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Who
will be qualified to hear “Well done, my good and faithful servant”?
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Global
insanity, Demons and God’s Plan
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Witches,
Warlocks and the Supreme Court
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GOD’S
PURPOSE IN OUR HARDSHIPS
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WHO
WILL BE QUALIFIED TO HEAR ‘WELL DONE, MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT’?
Christian Headline News – Jun. 20, 2022 -- In Mathew 24:3 the disciples of Jesus asked Him what
would be signs of His coming and the end of the age. Jesus answered them and
gave them what they should expect as signs before His ultimate return.
The essence of the parable was to help them to be watchful.
Jesus likened His return to a man who is going on a journey and gave some bags
of gold and responsibilities to the servants, and after a long time, returned
and demanded accountability from the servants concerning all that he had
entrusted into their hands (Mathew 25: 14:19).
After careful appraisal of the activities of the servants, the
master came up with two verdicts. For one of the servants, “The master was full
of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in
handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities.
Let’s celebrate together!’” (Mathew 25:21). And to the other, he said, “Now throw
this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth” (Mathew 25:30).
The first servant who was good and faithful received praises and
approval while the second servant was condemned by the master and ordered to be
cast into outer darkness.
The man who went on a journey and returned is Jesus who has
ascended to Heaven. The man’s servants were the disciples of Jesus then – the
past generation of Christians – and all Christians throughout history. The bags
of gold are the talents, spiritual gifts, and financial resources that God has
bestowed on believers. The responsibility that the man entrusted to the care of
the servants is the mandate of the Great Commission that Jesus gave to His
disciples, and by extension to us. The good and faithful servants are those who
obey the word of Jesus and faithfully carry out the assignment of soul-winning
while the useless servants are those who disobey Jesus and bury their God-given
gifts, talents, and financial resources that they can use for the sake of the
Gospel.
How I wish that all Christians will hear this wonderful proclamation
from Jesus. Our ability to recognize our responsibility here on earth is the
first step towards accessing these congratulatory words of Christ. The mandate
of the Great Commission is not an option to be considered by Christians, it is
a command that must be obeyed. Embracing the mandate of “go ye” will inevitably
help us to preach the Gospel and disciple converts as Christ commanded us.
Obedience to the Word of God is non-negotiable.
The greatest mistake that we can make as Christians is for us to
be oblivious to the fact that we will give an account of our stewardship here
on earth. Developing accountability consciousness will guide us and help us
rein in our fleshly excesses. It will help us to always recognize when we are
deviating from God’s calling in our lives. We can easily go back to God for
help when deviations and weaknesses are identified. We should also remember
that we will give an account for everything God has given to us including our
talents and resources.
In the parable of the bags of gold, the amount given to the
servants was not equal. The same is true of the various abilities and resources
that are given to believers by God. It is important to note that even
though we have equal callings, we are not given equal responsibilities. Some
are called to reach nations, some are called to reach cities, some are called
to reach villages while others are called to reach streets. One thing that is
certain is that every Christian has this calling.
In getting prepared to hear Jesus say “well done my good and
faithful servants” to us, all hands must be on deck, and everyone must
contribute his quota by effectively carrying out this assignment.
Some are given the responsibility to go to the mission fields,
some are given the responsibility to support the goers with resources, while
some are saddled with the responsibility to pray for the success of missionary
work. If we are all carrying out these assignments faithfully, we can all rest
assured that we are carrying out Jesus’ mission for our lives.
GLOBAL INSANITY, DEMONS AND GOD'S MASTER
PLAN
Exclusive: Scott Lively offers 'computer game' explanation to
paradox of predestination & free will
WND
– May 31, 2022 -- The mass murder of children – in school classrooms and abortuaries. The deliberate genital mutilation of children
to "change" their gender. The triumphal celebration of grotesque,
disease-spreading sexual depravity as the ultimate "human right." The
needless injection of all the world's people with dangerous experimental drugs
through government and media coercion. The rise of a global religion in which
men are their own gods to whom planet earth's very equilibrium is subject and
by whom all the laws of nature can be ignored or rewritten to suit their whims.
The race to create "immortal" avatars for ourselves by blending
humans with animals and machines.
If
collective human sanity can be measured by its conscious rejection of the
natural order of God's Creation in favor of self-destructive alternatives,
there has never been a time in human history – at least since the Great Flood –
when the world has been as insane as it is right now.
Thus,
never before has a mature biblical worldview, clearly expressed, been so
essential to salvation of the lost. Paul states in 1 Corinthians 2:14-15 that
"[t]he natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of
God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things, but he
himself is not subject to anyone's judgment." Today, even the self-evident
truths taught by the witness of the natural world are indiscernible to a
generation steeped in humanist delusions.
Authentic
Christians have an inherent superpower for "pulling down strongholds,
casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the
knowledge of God" (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). And we have a duty to wield that
power offensively to rescue the Hell-bound, mind-enslaved captives lurching
blindly all around us. They are being herded like sheep to slaughter, by
legions of demons in human hosts, with faces like that of George Soros and Bill
Gates and Nancy Pelosi and so many others whose evil deeds are known to us
"by their fruit." Many others are yet to be exposed.
Prophecy
tells us that Satan will briefly conquer this world (Revelation 13:7), and our
spiritual discernment shows us that conquest approaches rapidly. Even God's
"two witnesses" will ultimately be struck dead by Satan in God's
earthly capital, Jerusalem, when it has been fully reshaped by ubiquitous
homosexuality and polytheism into the image of "Sodom and Egypt"
(Revelation 11:7-8).
Is
resistance therefore futile? Should we hide and wait for rescue? No, because
our very purpose in this dark time is, like Christ and in His name, to
"seek and save" the lost. We must run into, not away from the burning
towers – the hostage-filled schoolhouses and apostasy-preaching
"churches" – to snatch away as many as we can from Satan's grasp
(Jude 1:23).
We
should always remember that nothing happens in God's universe without His
permission. He has a plan for His Creation, but built in to that plan is the
right of free will in both men and angels. Being perfectly omniscient
(all-seeing and all-knowing), God must have predestined everything according to
His own will from the instant of His conception of the Creation. And yet, the
free will of men and angels is shown to be a reality in Scripture, alongside
just as many passages that prove the doctrine of predestination. It is the
ultimate logical paradox of Christendom that is only partially reconciled by
viewing predestination as the reality of timeless Heaven and free will as the
reality of our time-bound universe.
Perhaps
the best way to conceptualize His plan is to imagine Creation as God's computer
game in which the realities of time space and matter are fixed by laws, and
where the characters live out a story centered on a pre-defined timeline that
includes a series of key pre-set unchangeable events. But this game also includes
a randomizing sub-program called "choice" that allows for the
characters to deviate from the script to a limited extent, subject to an
overarching fail-safe mechanism that adjusts to human-created changes in the
story to ensure that the key events occur as intended. The essential element of
the "choice" program is "sin," meaning error, that
introduces chaos to the otherwise ordered system, triggering consequences that
require a reordering of both the timeline and the script to achieve the next
pre-set milestone in the story.
As
characters in this story, every choice for sin you and I make creates its own
complications, which are compounded by the sins of others, in turn generating
even more sin. Eventually, like 7.9 billion superballs that were intended to
run in perfect parallel toward their mutual goal of Heaven, all are deflected
by the power of sin into in a cosmic handball court where they instead
constantly ricochet off each other and the walls of the enclosure in total
chaos – each collision increasing the mathematical complexity of the solution
beyond the capacity of any calculator but the mind of God. Yet He, despite that
chaos, adjusts the characters and the storyline to fulfill His sequential goals
which He has revealed to us in prophecies (Amos 3:7).
If
someone in the original script was intended to complete a certain pre-set
action but through sin fails to do it, God simply assigns someone else (Esther
4:14). If Christ's followers had failed to shout His praises, God would have
caused the very stones to cry out instead (Luke 19:40). Even though He allows
rebellion, even to the point of forcing changes to significant aspects of His
storyline – such as when the Israelites rejected the republic He designed for
them in favor of a human monarchy (1 Samuel 8:1-22) – He cannot and will not be
thwarted in His larger plan.
In
God's computer game, some characters are "elect" with a special
destiny even sin cannot defeat. If it were possible, even these
elect could be deceived into following the last days Antichrist (Matthew
24:24) – but it is NOT possible, because He "foreknew" and
"predestined" these individuals per Romans 8:29-30. This is one of
many proof-texts for predestination.
But
other characters, like Judas, are "vessels created for destruction"
per Romans 9:21-23. Still others decide their own fate by their choices
(Matthew 10:23, Mark 4:16-17, John 15:5-6). God's own choice is clear: He
"is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). And yet many do perish. These last four
citations are some of the many proof-texts for free will.
The
bottom line is this: God is active in His Creation to bring about His plan. And
WE are an essential part of that plan, "created for good works which God
prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10). The
darker and more corrupt the world grows, the more essential is our role as
light and salt. The more insane the worldly people grow, the more essential is
our duty to cast down lies with truth, to help win them back to God.
WITCHES,
WARLOCKS AND THE SUPREME COURT(
Charisma News – Jun. 16, 2022 -- Author's Note: Surrounded by witches and warlocks
openly performing their dark craft, our team has been on Capitol Hill praying
over the High Court as it prepares to deliver its much-anticipated ruling on
abortion. Despite decades of pro-life work around the country and at the U.S.
Supreme Court, we've never witnessed such hostile and demonically inspired evil
directed at the justices and the judicial system. Read on to learn what our
staff is seeing on Capitol Hill and how you can help us fight for life. —
Mat Staver
On Sunday afternoon, some of our Washington,
D.C.-based staff members participated in a prayer vigil outside the Supreme
Court building. Our staff members collectively have decades of experience in
the district and in the fight to defend human life. But even all those years of
experience could not prepare us for what we have witnessed lately.
A small podium and two loudspeakers had been
set up to allow the prayer vigil attendees to speak and play worship songs. But
as prayer began, our staff and the intercessors were surrounded by darkness.
Black-robed men and women began arriving on
the scene, screaming obscenities over the prayers. Screams of "[expletive]
your God and your religion" began to fill the air.
As the prayer team's worship music continued,
a pro-abortion demonstrator brought a wagon carrying a large boom box blaring
satanic "music" and noise. Its volume increased to drown out the
songs of praise.
Nonetheless, the intercessors continued to
pray. Peggy, one of our staff members who was in attendance, says "the
longer we prayed, the more anxious and agitated the satanists became." The
evil surrounding the intercessors did NOT want the Word of God proclaimed!
Women dressed like prostitutes began to
arrive, leaving little of their exposed bodies to the imagination. They
gleefully joined the melee the witches and warlocks had begun.
A woman walked right up to our podium and stood
next to the pro-life speaker. Every time the pro-lifer spoke, the woman would
scream unprintable curses into a megaphone pointed at the podium microphone.
The pro-abortion crowd began cursing the
justices, the people praying and, yes, vehemently cursing God Himself.
Repeatedly, the satanists and pro-abortion
protesters would interrupt and try to drown out the prayers.
Peggy has lived and worked on Capitol Hill for
decades. She's participated in more pro-life prayer vigils than even she can
count. She's personally witnessed the violent protests of both Antifa and BLM.
During the days of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, we had to hire
additional security guards.
But we have never witnessed the level of evil
as is taking place before the Supreme Court and in the district right now.
Satan worshippers have covered sidewalks with
black magic ritual circles and candles, performing their dark incantations near
midnight most evenings. Half-burnt candles and other garbage of active
witchcraft lay scattered on the public spaces around the court.
Meanwhile, one man, who had the attire and
appearance of a horror-movie warlock, targeted senior ladies quietly praying
for the lives of the unborn. The warlock would crowd one woman at a time,
making the sign of Satan over the women's heads.
As he made the sign, guttural growls and a
language our staff could not understand issued from his throat as he spat his
demonic curses over the women. One by one, he tried to corner them and curse
them.
With all her years on Capitol Hill and all the
protests she has witnessed, Peggy is generally unflappable. But when the
warlock began stalking senior women to issue his demonic curses, she says an
almost palpable feeling of darkness rose in the air.
It's Not Just in Washington, D.C. ...
Ever since the Supreme Court draft opinion on
abortion was leaked, demonically driven death lovers have been assaulting
churches, crisis pregnancy centers and other pro-life organizations.
Over the weekend, three women interrupted a
Texas church service screaming obscenities as they stripped down to underwear
stained with red paint and bras painted with green hands.
A group known as "Rise Up 4 Abortion
Rights" praised the action, tweeting "Abortion on Demand and Without
Apology!"
Another group, known as "Jane's
Revenge," vandalized the Agape Pregnancy Resource Center in Des Moines,
Iowa. Windows were shattered, and "God loves abortions" was
spray-painted over the walls. The group openly bragged about their vandalism on
social media, saying that attacking Agape was "fun and easy."
In May, the same group gleefully claimed
responsibility for throwing Molotov cocktails through the windows of a
Wisconsin crisis pregnancy center, firebombing the building that stood for
life. Yet another crisis pregnancy center was burned in Washington state.
We've prayed and worked for decades to
overturn Roe v. Wade. The leaked opinion indicates that we may be
just days away from that long-term, intense effort coming to fruition. The
security and law enforcement presence in our nation's capital is nearly
unprecedented.
Liberty Counsel will continue fighting for
life on Capitol Hill and in the 50 states no matter what the court's ruling
says. This is a battle between good and evil, life and death. The assassination
attempt on Justice Kavanaugh's life and what our staff
is witnessing outside the court reveals the nature of the demonic evil behind
abortion.
Please be in prayer for our team and our
nation.
GOD’S
PURPOSE IN OUR HARDSHIPS
God orchestrates the
events of our lives, even the difficult ones, for His glory and our good.
June 18, 2022
The Bible is relevant for every situation.
Although the details of our circumstances differ from what we read about in
Scripture, the principles still apply. As we saw yesterday, for example,
Joseph’s story teaches lessons to practice in our own life.
Something that stands out in Genesis 37-50 is
how the Lord orchestrated events to achieve His purpose. Even though Joseph’s
brothers sold him into slavery, God is the one who sent him to Egypt for the
benefit of the Israelites (Ps. 105:17). The years of adversity positioned
Joseph to become the leader who would rescue God’s people from famine.
Verse 19 goes on to tell us that “the word of
the Lord tested him” (ESV). When Joseph was a young man, God gave him two
dreams about his future exaltation (Gen. 37:5-11), yet he would experience 13
years of humiliation and hardship before seeing their fulfillment. The Lord was
faithful, however, and at just the right time, Joseph was released to assume
the role God had planned for him.
Our heavenly Father is arranging the events of
your life too, and in the process, you also are being tested by His Word. Your
difficulties in no way indicate that the Lord is absent. Instead, He oversees
the events of your life and works them to fulfill His long-term purposes for
you.
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Look
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does Jesus say “No flesh would be saved”?
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The Christian Post – Jun.
12m 2022 --You have looked at your body thousands of times over the years, but
how often do you take a good long look into your soul? How would one even go
about doing such a thing?
When your eyes look in a mirror, you see a reflection of your
physical appearance. And when your mind is presented with the message of the
cross, your response to the Gospel reflects the condition of your soul.
Here is how it works.
“The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).
The apostle who penned those words spoke with experience having
lived on both sides of the fence. Saul of Tarsus hated Christians and despised
the message of the cross. After his conversion, however, Saul was named Paul
and became an apostle who faithfully served Jesus. Faith in Christ led Paul to
write, “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14).
When your spirit is dead, the message of the cross seems foolish
and means nothing to you. When your spirit is alive, you view the cross with
deep appreciation as your lifeline to forgiveness and eternal salvation in
Heaven.
A person is saved, redeemed, justified, born again and forgiven
through faith in Christ, and the message of the cross instantly becomes “the
power of God” in your life the moment you are converted.
Don’t look for truth by examining your feelings; instead, look
to the cross and believe the good news.
Jerry Bridges said, “If we want proof of God’s love for us,
then we must look first at the cross where God offered up his Son as a
sacrifice for our sins. Calvary is the one objective, absolute, irrefutable
proof of God’s love for us.”
Do you cherish the cross as the ultimate demonstration of how
much God loves you, or is the cross of Christ not even on your radar? Do you
adore your Savior who endured excruciating agony to pay for your sins, or is
the cross nothing more than a religious symbol to you that carries little or no
meaning?
Martin Luther said, “Is it not wonderful news to believe
that salvation lies outside ourselves?”
If you desire to be saved and forgiven of your sins, don’t look
inside yourself; look outside yourself to the cross where Jesus paid the full
price for your sins.
A common trait among those heading in the wrong direction is
that they seem oblivious to the horror that awaits them when they die (Matthew 13:37-43). That is unless they “repent and believe the
good news” (Mark 1:15) as Jesus declared in His first sermon.
And the most widely-known statement Jesus ever made was the good
news of the Gospel presented in John 3:16: “God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting
life.”
Phillips Brooks said, “Love was compressed for all history
in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at
any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to — because of us. At Calvary,
God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.”
In order to look into your soul today, you will need to look
back 2,000 years to the cross where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. Do you
believe Jesus is your Savior who shed his blood to rescue you from sin and
death?
And if not, will you place your faith in Jesus? Will you come to
Christ today and believe in the One who was sacrificed for your sins? God calls
people to faith in the cross and faith in his Son. “Today, if you hear his
voice, do not harden your heart” (Hebrews 3:7).
“God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to
save those who believe” (1 Corinthians 1:21). “Christ died for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God” (1 Peter 3:18).
When you look at yourself in the mirror, remember the most
important part of you is invisible. Your soul is immortal. It is the real
you.
So, what do you see when you look into your soul at the cross?
WHY DOES JESUS SAY 'NO FLESH WOULD BE
SAVED'?
'There's a reason the time has to be cut short'
WND
– May 22, 2022 -- As events in today's world continue to spiral out of control,
some are re-examining a cryptic phrase from Jesus about the end times and His
return to Earth.
The
phrase is found in the 24th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, in which the Son
of God was answering questions about the sign of His coming and "the end
of the world."
The
Messiah famously said: "And unless those days were shortened, no flesh
would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be
shortened" (Matthew 24:22 NKJV).
But
what does the phrase "no flesh would be saved" actually
mean?
"There's
actually more than one meaning to this statement,"
"There
is both a physical meaning, which millions of people already understand; but
there's also an additional meaning on the Spirit or parable level, of which
many may be unaware."
The
author says on the physical level, the events immediately prior to the return
of Jesus will put the very existence of humanity on the brink of total
destruction.
"This
verse has been understood by many to indicate that no physical person would
survive the horrific end-time events unless the time is shortened and Jesus
comes back to intervene."
"No
flesh being saved can literally mean that no physical human being will survive
the catastrophes encompassing the entire planet, which could be from a variety
of causes, such as biological pathogens, nuclear warfare or starvation,"
Kovacs explains.
"Some
newer Bibles such as the New Living Translation and New
International Version even render the verse that way, stating: "In
fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will
survive" (Matthew 24:22 NLT).
"But
beyond the obvious physical explanation, there's an additional meaning that can
be understood when we employ God's Spirit and think on that higher level."
The
author, known for his "Shocked by the Bible" series, says the word 'save'
used in that Scripture is the Greek word 'sōzō,'
and it means to save spiritually, beyond just a physical rescue.
"It's
the precise word the Bible uses when it talks about our ultimate saving, as in
this example: 'You are to name him Jesus, because he will SAVE his
people from their sins'" (Matthew 1:21 CSB).
"Thus,
on the spirit level, when Jesus says in Matthew that no flesh would be saved
unless the days are cut short and He intervenes, it's because the minds of
people in the flesh will have become so far away from God spiritually that they
could not be saved in the spiritual sense.
"They
will have become so disobedient, rebellious, wickedly sinful, or even unknowing
of the plan of God through deception, they would remain in their dying physical
state and never escape the flesh and receive the phenomenal gift of everlasting
spirit life, dwelling in the very presence of Almighty God.
"This
is the reason the time has to be cut short. For the sake of the elect, those
few believers who remain on Earth at that time, God will return to save His
faithful ones, instantly transforming their mortal bodies from flesh to
immortal spirit in the blink of an eye. As the apostle Paul says, 'our mortal
bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies' (1 Corinthians 15:52–53 NLT)."So the good news amid all the bad news
is that people will be saved from their own destructive behavior, as God will
cut those horrific days short and save us from ourselves, putting an end to the
wicked ways of the world."
WHILE
THE ELITE ARE PLANNING THE GREAT RESET, YOU CAN TAKE COMFORT IN THIS BIBLICAL
TRUTH (Excerpt)
Charisma News – May 31, 2022 -- As I sought
the Lord about what to tell you about these troubling developments, the Holy
Spirit led me to Isaiah 22:22. It says: "I will place on his shoulder the
key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no
one can open" (NIV).
The apostle John quotes this verse in
Revelation 3:7 regarding Jesus' message to the church in Philadelphia in
modern-day Turkey.
"To the angel of the church in
Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds
the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can
open."
While the elite are planning the "Great
Reset," we know from Scripture that this short-lived Antichrist kingdom
will only last seven years, and then Christ will return to defeat the powers of
darkness before establishing His Messianic kingdom in which "the
government will be on his shoulders."
Isaiah 9:6 says: "For to us a child is
born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he
will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace."
The house of David was constructed on Mount
Zion during the time of King David. The key to the house involved both spiritual
and civil authority. At the time, keys were often hung on wooden pegs on walls
in secure locations.
Isaiah 22:20-25 says the key was given to
finance minister Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, signifying the trust placed in him.
In Hebrew, Eliakim means, "resurrection of God," so it is a picture
of the Messiah. Isaiah 22:21 (KJV) says Eliakim wore a special robe and belt
and that the key to the house of David lay on his shoulder and that he
"shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
In Revelation 1:13 (NKJV) we see that Jesus is
clothed in a similar special garment and girded about the chest with a
"golden band." In Isaiah 9:7 we read that "of the increase of
His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over
His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice."
This is a prophecy of the reestablishment of
the Davidic Throne following Christ's return during His millennial reign from
Jerusalem. It is based upon the Davidic covenant in 2 Samuel 7:11-16 and 1 Chronicles
17:10-14 that says a descendant of David, the Messiah, will build God's temple,
the millennial temple, and His throne will be established forever.
So, Isaiah 22:22 is a prophecy that the Father
has given Christ the key to the house of David, signifying both civil and
spiritual authority, and a global government of peace, righteousness and
justice will rest upon His shoulders.
The return of the Messiah will usher in His
government in the Messianic Age, involving Israel's regeneration and regathering,
her possession of the land promised in the Bible and the reestablishment of the
Davidic throne—all connected to biblical covenants God made with Israel
thousands of years ago.
Jesus will rule and reign the world from Mount
Zion, with the key to the house of David on His shoulders. This is what is
coming. When Christ returns, He will rule as King of kings and Lord of lords,
He will be the judge of the world, and the Antichrist, false prophet and powers
of darkness who sought to usurp His power will be cast into the lake of fire.
Worthy to Stand Before the Son of Man
As we watch the rollout of the "Great
Reset," we must tell people that Jesus is returning, that the Book of
Revelation describes a series of catastrophic judgments during the seven-year
tribulation period, and that Jesus told us in Luke 21:36 (NIV) to watch for
signs of His return so we can "escape all that is about to happen."
In this verse, Jesus said: "Be always on
the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen,
and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
In the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew
25:1-13, we learn an important lesson about righteous living and obedience to
God in these end times. In the parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to
10 virgins, five foolish and five wise, who took their lamps to meet the
bridegroom. The foolish ones did not bring any oil, but the wise ones took oil
in jars along with their lamps. When the bridegroom finally arrived, the
foolish ones asked the wise ones for oil, but they refused, and so the foolish
virgins did not make it to the wedding banquet on time.
"Later the [foolish virgins] also came.
'Lord, Lord,' they said, 'open the door for us!' But he replied, 'Truly I tell
you, I don't know you.' Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know the day
or the hour" (Matt. 25:11-13).
It is comforting to know that today Jesus is
interceding with the Father in heaven for us, and He is completing the
"good work" that He began in us to carry "on to completion until
the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6).
He is sending angels to fight on our behalf,
and so we are beginning to see the unleashing of the angelic armies of heaven
and the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit like never before, with supernatural
visitations occurring around the world.
God is releasing His angelic armies to do
supernatural things in the lives of believers who will place their trust in Him
for protection and provision as persecution increases and the cancel culture
seeks to silence and censor us.
THE BIBLE LIVES FOREVER
Christian Headline News - Oct. 27, 2011 -- In May 2011, the
English-speaking world celebrated the 400th anniversary of the most important
piece of literature ever penned in the English language. It's the King James
Version of the Bible, published on order of his Majesty King James I, in May
1611. More than any other publication, the Authorized Version of the Bible has
influenced the standardization of language among English-speaking peoples of
the world. It's also the bestselling book of all time in any language.
Most people
presume that since the King James Version has been around so long, it's now in
the public domain.
Vaughan Williams, the renowned English composer, often set passages from the
Authorized Version to music. He allegedly did this out of his great love and
respect for the King James Version. But in an interview, years after his death,
his widow, Ursula, was asked why Williams, who professed to be an agnostic,
used the Bible so often in his compositions. With a twinkle in her eye, she
replied: "Because it's out of copyright! No royalties!"
It turns out that's not true. In honor of the KJV's 400th anniversary, London's
newly reconstituted Globe Theater—Shakespeare's old home stage—scheduled a
series of actors to recite the entire King James Bible from the stage between
Palm Sunday and Easter of 2011. But a few days before the presentation, the
director received a bill for payment of a substantial royalty fee for the
privilege of reading it publicly. The British Crown actually owns the copyright
to the King James Bible, which has been renewed upon the accession of each
succeeding monarch since King James himself. So, the queen, through the
auspices of Cambridge University Press, was sending him a bill, according to BBC
Music Magazine.
"All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, and for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16). This
we certainly believe and confess to be true, but the paper and ink belong to
the Queen. In 1874, John Richard Green wrote, in A Short History of the
English People, "No greater moral change ever passed over a nation
than passed over England in the 16th century. England became a people of the
book, and that book was the Bible. As a mere literary monument, the English
version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue. But far
greater was its effect on the character of the people. The whole temper of the
nation felt the change. A new conception of life and humanity superseded the
old and a renewed moral and religious impulse spread through every class.”
Two hundred
years later, a new nation was born out of that "renewed moral and
religious impulse," a nation, in the words of Abraham Lincoln,
"conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are
created equal."
The Bible is more than just a book. Paper and ink can be bought and sold,
language changes, and nations rise and fall, but, as Isaiah 40:8 says,
"The word of our God will stand forever." It is the firm foundation
upon which to build our labors, our loves, and most certainly our lives.
YOU
BELONG TO GOD
Rescued from the
bondage of sin, believers glorify God with mind, body, and spirit. 1
Corinthians 6:17-20
In an age that emphasizes personal rights, it
may be startling to realize that as believers in Jesus, we belong—body, soul,
and spirit—to Him, not to ourselves. This means we aren’t free to do whatever
we please but are called to live in obedience to the One who redeemed us with
His precious blood (1 Pet. 1:18-19). The New Testament uses a lot of language that speaks of
Christ’s ownership. In fact, Paul called himself a “bond-servant of Christ,”
which literally means the Lord’s slave (Gal. 1:10).
We may be quick to believe this intellectually
because belonging to Christ is a comforting thought. But how does it work out
practically? Our bodies are wonderful gifts from God that enable us to interact
with our world and one another, but they are also temples of His Holy Spirit.
This means our mind, will, desires, affections, relationships, and possessions
are all means by which we either honor or dishonor our Savior.
To please the Lord, we need to change how we
think. Our natural tendency is to simply do what we want in any given
situation. But the best response is to consider how we can glorify God.
In Touch Ministry
THE GRACE THAT WE
STAND IN IS MORE THAN WE DESERVE
SECTION II - SPECIAL
ARTICLES/ BOOK REVIEWS
IN THIS SECTION:
· WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE? (WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS)
· WHAT’S
IN A NAME?
· "BOB PIERCE - THIS ONE THING I DO" - A BOOKREVIEW/SUMMARY
· "THE HIDDEN CODES OF THE BIBLE" - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
· "SIGNS OF THE TIME” - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE
DIE?
By D.E. Davis
For Christians, we are
told in Scripture in 2Cr 5:8 that to be absent from the body is to be present
with the Lord. For those who turn away from God, we are told that they are
eternally separated from God and go to a place called Hell. Rev
14:11 says that the smoke of their torment ascendeth
up for ever and ever.
The question that
everyone ponders is: What really happens after we die? Do we just lay dormant
until the Lord takes us to be with him or until judgement is handed out at the
Great White Throne as called out in Rev. 20:11? Are we conscience? Do we feel,
touch, think, recognize loved ones, know what is happening around us? All
questions that we have ask ourselves, no doubt, at some time in our life.
My own personal review of
the Scriptures has led me to believe that after we die, even though our body
may be dead and buried, our Spirit is alive and fully conscience. Chuck Missler likens this state of conscienceness
to the software that runs the Computer; once the hardware goes, the software
remains intact and available for further applications.
There are two
illustrations in the Bible that makes it clear as to what happens after death,
when we're in the spirit.
The first one is
illustrated in the Luke account of Lazarus and the rich man in Chapter 16.
After death, Lazarus, a man of God, is escorted into Abraham’s Bosom, a holding
compartment in Hell for the Believers prior to the Cross. The non-believing
rich man was "buried" and went into a separate compartment in Hell
(Hades), apart from Abraham’s Bosom, where he was in Torment according to
Scripture. Both were in a Spirit state; yet by the account, they could see each
other and speak to each other.
The second account is in
Revelation, where John is taken (in the Spirit) to Heaven to see those things
that shall come to pass prior to the return of Jesus Christ to the Earth, or
Second Coming (not the Rapture).
I had to conclude from
the study, based on the following Scripture, that all of the senses we have
here on earth will be with us throughout eternity, even unto death.
· THE ABILITY TO LOOK/SEE - Luke 16:23;Rev. 1:12;4:1,4;
5:1,2; 6:1,2,8,9; 7:1,2; 8:2; 9:1,17; 10:1,5; 13:1,2,3;14:1,6; 15:1,2; 16:13;
17:3,6; 18:1; 19:11,17,19; 20:1,4,11,12; 21:1,2,22; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO HEAR - Rev. 1:10; 4:1; 5:11;
6:1,3,5,6,7; 7:4; 9:13,16; 10:4,8; 12:10; 14:2,13; 16:1,5,7; 18:4; 19:1,6; 21:
3; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO BEHOLD ( to obtain knowledge of:
understand: perceive) - Rev. 5:6,11; 6:5,8,12; 7:9; 8:13; 13:11
· THE ABILITY TO REASON - Luke 16:30
· THE ABILITY TO CRY (even though there will be no
more crying in Heaven) - Rev. 5:4,5; Luke 16:24
· THE ABILITY TO SPEAK - Rev. 5:13; 10:9; 21:6,15;
Luke 16:24, 29,30,31
· THE ABILITY TO FEEL/TOUCH - Luke 16:23, 24,25
· THE ABILITY TO REMEMBER - Luke 16:25
· THE ABILITY TO WONDER - Rev. 17:6
· THE ABILITY TO WRITE - Rev. 1:11; 10:4; 19:9
· THE ABILITY TO QUESTION - Rev. 7:13
· THE ABILITY TO TAKE (THE BOOK/ROD) - Rev.
10:8,9,10
· THE ABILITY TO FALL (ON KNEES) - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO STAND - Rev. 13:1
· THE ABILITY TO WORSHIP - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS - Rev. 11:1
God has promised in 1 Thess 4:16 and 1 Cor. 15:52,53 that one day, we shall be
reunited with Him in body and will be transformed and conformed to Him - in the
twinkling of an eye. We are also told in Scripture that we shall see Him face
to face- see the Lamb that was slain for you and me. We know by His Word, that
we will Praise Him, Worship Him and Rule with Him.
One thing in the study
that I found extremely fascinating was the difference in treatment between
Lazarus and the non-believing rich man. Scripture says that Lazarus was escorted
to Heaven by an Angel, but there is no indication in Scripture about how the
rich man arrived at Hell. Could it be that God had a specific purpose why He
chose not to tell us in Scripture?
Finally, knowing that
others may have varying interpretations of these Scriptures, I strongly urge
you to review the Scriptures yourselves to determine what you find as the truth
according to God’s Word.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
For those who wish you
had some other name because you don't like the name you were given, you had
better think twice. It is most likely that the name your parents
picked out for you was not their choice but God's choice. Let’ s
face it, the word of the Lord is true. That's why in Eph. 1:4, God proclaimed
that He had chosen us from before the very beginning of the world.
If you follow the
Genealogy of Adam in Genesis, Chapter 5 (*) you will receive an insight into
what importance God put in names - It's an exciting message:
Genealogy Meaning
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The
blessed God
Jared Shall
come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His
Death shall bring
Lamech The
Despairing
Noah Rest,
Comfort
Now let us look at God’s
Plan for Redemption:
"Man (is) appointed
mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death
shall bring (the) despairing rest."
Let us now look at the
Genealogy of Abraham (*):
Genealogy Meaning
Abraham Predestination
Isaac Called
Jacob Justified
Joseph Glorified
(*) Source: Chuck Missler’s Briefing package: “A Walk Thru the Bible”
WELL YOU SAY! BUT THAT WAS ALL OLD TESTAMENT AND
WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE FOR TODAY - WOULD IT?
Well, let us see..................
As a Christian, did God not choose you by name at the same time he chose Adam,
Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch,
Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph - before the very
foundation of the world? If God had a purpose for their name, would
you expect anything less for your name since He chose you at the same time?
As a Christian, You ought
to thank God daily that you, by your given name, was written in the Lamb's book
of life before the very foundation of the world and that you will be a partaker
in all the promises of Rev 21:27.
Within the last couple of
years, researchers have found many startling discoveries through the use of
super computers, specifically, hidden codes that God supernaturally placed
within the Hebrew text of the Bible. Over 2000 years ago, the names
of historical and current leader’s names were placed in the Bible. Such names
as Adolph Hitler, Eichmann, Arafat, Peres, Rabin, Rabin's murderer Amir,
Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Saddan Hussein, George Bush, Schwarzkoph, Peter Arnet (CNN), Timithy McVeigh, Bill Clinton.
Do you think that God
would limit His calling out to just those who had a highly visible historical
impact on this world? There is no doubt that He had a purpose in
doing this, if nothing else, just to get your attention that He is the Creator;
that He alone knows the beginning from the end.
It is my firm belief that
as we advance further with our computer technology and peel back the layers of
the Hebrew text of the scriptures, we will make many more startling and
exciting discoveries. One being that God has written each and every
one of our names in His Word.
HERE IS WHAT GOD SAID:
Isaiah 66:22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,
shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain."
BOOK REVIEW by D. E.
Davis (September 1997)
BOB PIERCE -"THIS
ONE THING I DO"
By Franklin Graham with
Jeanette Lockerbie
It is amazing the worlds
that open up to an individual, once the Power of the Holy Spirit comes upon
him. Just three years ago, where once I was blind to Missions, to all the
inspired men and women God has called to service and the multitude of people
all over the world who have been saved, new worlds are ever opening to me to
see how awesome the power of God is in our Christian lives.
Such was the power and
strength of faith Bob Pierce had in our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. It is difficult for me to even attempt to assess
where God has put Bob along with other past great men of the faith, but from
what I read about his life with Christ, he certainly had his eyes focused on
Jesus! I personally feel inadequate and humbled to even put in
words, my thoughts about this man. Bob was a man Blessed by
God. I feel sad that I never had an opportunity to know him, but
look forward to meeting him one day in heaven.
If ever there was a verse
of scripture that represented Bob Pierce, it had to be the title of this book
as taken from Philippians 3:13,14 ".......this one thing I do,....I press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ."
Bob was raised in Los
Angeles and at the age of 12, gave his life to Christ and was baptized in the
Nazarene Church. "God simply called me to give my heart to Jesus, and I
followed Him." He died in 1978 of leukemia but lived his life
for Christ in between in between those dates as if Christ was coming tomorrow
and he still had to witness to the whole world before dawn broke. Throughout
his career, he dedicated his life mainly to Missions and over the years was
responsible for founding such World re-noun programs as "World
Vision", an organization dedicated to meeting the emergency needs in
crisis areas such as Korea after the Korean war. During that time of
need, he established a Korean Orphanage, serving over 30 thousand
Korean war orphans. Bob was also responsible for starting the World
re-noun Korean Orphan's Choir. As an outgrowth of "World
Vision" he founded "World Medical Mission" which covered all
emergency medical needs in countries all over the world which had no medical
facilities. He was also founder of "Samaritan's Purse" and
organization dedicated to funding World emergency need, no matter where they
were. These organizations are still meeting the needs of those in
crisis today.
If his work through these
organizations was not enough, he became a United Nations War Correspondent
during World War II; was Co-founder for "Youth for Christ"; and
became a Motion Picture producer/Radio program host, author and a lecturer, but
first and last, he always considered himself an evangelist! Even though Bob
knew that he was "extraordinarily gifted by God, he was never impressed
with himself - he considered himself just an earthly vessel, available at all
times for the exclusive use of the Lord".
In his own words, he had
"many flaws, failings but had abundant faith in God who lives and cares
about people."
If I had to pick four
areas of the Christian life that I feel truly represented Bob Pierce, they
would be 1) Unwavering Faith, 2) Compassion for others, 3) Obedience to God and
4) Commitment to accomplish the Will of God in his life.
From the Beginning, Bob
knew his calling was for Missions to the Asian Countries. His first
mission led him through Hawaii to Hong Kong and eventually to
China. Getting to China was his first big test of faith - he had no
money, even for the first leg to Hawaii. Bob held the opinion that
God knows ones needs already and if He has called you to a task, He will
provide and enable you - just move out! He did just that and went to the L.A.
airport that day without any money in his pocket. His faith paid off
as God provided the funding for each leg of his trip just at the moment he
needed it. This was the norm rather than the exception
throughout his career as an evangelist. What ever it
was, where ever it was, if God called, Bob would act no matter what the
circumstance......he knew that God would always provide.....and He did!
Bob had a compassion for
the spiritually and physically suffering of the world. "He was
the friend of the little people, the forgotten, the hurting, the maimed, the
unheard and the unsung". Bob's theme was "Let my heart be
broken with the things that break the heart of God". It was Bob's personal
belief that "wherever you find men and women who really love Jesus Christ,
you find the compassion of Christ spilling out of them to meet human
need." Over the years World Vision, Samaritan's Purse and other
organizations like them; one in particular, Mission Aviation Fellowship Pilots
(MAF), who flew Missionaries around the world in crisis situations, helped so
many helpless and needy men, women and children. They knew first
hand the healing power of God.
Bob dared it all to be
obedient to the Lord's call. Once he had in focus the mission that
God wanted him to accomplish, he followed in Faith to bring the unsaved to
Christ. It was his opinion that " If you are an ambassador, act
like one!"- no matter where you are. Bob would bring to memory how other
great men of Faith were obedient even in the face of death. During
World War II, a young South Korean Pastor, Mr. Im was
mistaken for a North Korean Communist and imprisoned. During
his internment, he would go around camp singing "Jesus Loves Me" and
other Christian songs. He not only uplifted and inspired other
fellow Christian prisoners to come together, he brought many more to Christ. Together
he and another prisoner, Chaplain Voelkel,
established a Bible Study where over 6,000 prisoners finished a six month Bible Study. Six Hundred (600) of those
finishing the Bible Study became pastors and came back to Korea to
preach the Gospel. In another instance, he related how a Korean
school teacher was put to death in front of his students because of his faith
and obedience to the Lord.
To be an ambassador for
the Lord "is one of the greatest things that could ever have happened to
anyone - to let God put a fish hook into you so deep that there is no way of
ever getting off the hook."
"Bob did one
thing all of his life, and that was to lead people to the foot of the Cross
where they would put their faith in a risen Lord Jesus Christ. He
lived every minute completely amazed that God could use him. No
matter how much he was able to do in how many places, it was never
enough." This was the kind of commitment Bob made to Jesus;
"to commit yourself, give yourself away to God
irrevocably, forever. Say to Him, go ahead and burn me up. Spend me.
Eat me up. Use me for you Glory." And that's exactly what he
did.
Being a man of God was
not always easy for Bob and he paid a high price. In one measure or
another he had to forsake his wife, his family, his Mother and Father, his
brothers and sisters and other worldly possessions to follow
Jesus. He not only lost his health, he lost his Daughter, Sharon, to
death.
Committing your life to
Christ in a Godless society is never easy; many times
you feel like you may be the only one putting your life, your self image, your social acceptance on the
line. As Bob came to realize, ". Someone has to go
and pay that humiliating price of literally letting your ego be stomped on- not
just pushed in and suppressed, but laid out there for people to stomp
on. We need to do this by the grace of God with love and patience:
sow the seed on rocky soil, nurture it, and maybe never be applauded."
Committing your life to
Christ really comes down to this; What really matters
to you in Life?
On his death bed in the
City of Hope, Bob left us this one message - "I don't care what you have
attempted. What you have succeeded at, or what has been your work in Christ's
name while you are here on earth - only one thing matters when you have reached
the last step before you go to stand before Christ:
- Did you tell men and
women who Jesus is?
- Did you bring them to
some comprehension of His redeeming love?
- Did you make it plain
to them that He alone can pay their way to heaven throughout His atoning death
on the cross?"
Such was the life of a
man of God, Bob Pierce.
HIDDEN CODES OF THE
BIBLE
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ACT 17:11 - Exhorts you
to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said is true
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Other
reading: "The Hebrew Factor" by Yacov Rambsel
Prepared
by D. E. Davis
Daniel 12: 4 - "But
thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the
end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased."
Here is undeniable proof,
the third in the series, that every word, every letter and every punctuation in
Bible text was put their by
the inspiration of God. It gives new meaning to the words
"increase knowledge". It's just one of the many signs, and
without a doubt, the most exciting revelation that God said he would reveal to
man in the "end time". As you will see, God has put
his signature throughout the Bible, has revealed History before it ever
happened, all through hidden codes that were supernaturally placed into text
which was written over 2,000 years ago; which could only be found with today's
computer technological advances. The codes are found in what scholars call "Equidistant Letter Sequences" or
ESL. That is, each sequential letter in an encoded word or phrase
was found the same distance apart numerically; The exact interval designed by
God.
Actually, the discovery
of hidden codes in scripture dates back to before WWI and it was not until 1988
that the use of computers were able to detect a
significant amount of coding in scripture. Since then, the research
that Grant Jeffrey and others have done has just exploded and new discoveries
are happening every day.
Here is a summary of what
has been found and outlined in Grant's book, referenced above. It is
my understanding that he is in the process of writing another book to tell what
he has found subsequent to "The Signature of God".
Luke 21:15 - " For I
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able
to gainsay (refute) nor resist."
Proverbs 25:2 - "It
is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out
a matter."
THE
SIGNATURE OF GOD
What follows is what most
of the human race would find hard to believe. It unfathomable to
think that the Hebrew Bible, containing 304,805 Hebrew letters, written by 40
individuals could contain hidden messages that if one letter was taken out of
the text, one word was removed, the hidden message could not be
revealed......yet the message has been sustained for over 2,000 years and has
been revealed to man just as Jesus said it would be. Jesus has
actually placed His name and other messages about Himself into text which
proves he is the creator of all; King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
GOD'S SIGNATURE
God has personally signed
scriptures throughout the Old and New Testaments in various
ways. For example in the Old Testament, he
has encoded his name, Jesus, in the following scripture:
THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD FROM ANCIENT TIMES UNTIL TODAY
God has also encoded unbelievable
detail about many of the things we read about and which touch our lives
daily. For example, he outlines:
PLACES AND THINGS
· Gen. 2: 4-10 - The key word
"Eden" was spelled out sixteen (16) times in the span of 379 Hebrew
letters. The letters were all equidistant from each other.
· Gen. 2 - In this chapter which deals
with the garden of Eden, scientists found encoded in the Hebrew text,
Twenty-five (25) names of trees that were in the
Garden of Eden.
· Gen. 1:1 - Starting with the first appearance of
the Hebrew letter "Tav", the word
"Torah" was found every 50th letter.
· Ex. 1: 1 - Again, starting with the first
appearance of the letter "Tav" and counting
every 50th letter, the word "Torah" was spelled. Num./Deut. - In the
book of Numbers the word "Torah" was found
spelled backwards every 50th letter. In the book of Deuteronomy,
"Torah" was found again spelled backwards, but this time every
forty-ninth (49) letter.
NAMES AND EVENTS
· Holocaust
· Deut. 10: 17-22 - Beginning with the second to
last appearance of the Hebrew letter "bet" in this passage, they
found every Thirteenth (13) letter, the phrase "b'yam
marah Auschwitz" which means "in the bitter
sea of Auschwitz." Also encoded in this passage were the
names of the other Nazi Concentration camp, "Belsen".
· Deut. 33:21 - Beginning with the letter (resh) that appeared in the Hebrew word "Yisreal," and counting every twenty-second (22) letter
from the left to right they found the phrase "re'tzach
alm" discribing the
Holocaust, which when translated, means "a people cry murder,
slaughter."
· Adolph Hitler
· Deut. 10: 17-22 - The word "Hitler"
spelled out in Hebrew was found every twenty-second (22) letter.
· Deut. 33:16 - Beginning with the first appearance
of the Hebrew letter "mem" and every two hundred and forty-sixth
(246) letter from left to right you find that the coded letters spelled out the
phrase, "Melek Natzim,"
which translates as the "king of the Nazis."
· Eichmann
· Deut. 32:52 - Beginning with the appearance of
the first letter (aleph) and counting from left to right every six hundred and
seventy (670) letters, the name "Aik'man"
is spelled, which is the Hebrew form of the name "Eichmann."
· Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
· "Sadat occurred together with the name of
the leader of the Moslem Brotherhood assassinating team that killed
him.......it contained the year of his assassination, 1981, and the
words "president," "gunfire," "shot'" and
'Murder".
· Desert Storm
· Beginning in Gen. 1:7 and continuing through the
rest of Genesis, Grant Jeffrey indicated at the Prophesy Conference in Irvine,Ca. on 27 Sept. 1996 that they had recently found
information in hidden code in scripture relating to Desert Storm. I
believe more details will be available in Grant's next book.
· The French Revolution
· Gen. 39,41 - "Another passage in the Book of
Genesis revealed a cluster of encoded words that deals with the French
Revolution. The following words are clustered ogether"
"Mapecha HaSarfatit"
which spells "the French Revolution" in Hebrew, "Louis,"
the name of the French king, and the word "Beit (house of Bourbon,")
his royal dynasty. In the same cluster were the following
words: "Hamarseilles" (the name
of the French anthem) and the word "Bastillia"
(the infamous French prison for political prisoners........"
OTHER HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
· Word pairs - "In their initial experiment,
.......the scientists arbitrarily chose three hundred (300) Hebrew word-pairs
that were logically related in meaning, such as hammer and anvil, or tree and
leaf, or man and woman." ".....the researchers were astonished to
find that every single word-pair had been located in Genesis in close proximity
to each other."
· King David's Ancestors
· Gen. 28 - " Every one of the five Hebrew
names of these ancestor of King
David (Pharez, Zerah, Boaz, Obed,
Jesse) were found encoded at forty-nine (49) letter intervals, hidden within
the text of Genesis 38".
· Famous Jewish Rabbi - "The Jewish
people celebrate the memory of their famous sages by commemorating their date
of death. Incredibly, the computer program found every single one of
the sixty-six names of these famous rabbis embedded in the text of Genesis
paired at significantly close proximity with their actual date of birth or
their date of death."
IS THE HEBREW BIBLE
UNIQUE TO GOD' S INSPIRED EMBEDDED CODES?
Grant points out that
"The researchers attempted to reproduce these results by running the
computer program on other religious Hebrew texts outside the Bible, including
the Samaritan Pentateuch. .......the researchers could not detect word pairs in
the Samaritan Pentateuch or any other Hebrew text outside the
Bible. In fact, an exhaustive analysis reveals that no other Hebrew
text outside the Old testament contains these mysterious codes, not even the
Hebrew apocryphal books written during the four hundred years before the birth
of Christ"
A WORD OF CAUTION
"No one can search
the Torah using these codes to foretell future events. The reason is
that it is impossible to extract the encoded information unless you already
know what the future facts are." "The prophet Isaiah
warned against false prophets and declared that only God can
Prophesy future events accurately
(Isa. 46: 9,10).
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"Computer tapes are
now available so that anyone with a computer can personally verify the
existence of these codes beneath the text of the Scriptures.
As Christians, we can
stand firm in the word and shout for joy. God has given us "the
words and the wisdom that none of our adversaries will be able to refute or
contradict", no matter how much they try!
PRAISE THE LORD!
SIGNS OF THE TIME
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Prepared by D. E. Davis
June 10, 1997
Prelude
How do we know that Jesus
is the one true God when there are so many religions, cultures and cults that
claim that they serve the one true god? How about Buddha, Allah?
Scripture says that God
alone knows the beginning from the end. The way that God establishes
His authority is through Biblical Prophesy. There
are over 500 prophesies that were prophesied over 2,000 years ago that have all
come to pass. There are still some Old Testament that have yet have
to be fulfilled (Daniel Ezekiel), but there has never been an event prophesied
that has not come to pass in it’s
time. 100% accuracy tells us that the God of the Bible is the only true
God. No one else in the history of the world, living or dead, can
make this claim.
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In Matthew 24:3, just
before Jesus' ascension into heaven, the disciples of Jesus ask Him what would
be the sign of His second coming. Over the centuries various groups
have attempted to guess when Christ would return to the earth to claim His
inheritance as promised throughout scripture. As we know, no one has
been right yet!. God clearly states in Matthew 24:36 that no man,
not even the angels, know the day or the time when Christ will return. Only God
the Father knows.
This summary is clearly
not another attempt to forecast this event. This summary does,
however, attempt to provide an awareness of what is happening around you so
that you will not be caught unaware. (Ref. Luke 21:34 and Matthew. 24:42).
ACT 17:11- Exhorts you
to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said is true.
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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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