LUCIFER: “The Awaiting Red Dragon and the First Christmas”–Ignorant Fisherman

 

The Awaiting Red Dragon and the First Christmas.

Long before the first nativity (First Christmas) ever took place it was well known by the god of this world (Gen. 3:14-15, Eph. 2:2-3, Rev. 12:4). Lucifer, - at his fall -ABSOLUTELY COMPREHENDED that he was ETERNALLY doomed. His violent rebellion against Almighty God’s ETERNAL sovereignty and RIGHTEOUSNESS was WELL planned and thought out(Isa. 14:12-15).

I truly believe that when Lucifer was created at the beginning of Almighty God’s creation and was given the chief position in the worship of the TRIUNE GOD that he truly loved and adored his Creator (Ezek. 28:12-15).

The heavenly worship which he conducted in that timeless past was one of majestic praise and glory. He inspired the countless angelic hosts and brought great praise and glory to Almighty God.

But as time went on Lucifer started to subjectively conceive a jealous and envious spirit against the very One whom was his sole object of love and devotion. He began looking at his created beauty and pride and rebellion began to consume him (Ezek. 28:12-15).

But as time went on Lucifer started to subjectively conceive a jealous and envious spirit against the very One whom was his sole object of love and devotion.

As time went on he became more and more consumed with power and finally acted on his godless delusional ambitions and fully crossed over the line of the ETERNAL established RIGHTEOUSNESS and SOVEREIGNTY of Almighty God(Isa, 14:12-15, Ezek. 28:15) into the full manifestation of godless evil and rebellion.

His new totalitarian mindset (the lust for total control) transgressed and undermined all that is Almighty God and His ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS SOVEREIGNTY.

Lucifer then proceeded to seduced and convinced 1/3 of the angelic host to partake in his godless transgression and rebellion against all that is ETERNALLY ABSOLUTE and was cast out of the presence of Almighty God (Rev. 12:4).

He was exiled out of Almighty God’s heavenly kingdom of light and was cast out into the outer darkness of Almighty God's creation.

All the wonder of his CREATED beauty was as a beautifully cut diamond surrounded by a multitude of precious jewels (Ezek. 28:12-15). When he rebelled and abandoned the LIGHT of RIGHTEOUSNESS he became valueless and with out purpose. For WITHOUT the brilliance of HIS Creator’s DIVINE light of RIGHTEOUSNESS the wondrous jewels that he was became worthless and of no value.

What value are the most precious jewels of the world when they are left in the darkness?

As these exiled angelic beings began to exist in the darkness of their minds - which was outside Almighty God’s heavenly kingdom’s realm of light and reality - they became more subjectively godless, evil, lawless and hateful. As their rage and insanity grew to EXPONENTIAL levels they fully abandoned ALL reality and became more aggressive in their war against Almighty God. This demonic aggression would be fully exercised and expressed in the heart of Almighty God’s new physical and tangible creation, the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3).

It was not to long after God’s new creation (Gen. 1) was completed that Lucifer found his opportunity and sought to deceive and destroy Almighty God’s divine representative and ruler over His physical creation, Man (Gen. 2).

It was by the same subtle craftiness and deception which Lucifer applied to the angelic multitudes in the heavenly realm prior to this new creation that he would use on Man (John 8:44). Lucifer went forth in his vindictive vengeance and by his craftiness and subtle questioning deceived and led the woman to commit spiritual suicide (Gen. 3:1-6, 1 Tim. 2:14).

Lucifer knew that by the woman’s weaknesses he could bait and bring down Adam, thus corrupting and destroying Almighty God’s new creation and His sovereign representative (i.e., Man) and rule.

When Adam followed his wife’s transgression and openly disobeyed Almighty God’s commands, he also died spiritually and lost his dominion to Satan who became the ruler of this fallen world (Gen. 3, Rom. 5:12, 17, Luke 4:5-6, Eph. 2:2-3).

In the darkened minds of these fallen beings they truly believed that they had the power to still over through the ETERNAL SOVEREIGNTY of Almighty God and establish Lucifer’s throne above the pinnacle of ETERNITY.

Lucifer had successfully destroyed Almighty God’s sovereign representative and rendered him useless for man’s ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS calling and purpose (Gen. 3:1-7, Rom. 5:12, 17). Lucifer and the fallen angelic host rejoiced greatly at the success of this great demonic coos!

Their revenge was complete… so they thought and their vindictive rage finally appeased. In the darkened minds of these fallen beings they truly believed that they had the power to still over through the ETERNAL SOVEREIGNTY of Almighty God and establish Lucifer’s throne above the pinnacle of ETERNITY (Isa. 14:12-15).

Oh how deceived are those who dwell in darkness and feed on delusion and vanity (Prov. 8:36, Rom. 1:18-32, John 3:19-21)! As time would go on they would personally experience they were ETERNALLY no match for the OMNISCIENCE of Almighty God (Job 5:9, Isa. 40:28, 55:9, Rom. 11:33).

It was at this point in time – at Adam’s fall - that Almighty God revealed His plan of REDEMPTION which was planned from the ENDLESS ETERNAL EONS of ETERNITY PAST (Gen. 3:14-15, 1 Peter 1:19-20, Rev. 13:9).

As Almighty God pronounced the judgment and revealed the consequences that would now follow Adam and Eve and their posterity through out their existence in time, He then revealed His plan for the ETERNAL salvation for man and the final means of the demise of Lucifer and his angelic demonic hosts (Gen. 3:15).

It would be through the Man, - the very one who Lucifer had deceived and murdered spiritually - that the Savior would come (Rom. 5:12-21, 1 Cor. 15:21)! This Offspring of Eve would redeem mankind from their fallen nature, godless transgressions and ETERNAL demise and then would finally assign Lucifer and his angels to the Lake of Fire FOREVER (Matt. 25:41, Rev. 19:11-21, 20:1-3, 10).

What looked like to Lucifer as a victorious coop over Almighty God the ETERNAL KING of GLORY when he murdered Adam and Eve had now become the very means and vessel of Lucifer’s ETERNAL demise and ruin (Rom. 5:6-21, 1 Cor. 15:21, Rev 1:18, 5). It would be by this far lesser creature (Man) than he, that Lucifer would find his final ETERNAL doom (John 1:1-3,14, Rom. 1:3-4, Phil. 2:6-11, Heb. 2:14-18, Rev. 5:5, 20:10).

What looked like to Lucifer as a victorious coop over Almighty God the ETERNAL KING of GLORY when he murdered Adam and Eve had now become the very means and vessel of Lucifer’s ETERNAL demise and ruin.

Since the Garden of Eden it has always been Satan and his demonic host’s sole desire and passion to destroy the line of the Messiah in whatever capacity and means possible (Rev. 12:4). Though Satan FULLY rejects the ETERNAL WORD of Almighty God, he believes what it states and uses Almighty God’s prophetic promises to seek to derail and destroy Almighty God’s prophetic promises from coming to be.

One cannot study and read the Word of God and its righteous testimonies and not see Satan’s hand at work in his perpetual effort to derail Almighty God’s plan and purposes for humanity at every chance (John 8:44, Eph. 6:12, Rev. 12:9).

He MUST... destroy the coming (1st and 2nd) of the Messiah to preserve himself and his host from ETERNAL damnation. He truly believes that it is in his power to over throw Almighty God and His ETERNAL SOVEREIGNTY and become lord  and despot of His creation (physical and spiritual).

As a raging madman, Lucifer was hell bent on destroying Almighty God’s Promised One from being born. It has been since the Garden of Eden that he has been on this perpetual assassination mission and as we shall see, he was present and ready to destroy the babe of Bethlehem 2000 years ago(Rev. 12:4).

“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman (Israel) clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold agreat red dragon (Satan), having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

And his tail drew the third part of the stars (angels)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. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God and to his throne” (Rev. 12:1-5).

You see, Lucifer “the Dragon” was there on that first Christmas night when the Savior of the world was born (Rev. 12:4).

This violent raging Dragon knew exactly who this babe was and he could not afford to let this One who was the promised Savior from the Garden of Eden to exist (Gen. 3). He (the Messiah) had to be annihilated and destroyed.

Yet Almighty God and His ETERNAL SOVEREIGNTY kept this dragon a bay.

There is the account given in Scripture in which we see Satan's hand behind Herod’s violent decree two years later in which he sought to destroy every child in the city of David up to two years old (Matt. 2:12-21).

Lucifer throughout Jesus Messiah’s life sought countless attempts on Jesus’ life – but all to no avail - for it was not His time. Jesus must go to the Cross and fulfill His divine mission of REDEMPTION and nothing - not even the great red Dragon - could stop that from coming to be (Matt. 26:39, John 19:30, Heb. 10:4-14, Rev. 5:5-9).

God’s description of Lucifer as a violent raging dragon is for us to understand just who this horrific monster is. He is our fiercest enemy (2 Cor. 4:4, Heb. 2:14-15, 1 Peter 5:8, Rev. 12:11).

It is his sole desire - as in the Garden of Eden - to keep Almighty God’s creation and mankind doomed and under his tyrannical grasp for his own evil hyper narcissistic means (Heb. 2:14-15). You see, it is Lucifer's sole desire to receive the worship of Almighty God's creation - in heaven above and earth below - and to establish his kingdom of darkness FOREVER (Gen. 11, Isa. 14:12-15, Luke 4:5-6, Eph. 2:2-3,  Rev. 13).

Lucifer through out Jesus Messiah’s life sought countless attempts on Jesus’ life – all to no avail - for Jesus must go to the Cross and fulfill His divine mission of REDEMPTION.

2000 years ago in Bethlehem of Judea a godless world was about its own way, OBLIVIOUS to Almighty God’s wondrous love and OBLIVIOUS to the demonic murderer’s grand intentions to destroy the only hope for mankind's salvation (Isa. 53:6, John 1:10, 3:17-17).

As we enter into another Christmas season, how many people today are also oblivious to the continued raging spiritual war that is in full engagement all around us?

This great war is ever raging for the hearts, souls and minds of mankind and will climax at the Battle of Armageddon (Eph. 2:2-10, 6:12, Rev. 16:13-16).

The Dragon still is EVER seeking to devour, deceive and destroy while Almighty God the ETERNAL Creator is EVER seeking to REDEEM and SAVE (John 3:16-17)! No wonder the multitudes of angelic hosts rejoiced that night 2000 years ago when the Savior of mankind was born (Matt. 1:21, Luke 2:8-14, Rom. 5:17).

Almighty God gloriously fulfilled His promise to mankind in light of Satan’s continual opposition. My friend even now God has protected and kept us from the FULL WRATH of this raging dragon and has given ALL the opportunity to be delivered from this tyrannical monster, our fallen nature and the ETERNAL JUDGMENT of Almighty God on our transgressions against His ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS ABSOLUTES (John 1:12, Acts 16:29-31, Eph. 2:2-10).

The Dragon still is seeking to devour, deceive and destroy while Almighty God the ETERNAL Creator is EVER seeking to redeem and save!

This Christmas season may you be sure that you truly know the Savior that Almighty God has provided for you. Lucifer the raging dragon is still seeking to destroy and devour as he did 2000 years ago on that first Christmas night but Almighty God is also seeking to deliver ALL who come to His promised Savior and Messiah. Oh beloved!

That is truly what Christmas is all about!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.

PROPHECY ARTICLE: “Who Will Protect Israel After America’s Fall?” - IF

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013

Who Will Protect Israel After America’s Fall?

My dear friends, we as a nation and a world are headed into the Day of the Lord at break neck speed! This world at present has fully given themselves over unto the demonic delusion and spirit of Anti Christ that we do NOT need our ETERNAL Creator and are the masters of our own “temporal” destiny (Rom. 1:18-32, 2 Thess. 2:8-12). Tyranny, lawlessness, moral relativism, political correctness and fundamental “religious” fantasies of godlessness dominate and saturate the world; and in the United States of America lawlessness, secularism and socialistic totalitarianism is squeezing its grip ever tighter on the former “Land of the Free”.

In the United States of America lawlessness, secularism and socialistic totalitarianism is squeezing its grip ever tighter on the former “Land of the Free”.

Now that America – which was founded on the bedrock of the Bible, moral absolutes and the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God - has fully turned her back on the sound moral and spiritual absolutes of time and ETERNITY and continually rejects correction nothing is now left to hold back the dam of global lawlessness which has been retained by the United States of America for over 200 years.

Once America’s restraining power in the world over the tyrants, thugs and fascist dictators of the world ceases to exist, what nation is there to replace her? The answer is a horrific soberly one. NONE! My dear friends this is where we are as a world today.

America NOW - as a nation - fully embraces godlessness, immorality, secularism, anti Judeo/Christian values, anti-Israeli policies, moral relativism, socialism, lawlessness and narcissistic self ambitions of lawlessness (poor, middle-class and rich).

America NOW - as a nation - fully embraces godlessness, immorality, secularism, anti Judeo/Christian values, anti-Israeli policies, moral relativism, socialism, lawlessness and narcissistic self ambitions of lawlessness (poor, middle-class and rich). After America’s collapse the nation of Israel - which America has always looked out for - will be left entirely alone in a world in which the over whelming majority of nations despise her very existence and offer hypocritical support for her. When Israel is left entirely alone in an godless anti Semitic world, who will then protect her right to exist? My friends it will not be the coming Anti Christ and his deceptive covenant with many which many prophetic scholars believe (Dan. 9:27). My dear friends it will be none other than Moses and Elijah as Almighty God’s Word clearly testifies to (Mal. 4, Rev.11:2-6).

My dear friends it will be none other than Moses and Elijah as Almighty God’s Word clearly testifies to.

This biblical perspective might sound like a crazy fairy tale to some but it will be, for Almighty God has said that it will be?Moses and Elijah are at the door my friends and the world will soon enough know it (Rev. 11:3-7). My friends all remaining prophetic truths pertaining to Israel and the world will be made known coming up shortly  which billions have scoffed at for ages (Rev. 6-19).  To believe and see the REALITY that I just shared with you one must have complete faith in Almighty God’s precious Word and have exercised themselves in it to clearly see  that these truths will be so (John 17:17, Heb. 11:1,6).

Without faith in Almighty God and His Word one will be doomed and blinded to all the REALITY which is at our very door and will continue to slave of the god of this world and his fallen totalitarian agenda (Isa. 14:12-15, Ezek.28:13-17, 2 Cor. 4:3-4).

My friends, have faith in Almighty God and His Word and see for yourself what is to be!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.
What Must I Do To be Saved!

NEARING MIDNIGHT: “Big Prophetic Question”–Terry James (Rapture Ready) PROPHECY COMMENTARY

 

Big Prophetic Question

RAPTURE READY

The Obama administration has just led the international community in pulling the proverbial rug out from under Israel. In putting the finishing touches on my book, Cauldron: Supernatural Implications of the Current Middle East (hopefully to be released between March and April of 2014), I wrote the following in part:

Sunday, November 24, 2013, the Obama Administration, with Secretary of State John Kerry in the lead, joined with the international community in making an agreement with the Iranian regime that many view as a betrayal of Israel.

Just as the sanctions against Iran for pursuing development of a nuclear program to produce atomic weaponry was beginning to make an impact, the U.S., in concert with the world powers that constitute the international community, agreed to lift part of those economic sanctions on Iran for six months.The Islamic republic promised to cooperate with the international nuclear observers and to limit its enrichment of uranium.

The Israeli leadership–which wasn’t privy to the behind-the scenes-dealings–wasn’t deceived by the near jubilation displayed by the cabalist diplomats’ actions. The Israelis realize that in Islam, it is not only okay to lie in negotiations with enemies, it’s preferred. Ends justify means, just as in the Marxist playbook for dealing with adversaries. The Obama team was apparently not as immune to the venomous deception as Benjamin Netanyahu and his leadership team.

The Israeli Prime Minister said, “What was reached last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement, it is a historic mistake. Today the world became a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world made a significant step in obtaining the most dangerous weapons in the world." Israel’s minister of intelligence, Yuval Steinitz, added that the deal was based on “Iranian deception and international self-delusion.”

Israel, based upon a long history of dealing with treacherous enemies, is skeptical of Iran’s claims that its nuclear program is strictly for peaceful purposes. The Jewish state has threatened a military strike against Iran as a preemptive measure against the acquirement of a nuclear weapon. Luciferic influence, it is obvious to the observer who is biblically attuned to things prophesied for the end of days, rules the minds of those globalists who want peace at any price. The deception is becoming overwhelming, it is clear…

Or, perhaps, the American negotiators in this instance are not as deceived as they are in collusion with the Israeli despisers. It certainly seems that this president has been, at almost every juncture, in opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision for Israel and his government’s determination to keep the Jewish state secure in these increasingly precipitous times.

Joel Rosenberg, in his blog of Tuesday, November 26, 2013, posted comments by Yossi Klein Halevi, the American-born Israeli author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation. Halevi said in an interview, "If you're going to make a deal, this is the best deal they could make. But there should not have been a deal. The Iranian regime was being cornered. Sanctions might even have brought about the fall of the regime. This is an unthinkable surrender…Obama has created a condition in which Iran will be gradually reaccepted into the international community, and Israel could well find itself a pariah. That's Obama's gift to the Jewish people…I think this deal makes an Israeli strike inevitable."

All of this throws some interesting fodder for thought into the matters involved in the Ezekiel 38-39 Gog-Magog assault. A big question mark has always been part of the puzzle in that attack, assuredly one of the most astounding prophecies for the time immediately preceding Christ’s Second Advent. The question: With Israel’s powerful arsenal of nuclear weapons, and if Iran (Persia) has nuclear weapons at that time, why are none, seemingly, used in the assault? The attack is described as a conventional land war, to my way of thinking. Iran seems to have no "super weapons" that they throw at the tiny nation while they rage with their allies toward Israel’s borders.

God Himself is going to employ the "super weapon." It will destroy all but one-sixth of the invading force, the prophecy tells us. Some believe the reason nuclear weapons aren’t used is that an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) event of some sort will have rendered most sophisticated weaponry useless at that time. The conventional thinking on the matter seems to be that Israel might have destroyed all facilities or at least damaged Iran’s nuclear program enough to prevent its full development.

We can’t know for sure, of course, why this war will be conducted as it is, according to Scripture. Nor are we likely to know this side of the Tribulation, which is the era during which I’m convinced the Gog-Magog assault will take place.

However, it is most interesting to conjecture. Might it eventuate that the Iranian mullahs fool everyone and agree to stop the development of their current nuclear program? Not likely, I agree, but they are known as masters of chessboard chicanery. Their friend Vladimir Putin–that great peacemaker--has proven he wants to exert increasing control over things to the south of his domain. Convincing the ayatollahs to temporarily cool their nuclear reactors for awhile while bigger things are afoot in Russia’s and Iran’s plans for Israel…well, it’s legitimate fodder for consideration. 

-- Terry

NEARING MIDNIGHT: “Apathy Like I’ve Never Seen It Before”–Todd Strandberg (Rapture Ready) PROPHECY COMMENTARY

Apathy Like I’ve Never Seen It Before

RAPTURE READY

Most people who consider themselves to be students of Bible prophecy are familiar with the signs of the times. Some of the most common signs are warfare, earthquakes, floods, immorality or any political activity related to Israel. Of course the Bible warns us that these precursors to the Tribulation hour will increase—as we get closer to the end.

Most people don’t realize that apathy is the greatest indication of the last days. You could almost call it the anti-sign. Jesus talked more about the lack of awareness than any other sign of the times. The Lord was so insistent about getting this point across, He repeated himself four times in the space of a few verses. He also included a story about the ten virgins to illustrate the point of the surprise Rapture.

“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only” (Matthew 24:36).

“Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” (Matthew 24:42).

“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh” (Matthew 24:44).

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh” (Matthew 25:13).

We live in a period that is both exciting and frustrating at the same time. It’s exciting because we know all the warning signs seem to say something big is about to happen. What makes it frustrating is the inability of most people to grasp our close proximity to judgment.

Apathy is a rather sinister thing because it eats away at our ability to comprehend the significance of other birth pang signs. Prophetic discernment is a crucial factor in knowing where we are on God’s timeline. Apathy is the main reason awareness has gone into a stunning free fall. We live in an age when even the most dire, warning signs fail to draw people’s attention.

Just a couple weeks ago we had horrendous typhoon in the Pacific. The storm set a number of records, and is just one of many that have occurred in recent years. As far as prophetic significances goes, I’ve never seen a disaster of this magnitude get so little attention. Years ago, the Haiyan typhoon would inspire people to write books about how it fits into prophecy.

In the past few weeks there have been several stories about the practicality of fitting people with electronic implants. I remember in the 80s and 90s any news story remotely related to the mark of the beast would trigger a wave of wild speculation by a group of people who specialized in the subject. Today not only is the chatter gone, the 666 watchers have also vanished.

I think the main reason why apathy has become so widespread is a historic lack of peril. No other generation has been less removed from dangers like: financial calamity, disease, and global warfare. Even though the potential threats continue to grow, the real danger remains elusive. I think the reason for this state of tranquility is that that we are prophetically in a great calm before the storm. Once the Tribulation hour starts there will be enough judgment for everyone.

The one positive aspect of apathy is that it aids the progression of prophecy. Because people are not watchful, events progress purely from the lack of opposition. I see us rapidly moving to the point where we could witness the global police state that the Word of God predicts. We keep losing our freedoms because the devil has deceived people into thinking they don’t need to worry about their liberties.

The cure of apathy is devotion, and a good way to stay alert is for every Christians to be productive in their spiritual lives. If you are busy about the Lord’s work, the moss of apathy won’t have time to grow on you. Because the Rapture is a clock-stopping event, it is critical that we realize what limited time we have here on earth.

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness” (2 Peter 3:10-11).

--Todd

PROPHECY COMMENTARY: "The Peace and Security Rant" Terry James

The Peace and Security Rant

Israel, in the opinion of most of us who write, teach, broadcast and pontificate on the last days from the Pre-Trib perspective, is the number one signal that gives indication of where this generation stands on God’s prophetic timeline. It is among the very tiniest of countries, yet no nation in history has ever drawn the attention of the whole world, as does that little Jewish state.

Lest you think that is an overreach, I remind that at no time in history has the world had the global, instantaneous news coverage, as has been the case since Israel’s rebirth into modernity in 1948. That fact, alone, has made Israel the focus of interest. Add to the 24/7 coverage of the never-sleeping-media conglomerate today, the petroleum that drives the machinery of the world and the prospects for all-out-war in the region at any moment, and Israel as a focal point becomes all the more riveting.

In my presentations on Bible prophecy, I can’t help but always say something like: “No matter which way the microphones and cameras of the world’s news media turn to catch other issues and events, they always end-up focused again on Israel and upon Jerusalem, in particular. As a matter-of-fact, there are cameras that have the Temple Mount live via satellite at all times, for everyone on the planet to view.

This, in itself, brings to mind the two witnesses scheduled to prophesy and preach to those left behind after the Rapture. These Jewish thorns in the side of Antichrist will make his life and the lives of his regime miserable as they point the prophetic Finger of accusation and warnings at those rebellious earth-dwellers. We are told that everyone on earth will see these two witnesses killed and lying dead in the street in Jerusalem.

“And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And 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. And 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.

And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them” (Revelation 11:7-12).

Perhaps it will be the very cameras now focused on the Temple Mount 24/7 that will capture this for the initially jubilant, but instantly terrified anti-God rebels of the Tribulation. Just as Israel is the number one signal of where this generation stands on God’s prophetic timeline, I’m convinced that the second most glaring signal is the ongoing Mid-East peace process – The Roadmap to Peace as it is termed.

We have witnessed over the past decades, the many secretaries of state for the United States shuttle back and forth to that most volatile region of the world in search of peace. From Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton, to John Kerry, who has now taken the baton as peace emissary for earth’s most powerful nation, the quest never ceases. There is one incessant cry that rings in the ears of everyone who has the ability to receive newscasts by the world’s media. It is the call for peace and security.

Here are a few examples in just the last two presidential administrations:

George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, September 11, 2001: “America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against terrorism.”

George W. Bush, Rose Garden Speech on April 4, 2002: “Israel has recognized the goal of a Palestinian state. The outlines of a just settlement are clear: two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side, in peace and security.”

President Vladimir Putin, Joint Statement with President George W. Bush, May 24, 2002. Taking this as their basis: “Russia and the USA intend to exert maximum efforts in order to realize this vision of a negotiated settlement of the conflict, which includes the existence of two states - Israel and Palestine - living in peace and security within recognized borders.”

Meeting between Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. January 28, 2013: “It is up to us to work for peace and security, and no one is more fitting to work on this than you,” he said (Netanyahu). Blair replied, “I look forward to working with you on matters of peace and security. We have many challenges, but I’m sure they can be overcome with good will and hard work.”

Condoleezza Rice, American Jewish Committee’s 96th Annual Meeting, 2002: “On April 4, President Bush articulated a vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.”

Hillary Clinton, November 30, 2012 address in Washington: “America supports the goal of a Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security with Israel.”

President Barack Obama, Jerusalem International Convention Center, Jerusalem. March 21, 2013: “I’d like to focus on how we -- and when I say “we,” in particular young people -- can work together to make progress in three areas that will define our times -- security, peace and prosperity. ... First, peace is necessary. I believe that. I believe that peace is the only path to true security.”

The apostle Paul, as prophet, wrote the following:

For when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

The Greek word for “safety” here is “asphaleia.” It is a feminine noun meaning: security from enemies and dangers, safety.

In the preceding verse Paul had just foretold of the moment when the time of the Tribulation would begin breaking on a world ripe for God’s judgment.

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night” (1 Thessalonians 5: 2).

The rant we hear most prolifically today, with regard to the nation Israel, the city of Jerusalem, and the ongoing peace process in the Middle East is, “Peace and security.” I could have added hundreds more such quotes.

Listen during the upcoming days for this cry from the diplomats of the world who will not have the God of Heaven rule over them (Read Psalms chapter 2 again.) It is a rant that pinpoints precisely just how near is the thief in the night moment that Paul forewarned─the Rapture.

--Terry  

PROPHECY VIDEO UPDATE: "Jack Van Impe (4.27.13)" -Jack Van Impe

Jack Van Impe (4.27.13)

 

PROPHECY PERSPECTIVE: "Scoffers Abound" -Jan Markell

Scoffers Abound

By Jan Markell

www.olivetreeviews.org

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Excuse me while I rant. I think Bible prophecy gets a bad rap.  I think that those of us who long for Jesus' return are marginalized in the church today. I even think there is a war on Bible prophecy starting in our seminaries. The carnage is played out in our churches that across-the-board stay away from the subject. The fact that the King is coming is seen as bad news to many because the event is shrouded in the world's bad news.

But my perplexity goes beyond this. As a ministry, we have asked ourselves just how we can get the under age 45 crowd out to our events. Todd Strandberg of Rapture Ready writes about this as well. He says, "Every time I go to a prophecy conference, I can't help but notice the sea of gray hair in the main meeting room. A few years back, at a conference in South Carolina, there wasn't a single person under age 50 -- and we had over 500 people in attendance."  

Strandberg concludes, "I'm very concerned about the state of leadership in the field of prophecy. I'm 47, and I am a spring chicken when compared to the ages of my peers."

So I threw the dilemma out to my radio listeners this past weekend.  I asked that if they were of the "younger generation," and loved the topic of eschatology (end-times), would you please send me a note? I cannot say that I am inundated! I've had less than a dozen replies thus far. Here are a few examples.

Nick is 27 and writes, "I'm very concerned with the young generation. We are moving into the 'end times' at such a rapid rate and this young generation is in a coma." Those are his words, not mine! I am certain that not every young person is in that condition. /span>

  

Mike is 34 and writes, "You asked on your program today for young people to let you know if end-time prophecy is an issue. End-time prophecy is not AN issue, it is THE issue. You can look at it as I do as the blessed hope or you can look at it as frightening."  

     

Ashley writes, "I am completely enthralled about learning about end times and how events in our world are carrying us closer to the return of our King. It thrills me!! Most of my (young) friends know nothing about it and have little desire to learn. They say it scares them. Personally though, I am filled with hope that we could be caught up with Jesus and not have to taste death. I can't wait to meet Jesus face to face!"

   

Russ, who is 32, writes, "It is surprising to me that there are so many people I have tried to talk to about prophecy who have brushed me off by saying that they consider it 'doomsday talk.' It is difficult to get anyone to even talk about it. Even my own family doesn't want to hear about it and this includes all ages."

   

Jenni writes, "I am 37 and want you to know that we ARE out here! I also thought I'd let you know that my 14 year old daughter is also just as interested in both the Rapture and end-time prophecy, and has become quite a missionary for Christ! One of our other favorite sites isRapture Ready. Thanks for having Terry James on."  

    

Leah made my day by writing, "I see a real remnant among the church here in our military community who are actively searching Bible prophecy and discussing end-time things. We belong to a Bible study and I have personally had many conversations with some of the 30+ folks that attend, mostly the other young moms, and am surprised at how many of us really are feeling the urgency in the air. Many of us have taken our kids out of public school and are homeschooling in order to get our kids grounded in God's Word so that they can take a stand in their faith, whatever comes. Your broadcast has helped us to ask important questions about our times and what our stance should be. THANK YOU! Take heart, the next generation does, indeed, have a remnant that is awake, listening and watching for Christ's return. God Bless!"

 

These few replies out of a potential audience of millions, tells me there is a problem. I am told that younger people want to "live out their life." This world is not our home and I thought we didn't WANT it to be our home. This is the home of the Antichrist and everything evil. If I am off base here, I am hoping folks will tell me so!   

Another e-mail emphasizes how terrified young mothers are concerning our times. They simply interpret all current/prophetic events as doom and gloom. Their world and their families must not be touched. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. A sanitized world!   

Then there are the mockers. Grant writes to me saying, 
"An early 30's pastor friend of mine I brought to your conference 2 years ago openly scoffed at what was said and argued against a lot of it when I tried to show him the realities of what is happening in this world today. I don't have a lot of people to discuss these topics with." 

 Eschatology spells out the devil's demise and thus he is putting up a war against it. So the world asks -- and scoffs, "Where is the promise of His coming?" just as the Bible predicted in II Peter 3:4. Don't bother me with this info. Don't depress me with it. Don't enlighten me with it. Don't bore me with it!  

God has asked us to be His ambassadors in this depraved world. He asks us to stand for truth; to be light in the dark; to be salt in a world that is decaying. He asks us to distribute hope.  

  

When you review all the road signs of the Olivet Discourse, Jesus was giving us some warnings, not to scare us, but to prepare us. A loving God keeps us informed on the days prior to the era of Antichrist. The warning is not to give in or to give up, but to endure.

Whether anybody gets excited about it or not, Jesus is coming again and soon. Whether those who are excited about that are young, middle age, or old, is irrelevant. His coming will be right on time. Then the final days will play out exactly as the Bible outlines. It's a sure thing that those days will be frightful.

Let's prepare ourselves for perilous times. We're in them. The signs of the times are screaming at us! As a headline reads that I posted to ourWeb site headlines early today, "The Rapidity With Which the World Is Descending Into Chaos Is Amazing."  

That is why God's end-time promises are so important and why it is tragic that they are now marginalized.   

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PROPHECY VIDEO UPDATE: "Mid-East Prophecy Update - April 28th, 2013" -J.D. Farag

Mid-East Prophecy Update - April 28th, 2013

 

PROPHECY COMMENTARY: "Real Terror Threatening America" -Todd Strandberg

Apr 29, 2013 

Real Terror Threatening America

The recent massive police action in Boston has caused many people to assess what are the true dangers that we face. The same time that 10,000 law enforcement officials where looking for the second bombing suspect, eleven more people were murdered in other cities. In the past twenty years 3,300 people have been killed by terrorism in America, with most of those deaths related to the 9/11 attacks. During the same period nearly one million people have died from violent crime.

Many of our nations largest cities are rotting from the inside out. Blogger, Michael Snyder of the site, “The Economic Collapse” has been one of the best online trackers of the social and economic decline of urban America. Here are twelve examples he sited from a much longer list:

1. According to The New York Times there are now approximately 70,000 abandoned buildings in Detroit.

2. Back during the housing bubble, an acre of land in downtown Phoenix, Arizona sold for about $90 a square foot. Today, an acre in downtown Phoenix sells for about $9 a square foot.

3. The number of murders in Chicago last year was roughly equivalent to the number of murders in the entire country of Japan during 2012.

4. The city of Baltimore is already facing unfunded liabilities of more than 3.2 billion dollars, but the city government continues to pile up more debt as if it was going out of style. 

USA Today, the “share of jobs located in or near a downtown declined in 91 of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas” between 2000 and 2010.

6. There are more than 85,000 streetlights in Detroit, but thieves have stripped so much copper wiring out of the lights that more than half of them are not working.

7. It has been estimated that there are more than 1,000 homeless people living in the massive network of flood tunnels under the city of Las Vegas.

8. If you can believe it, more than 11,000 homes, cars and businesses were burglarized in Oakland during 2012. That breaks down to approximately 33 burglaries a day.

9. The murder rate in Flint, Michigan is higher than the murder rate in Baghdad.

10. If New Orleans were considered to be a separate nation, it would have the second highest murder rate on the entire planet.

11. According to the Justice Department’s, National Drug Intelligence Center, Mexican drug cartels were actively operating in 50 different U.S. cities in 2006. By 2010, that number had skyrocketed to 1,286.

12. Back in 2007, the number of New York City residents on food stamps was about one million. It is now being projected that the number of New York City residents on food stamps will pass the two million mark this summer.

Once upon a time, Detroit was one of the greatest cities in the entire world. The city was once so wealthy from manufacturing; its splendor made it a Mecca for tourism. Today, Detroit has become a tourist stop for all the wrong reasons. Here is a sad excerpt from an article in The New York Times:

“But in Detroit, the tours go on, in an unofficial capacity. One afternoon at the ruins of the 3.5-million-square-foot Packard Plant, I ran into a family from Paris. The daughter said she read about the building in “Lonely Planet.” Her father had a camcorder hanging around his neck. Another time, while conducting my own tour for a guest, a group of German college students drove up. When queried as to the appeal of Detroit, one of them gleefully exclaimed, “I came to see the end of the world!”

The key problem with Detroit and other cities is a collapse in the moral fabric of our nation. The welfare state has enslaved a huge portion of our population into a life of dependency. The number of Americans on food stamps and disability has climbed steadily over the past several years. We now have over a 100 million Americans enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government.

State and local governments have become addicted to federal welfare money. For cash-strapped Florida, increasing food-stamp enrollment is seen as a key means of economic growth, bringing almost $6 billion each year into the state. Florida and other states have hired agents to find and enroll people into these programs. Many of them have monthly quotas that they need to meet.

The question that has crossed my mind many times is, “What will happen to these welfare dependant cites when the money runs out?” Detroit is already at the point where people are calling it a war zone. There would total chaos if half the people in the city suddenly lost their government handouts.

There is no doubt in my mind that the breakdown of the debt-based monetary system would force governments around the world to declare martial law. What we just witnessed in Boston would be the perfect template.

The occurrence of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture will only makes matter worse. Since believers are part of the financial backbone of America, our sudden removal would destroy what remains of the economy. Because the negative consequences of being left behind are so high, I ask everyone with any doubt to rethink where you stand with God.

“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36).
--Todd

PROPHECY ISSUES (MILITARY): "Pentagon Confirms May Court Martial Soldiers Who Share Christian Faith" -NTEB

Pentagon Confirms May Court Martial Soldiers Who Share Christian Faith

The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted for promoting their faith: “Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense…Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis…”.

The statement, released to Fox News, follows a Breitbart News report on Obama administration Pentagon appointees meeting with anti-Christian extremist Mikey Weinstein to develop court-martial procedures to punish Christians in the military who express or share their faith.

(From our earlier report: Weinstein is the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and says Christians–including chaplains–sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the military are guilty of “treason,” and of committing an act of “spiritual rape” as serious a crime as “sexual assault.” He also asserted that Christians sharing their faith in the military are “enemies of the Constitution.”)

Being convicted in a court martial means that a soldier has committed a crime under federal military law. Punishment for a court martial can include imprisonment and being dishonorably discharged from the military.

So President Barack Obama’s civilian appointees who lead the Pentagon are confirming that the military will make it a crime–possibly resulting in imprisonment–for those in uniform to share their faith. This would include chaplains—military officers who are ordained clergymen of their faith (mostly Christian pastors or priests, or Jewish rabbis)–whose duty since the founding of the U.S. military under George Washington is to teach their faith and minister to the spiritual needs of troops who come to them for counsel, instruction, or comfort.

This regulation would severely limit expressions of faith in the military, even on a one-to-one basis between close friends. It could also effectively abolish the position of chaplain in the military, as it would not allow chaplains (or any service members, for that matter), to say anything about their faith that others say led them to think they were being encouraged to make faith part of their life. It’s difficult to imagine how a member of the clergy could give spiritual counseling without saying anything that might be perceived in that fashion.

In response to the Pentagon’s plans, retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, who is now executive vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC), said on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning:

It’s a matter of what do they mean by “proselytizing.” …I think they’ve got their defintions a little confused. If you’re talking about coercion that’s one thing, but if you’re talking about the free exercise of our faith as individual soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, especially for the chaplains, they I think the worst thing we can do is stop the ability for a soldier to be able to exercise his faith.”

FRC has launched a petition here which has already collected over 30,000 signatures, calling on Secretary Hagel is stop working with Weinstein and his anti-Christian organization to develop military policy regarding religious faith.

**UPDATE**

The FRC petition has now exceeded more than 40,000 signatures at the time of this update. source – Breitbart

 **COMMENTARY**

Though this story is "enhanced" for effect; it does present the dilemma for those who are Christian in the Military..............WHO WILL YOU SERVE?

-Staff

PROPHECY VIDEO UPDATE: "Hal Lindsey Report (4.26.13)" -Hal Lindsey

Hal Lindsey Report (4.26.13)

 

PROPHECY FULFILLED: "100 Truths About Jesus" -Rapture Ready

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100 Truths About Jesus:

1) Jesus claimed to be God - John 8:24 8:56-59 10:30-33 
2) Jesus created all things - John 1:3; Col 1:15-17 
3) Jesus is before all things - Col 1:17 
4) Jesus is eternal - John 1:1, 14 8:58
5) Jesus is honored the same as the Father - John 5:23 
6) Jesus is prayed to - Acts 7:55-60 
7) Jesus is worshipped - Matt 2:2, 11; 14:33; John 9:35-38; Heb 1:6 
8) Jesus is called God - John 1:1, 14; 20:28; Col 2:9; Titus 2:13 
9) Jesus is omnipresent - Matt 28:20 
10 Jesus is with us always - Matt 28:20 
11) Jesus is our only mediator between God and ourselves - 1 Tim 2:5 
12) Jesus is the guarantee of a better covenant - Heb 7:22 8:6
13) Jesus said, "I AM the Bread of Life" - John 6:35, 41, 48, 51 
14) Jesus said, "I AM the Door" - John 10:7, 9 
15) Jesus said, "I AM the Good Shepherd" - John 10:11, 14 
16) Jesus said, "I AM the Way the Truth and The Life" - John 14:6 
17) Jesus said, "I AM the Light of the world" - John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46; Luke 2:32 
18) Jesus said, "I AM the True Vine" - John 15:1, 5 
19) Jesus said, "I AM the Resurrection and the Life" - John 11:25 
20) Jesus said, "I AM the First and the Last" - Rev 1:17; 2:8 22:13
21) Jesus always lives to make intercession for us - Heb 7:25 
22) Jesus cleanses from sin - 1 John 1:9 
23) Jesus discloses Himself to us - John 14:21 
24) Jesus draws all men to Himself - John 12:32 
25) Jesus forgives sins - Matt 9:1-7; Luke 5:20 7:48
26) Jesus gives eternal life - John 10:28 5:40
27) Jesus gives joy - John 15:11 
28) Jesus gives peace - John 14:27 
29) Jesus has authority - Matt 28:18; John 5:26-27; 17:2 3:35
30) Jesus judges - John 5:22, 27 
31) Jesus knows all men - John 16:30 
32) Jesus opens the mind to understand scripture - Luke 24:45 
33) Jesus received honor and glory from the Father - 2 Pet 1:17 
34) Jesus resurrects - John 5:39; 6:40, 44, 54 11:25-26
35) Jesus reveals grace and truth - John 1:17 see John 6:45 
36) Jesus reveals the Father - Matt 11:27; Luke 10:22 
37) Jesus saves forever - Matt 18:11; John 10:28; Heb 7:25 
38) Jesus bears witness of Himself - John 8:18 14:6
39) Jesus' works bear witness of Himself - John 5:36 10:25
40) The Father bears witness of Jesus - John 5:37; 8:18; 1 John 5:9 
41) The Holy Spirit bears witness of Jesus - John 15:26 
42) The multitudes bear witness of Jesus - John 12:17 
43) The Prophets bear witness of Jesus - Acts 10:43 
44) The Scriptures bear witness of Jesus - John 5:39 
45) The Father will honor us if we serve Jesus - John 12:26 see Col 3:24 
46) The Father wants us to fellowship with Jesus - 1 Cor 1:9 
47) The Father tells us to listen to Jesus - Luke 9:35; Matt 17:5 
48) The Father tells us to come to Jesus - John 6:45 
49) The Father draws us to Jesus - John 6:44 
50) Everyone who's heard & learned from the Father comes to Jesus - John 6:45 
51) The Law leads us to Christ - Gal 3:24 
52) Jesus is the Rock - 1 Cor 10:4 
53) Jesus is the Savior - John 4:42; 1 John 4:14 
54) Jesus is King - Matt 2:1-6; Luke 23:3 
55) In Jesus are the treasures of wisdom and knowledge - Col 2:2-3 
56) In Jesus we have been made complete Col 2:10 
57) Jesus indwells us - Col 1:27 
58) Jesus sanctifies - Heb 2:11 
59) Jesus loves - Eph 5:25 
60) We come to Jesus - John 5:50; 6:35, 37, 45, 65; 7:37; 
61) We sin against Jesus - 1 Cor 8:12 
62) We receive Jesus - John 1:12; Col 2:6 
63) Jesus makes many righteous - Rom 5:19 
64) Jesus is the image of the invisible God - Heb 1:3 
65) Jesus sends the Holy Spirit - John 15:26 
66) Jesus abides forever - Heb 7:24 
67) Jesus offered up Himself - Heb 7:27 9:14
68) Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins for all time - Heb 10:12 
69) The Son of God has given us understanding - 1 John 5:20 
70) Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith - Heb 12:2 
71) Jesus is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession - Heb 1:3 
72) Jesus is preparing a place for us in heaven - John 14:1-4 
73) Jesus cleanses us from our sins by His blood - Rev 1:5; Rom 5:9 
74) Jesus is the Light of the world - Rom 9:5 
75) Jesus has explained the Father - John 1:18 
76) Jesus was crucified because of weakness - 2 Cor 13:4 
77) Jesus has overcome the world - John 16:33 
78) Truth is in Jesus - Eph 4:21 
79) The fruit of righteousness comes through Jesus Christ - Phil 1:11 
80) Jesus delivers us from the wrath to come - 1 Thess 1:10 
81) Disciples bear witness of Jesus Christ - John 15:27 
82) Jesus died and rose again - 1 Thess 4:14 
83) The Christian dead have fallen asleep in Jesus - 1 Thess 4:15 
84) Jesus died for us - 1 Thess 5:10 
85) Jesus tasted death for everyone - Heb 2:9 
86) Jesus rendered the devil powerless - Heb 2:14 
87) Jesus is able to save completely - Heb 7:25 
88) Jesus was a ransom for many and to serve - Matt 20:28 
89) Jesus came to be a high priest - Heb 2:17 
90) Jesus came to save - John 3:17; Luke 19:10 
91) Jesus came to preach the kingdom of God - Luke 4:43 
92) Jesus came to bring division - Luke 12:51 
93) Jesus came to do the will of the Father - John 6:38 
94) Jesus came to give the Father's words - John 17:8 
95) Jesus came to testify to the truth - John 18:37 
96) Jesus came to die and destroy Satan's power - Heb 2:14 
97) Jesus came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets - Matt 5:17 
98) Jesus came to give life - John 10:10, 28 
99) Jesus came to taste death for everyone - Heb 2:9 
100) Jesus came to proclaim freedom for believers - Luke 4:18