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- THANKFULNESS OR THANKLESSNESS: WHERE VIRTURE BEGINS OR ENDS
https://www.christianpost.com/news/thankfulness-or-thanklessness-where-virtue-begins-or-ends.html
URL - WAS THE CORNER OF GOD'S ALTAR
FOUND IN SHILOH?
CHRISTIAN MUSIC VIDEO
THOUGHT
FOR THE WEEK – “In our lives, storms will come, whether we
expect them or not” –
Pastor Harold Hansen
INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
The
surprising Hebrews 11 reason Christians can be grateful this Thanksgiving
·
The
Bride, the Lamb’s wife: Who will be married to the Heavenly Bridegroom forever?
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This
is the one thing that can change America now
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Our
Holy song
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EVERY
BELIEVER MUST MAKE THIS A PRIORITY TO SURVIVE LIFE STORMS
INTERESTING ARTICLES
THE SURPRISING
HEBREWS 11 REASON CHRISTIANS CAN BE GRATEFUL THIS THANKSGIVING
November 2021 -- Twice in the New
Testament believers are referred to as "pilgrims." The apostle Peter
addressed his readers, "Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul" (1 Pet.
2:11, NKJV), warning them to avoid carnal cravings which would hinder their
spiritual progress.
The author of Hebrews also used this
term to describe Old Testament Patriarchs: "These all died in faith, not
having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of
them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the
earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a
homeland" (Heb. 11:13).
By definition, a pilgrim is "A
person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act
of religious devotion." A pilgrim is also "a traveler, a wanderer, a
wayfarer, one who stays in a place only temporarily, but who normally has a set
destination."
If we are indeed pilgrims, then our
motto should be: "Just passing through." In other words, don't get
too attached to the things of this world, because this is just our temporary
home. Life is a journey, and earth is not our final destination. We, like
Father Abraham, are looking for our permanent, eternal home—"For he waited
for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God" (Heb.
11:10).
Like fish out of water, pilgrims are
misfits. We don't blend in with the trends and fads of this present world. We
don't fit the mold of the world because we are not of this world. Everything a
true Christian believes runs contrary to the carnal mindset. C.S. Lewis
reasoned, "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can
satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."
A pilgrim's perspective enables us to see the temporary nature of earthly
things and the permanent nature of heavenly things.
The Pilgrims of 1620 fame were a group
of separatists who "separated" from the Church of England due to its
corruption. Fleeing persecution, they relocated from England to Holland, where
their congregation grew to a few hundred members under the leadership of Rev.
John Robinson. As their children grew up, they were lured by the loose Dutch
lifestyle. Wanting a fresh start free from religious persecution, they made
plans to sail to the New World on a quest to worship God and live as they saw
fit based on the Bible.
Originally, they set sail on two ships:
the Speedwell and the Mayflower. Three days into the journey, the Speedwell
proved to be unseaworthy and, as some sources suggest, may have been sabotaged
by the captain. Consequently, 102 pilgrims, plus crew members, were crammed
aboard the overcrowded Mayflower. Imagine a 66-day voyage on rough seas with
that many people in roughly the space of a volleyball court. Seasickness was
common among these landlubbers who were mostly farmers, merchants and
craftsmen. The crew members harassed them for their nausea and singing, and
gave them the derisive nickname "psalm-singing puke stockings." The
meanest, most vocal sailor, who said he couldn't wait to make them all fish
food, suddenly became ill, mysteriously died and was buried at sea. Was that a
coincidence or providence?
Their original charter was for the land
of Virginia. Storms and navigational errors blew the Mayflower hundreds
of miles off course. Most of the coastline was inhabited by hostile natives. A
few years before, a plague wiped out an entire tribe of Patuxets.
Other tribes were wary of the region fearing it was cursed by the gods. When
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, it was one of the few safe places to land
on the entire Eastern Seaboard. Again, was that coincidence or providence?
During the first brutal winter, 47 of
the 102 Pilgrims died due to exposure, disease and hunger. One author noted,
"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have
been more impoverished than those—who, nevertheless, set aside a day of
thanksgiving." Legend has it that their rations dwindled to five kernels
of corn per person per day. They might have all starved to death if it wasn't
for two God-sent Indians. In the spring, Samoset showed up speaking clear
English and brought another friend, Squanto, who Governor William Bradford
called, "A special instrument sent from God for their good ... ."
These Indians taught the settlers how to grow and fertilize crops, hunt, fish
and decipher poisonous from edible plants. Squanto further assisted the
Pilgrims as a guide and interpreter to help negotiate peace with the Wampanoag
Tribe.
After the plentiful harvest of 1621,
Governor Bradford declared a 3-day feast of Thanksgiving. Chief Massasoit and
about 90 warriors brought venison, wild turkeys, hoecakes, cornmeal and maple
syrup pudding and an Indian delicacy—popcorn. The Pilgrims pitched in
vegetables from their gardens. Between meals they had shooting contests, foot
races, wrestling and other activities. It is speculated that before gorging
themselves on the sumptuous feast, the Pilgrims placed five kernels of corn on
their plates as a vivid reminder of how God brought them back from the brink of
starvation.
The Continental Congress appointed the
first national Thanksgiving Day in 1777. Then, in 1864, President Abraham
Lincoln designated the last Thursday of November as the annual holiday. But
Thanksgiving should be more than a holiday observed once a year, it should be a
lifestyle observed every day—"In everything give thanks; for this
is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thess. 5:18, MEV).
This holiday season may we realize just
how blessed we are in America compared to most of the world. Let us pause and
remember the true source of our blessings. Let us develop and maintain a
genuine attitude of gratitude and learn to be grateful for what we have before
time forces us to be grateful for what we had.
By the way, the first baby born on the Mayflower
while it was still anchored in Cape Cod was named Peregrine White, meaning
"pilgrim or one who has made a journey." Let us never forget that we
too are pilgrims on a journey—a journey beyond this temporary, natural world to
an eternal, spiritual world. "But they desired a better country, that is,
a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He
has prepared a city for them"(Heb. 11:16).
THE BRIDE, THE LAMB'S WIFE: WHO WILL BE MARRIED TO THE HEAVENLY
BRIDEGROOM FOREVER?
Charisma News – Nov. 14, 2021 -- The
Revelation of the Names and Titles God Has Given His People
"Then one of the seven angels ...
talked with me saying, 'Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's
wife" (Rev. 21:9, NKJV, emphasis added).
After the angel invited John to behold
the Lord's "bride," a stunning vision unfolded before him.
"And he carried me away in the
Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her
light like a most precious jewel, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal"
(Rev. 21:10-11).
What an enigma! The angel told John he
would see a bride, and instead he saw a city—but it wasn't just any city. It
was "New Jerusalem," the capital city of the new creation,
"prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (Rev. 21:2b).
Of
course, it's not really the city, but the inhabitants of that city who
will be married to the heavenly bridegroom. However, the city and the bride are
one. Because of this, certain details about the city are powerfully symbolic,
prophetic unveilings about the nature of those "lovers of God" who
will be eternally joined to the heavenly bridegroom, the Lamb of God who took
away our sins.
The Gates and Foundations Symbol
For hundreds of years, students of the
Word have pondered the mystery of who is in the bride. Is it comprised of the
whole body of Christ or just those who walk in intimacy with the Lord? Is it
made up of just New Covenant saints or are Old Covenant Israelites included?
Symbolism is the language of God, and through the symbolism of verses 12 and
14, God gives a simple answer to that profound question. In describing the
eternal city, John said:
"She had a great and high wall with
twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which
are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel" (Rev.
21:12).
"Now the wall of the city had
twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb" (Rev. 21:14).
So, the 12 gates are named after the 12
tribes of Israel (God's people under the Old Covenant) and the 12 foundations
are named after the 12 apostles of the Lamb (those used of God to lay the
foundation of the New Covenant). This indicates that there is a mixture of both
covenants in the city of God. All its citizens ultimately enter the city
through the gates of the Law (that revelation from the former era that reveals
our guiltiness in the sight of God) but are established on the foundation of
that grace that came through the New Covenant (by the crucifixion and
resurrection of the Son of God). All the redeemed of both covenants are married
to God eternally and will ever be a part of His bridal company.
The Pearl Symbol
"The twelve gates were twelve
pearls; each individual gate was of one pearl" (Rev. 21:21).
Pearls are produced when a parasite or a
grain of sand becomes lodged in the folds of an oyster's flesh. Unable to rid
itself of this uninvited guest, the oyster will secrete a milky-like substance
called nacre and coat the intruder over and over—until finally something
valuable and beautiful is created out of that which initially seemed only
worthless and painful.
And so, it is with our lives. We learn
to respond to all the negative things we face in this world by covering
them—over and over again—with the "pure milk" of God's Word (1 Pet.
2:2). This process will teach us lessons here in this world that are valuable
and beautiful and will ultimately become a gate to an eternal heavenly dwelling
place.
The Gold Symbol
"The city was pure gold, like clear
glass" (Rev. 21:18).
Because it is one of the most valuable
metals, gold is a fitting, biblical symbol of the divine nature. During his
great trial, Job said, "I will come forth as gold" (Job 23:10). In
other words, he knew God would use all of his adversities to mature him
spiritually and to develop godlike character in him. He knew he would be better
off in the end than he was in the beginning. When gold is heated and liquefied,
the dross floats to the surface so the goldsmith can scoop it away. So, it is
for the bride. We may face fiery trials in life, but it is so "the
genuineness" of our faith, being "much more precious than gold that
perishes, though it is tried by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor,
and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 1:7).
The Name Symbol
The name of the eternal city of God is
"New Jerusalem." Because "Jerusalem" means "possession
of peace," "New Jerusalem" implies a new depth of peace far
beyond anything we have ever experienced. This was foretold in the beloved prophecy
Isaiah gave concerning the coming Messiah:
"For unto us a Child is born, unto
us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His name
shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end"
(Isa. 9:6-7).
After passing through this world with
all its danger, stress, confusion and strife, the bride will finally possess
"the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding" (Phil. 4:7a)
—ever abounding and ever increasing for all eternity.
THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT CAN CHANGE AMERICA NOW
Charisma
News - OCT. 26, 2021 -- I have a vision for America. Here is how the
Lord is restoring our nation, right now. From our inception, we have been
blessed for three reasons: To preach the gospel, as the pilgrims' covenanted
with God; to stand with Israel; and to care for impoverished nations and
peoples.
Recently,
in an interview, I was asked about that vision. I said, "Even in our
fallen, backslidden, immoral state, we still stand as a firewall.
"As
a firewall, the United States stands against demonic plans. Satan looks at
America and says, 'I can't do what I want in bringing the antichrist, the
beast, and world domination, as long as American freedom exists.' And when we
pray, that essential knowledge must be in our mind."
I went on
to say that I am calling both pastors and intercessors to recognize that we are
currently at war with Satan's plans. In discussing Psalm 11:3-4, I pointed out
that David's plea to the Lord assumed that the righteous are called
to act, with focus on the Lord. 'Lord, what can the righteous do when the
foundations are removed? God is in His temple, on His throne.'
How would
David know that, unless he was staring straight at the throne of God?
In the
midst of his being surrounded by enemies, David, the warrior king, always kept
his eyes on the Lord―and so must the embattled believers in America.
This war
must be won! The Christian righteous have dug in their heels. They're not going
to compromise. That is why our thoughts are that freedom is coming because, as
the sheep and the goats are being separated, the power of God will be
manifested over America.
God has
called us to stand with Him, to do battle beside Him! The power of the
Christian faith is that anyone at any moment that says to the Lord, 'Use me,'
has access to promotion, to equipping and to power. So, the fresh anointing is
going to be this: People that no one had ever heard of, coming from places no
one expected, will do things that people have never imagined.
Jesus
said, 'I send you forth as sheep among wolves.' What is the predicable
outcome for sheep who wander into a pack of wolves? Well, here's what Jesus is
saying, 'That's how you look: to the world, helpless. To the world,
defenseless. To the world, ineffectual. But you do not recognize that the Lion
who is standing behind those sheep, staring at those wolves, is The Lion of the
tribe of Judah!
I am
praying for an impartation of fresh anointing over all those who are
interceding for America. In Isaiah, it says:
"No
weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall
rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [triumph
over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord; this is the vindication
which they obtain from Me, says the Lord" (Isaiah 54:17).
We are
the sons and daughters of the God of the Armies of heaven. We must shake up our
thinking, we must look in the mirror and realize that we come from a legacy of
supernatural power. We are destined to do impossible things. That is who we
are. That is what is needed in this moment, more than anything else. That is
the fresh anointing God is pouring out on His church!
OUR
HOLY SONG
Jerusalem365 – The Hebrew word used for
psalms in this verse is 'zemirot,' the plural of 'zemer' (זמר).
While the most common definition of this word is "song", the root ז,מ,ר has another meaning as well: to
remove extraneous branches or to prune. The connection is not initially
obvious, but as the ‘mother of all languages,’ Hebrew words get to a thing’s
very essence. A tree thrives when its heavy branches and extraneous foliage are
clipped, so that it can focus its nutritional resources. Similarly, music is
not the collection of randomly collected notes. We must ‘prune’ extraneous
sounds to be left with a song. This same principle can be applied to our own
lives as well. In order to properly transform our entire lives into a holy
song, we must remove the burdensome elements of our character.
EVERY BELIEVER MUST MAKE THIS A PRIORITY TO SURVIVE
LIFE STORMS
Charisma News – Nov. 12, 2021 --
Regardless of how long you've been saved, what denomination you belong to, or
how strong you think you are; no one is immune to the trials of life. Over and
over, Jesus spoke about standing firm amid adversity and being an overcomer. In
His most famous message, the Sermon on the Mount, he concludes with speaking
about having a firm foundation in Him so we don't crumble when storms come
crashing in.
Many believers’ waiver in their faith
during adversity because their spirituality is shallow or close to nonexistent.
Their foundation is rocky and therefore they experience ups and downs like a
roller-coaster from season to season depending on what is taking place in their
external circumstances. It is imperative that every believer makes it a
priority in their lives to truly put their roots down in Christ and establish a
strong spiritual foundation.
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INTERESTING
INFORMATION MINISTRY 11/17/2021
The Israel
Guys
CHRISTIAN MUSIC VIDEO
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – “Lord, let us not live to be useless, for Christ’s
sake” – John Wesley
INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
How
redefining “Faith” prevents people from knowing Christ
·
Jerusalem
matters
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Unlocking
great and unsearchable things
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Who
will rule the coming “Gods”?
·
Bees:
Master Engineers
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RECOGNIZING
CHRIST’S VOICE
INTERESTING ARTICLES
HOW REDEFINING ‘FAITH’ PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM KNOWING
CHRIST (Excerpt)
The Christian Post – Nov. 14, 2021 --
Some people in their religious zeal mistakenly claim, “Faith is more than
belief. Faith is also how you live your life.” This popular redefinition
of “faith” is far more dangerous than you may realize.
While there are plenty of words you
could distort without jeopardizing the salvation of others, revising the word
“faith” actually prevents people from knowing Christ as Savior.
Scripture reveals that believers are
saved by grace through faith, and "not by works" (Eph. 2:8,9).
This is the only way to be forgiven and to receive the free gift of eternal
life in Heaven (Acts 4:12).
Repentance and faith in Jesus are produced by the Holy Spirit working through
the Word (1 Cor. 2:14).
“Faith comes from hearing the message” (Romans 10:17).
A person with faith in Jesus is trusting
Christ for the forgiveness of sins and everlasting life, whereas those who rely
upon their works for salvation are unbelievers in need of forgiveness (Romans 3:20).
When faith gets redefined to mean
"trust plus works," it corrupts the meaning of the word. And this
prevents people from knowing Christ.
On Judgment Day, people who relied on
their works to get into Heaven will be shocked when Jesus tells them, “I
never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers!” (Matthew 7:23).
These unbelievers will plead their case
to the Lord by pointing to the works they carried out in Jesus’ name,
rather than to Christ’s sacrificial death.
Notice what these people in Matthew 7:21-23 will
not be saying on Judgment Day: “But we trusted in you Jesus as our Savior.
We relied upon your death on the cross for salvation.” Instead, their hope for
Heaven was built on the crumbling foundation of their religious deeds and human
efforts.
It was their works righteous mentality
that prevented them from knowing Christ. The only way to meet Jesus is to rely
upon His sacrifice on the cross for your salvation, and thereby be converted (Galatians 2:16).
It is only after you are converted by
the Holy Spirit that your works please God. (Ephesians 2:10)
If you launch right into doing works without first receiving Christ as your
Savior, (John 1:12)
you do not meet Jesus and the Lord does not know you.
Some religious organizations redefine
faith and develop a works-based system of salvation. Rather than
proclaiming the Gospel, they assert that believers cannot know whether they are
justified and redeemed until they stand before God on Judgment Day. This false
teaching does nothing to help people escape eternal punishment in Hell.
You can absolutely know today that
Heaven is your eternal home, but only if you know Jesus. If you look to
Christ merely as a good teacher but not as your Savior, your moral behavior
does not impress God or wash away even one of your sins (Hebrews 9:22).
The only way to have your sins washed
away by the blood of Jesus is to know Christ. Jesus said, “I know my sheep
and my sheep know me” (John 10:14).
Do you know Jesus, or are you attempting to work your way into Heaven?
If you have been told that faith is more
than belief, you were given false information. “Faith” is trusting Jesus
to forgive your sins and save your soul. Unbelievers need to be forgiven,
saved, redeemed, born again and justified through faith in Christ.
In an attempt to redefine faith as
“trust plus works,” some people use the following argument.
“Even the demons believe God exists.”
Of course, demons believe God exists.
And these fallen angels are terrified of the punishment that awaits them (Matthew 8:29).
But demons do not trust Christ to
forgive them. Forgiveness is not even available to them. Demons are doomed to
eternal torment due to their wicked decision to follow Lucifer in his rebellion
against God (Matthew 25:41).
Thankfully, salvation is available
to you today. Will you repent of your sins and trust Christ to wash away the
huge stain that sin has placed on your soul? You could perform thousands of
religious deeds, but all of those efforts would not wash away a single sin.
JERUSALEM MATTERS
Charisma News – Nov. 14, 2021 --
"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. If I do
not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not have
Jerusalem as my highest joy" (Ps. 137:5-6). As much as Jews and Christians
have in common, there's no place that's more central to Jews and Christians
than Jerusalem. It's the city of the kings, prophets and where Jesus preached,
worshipped and was crucified. As central as Jerusalem is to our history and our
faith, Jerusalem is facing a threat to be redivided today and a threat to
Israel's sovereignty. Sadly, the threat is not from one of our enemies.
From the 1840s, the U.S. had a consulate
in Jerusalem then under the Ottoman Empire. When Israel declared independence
in 1948, and Jerusalem as its capital, the consulate became a U.S. diplomatic
outpost in Israeli Jerusalem but not the U.S. embassy. That was established in
Tel Aviv because the U.S. was not yet prepared to recognize Jerusalem as
Israel's capital, despite the 3,000-year-old biblical history and that modern
Israel's seat of government was Jerusalem.
The 1995 U.S. Embassy Act was a
bipartisan law, supported overwhelmingly by the U.S. Congress. It called
Jerusalem Israel's capital that Jerusalem "should remain an undivided
city" and declared that the U.S. was required to move its embassy there.
Because of a clause that allowed all successive presidents to defer doing so,
actually moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem didn't take place until 2018.
Then the consulate that had been operating as a separate entity was closed and
its work was merged into that of the embassy. So, what's the problem?
First, at the risk of overstating the
obvious, Jerusalem is and has been the heart and center of biblical Israel, the
Jewish people and modern Israel for over 3,000 years. Jerusalem is mentioned
over 600 times in the Bible and zero times in the Koran.
The stand-alone consulate was
grandfathered in when Israel restored sovereignty as a nation and when Israel
reunited Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. But U.S. policy remained
schizophrenic: supporting Israel but not Israeli authority in Jerusalem. The
consulate became a diplomatic office to "the West Bank," and at the
time of the U.S. Embassy Act, a formal diplomatic office to the newly created
Palestinian Authority.
Now, the Biden administration wants to
reopen the consulate as its diplomatic office to the PA, in the same building
in central Jerusalem that is part of sovereign Israel. Such a move is
unprecedented with one nation having a diplomatic office to another entity in
the capital of a third nation. It also contradicts the U.S.' own law.
Opening a U.S. consulate to the PA in
Jerusalem is a dangerous precedent and not only will not bring peace but pushes
peace further out of reach. Recognizing PA sovereignty over any of Jerusalem
presupposes the outcome of negotiations that ought to be resolved between the
parties. Even if the tried-and-failed "two-state solution" is the
default U.S. position, setting up a consulate to the PA in western Jerusalem
contradicts that. As a unilateral move, it would embolden the PA, and
terrorists within it, by showing Palestinian Arabs that they can win major
concessions without negotiating, ceasing terror or any sincerity on their
parts.
If the U.S. wants to have a diplomatic
office to the PA, it should be in Ramallah, along with 39 other countries whose
diplomatic offices are there.
Scripture reminds us to pray for the
peace of Jerusalem. Shalom, "peace in Hebrew," comes
from the same root as shalem, which means
"whole." So, when you pray for the peace of Jerusalem, also please
pray that the U.S.' effort to redivide Jerusalem should fail. Pray for
Jerusalem to remain whole, under Jewish and Israeli sovereignty as it should
be.
UNLOCKING GREAT AND UNSEARCHABLE THINGS
Charisma News – Nov. 14, 2021 -- Now
more than ever, the world is engrossed with distractions at every turn you
take. You pick up your phone and the next thing you know, you've gone down the
social media rabbit hole. What you planned on spending five minutes researching
on Google has rapidly exhausted your goals for the morning.
With that in mind, we must protect and
guard what the Lord has put in front of us and asked us to do. As followers of
Jesus, we must discipline our lives so that they aren't overrun by useless
diversions. The first time I asked the Lord, in prayer, what He wanted me to
get done that day, He gave me 23 things to accomplish on my to-do list.
There were some unusual tasks that
wouldn't have been added onto what my plans would have been for the day, but
they were important to those around me. Can I tell you God cares about you and
your daily life, but we often don't realize this because we don't take the time
to sit and listen to what He is saying? All 23 things on my to-do list were
completed, and God opened so many doors for me that day. Throughout Scripture,
you can read over and over to be still before the Lord. Zechariah 2:13 (NLT)
says, "Be still before the Lord, all humanity, for he is springing into
action from his holy dwelling." Then again in Psalm 46:10, "Be still
and know that I am God."
When your mind is engrossed with the 500
things you saw on social media, the news alerts and what everyone around you is
saying, it becomes increasingly more difficult to be still before God. Can I
advise you today to be cautious at what you are allowing before your eyes and
ears? Sit before the Lord today and enjoy Him and His presence. He is so
wonderful and beautiful; words can't even describe the mysteries that are
contained in Him. You can decide to watch Netflix, binge social media or you
can get alone with the Lord, and God can show you great and unsearchable things
that you do not know! I'm not sure about you, but I choose great and
unsearchable things!
Every day, I ask Jesus what is on His
heart because I want Him to lead the dance. He cares immensely about your
trials, struggles, thoughts and desires. He will lead and guide you wherever
you go. You can't get away from His Spirit. Instead of worrying about the
struggles and triumphs of life, go on a walk with Jesus, sit with Him on a
bench, put your head on His chest and enjoy the beauty of His presence. The
Lord will guide and direct your steps. Ask Him to help you sort out your
priorities and your to-do list, and He will.
WHO WILL RULE THE COMING 'GODS'? (Excerpt)
The Christian Post – Oct. 20, 2021 -- I look at my grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and wonder what kind of future they will inhabit.
Perhaps you do the same. One thing for certain: our offspring are coming into
an age of crisis regarding transcendence.
Humanity’s endless preoccupation with
the self has reached critical mass. The sense of God’s transcendence has been
eclipsed by the fascinations on the immanent scale. Humanity is so enthralled
by the horizontal that it forgets to look up to the vertical, “the Lord high
and lifted up,” in Isaiah’s words. (Isaiah 6:1-6)
The dangers for us, our families, and
our civilization are immense. The existential crisis is that in the
very age when the recognition of and reverence for the transcendence of God is
being eclipsed, technology is on the verge of dramatic breakthroughs in
robotics. In the rush to make artificial intelligence machines to better
serve us humans, the wizards of the cyberworld are making machines that many
predict will master us. Some are already worshiping at the feet of the great
god AI just as the ancient Philistines once bowed before Dagon idols.
Stephen Hawking warned of an age when AI
could develop a will of its own, a will that is in conflict with ours and which
could destroy us...“We stand on a threshold of a brave new world,” one needing
“effective management in all areas of its development.”
In Who Will Rule the Coming ‘Gods
‘we warn of the lure into the “danger of ultimate and absolute power” for the
human mind that does not recognize and respect the boundaries of transcendent
values.
Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, told a
2017 conference of computer builders that the future “is going to be
defined by the choices that you as developers make and the impact of
those choices on the world.”
Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski predicts that at some point an artificial
intelligence machine will be able to process so much data that people will call
it “god.” Levandowski believes this so passionately
he has formed an AI “church” called “The Way of the Future.” Its mission “is
about creating a peaceful and respectful transition of who is in charge of the
planet from people to people + machines” (sic.)
The AI church’s founder has no doubt
about the inevitability of artificial intelligence being “in charge.”
There is an ominous element in Levandowski’s thought. “We believe it may be important for
machines to see who is friendly to their cause and who is not,” he
says. This will necessitate an Orwellian monitoring system. Levandowski’s plan includes “keeping track of who has done
what (and for how long) to help the peaceful and respectful transition” from
human dominion to AI being “in charge.”
There are really no ways to keep this
from happening, says Levandowski, so we need to give
up trying. In fact, “this feeling of we must stop this is
rooted in twenty-first century anthropomorphism.”
“Anthropomorphism” means “in the form of
a man—or human.” This idea stands in contrast to the nature of God, described
in the word that will have central focus in this book—transcendence.
We can think of the transcendent as that
which lifts us into a higher quality of existence that comes from something
“other” than us, and of an infinitely higher being. Transcendence tugs us
upward into the full dimension of love, expressed in the Bible as agape, love
without the primacy of self-interest, as well as ethics and morality that
reflects the holiness of God.
A major crisis of our time is that
increasingly we are beguiled by virtualism and are having a hard time
distinguishing the imaginary from the actual. Many cyber-dazzled people are
“Clark Kents”, searching for a telephone booth from which they can emerge in a
cape and blue leotards to stop rushing locomotives.
What do we call this new age? The Age
of Virtualism.
We have virtual identities in the form
of avatars, or even “appropriated” ethnicity. We have virtual church, caused by
the pandemic. People are discovering they can “attend” church online, not
having to bother with all the messy relationships in a gathered congregation of
real humans.
On a larger social scale in the Age of
Virtualism, many have virtual friends in virtual neighborhoods in virtual
communities. We have virtual history by which we re-form the facts of the past
in light of our experience of the present, producing a new narrative more
suited to our existential tastes. We have virtual politics through which we
assume people beautiful, rich, and famous are automatically qualified to
govern.
For additional reading, go to: https://www.christianpost.com/news/who-will-rule-the-coming-gods-book-excerpt.html
RECOGNIZING
CHRIST’S VOICE
You
may not want to think of yourself as a sheep, but that is a term Jesus used to
describe His children. His sheep are all those who have trusted Him as
Savior—and they are the ones for whom He laid down His life. Scripture says
these sheep are identified by three characteristics: They know their Shepherd,
hear His voice, and follow Him.
Our
Shepherd knew us before the foundation of the world. He sought us when we were
lost, calling us each by name into His flock. We responded in faith by
following Jesus, and from that point onward, we’ve been growing in our
knowledge of Him and in our ability to obey His voice.
Yet
sometimes we are rebellious sheep who, because of self-centeredness, fail to
heed Christ’s Word. We begin to ignore His directions and choose to listen to
competing voices that promise to give us what we want. As we go our own way, it
becomes harder to hear Christ’s voice.
When
we have difficulty hearing the Lord, the best remedy is to surrender our
personal desires and fix our attention on what God wants. Only then will we
again be able to discern our Shepherd’s voice calling us back to Himself.
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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