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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
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Which Bible Translation
should I be reading
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President Trump shares
the story behind “God Bless America”
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Islam set to become the
second-largest Religion in America
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US Constitution under
attack – Pelosi overturns Justice system with new standard for convictions
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Planned Parenthood
action funds says Abortion is “Moral” and Health Care”
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INTERESTING ARTICLES
WHICH BIBLE TRANSLATION SHOULD I BE READING?
The Christian
Post – Jan. 12, 2020 -- William Tyndale lived over 400 years ago. In his day,
the church would allow only its leaders to read and interpret the Bible. It
also refused to let the Scriptures be translated from Latin into the language of
the people.
God gave
Tyndale a deep desire to give the people a Bible they could read for
themselves, but he was unable to convince the church to do this work. He
therefore began the enormous task of translating the Bible into English
himself.
Tyndale worked
feverishly from dawn to dusk, six days a week, for 11 years. He taught himself
Hebrew in order to translate the Old Testament. All during this time the church
opposed his work and even placed a bounty on his head. He finally completed the
New Testament in 1525. Since printing had been invented recently, this became
the first English New Testament to be printed and distributed widely.
Tragically, in
1536 he was captured and executed before he could finish the Old Testament.
Courageous to the end, as he stood before the gallows he prayed, “Lord, open
the eyes of the King of England.”
Within three
years God answered his prayer, for in 1539 King Henry VIII instructed all
publishers to permit “the free and liberal use of the Bible in our native
tongue.” And in 1611 the authorized version of King
James I was published — the King James Version still in use today.
Here’s the
irony: the King James Version is 90 percent the work of William Tyndale. The king’s
scholars employed almost entirely Tyndale’s censored work of a century earlier.
God used the sacrifice of this man to give us a Bible we can still read and
understand today. In fact, the King James Version remains the most popular
Bible translation to this day. If you’re like many people, your first copy of
God’s Word came mostly from the pen of William Tyndale.
In this
article, we will look at the work of modern Tyndales.
These are
important questions for all who want to unlock God’s Word for themselves.
The story
of the English Bible
The Bible was
originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Since most people are
unfamiliar with these languages, we must rely on a Bible that has been
translated into English. For this reason, a good Bible translation is your most
essential tool for understanding God’s Word.
Fortunately,
there are scores of such translations available today. In fact, the Bible is
the most translated book in the world. Where did our English versions of the
Bible come from?
Long before
Tyndale published his English Bible, scholars were working to give their people
a Bible they could read. The first effort of this kind was made by 72 Jewish
scholars who translated the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek, the common
language of their day. This translation of the Old Testament is called
the Septuagint, for the “seventy” who did its work. It is sometimes
abbreviated “LXX,” the Roman numeral for seventy. This version was completed by
100 BC.
It is
important to know that this Greek Old Testament was the popular Bible of Jesus’
day. When the New Testament writers quoted the Old Testament, they usually
quoted the Septuagint. Most versions today still mainly follow its order of the
Old Testament books.
One other
early translation deserves our attention: the Latin Vulgate. In the fourth
century, a scholar in the Catholic Church named Jerome wanted to give the
people a Bible in Latin since this had become the common language of the day.
So he made this “common” translation. “Vulgate” stands for the “vulgar” or
“common” Latin he used. It is ironic that long after Latin passed from the scene
as a common language, the church still insisted that this “common” Bible be
used. Later, the first attempts to give the Bible in “common” English were
based on Jerome’s “common” Bible.
The story of
the English Bible begins with the introduction of Christianity into Great
Britain, probably around the third century AD. The first British Christians
made rough translations of the Bible into the Anglo-Saxon language, completing
the Gospels and some of the Old Testament by the ninth century.
Versions of
other parts of the Bible were made up to the 14th century. Then John
Wycliffe (died 1384) and his followers made the first effort to translate the
entire Bible into the people’s language. Wycliffe was a scholar at Oxford. It
was his heartfelt belief that the people should have a Bible they could read
for themselves. He began this work and his followers completed it. However, the
official church rejected his work and him with it.
For additional
reading, go to: https://www.christianpost.com/voice/which-bible-translation-should-i-be-reading.html
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHARES THE STORY BEHIND
'GOD BLESS AMERICA' SONG
'It's the Prayer That Still Unites Us
Today'
Koenig Int’l News – Dec. 11, 2019 -- President
Donald Trump told the story behind “God Bless America” at the Israeli American
Council National Summit this week in Hollywood, Florida.
According to Faithwire, Trump
introduced the Shalva National Center House Band, the
group of musicians with disabilities that would be playing the song. “In every
generation, Jewish American patriots have strengthened, sustained, uplifted,
and inspired our nation,” Trump said. “In a moment, the Shalva Band will conclude this event with a song that we
know very well. Before they do, I want to tell the famous story behind
it,” the President noted.
Trump said a young Jewish American
soldier was stationed at Camp Upton in New York when he wrote a prayer in the
form of a song.
“His name was Irving Berlin — maybe the
greatest of them all,” Trump said. “And he held that song close to his heart
for more than 20 years. He did not release the song until 1938, as the world
learned of Hitler’s evil atrocities against the Jewish people.
“On November 10th of that year, his song
broadcast through the radio and into the homes all across the country.
Millions and millions of people were inspired. It was the first
time Americans heard Irving Berlin’s timeless hymn, “God Bless America.’”
Trump said the song became the “prayer
of our nation.”
“It’s the prayer that Americans sang as
we faced down communism and as we came together as one nation after 9/11. It’s
the prayer that still unites us today and the hope that burns bright in our
hearts because we are proud American patriots,” Trump said. “We love this
magnificent nation with every ounce of our strength, spirit, and soul.”
The Shalva Band originally began as
part of a musical therapy class at Shalva, the Israel
Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. The group
went on to compete on the Israeli TV show “Rising Star.”
ISLAM SET TO BECOME THE SECOND-LARGEST
RELIGION IN AMERICA BY 2040
Prophecy eNewsletter Update Jan.10, 2016 -- The American Muslim
population stands a strong chance of doubling in size by 2050 and becoming the
second largest religion by 2040, based on new estimates from the Pew Research
Center.
At the moment,
Pew believes that there’s approximately 3.3 million
Muslims living in the United States. Given the total U.S. population, this
means that Muslims currently comprise 1 percent. But by 2050, Pew thinks that
Muslims may surge to 8.1 million.
Part of the
reason for that surge is due to Muslim immigration, Pew noted, since about 10
percent of all legal immigrants are Muslim. Another is because Muslim families
tend to have far more children than the average, which is the case in Europe,
as well.
Even before
that, however, Islam itself is projected to become the second largest religion
in the U.S. by 2040, which is a far greater increase than that expected among
Jews and Hindus.
For Jews, on the other hand, Pew thinks that the total
number will decline from 1.8 percent to 1.4 percent by 2050, while Hindus will
see a modest increase from 0.7 percent to 1.2 percent.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll in December showed a certain amount of anxiety
exists among Americans regarding the Muslim community. Following the shooting
instigated by Muslims in California, which left 14 dead, the poll indicated
that only 30 percent of Republicans believe that Muslims are no different than
any other community, compared to 60 percent of Democrats. A total of 14.6
percent of Americans are generally fearful of Muslims– a figure
that jumped to 34.7 percent when respondents were asked about “a few
groups and individuals” in the Muslim community.
Most Republicans, at 64 percent, want mosques to be closely
monitored. Exactly 43 percent of Democrats agree. Additionally, a recent YouGov poll discovered that most Americans do not want to
open up the border to Muslim refugees.
While many
Muslim advocacy organizations have blasted the fears as illegitimate, surveys
conducted across Europe have found that 25 percent of Muslims believe that
Islam can justify violence against civilians, and a Pew poll has shown that one
in eight American Muslims think that suicide bombing can be legitimate. In
France, Muslims comprise 8 percent of the population, but make up around
70 percent of the prison population.
Out of 600
American Muslims, 25 percent expressed agreement with the statement, “Violence
against Americans here in the United States can be justified as part of the
global jihad,” according to a 2015 poll produced for the Center for Security
Policy.
WND
– Jan. 17, 2019 -- Last fall, Barack Obama CIA Director John Brennan announced
a new legal standard for American jurisprudence.
He
said Americans are innocent until they are accused of a crime.
Now,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has posed another new standard.
It's
not about "proof" anymore.
See her remarks: https://youtu.be/7dzhIxeF204
"It's
not a question of proof, it says what allegations have been made and that has
to be subjected to scrutiny as to how we go forward, but it should not be
ignored in the context of other events that could substantiate some of
that," Pelosi told reporters Thursday.
Brennan,
on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" last October, said "people are
innocent, you know, until alleged to be involved in some kind of criminal
activity."
Zerohedge
featured journalist Glenn Greenwald's Twitter post on Brennan's statement.
Greenwald
wrote, "With sincere apologies in advance to all U.S. liberals who are
offended by criticisms of former CIA chiefs, @JohnBrennan's
understanding of the presumption of innocence is completely warped, but in the
most unsurprising way imaginable."
Zerohedge
explained: "The presumption of innocence, as a foundation of the U.S.
judicial system, has seemingly been under attack since November 8th 2016. An
allegation is made, media runs with the narrative, the seed of possibility of
guilt is implanted in the minds of zombie Americans, and the accused is
maligned forever – no court required. Simple. And now,
none other than former CIA Director John Brennan clarifies exactly how the deep
state sees 'due process'…"
Brennan,
now a CNN commentator, also has accused Trump of treason.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND SAYS
ABORTION IS 'MORAL' AND 'HEALTH CARE'?
Koenig Int’l
News – Nov. 24, 2019 -- The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, a nonprofit
advocacy group, tweeted this week that abortion is “moral” and is
“health care.”
According to Faithwire, the group sent out the tweet this week and at
the time of this writing has generated more than 1,000 retweets and nearly
6,000 likes.
But the tweet
also sparked opinions from pro-life advocates.
“Abortion is
‘healthcare’ like the death penalty is ‘just helping someone get a good night’s
sleep’,” one person said in response to the tweet.
“Abortion is
immoral. It is a big problem. It is not health care,” tweeted
another.
The tweet
comes about a week after Planned Parenthood Medical Director of the St. Louis
Region and Southwest Missouri Dr. Colleen McNicholas
testified during the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reforms
proceedings.
“[Abortion] is
important, it is healthcare, and I support people being the experts in their
own lives in making decisions for themselves,” McNicholas
told Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) during the proceedings.
According
to NPR the committee’s hearing was meant to look into Missouri’s “state
efforts to undermine access to reproductive health care,” including health
regulations for clinics and doctors who perform abortions.
Acting
Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney told NPR that they would “examine
Missouri's onerous restrictions as a case study showing how states — emboldened
by the Trump administration's harmful policies — are eliminating access for
their residents.”
Allie Stuckey,
host of a conservative podcast called Relatable, also testified at the hearing.
“I don’t quite
understand the logic of saying that killing the child in the womb is moral, is
healthcare,” she said. “In what other situation, besides when the child is
defenseless in the womb, do we call killing someone ‘healthcare,’ do we call
killing someone ‘moral?’”
Stuckey later
tweeted: “If there’s anything I learned from today’s hearing on abortion
legislation, it’s that Democrats’ arguments on the subject are truly nothing
more than silliness. Euphemisms, generalities, strawmen & gaslighting is all they have. It’d
be funny if babies weren’t dying as a result.”
KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE
Many people
think it doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you believe in something.
But in reality, the content of our faith affects all areas of life. That’s not
to say that everything we do will be 100 percent aligned with our
convictions—after all, we aren’t perfect! As a rule, though, we are guided by
what we accept as truth.
For example,
believing what the Bible says will affect how we use our gifts, the way we
treat others, and our choices about spending or investing our money. And of
course the most important decision in life—trusting in the Lord Jesus
Christ—hinges on whether we believe He is who He claims to be.
The Word of
God contains many passages warning about false teachers and prophets, whose
destructive doctrines can cause us terrible damage. But if we have a strong
foundation, we are far less likely to be deceived. That’s why Scripture teaches
us how to safeguard against believing error: by filling our mind with truth. If
you haven’t yet developed a daily habit of spending time in God’s Word, why not
start today?
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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
Luke nails it: The mob
at Ephesus in Acts 19
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Pope: Don’t try to
convert Muslims and Jews to Christianity
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You can’t say you’re a
Christian if you don’t worship Jesus
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Over 200 Rabbis thank
Trump for “Fulfilling Prophecy of Jeremiah”
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Jesus is 1st
“Islamic Martyr”
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An egg that won’t hatch
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LUKE NAILS IT: THE MOB AT EPHESUS IN
ACTS 19
Christian Headline News -- Acts 19 starts with Paul leaving
Apollos in charge of the church in Corinth while he continues his missionary
journey. It ends with Paul’s encounter with an angry mob.
And, as a
article in Biblical Archaeological Review tells us, it’s a very reliable
depiction of life in the Roman world.
Upon his arrival in Ephesus, Paul meets some believers whose
instruction was incomplete. He teaches them about the Holy Spirit and baptizes
them in the name of the Lord Jesus. But then things get interesting.
Paul’s message offends both the Jewish and Gentile
establishments in what was either the second or third largest city in the Roman
Empire. The response of some people in the synagogue was the usual: obstinacy,
disbelief, and disparagement.
But for the Gentiles, the problem was literally closer to home:
their pocketbooks. What Acts calls “a serious disturbance” broke out when a
silversmith named Demetrius told his fellow silversmiths that Paul’s monotheism
was bad for business.
To understand why, it helps to understand what made Ephesus
famous: a shrine to Artemis, also known as “Diana,” the goddess associated
with, among other things, childbirth, children, virginity and the hunt.
Actually calling the temple to Artemis in Ephesus a “shrine” is
a gross understatement. The temple was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World. At 425 feet long by 200 feet wide, it was four times the size of the
Parthenon. The structure was held by 127 columns that were 60 feet tall and 7
feet in diameter.
That meant anything—including Paul and his gospel of the risen
Jesus—calling into question the cult of Artemis not only threatened their
livelihood, it also threatened Ephesus’s stature within the Empire.
So the good people of Ephesus rioted, yelling “Great is Artemis
of the Ephesians.”
As the article shows, the account of Paul’s adventures in
Ephesus is filled with details that demonstrate intimate knowledge about
Ephesus and its way of life. For instance, the reference to
silversmiths. In 1984, a monument was discovered that corroborated
Luke’s account of their prominence in Ephesus. The inscription stated that the
monument had been paid for by the silversmiths and called their city the
“greatest metropolis of Asia, [and] the thrice-honored temple guardian of the
venerable Ephesians.”
In others words, theirs was a status quo worth rioting to
preserve. Note that both the inscription and Acts 19 uses the same Greek word, neokoros,
“guardian,” in describing Ephesus’s relationship to
the temple cult.
Then there’s the seemingly-obscure reference to “the great
Artemis and of her image that fell from the sky.” As Biblical Archaeological
Review tells readers, “The origin of Ephesian Artemis is traditionally
associated with a meteorite that was worshiped in early Ephesus.”
As the article concludes, “Luke knew what he was talking about
in recording the riot in the theater. His claim at the outset of the two-part
work (Luke and Acts) to have ‘investigated everything accurately and reported
them orderly’ is substantiated in Acts 19.”
As the brilliant comic actor Kenneth Mars said in Mel Brooks’
Young Frankenstein, “A riot is an ugly thing.” But a riot
that substantiates the historicity of the Acts of the Apostles? Well,
that’s a beautiful thing.
POPE: DON'T TRY TO CONVERT MUSLIMS AND JEWS TO CHRISTIANITY (Excerpt)
Speaking to high-school students in
Rome, Pope Francis said Catholics shouldn't seek to convert Jews and Muslims
to Christianity. He said that
Christians should declare the Gospel only if their witness prompts
non-believers to ask questions.
"I went to public school, and we
always had companions from other religions. We were educated to
coexistence," he said. This taught me a lot, that
we are all the same, all children of God and this purifies your gaze, it
humanizes it," he said.
"You must be consistent with your
faith," he said. "It never occurred to me -- and nor should it -- to
say to a boy or a girl: 'You are Jewish, you are
Muslim: come, be converted!'
He said the "the last thing I
should do is speak."
"I should live my faith with consistency.
And it will be my witness that will awaken the curiosity of the other who may
then ask: ‘But why do you do this?’ And yes, then I can speak."
"In addressing non-believers, Pope
Francis emphasized the value of witness to awaken curiosity about the Gospel
and faith,"
Francis said the church "grows by
attraction, by witness," not by "proselytism."
Mark
16:15 “And He
said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to all
creation”
YOU CAN'T SAY YOU'RE CHRISTIAN IF YOU
DON'T WORSHIP JESUS
Charisma News
– Dec. 13, 2019 -- Evangelist Chris Mikkelson says he
used to work with Jehovah's Witnesses doing masonry, and he learned that they
neither believe Jesus is God, nor that Jesus should be worshipped. But if
people miss the reality that Jesus was more than a prophet—that He is
actually part of the Trinity, and therefore God—then they're not truly
Christians.
"You
cannot say you're a Christian and not worship Jesus. It doesn't work that
way," Mikkelson says. "Jesus is Lord. ...
We see it all the way through Scripture, so many times where Jesus was doing
miracles or where Jesus came and He said to somebody, 'Your sins are forgiven.'
And the Pharisees said to Him, 'Who is this who can forgive sins? Only God can
forgive sins.' And that's the point, my friends: Only God can forgive your
sins."
Nowhere in
Scripture does Jesus rebuke anyone for worshipping Him, Mikkelson
says on the Salvation Today podcast on the Charisma Podcast Network.
This is unlike other passages in the Bible such as Acts 10:26, where Peter
stops a man from worshipping him, saying, "Stand up. I myself am a
man." And this further proves Christ's deity.
"Those
who were in the boat came and they worshipped
Jesus," Mikkelson says, referencing Matthew
14:33. "And they said, 'Truly, you are the Son of God.' And in that
moment, Jesus never rebuked them and said, 'Hey, wait a minute, don't worship Me. You're not supposed to worship Me.
You can't do that.' No, Jesus didn't correct them at all. He received worship.
He knew that only God should be worshipped, yet He received worship there that
day."
OVER 200 ISRAELI RABBIS SIGN LETTER
THANKING TRUMP FOR “FULFILLING PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH”
Weekend News
Today – Nov. 23, 2019 -- Over 200 rabbis, including the Chief Rabbis of Israel,
sent a letter to President Trump, thanking him for his recognition of Israel’s
right to Judea and Samaria. The letter was composed by the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and
published in Srugim compared the
political move to the prophecy of Jeremiah.
Again you
shall plant vineyards On the hills of Shomron; Men shall plant and live to enjoy them.
Jeremiah 31:4
“Over 2,500
years ago, the Prophet Jeremiah claimed that the nation of Israel would return
to the hills of Samaria and plant their vineyards there.”
The Rabbis
then cited another verse in Jeremiah as being manifested by Trump’s actions.
Thus said the lord of Hosts, the God
of Yisrael: They shall again say this in
the land of Yehuda and in its towns, when I restore their
fortunes: “Hashem bless you, Abode of righteousness, O holy
mountain!” Jeremiah 31:22
“We get to
live in the generation where these prophecies are fulfilled word for word. 130
years ago, Jew from all over the world started returning to Israel. 72 years
ago, the nation was freed from foreign rule. 52 years ago we returned to
Jerusalem, Hebron, and the rest of Judea and Samaria. Our enemies did not
accept this, and are still trying to stop the process. But God has promised to
Abraham that ‘Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their
enemies’, and we have seen with our own eyes how ‘Five of you will chase a
hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will
fall by the sword before you'”.
“We are
grateful for the blessing of peace, of the hills of Israel producing fruit, and
of the Israeli economy gathering strength” the letter read. “We are grateful
that the world recognizes Israel’s mission to bring joy and hope to the world,
to strengthen justice and bring everlasting peace. Two years ago we got your
recognition of the central position Jerusalem has in our country, followed by
recognition of the Golan Heights – and now we are blessed with your recognition
of the legality of the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria”.
“The United
States of America were one of the first countries to
support the founding of the State of Israel. The presidents of the US were
honored to support Israel, and be part of the fulfillment of the Prophet’s
predictions of the return of Zion and the foundation of the State of Israel. It
is a rare honor for you to be the first President to lead this recognition”.
God made a
promise to Abraham, that ‘I will bless those who bless you’. He promised the
prophet Isaiah that ‘For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s
sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch. The nations will see your vindication, and
all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the
Lord will bestow’. President Trump, you are blessed to see the fulfillment of
this prophecy”.
“We are sure
you will be remembered in the history of Israel as the leader who stood
fearlessly by our side. May God bless you and fulfill you as he promised
Joshua: ‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for
the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go'”.
WND
– Jan. 2, 2020 -- A number of senior Palestinian officials claimed this week
that Jesus was the "first Palestinian," and one called him the
"first Islamic martyr."
Palestinian
Media Watch reported Tawfiq Tirawi,
a Fatah Central Committee member, posted on his personal Facebook page on Dec.
24: "This is blessed Christmas, The birthday of our lord Jesus the
Messiah, the first Palestinian and the first Shahid
(Islamic Martyr)."
PA
President Mahmoud Abbas declared Dec. 28 on official Palestinian TV, "For
all of us Palestinians, this holiday (Christmas) is ours."
And
Fatah said on its official Facebook page, "Christmas is a Palestinian
holiday."
PMW
noted that according to Islamic tradition, among the rewards of an Islamic
martyr in Islam's paradise are 72 dark-eyed virgins.
"Whereas
claiming that Jesus, who was a Judean (Jew), was a Palestinian is nonsensical
for believing Christians, saying he is now in Islamic Paradise with 72 virgins
is seen by many as defamation," PMW commented.
PMW
also pointed out the PA "rewrites history, both ancient and recent,
according to its political and internal needs."
The
official Fatah Facebook said: "Christmas is a Palestinian holiday. ...
There is a special significance to the Christmas celebrations in Palestine,
since it has clearly become a national holiday in which all of our people
participate, starting from [PA] President of Palestine [Mahmoud Abbas] and down
to the last of the children."
The
district governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, said
the "entire Palestinian people celebrates Christmas because we are proud
of Jesus being Palestinian."
The
official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida reported Muwaffaq Matar, a Fatah
Revolutionary Council member, said, "If someone could win the Nobel Peace
Prize every year forever, it is Palestinian Jesus son of Mary who was born in
Bethlehem…"
Explained PMW: "It should be noted that the expression by Tirawi 'our lord Jesus' is not an indication of Palestinian
acceptance of the principles of Christianity. According to Islamic tradition, as
explained in the following quote by the top PA religious figure, PA Mufti
Muhammad Hussein, Jesus is said to have been a Muslim who preached Islam:"
Hussein
said: "We're talking about an ongoing chain [of prophets of the Islam],
from Adam to Muhammad. It's an ongoing chain, representing the call for
monotheism, and the mission of Islam … The prophets were all of the same
religion [Islam] … Jesus was born in this land. He lived in this land. It is
known that he was born in Bethlehem … He also lived in Nazareth, moved to
Jerusalem. So he was a Palestinian par excellence. … We respect Jesus, we
believe in him [as a Muslim prophet], just as we believe in the prophet
Muhammad."
AN EGG
THAT WON’T HATCH
Job 30:29“I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.”
Creation
Moments – Nov. 27, 2019 -- We do not have many artifacts in the Mount St Helens
Creation Center, as we consider ourselves more of a visitors’ center than a
museum. But, over the years, we have acquired one or two interesting pieces.
One of them is a fossilized egg, and I have been reliably informed that it is
the egg of a hadrosaurus.
The hadrosaurus was one of the earliest and most famous fossil
discoveries of the 19th Century. Having seen some large bones, dug
up by someone twenty years previously, the discoverer dug up a nearly complete
skeleton in 1858, in a woodland site in New Jersey. The dinosaur was
subsequently named Hadrosaurus foulkii, for its discoverer. It was thought to be a
dinosaur, similar to iguanadon.
It was ten
years before the skeleton was assembled for display. The sculptor who assembled
the skeleton was the British naturalist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Foulke had contacted the paleontologist Joseph Leidy, who
decided that the dinosaur must have walked on two legs, which is interesting,
because Hawkins had previously built a model iguanadon
at the Crystal Palace dinosaur park in London, England, showing the iguanadon on all fours, like a lizard.
Today, the
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences houses the dinosaur, and many other
fossil hadrosaurs have been discovered, making it,
and its eggs, some of the most popular fossils around. Hadrosaurs
were beautiful creatures, made by God on Day Six of creation week, along with
the other land animals.
COURAGE BEHIND YOUR CONVICTIONS
Today we live
in a society that is convinced there are no absolute moral truths. It not only
considers the Bible outdated and irrelevant to contemporary problems but also
sees each person as free to decide what is right. As a result, our culture is
ungodly, immoral, violent, and self-centered. How are we as Christians supposed
to live in such an environment?
We need look
no further than the example of a teenage boy named Daniel, who had the courage
to stand for his convictions in the midst of the depraved atmosphere of
Babylon. Despite his immersion in Babylonian culture, he committed to following
the Lord faithfully, even if doing so would cost him his life. The issue of
diet may seem trivial to us, but Jewish people of his day believed eating meat
that had been offered to idols was an abomination to God.
In the modern
Western world, we may find it hard to relate to Daniel’s example. Few of us are
willing to take such a bold stand even though we have no fear of losing our
life. It’s the threat of rejection, ridicule, or being seen as narrow-minded or
judgmental that keeps us silent. Or worse, it may be that we don’t have any
strong convictions because we haven’t let God’s Word develop them within us.
Ignorance of Scripture may let us live comfortably in a sinful culture, but it
will never please the Lord.
God is looking
for people like Daniel—followers of Christ who will stand by their convictions,
regardless of threats or the temptation to compromise for the sake of profit or
acceptance. Are you such a person?
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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