Test the spirits: Purpose of Life driven by God

Since last year I found my purpose of living in this planet. I believe that every child of God has his own task for God created us with divine purpose, we are fearfully and wonderfully made by God.

My friends, do you know the reason why you are here? Do you know the purpose of your life? Please don't read book for 40 days to find your purpose of life. Pray, kneel down before God, humble yourself and start asking Him, "Father God, please tell me why I am alive, what is the purpose of my life?" He is the One who designed you, nobody can tell you what your future will look like, nobody can help you to define your future, except God.

Please tell me, my friends. Are you created by God or by Rick Warren? Do you test the spirits? Can Rick Warren know your purpose of life? Do you know that many Christian books teach error if you check it with Bible? Think by yourself.

Why don't you ask God about purpose of your life? Should you put Daily Bread, Purpose of Driven Life, etc as primary book (to guide you daily) and Bible as secondary, or vice versa? I used to read one page daily, then if I still have time after finish reading it, I read the "Bible reading section", if don't have time, I thought I have spent 15 minutes for God, it was enough for God, the rest of the day are mine. I used to do like that until I realized that I put God in the box. God is more creative than you can imagine, He wants to speak to us directly. What we need to do is just pray and ready to listen to Him, open our Bible and read. He has something to tell you today, then now you can make your own Bible study daily. You can write a very beautiful poem, beatiful writing, wonderful teaching, blessing for others because you allow God to use you to share His message to others. Let God rule over you, not you rule over God.

And also please don't read book that teach about the secret how to have valuable life because there is no secret with God. Even though we live in dark, fallen world but still His Light can be seen by all people brightly, no secret at all. No man who has light put their light in secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick that they which come in may see the light (Luke 11:33). God will speak directly to you, things that you will be able to understand fully, no confusion, no error, no lie. Jesus said that when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth (John 16:13).

What about "Da Vinci Code", "Narnia", "Gospel of Judas Iscariot", "Gospel of Barnabas", "Left Behind", etc? Many people said that those are "Christian books", but is that true? I just want to warn you "Be careful, those books contain poison that if you never read Bible, you will be lost." It would be good if you read and understand the Bible first until you are saturated with Word of God, then start to enrich yourselves by reading books written by men of God, by people who have Jesus in their life so that you can learn from their experiences with God and grow higher in the Lord. Don't read books without testing the spirits. And stop reading it when you find it teach lies.

So, my friends, if you always put Christian books first, Bible second, you will never be able to discern the spirits. Your Christian books will always be right, you will "eat" everything blindly until your mind is poisoned bit by bit and you become confuse then you will start thinking that there are a lot of contradiction in the Bible. Finally you will try to use your own wisdom to understand Bible...you lost your track already. You need somebody to rebuke you and bring you back. If you refuse to listen, I am so sorry for that. God has sent you strong delusion so that you will believe the lie. Repent and get everything right with God before it is too late for you.

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Do you know that there are many Bible commentaries, Bible study books teach error too, e.g: Scofield Bible Commentaries? Why don't you just ask God to teach you? Bible said that if you have His Holy Spirit, His Anointing, you don't need any man to teach you. Are not those books, commentaries written by men. Do you know the author's fruits, testimonies, life?

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

I don't want to discourage you, or even worse to make you forsake your pastors or your teachers. Far from me. I just want you to be very very careful. Study your Bible by your Holy Spirit, ask God if you don't understand, and share your knowledge with your brethrens, have fellowship together for as iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend (Proverbs 27:17). I want everybody of us to have father in the Lord, as Paul to Timothy. But still, test every spirits. Don't "eat" everything he gave you blindly. Even though you trust them a lot, but still, we are all human, sometimes our flesh pop-up. The same thing happen here. Always test what I said, and rebuke me if I out of track. I would be very grateful for that.

But, if I were you, I will not listen to people who even though they are genius, have many followers, but they killed other people, rule with dictatorship like John Calvin or Pope. Why you follow men, not God? But if you see Jesus inside everyone of us, follow Jesus in him and obey, and if it is not Jesus, but their "self" that pop-up, bring two or three witnesses and rebuke him, if he still refuse, bring him to the elder of the church, if still refuse, bring him to the church and let them judge him publicly. Simple, is it not?

Don't easily kick them out of your circle. But try to win them back to their track. The strong help the weak, the rich help the poor, the eyes that see help the blind, the ones who have Fire share with those whose Fire almost gone or even already gone. Love each other, exhort each others, encourage each others, but also be a watchman for others. Rebuke, reproof, correct with the Word of God and with love and gentleness.

If I were you, I will not think that those mega-churches, those famous preachers with thousands of people are absolutely correct. Instead, I would be more careful because the Bible said otherwise. Bible said that we will be persecuted, will be hated because of name of Jesus. The world will not accept you as their own because you are different, they can't stand our light for they still live in darkness and they ashame if their sinful life are exposed. So, if I see people flock to the churches, I raise question in my heart: Does this church have God's Spirit inside it so that people come and flock the church or does this church teach worldly things, things that their itching ears want to listen, so that even Hollywood, harlot, thief, murder, homosex, liar, and all of them are already "born again" and "heaven" is in their hands. I tell you the truth, without repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, you are still children of darkness, you are still in your imaginary heaven, heaven that never exist. Repent and get everything right with God.

If I were you, I will not look down to the newly born again or to man younger than me, for God can also use little children to rebuke you, or even an ass to rebuke Balaam. If people used their seniority in Christ, their "experience" in Christ to boast about themselves, no humility at all, you need to be careful with such a person. For the Bible said "So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen (Matthew 20:16).

If I were you, I will always ask first their testimony of their conversion, their process of born again, their renewal of mind, their new creation. Their past and their present. What has God done in their life? Nobody is born as child of God in the first place, we are all sinners, we are all natural man in the beginning, full of flesh and sinful life and to be child of God, to be called by God, we need to be born again, we need Jesus. Born again is the first step to start having mind like Jesus. So, if some people who never been born again but try to teach you something about Word of God, without doubt, they are false prophets. They can understand a lot about Bible but they also boast a lot about their understanding, about their flesh, about their false humility. How can they teach you about Jesus if Jesus is not in them?

Ask their testimony first and if they said, "My past was not so bad, I come from strict family, I was taught about Jesus since I was child, so there is no drastic change in my life, no regeneration. But I can share my testimony of how God appear to me in many dreams, I can share that a lot to you." Those people are liars, everybody has his own dark secrets. They can't tell us because they still living in it. And those people don't know that Satan can masquerade himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). Ask to them, which Jesus they see? Blonde or black hair, 6 feet or 5 feet, blue eyes or black eyes, etc? During Jesus' time, there is no camera and I believe that there is no time machine. We, children of God, can see Jesus with our spiritual eyes just like Paul saw a very bright light and he knew that it was Jesus but then, after he saw Jesus there was a regeneration in his life. Regeneration is a MUST.

So, my friends.. always ask their testimonies and be careful for it is easy to make up some stories, to tell you that they are born again, that they have received Baptism of Holy Ghost, that they can speaking in tonque, that they have Spiritual gifts, etc. You need to see also from their fruits. Humility, self-control, love, not easily angered, patient, etc. Because Bible said that many of those who called Lord, Lord, who prophecied in Jesus' name, who cast out devils, who did many wonderful works are not known by God, they are children of darkness, wolves under sheepskin.

Matthew 7:21-23

Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

Again, you should always check this guy who writing this article. Does he write based on Bible or not? Does he show fruits of Spirits or not? And if you see something wrong, please don't leave me without giving correction to me. I want to be rebuked, to be taught.

If I were you, I will not listen to preachers who have problems with their family. They married more than once while their first husband/wife still alive. Their children created a lot of trouble. No love between husband and wife and between parents and children. If they can't manage their own family which is small in number, how can they manage congregation with a lot of people? Will they teach about divorce if they themselves divorced? Will they teach about immorality if they themselves do immorality, watch porn, adultery, have affair, etc? Will they teach that love of money is root of all kinds of evil if they themselves a hungry for wealth, for fame?

If I were you, I will not listen to preachers who love worldly things (gold, jewellry, Gucci, Prada, Mercedes, and any other expensive accesories, or even private jets). Maybe you think God bless them, but I think they do fraud. Even if they are really blessed by God; are there not poor, orphans, homeless people in the street facing hunger and cold? Why don't they choose to wear ordinary cloth, ordinary watch, ordinary glasses, travel with ordinary car or public flight and give some to the poor? Bible said, "Do not love the world or anything in the world".

Do you think Jesus is not God? Do you think Paul was not blessed by God? Jesus needed to ask his disciples to go fishing for a piece of money to pay the temple tax (Matthew 17:27). Jesus was so poor physically, nobody acknowledge Him as King, though He is our King. He said "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Paul needed to work for himself. Paul had a lot of hardship: imprisonments, riots, sleepless nights and hunger, etc. Do you see Jesus or Paul in those big, fat, famous, prosper super-apostles who teach prosperity gospel and sell spiritual gifts for 75$ (Gift of Anointing, Gift of Healing, Gift of Deliverance)? Have you read in the Bible where Peter rebuked Simon the Sorcerer because he wanted to buy the Gift of Holy Spirit (Acts 8:20)? Bible teach us: Freely get, freely give. Is not their God in their belly? They are enemy of Christ (Philippians 3:18-19).

What if those men make books to gain wealth? What if those men teach error purposely to mislead you? Don't you know that Satan infilterate the churches through those false teachers and false prophets? Please read your Bible, my friends. Bible is Word of God, let God speak to you directly. Some people want to make name for themselves. They want to be called "Bible scholar", to be called "apostles", "pastors", "teachers", "evangelists", "workers".

As Pharisees and Scribe sat on Moses' seat, though God never called them, they teach people, they behave as if they are the most correct ones in handle the Word of God. Do you know what they do? They killed God's prophets, they even killed Jesus Christ, they condemn the very Word of God. They call bad as good, wrong as right and vice versa. I tell you the truth, there are a lot of pharisees, scribes, hypocrites among us, at least I found some in this MP. I want you to be careful with any article you read.

Again, you need to check this man's writing too. Does Alvin give you poison or not?

But I thank God because I am just a newly convert, I was born again 1.5 years ago. I don't have position to rebuke other with my own words, with my own seniority, and I always ask God to keep me humble, now and forever, I can only rebuke with Word of God. I bring mirror to them, to let them see their wrong, and if I can win them back, praise God, if I can't, I ask God to open their eyes and bring them back and I also warn the people who gathered around them to be careful of false prophets, wolves under sheepskin.

These false prophets, false teachers teach men to follow them, not God. If they really love you and want you to go to heaven, they will help you by showing you the way how to get it, not ordering you, ruling you, e.g: "You have to read this", "You have listen to me", "You are wrong", "You are newly convert, you need to learn from me". Sometimes I get irritated when I see people do that.

I always ask myself: Do those people really care about salvation of this newly convert or they want to make him as their followers, so that they are able to rule over him? Do they love this newly convert more than God? If they think that God love His children more than anybody else, they should think that God wants to speak to His child directly How? By letting them to read Bible by themselves. Do you know that God still speaks to people?

If you depend so much on preachers or brothers or sisters in the Lord, not God. Their error will become your error, and your error will become other's error. Then you miss your track, then you become self-righteous, then you start having itching ears and gather for yourselves teachers that are agree with you and kick others that not agree with you. That's how error started. That's why we have a lot of denominations. They can say that all denominations are wrong, but they make their own denomination by doing that. And it would be very very difficult to bring them back. God allow heresies among us, so that those who have his approval will be made manifest (1 Corinthians 11:19). There is nothing "just pass" to enter heaven, we must prepare ourselves, diligently study the Scripture, humbly ourselves before God, persevere and pursuit holiness, for wihout holiness no man will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14).

I find that we are in the messed world. Our time is so wicked. Since we are born and went to school, we are taught about evolution, big bang, peace of the world, interreligion tolerance, and once we were in teens, worldly musics, sexual desire, loneliness, emptiness, career problem make us depress. And also there are a lot of "Christian" who behaves as stumbling block for others. How can somebody get saved if the situation is so messed up like this?

This is my first task from God: to make you stop being dependent to men (pastors, teachers, elders), books, or other materials, but God alone. For His grace is sufficient. Please listen to God, learn from Him. If you don't know how. Repent and invite Him to be your Saviour, Lord and King. To give you His Holy Spirit. When you are children of God, you are now become God's interest, He is the one who will help you to understand the Truth. Believe me, living Christian life will full of noise, you will be hated, persecuted, but again, His grace is sufficient.

God bless you

Conversation with God (28 October 2007)

Today, 28 October, is my wedding anniversary with Christ. After I was born again on 15 April 2007, I have been accepted by God to be His faithful bride on 28 October 2007. On that day, I received my Holy Ghost Baptism. Nobody told me how it look like, how to receive it, etc. And I was newly converted, but God Himself showed me the Way.

I was in Christian retreat when the message from the preacher touched my heart deeply. I can't stand his words. Even though I was already born again, but I saw myself still far from God and I began to weep and weep. I poured out my heart to God. I told Him that I want to commit my life fully for Him. I don't like this body of sins, I want to be holy like He is holy but I can't. I was just a sinner saved by grace. I cried out to Him, "Help me, God!!!"

That was the very first time I cried like a baby, for I always believed that men don't cry. I began to understand the feeling of the sinful woman who wet Jesus' feet with her tears and wipe it with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. That's exactly what happened to me. My tears run down from my eyes like heavy rain. I was really a sinner saved by grace. I can't perceive why He chose me among 6.6 billion of people to be His child. Who am I, God?

I was standing tall when I listened to the preaching and start crying, and suddenly a great power, so majestic poured down upon me. I was still full of pride at that time, I will never bow down before any men or even before God. But no matter how my pride arouse, I couldn't resist Him. From standing tall, God made me kneel down humbly before Him and I bowed down my head gladly. Then suddenly something happened inside my belly like electricity, so warm, so comfortable, so glorious filled my whole body, River of Living Water that satisfied my thirsty.

For those who think that I am too proud of myself, you can stop reading this article, but for those who are willing to grow deeper in the Lord, I want to share you my personal experience. Not teaching of men, but my real experience with God. You can also have the same experience, even greater than mine.

For the very first time, I can feel His Presence, joy leaped from my heart. I wanted to be in that mood forever. I said to God, "God, it is so wonderful. I want to be like this forever. Don't leave me, God. Let me build a tent here, one for You and one for me." It happened for couple of minutes until His Presence gone. Then I was afraid, "God, did I provoke you? Did I offend you? Why did you leave me, God?" I was crying and crying again. Then suddenly, the vision of my own nation started to appear in my mind. Indonesia...Indonesia...I don't know why, but it always disturbed me and I said "God, please save Indonesia". He kept silent. Then I realized that He wanted me to do that.

I said to Him, "God, you must be kidding me, right? I came to Germany to be rich, to be a Master, to have a good job, comfort life, to be far for persecution in Indonesia. I am afraid of being persecuted, God. I don't want to come back to Indonesia. In Germany, I can get 2000€ per month, in Indonesia I just be paid 200€. I am still young, God. Nobody will listen to me. I also want to have my own family, my future. God, you know better than me. I am Chinese-Indo and Christian. I am minority of minority. It is too much for me, God."

He became so quiet, it was silent. Dilemma started waging war in my heart. I don't want to lose His Presence, His glory, His love, but I also don't want to be persecuted, to lose my future, to lose many friends, to create disturbance to "peace". I know very sure that once I preach the Gospel to muslims, buddhist, hindus, even christians or catholics...many of them will dislike me or even worse, they will mock and persecute me.

He became so quiet, silent. "Ooo..God, why me? Please, please, please, God. I will go anywhere, except Indonesia." No answer. I became so worry. "God, are you there? Why you hide Yourself from me?" No answer. I said to myself, "I am a stubborn man, but God is more stubborn than me." Then I said, "Ok, God. You bought me for a price, you bought me by your precious blood. I should be your slave of righteousness, I should just follow and obey anything You command me, even though they put me in prison, persecuted me, handcuffed my hands, or even beheaded me. Is that what You want, God?" I continued, "If You really want me to do that, give me my task and I need your promise that You will always be with me." He is stubborn God. He never give up on me. Praise the Lord...I am so thankful for His stubborness, so that I can stand firm in this faith and share to you my testimonies.

Then I said, "God, let's make a deal. I will open my Bible. One part from Old Testament, one part from New Testament. The very first chapter I see from the left hand side of the page that I open randomly, means that it is Your will and Your promise to me." He said, "Ok, that's the deal". Then He gave me 1 Chronicles 16:7-43 David's Psalm of Thanks and Ephesian 5:22-33 Wives and Husbands.

He gave me assurance about my fear, my worries, my future. He said to me, "I am the Lord your God, My judgments are in all the earth. I remember my covenant forever, the word I commanded, for thousand generations, the covenant I made with Abraham, the oath I swore to Isaac. I confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant; To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit (1 Chronicles 16:14-18)" He answered my worries about future, about career in Indonesia with that verses. He made me remember His covenant with Abraham, He will bless those who bless him, and curse those who curse him. He promised me that He will bless me and give me promising Land, my heaven.

Then He continued speaking, "I allowed no man to oppress you, for your sake I rebuked kings, "Do not touch my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm (1 Chronicles 16:21-22)" He answered my fear of persecutions in Indonesia. He said that He will protect me. "Do not fear for I am with you. Be still and see that I am God, your Father."

Then He continued speaking, "Sing to Me, all the earth, proclaim My salvation day after day. Declare My glory among the nations, My marvelous deeds among all peoples." God gave me this task, to proclaim His salvation and His glory among nation day after day.

I just amazed. "Wow..God, You are so great. You answered all my questions in this verses." "Ok, God. Today, I made covenant with You. I trust You, Lord Jesus with all my heart. But, God, can You a little be more specific? I want to really know what should I do in Indonesia. Please tell me, Jesus."

Then He showed me Ephesians 5:26-27. He said to me "I want you to make her (churches) holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."

"Who is this churches, God?" Then He made me think. I saw that there are a lot of denominations, more than 30000, and each day there are new doctrines out to public. There your food, Alvin. Deal with them, with those church-goers, with those "Christian". Many of them are not My children and on the other hands, many of My children scatter in other places, you go and gather them to Me. "How, God?" "Do you see your past life, Alvin?" "Yes, Lord" "Can you differenciate between your past and your present, between your carnal man and your spiritual man?" "Yes, Lord". "So, the same thing that I have shown you, you go and show them that many of them are still in their imaginary heaven, heaven that never exist, heaven that created because of their wishful thinking of their itching ears".

"Make them holy and blameless, without stain and wrinkle and any other blemish, Alvin! I prayed for them, so that they will be one, may them be brought to complete unity to let the world know that I, your God, sent Jesus and I, your God loves them, as I love my Son, Jesus Christ." There is no unity right now, people are biting each others. Go with your sword and fight the enemies with them, rebuke, reproof, correct them, but Alvin, I warn you. Do not mislead, My children for I will judge you more strictly."

"Ooo, God. That's so difficult. I am sure I will be hated and persecuted. Do you really mean that, God? "Yes, I mean it" "Ok, God. But give me one more thing, you know that I came to Germany because of my father's labor, he worked hard to send me here, allow me to finish my Master first so that people that I will interact with, will not have any chance to think that I am a failure, and began to say that because I can't pursue Master Degree in Chemical Engineering then I because preacher who teach Prosperity gospel to get easy money."

"And God, while I am doing that, You can do anything You like to me, God. Deal very hard if You think it is necessary, I am ready to be taught by You. But I have another thing, God. I don't want to worship you in vain, I don't want to go in the wrong way and mislead people far from you, I just want to be taught by You. Give me the head like the hardest stone like You gave to Ezekiel, so I will never be yielded to wrong doctrines." Then finally, He said "Ok, Alvin. Just be prepared, I have something for you."

And during this 1 year, God dealt with me greatly. He gave me family's problem, He made me lose my previous ambition (to be rich, to be comfy, to be famous, etc). He scattered everything that I used to depend on. My father's position, my house, my car, my girlfriend, my computer, my everything. He started anew from little beginning. Now what I see is just vanities of vanities. Life without Jesus is meaningless. I have nothing to lose. Actually, I was humbled by God till the lowest level.

Have you been in the position where your father almost commited suicide and God saved him? Have you been in the position where you parents almost divorced but God intervened? Have you been in the position where your mother almost die in car accident? Have you experienced God changed your brain, from having many bad marks and almost stuck for another year, but God made it sound and fine without any bad mark left (He did this to my brother)? Have you ever imagined how a young man whose father has just enough to live able to study in Germany? Have you ever experienced being taken care by God miraculously, I tell you the truth, God provides everything I need in Germany. My parents can only sustain me for 1 year, but now I am in Germany for more than 2 years. Have you ever been in traffic accidents where your both hands broken, your front teeth lost. I happened to me.

My friends, I am really talking like a fool. I wish you didn't see me as "Alvin", but you see that Jesus is able to sustain "Alvin" in many things he does. It is all about God, not me. You can have the same experience like me, even greater. I would always want to encourage you to grow deeper in Christ. Jesus alone is more than enough, His grace is sufficient. He is our Father. Trust in Him, commit yourself to Him fully. Let's work for Christ. See the harvest? It is already reap, but the workers are few. Do you want to go to heaven alone? Don't you care about your family, neighbours, friends, relatives, or even your enemies? Can't you see that He will come soon?

If you really want to be used greatly by God, tell Him. But please, do not joke with Him, do think carefully first. Being disciplined by God is painful moment, but it is for our own good. But, please... if you claimed that you are Christian, but you don't want to preach, at least don't be a stumbling block for others. Be salt and light of the world. Is that too difficult? I don't think so. But if you really want to have close relationship with God, please start to be faithful in few things, and He will give you trust for many things.

My friends, I can boast that if I died, I go to heaven which are the better place than this falling world, and if I continue living, I can make Him smile and say to me "Well done, My child. There you are, My big boy. I am proud of you" And then I can say to my Father, "Dad, you gave me 5 talents, now I bring you 10. I hope You are happy. I hope I can at least repay my debt to You for saving me from mud of sins, from eating with pigs. I have assurance for that and I believe that any children of God will have the same assurance. This is not merely mental conviction, or because of the mood of circumstances. It comes with Power, with Holy Spirit, with deep conviction. You know it by yourself.

If you still don't have this assurance, if your prayers still stuck on the roof, if your fellowship seem so boring, if you can't pray more than 20 words, if you are lazy to read the Bible. You are still in your imaginary heaven. Repent and get everything right with God. I don't know if I communicated with you. But please, if you claim you are a Christian, don't make the name of Jesus blasphemed among the Gentiles. He is my Saviour, my Lord, my King. I love you, Father, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Conversation with my muslim neighbour

Since beginning of this month, I have a new neighbour. He come from Turkey. He was in US for about 4 months before he decided to continue his program in Germany. In US, he enjoyed the life, and he admits that he has changed a lot. I wonder how the circumstances can change a young man drastically, now he always talked about girls, sex, porn, party, hot "chicks", "nice ass, nice rack", dirty jokes, foul words, drink, etc. He said to me that once he was in Turkey, he prayed 5 times, fasted during Ramadhan, he read Quran daily, went to mosque, etc. I can tell that he was a devoted moslem, even when he talked with me, he can recite many verses from Quran, but I can see hatred in him toward US, Europe, Jews, westerners, and Christians.

His parents are very strong moslems, they have gone to Mecca. I can see his zeal for God and how he tried to understand God. But because of liberalization and freedom in US, he lost his zeal, he become the people of the world. Freedom has brought many temptations to him. He is still young, 21 years old, but he has lost already.

Then I asked God, "God help me, I want to talk to him about You. I don't care from which religion he is, I just want to preach the Good News and make him got saved". Then God helped me.

While I was cooking, he came and asked, "Where do you come from?" I answered "Indonesia", he continued "Are you a muslim?" I answered, "No, I am Christian". Suddenly, he became silent and I asked "What wrong if I am a Christian?" Then we had a good conversation about Bible and Quran. I can tell that he wanted to convert me to be a muslim like him.

He told the story from Abraham, Moses, Jesus (Isa) until Muhammad. He said that he has read the Bible and he was pretty sure that the Bible was corrupted by the churches in the Middle Ages. He said that in 1611 King James forced scholars to rewrite the new Bible, then he also wonder why Christians have a lot of different version of Bible now. He believed that Muhammad was the last prophet, even Jesus Himself talked about him.

He explained that according to Quran, Muhammad was the Counselor that was promised by Jesus, not Holy Spirit. He also talked that Mecca is the most sacred place and center of the earth, not Jerusalem. He seemed trying hard to convert me. He also said that God has no Son, and it was not Jesus who was crucified, but Judas Iscariot. He said that God changed miraculously the face of Judas into Jesus' face and Judas died instead of Jesus.

He raised a lot of arguments. He said that Christians are wicked. He asked me to look at the US, look at the Jews, look at European countries. They promote war, they live a very good life. Have you ever seen people in Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, India, China, Indonesia? He told me how many innocent people were killed in Iran, Iraq, Afganistan, Pakistan by US troops. He said that what I saw in the TV was not the real events that happened there. CNN, CBS, BBC always picture Arab world as terrorists. They just take some snapshot about children who were put into military camps, women with their hijab or muslims with long beard died on the bus or public transportation by suicide bombs. He poured out his anger and hatred toward me. I just keep my mouth shut and let him finished talking for the Bible teach me so. Everyone should quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires (James 1:19-20)

This is how Western world, so called "Christian world" teach the world about Arab world

My Christian friends, what he said is absolutely correct. It is true that US and EU control all the media. If it talks about other countries, they will always show us the bad side of Africa, Asia, Middle East, etc, like famine, great distress, uncivilized people, uneducated people, etc but for their own countries, they always show the best of them. You should also ask yourself, did US soldiers not kill innocent people in those countries? They killed a lot, they raped the girls, they treated the people like animals. US, EU, Israel troops are no better than muslim militants, You have to open your mind. I am really agree with him in this point, because it also like that with my country, Indonesia. They never show the best side of Indonesia, always about terrorism, biggest muslim country, dangerous place to live, corruption, bombs, etc.

The citizen of US, Europe, etc should know what their rulers, their government do in many countries around the world. I know most of you can't do anything against Bush's policy or US senate, etc. But, for Christians, for Bible-believers, please don't see Arabians as terrorists, etc. They are human like us, we have blood and flesh. We are created by God, we shouldn't kill each others. Have you ever thought that muslims are people too? They are innocent, they shed their tears too, they desperate too, they want to live in peace too. Did Jesus teach us to kill our neighbour? Did He not teach us to love our enemy?

Ephesians 6:12

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Both of Arab world and western world have been deceived by New World Order and One World Religion under Roman Catholic Church. Their purpose is to rule the world within one government with martial law under New World Order and to reduce the world population from 6.6 billion to just about 1 billion only because they think our food supply and oil supply just enough to support that amount of people. That's why we have United Nation, European Union, African Union, ASEAN, Arab Leagues, NATO, and soon we will have North America Union (US, Canada, and Mexico).

Please see this picture carefully and begin to think what it is all about? How can Bush and Ahmadinejad make the same hand sign? If I were you, I will ask myself, if Ahmadinejad really enemy of the states of US, why it is possible for him to travel continually from Iran to US and made speeches. At least during this year period, he has been in US twice. Is that possible if he is really an enemy? Or maybe he is just a doll-pawn? Just a controlled opposition?

From my study, I am convinced that these people work for the same master, the Pope and Jesuit Order. You can google and browse by yourself by typing "Illuminati, Bush, Ahmadinejad, Castro, Arafat, New World Order". Don't be surprise if you find out that Castro and Arafat are Jesuit Order under the Pope. They just play an act as "controlled opposition" to maintain power. They don't care about their own people. Bush allowed 9/11 to happen, it is because it is government conspiracy, they kill their own people and send their young citizen to go for wars. For what? For their country? For oils and power, of course.

Don't be such a fool, you are an adult now. None of us really has that kind of patriotism, all of us will think it is better to run for our life than to die in the desert of Middle East, am I right? Those people who are sent to Arab world are those who has nothing to do in their country so they take this risk in hope that they can mark their name in history book or those young people who just after finished their study don't know what to do and register to be a troop in hope that the world will be in peace. But for their surprise, they were sent to wars and they can't take their registration back. They MUST go otherwise they will be put in prison. They are forced to do that. I pity them.

And the same things happen in Arab world, their Presidents, syekhs really don't care about people, they just want money from oils. Can you see that Arab world is the most corrupt countries in the world. The syekh live like a pig, eating and having pleasure. So for what you kill each other? For their own benefit, not yours, my friends.

These elite people use religion as powerful killing machine. So that now they have power and also succeed to reduce the populations. You know what CNN do know? Read the breaking news message below. Christian persecution, Terrorism, bla bla bla. They want to stir hatred between Christian and Muslim. Christian persecution is not a new thing, since first century, the early church had been persecuted. So, let me ask you again: Should we declare war with our enemies? Do you know how many innocent people die during wars? Should Christians become soldiers? Should Christians kill other people? I think Quran also teach the same things.

So I told my muslim neighbour, "Let's shake hand, my brother. We have the same opinion. I am absolutely agree with you in this point." I continued talking to him "We have a lot of similarity between Quran and Bible. I am agree with all your opinion about the "Christian world". I also don't like them. The name of Jesus is blasphemed among Gentiles because of them. But now, let's talk about Jesus and Muhammad, about Bible and Quran; for we have the same prophets, and almost the same story."

So I asked him, "Do you know that Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Jonah, John, even Jesus that all of them were Jews?" He answered me, "Yes, they were Jews". So then "Why Mohammad, the Arabian, joined them as "prophet"? He was the only one who are not Jews, was he not? And why you believe in him so much?"

He then become a bit angry. He said that Bible was corrupted, they removed many Arabians prophets, that's why Bible never talked about them. Ok. I asked another questions, "Do you believe that God is omnipresent, that He is everywhere?". He answered, "Absolutely". Then I asked him, "So why when you are praying, you must face the Kaaba? Is not God everywhere? Or God only dwell in Kaaba? Which one is true?" He now become silent and become more angry but also helpless.

And I asked another question, "Do you think killing people can lead you to heaven?" Is not God Himself who told us "You shall not kill", but why people do Jihad and even the imams teach them that they will enter heaven if they commit Jihad?" He said, "Jihad is to defend ourselves, not to attack people. If we are in danger, and the only option is to kill in order to protect ourselves, God will allow us." Then I asked "So what happened in London bomb? Bali bomb? Jakarta bomb? Are those Jihad? They were not under threat. Will they really enter heaven, even after they killed a lot of innocent people?" He said, "No, you are right, Alvin. We shouldn't kill others. But I can justify them, it happened because US armies killed us first, we are also innocent, but they came from nowhere and declare war with us and killed a lot of women and children. Because they killed us first, that's why we killed them."

I continued ask him, "Do you think you can make excuse to God, and said to Him when you are judged on Judgment Day, "Hallo God, during my lifetime I killed a lot of people to defend your Name. I did that for you alone. Are you happy, God?" My friends, do you know what will He say "Depart from me, I don't know you. I am Holy God, and your hands full of blood. Who is God here? You or I? If you think that I am God and you are merely human, how dare you used my Name to take somebody's life before his time. Am I not God who gives them lives? Do you think that I can't defend myself? Do you think that I need your help? Are you not my creation? Are those people who blaspheme against me not made by me? Who are you, O man to talk back to your God?"

This is the picture of Christian woman killed beheaded by muslim in Indonesia, my country

And this is the picture of how evil the extremist muslims in my country toward their neighbour

And this is the picture of one from thousands of churches destroyed in Indonesia. How can you justify that Islam is religion of Peace. My muslim friends, as I opened to you and really agree that "Christian world" is not good, could you be opened as well and think that "Islam world" is also the same? I am like CNN who always pro-western world. But let our eyes be opened.

Ok, maybe something wrong with your Quran. I asked him again, 'Do you believe that God knows everything?" He answered "Absolutely". Then I asked him, "So, if God knows everything, will He do mistake when He sent His angel to tell Mohammad "Read it!"? Even the angel repeated again "Read it" when Muhammad said, "I am illiterate". God can't do any mistake like that, my friends. How can He ask illiterate person to read?

Then he said, "Because Muhammad is illiterate then we can be sure, that Quran was from God. It is miracle of Allah. Muhammad can recite all the verses and his uncle wrote all for him, so that Quran can be read now." I asked him again, "Why if Muhammad was prophet of God, why God didn't tell him that the Earth is round, not flat." Please read your own Quran carefully.

Soorah al-Ghaashiyyah, Aayah 20

And (do they not look) at the Earth, how it was made flat (Sutihat)

If Quran really the Word of God, it shouldn't have any mistake. For this is what Bible said through Isaiah about 740 BC (more than 1000 years before Muhammad was born, more than 2000 years before Copernicus proved that the Bible is Word of God)

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in

For your information, Muhammad lived 570-632 AD, and the Earth was flat was believed until Copernicus in 1543 proved that the earth is round. Do you still persistent that Quran from God? It was normal during Muhammad's era to think that world is flat, but this fact proved us that Muhammad was just merely human being, he used his own understanding while he "wrote" the Quran, not divine revelation from God, he also need salvation from God.

My friends, please do remember, Muhammad was the only major prophet who was Arabian, other were Jews. If I were you, I will think twice to believe in person who use sword to convert others (tyrant), who illiterate but can recite all the verses (uneducated), who married with 9 years old little girl (phedophile), who had a lot of wives (adulterous), who taught that heaven looks like a brothel where man's sex will awesome and they will have 72 virgins (sex maniac). Sorry for making you angry, but I hope you can think clearly about what I said.

Have you ever thought that: What if Muhammad just merely a man who claimed himself to be a prophet and deceived you to believe in the wrong god? What if Muhammad also was deceived by his first wife, Siti Khadijah and her cousin, Waraquah, who were devoted Roman Catholic believers to make Arabians to be a great killing machine to capture Jerusalem. You should know that because of Siti Khadijah (devoted RCC), Muhammad grew rapidly in wisdom, which in fact, she taught him everything necessary to become a "prophet". She was the one who should be the "prophet", not Muhammad.

Do you know the one who said to Muhammad's uncle "Take your brother's son back to his country and guard him against the Jews, for by god, if they see him and know of him that which I know, they will construe evil against him. Great things are in store for this brother's son of yours?" Was he not Roman Catholic monk?

Have you ever heard the story of foolish king who walked naked? He was deceived by his own councelors. He was said that the material for his cloth can only be seen by wise people. So, even though he looked on the mirror naked, he acted as if he was clothed with beautiful dress. He didn't want to be called "unwise king". And because of his great power, his citizens were all afraid and acted as if he was dressed in very beautiful dress, until one innocent child point out to him.

Can you imagine the same situation happened to Muhammad (the foolish king)? His wife, and his wife' cousin, the monk who talked to his uncle (his councelors) were they all not Roman Catholic? And the Arab world, including you (his citizens) are their victims. They converted to Islam not because of the teaching of Muhammad, but because of sword (his great power). You know the history of Islam more than me, you know that Muhammad conquered Arab world by sword, but still claimed himself to be prophet of peace, Islam is religion of peace. What kind of peace is that? Don't be deceived, my muslim friends.

In Islam there is no peace. No peace to others since you called them "kafir / infidel" and by using God's name "Allahu Akbar" you kill them, you called Jews and Christian "swine / pig" and also the most important thing, you have no peace in your heart. Islam never teach you anything about forgiveness of God. Islam never teach you that God is merciful God, loving Father, that Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross for you, to cleanse you, to bring you back home, to His holy throne. My brothers and sisters, you are loved by God, you don't need to worship God in vain. Praying 5 times, fasting, collecting the point, what for? Do you really have personal relationship with God? Do you see God as a Father or a Tyrant? God is love. He loves His own creation. You are fearfully and wonderfully made my Him, you are so precious in His eye.

My muslims friends, for your information: Roman Catholic Church is Antichrist Church, they have nothing to do with Christianity, with Jesus Christ. They preach another gospel, they are the one who kill Christian the most, not muslim. And to camouflage their wrongdoing, they need to be in Jerusalem where Jesus died. but since early centuries, they couldn't get it because of the Jews and Christians there, even until now. That's why they tried to stirred up hatred in Arab world towards the Jews and Christians. If you want to understand how Islam was created, you can read here. They ruin the image of Christianity. They are not the church of Christ. If you see Crusade, Imperialism, Inquisition, Holocaust, World War I and II, all caused by Roman Catholic Church, not Christian.

They teached Mary worship, the same thing teach in Quran, does it not? Do you know the reason why you have Soorah of Mariam? And why Muhammad adored her so much? And why Fatima (Muhammad's daugther) become one of Mary Apparition in Portugal? Can't you still see the connection between Muhammad and Catholic councelors, between Islam and Roman Catholic church?

And do you know what will happen in short future? We, the muslim and Christian and also the Jews who believe in monotheist, one God will be persecuted because RCC through its Ecumenical Movement now is trying to bring all religion under RCC. They will never tolerate those who hold strongly to their belief, because they think that religion is the root of conflict. So, they will put devoted muslims and Bible believers Christian in prison or even death sentence. They think that those people who can't accept other religions are public enemies. Bible believers will never accept that kind of teaching, and I believe the devoted muslims will never too. Both of us will be forced to believe in Virgin Mary, in Pope, in catholic saints, etc. Roman Catholic church worship idols. Can you see not their churches, full of statues and pictures?

Then I continue asked him, how to be saved according to Quran. He had no answer. He said, "Just follow what Allah said". But, I felt sorry for him. He has a lot of zealous, he defended his belief so much. Then I said to him, "Just think about what if Quran was the one which was corrupted, what if Muhammad was not a prophet, what if Jesus was really Son of God and He really died on the cross for you and for me. Whosoever believe in Him will not perish, but have eternal life." I told him the assurance that I have that if I die right now, I will be in heaven with my Father and His Son, Jesus Christ."

I said, "If you have no answer for all your questions about God, try Jesus. He has answers for you. Just pray a simple prayer and say "Jesus, if you are really Son of God, please let me know. I don't want to go to hell. I am deeply confused, please God help me. Show me your path. Amen". I believe that the true God will never let your thirsty heart go unsatisfied. Just think about it.

I also said to him, "My brother, if you want to borrow my Bible, just come and ask. I will lend you mine." And for my surprise, he wants to read my Bible, even though he still convinced that Bible is corrupted. So without hesitation, I gave him my own Bible, the Bible that full of my mark, my tears. I believe that God will touch him. I thank God for that. I have done my part, God will do the rest. Maybe because of this conversation, because I gave him my precious Bible, he will be a great man of God who turn the whole Turkey for Jesus. This is my prayer.

God bless you all

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And for those who are angry and want my life, come and take it. I don't care. Don't worry, if you are in Indonesia, you will have the chance for I am the one who will come to you and bring you to Christ. If I died, I will immediately hug my Lord in heaven, and if I still alive, I will never be silent. I have been bought for a precious price by my Lord my Saviour, Jesus Christ. I have no right again about my life, I can't complain if people put me in prison, handcuffed my hands, or even beheaded me. I am sure that I will not die until my mission on earth been fulfilled. So, I am not afraid of you who want my life. But please, before you do that, think about it carefully.

My most fearful moment

I just want to share to you about my most fearful experience. There is nothing in this world that I am so afraid of, except deliberately sinning. I am not perfect, I stumble in many ways, I still make a lot of mistakes, even after I was born again, there are a lot of sinful behaviour in me that need to be cut off. I am trying my best to present myself as a living sacrifices, holy and blameless.

When I was born again, God opened my eyes so I can see how dirty I am and it is a painful experience being disciplined by God. I need to make a lot of sacrifices and commitments that I was not able to do before. Because my Spirit has now been quickened through His resurrection power, I am able to defeat my flesh. For the Spirit is indeed willing but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26:41). And because I am pursuiting godly life, holiness, people around me can't stand the heat. One by one they reject me. I wonder if you want to do that too. But in fact, the more you want to be like Jesus, the more the world doesn't like you, but the more you are like the world, the more you become God's enemy for He said, "Do not love the world and anything in the world".

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted

I found that inside me, there are 2 laws waging war against each other: in my inner being I delight in God's law, but another law also work in my body, law of my mind. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. I agree that law is good, but I can't do it. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.

By God's grace, now I can go more and more into perfection and holiness, though it is still far away from being Christ-like, but I always ask Him to kill "Alvin" inside me, my ego, my pride, my self, let the people see me not as "Alvin", but as Jesus inside me. Not as carnal man, but as spiritual man. I learned and learned to be like Jesus daily. I want Jesus to fill my cup fully, and He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30).

In many cases, especially when my relationship with God is disturbed through problems and troubles. I was defeated by satan, but still, the Holy Spirit inside me acts like a hook from heaven that captive me, no matter how I tried to go with my own, in the end, I always find out that I did terrible mistakes, that I need to find my way back to God, to get everything right with Him. God allows me to go on my own way, He knows me best. Learning by doing is my best method of understanding. So, He allow me to learn by myself like He allowed Peter to walk on water, but He keeps staying in alert to help me when I am in trouble, like He helped Peter when He got drown because of the worry and fear.

For the first time, I easily got tempted and fell away, but the more I learn o be dependent on His grace, I become more and more aware, my sense of danger become sharper. I know if my faith is weak, my heart is in despair, I will hide myself from the people, I will not write or share any message to others and I will lock my room and pray until I get right with God for I have experienced that if I keep acting that everything is fine, I will just hurt people around me, or teach false teaching, doctrine of men. "Alvin" in me will become active again, my lust, my sinful behaviour will start to arouse and I begin to put God on my box. And you know what will happen?

I will fall like lightning from the height I should be. I will be a stumbling block, I will easily tempered, I lack of self-control, etc. This is how God teach me, little by little He open my eyes of understanding, and by doing so, my closeness with Him is getting closer and closer. And the closer I am with God, the more I become aware of His Presence, and the more I see His glorious, majestic Power. The more I tremble before Him. I can feel His abundant love, but I can feel also His mighty holy Presence.

With godly fear, I am afraid of Him. I don't want to joke with Him. It is dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. But at the same time, I can feel His compassion toward me. He is like Father to me. When I go astray, He will rebuke and discipline me, but it is for my good. He is just and also full of love. Perfect Deity.

As the shepherd will break the leg of any sheep that go astray and after that He will put it on His back until it become recovered and healed, He will do that to me too. You know what will happen with that sheep afterward? He will never go astray anymore, he will listen to his Shepherd's voice, he will love his Shepherd more because the relationship start to develop closer and closer. For He takes care of his sheep daily and the Shepherd can hear the beat of the sheep' heart. When the sheep is under threat of wolves, He stand in front of his sheep and ready to lay down His life. The sheep knows his Shepherd's mind, and the Shepherd knows His sheep's need.

Everytime I think about this, I always ask Him, "Who am I that You really care of me? Who am I that you chose to die for me?" I just can't find any answer beside, "No matter who you are, I, your God, your Father, will always love you."

Because I have experienced being close with Him, the moment I gone astray, the moment I deliberately sins --> I become short-sighted, my senses of God went off, I am lost, God hide Himself, I can't find Him. I try to read my Bible but nothing touch my heart, I try to pray but I can't speak at all, I try to listen to His Word, but He didn't speak to me, just totally blank-out until I ask His forgiveness. But it didn't stop until that, He still very difficult to be reached, and based on my personal experience, He will show Himself again after I make commitment not to sin that kind of sins any longer.

I understand exaltly the feeling of a woman who possessed by 7 evil spirits, once she met Jesus and Jesus casted the demons out of her and made her whole. She followed Jesus everywhere He went, even she followed Him to the Golgota and cried. She saw her Saviour died on the cross and suddenly she felt hopeless, fear, agony, despair. She was afraid that she will come back to her past life, possessed again by evil spirits. She cried and cried and early in the morning of the third day, she visited Jesus' tomb. And for her surprise, she didn't Jesus there. She was panic and wept, as if her world totally gone, her hope diluted.

She thought that the Romans had taken her Lord away. Even when Jesus presented Himself to her, she couldn't recognize Him. She totally lost in sadness. "Woman," Jesus said "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" She thought that he was just a gardener and answered, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him." Jesus said to her, "Mary" and she turned toward Him and cried out "Rabboni! Master!" Suddenly joy, hope arise again. She found her peace again in Jesus Christ.

This young woman has been saved and made whole by God, God forgive her sins and cleanse her. Then suddenly she found that she can't interact with Him again for she thought that her Saviour was died. My friends, everytime I commit sins, I always put myself on her shoe. My hope, my light, my joy suddenly gone. I wept and cried, ask His forgiveness and make commitments, ask His help for I can't do it alone, I am weak, I always need His grace. Increase my faith, Lord Jesus. And suddenly He appears again to me, I found my life, my hope, my peace, my joy again. I can't live without Jesus. I can't bear to deliberately sinning before God for I know that God will hide Himself from me. In His holy Presence, even though He loves me, but He hates my sins, He is light, in Him there is no darkness at all.

I did masturbation, watched porn even after I already become child of God until one day He totally hid Himself, and Holy Spirit condemned me, I can't find peace, I can't settle down, everything I did went wrong until I asked His forgiveness and His grace to help me out of this disease, and He healed me. I can now overcome my sinful life. Praise the Lord. It really needs His grace and my personal commitment to be like Jesus. He said, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able (Luke 13:24). For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy (1 Peter 1:16).

Living Christian life is simple but also difficult or even impossible if you struggle alone. Doing God's commandment is not burdensome. His grace is sufficient. As long as you want to be taught by Him, as long as you allow God to discipline you, as long as you see yourself as sinner saved by grace, not because of your might, your works, but simply because God loves you. And if you now realize how great His love to you even until He chose to give His life for you. Can you still not be able to love Him, to love your neighbour, your enemies? If they sins against you, remember that you also sinned before God and He forgives you always.

Don't be like the King's servant who his debt of 10000 talents (millions of dollar) was canceled, but when that person went out and found his fellow servant who owed him 100 denarii (a few dollar), he began to choke him and demand payment from him. So, my friends, if your death penalty has been forgiven by God, why it is difficult for you to forgive your own fellows? Love your God and love your neighbour as you love yourself.

Hebrews 10:26-27

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

God bless you

Sinner saved by Grace

15 April 2007 is the day when I commited my life to Jesus fully. Since that day, I found peace in my heart, no more condemnation, no more guilt, no more being enemy of God, but I became child of God. Since that day, God put His Spirit upon me, everything around me totally changed. My thought, my mind, my attitude, my reasoning, and especially my life. I am a new creation, there was radical change in my life. People could feel it, there is a regeneration happened in my life.

I am no more prodigal son, lived in the mud of sins and ate with pigs. I am now child of Living God, King of kings, Lord of lords, but on the other hand, I submit to Him, I now become slave to righteousness. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20).

Based on my experience, to be children of God is the easiest thing people in the world can do. You don't need to be rich, clever, famous, good looking to be His children. God doesn't care about that, He sees our heart, not appearance. It is so easy that even the person who lives in the jungle or illiterate can also be children of God. It is free for anybody, it is Gift of God, no matter how great is your sins, God is merciful. He said, "Come now, let us reason together, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool (Isaiah 1:18).

He is universal God, He shows no favoritism, He is not respecter of persons. You can be European, American, Australian, Asian, African, or whatever you are, female or male, bond or free, circumcision nor uncircumcision, but Christ is all, and in all (Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11). He will accept you whoever you are, in fact He will arrange a feast in heaven and angels will blow their trumpets if sinner got saved.

You now become God's interest. If during this time, you lived far from Him, now you are so close to Him, no more barrier of sins. He gives you the purpose of your life, specially designed for you. He know and give everything you need before you ask. He hold your hands when you are weak, He stand beside you when you fear and worry and said "Be still, my child, for I am with you". You are not alone anymore, you have the Creator of this universe as your Father, your Friend. Who can stand against you? He is the only person in this life that faithful and never tell lies. He is full of compassion and love. What a privilege to be children of God. He is the One who will change you from sinner to winner, from nothing to His precious creation, you are after His heart.

But on the other side, it is the most difficult thing to do. You have to surrender ALL, you have to make commitment, you have to renounce your sinful life, you have to leave your past and any entaglements that you know inside your heart that it is wrong but brings a lot of pleasure to your flesh. Is it difficult, my friends? The answer is: YES, it is very very difficult.

• If during this time, you live in sin with your sinful partner, so-called boy/girl-friend, you need to ask his/her forgiveness and start refresh with godly life, or probably you need to leave him/her if he/she reject you.
• If during this time, you have affair with your "second" wife or husband, you have to leave her/him and go back to your family. Ask forgiveness from them.
• If during this time, you manipulate taxes or gain money with evil business, e.g: fraud, money-laundry, cheating people, etc, you need to give up all of them and even more, you need to give retribution to those people you cheated, you probably go bankrupt, mocked, etc. You should learn from Zacchaeus' case where he gave half of his possesions to the poor and paid back four times the amount.
• If during this time, you live in peace with unbelievers, you will now find a lot of noise. They will forsake you. Your best friends with whom you always speaks idle, foul words, dirty jokes will now can't stand the heat you bring. One by one they will leave you, even your own family. Your husband, your wife, your parents, your children, or those who can't stand the heat, will forsake you. You will find that you are now different, you are children of light and they still live in their sins, they are still children of darkness.
• Once you have a lot of idols, e.g: football players, football club, beautiful singers, good actresses, etc, but now you see them differently. You see them as the ones who need Christ, you don't "worship" them any longer, but pity them. They have everything, but something is still missing in their lives, they need Jesus.
• Once you were full of yourself, but now you are bought by God through His precious blood. He can do anything He wants to you, you don't have any right of yourself. If people put you in prison, if your hands are handcuffed, if people mocked you, if people hated you because of Jesus, you have to carry your own cross. You will face persecution and as I said before, your life will become full of noise.

You begin to think like Jesus, to be Christ-like and Apostle Paul is the best example for it. You will find that you walk in the same path as Jesus walked, according to your faithfulness. If you only can bear for 2 talents, He will give you 2 talents, if you can bear 5, He will give you 5. The more you have, the more He demand something for you, and the more His grace fall upon you. He knows the best for you. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted (2 Timothy 3:12).

Only a few people who can stand till the end. Many people have tried to enter this narrow gate, but they can't stand the heat too. This path is so narrow, you must carefully observe His word daily, speak to Him daily, ask His guidance daily so you will find a way to enter His Kingdom.

Maybe at this moment, you seem so happy to be called Children of God. I rejoice with you. But on the same time, I want to tell you the parable of the sower. I know that right now you heard His calling, you are happy and accepted it, but how long can you stand? What if trouble and persecution come, will your faith not last only a short time because you have no root? What if worries of this life and the deceitfulness a wealth choke you, will you still stand firm in the faith?

I am so sad to see Christians today. Many of them don't understand the cost of following Jesus. Many of them trample the Son of God under foot, many of them treated the blood of Jesus as an unholy thing many of them insulted the Spirit of grace. They do not know that it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. Many of them are joking with God, deliberately keep on sinning. Commited sins, repent, commit again, repent again, commit again, repent again for the same sins for their whole life. Woe to you, don't call yourself Christian if you do that! You have no right to be called Christian, you are children of darkness! Repent and get everything right with God. God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, you are stumbling block for others. It is better for you to put on yourself milestone and throw yourself into the sea.

If you want to be Christian, if you really love Jesus, if you really want to be saved, do according to His commandment, His command is not burdensome if you walked with Jesus. But it would be very difficult and impossible if you want to do it alone. You need His grace, you need His power, You need His blessing. You are saved because of grace through faith. It is gift of God. Do you know what "gift" means? Think about it yourselves.

If you try your best without God's help. I believe you will fail. What you need to do is always listen to Him, ask His guidance, read His Word and follow Him. Holy Spirit inside you will help, so if you are Christian, but never read Bible, never pray, never have fellowship with believers, stop calling yourself as Christian. You are not. You still a sinner, you need Jesus. Repent and have faith in Jesus Christ.

Again, based on experience and other people' testimonies. Giving your life to Christ is the best thing in the world people can have. You will be satisfied fully. You will have purpose of living. Emptiness inside your heart are filled. You have everything you need for God will provide you. He knows the best for you. I will offer you my head if you can find the genuine born again Christians who say that they regret accepting Jesus in their lives. I mean it, my friends.

Do you want to be saved and have peace with God? Do you want to be His child? Do you want to know the purpose of your life?

If you really mean it with all your heart, you don't need to read book, to plan your life for 40 days or so, to go to sacred place or even worse, go to priest or pastor. Who are they? Are they God? Can they forgive your sins? So, my friends, if you really want to settle things and make everything right with God, just pray a "sinner prayer". There is no rule or beautiful words that you need to follow. Just pray with your heart. He will listen.

The moment before I was born again, I just prayed a "sinner prayer" with all my heart, without any objection toward God, just have faith like a child. admitted my sins and my incapability to fight alone. I believed that Jesus, the Son of God, is able to do that. I believe that He has died for me on the cross and His resurrection power give me hope of eternal life, death is no longer overpower me. And in the end, I said "Do according to your will for I am yours". And I become Children of God since that day.

Honestly, I have done this more than 3 times in my life, but still I was overcome by devil since I just wanted to be saved, not subjected to God. I know that there are a lot of people like that, they want to be saved, but refuse to be ruled. Do you think God will give His Spirit to such a person? The answer is NO. I can prove it with my life. I was no difference with unbelievers, even worse. I still serve 2 masters and can't do what is right. It happened because I just want to be saved. At that moment Jesus is my Saviour, but not my King. But thanks be to God, He still called me back home. If you are in the same position like that, I am sorry to say straightly to you, "You are a sinner, you will go to hell, you are not children of God yet".

God is waiting for you. Today is your turn. But remember, it is the easiest thing to do but also the hardest thing to face. If you need time to think, think about it carefully. It is the point that decide to where your next destination afterlife be: heaven or hell, children of God or children of darkness, eternal life or eternal damnation. If you want to go to heaven, sooner or later you need to face it, you need to make this commitment.

There is a story in the Bible, where the Roman noble named Festus and Agrippa listened to Paul's powerful preaching. It talked about salvation and commit their life to Jesus. And in that decision point, Festus stopped him and said, "You are out of your mind, Paul, your great learning is driving you insane". And king Agrippa also said, "Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?"

Both of them were convinced by the Spirit of God, but their high position, stature, their ego prevented them. They were not ready to give their life for Christ even until they died. They went to hell straightly. How about you? Sooner or later you have to face it and if you think you want to enjoy a bit for some more time first. I can see that you are people who lack of ambition, why enjoy a bit, not fully? For the Jesus said, "Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole (Luke 8:50). Why don't you eager to have your life made whole in Jesus Christ?

God bless you

Christian Persecution and Tribulation

To those who think that true Christians will not suffer tribulation and persecution. Please click and link to http://www.persecution.com/. If you are not ready to be persecuted, please be prepared now, otherwise don't call yourself "Christians", because there will be a time when all Christians wiill be persecuted, and if you love your life, you shouldn't go to church

Romans 2:24

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Acts 14:22

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Romans 5:3-5

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.

Romans 8:35

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Romans 12:12-13

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

2 Corinthians 1:4

Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

For truly, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and you know.

Revelation of John 7:14

And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

We are going to face the hardest time soon

Please click the link that I provide you if you think I am lying.

I just want to share something that really disturb me lately. First, I don't care about politic because for me, that just another reality show, starred by your rulers and politicians, and directed by CNN, ABC, CBS, BBC, etc. They fabricated thousand of lies. But I do care about economy crisis, food crisis, war threat, victims of natural disasters and also lives of innocent people. Some people who act behind the scene are playing god, they behave as if the world is their own. I do believe that people in the world (6.6 billions) are ruled by only less than 5% of population. They are the ones who "moves" the world. They are the powerful and influential people. The riches are getting richer and the poors are getting poorer. If you want to know how the American Presidential works, please click here.

Let me share my point of view about the world events. In the world, especially in US and Europe, there are a lot of secret societies, like: Freemason, Illuminati, HolyGrail, Knight Templar, Skull and Bones, Rockerfeller, etc. Their members are influential people around the world. They are really our rulers and kings of the earth. George Bush, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Kerry, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, Queen Elizabeth, Tony Blair, Sarkozy, Berlusconi, Arab kings and syekh, Alan Greenspan (the former Federal Reserve chairman), and also top richest people and influential leaders, etc. To see more about these people, please click here.

You should know the term of Controlled Opposition. If you see Ahmadinejad, Saddam Hussein, Robert Mugabe, Arroyo, Yasser Arafat, even Osama bin Laden, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, you will think that they are really bad guys, public enemies. But you have been deceived, my friends. They are allies, they are friends, they are under the same system, controlled by Jesuit Order.

This Secret Societies' main objective is to create One World Goverment, New World Order. The one government under strict Martial Law. They want to control everybody around the world. They want people totally subjected unto them. They are now preparing for that. This is why microchips are introduced. They propagate it for protection and safety reason, but is that true? No, they want to trace everybody, no matter where you are. They will be able to find you. Do you know GPS in your car? Shortly in the future, it is not only your car that can be traced, but you yourself. We can be easily found if we lost somewhere around the globe.

This is the reason why they put a lot of surveiliance and hidden cameras everywhere, in the stations, gas stations, supermarkets, inside the train or bus, even in the working place. The government also record all your conversation on the phones. And all your personal IDs have been recorded by them, including your biometric photos, finger-prints, email passwords, etc. The electronic devices, like laptops, computers, handphones, printers have their own serial number. You can be traced back everytime you connected to internet or when you make a phone call. And if you print papers, your printer will also print its serial code to the papers (can't be seen with our eyes) so that they can trace you back through the electronic shops if we publish something against them, etc. They are preparing really hard for that.

This is to make all the inhabitants of the earth worship them and they will have power to make war against the saints and to conquer them (Rev 13:7). So, my friends, in the short future, we, the Bible believers, the genuine born again Christian will face the great persecution because they will force us to put the Mark of beast. And many Christians will lost their faith for their life.

Luke 14:26

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple

This persecution is God's will to purify His churches, to prepare His bride. Everybody who claim that they are "Christian" should be ready, either lost their life for their faith or receive Mark of Beast and get damped for eternity in Hell. No second chance to repent. So, I beg you, my friends. When there is still time to increase your faith, ask the Lord. Don't try to always satisfy your itching ears by hearing prosperity gospel or pre-tribulation rapture, etc. You are going to face the most terrible time ever happened in this world. Jesus prayed like this, "My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me" (John 17:15, 23).

It is totally about your eternity. In short time, your faith will be tested. If you have not warned, if you always want to listen what your itching ears want to hear. I am afraid you will fall away. No pre-tribulation rapture, no prosperity gospel, but "Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12), we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22). Either you choose to be persecuted and get eternal life or choose to betray your faith and get damped in hell for eternity, no second chance, no left behind. For if the rapture should happen before great tribulation, all of us already miss that. We are in the middle of great tribulation.

Revelation of John 14:9-11

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.

Your faith will be tested. If in the comfort zone you can say anything you like, let's see, will you still behave the same attitude when sword are put on your neck or gun our your head. I hope you learn from Peter's denial. He said he would die with Christ, but in less than 24 hours, he betrayed Jesus 3 times. The easiest way to know whether you really mean your words is this: Why don't you preach the Gospel? If you really ready to die for your faith, why are you afraid being persecuted because of Jesus Christ? Why you keep silent when your friends are walking straight to hell? Why you are the one who was influenced by them, not you influence them? Why? Why? Why?

I tell you the truth, it will be a terrible time for us. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now ---- and never be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened (Matthew 24:19, 21-22).

And for the items in the shops, now everything has been computerized, even vegetables and fruits. Do you know the barcode? It is just another kind of their preparation to control the people and devil really work hard behind these things. If you see every barcode, you will see that every number has its own line thickness, eg: 0 = one thick line and one thin line, 1 = one thick line, and 6 = two thin lines.

Barcode means nothing, but the spirit behind it really mean something. They have prepared the works for the end times project. Everything has changed to electronic card, and with that one card, you can do a lot of things. Just imagine if they change that card into microchip, and we must put it inside our right hand or in forehead, otherwise we can't use it, what will we do? For example, my student ID, it can be used for transportation ticket, cafetaria ticket, library card, etc. It just need one ruler of the country to give the regulation, and then it will be applied throughout the region. I can't imagine if Angela Merkel force all her citizen to put microchip inside the body. How can I go to University, how can I buy things from supermarket? And for your information, the leader of the world are trying to eliminate cash money. They will change to electronic card. We are going to be in cashless world in 2010. Just imagine if those electronic card must be implanted in our body. What happened then if you refuse to put it inside?

Revelation of John 13:16-17 (KJV)

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.

Please notice the preposition "in" not "on". So it must be implanted, not like tattoo, sticker, etc. This is about the beast mentioned in the Revelation 13 that come out of the earth. This beast will make the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed (Rev 13:12). The first beast is Roman Catholic Church (beast out of the Sea). It was Roman Empire before, and according to the prophecies of Daniel, eventually it collapsed, but it will get healed. It is getting stronger and stronger, and it has 7 kings and the 8th one is the beast (Revelation 17:10-11). Today pope is the 7th one, so he will be the last pope, and after his death, it will come the real beast (person, 8th king) that will ride the beast of the sea (Roman Catholic Church) and give power to the second beast (New World Order) to execute their plan for the coming of the Real Antichrist (the red Dragon).

About Roman Catholic Church, I have talked a lot in my previous blogs, so let's continue talk about New World Order. As I said, this NWO is governed by rulers and kings of the earth. They are playing god. They have planned about the world events very well. They want to be ruler of the world. These 2 beasts are the New World Order and One World Religion.

The main objective of NWO is to bring the world into one government and to reduce the population from 6.6 billions to just less than 1 billion, because they think that it is the most ideal number for the earth, for the area to plant the food actually just enough to feed 1 billion of people. So, they planned long long ago. First they want Russia to collapse because they don't want to have any other opposition, and it comes to pass in 1991. Secondly, they want Germany to be united in 1990 and then continue to unification of EU in 1993. Then, they want China to grow rapidly, then they will switch to the Middle East, thanks to 911 tragedy, and now they gain control over Saudi Arabia, UEA, Iraq, Afganistan, Pakistan, North Korea, Georgia, etc. Their next target is to attack Iran in short future. They also want to make US economy crashed, dollar will have half of its value soon, so that their next plan, to create North America Union (Canada, US, and Mexico) work, and US dollar will be changed to Amero (the new currency, like Euro for EU).

Do you know the reason we have issue of global warming, global food crisis, global oil crisis, global economy crisis, alien encounter, etc?

For American citizen, just think about Saddam Hussein for example. Do you still remember how he died, he was hung, right? Do you think in the execution area, somebody can sneak with his handset and recorded that scene? How can that be possible? It that very secret place, somebody can get the very confidential video. Why you never think that somebody purposely let that happened, so that the world will think that Saddam Hussein was already dead. Have you ever heard that Saddam Hussein got a lot of money from that lies, to support US goverment. Saddam Hussein sold his own people to this secret societies group.

I don't hate American, they are also the same, they are the victim of their own government. The 11 Sept 2001 tragedy, have you ever thought that your President or rulers were the people behind that? They killed their own citizens just to get reason to attack Afganistan for oils. They blamed everything to Osama bin Laden and terrorists. How can they capture Osama if he never exist?

Some people or organization have planned this very well. They want to rule to world and they want to reduce the population to 1 billion only. That's why they don't care if many lives lost during 11 Sept 2001, US, European, Arabians troops were killed during war in Middle East. They want power and oils. It is not about US only. It is about the kings and rulers of the Earth. They played good act to deceive all the people.

Revelation of John 17:2

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.

American Presidential Election is like another TV series. If McCain win, he will continue what George Bush did. Send more troops to Middle East and kill more American young soldiers for their own purpose and also kill innocent people in Middle East. Please don't see a lot of CNN, CBS news, they are just rubbish. They just show moslems as terrorists in US, and the same things happened in Middle East, they with their own local television show the people there, that Western world are wicked. They just want us to hate each others, kill each others. They do it with purpose, but we did it without knowing anything. In their mind, they just think "you kill my people, I kill your people".

The same thing happen if Obama wins, Bill and Hillary Clinton are influential members or Democrat party and they are also Illuminati member. So what? Obama will die just like Pope John Paul I died misteriously just after he received the title Pope just for 33 days; or maybe he is also already one of the secret society member. Do you know that Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy were murdered because he resisted against this society. American President's seat is a HOTSEAT. You have to change to become like one of them, otherwise you will lose your life.

US government need wars because most of their income come from oil company and weapon industries. And you, American citizen, blindly choose your candidate, do you know that your vote contribute in killing innocent people in middle east, both US soldiers and also native people there. If you are really a Christian, should you allow war to happen? Those people use Fear. Yes, they use fear inside you to win your votes. Please don't bring your faith into politic. For the Bible said, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God (Romans 13:1)

The Global Warming caused by CO2 emission is hoax. US never signed Kyoto Protokol. It happened naturally not man made. Since the sun increase its heat and in Mars (without any man) also experience the Global Warming. Al Gore is not scientist, but politician. It purposely made by these Secret Societies to resist the growth of EU, China and India. And because they reason that "fossil oil"--> source of CO2, they will try nuclear power plant --> nuclear weapon. Preparing for the WWIII. I dare to say that global warming is natural phenomena, not man made because the Bible said so. And for my surprise, it talk about end times.

Revelation of John 16:8

And the fourth angel poured out his vial on the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

The Global Oil Crisis is hoax. They purposely increase the oil price to 145$ so that they will force the Arab world to increase their capacities, then suddenly they reduce the price and lower the dollar. So the oils is very cheap now. I have a friend who work in oil company in Middle East, he said that oil capacity will not run out until we die. There are a lot of oil there. Yes, oil will depleted, but not as fast as we think. The reason why every country thirsty for oil because oil is the key factor if there is war. Without oil, they can make their aircraft fly, or their submarine, tank, helicopter move. The country who has most oil will win the world. That's what they think. They don't believe in God, but God used them to fulfill His prophecies. God's word must stand.

Habakuk 2:3-4

For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

China's growth is hoax. China people is become poorer and poorer. What you see in the news just a glimpse of China, only 4 big cities. The other cities are so poor, especially in the North and West part. The reason is because it is so expensive to pay tax, wages in the developed countries, so they needs cheap labor force, eg: China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Philiphines, Indonesia, Malaysia. The stock markets grew so fast until 2008, then after they have fulfilled their mission. Then suddenly this Secret Societies make them all collapsed. It happen right now.

The Global Economy Crisis is hoax. They will devaluate US dollar till almost no value for preparation of AMERO (the new US currency). Amero is the currency of North American Union. They try to unit US, Canada, and Mexico. You should know why many Hispanics (Mexican) move across US border. It is because Council of Foreign Relations gave them VISA. They have prepared to remove the border among themselves.

Their next target is to attack Iran so that the oil supply to Russia and China from Iran will be cut off and they will also attack the Dome of Rock, because Islam has fulfilled their jobs. The Third Temple will be built soon for the antichrist to reign there. Iranian just a poor country, they don't have anything, just oil. Their people are suffering. Ahmadinejad is ally of US. He betrayed his own people. Have you ever thought the reason why he always went to US and even give speech in US universities and CNN? Do you think is that possible if Iran really enemy, not controlled opposition?

Iran hold the key factor in this one world government. Once Iran fall into US, China and Russia will suffer because the oil will be cut off from them. And because of this reason, China and Russia supply a lot of military weapon and nuclear to Iran, to prevent US take over. But once US controlled that, no more opposition arouse, and we are Christians will suffer, since total control already in works. This world is going to end, nobody can prevent NWO and One World Religion to happen for it is written in the Bible. But we can prevent ourselves fall away from faith by praying to God, "Increase our faith". Deal with me so I am ready and will never forsake you, God.

This is Doomsday scenario, and I believe it will be fulfilled soon, because today Pope is 81 years. He will die soon. So the beast will come and everything should be ready. I believe there are a lot antichrists already operated in this world. But the real antichrist in the last day will come as written in

1 John 2:18

Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist (singular) is coming, even now many antichrists (plural) have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

This is just a warning, hope you are ready. God bless you all

End Times Explained through History

copied from Remnant of God

"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." -Jeremiah 8:20

Most of us have been taught one theory or another when it comes to the rapture. Is it Pre-tribulation? Is it Mid-tribulation? Or is it Post-tribulation? Does the Bible even use the term "Rapture?" Many have even been taught of a secret rapture that will occur without the rest of the wicked world knowing where the Christians have gone to. Millions are missing, they will say, is the common belief. We must also consider the seven year tribulation period that all three beliefs claim as still to come upon the world. Some even believe that the seven years are an opportunity for the lost to have their last chance to see the errors of their evil ways and finally convert to Christianity. A major feat no less seeing how all the "real" Christian preachers and teachers were supposedly raptured up beforehand. Then there are those that believe that the rapture occurs at the moment of death for every person on the planet, almost like their own personal end time experience. Before going further, my question is this. Are you a Christian? Do you believe in the Christian God? Do you believe in the Word of that Christian God? If so, then let's see what that Word says about all this...

2 Thessalonians 2:3

"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 "

First of all, Paul's talking to Believers here when he is saying, "Let no man deceive you..." Second, has the man of sin been revealed? The Bible says the lost CANNOT see the truth. It is plainly written that, "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." [John 14:17] The man of sin is to be revealed to Believers ONLY. Only those that study the Word, and believe the Word can understand the Word. One of the popular theory's is, when the Christians, leave the Holy Spirit goes with them. So again I ask, if there is no Holy Spirit indwelt Christians on Earth, then to WHOM the man of sin being revealed to? The wicked? IMPOSSIBLE! Only those that have the Spirit of Truth can see this man of lies.

2 Thessalonians 2:4-6

"Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. "

Why would Paul warn the believers in this verse if they were supposed to be raptured up beforehand anyway?

2 Thessalonians 2:8

"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: "

Here we see the wicked one is revealed, and THEN the Lord comes. The way this is penned it proves that ONLY believers understand who the wicked is, and did you notice? It does not mention 7 years, and it doesn't mention anything about it being a "secret" rapture either. A little later on I will be sharing Bible verses that PROVE it can in no way be a "secret" rapture. So I pray you continue reading.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-10

"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."

Here we see the Word intimating that directly AFTER the "working of Satan" the Lord will arrive on the Planet! This has to be my favorite passage on this topic. A passage you will never see proclaimed on pulpits that preach a 3 or 7 year pre tribulation Rapture. If they were to use this verse it would prove them liars. All across Christendom it is proclaimed that Christians leave BEFORE the "signs and lying wonders" of Satan. But here it is plainly stated that Jesus is coming "after the working of Satan."

This SEVEN YEAR RAPTURE THEORY is found absolutely NOWHERE in the Scriptures. Furthermore, imagine just what this seven year tribulation period would entail if it were true. This would literally mean SEVEN YEARS OF PARTIES for all the sinners that were left behind on the Earth! Think of it. No Christians are on the planet telling them to straighten up and fly right. No one is warning them of their evil ways! No one is praying for them!

Now I know that this pre-trib theory also says that during this seven years the world will experience intense tribulation, and I guess that alone is supposed to get them to "think?" Common sense affords us the reality that if they didn't have "discernment" beforehand, what makes them think they will have it now? Especically since there is no "Holy Spirit" on the Planet prodding them towards truth. Plus, if you have ever known anyone that has been so deeply into the sin of alcohol for example, you would know that rough tribulation would in no way slow down this persons desire to party on. So using the "tribulation" as a catalyst to get them to Christ is just plain impossible. Truth is, all it is, is an obvious trick of the Devil to get people to think that they would have a second chance at salvation once they see with their own eyes the mysterious disappearance of millions of Christians. However, reality proves it's actually bringing to mind a world wide orgy of sin and decadence for all those that prefer not to repent. Kind of like a reward for all the lucky sinners that were fortunate enough to be left behind.

It's amazing to me how common sense rules this one with ease. Seriously! Think about this. Let's say there is a man that has been in graphic sin his entire life. SO much so that he is homeless and living in skid row. I used to frequent the missionaries near Chicago when I lived up there years ago. In order for a man to get a free meal in these missions you had to sit through a 20 minute sermon before eating. Now think about a man that has been living on skid row 40 years! Three times a day he east at these missions. And three times a day he listens to a preacher. This is of course not counting the young preacher wanna-be's that minister unto him. So, that would equate to him hearing well over 43,680 SERMONS he listened to and ignored. Now, according to the pre-tirb theorists, all real Christians have been raptured up. Now, suddenly this man that lived on skid row BELIEVES what he has denied for 40 years? And to top it off he does so WITHOUT The help of a preacher directing him to the Word of God? Or he does so WITHOUT the help of the Holy Spirit?

So, let's look to the Word of God in a little more depth to see if any of these "secret" or "pre-trib" rapture theories hold up to Biblical jurisprudence. Fact remains, if we want to understand prophecy we must keep our own definitions OUT of the mix! For 2 Peter 1:20 plainly teaches us that NO prophecy is of ANY private interpretation! Plus, if we are to understand any Biblical truth and or doctrine are we not counseled in the Word that "precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:" -Isaiah 28:10. With that in mind, let us look to His Word.

• Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."
• I Peter 5:4 "And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away."

If Jesus was planning on coming in SECRET, He would not "appear" at all, and we would not "look for Him" as the Word of God plainly illustrates we will be doing.

2 Peter 3:10

"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."

Here we see the Word of God declaring the day of the Lord will not only come unexpectedly, it will come with a GREAT NOISE! Does that sound like a secret? And how is it possible to hide the fact that the earth, it's elements, and all the "works" of man upon the earth are BURNED UP on that day? How do you destroy the earth and all it's cities without the wicked knowing?

2 Peter 3:11-14

"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless."

These passages also place our Lord's arrival AND the Earth's destruction AT THE SAME TIME! Plus, we see that we are to be "Looking for" the day of God as well! Since we learned earlier that the wicked CANNOT see the signs of the coming of the Lord because they simply don't believe, who I ask is Peter saying is to "LOOK" for a new Heavens and a new earth?

By the way, there is a VERY blunt reality connected to that "thief in the night" analogy that we will get into a little later. Some of you will be SHOCKED as to what another "epistle" of the Bible has to say about that fact. Most that preach this passage regarding a thief in the night proves the "Rapture" is a secret, are in for a rude awakening. Suffice it to say for now, it is better translated to mean "UNEXPECTED" not "SECRET." But we will get into that a little bit later.

So.. who is lying? The Bible? Or the Preachers? Romans 3:3-4 says, "For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."

Luke 17:22 -27

"And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

"Just like in Noah's time?" Did Jesus lie when He said..."So shall it be..."? Don't these verses seem a bit obvious? The ones in the ark were SAVED. The ones that decided to ignore the warnings of Noah of world wide flood were DESTROYED. And they were destroyed UNEXPECTEDLY! For it says they "did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark.."

Noah and his family believed that God was about to do something extremely graphic globally. However the rest of the ENTIRE PLANET decided to take their chances and ignore "the nut building the big boat on dry land," in the hopes that maybe he was just some religious fanatic. I am sure that Noah, "...a preacher of righteousness," according to 2 Peter 2:5 had plenty of opportunities over the course of the 120 years of building the ark to convince some that he wasn't nuts by his method of preaching. But just like today's world, the people of Noah's day may have echoed the same "dried out" comeback... "I've heard preachers say the end is near for many years!" Does that statement make it all go away? Some I think do believe that if they ignore the Scriptures hard enough, it will all go away. This attitude reminds me of a frightened little boy afraid of noise in the dark, so he hides himself under the covers to make it all go away. Or an ostrich hiding it's head in the sand. We all know the truth whether we admit it or not... It will not go away! Now for another of my favorite verses on this subject.

Luke 17:28,29

"Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. "

"Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot?"... Let me ask you this... If Jesus was planning on waiting seven years to return to get His Saints, why would He tell us His return would be as it was in the days of Lot? Why would Jesus compare an event in Genesis chapter 19 that shows Lot being led out of the city to safety, and then the city is destroyed, THAT SAME DAY? Think about it... Jesus has just compared His second coming with two events in Biblical history in which both events show people being saved from certain destruction and people being certainly destroyed TOGETHER, ON THE SAME DAY.

The pre-tribulation preachers are bluntly stating JESUS LIED! Are they not? Is it any wonder some of them choose not to mention this passage "in context" from their pulpits? Common sense, it proves they are lying.

Let's take a look at another BLUNT reality made plain in the Word. It has to do with the statement, "the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left"

Luke 17:30-36

"Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

Are you curious as to WHERE they are left? I was. As a matter of fact, so were the Apostles curious. Look at the very next verse...

Luke 17:37

"And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. "

Notice the STRONG'S Translation of that word "EAGLE."

	#105 aetos {ah-et-os'} from the same as 109;; n m AV - eagle 4; 4 1) an eagle: since eagles do not usually go in quest of carrion, this may to a vulture that resembles an eagle 2) an eagle as a standard (Roman Military)

The definition of the word "carrion" = "Dead and decaying flesh." Eagles eat LIVE things. So the better translation of this passage is to state it is VULTURES that is gathering where the "body" is.

Let me ask you this... Have you ever seen vultures gather around people lying on a beach? How about vultures circling overhead while people tan themselves on their balconies? Are there vulture hovering over people going to work? Getting married? Working in fields? No I can confidently say, you have not. We all know that a vulture prefers the fairly ripe flesh of a corpse. So we see, when the Apostles asked Where, Lord? Jesus rather bluntly told them that those people that were not going to Heaven THAT SAME DAY would be left behind DEAD. Jesus didn't say that they would be left behind to deal with seven years of tribulation like the pre-trib theory states. Nor did Jesus say that they would remain behind for three and half years like the mid-trib theory proclaims. Is it becoming clearer? Like Jesus illustrated by using both Noah and Lot, THEY WERE DESTROYED THE SAME DAY!

Still, some get confused when seeing that passage. But it comes to a better light when you allow the BIBLE to define the prophetic symbols in it. What am I talking about? Let's briefly look at the symbols Christ uses to describe those that go, and those that are left behind.

• On the housetop are those at home
• In the fields are those at work in the World
• In the bed are those in the grave
• The "women" are churches
• The mill is the work the churches are doing

You can get a lot more info on Prophectic symbols and their biblical meanings by clicking here. It is plain to see that people of all walks of life will be taken to Heaven on that day whether they are at home, at work, at church, or in the grave. The rest will be left behind as bird food. In fact, look at what Jeremiah says about that day. He gets a bit more graphic...

Jeremiah 25:30-33

"Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon 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 hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. Thus saith 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 unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

Sounds like a might terrible day for the wicked does it not? It certainly doesn't sound like day one of a 7 year string of sin does it? The day is soon approaching when all we will see is one attack after another being realized on the child of God on a daily basis. The child of God will have to deal with false accusations of incredible crimes being levied against them. They will be brought before the authorities as common criminals, innocent only before God. They will again be tortured and martyred as in days past. They will witness their very own loved ones dying right before their eyes as an attempt to quench their allegiance to the Almighty and ever God of the universe. But they will stand firm in knowing that their Saviour is near at hand to wipe their tears and take them in an everlasting embrace of love. In fact, in many nations across the globe Christians are already being persecuted as we speak. Some even unto death!

Luke 21:28

"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. "

Jesus is the Redeemer of the faithful. The wicked are not even contemplating looking up because they don't believe He's coming back. According to the pre-trib theory we are not here at this time. So, WHO I ask is Luke suggesting to have "look up?"

2 Peter 3:3-4

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And 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. "

The wicked are the ones mocking the Lord by saying, "Where is the promise of his coming?" All my life I have heard people say this. And at the same time I have heard believers say the opposite.

Daniel 12:1

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. "

If we left 7 years ago, why would the prophecy declare "thy people" will be delivered at that time? And how is it possible for anyone BUT "thy people" to be written in the "book of life?" The wicked shall not be mentioned in that book at all.

Jeremiah 30:7

"Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. "

Just as physical Israel was present during the plague sof their day, so shall spiritual Israel be present.

• Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. "
• Romans 9:4,6-8 "Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; ...For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: ...but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. "

Many that preach the 7 year trib theory declare we shall be saved FROM this tribulation by twisting Jeremiah 30:7 as well as others. Problem is, this passage says we are saved OUT of the "time of Jacob's trouble." Not FROM it! Even Christ stated we will not be "taken from the world" but He prayed we be kept "FROM the evil" the world will attack us with. (See John 17:15)

Was not the Seed of Abraham PRESENT during the 10 plagues in Egypt when Pharaoh was ignoring the warnings of God through Moses? The Seed of Abraham was spared mainly because they were BELIEVERS. Are we any different? Other than some of us latching on to fleshly self preserving lies of the devil, and showing a complete lack of trust in a loving God, we are no different. Just as the Lord spared the Old Testament Seed of Abraham...

• Exodus 12:13 "And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt."

He also plans to spare the New Testament seed as well!

• Romans 5:9, "Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

The Lord protected His own in the Old Testament, and He promises to protect us New Testament believers as well! And BOTH sets of believers show their faith by the BLOOD of Christ! The Old Testament believers had the blood of a Lamb upon the doorposts of their houses, we have the Blood of the Lamb upon the heart! Praise the Lord for His truth being so blunt and powerful even in the most graphic examples!

Ok, let's look at a few more examples in the Word God that you will NEVER see being preached regarding this topic from pulp[its that embrace the 7 year tribulation theory.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:15 "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep."

How blunt does it have to be" We are ALIVE when He returns, and the dead in Christ will rise up before we ascend. But still, some twist this passage to say this is during a SECRET rapture, yet the very next verse (which they often avoid) exposes that error with ease.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

"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:"

As I said earlier, most that preach the 7 year trib theory state the preceding verse has to do with a SECRET Rapture. Yet, this passage says the Lord will descend WITH A SHOUT! How do you SHOUT in secret? And to further prove the erro for what it is, IN CONTEXT this passage goes on to reiterate verse 15 as valid and part of the string of explanation here.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:17 "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."

In verse 15 it speaks of "we which are alive" and states we will NOT precede or prevent those "which are asleep" in the graves. Then verse 16 says at that time the Lord will "descend with a shout." Next we see the passage speakign of those that were asleep as already in the clouds with the Lord and then we "shall be caught up TOGETHER with them in the clouds" to be with Jesus! So I ask.. where are the 7 years? Where are the 3.5 years?

Ok.. this next passage has to do with the "thief in the night" analogy that I spoke of earler. ALL of the pre-trib preachers use the following passage to confirm and or validate their SECRET rapture theories. They will awlays do the following, they will read to you...

• 1 Thessalonians 5:2, "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."

AND THEY STOP!

Some refuse to read futher, and rightly so. For if they read further a multitude of problems arise! For example, look a the next verse..

• 1 Thessalonians 5:3 "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."

If they read this passage in verse 3 they have to explain how "sudden destruction" comes upon those that aren't ready for Christ after He comes as a "thief in the night." According to the 7 year trib theory they would have SEVEN YEARS to get right with Christ. Yet the Bible says SUDDEN DESTRUCTION comes on them that very same day. This is why most will not read past verse 2. They can't explain it. It doesn't jive with their theories.

Think about this as well. If the seven, or three and half year theory were fact, then we would have to remove verse Matthew 24:36 from the Bible along with other references to the fact that. It PLAINLY says... "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." The reason being, if the Christians all of a sudden disappear from the face of the earth on a certain day, all one needs do is calculate three and a half years forward, or seven years forward to get the exact day and hour that Jesus would return! No, we will not know the exact day or hour years in advance! That is an out and out lie!

Now for my FAVORITE verse in this passage! It is so powerful it amazes even seasoned prophecy students as to how blunt it is.

1 Thessalonians 5:4 "But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."

The "Secret rapture" preachers use the verses above this passage (verse 2) to say Jesus comes as a thief in the night for the Christians. But this verse (verse 4) proves they are bold faced liars. This verse is plain! It says clearly that Jesus does NOT come as a thief in the night to the Christians! And why doesn't the Christian have to worry about Jesus coming as a thief to them? Scroll up and view all those passages that used terms like "looking up", or "looking for" the coming of the Lord. What does that entail? Well, this is also another reason the pre-trib preachers fear the verses I just shared. They have NOT the understanding of PROPHECY! If you don't understand the symbols of Prophecy you can not explain them without using terms like "maybe... perhaps.. could be.. or possibly" in your sermons. Ever notice that? The pre-trib preachers can't be confident in their sermons because they do not have the TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST. What is that?

The Testimony of Jesus Christ happens to be one of the two MAJOR fruits of a Christ. In Revelation 12 we read this...

• Revelation 12:17, "And 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."
  

There are six major "symbols" in this prophetic statement.

1. dragon
2. woman
3. remnant
4. the seed
5. commandment keepers
6. testimony of Jesus Christ

This is how you define Prophetic symbols in the Word of God. Did you know that there are 404 verses in Revelation? And 278 of them can be found almost word for word in all the other books of the Bible. In other words, THE BIBLE DEFINES ITSELF PERFECTLY! Don't let anyone give you their "opinion" or "interpretation." Let the Word define the Word!

DEFINITION OF SYMBOLS in Rev 12:17

	dragon = satan (Revelation 12:9, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." woman = church (Jeremiah 6:2, "I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman." Also see Ephesians 5:22-35) remnant = small portion of original (Isaiah 1:9, "Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah." Also See Zechariah 8:12, Isaiah 16:14, Jeremiah 44:28 Also See *Strong's Concordance info below) the seed = the children of God (Romans 9:8 "...they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.) commandment keepers = obvious. The elect will keep the commandments in the end time. testimony of Jesus Christ = gift of prophecy (Revelation 19:10, "...the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.")

	*REMNANT: #3062 3062 loipoy {loy-poy'} masculine plural of a derivative of 3007;; adv AV - other 15, rest 12, others 7, remnant 4, residue 1, which remains 1, other things 1; 41 1) remaining, the rest 1a) the rest of any number or class under consideration 1b) with a certain distinction and contrast, the rest, who are not of a specific class or number 1c) the rest of the things that remain

The Bible plainly defines the elect as a people that keep the commandments and understand prophecy. PLUS, it also declares the enemy hates us greatly because of that, and that is no doubt the main reason our numbers are so small. Again, on my site I have a list of prophetic symbols defined using the Bible. I have another list offline as well that I am working on that much larger.

So... getting back. The pre-trib preachers declare Jesus comes as a THIEF in the night, and they define that event as being "in secret." However, the Bible says we as true Christians will NOT have Jesus coming to us a thief. And it explain why. It's because we are "looking up" or "looking for" that great day. And how do we "look" for that great day? By UNDERSTANDING PROPHECY! We read our Bibles, then we read our Newspapers. Jesus can not come unexpectedly to those that are understand the signs of the times! And that is another reason the pre-trib preachers refuse to preach past verse 2 of 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. They don't "look for" or they don't have the "Testimony Jesus Christ" or the "Spirit of Prophecy" that is needed to decipher those Truths. So they can't possibly explain that passage. They know they will stumble over their tongues when trying, so they avoid it at all costs.

Bottom line: The reason verse 4 says Jesus does NOT come as a thief in the night for "brethren" is because brethren understand prophecy and will be READY when He comes. The "wise virgins" are called wise for a reason.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:5,6 "Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."

And to "watch and be sober" means to study the Word, and follow the Truths that point to Christ! And again, if we are supposed to be gone during a 7 year trib. Why is Paul suggesting we "watch and be sober?"

• 1 Thessalonians 5:7 -10 "For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him."

• Matthew 24:42 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come"

Now for a parable that exposes the error of the 7 year trib. Jesus Himself explains what will happen on that last day in parable format, and then He actually EXPLAINS that parable to His disciples!

JESUS EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS AT SECOND COMING

• Matthew 13:24-30, "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

Jesus then explains this...

• Matthew 13:36-39, "Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels."

Have you ever seen a actual TARE? It's not just any weed. This is what I used to think for years. A tare looks just like wheat! In fact it looks exactly like wheat. Until harvest that is. The wheat is plump and filled with its fruit, but the tares are scrawny and thin. In fact, inside the tares is a small back seed that if eaten causes sleepiness no less! This parable fits perfectly with todays world. SO MANY people claim Christ as Lord. Literally billions of people on this planet "look" like Christians. Soon however, the harvest will be ready and those of us called to tarry through the time of Jacob's trouble will experience first hand how scrawny and thin those "Christians" really are. They will be the ones that join with Rome to have us jailed, persecuted and even killed.

There is one verse in the Word of god that directly addresses the so called "Secret Rapture" in such a way that it appears to say the Lord knew this lie would be embraced in these last days.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. Psalm 50:3

The "Secret Rapture" theory preaches it's not only secret, it's done in SILENCE where "suddenly" millions are missing! This verse directly exposes those preachers of error with childlike ease!

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ONE LAST NOTE... WHAT IF "THIS" WAS PLANNED... by you know who!

	"DON'T WORRY...WHEN THE CHRISTIANS LEAVE, IT WILL BE THE SIGN YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR... YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REPENT, AND GET YOUR LIFE RIGHT THEN" Signed... Satan

This seven year rapture theory may be the devil's last trick played on mankind! NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S CALLED "SAVED?"

By the way... this next verse BLUNTLY declares those that state we leave BEFORE Satan does his evil acts are actually what Scripture define as false teachers and false prophets. The 7 year trib and secret rapture theory declares ALL that Satan does will be done AFTER the Christians are raptured up and away from all the trouble. But the following passage states the exact opposite!

2 Thessalonians 2:9, "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

Jesus is coming AFTER Satan does his lying wonders. This verse proves that! And by the way, Jesus actually PRAYED that we DON'T leave the world in John 17:15. He said, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."

So, how was this lie fabricated? How was it so easily embraced by the church? It has to do with a prophecy of Daniel chapter 9...

A PROPHETIC TWIST ON DANIEL 9

This seven year tribulation theory actually originates from a mis-understanding, or deliberate re-writing of the prophecy in the ninth chapter of the book of Daniel. Many take this prophecy out of context to explain a seven year,(Pre-Trib) or three and a half year, (Mid-Trib) time of great tribulation for the Christian believer. However, you will find by studying this prophecy that it does not speak of a time of tribulation at all. In fact, it speaks of a time that all believers both Old and New Testament alike hold very dear to their hearts. It is the prophecy that describes the coming of Jesus as the Messiah in 27AD, as well as what transpired from the very year He stepped into the river Jordan to be baptized by John, to the exact year He died on the cross 3½ years after His baptism. We then see the prophecy coming to the time when the Gospel was finally proclaimed to the Gentile 3½ years after the cross. This of course ends up equaling a grand total of seven years after Jesus steps forward as Messiah in 27A.D. Which by the way is prophecied in Daniel chapter nine, and the EXACT YEAR of Christ's arrival as Messiah is also mentioned in that same chapter. It's amazing to say the least!

Over 500 years before Jesus was born there was a prophet named Daniel. This Daniel was given an amazing prophecy which predicted the exact time the Messiah would come. This awesome prophecy with all its well researched and documented prophetic dates, proves beyond a doubt that Jesus is indeed the Messiah that was to come, and He came in the very year Daniel's vision revealed..

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Daniel 9:24-27 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

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First of all, according to the prophecy, how much time was allotted Jerusalem by God Almighty to make up for the sins committed against Him? It states in verse 24 that "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity" Seventy weeks is the amount of time the Lord has given. But how long is Seventy weeks in prophetic time? Looking to Ezekiel 4:6 we see the method of calculating time in prophecy. Ezekiel 4:6 says, "I have appointed thee each day for a year." This is an amazing key in prophetic dating that most preachers today are totally unaware of. Does the Bible really preach this? And does historic fact confirm it? Truth is, there are so many times this calculation is use din the Word when speaking in prophetic tones, that I woul dbe hard pressed to list them all. Here are but a few...

Days prophecied	Source Passage	Historic fact
1260 days	Dan 7:25, Dan 12:7, Rev 11:3, Rev 12:6 , Rev 12:14	538AD to 1798AD 538AD Catholicism began as a church & state. 1798AD Napoleon mortally wounded the church and stopped the "church & state" structure. (Prophecy states this would be a 'temporary' wound)
42 Months
2300 days	Start = Ezra 7:1-27 End = Daniel 8:14	Start = 457BC Israel did rebuild. End = 1844AD Sanctuary cleansed, and "Great Disapointment" occurs. (Rev 10:9,10)
70 weeks (490 days)	Start = Ezra 7:1-27 End = Acts 7:59	Start = 457BC Israel did rebuild. End = 34AD Stephan stoned
62 weeks (483 days)	Start = Ezra 7:1-27 End = Dan 9:25	Start = 457BC Israel did rebuild. End = 27AD Jesus is baptized.
1 week (7 days)	Start = Dan 9:25 End = Acts 7:59	Start = 27AD Jesus is baptized. End = 34AD Stephan is stoned.
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Of course there are quite a few more areas in the Word that use the day for a year method, but I believe these few examples should suffice for now. My question has to be then is this. Why is it so many refuse to believe the truth regarding the biblical jurisprudence of a day for a year in prophecy when there is so much evidence to support it? It's absolutely impossible for this to be a mere coincidence. For example, Daniel and Revelation both speak of 1260 days that were to actually equal 1260 years. Then we see that historic record proves the Roman Catholic church started as a church and state in 538AD and exactly 1260 years later Napoleon ended their evil reign for a time. You can verify the historic facts by clicking here. Or even take into consideration how the Lord told Moses that the forty days he searched the land would become forty years of wandering desert for the rebellious people of God. (See verification in Numbers 14:32-34)

So according to the Bible, a prophetic day actually represents a literal year in actual time. No keep in mind this calculation is ONLY good in prophetic situations. So that would mean each of the seventy weeks represents seven literal years because the Lord has given us "a day for a year" when calculating prophetic time. Multiplying seven years times seventy, we come up with a grand total of 490 years that the Lord has given the Jewish nation as a probationary period to get right with God. But when was this 70 week (490 years) period of time to start? Looking at verse 25 of Daniel chapter 9 we see that it will start "from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem" So as soon as it was commanded by one in authority, like a king, all that awaited the time to start would be the "going forth" to actually place the foot in Jerusalem.

Understand that at this time God's people were in captivity in Persia. However, the Lord God had touched the heart of the Persian King Artaxerxes, to make a decree which would have allowed all the Jews that desired, to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the city. This actual decree is historically recorded in the Bible in the book of Ezra chapter 7. Two other kings had also made decrees prior to this one, but they only allowed the rebuilding of the temple, so in fact they would not qualify as prophetic fulfillment in this case.

Ezra 7:7,12,13 says, " And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. "

History records that this king began his rule in the year 464 B.C. Using simple mathematics, the actual "seventh year of Artaxerxes the king" would then be 457 B.C. This decree was fulfilled in the fall of this year after the arrival of Ezra in the city of Jerusalem. Once Ezra placed foot in what was called Jerusalem, or "went forth," as Scriptures denote, the city had become.

According to Daniel, how much time must pass from the decree of Artaxerxes till the Messiah actually appears? Verse 25 of Daniel chapter 9 tells us, "unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks"

Prophetic statement	# of weeks	Calculation	Total	End result
Seven weeks	7	7 x 7	49 days	49 years
...plus three *score	60	3 x 20 x 7	420 days	420 years
...and two weeks	2	2 x 7	14 days	14 years
GRAND TOTAL:	69	69 x 7	483 days	483 years
*NOTE: a "score" = "a group of 20..." -Dictionary.com

If the "day for a year" prophetic calculation is something the Lord would have us do. Then all we need to do is add 483 years to the date King Artaxerxes made the decree. That was in 457BC. Adding 483 to 457BC you will come to the EXACT year Jesus Christ put His foot in the river Jordan to be baptized! Messiah has arrived!

PROPHETIC TIME CHART

Did Messiah appear in the year 27 A.D. exactly 483 years after king Artaxerxes made the decree in 457 B.C.? Using the New Testament merely as an accurate and documented history book, lets take a look.

Acts 10:38 speaks of how "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."

• Luke 3:1, 21,22 "Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."

The name "Messiah" is the Hebrew word for "Anointed". "Christ" is the Greek word for the same. Even though Jesus Christ was actually born the son of God, He was not the "Messiah" or the "Anointed" until He was actually anointed. Looking to Acts 10:38 we see that Jesus was anointed by the Holy Ghost. Then Luke 3:21,22 makes it plain that He was "anointed" by the Holy Ghost at His baptism, which in fact took place in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar, according to Luke 3:1

History substantiates that the 15th year of Tiberius was in fact the year 27 A.D. The exact same year that the prophecy in the book of Daniel says He would be "anointed," He was! Jesus Himself even acknowledged the prophecy of Daniel by saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." -Mark 1:15

There's absolutely no room for mistake here. Jesus appeared right on schedule, just as Daniel predicted hundreds of years earlier! The odds that Jesus is not the Messiah are inconceivable. But this isn't the only proof. We have seen 483 out of the 490 years fulfilled, but what of the last 7 years remaining in the prophecy? Are they the "time of tribulation" that many believe? If so, then how do we explain what happens after Jesus is baptized? Do we nullify the rest of the prophetic facts of Daniel regarding what Messiah will do during that week in prophetic time, and then place them at the end of the World? If we do that, then in essence, Messiah never came! For to START those 7 years, Messiah must come the FIRST time to be crucified. For Daniel also states that in the middle of that week Messiah will indeed be "cutoff." We will get into that a little later on.

Daniel predicts in chapter 9, that after Jerusalem has been restored, "the street shall be built again, and the wall..." then there will be "...threescore and two weeks" of time to pass before the final week of the "seventy weeks" Remember? The prophecy stated Messiah will come at the end of 69 weeks! And the Prophecy spoke of 70 weeks.

This last week will be the time that the "Messiah (will) be cut off." Speaking of the final 7 years, Daniel says in verse 27 "for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease" According to the prophecy the Messiah must be "cut off" in the middle of the final seven years of that 490 year prophecy. Did this happen? Let's do the math. One half of 7 years is 3½ years. If we add 3½ years to the Fall of 27 A.D. when Jesus was baptized, we come to the Spring of 31 A.D. We find that Jesus was indeed hung on a cross exactly 3½ years after He was baptized, or "anointed" as Messiah in the Fall of 27 A.D. We also know that Jesus hung on that cross in the Spring of 31 A.D. for the Bible clearly states that it was the time for the Jewish Passover. Jesus with His own mouth said, "Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified." in Matthew 26:2.

There is another way of knowing that Messiah was "cut off" 3½ years after He begins His ministry. Directly after Jesus is anointed by God in the river Jordan, Luke 3:23 tells us accurately that "Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli," This tells us when Jesus "began" His ministry. Now all one needs do is "COUNT" the amount of Passovers that follow from this verse until Jesus is "cut off" or "crucified" and you will see 3½ years have passed by.

Read John chapter 2 through chapter 13
John 2:13,23	PASSOVER #1
John 6:3,4	PASSOVER #2
John 13:1	PASSOVER #3

Yes once again the Bible accurately proves that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. Jesus also caused the "sacrifice and the oblation to cease" at the same time when He became our Passover lamb. This is historically recorded in the book of Mark

• Mark 15:37,38 "And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."

When the temple veil ripped it meant no longer is there any need for animal sacrifice. Jesus had finished it upon the cross. John the Baptist put it ever so prophetically plain when he said these words after seeing Jesus walking towards him..

• John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."

Notice that verse 26 of Daniel 9 tells us that the Messiah shall be cut off, "but not for himself." This too is prophetically sound as Jesus did in fact die for us. He did not die for the sins He committed Himself. He was absolutely blameless upon the cross. He was a Lamb without spot or wrinkle! Isaiah put it very plain when he said, "he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." -Isaiah 53:5

We are now in "in the midst of the week" of this prophecy. There are still 3½ years remaining in this prophecy though. What of these years? Is there still something left to be fulfilled? Yes there is. There is still 3½ years left in the probationary period left for the Jewish nation to reconcile themselves to God. Directly after this period expired what happened? In order to understand prophetically as to what actually occurred. We must first come to the realization as to what the "fig tree" means in prophecy.

• Matthew 24:32-34, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."
  

THE FIG TREE EXPLAINED

• 1 Kings 4:25, "And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon."
• Hosea 9:10, "I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved."
  

Many already understand the fig tree to be a Biblical symbol of the true Israel. And rightly so, for even Jesus Himself confirms the "Israel - fig" connection in Matthew 21.

• Matthew 21:19, "And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away."

The TRUE and FIRST Israel denied Jesus as Messiah did they not. When Jesus walked into Jerusalem, He found "nothing thereon." He even looked upon them and wept did He not? They had NO FRUIT whatsoever. And just as He prophetically announced, just as we learned earlier was inevitable, after the 490 years, they "withered away" and died as the "true" Israel. Probation closed for them on the very day they stoned Stephan. When Jesus said... "Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever" He was prophesying as to the end result of the 70 weeks. And here is further evidence of that very fact.

• Acts 13:46, "Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."

Here the "REAL" Israel that was symbolized by the "fig tree" has been judged unworthy of the truth entrusted to them. Therefore the Gospel is to no longer be left to them for to preach. PLUS... Now the REAL Israel, or the "blood" relative of Israel was no longer to be considered the TRUE Israel. Truth is, the believer in Jesus Christ is now considered the TRUE Israel. Those 490 years ended and no longer would Israel have "favored nation" status with God. We Christians were then grafted into the vine.

• Romans 2:28,29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Romans 9:6-8 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
• Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

So when Jesus looked upon the fig tree, He was proclaiming He looked at Israel and saw no fruit. He merely acted according to what prophecy already proclaimed in Daniel chapter 9. One other thing I noticed while digging into this. (no pun intended)

• Luke 13:6-9, "He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down."
  

In that parable Jesus states "a certain man" had a "fig tree" that had "no fruit." Then after "3 years" Jesus said it was to be cut down. But "the certain man" was convinced to extend the time so as to fertilize the tree. Just as prophecy stated in Daniel 9, three years after Jesus was crucified the Jews stoned Stephan as an absolute sign their probation had ended. Stephan had given them a rather extensive outline of Gospel truth, and the JEwish leaders of the day stoned him as a blasphemer. Their blindness to Biblical truths evidenced their probationary close that day! And they confirmed that fact by stoning Stephan to death.

Since Christ died and resurrected the Apostles preached ONLY to Jews! Later it is confirmed the Lord was ok with them preaching to Gentiles. This is confirmed in Acts chapter 10 when Cornelius became the first Gentile to hear the Gospel. The vision Peter had was telling him to go ahead and preach to the Gentiles. The reason that sheet came down three times tellign Peter to "kill and eat" wasn't giving Peter the ok to eat pork and other unclean foods, because Peter even stated in Acts 11:8, "...Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.""as well. The sheet came down three times because THREE GENTILE MEN were knocking at Peter's door. The Lord was telling Peter to consider the Gentile CLEANSED now to hear the Gospel truth, and then later in Acts Peter explains to Cornelius and the rest listening on that this is exactly what that vision meant. Still, to this day some Preachers and teachers mistake the vision for saying it's ok to eat ham hocks and pork rinds now. EVEN THOUGH Peter explains the vision to Cornelius proving what it meant!

But what about the statement, "then after that thou shalt cut it down", did this occur as well?

• Luke 19:41-43, "And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,"

Looks like after Jesus did all He could for this nation, He was left merely to weep for it. Plus they are about to be surrounded according to Luke. After they are surrounded, will they be "cut down?"

	In A.D.66 when Cestius came against the city, but unaccountably withdrew, the Christians discerned in this the sign foretold by Christ, and fled while 1,100,000 Jews are said to have been killed in the terrible siege in A.D. 70.-Eusebius, Church History, book 3, chap. 5

Verse 26 from Daniel 9 told us that "the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood" This was graphically fulfilled with the arrival of Rome represented by Titus and his soldiers destroyed Jerusalem in 70AD. The soldiers of Titus burned and destroyed Herod's temple and destroyed Jerusalem in a literal "flood" of killing. It is estimated well over a million Jews died in this battle!

So, I ask. How is it possible for prophecy called "the week of Daniel" is to be placed at the end of the world? How can this be when every single prophetic fact mentioned in that prophetic week were already fulfilled? The seven years of Daniel chapter nine are indeed a time of great mercy towards the believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. To take this prophecy and twist it to depict a time of horrid tribulation is indeed a red flag to all those that understand prophecy. Only the enemy would look upon this time as a threat to life and limb. He fears this prophetic event of 2000 years ago because of what it entails. It proves HE LOST!

The bottom line is this... The Bible records that the plagues of Revelation "will come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." [Revelation 18:8] So I ask, how is it possible for the plagues or the "time of tribulation" to last seven years as all these preachers preach? How could they last even three and a half years as others preach? The Bible plainly says the plagues will be within ONE DAY. And since we already understand prophetic time is a "day = a year." The plagues will fall COMPLETELY within ONE YEAR! Not seven!

So, are you curious as to WHO started this lie and why? I know I was. This is what I found...

The Rapture: Rooted in Catholicism

	The foundation of the rapture theory was laid over 400 years ago upon the specific orders of the Catholic Church. Every Christian needs to understand how this fabrication of error was designed to neutralize the great Protestant Reformation. If the facts of history were known by Protestants today who defend with such great emotion the rapture theory and the futurist antichrist doctrine, they would be horrified.Luther and his fellow reformers boldly identified the pope as the "man of sin," and labeled the Catholic Church as the antichrist of prophecy. In response to those charges, the hierarchy assigned two Jesuit priests to develop counter- interpretations which would turn the onus away from the Catholic Church. In spite of the fact that the two men founded opposing schools of interpretation, their theories have survived to form the basis of most modern Protestant theology today. Not only did they effectively blunt Luther's assessment of the papacy as the antichrist, but they cleverly divided and diluted the "protest" of all the churches which grew out of the Reformation movement. Modern religious observers were astounded in January, 1984, when men like Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell meekly accepted and defended the establishment of United States political ties with the Vatican. Why could those famous Protestant spokesmen see no danger in being allied with the Church of Rome? Because they are deceived, along with millions of others, by the Catholic-contrived theories of those two priests which have almost eclipsed the historic, biblical position of the Reformers. If the spiritual descendants of Luther and Wesley now had the same doctrine which they taught, not a single Lutheran or Methodist would favor any kind of alliance with the papacy today. Now let's take a look at these two Spanish priests who flooded the sixteenth century with their counter-Reformation propaganda.Alcazar of Seville applied all the beast prophecies to Antiochus Epiphanes, who lived long before the popes began to rule in Rome. His system of interpretation came to be known as the Preterist School of prophecy.On the other hand, Jesuit Francisco Rivera invented a system known as the Futurist School of interpretation. He taught that the antichrist was to be some future superman who would appear near the end of time and continue in power for three and a half years. It is his clever, unscriptural theory which has been resurrected by modern evangelical Protestant Christians. And today millions of Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, etc., hold this anti-Protestant concoction of the Jesuits as some kind of infallible doctrine. Yet, those same denominations claim to be faithful supporters of Protestant theology. Luther and other stalwart protestors against Catholic errors would be astounded if they were suddenly resurrected to hear what is being taught in the name of Protestantism. In the early 1800s the futurist view of Jesuit Ribera passed through certain refinements and additions, including the seven-year tribulation and the snatching away of the saints. For the first time, it was espoused by Protestant teachers who were seeking ways of reconciliation with Rome. Through the influence and writings of John Nelson Darby of the Plymouth Brethren Church in England, the new doctrine spread to the United States. During the middle and latter nineteenth century, it received its biggest boost from Cyrus Scofield, who incorporated it into the notes of his Scofield Reference Bible published in 1909. -Rendevous in space -a concerned Christian

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Below is a list of undeniable prophecies that prove Jesus was indeed the Holy One of God. Using the Old Testament as a prophetic herald, and then using the New Testament as an accurate and confirming history book, we see the link between Jesus and Messiah. This section was created for the sole purpose of sharing facts with my Jewish friends.

B i b l i c a l F a c t s	Old Testament Prophecy	New Testament Fulfillment
Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem	Micah 5:2	Matthew 2:1-6 Luke 2:1-20
Messiah was to be born of a virgin	Isaiah 7:14	Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 1:26-38
Messiah was to be a prophet like Moses	Deuteronomy 18: 15,18,19	John 7:40
Messiah was to enter Jerusalem in triumph	Zechariah 9:9	Matthew 21:1-9 John 12:12-16
Messiah was to be rejected by his own people	Isaiah 53:1,3 Psalm 118:22	Matthew 26:3,4 John 12:37-43 Acts 4:1-12 ~ PRESENT DAY
Messiah to be betrayed by one of his followers	Psalm 41:9	Matthew 26:14-16; 47-50 Luke 22:19-23
Messiah was to be tried and condemned	Isaiah 53:8	Luke 23:1-25 Matthew 27:1,2
Messiah was to be silent before his accusers	Isaiah 53:7	Matthew 27:12-14 Mark 15:3,4 Luke 23:8-10
Messiah to be struck and spat on by his enemies	Isaiah 50:6	Matthew 26:67 Matthew 27:30 Mark 14:65
Messiah to be mocked and insulted	Psalm 22:7,8	Matthew 27:39-44 Luke 23:11,35
Messiah was to die by crucifixion	Psalm 22:14,16,17	Matthew 27:31 Mark 15:20,25
Messiah was to suffer with criminals and pray for his enemies	Isaiah 53:12	Matthew 27:38 Mark 15:27,28 Luke 23:32-34
Messiah was to be given vinegar and gall	Psalm 69:21	Matthew 27:34 John 19:28-30
Others were to cast lots for Messiah's garments	Psalm 22:18	Matthew 27:35 John 19:23,24
Messiah's bones were not to be broken	Exodus 12:46	John 19:31-36
Messiah was to die as a sacrifice for sin	Isaiah 53:5,6,8,10,11,12	John 1:29; 11:49-52 Acts 10:43; 13:38,39
Messiah was to be raised from the dead	Psalm 16:10	Acts 2:22-32 Matthew 28:1-10
Messiah is now at God's right hand	Psalm 110:1	Mark 16:19 Luke 24:50,51
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Psa.27.5 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 upon a rock. Psa.37.39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. Matt.10.17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; Matt.10.18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Matt.10.19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. Matt.10.20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. Matt.10.21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. Matt.10.22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. Matt 24:9-14 "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." Matt.24.22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Matt.24.23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. Matt.24.24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Matt.24.25 Behold, I have told you before. Matt.24.26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. Matt.24.27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Luke 21:28 When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.. John.16.33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Acts.14.22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 2 Thes 2:9 "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders," Rev.1.7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen Rev.7.14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE...

John 17:15, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."

Jesus Christ Himself, in a prayer FOR US is asking His Father that we are NOT taken out of the World, rather He wants us protected WHILE we're here. Hence, this Biblical FACT...

Psalms 91:10, "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling."

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BIBLICAL & HISTORIC FACTS PROVING THE GREAT TRIBULATION ALREADY OCCURRED
Below is an excerpt from my book, "People Get Ready" that you can read free online, or download absolutely free.

PROPHECY # 1

JESUS SAID BEFORE HE RETURNS, HIS FOLLOWERS IN JERUSALEM MUST FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS, AND THEN JERUSALEM WILL BE DESTROYED

Matthew 24:15,16
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

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HISTORIC FACT IS...
In A.D.66 when Cestius came against the city, but unaccountably withdrew, the Christians discerned in this the sign foretold by Christ, and fled while 1,100,000 Jews are said to have been killed in the terrible siege in A.D. 70. (The attack of the Roman warrior Titus occurred in 70AD killing the 1,100,000 Jews) Eusebius, Church History, book 3, chap. 5

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The Christians living at the time Cestius came against the city and withdrew understood exactly what was happening. They remembered the prophecy Jesus made in Matthew 24:15,16 and fled to the mountains before the Roman army returned. Could it be Cestius was "casing the joint" as we say in today's lingo? For whatever reason, the Lord saw fit to warn His children in advance of this day and they glorified Him by believing and fleeing as He suggested they should. As the history book records we see that the non-believing Jews saw no danger when Cestius stopped by. And because they chose to deny Jesus and ignore His prophecy, they paid for their disbelief with their very lives! 1,100,000 men woman and children DIED that day!!!! They could have all been SAVED had they just believed in this one mere prophecy! Think about today and all the prophecies that have been fulfilled over the years. What an honor, to be loved so deeply by the Almighty Creator that He would warn us in advance.

After I read about this as a young Christian I understood the importance of prophecy and why the Lord saw fit to bless us with it. I actually saw two reasons for His prophecy.

(1) PROPHECY GLORIFIES GOD IN HIS TRUTH

(2) IT'S GOD'S PERFECT METHOD OF WARNING HIS CHILDREN!

When we see the Almighty's prophecy come to light with 100% accuracy, we see a true and awesome Creator who knows all, has created all, and does in fact see all. We also see a God that loves His children so much that He actually writes them a book that shares with them the true and accurate method by which to live and prepare themselves for His eternal Kingdom. Which by the way, is VERY soon in coming as you will soon see.

PROPHECY # 2

THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WILL EXPERIENCE A GREAT PERSECUTION, OR "TRIBULATION" BEFORE HIS RETURN

Matthew 24:21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

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This Great Tribulation that Jesus speaks of here in Matthew 24 is one prophecy that is so often taken out of context. It is actually taught by some as being at some time in the future. But what about all the history books that record the Dark Ages with such unintentional prophetic accuracy? Are we to assume that this documented period in history is one that should be forgotten, or looked at lightly? Are we supposed to say that over 50 Million Christians slaughtered for their faith in Jesus as being a time in history that isn't recorded in God's Prophetic Word? Does not the book of Revelation speak of a period of persecution? (See my book, "The Second Window" for an in depth look at the truth about this.) Think about it for a moment... All the history books in every library on earth record a period of time with intense religious persecution.

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Under the bloody maxims those persecutions were carried on, from the eleventh and twelfth centuries almost to the present day, which stand out on the page of history. After the signal of open martyrdom had been given in the canons of Orleans, there followed the extirpation of the Albigenses, under the form of a crusade, the establishment of the inquisition, the cruel attempts to extinguish the Waldenses, the martyrdoms of the Lollards, the cruel wars to exterminate the Bohemians, the burning of Huss and Jerome, and multitudes of other confessors, before the Reformation; and afterwards, the ferocious cruelties practised in the Netherlands, the martyrdoms of queen Mary's reign, the extinction, by fire and sword, of the reformation in Spain and Italy, by fraud and open persecution in Poland, the massacre of Bartholomew, the persecution of the Huguenots by the League,... and all the cruelties and perjuries connected with the revocation of the edict of Nantz [Nantes]. These are the more open and conspicuous facts which explain the prophecy, besides the slow and secret murders of the holy tribunal of the inquisition. -Rev. T. R. BIRKS, M.A., The Four Prophetic Empires, and the Kingdom of Messiah (1845 ed.) pp. 248, 249

The church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a compentant knowledge of history. The memorials, indeed, of many of her persecutions are now so scanty that it is impossible to form a complete conception of the multitudes of victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can adequately realize their sufferings. -W.E.H. LECKY, History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, (Reprint; New York: Braziller, 1955) Vol.2 pp. 40-45

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The Dark Ages have been recorded in almost every history book available today, however, you may find that some of these books have altered or even omitted certain historical facts that can be easily researched in most local libraries. Think of it, 50 MILLION! That actually dwarfs Hitler's holocaust by comparison! Some historians today are even estimating the death toll at 150 MILLION! This period was indeed the most extensive attack to date ever on the true Christian church in the history of mankind. But still, some preachers will go so far as to say this day is yet to come. Don't let those preachers of error scare you into thinking it's better to be a sinner than a saint because of a precarious future ahead. Of course all Christians will become extremely un-popular soon, and they will experience a short time of trouble as well as the "...time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." [Jeremiah 30:7] We have an Almighty and Loving Heavenly Father that will protect and keep us during the trouble Jeremiah speaks of. However, the wicked will be all alone when the "time of Jacob's trouble" is realized. They haven't learned how to trust and rely on the God of all creation for protection in this intense time. Yes there is indeed a time of spiritual as well as physical trouble coming to this planet, however, when the plagues begin to fall, it is entirely directed toward the wicked, NOT the Christian! The Bible states very plainly that the children of God will be spared the seven last plagues of Revelation. The Un-Believer is the one that has the wrath of God poured upon him, and this wrath is poured WITHOUT mercy!

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Revelation 14:9,10
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, 10 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:

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50 Million Christians, maybe even 100 Million! And they were all killed because the apostate church thought they were doing God a favor by their terrorist methods of evangelizing! This brings to mind another prophecy that Jesus makes in the book of John about how the children of God will actually be persecuted by their very own religious leaders.

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JESUS SAID IN... John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

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To think that some religious leaders have actually been blinded so much that they think killing a person rather than preaching the Gospel to them is the method Jesus would have instructed they do. This is evidence of the power and ability of a diabolical enemy we have found ourselves engaging. Nevertheless, don't let that slow you down one bit. For the Word says... "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." [Philippians 4:13]

The next three prophecies are a bit on the extraordinary in manner. I honestly believe that this is no mistake. I believe Jesus planned it that way so that when the prophecy comes to be, it can in no way be mistaken for anything less than fulfillment.

I will not be a bit surprised if you never knew these next three prophecies were actually fulfilled. The enemy has been very busy keeping these facts hidden from the general public. This has been going on for many hundreds of years. Whenever an event occurs in history of Biblical proportions, the media of the day always seems to do a hush hush on it. They always seem to use the reason for playing it down to be that they want to prevent wide spread panic. I have recently noticed watching the TV news that many times a reporter will report an event that was actually prophesied in the Bible. But later the story will be absolutely impossible to find repeated on any other news cast. It's almost as if they realized their snafu of letting the prophecy confirmation air, and then decided to do a hush hush job on it to spare us the details. These next three prophecies are just like that. History does however record them in vivid detail, so be ready to see a prophecy of old come to light today. I have talked with many Christians about these prophecies, and with true honesty, I have to say that over 90% were amazed that they never knew of these particular facts!

PROPHECY # 3,4, & 5 ARE ALL FOUND IN MATTHEW 24:29

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PROPHECY # 3

THE SUN WILL BE TURNED TO DARKNESS

Matthew 24:29
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:

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Documented historical facts reveal...

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Timothy Dwight, president of Yale, remembered that "a very general opinion prevailed, that the day of judgment was at hand. The [Connecticut] House of Representatives, being unable to transact business, adjourned," but the Council lighted candles, preferring, as a member said, "to be found at work if the judgment were approaching." (See JOHN W. BARBER, Connecticut Historical Collections [2d ed., 1836], p.403)

... If every luminous body in the universe had been shrouded in impenetrable shades, or struck out of existence, the darkness could not have been more complete. A sheet of white paper held within a few inches of the eyes was equally invisible with the blackest velvet." -SAMUEL TENNEY, Letter (1785) in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, part 1, vol.1 (1792 ed.), pp.97,98

The remarkable Dark Day of May 19, 1780, is described by Samuel Williams of Harvard, The professor relates... "between the hours of ten and eleven a.m., and continued until the middle of the next night,... Candles were lighted up in houses; ... the birds having sung their evening songs, disappeared, and became silent;... the fowls retired to roost; ... the cocks were crowing all around, as at the break of day; ... objects could not be distinguished but at a very little distance; and everything bore the appearance and gloom of night." -Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [through 1783], vol.1 pp. 234,235.)

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How can anyone deny such documented testimonies? Did you notice who these testimonies were from? A YALE president... The Historical Society of Massachusetts... And a HARVARD professor! These are credible witness's! Over Sixteen and a half centuries earlier, the Lord Jesus said that after the tribulation period (1260 year, dark ages) ended, these signs would begin to appear! And as we always see with the prophecy of an Almighty Omnipotent God...

THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING DID INDEED BEGIN TO APPEAR

Some of you are probably a little shocked. Some of you may have always believed this day was still to arrive. Don't let that bother you though, you found out today, just as the Lord had planned for some of you. The enemy has been very cunning in his ability to hide the truth from many people for thousands of years. Today's time is no exception, as a matter of fact, today is more likely to be a conglomerate of confusing demonic lying attacks on the truth mainly because "...the devil is come down... having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. " [Revelation 12:12] So expect the worse people. Absolutely every aspect of battle, every scrap of lying wonders is being showered on mankind with such density that it boggles the mind.

I have noticed something a bit obvious though. The enemy has a tendency to always show his hand. Take for example, the fact that so many people have trouble believing in Jesus. The devil has geared his attack directly upon faith in Jesus! How obvious is that, I ask? One can actually find the truth by merely looking at what threatens the devil! It's truly become that obvious, and rightly so, it's the end times and the devil knows his time is short. Certain aspects of his attack are being exposed mainly because so many have fallen for his lies that their hidden agendas are bound to slip up and become visible to all. I am not alone in this either, many have noticed that the enemy knows his time is extremely short. It is easily noticed by watching the way mankind has played the trends as well.

Let me explain... In the 50's we had greasers and Fonzie types as a method of sin exploration. In the 60's we had the beatniks. In the 70's we had the hippies. In the 80's it was the leisure suit clad Disco scene. But look at the 90's. Every single method of the past is back and is playing out all at the same time, including some more decadent trends. It's almost as if the enemy is saying... "I had them dying on a daily basis using these methods in the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's, why not get them to recall the trends of the past in one last hoorah!" It's a fact people! Visit any big city and you will see people emulating trends of the 50's through the 90's all at the same time! These young people (and old alike) are seeking an answer to their inner self in places that are extremely deadly. The devil has convinced them that they have found themselves and need not look to the Bible for the answer. All because so many people refuse to open their God given Bibles!

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PROPHECY # 4

THE MOON WILL BE TURNED TO THE APPEARANCE OF BLOOD

Matthew 24:29
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:

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We see here that the prophecy states that the moon will not give her light, but I like looking to the book of Joel to further illustrate this prophecy. Joel actually explains why the moon will not give her light and shine in her normal brilliance.

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Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

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We see why in the book of Joel that the moon will have trouble shining on that day. It will appear to look as if it's covered in blood. This isn't the only reason I went to this particular verse. The reference to the bloody appearance is an important aspect in this prophecy. The Lord knew man would see the moon and comment on its apparent shade of crimson!

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The moon was at it's full, and had the appearance of blood. Stone's History of Massachusetts

"There was an appearance of midnight at noonday," and in the evening, although the moon was just past full, "perhaps it was never darker since the children of Israel left the house of bondage." In connection with this extraordinary phenomenon the moon was reported to appear red. (Letter signed "Viator" in the Independent Chronical [Boston], May 25, 1780, p.2; see also the Pennsylvania Evening Post [Philadelphia], June 6, 1780, p. 62)

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By the way, not only was the moon full this day, but it was on the inner side of the planet. This means those cunning skeptics out there can't claim a lunar eclipse as the culprit for this prophetic event. Most everyone I know either owns, or knows someone that owns a computer. I suggest you check the lunar charts for the date May 19 1780 to verify this event. Almost every computer comes with a bevy of informational software tidbits when you buy them today. You are bound to have no trouble confirming this fact. PLUS... An eclipse can never last all day and all night. Unless of course the sun stopped dead in its tracks for 24 hours. (This can, and has happened by the way... See Joshua 10:12-14)

Is this not awesome? The prophecy states that the moon will not give her light, and then Joel confirms it by telling us it's because it appears as blood. Then many hundreds of years later we see it recorded as fact in the newspapers and media of the day that the moon had the appearance of blood on a dark and sunless day!

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PROPHECY # 5

THE STARS SHALL FALL FROM HEAVEN

Matthew 24:29
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:

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Documented Records reveal...

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An eyewitness reported "This language of the prophet has always been received as metaphorical. Yesterday it was literally fulfilled,... as no man before yesterday had conceived to be possible that it should be fulfilled... Were I to hunt through nature for a simile, I could not find one so apt to illustrate the appearance of the heavens as that which St. John uses in the prophecy... They were what the world understands by the name of "Falling Stars" -Eyewitness account in the New York Journal of Commerce, vol.8, no.534, Saturday, Nov 16,1833 Edition.

"The morning of November 13th, 1833," says an eyewitness, a Yale astronomer, "was rendered memorable by an exhibition of the phenomenon called shooting stars, which was probably more extensive and magnificent than any similar one hitherto recorded... Probably no celestial phenomenon has ever occurred in this country since its first settlement, which was viewed with so much admiration and delight by one class of spectators, or with so much astonishment and fear by another class." -DENISON OLMSTED in The American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. 25 (1834), pp. 363, 364

"From the Gulf of Mexico to Halifax, until daylight with some difficulty put an end to the display, the sky was scored in every direction with shining tracks and illuminated with majestic fireballs. At Boston, the frequency of meteors was estimated to be about half that of flakes of snow in an average snowstorm... Traced backwards, their paths were invariably found to converge to a point in the constellation Leo." -AGNES M. CLEREKE, A Popular History of Astronomy (1885 ed.), pp. 369, 370.

Frederick Douglas, in reminiscing about his early days of slavery, says: "I witnessed this gorgeous spectacle, and was awe-struck. The air seemed filled with bright messengers from the sky... I was not without the suggestion at the moment that it might be the harbringer of the coming of the Son of Man; and in my then state of mind I was prepared to hail Him as my friend and deliverer. I had read that "the stars shall fall from heaven, and they were now falling." -Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1941 ed.), p.117.

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The devil has again been very busy hiding these historical facts for very obvious reasons. Had I known of these prophetic events in my youth, I would have been searching the Scriptures a lot sooner than the ripe old age of 27! Did you notice this line from above? "which was viewed with so much admiration and delight by one class of spectators, or with so much astonishment and fear by another class" What an awesome preamble to that great and terrible day of our Lord. Some will embrace the day and proclaim with delight... "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us:..." [Isaiah 25:9] And still others will cry out to the mountains and rocks in fear... "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb" [Revelation 6:16]

There is one more prophecy that is in connection with the previous three...

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PROPHECY # 6

THERE MUST BE A GREAT EARTHQUAKE "BEFORE" THE SUN IS DARKENED AND THE MOON BECOMES AS BLOOD

Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

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Did you notice, Revelation 6:12 actually puts it in chronological order. It states that "there was a great earthquake" and then John writes "the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;"

A great earthquake? How great? Greater than San Franciso? Greater than Mexico City? And will it occur before The remarkable Dark Day of May 19, 1780? Well, 25 years BEFORE "the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;" There was an earthquake of the greatest magnitude ever recorded in history!

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"The Lisbon Earthquake, which occurred on November 1, 1755, is the most notable earthquake in history." -Nelson's New Loose-leaf Encyclopedia (Book Productions Industries Inc.), art. "Earthquake."

Says Sir Charles Lyell, "A violent shock threw down the greater part of the city. In the course of about six minutes, 60,000 persons perished. The sea first retired and laid the bar dry; it then rolled in, rising 50 feet or more above its ordinary level... The area over which this convulsion extended is very remarkable." -Principles of Geology (11th ed., 1872), vol. 2, pp. 147, 148.

Encyclopedia Britannica (1945) estimates the deaths at a lower figure, but says the effects of the quake were felt from Scotland to Asia Minor and the distinctive feature of the Lisbon Earthquake was the agitation of inland lakes and streams far beyond the disturbed area -For instance, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, Sweden, and Norway felt the effects. (Articles "Lisbon" and "Earthquakes".)

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This earthquake was so intense that it still fascinates Scientists of today. Some have even gone so far as to try and say a black hole hit Lisbon! Can you imagine? To go to such lengths as to try and disprove the Bible with such an outrageous claim as this. Anyone with an ounce of sense that has read even the slightest amount of data on the makeup of a black hole would know that this is impossible. The entire planet would be destroyed if a black hole even came near our orbit, let alone hit us!

YOU CANNOT DISPROVE THE INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD!

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WHERE WILL WE BE FOR THE 1000 YEARS?
(Study Outline taken from "Hope Beyond 2000 tape #17" -Kenneth Cox)

Revelation 20:6, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

The 1000 years begins with a resurrection of the RIGHTEOUS. this is the FIRST resurrection.

Revelation 20:5, "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished...

The wicked will NOT be alive during this 1000 years. The Bible bluntly says they won't live until the 1000 years are over.

John 5:28-29, "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

That's two different resurrections being noted here. Plus, the Bible states these two are separated by 1000 years of time rather bluntly.

So, how does the 1000 years begin according to the Bible?

FIVE SIGNS THAT START THE 1000 YEARS

1. The second coming:

John 14:1-3, "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

Matthew 24:30-31, "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."

As most of us know. It starts with the second coming. Even the Worldly preachers know this. Problem is, they misunderstand certain Biblical aspects of what occurs DURING the 1000 years that allows for false prophecies and lies to be embraced by the general population as you will soon see.

2. Resurrection of the righteous:

1 Thessalonians 4:16, "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:"

1 Corinthians 15:51-53, "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."

First the dead Christians are raised. Then...

3. Translation of the righteous living:
1 Thessalonians 4:17, "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."

The righteous LIVING are changed from mortal to immortal as was strated in 1 Corinthians 15:53. And then we go UP in the air with Jesus. Many preachers of today think Jesus will descend to the Earth at this time and set up His kingdom on earth now. However, the Bible doesn't say that at all. In fact, what does happen to those that don't go with Jesus...?

4. Wicked living are slain:
Jeremiah 25:33, "And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground."

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;"

Revelation 6:14-17, "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 bondman, 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 sitteth 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?"

Revelation 19:11-18, "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture 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 midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye 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."

Do some of you remember this verse we discussed many times before where Jesus tells the Apostles were the wicked will be when the Christians leave with Him at what the world calls the Rapture?

Luke 17:37, "And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together."

We will get back to this one later. The final sign that signifies the beginning of the 1000 years?

5. Satan bound:

Revelation 20:2-3, "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

Bound = the same as you saying "I'm all tied up, I can't go with you." It's circumstances that will bound the Devil for the 1000 years, and what are these circumstances?

Isaiah 24:1,3 "Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word."

Jeremiah 25:33, "And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground."

He can't tempt anyone because they are all DEAD! They are BIRD FOOD!

Remember what this angel said earlier?
Revelation 19:17-18, "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 midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye 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."

By the way... Will the birds be done eating?
Jeremiah 4:23-27, "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."

What will we be doing for those 1000 years?

Revelation 20:6, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

Revelation 20:4, "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:.."

1 Corinthians 6:2-3, "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"

We will be reigning with Christ and doing the work of the judgment. But, why do you suppose the saints judge the world? Some may proclaim, "I thought Jesus did the judgment?" I say, CORRECT, and we are REIGNING with Him right now aren't we? Picture yourself in Heaven looking for someone you thought was a Christian, and finally realizing they are not there. Will you now go through eternity thinking about why your loved one isn't there? This judgment work we do is two fold...

(1.) It vindicates the Lord IN OUR HEARTS, exposing the lies of hell.

(2.) It proves the Lord gave your loved one EVERY opportunity to join Him and you in Heaven.

You ARE reading their book aren't you? You have all the proof before you. You now know that Jesus DID do as He said He would, and your loved one denied Him DAILY! The Lord opens the books so you can see with your own eyes that they did in fact ignore Him. And then finally you come to the conclusion, it is NOT His fault. they chose Hell on their own!

So, what happens at the end of the 1000 years?

FIVE SIGNS THAT END THE 1000 YEARS

1. The wicked are raised:

Jude 1:14-15, "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

Revelation 20:5, "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection."

That's ALL the wicked! From Cain to the last sinner! BILLIONS upon billions the world over! Think of it! It's not going to be a fun place by any means. PLUS, they will not be in glorified bodies as you will soon see. So if they died deaf, dumb or blind, they awaken deaf, dumb and blind as well.

2. Satan is set free:

Revelation 20:7, "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,"

3. New Jerusalem comes to earth:

Revelation 21:2, "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

Revelation 21:3, "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."

Want to know where it will settle down?

Zechariah 14:4-6, "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee."

4. All the wicked are destroyed:

Revelation 20:9, "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."

Why did the wicked surround the city? Why not just leave us be? Why not leave and go someplace else away from the city? In this resurrection the Bible does not say they are resurrected "whole" or with "immortality." In the first resurrection, those Christians that die blind, awaken with sight, those that die deaf, awaken hearing, those that died lame, awaken walking. The second resurrection doesn't have these wondrous miracles because these wicked are not righteous, nor are they IN the city where there is something that heals the nations!

Genesis 3:22-24, "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

Fact is, the "tree of life" is in the midst of New Jerusalem.

Revelation 22:2, "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

How can they be healed when the tree is inside the city? Could it be they seek the tree of life so as to continue living forever in sin? However, it is written...

Nahum 1:9, "What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time."

Instead, theirs is the Great White Throne Executive judgment. When they come against the city to try and destroy it obviously for that tree of life We read this...

Revelation 20:11-12, "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

In front of every single human that ever lived. ALL the righteous in the city, and before all the wicked outside the city will be a grand view of the plan of salvation as the Great God stands before them. The righteous will not have to deal with the judgment of the wicked for it is written...

1 Corinthians 11:31-32, "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world."

But the wicked trusted in their works alone to gain Heaven. they had no faith in Jesus to save them, so it is by their works they will be judged because they proclaimed themselves unworthy of a Saviour. HOWEVER, regardless of the outcome...

Romans 14:11, "For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

The problem is, the wicked will get up off their knees and try to take the city by force so as to gain eternal life, but as it is written... "... and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them." -Revelation 20:9

Revelation 20:13-14, "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

There is no resurrection from this death. Only those that took part in the "first" resurrection shall live on. It is this death that is permanent. It is here the saying "God of the living" is realized in reality. For the righteous WILL be living for eternity, and the wicked shall be dead for eternity. And after their bodies turn to ash, and the fire burns out, and all the wicked, Satan, his angels, death, and hell are burned to ashes. What do the righteous do that day?

Malachi 4:1,3 "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."

5. Earth made brand new:

2 Peter 3:10-13, "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, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."

Revelation 21:1, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea."

Matthew 5:5, "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."

Earth will then be the home of the Almighty Godhead. His children will be about Him. And Heaven will be on earth.

A FEW POINTS TO PONDER AS TO THE NEARNESS OF HIS COMING...

• Leviticus 25:4, "But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard."

A Sabbath for the LAND is commanded by the Lord. It is declared that six years you may work the land, and the seventh year we must allow the land to rest.

• Leviticus 26:34, "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths."

Is this a prophetic similarity? Is not the earth to be desolate 1000 years? And was it not ruled by our enemies, the wicked? Jeremiah speaks of a time when Israel did not keep the Sabbath of the Lord, and so it was written...

• 2 Chronicles 36:21, "To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years."

The planet WILL lay desolate because it MUST! We have just about finished 6000 years in this land. We are approaching the seventh thousandth year of the planets age. And by the way, you can see that Revelation uses the number seven over 50 times. It speaks of...

7 Churches... 7 Seals... 7 Trumpets... 7 Woes... 7 Spirits etc

In Scripture 7 = completeness.

Ever notice this?

Jewish custom was one that when a man courted a woman to wife. He would approach her. IF she agreed to marriage, he would leave to make ready his wealth necessary to provide for her and return in 2YEARS. Students of prophecy see this as a custom Jesus will match when looking to take His bride the Church.

PLUS... Have you ever noticed that the "Good Samaritan" has been seen as Jesus returning 2000 years after His first arrival?

• Luke 10:30-35, "And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee."

• The "certain man from Jericho" is us, the Church
• The "priests & Levites" that passed him by are the worldly preachers / Christians of today
• The certain Samaritan of course is Jesus
• The "Oil & Wine" that Jesus uses to HEAL his wounds = Holy Spirit & Jesus blood of atonement
• The "inn" is the Church
• The "two pence" was what Jesus "Paid in full" at Calvary
• The "two pence" are also actually "two days" payment for lodging
• The "Two days" = 2000 years, for it is written...

• 2 Peter 3:8, "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."

(To better Understanding Prophetic symbols click here.)

Final point...

• 2000 years from Creation to Abraham
• 2000 years from Abraham to Christ

And as this parable declares...

• 2000 years from Christ to OUR DAY

One more thing. Note the prophetic facts laid out here...

• Hosea 6:2-3, "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth."

After 2000yrs He will "revive" those that have died as well as those that are blessed with the Latter Rain. When the 2000 years end, He will return and in the "third day" the dead in Christ will rise as will those of us that are "caught up to meet Him in the air"

So, I ask, with all this Biblical, Prophetic, and Historical PROOF that the great tribulation has already occurred. WHY is everyone still belieivng all those lying preachers and teachers out there when their very own Bible prove them wrong?

Amos 8:11, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:"

As we all know, "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." -Romans 10:17. If the people refuse to open their Bibles and VERIFY what their pastors are preaching to them, they would NOT fall for such lies! The Bible is an invaluable tool. Especially in our day, for we have been chosen by God Almighty to live in the LAST DAYS!

Are you REALLY one who proclaims, "whatsoever saith the Lord?"

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Old Testament Prophecies of the Second Coming

Psalms 50:1-3, " The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

And Habakkuk, rapt in holy vision, beheld His appearing. "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. And His brightness was as the light." "He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hill did bow: His ways are everlasting." "Thou didst ride upon Thine horses and Thy chariots of salvation." "The mountains saw Thee, and they trembled: . . . the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of Thine arrows they went, and at the shining of Thy glittering spear." "Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, even for salvation with Thine anointed." Habakkuk 3:3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13.

There are more of course. I used these two to prove even the Old Testament destroys the "secret" rapture theory.

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BOTTOM LINE:

This lie of a "secret rapture" can be used to make Christians sit back during all the government wickedness we see on a daily basis simply because they truly believe they won't have to deal with any of it seeing how they will be "raptured' out before it gets out of hand anyway. What a rude awakening so many are about to be slapped with.

Who Was Removed from Earth Following the Flood in Noah's Days, Believers or Unbelievers?

Dr. Renald Showers:

Some say there's another place in Matthew 24 where it has to be the Church being removed from the earth and that's beginning with verse 37 where Jesus says, "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the Flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and knew not until the Flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

What Jesus is saying here is this: the order at my glorious Second Coming immediately after the seven-year Tribulation period will be identically the same as the order of things in Noah's day in conjunction with the Flood. One of the ways in which the order would be the same is this: the Flood came and took them all away. Which group of people did the Flood take away from planet Earth -- the believers or the unbelievers? The Flood removed all the unbelievers of Noah's day from the earth in judgment. And the believers in Noah's day, namely, Noah and his family, were left here on the earth in the ark to go into the next period of world history after the Flood. And after pointing that out, Jesus says, again, at the end of v. 39, "So shall also the coming of the Son of man be." It'll be the same order of things then as it was in the days of Noah with the Flood. And then to illustrate that, He goes on in vv. 40 and 41, "then in the day that the Son of man comes," after the Tribulation period, "then shall two be in the field, the one shall be taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken and the other left."

Now the question is, "Who is the one taken from the field? and the one taken from the mill?" If it's the same order of things as in Noah's day with the Flood and the Flood took all the unsaved away and Jesus says it'll be the same order at His Second Coming, then it seems to me you're forced to conclude that the one who is taken from the field and the one who is taken from the mill are not believers taken by Rapture but unbelievers who are alive on the earth at Jesus' Second Coming. They are taken by Christ's holy angels from the earth in judgment just as we saw with the parable of the tares and the parable of the dragnet in Matthew Chapter 13, and therefore the one that's left in the field and the one that's left at the mill is the believer who is left here on the earth, the believer who is alive at the Second Coming of Christ after the Tribulation period left here on the earth to go into the next period of history, namely, the Kingdom. Just as in Noah's day, it was the unbelievers who were removed in judgment, Noah and his family were left here on the earth to go into the next period of world history.

Now, to demonstrate even more clearly that that's the order of things Jesus is describing, we should turn over to the parallel passage, Luke's record, of Jesus' same teaching as recorded for us in the Gospel of Luke in Chapter 17. Just to show you Jesus is presenting the same teaching here, we read in verse 26 of Luke 17:

"As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all."

Then Jesus says, verse 30,

"even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be on the housetop and the stuff in the house let him not come down to take it away; he that's in the field, let him likewise not return back."

Then He goes on to say, "I tell you," verse 34,

"in that night there shall be two men in one bed, the one shall be taken and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together, the one shall be taken and the other left. Two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, the other left."

Same teaching that Matthew recorded in Matthew 24. But now in verse 37 of Luke 17 Luke records something that Matthew did not record. We read verse 37,

"And they answered and said unto Him, 'Where, Lord?'"

What they're saying is, "Lord, you keep talking about people being taken somewhere. To where are they being taken?" Listen to Jesus' answer: "He said unto them," middle of verse 37,

"wheresoever the body is, there will the eagles" -- literally "there will the vultures be gathered together." Vultures are flesh-eating fowl.

What Jesus is saying is this, "You want to know where those who are taken, where they are taken? They are taken into the realm of death. That's where they're taken at my Second Coming and their dead bodies, their carcasses will be left here on the earth for the vultures and flesh-eating fowl on planet Earth to come and feast upon their dead bodies. Jesus is making it very clear that the ones taken here are taken in judgment into the realm of death. These are not believers being taken into the realm of blessing as will be true at the Rapture.

InPlainSite.org Note: “The disciples, in verse 37, ask the question, “Where?” They are asking, as I understand them, where those who are taken away are taken to? “Where are they taken to, Lord?” The answer of our Lord is vague, but we must conclude that the place was very bad, as was their fate. They were told that where the (dead) body is, there the vultures would be gathered. It is thus to death that those taken are taken, but this gruesome fate is not carefully detailed. Who would want to hear more on this matter?” [Sign-Seeking and the Coming of the Kingdom. Bob Deffinbaugh , Th.M].

The Rapture of the Church

© 1995 Michael Cordner

Introduction

In interpreting the prophetic teachings of the Scriptures, it is almost universally acknowledged by the Evangelical Church that at the close of this age, there will be a period of great tribulation, at which time the Church on earth will be raptured (or taken to heaven without suffering physical death) to be forever with the Lord, joining all those saints who have died in previous times. For almost 150 years now, the Church has debated just when the rapture will take place, before or after the Great Tribulation. In the present day Evangelical Church, the most commonly held belief is in a Pre-Tribulation rapture; however, very few Christians know anything of the history and background of this doctrine or of the foundation of the Post-Tribulation viewpoint.

It is the purpose of this paper to very briefly present something of this missing information and to compare and comment on the evidence. Thus, it is hoped to afford the reader an opportunity to consider the almost totally ignored "other side" of this issue. If the Pre-Tribulation view is correct, then the Great Tribulation is purely of academic interest to the Christian, and the whole issue is of little consequence. If, however, the Post-Tribulation view is correct, then the issue becomes of vital importance, as it means the Church has yet to enter the most extensive period of intense persecution and tribulation in its entire history. If the Church is going to face the onslaught of the Antichrist, and an all-out attempt to utterly destroy true Christianity, then we must be prepared! The Post-Tribulationist can afford to be wrong, but not the Pre-Tribulationist! His conscience should demand that he be very sure of his view.

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

Pre-Tribulationism was unknown to the early Church; in fact, no one has been able to show that this particular doctrine was held by any of the church Fathers or Biblical scholars before the early nineteenth century. It apparently originated at this time during a great revival of interest in Biblical prophecy. In 1830, a young Scottish woman named Margaret McDonald claimed to have received a "revelation" that Christians would be raptured before the Great Tribulation. Shortly after this, the idea spread to London where it aroused much interest. In further "revelations" during this period, dates for the rapture were variously fixed between 1835 and 1847!

Pre-Tribulationism was first taught publicly at a series of prophetic meetings in Powerscourt House, Ireland. Here Plymouth Brethren organizer John Darby took hold of the idea and made it an essential element of his teachings, giving rise to what is now known as Darbyism, or Dispensationalism. (For a full account see "The Unbelievable Pre-Trib Origin" by Dave MacPherson.) However, not all of the Brethren accepted this teaching. It was rejected and opposed by such well known members as George Mueller and Samuel P. Tregelles (both of whom broke with the Brethren movement because of it). Among other men who opposed this "novel two-phased-second coming" teaching as being un-Scriptural was the Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. In spite of the opposition of such men, this doctrine crossed denominational lines to spread throughout England. The greatest growth of this teaching, however, has been in the twentieth century mainly through the Modern Dispensational teachings of the Scofield Reference Bible.

The reader may be interested to know where some of the well known and influential church leaders and theologians have stood on this issue. As previously stated, in examining the teachings and writings from the first 1900 years of Christianity, we can find no Pre-Tribulation doctrine, or interpretation of the Scriptures! Consider for a moment some of the people of whom we are speaking: Polycarp, Barnabas, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Augustine, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Charles and John Wesley, Matthew Henry, William Tyndale, John Wycliffe, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, John Knox, and Charles Finney.

In more recent and present times, a few of the men who have rejected Pre-Tribulationism include: George Mueller, Samuel P. Tregelles, Charles Spurgeon, William Booth, G. Campbell Morgan, W.E. Blackstone (who changed from a leading Pre-Tribulation proponent), H.H. Halley, A.B. Simpson, C.T. Studd, Leon Morris, Oswald J. Smith, Francis Schaeffer, Peter Marshall, J.B. Phillips, A.W. Pink, Paul S. Rees. and C.S. Lovett.

Some of the well known and influential Pre-Tribulationists include: J.N. Darby, E.S. English, H.A. Ironside, J.D. Pentecost, J.R. Rice, C.I. Scofield, H.C. Thiessen. R.A. Torrey, and J.F. Walvoord.

While such a list does not, of course, prove or disprove any doctrine, it does illustrate that Pre-Tribulationism is a new doctrine, unknown by the church until the last century, and that this doctrine has not had universal acceptance.

THE TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE

The most reliable way to learn of the prophetic truths concerning the end of this age is to study the "straight" teachings of the Bible--completely unrationalized by the interpretations, reference notes, and additions of men. Such a study will reveal the following points:

(1) Christians will go through the Great Tribulation:

In the Olivet Discourse, given in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, Jesus presents to us a very simple, clear, and detailed account of what is going to happen in the final times. He tells the believers (the 'elect') who will be living in those times that they will go through the Tribulation, and proceeds to give them instructions for it (e.g. Matthew 24:9-26). We are told, in fact, that for the sake of the 'elect', the days of the Tribulation will be cut short (e.g., Matthew 24:22).

Pre-Tribulationists do great violence to the meaning of the word 'elect' in this passage of Scripture to make it fit their doctrine. They claim that the 'elect' here refers to a Jewish remnant that will be saved during the Tribulation--a meaning that is not given (or claimed for) any of the other usages of the word in the New Testament, where in reference to the church, it is accepted without question as meaning the members of the body of Christ without distinction. This special interpretation of 'elect' is clearly against the Biblical teaching of such passages as Romans 10:12;

"For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (i.e., Gentile): for the same lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. "

and Galatians 3:18;

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. "

See also Romans 2:28, 29, and Colossians 3:11.

In Revelation, we also read of the saints who go through the Great Tribulation:

"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 worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or on their hands." Rev. 20:4 "And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Rev. 17:6

See also Rev. 7:9-14 .(2) Jesus describes only one 'rapture' and tells us when it will be.

In the Olivet Discourse, only one rapture is described and Jesus tells us clearly when this will take place:

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days . . He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds" (or "the uttermost parts of the earth"). Matt. 24:29-31, also Mark 13:24-27.

This is very clearly the one and only rapture described during the entire discourse. A Pre-Tribulation rapture is notably absent. In reading through the three Gospel accounts of the Olivet Discourse, with all its explanation and detail (Matt. 24:17-20, 23, 24, for example), it is surely unbelievable that Jesus would omit any reference whatsoever to such a momentous event as the removal of His entire Church from the face of the earth! Furthermore, Jesus made a clear statement during His discourse that precludes the possibility that He omitted any item of major importance. In Mark 13:23, He says;

"But take ye heed: behold I have foretold you all things;" (or as the New American Standard Bible translates it: "...I have told you everything in advance.").

Do we not imply then that our Lord was lying if we insist on an extra rapture of which He made absolutely no mention?

(3) Paul also tells us when the rapture will take place.

The teachings of the apostle Paul are in perfect accord with those of Jesus concerning the timing of the rapture. In I Corinthians 15:52, we read that we will be translated

"in the twinkling of an eye" and that this will take place "at the last trump" .

The book of Revelation tells us there will be seven trumpets sounded, and it can be clearly seen that the seventh (or last) is after the Tribulation. (Note the "great sound of a trumpet" announcing the Post Tribulation rapture of Matt. 24:31, and also referred to in describing the rapture in I Thessalonians 4:16-18).

In II Thes. 2:1-4, Paul talks again about the rapture ("our gathering together unto Him") and says:

"Let no man deceive you by any means: that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ." II Thes. 1:3(4) Summary of passages that specifically give the timing of the rapture.

The translation of the living saints (the rapture) is mentioned categorically only six times in the New Testament. The timing of the rapture is given in four of these passages, namely:

Matthew 24:29-31 - ("immediately after the Tribulation")

Mark 13:24-27 - ("after that Tribulation")

I Corinthians 15:51-52 - ("at the last trump")

II Thessalonians 2:1-3 - ("shall not come until the man of sin is revealed")

The other two passages do not describe any timing: I Thessalonians 4:14-17 and John 14:1-4.

(5) Raptured saints will include martyrs from the Tribulation.

The Bible tells us that there will be two resurrections; the first resurrection is of the just unto life, and the second resurrection is of the unjust unto damnation (John 5:28, 29; Luke 14:14; Acts 25:14). We learn from I Cor. 15:51, 52, and I Thessalonians 4:16, 17 that the first resurrection and the rapture occur together when the dead in Christ shall be raised, given incorruptible bodies and translated into the clouds to meet the Lord, along with those who are alive in Christ. Consider now Revelation 20:4-6, where the apostle John tells us that those who are raised at the first resurrection will reign with Christ for 1000 years, and they will include those saints beheaded during the Tribulation (for not worshiping the beast, or receiving his mark). Note this is clearly said to be the first resurrection (so there can be no preceding ones) and it includes those who were martyred during the Tribulation.

Very clearly then, if the first resurrection and the rapture occur simultaneously, and includes martyrs from the Tribulation, then the rapture/first resurrection must take place after the Great Tribulation! (George Mueller would ask in regards to the rapture, "Can there be any resurrection before the first one; and can there be another trump after this last one?" If not, then obviously, the rapture has been pinpointed in time.)

The Pre-Tribulation position on this matter is very unconvincing, putting one resurrection of the just before the Tribulation (to allow for a Pre-Tribulation rapture), then another one after the Tribulation (to account for Matt. 24:29-31 and Rev. 20:4, 5), and then calling them both the "first resurrection"! (To comply with Rev. 20:5b) This explanation can be seen in the Scofield Reference Bible notes on I Cor. 15:52, and completely ignores the fact that when the Scriptures refer to the "first resurrection", it always uses the singular form, not the plural.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRE-TRIBULATION VIEW

The Bible unmistakably states there will be a rapture after the Tribulation. This fact is not disputed. A serious problem arises, however, when one looks for any passage of Scripture that describes a rapture and unmistakably places it before the Tribulation. There are none to be found. This fact is also beyond dispute. The honest inquirer will quickly find that the Pre-Tribulation case depends entirely on inference. All the Scriptural passages used by Pre-Tribulationists to "prove" their case have to be interpreted to infer a Pre-Tribulation rapture--none of them positively describe such a rapture. (John Walvoord said on p. 148 of the first printing of "The Rapture Question" that Pre-Tribulationism is not "an explicit teaching of Scripture", a devastating admission for a leading Pre-Tribulation teacher! Later editions delete this admission!)

Let us briefly examine some of the "proof texts" and main points that form the foundation of the Pre-Tribulation case.

(1) In Revelation 3:10, Jesus says that:

"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

There is nothing in the language of this passage that demands we believe that we will be kept from the hour of trial by bodily removal, or a rapture. This is indicated by the fact that the same Greek words for "keep thee from" are used by Jesus in John 17:15 when praying for His disciples, that God would "keep them from" evil. The Lord was not praying that we be removed from the world (in fact, He prayed specifically that we not be removed), but that we be kept from the power of evil (while living in its presence). See also Galatians 1:4. The same idea is expressed in the Lord's Prayer when we pray "deliver us from evil" in Matt. 6:13. (The Greek is a little different here, meaning literally "rescue us from evil".) In praying this, we do not ask to be physically removed from evil (as world dwellers we can't be), but we ask for power to live through it! The Bible abounds in proof that we can trust our wonderful God for deliverance through any tribulation. (Read Psalm 91, also Isaiah 43:2, Daniel 3:3-29, and 6:16-23)

(2) In Luke 21:36, we read:

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

Here we must ask to what does the phrase "all these things" apply. Let us examine this verse in context. In verses 25-28, Jesus speaks of the signs immediately preceding His second coming in glory. Men at this time will be filled with fear and distress over "the things which are coming on the earth" (verse 26). The context here makes it clear that this fear is caused by the expectation of God's divine judgement, "for the powers of heaven shall be shaken". The second coming of Christ, when He returns in glory, will be accompanied by judgment and punishment and restitution (I Thessalonians 1:7-10; Acts 3:20, 21). This, however, is not to be feared by the Church, for to us He has given the encouragement, "Now when these things begin to take place, look up and lift your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh" (verse 28). "The things to come" then clearly describe the events associated with the return of our Lord in glory, so feared by men, and not to the Tribulation.(3) In I Thessalonians, we read:

". . . even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come" (1:10) "For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (5:9)

Again, these passages say nothing about a rapture, only that the Church will not be subject to God's wrath. The wrath of God does not refer to the Tribulation (which is the sufferings resulting from the wrath of the ungodly against each other and against the true Church), but refers to the final judgment of God upon the wicked. In Romans 2:5, we read of:

" . . . the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God."

In Matthew 24:29-30, we read of the great heavenly signs that take place just after the Tribulation that precede the glorious second coming of Christ. In Revelation 6:13-17, we read again of these signs and the terrible fear of the ungodly who want to hide --

"... from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

The unconverted will not be ready for this day of wrath and judgment. Only those who have obtained "salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ".

(4) Another commonly quoted "proof" text considered to be referring to a secret Pre-Tribulation rapture is Matt. 24:40-41:

"Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left."

This passage says nothing about a rapture, or who will be taken. The Bible, however, does not leave us in darkness as to what is going on here, Jesus gives us an exact meaning. In Matt.13:24-30, He gave the parable of the wheat and the tares (or weeds), and in verses 36-42, He gave the interpretation.

In this parable, starting with verse 24, we read that the Kingdom of God is likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field; and when he slept, an enemy came and planted tares (or weeds) among the good seed (or wheat), so that both weeds and wheat sprang up together. The servants of the householder asked him where the tares had come from, and he replied that an enemy had done this. The servants then asked if they should not gather up the tares, but the householder said to leave them, lest the wheat be rooted up with them. They were both to be left until the harvest time when the reapers would first gather the tares, to be tied into bundles for burning, and then the wheat would be gathered into the barn.

In His interpretation of this parable, starting in verse 37, Jesus says:

"He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; and the reapers are the angels." (verses 37-39)

We see that Christians and non-Christians will live alongside one another in the present age until the end of the world, when the tares are gathered and burned.

"As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be at the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (verses 40-42)

Let us go back to verse 30 in the parable for a moment, and see how it re-reads now that we have the key.

"Let both (the saved and the unsaved) grow together until the harvest (at the end of this world) and in the time of harvest I (Jesus) will say to the reapers (the angels), Gather ye together first the tares (the children of the wicked one, or the unsaved) and bind them in bundles to burn them (in the furnace of fire where there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth): but gather the wheat (the children of the kingdom or the saved) into my barn."

Further on, in verse 49, we read, by way of summary:

"So shall it be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth and take the wicked from among the righteous." (NAS) Jesus makes it very plain--first the unsaved will be gathered, then the saved!

The Pre-Tribulation position on this point simply refutes the words of Jesus. In the Scofield Reference Bible notes on verse 24, we read: "The parable of the wheat and tares is not a description of the world, but of that which professes to be the kingdom"; and then in the notes on verse 30, "At the end of this age the tares are set apart for burning, but first the wheat is gathered into the barn." However, Jesus says, "The field is the world" (verse 38) and "So shall it be in the end of the world" (verse 40); also, "Gather ye together first the tares" (verse 30).

(5) Pre-Tribulationists also use the Old Testament to "prove" their case by the presentation of certain analogies. Special significance is placed on the translation of Enoch before the judgment of the Flood and the deliverance of Lot before the destruction of Sodom. Both are said to be "types of the Church" raptured to heaven without dying before the Tribulation. Noah who remained through the flood is said to be a "type of Israel" in the Tribulation. Why Noah would not make just as good a "type of the Church" being preserved through the Tribulation is not explained. Why could we not apply the "type of the Church" label to the Israelites that were wonderfully preserved through the plagues of Egypt, or to the three Hebrews who were preserved through Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace?

(6) Concerning the imminency of His return, Pre-Tribulationists believe the Bible teaches that the Lord could come at any moment, and could have done so at any point in Church history. This, in itself, is considered sufficient reason by many for holding to the Pre-Tribulation view. A great deal can be said on this point--we will just look at it briefly.

The rapture was not considered to be imminent in the sense of "any moment" by the apostles. Paul expected martyrdom, not rapture (II Timothy 4:6-8). He also said specifically that the rapture was not imminent (II Thessalonians 2:1-2). Peter knew that he would grow old and die (Jesus told him in John 21:18-19). All the apostles knew that the gospel must first be preached to every nation--to the uttermost parts of the earth. (Nearly 2000 years later, this still hasn't been done!)

Jesus Himself did not teach He was coming back at any moment. The parables of the Virgins and of the Talents in Matthew 25 show how we are to use the intervening time before the return of Christ. Verse 5 tells us the "bridegroom tarried". In verse 19, we read, "After a long time, the lord of those servants cometh."

Jesus also gave us signs and conditions that He said must come to pass before the Tribulation. The conditions of Matthew 24:15-21; Mark 13:10, 14-19, most certainly remain to be fulfilled. Paul likewise taught that the apostasy and the Antichrist must take place before the rapture (II Thessalonians 2:1-3). Jesus tells us that when we see all these things come to pass, that the end is near. (Matthew 24:32-33; Mark 13:28-30; Luke 21:28, 31)

(7) Another claim made by Pre-Tribulationists is that the thought of an imminent, any moment rapture is an incentive for holy living; take away the Pre-Tribulation rapture, and you have removed this incentive, and Christians would find great difficulty in leading holy lives. The late Dr. M.R. DeHaan, popular radio Bible teacher for many years, made the following comment on radio, and also in his booklet "This Same Jesus" (Nov. 1962): "To place anything, any event, before our Lord's return is a terrible sin which will be severely judged. To state that anything must still happen before our Lord could come back is to destroy the imminency and power of the second coming; it takes away the incentive for holiness, for service, and for patience..."

However, piety that is motivated by anything other than supreme love of God and a singleness of purpose to serve and please Him, can never be called holiness. This right motivating purpose in life will bring forth the same blessed, victorious holy living, whether we expect His return next week, next month, or next century. Piety stemming from a fear of being caught "off base" when He returns, is not holiness, but hypocrisy.

(8) Some leading Pre-Tribulationists (notably Hal Lindsey and J.F. Walvoord) consider a period of time between the rapture and the second coming to be essential in order to make provision for the re-population of the earth with mortals for the Millennium. Hal Lindsey, in his popular book "The Late Great Planet Earth" (2 million copies in 2 years), considers this the strongest case for the Pre-Tribulation position! On page 143 he writes, "Here is the chief reason why we believe the rapture occurs before the Tribulation...If the rapture took place at the same time as the second coming, there would be no mortals left who would be believers; therefore, there would be no one left to go into the Kingdom and repopulate the earth." In answer to this, consider (i) At the revelation of Christ, a remnant of Jews will repent and be saved. These mortal Jews will apparently be around to populate the millennium (Zechariah 12-14), as indicated by Lindsey himself on page 54. (ii) At the revelation of Christ, there will be an entire generation of children who have not reached the age of accountability. They will certainly not be cast into hell, and they will not be raptured--that is clearly and specifically for the saints. They must enter the millennium as mortals.

(9) It has been claimed by Pre-Tribulationists that it is a terrible reflection on God's character to suggest He would allow His precious Church to suffer through the Tribulation. If so, then God is already indicted for allowing countless thousands of His precious saints to suffer the most agonizing deaths for His Name in the past, and even in the present day. God had no rapture for them! Perhaps the excuse is offered that they were not in the "Great Tribulation". Did this lessen their suffering any? Suffering can be no more intense than to cause death. The personal sufferings in the Great Tribulation cannot be any more intense than in the past (although the extent of such suffering certainly will be). After all, is there more intense suffering yet than to be burned alive, sawn into pieces, torn apart by wild animals, or any of the other diabolical forms of death suffered by martyred Christians?

The church of the Western World enjoys unprecedented ease and prosperity, with little idea what persecution really means, in spite of its great prevalence in other parts of the world. It has been estimated that more Christians have so far been martyred in the twentieth century than in all of the preceding years of the Christian era. How can we believe that we shall all be raptured out of harms way, removed by God to escape a time of testing (even unto death) that He has allowed countless others to suffer, even up to and including this very day? Are we so much better than they? It is surely inconsistent to believe that God allows Christians to suffer persecution and martyrdom as individuals and in groups of individuals, but not if the group gets big enough to include the whole church. It is also inconsistent if our teaching allows there to be a day in glory when those martyred saints from bygone times, who have counted it an unspeakable privilege to suffer and die for the name of Jesus, will join in fellowship with a raptured church that has considered it an unquestioned right to escape such a fate!

There is a consistent teaching throughout the New Testament that prepares God's children for suffering, and tells us that it is blessed to suffer for His sake. Nowhere are Christians told they can expect to escape tribulation.

"Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you for My sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad." Matt. 5:11-12 (See also Luke 6:22, 23)

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

It is believed by many sincere Christians that any deviation from the popular PreTribulation teaching is un-Scriptural, and liberal (that is, a turning away from the historical fundamental viewpoint). Such a belief, however, will simply not stand up when viewed in the light of Biblical and historical fact. Scripture clearly defines only one translation, or rapture of the saints, and unmistakably places it after the Great Tribulation. A Pre-Tribulation rapture is nowhere described in Scripture, and the whole doctrine must depend on inferences which close examination will not substantiate. Further, the short history of Pre-Tribulationism denies it the stature of an historical, fundamental doctrine. In this regard, E.F. Sanders of Wheaton College has written: "Search the pages of Church history and literature, and you will not find one mention of the Lord coming before the Tribulation until after 1800. No one has ever cited any literature, writings, or quotes to the contrary! The implications of this truth are serious. If the Pre-Tribulation doctrine were true, it would mean that it was hidden from the church for 19 centuries. Not one of the brilliant theologians or Bible teachers of the pre-1830 period were able to find a Pre-Tribulation rapture and coming of the Lord on the pages of Holy Scripture---an incredulous improbability to say the least!"

There are at least two reasons why this issue deserves serious consideration.

Firstly, Pre-Tribulationism could be unwittingly contributing to the growth of the worldly, apostate church. This doctrine, when taught alongside the now commonly preached gospel of cheap-grace and easy-believism gives an easy-come-easy-go concept of Christianity that makes it palatable to the self-seeking who are more than willing to "accept Jesus" if it isn't going to cost them anything. This doctrine could also be a major reason why Christians have involved themselves so little in the 'worldly' issues of politics and the deteriorating national and world situation. A doctrine that will remove us from the scene when the situation gets really bad takes away a lot of incentive to do something about it.

Secondly, a time of great spiritual confusion and devastation would result if a Pre-Tribulation believing Church finds itself entering the Great Tribulation. It does not take much imagination to picture the shock, the doubt, the falling away of faith and love, the bitterness and confusion that could result. Certainly, the effectiveness of personal witness and ministry would be drastically impaired, and His precious name would not be glorified the way it could or should be. We have had a prelude to this in recent times with accounts of the spiritual devastation that resulted when the unprepared, Pre-Tribulation believing Evangelical Church in Russia thought the end-time had come when they were all but wiped out by the Bolsheviks after the 1917 Revolution. The glorious effect of intense persecution on a prepared, Post-Tribulation believing church in the same circumstances can be read in the Foreward to missionary H.A. Baker's book "Through Tribulation", as he recounts what happened to his church in China in 1948.

Finally, the rapture question should not be applied as a test of orthodoxy, neither should it be a question on which Christian fellowship depends. However, Pre-Tribulationalists are hereby exhorted in love to prayerfully study and consider the Post-Tribulation case, that we may all be prepared, if that time should come to us, to bring Him great glory through persecution and suffering, and become more closely conformed to His wonderful image.

"For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake." (Philippians 1:29) "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also, with exceeding joy." (I Peter 4:12-13) "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." (Romans 8:35-37)

The Story Behind Left Behind - The Real Truth

By Steve Wohlberg

Pastor Wohlberg currently lives in Fort Worth, Texas. This article is adapted from his recent books, Truth Left Behind and The Left Behind Deception.

This may be the one of the most surprising, shocking, and thought provoking article that you would read today maybe this year. You did not come to this site by accident but by the Power of the Holy Spirit. If you are certain that its by accident, leave now. But on the other hand, if the Holy Spirit is leading you.. continue to read.

Many books have been written on the rapture esp. books by Hal Lindsey’s Late Great Planet Earth, Tim Lahaye Left Behind series - Nicolae, Apollyon, Armageddon, Indweling, Terry James - The Rapture Dialogues, John Hagee’s - Jerusalem Countdown, From Daniel to Doomsday, Final Dawn, Lewis & Fletcher’s The Last War, Mark Hitchcock - Truth (lie) Left Behind, Ice & Demy - Truth (Lie) About The Rapture, Jeffery Grant - Prince Of Darkness, Jerry Jenkins - Silenced, Shadowed, just to name a few of the thousands of books about the rapture.

Rapture books are a billion dollar business and millions of dollars have been made by these and many other authors concerning last days events and wars have been started and an untold number people have died based on the rapture theory. Movies such as The Omega Code & Megiddo by Good Times Entertainment, have had detrimental effects on both Christian and non Christian minds around the world. Christian Zionism headed up by John Hagee, pastor of the 18,000 member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio TX, has been advocating war in the Middle East for decades base on the his erroneous view of the rapture. Why? Because he thinks it is the rest of the world’s job to fight Israel’s wars and because he thinks such a showdown is a piece of the puzzle in regards to Bible prophecy.

Rapture preachers like TD Jakes, Pat Robinson, Kenneth Hagin, Ken Copeland, Jack van Impe, Oral Roberts, Eddie Long, Charles Blake, Charles Stanly, Benny Hinn, are brainwashing their congregations to favor a Catholic anti-protestant theology. What is real truth behind the rapture story. If you want to know the truth continue reading.. if not go to an entertainment blog. This information might shock you

Modern Christianity has largely forgotten the importance of the Protestant Reformation, which took place during the 1500s. “The sixteenth century presents the spectacle of a stormy sunrise after a dismal night. Europe awoke from long sleep of superstition. The dead arose. The witnesses to truth who had been silenced and slain stood up once more and renewed their testimony. The martyred confessors reappeared in the Reformers. There was a cleansing of the spiritual sanctuary. Civil and religious liberty were inaugurated. The discovery of printing and revival of learning accelerated the movement. There was progress everywhere. Columbus struck across the ocean and opened a new hemisphere to view. Rome was shaken on her seven hills, and lost one-half of her dominions. Protestant nations were created. The modern world was called into existence.”

For almost a thousand years, Europe had been ruled by the iron hand of Rome. Only a few Bibles existed then, and Christianity was largely permeated with superstition. Faith in Jesus Christ, heartfelt appreciation for His love, and a simple trust in His death on the cross, were almost unknown. The New Testament truth about grace, full forgiveness, and the free gift of eternal life to believers in the Son of God (Romans 6:23), had been buried under a mass of tradition. Then Martin Luther arose like a lion in Germany. After a period of tremendous personal struggle, Martin Luther began teaching justification by faith in Jesus Christ (being declared “just” by God), rather than through reliance on “creature merits,” or any human works (Romans 1:16; 3:26, 28; 5:1).

Luther’s Discovery

Eventually, Martin Luther turned to the prophecies. By candlelight, he read about the “little horn,” the “man of sin,” and “the beast,” and he was shocked as the Holy Spirit spoke to his heart. Finally, he saw the truth and said to himself, “Why, these prophecies apply to the Roman Catholic Church!” As he wrestled with this new insight, the voice of God echoed loudly in his soul, saying, “Preach the word!” (2 Timothy 4:2). And so, at the risk of losing his life, Martin Luther preached publicly and in print to an astonished people that Papal Rome was indeed the Antichrist of Bible prophecy. Because of this dual message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ apart from works and of Papal Rome being the Antichrist, the river of history literally changed its course. Hundreds of thousands of people in Europe and in England left the Catholic Church.

“‘There are two great truths that stand out in the preaching that brought about the Protestant Reformation,’ American Bible Commentator, Ralph Woodrow, reminds us, ‘The just shall live by faith, not by the works; and the Papacy is the Antichrist of Scripture.’ It was a message for Christ and against Antichrist. The entire Reformation rests upon this twofold testimony.’”

It has been said that the Reformation first discovered Jesus Christ, and then, in the blazing light of Christ, it discovered the Antichrist. This mighty, Spirit-filled movement, for Christ and against the Antichrist, shook the world.

Guinness wrote these memorable words: “From the first, and throughout, that movement [the Reformation] was energized and guided by the prophetic word. Luther never felt strong and free to war against the Papal apostasy till he recognized the pope as Antichrist. It was then that he burned the Papal bull. Knox’s first sermon, the sermon that launched him on his mission as a reformer, was on the prophecies concerning the Papacy. The reformers embodied their interpretations of prophecy in their confessions of faith, and Calvin in his ‘Institutes.’ All of the reformers were unanimous in the matter, even the mild and cautious Melanchthon; was as assured of the antipapal; meaning of these prophecies as was Luther himself. And their interpretation of these prophecies determined their reforming action. It led them to protest against Rome with extraordinary strength and undaunted courage. It nerved them to resist the claims of the apostate Church to the utmost. It made them martyrs; it sustained them at the stake. And the views of the Reformers were shared by thousands, by hundreds of thousands. They were adopted by princes and peoples. Under their influence nations abjured their allegiance to the false priest of Rome.

“In the reaction that followed, all the powers of hell seemed to be let loose upon the adherents of the Reformation. War followed war: tortures, burnings, and massacres were multiplied. Yet the Reformation stood undefeated and unconquerable. God’s word upheld it, and the energies of His Almighty Spirit. It was the work of Christ as truly as the founding of the Church eighteen centuries ago; and the revelation of the future which He gave from heaven—that prophetic book with which the Scripture closes—was one of the mightiest instruments employed in its accomplishment.”

A Counter-Reformation

In 1545, the Catholic Church convened one of its most famous councils in history, which took place north of Rome in a city called Trent. The Council of Trent actually continued for three sessions, ending in 1563. One of the main purposes of this Council was for Catholics to plan a counterattack against Martin Luther and the Protestants. Thus the Council of Trent became a center for Rome’s Counter-Reformation. Up to this point, Rome’s main method of attack had been largely frontal—the open burning of Bibles and of heretics. Yet this warfare only confirmed in the minds of Protestants the conviction that Papal Rome was indeed the Beast which would “make war with the saints” (Revelation 13:7). Therefore a new tactic was needed, something less obvious. This is where the Jesuits come in.

On August 15, 1534, Ignatius Loyola founded a secretive Catholic order called the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. The Jesuits definitely have a dark history of intrigue and sedition, that’s why they were expelled from Portugal (1759), France (1764), Spain (1767), Naples (1767), and Russia (1820). “Jesuit priests have been known throughout history as the most wicked political arm of the Roman Catholic Church. Edmond Paris, in his scholarly work, The Secret History of the Jesuits, reveals and documents much of this information.”

At the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church gave the Jesuits the specific assignment of destroying Protestantism and bringing people back to the Mother Church. This was to be done not only through the Inquisition and through torture, but also through theology.

The Jesuit Commission

At the Council of Trent, the Jesuits were commissioned by the Pope to develop a new interpretation of Scripture that would counteract the Protestant application of the Bible’s Antichrist prophecies to the Roman Catholic Church. Francisco Ribera (1537-1591), a Jewish Jesuit priest and doctor of theology from Spain, basically said, Ribera also read by candlelight the prophecies about the Antichrist, the little horn, that man of sin, and the Beast. But because of his dedication and allegiance to the Pope, he came to conclusions vastly different from those of the Protestants. “Why, these prophecies don’t apply to the Catholic Church at all” Ribera said. Then to whom do they apply? Ribera proclaimed, “To only one sinister man who will rise up at the end of time!” “Fantastic!” was the reply from Rome, and this viewpoint was quickly adopted as the official Roman Catholic position on the Antichrist.

“In 1590, Ribera published a commentary on the Revelation as a counter-interpretation to the prevailing view among Protestants which identified the Papacy with the Antichrist. Ribera applied all of Revelation but the earliest chapters to the end time rather than to the history of the Church. Antichrist would be a single evil person who would be received by the Jews and would rebuild Jerusalem. Ribera denied the Protestant Scriptural Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2) as seated in the church of God—asserted by Augustine, Jerome, Luther and many reformers. He set on an infidel Antichrist, outside the church of God.” “The result of his work Ribera’s was a twisting and maligning of prophetic truth.”

Following close behind Francisco Ribera Jesuit scholar, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) of Rome. Between 1581 and 1593, Cardinal Bellarmine published his “Polemic Lectures Concerning the Disputed Points of the Christian Belief Against the Heretics of This Time.” In these lectures, he agreed with Ribera “The futurist teachings of Ribera were further popularized by an Italian cardinal. His writings claimed that Paul, Daniel, and John had nothing whatsoever to say about the Papal power. The futurists’ school won general acceptance among Catholics. They were taught that Antichrist was a single individual who would not rule until the very end of time.” Through the work of these two tricky Jesuit scholars, we might say that a brand new baby was born into the world. Protestant historians have given this baby a name— Jesuit Futurism.

Defining the Issue

Before we go much farther, let’s define some terms. Historicism is the belief that Biblical prophecies about the little horn, the man of sin, the Antichrist, the Beast, and the Babylonian Harlot of Revelation 17, all apply to the developing history of Christianity and to the ongoing struggle between Jesus Christ and Satan within the Christian Church, culminating at the end of time. Historicism sees these prophecies as having a direct application to Papal Rome as a system whose doctrines are actually a denial of the New Testament message of free salvation by grace through simple faith in Jesus Christ, apart from works. Historicism was the primary prophetic viewpoint of the Protestant Reformers. In direct opposition to Historicism, and rising up as a razor-sharp counterattack on Protestantism, was that of the Jesuits with their viewpoint of Futurism, which basically says, “The Antichrist prophecies have nothing to do with the history of Papal Rome, rather, they apply to only one sinister man who comes at the end.”

Thus Jesuit Futurism sweeps 1,500 years of prophetic history under the proverbial rug by inserting its infamous GAP. This theory teaches that when Rome fell, prophecy stopped, only to continue again right around the time of the Rapture, thus the “gap” was created. The ten horns, the little horn, the Beast, and the Antichrist have nothing to do with Christians until this “last-day Antichrist” should appear. According to this viewpoint, there were no prophecies being fulfilled during the Dark Ages!

Inroads in Protestantism

For almost 300 years after the Council of Trent, Jesuit Futurism remained largely inside the realm of Catholicism, but the plan of the Jesuits was that these theological tenets be adopted by Protestants. This adoption process actually began in the early 1800s in England, and from there it spread to America. The story of how this happened is both fascinating and tragic. As I briefly share some of the highlights, I want to clarify that I am not judging the genuineness of these Christian men. They may have been sincere, yet at the same time deceived in some areas of their theological understanding.

“The Futurism of Ribera never posed a positive threat to the Protestants for three centuries. It was virtually confined to the Roman Church. But early in the nineteenth century it sprang forth with vehemence and latched on to Protestants of the Established Church of England.” Maitland (1792-1866), a lawyer and Bible scholar, became a librarian to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is very likely that one day he discovered Ribera’s commentary in the library. In any event, in 1826 he published a widely-read book attacking the Reformation and supporting Ribera’s idea of a future one-man Antichrist. For the next ten years, in tract after tract, he continued his anti-Reformation rhetoric. As a result of his zeal and strong attacks against the Reformation in England, the Protestantism of that very nation which produced the King James Bible (1611) received a crushing blow.

after Maitland came James H. Todd, a professor of Hebrew at the University of Dublin. Todd accepted the futuristic ideas of Maitland publishing his own supportive pamphlets and books. Then came John Henry Newman (1801-1890), a member of the Church of England and a leader of the famous Oxford Movement (1833-1845). In 1850, Newman wrote his “Letter on Anglican Difficulties,” revealing that one of the goals in the Oxford Movement was to finally absorb “the various English denominations and parties” back into the Church of Rome. After publishing a pamphlet endorsing Todd’s futurism about a one-man Antichrist, Newman soon became a full Roman Catholic, and later even a highly honored Cardinal. Through the influence of Maitland, Todd, Newman, and others, a movement was already arising, destined to sweep away the old Protestant landmarks, as with a flood.”

Then came Scottish Presbyterian minister, Edward Irving (1792-1834), the acknowledged forerunner of both the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Irving pastored the large Chalcedonian Chapel in London with over 1,000 members. When Irving turned to the prophecies, he eventually accepted the one-man Antichrist idea of Todd, Maitland, Ribera, yet he went a step further. Somewhere around 1830, Edward Irving began to teach the unique idea of a two-phase return of Christ, the first phase being a secret rapture prior to the rise of the Antichrist. Where he got this idea is a matter of much dispute. Journalist Dave MacPherson believes Irving accepted it is a result of a prophetic revelation given to a young Scottish girl named Margaret McDonald. In any case, the fact is, Irving taught it!

In the midst of this growing anti-Protestant climate in England, there arose a man by the name of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882). A brilliant lawyer, pastor, and theologian, he wrote more than 53 books on Bible subjects. A much-respected Christian and a man of deep piety, Darby took a strong stand in favor of the infallibility of the Bible in contrast with the liberalism of his day. He became one of the leaders of a group in Plymouth, England, which became known as the Plymouth Brethren. Darby’s contribution to the development of evangelical theology has been so great that he has been called The Father of Modern Dispensationalism. Yet John Nelson Darby, like Edward Irving, also became a strong promoter of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture followed by a one-man Antichrist.

In fact, this teaching has become a hallmark of Dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is the theory that God deals with mankind in major dispensations or periods. According to Darby, we are now in the “Church Age,” that is, until the Rapture. After the Rapture, then the seven-year period of Daniel 9:27 will supposedly kick in, and this is when the Antichrist will rise up against the Jews. In fact, John Nelson Darby laid much of the foundation for the present popular removal of Daniel’s 70 th week away from history and from Jesus Christ in favor of applying it to a future Tribulation after the Rapture. Thus, in spite of all the positives of his ministry, Darby followed Maitland, Todd, Bellarmine, and Ribera by incorporating the teachings of Futurism into his theology.

This created a link between John Nelson Darby, the Father of Dispensationalism, and the Jesuit Francisco Ribera, the Father of Futurism. Darby visited America six times between 1859-1874, preaching in all of its major cities, during which time he definitely planted the seeds of Futurism in American soil. The child of the Jesuits was growing up and was playing a major roll in shaping the political agendas in Europe and America and forging the agenda of the NWO.

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Chinese Secret Society Challenges Illuminati

By Henry Makow PhD
6-30-7

A Chinese secret society with 6 million members, including 1.8 million Asian gangsters and 100,000 professional assassins, have targeted Illuminati members if they proceed with world depopulation plans, according to Tokyo-based journalist Benjamin Fulford, 46.

They contacted Fulford, a Canadian ex pat, after he warned that the Illuminati plan to reduce the Asian population to just 500 million by means of race-specific biological weapons. "The Illuminati, with the exception of Japan, is very much a white man's game," Fulford says.

The secret society confirmed Fulford's information and asked him for advice. He provided a list of 10,000 people associated with the Illuminati, mainly members of the Bilderberg, CFR and Skull and Bones. Neo Cons are also high priority targets. "I have been promised that not a single person will die if they negotiate in good faith," Fulford says.

Fulford is the former Asian Pacific bureau chief for Forbes magazine. He quit in disgust when Forbes refused to run a damaging story about one of its advertisers. Fulford has since written 15 books in Japanese. His most recent is a scathing dissection of the 9-11 Hoax.

Fulford says Japan has been controlled in secret by the Illuminati through the use of murder and bribery. Underground sources tell him the Americans have murdered over 200 Japanese politicians and influential citizens since the end of WW2.

Among the victims are former Prime Ministers Tanaka, Takeshita, Ohira and Obuchi. They were all murdered using a special drug that induces strokes. The Illuminati have been warned that the Chinese secret society will not tolerate any more murders. It has also extended its protection to truth seekers in the West.

ANCIENT SECRET SOCIETY

The Chinese Secret Society is called the "The Green and the Red Societies," Fulford says. It "can be found in the history books. When the Manchus invaded China in 1644 the Ming army became an underground society aimed at overthrowing the Qing (Manchu) and restoring the Ming. They supported the Boxer Rebellion but were put down by imperialist powers. Later, with the help of overseas Chinese and the Japanese imperial family, the society managed to overthrow the last Emperor and install Sun Yat Sen in his place. They last appear in the history books as the Green Gang and the Red Gang that fiercely fought the Communists in Shanghai in the 1940's. They were defeated by the Communists in 1949 and once again became an underground organization."

"Since 1949 they have steadily increased their influence throughout China and the rest of the world. They have members at the very highest levels of the Chinese government but they are by nature anti-establishment, and are not an official Chinese government organization...

"The society has deep roots in Japan because of the link between Yakuza crime gangs and the Japanese imperial family. The Japanese imperial family are descended from 6th century Korean invaders. The original invaders had trouble putting down the native Jomon peoples so they brought over a tough, warlike minority people from the Asian mainland. These are the ancestors of the Yakuza. They have historically been used for secret work and for jobs like collecting taxes. When the Japanese decided to help overthrow the last Chinese dynasty, they used the Yakuza as a go-between with the Chinese secret society, many of whose members were gangsters. To this day many of the senior leaders of this group are actually Japanese, not Chinese.

"It must be made very clear though that it is not a crime gang. Although many members are Triad and Yakuza members, over 2/3 thirds of the members are intellectuals such as university professors, researchers and government bureaucrats. Each member earns their own living and membership in the society is like belonging to an emergency fire brigade. Their book of rules reads like a book of ethics filled with instructions to do things like help the weak, fight injustice, help your comrades etc."

"They approached me and asked if they could help after I made a speech in Tokyo describing the Bush regimes' use of race-specific biological weapons. For me it was like a ghost from the history books appearing right in front of me. At first I thought of silly things like having them play 911 truth videos in Chinatowns around the world. However, then I remembered the scene from the movie Kill Bill where Uma Thurman snatches out her opponent's eye. I soon realized these people could save the world by directly attacking the eye at the top of the pyramid on the one-dollar bill."

"Think about it, the Illuminati and their top servants have a total membership of about 10,000 whereas the Chinese group has over 6 million members. That is 600 to one odds. Furthermore, the 6 million have the names and addresses of the 10,000 while the 10,000 do not know who or where the 6 million are."

FULFORD ON THE ILLUMINATI

"Below is a brief a summary of the intelligence I have received from sources including: former Japanese Prime Ministers, senior Yakuza gangsters, senior Japanese Freemasons, Western intelligence agencies etc.

"First the Illuminati are really inbred families of European and North American traditional aristocracy and banking families. They control the U.S., England, Europe (except for Scandinavian countries, Germany and Italy; Italy kicked them out in the 1970's), Japan, Africa, Iran, Canada and Mexico. They do not control China, Russia (Putin kicked them out for the first time since 1917), India, South East Asia, South America, Cuba etc.

"Their goal is to create a world government. Until 2 years ago the plan was the New World Order. That was outlined pretty clearly in the Project for a New American Century. However, with the debacle in Iraq, the secret government of the West changed to a new plan that is a world government based on the EU. To do this they will sabotage the U.S. economy.

"However, there is a big schism in the secret government. Jay Rockefeller and Philip Rothschild support one faction, the Global Warming Faction. Opposing them is the War on Terrorism Faction supported by David Rockefeller and the JP Morgan descendants (Bush, Harriman, Walker etc.). The warming people want to sell 500 nuclear power plants to China and a similar amount to the rest of the world. The terrorism guys want to keep U.S. dominance by maintaining control over oil. Putin was a huge setback for them.

"They are also neo-Nazis who want to reduce the amount of colored people in the world by at least half through disease, starvation and war. The Chinese secret society got wind of this and is preparing to stop them."

GERMANY AND SCANDINAVIA NOT ILLUMINATI?

I challenged Fulford on Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and possibly Russia not being controlled by the Illuminati. He replied that "the quality of my intelligence varies":

"I can say with certainty that China, Russia and India are free. When Putin kicked out Nieslev and Bereshovsky and arrested Khordokovsky, he basically kicked the Rockefellers and Rothschilds out of Russia. I have good Russian sources and am confident Putin is a nationalist who is fighting the Illuminati with all his might. When ex-NSA chief Bobby Inman spoke at the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan on June 26th he made it very clear he expected a protracted struggle with Russia.

"India kicked them out in Ghandi's day and they have never been allowed back. Having liberated themselves after 300 years of Illuminati (East India Company) rule, they do not intend to let themselves fall under their control again.

"There have been many attempts by the Illuminati to infiltrate and dominate China. They financed Chairman Mao but he then kicked them out in the 1960's (that is why China and the USSR nearly went to war then). They are now trying to create a financial crisis in China that would open the way for them to infiltrate the Chinese financial system. They will not succeed. Italy basically purged itself during the big P2 Masonic lodge scandal back in the 80's and re-infiltration has only been partly successful. Germany is part of the Nato alliance and is thus indirectly controlled. There is a powerful branch of the Rothschild family operating there.

"However, Germany does not appear on a top-secret Illuminati power flow chart I have obtained. As far as Iran is concerned, I know they financed Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran appears on the flow chart I have. My understanding is they want to provoke a conflict between Islam and the West so they can consolidate their control over the Muslim and Christian worlds before finishing world conquest by taking over China and India."

CONCLUSION

Fulford says a meeting is being arranged with Russia's Vladimir Putin to make sure the KGB also cooperates in this plan to snatch the eye out of the pyramid.

"So far, I have told the Illuminati that they are no longer allowed to murder Japanese politicians. I now plan to extend this protection to all politicians in the West. If the Illuminati assassinate or attempt to assassinate Ron Paul, Barak Obama or any politician, may God have mercy on their souls."

"Since I am a peace-loving, laid-back Canadian suddenly put in a situation of great responsibility, I feel I must act as a servant of the weakest people and creatures on the planet. I have also been negotiating in secret with the Illuminati in the hopes of arranging for them to cede power without any bloodshed in exchange for a general amnesty.

"I do believe we now have a real chance to end the New World Order and start the New Age. The New Age would be one where war, poverty and environmental destruction would only be found in the history books."

I applaud Benjamin Fulford's courage, idealism and defiance. However, he is new to this subject and may have been mislead. He shouldn't use Illuminati terminology like "New Age." The Illuminati control the central banks of Russia, China, India and Venezuela. They control the EU. Germany may not appear on the Illuminati chart because it is at the top. Barak Obama is a Zionist stooge. The Illuminati Li Ka-Shing (and family) has had a major role in China. Heck, the Communists are Illuminati. I thought the Illuminati controlled organized crime. I can't imagine a genuinely benevolent secret society. It would be encouraging if this were one.

It's possible Fulford is sincere but is being used to confuse and/or create divisions. Possibly they want to ramp up domestic terrorism as an excuse for martial law. Now, Orientals as well as Muslims could be on the watch list. This Chinese society is challenging the traitorous Western Establishment. We're talking about the State apparatus! So please be critical. It may or may not be true. Time will tell.

In any case, it's time we refused to bow down to tyranny and called a spade a spade. Imagine, in Japan he writes the truth in the mainstream media! Maybe some day, we'll do that in America. Benjamin Fulford is an inspiration and he deserves our thanks.

Jesuit Order and 9/11 Attack and next target: Zionist Israel and Dome of Rock

Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, the General of the International Military Order of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as “the Black Pope”, ordered the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, with the advice and consent of his General Staff, composed of five assistants (each representing a hemisphere and under whom are many advisory Provincials), an advisor (resembling the likes of a military commander to warn him of any faults or mistakes), and his confessor (to ease his conscience and absolve him of his many sins).

Why? Because the appointed time has arrived for the Jesuit General to destroy both the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, secretly using his CIA/Nazi-trained, Masonic Zionist Mossad in conjunction with his CIA/Nazi-trained, Masonic Islamic Intelligence Agencies, including Osama bin Laden’s MAK and Pakistan’s ISI, while shrouded in the confusion of a huge aerial war yet to come. This will enable the General’s crusading Knights Templars (the present day Shriner Freemasons) to rebuild Solomon’s Temple — for the Papal Caesar in Rome’s Vatican. And how could the Black Pope destroy these Moslem Mosques, they comprising the third most important Islamic religious site in the world behind Saudi Arabia’s Mecca and Medina, without causing an uncontrollable Moslem holy war, called a “jihad”, resulting in the destruction of Pope Pius XII’s creation of Zionist Israel? (Remember, Israel was admitted into the New York-based United Nations in 1949 through the efforts of Jesuit-trained Francis Cardinal Spellman – the darling of Pope Pius XII who, after his Jesuits carried out the Jewish Holocaust in Europe and then driving the survivors to Palestine, intended, under the guidance of his Jesuit confessor, Augustin Cardinal Bea, to make Jerusalem an international city – while governed by the Papal Caesar’s Chaim Weizmann and his Masonic Jewish Zionists). The Black Pope must cause a war using a country he also wishes to further destroy. Enter the “Holy Roman” Fourteenth Amendment American Jesuit Empire created in 1868 on the ruins of George Washington’s Calvinist Republic, the last political stronghold of the Protestant Reformation with freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, The Black Pope

Here was the “Father General’s” plan. In synchronizing his worldwide overt and covert factions to work the Order’s evil ends of the Vatican’s Counter-Reformation in restoring the Papal Caesar as the absolute Universal Monarch of the World, the Black Pope used his Masonically-controlled, fanatically anti-Jewish Race, Islamic Intelligence operatives under the domestic control of the CIA (Osama bin Laden having been directed, financed and trained by the CIA for at least ten years — just like Jesuit-trained and CIA-financed Fidel Castro before he, like bin Laden, became a false enemy of the CFR-controlled American government) to be openly and notoriously instructed as Islamic pilots at the Venice Airport (a Florida facility used by the CIA since 1948) in order for Archbishop Egan’s controlled American Press to spread the prepared news release that the doomed airliners were hijacked by “Arab terrorists” in the employ of Osama bin Laden when in fact, to the horror of the American pilots, the airliners had been taken over and guided to their targets, remotely controlled by American Military Intelligence operatives overseen by the Black Pope’s CIA/NSA.

The Mussulmans in training never boarded the airliners involved in the September attacks evidenced by the absence of Islamic names on all four passenger lists. There was no fight between the passengers and the "hijackers" on flight 93, as reported by the deceived wife of the late Jeremy Glick. For flight 93 was shot down by an F-16 fighter, blowing off its wing which landed at least six miles away from the main wreckage! And if the inexperienced "hijackers" had boarded all four airliners, the novices never would have been able to navigate the planes into the targets unless they had been crack fighter pilots according to a group of highly professional, both civilian and military, American aviators. Archbishop Egan's CFR-controlled American Press then placed the blame for these acts of high treason and murder squarely on the shoulders of the Black Pope's Saudi prince and CIA operative, Osama bin Laden, including his al-Qaeda Network secretly working for the Jesuit General's International Terrorist Network. Tens of thousands of "heretic and liberal" Americans perished, thereby justifying a war between the Moslem World and "the Great Satan".

(Has not American technology, developed through the Protestant right of freedom of conscience as applied to science, brought wealth and prosperity to the once poverty stricken, barren wilderness of Saudi Arabia, the cultural center for the religion of Islam? And if so, why would not Saudi Arabia, in a gesture of thankfulness, give economic aid to their brother Moslem Arab Palestinians enabling them to relocate to other surrounding Islamic nations of their choice? Would not this further secure the peace of the Jewish People now in their own land, having been persecuted and mass murdered for the last two thousand years, whose right to the land through the Abrahamic Covenant has never been abrogated by them or disannulled by Almighty God who gave it to this “seed of Abraham” in Genesis 17: 7, 8?

A Papal conspirator in the assassination of Israel’s Masonic Prime Minister, Yitzak Rabin, Freemason Shimon Peres, who was educated by Jesuits as a youth in Poland and now the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zionist Israel, is being welcomed to the Jesuit General’s Council on Foreign Relations, based in New York’s Harold Pratt House, by its Masonic Chairman of the Board, Peter G. Peterson, and by one of its Directors, Leslie H. Gelb, on September 29, 1993. Shimon Peres also holds shares in the PLO's public phone company, Paltel, in conjunction with the Bin Laden Royal Family of Saudi Arabia and Yassir Arafat! Since there is an obvious Bush/Bin Laden business connection through the CFR,s Carlyle Group headed by Edward Cardinal Egan's Knight of Malta Frank C. Carlucci, why should not there be a similar connection between Peres, Bin Laden and Arafat? For they are all in the same Masonic Brotherhood's "Invisible Empire" overseen by the sovereign Grand Master and Commander of all - the Black Pope.

A Papal mass murderer of Jewish People, “Chairman” of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and professional agitator, Freemason Yassir Arafat is also being welcomed by the Archbishop of New York’s Council on Foreign Relations in the person of one of its “Presiders”, Lee H. Hamilton, on January 20, 2000.

Could it be that neither the Masonic Jewish Zionists in the person of CFR-controlled Shimon Peres nor the Masonic Moslem Palestinian Liberation Organization in the person of CFR-controlled Yassir Arafat, both being secret agents for the Black Pope, truly want to resolve this Jesuit agitation? Do not the ongoing and unfair international negotiations, like the historic Treaty of Versailles, always promote more intense resultant agitations, furthering the agenda of Rome’s Papal Caesar who intends to rule the world from a Third Temple in Jerusalem? Indeed, this unceasing agitation is necessary if the Pope is to be the Universal Monarch of the World!)

The Black Pope now has a perfect war between two Peoples he wishes to destroy. For both Peoples, the White and Black Protestants and Baptists along with the Jewish Race of North America, and the Semitic Moslems of the Middle East, are condemned by the Jesuits’ evil and wicked Council of Trent, they having been historically the greatest enemies of the Jesuit Order’s “infallible” Pope, who, since the days of Innocent III (1215), has claimed to be the one true God on earth. According to Motley’s The Dutch Republic, it was America’s White Anglo-Saxon Protestant-Calvinist Dutch Reformed forefathers, known as the “Wild Beggars of the Sea”, who gave religious liberty to Bible-based Western Civilization. These godly and fearless sailors, in stoutly resisting Papal tyranny, wore an Islamic Crescent – not a Cross – on their caps with the immemorial inscription written below:

“Rather Turkish Than Popish”.

The institutions to be destroyed on September 11, 2001 were the Banking and Military centers of “the Great Satan” – the Pope’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon overseen by his Knights of Malta – supporting and protecting the Pope’s Zionist government of Israel. There, the Jewish People, in the midst of whom are the Lord’s beloved Jewish Race, known as “the holy seed” with Biblical promises yet to inherit including the fulfilling of the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenants under their returning Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, have been set up to be ultimately betrayed, as they are UNKNOWINGLY living under the secret government of the Black Pope, publicly overseen by his Masonic Jewish Zionists in conjunction with certain of his Masonic Talmudic Rabbis, who betrayed their own Jewish People, both racially and religiously, into Hitler’s Death Camps during World War II!

Its subterranean storehouse of gold quite possibly having been previously removed to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, the World Trade Center was sacrificed, INTERNALLY IMPLODED, using surgically placed Composition C5 charges detonated by the New York Archbishop, Edward Cardinal Egan, through his unified American Intelligence Community.

Cardinal Egan’s American Intelligence Network includes the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Secret Service, Military Intelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Mafia Commission. Years ago these agencies and criminals all worked together in carrying out the Kennedy Assassination and Cover-up under the control of their former master, Francis Cardinal Spellman. The World Trade Center’s Masonic Twin Towers, Jachin and Boaz, were sacrificed in EXCHANGE for the future destruction of the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. This mass murder has ignited American blind patriotic rage as calculated, that rage being now directed by the Black Pope’s CFR-controlled Press, including his CFR-controlled Masonic Jewish Zionists, against the Islamic Middle East Peoples — among whom reside the Masonic Moslem branch of the Jesuit General’s International Terrorist Network. This act of secret Papal terrorism has been used to justify a massive foreign war, a secret Papal Crusade, while the tools of the Jesuit Order have tyrannically implemented domestic martial law by means of the “USA PATRIOT Act” in America and the “Bomb Bill C-36 Act” in Canada. Sadly, cooler and more informed, truly patriotic heads have not prevailed. God help us!

This attack was an act of war carried out by the slaves of the Black Pope, both domestic and foreign, thereby enabling the White Pope’s American fascist puppet, George W. Bush, to declare a “war on [Islamic] terrorism” – to the exclusion of Roman Catholic terrorism led by secret Jesuits such as Fidel Castro of Communist Cuba and Gerry Adams of the IRA – with no specific enemy nation in sight. (For Washington, D.C. is secretly ruled by Edward Cardinal Egan from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. As the country’s “Military Vicar” and most powerful American Archbishop, Egan is aided by Georgetown University and Fordham University Jesuits including the learned and seasoned, eighty-two year old, Avery Cardinal Dulles.) This massive retaliation, to last between four to ten years being another Papal Crusade against the Islamic Peoples in rivaling those of the Dark Ages, has now been declared. It will be waged by Cardinal Egan’s CFR-controlled Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush, having been advised of his role to play during his most recent visit with the Baal-worshipping, cannibalistic (believing the unbiblical doctrine of transubstantiation), absolute dictator in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II.

New York’s Edward Cardinal Egan, being the “Archbishop of the political Capital of the World”, the master of the Council on Foreign Relations and thus controlling all the agencies comprising his unified American Intelligence Network, has used six primary tools in igniting this secret Papal Crusade. They are President George W. Bush, ex-President George H. W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor to the President Condoleezza Rice, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, and CIA Director George Tenet, all being members of the Archbishop’s Council on Foreign Relations. The following Bill of Particulars justify our charges:

1. The “terrorist” attacks were predicted and exposed well in advance of September 11, 2001. Dr. Garth Nicholson, Ph.D., a foremost researcher of the Gulf War Syndrome investigators, reported to Pentagon officials that he had confirmed intelligence indicating that on Sept. 11, 2001 a “terrorist” strike against the Pentagon would be made. Their sources included individuals in key intelligence positions, the Mafia, and one high-level African diplomat. The warning was passed on to, among others, the National Security Council (Condoleezza Rice) but is was ignored. Dr. Leonard Horowitz, an award winning author of several tremendous books, also made a valiant effort to alert the government, but to no avail.

2. On Friday, September 7, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a brother to the President, issued an Executive Order in which members of the Florida National Guard were activated, “for the purpose of training to support law-enforcement personnel and emergency management personnel in the event of civil disturbances or natural disaster.” The Bush Dynasty, including the former Director of the CIA and business partner of the Gulf War’s Saddam Hussein, Shriner George H. W. Bush, not only knew the attacks were coming but actively participated in them.

3. On Sunday night, September 17, 2001, in the Providence of the risen Son of God, CBS’s television program titled “60 Minutes” revealed that President Bush’s close associates had suddenly, and inexplicably, sold all their airline stock only a few days before the “terrorist” attacks. The story was subsequently buried by the CFR-controlled Press, which includes CFR-controlled CBS. Again, the CFR/CIA-controlled Bush Dynasty, had a foreknowledge of the coming mass murder and thus stand indicted of high treason being the agents of Edward Cardinal Egan.

4. President and Papal Agent George W. Bush controlling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sent the Urban Search and Rescue Team to New York City THE NIGHT BEFORE the attacks occurred! One FEMA official, Mr. Tom Kennedy, told Press icon, CFR member and player in the Kennedy Assassination, Dan Rather, on September 11, 2001, “We’re currently one of the first teams that was deployed to support the City of New York in this disaster. We arrived on late Monday night [that is, on September 10, the NIGHT BEFORE] and went right into action on Tuesday morning.”

5. Osama bin Laden and his band of “Terrorists” could not have pulled off the “sophisticated” operation of four simultaneous air hijackings, and precision directed attacks, without the support of one or more “intelligence organizations [which includes the CIA and its Director, CFR member George Tenet].” This was the expert testimony provided by past CIA Afghanistan operations director and bin Laden’s intelligence advisor, Milt Bearden, interviewed by Dan Rather on September 12, 2001. In fact, when pressed by Dan Rather to endorse the theory of bin Laden’s culpability, Mr. Bearden stated, “If they didn’t have an Osma bin Laden, they would invent one.”

6. On October 31, 2001, the French daily “Le Figaro” reported that Osama bin Laden had met with a high-level CIA official in July 2000. At that time, bin Laden was already being sought for trial due to his involvement in two U.S. Embassy bombings and the U.S.S. Cole attack. The meeting was held in bin Laden’s private suite in the plush Dubai Hospital built by American construction companies for the care of the Order’s Masonic royal Moslem families running Islam’s unified Middle East Intelligence Community and Terrorist Network on behalf of the CIA. Though he could have been killed – like the CIA’s Fidel Castro – according to President Bill Clinton’s intelligence findings, on July 14th he was released and left Dubai on his private jet. Osama bin Laden is a creature of the Black Pope’s CIA and has remained so to this day.

7. Osama bin Laden took his direction and money from the CIA for ten years. During this time, approximately five (5) billion dollars was funneled to his organization through black op budgets (financed by the Black Pope’s International Drug Trade) into a CIA operation known as Maktab al-Khidamar—the MAK. It is clear, as a MAK mercenary army leader, bin Laden’s fortune vastly increased during that time. Since, like the Mafia, “Once in the CIA, always in the CIA”, bin Laden’s MAK is merely an extension of the Black Pope’s International Intelligence Community and Terrorist Network. And if the CIA controls the Intelligence Network of Afghanistan, then it controls the Intelligence Agencies of Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya and Turkey. Indeed, the words of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar were correct when he said in an interview contained on page thirty-four in the November issue of Free American:

“America controls the governments of the Islamic countries…It should stop trying to impose its empire on the rest of the world, especially on Islamic countries.”

8. Aaron Swirsksi, one of the architects of the World Trade Center, said they designed the towers to withstand airplane collisions. “I designed it for a 707 hit,” he said. The collapse of the buildings came as a complete “shock” to him and his colleagues. Van Romero, a demolition expert, former director of the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, and current Vice President for research at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, said that the manner in which the Twin Towers collapsed resembled those of controlled implosions used in planned demolition. “My opinion is, based on the videotapes, that after the airplanes hit the World Trade Center there were some explosive devices inside the buildings that caused the towers to collapse,” Romero said. NBC News interviewed people who had escaped "ground zero" on September 11, 2001. One unidentified man said "We were stuck on the stairs for a while. I came down from the 85th floor. When we were just about to leave the building, there was a blast." A woman’s testimony followed: “I got stuck on the stairs. When we got to the lobby there was a blast,” she said.

Further, the demolition of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, floors 22, 23, and 24, destroyed massive FBI evidence against CFR member James Giffen, the CEO of the CFR’s Mobile Corporation, for illegal oil swaps between Iran and Kazakhstan. There was also evidence against CFR member and Shriner Freemason Alan Greenspan – the Jewish Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Jesuit General’s Federal Reserve Banking System – involving GOLD PRICE FIXING. Greenspan’s Masonic Jewish Zionist partners in crime included the CFR’s Morgan Stanley & Company and the CFR’s Goldman Sachs & Company. The evidence shows that those floors exploded and were destroyed minutes before the explosions from the airplane, and suggests that the airplane crashes were simply a “ruse of war”. Obviously, the Intelligence Community of Archbishop Edward Cardinal Egan IMPLODED the buildings which not only suppressed and destroyed evidence, but also resulted in the death and burial of at least forty-two of his loyal Knights of Columbus and several honest FBI agents. Indeed the Archbishop followed the great Jesuit maxim of “the ends justify the means.”

9. On September 11, 2001, President Bush, with the full knowledge of CFR member and the intimate friend of Archbishop Egan, Vice President Richard Cheney, was in Sarasota, Florida (the home of the Venice Airport, a CIA facility, that had openly and notoriously trained Islamic pilots thereby enabling the Black Pope’s CIA to blame its contract agent, Osama bin Laden, for the destruction of the WTC). The President was “reading to children in a classroom at 9:05 a.m. when his chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispered [the news] into his ear, according to an Associated Press release of September 12, the day after the attack. The President briefly turned somber before he resumed reading…[Next] President Bush listened to eighteen Booker Elementary School second-graders read a story about a girl’s pet goat…before he spoke briefly and somberly about the terrorist attacks.” Here we have America’s Commander-in-Chief calmly talking for about thirty minutes before he leisurely responded to the country’s greatest national security crisis in history along with its accompanying tragedies. And no wonder, for he had been briefed by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Vatican only weeks prior to our national disaster! CFR member and CIA Director George Tenet had also kept the President advised.

10. Many journalists have reported that the bombing of Afghanistan, allegedly intended to punish the Taliban for affiliations with bin Laden, is simply a cover for the Taliban’s destruction of Afghanistan’s opium crop thus the curtailing of the Black Pope’s International Drug Trade. The Taliban also withdrew its former support for an oil pipeline to be built by CFR Henry Kissinger and CFR George Shultz’s Unocal Corporation through Afghanistan from the vast Caspian Sea oil fields. September 11 provided a great excuse to pursue the Jesuit Order/CFR’s illegal drug traffic along with its petrochemical, economic, and “national security” martial law objective. More importantly, this pipeline is necessary for the fueling of the war machine of our future invader, the massive Red Chinese Army, under the command of the Company of Jesus.

We, the American people, thanks to our Popish, prostitute Press, have been hoodwinked into fighting this war even as we were deceived into fighting the Pope’s war against the Japanese People during World War II, the consummation of the Jesuit General’s Second Thirty Years War waged from 1914 to 1945. For the attack on Pearl Harbor was no surprise to the nation’s most visible Shriner Freemason, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, even as the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was no surprise to the nation’s most visible Skull and Bones member, the wicked and evil mass murderer, President George W. Bush.

If the foregoing scenario is true, we believe the American People, deceived by our own Jesuit/CFR-controlled government, will fall into the trap of fighting a lengthy, large scale Middle East War, resulting in at least six things that will further our country’s demise including the scrapping of our Reformed Protestant Constitution, while thoroughly benefiting the Jesuit Order’s Counter-Reformation. They are:

1. Worldwide anti-Jewish fury on a grand scale, especially in America, as a result of the Black Pope’s openly agitating, secretly CFR-controlled, Masonic Jewish Zionists and thus, the beloved Jewish People of Israel being blamed for the Papal Caesar’s international Jesuit Crusade;

2. The destruction of both the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque – blamed on American Military forces – thereby enabling the Pope’s Shriner Freemasons to rebuild Solomon’s Temple, while simultaneously unifying Islamic fury, coordinated and directed by the Black Pope’s Masonic Moslem Intelligence Agencies in conjunction with his Masonic North American Intelligence Agencies, against the “heretic and liberal” American and Canadian Peoples of North America, we having been paganized through the Jesuit Order’s Bible-rejecting and deceptive educational systems, controlled Press and demoralizing theater movies;

3. The killing of millions of fanatical Moslems who would otherwise attack Israel when the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque are destroyed in Jerusalem, not to mention the possible destruction of Mecca and Medina, further securing the peace of the Papal Caesar’s Zionist government of Israel. That false peace will be maintained by the united European nations, their unity brought about by the Club of Rome in the person of the Spanish Knight of Malta and Commander of NATO forces during the bombing mass-murder of Orthodox Serbs in Yugoslavia, JAVIER SOLANA. These united, predominantly Roman Catholic, European nations will compose the Pope’s revived Holy Roman Empire, the new “Sword of the Church”. At this time the Black Pope will have no more need for the drugged, exhausted, bankrupt, amalgamated and demoralized American People of his “Holy Roman” Fourteenth Amendment American Empire;

4. The tyranny of a White American fascist military dictator having arisen out of the “New Right” Republican Party due to anarchy giving way to a race war as a result of Negro and Hispanic rioting in our major cities coordinated by the Black Pope’s Masonically-led and racist Black army of the Nation of Islam. He will use America’s existing concentration camp system to kill millions of Jews, “heretics and liberals” pursuant to the Jesuits’ evil Council of Trent – just as Hitler “the Austrian” and homosexual drug addict destroyed apostate Protestant Germany with the help of FDR's USAF and Churchill's RAF - further justifying our nation's destruction;

5. The betrayal and defeat of our armies fighting a two-front war which we cannot win, one in the Middle East and the other possibly in the Far East against China, just as Napoleon betrayed his army in Russia in 1812, and just like Hitler betrayed his army in Russia one hundred and thirty years later, both treasonous dictators having been under orders from the advisors of the Black Pope;

6. Massive invasion and attack into North America, China and Russia storming the West Coast while China and a united Moslem host march into the Southeast Coast, known as “the Bible belt”, using the Bahamas and Cuba as staging bases. Our Jesuit-controlled leaders carrying out the nation’s immigration policies, in establishing a huge resident “fifth column” of Chinese, Moslem, Hindu and Hispanic aliens within our borders, have betrayed us Americans. The heart-breaking result will be the subjugation of the last apostate bastion of the Protestant Reformation and will compel Europe to unite reviving the old Holy Roman Empire – under the Papal Caesar.

This scenario is the answer as to Who and Why we were attacked on September 11, 2001, Bloody Black Tuesday. But after all, we apostate, Bible-rejecting White People deserve it, as I have said on this web page and in my book, Vatican Assassins: “Wounded In The House Of My Friends”. The Jesuit General’s “Holy Roman” Fourteenth Amendment American Empire has been used to fulfill the Papal Caesar’s evil Council of Trent by oppressing and destroying “heretic and liberal” Bible believers, peoples and governments of at least eighty nations during the last one hundred years. Called by Jesuit John Courtney Murray and Knight of Malta Henry R. Luce “the American Century”, the Knights of Malta and Shriner Freemasons on Wall Street restored the Temporal Power of the Papacy (which Power was destroyed in the glorious Nineteenth Century) by financing Mao Tse-tung’s Communism, Stalin’s Communism, Hitler’s Nazism and the Fascism of Mussolini, Franco and Castro.

We Americans have it coming, and now that we have leapt into this trap of a Middle East war with the Moslem World, advocated by our Pennsylvania Senator and Shriner Freemason, the infamous Arlen Specter (who was “Cardinal Spellman’s Jew” having authored the magic single-bullet theory of the Warren Commission and served as President Clinton’s defender while on trial in the Senate), apparently the righteous Judgment of the risen Son of God is about to unfold. Our beloved country, the only nation in the history of the world to be founded on the Bible of the Protestant Reformation, will be turned into a nightmarish police state and a Nazi/Soviet concentration camp hell-on-earth because we have forgotten the God of our White American Protestant and Baptist-Calvinist founding fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Whose Spirit inspired these words:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.

He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name
of the only begotten Son of God.

– John 3:16-18

As an addendum to Vatican Assassins: “Wounded In The House Of My Friends” consult “Jesuit Vatican Tyranny”, a twenty-one-page article, at:

It Is Simply Amazing! Persecution of Christian, Moslem and Jews by "Christian"

By Darryl Eberhart, Editor of “Tackling the Tough Topics (TTT)”

www.tacklingthetoughtopics.net // June 28, 2006


What I am about to tell you is “simply amazing!” A sizable portion of the “alternative media” tells us that “the Jews” (i.e., Masonic-Zionist Jews) run the entire New World Order, to include banking, the current U.S. administration, the Congress, Hollywood, and the mainstream media. Well, let’s just talk about Hollywood and the mainstream media. For if the Masonic-Zionist Jews do indeed control Hollywood and the mainstream media, then I am very confused. You may be asking: “Why are you confused?” I am glad you asked.

Dear reader, the greatest “exterminator” of Jews over the past 1000 plus years has been the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church has also been the biggest “exterminator” of independent Christian groups (e.g., Albigensian and Waldensian Christians) – the biggest “exterminator” of Protestants (e.g., French Huguenots in 1572 and Irish Protestants in 1641) – and one of the biggest “exterminators” of Orthodox Christians (e.g., the Serb Orthodox Christians in Roman Catholic-controlled Croatia in the 1940s). If the mainstream media and Hollywood are run by Masonic-Zionist Jews, then why wouldn’t they be fully exposing the Roman Catholic Church’s extensive involvement in slaughtering Jews during World War II?

First, let’s examine just a small portion of this well-documented historical record of Roman Catholic “extermination” of Jews. Please consider the following quotations:

“Jews were slaughtered by the thousands all across Europe as the Catholic Crusaders made their way to the ‘Holy Land’ to recover it from both Jews and Turks for the Roman Catholic Church…” – Dave Hunt (A Cup of Trembling; Page 159)

“One of history’s most malevolent persons died on this day [September 16] in 1498. Tomas de Torquemada, as [Roman Catholic] Inquisitor General of Spain, ordered more than 10,000 people to be burned at the stake because they didn’t agree with his religious views. He used the Inquisition for religious and political reasons, believing punishment of [Ed. Note: so-called] ‘heretics’ and non-Christians – chiefly Jews and Muslims – was the only way to achieve political unity in Spain. Greatly feared and hated by millions, he persuaded [Spanish King] Ferdinand and [Queen] Isabella to rid Spain of Jews. More than a million families were driven from Spain during that time. The country never recovered from the resulting decline.”
Pastor Ron Hembree (A Daily Joy: A Quick Study Guide Through God’s Word)

“…[Roman] Catholic priest, [Monsignor] Fr. Jozef Tiso, ruler of Slovakia’s Nazi puppet regime of 1939-45…sent that tiny country’s Jewish population of 70,000 to the extermination camps in Poland.” – Dave Hunt (A Cup of Trembling; Page 191)

“To a Jew, Hitler and [Italian Fascist dictator] Mussolini were Christians. In fact, they were Roman Catholics from birth, and in spite of their horrendous crimes against humanity they were never excommunicated from their Church. The same was true of [Nazi SS Chief Heinrich] Himmler and many others in the Nazi hierarchy. Indeed, the Roman Catholic Church has a long history of persecution, expulsion, and slaughter of Jews, to which Hitler referred in justifying the Holocaust.” – Dave Hunt (A Cup of Trembling; Page 158)

Here is some of that historical record of Roman Catholic slaughter of Jews:

• 1095 – Pope Urban II proclaims the First Crusade. Here is what historian Will Durant has written concerning this episode of religious genocide: “When in 1095, Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade, some Christians [i.e., Roman Catholics] thought it desirable to kill the Jews in Europe before proceeding so far to fight Turks in Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon, having accepted the leadership of the crusade, announced that he would avenge the blood of Jesus upon the Jews…leaving not one of them alive; and his companions proclaimed their intention to kill all Jews who would not accept Christianity [Ed. Note: i.e., the Roman Catholic version of it].”

• 1096 – Roman Catholic Crusaders slaughter half the Jews of Worms on their way through that town.

• 1099 – Roman Catholic Crusaders, sent on a holy mission by the pope of Rome, make it to the walls of Jerusalem. The city’s inhabitants – men, women, and children – Jews, Moslems, and probably even a few Christians – are butchered by the “Christian” (i.e., Roman Catholic) crusaders! (The Roman Catholic Crusaders had earlier slaughtered the inhabitants of Antioch – men, women, and children – when they captured that city!)

• 1236 – Catholic Crusaders slaughter Jews in Anjou and Poitou. Here is what historian Will Durant has written on this massacre: “[Catholic Crusaders] invaded the Jewish settlements of Anjou and Poitou. …[The Crusaders] bade all Jews be baptized; when the Jews refused, the Crusaders trampled 3000 of them to death under their horses’ hoofs.”

• 1243 – All Jews in Belitz, Germany (near Berlin) are burned alive by Roman Catholics. According to historian W