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The Joshua and Caleb report
'Will not prefer one faith over another or favor religious
over secular organizations'
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – ““We may not know what the future holds, but we
know who holds the future.” - Apples of Gold- Julian Café,
Julian, Ca. (Prov. 25:11)
INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
· Current events reveal the future
· Would you be saved if you had a vision
of Hell?
· What does the word of God say about
race?
· Evangelicals and casual sex
· The Ant impostor
· WHEN HUMAN STRENGTH FAILS
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CURRENT EVENTS REVEAL THE FUTURE
Charisma
News – May 9, 2021 -- The familiar adage, “History repeats itself” has taken on
new meaning for me since early 2020, in light of world events. I
wondered, Why would God allow history to be repeated, unless earlier
events were intended to prepare God’s people for what lies ahead? It’s
one thing to learn from history, but quite another to intentionally mine
current events as preparation for the future.
This past year and several months, we have all been searching to
understand the times and gain wisdom and insight to the Lord’s plans and
timeline. We desperately want to understand and find solid ground–a sure
footing for our hope. This article shares the path of understanding I’ve been
on and much of what I’ve shared with my podcast audience.
First, what can we learn from history relative to our present
situation with all that has occurred since the onset of COVID-19? Was there
another time in recent history when evil dominated and people were controlled
concerning their thoughts and deeds? Yes. The time of Adolph Hitler’s Third
Reich and Nazi regime from 1933-1945. Evil clearly dominated during this time
through a few people who gained control over the masses, even to the extent of
seeking to exterminate the entire Jewish race–God’s chosen people. How did
these few in power gain control? Influenced by the anti-Christ spirit, the
enemy of God, Hitler understood whoever controls the media controls the minds
of the people. Nazi propaganda was the tool used to control the people–to
convince them and deceive them away from truth, bringing them to actually
support Hitler’s agenda–which in reality was the agenda of Satan. This gives
new insight to Ephesians 2:2 where Satan is referred to as the prince of the
power of the air.
Have we experienced similar control and propaganda in our
present realities? Yes. Looking at how media and government have partnered
especially with the reality of COVID-19, it seems the same Marxist playbook
used by Hitler is being used today. The same anti-Christ spirit that has sought
to overthrow God and destroy all that is important to God has been influencing
men and women in positions of leadership and power to gain control over the
masses. The ability of a few in positions of power to control the masses has
been shocking–at least to those who are unaware of history. Fear is the best
tool in the enemy’s arsenal which is why he uses it so liberally. Fear of the
virus, fear of contamination, fear of being sick or dying has allowed those in
leadership to rule over the people with illegal mandates and impositions in
violation of our basic human rights. We should learn, any time fear is being
promoted, the enemy is behind it.
What can the Bible offer us in terms of understanding and
restoration of hope for today? More than we need! Consider history with the
stories of Babel, Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah. In each situation the enemy of God
influenced people to choose evil according to the inclinations of their hearts,
which the Lord allowed to escalate but only to a point when He intervened.
Next, consider the future, prophetically revealed in the Bible. The End-Times
recorded in the book of Revelation provide the same pattern as history. The
enemy of God influences people who are inclined to evil with the plan of
overthrowing God to control and destroy all that is important to God, the
greatest of which are God’s people made in His image. How does God respond as
recorded in the book of Revelation? He allows all manner of evil to advance and
expose itself until in God’s perfect wisdom it is time to act. What does the
book of Revelation reveal will be God’s response to the evil in the End-Times?
He will arrest and contain all evil and wickedness and Christ will return to
reign and rule finally completing the victory over the enemy. This is God’s
pattern of dealing with evil, which should give us an overwhelming confident
hope.
Do our current events parallel the prophetic revelations of the
End-Times? Could these days be a forerunner given to us by God to prepare us
for the future? Yes, in my considered opinion. I believe what we have
experienced on a global scale with the advent of COVID-19 has been a “dress
rehearsal” of sorts that God intends to be used to fortify His people for the
end of the End-Times ahead of us. What we learn from all the events we’ve
endured since the advent of COVID-19 should be mined to the best of our ability
to help us in the future times of the Last Days.
I’m aware there are many people who believe we will all be
raptured to heaven before the onset of the Tribulation. If so, how can we
explain the references to the servants of God and the multitude of those robed
in white that chapter 7 reveals are the ones coming out of the Great
Tribulation? Additionally, how can we explain the First Beast being allowed to
make war against the saints and to conquer them and the call for endurance by
the saints recorded in chapter 13 and 14?
2 Peter 3:9 states, It is not God’s desire that any one should
perish, but all to have everlasting life, through faith in Jesus. It is however
the desire of the enemy of God to destroy all that is important to God, and
even God Himself if that were possible. However, God has graciously foretold us
about the events of the Last Days, with repeated assurance for the saints. We
have every reason to trust God will come through for us consistent with how He
has come through for His people in the past.
Seeking the Lord to help me discern current events and to have
prophetic insight as to what we can expect, I offer the following.
·
The
enemy of God has attempted to accelerate God’s timeline, to circumvent the
Great End-time Harvest of Souls for Christ. COVID-19 is the cloak he used to
prematurely create a one-world-order.
·
As
always, the enemy has attempted to control world circumstances and events
through men and women whose hearts are inclined to evil, so he would have
dominion over all the people.
·
God
has allowed the enemy to reveal himself and the people who have been working
with him to advance his plan of dominance, to cause those unaware to wake up to
truth.
·
All
the seven mountains of society: Religion, Government, Media, Education,
Arts/Entertainment, Business and Family, are being exposed in preparation for
God’s administration of justice.
·
God
has been exposing evil and corruption to wake people up to choose whether they
will align themselves with good or evil/God or Satan.
·
God
has already begun administering His justice, and will continue in greater
measure in the days and weeks ahead, which will be utterly shocking for many
people as they are awakened to the truth.
·
God’s
administration of justice will usher in the spirit of relief, rescue, and unity
that will usher in the Great Harvest of Souls the enemy sought to prevent.
·
The
atmosphere of the world will change from fear and dread to great joy with
righteousness reigning, offering us a foretaste of the atmosphere that the
world will experience with the return of Christ.
I
believe we have been exceedingly blessed to live during these times which I
believe is a prophetic parallel to the last of the Last Days. May we glean all
we can from this time on God’s timeline in preparation for the last of the Last
Days.
WOULD YOU BE SAVED IF YOU HAD A VISION OF HELL?
Charisma News – May 9, 2021 -- "Why
doesn't God just give everyone a vision of hell? Wouldn't everyone be saved
once they witnessed this actual place the Bible describes? Everyone would go to
heaven, and no one would suffer in hell. It's not fair that only some people
receive a vision from God."
These are just some of the statements
people make in regard to spiritual visions and the salvation of mankind. It
sounds so easy and solves the ongoing, moral dilemma of people being cast into
hell for eternity. This would be the obvious solution to God's problem with
mankind and their rejection of Jesus Christ. A vision of hell would save
everyone and cause them to turn from their sinful lifestyles, repent of their
unbelief and profess their need for Jesus. Or would it?
The Bible says that hearing the gospel
is what saves a person. If God gave a vision of hell to an unbeliever, they
would of course know hell is real and God exists. They would gain a mental
awareness of this reality. However, there would be no faith needed once they
witnessed hell. How do we reconcile the fact that faith is a requirement for
salvation? Since the Bible says that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the
Word of God, having a vision of hell would not bring about faith in a person. A
vision of hell would certainly shock and terrify a person. They would certainly
be filled with fear and concern. Out of desperation they might even begin to
seek out God. They also might not.
It's only a relationship with God
through Jesus Christ that saves people. Jesus died in our place, taking our
sins upon His flesh to wash away our sins with His blood. Each person must
repent of their sins, ask forgiveness and trust in what Jesus did on the cross.
This is how we are made right with God and become adopted into His family. A
vision will not save a person. Only the gospel message of Jesus Christ will.
WHAT DOES THE WORD OF GOD SAY ABOUT RACE?
Charisma News – May 9, 2021 -- Have you
ever heard the children's song "Jesus Loves the Little Children"? It
goes like this:
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus
loves the little children of the world.
Now this song teaches an important
truth: Our Savior loves everyone. But what about that middle part? "Red
and yellow, black and white?" Did you know that there is actually no such
thing as a black, white, red or yellow, person? You can test this yourself. If
you have a skin shade that's light, like mine, hold a piece of white paper up
to your face. All of the sudden, you look light brown! Or if you have a darker
shade of skin, hold a piece of black paper to your face. Chances are, your skin
is not technically "black"?
All humans are actually different shades
of brown because of a pigment called melanin. I only have a little melanin, so
my skin is lighter brown. Others have a little more pigment, so their skin is
middle brown. Still others have a lot of melanin, so their skin looks dark
brown. While there's a wide variety in shade, there's only one basic
color—brown! In fact, when you spend a lot of time in the sun, your body begins
to produce more melanin to guard your skin against the sun. That's the reason
you get a darker tan when you are outdoors a lot.
Now, some throw around the word
"race" to describe the differences we see in people. But there's
actually only one race, the human race. This is a concept that comes directly
out of the Bible. We're all descended from the first man, Adam, and the mother
of all living, Eve. Because of this, we're all one race, or "one
blood," as Paul puts it in his sermon in Acts. This biblical teaching was
confirmed when scientists mapped the human genome around the year 2000. They
confirmed that genetically we're all one race.
It would be more accurate to state that
there are physical differences between "people groups" or
"localized populations." The physical differences we see between
people such as eye shape or skin shade are very minor differences from a
genetic standpoint. Between any two people on the planet, there's only a .2%
genetic difference—that's really, really small. And of that .2% difference,
only .012% codes for what most consider "racial" differences at the
phenotype level—that's really, really, really small. There's actually more
variation within a group than between groups.
All of this makes perfect sense and
points back to the robust genetic code that God instilled in each one of us.
We're wonderfully made! But, because we're all descendants of sinful Adam and
Eve, that's why we all need the salvation that Jesus Christ has offered.
EVANGELICALS AND
CASUAL SEX
The Christian Post – May 5, 2021 -- Last
August, Pew Research announced the findings of a new study with a
provocative headline: “Half of Christians say casual sex is sometimes or always
acceptable.”
As is the case with many studies, a
“Christian” for the purposes of this study meant anyone who “identified” as
one, without taking into account orthodox belief or degree of commitment.
Still, the results are disturbing.
In
particular, what the study reveals about self-identified evangelicals is
especially troubling. According to Pew, less than half of evangelicals surveyed
were willing to say that casual sex is never acceptable. Seventeen percent said
casual sex was “rarely” acceptable. Twenty-four percent said that it was
sometimes so, and twelve percent (one in eight!) said that casual sex was
always acceptable.
Remember, these are evangelicals talking
about casual sex here or, as the survey defined it, “sex between
consenting adults who are not in a committed romantic relationship.” We’re
talking Tinder and the infamous “hook up” culture.
That any Christian would find
this behavior ever acceptable is astounding, but that more than
one-third of evangelicals are fine with occasional promiscuity? (The survey
also found that nearly three-in-five approve of cohabitation, with two-fifths
of them planning to doing so.)
At root, what this survey reveals is a failure of catechesis. Or, to be more precise, a
failure of the Church combined with the resounding success of cultural forces
to catechize. Specifically, churches have failed to teach young people a true,
Christian understanding of sex and the human body.
It will sound ridiculous to some,
especially those wounded by or obsessed with “purity culture,” to say that
churches haven’t catechized people about sexual morality. The popular
assumption is that Christians are always talking about sex!
Missing in these “hot takes” are two
things. First, we are a full generation past the heyday of “purity culture,” if
there ever was one. Since the 1990s, the pendulum has fully swung in the
opposite direction, more than overcompensating for any past stridency. It’s not
that many churches modified their views on sex outside of marriage; it’s that
they stopped talking about it. Or, when they did, many were so focused on
apologizing for how they did it in the past that they forgot to teach the
actual morality part in the present.
Either way, many young evangelicals
learned to be OK with causal sex and cohabitation in churches sounding what the
Apostle Paul called an “uncertain
trumpet” on the matter. Embarrassed by what
Christianity has to say about sex, the emphasis was placed on assuring people
that sexual sin is “no big deal,” no worse than any other sins, and that we shouldn’t
be too “judgy.”
Second, within those churches that did
continue to proclaim (and rightly so) that God cares about sexual behavior,
there was often a failure to connect sexual morality to God’s creative purposes
for sex (or, to put it differently to connect “the what” with “the why”). To
paraphrase T.S. Eliot, before we can know what to do with something, we need to
know what that something is for.
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THE ANT IMPOSTOR
Ephesians 4:14 “That we
[henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and]
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive…”
Creation Moments – Feb. 23, 2021 -- One
good method of avoiding attack in nature is to pretend that you are somebody
who should not be attacked. In the insect world, one of the most feared
creatures is the ant. Not only are ants ferocious, they also taste bad.
As a result, many insects mimic ants to
avoid predators. One of the most interesting groups of ant mimics is spiders.
Of course, even insects can count, so they know that ants have six legs while
spiders have eight. To solve this problem, some ant-mimicking spiders wave
their front two legs over their heads so they look like antenna. The ants don’t
seem to be fooled, however. Nevertheless, they will allow the spiders to hang
around so long as they stay out of trouble.
Some red ants have red spiders who mimic
them and black ants have some black spiders who mimic them. This suggests that
many insects can see color. Wasps that prey on one African red spider are no
match for the vicious red ant the spider sometimes mimics. The African red ant
can easily kill the wasp. This wasp also preys on a black spider. So the black spiders are often found among black ants that
are almost as dangerous as the African red ants.
Some modern scientists tell us that this appearance of
intelligence in insect behavior is nothing more than appearance. However, we
should not be as easily fooled as these wasps are by the spiders. There are
millions of similar evidences of intelligence in the creation, and they can’t
all be deceptive appearance!
WHEN HUMAN
STRENGTH FAILS
In 1
Corinthians 10:13, Paul says that God provides us an
escape route whenever we are tempted. But what happens when we refuse to take
the help and instead implement our own ideas? Eventually, our human strength
fails, and we give in to temptation. So it was with
King David. He’d experienced the Lord’s rescue countless times, but he still
allowed temptation to fill his mind and dictate his actions. And it came with
consequences.
In
today’s passage, we see that David took some time off and stayed at the palace,
which probably appeared harmless enough—one of the perks of being king. And
requesting Bathsheba’s presence must have seemed like a pathway to pleasure.
But these choices led to the murder of Bathsheba’s husband and set in motion a
cover-up. Ultimately, the Lord demanded an accounting.
Like
David, we may consider the company we keep, places we go, and choices we make
as relatively harmless. But later, after we’ve succumbed to temptation, we’re
filled with regret.
Fortunately,
that is not the end of the story for the king or for us. David’s heartfelt
repentance was accepted by God, and if we confess, ours will be, too (1
John 1:9). Ask the Lord today for discernment to
recognize the temptations in front of you and the strength to take His way of
escape.
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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
· America infected with moralistic
therapeutic Deism
· Why “Cancel Culture” can’t cancel the
Bible
· Biden Administration’s 100 days of death
· A “Super Blood Moon” is on the way, then
a “Ring of Fire”- Here’s what the Bible says about celestial signs
· CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING GOD
INTERESTING ARTICLES
AMERICA INFECTED
WITH MORALISTIC THERAPEUTIC DEISM
'Water-down, feel-good, fake Christianity'
most popular worldview today
Pollster George Barna,
chief of research at the Cultural Research Center, has concluded that America
is infected with "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism," or for the
layperson, "watered-down, feel-good, fake Christianity."
Barna's
organization at Arizona Christian University has released a
report explaining the beliefs first were identified among teens in the
early 2000s, and now as adults, they still embrace them, making MTD "the
most popular worldview in the United States today."
WND earlier reported on another
facet of the study results, which revealed that 94% of Americans don't hold a
biblical worldview, based on the responses people gave during half-hour
individual interviews.
Nearly four in 10 adults, 38%, "are
more likely to embrace elements of MTD" than other popular worldviews,
such as biblical theism, secular humanism, postmodernism, nihilism, Marxism and
its offshoot Critical Theory and Eastern Mysticism, the report said.
Three out of four accepting MTD,
however, still claim to be Christian.
But 95% do not consider obedience to God
to be success, 91% do not believe people are born into sin and need salvation
through Jesus, 88% say they get most of their moral guidance from outside the
Bible, and 76% say "good people" go to Heaven because they are, well,
"good."
"In this distorted version of
Christianity, the emphasis is on self rather than God, and on emotion rather
than truth. Those who adopt MTD views believe in innate human goodness and
kindness," Barna explained. "They view God
as a powerful but dispassionate observer who remains detached from human
experience, unless circumstances make Him the solution of last resort. They
believe that life is about individual happiness and that action producing positive
personal outcomes gives meaning and purpose to life."
He added, "MTD is more about
believing in and promoting the best interests of self-based on currently
popular cultural thinking. Its proponents are not likely to prioritize knowing,
loving, and serving a transcendent God.
In their view, the local church exists
primarily to offer supportive and upbeat community rather than worship,
service, holiness, or a genuine relationship with God. And MTD is abundantly
pluralistic, encouraging people to do whatever works or feels good rather than
that which fits with biblical principles."
Among those who express MTD beliefs, his
report noted, 75% do not believe God is the basis of all truth, 74% believe in
karma, 73% say having SOME religious faith is more important that WHAT faith,
and 71% do not believe the Bible is the true communication from God.
The CRC's "American Worldview
Inventory 2021" explains Moralistic Therapeutic Deism was first identified
by sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in their 2005
book, "Soul Searching: The Religions and Spiritual Lives of American
Teenagers," and requires little from adherents, mostly:
·
a
belief in a God who remains distant from people’s lives
·
people
are supposed to be good to each other (i.e., moral)
·
the
universal purpose of life of being happy and feeling good about oneself
·
there
are no absolute moral truths
·
God
allows "good people" into Heaven
·
God
places very limited demands on people
·
"Other errant beliefs possessed by
a majority of adults who are substantially influenced by MTD include that they
do not believe in the creation story, reject the existence of absolute moral
truth, deny the existence of the Holy Spirit and believe it is possible to
reach complete spiritual maturity in their lifetime," the CRC explained.
"Among racial and ethnic segments,
Hispanics (more than 40% of whom are Catholic) showed the greatest alignment
with MTD, with a majority of them (52%) drawing heavily or moderately from MTD
perspectives. A significant age gap was evident in the research, as well, as
those under age 50 were more than twice as likely as the 50-plus to find MTD
appealing," the report said.
"Barna
contends that MTD is a worldview that is defined and driven by current culture
more than by historic religious truths or a comprehensive and coherent
doctrine. Consequently, this approach to spirituality asks little of its
followers while providing the comfort, convenience, and community that those
followers long for," the CRC reported.
"The fact that a greater percentage
of people who call themselves Christian draw from Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
than from the Bible says a lot about the state of the Christian church in
America, in all of its manifestations," Barna
warned. "Simply and objectively stated, Christianity in this nation is
rotting from the inside out."
WHY 'CANCEL CULTURE' CAN'T CANCEL THE BIBLE
Charisma News – Mar. 27, 2021 -- It
seems no one these days is immune from being canceled. The names George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln are being removed from school buildings. J.K.
Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series, has been canceled because she
criticized the transgender movement. Even talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has
been attacked online because of reports that she mistreats her employees.
I'm not sure what was worse about
2020—the COVID-19 pandemic or the intolerance of "cancel culture"
that erupted in the past 12 months.
Naturally, Christians are worried that
rights to freedom of speech and religion will soon be taken away in this
hostile environment. What if Twitter, Facebook and YouTube ban Christian
content on their platforms? What if Google eliminates access to Christian
websites? Could America become like China, where government agents arrest
pastors for openly preaching the gospel?
I'm not a doom and gloom guy. I believe
the majority of politicians in this country still believe in liberty. Besides,
there aren't enough prison cells in this country to hold all the sincere
Christians who are willing to go to jail for their faith. But even if there was
a movement to stamp out Christianity in the United States, it wouldn't work.
Why do I say that with confidence? I
have read history. In spite of all the violent efforts to squelch religious
faith over the centuries, the gospel has continued to spread. Consider the
authors of the New Testament, who first introduced the truth about Jesus:
— Matthew was killed with a spear while
preaching in Ethiopia, around 60 A.D.
— Mark was killed by a mob in
Alexandria, Egypt. Tradition says they tied a rope around his neck and dragged
him through the streets until his body was unrecognizable.
— Luke, the beloved Gentile who traveled
with the apostle Paul, was supposedly hanged from an olive tree in central
Greece.
— John was banished to the Isle of
Patmos, off the coast of Turkey. He was "canceled," yet he was able
to write while imprisoned.
— Paul was probably beheaded in 67 A.D.
by Nero.
— Peter was supposedly killed in Rome
under the rule of Nero. Tradition says he was crucified upside down.
— James, the brother of Jesus and author
of the epistle of James, suffered martyrdom at the hands of his Jewish enemies.
The historian Josephus says James was stoned, while another early Christian
historian, Hegesippus, says he was thrown from a tower.
— Jude, another brother of Jesus who
wrote the short epistle of Jude, suffered a martyr's death. Some say he was
crucified; others say he was clubbed to death and then sawn in half.
All the authors of the New Testament
were "canceled." Yet that imperishable seed that fell to the ground
and died sprang to life again. Consider also the Old Testament prophets. Jewish
tradition says Isaiah was sawn in half, while Jeremiah was stoned to death in
Egypt. Ezekiel, Micah and Amos were also martyred.
Besides these authors of the Bible,
consider those brave saints who translated and distributed the Bible in the
early days.
John Wycliffe was branded a heretic by
the Catholic Church because he wanted to make the Bible accessible to everyone.
He was a thorn in the side to the corrupt bishops and priests he criticized.
Several years after his death in 1384, his writings were banned and his corpse
was exhumed and burned. But he became the forerunner of the Protestant
Reformation, and his ideas spread throughout Europe.
William Tyndale was arrested for heresy
in 1536 because he translated the Bible into English. He was tied to a stake
and strangled to death, and then his body was burned. But the contraband Bible
he published became the source of the King James Version of the Bible that
later was distributed all over England.
Even in the 1980s, Bibles had to be
smuggled into Soviet countries because communists had "canceled"
Christianity. Today, owning your own Bible in Saudi Arabia can land you in
prison. The same is true in North Korea, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iran. At least
50 countries in the world severely limit access to the Bible today.
In China, where many churches are still
persecuted and Bibles sometimes confiscated, copies of the Scriptures are
mass-produced by the Amity Printing Company there. In 2018, 80 million Bibles
had been printed for Chinese churches, plus 100 million for overseas
Christians. China actually produces one copy of the Bible every second!
In spite of all the confiscations,
raids, book burnings, crackdowns and cancellations of Christianity, the Bible
is the bestselling book of all time—with more than 5 billion copies published
in more than 2,000 languages. No matter how evil men attempt to cancel the
gospel, the apostle Paul's words in 2 Timothy 2:9b (NLT) are still true:
"But the word of God cannot be chained."
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S 100 DAYS OF DEATH
Charisma News – Apr. 30, 2021 -- When
Joe Biden ran for president, he made repeated promises to expand abortion and
undo many of the pro-life measures implemented under the Trump administration.
In the short time Biden has been in the White House, he has quickly worked to
ensure what will be a legacy of death.
Biden has appointed the most radical
pro-abortion administration in history, which includes Kamala Harris.
In 2015, Harris launched the
investigation into the work of Sandra Merritt and David Daleiden, the founder
of the Center for Medical Progress, after these citizen journalists discovered
and then produced videos documenting Planned Parenthood's illegal trafficking
of aborted baby body parts. Harris personally met with six Planned Parenthood
executives in March 2016 in Los Angeles.
Two weeks later, Harris ordered a search
warrant of Daleiden's home specifically seeking unreleased videos and documents.
Agents seized his laptop and multiple hard drives which should have been
protected by the California shield law which protects citizen journalists'
unpublished materials.
Planned Parenthood and Harris then
unleashed a vicious two-front attack which included 15 criminal charges and a
civil lawsuit seeking millions against these citizen journalists. As a result,
Merritt and Daleiden became the first undercover journalists to be charged with
a crime for undercover recordings made in the public interest in the history of
California.
During Biden's first 100 days, he has
signed 40 executive orders and 62 total executive actions (including executive
orders, memoranda and other actions) which reveal that this administration has
moved more aggressively than any other presidential administration to undue
federal pro-life policies and promote abortion.
Here are some actions the Biden
administration has taken to make good on their abortion promises: https://www.charismanews.com/us/85269-biden-administration-s-100-days-of-death
A 'SUPER BLOOD MOON' IS ON THE WAY, THEN
A 'RING OF FIRE' - HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT CELESTIAL SIGNS
Koenig’s Int’l News – Apr. 27, 2021 -- A
new lunar eclipse or "blood moon" is on the way, set to take place on
May 26, 2021, and it will be at least partially visible from eastern Asia,
Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and much of the Americas.
A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon
going through Earth's shadow in space. This particular one is being called a
Super Blood Moon, and it will be the first total eclipse since January 2019.
The eclipse will occur as the Moon gets closer to the Earth during its
orbit.
According to Forbes.com, this
"supermoon" full Moon will move into Earth's dark central umbral
shadow where it will appear as a "Blood Moon" for 15 minutes, briefly
turning the lunar surface a reddish-copper color.
Space.com explains a
Blood Moon occurs when the moon moves completely into the deepest part of
Earth's shadow, but the moon turns red instead of going black. The red color
comes from some of the sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere where it
gets bent and colors like blue or green are filtered out, leaving behind longer
wavelengths like the color red.
Biblical Implications of Blood Moons
Even though there are scientific
explanations for these types of Blood Moons, many Christians also see prophetic
implications behind them. That's because they're directly mentioned in
scripture.
A Blood Moon is foretold by the Bible in
the book of Joel 2:31 which states: "The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come."
Also
in Acts 2:20, "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come."
And, in the book of Revelations 6:12, a
blood moon also is prophesied: "And I beheld when he had opened the
sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood."
All of the scriptures refer to the moon turning
blood red as a heavenly sign the End Times are fast approaching.
Numerous "Blood Moon" events
have occurred throughout history since those passages were written, but Jesus
told his followers that we should observe the signs of the times, including
signs in the heavens. And some preachers claim the large number of Blood Moon
eclipses in recent years are just one of many signs that the end of the world
is drawing closer and could happen in the near future.
Students of biblical prophecy point to
other historic events like the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948,
the return of millions of Jews to the Holy Land, and potential precursors to
the biblical mark of the beast as further signs of the End Times.
'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Coming in
June: Go to https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2021/april/a-super-blood-moon-is-on-the-way-followed-by-a-ring-of-fire-heres-what-the-bible-says-about-celestial-phenomena
CONSEQUENCES OF
IGNORING GOD
People
all around us are disregarding God’s offer of salvation through faith in His
Son. If we look at their lives, it may not seem that they’re facing any divine
judgment, but we must remember that repercussions don’t always follow
immediately. Ignoring the Lord is rebellion and idolatry in His eyes, and unless
the offender turns to Him in humble repentance and faith, consequences will
come.
King
Manasseh of Judah stands as an example of what can happen when someone ignores
God. Despite the example of his godly father Hezekiah, Manasseh abandoned the
Lord and led his people into idolatry. He was deaf to God’s voice and carried
on with this evil for quite a while. But in time God finally got his attention
through a painful situation involving the Assyrian military. Humbled, Manasseh
repented and began obeying the Lord instead of ignoring Him.
Are
you sensitive to God’s voice, or does He have to bring hardship and suffering
into your life to get your attention? Disregarding Him is a serious matter, but
God is merciful and responds to the cries of a truly repentant heart
In
Touch Ministry.
THE GRACE THAT WE STAND IN IS MORE THAN WE DESERVE
SECTION II - SPECIAL ARTICLES/ BOOK
REVIEWS
IN THIS
SECTION:
· WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER WE DIE? (WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS)
· WHAT’S IN A
NAME?
· "BOB
PIERCE - THIS ONE THING I DO" - A
BOOKREVIEW/SUMMARY
· "THE
HIDDEN CODES OF THE BIBLE" - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
· "SIGNS
OF THE TIME” - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE?
By D.E. Davis
For Christians, we are told in Scripture in 2Cr 5:8 that to be
absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. For those who turn away
from God, we are told that they are eternally separated from God and go to a
place called Hell. Rev 14:11 says that
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and
ever.
The question that everyone ponders is: What really happens after we
die? Do we just lay dormant until the Lord takes us to be with him or until
judgement is handed out at the Great White Throne as called out in Rev. 20:11?
Are we conscience? Do we feel, touch, think, recognize loved ones, know what is
happening around us? All questions that we have ask ourselves, no doubt, at some
time in our life.
My own personal review of the Scriptures has led me to believe that
after we die, even though our body may be dead and buried, our Spirit is alive
and fully conscience. Chuck Missler likens this state
of conscienceness to the software that runs the
Computer; once the hardware goes, the software remains intact and available for
further applications.
There are two illustrations in the Bible that makes it clear as to
what happens after death, when we're in the spirit.
The first one is illustrated in the Luke account of Lazarus and the
rich man in Chapter 16. After death, Lazarus, a man of God, is escorted into
Abraham’s Bosom, a holding compartment in Hell for the Believers prior to the
Cross. The non-believing rich man was "buried" and went into a
separate compartment in Hell (Hades), apart from Abraham’s Bosom, where he was
in Torment according to Scripture. Both were in a Spirit state; yet by the
account, they could see each other and speak to each other.
The second account is in Revelation, where John is taken (in the
Spirit) to Heaven to see those things that shall come to pass prior to the
return of Jesus Christ to the Earth, or Second Coming (not the Rapture).
I had to conclude from the study, based on the following Scripture,
that all of the senses we have here on earth will be with us throughout
eternity, even unto death.
·
THE
ABILITY TO LOOK/SEE - Luke 16:23;Rev. 1:12;4:1,4; 5:1,2; 6:1,2,8,9; 7:1,2; 8:2;
9:1,17; 10:1,5; 13:1,2,3;14:1,6; 15:1,2; 16:13; 17:3,6; 18:1; 19:11,17,19;
20:1,4,11,12; 21:1,2,22; 22:8
·
THE
ABILITY TO HEAR - Rev. 1:10; 4:1; 5:11; 6:1,3,5,6,7; 7:4; 9:13,16; 10:4,8;
12:10; 14:2,13; 16:1,5,7; 18:4; 19:1,6; 21: 3; 22:8
·
THE
ABILITY TO BEHOLD ( to obtain knowledge of: understand: perceive) - Rev.
5:6,11; 6:5,8,12; 7:9; 8:13; 13:11
·
THE
ABILITY TO REASON - Luke 16:30
·
THE
ABILITY TO CRY (even though there will be no more crying in Heaven) - Rev.
5:4,5; Luke 16:24
·
THE
ABILITY TO SPEAK - Rev. 5:13; 10:9; 21:6,15; Luke 16:24, 29,30,31
·
THE
ABILITY TO FEEL/TOUCH - Luke 16:23, 24,25
·
THE
ABILITY TO REMEMBER - Luke 16:25
·
THE
ABILITY TO WONDER - Rev. 17:6
·
THE
ABILITY TO WRITE - Rev. 1:11; 10:4; 19:9
·
THE
ABILITY TO QUESTION - Rev. 7:13
·
THE
ABILITY TO TAKE (THE BOOK/ROD) - Rev. 10:8,9,10
·
THE
ABILITY TO FALL (ON KNEES) - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
·
THE
ABILITY TO STAND - Rev. 13:1
·
THE
ABILITY TO WORSHIP - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
·
THE
ABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS - Rev. 11:1
God has promised in 1 Thess 4:16 and 1
Cor. 15:52,53 that one day, we shall be reunited with Him in body and will be
transformed and conformed to Him - in the twinkling of an eye. We are also told
in Scripture that we shall see Him face to face- see the Lamb that was slain
for you and me. We know by His Word, that we will Praise Him, Worship Him and
Rule with Him.
One thing in the study that I found extremely fascinating was the
difference in treatment between Lazarus and the non-believing rich man.
Scripture says that Lazarus was escorted to Heaven by an Angel, but there is no
indication in Scripture about how the rich man arrived at Hell. Could it be
that God had a specific purpose why He chose not to tell us in Scripture?
Finally, knowing that others may have varying interpretations of
these Scriptures, I strongly urge you to review the Scriptures yourselves to
determine what you find as the truth according to God’s Word.
WHAT’S IN
A NAME?
For those who
wish you had some other name because you don't like the name you were given,
you had better think twice. It is most
likely that the name your parents picked out for you was not their choice but
God's choice. Let’ s face it, the word
of the Lord is true. That's why in Eph.
1:4, God proclaimed that He had chosen us from before the very beginning of the
world.
If you follow
the Genealogy of Adam in Genesis, Chapter 5 (*) you will receive an insight
into what importance God put in names - It's an exciting message:
Genealogy Meaning
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The
blessed God
Jared Shall
come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His
Death shall bring
Lamech The
Despairing
Noah Rest,
Comfort
Now let us look
at God’s Plan for Redemption:
"Man (is)
appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that)
His death shall bring (the) despairing rest."
Let us now look
at the Genealogy of Abraham (*):
Genealogy Meaning
Abraham Predestination
Isaac Called
Jacob Justified
Joseph Glorified
(*) Source:
Chuck Missler’s Briefing package: “A Walk Thru the
Bible”
WELL YOU
SAY! BUT THAT WAS ALL OLD TESTAMENT AND WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE FOR TODAY -
WOULD IT?
Well, let us see.................. As a Christian, did God not choose you by name at the same time he chose Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph - before the very foundation of the world? If God had a purpose for their name, would you expect anything less for your name since He chose you at the same time?
As a Christian,
You ought to thank God daily that you, by your given name, was written in the
Lamb's book of life before the very foundation of the world and that you will
be a partaker in all the promises of Rev
21:27.
Within the last
couple of years, researchers have found many startling discoveries through the
use of super computers, specifically, hidden codes that God supernaturally
placed within the Hebrew text of the Bible.
Over 2000 years ago, the names of historical and current leader’s names
were placed in the Bible. Such names as Adolph Hitler, Eichmann, Arafat, Peres,
Rabin, Rabin's murderer Amir, Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Saddan
Hussein, George Bush, Schwarzkoph, Peter Arnet (CNN), Timithy McVeigh,
Bill Clinton.
Do you think
that God would limit His calling out to just those who had a highly visible
historical impact on this world? There
is no doubt that He had a purpose in doing this, if nothing else, just to get
your attention that He is the Creator; that He alone knows the beginning from
the end.
It is my firm
belief that as we advance further with our computer technology and peel back
the layers of the Hebrew text of the scriptures, we will make many more
startling and exciting discoveries. One
being that God has written each and every one of our names in His Word.
HERE IS WHAT GOD
SAID: Isaiah 66:22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will
make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain."
BOOK REVIEW by D. E. Davis (September 1997)
BOB
PIERCE -"THIS ONE THING I DO"
By Franklin Graham with Jeanette Lockerbie
It is amazing the worlds that open up to an individual, once the
Power of the Holy Spirit comes upon him. Just three years ago, where once I was
blind to Missions, to all the inspired men and women God has called to service
and the multitude of people all over the world who have been saved, new worlds
are ever opening to me to see how awesome the power of God is in our Christian
lives.
Such was the power and strength of faith Bob Pierce had in our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is
difficult for me to even attempt to
assess where God has put Bob along with other past great men of the faith, but
from what I read about his life with Christ, he certainly had his eyes focused
on Jesus! I personally feel inadequate
and humbled to even put in words, my thoughts about this man. Bob was a man Blessed by God. I feel sad that I never had an opportunity to
know him, but look forward to meeting him one day in heaven.
If ever there was a verse of scripture that represented Bob Pierce,
it had to be the title of this book as taken from Philippians 3:13,14
".......this one thing I do,....I press toward the mark for the prize of
the high calling of God in Jesus Christ."
Bob was raised in Los Angeles and at the age of 12, gave his life
to Christ and was baptized in the Nazarene Church. "God simply called me
to give my heart to Jesus, and I followed Him." He died in 1978 of leukemia but lived his
life for Christ in between in between those dates as if Christ was coming
tomorrow and he still had to witness to the whole world before dawn broke. Throughout his career, he dedicated his life
mainly to Missions and over the years was responsible for founding such World
re-noun programs as "World Vision", an organization dedicated to
meeting the emergency needs in crisis areas such as Korea after the Korean
war. During that time of need, he
established a Korean Orphanage, serving
over 30 thousand Korean war orphans. Bob
was also responsible for starting the World re-noun Korean Orphan's Choir. As an outgrowth of "World Vision"
he founded "World Medical Mission" which covered all emergency
medical needs in countries all over the world which had no medical
facilities. He was also founder of
"Samaritan's Purse" and organization dedicated to funding World
emergency need, no matter where they were.
These organizations are still meeting the needs of those in crisis
today.
If his work through these organizations was not enough, he became a
United Nations War Correspondent during World War II; was Co-founder for
"Youth for Christ"; and became a Motion Picture producer/Radio
program host, author and a lecturer, but first and last, he always considered
himself an evangelist! Even though Bob knew that he was "extraordinarily
gifted by God, he was never impressed with himself - he considered himself just
an earthly vessel, available at all times for the exclusive use of the
Lord".
In his own words, he had "many flaws, failings but had
abundant faith in God who lives and cares about people."
If I had to pick four areas of the Christian life that I feel truly
represented Bob Pierce, they would be 1) Unwavering Faith, 2) Compassion for
others, 3) Obedience to God and 4) Commitment to accomplish the Will of God in
his life.
From the Beginning, Bob knew his calling was for Missions to the
Asian Countries. His first mission led
him through Hawaii to Hong Kong and eventually to China. Getting to China was his first big test of
faith - he had no money, even for the first leg to Hawaii. Bob held the opinion that God knows ones
needs already and if He has called you to a task, He will provide and enable
you - just move out! He did just that and went to the L.A. airport that day
without any money in his pocket. His
faith paid off as God provided the funding for each leg of his trip just at the
moment he needed it. This was the norm
rather than the exception throughout his
career as an evangelist. What ever it was, where ever
it was, if God called, Bob would act no matter what the circumstance......he
knew that God would always provide.....and He did!
Bob had a compassion for the spiritually and physically suffering
of the world. "He was the friend of
the little people, the forgotten, the hurting, the maimed, the unheard and the
unsung". Bob's theme was "Let
my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God". It was
Bob's personal belief that "wherever you find men and women who really
love Jesus Christ, you find the compassion of Christ spilling out of them to
meet human need." Over the years World Vision, Samaritan's Purse and other
organizations like them; one in particular, Mission Aviation Fellowship Pilots
(MAF), who flew Missionaries around the world in crisis situations, helped so
many helpless and needy men, women and children. They knew first
hand the healing power of God.
Bob dared it all to be obedient to the Lord's call. Once he had in focus the mission that God
wanted him to accomplish, he followed in Faith to bring the unsaved to
Christ. It was his opinion that "
If you are an ambassador, act like one!"- no matter where you are. Bob
would bring to memory how other great men of Faith were obedient even in the
face of death. During World War II, a
young South Korean Pastor, Mr. Im was mistaken for a
North Korean Communist and imprisoned.
During his internment, he would go around camp singing "Jesus Loves
Me" and other Christian songs. He
not only uplifted and inspired other fellow Christian prisoners to come
together, he brought many more to Christ.
Together he and another prisoner, Chaplain Voelkel,
established a Bible Study where over 6,000 prisoners finished a six month Bible Study.
Six Hundred (600) of those finishing the Bible Study became pastors and came back to Korea to
preach the Gospel. In another instance,
he related how a Korean school teacher was put to death in front of his
students because of his faith and obedience to the Lord.
To be an ambassador for the Lord "is one of the greatest
things that could ever have happened to anyone - to let God put a fish hook
into you so deep that there is no way of ever getting off the hook."
"Bob did one thing all
of his life, and that was to lead people to the foot of the Cross where they
would put their faith in a risen Lord Jesus Christ. He lived every minute completely amazed that
God could use him. No matter how much he
was able to do in how many places, it was never enough." This was the kind of commitment Bob made to
Jesus; "to commit yourself, give yourself away
to God irrevocably, forever. Say to Him,
go ahead and burn me up. Spend me. Eat me up.
Use me for you Glory." And that's exactly what he did.
Being a man of God was not always easy for Bob and he paid a high
price. In one measure or another he had
to forsake his wife, his family, his Mother and Father, his brothers and
sisters and other worldly possessions to follow Jesus. He not only lost his health, he lost his
Daughter, Sharon, to death.
Committing your life to Christ in a Godless society is never easy;
many times you feel like you may be the only one
putting your life, your self image, your social
acceptance on the line. As Bob came to
realize, ". Someone has to go and
pay that humiliating price of literally letting your ego be stomped on- not
just pushed in and suppressed, but laid out there for people to stomp on. We need to do this by the grace of God with
love and patience: sow the seed on rocky soil, nurture it, and maybe never be
applauded."
Committing your life to Christ really comes down to this; What really
matters
to you in Life?
On his death bed in the City of Hope, Bob left us this one message
- "I don't care what you have attempted. What you have succeeded at, or
what has been your work in Christ's name while you are here on earth - only one
thing matters when you have reached the last step before you go to stand before
Christ:
- Did you tell men and women who Jesus is?
- Did you bring them to some comprehension of His redeeming love?
- Did you make it plain to them that He alone can pay their way to
heaven throughout His atoning death on the cross?"
Such was the life of a man of God, Bob Pierce.
HIDDEN CODES OF THE BIBLE
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ACT 17:11 - Exhorts you to daily review the scriptures
to see if what is being said is true
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Other reading: "The Hebrew Factor" by Yacov
Rambsel
Prepared
by D. E. Davis
Daniel 12: 4 - "But thou, O Daniel, shut
up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to
and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
Here is undeniable proof, the third in the
series, that every word, every letter and every punctuation in Bible text was
put their by the inspiration
of God. It gives new meaning to the
words "increase knowledge".
It's just one of the many signs, and without a doubt, the most exciting
revelation that God said he would reveal to man in the "end
time". As you will see, God has
put his signature throughout the Bible, has revealed History before it ever
happened, all through hidden codes that were supernaturally placed into text
which was written over 2,000 years ago; which could only be found with today's
computer technological advances. The
codes are found in what scholars call
"Equidistant Letter Sequences" or ESL. That is, each sequential letter in an encoded
word or phrase was found the same distance apart numerically; The exact
interval designed by God.
Actually, the discovery of hidden codes in
scripture dates back to before WWI and it was not until 1988 that the use of
computers were able to detect a significant amount of
coding in scripture. Since then, the
research that Grant Jeffrey and others have done has just exploded and new
discoveries are happening every day.
Here is a summary of what has been found and
outlined in Grant's book, referenced above.
It is my understanding that he is in the process of writing another book
to tell what he has found subsequent to "The Signature of God".
Luke 21:15 - " For I will give you a
mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay
(refute) nor resist."
Proverbs 25:2 - "It is the glory of God
to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter."
What follows is what most of the human race
would find hard to believe. It
unfathomable to think that the Hebrew Bible, containing 304,805 Hebrew letters,
written by 40 individuals could contain hidden messages that if one letter was
taken out of the text, one word was removed, the hidden message could not be
revealed......yet the message has been sustained for over 2,000 years and has
been revealed to man just as Jesus said it would be. Jesus has actually placed His name and other
messages about Himself into text which proves he is the creator of all; King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.
GOD'S
SIGNATURE
God has personally signed scriptures
throughout the Old and New Testaments in various ways. For example in the
Old Testament, he has encoded his name, Jesus, in the following scripture:
God has also encoded unbelievable detail
about many of the things we read about and which touch our lives daily. For example, he outlines:
PLACES
AND THINGS
·
Gen. 2: 4-10 -
The key word "Eden" was spelled out sixteen (16) times in the span of
379 Hebrew letters. The letters were all
equidistant from each other.
·
Gen. 2 - In this
chapter which deals with the garden of Eden, scientists found encoded in the
Hebrew text, Twenty-five (25) names of trees that were in the
Garden of Eden.
·
Gen. 1:1 - Starting with the first appearance of the
Hebrew letter "Tav", the word
"Torah" was found every 50th letter.
·
Ex. 1: 1 - Again, starting with the first appearance of
the letter "Tav" and counting every 50th
letter, the word "Torah" was spelled. Num./Deut. - In the book of Numbers the word "Torah" was found spelled
backwards every 50th letter. In the book
of Deuteronomy, "Torah" was found again spelled backwards, but this
time every forty-ninth (49) letter.
NAMES
AND EVENTS
·
Holocaust
·
Deut. 10: 17-22 - Beginning with the second to last
appearance of the Hebrew letter "bet" in this passage, they found
every Thirteenth (13) letter, the phrase "b'yam marah Auschwitz" which means "in the bitter sea
of Auschwitz." Also encoded in
this passage were the names of the other Nazi Concentration camp,
"Belsen".
·
Deut. 33:21 - Beginning with the letter (resh) that appeared in the Hebrew word "Yisreal," and counting every twenty-second (22) letter
from the left to right they found the phrase "re'tzach
alm" discribing the
Holocaust, which when translated, means "a people cry murder,
slaughter."
·
Adolph Hitler
·
Deut. 10: 17-22 - The word "Hitler" spelled
out in Hebrew was found every twenty-second (22) letter.
·
Deut. 33:16 - Beginning with the first appearance of the
Hebrew letter "mem" and every two hundred and forty-sixth (246)
letter from left to right you find that the coded letters spelled out the
phrase, "Melek Natzim,"
which translates as the "king of the Nazis."
·
Eichmann
·
Deut. 32:52 - Beginning with the appearance of the first
letter (aleph) and counting from left to right every six hundred and seventy
(670) letters, the name "Aik'man" is
spelled, which is the Hebrew form of the name "Eichmann."
·
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
·
"Sadat occurred together with the name of the
leader of the Moslem Brotherhood
assassinating team that killed him.......it contained the year of his
assassination, 1981, and the words
"president," "gunfire," "shot'" and
'Murder".
·
Desert Storm
·
Beginning in Gen. 1:7 and continuing through the rest of
Genesis, Grant Jeffrey indicated at the Prophesy Conference in Irvine,Ca. on 27 Sept. 1996 that they had recently found
information in hidden code in scripture relating to Desert Storm. I believe more details will be available in
Grant's next book.
·
The French Revolution
·
Gen. 39,41 - "Another passage in the Book of
Genesis revealed a cluster of encoded words that deals with the French Revolution. The following words are clustered ogether" "Mapecha HaSarfatit" which spells "the French
Revolution" in Hebrew, "Louis," the name of the French king, and
the word "Beit (house of Bourbon,") his royal dynasty. In the same cluster were the following
words: "Hamarseilles"
(the name of the French anthem) and the word "Bastillia"
(the infamous French prison for political prisoners........"
OTHER
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
·
Word pairs - "In their initial experiment,
.......the scientists arbitrarily chose three hundred (300) Hebrew word-pairs
that were logically related in meaning, such as hammer and anvil, or tree and
leaf, or man and woman." ".....the researchers were astonished to
find that every single word-pair had been located in Genesis in close proximity
to each other."
·
King David's Ancestors
·
Gen. 28 - " Every one of the five Hebrew names of
these ancestor of King
David (Pharez, Zerah, Boaz, Obed, Jesse) were
found encoded at forty-nine (49) letter intervals, hidden within the text of Genesis
38".
·
Famous Jewish Rabbi -
"The Jewish people celebrate the memory of their famous sages by
commemorating their date of death.
Incredibly, the computer program found every single one of the sixty-six
names of these famous rabbis embedded in the text of Genesis paired at
significantly close proximity with their actual date of birth or their date of
death."
IS
THE HEBREW BIBLE UNIQUE TO GOD' S INSPIRED EMBEDDED CODES?
Grant points out that "The researchers
attempted to reproduce these results by running the computer program on other
religious Hebrew texts outside the Bible, including the Samaritan Pentateuch.
.......the researchers could not detect word pairs in the Samaritan Pentateuch
or any other Hebrew text outside the Bible.
In fact, an exhaustive analysis reveals that no other Hebrew text
outside the Old testament contains these mysterious codes, not even the Hebrew
apocryphal books written during the four hundred years before the birth of
Christ"
A
WORD OF CAUTION
"No one can search the Torah using these
codes to foretell future events. The
reason is that it is impossible to extract the encoded information unless you
already know what the future facts are."
"The prophet Isaiah warned against false prophets and declared that
only God can Prophesy future events
accurately
(Isa. 46: 9,10).
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"Computer tapes are now available so
that anyone with a computer can personally verify the existence of these codes
beneath the text of the Scriptures.
As Christians, we can stand firm in the word and shout for joy. God has given us "the words and the wisdom that none of our adversaries will be able to refute or contradict", no matter how much they try!
PRAISE
THE LORD!
SIGNS OF THE TIME
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Prepared by D. E. Davis
June 10, 1997
Prelude
How do we know that Jesus is the one true God when there
are so many religions, cultures and cults that claim that they serve the one
true god? How about Buddha, Allah?
Scripture says that God alone knows the beginning from the
end. The way that God establishes His
authority is through Biblical Prophesy. There are over 500 prophesies that were
prophesied over 2,000 years ago that have all come to pass. There are still some Old Testament that have
yet have to be fulfilled (Daniel Ezekiel), but there has never been an event
prophesied that has not come to pass in it’s
time. 100% accuracy tells us that the God of the Bible is the only true
God. No one else in the history of the
world, living or dead, can make this claim.
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In Matthew 24:3, just before Jesus' ascension
into heaven, the disciples of Jesus ask Him what would be the sign of His
second coming. Over the centuries
various groups have attempted to guess when Christ would return to the earth to
claim His inheritance as promised throughout scripture. As we know, no one has been right yet!. God clearly states in Matthew 24:36 that no
man, not even the angels, know the day or the time when Christ will return.
Only God the Father knows.
This summary is
clearly not another attempt to forecast this event. This summary does, however, attempt to
provide an awareness of what is happening around you so that you will not be
caught unaware. (Ref. Luke 21:34 and Matthew. 24:42).
ACT
17:11- Exhorts you to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said
is true.
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----------------------THE
SIGNS OF THE TIME-------------------
Grant Jeffrey has done a wonderful job of
providing critical information about events that are happening in this
generation that all Christians need to know;
Events that were prophesied over 2,500 years ago. Approximately 90% of the material contained
herein was extracted and summarized from Grant's book. I highly recommend reading this book as it
contains so much more that you will want to know.
THE
REBIRTH OF ISRAEL
The rebirth of Israel was prophesied in
several scriptures throughout the Bible.
Isaiah 66: 8 predicted that Israel would be born again in
"one" day. Ezekiel 4:3-6 and Levitcus 26:18
foretold the exact number of days that it would take Israel to re-establish
themselves as a nation in the last days. ( The exact calculation can be found
in Grant Jeffrey's book referenced above). On May 14, 1948, the Jews proclaimed
their independence of the reborn state of Israel.....The exact day that was
predicted over twenty-five (25) centuries ago.......No other ancient nation
ever ceased to exist for a period of centuries and then returned to take its
place on the stage of world history."
PRESENT
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
In Psalms 83:2-8, God inspired King David to
predict that upon Israel's rebirth as a nation it would be immediately
surrounded by their enemies. The modern
names of those nations named in scripture include Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
and Syria....the nations that have now joined the Palestinians in their attempt
to destroy Israel.
In Gen. 12: 3, God has promised to punish those nations that
come against Israel. "I will bless
them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
RESTORATION
OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
When Israel was captured by Nebuchadnezzar in
approx. 562 B.C., Israel was no longer allowed to speak the Hebrew language,
but had to learn the language of the Chaldeans.
The Lord predicted, however, through Zephaniah 3:9, that he would
restore a pure language to Israel so that they may "serve him with one
consent". It was in the early part
of this Century that the Hebrew language was revived from the dead language. Today, Hebrew is a living language to over 5
million Israelis.
THE
FERTILITY OF ISRAEL
In
Isaiah 27:6; 35:7 and Joel 2:23, the Lord prophesied through these
prophets that the deserted, unproductive, barren land of Israel would once
again become productive in the last days and that Israel would experience
tremendous increases of rain. Ever since
Israel has returned to the land, they have flourished in the land and now
supply over 90 percent of the citrus fruit consumed in Europe. Rainfall has increased by more than "10
percent every decade for the last century and Israel has planted in excess of
two hundred (200) million trees and transformed the complete environment of the
Promised Land." According to the
United Nations, Israel is now "the most agriculturally efficient land on
earth."
THE
UNWALLED CITY
Ezekiel 38:11 speaks of the future invasion
of Gog and Magog (Russia) saying "And thou shalt say, I will go up to the
land of un-walled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell
safely, all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates".
Grant explains that "even army bases and Israel's settlements in the West
Bank and Gaza have no walls today.........How could Ezekiel have known
twenty-five centuries ago that the development of modern weapons such as bombs,
airplanes and missiles, would have made walls and gates irrelevant for
defensive purposes in the last days. In
the ancient past even small villages as well as cities depended on walls for
defense against invading armies."
PLANS
FOR REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
Revelations 11:1, 2 foretells of Israel
rebuilding the Temple in the last days.
There is much controversy between the Israelis and the Muslim's because
the Dome of the Rock (Al-Aqsa Mosque) it is believed, sits on the very spot
where the Temple is suppose to
be built. In recent years, however,
aerial Infra-red photography shows that this may not be the case. Ezekiel 44:14-18, tell
about the sacred vessels and linen robes that must be used in the Temple. "The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has
already prepared over 75 of the objects, vessels, and linen garments required
for future Temple service.......over 500 men from the tribe of Levi have
already been trained to fulfill the duties of Temple worship and
sacrifice."
Update:
Just recently in the Washington Post on May
28, 1997, it was reported that a 10 month old heifer named "Melody" is the first
red heifer to be born in Israel in over 2,000 years. "In ancient times, the ashes of a red
heifer were mixed with spring water to purify high priests before they entered
the Temple."
THE
REBUILDING OF BABYLON
We know that the old city of Babylon (now
called Iraq) will be built again in the end times because Isaiah 13:6, 19
foretells of its destruction. In Isaiah
34:8-10 it is prophesied that the rebuilt City of Babylon will burn for ever.
"As unlikely as it seems, the Iraqi
government of Saddam Hussein has spent over one billion dollars rebuilding the
ancient city of Babylon and intends that it will become the center of their
future renewed Babylonian Empire.
Interestingly, the whole city of Babylon was built over an underground
lake of asphalt and oil."
THE
ANOINTING OIL
The prophet Daniel prophesied in Dan. 9:24
that the when Jesus returns, that the most Holy of Holies will be anointed with
the anointing oil. "One of the five
ingredients, afars' mon, was thought lost forever,
when the Temple was destroyed in A.D. 70 and the only two groves of afars'mon trees in existence were burned
to the ground. Incredibly, several years ago, archeologists
in Israel found a clay flask buried near the Dead Sea caves filled with the
ancient oil of anointing. Scientists confirmed
that the oil is two thousand years old and is composed of the precise
ingredients described in Exodus 30:25,26."
PESTILENCE/FAMINES/EARTHQUAKES
Matthew 24:7 prophesied that in the last days
"For nation shall rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilence, and earthquakes, in divers (various)
places." Grand Jeffrey writes
regarding these matters:
·
Pestilence - In 1991, the Central Intelligence Agency
produced a report which "concluded that up to 75% of the population of
Africa living in the area south of the Sahara Desert may become infected with
AIDS over the next 12 years. This will
mean the death by AIDS of over three hundred million people in Africa alone. In July 1991, the South African Medical
Journal reported that a staggering 47% of black male and female blood donors
tested positive for AIDS during 1989."
In Nov. 1996, the
Associated Press reported that "Sexually transmitted diseases are
diagnosed 12 million times a year in the United States - including a staggering
3 million cases among teen-agers".
·
Famine - The
United Nations today "claim that over thirty million in Africa are now at
risk of dying from the most devastating famine in this century. The UN estimates that one billion people are
in danger of starvation while another billion lack proper nutrition. North American food reserves (grain and corn)
are at the lowest level in sixty years."
·
Major killer earthquakes – “Major Killer earthquakes
(7.2 or greater on the Richter scale) occurred
only once per decade throughout history until our century. However, since A. D. 1900, the growth in
major earthquakes has been
relentless. From 1900 to 1949 it
averaged three major quakes per decade.
From 1949 the increase became awesome with 9 killer quakes in the 1950's;
13 in the 1960's; 56 in the 1970's and an amazing 74 major quakes in the
1980's. Finally, in the 1990's, at the
present rate, we will experience 125 major killer quakes in this decade."
WORLD
WIDE COMMUNICATION
In Revelation 11:9,10, it is prophesied that
during the tribulation period, the antichrist will have the two witnesses that
God sent killed and their bodies will lay in the street for three and a half
days while the whole world watches.
Did not the whole world watch Desert Storm on
CNN television? With all the
technological advances in telecommunications, including the recent opening of
the World Wide Net to our computer industry, any event
happening in any part of the world can now be viewed while it is
happening. The prophesy of the two witnesses could literally be fulfilled
today. This could not have happened just
10 or 15 years ago.
INCREASED
KNOWLEDGE AND TRAVEL
Daniel 12:4 prophesies how much knowledge and
travel will increase in the end time. "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words,
and seal the Book, even to the time of the end:
Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall
be increased."
Today, it is estimated that "Human
knowledge is growing so quickly that it literally doubles every twenty-four
months." With the discovery through
the use of modern "Super" computers by Grant Jeffrey and other
researchers of the hidden codes that God supernaturally designed into the
original Hebrew text of the Torah describing not only the history of the world
in advance, but also verifying his Authority through His personal signature
throughout his scripture, we realize that God chose this generation to reveal
this unique aspect about himself.
It is also amazing that in this century, we
have gone from horses to cars, from cars to supersonic spacecraft; not only can
we now travel the world in a matter of hours, but in the case of the U.S. Space
Shuttle Discovery, we can now travel at speeds in excess of eighteen thousand
miles per hour.
REVIVAL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Daniel 2:40-44 predicts that the old Roman
Empire will be revived in the end times into a ten Nation alliance. We currently see the foundation being laid
today through the European Economic Community. "In 1957, six (6) Countries
signed the Treaty of Rome laying the foundation for the future United States of
Europe.............Since then the Maastricht Treaty consolidated the fifteen
(15) Nations of the European Union into the worlds
first superstate." All it will take
is the re-shuffling and/or the consolidation of Nations to bring this prophesy
to a literal fulfillment.
ODDS
THAT THESE PROPHECIES WERE FULFILLED BY CHANCE IN THIS GENERATION
"In the Bible there are several types of
generations. One generation is defined
as the length of life of the average person - seventy or eighty years. However, a generation of governing is usually
defined as forty years,...........During the last two thousand years since the
days of Christ, there were fifty such forty-year generations. Therefore, the odds are one chance in fifty
that any one of these specific prophecies happened by chance in our generation
rather than some other generation."
"The odds that more than one event
happening in our life time are:
"Another way of looking at this is that
the chance that the prophets of the Bible correctly guessed these prophecies is
also one in 97,500 trillion............in other words, it is simply impossible
that men alone could
have written the Bible without the
supernatural assistance and inspiration of God."
Matthew 24:32-35 - "Now learn a parable
of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise
ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the
doors. Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away."
Luke 21:28 - "And when these things
begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh."
ANTI-CHRIST
TO BE REVEALED
As of today, no one knows who the Anti-Christ
is, but we do know what God has told us about him:
Many people try to spiritualize or say the
events prophesied in the Bible are just symbolic. Any doubt about how God handles these
prophetic events should have been erased on May 14,1948. God is literally fulfilling scriptural
prophesy before our very eyes. Can we
expect anything less for those few remaining prophesies for which He has promised
the world; 1) the removal of the one who restrains the man of lawlessness/Sin
(the rapture of the Church), 2) His second coming to take possession of His
inheritance, 3) The millennial kingdom
and 4) the new heaven and new earth.
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Ezekiel 33:6 - "But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people
be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is
taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's
hand."
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