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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
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Jesus’ Crucifixion wasn’t the end to His Ministry, but
part of God’s plan
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How many Americans believe Trump is anointed by God?
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2020 Democratic Presidential candidates are more
radically pro-abortion
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11 surprising facts about the Bible you probably didn‘t
know
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INTERESTING ARTICLES
JESUS' CRUCIFIXION WASN'T THE END TO HIS
MINISTRY, BUT PART OF GOD'S PLAN
The Christian Post -- The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ wasn't
simply an end to His ministry, but the sole purpose for which He was born — to
fulfill God's Divine plan to redeem humanity, says California-based Harvest
Christian Fellowship Pastor Greg Laurie.
In a daily
devotional posted on his website, Laurie says he once asked the Rev. Billy
Graham, "Are there any truths you find yourself emphasizing more or less
now than you did when you were a younger preacher?"
In his
response, the world-renowned evangelist and founder of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association said he focuses on the message of the Cross and the
blood [of Jesus], because "that's where the power is."
To illustrate
how Jesus' crucifixion was part of God's revealed plan, Laurie cities
scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Jesus' death,
Laurie says, was first mentioned at the beginning of the Bible, in the book of
Genesis.
"After
Satan led Eve and Adam into sin," says Laurie, "God brought His
judgment upon him and said, speaking of the One that would come, 'He will
strike your head, and you will strike his heel'" (Genesis 3:15). Laurie
explains that this is the first Messianic scripture and passages that points to the coming of Christ.
He then cites
the book of Exodus which signaled the crucifixion of Christ. He recounted how
the Israelites were instructed to sacrifice a lamb and paint its blood across
the tops and sides of their doorposts. The wrath of God would then pass over
them, foreshadowing the blood that Jesus would shed as the ultimate sacrificial
lamb that would cover the sins of man.
The prophet
Isaiah also describes the method of Jesus' death and His sacrifice for
humanity's sins.
"But he
was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could
be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed" (Isaiah 53:5).
"In the
New Testament we see it reinforced again and again that Jesus was coming to
die," Laurie says, quoting from Luke 9:30–31. "When He was there at
the Mount of Transfiguration with Moses and Elijah, the Bible tells us that the
subject of their discussion was His impending death."
Jesus, Laurie
explains, was the final sacrifice to bridge the gap for humanity. He
encourages Christians to evangelize by sharing their testimony with
non-believers and to find common ground with people by opening up about how He
transformed their lives.
"They may
be surprised that you weren't always the way that you are now as a Christian —
that you didn't always believe what you now believe," Laurie says.
"You are showing them how and why you changed your direction in life — how
and why you became a follower of Jesus Christ. ...
"Just
tell your story! Every testimony of an individual deciding to follow Christ is
valid, because there is someone out there a lot like you."
HOW MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE TRUMP IS
ANOINTED BY GOD? (Excerpt)
Christian
Headline News – Nov. 26, 2019 -- Rick Perry, the U.S. secretary of energy,
became the latest highly placed evangelical Christian to claim that President
Trump is the “chosen one.”
“I said you
were,” Perry said in a clip from an interview shown on Fox News’ “Fox and
Friends,” relating a recent conversation with Trump about an August press
briefing in which the president said, “I am the chosen one.”
“If you are a
believing Christian, you understand God’s plan for the people who rule and
judge over us on this planet and our government,” Perry explained. The energy
secretary said he had given the president a memo listing the kings of Israel,
all of them ordained by God in the Bible — none of whom, Perry pointed out,
“were perfect.”
Perry seemed
to be making a general point about some Christians’ understanding of God’s role
in history. (A Fox reporter made clear that Perry thinks the same of President
Obama.) But others have gone further. Not long ago, Paula White, the
Pentecostal pastor who was recently named to head the White House’s faith
outreach office, said she couldn’t refuse a request to serve from the
president. “To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God, and I won’t
do that.”
The
Rev. Franklin Graham has made similar allusions, saying, “I think God
was behind the last election,” as has former U.S. Representative Michele
Bachmann. Wayne Allyn Root, a conservative author, radio host and conspiracy
theorist, has called Trump the “King of Israel” and “the second coming of God.”
Another
variation holds that Trump was not one of them (i.e., an evangelical) but was
still an instrument anointed by God for some purpose, as was King
Cyrus; a Persian emperor the Bible says was anointed to free the Jews.
On “Fox and
Friends,” host Peter Hegseth said this
perception of Trump is hardly restricted to conservative Christian leaders.
“Going across country talking to supporters of this president, they feel
precisely the same way Rick Perry does.”
Is this view
of Trump as anointed by God common among Protestants? We put a survey into the
field in May of 2019 that assessed the opinions of just over 1,000 Protestant
Christians. We asked two questions regarding the anointing of presidents by
God.
The first
asked if all presidents are anointed by God, while the second asked if Donald
Trump was specifically anointed by God to win the 2016 election. In our sample,
just 21.4% believed Donald Trump was specifically anointed by God to be
president, but that figure increases among groups who believe in modern-day
prophets and a God who is active in the daily affairs of the world.
Slightly more
white evangelicals (29%) agreed that Trump was anointed by God, but among white
Pentecostals, like Paula White, that figure shot up to 53%.
White
Protestants’ belief in Trump’s anointing tracks with church attendance. Among
those who attend less often than once a month, just 1 in 10 thinks that Trump
was anointed. Of those who attend church multiple times a week, 4 in 10 agree
that Trump was anointed by God.
Views of the
Bible also affect how Americans responded. Among those who consider the Bible
inspired by God, just 11% believe Trump was anointed, while those who believe
the Bible to be the literal word of God are more than three times as likely to
think so.
2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
ARE MORE RADICALLY PRO-ABORTION THAN EVER BEFORE, NYT SAYS (Excerpt)
Christian
Headline News – Nov. 27, 2019 -- The Democratic presidential candidates have
“coalesced” around an abortion rights platform that is more far-reaching – and
more radical from a pro-life perspective – than any Democratic field ever,
according to a New York Times survey.
The
Times asked the candidates a series of questions about their position
on abortion and also studied their public statements and platforms.
Every
Democratic candidate that was surveyed – including Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren,
Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg – supports passing
a nationwide law backing legal abortion, thus codifying Roe v. Wade.
Biden, Warren,
Sanders and Buttigieg are the only four candidates
polling above 10 percent in the RealClearPolitics.com average of
surveys.
Every
Democratic candidate that was surveyed also supports taxpayer funding for
abortion and repeal of the Hyde Amendment.
Every
candidate except two (Joe Sestak and Tulsi Gabbard) oppose restrictions on third-trimester
abortions.
“The
Democratic presidential field has coalesced around an abortion rights agenda
more far-reaching than anything past nominees have proposed,” the
Times reported, adding that their positions “reflect a fundamental change
in the Democratic Party’s approach to reproductive issues.
“In other
areas, from health care to taxes, there is a divide between liberal and
moderate candidates,” the Times reported. “Here, it is minimal.”
Nine
candidates (including Warren, Sanders and Buttigieg)
favor a “federal preclearance requirement” before states can enforce pro-life
laws. (Biden did not provide an answer.)
Seven
candidates (including Warren and Buttigieg) would
make the abortion pill available over the counter. Biden and Sanders did not
provide an answer.
“A common
thread in the candidates’ answers was a firm belief that the public is on their
side,” the Times reported.
11 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE YOU
PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW
Charisma New –
Jul. 25, 2019 -- Many people are familiar with the Bible, whether they
subscribe to its beliefs or not. According to the Guinness Book of World
Records, the Bible is the most-sold and widely distributed book in history with
total sales exceeding 5 billion copies since 1851. Guinness estimates in the
last 3,000 years, there have been around 5 trillion copies sold, although it's
impossible to substantiate the exact number. There are approximately 100
million sold each year, allowing it to continue to lead the charge of
bestselling nonfiction book in the world.
That said,
there are not many people who don't recognize the Bible, but many may not know
the surprising facts wrapped around the most famous book of all time. Here are
11 surprising facts about the Bible.
1. The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.
2. More women read the Bible than men.
3. There are 185 songs in the Bible.
4. The Old Testament took 20 times longer to write than the New
Testament.
5. The Bible was written by over 40 different authors.
6. The last word in the Bible is 'Amen'.
7. The 'Sinner's Bible' features a shocking misprint.
8. Half the women in the Bible are nameless.
9. It takes twice the time to read Game of Thrones than the entire
Bible.
10. The Bible mentions dogs but it does not mention house cats.
11. Bible simply means "book" or "scroll."
For
details, go to: https://www.charismanews.com/culture/77329-11-surprising-facts-about-the-bible-you-probably-didn-t-know
THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB
God’s grace
has no limits. His mercy can reach the darkest part of our heart. What’s more,
the forgiveness Jesus offered on the cross stretches back to earth’s first day
and forward to its last. Christ not only erased our past, present, and
future sin; He also paid for the wrongs of every generation.
When the
Israelites brought a goat or a lamb to the temple for a sacrifice, they placed
their hands on its head and confessed their sins. The priest then killed the
animal and sprinkled some of its blood on the altar of atonement. The ritual
symbolized a confessor’s payment for sin. But the lamb could not actually take
on the sin and die in place of the Israelite (Heb. 10:4).
If an animal’s
blood could actually erase a sin-debt, we’d still be offering those frequent
sacrifices and Jesus’ death would have been unnecessary. Yet we must remember
that though the act itself had no saving power, the ritual of sacrifice was
God’s idea (Lev. 4:1-35). He established such offerings as a
powerful illustration of the seriousness and penalty of sin. The practice also
pointed to Christ’s perfect sacrificial death on our behalf and the salvation
He offers. To use a modern metaphor, sacrifice can be thought of as similar to
a credit card. God accepted the lamb’s blood as temporary payment. When the
bill came due, Jesus Christ paid the sin-debt in full.
Modern
believers do practice certain biblical rituals, but we are not pardoned through
prayer, Bible reading, or even the act of confession. Like the Israelites, we
must also look to a lamb—the Lamb of God. When we receive Jesus’ sacrifice for
our sins, we are forgiven forever.
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NUMBER OF GLOBAL EARTHQUAKES IS 3 TIMES ABOVE NORMAL
Matt. 24:7, 8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places. But all these things are the beginning of travail.
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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
What is Heaven really
like?
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Are Demonic Spirits
influencing the Trump impeachment proceedings?
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Warren: “Black Trans
and CIS women, gender-nonconforming are the backbone of our Democracy”
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The best evidence for
the Ark
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ETERNAL LIFE WITH JESUS
INTERESTING ARTICLES
WHAT IS HEAVEN REALLY LIKE?
The Christian
Post – Nov. 17, 2019 -- When Ronald Reagan was running for governor of
California, a woman confronted him by his car one day and berated him severely.
Finally, she said, “I wouldn’t vote for you if you were St. Peter.”
He smiled and
replied, “No problem. If I were St. Peter, you wouldn’t be living in my
district.”
What do we
know about “St. Peter’s district”?
We’re all
fascinated with the subject. I’ve written about hell, the place everyone wants to avoid.
Today, let’s discuss the place everyone wants to see.
Each of us has
loved ones there; I assume we all would like to spend eternity there ourselves.
So let’s ask the word of God to tell us about heaven. Then let’s ask why our
topic matters—why heaven is important for us on earth.
I don’t
believe we can study a more motivating subject than this.
What is
heaven?
What does God
tell us about our eternal home?
First, he
tells us that heaven is real.
It is
certain—no figment of religious imagination, no superstition, no “opiate of the
people” (to quote Karl Marx). He revealed it here to John: “I saw a new heaven
and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1). According to God himself, heaven is
real.
Second,
heaven is a place (Revelation 21:1-2).
John “saw” it.
He didn’t feel it, or dream of it, or hear about it. He saw it, and we only see
things which are. Heaven is a place.
Jesus said,
“In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going there to prepare a place for you”
(John 14.2; emphasis
mine).
Where? “Up
there”?
Heaven is a
place beyond our locating or understanding. Just as you couldn’t dig down into
the earth and find hell, so you can’t rocket into the skies and find heaven.
God is bigger, more awesome than that, and so is his heaven.
One of the
Russian cosmonauts came back and said, “Some people say that God lives out
there. I looked around, and I didn’t see any God out there.”
Ruth Graham,
Billy’s wife, says he looked in the wrong place. If he’d stepped outside the
spaceship without his spacesuit, he would have seen God very quickly.
Third, heaven is where God is (Revelation
21:3).
John reveals,
“Now the dwelling of God is with men.” When we get to heaven, we get to
God. Psalm 11:4 is clear: “The Lord is in his holy
temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne.” Jesus taught us to pray, “Our
Father, who art in heaven” (Matthew 6:9). Heaven is a real place, where God is.
It’s being with God.
Fourth,
heaven is a blessed place (Revelation 21:4).
Because God is
there, all that is perfect is there as well. There will be no death in heaven,
thus no mourning or crying or pain. Our greatest enemy will trouble us no more.
Think of that: no death, ever! Eternity with God in his
blessed home.
It’s a place
of incredible joy: “You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal
pleasures at your right hand” (Psalm 16:11). It’s a place of reward: “Store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:20). And this reward is eternal: “An
inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade–kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:4). Thus, heaven is a celebration, a
party: “Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God” (Luke 14:15).
We will reign
in heaven: “To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my
throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne” (Revelation 3:21). In heaven, we’re royalty! We’ll have
perfect understanding there: “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then
we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as
I am fully known” (1 Corinthians
13:12).
Revelation 21 summarizes the blessedness of
heaven: “I am making all things new” (v. 5). No more Fall,
nor sin, or death, or disease, or disaster; no more earthquakes or tests or
grades; no more. Everything new. No wonder Jesus
called heaven “paradise” (Luke 23:43). It is that, a place of blessing
beyond all description: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived what the Lord has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9; cf. Isaiah 64:4).
Continue reading at: https://www.christianpost.com/voice/what-is-heaven-really-like.html
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What
will we be like in heaven?
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Why
does Heaven matter
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Conclusion
ARE DEMONIC SPIRITS INFLUENCING THE
TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PROCESS? (Excerpt)
Charisma News
– Nov. 15, 2019 -- Wherever you turn, it seems people are talking about the
impeachment against Donald Trump. Clearly, political motives are driving the
hearings, but are there also spiritual factors involved? Cultural commentator
Michael Brown says yes. He says the fury of the left and its drive to take down
Trump go way beyond mere passion.
"When you
look at the women who were literally scratching the doors of the Supreme Court
building and pounding the doors, it was like someone having a tantrum when they
couldn't get their way," Brown says. "It's one thing to feel
passionate about an issue. It's another thing to behave in that way. ...
"We have
to recognize we're in an intense spiritual battle. We've always been in a
spiritual battle since the fall of man; we understand that. But for decades
now, there has been a real push to destroy the very fabric of our culture to
uproot any Christian heritage and roots that we have."
Democrats have
been talking about impeachment for a long time now, but they didn't seem to
have enough evidence against the president to impeach someone they already
didn't like. For this reason and more, Brown calls this entire impeachment
process "suspect."
And does
anyone really think that the president committed offenses that are so serious
he should be removed from office?" So if this is all just a ploy to remove
the president from office simply because people don't like him and not because
of a criminal offense, then what are we to think of it? Whether we like the
leaders elected into authority over us or not, we are called to pray for them.
(Read 1 Tim. 2:1-2 for Paul's thoughts on the matter.) But from protection of
illegal aliens to same-sex marriage to abortion, Trump has exposed the
dangerous radicalism of the left—and that's made Democrats angry at him since
before the first day of his presidency.
"What I
don't understand is if we're talking about essentially removing the president
of the United States for an impeachable offense, and the one launching the
charge can hide behind anonymity," Brown says. "What in the world are
we thinking and what universe are people living, that
they think we can talk about the direction and fate of the United States of
America based on anonymous sources?"
Just as with
the Brett Kavanaugh case, it appears Democrats are
throwing every unfounded, unkind and unjustifiable charge against Trump. Brown
believes this strategy will backfire on the left, causing the liberal party to
self-destruct.
Will you join
with me in fervent prayer for our country? We are in a spiritual battle for the
soul of our nation, and there's no better time to intercede than right now.
WARREN- 'BLACK TRANS AND CIS WOMEN,
GENDER-NONCONFORMING AND NONBINARY PEOPLE' ARE THE 'BACKBONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY'
(Excerpt)
WND – Nov. 8,
2019 -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren of
Massachusetts is saluting a slice of America that does not include white men as
the "backbone of our democracy."
A group that
calls itself "Black Womxn For" on Thursday tweeted its endorsement of Warren, who is currently running
an increasingly closer second to former Vice President Joe Biden in the race
for the Democratic presidential nomination.
On the group's
Facebook page, it says it is "focused on creating intentional meeting
spaces for Black Trans Women, Cis women and gender-nonconforming community
leaders and activists to talk with each other about the Democratic primary and
our impact on 2020 elections."
The endorsement led Warren to proclaim that the group's members
are America's backbone.
"Black trans and cis women,
gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the
backbone of our democracy and I don’t take this endorsement lightly. I'm
committed to fighting alongside you for the big, structural change our country
needs," Warren added.
The group explained its endorsement of Warren in a statement
that said the Massachusetts progressive "has taken a stance against the
White supremacy and misogyny that are woven into the fabric of this
country."
"Sen. Warren has committed to devoting money, staffing
resources, and the bully pulpit towards rooting out the culture of white
supremacy, exploitation-for-profit, and misogyny in our schools, legislative
language, federal hiring practices, medical institutions, arts and culture, and
all areas of our society," the statement said.
THE BEST EVIDENCE FOR THE ARK
Genesis 6:14 “Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with
pitch.”
Creation
Moments – Nov. 11, 2019 -- In my line of work as an apologist for the Christian
faith, I often come across people who want to tell me about their favorite
theory about the Ark. Many expeditions have been made to the regions around
Ararat, and some of them have turned up what they call evidence that the Ark is
still there. Yet, I am skeptical. Why am I so skeptical, you might ask? Don’t I
want to see the actual, real-life Ark?
Well, yes I
do! I would love it if the Ark were actually found. I would love it if someone
found the true cross on which Jesus died. But I doubt we will find either of
these objects. They were made of wood. That wood will have rotted away by now.
At first
encounter, the motivation for wanting to discover the Ark seems sound. As one
visitor to my Creation Center said, “When they see this, they’ll have to
believe the Bible is true.” Well, they will have to accept the truth of God’s
word one day, but finding the Ark won’t necessarily convince a skeptic to
repent. Not even if the full-size Ark is uncovered, and on one side we can
read, clearly scratched into the wood, “Ham, Shem and Japheth were here.”
Science and
logic actually depend on the Bible being true, not the other way around. The
best evidence that the Ark existed is clear for all to see – it is written in
the pages of God’s word.
ETERNAL LIFE WITH JESUS
Revelation 21:1-5
Some people question whether hell actually exists.
They wonder, How could someone in heaven
have no sadness while realizing loved ones are suffering eternal punishment?
Humanly
speaking, it’s hard to understand. We know that in the afterlife, those who
have rejected Jesus will mourn (Matt. 13:41-42). But Scripture makes it clear that
eternity in Christ’s presence will be pure joy. We are reassured that “He will
wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death ...
mourning, or crying, or pain” (Revelation 21:4).
But notice the
beginning of that verse. Before entering heaven, believers will shed some tears
as well. You see, even Christians will undergo judgment, but not to determine
where they will spend eternity. Rather, God will bring to light His children’s
pure and impure actions, thoughts, and motives (1 Corinthians 4:5). We’ll no doubt be grieved to see what
opportunities were missed and where we failed to act in a godly fashion. Yet
the Lord will dry our eyes and bring us into His glory, where we’ll experience
no sadness or pain.
Once we enter
eternity with Him, we will not long for anything. Even if we are able to sense
the absence of unsaved loved ones in heaven, there will be no discontent. At
that point, our desires will perfectly align with His, and He will fulfill each
one—anything we lack will no longer be something we want.
Eternity is a
long time, and heaven will be indescribably wonderful. Trusting Christ as
Savior is the only way to guarantee it will be your destination beyond this
life.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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THE
ABILITY TO BEHOLD ( to obtain knowledge of: understand: perceive) - Rev.
5:6,11; 6:5,8,12; 7:9; 8:13; 13:11
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THE
ABILITY TO REASON - Luke 16:30
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THE
ABILITY TO CRY (even though there will be no more crying in Heaven) - Rev.
5:4,5; Luke 16:24
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THE
ABILITY TO SPEAK - Rev. 5:13; 10:9; 21:6,15; Luke 16:24, 29,30,31
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THE
ABILITY TO FEEL/TOUCH - Luke 16:23, 24,25
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THE
ABILITY TO REMEMBER - Luke 16:25
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THE
ABILITY TO WONDER - Rev. 17:6
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THE
ABILITY TO WRITE - Rev. 1:11; 10:4; 19:9
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THE
ABILITY TO QUESTION - Rev. 7:13
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THE
ABILITY TO TAKE (THE BOOK/ROD) - Rev. 10:8,9,10
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THE
ABILITY TO FALL (ON KNEES) - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
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THE
ABILITY TO STAND - Rev. 13:1
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THE
ABILITY TO WORSHIP - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
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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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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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