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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: “The Christian Life is a Life of testing” – Pastor Harold Hansen
INTERESTING ARTICLES
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Why living a Godly life
is worth it
·
What do young adults
actually think about Jesus?
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Could doing “Lent” hurt
my soul?
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Planned Parenthood
doctor said she would “break the baby’s neck” if born alive
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The dinosaurs of
written history
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WHY LIVING A GODLY LIFE IS WORTH IT
Greg Laurie declares, 'We are all being tested more than we may
even realize'
WND – Mar. 9,
2019 -- I heard about a pastor who caught a bus one Monday morning and handed
his fare to the driver. When the pastor sat down he realized he had too much
change. So he went back and pointed it out to the driver.
“Actually,
pastor, I didn’t give you too much change,” the driver said. “I was in church
last weekend and heard you talking about honesty. I was putting you to the
test.”
That pastor
passed the test. And if you’re a Christian, you’re being put to the test as
well. You may not know it, necessarily, but there are people who work with you,
who are related to you and who live near you who are watching you.
Maybe you’re
thinking, “I knew I shouldn’t have put that Christian bumper sticker on my
car.”
No, it’s a
good thing. You’re making your stand, and they’re watching you. Why? They’re
hoping you’ll mess up. They want to see evidence of hypocrisy in your life,
because then they don’t have to be uncomfortable with the message you proclaim.
We are all
being tested more than we may even realize. We see this in the lives of Daniel,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Old Testament book of Daniel.
When Israel
was conquered by Babylon, the people of Israel were taken into captivity for 70
years. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon at that time, was looking for the
brightest and best of Israel, some young men he could bring into his court and
school in the culture of the Babylonians and in the worship of the false
Babylonian gods.
Among those
brought in were Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and it’s believed they
were somewhere between 14 and 19 years old.
They were
taken from a very simple lifestyle into the very lap of luxury in the palace of
the king. The finest food in the world would have been provided to them every
day, as well as the finest education the world could offer. It was
Nebuchadnezzar’s desire to turn them into Babylonians. He wanted them to leave
their Hebrew roots and their belief in the Scriptures and instead think like a
Babylonian.
But there was
one thing the king didn’t consider: These boys had character. Daniel, Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego demonstrated how to live godly lives in an ungodly place.
The king
wanted them to eat at his table, but they chose not to. We don’t know exactly
why. It may have been because the king’s food was simply awful. But somehow I
don’t think that was the reason. It may have been because the food the king
offered them was forbidden in the Mosaic Law. Or, it may have been because
these foods were offered to pagan gods, and that would have been a compromise
for them.
Whatever it
was, they were making a stand in a relatively small area, but it mattered to
them. And consider this fact: Nebuchadnezzar was an intimidating person. He was
a cruel and wicked king. Yet they made their stand.
Ultimately,
Daniel made an arrangement with the man in charge of enforcing the king’s will.
In effect he said, “Look, we’re not going to eat this food, so I’ll make you a
deal. We’ll eat what we’re going to eat, and you guys eat what you’re going to
eat. Let’s do it for 10 days. Everything will be all right.”
The 10 days
passed, and Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were healthy and strong. In
fact, they looked better than the people who had eaten all the other food from
the king’s table.
When we make
our stand for what is true, God will bless us. And a little with God is better
than much without him.
What do we really miss in life when as Christians; we choose not
to get on that merry-go-round of selfishness, drinking, drugs, partying,
illicit sex and so forth? Fast-forward 10, 20, or 30 years, and let’s see who
made the right decision. I guarantee those who have put God first and the
principles of Scripture first will come out in the end knowing they made the
right decision.
Read more at: https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/why-living-a-godly-life-is-worth-it/?cat_orig=faith
WHAT DO YOUNG ADULTS ACTUALLY THINK
ABOUT JESUS? (Excerpt)
Charisma News
– Jan. 31, 2019 -- Most young adults who attended church as teenagers say they
believe in God today, but fewer consider themselves devout Christians. And as a
whole, they have conflicting recollections about the churches they attended in
high school.
LifeWay
Research surveyed more than 2,000 American adults between the ages of 23 and 30
who attended a Protestant church twice a month or more for at least a year as a
teenager.
Today, 39
percent say they consider themselves a devout Christian with a strong faith in
God. Fewer consider themselves Christian, but not particularly devout (27
percent). Even fewer say they believe in God but are uncertain of Christianity
(14 percent) or say they consider themselves spiritual, but not religious (11 percent).
Only a small
number say they are uncertain about their belief in God (5 percent) or say they
don't believe in God or in any higher being (4 percent).
Two-thirds (66
percent) of those who attended church regularly in high school dropped out for
at least one year as a young adult.
"During
the years most young adults are gone from church, they tend to hang onto their
faith but don't make it a priority," said Scott McConnell, executive
director of LifeWay Research.
Researchers
found significantly different spiritual perspectives between those who dropped
out of church and those who stayed.
Those who
dropped out of church as young adults are less likely to say they consider
themselves a devout Christian today compared to those who stayed in church (29
to 60 percent).
Those who
stopped attending church for at least a year are more likely to say they
believe in God, but are uncertain about Christianity (17 to 8 percent); say
they consider themselves spiritual, but not religious (13 to 5 percent); say they're
uncertain about their belief in God (7 to 3 percent); and say they don't
believe in God (6 to 1 percent).
Among all
young adults who attended a Protestant church as a teenager, 61 percent say
they currently spend regular time in prayer privately. Half (49 percent) want
the church to help guide their decisions in everyday life. Fewer say they
consistently give financially to the church (37 percent), spend regular time
reading the Bible privately (36 percent) or attend a church small group (32
percent).
Those who
didn't drop out of church are more likely to say they do each of these.
"Prayer
is the only spiritual practice in which a majority of young adults
participate," said McConnell. "While most maintain a Christian
identity, they admit their devotion to Jesus is either not all it could be or
is even in doubt."
COULD 'DOING LENT' HURT MY SOUL?
The ‘Christian
Post -- The season of Lent is once again in full swing. It's a tradition that
leads up to Holy Week and Easter. Some find Lent more meaningful than others.
But what if I told you that "doing Lent" could actually hurt your
soul? It's true.
It all depends
on how you "do Lent."
"Mardi
Gras" is translated "Fat Tuesday." It's the day before Ash
Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. There is a natural way to approach
Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, and Lent, and there is a supernatural way. Doing
Lent is OK, but only if you do it in the supernatural way God designed
discipleship to be lived out all year round.
The season of
"Carnival" is celebrated in many countries where Roman Catholicism is
prevalent. Carnival culminates on Fat Tuesday. For many, this season includes
more than just parades, dancing and feasting. It also includes drunken
celebrations of sexual immorality.
The natural
way to look at Fat Tuesday is to see it as one final "sin binge"
before going to church and getting ashes on your forehead to make up for all
your unholy pursuits during Carnival. The ashes supposedly signify sorrow over
the way you binged on sin during Carnival.
Those who
"do Lent" this way miss out on the real meaning of repentance, faith,
and salvation. And therefore, they miss out on a relationship with Christ. All
they are left with is religion and a natural approach to Lent. It doesn't
change your soul, and it doesn't bring you closer to God. The only thing that
brings us to God is repentance and faith in Christ.
Imagine a
couple preparing to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. The husband tells
the wife, "Tomorrow night is our big celebration, but I need to tell you
something. Tonight I am going out on a date with another woman, but don't
worry. You will have my full attention tomorrow night. I just need this little
binge right now, and then you and I can celebrate our anniversary tomorrow in
style."
That repulsive
approach to marriage is analogous to how some people "do Lent." And
it doesn't work. That is to say, it doesn't bring a person closer to God. In
fact, it actually hurts a person's soul.
While someone
may feel comforted by "being religious" on Ash Wednesday, it does not
make up for the past indiscretions during Carnival. Even if you choose to
"give up something for Lent," it will not benefit your soul until you
"do discipleship" in a supernatural way. The natural approach simply
masks the underlying addiction to sin with a few religious rituals. Lent
provides "cover" for those who choose to "do Lent" in a
natural way. And yet, the "cover" only soothes their misguided
thinking. In reality, their sins are not covered by the blood of Jesus because
there is no genuine repentance in their heart.
"He who
conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them
finds mercy." (Proverbs 28:13)
Chasing after
sin on Fat Tuesday makes it very unlikely that a person will truly renounce his
sin on Ash Wednesday. If he is not willing to renounce his sin on Fat Tuesday,
then he has deceived himself into thinking that a few religious activities can
make up for his life of deliberate sin. But he is sadly and tragically
mistaken.
God does not
accept those who love sin more than they love Jesus.
Is it possible
that someone who is hung over from Fat Tuesday could actually be changed on Ash
Wednesday through genuine repentance and faith? Sure. But most people who are
"slaves to sin" (Romans 6:20) on Fat Tuesday remain slaves to sin on
Ash Wednesday.
"A man is
a slave to whatever has mastered him." (2 Peter 2:19)
Having said
that, there are plenty of believers who "do Lent" in a way that
strengthens their faith and draws them closer to the Lord. Their attitude and
behavior during Lent is no different than their attitude and behavior during
the rest of the year. People who have a relationship with Christ don't
"sin binge" with the thought that they will go to church on Wednesday
or Sunday to get it "taken off their record." Such an attitude is not
supernatural, and it is not from God. It is merely natural. It is religious,
but not godly or Christ-centered.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD DOC SAID SHE WOULD
“BREAK THE BABY’S NECK” IF BORN ALIVE AFTER ABORTION (Excerpt)
Prophecy
eNewsletter Update – Feb. 28, 2019 -- A Planned Parenthood abortionist’s
shocking admission to a late-term abortion patient is back in the spotlight
after Democrats in Congress repeatedly blocked bills to protect newborns from
infanticide.
According to a
former patient, the abortionist admitted that she would “break the baby’s neck”
if he was born alive after a botched abortion.
The unnamed
patient shared her horrifying experience with Pro-Life Action Ministries. She
was 22 weeks pregnant when she went to a Planned Parenthood in St. Paul,
Minnesota for an abortion in 2017, but she said she chose life after hearing
what the abortionists would do to her son.
The woman said
she asked the two abortionists, “If you guys were to take him out right now
while he’s still, his heart rate is still, you know, going, what would you guys
do?”
She said one
of the abortionists looked at the other one, then looked back at her, “and she
told me that we don’t tell women this, and a lot of women don’t even ask this
question, but if we was to proceed with the abortion and the baby was to come
out still alive and active, most likely we would break the baby’s neck.”
This would be
a clear violation of Minnesota’s “Born Alive Infants Protection Act,” which
requires that, “All reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice .
. . shall be taken . . . . to preserve the life and health of the born
alive infant.”
In the video,
the woman described how she initially went through with the abortion. She said
the abortionist used a long needle to inject digoxin to stop the baby’s heart,
but the baby survived.
The woman said
she had a change of heart following the injection, after reading information
given to her by Pro-Life Action Ministries’ sidewalk counselors. That
information included the story of another woman who changed her mind in the
midst of a late-term abortion and gave birth to a healthy baby.
The woman said
she requested an ultrasound on the second day to see if her baby was still
alive. When it revealed that he was and she learned what the abortionists would
do if he was born alive, the woman said she demanded that the dilators be
removed so that she could go home and keep her baby.
“The more I
was telling them no, it was more like they were trying to sell me something,
like a seller that pushes you and pushes you until you buy their item or their
product. That’s how it felt, as if they were trying to sell me this abortion,”
she said.
Her baby later
was born full-term and healthy, according to the pro-life ministry. Her
identity was concealed so that she will not be subject to retaliation by
Planned Parenthood.
THE
DINOSAURS OF WRITTEN HISTORY
Revelation
12:9a “And the
great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world:.”
Creation Moments – Nov. 5, 2018 --
Virtually every culture in the world has stories and legends about dragons.
Amazingly, these serpents resemble each other from culture to culture. They
also resemble what we call dinosaurs. The universality and uniformity of these
stories strongly suggests that dinosaurs could not have died out 65 million
years ago as evolutionists claim.
There are several credible accounts of
dragons that resemble dinosaurs in ancient writings. In each case, these
records describe, in as much detail as possible, observations of the natural
world. Dio the Roman wrote an account of the Roman Consul Regulus’ war against
Carthage in the third century B.C. According to Dio, a dragon settled behind
the Roman army. Regulus ordered it killed and skinned and the hide sent to the
Roman Senate. In the senate, the hide was measured to be 120 feet long. Writing
as late as the 8th century, John of Damascus took dragons to be real, living
creatures, while using the Bible to debunk myths that had grown up around them.
One of these myths was that dragons could assume human form. John rejected this
on the basis of creation, noting that only humans were made in the image of God
and, thus, animals cannot be changed into this same image.
These accounts read like serious history
being written about a time in which dragons were assumed to exist-much more
recently than 65 million years ago!
WHO OWNS IT ALL?
A serious
error has made its way into the church. Some Christians think that their
beliefs and their wallet belong in separate spheres. The truth is, obedience to
God includes how we handle our finances. He owns everything (Hag. 2:8; Psalm 24:1). Cash, possessions, and ways to earn
more are gifts from the Lord; we are simply stewards.
A steward
oversees the use and care of someone else’s riches. A wise steward bases
financial decisions upon the owner’s rules for using and multiplying material
goods. In our case, God has woven financial principles into the fabric of
Scripture. Since money touches nearly every aspect of life, it is mentioned
hundreds of times in different contexts. For example, God urged the Israelites
to stay faithful to His teachings and to avoid the trap of self-reliance. He
reminded them that the power to make wealth resides with Him rather than in
their own hands (Deut. 8:17-18).
The minute a
steward presumes that he owns the money he manages, trouble is at hand. He
stops consulting the Owner and spends as he sees fit. Even in trying to do
good, the wayward steward is ruled by his shortsighted perspective rather than
by God’s omniscient view and gentle guidance. He will suffer the consequences
of choosing his own way over the Lord’s.
Faith and
finances are intertwined. The bottom line is that we cannot keep our money out
of God’s hand, because He holds it all—we simply manage it. And we are to do so
in the way He directs us. A maturing believer trusts the Lord’s principles for
using and growing wealth.
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Jesus Christ’s Rest
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JESUS CHRIST'S REST
Charisma News
– Feb. 28, 2019 -- The rest that Christ spoke of in Matthew 11:28 became
available for us at Pentecost. It is the peace that passes all understanding
that we get when we unconditionally trust in Christ (see 1 Pet. 5:5-7 and Phil.
4:5-7). This had to wait until Pentecost because it is a part of the Spirit of
Christ that was poured out. Jesus' Spirit was not available to inhabit us while
He was on earth. This is why He said that "Nevertheless I tell you the
truth: It is expedient for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the
Counselor will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you."
(John 16:7). "It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life" (John 6:63).
Peace is a
fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23). Christ had to complete His mission on earth
and ascend to the Father in order for it to become available. Ten days after
Jesus' ascension, the Holy Spirit was poured out. This enables the risen Christ
to inhabit us by His Spirit. He can now share His rest with us which He has
from His own faith and trust in the Father. He said that He was meek and lowly
or humble in Matthew 11:29 because this is how His humanity is empowered from
His Father and brings Him rest. Our humanity is empowered by the Father through
Christ when we are meek and humble towards Christ, who is the Lord of peace. We
need Christ to give us rest because we are not capable of arriving at a
sustained rest on our own. The law of sin, which is our human weakness,
prevents this (see Rom. 7:14-8:2).
"Mercy
and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed" (Ps.
85:10). Christ is the only one who could fulfill the Mosaic Law and obtain its
righteousness; therefore, there was no divine peace available from Christ
before He completed His earthly mission. There was the righteousness of the Law
if you could obtain it; but no one except Christ could fulfill it. In doing so,
He connected righteousness with peace; and mercy with truth. He enabled a new
consciousness of inner peace and strength for mankind if we avail ourselves of
it. This is the real higher consciousness that we seek. We don't naturally
evolve into it. It comes by faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
The role of
Christ, when He was on earth, was not the role that was expected by most of
Judaism 2,000 years ago. The area was under Roman occupation; and the hope was
that the Messiah would be a king of the line of David who would restore the
Davidic kingdom (Acts 1:6). A Messiah that would free them from the law of sin was
not what they expected; and neither was the fulfillment of their animal
sacrifices by the sacrificial crucifixion of Christ.
The law of sin
is what weakens us toward sin; and it is the main cause of our individual sin
actions. Christ came to strengthen us; and not to just forgive our individual
sins, "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for
the ungodly" (Rom. 5:6). Inner strength is a fruit of the Spirit, and is
called temperance or self-control in the Bible.
The idea of a
God-man Messiah who was to be trusted in the same way as the Father is trusted
was foreign to Judaism, but this would end up being the requirement for
obtaining the peace of God through the Messiah. Christ's divinity allows us to
be humble toward Him and surrender to Him; otherwise, it would be idolatry (see
1 Pet. 5:5-7 and Phil. 4:6-7). This brings us Christ's presence, which is the
most important part of Christianity because we can only have access to the
Father when Christ is dwelling within us: "For in Him lives all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily. And you are complete in Him, who is the head of
all authority and power" (Col. 2:9-10). Also, the graces of the Father
flow into us through Christ's Spirit, including His peace.
Practices such
as yoga and eastern type meditations do not include an interaction with Christ;
therefore, the only peace that they produce is an unsustained peace that comes
and goes. Only Christ can bring us the divine peace that passes all
understanding which keeps us rooted in Christ (John 16:33). The world can't
give us this peace (John 14:27).
The humanity
of Jesus is essential in the plan of salvation because there could have been no
shed blood without it; and it qualifies Him for the role of the one human
mediator between the Father and us. The man Christ Jesus is our mediator, High
Priest, and intercessor at the right hand of the Father in heaven. His humility
and faith in the Father bring Him the graces that He can impart to us when we
have His Spirit within us. With Christ in us, grace does not come to us from a
distance. He not only intercedes for us at the right hand of the Father; but
also intercedes within us with groanings which cannot be uttered (Rom. 8:26).
Also, His
human faith in the Father brings Him the righteousness by faith that He can
share with us by His presence within us (Gal. 2:16—old KJV). Christ was the
only one after Abraham who was directly eligible for righteousness by faith
(Gal. 3:16); but because Christ's Spirit can inhabit us, we can have it by our faith
in Him. Our own faith directly in the Father does not bring us righteousness by
faith. Jesus connects us to the Father.
"Thus
says the Lord, 'Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths where the
good way is and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they
said, "We will not walk in it"'" (Jer. 6:16).
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MILLENNIALS LARGELY UNINTERESTED IN
ISRAEL (Excerpt)
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a
people yet to be created may praise the Lord. Psalms 102:18
(The Israel Bible™)
Weekend News
Today – Feb. 22, 2019 -- Vibe Israel, a non-governmental initiative to brand
Israel to the world recently presented the findings of a report into
Millennials and their perceptions of Israel to the country’s 10th President,
Reuven Rivlin.
Approximately
4,000 people, between the ages of 14-52, were surveyed. Participants included
residents of 12 countries, collectively, in North America, Western Europe,
South America and Australia.
The main
finding revealed that as generations decrease in age, so does their interest in
Israel as a subject. It is supported by the results of the Best Countries
ranking which is published every year in U.S. News, which ranks 80
countries around the world based on the perceptions of 22,000 people globally.
Israel was
ranked 30th in 2018, but when only considering Millennials’ responses (ages
22-38), it dropped to 49th place.
No other
country has such a large intergenerational disparity, highlighting that
Israel’s traditional messaging is flagging somewhat with the young.
The large
majority of respondents – 84% – had neither heard of the Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions Movement (BDS) and was unimpressed with its efforts to tarnish
Israel’s international standing.
One of the
other takeaways from the report, perhaps surprisingly so, was that although
many people’s first associations with Israel were war and violence, the
Arab-Israeli conflict did not appear in the first five associations with
Israel.
The last major
revelation was that Israel, despite its technological achievements and rich
multicultural mix, is perceived as being a largely religious country.
The findings
are important and could actually point to a change in emphasis in Israel’s
attempts to brand itself. The youngest generation polled in this report is
unaware and seemingly uninterested in Israel as a topic.
GENDERLESS BABIES ARE THE NEW CRAZE –
‘WE DON’T WANT OUR CHILDREN PIGEON-HOLED’ (Excerpt)
WND – Mar. 1,
2019 -- Bonnie Love is a mother who didn’t want her youngest child, Isabella,
growing up with a gender assignment.
So when
Isabella was born, Love and her female partner didn’t use a gender-specific
pronoun. They gave her toys that are popular for both boys and girls. They
didn’t use gender-specific colors, such as pink and purple.
The goal: let
Isabella choose her gender.
It’s part of a
new trend among some parents of raising “theybies” – newborn babies who
spend the first years of their lives without a gender assignment, apart from
the birth certificate.
“I think that
you’re born a specific way, and… however you identify is on your own,” Love
said.
Parents of
theybies avoid pronouns such as “he” and “she.” Instead, they use plural
pronouns: “they” and “them” to reference the child.
Love’s first
daughter, Madelyn, wasn’t raised this way. “I raised them differently,”
Love told the television station. “Well, similar, but a little different in the
sense of the gender neutrality. I had a lot of pink, a lot of purple. A lot of
the gifts that were given to Madelyn's baby shower, everything was your pink,
pink, pink, girl, girl, girl dolls. Something about that didn't sit well with
me. With Isabella, though, I did give her the trucks. I did give her the
Spider-Man costume. I gave her both and just let her choose.”
Anna Shier, a
child psychiatrist who has worked with parents of theybies, supports the
concept.
“We don’t want
our children pigeon-holed,” Shier told Fox 11. “We don't want our
children to not be able to be as successful as they potentially could be. So,
you know, kids learn the very most in this world from toys that they play with,
so if girls don't get to play with blocks or toys that would teach them special
understanding or mathematical concepts, then they're missing out on that really
important aspect of learning, because they are pushed really more towards
dolls, learning how to nurture through that sort of toy.”
In the end,
Isabella chose to live life as a girl.
“She
definitely wants to be a princess and wants to marry a prince, and she wants to
be a mom, if you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up. She wants to
be a mom,” Love said. “... I believe that we are born very loving creatures,
and I think what we are thought are boundaries and negativity, all of those
things are things are thought and learned.”
Last year,
Christian Headlines profiled a gay couple that is raising a
genderless child named “Zo.” “We use ‘they’ pronouns for Zo,” the father, Nathan
Levitt, said. “We felt like there are so many gender stereotypes that get
put on kids. From the second they’re born, the question is, ‘Is it a boy or a
girl?’ And then so many decisions are made from that. … Are you going to buy
pink clothes or blue clothes? Do they play with trucks or with dolls?
“And we felt
we really want, as best as we can, to have our child not have those stereotypes
put on them. And our child to have the openness to identify as whatever gender
they want to whenever they feel that’s right for them.”
SNOWFLAKES
Job 38:22 “Hast
thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of
the hail,”
Creation
Moments – Oct. 25, 2018 -- As I write this particular Creation Moment, the
weather in Washington state is very wintry. The falling snow has been a
constant source of conversation. Are the roads going to be clear, or will they
be dangerous for driving? Will outdoor faucets freeze, and what can we do to
protect them? And are the schools closing today?
Coupled with
these conversations will be the usual comment that no two snowflakes are the
same shape.
Now, we cannot
prove that this common assertion is true. Snowflakes frequently, though not
always, grow in a hexagonal manner, and this is because of the hexagonal
arrangement of water molecules in an ice crystal. But the great variation seen
in snowflakes cannot be proved beyond doubt to be unique. Even if it is not
unique, however, the chances of finding two identical snowflakes in any given
fall of snow seems to be very remote, so uniqueness of design, while not
absolute, is certainly sufficient to give pause for thought.
Snowflakes are
formed when tiny water droplets form crystals around particles of dust. The
actual shape of the snowflake seems to depend on weather conditions, such as
temperature and humidity. If the air is fairly humid, and above -40şC (-40şF),
then the snowflake formation is at its best, as far as the attractiveness and
variety of design is concerned.
Whether or not
snowflakes are unique, they certainly give us good reason to stop and consider
the greatness of God, who has made everything so well.
EQUIPPED BY GOD
Sometimes
followers of Christ get the wrong idea about their role versus God’s role. They
may think that God is sitting on His throne, waiting to meet their needs when
they call on Him. Although He is a loving Father who provides for us, we must
be careful not to assume He exists to serve us.
The reality is
that we exist for God. He created us for His purposes and has equipped every
believer to serve Him in some fashion. According to Ephesians 2:10, “We are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would
walk in them.” Everything about us has been designed by God to equip us for the
work He preordained long before our birth.
• He created
each of us with the exact personality and body we would need to fulfill His
purpose for our life.
• God has
equipped us with the strengths, abilities, and talents necessary to do what He
planned for us.
• The Holy
Spirit has given us spiritual gifts with which to serve one another in the
church.
• Every
experience in our life is used by God to equip us for doing His will. Both the
pleasant and difficult times shape our character, mature us spiritually, and
train us to help others.
God uniquely created
each of us, and He’s provided us with everything we need to serve and glorify
Him. All we must do is step out in obedience with full reliance on His grace
and power.
In Touch
Ministry
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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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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