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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
God
and Israel
·
Why
Believers need to live out Jesus’ Sermon on the on the Mount every day
·
The
war of Thrones: Biblical parallels with America’s “Culture War”
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Archaeologists
uncover potential proof of Hebrew Judge Gideon
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A
master of disguise
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WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO BE “BORN AGAIN”
INTERESTING ARTICLES
GOD AND ISRAEL
Charisma News Jul. 1, 2021 -- Israel
figures prominently in both the Old and New Testament prophecies. In Romans 11,
Paul discusses the place of Israel in the end-times, and starts out by saying
in verse 1: "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid."
In verse 5 he says: "Even so then at this present time also there is a
remnant according to the election of grace." This refers to Christ's
apostles, disciples, and initial converts who were all Jewish. Later, Gentiles
were admitted into Christianity as full members. Christians are depicted as
natural branches (Jews) and grafted branches (Gentiles) of the same tree.
Any branch can be broken off because of
unbelief. In spite of the present unbelief of the Jewish nation, Paul says in
verses 26 and 29: "And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob...For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance".
This sounds like the entire nation will be saved after the return of Christ.
God is true to His covenants.
The modern nation of Israel was born in
1948 within the land called Palestine which was controlled by the British after
World War One. The British had previously endorsed the establishment of a
national home for the Jewish people in Palestine by their Balfour Declaration of
1917. The European powers mandated the creation of a Jewish homeland at the San
Remo conference in 1920. Zionism is the movement which promoted the idea of a
Jewish homeland in Palestine.
In 1947, the UN had proposed that there
would be two states next to each other in Palestine after the British left: one
Jewish, and the other one Arab. The Jews accepted the land that was offered to
them, and, in 1948, established a Jewish government; but the Arabs didn't want
a Jewish nation in the Middle East. The surrounding Arab nations immediately
attacked Israel to destroy it as soon as it came into being when the British
ended their control of the land. Israel prevailed; and this war enabled Israel
to add more land to what it had been offered at the beginning.
The Arabs also could have established a
government in the part the land that they were offered by the UN if they had
accepted it; but the surrounding Arab countries rejected it because they wanted
all the land; instead, they chose wars against Israel to destroy it even though
there were Palestinian Arabs who would have accepted the partitioned land.
Jordan and Egypt occupied parts of the land after the 1948 war even though they
were not included in the Partition Plan, but they were forced back to where
they came from during the 1967 war to destroy Israel. Israel was able to send
the Jordanians back over the Jordan River and the Egyptians were forced to
retreat from Gaza. Syrians were expelled from the Golan Heights in the north.
Jordan and Egypt did not create a Palestinian state for the Palestinian Arabs
during the period of their occupation between 1949 and 1967.
Jerusalem had been proposed by the UN to
be an international city separate from the Jewish and Arab lands, but, as a
result of the 1948 war, the city was divided between the Jews and the
Jordanians who had attacked Israel during that war: Jews in West Jerusalem, and
Jordanians in East Jerusalem. Jerusalem was united under Israel after the 1967
war.
As a result of the 1967 war, the Jews
now control all of the land. The Partition Plan no longer exists. The outcome
of how the entire Jewish homeland was to be governed was decided by war. When
you choose war to settle disputes, you may not always end up with what you had
in mind. The Arab wars enabled the hopes of Zionism instead of destroying them
because whenever Israel was attacked, it grew in the territory that it
controls.
These wars dislocated many Arabs; and
most of them were not allowed to return to Israel after they left during the
wars. This is why there is a large Arab population in the land that is now
controlled by Israel west of the Jordan River but is outside of Israel itself.
Before the wars, there was a greater number of Arabs within Israel when it came
into being.
The international status of Israeli-controlled
land outside of Israel remains ambiguous because it had been rejected by the
Arabs for a state next to Israel. The goal of many Arabs was, and still is, to
rid the entire land of Jews; and this makes any further resolution of
hostilities difficult. Because of this objective, most Israelis want to keep
control of all of the land for security purposes: even those who are not
Zionists. There are those who want to keep all of the land for religious
reasons.
In spite of Israel's growing pains, I
believe that the Jewish state will proceed as is prophesied in the Bible. God
is in control of history, and He will fulfill His covenants (see Zechariah 12).
WHY BELIEVERS NEED TO LIVE OUT JESUS' SERMON ON THE
MOUNT EVERY DAY (Excerpt)
Charisma News – Jul. 16, 2021 -- If you
ask unbelievers around the world what they think about Christians, many of them
will throw the word "hypocrite" around. A lot of the time, it's
because of a negative experience with a Christian who may have sinned in front
of them or a believer who treated them in an ungodly manner.
Another issue many believers have is
that we love to raise our voices against injustice loudly on social media and
in person. However, we aren't raising the same standard of love Jesus did,
which rubs a lot of unbelievers the wrong way. and rightfully so. It is truly
unfortunate that because of the misconduct of some, the reputation of the many
is tainted.
Jesus' sermon in Matthew 5-7 is
undeniably His most famous teaching recorded in the Scriptures. Here, Jesus
raises the bar of godly living and tells us what it looks like to live as a
child of God in a dark and hurting world.
He tells us to do our good works before
men so that many will glorify our Father in heaven as a result. He tells us not
to showboat our spirituality for the praises of men but to live from the heart
and in union with the Father even when no one is looking. He tells us to bless
those who hurt us and pray for our enemies.
For believers, this sermon is a mandate
that calls us higher and should grab us by the collar to hurl us into a greater
intimacy with God and conviction to truly live like Jesus. Living the
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount is impossible in our flesh, but By His
Spirit, it's completely accessible. The world needs to see the church possessed
with this reality now more than ever.
THE WAR OF
THRONES: BIBLICAL PARALLELS WITH AMERICA'S 'CULTURE WAR'
Charisma News – Jan. 29, 2020 -- In his New
York Times bestseller, The Paradigm, Jonathan Cahn reveals an
ancient blueprint from the time of Ahab and Jezebel that amazingly foreshadows
the events of our time. The following excerpt reveals biblical insights behind
America's "culture war" and the forces that battled in the campaign
that led to the election of Donald Trump. Those forces are still battling on
the nation's stage to this day. As in ancient times, the fight involves nothing
less than worldviews, biblical values and the lives of babies:
A showdown was coming. There were two
nations in one. The first was represented by Joram,
Jezebel, the house of Ahab, the worshippers of Baal and the majority who simply
went along with the apostasy. The second was represented by the prophets and
those who had remained true to God and His Word. They were the minority,
committed to following the ways of righteousness despite every pressure to the
contrary. They were praying for a national return to God, a revival. But the
longer the house of Ahab was allowed to remain in power, the greater its
ability to wipe away biblical faith and the greater its chance of doing so.
Commentaries describe the gravity of the situation this way:
The influence of the house of Ahab had
now spanned decades. By virtue of time and inertia its ways were becoming more
and more ingrained in government, custom, culture and faith. Its impact was
even spreading to the southern kingdom of Judah, where it would at one point
threaten the very survival of King David's dynasty. For the people of God, the
situation seemed hopeless. The house of Ahab was entrenched on the throne.
There was no way out.
But a prophecy had been given, Elijah's
word to Ahab in the vineyard of Naboth. Jezebel had to have known of it.
Whether she ever told Joram we don't know. The word
foretold the overturning and vanquishing of Ahab's dynasty. It would involve
the son of Ahab, the house of Ahab and his wife, Jezebel.
When would it happen? According to
Elijah's word, it would take place after Ahab's death, in the reign of his son.
That son could only be Joram. The prophecy mentions
Jezebel specifically by name. Thus, Jezebel would still be present and a
prominent force on the national stage at the time of the prophecy's
fulfillment. So, the overturning of thrones was appointed to take place at the
end of Joram's reign.
Two forces, two worldviews, two courses,
two futures and two civilizations were about to come head-to-head and clash. A
showdown was coming.
During the Obama years American culture
became especially polarized. There were two Americas—one largely committed to
or accepting of an anti-biblical morality and the overturning of biblical
values, and the other largely resolved to hold true to God and resist the
apostasy. Over time the polarization grew increasingly pronounced.
We have already witnessed the Obama
administration's extensive record of hostility to biblical values and those who
held true to them. During the Obama years it became increasingly common for
Christians and those who upheld biblical values to be marginalized,
stigmatized, vilified, boycotted, fired from their jobs, prosecuted in court,
judged guilty and punished by the state.
By the end of the Obama years those who
held to God's ways saw the state of American culture as increasingly hopeless.
They had witnessed what appeared to be a never-ending war against biblical
values and an unrelenting encroachment against religious freedom. And now it
seemed to be heading past the point of no return.
If in the coming election another came
to the presidency committed to following in the path of Barack Obama, the
apostasy would be sealed into permanency. The appointment of Supreme Court
judges by such a president would further consign the nation to a course of
apostasy far beyond the presidential election. And it looked as if everything
in the nation's political realm, cultural realm and spiritual realm was leading
up to the same outcome.
In the case of Joram
the end of his reign would witness a showdown of forces and worldviews. The
resulting conflict would bring disaster upon the royal house. In the modern
case a president's term in office always concludes with a conflict of agendas
inherent in a presidential election.
At the same time, elections do not
always bring about a dramatic showdown of cultures and values. But the
presidential election that took place at the end of the Obama years most
certainly did. It would see a dramatic clashing of worldviews, and it would
turn out to be one of the most dramatic and unprecedented elections in American
history. So, it was at the close of the Obama years that the conflict of
cultures, worldviews and values that had increasingly polarized the nation
erupted onto the national stage.
At the end of Joram's
reign, both the king and queen mother would become focal points in the upheaval
and showdown that would take place in their nation—Joram
as king and Jezebel as the one who had in the first place initiated the change
that would now be challenged. In many ways Jezebel would be even more
prominent, as it was her name rather than Joram's
that was given in the prophecies that foretold what was about to take place.
So, both antitypes, that of Joram and that of Jezebel, Obama and Hillary Clinton,
became focal points in the conflict of cultures, values and parties that
saturated the election of 2016. The former first lady would launch her second
run for the presidency in April 2015.
Jezebel's conviction and agenda
concerning the nation of Israel had always been that its deep-seated religious
beliefs had to be changed. Why? So that the worship of Baal could expand. She
had tried to change those deep-seated religious beliefs through edicts,
cultural importation and persecution. We have no evidence that her convictions
and agenda ever changed concerning this objective.
The launching of Clinton's run for the
presidency was made through a video commercial. The first major speech of her
campaign came later that month. It happened at the 2015 Women in the World
Summit in New York City. It was more than the first major speech of her
campaign. It was perhaps the most revealing speech she had ever given as it
contained perhaps the most revealing statement she had ever uttered in public.
She said this:
Never in American history had any major
candidate for president ever uttered such radical words. Never had any
president or major governmental leader uttered such radical words. There was no
way around its ramifications. She was not only publicly declaring her conflict
with religious belief; she was actually calling for its overthrow. Such a
statement presumes an authority over that of God's Word. For a major candidate
to publicly issue such a declaration at the very start of a presidential
campaign was an omen of just how high the stakes would be in that election and
in the war of values that would lie at its heart.
Continue
reading at: https://www.charismanews.com/culture/79715-the-war-of-thrones-biblical-parallels-with-america-s-culture-war
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER POTENTIAL PROOF OF HEBREW JUDGE
GIDEON
Charisma News – Jul. 16, 2021 -- On
Monday, July 12, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery of a
unique piece of pottery dating from 3,100 years ago with a famous biblical name
written in ink.
The jar handle was discovered in a storage
pit in the ground in Khirbet el-Rai—the possible
location of "Ziklag"—and bears Gideon's
nickname of "Jerubbaal," which is first mentioned in Judges 6.
"Therefore, on that day he called
him Jerub-Baal, saying, 'Let Baal fight him, for he
tore down the altar of Baal'" (Judg. 6:32).
After destroying the alter of Baal,
Gideon and his small band of 300 men went on to defeat the Midianites and save
Israel from their oppressors.
"This is the first time we have an
inscription from the time of the Judges with a meaning," professor Yosef
Garfinkel of the Israel Antiquities Authority said. "And in this case, the
same name appeared both on the inscription and on the biblical tradition."
Although they don't have definitive
proof that the ink writing refers to the Gideon in the Bible, it is important
because it was ink letters, and it highlights the historical connection to the
biblical text.
Normally 100 volunteers would be
assisting with the dig, but due to COVID restrictions, only 25 university
students were able to assist in the hands-on research.
One of the first-year students commented
about the discovery, saying this archaeology is "proving that the Bible is
actually a historical story, not just mythology."
This archaeological dig, that started in
2015, was intended as the last excavation season at this site. But if they find
more, officials said, they may keep digging.
A MASTER OF DISGUISE
Romans 1:18-19 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in
unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;
for God hath shewed [it] unto them.”
Creation Moments – Jun. 24, 2021 -- Many
plants and animals disguise themselves as something they are not in the hope of
protecting themselves. However, a true master of disguise must have many
disguises. The tiger swallowtail offers no less than three disguises as it
grows through its various stages toward adulthood.
The newly hatched larva looks for all the
world like a bird dropping. This appearance makes the larva of no interest to
birds that might otherwise eat it. Three molts later the caterpillar has turned
green to match the leaves on which it feeds. In case he is spotted by some
birds looking for a nice fat caterpillar for lunch, the caterpillar also has
two large spots on its head that look like the eyes of a snake. Birds who are
interested in caterpillars usually try to stay as far from snakes as possible.
Finally, in the pupal stage, the tiger swallowtail has again radically altered
its appearance. The pupa now looks like nothing more than just another broken
twig on a tree trunk.
The immature tiger swallowtail’s bag of
disguises reflects a great deal of knowledge about the behavior of those
creatures that threaten it. Each of its three disguises uses a different method
to fool those birds that would be interested in the larva. Each disguise has
the same specific goal. This master of disguise is no accident of biology.
Our Creator’s purpose in making Himself
evident in the creation is ultimately aimed at bringing each of us into a
relationship with Himself. That relationship is based on the forgiveness of our
sin through His Son, Jesus Christ.
WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE BORN AGAIN?
There
is a great deal of misinformation regarding the meaning of the term “born
again.” Such ignorance and confusion could have disastrous ramifications if
those who think they are born again really aren’t.
In
a conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus used this term to explain how one enters
the kingdom of heaven. Nicodemus thought the Lord was referring to a subsequent
physical birth and couldn’t fathom how this was possible, but Jesus was
speaking in spiritual terms.
The
original Greek phrase literally means “born from above,” signifying that this
new birth originates with God, not with man. It also involves being born of
water and the Spirit. To enter the kingdom of heaven, we must be cleansed from
our sins and regenerated by the Holy Spirit (Titus
3:5).
When
you are born again through faith in Jesus Christ, there is a radical change
within you. Your spirit, which was once dead to God, is made alive by the Holy
Spirit, who now indwells you. He enables you to understand His spiritual truths
and live-in obedience to His Word. What begins as an invisible renewal will soon
become increasingly visible in a righteous lifestyle.
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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
How
the image of God offers freedom
·
Americas
ditch Biblical Worldview for “Fake Christianity”
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U.S.
House votes to replace all confederate statues with statues of Chairman Mao
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Record
number of Americans find Abortion “Morally Acceptable”
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HOW THE IMAGE OF GOD OFFERS FREEDOM
The Christian Post – Jul. 7, 2021 -- Chuck
Colson would often say that the greatest gift Christianity gave the world other
than the message of salvation is the idea of the image of God.
It is important for Christians to know
and understand the image of God for three distinct reasons. First, the image of
God has been among the most consequential ideas in all of human history. Even
atheists like Friedrich Nietzsche or the modern-day philosopher Luc Ferry, have
acknowledged that our ideas about human dignity, human equality and human value
were not present across cultures and civilizations, but were introduced to the
world in Christianity. Why? Because of its core belief that humans were made in
the image and likeness of God.
Second, the image of God is central to a
truly Christian worldview. Scripture has been given to us in a grand, sweeping
narrative: the story of creation to new creation, from the heavens and earth to
the new heavens and new earth. And one of the central characters in the
Christian story is the image of God. We see this right away in Genesis 1, in
which God creates the heavens and the earth; then He creates His image bearers
to rule over them in His place and for His glory.
Finally, the image of God is critical if
we are going to understand the issues and challenges of our day. The most
significant challenges we face in our culture are not fundamentally moral ones.
We do face moral challenges but the ones we face are the fruit of the
problems, not the root. It’s the effect, not the cause. At the root of the
issues of our culture has been a dramatic shift in how we think about the
nature and value of the human person.
At the recent Wilberforce Weekend,
Rebecca McLaughlin talked about the significance of the image of God. This idea
is in all of human history. She referenced the Declaration of Independence,
went on to highlight how the image of God directs our hearts to freedom, and
how the greatest freedom ever won is the freedom we find in Christ. Here is an
edited excerpt of Rebecca’s talk:
I am going to bring us back again to the
Declaration of Independence. We hold these truths to be self-evident
that all men are created equal. Now, people often talk about the New
Testament as if it condones and justifies slavery, and I can understand why
they do. Slaves are addressed in the New Testament because they were part of
the early Church.
In fact, from very early on,
Christianity was mocked as being a religion of slaves and women and little
children. Slaves are given instructions about how to live for Jesus in the
condition that they find themselves. We look at Paul’s letter to Philemon and
think, okay, the Apostle Paul wrote a letter sending an enslaved person back to
his master. Of course, that means the Bible condones slavery. Right? Not if you
read the letter.
Paul sends Onesimus back and tells
Philemon to receive him as a brother. That’s not all. Paul tells Philemon that
Onesimus is his very heart. He loves him that much. He tells him to
receive him back as he would receive Paul himself, his most respected mentor.
In the New Testament there are ways that we are called to relate to each other
as fellow image bearers of God, which is a radical undermining of the idea of
there being masters and slaves. There were those whose lives were valueless and
could be exploited by the more powerful. We see that in Jesus’ own life as He
takes on the slave role himself and dies a slave’s death for us and for every
enslaved person in history.
As Christianity starts to work its way
through the West, we see slavery being progressively abolished. One of the
earliest explicit arguments against slavery comes from Gregory of Nyssa in the
fourth century. He asks, how much does rationality cost? How many obols (currency
at the time) did you pay for the image of God? How many staters did
you get for selling the God-formed man? It’s ridiculous. It is absurd for
somebody to think that he can own another human being who has been made in the
image of God.
We’re celebrating Wilberforce Weekend
and it’s right and good that we look back to folks like William Wilberforce,
whose Christian faith drove him to fight tooth and nail against the evils of
slavery. But we have to recognize as well that if Christians had truly believed
that black people were made in the image of God, just as much as white people
were, that Africans were made in the image of God, just as much as Europeans
were, there wouldn’t have been anything to abolish at that point.
It’s right for us to look back at the
heroes of the faith, who fought for biblical values when it comes to human
equality and who fought against slavery. But we must also reckon with the sins
of our same sort of spiritual ancestors who didn’t. Because the Imago Dei had
to kill slavery twice. And just as a disproportionate number of folks in the
early Church were enslaved, people who are clinging on to Jesus — who died a
slave’s death for them — so Jesus has been calling enslaved people to himself
through the centuries.
AMERICANS DITCH BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW FOR 'FAKE
CHRISTIANITY'
WND
– Jul. 5, 2021 -- American Christianity has fallen. Thanks to cultural
corrosion and a lack of biblical literacy, a new “fake Christianity” has raked
the dry ground of the American church.
This
counterfeit religion is moralistic therapeutic deism, a worldview that has
quickly gained prominence and given many Americans a theology that looks
nothing like historical Christianity, despite what they may claim.
George
Barna, director of research at Arizona Christian
University, said MTD -- or "watered-down, feel-good, fake
Christianity" -- is “the most popular worldview in the United States
today,” according to Christianity Daily. A recent poll conducted
by ACU found that 38 percent of adults hold this view.
What's
more, three out of four people who hold to MTD still consider themselves
Christians.
The
poll was conducted in February among 2,000 adults with a margin of error of +/-
2 percentage points.
“The
fact that a greater percentage of people who call themselves Christian draw
from [MTD] than from the Bible says a lot about the state of the Christian
church in America, in all of its manifestations,” Barna
said.
"Simply
and objectively stated, Christianity in this nation is rotting from the inside
out."
What Is MTD?
Barna explained to The Western Journal what
MTD is and how it affects the way Christians engage in culture.
“MTD
is essentially what I would call fake Christianity. Because it has some
Christian elements in it, but it's not really biblical, it's not really
Christian,” Barna said.
He
then went on to explain each element of this worldview.
"The
moralistic perspective is we're here to be good people and to try to do good,” Barna said. “That’s really what life is about. I’ll be good
to you, you be good to me, it'll all work out.
"The
therapeutic aspect is everything is supposed to be geared to making me feel
good about myself, ultimately to make me happy."
Deism
is the idea that God created the world but has no direct involvement in it.
Basically, according to MTD, there is a distant God who just wants everyone to
be nice, and the purpose of life is to be happy.
American
"Christians" who have adopted this philosophy have borrowed heavily
from the modern secular world, which elevates personal definitions of right and
wrong above any objective standard of truth -- like the Bible.
According
to a study conducted by Lifeway Research, a little more than half of
Americans would describe the Bible as a “good source of morals.” Only 38
percent said it was an historical account and 37 percent said it was helpful
today.
The
study was conducted from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 2016, among 1,000 Americans with a
margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.
MTD
is a cake-and-ice cream theology for those who want to feel good about
themselves without sacrificing cultural relevance.
Why Is MTD a Problem?
MTD
distorts the God of the Bible in an attempt to make him bless all the
dissipations and vanities of the modern world.
“It’s
one of those models that says -- and there are a number of worldviews that say
this -- you gotta live in the moment. This is all
you’ve got, and you’ve gotta make the most of it,” Barna said.
It
makes sense that “Christians” who embrace MTD are hesitant to criticize the
culture. How can anyone pass judgment if everyone’s just trying to be happy?
The only sin is getting in the way of someone's personal "truth."
Without
a firm foundation in the Truth, increasing numbers of Christians are
ill-prepared to fight the moral battles being waged in our country. That's why
so many are siding with groups like Black Lives Matter and
the LGBT movement. They’ll listen to
the loudest voice on either side.
For
additional reading, go to: https://www.wnd.com/2021/07/shocking-poll-shows-americans-ditched-biblical-worldview-fake-christianity/
HOUSE
VOTES TO REPLACE ALL CONFEDERATE STATUES WITH STATUES OF CHAIRMAN MAO
Weekend News Today – Jul. 9, 2021 --
Confederate statues are once again on the chopping block as the House pushes to
have them removed. Following their removal, Democrats have vowed that these confederate
monsters will be replaced by statues of Chairman Mao.
"This sacred space has been defiled
for too long. We ought not to forget history. We must learn from history. But
we ought not to honor that which defiles the principles for which we stand,"
said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. "That is why we must remove
these hateful symbols and replace them with something that does reflect our
true values, someone like Chairman Mao."
Immediately, the House floor erupted
with praise and thunderous applause, save for a few conservatives.
“Finally, these racist, evil statues can
be cast down and replaced by wonderful statues of Chairman Mao.” cheered
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. “Now this nation can begin healing as we look up to
the timeless ideals of Mao.”
“I never thought I’d see this day come,”
AOC continued, getting a little choked up. “It’s just the way he led his
people. The way he created the perfect society with no more murder, starvation,
or oppression. It’s people like Mao Zedong who give me hope.”
Some Americans found this change to be
“objectively worse and horrific in every way." They are now being
investigated by the FBI.
RECORD NUMBER OF
AMERICANS FIND ABORTION 'MORALLY ACCEPTABLE,' POLL FINDS
Democrats, Republicans widely divided on
question
WND – Jun. 10, 2021 -- A record number
of Americans find abortion “morally acceptable” though American sentiment on
the matter is sharply divided, a Gallup poll released Wednesday found.
Forty-seven percent of Americans find
abortion acceptable, while 46% think abortion is wrong from a moral
perspective, the poll found. The percentage of Americans who find abortion
acceptable increased two points, the highest level of support Gallup has found
since it began tracking the matter two decades ago.
The poll found that Democrats (64%) and
independent voters (51%) have grown more likely to say that abortion is morally
acceptable. Twenty-six percent of Republicans polled find abortion morally
acceptable.
American public sentiment is closely
split on identifying as pro-life versus pro-choice, the poll found. Forty-nine
percent of Americans identify as pro-choice, while 47% of Americans identify as
pro-life. Public sentiment on abortion was more pro-choice between 1995 and
1997, Gallup noted, when 52% of Americans identified as pro-choice and 38% as
pro-life. An average of 47% of Americans have said they are pro-choice since
1998, according to Gallup.
Most Democrats have expressed the belief
that abortion is morally acceptable every year that Gallup has been polling
since 2004, Gallup noted, but no more than 31% of Republicans and 51% of
independents have held the view that abortion is morally acceptable since 2001.
Gallup polled a random sample of about
1,016 United States adults over the phone between May 3-May 18 with a margin of
error of ±4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
While many Americans support abortion or
identify as pro-choice, Americans are more divided on specific issues like
abortions later in a mother’s pregnancy or taxpayer funding for abortion.
A January poll conducted by
the Knights of Columbus and Marist found that 77% Americans said they
were “strongly opposed” to using tax dollars to support abortion in other
countries. Only 19% of Americans polled “support” or “strongly support” funding
abortions outside the U.S., the poll found.
“While the number of people who identify
as ‘pro-life’ and ‘pro-choice’ tends to fluctuate with the public debate, when
given a broader choice of policy options, there is a strong consensus among
Americans on abortion,” Dr. Barbara Carvalho, director of The Marist
Poll, said in a statement at the time. “Survey results reveal support for
abortion restrictions and an aversion for use of taxpayer funding for abortions
abroad.”
The United States Supreme
Court announced May 17 that it will take up a major Mississippi
abortion case that could directly challenge Roe v. Wade. The court will hear
Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization beginning in October, and
a decision on the case will likely come by June 2022, CNBC reported. This
will be the first major abortion case in which all three of former President
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court justice appointees participate, including Justice
Amy Coney Barrett, who gained a seat on the court after a contentious
confirmation process in October.
The case deals with a 2018 Mississippi
law banning abortions after 15 weeks, a law challenged by activists
on behalf of the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson Women’s
Health Organization. After the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck
down the law in December 2019, the state of Mississippi asked the Supreme
Court to take up the case.
YOUR BUSY BRAIN
Psalm 25:4 “Shew me thy ways, O
LORD; teach me thy paths.”
Creation Moments – Jun. 22, 2021 -- Not only
is the human brain the most complex structure in the universe, it is also one
of the busiest. In fact, during intense concentration, your brain can burn as
many calories as your muscles do during exercise! Intense thinking can
literally be as exhausting as a physical workout! More than 100,000 chemical
reactions go on in your brain every second.
Among the brain’s many jobs is chemist. The
brain produces more than 50 psychoactive drugs. Some of these are associated
with memory, others with intelligence, still others are sedatives. Endorphin is
the brain’s painkiller and it’s three times more potent than morphine.
Serotonin is produced by the brain to help keep our moods under control. The
brain also makes dopamine. Dopamine makes people more talkative and excitable.
Another hormone regulates hunger.
The brain is also a radio transmitter that
sends out measurable electrical wave signals. In fact, the brain continues to
send these signals for as long as 37 hours after death!
Our tiny knowledge of the brain is enough to
show us that this incredible organ is no accident. The brain is much more than
a powerful testimony to our Creator. Its incredible powers convince us that
there is much more to existence than this material life. However, we can learn
only from the Word of God about eternal life through the forgiveness of sins in
Jesus Christ.
Put your brain together with the Word of God
today!
A GOD OF GRACE
Imagine
receiving a beautifully wrapped gift when there is no special occasion. Inside
the package is something very special. Eagerly, you read the card to discover
who could have been so generous. To your amazement, you learn that the giver is
someone you’ve been unkind to and have even avoided! What do you do?
This
scenario is a picture of the Father’s grace in sending His Son Jesus to earth.
There was no special occasion; God was determined to save us, despite the fact
that we ignore or rebel against Him. This is grace—God’s goodness extended to
those who do not deserve it and have no way to earn it.
We
see the fullness of God’s grace in His Son. First, Jesus met the requirements
of divine law by living perfectly. Second, His sinless life allowed Him to pay
the cost of our rebellious ways. Third, Christ sacrificed His life on the cross
to pay for our sins— past, present, and future. Fourth, God counts Jesus’ death
as payment for every wrong we have done or will do. Fifth, Christ’s
righteousness becomes our own righteousness through faith (Rom.
4:5).
What
will you do with God’s kind gift of grace—refuse it, or say “thank You” and
take steps to know Him?
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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----------------------THE
SIGNS OF THE TIME-------------------
Grant Jeffrey has done a wonderful job of
providing critical information about events that are happening in this generation
that all Christians need to know; Events
that were prophesied over 2,500 years ago.
Approximately 90% of the material contained herein was extracted and
summarized from Grant's book. I highly
recommend reading this book as it contains so much more that you will want to
know.
THE
REBIRTH OF ISRAEL
The rebirth of Israel was prophesied in
several scriptures throughout the Bible.
Isaiah 66: 8 predicted that Israel would be born again in
"one" day. Ezekiel 4:3-6 and Levitcus 26:18
foretold the exact number of days that it would take Israel to re-establish
themselves as a nation in the last days. ( The exact calculation can be found
in Grant Jeffrey's book referenced above). On May 14, 1948, the Jews proclaimed
their independence of the reborn state of Israel.....The exact day that was
predicted over twenty-five (25) centuries ago.......No other ancient nation
ever ceased to exist for a period of centuries and then returned to take its
place on the stage of world history."
PRESENT
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
In Psalms 83:2-8, God inspired King David to
predict that upon Israel's rebirth as a nation it would be immediately
surrounded by their enemies. The modern
names of those nations named in scripture include Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
and Syria....the nations that have now joined the Palestinians in their attempt
to destroy Israel.
In Gen. 12: 3, God has promised to punish those nations that
come against Israel. "I will bless
them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
RESTORATION
OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
When Israel was captured by Nebuchadnezzar in
approx. 562 B.C., Israel was no longer allowed to speak the Hebrew language,
but had to learn the language of the Chaldeans.
The Lord predicted, however, through Zephaniah 3:9, that he would
restore a pure language to Israel so that they may "serve him with one
consent". It was in the early part
of this Century that the Hebrew language was revived from the dead
language. Today, Hebrew is a living
language to over 5 million Israelis.
THE
FERTILITY OF ISRAEL
In
Isaiah 27:6; 35:7 and Joel 2:23, the Lord prophesied through these
prophets that the deserted, unproductive, barren land of Israel would once
again become productive in the last days and that Israel would experience
tremendous increases of rain. Ever since
Israel has returned to the land, they have flourished in the land and now
supply over 90 percent of the citrus fruit consumed in Europe. Rainfall has increased by more than "10
percent every decade for the last century and Israel has planted in excess of
two hundred (200) million trees and transformed the complete environment of the
Promised Land." According to the
United Nations, Israel is now "the most agriculturally efficient land on
earth."
THE
UNWALLED CITY
Ezekiel 38:11 speaks of the future invasion
of Gog and Magog (Russia) saying "And thou shalt say, I will go up to the
land of un-walled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell
safely, all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor
gates". Grant explains that "even army bases and Israel's settlements
in the West Bank and Gaza have no walls today.........How could Ezekiel have
known twenty-five centuries ago that the development of modern weapons such as
bombs, airplanes and missiles, would have made walls and gates irrelevant for
defensive purposes in the last days. In
the ancient past even small villages as well as cities depended on walls for defense
against invading armies."
PLANS
FOR REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
Revelations 11:1, 2 foretells of Israel
rebuilding the Temple in the last days.
There is much controversy between the Israelis and the Muslim's because
the Dome of the Rock (Al-Aqsa Mosque) it is believed, sits on the very spot
where the Temple is suppose to
be built. In recent years, however,
aerial Infra-red photography shows that this may not be the case. Ezekiel 44:14-18, tell
about the sacred vessels and linen robes that must be used in the Temple. "The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has
already prepared over 75 of the objects, vessels, and linen garments required
for future Temple service.......over 500 men from the tribe of Levi have
already been trained to fulfill the duties of Temple worship and sacrifice."
Update:
Just recently in the Washington Post on May
28, 1997, it was reported that a 10 month old heifer named "Melody" is the first
red heifer to be born in Israel in over 2,000 years. "In ancient times, the ashes of a red
heifer were mixed with spring water to purify high priests before they entered
the Temple."
THE
REBUILDING OF BABYLON
We know that the old city of Babylon (now
called Iraq) will be built again in the end times because Isaiah 13:6, 19
foretells of its destruction. In Isaiah
34:8-10 it is prophesied that the rebuilt City of Babylon will burn for ever.
"As unlikely as it seems, the Iraqi
government of Saddam Hussein has spent over one billion dollars rebuilding the
ancient city of Babylon and intends that it will become the center of their
future renewed Babylonian Empire.
Interestingly, the whole city of Babylon was built over an underground
lake of asphalt and oil."
THE
ANOINTING OIL
The prophet Daniel prophesied in Dan. 9:24
that the when Jesus returns, that the most Holy of Holies will be anointed with
the anointing oil. "One of the five
ingredients, afars' mon,
was thought lost forever, when the Temple was destroyed in A.D. 70 and the only
two groves of afars'mon trees in existence were
burned
to the ground. Incredibly, several years ago, archeologists
in Israel found a clay flask buried near the Dead Sea caves filled with the
ancient oil of anointing. Scientists
confirmed that the oil is two thousand years old and is composed of the precise
ingredients described in Exodus 30:25,26."
PESTILENCE/FAMINES/EARTHQUAKES
Matthew 24:7 prophesied that in the last days
"For nation shall rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom: and
there shall be famines, and pestilence, and earthquakes, in divers (various)
places." Grand Jeffrey writes
regarding these matters:
·
Pestilence - In 1991, the Central Intelligence Agency
produced a report which "concluded that up to 75% of the population of
Africa living in the area south of the Sahara Desert may become infected with
AIDS over the next 12 years. This will
mean the death by AIDS of over three hundred million people in Africa alone. In July 1991, the South African Medical
Journal reported that a staggering 47% of black male and female blood donors
tested positive for AIDS during 1989."
In Nov. 1996, the
Associated Press reported that "Sexually transmitted diseases are
diagnosed 12 million times a year in the United States - including a staggering
3 million cases among teen-agers".
·
Famine - The
United Nations today "claim that over thirty million in Africa are now at
risk of dying from the most devastating famine in this century. The UN estimates that one billion people are
in danger of starvation while another billion lack proper nutrition. North American food reserves (grain and corn)
are at the lowest level in sixty years."
·
Major killer earthquakes – “Major Killer earthquakes
(7.2 or greater on the Richter scale) occurred
only once per decade throughout history until our century. However, since A. D. 1900, the growth in
major earthquakes has been
relentless. From 1900 to 1949 it
averaged three major quakes per decade.
From 1949 the increase became awesome with 9 killer quakes in the
1950's; 13 in the 1960's; 56 in the 1970's and an amazing 74 major quakes in
the 1980's. Finally, in the 1990's, at
the present rate, we will experience 125 major killer quakes in this
decade."
WORLD
WIDE COMMUNICATION
In Revelation 11:9,10, it is prophesied that
during the tribulation period, the antichrist will have the two witnesses that
God sent killed and their bodies will lay in the street for three and a half
days while the whole world watches.
Did not the whole world watch Desert Storm on
CNN television? With all the
technological advances in telecommunications, including the recent opening of
the World Wide Net to our computer industry, any event
happening in any part of the world can now be viewed while it is
happening. The prophesy of the two witnesses could literally be fulfilled
today. This could not have happened just
10 or 15 years ago.
INCREASED
KNOWLEDGE AND TRAVEL
Daniel 12:4 prophesies how much knowledge and
travel will increase in the end time. "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the Book, even to the time of the end: Many shall run to and fro
and knowledge shall be increased."
Today, it is estimated that "Human
knowledge is growing so quickly that it literally doubles every twenty-four
months." With the discovery
through the use of modern "Super" computers by Grant Jeffrey and
other researchers of the hidden codes that God supernaturally designed into the
original Hebrew text of the Torah describing not only the history of the world
in advance, but also verifying his Authority through His personal signature
throughout his scripture, we realize that God chose this generation to reveal
this unique aspect about himself.
It is also amazing that in this century, we
have gone from horses to cars, from cars to supersonic spacecraft; not only can
we now travel the world in a matter of hours, but in the case of the U.S. Space
Shuttle Discovery, we can now travel at speeds in excess of eighteen thousand
miles per hour.
REVIVAL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Daniel 2:40-44 predicts that the old Roman
Empire will be revived in the end times into a ten Nation alliance. We currently see the foundation being laid
today through the European Economic Community. "In 1957, six (6) Countries
signed the Treaty of Rome laying the foundation for the future United States of
Europe.............Since then the Maastricht Treaty consolidated the fifteen
(15) Nations of the European Union into the worlds
first superstate." All it will take
is the re-shuffling and/or the consolidation of Nations to bring this prophesy
to a literal fulfillment.
ODDS
THAT THESE PROPHECIES WERE FULFILLED BY CHANCE IN THIS GENERATION
"In the Bible there are several types of
generations. One generation is defined
as the length of life of the average person - seventy or eighty years. However, a generation of governing is usually
defined as forty years,...........During the last two thousand years since the
days of Christ, there were fifty such forty-year generations. Therefore, the odds are one chance in fifty
that any one of these specific prophecies happened by chance in our generation
rather than some other generation."
"The odds that more than one event
happening in our life time are:
"Another way of looking at this is that
the chance that the prophets of the Bible correctly guessed these prophecies is
also one in 97,500 trillion............in other words, it is simply impossible
that men alone could
have written the Bible without the
supernatural assistance and inspiration of God."
Matthew 24:32-35 - "Now learn a parable
of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise
ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the
doors. Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away."
Luke 21:28 - "And when these things
begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh."
ANTI-CHRIST
TO BE REVEALED
As of today, no one knows who the Anti-Christ
is, but we do know what God has told us about him:
Many people try to spiritualize or say the
events prophesied in the Bible are just symbolic. Any doubt about how God handles these
prophetic events should have been erased on May 14,1948. God is literally fulfilling scriptural
prophesy before our very eyes. Can we
expect anything less for those few remaining prophesies for which He has
promised the world; 1) the removal of the one who restrains the man of
lawlessness/Sin (the rapture of the Church), 2) His second coming to take
possession of His inheritance, 3) The millennial kingdom and 4) the new heaven and new earth.
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Ezekiel 33:6 - "But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people
be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is
taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's
hand."
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