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· An Open letter to President Trump
· What many misunderstand about Jesus’ humility
· California Universities forced to provide abortion pills
· Republican leaders sign pro-gay marriage brief
· The power of worldview
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AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
The Christian
Post – Oct. 13, 2019
Dear President
Trump:
Along with
millions of people of many faiths I thank you for the bold stand you have taken
for religious freedom. The eloquent speech you gave at the United Nations was
one of your finest moments—in fact, one of the finest of any president.
I have worked
in the White House, and I have written about the presidency since the 1970s,
but have never seen nor heard a president of the United States so powerfully
defend the right of people to choose what they believe about God and to worship
freely.
I also join my
voice to the millions so grateful to you for your unrelenting defense of the
fundamental right to life of the unborn. Your firm stance against the abortion
movement that has escalated to shocking levels is crucial. It is unconscionable
that there are those in the industry who are willing to take human life almost
at the point of birth.
Christians of
many denominations and movements, along with many in other religions are
thankful for your leadership in these areas.
Nevertheless,
many Christians remain troubled by your careless speech. I want to offer two
examples.
At a recent
press conference, you spoke of calls you got from megachurch pastors who, you
said, told you that they had never seen their religions—or any—so “electrified”
because of the intense attack being brought against you by Democrats. According
to your reported assessment, this is a great revival, with “hundreds of
thousands of people” affected, and “churches joining.”
Sir, I have
spent much time studying revivals—the Welsh revival of 1904-5 in particular—and
I can tell you that your travails have not launched true revival.
There is
certainly an outpouring of appreciation for the way you are fighting for the
right to life and religious freedom. There is sorrow and frustration among your
supporters about the impeachment torments thrust on you and the nation.
But it is not
revival.
True revival
is a renewal of focus and love for the Lord Jesus Christ, and a hunger to be
more Christlike. It is not a focus on any human
being—not even a president of the United States.
True revival
is Heaven-sent, not earth-generated. It results, not in mere change and
outbursts of enthusiasm, but in transformation through the work of the Holy
Spirit in the inner person as well as corporately, in society and culture.
During the
Welsh revival it was reported that arrests for criminal behavior dropped by fifty
percent in one area experiencing the revival movement. Homes and families
were restored, and there was a new hunger for moral living. In a mere eighteen
months, one hundred thousand people out of a population of slightly more than a
million had their lives turned around by receiving Christ. Gauging that against
the current American population would mean some thirty million people turning
to Christ in less than two years.
The
transformation was so profound and so personal that the mules pulling the coal
out of Welsh mines had to be retrained. They only knew the foul curses by which
the miners drove them. But the converted miners quit cursing, and even the
animals had to learn new language.
And that
brings me to my second concern.
If you claim
to be a Christian, your speech needs to show it. You can talk tough without
talking trash. The power of the Holy Spirit transformed the tongues of the
Welsh coalminers, and their speech reflected their new life in Christ.
You are in the
Oval Office largely on the strength of the conservative Christian vote, and I
appeal to you not to continue to insult and embarrass us through your speeches
and actions. Rather than contributing to the coarseness of contemporary
culture, set a presidential example that elevates discourse.
In short, sir,
you need to clean up your act.
Last summer,
at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, you invoked the darkest of
imprecations when you twice used the G-damn word in your speech. The
evangelical Christians who support you have as their greatest passion that of helping people escape eternal damnation
through the grace of Jesus Christ.
Many, when
they heard or read that horrible curse coming from your mouth felt literal
pain. Democrat Paul Hardesty, a state senator from a coal-mining district, who,
though a Democrat, supports you, spoke for many of us when he wrote you that
there is “no place in society… where that type of speech should be used or
handled. Your comments were not presidential.”
Nor were they
Christian.
Mr. President,
you said once that you had never felt a need to ask forgiveness. You have one
now. And maybe more as you allow the Spirit of God to search your soul. (Psalm
139:23)
Many
evangelicals and other Christians take seriously Daniel 2:21 that says that it is God who “removes kings and establishes
kings.” If that verse is true and conveys a principle applied across history,
then bring yourself completely under His rulership,
and you will be a blessing to the nation and world.
I appeal to
you as one sinner to another, because I, too, have spoken in ways not
compatible with the purity of Christ. Confession and repentance will bring an
uplifting and renewing grace, and personal revival.
Again, thank
you for your courageous defense of liberty and the right to life, among your
other actions that will bless the nation.
Respectfully,
Wallace Henley
- Former White House and congressional aide
WHAT MANY MISUNDERSTAND ABOUT JESUS'
HUMILITY
Those who only see Jesus as the gentle Lamb of God forget that
He is also the fierce Lion of Judah.
Charisma News
– Aug. 15, 2019 -- Those who only see Jesus as the gentle Lamb of God forget
that He is also the fierce Lion of Judah. When Jesus said, "I am meek and
lowly" (Matt. 11:29), He did not mean that He is soft,
timid or weak. Rather, He is power under control.
Christ's
humility reveals much about His matchless power and extravagant love. When He
took on flesh, Jesus restrained His power—power that
can create from nothing and utterly undo everything—choosing instead mercy and
grace. When tempted, He remained without sin. When spat upon, He did not
retaliate. Knowing His disciples would forsake Him, He washed their feet. What
takes more power than to leave the glory of heaven and come to earth to save
and serve undeserving sinners?
Don't
misunderstand: Jesus also had moments where He expressed righteous anger. He
rebuked the Pharisees for their legalism. He overturned the tables of those who
had turned His Father's house into a marketplace. Whenever we see Jesus respond
in anger, it is always righteous, always appropriate.
Jesus is not a
passive teacher, a detached guru or a peace-loving hippie. In Revelation 1:12-18, we read that the glorified Christ has eyes of blazing fire,
feet of bronze, a voice like rushing waters, a face like the sun and a sword
coming out of His mouth. This image made the apostle John fall at his feet as
though dead—and it should fill us with awe and wonder that such a great and
holy God would give His life for us.
"He made
himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, ... Therefore God
exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every
name" (Phil. 2:7a, 9,
ESV).
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITIES FORCED TO
PROVIDE ABORTION PILLS
Koenig’s Int’l
News – Oct. 13, 2019 -- California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) will force all
taxpayer-funded public university campuses to provide abortion pills for
students by 2023. The governor signed
the bill on Friday
The College
Student Right to Access Act requires each of its 34 campuses in the California
State and University of California systems to provide access to abortion pills.
The legislation characterized pregnancy as a "medical condition."
Rather than seeking out abortion clinics, students will be able to obtain
medical abortions on campus.
"Because
abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the
medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in
the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature
that public university student health centers make abortion by medication
techniques as accessible and cost-effective for students as possible," the
bill says.
A medicated
abortion is induced by taking two pills. In that process, a woman’s uterus is
emptied and the baby often ejected into a toilet. Abortion pills are only to be
taken within the first 10 weeks of the pregnancy.
Newsom signed
the bill into law on Friday. He said in a statement that his
administration is committed to expand abortion access for young people. He
contrasted his approach to other states that have adopted pro-life reforms,
such as restricting the practice on unborn babies that can feel pain or when
their hearts begin to beat in the womb.
"As other
states and the federal government go backward, restricting reproductive
freedom, in California we are moving forward, expanding access and reaffirming
a woman’s right to choose," Newsom said.
Pro-life
organizations said the bill does not include conscience protections for
healthcare workers and would force those in the campus medical field to
participate in abortion. Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins said her organization plans to connect
healthcare professionals with legal support if they are forced against their
conscience to provide women with abortion pills.
"Healthcare
professionals will also be forced to hand them out no matter the consequences
to women’s health, but Students for Life of America will make sure to connect
these victims of conscience right violations with legal help to stop the spread
of a bad idea that is only good for propping up abortion vendors like Planned
Parenthood," Hawkins said.
California has
the largest public university student population in the country with more than
700,000 students enrolled between the two systems.
ONCE 'INCONCEIVABLE,' REPUBLICAN LEADERS
SIGN PRO-GAY MARRIAGE BRIEF (Excerpt)
Koenig’s Int’l News – Feb. 26, 2013 -- Supporters of same-sex
marriage hope for a boost this week when dozens of high-profile Republicans,
many no longer in office, submit their legal argument to the Supreme Court on
why gays and lesbians should be allowed to wed, bucking their party's platform.
In a move
described by one scholar as “inconceivable” just two years ago, more than 80
Republicans have signed the brief to be filed in the case of Proposition 8, a
California law banning same-sex marriage, according to the American Foundation
for Equal Rights, which is waging the legal battle against the law. The
nation’s high court will hear arguments in the case in late March.
Six former
governors, including Jon Huntsman of Utah and Christine Todd Whitman of New
Jersey, and members of President George W. Bush’s cabinet, such as former
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, four former and two current members of
Congress signed the brief, AFER said. Some of those, such as Meg Whitman, who
ran for California governor in 2010, had once opposed same-sex
marriage. Members of the Mitt Romney and John McCain presidential campaigns
also signed.
Michael
Klarman, a Harvard Law School professor and author of
“From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex
Marriage,” called it an “incredibly important development” and noted the brief
could influence Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom he said was the swing vote on gay
marriage.
“The
fact that more and more Republicans are coming out in favor of gay marriage
simply confirms how dramatic the shift in public opinion has been -- and that
is a fact that likely is of great significance to Justice Kennedy,” he wrote to
NBC News in an email. “Even two years ago, it would have been inconceivable
that this many prominent Republicans would have been willing to buck their
party platform on the issue.”
THE POWER OF WORLDVIEW
Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed
to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Creation
Moments – Aug. 29, 2019 -- I was already saved when I came across the concept
of creation. I already knew the Bible to be true, but I had not fully realized
the implications of this for my thought processes as I was studying sciences.
So when a friend explained why he did not believe the theory of evolution but
believed the literal six creation days in Genesis, and that there had been a
real worldwide Flood, I was ready to believe and took little convincing.
To me, the
evidence was overwhelming. I could clearly see that the evidence pointed to God
having made the world as He said that He made it. The evidence stacked up
against the theory of evolution, which no longer made any scientific sense to
me.
So, when I
started to share my newfound opinions with fellow students at high school, I
was surprised that they could not see the evidence as I did. I was ridiculed.
This took me by surprise. Why could they not see that evolution was contrary to
the Laws of Thermodynamics, for example? All the best arguments I, as a
teenager, could muster got me nowhere. My friends did not believe.
Now I know the
reason why they would not accept the evidence. It is because the issue has
nothing to do with the evidence. It takes a lot more than evidence to break
through a person’s worldview. An evolutionary or atheistic worldview prevents
someone from getting the evidence. Only the Holy Spirit can break through the
worldview barrier.
WHO IS JESUS?
When Jesus
asked His disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied, “You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:15-16). The Lord asks us the same question,
though not with audible words. There are many answers, but let’s check Scripture
for three overarching truths:
1. Jesus is
God the Son—a member of the Trinity. After His baptism, the heavens opened, the Holy Spirit descended
like a dove, and the Father Himself announced, “This is My beloved Son, in whom
I am well-pleased” (Matt. 3:17).
2. Christ
is the Savior of mankind. When
Adam and Eve chose to sin against Jehovah, there was a separation between God
and man. In Old Testament times, an animal sacrifice was necessary to atone for
the wrong in one’s life. But that was a temporary solution, until Jesus—the
perfect sacrifice—atoned once for all sin. He was the only One who could
satisfy God’s requirement for a Savior, because He had no sin (2 Corinthians 5:21).
3. He is
our High Priest. In Old
Testament times, a mediator—often a temple priest—interceded between God and
man, offering an animal’s blood as atonement for sin. Jesus’ death and resurrection
took away the need for such sacrifices. Christ now stands as our intercessor,
the bridge between Holy God and sinful man (Heb. 7:25-26).
Who do you
believe Jesus is? These characteristics of Christ are taken directly from the
Bible. Do they align with your understanding? Check your view of Him against
the standard of Scripture. Then ask the Lord to reveal Himself so that you can
know Him accurately and personally.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: – “God’s Will won’t take
you where His grace cannot keep you.”– Anonymous
INTERESTING ARTICLES
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How can I know the will
of God for my Life?
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Is God using Trump like
a Biblical Jehu to take down Jezebel in America?
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Planned Parenthood
Admits it controls Hollywood
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First Temple period
seal discovered in Jerusalem bears name of Senior Biblical official
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HOW CAN I KNOW THE WILL OF
GOD FOR MY LIFE? (Excerpt)
The
Christian Post – Oct. 5, 2019 -- Does God have a plan for us?
First, we must
believe that God does, in fact, have a plan for our lives.
Some
evolutionists say that life began as a chance coincidence, with no particular
plan or purpose at all.
Existentialists
say that this life is all there is, and life is chaos. Martin Heidegger, for
instance, wrote that we are actors on a stage, with no script, director, or
audience, and courage is to face life as it is.
Postmodernists
say that truth is relative, that there is no overriding purpose to life.
So, does God
have a plan for us, or is life a random coincidence? In the words of
Shakespeare, are we “sound and fury, signifying nothing”?
Here is God’s
answer: “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).
A plan for
where and how we live, the families we raise, and the country we inhabit—what
is left out?
God has a plan
for every part of our lives. Romans 12:2 calls God’s will “good, pleasing
and perfect.”
How can we
know this plan? Our
Father wants us to know his will even more than we want to know it. Here’s how
he discloses it to us: “I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer
your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your
spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test
and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:1-2).
First, make
Christ your Savior.
Paul’s words are addressed to his “brothers,” those who share his faith in
Jesus. God’s first will for you is that you accept his saving grace by trusting
his Son as your Lord.
Second, put God on the throne of your life. Paul tells us to “offer your bodies as
living sacrifices.” “Offer” is the technical term for presenting a sacrifice.
“Bodies” means the entire life. Not just Sunday, but Monday; not just a tenth
of our money, but all of it obedient to his will; not just our ethics at church,
but at work and school also. Do this as a “living sacrifice”—a daily, regular
commitment.
In other
words, put God on the throne of your life. There’s room for only one person
there. Write a blank check to God—promise that you will do whatever he wills
you to do. God will not reveal his will until we are willing to obey it.
Enthrone him now. Third, refuse the world’s influence.
“Do
not conform any longer to the pattern of this world” (v. 2a). Stop being molded by our culture and
its values. Ask yourself what the culture says about the issue before you, then reject it where it contradicts biblical truth.
Last, seek
the mind of God. Be
“transformed,” remade in your inmost nature. “By the renewing of your
mind”—spend time with God, so that he makes new your mind by Scripture and
prayer (v. 2b). Seek his mind, his biblical guidance, his Spirit’s leadership
through prayer and worship.
When you put
God in charge, refuse the world’s standards, and seek his mind, you will
experience his “good, pleasing and perfect will” (v. 2c). “Good” means that
which works well in practical experience. “Pleasing” means that which brings
delight and joy in emotional experience. “Perfect” means that which brings
complete fulfillment of your purpose in personal experience.
Now you are in
a position to seek God’s specific will for your specific problem or decision.
He will guide you through biblical truth, open and closed doors and
circumstances, the counsel of godly friends, and the urging of his Spirit in
your heart. You will know what to do when you need to know. And his will is
always for your good and his glory.
IS GOD USING TRUMP LIKE A BIBLICAL JEHU
TO TAKE DOWN JEZEBEL IN AMERICA? (Excerpt)
Charisma News – Sep. 24, 2019 -- Michael Brown says there is an
undeniable demonic attack on the United States. He says the horde
of spirits behind that concerted attack are the same ones that
influenced Queen Jezebel of the Old Testament.
"We see
it in the rise of idolatry in America, the turning away from God, the Creator,
to the following and worshipping of created things. We see it in the sexual
seduction of America, the epidemic rise of porn on the internet and the plague
that that brings. We see it in the rise of witchcraft and sorcery. We see it in
the rise of radical feminism. We see it in the baby-killing spirit, the radical
'Shout Your Abortion' movement. We see it in these many different fronts."
In 2 Kings
9-10, God raises up a strong leader named Jehu to overthrow Jezebel and break
her grip on the nation of Israel. Brown says this is a similar picture to what
God is doing through President Donald Trump right now.
"We're
not saying that this is a prophecy about Donald Trump, but ... Trump has been
likened to a Jehu figure," Brown says. "... Jehu was not a political
insider. He was a guy who was considered reckless. He had a zeal for God's
purposes on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was a lot of collateral
damage, like a bull in a china shop.
"... So
what's the connection here? It is ultimately Jehu who comes into final conflict
with Jezebel and ultimately brings her down. Again, we're not talking about a
person; we're not talking about an individual. We're talking about spiritual
forces. But the Trump presidency has brought into full light the spirit of
Jezebel.
"The
Trump presidency has brought out the women's marches, not just the women who
consider Trump misogynistic and have issues with him over that, but women who
want to blow up the White House, witches who are hexing Trump and hexing the
patriarchy, the most radical of the pro-abortion, feminist movements, the women
pounding the doors of the Supreme Court for their right to have abortions
during the Capital hearings. So Trump is a Jehu-like figure who has come into
direct conflict with the Jezebels of this age, and that's why everything is now
on full display."
In
another Charisma News article called “God is still on the Throne” Janet Boynes says that “Neither God nor
His Word ever changes”. He affirms and reaffirms to every generation, “I am the
Lord, I do not change” (Mal. 3:6).
Those of us
who believe the Scriptures know we are living in a day and hour when many
hearts are growing cold and many Christians are turning away from the faith. I
ask you today: In whom do you put your faith? Is your faith in God or man? Paul
said, “Your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God”
(1 Cor. 2:5).
We are
constantly bombarded with distortions and derision from the naysayers, but in
the end what they say really doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is
what God says. In the last days, His Word is the only thing that will sustain
us.
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HOLLYWOOD, GETS TV SHOWS AND MOVIES TO PROMOTE ABORTION (Excerpt)
Prophecy eNewsletter Update - Oct. 3, 2019 -- The pro-abortion bent
of Hollywood celebrities is no secret. But Planned Parenthood’s extensive
influence over them may be a surprise to many.
The
billion-dollar abortion “nonprofit” pays an employee just to hobnob with
celebrities and lobby them to advocate for abortion through their work.
The Washington
Post recently highlighted the breadth of abortion activist Caren Spruch’s influence over the American entertainment world.
Her job is to sell abortions to the American people through TV shows, movies,
music and other entertainment avenues.
In 2017, the
pro-abortion women’s blog Refinery 29 described how Spruch
is “taking over Hollywood” for the abortion chain. In the past two years, she apparently
has.
According to
the National Catholic Register, Spruch has been an
adviser on more than 150 movies and shows, including “Jane the Virgin,”
“Obvious Child,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “The Fosters” and “Parenthood.”
An
employee of Planned Parenthood, she “encourages screenwriters to tell stories
about abortion and works as a script doctor for those who do,” the report
states. It is not
clear if her position is funded by taxpayer dollars; but Planned Parenthood
receives nearly half a billion dollars from the government every year.
Melanie Roussell Newman, senior vice president of communications
and culture at Planned Parenthood, told the Post that Spruch’s
work is important because entertainment has a huge influence on people’s views.
FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD SEAL DISCOVERED IN
JERUSALEM BEARS NAME OF SENIOR BIBLICAL OFFICIAL (Excerpt)
"Bulla" or seal imprint bearing name of King David's
son Adenyahu
Koenig
International News – Sep. 10, 2019 -- A Bulla (seal) bearing a Biblical Hebrew
name dating back 2,600 years has been uncovered from dirt excavated in 2013
beneath Robinson’s Arch at the foundations of the Western Wall.
The bullae
stamps were small pieces of tin used in ancient times to sign documents, and
were meant to keep the letters closed in route to their destination.
This seal is
inscribed with the name of an individual with the most prominent role in the
king’s court in the kingdom of Judea. The Bulla (seal), which was used to sign
documents, bears the Hebrew name and title: “Adenyahu
Asher Al Habayit” which literally translates as “Adenyahu by Appointment of the House”- a term used
throughout the Bible to describe the most senior minister serving under a kings
of Judea or Israel.
According to
archaeologist Eli Shukron, who conducted the initial
excavations on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority just north of the
City of David at the Foundation Stones of the Western Wall, “This is the first
time this kind of archaeological discovery has been made in Jerusalem. The
Biblical title “Asher Al Habayit” was the highest
ranking ministerial position beneath the king during reigns of the Kings of
Judea and Israel, it is undoubtedly of great significance.”
“This tiny
bulla has immense meaning to billions of people worldwide,” said Doron Spielman, vice president of
the City of David Foundation which operates the site in which the bulla was
discovered and the Archaeological Experience where it was uncovered.
“The
personal signet of a senior official to a Biblical King from the First Temple
Period. This is
another link in the long chain of Jewish history in Jerusalem that is being
uncovered and preserved at the City of David on a daily basis.”
The bulla is
approximately one centimeter wide, and according to the type of writing that
appears on it, dates to the seventh century BCE – the period of the Kingdom of
Judea.
It was covered
in dirt that was excavated in 2013 until three weeks ago, when it was uncovered
as part of the City of David’s volunteer Archaeological Experience by an
Israeli teenager.
Batya
Howen described the moments of the discovery: “I
began sifting through the bucket of dirt by washing it under a stream of water,
and suddenly I recognized a small piece of black colored metal. To hold such a
significant find from 2600 years ago, from the time of the Kingdom of Judah, is
an amazing thing,” she said.
The name Adenayahu that appears on the bulla appears throughout the
Bible. This name belonged to one of King David’s sons as mentioned in the Book
of Kings. Another individual with that name is mentioned as one of the Levites
in the days of Jehoshaphat. Lastly, in the days of Nehemiah, he is mentioned as
one of the “Heads of, the people…(Nehemiah, 9:16).
GO TO THE ANT
Proverbs 6:6 “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways,
and be wise:”
Creation
Moments – June 27, 2018 -- There are certain occasions in the Bible when we are
directed to look at the behavior or traits of an animal and are asked to learn
an important lesson from them, behavioral or spiritual. One of the most well known of these is found in Proverbs 6:6, where we are
told to “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”
The
instruction is addressed to a sluggard. By this, the writer of Proverbs is
referring to someone who is lazy, lethargic, and generally without any
industry. The Bible values work and opposes lethargy.
So we are to
go to the ant and consider her ways. The writer is not suggesting that we
identify as an animal, but simply learn that the ant gets on with her work. We
also notice that ants tend to work cooperatively – often in very large colonies
that can comprise hundreds or thousands of individuals.
I remember a
house of mine being invaded by ants. I came back after a vacation, to find an
interstate of ants, marching in opposite directions from their entrance point
in a crack in the door-frame. This interstate stretched across the lounge, into
the kitchen, and up onto a work surface, and into a kitchen cupboard, where the
ants were picking up crystals of sugar from an open sugar bowl. This
fascinating scene reminds us of how hard and how cooperatively we should work,
and that is the lesson that the Bible is asking the sluggard to learn.
THE CHALLENGE TO END WELL
2
Timothy
In a race, how
you begin is not as important as how you finish. And this same principle is
also true to a large degree in the spiritual realm. That’s why the writer of
Hebrews reminds us to “lay aside every encumbrance” that hinders us in the race
set before us (12:1). A believer’s lifetime is not a sprint but a marathon walk
with Christ, and our goal should be the same as Paul’s—to fight the good fight,
finish the course, and keep the faith (2 Tim. 4:7).
Today’s
passage contrasts two runners. After a great start as a fellow worker with Paul
(Philem. 1:24), Demas later deserted the cause
because of his love for the world (2 Tim. 4:10). Instead of enduring to the end, he
gave up and didn’t finish the course.
Mark, on the
other hand, started poorly. When Paul and Barnabas went on their first
missionary journey, they took the young man with them, but after the first leg
of the trip, he returned to Jerusalem (Acts 13:5, Acts 13:13).
Because Mark
had deserted them on that first trip, Paul refused to take him on the second
(15:36-40). However, when Paul was nearing death, he wanted Mark, whom he now
considered “useful for service” (2 Tim. 4:11). Mark had proven himself faithful by
persevering in obedience and service to the Lord, and eventually he wrote the
one of the four gospels.
It’s easy to
get caught up in the pursuits and pleasures of this life and forget that we
have a higher goal. Once we cross the finish line and see Christ face-to-face,
everything else will fade in comparison. So let’s run with endurance the race
set before us.
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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