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OF JORDAN LIES ABOUT ISRAEL PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS
This is about Jordan’s
control of the Temple Mount as a primary custodian and the recognition of a two
State Solution by Biben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX8toWWbJk8
URL – WARNING! BIDEN
HANDING OVER U.S. SOVEREIGNTY TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Please take seriously the severity of this existential threat to
everything free people hold dear. Do everything in your power to pass this
report on to others and to find ways to communicate with and to influence
people to stop empowering WHO to take over our national sovereignty and
freedom.
https://www.americaoutloud.com/biden-handing-over-u-s-sovereignty-to-who/
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THOUGHT FOR
THE WEEK – “Idolatry is not just the worship of a graven image, but putting
one’s chief affections on any object or person instead of on God. Witchcraft is sorcery, that is, tampering
with the powers of evil. This would
include dabbling in the occult”– Footnote KJV Study Bible:
Gal. 5:22
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Biden
assures Abdullah US recognizes Jordan as custodian of Holy places
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Wow
to those who call evil good
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God
uses the unlikely in post-leak, Pro-Life protests at Supreme Court Building
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Occult
with your fries? McDonald’s turns to demonic
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Is
Pope Francis promoting Witchcraft unknowingly?
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DISCOVERING
LIFE’S PURPOSE
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BIDEN
ASSURES ABDULLAH US RECOGNIZES JORDAN AS CUSTODIAN OF JERUSALUM’S HOLY PLACES
Koenig’s Int’l News –
May 14, 2022 -- “The President recognized the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s
crucial role as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem,” the White
House says.
US President Joe Biden
met on Friday with King Abdullah II of Jordan “and reaffirmed the close and enduring
nature of the friendship between the United States and Jordan,” the White House
said.
According to a readout
of the conversation, Jordan is a critical ally and force for stability in the
Middle East, “and the President confirmed unwavering US support for Jordan and
His Majesty’s leadership.”
“The leaders consulted
on recent events in the region and discussed urgent mechanisms to stem
violence, calm rhetoric and reduce tensions in Israel and the West Bank,” the
White House said.
Biden meets King
Abdullah to discuss Temple Mount tensions
The statement goes on
to say that Biden affirmed his “strong support for a two-state solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and cited the need to preserve the historic status
quo at the Haram
al-Sharif/Temple Mount.”
“The president also
recognized the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s crucial role as the custodian of
Muslim holy places in Jerusalem,” the White House said.
WOE TO THOSE WHO CALL
EVIL GOOD
Charisma News – May 9, 2022 -- The title of this article comes
from the oft-quoted Isaiah 5:20 (NKJV): "Woe to those who call evil good,
and good evil." Isaiah's "woe" was designed to awaken and
convict the nation to turn back to God before the hammer dropped. Sadly, that
didn't happen. A lack of fear, repentance and reverence for God led to physical
and spiritual judgment.
In the Bible, the word woe carries
the idea of impending judgment brought on by the wrath of God in sin. It
signifies overwhelming grief, sorrow, and regret, accompanied by suffering.
The word woe adds a
power-packed punch to what the prophet Isaiah is vocalizing. In essence he is
saying, "Listen, this is serious! If you don't heed my advice, the
judgment and justice of God will fall, and the hammer will hit hard."
It's been said that not even Sodom and
Gomorrah reached the level of decadence that we see today in America. Praise
God for the remnant and the churches that intercede. In my opinion, they are
the only thing keeping God's judgment at bay.
Sin Fascinates Before It Assassinates
When Isaiah pronounced this "woe,"
the nation of Israel had become comfortable in their sin. Moral conviction was
fading and obedience to God was passé. As a result, they began to compromise
and drift further from God. They were calling evil good and good evil. Two of
the top evils were infanticide (laying their newborn children on the searing
hot arms of Molech as a sacrifice) and sexual sin. Ring a bell? We still
sacrifice our children on the altar of sexual sin.
As I'm writing this, the news just broke of
Justice Alito's thoughts on Roe v. Wade. The news that this law
might be overturned has created a huge uproar. Imagine being angry that babies
will live — "Woe to those who call good evil."
Israel, not unlike America today, paid no
attention as their leaders seduced them to do more evil
than any other nation before them. (See 2 Kings 21:9.) They failed to see that
when sin fascinates, it assassinates.
Can You Hear Isaiah Today? I Sure Can
o
Woe to the school
districts who promote sexual perversion and undermine the family.
o
Woe to the
universities who mock God and teach their students to do the same.
o
Woe to politicians who
call evil good and good evil, and have the blood of the innocent on their
hands.
o
Woe to pastors and
Christian leaders who encourage sin by their silence, and who openly embrace
apostasy.
o
Woe to the media who
lead people astray by twisting the truth to promote the demonic agenda of
darkness.
o
Woe to the film
industry who bows to the whore of Babylon — the stench has reached the nostrils
of God.
o
Woe to liberal
churches who say that they love people but hate God's Word.
Yes, all of those points are hard to hear for
those caught in sin and enamored by idolatry; that's the point. The
"woes" are meant to sound an alarm. They allow the hammer of God to
break and the fire of His Word to devour sin.
God's Word is also like a double-edged sword
that cuts deep and discerns the motives of the heart (Heb. 4:12).
Continuing to Drink the Poison
Instead of humbling themselves, repenting and
turning back to God, most dig their defiant feet into the soil of sin. Instead
of running to the cure, they continue to drink the poison. As a recent headline
illustrates, they become angry and belligerent: "Liberal group calls for
protests at conservative Supreme Court justices' homes" (more here). They are not open to opposing views —
"my way or the highway" is their mantra.
This begs the question: Why do certain groups
seek to silence God's truth and adamantly oppose His Word, whereas Christians
are open to dialogue and discussion? It's because the truth invites scrutiny,
and error runs from being challenged. It also has to do with the darkness
hating the light because the deeds of the darkness are evil. In short, God's
Word exposes evil hearts and demonic plans.
The Cure Has Never Changed
Sadly, without a massive spiritual awakening,
the divide in our country will only get wider. We all must learn from King
Josiah in the Old Testament. Once he heard what God's Word said about the
current condition of the nation, he humbled himself in a profound way, repented
and asked for God's intervention. God's answer also offers hope for us
today: Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself, I heard
your cry and answered your prayer. I have stayed My hand of judgment for now (paraphrasing
2 Kings 22:19).
The cure for spiritual disease never changes:
humility, repentance, brokenness and desperation lead to spiritual health. Our
cry must resemble Isaiah's: "Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You
would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence" (Isa.
64:1, NKJV).
Like any parent, God hears the cries of His
children: Oh God, would You rip heaven open and come down and help
us? This is our only hope, that the nations would tremble again at His
presence (cf. Isa. 64:1-2).
In these dire times, let's make sure we're on
the right side of the "woe."
GOD
USES THE UNLIKELY IN POST-LEAK, PRO-LIFE PROTESTS AT SUPREME COURT BUILDING
Charisma News – May 3, 2022 -- Urgent Alert From Amir George: Believers
are urgently needed to come to the Supreme Court. As hard as it is to believe,
there are estimated to be up to 20,000 abortionists currently rallying in front
of the Supreme Court, but for some time on Wednesday, only one longtime
pro-life activist, a lone elderly woman. The area in front of the Supreme Court
has been divided in half, with one life for the abortionists and one side for
pro-lifers. It was shameful that while a few pro-lifers came in the morning,
later in the day, the pro-life side was completely empty. We request anyone who
can come for even a few minutes to stand for life in this crucial hour. What is
of extreme concern is that the leak
of the draft opinion was orchestrated to mobilize massive crowds to intimidate
the justices to change their votes. Please pass this on to as many as possible.
"Unhinged" was the best description
of the abortionist allies who gathered in small, beleaguered groups on one
corner of the area in front of the Supreme Court.
While there was a group of legacy pro-lifers
on-site, ironically, it was a group called PAAU—the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising—that
dominated the space with organized, strong and powerful demonstrations of
support for the just-released
draft that
has roiled Washington.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote, "Roe was
egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the
decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national
settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and
deepened division." This historic decision had consequences not only for
life but for an entire platform ranging from homosexual rights to other
lifestyle areas that took their views from Roe vs Wade in the interpretation of
the relationship between personal rights and government.
"We hold that Roe and Casey must be
overruled," he continued in the document labeled as the "Opinion of
the Court."
"It is time to heed the Constitution and
return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives,"
Alito wrote, clearly laying down the gauntlet not only for the restoration for
the protection of life but for a whole host of other rights that through the
flawed constitutional interpretation have been established, causing great
affront to believers.
While the legacy pro-life groups over the past
50 years have become ossified and part of what many call the "Christian
swamp," God in his mercy raised up Donald J. Trump to be the one to change
the makeup of the court. He also chose a small group of atheists who support
life to lead the charge, most recently by standing up to the city of
Washington, D.C., for what they call "The
Five"—five fully formed
children born and then killed at an abortion clinic.
It was just over two years ago that Trump
spoke at the gathering place of the "Christian swamp," the National
Prayer Breakfast, which has become so compromised from its original purpose
that prayer is led by a Mohammedan imam. Trump opened his speech to the group
with a verse of Scripture. True to form, he mispronounced the name of the book
of the Bible, and in a shocking reaction, the group laughed at the president.
President Trump essentially told the group,
"I am sorry; I am not like you. I can't pronounce Scripture properly; I am
on my third marriage, but I love God and believe He loves me."
He then paused to look across the group, and
in essence said, "By the way, you all gave me a list of things you have
been trying to get done for 50 years, and I got them done in three years, so
quit complaining and get with the program."
A stunned silence fell across the group, and
the apparent decision by the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Wade is a direct
result of Trump's efforts to do the right thing.
Many see the developments as emblematic of a
Fourth Great Awakening sweeping across the country, led not by the religious
and the churchgoing but by the newly saved, the "deplorables" who
have found faith in Christ, not having grown up in the church and for whom
forgiveness, a second chance and the love of God are precious and
life-changing.
It took a generally non-church attending
president and atheists supporting life to move the needle. As people gathered
in front of the Supreme Court, the relative absence of the legacy pro-life
groups and the dominance of the atheist pro-life activists reminds us once
again that the moves of God in answer to prayer happen not with the Pharisees
but with those for whom forgiveness and love have deep meaning.
OCCULT WITH YOUR
FRIES? MCDONALD'S TURNS TO THE DEMONIC
Charisma News – May 13, 2022 -- For anyone wondering just how pervasive
occult practices are becoming in mainstream culture, look no further than
McDonald's most recent marketing ploy, which involved, among meal deals, the
chance to win tarot card readings.
The lede of a USA
Today story covering McDonald's ploy reads, "McDonald's is preparing
for this week's celestial and astrological change of Mercury retrograde with
both a deal and tarot card readings."
In an unfortunate infusion of occultism,
customers using the McDonald's app to buy a medium order of fries
were given a free McDouble or McChicken and the
chance to snag a tarot card reading.
McDonald's reportedly partnered with Madam
Adam, a tarot card reader with expertise in astrology, to offer readings to
select customers. To "win," customers reportedly needed to go to
Madam Adam's Instagram or TikTok posts to share their zodiac sign and name.
Adam advertised the effort on his social media
platforms, encouraging people to partake so they could learn their
"fate." The comments sections on Adam's social pages were filled with
people sharing their zodiac signs in hopes of receiving an apparently coveted
tarot reading.
"I don't know about you, but for me,
Mercury in retrograde can be a real difficult time. So why not ease the
discomfort with comfort food?" Adam said in a video promotion. "Want
to know what the Tarot has in store for you? Join me and McDonald's for a very
special TikTok Live... to know your fate."
According to a
statement from McDonald's,
Adam planned to "randomly select a lucky few to receive custom
readings" during the live stream, which unfolded this week.
McDonald's discount effort coincided with
Mercury retrograde, an optical illusion that unfolds a few times each year and
appears to show Mercury moving backward in its orbit. When Mercury laps Earth
in its 88-day move around the sun, it causes Mercury's appearance to be
retrograde from Earth's perspective.
IS
POPE FRANCIS PROMOTING WITCHCRAFT UNKNOWINGLY? (Excerpt)
Charisma News – May 12, 2021 -- Pope Francis, who is "well
known for his affinity for expressions of popular piety and his Marian
devotion, is amping up efforts to honor the Virgin Mary this month through a
series of weekly prayers at St. Peter's Basilica," according to
Crux.com.
This is troubling.
If you live in a region where false Mary
worship is rising, you'll notice that Jezebel's witchcrafts rise again in May.
That's because of the traditional May Crowning ritual that takes place to honor
the Virgin Mary as "the Queen of May."
Essentially, this means there is a hyperfocus
on devotions to Mary. There are two problems with this. First, Mary doesn't
want or expect our devotion — she wants and expects us to worship the Son of
God, Jesus. Second, by treating Mary as an idol, we're empowering the spirit of
Jezebel.
Although the Bible describes the mother of
Jesus as "highly favored" (see Luke 1:28), that doesn't mean she is
supposed to be worshipped. In fact, the Greek word for favored in
this verse is charitoo. Charitoo means "grace."
God honored Mary with blessings and grace, and
we should respect her as the mother of Jesus but not exalt her by crowning her
in rituals. We're supposed to throw our crowns at Jesus' feet (see Revelation
4:10), not place them on Mary's head.
DISCOVERING
LIFE’S PURPOSE
Sanctification,
stewardship, and service are three aspects of God’s purpose for each believer’s
life.
January 13, 2022
What is my purpose in life? Many people today are asking that
question, but only those who have trusted Christ as Savior and Lord can ever
discover the true answer. Today’s passage tells us that our salvation is an act
of God, and now we’re His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to accomplish
what He has prepared for us to do. That is our purpose in life, and it has
three components.
1. Sanctification is simply ongoing growth in holiness. As
we cooperate with the Holy Spirit’s work in our life, He transforms our
character to be more like the Lord’s and renews our mind with scriptural truth.
2. Stewardship is faithful management of the time,
talents, spiritual gifts, and treasures God has given us. They are to be used
according to His priorities and direction, not for our own
self-advancement.
3. Service includes things like stimulating spiritual growth, meeting
physical needs, and encouraging one another through Scripture. We serve the
Lord by ministering to others.
All this is your purpose in life. But
remember, this is not about self-effort; it’s God at work in you. Your part is
to avail yourself of all the means He uses to accomplish His goals—His Word,
His Spirit, and His church.
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When
the Bible says to go on the offensive
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As
Culture grows angrier and more profane, what does God expect from us?
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Christian
conservatives, here’s why you cannot put your trust in Fox News
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The
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WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS TO
GO ON THE OFFENSIVE
The Christian Post – Apr. 4, 2022 --
Conditions will never be perfect for serving Jesus Christ. Earth is a perpetual
disaster area because of the enemies of God. Jesus Christ came into this chaos
to attack and defeat Satan and bring us peace. God is calling us, as 21st
century Christians, to move out of a defensive mode and onto the offensive.
Jesus didn’t come to
make a peace treaty with the enemy. Jesus came to destroy his work. As the
Father sent the Son, so Jesus sends us (John 20:21-22). We are called, with Jesus, to assault darkness and destroy
the devil’s work. Wherever the enemy is at work, we are called to engage him
and drive him out.
When we get on the offensive, hell shakes. A parallel is seen
even in the natural world. The famed “Doolittle Raid” that was the United
States’ answer to the Pearl Harbor attack lifted the hopes of the American
people and shook the enemy. In football, the truth of the saying, “the best
defense is a good offense,” has shaken even the strongest teams.
Going on the offensive affects us in other ways. Jesus said, “I
want you to go and make disciples.” To bring someone to Jesus
Christ, we must confront the enemy. When we’re on the attack, it isn’t easy to
backslide. During an aggressive, anointed, empowered offense, the gates of hell
give way to us. It changes us.
Even when the odds seem overwhelming, we can still take the
offensive. Three people in scripture come to mind.
Samson
Samson was once bound with ropes when the Philistines came
against him, but the Holy Spirit moved on Samson. He broke free from the ropes
and, with no weapon in sight, he spotted the carcass of a donkey, grabbed its
jawbone and killed 1,000 enemies (Judges 15). The site became known as Jawbone Hill.
Samson was thirsty after his fight and in that high place, God
opened a fountain of water. Samson received refreshment in the place of his
victory.
Two lessons emerge. First, even when
outnumbered, Samson used a rudimentary weapon and conquered his enemy by the
power of the Spirit. Second, we can see that our place of
victory will often become our place of refreshing.
Jonathan
At a significant battle in the perpetual conflict between Israel
and the Philistines, King Saul and his son Jonathan went into battle with
swords while their 600 men were unarmed (1 Samuel 13:22). The Philistine army was well-armed because they were the only
ones with the tools to sharpen weapons.
In this midst of this uneven battle, Jonathan called to his
armorbearer, “Come on! Let’s go! Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving,
whether by many or by few” (1 Samuel 14).
The two young men climbed sharp cliffs to the high ground of the
Philistine camp. At the top, they quickly killed 20 enemy soldiers with just
one sword between them. Then panic struck the Philistines. God literally shook
the ground. They started killing each other and running away.
Jonathan’s great statement, “the Lord can win by many or by
few,” illustrates that sometimes God needs just one courageous person to win
the victory. When someone stands up and says, “This looks terrible, but I
believe God is calling us to move forward,” then by the authority of God’s Word
and the sword of the Spirit, battles are won.
Jehu
An army captain named Jehu was unknown until the day a young
prophet sent by Elijah ran breathlessly into his tent. He poured oil on Jehu’s
head and said, “God has anointed you to be king of Israel.” Jehu was not in
line for the throne. He had no lineage to be king. But he told the other officers
what the runner said. They took action, throwing their coats on the ground and
blowing a trumpet, shouting, “Jehu is king” (2 Kings 9).
Jehu then rushed into action. Some Bible translations say he
drove his chariot passionately; others that he drove like a maniac. His heart
was burning. The kings of Judah and Israel came out to meet him and he killed
them both. But Jehu didn’t stop there.
Jehu went to the city of Jezreel, where wicked Jezebel had
established a thirty-year reign of evil and Baal worship, first as queen, then
as queen mother. Against all odds, this young soldier faced down this woman
that neither Elijah nor Elisha had been able to topple. She looked out the
upper window and mocked Jehu. But Jehu responded by talking to the people
around her. “Who is on my side?” he asked.
Some of Jezebel’s officials had worked around her evil for most
of their lives. Answering the challenge from one young, anointed, unknown
soldier, they grabbed their boss, Jezebel, and threw her out the window. On the
ground, she was trampled by horses, and her body was eaten by dogs. Jezebel’s
downfall was prophesied, even the detail that she would be eaten by dogs.
But it took decades to happen.
It may take 20 or 30 years to win a battle. But when a person is
anointed and has the courage to do what God says to do, God will break
strongholds and defeat the enemy.
It looked impossible for Jesus to triumph over the kingdom of
darkness. Yet under the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit, wherever Jesus
found Satan’s kingdom, he tore it down. Jesus came to invade the enemy’s
territory, overthrow his kingdom, and bring in the kingdom of God. He calls us
to do the same.
God still brings the strongholds down and defeats the devil by
His power and for His glory. The impossible becomes possible when God’s
servants go on the offensive.
AS CULTURE GROWS
ANGRIER AND MORE PROFANE, WHAT DOES GOD EXPECT FROM US?
Walk into any bookstore and browse the titles. You'll be shocked
by how many contain four-letter words.
Charisma News – Apr. 13, 2022 -- In the past
year or so, publishers have introduced shock value to their book covers.
Sometimes the words are spelled out in all their ugliness, and other times a
letter is replaced with an asterisk.
It reflects a coarsening of culture. It's a
sign of how we're relating to one another, speaking to each other and treating
others in our lives. Social standards are declining, and fewer parents are
raising children to be polite.
Ask anyone who deals with people all day and
they will tell you that people react more quickly and become rude, angry,
abusive, demanding, cynical, sarcastic and profane.
I can explain it in one phrase: the loss of
biblical love.
When the Bible talks about love, it isn't
speaking of a nebulous force. It's talking about how we obey God and treat each
other. There's a verse spelling this out in practical terms — Micah 6:8 (NKJV): "He has shown you, O
man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Notice what Micah didn't say. He didn't say
God had told us what is good. Yes, God does tell us that again and again; but
Micah used the word shown. By His own actions, God has set the
standard for our lives, behavior, words and attitudes.
As the Lord has shown us, so we should do —
and this is the essence of biblical love. Let's zero in on the three qualifiers
of Micah 6:8. They represent God's great expectations of us. They are His
values in a nearly valueless world.
Act Justly
What does it mean to act justly? James 1:27 describes it like this:
"Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the
world" (NKJV). I think we sometimes make a small mistake whenever we read
that verse.
We sometimes think James was limiting our
concern for justice to those who are widows and orphans. I believe he was
giving us a broader description, telling us to be especially sensitive to an
entire category of humanity — those who have trouble caring for themselves.
Some of these people are close to home. They
are our neighbors or family members. Some are those we pass on campus, in the
streets, alongside the highways and byways of life. They wander into our lives,
or sometimes we have to purposely wander into theirs.
Those connections spark and flicker with
biblical love like electrical connections.
Love Mercy
Closely associated with acting justly is
loving mercy. Some of those who need our moral and upright and godly concern
are not particularly lovable.
But loving someone who is unlovable doesn't
mean endorsing their attitudes or actions. I've preached and written about this
many times. We can forgive someone of their sins and release our bitterness
toward them without condoning their misbehavior. In truth, I think only a
biblical Christian knows how to navigate this, because it's godlike. Our Lord
never condones sin, yet He loves to show mercy.
Remember, too, that mercy isn't reserved
merely for those needing our forgiveness. We can show mercy to anyone needing
help.
Walk Humbly
It's not enough to be humble. We must also
walk with God. And it's not enough to walk with God; we must do so humbly. Put
those ideas together — put the entire verse of Micah 6:8 together — and you
have a four-letter word you're not ashamed of: LOVE.
We should be living up to God's standards for
us, not the standards of today's culture. Where man expects little, God expects
much. But what He expects, He also enables us to do through our living, growing
relationship with Christ.
Our heavenly Father has given us this glorious
and great expectation: to do justly, to be merciful and to walk humbly with our
just, merciful and humble Savior. So, let's do it.
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CONSERVATIVES, HERE'S WHY YOU CANNOT PUT YOUR TRUST IN FOX NEWS (Excerpt)
Charisma News – Apr. 2, 2022 -- For those who have watched Fox
News over the years, it is no surprise that they announced the hiring of Bruce
"Caitlyn" Jenner with great fanfare and hype. In
the words of CEO Suzanne Scott, "Caitlyn's story is an
inspiration to us all. She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her
illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset
for our audience."
Perhaps these words could be used as an
epitaph on Fox's legacy? Mark the day carefully.
All the talking points are in order in Scott's
short, effusive statement: Jenner's transition from Bruce to Caitlyn is
"an inspiration to us all." This famous biological male is
"she." And LGBTQ+ activism is something to celebrate. You go, girl!
Surely this is the death knell for Fox, even
if it remains large and influential for decades to come. It has lost its voice
and sold its soul. And with what moral authority can Fox call on Jenner to
speak against "Lia" Thomas competing against women? Is this Fox's new
message? "Transitioning is fine, and sex and gender are whatever you
perceive them to be. Just play fair!"
But, to repeat, this should come as no
surprise to those who have watched Fox over the years. Although some of the
biggest names on the station were Catholic (such as Bill O'Reilly and Sean
Hannity), it was clear that O'Reilly's views were hardly Bible-based.
The same with Megyn Kelly and others, whose
names I mention not to demonize them but simply to say, "They are hardly
basing their worldview on the Scriptures."
As for Hannity, as much as he identifies
proudly as a Christian, he had no trouble having Jenner on as
a guest last year, not to criticize him but to interview him as a
California gubernatorial candidate.
To quote Jenner's words during the interview,
"For me as a trans woman, I think role models are extremely important for
young people."
What? Jenner a role model for young people?
And Hannity didn't object?
Jenner continued, "Trans issues people
struggle with, big time. Our suicide rate is nine times higher than the general
public. And for me to be a role model for them, to be out there, I am running
for governor of the state of California. Who would have ever thunk that? We've never even had a woman governor."
So, Jenner, already crowned "Woman of the
Year" by Glamour, would be California's first "woman
governor."
The cat has long been out of the bag when it
comes to Fox's core values.
In fact, without mentioning specific names
here, a friend of mine who is a publicity agent told me a few years ago that,
while he wanted to land me an interview on one of the biggest shows on Fox, it
would be hard for him to get past some of the show's gay producers.
In short, just because Fox was pro-Trump
doesn't mean Fox was (and is) pro-Bible (as if support for Trump equated with
support for the Bible).
And just because Fox is more conservative
politically and fiscally than CNN or MSNBC doesn't mean that Fox is
conservative morally or spiritually.
But again, this should not come as a surprise.
So, if you want biblically based views, go to
people who base their lives on the Word of God. If you want news that is more
conservative on some issues than the Left-leaning networks, go to Fox (and some
others). But by all means, do not confuse the two, especially at a time when
trans activism threatens to undermine the very nature of male and female, not
to mention threatens women's sports and even our fundamental freedoms of
speech.
THE VINE THAT KEEPS PET BUTTERFLIES
John 15:5 “I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
Creation Moments – Dec. 10, 2021 -- Two groups of tropical vines
rely for reproduction on the world’s only known species of pollen-eating
butterfly. Neither vine has very showy flowers, nor do their flowers have any
scent. However, they don’t need to attract pollinators because the Heliconius butterfly depends on the pollen
produced by the vines for its food. So, the butterflies don’t go far from their
food source.
Since the butterfly depends on the pollen, the vines produce
many more male flowers than female. This keeps its army of pollinators well
fed. Being messy eaters, the butterflies end up with pollen all over them.
But what would attract the butterfly to the female flower, which
can be up to 20 feet away? Two tricks are used. First, a female flower usually
grows close to where a male flower has just withered. Second, the female
flower, while producing no pollen, looks just like the male flower to invite
the butterfly’s attention.
Did you see the
intelligence in this arrangement? If only chance were involved, why would the
only known species of pollen-eating butterfly be found with the only known
vines that rely on their services? This is a very big planet! If there is no
design in this arrangement, why should these vines offer female flowers that
look like the males so that they will be pollinated? It is so clear that these
butterflies were custom-made for these vines, and the vines were made for the
butterflies. This is a witness to a personal Creator Who is personally involved
in life on Earth!
THE SPIRIT’S WORK
Anyone who acknowledges Jesus as Savior has
access to His divine power through the Holy Spirit.
We all fail. Many of us don’t always live as
Scripture teaches—and we miss out on the joy and peace that Jesus promised. The
reason? We don’t recognize the need to live in the Spirit, so we try to live
each day in our own strength. On Pentecost, God’s Spirit came to indwell
believers. He is a gift, blessing us in many ways. Let’s consider some of the
work He does. The Holy Spirit ...
• Convicts us of sin so that we can
repent (John
16:8).
• Regenerates us. As believers, we’re
new beings, alive in Christ (2
Corinthians 5:17).
• Seals us forever as a child of the
Almighty (Ephesians
1:13).
• Teaches, guides, and empowers us for
the rest of our life (John
14:26).
• Gifts and enables us to do the work
God has planned for us (Ephesians
2:10;
for a list of spiritual gifts, see also 1 Cor. 12:1-31).
• Bears fruit through us (Galatians
5:22-23).
As we are obedient to what God calls us to do,
we get to watch Him work in mighty ways. All these benefits are available to
everyone who follows Jesus, but we can miss out by attempting to live in our
own meager strength.
Remember, the Christian life is this: Christ
living His life in and through us by the power of God’s indwelling Holy
Spirit.
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
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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE
DIE?
By D.E. Davis
For Christians, we are
told in Scripture in 2Cr 5:8 that to be absent from the body is to be present
with the Lord. For those who turn away from God, we are told that they are
eternally separated from God and go to a place called Hell. Rev
14:11 says that the smoke of their torment ascendeth
up for ever and ever.
The question that
everyone ponders is: What really happens after we die? Do we just lay dormant
until the Lord takes us to be with him or until judgement is handed out at the
Great White Throne as called out in Rev. 20:11? Are we conscience? Do we feel,
touch, think, recognize loved ones, know what is happening around us? All
questions that we have ask ourselves, no doubt, at some time in our life.
My own personal review of
the Scriptures has led me to believe that after we die, even though our body
may be dead and buried, our Spirit is alive and fully conscience. Chuck Missler likens this state of conscienceness
to the software that runs the Computer; once the hardware goes, the software
remains intact and available for further applications.
There are two
illustrations in the Bible that makes it clear as to what happens after death,
when we're in the spirit.
The first one is
illustrated in the Luke account of Lazarus and the rich man in Chapter 16.
After death, Lazarus, a man of God, is escorted into Abraham’s Bosom, a holding
compartment in Hell for the Believers prior to the Cross. The non-believing
rich man was "buried" and went into a separate compartment in Hell
(Hades), apart from Abraham’s Bosom, where he was in Torment according to
Scripture. Both were in a Spirit state; yet by the account, they could see each
other and speak to each other.
The second account is in
Revelation, where John is taken (in the Spirit) to Heaven to see those things
that shall come to pass prior to the return of Jesus Christ to the Earth, or
Second Coming (not the Rapture).
I had to conclude from
the study, based on the following Scripture, that all of the senses we have
here on earth will be with us throughout eternity, even unto death.
· 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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----------------------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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