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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
·
The fine line between
religion and politics
·
Catholic Church
forgives sins of those stricken by virus
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Jonathan Cahn reveals
the ancient reason why Donald Trump won
·
Law against criticizing
Islam closer than you think
·
There is no such thing
as “Christian Yoga”
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Two Arks
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HIS COMFORT IN OUR MOURNING
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THE FINE LINE BETWEEN RELIGION AND
POLITICS (Excerpt)
Charisma News
– Jan. 27, 2019 -- President Trump's historic speech to the March for Life
crowd on Friday reminds us that there is often a very fine (and, quite often,
very blurry) line between religion and politics. And as much as some of us
would like to separate those two entities, putting each of them in their own
category, it's not always so easily done.
On the one
hand, the realm of religion—in the best sense of the word—is not political at
all. It calls for human beings to come into right relationship with God,
whether those human beings live in a dictatorship or a democracy. It offers new
life, forgiveness, redemption and transformation (speaking here in specific
Christian terms). And it does all this without politics, without court
decisions and without elections.
"Jesus
saves" regardless of who is in office, regardless of political trends,
regardless of partisan politics.
In short, the
gospel completely transcends politics.
·
Politics
do not produce divinely inspired Scriptures.
·
Politics
cannot reward with eternal salvation or punish with eternal damnation.
·
Politics
cannot reach into the world to come.
·
Politics
cannot change a person from the inside out.
·
In short, in a
very real way, the gospel and politics do not intersect.
CATHOLIC
CHURCH FORGIVES SINS OF THOSE STRICKEN BY VIRUS
Healthcare workers, family
caretakers and those who pray for them also included
WND – Mar. 22, 2020 -- The
Catholic Church on Friday granted forgiveness -- under certain conditions --
for the sins of the faithful struck by the novel coronavirus. A decree published by the Vatican also covers
healthcare workers and those who pray for their wellbeing. Relatives who care for
their sick family members may also be forgiven.
The conditions include the
sick saying a certain number of prayers or following important celebrations
from a distance. Those who pray for the caregivers' wellbeing must also read
the Bible "for at least half an hour."
NOTE: According to the Bible, Jesus alone (not the
Pope) has the authority to forgive our sins…Eph. 1:7 “In Him (Jesus) we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace.”
http://www.steppesoffaith.com/apologetics/authority-jesus-forgive-sin
Since Jesus gave His authority to only the
apostles, that means we don’t have any of it today. It also means we cannot
forgive anyone’s sins. Someone can confess a sin to us, but we do not have the
power to redeem it. They can pray the prayer of faith, and we can baptize them,
but we do not have the authority to guarantee they will go to heaven. Only
Jesus can do that through the power of His sacrificial blood on the cross and
overwhelming grace.
It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t ever forgive
others, of course. That is not what I’m saying here. We should always forgive
as God forgives us. But that’s a personal kind of forgiveness and not of an
eternal nature. That’s up for God alone to do.
As for authority, whatever we have is given
to us only through the power of the Holy Spirit working through us. We have
absolutely no authority on our own. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us power,
strength, and wisdom to accomplish the things He needs us to do. He does this
so only He receives the glory that comes from our work, and it’s
well-deserving.
He alone deserves praise for the things we
do.
JONATHAN CAHN REVEALS THE ANCIENT REASON WHY DONALD
TRUMP WON (Excerpt)
Charisma News – Mar. 10, 2020 -- Jonathan Cahn's worldwide
best-selling 2017 book The Paradigm opens a stunning mystery
that began in ancient times and yet has determined the events of our time.
Cahn writes that the 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump
and Hillary Clinton was the most unpredictable election in American history,
yet signs pointed to it in an ancient paradigm.
A man named Jehu, who was neither a predictable man nor a
politician, boarded a chariot and began a race to the throne. Similarly, Trump
was also not a politician and is known for being unpredictable. Like Jehu, he
began an unlikely race to the throne of America.
Jehu's race to the throne ended up in a showdown between him and
the nation's former first lady, Jezebel. And likewise, Trump's race to the
White House ended up in a showdown between him and the nation's former first
lady—Hillary Clinton.
Also, it is revealed that Jehu was previously on the wrong side
of the culture war. He was an advocate for Ahab and Jezebel, and thus for Baal
worship, which involved the killing of children. So too it was with Trump.
Trump was previously on the other side of the culture war—specifically, he was
in favor of abortion, the killing of unborn children.
"But can God use those who do not know Him to accomplish
His purposes?" Cahn asks. "He can, and He does it all the time."
Jehu turned from Baal to the purposes of God. Trump also turned
from unbiblical positions to those increasingly in line with biblical standards
on everything from the life of the unborn to Israel to religious liberty.
During his race to the throne, Jehu brought up the scandal of
Ahab—the king who would form the prototype of Bill Clinton. Likewise, in his
presidential campaign, Trump brought up the scandal of Bill Clinton.
When the showdown came to a head between the warrior and the
former first lady, it boiled down to one issue: that of pagan morality—Baal
worship—and the offering up of children. Likewise, when the showdown of the
2016 presidential election came to a head, it ultimately came down to one
defining issue: the offering up of children in abortion. Hillary Clinton was
passionately in favor of it, and Trump was strongly opposed. The issue came to
stark revelation in the final debate that unfolded before the nation.
Leading into the 2016 election, most major polls predicted that
Clinton would utterly defeat Trump. But the ancient mystery revealed a very
different outcome—that when the warrior Jehu came head to head with Jezebel, it
would not be the former first lady who would emerge triumphant—it would be the
warrior.
"Who emerged triumphant? Trump. His win was against all
odds, yet at the same time, it was foretold in the paradigm,"
LAW AGAINST CRITICIZING ISLAM CLOSER
THAN YOU THINK
If a Democrat wins the presidency, 'I hope some of y'all will visit me in prison'
WND – Dec. 2,
2019 -- A law in America to protect Muslims and their faith from any criticism
might be closer than many think.
Robert
Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, wrote that if a Democrat wins the presidency,
"I hope some of y'all will visit me in
prison."
In a column at
PJ Media he noted it's long been a goal of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation to obtain an international law criminalizing criticism of Islam. In
fact, the coalition of 56 Islamic nations plus the Palestinian Authority has
pressed for it for years at the United Nations.
Recent OIS
Secretary-general Yousef al-Othaimeen "called
upon the nations of the world, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to crack down on
speech that was 'insulting religions or prophets.'"
Al-Othaimeen argued there are laws against anti-Semitism and
racism, so he also wants Islam protected.
Wrote Spencer:
"No one should discriminate against Muslims or anyone, and genuine
intolerance, when it shades over into illegal activity, and violent crime should
always be prosecuted. But the OIC wants to go much farther than that, and get
Western societies to criminalize criticism of Islam altogether.
"This muzzling of criticism of
Islam could never happen in America, right?" he asked. "Wrong. In
fact, this is a lot closer to happening than most people realize."
Spencer noted
that in October 2009, the Obama administration joined Egypt in supporting a
resolution in the U.N.'s Human Rights Council to recognize exceptions to the
freedom of speech for "any negative racial and religious
stereotyping," which he called "a highly subjective category."
Approved by
the U.N. Human Rights Council, the resolution called on states to condemn and
criminalize "any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that
constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence."
Then-Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton affirmed the Obama administration's support for the
resolution on July 15, 2011, in an address on freedom of speech at an OIS
conference on Combating Religious Intolerance.
"Together,
we have begun to overcome the false divide that pits religious sensitivities
against freedom of expression and we are pursuing a new approach," Clinton
said. "These are fundamental freedoms that belong to all people in all
places and they are certainly essential to democracy."
Further,
Spencer said, in 2012, Assistant Attorney general Thomas Perez refused to
confirm that the DOJ would never entertain or advance a plan to criminalize
speech against any religion.
"This is
today's Democratic Party," Spencer wrote. "If a Democrat wins the
presidency in 2020 or thereafter, will that president advance the Left's
assault on the freedom of speech and move to implement Sharia restrictions on
criticism of Islam in the United States? You can bet on it."
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “CHRISTIAN YOGA”
Christian Headline News – Mar. 17, 2020 -- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
President Albert Mohler, Jr. says what has been dubbed “Christian yoga” is not
a Christian practice.
According
to The Christian Post, Mohler said in his podcast, The
Briefing, that yoga has roots in Hindu and Buddhist practices and
philosophies.
“It is deeply
based in both Hinduism and Buddhism and the traditional meditative practices
that are inseparable from yoga as physical movement involve those traditional
Buddhist and Hindu teachings, and it shows up not only in the word ‘Namaste,’
it shows up even in the basic philosophy of what the body is doing,” he said.
“It also shows
up in a distinct theological understanding of the body in motion and the body
in pose. It also shows up in a deep conflict between Christianity and both
Hinduism and Buddhism and yoga as a dimension of both when it comes to the
purpose of the mind and how we are as Christians to exercise the mind.”
Mohler said he
knows many churches offer yoga classes, but he also warned that “the
mainstreaming of yoga” comes from groups such as Transcendentalists and New
Thought groups who are “intentionally trying to create a spiritual practice and
spirituality that would serve as a clear alternative to biblical Christianity.”
“The Bible
doesn't have a list of acceptable and unacceptable stretches, exercises, or
poses, but the Bible does make very clear what is to be a Christian
understanding of the relationship between the soul and the body and
furthermore, what it means to meditate,” he continued.
“Christians
ought to agree that if we have an understanding of yoga and its historical
context and in its religious origins, then at the very least we have to
understand that there really is no such thing as Christian yoga. If it's
Christian, it's not yoga. If it's yoga, it's not Christian,” he asserted.
Mohler was
commenting on House Bill 235 in Alabama. The bill would lift a ban on
practicing yoga in public schools.
TWO ARKS
Exodus 2:3 “And when she could no longer hide
him, she took for him an Ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with
pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s
brink.”
Creation
Moments – Mar. 18, 2020 -- Few people realize that the Bible actually speaks of
not one Ark but two! The Hebrew word for Ark is tebat (תֵּבָה), and it appears 28 times in the Old
Testament. 26 of those entries are in Genesis 6 through 9, where we are being
told about Noah’s Ark, and how God used it to save eight people, and every kind
of land and flying vertebrate, from the judgment of the Flood.
The
other two entries for the word tebat are
in Exodus 2, where it refers to the birth of Moses.
Moses’s
mother gave birth to Moses at a time when Pharaoh had ordered the death of new
Israelite babies. The people of Israel were living in the region of Goshen, in
Egypt, because that is where Joseph had settled his father and his brothers
when they came to Egypt because of the famine. He was a new king, who “did not
know Joseph”.
Moses’s mother kept her new
baby secret for three months, but then something had to be done. So, she placed
Moses in a waterproof basket and floated him down the river. The Hebrew word,
which most translations render as basket, is, in fact, tebat.
Hence, the KJV states that Moses’s mother placed him in an ark. Like the more
well-known Ark, Moses’s Ark was a means of salvation and, therefore, a type of
Christ, especially as Moses was to be the prophet and leader of God’s people
through the wilderness.
HIS
COMFORT IN OUR MOURNING
The Bible is full of stories
about people who are hurting. In Psalm 22, the writer cries, “My God, my God,
why have You forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1). When immersed in hurt or sorrow, we
too have questions and may cry out to the Lord. Or we might withdraw in silence
like Job, who endured staggering losses (Job 2:13). But no matter how we experience
anguish, we aren’t alone—God enters our pain and wants to comfort us.
The Old Testament prophets knew that the coming Messiah would be
“a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3). They foresaw the One who would “turn
[our] mourning into joy” (Jer. 31:13). Hundreds of years later, these
promises were fulfilled—in the life and ministry of Jesus.
THINK ABOUT IT
·
On
the cross, Jesus echoed Psalm 22. In the midst of your own suffering, have you
ever cried out with your own “Why?”
·
Notice
that Psalm 22 begins with a cry and ends in praise. This is a pattern we see
lived out in the story of Job: Despite all his difficulties, he remained
hopeful and faithful. What are some steps you can take to find hope in a
difficult situation?
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INTERESTING ARTICLES SUMMARY
· COVID-19 (Joshua 1:9)
· A Prophetic word about Coronavirus, America’s economy and
Trump’s re-election
· Nancy Pelosi tried to sneak Abortion funding into
Coronavirus Emergency bill
· Biden unveils vast LGBT plan overturning Trump’s Religious
Protection
· Missionary miraculously healed as she shares Jesus in
Amazon
· Are Ostriches stupid?
· SEEKING GOD’S GUIDANCE
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COVID-19: CHRIST OVER VIRUSES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES – JOSHUA 1:9
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not
be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you
go."
Internet - There
are times in every individual’s life, where they are frightened and distressed
about the future. They may feel unsure about whether or not they are capable of
handling what is to come or if this is the correct pathway to pursue.
However, we can gain encouragement from this Bible verse. We can know that
the Lord will always be with us in whatever circumstance that He places us in
or pathway that He calls us to pursue. Therefore, we can have peace and move
forward with strength and courage, knowing that God is on our side.
Remember that God will never give you
something that is greater than you can bear, so do not fall into the trap of
fear. The Lord will not leave you or forsake you.
A PROPHETIC WORD
ABOUT CORONAVIRUS, AMERICA'S ECONOMY AND TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION
Charisma News – Mar. 11, 2020 -- Around three weeks before the coronavirus
began to seem as a threat here in the United States against our economy, I had
a dream.
In my dream, I was standing at a table next to President Trump.
I was bouncing and pushing my shoulder against his shoulder in a playful way.
As I continued to do this, President Trump looked at me and chided and
chastised me. He said to me, "This is the Presidency of the United States
of America."
I remember feeling terrible and humbled by my treatment and lack
of seriousness toward him. I then became aware that President Trump had a
newspaper spread out to the financial section. He was running his hand over
what this paper was reporting, then he would turn and look at the next page.
When he was finished examining, he folded the paper and handed it to me.
My understanding of this dream is that we as
the church/intercessors are not taking seriously our role in the Presidency of
Donald J. Trump, at least on the level we should. Perhaps we are more playing with
it than praying things through in the Spirit. We are in
serious times that require a seriousness in prayer and intercession for our
nation and the purposes of God in it.
Even though it was me in the dream, I am quite sure I was simply
being allowed to feel the chastening of the Lord concerning our lack of diligence
and seriousness toward this presidency. I also understood that the intent of
the devil is to disrupt the economy of our nation. This is what the devil
understands he must do to seek to deny President Trump the re-election. In that
I was handed the financial section of the paper after President Trump was
finished looking into it, I know that we are being assigned to pray and stand
with President Trump to secure and stabilize the economy of our nation. Without
this, the stage could be set for an upset in the elections this year.
President Trump could be removed from office. We must take our
stand and deal with issues that the enemy would use to disrupt our economy and
the economy of the nations with the end results being the ousting of Donald J.
Trump as our president. The media and politicians would like nothing more than
to discredit President Trump and to motivate people through fear until the
economy is greatly damaged. We must take our place and contend for God's will
instead to be done.
As I have prayed, I felt that God would release to President
Trump the same prophetic wisdom that He gave to Joseph. Joseph was able to
steer the nation from the position he was given into financial stability even
in great, troublesome times. I believe that the Lord would give to President
Trump this wisdom. I believe we should pray for the spirit of Joseph to be
released into the White House, President Trump, his counselors and those who
are in decision-making places. I actually felt that I saw Joseph come in the spirit
realm as a part of the cloud of witnesses to help move President Trump in the
directions he needs to go. The Scripture says in Hebrews 12:1 that we are
surrounded by the witnesses who have gone before us:
Therefore, since we are encompassed with
such a great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin
that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set
before us.
NANCY PELOSI TRIED TO SNEAK ABORTION FUNDING INTO CORONAVIRUS
EMERGENCY BILL
The Christian
Post – MR. 14, 2020 -- Republican Sen. Ben Sasse
blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats for seeking to include a
potential way to guarantee federal funding for abortion into
the coronavirus economic stimulus plan that passed the House just
before 1 a.m. Saturday.
“While schools
are closing and hospitals are gearing up, Speaker Pelosi is waging unnecessary
culture wars,” Sasse told National
Review in a statement. “Speaker Pelosi should be fighting the coronavirus
pandemic, not politicizing emergency funding by fighting against the bipartisan
Hyde Amendment.”
Sasse
added, “We need to be ramping up our diagnostic testing, not waging culture
wars at the behest of Planned Parenthood. Good grief.”
Sasse
was referring to a report in the Daily Caller, in which White House
officials anonymously said that Pelosi attempted to secure a funding
stream of up to $1 billion for reimbursing laboratory claims. According to the
officials, the provision would set a precedent of health spending without
protections outlined in the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal tax dollars from
paying for abortions.
“Under the
guise of protecting people, Speaker Pelosi is working to make sure taxpayer
dollars are spent covering abortion — which is not only backwards, but goes
against historical norms,” a White House official was quoted as saying.
Interesting
Info Note: [This shows how immoral and deceptive the heads of the Democratic
Party have become]
BIDEN
UNVEILS VAST LGBT PLAN OVERTURNING TRUMP’S RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION
Christian Headlines – Mar. 11, 2020 -- Former V.P. Joe Biden
united a sweeping plan for the LGBT community last week, pledging to overturn
Trump-era religious liberty policies if he becomes president and promoting
passage of the Equality Act- a bill opposed by some gay and lesbian Americans
because of its negative impact on women’s sports.
Biden’s 7,000-word plan would also ban conversion therapy,
guarantee transgender students’ access to bathroom and locker rooms of their
choosing, and add a “third gender” option on government forms for non-binary
individuals.
The plan lists the accomplishments of the Obama-Biden
administration for the LGBT community, such as ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and
promoting the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The Biden plan
pledges to overturn a 2019 Trump religious liberty proposal that would
allow faith-based adoption and foster care agencies to receive federal grants
if they don’t place children in same-sex homes. The Trump proposal would
reverse an Obama-era rule that prevented federal grants from going to any
entity that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation or gender
identity. Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Zack Pruitt said last year
the new Trump rule would end discrimination “against faith-based providers
simply because of their beliefs about marriage.”
“As President,
Biden will repeal the rule, if implemented,” the Biden plan says.
The Biden plan
also pledges support for the Equality Act, which would amend federal laws to
prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in
public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment,
housing, credit and the jury system.
Some supporters
of the Equality Act have warned women’s sports are in danger if it’s not
amended. Doriane Coleman, Martina Navratilova and Sanya Richards-Ross wrote a Washington Post editorial
saying the act “would make it unlawful to differentiate among girls and women
in sports on the basis of sex for any purpose.”
The Biden plan
also pledges to:
·
Guarantee
that “transgender students have access to facilities based on their gender
identity.”
“On his first
day in office,” the plan says, “Biden will reinstate the Obama-Biden guidance
revoked by the Trump-Pence Administration, which will restore transgender
students’ access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with
their gender identity.”
·
Ban
conversion therapy.
“Hundreds of
thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals have been subjected to so-called ‘conversion
therapy’ during their lifetime, which Biden knows is deeply harmful, highly unscientific,
and often leads to trauma.”
·
Ensure
transgender individuals have access to identification documents that reflect
their gender identity.
“Biden believes
every transgender or non-binary person should have the option of changing their
gender marker to ‘M,’ ‘F,’ or ‘X’ on government identifications, passports, and
other documentation,” the plan says. “He will support state and federal efforts
to allow for this accurate representation.”
MISSIONARY
'JUNGLE JEN' MIRACULOUSLY HEALED AS SHE SHARES JESUS WITH UNREACHED IN AMAZON
Charisma News – Feb. 20, 2020 -- From the tender age of 8,
Jennifer Foster had a deep desire to become a missionary and to reach the
unreached with the gospel of Christ. Twenty years later, she began to fulfill
that dream in the remotest parts of the Amazon jungles in Brazil.
Multitudes who might never have been introduced to Jesus are now
finding salvation because of the woman they call "Jungle Jen."
Through the power of Holy Spirit, Foster's ministry, Stand Out Ministries, has planted several churches and distributed thousands of
Bibles to the unreached. Her ministry has also made disciples of people in the
Amazon, several of whom are ministering and planting churches themselves.
After being sent out by the International Mission Board, it took
Foster three days to get to her destination. She went through three months of
language training in Portuguese, one of the world's most difficult languages to
learn.
"I went and served a couple of years, and our goal was to
set out to plant a church among an unreached group," Foster told Dr. Steve
Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on
the Charisma Podcast Network. "I went through three months of training in
Virginia where there was no river and no mosquitoes. When I got to Brazil, they
put me in jungle survival training camp.
"I survived survival training camp. We ate bugs. We learned
how to kill and clean and eat our own homegrown food. After that, they put me
on the boat and sent me three days up the river. I tell you; my heart was
singing. I was finally what I wanted to be, a missionary to an unreached people
group, and I was fine.
"But we went through some hardships. On the first trip, I
remember that I literally had a mosquito bite line on my arm. My arms were
literally covered in mosquito bites. I've never caught a disease, and I've had
some supernatural health. But there was one point where I had a jungle spider
bite me and I almost died. But I was miraculously healed and knew for sure that
God was protecting me to do what I was meant to do."
ARE OSTRICHES STUPID?
Job 39:13-15 “Gavest thou the goodly wings unto
the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth
them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may
crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.”
Creation
Moments – Jan. 23, 2020 -- Ostriches are certainly comical looking birds.
Whenever I see a picture of one, it certainly makes me smile. Mind you,
if you meet one up close, you might not laugh so much because they can cause a
lot of damage with their legs, and particularly with their feet. But where
ostriches come to our notice, as biblical Christians, is that many people think
that the Bible is completely mistaken about ostriches, and, therefore, these
supposed errors invalidate Scripture.
The main
contentious verse is in Job 39. In this chapter, God is telling Job about the
various things that He has created to silence Job and show him that his
complaints are irrelevant. In verses 14 and 15, the accusation is that the
ostrich is pictured as stupid for leaving its eggs in the sand and accidentally
crushing them. Then, we are told, the Bible tells us that the mother ostrich
forgets, or even neglects, her young.
Actually, much
of this is based on a false anthropomorphism. We should not expect that an
animal is going to show human characteristics. In any case, the mother ostrich
does tend to leave her young because the care of newly hatched chicks seems to
be the job of the father ostrich, so there is no error in what the Bible is
claiming.
So, when were
ostriches created? They are clearly birds, but they appear designed to live on
land. We must assume, therefore, that God made them on Day Six.
SEEKING GOD’S GUIDANCE
A correct perspective
of God is vital because it determines how we interact with Him. For instance,
if we think He is concerned only about the big events in world history, we
won’t bother to pray about our daily concerns. However, if our view of Him is
grounded in the Scriptures, we’ll readily seek His guidance, knowing that He
cares about every aspect of our life.
Despite this
assurance, there may be times when we are so determined to get what we want
that we don’t even ask for God’s direction. Instead, we plunge ahead, thinking
that He will simply stop us if our decision is not according to His will. But
the Lord won’t necessarily prevent us from doing that which is not His will,
nor will He always come to our rescue if we have acted presumptuously without
seeking His help.
A better
approach is to do as David did. He said, “I have set the Lord continually
before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken” (Psalm 16:8). The omniscient heavenly Father has
provided everything we need to live wisely through His Word and His Spirit. And
as those who know and love Him, we should desire to please God by seeking His
direction in every area of life.
The Lord is
certainly willing to guide us through the treacherous seas of decision-making.
But we must pay attention to the instructions in His Word and to the promptings
of His Spirit, who is our helper, teacher, and guide. Then we can say with
David, “I will bless the Lord who has counseled me” (Psalm 16:7).
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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THE
ABILITY TO BEHOLD ( to obtain knowledge of:
understand: perceive) - Rev. 5:6,11; 6:5,8,12; 7:9; 8:13; 13:11
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THE
ABILITY TO REASON - Luke 16:30
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THE
ABILITY TO CRY (even though there will be no more crying in Heaven) - Rev.
5:4,5; Luke 16:24
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THE
ABILITY TO SPEAK - Rev. 5:13; 10:9; 21:6,15; Luke 16:24, 29,30,31
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THE
ABILITY TO FEEL/TOUCH - Luke 16:23, 24,25
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THE ABILITY
TO REMEMBER - Luke 16:25
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THE
ABILITY TO WONDER - Rev. 17:6
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THE
ABILITY TO WRITE - Rev. 1:11; 10:4; 19:9
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THE
ABILITY TO QUESTION - Rev. 7:13
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THE
ABILITY TO TAKE (THE BOOK/ROD) - Rev. 10:8,9,10
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THE
ABILITY TO FALL (ON KNEES) - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
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THE ABILITY
TO STAND - Rev. 13:1
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THE
ABILITY TO WORSHIP - Rev. 19:10; 22:8
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THE
ABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS - Rev. 11:1
God has promised in 1 Thess 4:16 and 1
Cor. 15:52,53 that one day, we shall be reunited with Him in body and will be
transformed and conformed to Him - in the twinkling of an eye. We are also told
in Scripture that we shall see Him face to face- see the Lamb that was slain
for you and me. We know by His Word, that we will Praise Him, Worship Him and
Rule with Him.
One thing in the study that I found extremely fascinating was the
difference in treatment between Lazarus and the non-believing rich man.
Scripture says that Lazarus was escorted to Heaven by an Angel, but there is no
indication in Scripture about how the rich man arrived at Hell. Could it be
that God had a specific purpose why He chose not to tell us in Scripture?
Finally, knowing that others may have varying interpretations of
these Scriptures, I strongly urge you to review the Scriptures yourselves to
determine what you find as the truth according to God’s Word.
WHAT’S IN
A NAME?
For those who
wish you had some other name because you don't like the name you were given,
you had better think twice. It is most
likely that the name your parents picked out for you was not their choice but
God's choice. Let’ s face it, the word
of the Lord is true. That's why in Eph.
1:4, God proclaimed that He had chosen us from before the very beginning of the
world.
If you follow
the Genealogy of Adam in Genesis, Chapter 5 (*) you will receive an insight
into what importance God put in names - It's an exciting message:
Genealogy Meaning
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The blessed God
Jared Shall
come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His Death shall bring
Lamech The
Despairing
Noah Rest,
Comfort
Now let us look
at God’s Plan for Redemption:
"Man (is)
appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that)
His death shall bring (the) despairing rest."
Let us now look
at the Genealogy of Abraham (*):
Genealogy Meaning
Abraham Predestination
Isaac Called
Jacob Justified
Joseph Glorified
(*) Source:
Chuck Missler’s Briefing package: “A Walk Thru the
Bible”
WELL YOU SAY!
BUT THAT WAS ALL OLD TESTAMENT AND WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE FOR TODAY - WOULD IT?
Well, let us see.................. As a Christian, did God not choose you by name at the same time he chose Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph - before the very foundation of the world? If God had a purpose for their name, would you expect anything less for your name since He chose you at the same time?
As a Christian,
You ought to thank God daily that you, by your given name, was written in the
Lamb's book of life before the very foundation of the world and that you will
be a partaker in all the promises of Rev 21:27.
Within the last
couple of years, researchers have found many startling discoveries through the
use of super computers, specifically, hidden codes that God supernaturally
placed within the Hebrew text of the Bible.
Over 2000 years ago, the names of historical and current leader’s names
were placed in the Bible. Such names as Adolph Hitler, Eichmann, Arafat, Peres,
Rabin, Rabin's murderer Amir, Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Saddan
Hussein, George Bush, Schwarzkoph, Peter Arnet (CNN), Timithy McVeigh,
Bill Clinton.
Do you think
that God would limit His calling out to just those who had a highly visible
historical impact on this world? There
is no doubt that He had a purpose in doing this, if nothing else, just to get
your attention that He is the Creator; that He alone knows the beginning from
the end.
It is my firm
belief that as we advance further with our computer technology and peel back
the layers of the Hebrew text of the scriptures, we will make many more
startling and exciting discoveries. One
being that God has written each and every one of our names in His Word.
HERE IS WHAT GOD
SAID: Isaiah 66:22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will
make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain."
BOOK REVIEW by D. E. Davis (September 1997)
BOB
PIERCE -"THIS ONE THING I DO"
By Franklin Graham with Jeanette Lockerbie
It is amazing the worlds that open up to an individual, once the
Power of the Holy Spirit comes upon him. Just three years ago, where once I was
blind to Missions, to all the inspired men and women God has called to service
and the multitude of people all over the world who have been saved, new worlds
are ever opening to me to see how awesome the power of God is in our Christian
lives.
Such was the power and strength of faith Bob Pierce had in our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is
difficult for me to even attempt to assess where God has put Bob along
with other past great men of the faith, but from what I read about his life
with Christ, he certainly had his eyes focused on Jesus! I personally feel inadequate and humbled to
even put in words, my thoughts about this man.
Bob was a man Blessed by God. I
feel sad that I never had an opportunity to know him, but look forward to
meeting him one day in heaven.
If ever there was a verse of scripture that represented Bob Pierce,
it had to be the title of this book as taken from Philippians 3:13,14
".......this one thing I do,....I press toward the mark for the prize of
the high calling of God in Jesus Christ."
Bob was raised in Los Angeles and at the age of 12, gave his life
to Christ and was baptized in the Nazarene Church. "God simply called me
to give my heart to Jesus, and I followed Him." He died in 1978 of leukemia but lived his
life for Christ in between in between those dates as if Christ was coming
tomorrow and he still had to witness to the whole world before dawn broke. Throughout his career, he dedicated his life
mainly to Missions and over the years was responsible for founding such World
re-noun programs as "World Vision", an organization dedicated to
meeting the emergency needs in crisis areas such as Korea after the Korean
war. During that time of need, he established a Korean
Orphanage, serving over 30 thousand Korean war orphans. Bob was also responsible for starting the
World re-noun Korean Orphan's Choir. As
an outgrowth of "World Vision" he founded "World Medical
Mission" which covered all emergency medical needs in countries all over
the world which had no medical facilities.
He was also founder of "Samaritan's Purse" and organization
dedicated to funding World emergency need, no matter where they were. These organizations are still meeting the
needs of those in crisis today.
If his work through these organizations was not enough, he became a
United Nations War Correspondent during World War II; was Co-founder for
"Youth for Christ"; and became a Motion Picture producer/Radio
program host, author and a lecturer, but first and last, he always considered
himself an evangelist! Even though Bob knew that he was "extraordinarily
gifted by God, he was never impressed with himself - he considered himself just
an earthly vessel, available at all times for the exclusive use of the
Lord".
In his own words, he had "many flaws, failings but had
abundant faith in God who lives and cares about people."
If I had to pick four areas of the Christian life that I feel truly
represented Bob Pierce, they would be 1) Unwavering Faith, 2) Compassion for
others, 3) Obedience to God and 4) Commitment to accomplish the Will of God in
his life.
From the Beginning, Bob knew his calling was for Missions to the
Asian Countries. His first mission led
him through Hawaii to Hong Kong and eventually to China. Getting to China was his first big test of
faith - he had no money, even for the first leg to Hawaii. Bob held the opinion that God knows ones
needs already and if He has called you to a task, He will provide and enable
you - just move out! He did just that and went to the L.A. airport that day
without any money in his pocket. His
faith paid off as God provided the funding for each leg of his trip just at the
moment he needed it.
This was the norm rather than the exception throughout his
career as an evangelist. What ever it was, where ever
it was, if God called, Bob would act no matter what the circumstance......he
knew that God would always provide.....and He did!
Bob had a compassion for the spiritually and physically suffering
of the world. "He was the friend of
the little people, the forgotten, the hurting, the maimed, the unheard and the
unsung". Bob's theme was "Let
my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God". It was
Bob's personal belief that "wherever you find men and women who really love
Jesus Christ, you find the compassion of Christ spilling out of them to meet
human need." Over the years World Vision, Samaritan's Purse and other
organizations like them; one in particular, Mission Aviation Fellowship Pilots
(MAF), who flew Missionaries around the world in crisis situations, helped so
many helpless and needy men, women and children. They knew first
hand the healing power of God.
Bob dared it all to be obedient to the Lord's call. Once he had in focus the mission that God
wanted him to accomplish, he followed in Faith to bring the unsaved to Christ. It was his opinion that " If you are an
ambassador, act like one!"- no matter where you are. Bob would bring to
memory how other great men of Faith were obedient even in the face of death. During World War II, a young South Korean
Pastor, Mr. Im was mistaken for a North Korean
Communist and imprisoned. During his
internment, he would go around camp singing "Jesus Loves Me" and
other Christian songs. He not only
uplifted and inspired other fellow Christian prisoners to come together, he
brought many more to Christ. Together he
and another prisoner, Chaplain Voelkel, established a
Bible Study where over 6,000 prisoners finished a six month
Bible Study. Six Hundred (600) of those
finishing the Bible Study
became pastors and came back to Korea to preach the Gospel. In another instance, he related how a Korean
school teacher was put to death in front of his students because of his faith
and obedience to the Lord.
To be an ambassador for the Lord "is one of the greatest
things that could ever have happened to anyone - to let God put a fish hook
into you so deep that there is no way of ever getting off the hook."
"Bob did one thing all
of his life, and that was to lead people to the foot of the Cross where they
would put their faith in a risen Lord Jesus Christ. He lived every minute completely amazed that
God could use him. No matter how much he
was able to do in how many places, it was never enough." This was the kind of commitment Bob made to
Jesus; "to commit yourself, give yourself away
to God irrevocably, forever. Say to Him,
go ahead and burn me up. Spend me. Eat me up.
Use me for you Glory." And that's exactly what he did.
Being a man of God was not always easy for Bob and he paid a high
price. In one measure or another he had
to forsake his wife, his family, his Mother and Father, his brothers and
sisters and other worldly possessions to follow Jesus. He not only lost his health, he lost his
Daughter, Sharon, to death.
Committing your life to Christ in a Godless society is never easy;
many times you feel like you may be the only one
putting your life, your self image, your social
acceptance on the line. As Bob came to
realize, ". Someone has to go and
pay that humiliating price of literally letting your ego be stomped on- not just
pushed in and suppressed, but laid out there for people to stomp on. We need to do this by the grace of God with
love and patience: sow the seed on rocky soil, nurture it, and maybe never be
applauded."
Committing your life to Christ really comes down to this; What
really matters
to you in Life?
On his death bed in the City of Hope, Bob left us this one message
- "I don't care what you have attempted. What you have succeeded at, or
what has been your work in Christ's name while you are here on earth - only one
thing matters when you have reached the last step before you go to stand before
Christ:
- Did you tell men and women who Jesus is?
- Did you bring them to some comprehension of His redeeming love?
- Did you make it plain to them that He alone can pay their way to
heaven throughout His atoning death on the cross?"
Such was the life of a man of God, Bob Pierce.
HIDDEN CODES OF THE BIBLE
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ACT 17:11 - Exhorts you to daily review the scriptures
to see if what is being said is true
References: Grant
R. Jeffrey - "The Signature of God"- RECOMMENDED READING
Other reading: "The Hebrew Factor" by Yacov
Rambsel
Prepared
by D. E. Davis
Daniel 12: 4 - "But thou, O Daniel, shut
up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to
and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
Here is undeniable proof, the third in the
series, that every word, every letter and every punctuation in Bible text was
put their by the inspiration
of God. It gives new meaning to the
words "increase knowledge".
It's just one of the many signs, and without a doubt, the most exciting
revelation that God said he would reveal to man in the "end
time". As you will see, God has
put his signature throughout the Bible, has revealed History before it ever
happened, all through hidden codes that were supernaturally placed into text
which was written over 2,000 years ago; which could only be found with today's
computer technological advances. The
codes are found in what scholars call
"Equidistant Letter Sequences" or ESL. That is, each sequential letter in an encoded
word or phrase was found the same distance apart numerically; The exact
interval designed by God.
Actually, the discovery of hidden codes in
scripture dates back to before WWI and it was not until 1988 that the use of
computers were able to detect a significant amount of
coding in scripture. Since then, the research
that Grant Jeffrey and others have done has just exploded and new discoveries
are happening every day.
Here is a summary of what has been found and
outlined in Grant's book, referenced above.
It is my understanding that he is in the process of writing another book
to tell what he has found subsequent to "The Signature of God".
Luke 21:15 - " For I will give you a
mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay
(refute) nor resist."
Proverbs 25:2 - "It is the glory of God
to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter."
What follows is what most of the human race
would find hard to believe. It
unfathomable to think that the Hebrew Bible, containing 304,805 Hebrew letters,
written by 40 individuals could contain hidden messages that if one letter was
taken out of the text, one word was removed, the hidden message could not be
revealed......yet the message has been sustained for over 2,000 years and has
been revealed to man just as Jesus said it would be. Jesus has actually placed His name and other
messages about Himself into text which proves he is the creator of all; King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.
GOD'S
SIGNATURE
God has personally signed scriptures
throughout the Old and New Testaments in various ways. For example in the
Old Testament, he has encoded his name, Jesus, in the following scripture:
God has also encoded unbelievable detail
about many of the things we read about and which touch our lives daily. For example, he outlines:
PLACES
AND THINGS
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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.
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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.
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Gen. 1:1 - Starting with the first appearance of the
Hebrew letter "Tav", the word
"Torah" was found every 50th letter.
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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
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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".
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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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