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SUMMARY
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Is
America preparing the way for a One-World ruler?
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Are
we living the Matthew 24 End Times?
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Over
a third of Senior Pastors believe “Good people” can earn their way to Heaven
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Biden
signs Executive Order designed to unleash transhumanist Hell on America and the
World
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IS
AMERICA PREPARING THE WAY FOR A ONE-WORLD RULER?
Charisma News – Sept. 26, 2022 -- The culmination of history is
approaching. The end of the world may be at hand. Yet Jesus tells us we should
not be alarmed. Why?
Because we are engraved in the palms of His
hands. Because we are carried in His arms. Because we are the apple of His eye.
The time is coming when the world will fall
under the spell of the ultimate power-drunk ruler. The Bible calls this ruler
the Antichrist. The world will fear him; the West will welcome him. America is
currently preparing his way. However, followers of Jesus must remember the Lord's
words: "See to it that you are not alarmed."
We must live faithfully and boldly, knowing
that the rise of the Antichrist is coming.
In the book of Revelation, John writes of his
vision of the End Times. In Revelation 13, John gives us a detailed description
of the Antichrist. John describes two beasts, one arising from the sea, the
other from the land (verses 1-18). The first beast represents the Antichrist,
the final world ruler, who will be destroyed at the second coming of Christ.
The second beast is probably a satanically inspired religious leader who
supports the political reign of the first beast. Clearly both
"beasts" are possessed by the "spirit of antichrist," a
spirit that denies that Jesus is the Messiah and Savior of the world.
But there will come a point in history when
the Antichrist with a capital A will be revealed. He will arise just prior to
the return of Christ. He will literally take control of the entire planet, of
all the nations on earth. He will arise at a time of great confusion and chaos
in the world. He will arise during conditions of global fear and unrest. He
will arise when the world is in political and financial upheaval.
Just as the entire world is desperate for
order and security, one man will step forth with a message of hope and peace.
Daniel 7:8 describes this leader as possessing "a mouth that spoke
boastfully." I believe this describes a person who is a powerfully
charismatic orator, who exudes a winsome charm, and who seems superhumanly
brilliant. He will be everything people want a world leader to be. His speeches
will strike a chord within the human heart. People will be drawn to him and he
will unite the world under his rule.
For a time, he will deliver exactly what he
has promised: Peace. Prosperity. Security. Hope. But once he has the world in
his grip, he will remove the mask of the Messiah-like peacemaker—and reveal
himself as a ruthless dictator. Above all, he will deny that Jesus is the only
One worthy to be worshiped. Instead, he will demand that the world worships
him.
Our world is already being prepared for the
Antichrist. There are countless forces today that would normally oppose each
other—yet they have joined forces in their opposition to Jesus Christ. They are
united in their denial that Jesus is the only way of salvation.
Yet these opposing groups have one belief in
common. They are all united in their total rejection of Jesus's claim to be the
divine Son of God and the only way to God the Father.
The Christian world is not even united about
Jesus's claim to be the only way of salvation. A 2018 survey conducted
by Ligonier Ministries and LifeWay
Research found that many Americans who claim to hold "evangelical
beliefs" have shockingly unbiblical notions about Jesus and salvation.
The Bible tells us, "There is no one
righteous, not even one . . . for all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of God" (Rom. 3:10,23). Yet a majority of
self-described "evangelicals"—52%—agree with the statement,
"Most people are basically good."
Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth
and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me" (John 14:6). And Peter declared, "Salvation is found in
no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which
we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). Yet a majority of
self-described "evangelicals"—51%—agree with the statement, "God
accepts the worship of all religions."
I won't sugarcoat the
truth. I will tell you plainly that being a Christian in the end times will be
incredibly difficult. It will mean being hated and persecuted for your faith.
But I guarantee that if you are hunted down,
abused, and killed for your faith in Jesus, it will be worth it. You will have
eternal life with Jesus in heaven. When He returns, you will be full of joy at
His appearing while others despair. Only Jesus offers true security in a
collapsing world.
ARE WE LIVING THE
MATTHEW 24 END TIMES?
The topic of the end times has fascinated and
deceived humans for generations.
Charism News – Sept. 26, 2022 -- It has led
some misguided leaders to form cults and worship false deities, and alleged
Christian leaders to claim they know when Jesus is returning.
The book of Matthew, chapter 24, gives a
startling amount of detail into the end times and Jesus' return. But Jesus Himself
said in verse 36, "Concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the
angels of heaven, but My Father only."
Christians do not know when the Lord is going
to return, but it would behoove them to pay attention to the signs of the
times. Knowing when a shift occurs in culture, the Spirit
and the world as a whole, gives discerning Christians a focus upon on which to
pray. Having the knowledge of the times they live in provides the opportunity
to use biblical wisdom in the face of global incidents.
Jesus warned about signs of the end times, and
paying attention to what is going on in the world does not make one a
conspiracy theorist. Matthew 24 gives an outline of the signs that will signal
those times before Christ's eventual return, many of which are occurring today.
Having wars, and hearing rumors of wars, is
not an occurrence that is unique to the current day. But when it falls in line
with the other manifestations listed in the Bible, there is a strong case for
putting these ideas together. With the war between Ukraine and Russia pushing
Europe to the brink of a larger conflict, and China's constant threat to Taiwan
and other east Asia nations, the threats and rumors of wars is undeniable.
Famine is not a problem the United States has
had to deal with when compared to third-world or underdeveloped countries. But
these days, even the mighty U.S. has felt the strangle of worldwide supply
lines. Suffering from a baby formula shortage, the inexplicable rash of food
processing plants catching fire and farmers suffering from increased costs
across all aspects of farming has the potential to lead to a catastrophic
reduction in available food items in America. John Boyd Jr., president of the
National Black Farmers Association, has already issued a warning about the
state of farming across the country saying, "We're in a crisis right
now." Even the USDA website begrudgingly acknowledges "the inventory
of certain foods at your grocery store might be temporarily low before stores
can restock," while maintaining there are "currently no nationwide
shortages of food."
Worldwide, the struggle against famine is even
worse. The World Food Program's executive director David Beasley has issued a
warning about food shortages in the future. When he took over the program almost
six years ago there were 80 million people in the world that were dealing with
starvation. Now, after COVID and the war in Ukraine hindering food production
even more, those numbers are closer to 345 million people dealing with
starvation. Beasley elaborated on those numbers even more, and the consequences
they will bring, "Within that are 50 million people in 45 countries
knocking on famine's door," Beasley said. "If we don't reach these
people, you will have famine, starvation, destabilization of nations unlike
anything we saw in 2007-2008 and 2011 and you will have mass migration."
Pestilence and pandemics are still on the mind
of many throughout the world. Having just lived through the unprecedented COVID
pandemic and all the liberty stripping restrictions that came with it, there
are still many other diseases plaguing populations today. What is spreading at
greater rates are sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), with an epidemic of
AIDS in South Africa, monkeypox infecting the gay community worldwide and the
rising spread of syphilis (to include congenital syphilis in infants which can
lead to death, blindness and brain and nerve problems). While doctors,
scientists and politicians look for ways to combat these spreading diseases,
they are leaving out the most effective treatment: God ordained monogamy in
marriage, between a man and a woman.
Finally, Jesus lists earthquakes as an
indicator for His return. While scientists acknowledge they have recorded the
most earthquakes ever in recent years, they attribute this to having better
seismic instruments to identify the earthquakes. While that is a contributing
factor, the average number of recorded earthquakes based on their magnitude is
going up as well. Recently, the Salton Sea in California, which lays on the San
Andreas fault line, experienced a swarm of 25 earthquakes within a 24-hour
period. These earthquakes were on the smaller end of the scale, with the
largest measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale. As of Sept. 26, the Reykjanes Ridge
in Iceland has experienced no less than eight recorded earthquakes ranging from
4.5 to 5.7 magnitude.
These occurrences, and many more throughout
the world, do not give Christians a definitive idea of when Jesus will return.
But as Matthew 24 ends, Jesus commands His disciples to be vigilant and watch
what is happening around them:
"Watch therefore, for you do not know
what hour your Lord will come. But know this, that if the owner of the house
had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have let
his house be broken into. Therefore, you also must be ready, for in an hour
when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming," (Matt. 24:42-44).
OVER A THIRD OF SENIOR PASTORS BELIEVE
'GOOD PEOPLE' CAN EARN THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN
Koenig’s Int’l News – Sept. 4, 022 -- At least a third of senior
pastors in the United States believe one can earn a place in Heaven by simply
being a good person, according to a nationwide survey.
The findings were among several
surprising responses as part of a survey conducted earlier this
year by the Cultural
Research Center at Arizona Christian University.
The American Worldview Inventory 2022 examined more than three
dozen beliefs held by pastors. Researchers found that in addition to believing
that people can merit salvation based solely on their good works, one-third or
more of senior pastors surveyed also believe the Holy Spirit is not a person
but rather “a symbol of God’s power." Others said that moral truth is subjective;
sexual relations between two unmarried people who love each other is “morally
acceptable" and biblical teaching on abortion is “ambiguous.”
At least a third of those surveyed also said they believe
“socialism is preferable to capitalism and that allowing property ownership
facilitates economic injustice,” which researchers say could point to the
“increase of cultural and political influence into the church.”
After data reported earlier this year found just 37% of
Christian pastors have a biblical worldview, the latest CRC report analyzed
that research across all major U.S. denominations, and found that a “loss of
biblical belief is prevalent among pastors in all denominational groupings.”
The current report focuses on roughly half of those beliefs,
revealing that a shockingly large percentage reject biblical teaching on some
of the most basic Christian beliefs.
Among Evangelical pastors, for example, around 43% said they do
not believe that the personal accumulation of wealth is provided by God for the
individual to manage those resources for God’s purposes.
Another 39% of Evangelical pastors surveyed said there is no
absolute moral truth and that “each individual must determine their own truth.”
Roughly the same percentage (38%) said human life is sacred, while 37% said
having faith, in general, is more important than in what — or more
specifically, Whom — one has faith.
George Barna, CRC's director of
research, said the results could be linked to another trend he observed in the
data.
“While studying the spiritual behavioral patterns of pastors, it
became evident that a large share of them do not have a regular spiritual
routine,” Barna said. “There was a correlation
between possessing biblical beliefs and a consistent regimen of Bible reading,
prayer, worship and confession.
“In some of the denominational groupings, a majority of pastors
do not engage in those foundational spiritual practices on a regular basis,” he
added. “Yet, among the pastors who have the most consistently biblical beliefs,
there is also a daily routine that incorporates all of those disciplines.”
The data from this latest report came from a nationwide study of
about 1,000 Christian pastors in May across several segments of churches and/or
denominational families.
BIDEN SIGNS EXECUTIVE
ORDER DESIGNED TO UNLEASH TRANSHUMANIST HELL ON AMERICA AND THE WORLD
Weekend News Today – Sept.20,2022 -- If anyone needed proof that
the powers pushing the levers behind the mindless moron who sits in the Oval
Office are fully on board with the World Economic Forum/United Nations agenda
of biomedical tyranny and transhumanism, look no further than the executive order that Joe Biden signed on Monday,
September 12.
By quietly getting Biden’s signature on this document, his
handlers may have given us the most ominous sign yet that we stand on the
threshold of a technocratic one-world beast system. Prepare to make your stand
because it’s about to get much more intense.
This document’s Orwellian title, Executive Order on
Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable,
Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy, will assure that its significance will fly right over the
heads of 99 percent of the media, even the conservative media.
They will read it and yawn. I plead with everyone reading this
article to please not make that same mistake.
Because of the arcane scientific language in which this document
is written, even most of those who take the time to read and study it (I assure
you Biden did not) will not fully grasp what is being ordered by the White
House.
That’s where we strive to help.
Karen Kingston, a former Pfizer employee and current analyst for
the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries, helps us decipher what’s going on in this executive order.
Kingston stated in a Twitter post:
“Let me read between the lines for America. Biden’s Sept. 12,
2022, executive order declares that Americans must surrender all human rights
that stand in the way of transhumanism. Clinical trial safety standards and
informed consent will be eradicated as they stand in the way of universally
unleashing gene-editing technologies needed to merge humans with A.I. In order
to achieve the societal goals of the New World Order, crimes against humanity
are not only legal, but mandatory.”
Here is one of the most disturbing excerpts from Biden’s
executive order:
“We need to develop genetic engineering technologies and
techniques to be able to write circuitry for cells and predictably program
biology in the same way in which we write software and program
computers…including through computing tools and artificial intelligence…
“
Patrick Wood, an economist and author
of several books on technocracy, has been following the transhumanist and
global technocracy movements for four decades. He told me that Kingston is not
overstating the issue.
He said this E.O. is proof that the executive branch is now
owned lock, stock and barrel by the
biomedical/pharmaceutical industry. It will be Katy bar the door from here on
out.
“The transhumanists within Big Pharma have completely taken over
government policy and taxpayer funds to promote their own anti-human agenda of
hacking the software of life,” Wood told me. “It also clearly demonstrates who
has the power, and who sets the policies in America.”
The mRNA injections that have already gone into the bodies of at
least 70 percent of adults in the U.S. (and a smaller percentage of its
children) mark the “gateway to transhumanism.” We have been told this by
Kingston as well as by the late Dr. Zev Zelenko and
Dr. Robert Malone, a co-inventor of the mRNA platform.
LeoHohmann.com was one of the first sites to blow the whistle on
Moderna’s former chief medical officer, Tal Zaks, who
told the world straight up in December 2017 that “We have hacked the
software of life,”
and that this mRNA gene-editing biotechnology would be incorporated into vaccines
to treat and prevent all manner of illnesses. We’ve
seen how well they work, with millions getting sick and tens of thousands dying
after getting two or more doses of the Covid injections offered up by Moderna
and Pfizer. With the FDA and CDC now totally on board, this mRNA technology is
being included in scores of other vaccines, including flu shots.
Continue reading at: https://leohohmann.com/2022/09/13/biden-signs-executive-order-designed-to-unleash-transhumanist-hell-on-america-and-the-world/
A SMALL MATTER OF
OBEDIENCE
If we obey God's
commands, we never know what may come of it, so we shouldn't
treat some sins as lesser than others.
Do you consider some of God’s commands more
important than others? For instance, most people would never commit murder, but
many think it’s okay to harbor anger towards someone.
Yet Jesus said that both actions are wrong because they flow from the same
sinful attitude (Matt. 5:21-22). Nothing the Lord tells us to do is
insignificant—though we may not always recognize the importance of obedience in
what we consider small matters.
Consider today’s passage about Jesus asking to
use Peter’s boat as a speaking platform. After a long night of unproductive
fishing, the future apostle could have seen the request as inconsequential and
hardly worth the inconvenience. But he obeyed in this small matter, not
realizing the impact that simple act of obedience would have on his life—it was
the first step to becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ.
As God’s children, we should seek His
direction in daily situations. That’s why it is so
important for us fill to our mind with His Word—then we can more easily discern
what He desires for us. As we stay attuned to Scripture and heed the Holy
Spirit’s promptings, we’ll be able to faithfully obey
Him throughout each day.
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SUMMARY
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Relationship
with God trumps religious observance
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The
mathematical proof for Christianity is irrefutable
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Cannibalism
now – Shock value and the value of our body
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RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD TRUMPS RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE
The Christian Post –
Sept. 18, 2022 -- In my thinking, everything that Jesus did, thought, taught,
and modeled screamed “don't be religious!” He could have easily said, “ok
people, listen, you have been trying to do this religious thing for over 4,000
years and it has not been working out for you. My Father knew that, and He
wants you to know that He has always had a much better plan. It's
called a relationship.”
I believe that in many ways people prefer religious practice
over a relationship. Why? Because they think it's
easier. The prophet Samuel told the people of Israel very plainly that God
wanted to be their King. They refused. Everybody else had a king and they
wanted one, too.
In my opinion, the Roman Catholic Church came into being simply
because it gave people what they wanted deep down all along. They wanted
someone else to hear from God for them. Throughout history and right up to
today, billions of people worldwide cling to its practices. There are those
within its ranks who experience the deep and rich personal relationship with
the true God, seeking His will for themselves and praying to Him directly
through the shed blood of their Savior Jesus Christ. Delightfully, we all
personally know some who do, but far too many prefer a third-person connection
to God.
Other movements or denominations, although earnestly desiring to
hold closely to the biblical model of the New Testament Church, can still fall
into similar patterns. They realize that given the choice, their constituents
would rather get together for a potluck than for a prayer meeting. Also,
because the average person does not actively seek God’s direction for their
lives, the role of a priest or a pastor becomes the primary one in discerning
God’s general will for his or her congregation. All in all, in my opinion, we
create our Protestant version of a spiritually empty religious society.
Jesus made it very clear, “It is necessary that I go away
because if I do not go away the Holy Spirit cannot come!” (John 16:7b). I believe what Jesus was trying to
communicate was that all the Old Testament saints whom God used to do wonders
in the past, had a one-on-one relationship with the Father through the power of
the Holy Spirit. The sacrificial system was set up to remind them of their sins
and the eternal gravity they have in the sight of a transcendent God. But in
due time, the Messiah was to come to die and make the final sacrifice to save
the world and have the Holy Spirit lead His people into an eternal perfect
relationship with the Triune God. The sacrificial lamb, by His blood, opened
the doors of Heaven for sinners doomed for destruction.
Honestly, could the mere prospect of empty religious trappings
hold a candle to this?
THE MATHEMATICAL PROOF
FOR CHRISTIANITY IS IRREFUTABLE
The Christian Post - It is impossible that Christianity is not
God's revelation of truth to man. Simply impossible. The math proves it beyond
question. It doesn't take faith to believe that one
plus one equals two, and it doesn't take faith to identify the religion which
has mathematical certainty in its corner.
God didn't have to give us mathematical
proof of His existence, but He did it anyway. God didn't
have to give us proof of Christianity, but He chose to do so. And God didn't have to give us proof of His love for us, but that is
exactly what He did. The proof is irrefutable.
I live in Nebraska where I serve as a pastor. Imagine someone
covering this entire state in silver dollars 6 feet deep. Then mark one coin
and bury it anywhere across the state. Next, blindfold a man and have him
choose one coin. The odds that he would choose the marked coin are the same
odds of getting 8 prophecies all fulfilled in one man. God gave us about 300
fulfilled prophecies in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Here are 8 of those 300 prophecies:
(1) The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem.
(Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-6
(2) The Messiah will be a descendant of
Jacob. (Numbers 24:17; Matthew 1:2)
(3) The Messiah will enter Jerusalem as a king
riding on a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9; Mark 11:4-11)
(4) The
Messiah will be betrayed by a friend. (Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:47,48)
(5) The
Messiah's betrayal money will be used to purchase a potter's field. (Zechariah
11:13; Matthew 27:9,10)
(6) The
Messiah will be spat upon and struck. (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67)
(7) The Messiah's hands and feet will be
pierced. (Psalm 22:16; John 20:25-27)
(8) Soldiers will gamble for the Messiah's
garments. (Psalm 22:18; Luke 23:34)
There is no way one man could have fulfilled all 8 of these
prophecies unless God was making it happen. Who else controls history? Who else
could give us such irrefutable proof for Christianity? The odds are one in one
hundred quadrillion, or 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.
This mathematical proof was calculated by Professor Peter
Stoner. He was chairman of the mathematics and astronomy departments at
Pasadena City College until 1953. He then went to Westmont College in Santa
Barbara, California, where he served as chairman of the science division.
You don't have to be a mathematics
professor to see that this evidence is irrefutable. No one would pick the
marked coin under those conditions. No one but God
could have given us these biblical prophecies, and then brought them to
fulfillment right before our eyes. It is impossible that Christianity is false.
The math proves it, and the Man behind the math rose from the dead, just as it
had been foretold.
It doesn't take faith to see how the
Bible could only have come from God. It does take faith, however, to accept
Jesus as your Savior and to believe in God's promise of eternal life. God has
done everything to make this way open to you. If you choose to reject it in spite of the overwhelming evidence and in spite of God's
love for you, you will be walking away from an open door to paradise.
Some people won't accept proof for the
Bible even when it is irrefutable. Man, by nature, is not very good at
accepting the evidence which God has laid out for us. The bias against God and
against the supernatural is so strong that even irrefutable evidence is viewed
with suspicion and doubt.
Never mind the fact that the prophecy about Christ's crucifixion
was given hundreds of years before that type of execution was being used. And who
but God could have identified Bethlehem 700 years before Christ was born? You
really have to have a closed mind to miss the
supernatural quality of the Bible, especially when you really start to dig into
it. The historical and mathematical conclusions all point to God's plan of
salvation through His Son.
Here is an idea. Try looking at this mathematical proof as if
you didn't have any bias against God and against the
supernatural, and see how that approach works for you. The
end result of your honest evaluation may shock you, and then it will
change you from the inside out. That is what happens whenever man embraces the
truth as revealed to us in Scripture.
One plus one equals two. Old Testament history plus New
Testament fulfillment equals irrefutable proof. This is why
Christianity is not a "blind faith." It is a faith built on immovable
facts. Are you ready to have that firm foundation in your life? Or do you plan
to finish out your time here on this planet with nothing more than an
unreasonable bias against God?
No one ever said man is going to always be reasonable. That's the tragic thing about the human soul ever since sin
entered the world. There are some biases which go even deeper than common sense
and mathematical certainty. That's what our sin does
to us, and this is why you and I need the Messiah. We need Jesus because we are
sinners. We have broken God's law. And God has been gracious enough not only to
give us His only Son, but even to give us conclusive proof for Christianity.
So, it's no surprise to find that every
other belief system and every other religion lacks even a hint of mathematical
evidence, let alone irrefutable proof. The followers of those religions are no
less sincere, but the foundation for their faith is not based on irrefutable
evidence. Where is your faith based today? Do you have a bias against God which
is keeping you from considering the mathematical certainty which supports
Christianity?
If so, God still loves you, and there is still hope. Many former
unbelievers who are now Christians know just what you are going through. This
is a critical time for you to consider your sin against God, and your need for
His forgiveness.
But don't take my word for it. Instead,
accept the irrefutable proof which our Creator has kindly given us in the Old
and New Testaments. He loves you far more than you can fathom. He proved it at
the cross, and through the fulfilled prophecies. You would have to be blind to
miss it.
CANNIBALISM NOW: SHOCK
VALUE AND THE VALUE OF OUR BODY (Excerpt)
Christin Headlines –
Aug. 4, 2022 -- One of the iron laws of popcorn cinema, especially to score the
coveted (but ever-more elusive) summer blockbuster status is that there must be
sufficient shock value. And one of the iron laws of shock value is that it must
always increase. Each new film must outdo the last one.
Take the Jurassic
Park series. In the first movie back in 1993, a mere five people were
eaten by dinosaurs, all of whom were confined to a tiny island. Fast-forward a
few inferior sequels, and a score or more people are gobbled by a host of
mutant CGI dinos prowling the entire planet along
with giant killer grasshoppers. The lesson is clear: Audiences had already been
shocked by dinosaurs coming back to life, and they wanted more. The old thrill
would no longer do.
The more this iron law
holds across pop culture, the more desensitized we become. Enter another rising
entertainment genre more gruesome than dinosaurs eating people. People eating
people.
Writing recently in The
New York Times, Alex Beggs documented a growing
fascination with cannibalism. In the article, Beggs
offered a long list of movies, TV shows, and novels in which characters eating
one another is a central plot device. The novel A Certain Hunger is
“about a restaurant critic with a taste for (male) human flesh.” The Showtime
series Yellowjackets is “about a high school women’s soccer
team stranded in the woods for a few months too many.”
A new show on Hulu
called Fresh is about “an underground human meat trade.” Raw is
a film about “a vegetarian veterinary student whose taste for meat escalates,”
and Bones and All is a movie about “a young love that becomes
a lust for human consumption.”
“Turns out,” wrote Beggs, “cannibalism has a time and a place,” and “that time
is now.”
What on earth is
fueling a sudden fixation with perhaps the oldest and most unsettling of
taboos? The writer of one show told the Times: “I feel like the
unthinkable has become the thinkable, and cannibalism is very much squarely in
the category of the unthinkable.” Another seemed to find the concept
potentially appetizing, asking, “what portion of our revulsion to these things
is a fear of the ecstasy of them?”
When I first saw the
headline for this New York Times story appear in my newsfeed,
I thought it was a prank. Apparently, all of these
books, movies, and TV shows about cannibalism point to a very real partially
popular trend. Why?
Perhaps, in a culture
that has made virtues of deconstructing all moral boundaries and celebrating
all desires, it is increasingly difficult to shock anyone. Shock value, after
all, depends on some sense of what is right and wrong, and even more, what
is normal. With sexual and gender identities multiplying daily and
more and more people treating the human body as moldable clay without any
underlying design or purpose, is it any wonder some are reimagining it as food?
And why shouldn’t
they, if human beings are only, as Christian author Glen Scrivener puts
it, “mischievous apes?” Chimpanzees routinely kill and eat one
another. If we are only advanced animals, it’s
difficult to imagine why we humans should have a strong aversion to dining on
each other, too. If our bodies are in no way sacred or made for a higher
purpose, then not just every sexual appetite, but every appetite must
be permissible.
To be clear, I am not
suggesting that we are on the cusp of a cannibal rights movement. I
certainly hope we are not. The social aversion is extremely
strong, as it should be, and has only been broken in a few times and places
throughout history. Still, the current flirtations with people-eating in
entertainment is a tell-tale sign of a culture that is losing all good
aversions.
Like those
sub-par Jurassic Park sequels resorting to ever hungrier and
bigger dinosaurs, our movies and stories reveal a lost creativity, leaving a
culture that must constantly push boundaries. In particular,
our gnostic age tends to push the boundaries of how characters think of
and use their bodies, and the bodies of others. When it comes to sex, titles
like Fifty Shades of Grey and Cuties have
already put sadomasochism and the sexual exploitation of children on the menu.
In such a culture, a side dish of cannibalism isn’t
surprising.
Those who find a
worldview in which bodies have no purpose or boundaries a bit nauseating should
wonder why. Christians can tell them, and offer the alternative: a
worldview in which bodies are sacred, not only because they are part of what it
means to be created in God’s image, but because God, Himself assumed a body and
gave it for us.
CAN
WE TALK ABOUT TATTOOS?
The Christian Post –
Sept. 4, 2022 -- Four days after his wife, Jennifer Flavin, filed for a
divorce, Sylvester Stallone covered a tattoo of Flavin on his right bicep with
an image of Butkus, his dog that appeared in the movie “Rocky.” Ouch! Stallone’s
insensitive do-over may have raised eyebrows, but the original tattoo itself
caused nary a stir.
Once taboo, tattoos
are all the rage. In a stunning turnaround, it’s
speaking critically about tattoos that is now taboo! So, going where angels
fear to tread, I’ll just say it flat out: On a
cultural scale, there’s something spiritually amiss about tattoos; and, in many
troubled individuals, something terribly sad.
If not careful, one
could be tempted to cite Leviticus 19:28: “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put
tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.” See, there it is in inspired black
and white! Yet, both context and translation issues cloud what otherwise seems
to be a straightforward prohibition. Is “marking” the same as “tattoo”? Are we
bound today by all the rules in Leviticus? In each instance, likely not. We eat
shrimp, wear polyester, and live under the law of Christ.
In Ezekiel, various
passages refer to God having his seal inked on the foreheads of his servants.
There is also that intriguing verse (Revelation 19:16), referring to what appears to be a tattoo on
the thigh of the rider known as “the Word of God.” Yet, because social
tattooing has such deep pagan roots, the popularity of tattoos at every level
of society speaks volumes about the paganization of culture. While there are
other indicia of an increasingly pagan mindset, none is as graphic and
in-your-face as tattoos.
Yes, our days of the
week have pagan names, which doesn’t make us pagans.
And at Christmas and Easter we wrap Christian meaning in pagan packaging, which
doesn’t make us pagans. Indeed, many believers have
tattoos with Christian themes, which obviously doesn’t
make one a pagan. But when a classic pagan practice takes such a widespread and
lasting hold on society, we’re way past the point of
merely a passing fad. We’re talking about a serious
seismic shift. Do tattoos provide a clue?
What prompts so many
good, decent people to deface their “temples” with inked graffiti? Is it simply
to display meaningful symbols, or their unique story? Seems innocent enough.
Or, are some so bereft of personal worth that they must shout in bold
technicolor, “Notice me!”? Or — as with today’s abandoned, misguided, and
confused young people — so desperate for attention as to add the pitiable “neon
hair” and body piercing? Whether showing off, or covering over deep wounds, or
merely “scrapbooking” on one’s own skin, I suggest that body art is the most
visible expression of a self-focused “Me Generation.”
Today’s subtle
linguistic change from “He and I” to “Me and him” is not just the crass
corruption of grammar, but a reordering of relative importance signifying that
“It’s all about me.” The connection is not a coincidence. The showier the
truer: tattoos are “all about me” — hardly a Christian virtue.
As Christians, our
identity is not to be found in some tattooed sub-culture, as with gangs, but in
the culture of Christ. Our identity comes, not from drawing attention to
ourselves, but from drawing attention to Christ, through what others see in us,
not on us. Our identity is not in displaying permanent fashion
accessories, but in the humble fashion by which we live our lives. Our identity
is not in body piercing that looks cool, but the “piercing of the ear” that
lets the world know we are willing, committed servants of our Master (Exodus 21:2-6).
I’m not saying no one
with tattoos can get to Heaven, but of one thing you can be sure: no one will
get to Heaven with tattoos. In the words of the Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 15), “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom
of God.” Nor ink, presumably. For at the Resurrection, the natural body —
whether youthful, wrinkled, amputated, or tattooed — will be raised a spiritual
body. And on that Great Gettin’ Up Morning, each saved
soul will bear only one image — that of the Heavenly Tattooist who has
indelibly marked us as His for eternity.
THE
IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD TESTIMONY
Jesus wants to satisfy
the yearnings of your heart.
A testimony is an account of what a person has
seen or experienced. For us as Christians, it’s a
declaration of who Jesus Christ is and what He’s done in our life. The authenticity
of our testimony is displayed in three ways.
When our character, conduct, and conversation
match who we are in Christ, we’ll have a testimony
that encourages fellow Christians and draws unbelievers to the Savior.
In Touch Ministry
THE GRACE THAT WE
STAND IN IS MORE THAN WE DESERVE
SECTION II - SPECIAL ARTICLES/
BOOK REVIEWS
IN THIS SECTION:
· WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE? (WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS)
· WHAT’S
IN A NAME?
· "BOB PIERCE - THIS ONE THING I DO" - A BOOKREVIEW/SUMMARY
· "THE HIDDEN CODES OF THE BIBLE" - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
· "SIGNS OF THE TIME” - A BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE
DIE?
By D.E. Davis
For Christians, we are
told in Scripture in 2Cr 5:8 that to be absent from the body is to be present
with the Lord. For those who turn away from God, we are told that they are
eternally separated from God and go to a place called Hell. Rev 14:11
says that the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for
ever and ever.
The question that
everyone ponders is: What really happens after we die? Do we just lay dormant
until the Lord takes us to be with him or until judgement is handed out at the
Great White Throne as called out in Rev. 20:11? Are we conscience? Do we feel,
touch, think, recognize loved ones, know what is happening around us? All
questions that we have ask ourselves, no doubt, at some time in our life.
My own personal review of
the Scriptures has led me to believe that after we die, even though our body
may be dead and buried, our Spirit is alive and fully conscience. Chuck Missler likens this state of conscienceness
to the software that runs the Computer; once the
hardware goes, the software remains intact and available for further
applications.
There are two
illustrations in the Bible that makes it clear as to what happens after death,
when we're in the spirit.
The first one is
illustrated in the Luke account of Lazarus and the rich man in Chapter 16.
After death, Lazarus, a man of God, is escorted into Abraham’s Bosom, a holding
compartment in Hell for the Believers prior to the Cross. The non-believing
rich man was "buried" and went into a separate compartment in Hell
(Hades), apart from Abraham’s Bosom, where he was in Torment according to
Scripture. Both were in a Spirit state; yet by the account, they could see each
other and speak to each other.
The second account is in
Revelation, where John is taken (in the Spirit) to Heaven to see those things
that shall come to pass prior to the return of Jesus Christ to the Earth, or
Second Coming (not the Rapture).
I had to conclude from
the study, based on the following Scripture, that all of
the senses we have here on earth will be with us throughout eternity, even unto
death.
· THE ABILITY TO LOOK/SEE - Luke 16:23;Rev.
1:12;4:1,4; 5:1,2; 6:1,2,8,9; 7:1,2; 8:2; 9:1,17; 10:1,5; 13:1,2,3;14:1,6;
15:1,2; 16:13; 17:3,6; 18:1; 19:11,17,19; 20:1,4,11,12; 21:1,2,22; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO HEAR - Rev. 1:10; 4:1; 5:11;
6:1,3,5,6,7; 7:4; 9:13,16; 10:4,8; 12:10; 14:2,13; 16:1,5,7; 18:4; 19:1,6; 21:
3; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO BEHOLD ( to
obtain knowledge of: understand: perceive) - Rev. 5:6,11; 6:5,8,12; 7:9; 8:13;
13:11
· THE ABILITY TO REASON - Luke 16:30
· THE ABILITY TO CRY (even though there will be no
more crying in Heaven) - Rev. 5:4,5; Luke 16:24
· THE ABILITY TO SPEAK - Rev. 5:13; 10:9; 21:6,15;
Luke 16:24, 29,30,31
· THE ABILITY TO FEEL/TOUCH - Luke 16:23, 24,25
· THE ABILITY TO REMEMBER - Luke 16:25
· THE ABILITY TO WONDER - Rev. 17:6
· THE ABILITY TO WRITE - Rev. 1:11; 10:4; 19:9
· THE ABILITY TO QUESTION - Rev. 7:13
· THE ABILITY TO TAKE (THE BOOK/ROD) - Rev.
10:8,9,10
· THE ABILITY TO FALL (ON KNEES) - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO STAND - Rev. 13:1
· THE ABILITY TO WORSHIP - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
· THE ABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS - Rev. 11:1
God has promised in 1 Thess 4:16 and 1 Cor. 15:52,53 that one day, we shall be
reunited with Him in body and will be transformed and conformed to Him - in the
twinkling of an eye. We are also told in Scripture that we shall see Him face
to face- see the Lamb that was slain for you and me. We know by His Word, that
we will Praise Him, Worship Him and Rule with Him.
One thing in the study
that I found extremely fascinating was the difference in treatment between
Lazarus and the non-believing rich man. Scripture says that Lazarus was
escorted to Heaven by an Angel, but there is no indication in Scripture about
how the rich man arrived at Hell. Could it be that God had a specific purpose
why He chose not to tell us in Scripture?
Finally, knowing that
others may have varying interpretations of these Scriptures, I strongly urge
you to review the Scriptures yourselves to determine what you find as the truth
according to God’s Word.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
For those who wish you
had some other name because you don't like the name
you were given, you had better think twice. It is most likely that
the name your parents picked out for you was not their choice but God's
choice. Let’ s face it, the word of the Lord is true. That's why in Eph. 1:4, God proclaimed that He had chosen us
from before the very beginning of the world.
If you follow the
Genealogy of Adam in Genesis, Chapter 5 (*) you will receive an insight into
what importance God put in names - It's an exciting
message:
Genealogy Meaning
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The
blessed God
Jared Shall
come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His
Death shall bring
Lamech The
Despairing
Noah Rest,
Comfort
Now let us look at God’s
Plan for Redemption:
"Man (is) appointed
mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death
shall bring (the) despairing rest."
Let us now look at the
Genealogy of Abraham (*):
Genealogy Meaning
Abraham Predestination
Isaac Called
Jacob Justified
Joseph Glorified
(*) Source: Chuck Missler’s Briefing package: “A Walk Thru the Bible”
WELL YOU SAY! BUT THAT WAS ALL OLD TESTAMENT AND
WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE FOR TODAY - WOULD IT?
Well, let us
see.................. As a Christian, did God not choose you by name at the
same time he chose Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan,
Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph - before the very foundation of the
world? If God had a purpose for their name, would you expect
anything less for your name since He chose you at the same time?
As a Christian, You ought
to thank God daily that you, by your given name, was written in the Lamb's book
of life before the very foundation of the world and that you will be a partaker
in all the promises of Rev 21:27.
Within the last couple of
years, researchers have found many startling discoveries through
the use of super computers, specifically, hidden codes that God
supernaturally placed within the Hebrew text of the Bible. Over 2000
years ago, the names of historical and current leader’s names were placed in
the Bible. Such names as Adolph Hitler, Eichmann, Arafat, Peres, Rabin, Rabin's
murderer Amir, Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Saddan Hussein,
George Bush, Schwarzkoph, Peter Arnet
(CNN), Timithy McVeigh, Bill Clinton.
Do you think that God
would limit His calling out to just those who had a highly visible historical
impact on this world? There is no doubt that He had a purpose in
doing this, if nothing else, just to get your attention that He is the Creator;
that He alone knows the beginning from the end.
It is my firm belief that
as we advance further with our computer technology and peel back the layers of
the Hebrew text of the scriptures, we will make many more startling and
exciting discoveries. One being that God has written each and every one of our names in His Word.
HERE IS WHAT GOD SAID:
Isaiah 66:22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,
shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain."
BOOK REVIEW by D. E.
Davis (September 1997)
BOB PIERCE -"THIS
ONE THING I DO"
By Franklin Graham with
Jeanette Lockerbie
It is amazing the worlds
that open up to an individual, once the Power of the
Holy Spirit comes upon him. Just three years ago, where once I was blind to
Missions, to all the inspired men and women God has called to service and the
multitude of people all over the world who have been saved, new worlds are ever
opening to me to see how awesome the power of God is in our Christian lives.
Such was the power and
strength of faith Bob Pierce had in our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. It is difficult for me to even attempt to
assess where God has put Bob along with other past great men of the faith, but
from what I read about his life with Christ, he certainly had his eyes focused
on Jesus! I personally feel inadequate and humbled to even put in
words, my thoughts about this man. Bob was a man Blessed by
God. I feel sad that I never had an opportunity to know him, but
look forward to meeting him one day in heaven.
If ever there was a verse
of scripture that represented Bob Pierce, it had to be the title of this book
as taken from Philippians 3:13,14 ".......this one thing I do,....I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Jesus Christ."
Bob was raised in Los
Angeles and at the age of 12, gave his life to Christ and was baptized in the
Nazarene Church. "God simply called me to give my heart to Jesus, and I
followed Him." He died in 1978 of leukemia but lived his life
for Christ in between in between those dates as if Christ was coming tomorrow
and he still had to witness to the whole world before dawn
broke. Throughout his career, he dedicated his life mainly to
Missions and over the years was responsible for founding such World re-noun
programs as "World Vision", an organization dedicated to meeting the
emergency needs in crisis areas such as Korea after the Korean
war. During that time of need, he established a
Korean Orphanage, serving over 30 thousand Korean war orphans. Bob
was also responsible for starting the World re-noun Korean Orphan's
Choir. As an outgrowth of "World Vision" he founded
"World Medical Mission" which covered all emergency medical needs in
countries all over the world which had no medical facilities. He was
also founder of "Samaritan's Purse" and organization dedicated to
funding World emergency need, no matter where they were. These
organizations are still meeting the needs of those in crisis today.
If his work through these
organizations was not enough, he became a United Nations War Correspondent
during World War II; was Co-founder for "Youth for Christ"; and
became a Motion Picture producer/Radio program host, author
and a lecturer, but first and last, he always considered himself an evangelist!
Even though Bob knew that he was "extraordinarily gifted by God, he was
never impressed with himself - he considered himself just an earthly vessel,
available at all times for the exclusive use of the Lord".
In his own words, he had
"many flaws, failings but had abundant faith in God who lives and cares
about people."
If I had to pick four
areas of the Christian life that I feel truly represented Bob Pierce, they
would be 1) Unwavering Faith, 2) Compassion for others, 3) Obedience to God and
4) Commitment to accomplish the Will of God in his life.
From the Beginning, Bob
knew his calling was for Missions to the Asian Countries. His first
mission led him through Hawaii to Hong Kong and eventually to
China. Getting to China was his first big test of faith - he had no
money, even for the first leg to Hawaii. Bob held the opinion that
God knows ones needs already and if He has called you to a task, He will
provide and enable you - just move out! He did just that and went to the L.A.
airport that day without any money in his pocket. His faith paid off
as God provided the funding for each leg of his trip just at the moment he needed it. This was the norm rather than the exception throughout his career
as an evangelist. What ever it was, where ever it
was, if God called, Bob would act no matter what the circumstance......he knew
that God would always provide.....and He did!
Bob had a compassion for
the spiritually and physically suffering of the world. "He was
the friend of the little people, the forgotten, the hurting, the maimed, the
unheard and the unsung". Bob's theme was "Let my heart be
broken with the things that break the heart of God". It was Bob's personal
belief that "wherever you find men and women who really love Jesus Christ,
you find the compassion of Christ spilling out of them to meet human
need." Over the years World Vision, Samaritan's Purse
and other organizations like them; one in particular, Mission Aviation
Fellowship Pilots (MAF), who flew Missionaries around the world in crisis
situations, helped so many helpless and needy men, women and children. They
knew first hand the healing power of God.
Bob dared it all to be
obedient to the Lord's call. Once he had in focus the mission that
God wanted him to accomplish, he followed in Faith to bring the unsaved to
Christ. It was his opinion that " If you are an ambassador, act
like one!"- no matter where you are. Bob would bring to memory how other
great men of Faith were obedient even in the face of death. During
World War II, a young South Korean Pastor, Mr. Im was
mistaken for a North Korean Communist and imprisoned. During
his internment, he would go around camp singing "Jesus Loves Me" and
other Christian songs. He not only uplifted and inspired other
fellow Christian prisoners to come together, he brought many more to
Christ. Together he and another prisoner, Chaplain Voelkel, established a Bible Study where over 6,000
prisoners finished a six month Bible
Study. Six Hundred (600) of those finishing the Bible Study became pastors and came back to Korea to
preach the Gospel. In another instance, he related how a Korean
school teacher was put to death in front of his students because of his faith
and obedience to the Lord.
To be an ambassador for
the Lord "is one of the greatest things that could ever have happened to
anyone - to let God put a fish hook into you so deep that there is no way of
ever getting off the hook."
"Bob did one
thing all of his life, and that was to lead people to the foot of the Cross where
they would put their faith in a risen Lord Jesus Christ. He lived
every minute completely amazed that God could use him. No matter how
much he was able to do in how many places, it was never
enough." This was the kind of commitment Bob made to Jesus;
"to commit yourself, give yourself away to God
irrevocably, forever. Say to Him, go ahead and burn me up. Spend me.
Eat me up. Use me for you Glory." And that's
exactly what he did.
Being a man of God was
not always easy for Bob and he paid a high price. In one measure or
another he had to forsake his wife, his family, his Mother
and Father, his brothers and sisters and other worldly possessions to follow
Jesus. He not only lost his health, he lost his Daughter,
Sharon, to death.
Committing your life to
Christ in a Godless society is never easy; many times
you feel like you may be the only one putting your life, your self image, your social acceptance on the
line. As Bob came to realize, ". Someone has to go and pay that humiliating price of literally
letting your ego be stomped on- not just pushed in and suppressed, but laid out
there for people to stomp on. We need to do this by the grace of God
with love and patience: sow the seed on rocky soil, nurture it, and maybe never
be applauded."
Committing your life to
Christ really comes down to this; What really matters
to you in Life?
On his death bed in the
City of Hope, Bob left us this one message - "I don't care what you have
attempted. What you have succeeded at, or what has been your work in Christ's
name while you are here on earth - only one thing matters when you have reached
the last step before you go to stand before Christ:
- Did you tell men and
women who Jesus is?
- Did you bring them to
some comprehension of His redeeming love?
- Did you make it plain
to them that He alone can pay their way to heaven throughout His atoning death
on the cross?"
Such was the life of a
man of God, Bob Pierce.
HIDDEN CODES OF THE
BIBLE
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ACT 17:11 - Exhorts you
to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said is true
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Other
reading: "The Hebrew Factor" by Yacov Rambsel
Prepared
by D. E. Davis
Daniel 12: 4 - "But
thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the
end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased."
Here is undeniable proof,
the third in the series, that every word, every letter and every punctuation in
Bible text was put their by
the inspiration of God. It gives new meaning to the words
"increase knowledge". It's just
one of the many signs, and without a doubt, the most exciting revelation that
God said he would reveal to man in the "end
time". As you will see, God has put his signature
throughout the Bible, has revealed History before it ever happened, all through
hidden codes that were supernaturally placed into text which was written over
2,000 years ago; which could only be found with today's computer technological
advances. The codes are found in what scholars
call "Equidistant Letter Sequences" or ESL. That is, each
sequential letter in an encoded word or phrase was found the same distance
apart numerically; The exact interval designed by God.
Actually, the discovery
of hidden codes in scripture dates back to before WWI and it was not until 1988
that the use of computers were able to detect a
significant amount of coding in scripture. Since then, the research
that Grant Jeffrey and others have done has just exploded and new discoveries
are happening every day.
Here is a summary of what
has been found and outlined in Grant's book, referenced above. It is
my understanding that he is in the process of writing another book to tell what
he has found subsequent to "The Signature of
God".
Luke 21:15 - " For I
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able
to gainsay (refute) nor resist."
Proverbs 25:2 - "It
is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out
a matter."
THE
SIGNATURE OF GOD
What follows is what most
of the human race would find hard to
believe. It unfathomable to think that the Hebrew Bible, containing
304,805 Hebrew letters, written by 40 individuals could contain hidden messages
that if one letter was taken out of the text, one word was removed, the hidden
message could not be revealed......yet the message has been sustained for over
2,000 years and has been revealed to man just as Jesus said it would
be. Jesus has actually placed His name and
other messages about Himself into text which proves he is the creator of all;
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
GOD'S SIGNATURE
God has personally signed
scriptures throughout the Old and New Testaments in various
ways. For example in the Old Testament, he
has encoded his name, Jesus, in the following scripture:
THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD FROM ANCIENT TIMES UNTIL TODAY
God has also encoded
unbelievable detail about many of the things we read about and which touch our
lives daily. For example, he outlines:
PLACES AND THINGS
· Gen. 2: 4-10 -
The key word "Eden" was spelled out sixteen (16) times in the span of
379 Hebrew letters. The letters were all equidistant from each
other.
· Gen. 2 - In
this chapter which deals with the garden of Eden, scientists found encoded in
the Hebrew text, Twenty-five (25) names of trees that were in the
Garden of Eden.
· Gen. 1:1 - Starting with the first appearance of
the Hebrew letter "Tav", the word
"Torah" was found every 50th letter.
· Ex. 1: 1 - Again, starting with the first
appearance of the letter "Tav" and counting
every 50th letter, the word "Torah" was spelled. Num./Deut. - In the
book of Numbers the word "Torah" was found
spelled backwards every 50th letter. In the book of Deuteronomy,
"Torah" was found again spelled backwards, but this time every
forty-ninth (49) letter.
NAMES AND EVENTS
· Holocaust
· Deut. 10: 17-22 - Beginning with the second to
last appearance of the Hebrew letter "bet" in this passage, they
found every Thirteenth (13) letter, the phrase "b'yam
marah Auschwitz" which means "in the bitter
sea of Auschwitz." Also encoded in this passage were the
names of the other Nazi Concentration camp, "Belsen".
· Deut. 33:21 - Beginning with the letter (resh) that appeared in the Hebrew word "Yisreal," and counting every twenty-second (22) letter
from the left to right they found the phrase "re'tzach
alm" discribing the
Holocaust, which when translated, means "a people cry murder,
slaughter."
· Adolph Hitler
· Deut. 10: 17-22 - The word "Hitler"
spelled out in Hebrew was found every twenty-second (22) letter.
· Deut. 33:16 - Beginning with the first appearance
of the Hebrew letter "mem" and every two hundred and forty-sixth
(246) letter from left to right you find that the coded letters spelled out the
phrase, "Melek Natzim,"
which translates as the "king of the Nazis."
· Eichmann
· Deut. 32:52 - Beginning with the appearance of
the first letter (aleph) and counting from left to right every six hundred and
seventy (670) letters, the name "Aik'man"
is spelled, which is the Hebrew form of the name "Eichmann."
· Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
· "Sadat occurred together with the name of
the leader of the Moslem Brotherhood
assassinating team that killed him.......it contained the year of his
assassination, 1981, and the words "president,"
"gunfire," "shot'" and 'Murder".
· Desert Storm
· Beginning in Gen. 1:7 and continuing through the
rest of Genesis, Grant Jeffrey indicated at the Prophesy Conference in Irvine,Ca.
on 27 Sept. 1996 that they had recently found information in hidden code in
scripture relating to Desert Storm. I believe more details will be
available in Grant's next book.
· The French Revolution
· Gen. 39,41 - "Another passage in the Book of
Genesis revealed a cluster of encoded words that deals with the French
Revolution. The following words are clustered ogether"
"Mapecha HaSarfatit"
which spells "the French Revolution" in Hebrew, "Louis,"
the name of the French king, and the word "Beit (house of Bourbon,")
his royal dynasty. In the same cluster were the following
words: "Hamarseilles" (the name
of the French anthem) and the word "Bastillia"
(the infamous French prison for political prisoners........"
OTHER HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
· Word pairs - "In their initial experiment,
.......the scientists arbitrarily chose three hundred (300) Hebrew word-pairs
that were logically related in meaning, such as hammer and anvil, or tree and
leaf, or man and woman." ".....the
researchers were astonished to find that every single word-pair had been
located in Genesis in close proximity to each other."
· King David's Ancestors
· Gen. 28 - " Every one of the five Hebrew
names of these ancestor of King
David (Pharez,
Zerah, Boaz, Obed, Jesse) were found encoded at forty-nine (49) letter
intervals, hidden within the text of Genesis 38".
· Famous Jewish Rabbi - "The
Jewish people celebrate the memory of their famous sages by commemorating their
date of death. Incredibly, the computer program found every single
one of the sixty-six names of these famous rabbis embedded in the text of
Genesis paired at significantly close proximity with their actual date of birth
or their date of death."
IS THE HEBREW BIBLE
UNIQUE TO GOD' S INSPIRED EMBEDDED CODES?
Grant points out that
"The researchers attempted to reproduce these results by running the
computer program on other religious Hebrew texts outside the Bible, including
the Samaritan Pentateuch. .......the researchers could not detect word pairs in
the Samaritan Pentateuch or any other Hebrew text outside the
Bible. In fact, an exhaustive analysis reveals that no other Hebrew
text outside the Old testament contains these
mysterious codes, not even the Hebrew apocryphal books written during the four
hundred years before the birth of Christ"
A WORD OF CAUTION
"No one can search
the Torah using these codes to foretell future events. The reason is
that it is impossible to extract the encoded information unless you already
know what the future facts are." "The prophet Isaiah
warned against false prophets and declared that only God can Prophesy future
events accurately
(Isa. 46: 9,10).
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"Computer tapes are
now available so that anyone with a computer can personally verify the
existence of these codes beneath the text of the Scriptures.
As Christians, we can
stand firm in the word and shout for joy. God has given us "the
words and the wisdom that none of our adversaries will be able to refute or
contradict", no matter how much they try!
PRAISE THE LORD!
SIGNS OF THE TIME
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Prepared by D. E. Davis
June 10, 1997
Prelude
How do we know that Jesus
is the one true God when there are so many religions, cultures and cults that
claim that they serve the one true god? How about Buddha, Allah?
Scripture says that God
alone knows the beginning from the end. The way that God establishes
His authority is through Biblical Prophesy. There
are over 500 prophesies that were prophesied over 2,000 years ago that have all
come to pass. There are still some Old Testament that have yet have
to be fulfilled (Daniel Ezekiel), but there has never been an event prophesied
that has not come to pass in it’s
time. 100% accuracy tells us that the God of the Bible is the only true
God. No one else in the history of the world, living or dead, can
make this claim.
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In Matthew 24:3, just
before Jesus' ascension into heaven, the disciples of Jesus ask Him what would
be the sign of His second coming. Over the centuries various groups
have attempted to guess when Christ would return to the earth to claim His
inheritance as promised throughout scripture. As we know, no one has
been right yet!. God clearly states in
Matthew 24:36 that no man, not even the angels, know the day or the time when
Christ will return. Only God the Father knows.
This summary is clearly
not another attempt to forecast this event. This summary does,
however, attempt to provide an awareness of what is happening around you so
that you will not be caught unaware. (Ref. Luke 21:34 and Matthew. 24:42).
ACT 17:11- Exhorts you
to daily review the scriptures to see if what is being said is true.
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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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