that fear of being killed has not allowed me to operate maximally
in carrying out the mandate of the Great Commission.
My fear is that I cannot claim that I have absolutely denied
myself and have carried my cross. There are still fleshy manifestation and
un-readiness to surrender my life for the sake of Christ. I have signed my
death warrant along with my fellow missionaries, but we are all still afraid to
venture into some areas even when we are convinced that God wants us to go to
such places. At times, I do consider my actions as incomplete obedience, and
that has increased my fear.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of Heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in
Heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name and in your name drive out demons and, in your name, perform many
miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you
evildoers!’” (Mathew7:21-23).
Did Christ really mean these words? If He did, then a lot of us
are in deep trouble.
The above statement suggests that not all that profess Christ
will enter into the Kingdom of God, but only those who did the will of God
while on earth. My take on this is that every Christian who desires to get into
the Kingdom of God should continually do the will of God. There are many who
have done mighty works in the name of Jesus who will not enter His Kingdom,
simply because they did not operate in accordance with God's will. “He that
thinks he stand should take heed lest he falls” (1 Corinthians 10:12).
The unfortunate thing is that many Christians do not know that
they had to pick up their crosses as soon as they gave their lives to Christ.
Many run their Christian race without the cross. Cross-carrying is
non-negotiable in Christianity, and anyone who refuses to adhere strictly to
this will inevitably face rejection from Christ on the last day.
The day God opened my eyes of understanding to see what Jesus
told the Church in Sardis in Revelation 3:5, is the day I woke my wife up in
the middle of the night. We cried and begged God to help us finish strong. “The
one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot
out the name of that person from the book of life but will acknowledge that
name before my Father and His angels” (Revelation 3:5).
The most dreadful part of the whole scenario is that there will
be no opportunity for repentance at the point of hearing, “I never knew you,”
and no second chances. This fear has helped me to be watchful and pray and
contemplate God’s judgement. For the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom.
'WHAT
DOES THE BIBLE REALLY SAY ABOUT THE UNBORN?'
Charisma News – Jan. 10, 2022 -- Many years
ago, we had a pastor that would always say: "What does the Bible say about
it?" Viewing the current pollical landscape, voting record and listening
to the ongoing narrative, even among Christians, I have to ask myself ...
"Isn't it time to start asking that question again?"
Over the years, God has given me scripture after
scripture dealing with pre-born babies. I would like to take the time to
provide you with some of them, along with some side notes the Holy Spirit gave
me. This will make it clear what the Bible does say about God's little children
that have no voice.
Do we really understand that it is God, our
Father in heaven, that actually forms us in our mother's womb and created us
for His glory? Isaiah 43:7 declares "Everyone who is called by My name,
whom I have created for My Glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made
him." In Isaiah 44:2 and v 24 it says that it was our Lord that formed us
from the womb. Job, in Job 9:8 says of God that "Your hands have made me
and fashioned me."
Job 34:19 reflects that "...they [we] are
all the work of His hands." I just love what Psalm 71:6 says: "By You
I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother's
womb." Do we really comprehend that we do not belong to ourselves or
anyone else; that we belong to God as it was He who made us? "Know that
the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves" (Ps.
100:3).
And David, under the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21; 2 Tim. 3:16) speaking of God in Psalm 119:73 that
"Your hands have made me and fashioned me;" Isaiah declares:
"The Lord has called me from the womb" in Isaiah 49:1; and in verse
5, it states "... Who formed me from the womb to be His servant..."
God told the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the
womb, I knew you;" And of course a favorite to many: "For
You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb" (Ps.
139:13).
God cares for those that do not have a helper,
as reflected in Job 29:12: "Because I delivered the poor who
cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper." And Psalm 72:12
states: "For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and
him who has no helper."
When I first read these, the Holy Spirit asked
me, "Who has no helper more that an unwanted unborn baby? Whom is more
needy when he cries than an unwanted child in his mother's womb?" The
wisdom in Proverbs 14:31 tells us, "He who oppresses the poor reproaches
his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the needy." We must have
mercy on every unborn child, as God hears the cry for help of the unborn (Isa.
5:7).
Father God gives us a warning in Job 34:27-28
that "Because they turned back from Him, and would not
consider any of His ways, so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to
Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted." And again, in Psalm 140:12,
we read, "I know that the Lord will maintain [defend] the cause of the
afflicted..." May I ask, where does the cries of the afflicted come from
more than a child, a human being, being aborted?
Are we as concerned with the fatherless (in
and outside the womb) as our Father in heaven is? We read in Psalm 10:14 and
verses 17 and 18 that God is the helper of the fatherless ... to do justice to
the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no
more.
Continue reading at: https://www.charismanews.com/opinion/88023-spiritual-warfare-general-asks-what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-the-unborn
IF
ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED, ABORTIONS IN CALIFORNIA COULD INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY
Charisma News – Jan.
10, 2022 -- California is moving to dramatically expand and fund the number of
abortions performed in the state. Its motivation: the possibility of the Supreme
Court overturning Roe v. Wade this summer.
If the court overturns Roe, the issue of
abortion would then be regulated by the states. California is nationally known
for its abortion-friendly laws and policies and is positioning itself to serve
as an abortion sanctuary for women in states that would implement abortion bans
in a post-Roe America.
The state's Future of Abortion Council, led by
Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Planned Parenthood and other abortion
leaders, says abortions in California could increase exponentially in such a
scenario.
In a late December report, the council cited Guttmacher Institute
statistics showing the number of out-of-state women driving to California for
abortions could increase from 46,000 to 1.4 million—close to a 3,000% spike.
It's a trend the council welcomes. Atkins said
she hopes the state will "shape public policy so that California can keep
forging ahead along the path of progress and understanding and continue to
serve as a beacon of hope for the rest of our nation."
But pro-life advocates such as Jonathan
Keller, president of the California Family Council, are sounding the alarm.
Keller called the Future of Abortion Council's
report "shocking" and said he's especially concerned about Gov. Newsom's
plans to use the state's budget surplus to expand funding, not only for
abortions for California residents but also for out-of-state women.
"Gavin Newsom is actually talking about
paying people, paying women with unplanned pregnancies to fly to the state of
California, to pay for their hotel rooms, to cover all of their work-related
expenses if they have to take unpaid time off so that they can come there and
end the lives of their unborn children," he said.
ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES ALIGN WITH
HEBREW BIBLE ACCOUNTS
Koenig’s Int’l News – Nov. 30, 2021 --
Nothing helps us better understand the lives of the people who have lived in
Israel than the archaeological artifacts that are dug up here. The study of
archaeology is of great significance, because it helps inform us all about
where we come from. The field assumes additional importance in the context of
contested lands, because the artifacts and findings revealed in the Holy Land
represent crucial evidence of the lifestyle of Jews living here many centuries
ago.
Civilizations have risen and fallen on
this hallowed land. However, some treasures that have been found beneath the
earth of Israel are arguably more significant than others — specifically, those
that support the historicity of the Hebrew Bible.
Here are some of the
most important archaeological finds in Israel.
The
House of David Victory Stone — 1993
Also known as the Tel
Dan Stele, this slab of stone that was found in northern Israel in 1993
provides proof of Israel’s most famous ruler. The Aramaic inscription carved
into it offers the first evidence of King David’s dynasty outside of Biblical
sources.
The artifact has been
dated to the eighth or ninth century BCE and appears to recount the victory of
King Hazael of Aram-Damascus, Syria, over King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of the House of David.
This account differs from the Book of Kings, which states Jehu killed Joram and Ahaziah before taking the Israeli throne. The
fragmented inscription reads:
[…]
and cut […] my father went up [against him when] he fought at […] And my father
lay down, he went to his [ancestors]. And the king of I[s]rael
entered previously in my father’s land. [And] Hadad
made me king. And Hadad went in front of me, [and] I
departed from [the] seven […]s of my kingdom, and I slew [seve]nty kings, who harnessed thou[sands of cha]riots and
thousands of horsemen (or: horses). [I killed Jeho]ram
son of [Ahab] king of Israel, and [I] killed [Ahaz]iahu
son of [Jehoram kin]g of the House of
David. And I set [their towns into ruins and turned] their land into
[desolation …] other [… and Jehu ru]led over Is[rael … and I laid] siege upon […]”
Providing undisputed
evidence of the rule of David, the Tel Dan Stele is perhaps the most important
relic of Biblical significance to have ever been found in the Jewish state.
King
Solomon’s Wall — 2010
A three-month
excavation in Israel’s capital Jerusalem, just over a decade ago, uncovered a
section of a wall that is believed to date from the tenth century BCE. Influential
archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University led the dig in a
location known as the Ophel, close to the Temple
Mount. The wall, which is an impressive 70 meters long and six meters high,
appears to confirm the Book of the Kings’ account of King Solomon building a
huge defensive barrier in Jerusalem (1 Kings 3:1).“We don’t have many kings during the tenth
century that could have built such a structure, basically just David and
Solomon,” Dr. Mazar said in 2010. “This is the first time that a structure from
that time has been found that may correlate with written descriptions of
Solomon’s building in Jerusalem.” Other relics found at the site appear to
support her assertion. They included figurines of women that symbolize
fertility, as well as jar handles inscribed with the message “to the king,” and
seals that bear Hebrew names.
Hezekiah’s
Tunnel — 1867
Charles Warren
discovered Hezekiah’s Tunnel in 1867, after being sent to conduct excavations
close to the Temple Mount. The tunnel, which was constructed around the eighth
century BCE, formed part of a system used to transport water from the Gihon
Spring to within the city’s walls. Its discovery also confirms the Biblical
account of Hezekiah preparing the city for a siege led by Assyrians after the
King of Judah offended Assyrian King Sennacherib. An inscription found on the
tunnel wall confirms this feat of engineering was made possible by two teams
using axes, who dug through rock and gravel from opposite ends until they
eventually met in the middle.
Ketef Hinnom Amulets — 1979
Excavation works
undertaken in 1979 at a tomb dating back to the seventh century BCE in Ketef Hinnom, southwest of Jerusalem’s Old City, uncovered
something remarkable: two tiny silver scrolls that would have originally been
worn as amulets. It took three years for the scrolls to be carefully unrolled,
and while most of the text on them was indecipherable due to how much they had
disintegrated, experts quickly realized their significance.
They are the earliest
written passage of the Hebrew Bible, even predating the famous Dead Sea Scrolls by around 400 years. Part of one
inscription is a version of Numbers 6:24-26: “The Lord bless you and protect
you! The Lord deal kindly and graciously with you! The Lord bestow His favor
upon you and grant you peace!”
Jerusalem’s
City Wall – 2021
Just this year,
archaeologists working in the City of David National Park made an
exciting announcement that confirms the Biblical description of the Babylonian
invasion of Jerusalem led by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, and the exile of
the Jewish people that followed. The discovery of the ancient wall, which is
five meters wide, proves biblical accounts of Jerusalem being fortified by a
huge structure.
Dr. Filip Vukosavovic of the Ancient Jerusalem Research Center
coordinated the excavations alongside Dr. Joe Uziel
and Ortal Chalaf on behalf
of the Israel Antiquities Authority. “When we exposed the first part of the
wall, an area of about one meter by one meter great, I
immediately understood what we had found,” Dr. Vukosavovic
said. “I almost cried’.
GOD’S
VIEW OF OUR SIN
We should be careful
not to downplay the seriousness of sin because it offends our wrathful God, and
believers need to live in the light.
December 30, 2021
Some people consider sin no big deal and think
breaking biblical rules won’t have any effect on them. But they are actually
deriding God with their attitude. What’s more, they have fallen victim to the
enemy’s deception that it’s possible to get away with wrongdoing. For this
reason, right before teaching the principle of reaping what is sown, Paul tells
the Galatians, “God is not mocked” (Gal. 6:7).
The truth is, what we or anyone else thinks
about sin is not the issue. All that matters is what God thinks, and He has
made His views very clear in the Scriptures. So, if we trivialize our sins,
it’s an indication we don’t understand how holy and just the Father is. To
emphasize the seriousness of sin, Paul lists ways we offend the Lord with our
motives, impure character, words, idolatries, and actions. And in verse 6 of
today’s passage, he warns, “For because of these things the wrath of God comes
upon the sons of disobedience.”
As believers, we need to remember how
offensive transgression is to God. Although we’ve been saved from His wrath, we
cannot sin as we please and claim it’s all covered by grace. Our aim should be
to live as children of light, not darkness.
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· How do you want to be remembered?
· DEMS prayer vigil: What and who are they
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HOW
DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED? (Excerpt)
Koenig’s Int’l News -
Jan. 9, 2022 -- As the year of our Lord
2022 has commenced, I have reached an age (75) when several friends and
colleagues and contemporaries have begun to meet their inevitable appointment
with the death of their earthly bodies that all of us will experience unless
the Lord Jesus returns first.
All of this has caused me to ruminate on the subject of my own
mortality (an experience that I find most often an unfamiliar activity for baby
boomers such as myself). My first reaction to pondering my own mortality
was to be grateful for the good gene pool I inherited from my parents, both of
whom lived into their 93rd year and both of whom were in relatively good health
until the last year of their lives. My generally good health has probably been
aided by the fact that I have not been a consumer of alcohol, tobacco, or
illicit drugs.
Second, I found myself expressing gratitude to my Heavenly
Father that in His providence I was born into a family with a dedicated
Christian mother who always taught me that Jesus loved me and He had a
wonderful plan for my life and that I could know that tailor-made plan if I
confessed my sins to Him and trusted Him as my Lord and Savior.
I am so grateful that I came to know Jesus as Savior, Lord,
Friend, Counselor, and Life Coach at an early age. As a consequence of my faith
relationship with Jesus, I have never feared physical death (although you
cannot be in the ministry for any length of time without understanding that
there are some ways of leaving this life that are far less pleasant than
others).
I firmly believe that “to be absent from the body” is “to be
present with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8). I have always had a confident
conviction that I would not die until God’s plans and purposes for my life were
fulfilled.
Why do I believe that? Because the Bible tells me so. In the
Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christians in Ephesus, he informs them that
Christians are saved by God’s grace, not our works, but that “we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2:10). God has a unique plan and
life purpose for every human being and no one can fulfill that plan and purpose
as well as that person can.
Christianity has a worldview and a philosophy and is a way of
life, but first and foremost, it is a personal relationship between the Lord
Jesus and each individual who has trusted Him as their Lord and Savior. Real,
true Christianity involves a person knowing Jesus in a first-person
relationship as “my” Savior, rather than merely a third-person relationship as
“the” Savior.
For those of us who have entered into the personal one-to-one
relationship, death is a release from this earthly body to immediately be
ushered into eternal life (I Cor. 15:51-58).
Of course, all of us know that the journey from this life to the
eternal one is an unknown one where our Savior is our salvation captain. As the
writer of Hebrews declares:
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor: that
he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
“For it became him, for whom are all things,
and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to make the
captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings” (Heb. 2:9-10).
Additionally, none of us know with any degree of probability
God’s timetable for any one of us, so death could come at any moment.
So, how do we want to be remembered? Every one of us leaves
behind a legacy of how we have impacted loved ones and those with whom we have
interacted in this life.
As my appointment with my earthly death draws inevitably closer
with each passing day, I have made it the settled goal of my life to keep my
eye on the prize of finishing well and hearing, “Well done, thy good and
faithful servant.”
How do I make that goal a reality? How do I make it the settled
goal of my life to faithfully fulfill God’s providential plan and will for my
life as a minister of the Gospel, as a husband, as a father, as a son, as a
brother, and as a disciple of Jesus?
An Old Testament character provides a clear and compelling
answer. In the book of Ezra we are told that Ezra was
used mightily to fulfill God’s purposes because “Ezra had prepared his
heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it,
and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” (Ezra 7:7-10).
Ezra was a “Scribe” in Israel which means he was a man who
possessed an enviable reputation as an expert on God’s Word. Yet, he made it
the settled goal of his life to know the Word of God, then
to do it and then to teach it.
Ezra was described as having “the good hand of his God upon
him.” Ezra was God’s man, on God’s mission, in God’s time, with God’s power and
blessing because he had made it the settled purpose and goal of his life to
seek to know God’s Word, to be obedient to it, and to share it with others.
I pray that God will give me the faith and discipline to follow
Ezra’s example and finish well. If I am able to fulfill that quest, it will be
because He has enabled me to do it. And I will give Him all the praise and
glory.
May all of us who name the name of Christ as Savior and Lord
present the lives we live as an act of worship to our Lord and Savior.
'WHAT ARE THEY PRAYING TO?' RESOUNDS
AFTER DEMS' 'PRAYER VIGIL'
'They worship government as if it is their god'
Among
the many speeches, moments of silence and the like that the Democrats in Washington
held this week to promote their message that the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, was an
"insurrection," there also was a "prayer vigil."
Actually,
a "bipartisan prayer vigil," according to a schedule that the party
released.
But
there soon was a question raised:
"What
are they praying to?" asked Pete Hegseth in a
segment on "Fox News Primetime."
In
fact, while several prominent Democrats say they are Catholic, they pick and
choose which of the church's tenets to follow, discarding the one about not
killing unborn children as a matter of course.
The
rest of the Democrat party largely has worked over the last decade to penalize
churches, and nuns, who don't support abortion, those who don't support the
LGBT ideologies, that want fairness in public accommodations, and more.
For
example, the Barack Obama administration, with Joe Biden as vice president,
staged a years-long attack on Catholic nuns who wanted nothing to do with
supporting abortion, and a Christian foster child agency was attacked for insisting
that its couples be ... male and female. And the fight in Philadelphia is over
the fact the city allows other faiths, other nations, and other ideologies to
fly their flags at city hall, but bans the Christian flag.
It
is BizPacReview that highlighted the
Democrats "spiritual" agenda this week.
"If
there wasn’t already enough to lambast the Left for in raising up the Jan. 6
riot as being on par with Pearl Harbor and 9/11, we can add worship of The
Party and lust for power to the list," the report explained.
It
was after the Democrats staged a "candlelight vigil in commemoration of
what they have deemed as a day that will live in infamy."
But
Hegseth explained the prayer vigil had little to do
with a known faith.
"But
Lawrence, what are they praying to?” Hegseth asked.
“Because you talked about how they talk in religious terms about January 6th
because what they believe was attacked was their cathedral, which is
government. They worship government as if it is their god. And when that is
targeted as something
"This
is a vigil for what they believe is the altar of their power."
"Who
are they praying to? The gods of climate change, themselves, Nancy Pelosi? I
don't know," he said. "But it's not the Lord and Savior that our
Founders put their trust in."
BizPacReview described the vigil as "an absurdly solemn affair,
complete with an invocation from a Catholic bishop and House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, D-Calif., leading members down the steps while each held an electric
candle in their hands."
Guest
host Lawrence Jones said of the gathering, “Apparently now they believe back in
God, they believe back into prayer."
“There's
something inherently phony about saying that you're praying for (someone) while you're working 24/7 to
destroy (them)" - Pastor Robert Jeffress
1 Cor. 10:20 states that
“…but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to
devils and not to God;” – Paul was talking about food sacrificed to idols; but
is this not the same thing? If a prayer is offered, but not in accordance with
God’s commandments and Will, does it not become a prayer to the Devil…….to the
god of Death?
Mathew
Henry Commentary:
It ( Gentile sacrifices)was
having fellowship with devils, because what the Gentiles
sacrificed they sacrificed to devils; and to feast with them upon these
sacrifices was to partake in the sacrifice, and therefore to worship the god to
whom it was made, and have fellowship or communion with him just as he who eats
the Lord’s supper is supposed to partake in the Christian sacrifice; or as
those who ate the Jewish sacrifices partook of what was offered on their altar.
But heathens sacrificed to devils: "Therefore do not feast on their
sacrifices. Doing it is a token of your having fellowship with the demons to
whom they are offered.
BIDEN ON THIRD TEMPLE: 'WE CAN ALWAYS
BUILD BACK BETTER'
Joe invokes 'temple of our democracy'
"Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an
house of prayer for all people." -- Isaiah 56:7
WND
– Dec. 5, 2021 -- During the fourth night of Hanukkah and the annual menorah-lighting
ceremony, Joe Biden talked about the destruction of the Second Temple, which he
compared it to the "temple of our democracy."
Never
mind that democracy is a Greek concept. It was typical Joe Biden – just letting
it roll.
But
later in the talk, he expressed optimism the Third Temple would be rebuilt.
"Whether
it's in the Temple of Jerusalem or a temple of our democracy, nothing broken or
profaned is beyond repair ... nothing," he said. "We can always build
back better. Or, perhaps, build back brighter."
It
was odd. Was he comparing the torching of the Temple and the massacring of the
Jews to the Jan. 6 "insurrection" against the Capitol Building?
Only
Joe knows what was on in his mind.
The
speech was not without the president's signature gaffes, including telling Vice
President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug, was "leading the menorah
lady."
Biden
also welcomed Israel's new ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog.
Following the introduction, Biden recalled (incorrectly and inaccurately) the
former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir saying that he was going to be the
liaison between Israel and the Egyptians following the Yom Kippur war of 1973.
He must have forgotten he was still in college at the time.
On
the lessons of the holiday of Hannukah, Biden said: It's a "story provides
a powerful lesson and nourishes the wellspring of hope. In darkness there's
light. In cynicism, there's hope and optimism and an unyielding belief that
miracles are possible."
The
menorah that was being lit was designed by the late Manfred Anson, an immigrant
who escaped Nazi Germany.
Biden
also gave an honorary mention to one guest named Rabbi Aharon
Glatt for "encouraging his congregation to get vaccinated."
"You
know when we light this menorah in the White House, when Jewish families place
menorahs in their windows, we're proclaiming liberty," he said.
"We're exercising the freedom that the Maccabees sought. To simply
practice their faith and we're showing that there is still light. That even the
most fragile flame can be sustained in a tradition and nourish the soul of a
people. A little bit of light, a little bit of light wherever it is found can
dispel the darkness and illuminate a path forward."
Government
mandates equates with freedom? Well, it's Joe Biden.
NASA HIRES
CATHOLIC PRIEST TO PREPARE RELIGIONS FOR ENCOUNTER WITH ALIENS (Excerpt)
Weekend News Today –
Dec. 28, 2021 -- In a rather bizarre move, NASA has recruited a British priest
to prepare the religious for the discovery of alien life as space agencies
claim to be getting closer to discovering evidence that life exists outside of
planet earth reports The Times.
Reverend Dr. Andrew
Davison, a priest and theology professor at the University of Cambridge, is
among 24 theologians who participated in a program sponsored by NASA at the
space agency’s Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI) at Princeton University.
The theologians attempted to assess how major religions would react to news of
alien life being found.
The appointment comes
as NASA’s $10billion James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on
Christmas day.
The vessel will
implement cutting-edge technology to examine every phase of cosmic history
inside the solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early
universe.
The device, which
features infrared capabilities, will study a wide array of scientific questions
to help mankind better understand the “origins of the universe and humans’
place in it.”
A NASA expert said The
Times: “We may not discover life for 100 years. Or we may discover it next
week.”
Davidson seeks to
answer theological questions such as whether or not God made life in other
parts of the universe or if he sent a savior to die for the sins of aliens.
Another question the
British priest seeks to tackle is if discovering extraterrestrial life demands
religions to rewrite the entire story of creation in Genesis.
THE
PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING GOD
The one true God
allows us to know Him, and we experience blessings as we learn more about Him.
Knowing about God is different from knowing God.
Anyone can learn a few facts about Him, but a sincere believer invests the time
and energy to be His friend.
One of the ways to learn about the Lord is through His Word. By
reading the Bible, believers discover God’s character, principles, and ways of
operating. Unfortunately, many men and women stop at this step, but it’s also
important to meditate on Scripture, which involves thinking about God’s words
and allowing the Holy Spirit to interpret them. This practice further deepens
the believer’s knowledge. Finally, we apply what we learn, which is when we
truly get to know God.
For example, suppose you read in Psalm 46:1 that God is a very present help in times of trouble, and
when trouble shows up, you rely on Him for aid. When He answers—and He will,
although not always in the expected way—you learn something: God responds to
your trust and dependence with a perfect solution to your problem.
I frequently admonish believers to read the Bible, but I don’t
mean skim its pages for facts. Scripture is a living document, and when you do
what it says, you discover God is not some ancient, dictating deity but a
vibrant friend who wants to connect with you.
In Touch Ministry
THE GRACE THAT WE
STAND IN IS MORE THAN WE DESERVE
SECTION II - SPECIAL
ARTICLES/ BOOK REVIEWS
IN THIS SECTION:
· WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE? (WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS)
· WHAT’S
IN A NAME?
· "BOB PIERCE - THIS ONE THING I DO" - A BOOKREVIEW/SUMMARY
· "THE HIDDEN CODES OF THE BIBLE" - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
· "SIGNS OF THE TIME” - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE
DIE?
By D.E. Davis
For Christians, we are
told in Scripture in 2Cr 5:8 that to be absent from the body is to be present
with the Lord. For those who turn away from God, we are told that they are
eternally separated from God and go to a place called Hell. Rev
14:11 says that the smoke of their torment ascendeth
up for ever and ever.
The question that
everyone ponders is: What really happens after we die? Do we just lay dormant
until the Lord takes us to be with him or until judgement is handed out at the
Great White Throne as called out in Rev. 20:11? Are we conscience? Do we feel,
touch, think, recognize loved ones, know what is happening around us? All
questions that we have ask ourselves, no doubt, at some time in our life.
My own personal review of
the Scriptures has led me to believe that after we die, even though our body
may be dead and buried, our Spirit is alive and fully conscience. Chuck Missler likens this state of conscienceness
to the software that runs the Computer; once the hardware goes, the software
remains intact and available for further applications.
There are two
illustrations in the Bible that makes it clear as to what happens after death,
when we're in the spirit.
The first one is
illustrated in the Luke account of Lazarus and the rich man in Chapter 16.
After death, Lazarus, a man of God, is escorted into Abraham’s Bosom, a holding
compartment in Hell for the Believers prior to the Cross. The non-believing
rich man was "buried" and went into a separate compartment in Hell
(Hades), apart from Abraham’s Bosom, where he was in Torment according to
Scripture. Both were in a Spirit state; yet by the account, they could see each
other and speak to each other.
The second account is in
Revelation, where John is taken (in the Spirit) to Heaven to see those things
that shall come to pass prior to the return of Jesus Christ to the Earth, or
Second Coming (not the Rapture).
I had to conclude from
the study, based on the following Scripture, that all of the senses we have
here on earth will be with us throughout eternity, even unto death.
· THE ABILITY TO LOOK/SEE - Luke 16:23;Rev.
1:12;4:1,4; 5:1,2; 6:1,2,8,9; 7:1,2; 8:2; 9:1,17; 10:1,5; 13:1,2,3;14:1,6;
15:1,2; 16:13; 17:3,6; 18:1; 19:11,17,19; 20:1,4,11,12; 21:1,2,22; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO HEAR - Rev. 1:10; 4:1; 5:11;
6:1,3,5,6,7; 7:4; 9:13,16; 10:4,8; 12:10; 14:2,13; 16:1,5,7; 18:4; 19:1,6; 21:
3; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO BEHOLD ( to obtain knowledge of:
understand: perceive) - Rev. 5:6,11; 6:5,8,12; 7:9; 8:13; 13:11
· THE ABILITY TO REASON - Luke 16:30
· THE ABILITY TO CRY (even though there will be no
more crying in Heaven) - Rev. 5:4,5; Luke 16:24
· THE ABILITY TO SPEAK - Rev. 5:13; 10:9; 21:6,15;
Luke 16:24, 29,30,31
· THE ABILITY TO FEEL/TOUCH - Luke 16:23, 24,25
· THE ABILITY TO REMEMBER - Luke 16:25
· THE ABILITY TO WONDER - Rev. 17:6
· THE ABILITY TO WRITE - Rev. 1:11; 10:4; 19:9
· THE ABILITY TO QUESTION - Rev. 7:13
· THE ABILITY TO TAKE (THE BOOK/ROD) - Rev.
10:8,9,10
· THE ABILITY TO FALL (ON KNEES) - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO STAND - Rev. 13:1
· THE ABILITY TO WORSHIP - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS - Rev. 11:1
God has promised in 1 Thess 4:16 and 1 Cor. 15:52,53 that one day, we shall be
reunited with Him in body and will be transformed and conformed to Him - in the
twinkling of an eye. We are also told in Scripture that we shall see Him face
to face- see the Lamb that was slain for you and me. We know by His Word, that
we will Praise Him, Worship Him and Rule with Him.
One thing in the study
that I found extremely fascinating was the difference in treatment between
Lazarus and the non-believing rich man. Scripture says that Lazarus was escorted
to Heaven by an Angel, but there is no indication in Scripture about how the
rich man arrived at Hell. Could it be that God had a specific purpose why He
chose not to tell us in Scripture?
Finally, knowing that
others may have varying interpretations of these Scriptures, I strongly urge
you to review the Scriptures yourselves to determine what you find as the truth
according to God’s Word.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
For those who wish you
had some other name because you don't like the name you were given, you had
better think twice. It is most likely that the name your parents
picked out for you was not their choice but God's choice. Let’ s
face it, the word of the Lord is true. That's why in Eph. 1:4, God proclaimed
that He had chosen us from before the very beginning of the world.
If you follow the
Genealogy of Adam in Genesis, Chapter 5 (*) you will receive an insight into
what importance God put in names - It's an exciting message:
Genealogy Meaning
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The
blessed God
Jared Shall
come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His
Death shall bring
Lamech The
Despairing
Noah Rest,
Comfort
Now let us look at God’s
Plan for Redemption:
"Man (is) appointed
mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death
shall bring (the) despairing rest."
Let us now look at the
Genealogy of Abraham (*):
Genealogy Meaning
Abraham Predestination
Isaac Called
Jacob Justified
Joseph Glorified
(*) Source: Chuck Missler’s Briefing package: “A Walk Thru the Bible”
WELL YOU SAY! BUT THAT WAS ALL OLD TESTAMENT AND
WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE FOR TODAY - WOULD IT?
Well, let us
see.................. As a Christian, did God not choose you by name at the
same time he chose Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan,
Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
Joseph - before the very foundation of the world? If God had a
purpose for their name, would you expect anything less for your name since He
chose you at the same time?
As a Christian, You ought
to thank God daily that you, by your given name, was written in the Lamb's book
of life before the very foundation of the world and that you will be a partaker
in all the promises of Rev 21:27.
Within the last couple of
years, researchers have found many startling discoveries through the use of
super computers, specifically, hidden codes that God supernaturally placed
within the Hebrew text of the Bible. Over 2000 years ago, the names
of historical and current leader’s names were placed in the Bible. Such names
as Adolph Hitler, Eichmann, Arafat, Peres, Rabin, Rabin's murderer Amir,
Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Saddan Hussein, George Bush, Schwarzkoph, Peter Arnet (CNN), Timithy McVeigh, Bill Clinton.
Do you think that God
would limit His calling out to just those who had a highly visible historical
impact on this world? There is no doubt that He had a purpose in
doing this, if nothing else, just to get your attention that He is the Creator;
that He alone knows the beginning from the end.
It is my firm belief that
as we advance further with our computer technology and peel back the layers of
the Hebrew text of the scriptures, we will make many more startling and
exciting discoveries. One being that God has written each and every
one of our names in His Word.
HERE IS WHAT GOD SAID:
Isaiah 66:22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,
shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain."
BOOK REVIEW by D. E.
Davis (September 1997)
BOB PIERCE -"THIS
ONE THING I DO"
By Franklin Graham with
Jeanette Lockerbie
It is amazing the worlds
that open up to an individual, once the Power of the Holy Spirit comes upon
him. Just three years ago, where once I was blind to Missions, to all the
inspired men and women God has called to service and the multitude of people
all over the world who have been saved, new worlds are ever opening to me to
see how awesome the power of God is in our Christian lives.
Such was the power and
strength of faith Bob Pierce had in our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. It is difficult for me to even attempt to assess
where God has put Bob along with other past great men of the faith, but from
what I read about his life with Christ, he certainly had his eyes focused on
Jesus! I personally feel inadequate and humbled to even put in
words, my thoughts about this man. Bob was a man Blessed by
God. I feel sad that I never had an opportunity to know him, but
look forward to meeting him one day in heaven.
If ever there was a verse
of scripture that represented Bob Pierce, it had to be the title of this book
as taken from Philippians 3:13,14 ".......this one thing I do,....I press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ."
Bob was raised in Los
Angeles and at the age of 12, gave his life to Christ and was baptized in the
Nazarene Church. "God simply called me to give my heart to Jesus, and I
followed Him." He died in 1978 of leukemia but lived his life
for Christ in between in between those dates as if Christ was coming tomorrow
and he still had to witness to the whole world before dawn
broke. Throughout his career, he dedicated his life mainly to
Missions and over the years was responsible for founding such World re-noun
programs as "World Vision", an organization dedicated to meeting the
emergency needs in crisis areas such as Korea after the Korean
war. During that time of need, he established a Korean
Orphanage, serving over 30 thousand Korean war orphans. Bob was also
responsible for starting the World re-noun Korean Orphan's Choir. As
an outgrowth of "World Vision" he founded "World Medical
Mission" which covered all emergency medical needs in countries all over
the world which had no medical facilities. He was also founder of
"Samaritan's Purse" and organization dedicated to funding World
emergency need, no matter where they were. These organizations are
still meeting the needs of those in crisis today.
If his work through these
organizations was not enough, he became a United Nations War Correspondent
during World War II; was Co-founder for "Youth for Christ"; and
became a Motion Picture producer/Radio program host, author and a lecturer, but
first and last, he always considered himself an evangelist! Even though Bob
knew that he was "extraordinarily gifted by God, he was never impressed
with himself - he considered himself just an earthly vessel, available at all
times for the exclusive use of the Lord".
In his own words, he had
"many flaws, failings but had abundant faith in God who lives and cares
about people."
If I had to pick four
areas of the Christian life that I feel truly represented Bob Pierce, they
would be 1) Unwavering Faith, 2) Compassion for others, 3) Obedience to God and
4) Commitment to accomplish the Will of God in his life.
From the Beginning, Bob
knew his calling was for Missions to the Asian Countries. His first
mission led him through Hawaii to Hong Kong and eventually to
China. Getting to China was his first big test of faith - he had no
money, even for the first leg to Hawaii. Bob held the opinion that
God knows ones needs already and if He has called you to a task, He will
provide and enable you - just move out! He did just that and went to the L.A.
airport that day without any money in his pocket. His faith paid off
as God provided the funding for each leg of his trip just at the moment he
needed it. This was the norm rather than the exception
throughout his career as an evangelist. What ever it
was, where ever it was, if God called, Bob would act no matter what the
circumstance......he knew that God would always provide.....and He did!
Bob had a compassion for
the spiritually and physically suffering of the world. "He was
the friend of the little people, the forgotten, the hurting, the maimed, the
unheard and the unsung". Bob's theme was "Let my heart be
broken with the things that break the heart of God". It was Bob's personal
belief that "wherever you find men and women who really love Jesus Christ,
you find the compassion of Christ spilling out of them to meet human
need." Over the years World Vision, Samaritan's Purse and other organizations
like them; one in particular, Mission Aviation Fellowship Pilots (MAF), who
flew Missionaries around the world in crisis situations, helped so many
helpless and needy men, women and children. They knew first
hand the healing power of God.
Bob dared it all to be
obedient to the Lord's call. Once he had in focus the mission that
God wanted him to accomplish, he followed in Faith to bring the unsaved to
Christ. It was his opinion that " If you are an ambassador, act
like one!"- no matter where you are. Bob would bring to memory how other
great men of Faith were obedient even in the face of death. During
World War II, a young South Korean Pastor, Mr. Im was
mistaken for a North Korean Communist and imprisoned. During
his internment, he would go around camp singing "Jesus Loves Me" and
other Christian songs. He not only uplifted and inspired other
fellow Christian prisoners to come together, he brought many more to
Christ. Together he and another prisoner, Chaplain Voelkel, established a Bible Study where over 6,000
prisoners finished a six month Bible
Study. Six Hundred (600) of those finishing the Bible
Study became pastors and came back to Korea to preach the
Gospel. In another instance, he related how a Korean school teacher
was put to death in front of his students because of his faith and obedience to
the Lord.
To be an ambassador for
the Lord "is one of the greatest things that could ever have happened to
anyone - to let God put a fish hook into you so deep that there is no way of
ever getting off the hook."
"Bob did one
thing all of his life, and that was to lead people to the foot of the Cross
where they would put their faith in a risen Lord Jesus Christ. He
lived every minute completely amazed that God could use him. No matter
how much he was able to do in how many places, it was never
enough." This was the kind of commitment Bob made to Jesus;
"to commit yourself, give yourself away to God
irrevocably, forever. Say to Him, go ahead and burn me up. Spend me.
Eat me up. Use me for you Glory." And that's exactly what he
did.
Being a man of God was
not always easy for Bob and he paid a high price. In one measure or
another he had to forsake his wife, his family, his Mother and Father, his
brothers and sisters and other worldly possessions to follow
Jesus. He not only lost his health, he lost his Daughter, Sharon, to
death.
Committing your life to
Christ in a Godless society is never easy; many times
you feel like you may be the only one putting your life, your self image, your social acceptance on the
line. As Bob came to realize, ". Someone has to go
and pay that humiliating price of literally letting your ego be stomped on- not
just pushed in and suppressed, but laid out there for people to stomp
on. We need to do this by the grace of God with love and patience:
sow the seed on rocky soil, nurture it, and maybe never be applauded."
Committing your life to
Christ really comes down to this; What really matters
to you in Life?
On his death bed in the
City of Hope, Bob left us this one message - "I don't care what you have
attempted. What you have succeeded at, or what has been your work in Christ's
name while you are here on earth - only one thing matters when you have reached
the last step before you go to stand before Christ:
- Did you tell men and
women who Jesus is?
- Did you bring them to
some comprehension of His redeeming love?
- Did you make it plain
to them that He alone can pay their way to heaven throughout His atoning death
on the cross?"
Such was the life of a
man of God, Bob Pierce.
HIDDEN CODES OF THE
BIBLE
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ACT 17:11 - Exhorts you
to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said is true
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Other
reading: "The Hebrew Factor" by Yacov Rambsel
Prepared
by D. E. Davis
Daniel 12: 4 - "But
thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the
end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased."
Here is undeniable proof,
the third in the series, that every word, every letter and every punctuation in
Bible text was put their by
the inspiration of God. It gives new meaning to the words
"increase knowledge". It's just one of the many signs, and
without a doubt, the most exciting revelation that God said he would reveal to
man in the "end time". As you will see, God has put
his signature throughout the Bible, has revealed History before it ever
happened, all through hidden codes that were supernaturally placed into text
which was written over 2,000 years ago; which could only be found with today's
computer technological advances. The codes are found in what scholars call "Equidistant Letter Sequences" or
ESL. That is, each sequential letter in an encoded word or phrase
was found the same distance apart numerically; The exact interval designed by
God.
Actually, the discovery
of hidden codes in scripture dates back to before WWI and it was not until 1988
that the use of computers were able to detect a
significant amount of coding in scripture. Since then, the research
that Grant Jeffrey and others have done has just exploded and new discoveries
are happening every day.
Here is a summary of what
has been found and outlined in Grant's book, referenced above. It is
my understanding that he is in the process of writing another book to tell what
he has found subsequent to "The Signature of God".
Luke 21:15 - " For I
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able
to gainsay (refute) nor resist."
Proverbs 25:2 - "It
is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out
a matter."
THE
SIGNATURE OF GOD
What follows is what most
of the human race would find hard to believe. It unfathomable to
think that the Hebrew Bible, containing 304,805 Hebrew letters, written by 40
individuals could contain hidden messages that if one letter was taken out of
the text, one word was removed, the hidden message could not be
revealed......yet the message has been sustained for over 2,000 years and has
been revealed to man just as Jesus said it would be. Jesus has
actually placed His name and other messages about Himself into text which
proves he is the creator of all; King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
GOD'S SIGNATURE
God has personally signed
scriptures throughout the Old and New Testaments in various
ways. For example in the Old Testament, he
has encoded his name, Jesus, in the following scripture:
THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD FROM ANCIENT TIMES UNTIL TODAY
God has also encoded unbelievable
detail about many of the things we read about and which touch our lives
daily. For example, he outlines:
PLACES AND THINGS
· Gen. 2: 4-10 - The key word
"Eden" was spelled out sixteen (16) times in the span of 379 Hebrew letters. The
letters were all equidistant from each other.
· Gen. 2 - In this chapter which deals
with the garden of Eden, scientists found encoded in the Hebrew text,
Twenty-five (25) names of trees that were in the
Garden of Eden.
· Gen. 1:1 - Starting with the first appearance of
the Hebrew letter "Tav", the word
"Torah" was found every 50th letter.
· Ex. 1: 1 - Again, starting with the first
appearance of the letter "Tav" and counting
every 50th letter, the word "Torah" was spelled. Num./Deut. - In the
book of Numbers the word "Torah" was found
spelled backwards every 50th letter. In the book of Deuteronomy,
"Torah" was found again spelled backwards, but this time every
forty-ninth (49) letter.
NAMES AND EVENTS
· Holocaust
· Deut. 10: 17-22 - Beginning with the second to
last appearance of the Hebrew letter "bet" in this passage, they
found every Thirteenth (13) letter, the phrase "b'yam
marah Auschwitz" which means "in the bitter
sea of Auschwitz." Also encoded in this passage were the
names of the other Nazi Concentration camp, "Belsen".
· Deut. 33:21 - Beginning with the letter (resh) that appeared in the Hebrew word "Yisreal," and counting every twenty-second (22) letter
from the left to right they found the phrase "re'tzach
alm" discribing the
Holocaust, which when translated, means "a people cry murder,
slaughter."
· Adolph Hitler
· Deut. 10: 17-22 - The word "Hitler"
spelled out in Hebrew was found every twenty-second (22) letter.
· Deut. 33:16 - Beginning with the first appearance
of the Hebrew letter "mem" and every two hundred and forty-sixth
(246) letter from left to right you find that the coded letters spelled out the
phrase, "Melek Natzim,"
which translates as the "king of the Nazis."
· Eichmann
· Deut. 32:52 - Beginning with the appearance of
the first letter (aleph) and counting from left to right every six hundred and
seventy (670) letters, the name "Aik'man"
is spelled, which is the Hebrew form of the name "Eichmann."
· Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
· "Sadat occurred together with the name of
the leader of the Moslem Brotherhood assassinating team that killed
him.......it contained the year of his assassination, 1981, and the
words "president," "gunfire," "shot'" and
'Murder".
· Desert Storm
· Beginning in Gen. 1:7 and continuing through the
rest of Genesis, Grant Jeffrey indicated at the Prophesy Conference in Irvine,Ca. on 27 Sept. 1996 that they had recently found
information in hidden code in scripture relating to Desert Storm. I
believe more details will be available in Grant's next book.
· The French Revolution
· Gen. 39,41 - "Another passage in the Book of
Genesis revealed a cluster of encoded words that deals with the French
Revolution. The following words are clustered ogether"
"Mapecha HaSarfatit"
which spells "the French Revolution" in Hebrew, "Louis,"
the name of the French king, and the word "Beit (house of Bourbon,")
his royal dynasty. In the same cluster were the following
words: "Hamarseilles" (the name
of the French anthem) and the word "Bastillia"
(the infamous French prison for political prisoners........"
OTHER HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
· Word pairs - "In their initial experiment,
.......the scientists arbitrarily chose three hundred (300) Hebrew word-pairs
that were logically related in meaning, such as hammer and anvil, or tree and
leaf, or man and woman." ".....the researchers were astonished to
find that every single word-pair had been located in Genesis in close proximity
to each other."
· King David's Ancestors
· Gen. 28 - " Every one of the five Hebrew
names of these ancestor of King
David (Pharez, Zerah, Boaz, Obed,
Jesse) were found encoded at forty-nine (49) letter intervals, hidden within
the text of Genesis 38".
· Famous Jewish Rabbi - "The Jewish
people celebrate the memory of their famous sages by commemorating their date
of death. Incredibly, the computer program found every single one of
the sixty-six names of these famous rabbis embedded in the text of Genesis
paired at significantly close proximity with their actual date of birth or
their date of death."
IS THE HEBREW BIBLE
UNIQUE TO GOD' S INSPIRED EMBEDDED CODES?
Grant points out that
"The researchers attempted to reproduce these results by running the
computer program on other religious Hebrew texts outside the Bible, including
the Samaritan Pentateuch. .......the researchers could not detect word pairs in
the Samaritan Pentateuch or any other Hebrew text outside the
Bible. In fact, an exhaustive analysis reveals that no other Hebrew
text outside the Old testament contains these mysterious codes, not even the
Hebrew apocryphal books written during the four hundred years before the birth
of Christ"
A WORD OF CAUTION
"No one can search
the Torah using these codes to foretell future events. The reason is
that it is impossible to extract the encoded information unless you already
know what the future facts are." "The prophet Isaiah
warned against false prophets and declared that only God can
Prophesy future events accurately
(Isa. 46: 9,10).
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"Computer tapes are
now available so that anyone with a computer can personally verify the
existence of these codes beneath the text of the Scriptures.
As Christians, we can
stand firm in the word and shout for joy. God has given us "the
words and the wisdom that none of our adversaries will be able to refute or
contradict", no matter how much they try!
PRAISE THE LORD!
SIGNS OF THE TIME
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Prepared by D. E. Davis
June 10, 1997
Prelude
How do we know that Jesus
is the one true God when there are so many religions, cultures and cults that
claim that they serve the one true god? How about Buddha, Allah?
Scripture says that God
alone knows the beginning from the end. The way that God establishes
His authority is through Biblical Prophesy. There
are over 500 prophesies that were prophesied over 2,000 years ago that have all
come to pass. There are still some Old Testament that have yet have
to be fulfilled (Daniel Ezekiel), but there has never been an event prophesied
that has not come to pass in it’s
time. 100% accuracy tells us that the God of the Bible is the only true
God. No one else in the history of the world, living or dead, can
make this claim.
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In Matthew 24:3, just
before Jesus' ascension into heaven, the disciples of Jesus ask Him what would
be the sign of His second coming. Over the centuries various groups
have attempted to guess when Christ would return to the earth to claim His
inheritance as promised throughout scripture. As we know, no one has
been right yet!. God clearly states in Matthew 24:36 that no man,
not even the angels, know the day or the time when Christ will return. Only God
the Father knows.
This summary is clearly
not another attempt to forecast this event. This summary does,
however, attempt to provide an awareness of what is happening around you so
that you will not be caught unaware. (Ref. Luke 21:34 and Matthew. 24:42).
ACT 17:11- Exhorts you
to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said is true.
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----------------------THE
SIGNS OF THE TIME-------------------
Grant Jeffrey has done a
wonderful job of providing critical information about events that are happening
in this generation that all Christians need to know; Events that
were prophesied over 2,500 years ago. Approximately 90% of the
material contained herein was extracted and summarized from Grant's
book. I highly recommend reading this book as it contains so much
more that you will want to know.
THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL
The rebirth of Israel was
prophesied in several scriptures throughout the Bible. Isaiah 66: 8
predicted that Israel would be born again in "one"
day. Ezekiel 4:3-6 and Levitcus
26:18 foretold the exact number of days that it would take Israel to
re-establish themselves as a nation in the last days. ( The exact calculation
can be found in Grant Jeffrey's book referenced above). On May 14, 1948, the
Jews proclaimed their independence of the reborn state of Israel.....The exact
day that was predicted over twenty-five (25) centuries ago.......No other
ancient nation ever ceased to exist for a period of centuries and then returned
to take its place on the stage of world history."
PRESENT ARAB-ISRAELI
CONFLICT
In Psalms 83:2-8, God
inspired King David to predict that upon Israel's rebirth as a nation it would
be immediately surrounded by their enemies. The modern names of
those nations named in scripture include Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and
Syria....the nations that have now joined the Palestinians in their attempt to
destroy Israel.
In Gen. 12:
3, God has promised to punish those nations that come against
Israel. "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth
be blessed."
RESTORATION OF THE
HEBREW LANGUAGE
When Israel was captured
by Nebuchadnezzar in approx. 562 B.C., Israel was no longer allowed to speak
the Hebrew language, but had to learn the language of the
Chaldeans. The Lord predicted, however, through Zephaniah 3:9, that
he would restore a pure language to Israel so that they may "serve him
with one consent". It was in the early part of this Century
that the Hebrew language was revived from the dead language. Today,
Hebrew is a living language to over 5 million Israelis.
THE FERTILITY OF ISRAEL
In Isaiah
27:6; 35:7 and Joel 2:23, the Lord prophesied through these prophets that the
deserted, unproductive, barren land of Israel would once again become
productive in the last days and that Israel would experience tremendous
increases of rain. Ever since Israel has returned to the land, they
have flourished in the land and now supply over 90 percent of the citrus fruit
consumed in Europe. Rainfall has increased by more than "10
percent every decade for the last century and Israel has planted in excess of
two hundred (200) million trees and transformed the complete environment of the
Promised Land." According to the United Nations, Israel is now
"the most agriculturally efficient land on earth."
THE UNWALLED CITY
Ezekiel 38:11 speaks of
the future invasion of Gog and Magog (Russia) saying "And thou shalt say,
I will go up to the land of un-walled villages; I will go to them that are at
rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls and having neither
bars nor gates". Grant explains that "even army bases and Israel's
settlements in the West Bank and Gaza have no walls today.........How could
Ezekiel have known twenty-five centuries ago that the development of modern
weapons such as bombs, airplanes and missiles, would have made walls and gates
irrelevant for defensive purposes in the last days. In the ancient
past even small villages as well as cities depended on walls for defense
against invading armies."
PLANS FOR REBUILDING OF
THE TEMPLE
Revelations 11:1, 2
foretells of Israel rebuilding the Temple in the last days. There is
much controversy between the Israelis and the Muslim's because the Dome of the
Rock (Al-Aqsa Mosque) it is believed, sits on the very spot where the Temple is
suppose to be
built. In recent years, however, aerial Infra-red photography shows
that this may not be the case. Ezekiel 44:14-18, tell
about the sacred vessels and linen robes that must be used in the
Temple. "The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has already prepared
over 75 of the objects, vessels, and linen garments required for future Temple
service.......over 500 men from the tribe of Levi have already been trained to
fulfill the duties of Temple worship and sacrifice."
Update:
Just recently in the
Washington Post on May 28, 1997, it was reported that a 10
month old heifer named "Melody" is the first red
heifer to be born in Israel in over 2,000 years. "In ancient
times, the ashes of a red heifer were mixed with spring water to purify high
priests before they entered the Temple."
THE REBUILDING OF
BABYLON
We know that the old city
of Babylon (now called Iraq) will be built again in the end times because
Isaiah 13:6, 19 foretells of its destruction. In Isaiah 34:8-10 it
is prophesied that the rebuilt City of Babylon will burn for
ever.
"As unlikely as it
seems, the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein has spent over one billion
dollars rebuilding the ancient city of Babylon and intends that it will become
the center of their future renewed Babylonian Empire. Interestingly,
the whole city of Babylon was built over an underground lake of asphalt and
oil."
THE ANOINTING OIL
The prophet Daniel
prophesied in Dan. 9:24 that the when Jesus returns, that the most Holy of
Holies will be anointed with the anointing oil. "One of the
five ingredients, afars' mon,
was thought lost forever, when the Temple was destroyed in A.D. 70 and the only
two groves of afars'mon trees in existence were
burned
to the
ground. Incredibly, several years ago, archeologists in Israel found
a clay flask buried near the Dead Sea caves filled with the ancient oil of
anointing. Scientists confirmed that the oil is two thousand years
old and is composed of the precise ingredients described in Exodus
30:25,26."
PESTILENCE/FAMINES/EARTHQUAKES
Matthew 24:7 prophesied
that in the last days "For nation shall rise against nation and Kingdom
against Kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilence, and earthquakes,
in divers (various) places." Grand Jeffrey writes regarding
these matters:
· Pestilence - In 1991, the Central Intelligence
Agency produced a report which "concluded that up to 75% of the population
of Africa living in the area south of the Sahara Desert may become infected
with AIDS over the next 12 years. This will mean the death by AIDS
of over three hundred million people
in Africa alone. In July
1991, the South African Medical Journal reported that a staggering 47% of black
male and female blood donors tested positive for AIDS during 1989."
In Nov. 1996, the Associated Press reported that
"Sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed 12 million times a year in
the United States - including a staggering 3 million cases among
teen-agers".
· Famine - The United Nations today
"claim that over thirty million in Africa are now at risk of dying from
the most devastating famine in this century. The UN estimates that
one billion people are in danger of starvation while another billion lack
proper nutrition. North American food reserves (grain and corn) are
at the lowest level in sixty years."
· Major killer earthquakes – “Major Killer
earthquakes (7.2 or greater on the Richter scale) occurred only
once per decade throughout history until our century. However, since
A. D. 1900, the growth in major earthquakes has
been relentless. From 1900 to 1949 it averaged three
major quakes per decade. From 1949 the increase became awesome with
9 killer quakes in the 1950's; 13 in the 1960's; 56 in the 1970's and an
amazing 74 major quakes in the 1980's. Finally, in the 1990's,
at the present rate, we will experience 125 major killer quakes in this
decade."
WORLD WIDE
COMMUNICATION
In Revelation 11:9,10, it
is prophesied that during the tribulation period, the antichrist will have the
two witnesses that God sent killed and their bodies will lay in the street for
three and a half days while the whole world watches.
Did not the whole world
watch Desert Storm on CNN television? With all the technological
advances in telecommunications, including the recent opening of the World Wide Net to our computer industry, any event happening
in any part of the world can now be viewed while it is
happening. The prophesy of the two witnesses could
literally be fulfilled today. This could not have happened just 10
or 15 years ago.
INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND
TRAVEL
Daniel 12:4 prophesies
how much knowledge and travel will increase in the end time. "But thou, O
Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the Book, even to the time of the
end: Many shall run to and fro and
knowledge shall be increased."
Today, it is estimated
that "Human knowledge is growing so quickly that it literally doubles
every twenty-four months." With the discovery through the
use of modern "Super" computers by Grant Jeffrey and other
researchers of the hidden codes that God supernaturally designed into the
original Hebrew text of the Torah describing not only the history of the world
in advance, but also verifying his Authority through His personal signature
throughout his scripture, we realize that God chose this generation to reveal
this unique aspect about himself.
It is also amazing that
in this century, we have gone from horses to cars, from cars to supersonic
spacecraft; not only can we now travel the world in a matter of hours, but in
the case of the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery, we can now travel at speeds in
excess of eighteen thousand miles per hour.
REVIVAL OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE
Daniel 2:40-44 predicts
that the old Roman Empire will be revived in the end times into a ten Nation
alliance. We currently see the foundation being laid today through
the European Economic Community. "In 1957, six (6) Countries signed the
Treaty of Rome laying the foundation for the future United States of
Europe.............Since then the Maastricht Treaty consolidated the fifteen
(15) Nations of the European Union into the worlds
first superstate." All it will take is the re-shuffling and/or
the consolidation of Nations to bring this prophesy to a literal fulfillment.
ODDS THAT THESE PROPHECIES
WERE FULFILLED BY CHANCE IN THIS GENERATION
"In the Bible there
are several types of generations. One generation is defined as the
length of life of the average person - seventy or eighty
years. However, a generation of governing is usually defined as
forty years,...........During the last two thousand years since the days of
Christ, there were fifty such forty-year generations. Therefore, the
odds are one chance in fifty that any one of these specific prophecies happened
by chance in our generation rather than some other generation."
"The odds that more
than one event happening in our life time are:
"Another way of
looking at this is that the chance that the prophets of the Bible correctly
guessed these prophecies is also one in 97,500 trillion............in other
words, it is simply impossible that men alone could
have written the Bible
without the supernatural assistance and inspiration of God."
Matthew 24:32-35 -
"Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that
it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not
pass away."
Luke 21:28 - "And
when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draweth nigh."
ANTI-CHRIST TO BE
REVEALED
As of today, no one knows
who the Anti-Christ is, but we do know what God has told us about him:
Many people try to
spiritualize or say the events prophesied in the Bible are just
symbolic. Any doubt about how God handles these prophetic events
should have been erased on May 14,1948. God is literally fulfilling
scriptural prophesy before our very eyes. Can we expect anything
less for those few remaining prophesies for which He has promised the world; 1)
the removal of the one who restrains the man of lawlessness/Sin (the rapture of
the Church), 2) His second coming to take possession of His inheritance, 3) The
millennial kingdom and 4) the new heaven and new earth.
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Ezekiel 33:6 - "But
if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the
trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person
from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require
at the watchman's hand."
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