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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – “Only
as we see our weakness can we draw upon God's strength”- Our
Daily Bread
INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
· These are extraordinary ties and
remarkable things happen every day that can be related to Bible Prophecy
· What does the coming Government Report
on UFOs mean for Christians?
· Biden removes Trump’s sanctions on ICC
court, enabling prosecution of Israel
· Pro-LGMTQ lady-preacher misgenders God,
says she will only quote women and God isn’t male
· Biblical critics disproved again
· FINDING STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS
INTERESTING ARTICLES
THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, AND
REMARKABLE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY THAT CAN BE RELATED TO BIBLE PROPHECY
Weekend News Today – Apr. 7, 2021 --
These are extraordinary times! Here are some examples:
One,
concerning peace in the Middle East: on Mar. 17, 2021, the Biden administration
released a document titled “The US Palestinian Reset and the Path Forward.” The
document reveals Biden’s plans to force a peace treaty on Israel called the
Two-State Solution.
The Two-State Solution will divide the
land of Israel, and God will eventually respond by dragging the nations into
the Battle of Armageddon (Joel 3:2).
On Mar. 23, 2021, the Middle East
Quartet (UN, U.S., EU, and Russia) discussed a resumption of “meaningful
negotiations” between Israel and the PA. They view the Biden presidency as an
opportunity to push their desire for “peace and safety” in the Middle East.
Two,
concerning who is running the U.S.: on Mar. 19, 2021, Fox News Host Steve
Hilton said it is not Biden. Hilton said Biden is president in name only, and
his agenda is controlled by other powers in the Democrat Party. White House
Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, recently acknowledged that Biden consults regularly
with former Pres. Obama (anti-Israel, pro-Muslim, pro-Iran, etc.).
Globalist hardships during the
Tribulation Period will be justified because they have participated in the
Biden election hoax.
Three,
concerning tracking everyone: on Mar. 17, 2021, Walmart announced that it has
joined a global effort to provide standardized digital proof for those that
have been vaccinated. Those that get vaccinated at Walmart, Sam’s Club, or
other members of this global network may soon use their cell phone to prove
that they have taken the required shots.
The world is moving closer to requiring
people to prove obedience to government to fly on a plane, attend school, buy
and sell, etc.
Four,
also concerning the tracking of all buying and selling: on Mar. 23, 2021, it
was reported that Patrick Wood, Editor of Technocracy News & Trends, said,
“Once a global ID system is in place, it will be tied to every move and
purchase you make, along with every psychographic and physical aspect of your
life – cradle to cradle.”
Globalists at the World Economic Forum
(WEF) plan to take a giant leap toward a new global economic system at their
“Great Reset” meetings this year (2021). Everyone will be tracked, and no one
will be exempt.
A value (or score) will be placed on
every person’s life based on their political views, productivity, consumption,
age, etc., and those that don’t meet global standards according to the
globalist system will be dealt with.
This system will gradually be
transformed into the Mark of the Beast, but the Church won’t be here when it
gets to that.
On Mar. 28, 2021, it was reported that the Biden
administration has started working with companies to develop a document called
a “vaccine passport.” This document will allow those that have been vaccinated
to enter businesses, travel and attend events.
On this same date, it was reported that NY Gov. Cuomo
has already rolled out his version of a “vaccine passport” that he is calling
an “Excelsior Pass.” This means that tracking people in the U.S. has started,
and some believe it is just a short time before those that don’t have a
“vaccine passport” will have to choose between getting one or being
discriminated against.
Five,
concerning the days of Lot: on Mar. 23, 2021, it was reported that the city of
Cambridge, Mass., has legalized polygamy (sexual relations between multiple
adults in one household or family).
Six,
concerning a departure from the faith in the Church: on Mar. 25, 2021, it was
reported that Pope Francis said, “Mary is not only the bridge joining us to
God; she is more. She is the road that God travelled to reach us, and the road
that we must travel in order to reach him.”
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (Jn. 14:6).
Peter said, “Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Paul said, “There is one God, and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom
for all, to be testified in due time” (I Tim. 2:5-6).
Pope Francis clearly contradicted the
Scriptures.
He is also contradicting the Scriptures
on World Government, World Religion, the Great Reset, gay issues, etc.
John said, “Beloved, believe not every
spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world” (I Jn. 4:1).
I am not saying Pope Francis is the
False Prophet, but if he is, it is easy to see how he could align himself with
the Antichrist and use his position and the Roman Catholic Church’s wealth to
lead multitudes astray (Rev. 17).
Continue reading at: https://www.raptureready.com/2021/04/04/extraordinary-times-by-daymond-duck/
WHAT DOES THE COMING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON UFOS MEAN FOR CHRISTIANS?
Charisma New – Apr. 7, 2021 -- The U.S.
government has been tasked by Congress to issue a report on
Unidentified Flying Objects in June this year. UFO sightings have been reported
for decades, and previous U.S. government reports have tended to discredit
them, saying most sightings have natural explanations. Ufologists, those who
follow UFO reports, investigate them and extensively report on them, claim the
government is hiding information that should be made public. The hope is that
this report will reveal all the government knows with honesty and transparency.
But what does it mean for believers?
An authority with knowledge of what this
report will likely contain has stated that the results will be "profound
and transformative." He did not go so far as to say the report will
indicate UFOs are vehicles from outside our planet. But that implication can be
easily reached by the words he used. The government has recently released
videos of U.S. military pilots tracking UFOs and discussing what they are
seeing. This is unprecedented and is tacit acknowledgment by the government of
the existence of the unexplained UFO phenomena. A report that concludes even
the possibility of extraterrestrial visitation will definitely be profound.
This would mean that life exists on other planets, and they are superior to us,
at least in their technology.
This raises several questions to those
of us who are Christians:
·
Did
God create life on other planets as He did on Earth? Do these aliens share the
same values we are taught by Jesus?
·
What
is the possibility that these aliens are responsible for all communications
written in the Bible that we attribute to God, including the birth and life of
Jesus?
·
Is
what we consider supernatural totally understood by aliens with their advanced
technology, and nothing is supernatural to them?
·
No
prophet in the Bible has written about life outside of Earth. Prophecies have
been accurate about events that come about on Earth, so why has God not
revealed to earthly prophets the existence of life elsewhere?
·
Has
God revealed to some living today who, like the prophets of old, could inform
us of life elsewhere and how we should interact with them?
·
The
Bible contains predictions of events yet to come, particularly in the book of
Revelation. The indications are that severe natural disasters are a part of
these events. Will aliens with a significantly advanced knowledge intervene to
help in some manner, or could they even be causing such disasters
·
Satan exists. What might aliens know about
Satan and how he operates on Earth? Does Satan exist elsewhere also to confound
their lives?
·
Why
have these aliens not communicated with us? Has God instructed them not to
communicate with us, like He doesn't permit communications between us and those
in heaven (with rare exceptions)? Should we seek communications with them?
Permitting ourselves to explore these
questions will indeed be transformational. The simplest approach would be to
conclude, as the government report will likely do, that we don't know what UFOs
are, and until God informs us in some way about life elsewhere, we shouldn't
speculate and should go on living life as usual. But we could also expand our
prayer life to include this subject and actively ask God about life outside
Earth. Can we find current-day prophets who could seek the answers we need?
An equally simple approach would be to
answer my first question by assuming God is responsible for all life in the
universe. Perhaps any aliens visiting us also live under God's authority, and
the answer to my eighth question is that God has instructed them not to
interfere in any way with life on Earth. Until we are given definitive
knowledge of alien life, it may not make sense to speculate.
But Christianity is increasingly being
challenged today, so all the questions on the list above, and probably many
others, will be raised. We'll need to find effective ways to respond. The
second and third questions will likely be the most provocative. As belief in
God declines, many people seek ways to discredit His existence. The possibility
that aliens created our beliefs in God and guided us through the thousands of
years of life as described in the Bible can be used to discredit the
supernatural realm that is fundamental to our belief in God.
Equally provocative is the seventh
question. If the aliens have created the conditions we see as supernatural, are
they also conducting satanic activities? If so, why? If the supernatural exists
for aliens as it does for us, and God and Satan also exist for them, they must
know about the contentiousness between God and Satan. Is the battle against
Satan as described in the Bible, with huge effects on Earth, to be conducted in
the domain of the aliens also? Does that explain their interest in us? Or has
that battle already been waged in their realm, and what can we learn from their
experience? There is room for considerable speculation around this question.
The other questions raise the issue of
how we communicate with God. Has God been communicating with us about life in
the universe, and we haven't listened, haven't understood? What do we do to get
His guidance on how we deal with the possibility of life on other planets? Some
people say they have the gift of prophecy. Have they heard God's message about
life on other planets but have felt it hasn't been timely to reveal it? Or have
they been too timid to reveal it or believe it an advantage not to share it? Or
perhaps they haven't recognized the messages God has been giving them? Do we
need to create a greater openness to receive communication from God on this
subject?
As usual, a few questions raise many
others.
BIDEN
REMOVES TRUMP’S SANCTIONS ON ICC COURT, ENABLING PROSECUTION OF ISRAEL
I will curse those who curse you Genesis 12:3 (The
Israel BibleTM)
Weekend
News Today – Apr. 7, 2021 -- President Joe Biden removed sanctions on Friday
that former President Donald Trump placed on two top officials of the
International Criminal Court (ICC) reports France 24. The sanctions
were among the previous administration’s more aggressive moves targeting
international institutions and officials.
Pro-Israel
lobbying group AIPAC blasted the move warning that it could have damaging
effects on Israel who is the target of an investigation by the Hague for war
crimes. In a tweet on Friday, AIPAC wrote: “We are disappointed the
administration is revoking sanctions on the International Criminal
Court officials who are pursuing a baseless and discriminatory attack on
the Jewish state. We agree with the administration’s position that the Court
doesn’t have jurisdiction over the U.S. and Israel.”
US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in in a
statement that Washington still steadfastly disagreed with certain actions
taken by the court, who is located in The Hague in the Holland and are
responsible with handling war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
The United States is not a member country of the court.
“We
believe, however, that our concerns about these cases would be better
addressed” through diplomacy “rather than through the imposition of sanctions”,
Blinken stated.
The
sanctions removal was the most recent signal that the Biden White House is
intent on appeasing international institutions. This lies in sharp contrast to
the Trump administration who unapologetically removed the United States from
several international institutions and accords while harshly criticizing them,
including the Hague, calling them flawed and working against American
interests.
Last
month, Israel365 News reported that the ICC secretly colluded with
the ICC to prosecute Israel.
PRO-LGBTQ
LADY-PREACHER MISGENDERS GOD, SAYS SHE WILL ONLY QUOTE WOMEN AND GOD ISN’T MALE
WND – Apr. 9,
2021 -- Carmen Hamm, a restaurant owner in
Canada was invited to speak at Connect Church YXE in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan where she says that despite the fact that she will only quote
women, Jesus gets a pass because God is not “gendered.”
This
is interesting coming from the progressive, pro-LGBTQ community as they tend to
believe that people can be whatever gender they choose. Apparently, the one
exception to this rule is God, himself, who has revealed himself as masculine
repeatedly throughout the Scriptures.
“While
we’re covering the patriarchy, I’m going to throw in the F-word. That’s right,
feminism. You’ve been warned. We’re going to cover empathy with a touch on
racism, homophobia, we’re going to talk about parenting,” she says.
She
continues, “I’ll use a lot of quotes. All of these quotes are from women. We’re
going to hear from women from all over the world, from poets, and mothers, and
one very famous country singer. The one exception to this all-woman rule is
when I use quotes from the Bible. But, most of the quotes from the Bible are
actually from Jesus who was fully human and fully God and I personally don’t
believe that God is gendered so I would say he gets a pass.”
Life
would be a lot easier if these people would just stop calling themselves
Christians.
BIBLICAL CRITICS DISPROVED AGAIN
1 Samuel 11:1 “Then Nahash the Ammonite came
up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the
men of Jabesh said unto Nahash,
Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.”
Creation Moments – Apr/ 9, 2021, Over the
last couple of centuries, many Bible scholars have developed a skeptical
approach to the Bible. Their treatment of the Bible as nothing more than a
human document stems from their belief in evolution. According to them, Christianity
has evolved from earlier religions just as humans evolved.
As a result, critics reject the idea that
the Bible is God’s inerrant, inspired, trustworthy Word. Because they hold this
low view of the Bible, they believe that they have found many errors in the
Bible over the years. At one time they said that the Hittites mentioned in the
Old Testament never existed. They said that ancient biblical writers invented
these people so that Israel could make up pretend victories over them.
Eventually, the Hittites were discovered, one of the first evidences being
hard-to-ignore six-foot-tall jars! Over the years, these critics have been
consistently proven wrong by new discoveries.
Likewise, critics have said that the
Israelites could not have entered Canaan when the Old Testament says they did.
They reason that because the Old Testament mentions the Ammonites – which
critics said didn’t live in Canaan until later – the Bible’s dating is in
error. However, in the summer of 1989, biblical archaeologists proved that the
Ammonites were in Canaan well before the Bible’s date for the exodus. Again,
Bible critics have been proven wrong.
As one biblical archaeologist wrote, “As
usual, the absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence.”
When the Bible says something is true, there is no question of its truth.
FINDING STRENGTH
IN WEAKNESS
Great
strength is no guarantee of protection from temptation. Although Samson had
God-given power, he was defeated by a personal weakness. In the same way, we as
Christians have the omnipotent Holy Spirit to enable us to live righteously.
But as broken beings, we’re bound to make mistakes along the way, as Samson
did.
Our
best defense against temptation is reliance upon the Word and power of God. If
we’ll turn to Him in our weakness—filling our mind with His truth and asking
His Holy Spirit for guidance and protection—He will strengthen us to resist.
But we must also be aware of our areas of vulnerability and take care to avoid
situations that increase temptation.
It’s
also helpful to prepare for temptation beforehand by memorizing scriptures that
refute the lies Satan throws at us. When Jesus was tempted by the devil, He
answered every enticement with biblical truth (Matt.
4:1-11).
And
finally, don’t forget to pray immediately when unholy desires threaten to carry
you away. Ask the Lord to give you the fortitude and wisdom to walk away from
temptation and turn to Him for strength.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – “A Word of Encouragement: "Don't be afraid of death because I Am the
Resurrection." John 11:25”- John
11:25
INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
Why
we can believe in the Resurrection
·
How
our democratic Congress not rejects the Book that made America
·
Palestinian”
Islamic Scholar: “If Muslims want peace, they must get rid of the Jews
·
Archaeologists
find 1,500-year-old “Christ, born of Mary” inscription in Ancient valley
·
An
internal clock you can feel
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WHY WE CAN BELIEVE
IN THE RESURRECTION
Exclusive: Greg Laurie notes, 'there is
life beyond the grave, even for the nonbeliever'
WND - Apr. 2, 2021 -- The resurrection
of Jesus Christ is one of the most important biblical truths there is. Next to
the Crucifixion, it is the most significant event in church history. It isn't a
peripheral issue; it's foundational. It's bedrock. It's the bottom line.
Not only does the Resurrection tell us
that we will live beyond the grave, but it also tells us there is hope beyond
this life.
In fact, the Bible says, "Christ
has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who
have died. So you see, just as death came into the
world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through
another man. Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who
belongs to Christ will be given new life" (1 Corinthians 15:20–22 NLT).
Yet inevitably, we have those who offer
up their liberal concepts regarding what took place as they try to discredit
the Resurrection and the message of Scripture.
One of the most commonly held theories,
for example, is the swoon theory, which proposes that Jesus didn't actually die
on the cross. Rather, proponents of this theory assert that he went into a deep
coma, or so-called swoon, from the severe pain and trauma of the crucifixion.
Then, in the cool atmosphere of the tomb, he supposedly revived.
Now, keep in mind that the Roman guards
were the first to report the death of Jesus. They were experts at execution,
and they would be put to death themselves if they allowed a condemned man to
escape death. It clearly was in their best interest that someone in their
custody would be unmistakably dead.
So, when they went to Jesus as he hung
on the cross and prepared to break his legs (which would hasten his death),
they didn't do it. Why? Because he already was gone (see John 19:31–33). The
Scriptures had prophesied that the Messiah would not have one of his bones
broken, and this fulfilled that prophecy (see John 19:36).
Then they thrust a spear into his side,
and out came blood and water, which occurs when the heart stops beating. This
gave them the final proof they needed.
For the swoon theory to be valid, Jesus
would have had to survive the massive blood loss from scourging, the nail
wounds and the spear thrust. And in his impossibly weakened condition, he would
have had to endure 40 hours without food or drink, manage to unwrap himself
from the burial cloths, single-handedly roll away the massive stone that sealed
the tomb, and then convince his followers that he'd risen from the dead.
Additionally, he would have had to
travel countless miles in that condition to make numerous appearances to his
disciples over a period of 40 days and also delude his disciples into thinking
he could simply appear in a room without using a door. Still, there are people
today who hang their doubts on this absurd assumption.
Another idea is the no-burial theory,
which suggests that Jesus was never placed in the tomb to begin with. Instead,
this theory proposes that Jesus was put into a mass grave that was reserved,
according to Roman customs, for criminals.
It's true that the Romans would throw
the bodies of the deceased into a large heap. But if this were true of Jesus'
body, then neither the Jewish leaders nor the Roman soldiers would have
bothered to seal the tomb.
Not only that, but to disprove Jesus'
resurrection, they only would have needed to retrieve his body and put it on
display.
Another suggestion is the mass hallucination
theory, which maintains that everyone who claimed to see the risen Jesus was
hallucinating as a result of their earnest desire to see him alive again.
However, the resurrection of Jesus came
as a shock to his disciples. Though He spoke of it and
his impending crucifixion repeatedly, somehow it went right over their heads.
In addition, the Bible tells us that on one occasion at least 500 people saw
the resurrected Christ at once (see 1 Corinthians 15:3–8).
Probably the oldest assertion of all is
that the disciples stole his body. This is was what they were saying in the
first century. Yet claiming that the body of Jesus was stolen actually proves
his resurrection.
His friends couldn't have taken it,
because they left the scene and were convinced that Jesus was dead. And when
the women reported his resurrection to the 11 apostles, the Bible says their
words sounded like nonsense to them (see Luke 24:11).
And most importantly, if the
Resurrection were a lie, how could all the apostles go to an early grave saying
so? Whenever there's a conspiracy, someone always breaks, especially when the
indictments start flying.
As we look over church history, we know
that Matthew was martyred by being thrust through with a sword in distant
Ethiopia. Mark died in Alexandria after being cruelly dragged through the
streets of that city. Luke was hung on an olive tree in Greece. John was put
into a cauldron of boiling oil, but according to church tradition, he didn't
die. So he was banished to the island of Patmos.
Peter was crucified upside down in Rome.
James the greater was beheaded in Jerusalem. James the lesser was thrown off
the temple and then beaten with a club. Bartholomew was flayed alive. Andrew
was bound to a cross, where he preached to his persecutors until he died.
Thomas was thrust through with a lance in the East Indies. And Jude was shot to
death with arrows.
If their lives would have been spared,
don't you think at least one of them would have suddenly exposed such a lie –
if it were a lie? But none of them did, because they couldn't deny what was
true. Christ is risen. He is alive.
Yes, there is life beyond the grave,
even for the nonbeliever. Life doesn't stop here on this place called Earth.
The real us, our soul, will live on. And according to the Bible, the soul will
go to one of two destinations: heaven or hell.
The last thing God wants is for any
person to face eternity in hell. That is why Jesus died and rose from the dead
for you and me.
HOW OUR DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS NOW REJECTS THE BOOK THAT MADE AMERICA
(Excerpt)
Charismas News – M ar. 24, 2021 -- The
rejection of America's Christian roots was on full display recently when, on
the floor of the House of Representatives, Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee, sternly rebuked Greg Steube
(R-Fla.) for daring to read from the Bible during a debate on transgender
issues. "Mr. Steube," he pointedly said,
"What any religious tradition describes as God's will is no concern of
this Congress."
Nadler's attitude is typical of a
cultural shift in America wherein the Bible, once revered, is now dismissed and
demeaned. It is a sharp departure from America's founding generation where the
Bible was read and revered by all classes whether rich or poor, slave or free,
aristocrat or peasant.
The Most Read Book in Early America
The Bible was, in fact, the most popular
book in America at the time of its founding. America's founding generation
found in the pages of the Bible its moral compass, its guide for ethics and its
Christian worldview.
A 1982 article in Newsweek magazine,
entitled "How the Bible Made America," made this point in vivid
fashion. The authors wrote:
"For centuries, the Bible has
exerted an unrivaled influence on American culture, politics, and social life.
Now historians are discovering that the Bible, perhaps even more than the
Constitution, is our founding document: the source of the powerful myth of the
United States as a special, sacred nation, a people called by God to establish
a model of society, a beacon to the world" (Hyatt, 1726: The
Year that Defined America).
Andrew Jackson, America's seventh
president, understood this. He once gestured toward a Bible and declared,
"That book, sir, is the rock on which our Republic rests."
The Bible and America's Origins
The first immigrants to these shores
held the Bible in high esteem. The Pilgrims, and the Puritans who followed
them, would be the first to admit that they often fell short of the teachings
of Jesus and the New Testament, but at least they acknowledged that this was
the standard toward which all should strive.
In the Great Awakening (1726-70), the
American populace was reawakened to the Bible as the ultimate guide for faith,
morals and life. Awakening preachers, such as Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield
and Richard Allen used the Bible to call the masses to absolute faith in Jesus
Christ and a lifestyle patterned on His teachings.
It is, therefore, no surprise that when
the First Continental Congress met on Sept. 5, 1774, they opened with an extended
time of Bible reading and prayer. Rev. Jacob Dusche,
who became their chaplain, began by reading the entire 35th Psalm
to the assembled delegates, which included George Washington, John Adams,
Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee and others.
As he read, a tangible sense of God's
presence seemed to fill the room. John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, of the
impact of the Bible reading. He said:
"It was enough to melt a heart of
stone. I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seems as if heaven had
ordained that Psalm to be read that day. I saw tears gush into the eyes of the
old, grave pacific Quakers of Philadelphia. I must beg you to read that
Psalm" (Hyatt, 1726:
The Year that Defined America).
The Bible Provided the Moral Basis for
the Abolition of Slavery
At a time when slavery was accepted and
practiced in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and throughout the world, it was the
Bible that provided the moral arguments that brought slavery to an end in
America.
For example, one of America's most
prominent founding fathers, Benjamin Rush, exhorted the pastors and ministers
of America to take a bold stand against slavery, saying, "Slavery is a
Hydra sin that includes in it every violation of the precepts of the Law and
the Gospels" (Hyatt, 1726:
The Year that Defined America).
George Washington was an avid reader of
the Bible and considered it his ultimate guide for life. It was arguments from
the Bible that turned him against slavery and caused him to set up a
compassionate program to completely disentangle Mt. Vernon from the
institution. It was the Bible that caused him to say concerning the abolition
of slavery:
"Not only do I pray for it on the
score of human dignity, but I can clearly see that nothing by the rooting out
of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our nation by consolidating it in a
common bond of principle" (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America).
Washington's love for the Bible was
affirmed by his nephew, Robert Lewis, who served as his secretary and lived
with him while he was president. Lewis said that he had accidentally witnessed
Washington's private devotions in his library both morning and evening and that
on those occasions he had seen him in a kneeling posture with a Bible open
before him, and he believed such to have been his daily practice.
It was, therefore, no mere formality
when Washington insisted on taking the first presidential oath of office with
his hand on a Bible. It was a declaration on his part that the Bible would be
the ultimate source of wisdom and guidance for his administration. It is
reported that he once said, "It is impossible to rightly govern the world
without God and the Bible."
ARCHAEOLOGISTS
FIND 1,500-YEAR-OLD “CHRIST, BORN OF MARY” INSCRIPTION IN ANCIENT VALLEY
Christian
Headline News – Jan. 20, 2021 -- Atop of the already mountainous archaeological
and historical proof of Jesus's
existence, Israeli archaeologists have found yet
another piece of evidence attesting to Jesus's time on earth before being taken
up. The piece is a 1,500-year-old inscription found in the Jezreel Valley that
is apparently a dedication to the Messiah.
According
to CBN
News, "Excavators found the Greek
inscription while digging in the village of et-Taiyiba.
The inscription was engraved in stone in what is believed by researchers to be
the remains of a Byzantine-era church."
The
full text of the inscription reads "Christ, born of Mary.” This work of
the most God-fearing and pious bishop [Theodo]sius and the miserable Th[omas]
was built from the foundation ...Whoever enters should pray for them."
Theodosius was known as one of the first Christian bishops and researchers say
he was the regional archbishop of Bet She'an, in
which et-Taiyiba was inside of.
According
to Dr. Leah Di-Segni, a researcher at the Institute
of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the phrase "Christ,
Born of Mary" was an inscription used against the evil eye, a curse that
at the time designated misfortune or poverty on those whom it was used on. The
curse apparently originates from a malevolent glare
from someone. It is usually given to someone when they are not aware.
“The
inscription greets those who enter and blesses them. It is therefore clear that
the building is a church, and not a monastery: Churches greeted believers at
their entrance, while monasteries tended not to do this,” Dr. Di-Segni told CBN News.
The
find also is noteworthy for another reason. According to Dr. Walid Atrash of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “this is the
first evidence of the Byzantine church’s existence in the village of et-Taiyiba and it adds to other finds attesting to the
activities of Christians who lived in the region."
AN INTERNAL CLOCK YOU CAN FEEL
Acts 17:25 “Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He
needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.”
Creation Moments – Dec. 29, 2020 -- We all
have a number of clocks within us that help keep life constant in changing
surroundings. The pineal gland is one clock that helps us adjust to our
surroundings like the changing lengths of daylight through the year.
Earlier in this century, many scientists,
having no understanding of the pineal, decided that it had no purpose and was
left over as a vestige from our evolution. Creationists knew it must have a
purpose because they knew we have not evolved.
If you are one of those people who typically
feel a bit more lethargic or even depressed during the darkest months of
winter, you might be able to blame your pineal, which is located near the
center of your brain. How can a gland deep in the center of the brain know how
long the days are? Light causes our bodies to make certain chemicals. When days
are short, those chemicals are scarce, so the pineal cannot make from these
chemicals the hormones that encourage the alertness we feel in the spring and
summer. In addition, your pineal has a private nerve hookup to your eyes, so it
can literally see for itself how much light is available! Scientists have found
that adding artificial light during winter can sometimes help the winter blues.
Our bodies are a network of complex control
systems and chemical factories – a complex union of systems that go beyond the
abilities of the best human designers, but which testify to the wisdom of the
Creator!
KNOWING THE
FATHER THROUGH THE SON
How
do you know who God is? Many people today have arrived at their own perception
of Him, based on their personal ideas, reasoning, and desires. And some don’t
want anyone interfering with their preconceived notions of God. This is nothing
new—it was true in the first century, just as it is today.
Jesus
came to His own people, the Jews. But despite the testimony of John the
Baptist—that Christ was someone who surpassed him in rank and existed long
before arriving on earth—they didn’t want Him. Our Savior came to die in order
to save those who would believe in Him, but He also came to explain the Father.
Jesus has both the knowledge and the authority to do this, because He is God
the Son and the only one who has seen and fully knows God the Father.
Therefore,
if you want to know and understand who God is, look at Jesus—not just in the
Gospel accounts of His earthly life but in the entire New Testament. This is
the best way to make sure that you are not deceived in your understanding of
Him. Being confronted with the truth now is much better than discovering too
late that you are following the wrong god.
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."
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".
·
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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