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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
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Jesus Matters
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Can we still support Donald Trump?
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HHS under Trump determines sex is Male,
or Female
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Egyptian Cleric: Our Capital shall be
Jerusalem
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Dueling bird songs
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JESUS, THE FAITHFUL WITNESS
INTERESTING ARTICLES
JESUS MATTERS
The Christian
Post – Jun. 28, 2020 -- Quite a year, we’re having. Pandemic, recession, police
brutality, civil unrest, and a presidential election that is likely to be the
most contentious, in both the campaign and outcome, as any election in the last
century.
In the midst
of great uncertainty, churches should remember that our job is to preach the
Gospel, and tell people that, more than anything, Jesus matters.
Paul resolved
to preach Christ regardless of the demands of his audience (1 Cor. 1:22-25) and
exhorted his protégé Timothy to preach the Word in season and out of season (2
Timothy 4:2).
God’s job description
for the church is laid out in 2 Timothy 3:15: We are a pillar and foundation of
the truth. If someone comes to a church, or watches a sermon online, or sees a
pastor on television and does not hear Christ proclaimed, then we have failed
to do our job.
The Great
Commission remains our marching orders; to go into all the world and make
disciples, teaching them to obey all that Christ commanded (Matthew 28:19).
These orders are based on the absolute and total authority of Jesus over
everyone and everything (Matthew 28:18)
Jesus
matters.
The greatest
need of our culture, and any culture, is to recognize and joyfully submit to
Jesus. Such recognition and submission brings personal
transformation, and personal transformation en
masse alters the trajectory of a nation. In the contemporary Broadway
musical Hadestown, the only
thing that will turn winter into spring is a song sung by the poet Orpheus. In
reality, only Christ can turn death to life, hate to love, and despair to hope.
Neither Joe Biden
nor Donald Trump have the answers that our culture needs most. The church
alone, holding forth the Word of Life, can accurately diagnose the problem
(personal sin) and prescribe the cure (repentance and faith in Christ). Jesus
tells us that He is the truth (John 14:6) and He alone can set us free (John
8:32).
If churches
become distracted in the moment, then we will have wasted the moment. Now
more than ever, our message must be contrarian. Jesus
matters, and the reality of his death and resurrection give meaning to life
and hope for justice. Apart from him, there is no hope, no unity, no peace, and
no justice.
Paul says in
Acts 17:28 in Christ we “live and move and have our being.” Jesus matters
because apart from him it is meaningless to talk about things like equality,
justice, hope, and peace. Apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:15).
John Newton
famously said at the end of his life that he was sure of two things, “I am a
great sinner but Christ is a great Savior.” Christians must be loud and clear
about these two truths and communicate them faithfully in local churches and in
the public square.
Now is not the
time for chasing windmills and indulging conspiracies either on the right or
the left.
America in
2020 is a Kafkaesque moment. The absurdity of such moments is illustrated by a
story told by Albert Camus in which a man is fishing in a bathtub. A man comes
along and asks “are they biting?” to which the man fishing replies “of course
not you fool, this is a bathtub.”
Our culture is
fishing in an empty bathtub. Racism, secularism, naturalism, progressivism, and
socialism are empty bathtubs in a world of empty bathtubs that will never
produce peace, freedom, equality, or justice. They will only kill, steal, and
destroy.
Jesus matters, and the church must be
single-mindedly focused on preaching Christ and calling people to repentance
and faith.
CAN WE STILL SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP?
Christian
Headline News – Jun. 18, 2020 -- Now is not the time for hand-wringing and
second-guessing ourselves. Many things that we’ve been praying for to happen in
our nation are finally happening. So, at this stage, many of us will not
apologize for backing the president, nor will we be intimidated. Unless
millions of Americans and I, who are praying and truly seeking the will of the
Father, are missing it, we will keep contending: “If the foundations are
destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3).
In light of the
current civil unrest, Bolton’s supposed “bombshells,” fake news, and
Christianity Today’s newest article condemning Christians who support President
Trump, I want to share some highlights from past articles. The charge of being
a hypocrite if you support the president is often thrown at many
Bible-believing Americans. I quickly found this out as soon as we released my
message this week titled, The Destabilization of America. But
hypocrisy means to intentionally deceive someone—who I am on Sunday is not who
I am on Monday. We are not dealing with hypocrisy here. So, what are we dealing
with?
We have two
primary issues playing out. Number one, many are simply not going to embrace
the president’s agenda. In my opinion, people like John Bolton were dead set
against him from the get-go. Why are we surprised when things like this come
out? Many are going to do whatever they can to remove President Trump. Mr.
President, know that there are millions who support many of your policies. Hold
the line.
Secondly, this
truly is a spiritual battle. There’s a big push toward globalism, abortion on
demand, sexual perversion, socialism, open borders, and so on. Calling
Christians hypocrites is really just a defense mechanism for those who don’t
want to see the truth. It’s often Christians who serve as our moral compass to
get us back on track. For example, when I talk about ungodly entertainment, I’m
labeled a fundamentalist. When I talk about purity and abstinence, I’m labeled
legalistic. When I talk about defending babies, I’m labeled as being against
women. When I talk about marriage being between a man and a woman, I’m labeled
a homophobe. When I support the current president, I’m labeled a hypocrite. And
on and on it goes.
Anytime you
stand for truth, you will be labeled. Granted, the truth must come from a
loving, gentle heart. The truth will offend, but our attitude should not. Many
people on the conservative side also need to pray before posting something
derogatory on social media. We are dropping the ball on both sides. For
example, when I released an op-ed about distorted facts, a lot of people
thought that I was writing something against the president. The mean emails I
received from “conservatives” were just as nasty as ones from liberals. Folks,
we can all use a lot more grace and humility, including me.
The more
concerning issue is that many claiming to be Christians embrace liberal
theology, and most of them are against President Trump. This group typically
has a problem with the inerrancy of Scripture as well as difficult truths, such
as repentance, judgment, and sin. So, it’s no surprise why they don’t like
op-eds, social media posts, or anything grounded in truth. They also welcome
anti-scriptural agendas (the LGBTQ onslaught comes to mind), and they mock
those who aren’t willing to throw their Bibles away and follow the crowd. Need
more proof? It was liberals calling themselves “Christians” who primarily came
against my article regarding what the Bible says
about homosexuality.
So, one must ask
the question regarding political hot buttons: When Hollywood and most of the
media is on your side, are you sure you’re on the right side? The Bible
encourages us to be peacemakers but not religious negotiators. In our zeal to
reach others, we cannot compromise the message just because we want to be
liked. We must speak the truth.
Another question
goes something like this: Do ungodly means justify a godly end? To me, this is
a no-brainer. The Bible says don’t murder innocent children (abortion). It also
says that we should work hard if we can (no socialism). It also says that the
government is to guard the nation, securing borders and fighting terrorism
(see Romans 13). The Bible adds that we should have judges who are honest and
that we should bring God’s Word into all areas of life. And on and on it goes.
Many of President Trump’s staff are doing all this and more. How a person, let
alone a Christian, can overlook these things is a mystery to me.
No, I don’t
believe that all ungodly means are good if they lead to godly ends. It depends
on the situation and what the means are. There are many variables, and a
blanket statement—like so many of those who speak against the president are
trying to make—will not suffice.
We have an
interesting dynamic working here: a politician actually doing what he said he
would do. His past is not perfect, but he is guiding America in the right
direction (in fact, many governmental agencies are now hosting Bible studies).
He still sins, but it appears that he wants to point our nation back to God.
His mode of communication is not always Christlike, but he is honoring God in
many areas of legislation.
I see a man who
is flawed like the rest of us. I see a man who is probably not proud of some of
the things that he has done. We’re not looking for perfection; we’re looking
for direction—direction back to God. Throughout biblical history, God has used
broken, flawed leaders. Aside from Christ, is there another kind?
I’m pretty sure
that if unborn babies could talk, they would tell us they are not too concerned
about the president’s character. They would be far more concerned about the
character of the physician with an abortion tool in his or her hand.
Ironically, the
day before I released this article, I ran into a woman who was speaking Aramaic
to her daughter. Her English was pretty good, so I asked her what she thought
about our president. After explaining that she was a Christian from a
persecuted area in Iraq, she said, “I love what he is doing. America is blessed
to have him.” Let that sink in.
HHS UNDER TRUMP DETERMINES SEX IS MALE, OR FEMALE
Overturns
Obama definition as 'one's internal sense of gender'
WND – Jun. 16,
2020 -- The Trump administration has a narrow view of sex, and in the eyes of
the law, his Department of Health and Human Services will define sex as
determined by biology — that is, male and female.
HHS has
finalized a rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act that restores
the traditional definition and revokes the redefinition of sex discrimination
implemented under President Obama. The previous administration had defined sex
as “one’s internal sense of gender.”
As of Friday,
that is no more.
“We are
restoring respect to the rule of law,” Roger Severino, the director of the
Office for Civil Rights at HHS, told RealClearPolitics. The old definition
implemented by Obama, he argued, had created “extraordinary confusion in the
science and medical fields.”
The return to
the traditional definition is a promise made by Trump-the-candidate,
and a promise kept by Trump-the-president. Controversy will certainly follow,
especially ahead of the presidential election.
But advancing
the front on the culture war is not the objective. Severino says he wants
clear-eyed regulators instead, ones guided by science rather than shifting gender-identity
politics. “If there's any agency where the biological understanding of sex
matters, it would be HHS,” he told RCP. “We've done so much work in the field
of medicine and science, where sex is considered a biological variable.”
The
administration believes the courts will rule on its side.
The return to a
traditional definition at HHS comes on the heels of a similar decision by the
Department of Education. It also comes at a moment when the issue of sex and
gender have become fraught political topics. Each of the Democratic primary
contenders except for the eventual nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden,
made a show of defining their gender identity and adding their preferred
pronouns to their Twitter bios.
While the
decision to define sex according to biology means a cultural fight, Severino
insists it will in no way affect how HHS “respects the dignity of every human
being.”
“As we have
shown in our response to the pandemic, we vigorously protect and enforce the
civil rights of all to the fullest extent permitted by our laws as passed by
Congress. We are unwavering in our commitment to enforcing civil rights
in health care,” he added.
And the
administration insists that this decision will not harm the rights of those who
identify their sex as different than male or female. The return to the
traditional definition, instead, Severino said, makes clear that biological sex
and gender are different.
“To conflate the
two is a mistake, both as a matter of law, but also leads to all sorts of
confusion that could lead to tragic consequences,” he added.
The director
pointed to a tragic case documented in the New England Journal of
Medicine when a man arrived at a hospital experiencing severe abdominal pains.
Nurses did not consider the case an emergency, until they realized that the
patient was pregnant. He was a transgender man in labor. The pregnancy ended in
a stillbirth.
“Treating sex as
a biological reality or not,” Severino added, "can make a tremendous
difference to health outcomes.”
EGYPTIAN CLERIC: OUR CAPITAL SHALL BE
JERUSALEM
Weekend News Today – Jun. 25, 2020 -- Muslim
Cleric calls for establishment of Islamic Caliphate with Jerusalem as its
capital.
It is of course very strange for a Muslim to
call for Jerusalem to become the
capital of an Islamic Caliphate. After
all, Jerusalem is not mentioned by name
once in the Qur'an. And when the Muslim
prays he faces Mecca, and specifically the Karbala, a great Islamic shrine that once
housed all the idols worshipped by Muslims at
the time of Mohammed. So why make Jerusalem the
capital of an Islamic Caliphate? The answer is of course the Jews. The Hadith states concerning the coming day of resurrection for the Muslim,
“The resurrection of the dead will not arrive until
you will fight the Jews and kill them”. That
is why Higazi calls for “millions of martyrs” to march towards Jerusalem. Essentially their goal is to
finish the job that Hitler started.
DUELING BIRD SONGS
Song of Solomon 2:12 “The flowers appear
on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the
turtle is heard in our land;”
Creation
Moments – jun. 18, 2020 -- There is a lot more to bird song than meets the ear.
Digital recording and computer technology have enabled researchers to study, in
detail, various song-birds’ reactions to neighboring birds’ songs.
In most
species, singing is the male’s job. There is much more going on when he sings
than simply establishing territory or attracting a mate. Researchers refer to
one characteristic of bird song as “song matching.” While a male bird doesn’t
like another male in his territory, he is more tolerant of a related male in a
neighboring territory than of a complete stranger. A male will challenge a
stranger by repeating the stranger’s song. Researchers have concluded from bird
behavior that such “matching” is a challenge to the stranger and shows a
willingness to increase aggressive behavior. Just as when people argue, birds
raise the aggression level by beginning their song before their challenger
finishes his. However, as long as the neighbor shows no aggressiveness, male
birds seldom match a neighbor’s song. Decreased aggression is signaled by
singing a song that’s different from the neighbors. Researchers also observed
that rather than territory, the challenger is sometimes simply trying to lure
away a male’s mate.
While we appreciate the beauty of bird song,
it is a very complex way of communication. Such complex communication points to
the Creator Who gave us His Word.
JESUS,
THE FAITHFUL WITNESS
John wrote the book of Revelation to
encourage Christians being heavily persecuted by the Roman emperor Domitian. Approximately
25 years earlier Rome had destroyed Jerusalem and taken away Christians’
rights. Many believers were beginning to wonder, Where
is Jesus? Is He still Lord? So, John’s main purpose in writing this
book was to remind believers that Jesus Christ was alive, and He was and would
continue to be the same loving, all-powerful Son of God.
We also can be encouraged by remembering
who Jesus is. Revelation 1:5 reminds us that He is the faithful
witness, which means we can rely on every single thing He says. And not only
are His words true, but according to John 14:6, He Himself is the
truth. In other words, if He says He will do something, we can trust that it
will happen. And that includes not only His statement that life on earth isn’t
all there is, but also that He will be with us forever (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
We know Jesus’ words are trustworthy
because He conquered death through the cross and His resurrection, preparing
the way for all who trust Him. If you’re unsure whether Jesus is alive and
active in your life, remember what lengths He went to in order to keep His
word.
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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
A Biblical perspective on the
destabilization of America
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87% believe in God, but only 64% are
“convinced” God exists
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Bible Revelation: The “Mathematical
Proof” Jesus Christ was the Jewish is the Jewish Messiah
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Don’t lie to these wasps
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A BIBLICAL
PERSPECTIVE ON THE DESTABILIZATION OF AMERICA
Charisma News – Jun. 16, 2030 -- Elon Musk recently commented,
"We must get to Mars. Civilization isn't looking all that stable
here."
Books could be written on how we got to this point, but let me
offer just a few thoughts from a biblical perspective.
Destabilization by false information. Unless you have beaten Musk to the punch
and have been on Mars for the last decade, you have clearly seen how many in
the secular media purposely create false narratives and use lies and carefully
edited half-truths to push their agenda. They withhold information, such as all
the black police officers who have been killed recently, and deliberately fail
to highlight the positives alongside the negatives, creating the illusion of an
imbalance where one does not exist.
For example, two years ago, a deputy sheriff who attends our
church had to pull over on the 101 freeway and resuscitate a black female
suffering from a drug overdose. I tried to contact several news outlets, but no
one wanted to run the story. The lesson here is to be very careful about where
we get our information.
Much of the media is owned by large corporations who would love
to see America fail. One recent headline read, "CNN sticks to
liberal script, ignores black police officers killed in riots." This is
appalling and should not be tolerated.
Destabilization by the enemy within. Many are coming to believe that
what we are witnessing is an orchestrated attempt to destroy our economy and
disrupt the November elections. Peaceful protests are infiltrated by hate
groups paid by individuals with deep pockets to create confusion and chaos.
Why is there such a huge upheaval? It's simple. The current
administration is working to minimize the murdering of babies. They are also
very concerned about race issues and trying to do the right thing the right
way. They are being a terror to terrorists and are bringing the Bible and God
back to Washington and the nation's schools. They want to remove the
pulpit-silencing Johnson Amendment.
Christians with godly values are being promoted to some of the
highest offices in America. The president is surrounding himself with godly
counsel. There is a love for Israel. They are honoring hard work and minimizing
free handouts. The list of biblical accomplishments is impressive. Now you see
what the real battle is: A battle for the soul of our nation.
God doesn't judge a nation based on the character of one man; He
judges it based on the spiritual health of its people. Never forget that.
Destabilization by intolerability: Those waving banners of tolerance are
often the most intolerant of those who oppose them, as one Birmingham pastor
recently discovered. Tony Perkins writes, "A handful of likes were
all it took to make the biggest church in Alabama homeless."
Believe it or not, "a local English teacher decided to
catalogue" the pastor's likes on Facebook and then share them with the
press. This motivated the local high schools to revoke the lease of the church.
Am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy of school district "leaders"
and teachers who behave in this manner while crying out for tolerance and
justice?
Destabilization with class warfare: Even though Rasmussen recently
reported that there is a 40% approval rate for our president among black
voters, if you listen to the secular media, you would think that it's closer to
4%. Yes, racism runs deep in America, but only a changed heart can solve that.
And keep in mind that revisionists began to rewrite history many
years ago, portraying all white people as racists. The actual numbers are very
small; the vast majority are not racists, and there are black racists too. We
realize that we are all Americans and must unite against our common enemy. It's
a sin problem, not a skin problem.
White people feel the dynamic too. There are certain places in
my community such as parks where I can no longer go for fear of being profiled
because the media created a false narrative. You won't find it in many of the
modern history books, but the continue reading at truth is that many of the Founding
Fathers in America abhorred slavery and fought against it.
Continue
reading at:https://www.charismanews.com/culture/81564-shane-idleman-a-biblical-perspective-on-the-destabilization-of-america.
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Destabilization fueled by the passive pulpit
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Destabilization because kingdoms are colliding
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Patience Is Not Approval
87 PERCENT BELIEVE IN GOD – BUT ONLY 64
PERCENT ARE ‘CONVINCED' GOD EXISTS
Christian
Headline News -- Nearly nine in 10 Americans say they believe in God, although
the percentage falls when the question is asked differently, according to a new
Gallup analysis.
Eighty-seven
percent of U.S. adults answered “yes” in 2017 when asked, “Do you believe in
God?” – a number in line with the percentage in 2013 (87) but below the number
from past decades. For example, 98 percent in 1967 and 1953 said they believed
in God, and 96 percent answered that way in 1944.
But belief in
God falls when adults are given three options, according to the analysis.
On that question, 79 percent believe in God, 10 percent are not sure, and 11
percent don’t believe in God. Gallup last asked that question in 2016.
The number
falls even further when Americans are asked if they are “convinced” that God
exists. On that question, 64 percent say they are convinced God exists, 16
percent say God “probably exists” but they “have a little doubt,” 5 percent say
God “probably exists” but they “have a lot of doubt,” 6 percent say God
“probably does not exist” but they aren’t sure, and 7 percent are “convinced
God does not exist.” Gallup last asked that question in 2017.
“The array of
Gallup results leads to the conclusion that putting a percentage on Americans'
belief in God depends on how you define ‘belief,’” Gallup’s Zach Hrynowski wrote. “If the standard is absolute certainty –
no hedging and no doubts – it's somewhere around two-thirds. If the standard is
a propensity to believe rather than not to believe, then the figure is
somewhere north of three-quarters.”
Gallup, in a
2016 analysis, said it’s unclear what is behind the shifts in
percentages.
“Although the
results can be taken at face value in showing that fewer Americans believe in
God than did so in the past, it is also possible that basic beliefs have not
changed – but rather Americans' willingness to express nonreligious sentiments
to an interviewer has,” the 2016 analysis said. “Whatever the explanation for
these changes over time, the most recent findings show that the substantial
majority of Americans continue to give a positive response when asked about
their belief in God.”
BIBLE
REVELATION- THE 'MATHEMATICAL PROOF' JESUS CHRIST WAS THE JEWISH MESSIAH
REVEALED
WND, Jun. 2, 2020 -- JESUS CHRIST
was the Jewish Messiah and there is "mathematical proof" to reveal
his identity, a Bible scholar has astonishingly claimed.
Jesus Christ is celebrated by billions
of devout Christians as the son of God and true Messiah. But this belief was
rejected by the Jewish faith some 2,000 years ago, leading to Jesus'
crucifixion on the hill Calvary. Although the Jewish people still await the
arrival of the Messiah, a Bible expert has told Express.co.uk there are clues
in the Old Testament that prove Jesus was the real deal.
Professor Tom Meyer, a public speaker
and professor at Shasta Bible College & Graduate School in California,
believes the Bible holds mathematical proof of Jesus' divine nature.
In his opinion, the clues were laid down
in the Book of Daniel, a tome of scripture found in the Old Testament.
Professor Meyer said: "According to
the Bible, the Hebrew prophet Daniel, who wrote his book in either the sixth or
fifth centuries BC, gave the Jewish people mathematical proof that guarantees
Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah.
"While in exile the prophet Daniel
was informed by the angel Gabriel that 70 time seven or 490 years are marked
out by God for the Jewish people.
"After the 490-year period, the God
of Israel would establish his kingdom on Earth.
"According to Daniel, the 490-year
clock started ticking with the royal command to restore and rebuild the walls
of Jerusalem in 44 BC; this was during the 20th year of the reign of Artaxerxes
I, the king of the Persian Empire."
However, the prophet Daniel said the
Messiah would appear 483 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
Professor Meyer argued the Messiah
arrived at the end of these 483 periods when Jesus rode into Jerusalem from the
Mount of Olives, as described in the Gospels.
The proof can be constructed by using basic mathematics - Professor Tom Meyer, The Bible Memory
Man
Professor Meyer said: "The proof
can be constructed by using basic mathematics.
"If you go forward 483 years from
445 BC - 173,880 days later when you use the standard ancient 360-day Jewish
calendar - that brings you to approximately 38 AD.
"It is at this point, in 38 A.D.,
that the Jewish Messiah revealed himself in Jerusalem.
"But Daniel goes on to say that,
unexpectedly and tragically, the Messiah will die with nothing that same year -
according to the New Testament, Jesus died one week after the Triumphal Entry -
meaning the Messiah was slain without honor - this is consistent with the
crucifixion - and abandoned by his friends."
Professor Meyer said the "prophetic
clock" was then paused with Jesus' crucifixion.
He believes there is another seven-year
period to be completed.
This seven-year period, Professor Meyer
argued, will be the so-called Great Tribulation.
The Bible expert said: "The
490-year prophetic clock was paused after the 483rd year, at the death of the
Messiah; there remains one unit of seven years to be completed.
This prophetic clock will start ticking
again after the imminent rapture of Christians when the God of the Bible will
once again work exclusively through the Jewish people.
"This yet-to-be-fulfilled
seven-year period is known as the Great Tribulation and includes the majority
of the content in the book of Revelation.
"But at the end of the last
seven-year period - which is the end of the 490 years - aka the end of days,
Jesus the Jewish Messiah will appear again to the Jews in Jerusalem not merely
as their glorious deliverer whom they will finally accept as their Messiah, but
as the one whom Israel crucified and has long rejected."
However, Professor Meyer said no one
knows when the rapture will happen.
UNDER OATH! PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS ADMIT SELLING BABY BODY PARTS
(Excerpt)
Documents
show abortion clinic making $25,000 in just 3 months
WND – May 27,
2020 -- Planned Parenthood has vehemently denied in public that it traffics in
the body parts of unborn babies, but under oath in a lawsuit, officials tell a
different story.
The group that
exposed the unseemly trade in 2015 through its undercover videos, the Center
for Medical Progress, has released a new video featuring the testimonies.
"The time
has come for federal consequences for Planned Parenthood," said David
Daleiden, CMP's founder and the lead reporter who conducted the undercover
investigation.
"Planned
Parenthood lied to the public and to Congress, but now there is no longer any
reasonable doubt that Planned Parenthood sold fetal body parts, commodifying
living children in the womb and treating pregnant women like a cash crop. The
U.S. Department of Justice must escalate the enforcement of laws against fetal
trafficking to the highest level of priority."
The undercover
videos caught Planned Parenthood officials on a hidden camera discussing
payments for the body parts of aborted children. One famously negotiated for
higher prices because "I want a Lamborghini."
The
"admissions" under oath about the sales, CMP said, came during
testimony in a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood against CMP and the undercover
reporters in which the abortion giant won a judgment that remains under appeal.
"The video
at https://youtu.be/PgUULMCzm8c shows how Planned Parenthood Federation
of America, while under investigation in 2015, told Congress that its Gulf
Coast affiliate in Houston had 'rebuffed' an undercover proposal to sell fetal
livers for $750 per liver and $1600 for liver/thymus pairs. But Planned
Parenthood Gulf Coast's Senior Director of Abortion Access, Tram Nguyen,
testified that she 'wanted to move forward with it,' as documented in
contemporaneous emails between her and PPGC’s Regional Director Dyann Santos," CMP said.
The video
includes the sworn testimony of Dorothy Furgerson,
the longtime chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in San Jose,
California, PPMM, the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the country.
DON’T LIE TO THESE WASPS
Proverbs 19:5 “A false witness
shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies
shall not escape.”
Creation
Moments – Jun. 13, 2020 -- Colonies of Paper Wasps consist entirely of female
wasps who are ordered according to a strict hierarchy. After mating, the
females fight each other for dominance in the colony. Those who prove to be
better fighters have more dominance. This means that they can spend more time laying
eggs and less time working.
Researchers
studying Paper Wasps found, however, that the situation was more complicated
than that. They observed that the stronger fighters generally had more black
splotches on their face than the weaker fighters. To test if the black markings
were related to hierarchy, researchers painted some of the wasps’ faces to make
them look higher or lower in the hierarchy than they really were. Researchers
found that the rest of the colony would not tolerate the social imposters. Those
who were caught lying about their status were harassed continually by the
others. This was true whether their faces showed them in a higher or lower
status than they really were. Researchers also found that a few wasps had
mutated so that their faces inaccurately signaled their status. They were also
attacked. The scientists concluded that the wasps’ face coloring accurately
predicted their strength.
While
sin entered the world through the temptation of the father of lies, God’s
standard is the truth. Those who love God’s truth will seek to reflect truth in
their lives.
WHEN A FELLOW CHRISTIAN STUMBLES
One of our responsibilities as part of God’s household is to
come alongside a brother or sister who has stumbled. Paul specifies that those
“who are spiritual” should restore the fallen, but the word spiritual doesn’t
mean some elite group of pious leaders. It refers to Christians who are living
under the Holy Spirit’s control and who have an attitude of ...
Gentleness. Restoration of a fellow believer doesn’t
call for harshness, anger, judgment, or condemnation. Our goal is not to heap
pain and guilt upon a hurting brother or sister but rather to show mercy and
forgiveness (2 Corinthians 2:5-8).
Humility. Those who have a superior attitude look
down on a fallen brother and think, I would never make those
mistakes. But the humble know their own vulnerability and can easily
put themselves in the other person’s shoes.
Love. When we love others, we will willingly
share their burden. This requires an unselfish investment of our time, energy,
and prayer on their behalf.
How do you react when a fellow Christian
stumble? One of the ugliest human traits is the tendency to feel better about
ourselves when another person misses the mark. Let’s pray that our heart will
be filled with compassion instead, and that we’ll come alongside to love and
help believers who are distanced from the Lord.
In Touch Ministry
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."
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:
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".
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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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