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Christmas 2011

2011-12-15T11:00:00.000-08:00

In the first edition of The Maya (1966), author Michael D. Coe suggested the date of December 24, 2011 as one on which the Maya believed "Armageddon would overtake the degenerate peoples of the world and all creation." Also associated with this date was a catastrophic earthquake that would cause a one-world government to assemble and intervene.
On December 13, 2011, Dutchsinse gave an earthquake update in which he stated the west-coast of the US was due for a 5.0 – 6.0 quake in the next two weeks, which is not devastating. Geologists and prophets are expecting the Big One.
I have heard journalists and military experts say that if Israel was going to take out Iran's nuclear facilities it would have to be before winter. Since Christmas Eve isn't important to Jews, and news outlets give their major reporters time off, maybe it would be an opportune time for Israel to make a pre-emptive attack. The US has pulled its troops out of Iraq and may have left some fuel behind for Israel to refuel its jets.
Jesus was not born on December 25th, but legends say Mithra(s) was born from the rock on that day. Mithra was linked to the Sun and bulls, like Egyptian god Ra. The Vedic word mitra means “to bind” and is associated with judgment. So it would be interesting if the world sought to mete out 'justice' on that day against Israel after their “pre-emptive” strike against Iran who has been at war with them through Hamas and Hezbollah for over a decade.

“12And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” (Rev. 16:12-16)

If Israel strikes Iran militarily, that doesn't mean troops of the world will be on the ground at Megiddo the next day. Though Turkey caused the Euphrates to dry up in 2008, they would need to do so again for the Muslim armies to cross it and fulfill the sixth vial. Now that US troops are out of Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr can revive his Mahdi Army. Notice that our Savior places a note of His second coming in this build up toward the battle at Megiddo. For Jesus Chirst will come and gather His saints and we will join Him in destroying the armies attacking Israel as His warrior Bride.

The Prophetic Timing of Jerusalem's Destruction

2011-10-05T15:40:00.000-07:00

Creator God has consistently given Isreal the exact timing of their judgment, and has given prophets forewarning of that exact timing. Bible teachers have been lax in their duty in this regard, and so many believers will be unprepared for the return of King Jesus to judge the world.

Destruction of Jerusalem (summer, 9th of Av, 586 BC and 70 AD)
According to Eusibius, Nebuchadnezzar II reigned 607-562 BC (20 months viceroy, 43 years sole king). In Jehoiakim's third year (607-606 BC), Nebuchadnezzar II, as viceroy, took thousands of people back to Babylon with him, including the brightest young men, like Daniel. Jehoiachin was taken to Babylon along with Ezekiel and others in 599 BC. In the fifth year of Jehoiakim's captivity (594 BC), the LORD told Ezekiel to build a model of a siege of Jerusalem and to lay before it in chains on his left side for 390 days for the iniquity of Israel, and then on right his side for 40 days for the iniquity of Judah; with each day representing a year of siege (Ez. 4:1-17). Ezekiel (35:5) later explained the end of their time of iniquity would be the time of their calamity when Edom (Seir) shed the blood of Israelites, which is verified by Obadiah 1:12-14 and Psalm 137:7 to be the time of Jerusalem's destruction when Edomites cheered and killed refugees who were escaping in 586 BC.
The 390 days equalled the 390 years of Israel's idolatry from the golden calves which Jeroboam established in the beginning of his reign in summer 975 BC (which was his first Tishri regnal year of 976-975 BC) until the destruction of Jerusalem in summer of 586 BC. Now 976 - 586 = 390 years. This included Jeremiah's seventy year prophecy (Jer. 25:11 and 29:10) which began with the first transportation into exile by Nebuchadnezzar in 606 BC and ended in 536 BC when the first exiles returned to Jerusalem with Ezra under the decree of Cyrus. (Ezra 1:1-3:1 The decree was in the first year of Cyrus as emperor, and they left in the 7th month.) The remaining 40 years, a generation, of judgment upon Judah was the 40 year period from 30-70 AD of which Jesus declared their guilt and prophesied their punishment. (Matthew 21:31-38; Luke 11:47-51; 21:20-32) The destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 AD completed the punishment for their sins according to Daniel's 70 week prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27). The destructions of both the first and second temples occurred on the 9th of Av (II Kings 25:8-10 plus two days to round up captives and loot the Temple); God getting the point of the exact timing of His prophecies across.

Peter and Paul were martyred in 67 AD, but they saw the growing persecution, and were aware of Christ's “generation” prophecy soon to be fulfilled. By this time many priests had come to faith in Messiah (Acts 6:7). So the “house of God” could rightly be referring to the Temple (Mat. 23:38) and the body of believers (I Peter 2:5).

“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Why let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as to a faithful Creator.” (I Peter 4:16-19)

time is kairos
judgment is krinos

The final 3.5 years of Daniel's 70th week and “Jacob's trouble” occurred from 66-70 AD, culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem and over one million Jews. Similarly we will soon culminate the 3.5 years of Revelation and God's judgment of the world which will center on their hatred for Jews and Jerusalem. When Jesus was in the process of fulfilling Daniel's 70th week, Jews had a hard time accepting a man from Nazareth, and He chided them for not knowing the day of their visitation (Luke 19:45); and King Jesus will return on an exactly prophesied day and year again.

“. . . they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (I Peter 2:12)

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. . . . But of the times and the seasons [kairos], brothers, you have no need that I write to you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail on a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” (I Thess. 4:16 - 5:4)

From Paul's teaching, the 'day' of Christ's visitation is Feast of Trumpets, just like it was in 3 BC when Messiah was born. From Daniel 12:10-12, the year is 2012 based upon the pivotal year of 1967 when the Jews retook Jerusalem. Please prepare yourselves for LORD Yeshua's return and His judgment upon the world as He fights from Jerusalem.

Obama Fulfilled 'Sitting' in 'Temple'

2011-09-19T12:09:00.000-07:00

On September 11, 2011 Obama quoted Psalm 46 at Ground Zero.
This fulfilled II Thess. 2:3-4 again.
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”
“That day” is of Christ's return; see II Thess. 2:1 “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”.
“Falling away” is Chrislam and other heretical beliefs.
“Son of perdition” is Barack Hussein Obama.
“Opposes” is antikeimai which also means adversarial.
“Exalts” is huperairomai which also means 'over'-reach or raise 'over', or haughtiness.
“God” is theos which also means a deity, especially the supreme Divinity; and figuratively a magistrate according to Strongs Concordance.
“Worshipped” is kathidzo which also means appoint, or confer a kingdom according to Thayer's Concordance.
“Showing” is apodeiknumi which also means 'off'-'showing', or showing off.
“Temple” is naos which also means any heathen temple or SHRINE according to Thayer.
The Temple in Jerusalem was known as hieron, which is a word built upon the first part of the city's name Jerusalem, which means 'to teach peace'; salem being peace. Hieron is used in the Gospels and Acts and once in 1 Corinthians 9:13. A common word for dwelling or tent, naos, was also used to refer to the Temple as well as other places, like the shrine of Diana (Acts 19:24).
Substituting other meanings, here is another possible translation for II Thess. 2:4
“Who is adversarial and haughty above all called magistrates or confering a kingdom, so that he as magistrate sits in the shrine of a diety showing off himself that he is a magistrate.”
No clergy was allowed at the Ground Zero Shrine, so Obama could confer his spiritual kingdom upon his country as their supreme magistrate.

Psalm 46
“1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." -- He will be our only help this coming year, because of the devastation coming upon the Earth.
“2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the middle of the sea; 3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.” -- The Earth's axis has moved before, but it will be worse. There's still a debris field afloat in the Pacific from Japan's quake and tsunami. Earth has been having a 6.0 quake almost daily around the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Cascadia subduction zone recently had a 6.4 quake relieving pressure there, so California better prepare for the Big One.
“4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” -- In the millennial temple of Ezekiel, the river of life flows from the throne of God and brings healing.
“5God is in the middle of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.” -- I think Scriptures in Daniel and Matthew point to Christ's return at midnight on Rosh haShanah, September 16, 2012; so this verse may point to Messiah destroying the armies of the wicked attacking Israel at dawn on September 17th.
“6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.” -- The U.N. military leaders won't like having their armies destroyed. On September 18, 2012, Almighty God will destroy the Earth He created with fire (II Peter 3).
“7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.” -- Jesus/Yeshua will be with us, keeping us safe in the New Jerusalem during this time of the destruction and creation of a new heaven and Earth. After our 7-day wedding feast, we will return to an edenic world on Yom Kippur.
“9He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire. 10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” -- This either continues the theme of the wicked armies and Earth's destruction by fire, or goes ahead to the final destruction of Gog and Magog at the end of the millennium.
“11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” -- YHWH/Yeshua renamed Jacob as “prince/victor of God”- Israel. Security isn't found in caverns of concrete, but in the Savior, Jesus Christ, the LORD!

But Obama did not “sit”, he stood to read Psalm 46. The first time Obama, the “son of perdition”, fully fulfilled II Thess. 2:3-4 was on July 24, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Obama visited the Pergamon Museum which was built to contain the altar of Zeus (“seat of Satan” Rev. 2:13) that was transported from Turkey prior to Hitler's rise. Please watch a special video on it at http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/churchhistory/pergamon/ After Obama gave “The World that Stands as One” speech in front of Hitler's victory column and war goddess at Hitler's hoped for 'world capital', German radio declared Obama would be “the next president of the United States . . . and the future president of the world.”
We understand how demons have dominion over areas (“prince of Persia”) and objects (idols, I Cor. 10:19-20). So we can understand that by Obama being in Hitler's 'world capital' and touching the “seat of Satan” which is the altar to the Greek deity Zeus, that he became possessed by Satan like the first “son of perdition” (Judas, Luke 22:3 and John 17:12).
Substituting other meanings, here is another possible translation for II Thess. 2:4
“Who is adversarial and haughty above all called dieties or worshipped, so that he as a diety SITS in the shrine showing himself that he is a diety.”
Obama needed a 'spiritual' experience to prove to himself (“showing himself”) that he really had the power to pull off becoming president of the United States and the world. He then ordered a stage to be built which replicated the altar of Zeus for him to give his acceptance speech for the democratic presidential nomination, just as Hitler had a replica of it built for his speeches. Satan is their source of power; replicating Satan's throne reassured them that Satan had fully empowered them to take over the world.

“Mystery Babylon” to be Hit

2011-08-27T17:04:00.000-07:00

“And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration [wonder].” (Rev. 17:5-6)

Today, when I heard hurricane Irene had hit Babylon, New York; I had to look it up on Google maps. Yup, there it is on Long Island. New York City is a part of “mystery Babylon. The following is from “Awake, Bride”, p. 265-266 on how New York City related to Revelation 11:8-12:

“During the Revolutionary War New York City was greatly damaged twice by fires, laid siege to, and many battles were fought there with patriots crying, "No king but King Jesus!" From 1788 to 1790, New York City was the capital of the United States of America. (Jerusalem is Israel's capital in which Jesus was crucified as King of the Jews, and later laid siege to and burned.) New York City is currently the most populous city ("great city") of the United States with over eight million people, and it is the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel (like Egypt housed the Hebrews for hundreds of years). It also has a large homosexual community ("Sodom"). The two olive trees and two candlesticks represent God's two anointed 'sons' (Zechariah 4:14), Jews and Gentiles. 'Witness' is another word for 'martyr'. Those who died in the 9/11 attacks were martyred for living in a Christian country which protected the Jews.
On September 11, 2001 Islamic terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers, and almost 3,000 people from 90 different countries died. The Muslims in Palestine were shown dancing in the streets and celebrating by passing out candy. This was the "white horse" of the first seal. Muslims have been slaughtering Christians around the world and leaving their corpses to rot. The "three and a half days" refers to the 3½ years of the Great Tribulation in which there will be more martyrs. The slaughter of believers will continue and increase until Rosh Hashanah, September 16, 2012 when the heavens and earth will shake at the Lord's coming, and He will call His people to Him.”
3,000 is the number of calf-worshippers killed when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the 10 commandments of YHWH (Ex. 32:28) on the very first Feast of Weeks, and 3,000 is how many got saved when the disciples proclaimed the wonders of God in different languages on the first Feast of Weeks, called Pentecost (Acts 2:41), after Jesus ascended to heaven. That about 3,000 were killed at the opening of the first seal to me means Jesus is preparing to return from heaven.
That America soon went to war against Babylon, Iraq is also interesting, because Peter preached to the expatriate Jews in Babylon, and established a church there that has lasted for 2,000 years. Yes, the real Mesopotamian Babylon, not Rome. Recall, because of their idol worship, God sent Nebuchadnezzar to carry the Jews into exile in Babylon beginning with Daniel and his three teen-age frieds. (Daniel died in Mesopotamia, and the Muslims venerate his tomb.)

“Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.” (Acts 7:42-43)

“The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, salutes you; and so does Marcus my son.” (I Peter 5:13)

Though Babylon, Iraq has been a center of power for anti-christs and their religions which worship the moon and stars, the religious center moved to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The black cube containing a black meteorite is called the Kabba which Muslims walk around and pray towards. It used to be a harem of religious prostitutes to many gods, but Mohammed through all of them out except the moon god and declared it to be the diety, al-ilah (Allah). It is the base of wickedness transferred to the desert (Zechariah 5:2-3, 6b-11). A few miles from Mecca on the coast is the busy seaport of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries on earth to which all kings have had to 'kiss up'.

Babylon, Iraq has been subdued, but it will rise up again with the Mahdi army soon. Since the beginning of the 6th trumpet on August 23, 2011, God has cracked American icons, and New York has been hit with a hurricane which has paralyzed its subway system. It seems that “mystery Babylon” Mecca-Jeddah is due to be hit this fall during all the close asteroid movements and meteor showers.

“And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.” (Rev. 18:18-21)

I may have misunderstood the timing of the 5th and 6th seals. They may come close together to “avenge” the righteous blood of the saints. If so I would break the 6th seal into two parts, with the first part coming with the great earthquake about to hit the West Coast followed by the asteroids and meteors and the tail of Elenin this fall.
“And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given to every one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brothers, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, see, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” (Rev. 6:9-13)

Dormant volcanos in the western United States have already been venting. A Santa Barbara hillside is venting. Citizens in San Diego county smell burning petroleum and 'rotten eggs' (sulfur); precursors to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. If the ring of fire on the west coast does what happened to Japan on the east side of the Pacific, all the ash would block out the sunlight. Pray that the volcanic activity does not set off the supervolcano at Yellowstone.

And the last part of the 6th seal, right before the 7th seal, 7th vial, and the final 7th trumpet of Messiah's return at midnight (Jerusalem time) on September 16, 2012.

“And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (Rev. 6:9-14-17)

Ask God how you should prepare, and what you should do, if anything. Stay close to Jesus and your loved ones.

Bride in New Jerusalem while Earth Burns

2011-08-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

The New Jerusalem of Revelation 21 is described as a huge cube with a side length of about 1350 miles with twelve gates. It would crack the Earth's crust, so I think it will orbit earth; and after Christ establishes His millennial kingdom on Earth, “the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it” (Rev. 21:24). In Hebrews 12:22 the New Jerusalem is called “mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.” The New Jerusalem is the Bridal chamber Jesus said He was preparing for Us (John 14:1-3), a royal pavilion. A pavilion is a large, luxurious tent often used by kings and nobles (see Jer. 43:10).

“For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up on a rock.” (Psalm 27:5)

I am post-trib, and believe at Messiah's one return, believers will be “translated” like Enoch (Heb. 11:5) and be visibly (to those left behind) taken up “into heaven” like Elijah (II Kings 2:11). Read that chapter and you'll discover that Elijah, Elisha, and all the prophets of three towns knew the day Elijah was going to be translated by YHWH. From discovering the year of 2012 from the end of Daniel (12:9-12) and Rosh HaShanah (the unknown day and hour, or the 'hidden' day) from Mat. 24, I arrived at September 16, 2012 as the day of Christ's return. The description of the stars in Rev. 12:1 occurred on Rosh HaShanah, September 11, 3 BC, Jesus' birthday; that's why He opened the first seal on September 11, 2001. Certainly believers would know the true birthday of their LORD and recognize they were living in the last days. But I didn't until I trashed the “doctrines of men” and allowed God's Holy Spirit to teach me eschatology from His Word. I did not 'predict' a sign from heaven would occur on August 23, 2011; I simply counted 391 backwards from September 16, 2011 for the beginning of the 6th trumpet (Rev. 9:14-15) and vial. Israel did a surgical strike and killed a Islamic Jihad member that day, and God shook the East coast and cracked symbols of America without killing one person to give a final wake-up call before one-third of mankind is killed.
Counting backward 1260 days (Rev. 11:2-3) that brought me to April 6, 2009. I knew the "son of perdition" would have to be in power for the entire 3.5 years (x 360) of 1260 days of the time-period John gave in Revelation for the period in which the "temple court" (the Temple Mount, not the Temple itself) would be trampled by the Gentiles; this is what I call the "great tribulation" (Rev. 7:14) - there is no 7-year tribulation. John never says 7 years or two 3.5 year periods. Rev. 11:2-3 makes it very clear that the "great tribulation" to which John refers is a 3.5 year period. Jesus said, "In this world you'll have tribulation", so basic tribulation has been ongoing for 2,000 years. I believe the 3.5 year period of 66-70 AD which concluded Daniel's 70th week was a microcosm of what will happen to the whole world; in the end the world will be destroyed by fire (II Peter 3).

Throughout the Bible September 16, 2012 is known as “the day of the LORD” which is often shortened to “the day” or “that day” of Messiah's return to judge the Earth and resurrect the righteous.
Let's take a look at Isaiah 26.

“1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. 3You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you. 4Trust you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:”
Note the similarities to New Jerusalem, a 'strong city' with 'gates' for 'righteous nations'.

“5For he brings down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lays it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust. 6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just. 8Yes, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you.”
In contrast those of the proud and 'lofty city' will be tread down by the 'poor' in spirit in their new resurrection bodies as they join their LORD in pouring out His judgments (Psalm 149:6-9), so that even the heathen will declare Yeshua is LORD.

“9With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 10Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 11LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yes, the fire of your enemies shall devour them.”

Even now people still say these 'natural disasters' are not the work of the LORD's hand. Fire will devour them.

“12LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have worked all our works in us. 13O LORD our God, other lords beside you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name. 14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15You have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation: you are glorified: you had removed it far to all the ends of the earth. 16LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.”
Isaiah recounts the history of Israel and how the ten tribes were carried off into Assyria to chasten them for worshipping other gods.

“17Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O LORD. 18We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.”

Because of their idolatry, Israel was not fulfilling its purpose during the divided kingdom. But at the end of the “birth pangs” we are in now, Yeshua Himself will establish His everlasting kingdom.

“19Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”
Isaiah encourages the people that in the 'regeneration' they will be able to live again with joy.
“And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, That you which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundred times, and shall inherit everlasting life. (Matthew 19:28-29)

“20Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over.”

Refer back to Psalm 27:5. After Yeshua takes us to New Jerusalem, the door will be shut, and the Earth will be burned. It will be a "little moment" about a day to purify the earth by fire, and we will enjoy the wedding feast for 7 days until we return to a new Earth.

I think He even gave us the time on Rosh haShanah of His return, at midnight Jerusalem time.
“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him. . . . And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.” (Mathew 25:6-10)

21For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.”
(end of Isaiah 26)

The LORD shall avenge the righteous blood of the saints (Rev. 6:10 and 19:2), and the innocent babies which have been slaughtered by the millions. The earth groans under the weight of that blood-guilt.

“For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” (Romans 8:22-23)

HalleluYah, our Bridegroom has purchased Us with His blood, and is coming to redeem His purchased possession. But Messiah will not rape us, there will be the 7th and final trumpet, and the shout “Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him.” Be ready for that final act of obedience to respond “YES” when the shout comes. Do not turn back like Lot's wife (Luke 17:32).

I love doing Bible studies; I can do it for hours. Others can pray for hours, and I am amazed. We all have different gifts, use yours to the fullest in this final year.

Fulfillment of prophecy on August 23, 2011

2011-08-25T15:07:00.000-07:00

Recap regarding how I arrived at the date of August 23, 2011 for the beginning of the sixth trumpet and vial.

In 2007 I began earnest study of the “feasts of the LORD” and their prophetic fulfillments. I discovered Messiah fulfillfed the Spring and Summer feasts in order at the end of His first coming. Yeshua became our Lamb sacrifice on Passover, He was entombed as the Sinless Savior during the feast of unleavened bread, and He rose the third day on the feast of first fruits. Yeshua is the resurrection and the life! He physically walked and ate with His disciples for 40 days in His resurrected body, and then ascended to heaven; and sent them His Holy Spirit 7 days later on feast of weeks (pentecost). 3 + 40 + 7 = 50 days

I discovered that the first fall feast was not named, nor was it known when to celebrate during Messiah's time on earth, because the Sanhedrin had to verify/sanctify the new moon; so it was the only feast no one knew the day nor hour to celebrate it. Jesus had answered His disciples exactly which day to expect Him to return. Those who know the feasts of the LORD, know Messiah returns on the “memorial for blowing trumpets”. The memorial of Joseph being raised by pharaoh to power and given a wife. In Hebrew ceremonies, the groom arrives after sunset to escort his bride to the wedding; he steals her away like a 'thief'.
“But of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail on a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” (1 Thess. 5:1-4)

After some study, I knew Daniel predicted the year of Messiah's first coming as the Prince when God declared “This is my beloved Son” at His baptism in 29 AD, 483 years from Artaxerxes decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. By reading commentaries prior to the 1800's I learned it was traditionally accepted that Messiah then made a covenant of faith with many Jews, and was cut-off in the middle of the “week”, 3.5 years into His ministry. The remaining 3.5 years “until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured on the desolate” was fulfilled during the Israel-Roman War from 66-70 AD in which the Daniel's “holy city” was burned and destroyed.
As I read the entire book of Daniel, I discovered there was more than one “abomination of desolation”; in particular one which the reader should “understand”.

“Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” (Daniel 12:9-12) 1290 years + 45 years more = 1335 years

I investigated as to when the Muslim abominations had been “set up” on the Temple Mount. The Dome of the Rock was constructed in 687 AD. The wooden Al-Aqsa Mosque was started between 670-674, and seen completed by Gaullic bishop Arculf who lived in Palestine between 679 and 682 (Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship by Amikam Elad). Trying the years 674-679, I found that starting with the year 677 AD + 1290 = 1967 which was the year Jews regained the Temple Mount. Forty-five years later came to 2012. Daniel's prophecy of the year of Christ's return was “sealed” until the first seal was opened on September 11, 2001. I imagine others have discovered it as well. On January 11, 2009 I published my first video on how the first seals had already been opened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWJ03U70EWI
Rosh haShanah in 2012 is September 16th.
“Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.” (Rev. 9:14-15)

The three and a half years of the tribulation equal 1260 days based upon 30 day months (Rev. 11:2-3). Using this verse as a time marker for the 6th trumpet, 12 x 30 + 1 x 30 + 1 = 391 days. Counting backwards 391 days brought me to August 23, 2011 for the beginning of the 6th trumpet.
As I studied Revelation, I noticed the parallels of the judgments of the trumpets and vials. On page 598 of J. Barton Payne' “Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy” I saw a chart which showed the trumpets and vials in tandem.
Counting backward 3.5 years x 360 days = 1260 days from September 16, 2012 came to April 6, 2009 for the beginning of Revelation's Great Tribulation. Though I had the bulk of my book, “Awake, Bride” completed before that date, and rushed a first edition, it had many typos, so I was able to include what happened on that date in my revision. I then began producing videos to accompany the book. Then with work and moving, I set it all aside for a season; during which time I had missed recognizing the first two trumpets and vials. By the time of Japan's quake and nuclear disaster, I was confused that the 3rd trumpet seemed to be out of order. Then I carefully reviewed the disasters since April 6, 2009, and came to realize everything was perfectly in order, and I published a fulfillment update to “Seals, Trumpets and Vials” and produced a video about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3tmdjitOk

Well, I didn't know what 'sign' would occur at the beginning of 6th trumpet and seal on August 23, 2011, but just like the sign of the beginning of the Great Tribulation on April 6, 2009, it involves Obama "the son of perdition" and the US "that withholds" being “taken out of the way”. I think the earthquake jarring the US capitol is one of God's warnings to the American people to make sure they're on God's side in support of Israel and not on Obama's side who recently asked Netanyahu to apologize to Turkey when they ran Israel's blockade last year; the earthquake was God's response. It cracked the Washington Monument signifying America is damaged, and will be further damaged. Several Israelis were killed by Egyptian Muslims last week, and Israel killed an Islamic Jihad member in Gaza on August 23, 2011 as a sign that Israel eventually is victorious. (http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2011/jay825.htm) The UN is already blaming Israel for that surgical strike. The UN also felt the earthquake of God's response.
I have been faithful to freely publish what Almighty God has enabled me to see in His Word. (www.kneelingmedia.org) I pray many followers of Yeshua will study it and be prepared for His return on September 16, 2012.

Elenin's 2011 Prophetic Path

2011-08-09T13:02:00.000-07:00

According to Leonid Elenin who discovered Elenin, this is Elenin's path through the constellations for the rest of 2011.

July 19th Elenin was 6 degrees SE of Regulus in Leo.
Early August, Elenin in Virgo
October 11th Elenin will be 6 degrees NW of Regulus in Leo.
October 16th, Elenin will be closest to the Earth, and then will pass through Cancer and Gemini.
End of October, Elenin will enter Auriga.
Early November, Elenin will be in Taurus.
Mid-November in Pleiades
End of November until the end of January 2012 in Aries

For the meanings of star and constellation names, please see Bullinger's “The Witness of the Stars” at http://philologos.org/__eb-tws/ The following is my interpretation based upon his writing.

Elenin's Path
July 19th Elenin was 6 degrees SE of Regulus in Leo.
Early August, Elenin in Virgo
October 11th Elenin will be 6 degrees NW of Regulus in Leo.
October 16th, Elenin will be closest to the Earth, and then will pass through Cancer and Gemini.
End of October, Elenin will enter Auriga.

Regulus (regal) means kingly.
Leo represents the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:9, Hosea 5:14, Rev. 5:5)
So Elenin will be making a crown linking Messiah, the promised Seed (star Spica) of Virgo (the virgin Mary) to the King (star Regulus) of the Lion (Leo) of the tribe of Judah.

Cancer represents a safe, circle sheepfold. Gemini represents the Two Witnesses of Jews and Gentiles. [Pisces represents believing Jews and Gentiles drawn together by a band of love] Auriga represents the Shepherd.
The sign of the coming King then draws close to Earth en route to collect His sheep who know His voice who are His witnesses in the earth as the Good Shepherd.

Isaiah 40:9-15 “. . . say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. . . . Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor has taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket . . .”

After the stars (meteors) fall and the SIGN of Messiah's coming in heaven, then the saints are “caught up” on Rosh haShanah (feast of trumpets), and God's judgment falls.
Leonids are a meteor shower coming from the direction of Leo which occurs this November.

Matthew 24:29-31 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

Elenin's Path
Early November, Elenin will be in Taurus.
Mid-November in Pleiades
End of November until the end of January 2012 in Aries

Taurus is the rushing bull (Leader) of judgment who is coming to rule.
Pleiades in its neck is the congregation of the Judge (Jesus). In Syriac, Pleiades is named Succoth which is 'booths' in Hebrew. The feast of booths will be October 12-19 this year.
Aries used to be depicted as a crowned Lamb (King Jesus).

King Yeshua will take up His Bride, judge the wicked, and then establish His physical kingdom (booths) upon the Earth.

South Sudan Fulfills Isaiah 18

2011-08-01T11:31:00.000-07:00

Ray Bentley noted how South Sudan fulfilled Isaiah 18. http://www.youtube.com/user/AwakeBride?feature=mhee#p/f/7/EVC3prQdu70

South Sudan was officially welcomed by the world as a new nation on July 9, 2011. I have an article on that day regarding its flag's (“ensign”) colors being a sign of the nearness of the sixth “trumpet” and vial.

Isaiah 18:1-3 “Woe [should be 'Ho'] to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia [kush]: That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes on the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers [malak], to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning till now [haleah means far away]; a nation meted out [measured] and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled [baza means cleave]! All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see you, when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear you.”

God is providing the description of this nation to the south of Kush, which is now Sudan and has the White and Blue Nile “rivers” (verse 1) flowing through it. The headwaters of the White Nile are in Kenya's Lake Victoria, and flow north through the middle of South Sudan, “cleaving” the country in two, and continuing into Sudan 200 miles north of Malakal, South Sudan; “messengers” is malak in Hebrew. South Sudan's oil rich mountain areas are still being “meted out” regarding their northern boundary after a two decades of being “trodden down”. It is estimated the Muslim Janjaweed killed 1.5 million Christians in Darfur since 1984, but there have also been ethnic fighting between black and Arab Muslims.

These agricultural smooth-skinned Christians in South Sudan would be a “present” of support to Israel.

“In that time shall the present be brought to the LORD of hosts of a people scattered [mashak also means to sow] and peeled [smooth], and from a people terrible [frightened] from their beginning till now; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.” (Isaiah 18:7)

Isaiah 18:4-6 were prophecies regarding an Ethiopian pharaoh in whom Israel would place their trust, and an Assyrian King. Pharaoh Taharqa met Assyrian Esarhaddon's troops at Ashkelon in 674 BC, and was able to fend them off. But in the “summer” of 671 BC, Esarhaddon conquered Taharqa in Memphis and pursued him back to Kush, taking his son captive. Both Taharqa and the king of Tyre were led away with hooks in their jaws (Ezekiel 29:2-4).

“For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. They shall be left together to the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter on them. (Isaiah 18:4-6)

New Jerusalem Space Cube

2011-07-15T10:41:00.000-07:00

The Holy Wedding

The Holy Bible is a love story about how Father God (Yahweh) selected a Bride (Israel) for His Son (Yeshua) and gave His Holy Spirit (Ruach haKodesh) as a guarantee until the wedding (Messiah's second coming. A Hebrew wedding is based upon a marriage contract called a ketubah (“that which is written”). The ketubah consists of five parts (The Book of Revelation Through Hebrew Eyes, p. 25):
1. A combined geneaology of the bride and groom with anecdotes. (Genesis)
2. A personal family history of the bride. (Exodus)
3. A personal family history of the groom. (Leviticus, the LORD is the Levites inheritance)
4. The story of how the bride and groom met. (Numbers)
5. The bride's rights and the groom's promises before and after the wedding. (Deuteronomy)

The ketubah also includes the mohar, the bride price (Psalm 78:54, I Cor. 6:20, Eph. 1:14), which was our Messiah's life-blood (Rev. 5:9) known as the “blood of the covenant” (Heb. 10:29). To accept the marriage covenant, the bride drinks a glass of wine with the groom (Matthew 26:27-29), and they are “espoused” (II Cor. 11:2) or engaged. Then the groom says, “I go to prepare a place for you,” (John 14:2-3) which is the bridal chamber. It could be a room added onto his father's house, or a separate home; but only the father could give his assent to when it was completed and establish the wedding date (Matthew 24:36). Then he would tell his son it was time to fetch his bride. Most often the groom and his groom's men would make a lot of noise with trumpets (shofars) and loudly proclaim “Behold, the bridegroom comes” (Matthew 25:6) as they approached the bride's house, so that she would get herself and her party ready to meet him. This usually occurred at dusk as Hebrew weddings were celebrated in the evening and continued for seven days (Judges 14:15).

“Here is some other Hebraic insights the High priest's nick name is also known as “the thief in the night.” This comes from when the high priest would make surprise visits in the middle of the night to the temple to see if any of the watchmen were sleeping. If they were caught sleeping the High priest would use his torch "flash light" and set the clothes of the sleeping watchmen on fire. The watchmen would then wake up, see themselves on fire and rip their clothes off fast and run out of the Temple naked. Jesus is know as our high priest and as "the thief in the night."
Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”
Insight from Douglas Nicholson at http://www.lasttrumpet.org/seven_proofs.htm.

Bridal Palanquin (sedan chair) and the New Jerusalem
A rich Hebrew family would place the bride in a white palanquin (travel box on poles carried by two, four, or more men). Pictures at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_(vehicle)
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/38History10023.html and http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/museum/exhibition/china/02.html
Some palanquin's had peaked roofs: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/DI57/ and http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa121799a.htm

Rev. 21:16-19 “And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like to clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones.”

Here are some sites with pictures of the New Jerusalem in relation to the size of the Earth. http://soulliberty.com/View.php?ID=1062 http://www.tourofheaven.com/eternal/new-jerusalem/size.aspx http://www.flickr.com/photos/buckcash/2619657835/ http://inthebeginningandattheend.org/A-New-Heaven-and-Earth.html and http://www.flickr.com/photos/buckcash/2619657783/

As you can see, the New Jerusalem cube is not meant to rest upon the Earth; it is meant to orbit the Earth. Unlike the dark, black, foreboding space cubes in the movies, the New Jerusalem space cube is transparent pure gold, and beautifully crafted. Our Groom Jesus was made us an exquisite bridal chamber for the 7-day wedding feast. While we are rejoicing in our oneness during the “days of awe”, the Earth will be purified by fire (II Peter 3:2-14) and terraformed again (Isaiah 65:17-25) in six days. Then the Father will present a new heaven and earth to us on Yom Kippur as our wedding gift.

Apostasy and Perdition

2011-07-10T17:32:00.000-07:00

"Now we beseech you, brothers, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together to him, That you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember you not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?"
(2 Thessalonians 2:1-5)

Christ's second coming and our gathering together to him will not occur until after a "falling away" and the revealing of the "son of perdition". This “man of sin” won't declare himself to be deity until after a "falling away" (646 apostasia); a defection from truth, an apostasy. The word is used one other time in Acts 21:21 to "forsake" Moses. It is akin to 647 apostasion, a separation or divorce. This refers to Christians abandoning their love and faith in Christ (1 Timothy 4:1). Though several denominations have ordained homosexual leaders in recent decades, I think churches who recently removed their crosses and embraced Chrislam have fulfilled “falling away”, since they have accepted a false god, Allah, as being equal to Yahweh who gave us His Son Yeshua. Allah has no son. Islam denies the Father and the Son, and is antichirst (I John 2:22-23). Paul is very clear that “the son of perdition” is revealed after the “falling away” and before “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”.
One of the reasons the pre-trib rapture theory came into being was because people kept calling the pope the son of perdition or the antichrist. The new doctrine placed the revealing of the son of perdition after Christians had been raptured away, and so the pope could be as corrupt as he desired without constant accusation. Though Catholics hold to some unbiblical doctrines, they have not denied the Father and His Son Jesus, so they are not antichrist.
Judas is the other person called a “son of perdition” (John 17:12), though he was one of the Twelve. So a “son of perdition” is a professed follower of Jesus who then denies Christ. To be an “antichrist” he will follow a religion that denies the Father and the Son, like Islam. He will exalt himself as God in a shrine/naos of God/theos (which could mean magistrate), not the Hebrew Temple (so it doesn't have to be rebuilt before Christ's return); possibly the White House. Yes, I'm alluding to President Obama.
I consider President Obama to be the “son of perdition” here and the “little horn” of Daniel 7.

Daniel 7:8 “. . . there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.” Beasts are empires, and horns are kings."

Daniel 7:24-26 “And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.”

President Obama applauded the Tunisian vendor who set himself on fire to contest his government. The Tunisian president was a peacemaker who protected Jews in his country and held talks with Israel. One horn down. Obama's administration worked behind the scenes and openly in Egypt to bring down its president who upheld his country's treaty with Israel. Two horns down. Obama used his power to start a war with Libya through the UN, and has continued to do so in violation of the U.S. Constitution. This third horn is not going down as easily.

II Thessalonians 2:8-12 “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all delusion of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

I think the “strong delusions” came in the 1800's with uniformitarianism denying Noah's flood (II Peter 3:2-7) and the age of humanity on earth, and evolution which denied Elohim created man in His image (Romans 1:18-32), and then the pre-tribulation rapture theory gained ground in America to lull Christ's church to sleep. Lastly, from the 1880 to 1914, several thousand Muslims immigrated to the United States from the Ottoman Empire, and from parts of South Asia.

Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark on their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”

The Muslims have been beheading people and making the videos available. They have been slaughtering Christians, Jews, and 'unworthy' Muslims by the thousands throughout the Middle East the last two decades. Their soldiers wear berets and armbands with the blasphemous name of Allah.

Revelation 18:22-23 “. . . for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain on the earth.” All the nations have been deceived that Islam was a 'religion of peace'.

Revelation 16:6 “For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”

Revelation 17:6 “And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.”

Obama is not the 8th head of the beast, which will be the last caliphate of Islam. The beast is the empire of moon worship, which began in Babylon with Nimrod, and “is[was] not” while John wrote. The leader of the 8th head is the Mahdi, who is likely Muqtada al-Sadr, who will revive the Ottoman empire which was the 7th head which received a mortal would at the end of WWI. And the “son of perdition” and the beast of Islam will go into perdition.

Revelation 17:11 “And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.”

Revelation 20:11 “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

Sixth Trumpet and Vial

2011-07-09T15:06:00.000-07:00

6th Trumpet and South Sudan's new Colors

“13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like to serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. 20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” (Revelation 9:13-21)

The last verse surely depicts much of this last generation: “murders” (both of the born and the unborn), sorceries (pharmakaeia – drugs to enhance communication with demons), “fornication” (porneia) , and “thefts”, especially now with 'flash robs'. They love their wicked deeds and will not “repent” (metanoeo – think differently, come to their senses or amend their ways). Verse 15 is where I get 391 days for this war until the “Lion of the tribe of Judah” comes to end it on feast of trumpets in 2012, which gives a start date of August 23, 2011.

The breastplates of the soldiers on the “horses” are fire, jacinth, and brimstone. Fire is red or red-orange. Jacinth is a semi-precious stone and flower that is also known as hyacinth. The flower is blue. The stone jacinth is a lustrous orange-yellow, orange-red, yellow, or yellow-brown; but when it's cut and polished it is blue-white. Brimstone is equated with sulfur. In its natural state, sulfur is yellow; when it's melted, it turns blood red. Sulphur produces a blue flame when it's burned. In 2009 I looked for a flag or uniform with the colors red, blue and yellow; and except for the Olympic flag, did not find one. . . .

Until today, July 9, 2011, when South Sudan declared their independence with their new flag. Sudan means 'black' in Arabic, so the black stripe is on top. Mohammed declared green to be the color of Islam. Red, white, black and green are called pan-Arab colors. But with the addition of the blue triangle and yellow star; it is unique among the nations. When Sudan gained independence from Egypt and Britain on January 1, 1956, they adopted a blue, yellow and green horizontal striped flag; and this may be related. Sudan is the only country I know to have predominant portions of their flag colored red, blue and yellow; and I accept it as a sign that the sixth trumpet is about to sound.

The four angels of destruction are loosed from the Euphrates to slay 1/3 of mankind, but their slaughter may not necessarily be contained within the Middle East, though that and Israel will be the focus. The “horses” had heads like “lions”, fierce and swift in battle (1 Chron. 12:8), and “their mouths [stoma – front edge of weapon] issued [exporeuomai - discharged] fire [pur - lightning] and smoke and brimstone [theion – flashing, like divinity].” This sounds like an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to me.

“The next shoe dropped in 1998, when Iran tested missiles fired from a barge in the Caspian that exploded a hundred miles above the surface. The Iranians knew about EMP too, and were making plans to menace any nation they could reach from a cargo ship as soon as they had the necessary nuclear warheads. Concerned at last, Congress established a commission in 2001 to examine the potential damage to the United States from an EMP attack. The final report was published in 2008, and the news was not good. Attacked by EMP weapons, the United States infrastructure would suffer catastrophic and irreversible damage—unless defensive preparations were made. The cost for hardening vulnerable things such as electrical power transmission lines, communications, and computer-controlled systems like refineries and water supplies would cost billions of dollars. Speeches were made, but expensive action was left to disappear from congressional agendas.” by Chet Nagle on March 29, 2010 at
http://warsclerotic.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/emp-israels-solution-to-the-iran-nuclear-threat/

But if that doesn't do it, Iran should have a nuclear bomb by 2012. Iran has possibly bought whatever it wanted from Russia and North Korea already. And don't forget that Pakistan has nukes and doesn't like the US very much anymore. Pakistan is also a kingdom of the east.

“Official American and Israeli estimates suggest Iran would not be able to produce a bomb until 2012, or more likely several years after that. In June, Iran declared that it aimed to triple production of nuclear fuel and increase enrichment to 20 percent, a level that would indicate technological progress that experts say would make the weapons-grade level of 90 percent enrichment much closer.” July 9, 2011, updated from June 8, 2011 in The New York Times http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iran/nuclear_program/index.html

There is also the tails of the "horses" in verse 19 "For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like to serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt." As with the tails of the scorpions who "hurt" men for five months, these horses' tails also "hurt" (adikeo) men for a particular time period. Adikeo is "to be unjust, that is, (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically): - hurt, injure, be an offender, be unjust, (do, suffer, take) wrong." These horses' tails were like "serpents"/Ophis, "figuratively (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, like Satan." These horses' tails were like serpents with heads, which brings to mind the picture of a sperm; so these bombs may carry biological weapons as well. The other serpent with heads in Revelation refers to Satan.

6th Vial
“12And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” (Revelation 16:12-16)

Turkey demonstrated in 2008-2009 that it can use its dams to withhold water in the Euphrates from reaching Iraq. Turkey is also controlling how much electricity they supply Iraq. See http://onedinar.forumotion.net/t31767-minister-of-electricity-an-agreement-on-the-semi-final-import-200-mw-from-turkey-with-the-increase-in-the-euphrates-river
Turkey led the Ottoman Empire, and I think it will also lead the last caliphate.

Messiah's inclusion of a warning of His coming in the midst of the sixth vial assures me that there is only one coming of King Jesus/Yeshua, and that it is after the 391 days of this Armageddon War to which the “whole world” will be enticed. One enticement may be the next Gaza Flotilla. Christ's warning also leads me to think a false messiah will be “working miracles” during the 391 days to entice people to follow Islam or Chrislam. “Miracles” is semeion, from a root for 'mark', meaning “that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and is known” according to Thayer.

The only Biblical time-table for the declaration of diety by the “son of perdition” is that it is after the apostasy of “falling away” of many and prior to “that day” of Messiah's return. I speculate that God has given us a pattern of earthquakes in order to prepare us for one on the west coast in the last half of September this year. It may be of such large magnitude that it sets off the supervolcano in Yellowstone (this may be part of the “smoke” which kills people) as well as the New Madrid Fault. (It may be a kindness that the Mississippi was flooded and people had to move away from this fault.) If any of these major disasters take place, the president would initiate martial law. During Katrina they sent in military men to disarm the citizens 'to keep peace'.

I speculate the Mahdi is Muqtada al-Sadr, and that he will reveal himself openly before the end of 2011. After the Mahdi does so, I speculate President Obama will do obeisance to him and declare himself to be Jesus and call people to accept Allah as god either blatantly or subtlely. It may be that unless you accept Allah you will not be able to do banking or be able to receive government assistance. Those who resist will be imprisoned or killed as has been happening in Muslims countries for decades, but moreso the last five months of locusts.

We as followers of our LORD Jesus Christ, are to keep vigilant in our faith and our expectation of His “blessed appearing” and to keep doing whatever good works He tells us to do as we shine His light in the darkness.

Release of Emergency Oil Reserves

2011-06-27T09:48:00.001-07:00

So what's the emergency? Obama released 30 million barrels of crude oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) on June 23, 2011. Currently, the US consumes 21 million barrels of oil daily, and the SPR holds 726.5 million barrels [wikipedia].

The real reason for this political move may be to warn Israel, that if they don't give up their land to the Palestinians, the US will not honor their treaty to sell oil to Israel during their time of need, because it will already be sold. According to the 1975 Second Sinai withdrawal document, the U.S. is obligated to sell oil to Israel for up to 5 years in case of an emergency. The emergency will be all the Muslim countries attacking Israel, but this time it will be with the support of the U.N. (full of pro-Muslim countries) to enforce the “Responsibility to Protect Act” to establish a Palestinian state.

Counting backward one (360-day) year, one (30-day) month, and one day (Rev. 9:14-16) from September 16, 2012 (Rosh haShanah, Feast of Trumpets) is August 23, 2011. This date begins the War of Armegeddon against Israel.

I hope you can bicycle to work.

Festivals of New Wine and New Oil

2011-06-13T17:08:00.000-07:00

Our amazing God has been revealing things in these last days which were kept hidden until after Israel became a nation in 1948. The Dead Sea Scrolls were initially discovered in 1947, and continued to be found until 1956. Their contents were published little by little throughout the next decades. YHWH instituted His feasts as rehearsals of things to be fulfilled in Messiah (Lev. 23:2 and Col. 2:16-17). I think that the Festivals of the New Wine and New Oil are specifically for Christ's Bride in these latter days in order to understand what our Bridegroom is about to do.

We know about counting the omer for seven weeks from Passover and celebrating the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, on the 50th day (Deut. 16:8-11). But according to the Temple Scroll found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, there were two other 50 day festivals after Pentecost; the first being New Wine of the grape harvest, and 50 days later, the New Oil of the olive harvest.

"…You shall count-seven complete Sabbaths from the day of your bringing the sheaf of [the wave-offering. You shall c]ount until the morrow of the seventh Sabbath. You shall count [fifty] days. You shall bring a new grain-offering….it is the feast of Weeks and the feast of Firstfruits, an eterna[l] memorial.
….You [shall count] seven seeks from the day when you bring the new grain-offering… seven full Sabbaths [shall elapse un]til you have counted fifty days to the morrow of the seventh Sabbath. [You] shall [bring] new wine for a drink-offering…
….[You sha]ll count from that day seven weeks, seven times (seven days), forty-nine days; there shall be seven full Sabbaths; until the morrow of the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days. You shall then offer new oil…"
(Temple Scroll - 11QT=11Q19, 20, 4Q365a – XVIII-XXI.)

This year Pentecost was June 7-8, and a huge solar eruption occurred which grazed our upper atmosphere. NASA still picture at http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPROCESSING/Completed/2011/c2/20110607/20110607_0934_c2_512.jpg and an incredible video of it at http://www.lmsal.com/~schryver/Public/AIA/AIA-211_193_171_20110607T053556_30s_hugefilamenteruption.mov
This could be a sign in the heaven that more powerful things are coming.

Fifty days from Pentecost will be July 27-28 (26th of Tamuz) for the festival of New Wine. Proverbs 3:9-10 may allude to this festival, “Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase: So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine.”
The Temple Scroll states that no one could drink new wine until the offering had been made at the Temple. This reminded me of our Messiah and Bridegroom saying after communion with His disciples that last Passover, “But I say to you, I will not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.” (Matthew 26:29) With the Feast of Trumpets being after this festival, that would be certain. Another passage came to mind which speaks to me of the restoration of the fellowship of believers as God's Holy Spirit intends it:

"Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. (Ephesians 5:14-21)

And then there is the judgment of the wine press.

“I have trodden the wine press alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled on my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.” (Isaiah 63:3-4)

After the fall of Babylon (Mecca-Jeddah), there may come another great holocaust before the LORD reutrns:

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on: Yes, said the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and on the cloud one sat like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in your sickle, and reap: for the time is come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. And the wine press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.” (Rev. 14:13-20)

But this will be followed by the saints slaughtering the wicked with King Jesus:

“And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he has on his clothing and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the middle of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God; That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.” (Rev. 19:14-18)

Fifty days from the festival of New Wine will be September 16-17 (18th of Elul) for the festival of New Oil. This New Oil festival is only two weeks away from Rosh haShanah (Feast of Trumpets). The shaking and beating which occurs to the olive tree may signal more earthquakes and natural disasters this fall. For excellent teaching on this, view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNngZg721hg and
http://media.voe.org/Manna_fest/2231161 .
Of course oil is linked to a manifestation of God's Holy Spirit: “Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle of his brothers: and the Spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward.” (I Samuel 16:13)
And it also speaks of the unity of the brethren as we are all anointed with oil as priests unto the LORD:

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended on the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever more. (Psalm 133)

These two festivals may have been celebrated for over 1,000 years: “All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you. And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.” (Numbers 18:12-13) We need to be giving our best to the LORD in these final days. Like Schindler, look around for what you can sell to save one more soul.

“I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables. But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing” (II Timothy 4:1-8)

In 2012 the Festival of New Wine will be July 8-9, and the Festival of New Oil will be August 27-28.

The Next Holocaust: Obama Signing 2008 was a Signal, not a Gaff

2011-05-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

My husband and I went to the Dallas Holocaust Museum on Memorial day. There I learned that though deaths had occurred from 1933 to 1945, the upswing began on June 7, 1941; and that 80% of all Jews killed during WWII were killed in 1942. Searching further I found that the war became global on June 22, 1941 when the Nazis entered the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union suffered the highest casualties of WWII: 27 million, which was 13% of their population. Poland had the highest percentage of casualties at more than 18%, and Lithuania had almost 14%. The Nazis invaded Lithuania in June, 1941, and 80% of their Jewish population were killed by the end of the year.

I noted that June 7, 2011 would be 70 years since the upswing in the slaughter of Jews began. Seventy is the number of nations listed in Genesis 10. Seventy years was a prophesied punishment for the Jews to be under Babylonian control and exile (Jer. 25:11 and Daniel 9:2), which presaged Daniel's 70 sevens prophecy regarding Messiah's first coming (Daniel 9:24-27).

Isaiah 23:13-18 “Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. Howl, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, you harlot that have been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.”

Because of “wilderness” connections to Rev. 12:6 and 14, I think this passage may have something to do with the USA. After WWII, the USA became the world's super-power, but then its morals began to decay. Though evolution was taught in public schools since the early 1900's, by the early 1960's America legally cast aside Creator God (1962 removed school-sponsored prayer and 1963 removed school-sponsored Bible reading) which led to legalization of homosexuality (in 1973 it ceased being a psychological aberrant behavior) and abortion (1973 Roe v. Wade) and other sins. America has become a spiritual “harlot”, but the USA is not the “mother of harlots” (Rev. 17:1-7) which is Saudi Arabia. The presidents of the USA have built a bond with Saudi Arabia since WWII which JFK tried to sever and was assassinated for his attempt. (The Dallas Holocaust Museum is across the street from the book depository museum of JFK's assassination.)

The Islamic calendar begins with Mohammed's hajj (AH 0) in 622 AD, but because they use a lunar calendar which is 11-12 days shorter than a solar year of 365.25 days; their total years can't easily be subtracted. In early Islamic prophecy, the AH 1400th year would see the forerunners of the Mahdi, the Muslim savior. The AH 1400th year was 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini led the Iranian revolution of those seeking the Mahdi. Also, according to prophecy for that year, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty. “Before the final hour, there will be a dusty and smoky tribulation like patches of dark light.” (Sunan Abu Dawud). Osama bin Laden, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi to his followers, planned to fulfill this prophecy in the prophetic year AH1421 = 2001 AD.

Abdullah-bin-Umar said, "I memorized a Hadith of the Messenger of Allah which I have not forgotten. I heard the Messenger of Allah say, 'The first of the Signs that will come is the rising of the sun from the place of its setting and the emergence of the Daabba to people in Duha (later portion of the morning before noon). Whichever of these two (signs) occurs before the other, then the other one will occur immediately after it." (Sahih Muslim) Dabba is a thing or a creature that “speaks” and gives a particular message, which is addressed to all of mankind.
According to the tradition, Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib (Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law) prophesied that at the End of Times, the “Ultimate Savior”, a “tall black man will assume the reins of government in the West,” commanding “the strongest army on earth”.
Obama's emblem during his campaign, looked like the sun rising on America, the West. During his campaign in 2008, Obama made speeches outside of America to the world, and the world accepted him as their president, and some accepted him as their messiah.
Islamic prophecy for 2008 AD was that it would be the year of victory for morals and the Koran when a leader unites Islam and helps to introduce the Mahdi. On May 24, 2011, President Obama signed a guest book with the year 2008; this was a signal, not a gaff. It was a signal for the Mahdi to be introduced to the world from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This may occur June 7th, the day Israel reclaimed Jerusalem during the 6-day war; another 'nakba' day for Muslims. It may occur later this summer so that it will be in connection to the Gaza flotilla. The leader of the Mahdi army in Iraq is Muqtada al-Sadr. On May 26, 2011, the 70,000 strong Mahdi army marched in Baghdad as two million people cheered [http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136671832/al-sadr-followers-rally-in-iraq-against-u-s-troops].

The signal has been given, and the stage has been set for “the final solution” (holocaust), WWIII against Israel, the war of Armageddon. Recall 80% of all Jews killed during WWII were killed in 1942; the same may happen in 2012. Unto the Sunni “beast of the sea” with seven heads and ten horns “was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations (Rev. 13:7). “And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful" (Rev. 17:12-14).

Three Demonic Frog Spirits make Preparations for Armageddon War

2011-05-20T17:25:00.000-07:00

War of Armageddon begins August 23, 2011, and lasts 391 days prior to King Jesus' return on Rosh Hashanah, 2012. The sixth vial has begun to pour. The “dragon” is Satan (Rev. 12:9), the “beast” is Sunni Islam, and the “false prophet” is Shia Islam. The “whore” is Wahhabi, dominant in Saudi Arabia. 80% of mosques in US are built by Wahhabis who have no tolerance for other religions, and teach violent jihad in their schools and mosques.

Rev. 16:12-16 “And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might by made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising. And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs: for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.) And they gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.”

“Frog” is batrachoi. The following is from Barnes' commentary: “This word does not occur in the New Testament except in the passage before us. It is properly translated frogs. The frog is here employed clearly as a symbol, and it is designed that certain qualities of the “spirits” here referred to should be designated by the symbol. For a full illustration of the meaning of the symbol, the reader may consult Bochart, Hieroz. P. II. lib. v. cap. 4. According to Bochart, the frog is characterized, as a symbol:
(1) for its rough, harsh, coarse voice;
(2) on this account, as a symbol of complaining or reproaching;
(3) as a symbol of empty loquacity;
(4) as a symbol of heretics and philosophers, as understood by Augustine;
(5) because the frog has its origin in mud, and lives in mud, as a symbol of those who are born in sin, and live in pollution;
(6) because the frog endures all changes of the season cold and heat, summer, winter, rain, frost - as a symbol of monks who practice self-denial;
(7) because the frog though abstemious of food, yet lives in water and drinks often, as a symbol of drunkards;
(8) as a symbol of impudence;
(9) because the frog swells his size, and distends his cheeks, as a symbol of pride.”

Rev. 13:1-8 “And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. . . . and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? And who is able to war with him? and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain."

That's correct, the Islamo-fascist beast will “overcome them”, be victorious against the saints. If it were not for Jesus returning, the Muslims would obtain their goal of destroying Israel. The beast originally had ten horns/kings, but the “little horn”, Pres. Obama, has been busy uprooting three (Daniel 7:8); Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. To “blaspheme” is to 'injure with speech'. President Obama's big mouth has been blaspheming God's Name and authority which promised Canaan to the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This “son of perdition” has blasphemed God's “tabernacle (skene)”, better translated 'habitation' in trying to divide Jerusalem. “That Wicked” has blasphemed those who “dwell (skenoo)” in “heaven (ouranos)” – God's kingdom, by preaching social justice and a collective salvation in opposition to those who cling to The only “Way, Truth, and Life”. Those who had not determined beforehand to worship the true Messiah, Jesus/Yeshua, found themselves worshipping the false Messiah, Obama.

The Sunni beast is making its voice heard as it demands governments to become Sharia-compliant. The king of the Shiite "false prophet", Ahmadinejad, has declared the time is right to destroy the Jews so that the Mahdi may come and usher in justice.

Our Savior's words to us during this time are "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." Let's keep our wits about us, and keep our eyes focused on the "Author and Perfector of our faith".

Overview of fulfillment of Seals, Trumps, and Vials

2011-04-30T16:43:00.000-07:00

Seals 1-5

Seal 1 fulfilled on 9/11/01 when the “white horse”, 'peaceful' religion of Islam finally destroyed the Twin Towers (previous attempts in the 90's failed).

Seal 2 fulfilled as the “red horse” of Islamic terrorism has "taken peace from the earth". Muslims kill infidels and also kill other Muslims ("they should kill one another").

Seal 3 fulfilled during the "days of awe" between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Sept. 29 and Oct. 9, 2008) when the “black horse” of economic ruin galloped around the globe.

Seal 4 fulfilled when Muslims reached one “fourth” of the world's population by 1/1/09. Islam is a religion of death.

Seal 5 could be fulfilled in heaven anytime between 1/1/09 and 9/16/12.

Trumps and Vials 1-7

1st Trumpet fulfilled beginning March 7, 2010 by Australia's hail, Russia's fire (summer, 2010), and Muslim bloodshed.

1st Vial was worldwide measles outbreak in 2010.

2nd Trumpet fulfilled beginning April 21, 2010 by BP's DeepHorizon fiery platform collapsing into the sea and turning sea to "blood".

2nd Vial fulfilled by red tide destroying tons of fish in the Arabian Gulf reported in Sept. 2010.

3rd trumpet -- “great star like a lamp” (Rev. 8:10-12) was McNaught's comet C/2009 R1 seen June, 2010 prior to Japan's 9.1 earthquake on March 11, 2011.

3rd Trumpet fulfilled beginning March 11, 2011 by Japan's radioactive ("bitter") waters.

3rd Vial fulfilled in bloody Muslim violence through protests on March 11, 14, etc., 2011.

4th trumpet -- sun, moon and stars smitten (Rev. 8:12) is likely the great darkness of the Muslim revolution, since Islam is based upon worshipping the moon and a meteor [crescent and star logo].

4th Vial fulfilled as Muslim men and women set themselves on fire during the protests. “Scorched” means to burn or to torture with fire.

5th trumpet -- star who is a destroying king of the abyss (Rev. 9:1-11) is most likely Osama bin Laden; his locusts are Al-Qaeda and others who join them to swarm upon governments to destroy them in order to establish worship of the Beast of Islam.

5th Vial fulfilled in spring 2011 as Turkey ranks #1 in peptic ulcers in the Middle East. “Darkened” and "darkness" come from the same root meaning to obscure or to blind with the darkness of error.

6th Trumpet and Vial of the Battle of Armageddon begins August 23, 2011 with U.N. Troops declaring “Responsibility to Protect” the Palestinians from Israel. The war lasts 1 360-day year, 1 30-day month, and 1 day for a total of 391 days prior to the Lord's return on Sept. 16, 2012.

A sign prior to Christ's 2nd coming as Lion of Judah - Comet Elenin is predicted to be closest to earth on October 16th, 2011 while traversing Leo and will possibly be visible to the naked eye.

Also, Asteroid 2005 YU55 will come within the moon's orbit (200,000 miles from Earth) on Nov. 8, 2011. Asteroid 2005 YU55 is a dark sphere with a 1300 ft. diameter.

Either Elenin or 2005 YU55 might have a chunk break off (“like a great millstone”) to destroy Mecca and Jeddeh.

[5th Seal fulfilled when Great Tribulation martyrs in heaven are told to wait a “little season” until others are martyred.]

6th seal -- “stars” (Rev. 6:12-17) are great men in War at Armageddon who are humbled at seeing King Jesus in the sky. Great earthquake and meteor shower early on 09/16/2012.

7th Vial, Seal, and Trumpet of hail and great earthquakes. The 7th vial slightly precedes the 7th seal which slightly precedes the 7th trumpet. The effects of these three culminate in preparation for the appearing of King Jesus. And at the 7th “last trump” “the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (I Corinthians 15:52), and we shall “meet the Lord in the air” (I Thessalonians 4:16)at midnight Jerusalem time on Sept. 16, 2012.

Locusts of the 5th Trumpet are Swarms of Muslim Rebels

2011-04-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

The first time locusts are mentioned in the Bible is with the 8th plague of the exodus (Ex. 10:4). These locusts were a one-time phenomenon (Ex. 10:14), and they were associated with darkness.
“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened [chashak]; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 10:15)

Chashak means to withhold light. The locusts' swarm was so thick it blocked sunlight. These locusts ate everything green which had not been destroyed by the hail. This is unlike the locusts of the 5th trumpet who were commanded “that they should not hurt [adikeo] the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” (Rev. 9:4) This is a big clue that these are not typical locusts.

Our first clue is that the locusts of today came from the smoke of the abyss (Rev. 9:2-3) and are commanded by a 'fallen star' king who opened the abyss (Rev. 9:1,11) Natural locusts have no king (Proverbs 30:27) Today's locusts are “given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power” (Rev. 9:3).

During their exodus, the children of Israel were led through wilderness containing fiery serpents and scorpions (Deut. 8:15). The Middle East has several different venomous scorpions which cause human deaths every year. Scorpions of the earth have power to sting and inject venom which paralyzes or kills their prey, but God commands these locust-scorpions to not kill yet to torment a particular people group who are not sealed with God's Holy Spirit (Rev. 9:4-5).

God equated scorpions with rebels.
“And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.” (Ezekiel 2:6)

God gave this command to Ezekiel along with a scroll which he ate and tasted sweet (Ezek. 2:8-3:4), but then later became bitter when he had to prophesy (Ezek. 3:14-17). This is similar to the scroll John was asked to eat after God revealed the seven thunders to him and before He sent him to prophesy (Rev. 10:8-11)

Jesus associated scorpions with Satan, and gave His disciples power over them.
“And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt [adikeo] you." (Luke 10:18-19)

Adikeo is to be unjust, that is, (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically): - hurt, injure, be an offender, or be unjust (Strong's). Christians are protected by Christ's promise in Luke and in Revelation that these scorpion rebels will not hurt us.

Amos saw a vision of grasshoppers come upon the land, but interceded, and the Lord relented and did not bring it upon king Jeroboam II of Israel (Amos 7:1-3). The prophet Joel predicted a plague of locusts during the reign of king Uzziah of Judah which did occur. In Joel 1:4, some scholars assume Joel was describing the four growth stages of locusts. After hatching from the egg, a nymph is called a hopper; what most of us recognize as the green grasshopper. But after heavy rains when lots of green vegetation exists, solitary grasshoppers can change into gregarious locusts. Green nymphs change to yellow and black locusts, immature adults change from brown to red locusts, and mature adults change from brown to yellow locusts. The coasts of the Red Sea are their natural breeding grounds.

In Joel 2:2, the plague of locusts is now a plague of “people” who blot out the sun (Joel 2:10). The people of Judah heeded Joel's warnings and fasted and prayed for deliverence from such an army; whereas the people of Israel did not heed Amos, and were taken away into captivity.

“For a nation is come up on my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.” (Joel 1:6)
“. . . and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.” (Rev. 9:8)
The Sunni “beast of the sea” has the “mouth of of a lion” (Rev. 13:2); it “had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces (Daniel 7:7).

“The Mahometans speak much of God being the Maker of locusts; they say he made them of the clay which was left at the formation of Adam; and represent him saying, I am God, nor is there any Lord of locusts besides me, who feed them, and send them for food to the people, or as a punishment to them, as I please: they call them the army of the most high God, and will not suffer any to kill them.” (John Gill's Bible Commentary) I have not been able to verify this.

“The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness." (Joel 2:4-6)
“And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. . . . And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.” (Rev. 9:7-9)

Though John never quoted the Old Testament directly in Revelation, he indirectly quoted it or alluded to it. Both of them tell us about this final battle prior to the LORD's return.
“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. . . . Assemble yourselves, and come, all you heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause your mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put you in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall you know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.” (Joel 3:2, 11-17)
“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were on the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath." (Rev. 16:14-19)
“For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. Flee out of the middle of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense. Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. The LORD has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.” (Jeremiah 51:5-10)

The locusts of the 5th trumpet are swarms of Muslim rebels upon whom the LORD will have His vengeance.

Five months

2011-02-23T09:45:00.000-08:00

In 2010 I posted about how I thought God was using earthquakes at Christchurch, New Zealand as a way to communicate to His Bride the church what was about to happen. On September 4, 2010, Christchurch was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, but suffered little damage and no casualties. Now FIVE MONTHS later, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake has devastated the city with hundreds of casualties because the epicenter of the quake was closer to the city. [The return of King Jesus for His Bride is coming closer, but more Christians will die before He arrives.]

If my Biblical interpretations are correct, prior to March 26, 2011 the first four trumpets and vials will come upon the earth from space (possibly combined with volcanoes erupting). Vials 1-4 which fall on Babylon/Islam will be in tandem with trumpets 1-4 which fall on the world, and occur close in timing. First trump is “hail and fire mingled with blood” (meteorite shower). Second trump is “a great mountain burning with fire cast into the sea” (meteor/asteroid strike): 1/3 sea became blood, 1/3 sea creatures died, and 1/3 of the ships were destroyed. At the third trump a great star named Wormwood falls on 1/3 of the rivers, fountains and waters; and people die from the bitter waters (sulfuric acid rain). At the fourth trump 1/3 of daylight and nightlight is darkened (from the debris cloud).
On February 10th the earth had an asteroid near-miss.
[http://www.newser.com/story/111740/asteroid-barely-misses-earth.html]

"And there came out of the smoke locusts on the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. . . . And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months." (Rev. 9:3-10)

From Scriptural clues, I think Osama bin Laden is the "king" over these "locusts". Muslims are calling for an Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East which they hope will spread to encompass the world. Those Muslims who will not submit their country to this new caliphate will experience the "torture" of Al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, and other jihadist groups. The country likely to hold out the longest is Saudi Arabia who has a protest scheduled for March 20th. If bin Laden is yet again unsuccessful at setting their oil fields ablaze, maybe Iran will decide to test a nuclear missile strike against Mecca.

But on March 26, 2011 I expect FIVE MONTHS of organized Al-Qaida attacks, primarily against the “whore” (Wahhabis) and other 'wayward' Muslims, in order to organize them as one caliphate and to purify them for their attack against Israel in which UN nations will join. I expect Armegeddon to begin August 23, 2011 and last for one year, one month, and one day; with Jesus Christ returning on September 16, 2012 at midnight on Rosh Hashannah, the "great and very terrible" "day of the LORD".

I don't know if their Mahdi (12th imam) will declare himself before or after the FIVE MONTHS to lead the new caliphate, but I still think it will most likely be Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq's Mahdi army.

It's interesting that on May 8th, the King James Bible will celebrate its 400th anniversary. People have had access to the Word of God for 400 years, yet the hatred toward the Bible and those who believe in it is growing. Four people were just murdered by Somali pirates for distributing Bibles.

"And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." (Genesis 15:13-16)

"And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up." (Daniel 8:23)

Maybe the Mahdi will make his announcement after May 8th.

Riots and Debt according to Habakkuk

2011-02-15T18:55:00.000-08:00

Habakkuk once warned Israel of impending violence from the Chaldeans (Babylonians of the Euphrates), because the Israelites had committed violence which had gone unpunished.

“. . . for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument. For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.” Habakkuk 1:3b-4 (Bible in Basic English-BBE)

The Chaldean “makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them. . . . and there is no end to his destruction [slaughter] of the nations.” (Hab. 1:10+17b BBE) The Babylonians would lay siege to walled cities and starve them out. Those in the Middle East now are making little of their rulers through mob protest and riots.

“And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence [hormema] shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.” (Rev. 18:21 AKJV)

“Hormema” is only used this once in Scripture. It means a rush, as in “they rushed with one accord into the theater” (Acts 19:29c). It means an assault or a mob causing a riot. It looks as though the entire ancient Babylonian empire will be brought down through riots. Then Osama bin Laden and his mujahadeen, empowered by the pit of hell (Rev. 9), will take five months beginning March 26th to organize through violence the last Islamic caliphate known as “the beast” (Rev. 13).

“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run [rush] that reads it.” (Hab. 2:2)
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.” (Rev. 18:4)

Though many Christians have voluntarily left the Muslim Middle Eastern countries, or have been driven out. God is making His final call to those believers remaining to hurry up and leave because His plagues are about to be poured out.
For “that wicked” “man of pride”, who is weighed down by debt, is gathering the nations to himself. What did you think all of that bowing to Muslim and fascist leaders was all about? His creditors will suddenly turn on him. The great city of Babylon (Mecca-Jeddeh, Saudi Arabia) will fall, and the nations will gather for war against Israel at Armageddon.

“A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself. Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors! Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war? Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.” (Hab. 2:5-8)

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” (Rev. 14:8)
“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” (Rev. 16:14)

The war will last for one year, one month, one day, and one hour (Rev. 9:15) until midnight of Rosh Hashannah in 2012, and then the glory of Jesus returning to earth with flashes of lightning and great earthquakes will end the battle as He crushes the nations to save Israel.

“He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret. Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet. From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal. . . . You went stepping through the land in wrath, crushing the nations in your passion. You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah." (Hab. 3:4-13)

Seven Thunders

2011-02-09T07:45:00.000-08:00

“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was on his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. . . . [the angel swore] that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets.” (Revelation 10:1-7 edited)

The word “finished” (teleo) is the same word which Jesus cried from the cross (John 19:30) which caused the veil of separation to the most holy place to be rent and caused an earthquake which opened graves for the first fruits of the resurrected saints (Mat. 27:50-53). It is a completion and fulfillment, but it will also be the beginning (genomai, which can also mean married) of Christ's millennial reign.

“And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done [genomai]. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was a great earthquake” (Rev. 16:17-18)
“And when he had opened the seventh seal . . . there were voices, and thunder, and lightning, and an earthquake.” (Revelation 8:1)

The seven thunders precede the final trump of God which ends the age of grace and begins the Day of the LORD. In conjunction with the seventh vial and seventh seal is the seventh trumpet:

“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. . . . and lightning, and voices, and thunder, and an earthquake, and great hail” (Revelation 11:15, 19).

“And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet.” (Zechariah 9:14)

“And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunder, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.” (Revelation 19:6-7)

It appears that before, during, and after the seventh trumpet there are voices and lightning and thunder which declare aspects of this very tumultuous time. The seven thunders start with a lion's roar.

“Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar on his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, said the LORD. Thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the ground." (Jeremiah 25:30-33)

According to Steve Moyise in his book The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation, "Revelation contains more Old Testament allusions than any other New Testament book, but it does not record a single quotation." John, the apostle, alluded to imagery of the major and minor prophets and the Psalms. Could it be that God told John not to write about the seven thunders because it was already written down in the Old Testament?

David wrote a psalm which described “the voice of the LORD” seven times. He wrote this psalm after three years of drought and famine (2 Samuel 21:1) caused by Saul's slaughter of the Gibeonites with whom Israel (through Joshua) had a treaty. When David rectified the situation, the storm clouds came with thunder and lightning and much needed rain, and he began to praise the LORD (who is YHWH when in all caps).

Psalm 29
1Give to the LORD, O you mighty, give to the LORD glory and strength.
2Give to the LORD the glory due to his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3The voice of the LORD is on the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is on many waters.
4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yes, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion [Mt. Hermon] like a young unicorn [wild ox].
7The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.
8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh [sanctuary]
9The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to calve, and discovers [strips] the forests: and in his temple does every one speak of his glory.
10The LORD sits on the flood; yes, the LORD sits King for ever.
11The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

#1 The voice of the LORD was upon the rain as His glory thundered.
#2 The voice of the LORD is powerful, firm and strong.
#3 The voice of the LORD is magnificent, beautiful, excellent, glorious, honourable, majestic.
#4 The voice of the LORD as lightning breaks tall cedars and makes mighty mountains shake.
#5 The voice of the LORD is lightning.
#6 The voice of the LORD shakes the plains and its sanctuaries.
#7 The voice of the LORD causes animals to give birth and strips foliage from the trees.

It seems to me that the seven thunders are full of “natural” devastation to the earth through various storms and earthquakes which might cause people to remember them as “acts of God” so that they repent before the Lion of Judah returns.

THUNDER in order of appearance in Hebrew Bible

1st Exodus 9:23-34 the plague of THUNDER, hail, and fire upon the Egyptians, but not upon the children of Israel in Goshen, so “that you may know that the earth is the LORD's” (v29).

2nd Exodus 19:16-20:18 when the LORD through THUNDERS, lightning and earthquake descended upon Mt. Sinai and declared His ten commandments.

3rd 1 Samuel 2:1-10 when Hannah prophesied upon releasing her miracle son into priestly service, “The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he THUNDER on them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.” (v10)

4th 1 Samuel 7:10 when the ark of the covenant had been captured by the Philistines and then returned. The people repented and returned to the LORD and asked Samuel to pray and ask God to save them from the Philistines. God “THUNDERED” on them, confusing the Philistines so Israel could smite them. Samuel created a stone Ebenezer (LORD helped us), and the Philistines stayed away until Samuel died.

5th 1 Samuel 12:17-18 when God sent THUNDER and rain to destroy crops to show the wickedness of Israel asking for a king, since the LORD was their King.

6th 2 Samuel 22:14-15 “The LORD THUNDERED from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.” This is akin to David's psalm 18 of victory over enemies.

7th Isaiah 29:6-7 “You shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with THUNDER, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel [city of David, Jerusalem], even all that fight against her and her fortification, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.”

From this list it would seem that (1st) plagues of judgment upon the idolators precede the (2nd) LORD's descent to (3rd) judge the earth and (4th) help Israel by confusing their enemies so (5th) Israel will recognize the LORD as their King who (6th) gives them victory over their enemies and (7th) devours their enemies with fire, making them disappear.

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse 2010 - Blood Moon

2010-12-24T07:36:00.000-08:00

December 21, 2010 was the shortest and darkest day of the year; the winter solstice. [http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/eclipse/dec21-eclipse.html] And for the first time in 300 years in North America, a full lunar eclipse (red moon) occurred on the winter solstice (dark day). It was preceded the week prior by a very active Geminid meteor shower which began its annual debut just prior to America's Civil War. Is the United States of America about to embark on another civil war? Was the Russian prediction of the collapse of the USA just one year early? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Panarin]
Al-Qaeda has perfected their methods of bleeding a country dry, to the breaking point. Osama bin Laden joined the Muslims in 1979 to fight the Russians in Afghanistan. The Muslims embroiled the Soviet Union there for a decade (1979-1989), and within a couple years after they pulled out, their empire dissolved into several Muslim "-istan" states which left behind a very weakened Russia. New elections did not unify their country again.
Al-Qaeda (the Base) was located in Afghanistan in 1996. After the Muslim attack on US soil on September 11, 2001, we fougnt two wars: one in Iraq (2003-2010) and one in Afghanistan (2001 to present). We will have been fighting in Afghanistan for a decade next year.
President Obama and his socialist, fascist, communist, and anarchist friends have been successful in weakening America and bringing it to the breaking (apart) point. President Obama equated himself to Lincoln, and he might be president during a civil war too.

"And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Acts 2:19-21)

On December 21, 2010 in North America, the red moon was seen east of the rushing bull Taurus (the coming judge or judgment-Pleiades) and over the head of Orion ("the coming light"). God's judgment of darkness will precede the light of the return of our Lord and King Jesus. Be prepared.

Asteroid Prelude to Rosh Hashanah

2010-09-09T15:49:00.000-07:00

God has been giving us signs in the sky as warnings of prophecies soon to be fulfilled.
In preparation for the war, famine, plagues, and beasts of the pale-green fourth horse, God sent green comets Lulin and McNaught in 2009, and another one discovered by Machholz in 2010. Then a coronal mass ejection on May 24, 2010, caused severe magnetic storms on earth which broadened the latitudes at which the green auroras could be seen. Mohammed chose green to represent Islam, and Islamic wars have caused famines in several countries. Turkey used napalm or some other burning chemical weapon on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) underground movement in 2009. [http://thewestislamandsharia.blogspot.com/2010/08/turks-use-chemical-weapons.html] Much of the green horse has been fulfilled, but it will continue to be fulfilled (along with the other horses) throughout the great tribulation. The four trumpets and vials are next.

I interpret vials 1-4 which fall on Babylon/Islam to be in tandem with trumpets 1-4 which fall on the world, and occurring close together. First trump is “hail and fire mingled with blood” (meteorite shower). Second trump is “a great mountain burning with fire cast into the sea” (meteor/asteroid strike): 1/3 sea became blood, 1/3 sea creatures died, and 1/3 of the ships were destroyed. At the third trump a great star named Wormwood falls on 1/3 of the rivers, fountains and waters; and people die from the bitter waters (sulfuric acid rain). At the fourth trump 1/3 of daylight and nightlight is darkened (from the debris cloud). I think God is providing a glimpse of coming events through lighter versions on America which experienced baseball sized hail in April, and in that same month, a fiery oil rig cast into the sea took out a third of the south's shipping and seafood industries, and the oil looks like non-oxygenated blood. When the hurricane season starts, all those toxins will be carried inland to streams and rivers. Maybe one of our dormant volcanoes will erupt and blanket the sky with ash, like the ones in Iceland and Indonesia are doing.

On September 8, 2010, God sent two asteroids within the moon's distance from earth. [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/newsfeatures.cfm?release=2725] I believe this portends the first four trumpets will sound soon. According to my interpretation of Daniel 8 and 12, “the day of vengeance of our God” is two years away, and a lot of judgment will occur before then. I hope NASA's CSI (Comet/Asteroid Scene Invetigation) team will be extra alert.

BRIDE, PREPARE FOR GOD'S JUDGMENTS

2010-09-07T13:08:00.000-07:00

EARTHQUAKES

It is a 'miracle' that no one was killed in the 7.0 earthquake in CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand. Yes, “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations [peirasmos = trial, reproof], and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished: (2 Peter 2:9)” Yet an equivalent magnitude earthquake killed 230,000 in Haiti in January. Though Haiti sold its soul to the devil a hundred years ago, many people have repented of their voodoo and have become followers of Jesus. Believers and unbelievers died in Haiti. I believe God is using these two earthquakes as an example of His ability to rescue the righteous in Christ's Church from the coming judgments upon the world and its wickedness.
http://philologos.org/guide/books/mcternan.john.1.htm {read to the end}

A 7.2 earthquake hit Baja California on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010. Regarding it, Pat Abbott, a geology professor emeritus at San Diego State University said, "Any quake of this size seems to pass some kind of threshold where it’s large enough to disturb or trigger other faults. . . . I don’t want to anthropomorphize, but it’s like this quake was goading the San Andreas." [Lafee, Scott (2010-04-05), San Diego Union Tribune] The San Andreas Fault is overdue for 'the Big One'. Some Christians were getting visions and dreams that the big CA quake would hit in September of 2010. Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at dusk September 8th and ends at dusk the following day; then the 'days of awe' until Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) from dusk September 17th to dusk the 18th. But maybe since the Baja quake was on Easter, the San Andreas quake would be on Christmas. God hasn't told me a date, but Jesus told us to expect earthquakes (Matthew 24:7). God told some people in the Twin Towers not to go into work or not to return to work after the first plane hit; be sensitive and obedient to His voice.

The Roar of Jehovah's Judgment in the Whirlwind (HURRICANES)

Hosea 11:10 “They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.”
Proverbs 19:12 “The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass.”
Proverbs 20:2 “The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.”
Amos 3:4-8 “Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? . . . Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it? Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?”

For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof. (Psalm 107:25)
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word: (Psalm 148:8)
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. (Psalm 83:12-15)
Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown: yes, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow on them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. (Isaiah 40:24)
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously on the head of the wicked. The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly. (Jeremiah 23:19-20)
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain on the head of the wicked. The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it. (Jeremiah 30:23-24)

You shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her fortification, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. (Isaiah 29:6-7)
'Ariel' means 'lion of God', and is a reference to Jerusalem. The lion is the standard of the tribe of Judah which settled around Jerusalem. Jerusalem's emblem is the Lion of Judah against the Wailing Wall background surrounded by an olive branch.
For, see, I begin to bring evil on the city [Jerusalem] which is called by my name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, said the LORD of hosts. Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar on his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead [shaphat - judge] with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, said the LORD. Thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the ground. . . . And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. He has forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. (Jeremiah 25:29-38)

Jehovah's Judgment upon those who exiled Jews and parted Israel's land

{Google John McTernan “As America has done to Israel” pdf}

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. . . . In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. (Zechariah 12:2-11)

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead [judge] with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. (Joel 3:1-2)
"Those days" refers back to Joel 2 and the days nearing the LORD's second coming at the blowing of the trumpet (Rosh Hashanah) after the sun has turned dark and the moon has become red. God will pour out His judgment upon all nations; especially those who have exiled Hebrews/Jews and partitioned the land of Israel. America can expect severe judgment for pressuring Israel to give up land for peace. There is no actual "valley of Jehosaphat" in Israel; it means “depths [of] Jehovah's judgment”. Later in the chapter it is referred to as the “valley of decision” which can be translated “depths of judgment” or “valley of threshing”.

Behold, I will make you [Israel] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains [kingdoms], and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 41:15-16)
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put you in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:12-16)

When God promised the land of Israel to Abram in Genesis 15:13-16, He said it would not take place until 400 years had passed, because “the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” It is interesting that European America has been in existence since 1605, over 400 years.

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. (Daniel 8:23)
'Stand up' in Hebrew is amad. 'Ahmad' in Persian means Mohammed or virtue; Ahmadinejad means Mohammed's race or virtuous race. 'Their' could refer to the ram of Media and Persia (Daniel 8:20) or the four kingdoms after Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:21-22) which were Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt. Though Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria fulfilled the following verses, it seems Ahmadinejad of Iran (Persia) seeks to be its future fulfillment.

Prepare for more deadly terrorist attacks and WAR

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Daniel 8:24-25)
Ahmadinejad is not the “little horn” of the “first beast” whom many call the Antichrist. Though Ahmadinejad is a horn of the second beast which is a ram/lamb, who speaks like a dragon (Rev. 13:11),
And he excercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, (Rev. 13:12-13)
The powers of the first beast are given for 42 months (3.5 years) to speak blasphemies against God and His place of worship in Jerusalem, to make victorious war against the Christians and Jews (“saints”), and to eventually have power over all nations (Revelation 13:5-7). He “shall destroy the mighty and the holy people” (Daniel 8:24).

BRIDE, PREPARE for the LION of JUDAH to ROAR!

Repent, America - Day of Prayer

2010-05-05T10:15:00.000-07:00

You know of archangels like Gabriel and Michael. Satan also has his archangels, one of which is called “the prince of Persia” whom Gabriel and Michael defeated in order to provide Daniel an answer to his prayers (Daniel 10). Thus we know at least one of Satan's archangels is geographically based. Persia is now called Iran. It was Iran's leader Khomeini who first called America “the Great Satan” in 1979. Later, Iranians called Israel “the little Satan”. Though throughout Christian history, several nations have acknowledged God as their King; recently, it is Israel and the U.S.A. which are most noted for doing so.
I believe the “great eagle” of America fulfilled Revelation 12:14-17, protecting Jews from 1650-2000. Then God's hand of protection left our country. New York City holds the greatest population of Jews outside of Israel, and continues to be in the crosshairs. But all of the United States is open to enemy attack. America is also inviting God's judgment through its national abandonment of Israel and Christianity. It is fitting that our national day of prayer is focused on repentance, for we surely need to do so whether “allowed” by judges or hosted by presidents or not. Before Daniel received his prophetic visions of the Messiah, he repented for the sins of his nation.
“Repent you: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2)

Scroll of 7 seals is NOT deed to earth

2010-05-05T10:12:00.000-07:00

It has often been taught that the scroll with the seven seals is the deed to the earth which was trasferred to Satan when Adam and Eve sinned. This is not true since the physical earth and heavens are the LORD's (Ex. 9:29 and Deut. 10:14), including all they contain and all those physical beings who dwell there.
“The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1)
Nor does Satan control the boundaries of the world's kingdoms and who rules them, for “Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: (Daniel 2:20-21).”
Satan offered Jesus the power and glory of the kingdoms which had been “delivered” or betrayed unto him.
“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to him, All this power (exousia) will I give you, and the glory (doxa) of them: for that is delivered (paradidomai) to me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.” (Luke 4:5-6)
“. . . according to the prince of the power (exousia) of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: (Eph. 2:2)”
Because Adam and Eve rejected the LORD's reign in their lives, they betrayed themselves into the reign of Satan in their lives; bound to sin. The LORD later rescued the Hebrews from Egypt and restored Himself as King over them, but they eventually rejected His reign again and asked for a human king (1 Samuel 8:4-8). Satan was offering Jesus a way to become the King and Savior of the world without having to endure the cross (but then sin and death would remain).
Instead, Jesus chose to give those who believed in Him the resurrection power (kratos) to overcome Satan's power (exousia).
“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power (dunamis) to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty (ischus) power (kratos), Which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places (epouranios), Far above all principality (arche), and power (exousia), and might (dunamis), and dominion (kuriotes), and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:” (Eph. 1:19-21)
“Finally, my brothers, be strong (endunamoo) in the Lord, and in the power (kratos) of his might (ischus). Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities (arche), against powers (exousia), against the rulers (kosmokrator-singular, referring to the devil) of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (epouranios).” (Eph. 6:10-12)
It is a spiritual battle which we fight together through prayer and the preaching of the gospel; and our honest, righteous living through faith in the Word of God. May we continue to do so until the King of kings returns to establish His Kingdom on earth.

Christians Fleeing Middle East (Babylon)

2009-09-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

According to the Catholic News Service (February 27, 2009), a Christian exodus from Middle Eastern countries began in the 20th century and was very apparent by 1964. They may have sensed the flexing of military muscles leading up to the 1967 Six-Day War. Christians have continued to move to other countries, and their numbers are increasing. The pope has called for a synod in 2010 to address this “problem”. But maybe those Christians leaving are sensing the verbal saber-rattling between Iran and Israel is about to become physical? Or maybe they are responding to God's Word . . .

Jeremiah 51:6-8a “Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed:”

Revelation 18:2b-4 “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

Revelation 17:2-5 “With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:. . .”

God used Cyrus of Persia to destroy the ancient Babylonian empire. But now ancient Babylon (Iraq) and Persia (Iran) are part of Mystery Babylon which kills Jews and Christians. “Fornication” in this sense is following after other gods. Allah is the moon-god. Muslims blaspheme by saying Jesus didn't die on the cross and didn't rise from the dead; thus making them anitchrists according to John's definition in 1 John 4:2-3. Wahhabi Muslims worship a female deity enshrined with the black veil in the kabba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The wealth of the Saudis has controlled American energy policy for decades.

Jeremiah prophesied about Babylon's total desolation which has yet to be realized. Now that Obama has given Muslim's the green light to attack Israel through his UN speech, and has not given Israel the green light to fly over Iraqi airspace; a conflagration is certain to ensue. John Bolton surmises it will be before the end of this year. So yes, it's time for Christians to flee 'Babylon'.

Will America Recognize God's Judgment and Repent?

2009-09-22T18:23:00.000-07:00

As Daniel read the scroll of Jeremiah, he understood that he and all the Jews were in exile in Babylon because God was punishing them. God had decreed seventy years of punishment, and 67 years had already passed. Daniel didn't start packing and celebrating, he started grieving and confessing the sins of his people. After he did so, Gabriel encouraged him with the “seventy sevens” prophecy of the coming Messiah who would “finish the transgression, and [to] make an end of sins, and [to] make reconciliation for iniquity” (Daniel 9:24). And the Jews did return to Israel.

God sent Nathan, the prophet, to confront king David of his sins of adultery with Bathsheba and killing her husband. Nathan prophesied that though David committed adultery in secret, a “neighbor” would have sex with David's wives in broad daylight; and because David used the armies of Ammon to kill Uriah, war would never depart from his house, and the child conceived in adultery would die (2 Samuel 12). David fasted and mourned until the death of the child. As king David ran into the foothills when Absalom took over his palace and slept with his concubines on the rooftop, a Benjamite began to curse him and hurl stones at him. Though David could have easily killed him, he stated, “It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day” (2 Samuel 16:12). In 1 Chronicles 21 is the record of David's sin of taking a census, and God offering him a choice of punishments to be taken out upon the people of Israel.

God punishes sin. The sins of leaders, like David, effect the people they lead. And the repentance of leaders, like Daniel, can restore their people. Jesus spoke about judging cities for their sins (Matthew 11:20-24).

Today, president Obama tried to get Netanyahu to stop building on Israel's own land in order to make more land concessions for 'peace'. From Mississippi to Tennessee, people are experiencing heavy flooding, and eight have already died from flooding in Georgia. The first person to see the correlation of 'natural' disasters to US meddling in Israel was John McTernan, and has been verified at http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/t/tenmajorevents.htm. He sees Obadiah 1:15 as the key: “For the day of the LORD is near on all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return on your own head.”

ObamaCare: Practice what you Preach

2009-08-12T09:08:00.000-07:00

In Cairo on June 6, 2009, President Obama pronounced his fundamental beliefs of government, declaring them to be human rights:
the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed;
confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice;
government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people;
the freedom to live as you choose.

Obama continued to tell the crowd in Cairo, “Governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them. . . . You must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must respect the rights of minorities, and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party.”
Wouldn't it be grand if our President practiced the form of government he preached to others.

Prepare for Pandemic's Second Wave

2009-07-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

Revelation 6:7-8 "And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

The 4th horseman is Death, who is closely accompanied by Hell. Power is given to Death and Hell over a fourth of the earth. That could be over the fourth part of the earth's lands which are dominated by Muslims, or it could be one fourth of our now almost 7 billion population, which would be 1.25 billion people. Or it could be a different quarter which I haven't conceived.

I believe all four horsemen have been galloping across the earth since 9/11/2001, and I believe they continue through the Great Tribulation, which will culminate with the Lord's return.

Isaiah 13:9-12 “Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.”

After reading the book of Revelation, losing a fourth of the world's population seems very reasonable. But Death and Hell are given four particular methods of killing people: sword, famine, pestilence, and beasts. These same four are also listed in Ezekiel 14:12-19, though first listed as famine, beasts, sword, and pestilence; and concluding in the order sword, famine, beast, and pestilence.

Ezekiel 14:20-23 “Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. For thus said the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it. And they shall comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, said the Lord GOD.”

Pictures of people being beheaded with swords and starving to death have been in the news the last few years. SARS almost made pandemic status in 2002-2003. The highly fatal bird flu gave quite a scare in 2003 and continues to wreak havoc. But it is the 2009 H1N1 pandemic which still has the potential to come back in the late summer and fall and decimate the population much like its 1918 counterpart did.

The following is from a Wikipedia article on the 2009 flu pandemic.

Nor had federal health officials in the U.S. dismissed the possibility that the worst was yet to come. "Far from it," Ann Schuchat of the CDC says, noting that the horrific 1918 flu epidemic, which killed hundreds of thousands in the United States alone, was preceded by a mild "herald" wave of cases in the spring, followed by devastating waves of illness in the autumn. "That 1918 experience is in our minds," she said.
However, as of early June 2009, Schuchat reported "encouraging news" regarding any mutations to date, by announcing that samples of the virus from points around the globe are "genetically identical" to the strain found in the United States. "We have tested isolates from a wide geographic area, from the Americas, Europe, from Asia and New Zealand and we are not seeing variations in isolates from the genetic testing we do here." Although cases have been relatively mild and patients recover quickly, health officials have warned that the virus could mutate into a more virulent form, putting greater numbers of people at risk.
As of July 4, 2009, there have been three cases of virus resistant to oseltamivir (Tamiflu). In two of the cases, resistance was developed following a course of the antiviral. However the third case, that of a 16-year-old identified at a Hong Kong airport with no prior contact with oseltamivir, is more concerning to health officials as it indicates an oseltamivir-resistant strain may have begun to circulate.

Please go to www.flu.gov and take necessary precautions. Even moreso, receive the righteousness of Christ by accepting His payment for your sins on the cross.

Pentecost Fire

2009-05-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

In 1973 Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, their highest holy day, so there is precedence for the Muslims to attack Israel during Jewish holidays. The eight days of Hanukkah began at sundown on December 21, 2008. Three days later the Negev of southern Israel was hit by more than 60 mortar shells and rockets from Iran's proxy in Gaza, so there is precedence for Iran to attack Israel during Jewish holidays. Ancient Iran (Persia) sought to destroy the Jews when queen Esther intervened and king Xerxes turned it into a day the Jews could destroy their enemies (which is celebrated as the holiday called Purim).

Iran and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, have vocalized their desire to annihilate the Jews, and have been lobbing Katusha rockets at Israel for years. On May 18, 2009 PM Netanyahu met with Pres. Obama about Iran's threats. Obama said that within a year he would know if discussions/diplomacy had not worked with Iran, and then would consider sanctions. Sanctions have already failed. The next day Israel's air force held large-scale exercises simulating war with Iran in preparation for the real one. Obama's actions may have emboldened Iran's plans to destroy Israel.

The next Jewish feast is Weeks (Shavuot), which was called Pentecost in Greek, which will begin at sundown on May 28, 2009. It celebrates the day God spoke His Ten Commandment to the Hebrews as fire from Mount Sinai, and was fulfilled the day Christ's disciples (with "cloven tongues like as of fire" on their heads) spoke the wonders of God in various languages to the Jews from many nations in Jerusalem.

Satan wants to be "like the Most High" and often counterfeits His miracles. Satan's proxies in the middle-east are the Sunnis (beast of the sea, Rev. 13), the Shia (beast of the earth), and the Wahhabis (the "whore", Rev. 17).
Revelation 13:11-13 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,"
Daniel 8:20 "The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has consistently stated his goal is to create enough chaos to hasten the reign of the Mahdi, and has asserted that was why he was made president. When asked by the Ayatollah Khamenei, "What if he doesn't come by then [the end of your term]?" Ahmadinejad adamantly replied, "I assure you; I really believe this. He will come soon." [Ahmadinejad: The Secret History of Iran's Radical Leader by Kasra Naji, p.92] Iran will hold presidential elections on June 12, 2009.

North Korea successfully conducted another nuclear test on May 25, 2009, and the CIA didn't have a clue that it had occurred, and had to rely on Russia's confirmation. Hours later, North Korea successfully test-fired three short-range, ground-to-air missiles which could carry nuclear warheads. The CIA was caught off-guard at Iran's revolution in the 1970's, and Obama made it clear the US is in a 'wait and see' stance for the remainder of the year.

Antichrists from tribe of Dan

2009-05-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

Jeremiah 8:7-20 "Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. . . .For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, said the LORD. I will surely consume them, said the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. . . . We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, said the LORD. When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."

This prophecy was fulfilled when the Babylonian cavalry came through the land of Dan to conquer Judah. Early church fathers like Irenaeus (180 AD) also attributed this passage to a future Antichrist, stating that he would arise from the tribe of Dan which is missing from the twelve tribes sealed in Revelation. Cockatrices referred to enemies whose destructive power could not be counteracted by persuasion or other method.

Current Antichrists

Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr is a possible candidate for the Antichrist. Sayyid is a title used among the Shia to denote direct descendants from Mohammad. Al-Sadr is a Shia cleric currently studying to be an ayatollah in Iran, but he was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1973 of Lebanese (Dan's territory) ancestry. In Iraq he established the 60,000 man Mahdi Army whose uniform and flags are black. There is also a Black Banner Sunni army in Iraq. If he is able to combine and attack Jerusalem, it would fulfill several Muslim prophecies regarding their Mahdi (end-time savior). Though Sadr stood down his army in August 2008, in April 2009 he was holding talks with officials in Turkey who then changed the make-up of their cabinet to be pro-Islam.

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. has genealogical roots to the tribe of Dan on his mother's side, and has possible roots to the tribe of Judah on his father's side. [See http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/articledetail.asp?Article_ID=238] He has consistently voted for late term abortions, partial birth abortions, and infanticide. If he nationalizes health care, as he is already nationalizing banks and auto makers, we will likely see more state sponsored/assisted euthanasia. By "peace" he is setting up America and Israel for more deadly attacks by Muslims. He attended a Muslim school for two years as a child, and during an interview made a verbal slip and referred to "my Muslim faith".

Genesis 49:16-18 "Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. I have waited for your salvation, O LORD."
The first sentence could be translated, "Dan shall rule and overshadow his people, united tribes; he will rule as God." 'Serpent' is nachash, a hissing snake, from the verb meaning hiss, or whisper a (magic) spell generally used of enchanters. 'Bites' is nashak, meaning "to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan: - bite, lend upon usury." The word 'adder' is shephiphon, which is nowhere else in the Bible. It was translated in the Vulgate as 'cerastes'. According to Clarke's Bible Commentary, the "cerastes has its name from two little horns upon its head, and is remarkable for the property here ascribed to the shephiphon." The root of the last word is shuph which means to bruise, and the word 'heels', are also used in Gen. 3:15 referring to satan, the serpent. 'Backward' can also mean behind or the West. The last sentence has three Hebrew words: qavah yeshua yehovah, which can be translated binding or twisting Jesus, God.
This prophecy indicates we may be looking for two leaders to arise from the tribe of Dan which are deceptive talkers who seek to destroy the West. Interestingly, the "son of perdition (apoleia)" means the waste or destruction of vessels or money, according to Thayer. President Obama has certainly been wasting billions of dollars in his first hundred days in office, as well as destroying the value of the dollar. Many people already call Obama a messiah (which he has never denied), and the world seems to adore him. 'Little horn' is the name Daniel used for a future Antichrist.

Daniel 8:23-25 "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." America's Road Map and two-state "peace" plan for Israel have already caused the death and destruction of many Jews in Israel. We have forced them to give land to their enemies who then launch rockets at their civilians.

Deuteronomy 28:49-51a "The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you be destroyed:" Though this was true of the Roman legions who had eagles on their standards as they attacked Israel and destroyed Jerusalem, it is also true of America which has legalized euthanasia in several states, and has legalized abortion nationally, and is again promoting it internationally as well.

Who will declare himself to be god on the Temple Mount (2 Thess. 2:1-12)? Jesus commanded His disciples to pray that the "abomination of desolation" (Matthew 24:15-22) wouldn't take place on the sabbath or during winter. That means the date of declaration of deity is not set. Personally, I think it will occur next year after the withdrawal of troops from Iraq in August, 2010.

Three Angelic Announcements

2009-05-01T09:45:00.000-07:00

And I saw another angel fly in the middle of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:6-12)

The first angelic announcement is the everlasting gospel with a loud voice to the whole world from mid-air, imploring them to revere and glorify Creator God for His judgment is coming. Using a direct broadcast satellite, SkyAngel went on the air on December 10, 1996 with six television channels and three radio channels. God may have sent an angel, or earthly messengers called missionaries, to proclaim the gospel to those people groups which do not have radio and television.
The second angelic announcement is the fall of the great city Babylon. The capital city of Baghdad is located roughly fifty miles north of the ancient ruins of Babylon in Iraq. Saddam Hussein likened himself to Nebuchadnezzar, and had a desire to be the head of a new Babylonian empire. Training of the 9/11/01 Saudi hijackers was linked to Iraq. People from over 90 nations were killed in that attack. A coalition of nations led by the US attacked Iraq. With "shock and awe" from April 3-12, 2003, Baghdad was subdued.
The third angelic announcement is a warning against worshiping the beast or receiving the mark of the beast or its image. The beast is Islam; it's image is a crescent moon. The Antichrist will arise to lead the Muslims in their take-over of the world. He will declare himself to be god on the Temple Mount and cause many Jews and Christians to be killed. I suspect this will occur before the trumpets and vials.

That Which Withholds Has Been Removed

2009-04-06T17:20:00.000-07:00

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember you not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now you know what withholds that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now lets will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed." (2 Thessalonians 2:3-8a)
Barnes' Bible Commentary on this verse: "The most natural interpretation is that which refers it to civil power, meaning that there was something in the form of the existing administration which would prevent this development until that restraint should be removed."

I did not know what to expect on the first day of the Great Tribulation, and so I prayed and asked God for revelation, and I received the song, "This mountain shall be removed by My Spirit, sayeth the Lord."
"This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, said the LORD of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it." (Zechariah 4:6b-7)
The "great mountain" during Zerubbabel's time was the empire of Babylon, which is called the "destroying mountain" in Jeremiah 51:24-25. Mountains refer to empires or kingdoms. I think in order for God to accomplish what He intends to do in the Middle East, He needed to remove the United States of America. The first war the United States of America encountered after becoming a nation was with the Muslims in 1801 who had declared war on all Christian nations. They were known as the Barbary Pirates of the Mediterranean. General Eaton told the new Secretary of State, "It is a maxim of the Barbary States, that 'The Christians who would be on good terms with them must fight well or pay well.'" At first the US paid their extortion money for safe passage, but when they took the ship and imprisoned the crew which brought the money, the US marines successfully stormed the shores of Tripoli. [http://www.daddezio.com/italy/barbary/history.html]

Today, President Obama declared to the Turkey parliament, "Let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam." He further clarified, "Our partnership with the Muslim world is critical in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject." President Obama continued, "But I also want to be clear that America's relationship with the Muslim world cannot and will not be based on opposition to al Qaeda. Far from it. We seek broad engagement based upon mutual interests and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, bridge misunderstanding, and seek common ground." Each demonstration of American weakness and withdrawal emboldens the jihadists. Now with America subdued, the Antichrist may soon appear and declare himself to be god.

God's Hand ready to put those who hate Him into the Fire
There was also a unique sign in the heavens reported today. "In a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, high-energy X-rays emanating from the nebula around PSR B1509-58 have been colored blue to reveal a structure resembling a hand reaching for some eternal red cosmic light." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C512767%2C00.html]
"Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you. You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them." (Psalms 21:8-12)
"Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand shall save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands." (Psalms 138:7-8)

Great Tribulation Begins April 6, 2009

2009-04-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

In your spirit you know something big is about to happen. The earth has begun its death spiral: more floods, more tornadoes, more hurricanes, more earthquakes, and more volcanic eruptions. Though there are still pockets of peace and sanity, most human institutions have disintegrated. You thought you'd be raptured before the Great Tribulation, but now you find yourself in the midst of it.
John, the apostle, taught believers in Jesus would go through the Great Tribulation and many would be martyred in Revelation. Jesus, Paul and Peter all taught believers would have to persevere through great trial and that the dead are resurrected prior to the living being raptured at Christ's one and only return to earth. They all warned us not to be deceived. Keep believing in Jesus even though you have to stop believing in a pre-trib rapture.

3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:3-7)

Principles of Geology was written by Charles Lyell in 1830 espousing the new idea that the great canyons around the world were not the after effects of a world-wide flood (cataclysmic), but the constant erosion over hundreds of thousands of years (uniformitarian; "all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation"). Until that time, the Bible's description of creation and the cataclysm of Noah's flood were accepted facts. Charles Darwin took a copy of the Lyell's book with him on the S.S. Beagle to the Galapagos Islands, leading to his harmful theories of evolution and the superiority of the white race. Uniformitarianism and evolution eroded people's faith in the historical truth of the Bible. This has led to much false teaching in the church (1 Timothy 6:20) including the pre-tribulation rapture theory, which has led to a lack of holiness, love and power in the church, and a resistance to the truth (2 Timothy 3:1-8).

Deriving the Day of the LORD and the Start of Great Tribulation
Astronomers from the east ascertained the correct year of Christ's first coming, and astronomers from the west (Mayans) have predicted the correct year of Christ's second coming. But the Mayans worshiped the heavens, and so decreed the world's end on the winter solstice of December 21, 2012. God has appointed seven feasts for His people. Jesus fulfilled Unleavened Bread (sinless life), Passover (Lamb that was slain for the sin of the world), First Fruits (He rose from the dead), and Pentecost (He sent His Holy Spirit) during His first coming. The Fall feasts are Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Booths which Jesus will fulfill during His second coming. September 16th, 2012 is the new moon of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, the Feast of Trumpets. Trumpets are prominent in the resurrection and rapture and return of Jesus Christ (Psalm 47:5-6; Matthew 24:29-31; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; Zephaniah 1:14-18; Joel 2:1-16; Revelation 11:15-19).
John describes the duration of the Great Tribulation as 42 months, 3 1/2 years, and 1,260 days. Counting backwards 1,260 days from September 16th, 2012 brings us to April 6, 2012. Hebrew days begin and end at sunset. Sunset in Jerusalem will be at 7:02 pm that day.

What Event Starts the 3 1/2 Year Clock?
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth.(Rev. 11:2-3)

Two groups who will be involved throughout the Great Tribulation. The Muslims ("Gentiles") continue to occupy the Temple Mount, so doing so for another 42 months will not seem unusual. The Two Witnesses (Jewish and Gentile believers) are already present and proclaiming the gospel, though not to the point of withholding rain or praying plagues upon our enemies to demonstrate God's power. Counting backwards 1,260 days from September 16, 2012, the Great Tribulation clock begins on April 6, 2009.
All Great Tribulation days and times are according to Hebrew days and Jerusalem time. Dusk in Jerusalem on April 6, 2009, the first day of the Great Tribulation, might not have anything occur physically at all, or it may be very apparent. The war between Israel and Iran might see a major attack. China could stop buying US bonds. Any number of global "natural" disasters could hit.
God starts the Great Tribulation clock. It may be when He tells Michael to release Satan, and Satan "knows that his time is short". Satan's possession of the Antichrist and his deity declaration ("abomination of desolation") may follow shortly thereafter. It may be when God tells the four angels to start sealing the 144,000 (which must occur prior to the first trumpet), or when he tells an angel to announce the everlasting gospel with a loud voice to the world (Rev. 14:6-7).
The more important question is whether your faith can endure until Christ's coming. Jesus has waited to get His Bride for two thousand years. King Jesus is worth waiting for.
For a booklet describing the timing of the events in the Great Tribulation, go to http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/seals-trumpets-and-vials/6668840.

Could Muslim Gold Dinar become International Currency?

2009-03-27T18:26:00.000-07:00

In addition to its dedication to create nuclear bombs, Iran is cooperating with Malaysia to reestablish the gold dinar to replace paper currency; thus dropping an economic bomb on the world. From Islam's early beginnings, the gold dinar remained the official Islamic currency until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1924. After George Soros raided Asian currencies in 1997, Malaysia has sought a more stable unit. On Nov. 7, 2001 the Islamic Dinar was officially re-launched by the Islamic Mint in West Malaysia. (The US had not objected to the Malaysia-initiated use of the dinar for international trade.) The main pillar of Osama bin Laden's strategy to bring down the United States has been to ruin it economically, just as he did the former USSR; hence the destruction of the Trade Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, and the costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Most Middle Eastern gold is primarily held in London, in violation of the Koran. Thus the Muslims either need to make Britain a Muslim country or move their gold to a Muslim country. Iran might become the center of the Middle East's gold holding because it will be protected militarily by Putin's Russia. Iran could promote the gold dinar as a superior currency to the US dollar under nuclear threat.

Two Witnesses and Three Woes

2009-03-19T06:44:00.000-07:00

First Woe
When the angel sounds the fifth trumpet, locusts from the bottomless pit ascend upon the earth. This first woe lasts for five months.
10And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon. 12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. (Rev. 9:10-12)
Both Abaddon and Apollyon mean destroyer. It is a destroying angel from the abyss.

Two Witnesses/Martyrs (Jewish and Gentile Believers)

Prophesy for 1,260 Days
The "Gentiles", Muslims, have had control of the Temple Mount for hundreds of years, and they will continue to control it and tread upon Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation. Some Muslims contest they are not Gentiles because they are circumcised, but all non-Jews are Gentiles. The duration of the Great Tribulation as 42 months also calculated as 1,260 days, so the months have to be 30 day months using the 360-day year calendar, which gives us 3 1/2 years. The two witnesses prophesy wearing sackcloth. Sackcloth is worn during mourning and grief, and during repentance and humiliation.
1And there was given me a reed like to a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. 4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. (Revelation 11:1-4)
"Winesses" is martus, meaning martyrs. But there were seven candlesticks and no olive trees mentioned in the first few chapters of Revelation, so John is referring to a different prophetic scripture.
2And said to me, What see you? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are on the top thereof: 3And two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side thereof. . . . he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it. 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house . . . the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. 11Then answered I, and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on the left side thereof? 12And I answered again, and said to him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? . . . 14Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth. (Zechariah 4:2-12 edited and emphasized)
The "seven lamps" are the seven-fold Spirit of God (Rev. 4:5) evident in the seven churches ("candlesticks"). The two olive trees in Zechariah 4 were Joshua, the high priest, and Zerubbabel, the governor. The two olive trees are connected with "those seven" of the "house" of "grace" whose "headstone" is Jesus. "Anointed ones" is ben yitshar, meaning anointed sons. The sons are described in the next chapter as the Son of God and the "remnant of her seed".
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. . . . 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death. . . . 17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:5, 11, 17)
These are the Hebrew and Gentile believers during the Great Tribulation; the two witnesses that have been made "one new man" in Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22). The two witnesses combined constitute the Bride of Christ. The two witnesses are Us. We will be martyred for Our faith and given white robes (5th seal), but We will prophesy of Christ's coming for Us in powerful ways before We die. We will overcome Satan by the blood of Jesus, Our personal testimony, and Our determination to die rather than give up Our faith. We believers hold fast God's commandments and the "testimony" (marturia meaning witness) of Jesus Christ.

Have Miraculous Power
5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. (Revelation 11:5-7)
Real fire may come from Our mouths, or the Word of God from Our mouths may incense and devour Our enemies from the inside out (Jeremiah 5:14). Elijah was a foreshadow of the Great Tribulation saints, for he prayed it would not rain for 3 1/2 years, and it did not until he prayed that it would (James 5:17-18). Moses and Aaron turned the Nile to blood, and foretold Pharaoh of the plagues about to happen. The Beast of Islam will war against Christians and be victorious and kill them.

Will be Killed and Resurrected; the Second Woe
8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. 10And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelled on the earth. 11And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell on them which saw them. 12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comes quickly. (Revelation 11:8-14)
New York City is the most populous city of the United States ("great city"), and it is the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel (like Egypt housed the Hebrews for hundreds of years). It also has a large homosexual community ("Sodom"). On September 11, 2001 Islamic terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers; the Muslims in Palestine were shown dancing in the streets and celebrating by passing out candy. This was the "white horse" of the first seal, and something similar may occur soon, beginning the Great Tribulation . Muslims have been slaughtering Christians around the world and leaving their corpses to rot. The "three and a half days" refers to the years of the Great Tribulation. The slaughter will continue and increase until the heavens and earth will shake at the Lord's coming, and our resurrection and rapture unto Him.

The Seventh Trumpet is the Third Woe
15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell on their faces, and worshipped God, 17Saying, We give you thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which are, and were, and are to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned. 18And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward to your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth. 19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightning, and voices, and thunder, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Revelation 11:1-19)
Then We will execute judgment on the wicked with King Jesus in great power and majesty.

Islam's Major Players in Great Tribulation

2009-03-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

Babylon (Middle-east Islam)
The satanic system of Babylon in the last days in middle-eastern Islam. It is divided between the Sunnis (beast of the sea), the Shia (beast of the earth), and the Wahhabis (the whore that rides the beast of the sea).

The Wahhabis believe Allah has a physical body and sits on a throne, and is a unique unity. They insist on hatred and violence toward Muslims and non-Muslims who disagree with them. The House of Saud, which rules Saudi Arabia, funds the indoctrination of other Muslims into this sect. They would like to remain wealthy and in power, and do not ascribe to the end-time eschatology of the Shia. The bordering countries of Kuwait and United Arab Emirates are also Wahhabi.

The Shia, predominant in Iran with large populations in Iraq and Afghanistan, believe the descendants of Mohammed (religious leaders called Imams) have special political and religious power over the people. They believe they must create world-wide chaos before their savior, the Mahdi (12th Imam) will return to rule the world.

The Sunnis believe Mohammed's generals and their descendants power over the people. They also believe Allah does not resemble his creation in any way, and to imagine him in a form is idolatry. Yet they pray to saints to aid their prayers, which the Wahhabis consider idolatry. The Sunni sect is the largest with dozens of national adherents.
There are many other sects and beliefs, but these are the main sects of Islam.

Beast of the Sea (Sunni Confederation)
And I stood on the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads the name of blasphemy. (Revelation 13:1)
Normal animals are usually called "beasts of the field". The phrase "sand of the sea" is used throughout the Bible to describe an innumerable multitude. This beast is comprised of people. It is very similar to the dragon described in the previous chapter, with a difference in the number of crowns. With the dragon, the crowns were worn by each empire. With the beast of the sea, the crowns equal the number of leaders (horns).

And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(Revelation 13:2)
This particular beast is a Frankenstein of empires first introduced in Daniel 7. These empires persecuted the Jews prior to the rebirth of the nation of Israel: lion of England, bear of Russia, and the leopard (panther) of Germany. Each of these countries is still involved and aiding the Muslim Beast, and each has a large population of Muslims.

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:3-8)
All Muslim countries have a large Sunni population except for Iran (Shia) and Saudi Arabia (Wahhabi). The "little horn" with the blasphemous mouth, arises from the large sea of Muslims.
Muqtada Al-Sadir from Iraq descended from Mohammad and leads the Mahdi Army of black flags while keeping connections with his father's social services network throughout Iraq; a combination of combat and compassion which has done well for Hezbollah and Hamas. He is currently a Shia cleric studying in Iran to become an ayatollah (which is usually a twelve year process). Osama ben Laden was/is a Sunni from Saudi Arabia who located his base, Al Qaeda, in Afghanistan. If he is still alive, he might be considered a candidate for Antichrist because he has great wealth and has had many victorious battles against infidels.

Beast of the Earth (Shia Confederation)
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. (Revelation 13:11)
Lamb is arnion meaning lambkin or young lamb or ram. The horn in Afghanistan was/is Osama ben Laden, though he is Sunni; it's possible a Shia could take his place. The horn in Iran is Achmajinedab.

And he excercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.(Revelation 13:12-14)
If the seventh head of the beast of the sea was the Ottoman empire which was dissected at the end of WWI, yet survived and revived; and this lamb-like beast with two horns comes afterward, it is within the ancient Ottoman empire. These Muslims would deceive with miracles and wonders and their "fire"-power (nukes) and make an image to the beast. They will initiate a new holocaust.

Revived Medes and Persians (Afghanistan and Iran)
The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.(Daniel 8:20)
Japheth's son, Madai (hence Medes), occupied the lands now known as Afghanistan. In the third and second centuries BC, the Parthians, a nomadic Iranian people, arrived in ancient Afghanistan. The Parthians established control in most of what is Iran as early as the middle of the 3rd century BC; about 100 years later another Indo-European group from the north - the Tocharian Kushans (a subgroup of the tribe called the Yuezhi by the Chinese) - entered the region that is now Afghanistan and established an empire lasting almost four centuries. There remains a strong Shia dominance in central Afghanistan, urban centers and the Herat province.
Iran has the largest Shia population. Central Afghanistan and eastern Iraq also have large Shia populations. The United Arab Emirates and Yemen have small Shia populations.

And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six. (Revelation 13:15-18)
Iran is working on creating a new Islamic currency.

The Whore (Wahhabi Confederation)
Countries with large Wahhabi populations are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates. The heart of Wahhabism is the Kaaba in Mecca, and its economic capital is the port city of Jeddah 45 miles away. Together, Mecca and Jeddah and the house of Saud are well described in Revelation 18.

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Revelation 12 - Christ Protecting His Bride

2009-02-16T10:41:00.000-08:00

Mary giving birth to Jesus

1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: 2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads. 4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score days. 7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (Revelation 12:1-8)

The woman is the virgin Mary who gives birth to Jesus. Satan tried to kill Jesus as a baby (Rev. 12:4b) through king Herod. We know that Joseph and Mary fled with infant Jesus to Egypt. According to this scripture, they lived and were cared for in Egypt for 1,260 days, or 3 ½ years using the 360-day calendar. There was a large Jewish population in Egypt which likely took them in as the refugees they were. As a second fulfillment of "I called my son out of Egypt," (Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15) they returned and settled in Nazareth. Jesus was resurrected and ascended into heaven ("caught up to God") and sits at the right hand of His Father.

Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (Psalm 2:6-9)

Satan accusing and persecuting Jews and Christians

Much like Daniel 10 describes the angelic spiritual battle in the middle of two similar prophecies in Daniel 9 and 11, the interlude of Michael fighting Satan in Revelation 12:7-11, separates the first prophecy about a woman who fled to the wilderness with a second one.

10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death. 12Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time. 13And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. (Revelation 12:10-13)

The kingdom of our God and of His Christ has been persecuted throughout the ages. The Spanish Inquisition brings to mind those who were accused day and night, but Protestants held onto their faith in Jesus and Jews held onto their faith in Jehovah even as they were exiled, tortured, and martyred. Sephardic Jews are those who lived in Spain and Portugal. Ferdinand and Isabella made the Alhambra Decree on March 31, 1492 ordering the conversion or expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Spain by July 31st of that year. Thousands were killed, hundreds of thousands left, and tens of thousands were baptized into the Catholic church (conversos). This has been confirmed using Y chromosome DNA testing which indicated that around 20% of Spanish men today have direct patrilineal descent from Sephardic Jews (University of Leicester and Pompeu Fara University, 2008). Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World three days after the Alhambra Decree deadline, which has caused some to consider he may have been a converso.

Christ's Bride is Protected in America for 3 1/2 Centuries

14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:14-17)

Beginning in Revelation 12:14 and through the next chapter, the animals of Daniel's fourth beast (Daniel 7) come back into play, beginning with the eagle wings which were plucked from the lion. These were the American colonies detached from the lion of England. A group of Puritans settled Jamestown in 1611; the same year the King James Bible was published back in England. America was still known as "the wilderness" for the next two hundred years.

In this case, "time, times, and half a time" equal 350 years. 2000 - 350 = 1650. From 1650-1726 the first wave of Jewish immigration came to the American colonies. The Jewish population rose to ten thousand. [According to US Census Bureau, the total population of colonies in 1650 was 4,700, and in 1720 it was 466,200.] From 1630-1650 the Puritans tried to establish a new Parliamentary system in England established on the sure foundation of Biblical Christianity. They won the civil war and installed Oliver Cromwell. In 1656, Cromwell allowed Jews to establish a Jewish Cemetery, and to have protection during prayers, but not to worship publicly. This was the end of the expulsion of the Jews from England. But the Puritans of England were grossly disappointed in Cromwell and the Parliament they set up, and continued to immigrate to America by the thousands.

Satan sent a flood of people to America's shores to try to water down the kingdom of God through the influx of foreigners with foreign beliefs, but America became a melting pot which allowed for cultural differences while maintaining the high ideals of Christianity (at least until the 1900's). So Satan sought to destroy Christians and Jews elsewhere around the globe.

Ten Moon-otheistic Tribes Against Israel

2009-02-02T11:56:00.000-08:00

A confederation of ten moon-otheistic tribes seekig to wipe out Israel was first prophesied by Asaph. Asaph was a Levite who was one of the leaders of king David's choir (1 Chronicles 6:39), a skilled in musician, and a "seer" or prophet (2 Chronicles 29:30). The following is his psalm, numbered 83.

1Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God. 2For, see, your enemies make a tumult: and they that hate you have lifted up the head. 3They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones. 4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against you: 6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah. 9Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yes, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. 16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek your name, O LORD. 17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yes, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.

Some Bible commentators say this prophetic psalm was fulfilled during the reign of Jehoshaphat when Ammon, Moab, and those of mount Seir came to cast them out of their inheritance (2 Chronicles 20:10-12). But others say this particular confederation of nations never attacked Israel in Biblical history. All these tribes and the city of Tyre bordered Israel, only the city of Assur was distant.
Edom (in Jordan)
Ishmaelites (Egypt, Saudia Arabia and Iraq)
Moab (in Jordan)
Hagarenes (Saudi Arabia and Jordan)
Gebal (in Lebanon)
Ammon (in Jordan)
Amalek (in Jordan)
Philistines (in Gaza Strip)
Tyre (in Lebanon)
Assur (in northern Iraq)

The “children of Lot” are Edom and Moab from Lot's incestuous relations with his daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Sisera and Jabin were located in Hazor (Judges 4:2), on the southwest tip of Hula Lake which is due north of the Sea of Galilee. Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah, and Zalmunna were Ishmaelite kings of Midian (Judges 8:3-5) located in the Arabian Peninsula. When Asaph wrote this psalm, the city of Assur was the capital of the waning Assyrian empire; "the Assyrian" is equated with the antichrist in prophecy. This Muslim confederation of nations attacked Israel in 1967, and God shamed them in the Six-Day War. The main aggressors were Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, but the following nations contributed troops and arms: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. In an attempt to deny God's existence, His enemies seek to wipe out His people.

The movie Against All Odds documents how the Arabs in the Six-Day War were "confused and troubled" by supernatural occurrences such as freak "winds" and "storms" or of seeing angels and hearing voices which either paralyzed them or caused them to run in fear. Though Psalm 83 has been fulfilled, it gives clarity to the immediate goal of the beast, as well as to the foundation of its worship.

21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. 22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. 24And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) (Judges 8:21-24)

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon (Isaiah 3:18)

Ornament is sah-har-one'; a round pendant for the neck, a round tire like the moon. Most Muslim flags contain a moon and/or star(s); the root of their religion. Nimrod, “a mighty hunter against the LORD” built the cities of Assur and Babel from whence came the Assyrians and Babylonians. The religious system he implemented was that of worshiping the moon and stars with the aide of cult prostitutes. Nimrod and his ilk changed the godly message of the constellations into a sordid soap opera. The symbols of moon worship (beside the moon itself) were bulls and pyramids. The name of the moon god was Alilah, and eventually Allah. The feminine form 'Allat' is found in the name of Sanballat in the book of Nehemiah. Midian is now Saudi Arabia, and the heart of Islam is Mecca.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947, just as the modern state of Israel was being formed. Just before war broke out between Israel and the Hezbollah in July 2006, another miraculous archaeological revelation was given. A bulldozer uncovered a Latin prayer book in Ireland on July 20, 2006. It was opened to Psalm 83, the prophetic psalm of Asaph. Hezbollah had launched Katusha rockets into Israel on July 12th, and a few days later kidnapped two Israeli soldiers; thus began the Lebanon War of July, 2006. Though it was not an all out war as in 1967, it was still a moon-otheistic confederation fighting towards Israel's extinction.

Feast of Trumpets and Joseph

2009-01-22T13:54:00.000-08:00

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. You shall do no servile work therein: but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. (Leviticus 23:23-25)

This is the only feast on the first of a month; the new moon. The first of Tishri was a memorial of blowing trumpets. The passage does not specify what is being memorialized. Traditionally, Jews suspect it commemorates the day Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah, but God provided a two-horned ram instead. A ram's horn is a shofar or trumpet. Others surmise it commemorates the giving of the ten commandments, since a trumpet is involved (Exodus 19:13,16,19), but that has its own celebration: feast of weeks. There was another important day in the history of the Hebrews which scripture associates with blowing trumpets, and that is the day of Joseph's inauguration.

1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: . . .14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in to Pharaoh. 15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it. 16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. . . . 39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, For as much as God has showed you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are: 40You shall be over my house, and according to your word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than you. 41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. 42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothing of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. 46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:1a, 15-16, 39-46)

One translation of Zaphnathpaaneah is 'living bread man' since he was to store the grain to provide bread that would sustain life in Egypt. In one day God took him from the prison to the palace, gave him a wife, and gave him an empire to rule. Though the scripture here does not mention trumpets being blown as Joseph was paraded through the streets; it is clear in Psalms.

3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. (Psalm 81:3-6)

JESUS' FIRST COMING
Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem means 'house of bread,' and the "Bread of Life" was born there on Rosh Hashanah; the Jewish New Year in which kings are crowned (1 Kings 1:34 and 2 Kings 9:13). Like Joseph, Jesus was ridiculed by his brothers. Like Joseph, Jesus' kin left him for dead in the ground. Like Joseph, Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver. Like Joseph, Jesus went into Egypt. Like Joseph, Jesus was falsely accused. For more similarities see http://hugginsnet.com/wiley2/?p=137 .

JESUS' SECOND COMING
Like Joseph, on one day Jesus will arise to rule over the whole world (after "two full years" = 2,000 years) second only to Father-God, and be married to "Asenath" which means "she belongs to her father" (that's us, the Bride). It is a fitting day for the King of kings to reclaim His kingdom on earth at the "last trumpet" when we are gathered unto Him. Those who believe in King Jesus should be watching and ready for His return.

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Joseph and Mary and Egypt

2009-01-16T19:58:00.000-08:00

The names of Jesus' parents are clues to Jesus' first and second comings.

JESUS' FIRST COMING
Joseph was the Hebrew who was sold into slavery in Egypt, only to rise to reign Egypt and provide a place for the Hebrews to live in abundance during the famine, and save the world from starvation by storing grain. Two hundred fifteen years after his death, a pharaoh arose "who knew not Joseph;" and Moses was born, and Miriam watched over him. [Mara, Maria, Mary, Marjam, and Miriam are all based upon the same root word.] Miriam is not mentioned by name until she sings of God's victory over Egypt's army after crossing the Red Sea.

Both Joseph and Moses are redeemers of the Hebrew people. Joseph became governor of Egypt at age 30, the same age Jesus was baptized as "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." God gave Moses instructions to have the Hebrews prepare a lamb and eat the feast of Passover prior to their exodus from Egypt. Note that the Hebrews remained in Egypt during the plagues, but that God made distinction between them and the Egyptians, and those who placed the lamb's blood on their doors so that the angel of death would "pass over" them. The three nights of their travels across the Sinai Peninsula correspond to the three nights Jesus was entombed. Jesus' resurrection morning corresponds to the Hebrews' safe crossing and the destruction of their enemies, when Miriam takes a timbrel and dances and sings of God's victory.

Hosea 11:1 "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." Just as the Hebrews physically dwelt in Egypt and were brought out safely, so too Jesus dwelt in Egypt for safety and was later called out. Matthew 2:14-15 " 14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: 15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son." As the Bride of Christ we have been called out of darkness into His light (1 Peter 2:9).

JESUS' SECOND COMING
Joseph, son of Jacob, and Mary, daughter of Heli (means 'ascending'), were descendants of King David who was born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem means 'house of bread,' and the "Bread of Life" was born there on Rosh Hashanah; the Jewish New Year in which kings are crowned.

Joseph, ancient Jacob's son, was a faithful son who was sold into slavery. He was a faithful slave who was falsely accused and thrown into prison. In both periods of tribulation (the greater tribulation in prison was for more than two years), Joseph was highly favored and caused to prosper. It was his ability to interpret dreams which led to his release. When Joseph was brought out of prison and made second in command over Egypt, trumpets were blown. The trumpets blown during Rosh HaShanah are a memorial of Joseph reigning over Egypt (Lev. 23:24-25; Genesis 41:46-47,50a; Psalm 81:3-5a; Revelation 11:8,15). Joel chapter 2 combines this celebration with God's Spirit poured out on all flesh so as to dream and prophesy just prior to the Lord's coming.
Though the Bride of Christ may be falsely accused and enslaved and imprisoned during the great tribulation, we can still expect God's gracious hand of favor to be upon us, making a distinction between believers and unbelievers as plagues are released. Several of the plagues mentioned in Revelation were of the ten used upon Egypt.

At His first coming, Jesus fulfilled the three spring feasts and sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, leaving the three fall feasts to be fulfilled with His second coming. The first of the fall feasts is Rosh Hashanah. It is a fitting day for the King of kings to reclaim His kingdom on earth at the "last trumpet" when we are gathered unto Him. Those who believe in King Jesus should be watching and ready for His return.

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Proverbs 31 Woman compared to Bride

2009-01-10T14:14:00.000-08:00

Get out your Bible and read Proverbs 31:10-31, and see how it relates to Jesus and His Bride.

v10 Jesus found a woman worthy of the bride-price of His precious ruby-red life-blood.
v11 Jesus confides in her as a friend (John 15:15), even with his battle plans.
v12 The Bride is committed to a life-time of good works. (Titus 2:14-15)
v13 The Bride works willingly, motivated by love and compassion. (1 Peter 5:2-4; Hosea 2:9)
v14 The Bride goes the distance for good food. (Psalm 104:26-28)
v15 The Bride awakens before dawn to prepare food and to give instruction.
(Luke 12:42-45)
v16 The Bride expands her food production ability: bread and wine for communion. (Mat. 13:44)
v17 The Bride is solid and steadfast and determined. (Genesis 49:24-26)
v18 The Bride is industrious at night. (Matthew 5:15-16)
v19 The Bride makes coverings. (Psalm 90:17; 1 Peter 4:8)
v20 The Bride gives to the needy. (1 Timothy 5:10)
v21 The Bride does not fear, for Her Family is covered in the scarlet-blood of Christ. (Prov. 3:24-25)
v22 The Bride makes coverings for her Home and herself as Queen. (Ps. 45:9-15)
v23 Jesus, the Bridegroom, shall judge the earth. (Psalms 67:4)
v24 The Bride did business; She worked with her hands and sold her wares.
(1 Thessalonians 4:11-12)
v25 The Bride is clothed in Christ's glory, prepared and rejoicing in the last day. (Isaiah 28:5)
v26 The Bride speaks the Truth in love. (Pslams 107:43)
v27 The Bride manages her Household well, and not in idle gossip. (Galatians 6:10; 1 Timothy 5:15)
v28 Converts bless the Bride. The Lord Jesus raves about Her. (1 Tim. 3:15-16; Song of Solomon 4)
v29 The Bride is a Woman of virtue and excellence. (1 Corinthians 9:25)
v30 The Bride reverences her Groom, and He will share His glory with Her. (Zephaniah 3:17-20)
v31 The Bride's works are rewarded. (1 Timothy 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15)

Purim Surprise

2009-01-08T10:45:00.000-08:00

In 1973 Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, their highest holy day, so there is precedence for the Muslims to attack Israel during Jewish holidays. The eight days of Hanukkah began at sundown on December 21, 2008. On December 24th, the Negev of southern Israel was hit by more than 60 mortar shells and rockets from Gaza. Though some landed close to schools, no one was injured and it was called to a Hanukkah miracle. The "green light" was given to Israel for a series of operations against the Hamas in the Gaza Strip. On December 27, Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" began. The next major holiday is Purim, which precedes the Feasts of Unleavened Bread, Passover, and First Fruits.

I am going to interlace Esther's history of how Purim became a holiday with Jesus' fulfillment of Passover and First Fruits.
On the first month of Nisan on the 13th day Haman and his buddies cast lots (purim) to find the best day to annihilate the Jews; it fell to Adar 13. Haman requested king Ahasuerus (Xerxes) to have all the Jews in his kingdom killed and their properties confiscated. Letters were written in all the languages and sent out so that on the 13th of the twelfth month of Adar all the Jews would be exterminated. (Esther 3:12-14) [Jesus was anointed for His burial.]
Mordecai relays the plot to Esther who requests three days of fasting before she approaches the king unbidden to appeal for her people and possibly be slain right then. (Esther 4:14-17)

Nisan 14 was the first day of the fast. [Jesus was tried, beaten, crucified, and placed in a tomb on the Feast of Passover.]
Nisan 15 was the second day of the fast.
Nisan 16 was the third day of the fast, and Esther approached the king uninvited, but was accepted by the king who was ready to grant her any request, but she arranged a banquet with Haman. (Es. 5:1-4)
This allowed time for Haman's pride to escalate to his own ruin.
On Nisan 17, Esther held a second banquet with Haman and the king in which Haman's evil plans for Mordecai and the Jews are both turned around for their good and Haman's destruction. (Esther 7-9)
[Jesus rose from the dead on the Feast of First Fruits.]

The original letters could not be revoked, so King Xerxes sent a second dispatch which encouraged the Jews throughout his Persian empire to defend themselves against their enemies on Adar 13. Which they did, and the next day they held great festivities and memorialized it as Purim.

The Persian empire (Iran), and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, have vocalized their desire to annihilate the Jews, and have lobbed rockets at Israel. This year Adar 13 will be March 9th. So if the Israelis do not take out Iran's nuclear arsenal before then, Iran (Persia) might attack Israel on Purim, March 9, 2009, for a bit of historical payback.

Psalm 122:6 "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you."
Like Esther, We need to petition the King of kings to stop the planned extermination of His people. Bride of Christ, Israel needs your prayers for its peace and protection.

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Iran's Trap for Israel

2009-01-07T10:08:00.000-08:00

Revelation 6:3-4 "3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword."
Sword is machaira in Greek; meaning a large sword (like a machete) for cutting flesh and killing. It is the feminine form of mache, a battle.
Revelation 8:7-8 "7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."
Sword is rhomphaia in Greek; meaning a sabre or cutlass, which is comparable to the scimitar. The Persian word for scimitar is shamshir, meaning 'lion's claw'.
Beasts is therion in Greek; meaning wild or venomous beasts. It is based upon thera, which means hunting with a snare or trap, and figuratively to prepare the destruction of men.
Iran has set its trap for the destruction of Israel with Hezbollah in the north (2006 war) and Hamas in the south (Dec. 2008 current war) while Iran prepares the components given to it from Russia and other countries to produce a "great sword". In December, 2008 Russia sold Iran S-300 long-range missiles as an "air defense" system. [http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5789]
As Iran keeps tormenting Israel into battles, Islam is fomenting its hatred for the Jews worldwide, and most media is playing into their hands. They will eventually turn the whole world against Israel and demand its destruction.
Revelation 16:13-16 "13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."
Although they are bent upon another Holocaust. Jesus will come to deliver His people and to slaughter the unbelievers.
Revelation 17:14 "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
Notice just prior to the battle of Armageddon, Jesus tells His Bride to watch for His coming; and when Jesus engages the enemy, His chosen and faithful Bride is with Him to do battle. Wake up, Bride, and keep your garments pure and righteous.

For more info on the rapture of the Bride of Christ, see the lesson on Resurrections and Rapture at www.KneelingMedia.org/AwakeBride/

Four Horsemen

2009-01-06T14:13:00.000-08:00

Revelation 6:1-8 "
1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword. 5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and see a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6And I heard a voice in the middle of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see you hurt not the oil and the wine. 7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

The four horsemen have already begun, and roughly correspond to the "birth pangs" of Matthew 24:4-12. They precede the 3 1/2 year Great Tribulation. Though Islamic terrorists had bombed many embassies worldwide, it was the attack on September 11, 2001 (Rosh HaShanah was a week later) which awakened the world to the "peaceful" white horse of Islam attempting to conquer the world without "arrows" (nukes). To view Islam's toll of conquest, visit http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ which keeps track of each attack worldwide. This leads us to the red horse of terrorism which has "taken peace from the earth." Not content to just kill infidels, the Muslims also kill other Muslims ("they should kill one another"). On September 11, 2006 a 12-year-old boy was among six people murdered by a suicide bomber at a funeral for a previous victim of a suicide bombing in Afghanistan; thirty-six were wounded.

Joel 3:2,9,12 "I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. Proclaim you this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."
"On September 11, 2008 US Consul General Jacob Walles admitted during an interview with a Palestinian newspaper that there were secret negotiations taking place to divide Jerusalem. The US State Department and Israeli officials were quick to deny such negotiation. Consul General Walles is second in command under the US ambassador to Israel and knows what is going on. I feel he let "the cat out of the bag." Walles statement was in perfect agreement with Secretary Rice's actions.
This admission by the Consul General was on Thursday, September 11. At the very time of this admission, Hurricane Ike was rushing toward Texas. This was a massive hurricane 600 miles wide! It struck late Friday and the eye went directly up Galveston Bay. Entire towns were destroyed and Houston was crippled. The rippling effect is not known at this time. The damaged is estimated now at $20 billion and counting. This was bad enough but then Lehman Brothers, one of the largest Wall Street banks, collapsed right on the heels of the hurricane. Then the domino effect hit the stock market." [John McTernan from http://johnmcternansinsights.blogspot.com/ ]

Again it was during the "days of awe" between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Sept. 29 and Oct. 9, 2008) that the black horse of economic ruin traveled the globe. (Was it just Democrats causing runs on banks to create economic uncertainty to shift the focus off of the war in Iraq so that their candidate would be elected? Or were rich terrorists making large computer transactions ½ hour before closing for twelve days? Who are the private owners of the Federal Reserve Bank?) There may yet come a blight on wheat and barley until it gets to the point where "daily bread" will cost a day's wages (Rev. 6:6). Israel has a native plants conservatory which will help them replant.

Then comes the pale horse of Death. Currently Islam has a majority in one fourth of the world. [http://abuusamah.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/world-muslim-population/] Russia still has a large Muslim population even after all the "-istan" secessions. Current Muslim world population is estimated between 21% [http://www.geocities.com/richleebruce/b/islam.html] and 27% [http://www.islamicpopulation.com/]. And in those parts of the world in which Islam has power, it is killing through war and famine. All this chaos before the 3 1/2 year clock of the Great Tribulation even begins.

Jesus, the Lamb of God was born on Rosh HaShanah, September 11, 3 B.c. and He will return after the Great Tribulation as the Lion of the tribe of Judah to rescue the righteous and to destroy the wicked. His Bride needs to wake up and live righteously and lovingly, and proclaim the good news of grace in Jesus while there is still time.
For information on Christ's birth, see Biblical Astronomy at
www.KneelingMedia.org/AwakeBride/