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Merry Christmas, and heartfelt Thanks on behalf of the Pakistan Effort!

December 26, 2024 5:52 pm / 1 Comment on Merry Christmas, and heartfelt Thanks on behalf of the Pakistan Effort!

Dear Brothers and Sisters who have so generously donated to reaching the people of Pakistan with your donations, thank you in the name of our Lord Jesus.

While I’m working to try and send personal thanks –a thing that will take time because of being blind and working with computer voice synthesis–I wanted meanwhile to send this Thank You in this way.

Again, you have reached out to the people of that land in such a loving and generous way that there is no way I can adequately express what that effort means.

I have no doubt, however, that our God Knows how to Express His Approval of such caring and will do so one Heavenly Day at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

Pastor Anil Jasper has sent the following to express his gratitude.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!

–Terry James

Dear Brother Terry James and Heavenly Supporters,

I strongly believe that you are enthusiastically working hard in the Lord’s vineyard to prepare souls for our glorious and blessed hope. I write to you with deep gratitude and a heart filled with thanks for your invaluable contribution toward the printing and distribution of Terry’s remarkable book, Prophecy Power.

On behalf of myself, my wife Jamila, my children and grandchildren, and the many people who will benefit from the message of this book, I want to express my sincere appreciation for the time, energy, and resources you have all generously invested in this project. Through your support, the powerful insights and prophetic wisdom shared within Prophecy Power will reach a wide audience, providing spiritual guidance, encouragement, and clarity in these challenging times.

Terry’s work is a beacon of truth, and your dedication to ensuring that this message is made available to so many is truly inspiring. I have no doubt that this book will touch lives, spark everlasting hope, and ignite a renewed passion for our Lord’s soon return and understanding among its readers.

Thank you for partnering with us in this kingdom work. Your efforts have made a lasting impact, and I pray that God blesses each one of you abundantly for your kindness and generosity.

May His peace continue to guide you in all that you do, and may you experience the fulfillment of His purposes in your lives.

With heartfelt thanks.

Your Brother,
Rev. Anil Jasper

The Jeremiah of Our Time

December 2, 2024 3:13 pm / 10 Comments on The Jeremiah of Our Time

by Jan Markell

I’m not waiting for the Antichrist. I’m waiting for Jesus Christ. And that is due, in part, to the ministry of Hal Lindsey. His books and television program carefully outlined Dispensational Theology, also called left behind theology—named after the famous book series.

As a young adult, I found life confusing until someone handed me a copy of The Late Great Planet Earth. After reading it in a day, followed by a trip to Israel, I could press on in life and enter the ministry. I would go on to devour dozens of books and follow solid Bible teachers who promoted eschatology or Bible prophecy.

Time Magazine called Hal Lindsey the Jeremiah of our time. His classic book sold 35 million copies, but other books and TV productions influenced millions more. I believe his two greatest contributions were his teaching that:

· Israel is the key to our past, present, and future. Most churches today marginalize this, focusing on church growth or are steeped in other theologies such as Amillennialism. Only Dispensationalism explains what the Bible teaches: The King is coming again, and Israel is the key to understanding this.

· As believers, we should be awaiting Jesus Christ, not the Antichrist. Millions are caught up in strange rapture-timing theologies that offer no blessed hope, which is taught in the Bible (Titus 2:13)! Jesus is coming at any minute. Only Dispensationalism explains the imminency of the Lord’s return with Israel as the centerpiece!

I brought Hal to the Twin Cities in 2004 and 2005. He told me at that time that it was his goal in the 1960s to write a book on the end times that was easy to understand. When his book appeared in 1970, the only books available were written by theologians and for theologians!

They were terrific, but the man on the street was lost.

Dwight Pentecost’s Things to Come was a classic back then, but it was 500 pages and way too scholarly. Without a seminary degree, readers were lost and frustrated.

Once Hal opened the door for end-time discussion, two- dozen writers followed him, including Chuck Missler, Tim LaHaye, Dave Hunt, Ron Rhodes, and many more. Publishers were eager to help readers understand how the last days played out. And how many of you were impacted by the Left Behind book series I referenced written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins?

These topics have been discussed now for 23 years on Understanding the Times Radio. I am so thankful for the scholars who went before me, helping us non-scholars to understand these key theological issues and make sense of what is often senseless! The rise of lawlessness, the rush to globalism, the decline of character as outlined in II Timothy, and so much more as the birth pangs have exploded in recent years.

There is a run-up to the Tribulation and we are in it, but who knew before we learned from such incredible men? There is prophetic stage-setting, which is so prominent here at the end of the Church Age!

Pastors, please, with whatever time we have left before a trumpet sounds, teach your congregation these truths. The urgency of the hour demands it.

Find this outstanding summary of the life and effectiveness of Hal Lindsey here. Read testimonies from Ron Rhodes, Tom Hughes, David Jeremiah, Jonathan Brentner, and more.

https://harbingersdaily.com/forever-changed-hal-lindseys-eternal-impact-on-generations-of-trusted-ministries/

Hal Lindsey was a flawed human being like all of us, and I could slip in details, particularly of the eccentric man I featured twenty years ago here in the Twin Cities. I’d rather not. I just want to say thank you to him for opening my eyes.

I had no idea I was here on assignment to also help others in this last days’ countdown to the rapture of believers! And to help get many into the ark of salvation because when all is said and done, Jesus really is coming!

Perhaps today. Thank you, Hal, for encouraging me to prepare so many for this journey!

Prophecy Watchers Conference

November 30, 2024 1:40 pm / 3 Comments on Prophecy Watchers Conference

Terry James will be speaking at the Branson Christmas Prophecy Conference in Branson, Missouri on Saturday December 7, 2024 at 10 a.m.

We hope you will live stream the conference and join Terry in his session.

It will be titled: RAPTURE READY!

Below are some details of the conference and how to enjoy these many speakers and their exciting topics!

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Exciting news! The Branson Christmas Prophecy Conference is just around the corner and live streaming is NOW available! You can experience all the powerful teachings and prophetic insights from the comfort of your own home—or anywhere in the world.

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Join us December 5th-8th as 22 renowned Bible prophecy teachers gather to explore the times we’re living in through the lens of Scripture. Even if you can’t attend in person, you won’t miss out on any session!

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📅 6 months of access after the conference! Rewatch your favorite sessions or catch any that you missed—anytime, anywhere.
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Whether you’re at home, on the go, or hosting a watch party, this is your chance to join the Prophecy Conference community wherever you are.

How to Sign Up:
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BONUS OFFER: Join the live stream and get access to 4 bonus messages:

Gary Stearman -Time Travelers of The Bible: Who’s Flying Those UFOs
L.A. Marzulli – Fatima Miracle of the Sun or a Harbinger of Deception
Billy Crone: UFOs: The Last Great Days Deception
LA Marzulli – In Their Own Words
Josh Peck Extradimensional UFOs

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to deepen your understanding of God’s Word and current events through the lens of Bible prophecy. We look forward to having you with us virtually!

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The late, great Hal Lindsey :: From the Rapture Ready Family

November 27, 2024 1:40 pm / 18 Comments on The late, great Hal Lindsey :: From the Rapture Ready Family

Two days after his 95^th birthday, on Monday, November 25, the Lord called Harold Lee Lindsey home. The prolific author and beloved “grandfather” of the modern Bible Prophecy movement leaves a loving family and a gargantuan fan base—although he would encourage us by pointing to Jesus Christ rather than himself.

Born in Houston, Texas, weeks after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Lindsey earned a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, and later worked with Campus Crusade for Christ in Southern California for about a decade before authoring one of the biggest-selling books of the 20^th century, The Late Great Planet Earth. Written in the immediate aftermath of the Six Day War, the book electrified the country and led to many people studying eschatology. It has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages.

No one could have anticipated such a sales tsunami, but the landmark title set the stage for increased evangelism and millions of people eagerly awaiting the Rapture. Lindsey went on to host the International Intelligence Briefing and the Hal Lindsey Report for years.

After decades of pushback from mostly mainline Bible scholars, Dispensationalism made a roaring comeback in the United States, propelled most by Lindsey’s influence. Scores of testimonies buttress the view that Hal Lindsey’s emphasis on evangelism and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the real point of studying prophecy.

Lindsey’s influence also extended to a flood of Christian tour groups to Israel. Interest in the Jewish state, in the light of prophecy fulfilled as the Jewish state began to repopulate the ancient homeland, swelled to unprecedented levels. As he wrote:

“The State of Israel may seem normal. But it’s not. It is no more normal than the restoration of a withered hand or the parting of a vast sea. Israel is not normal. Israel is a miracle!”

“Prophecy authenticates the message,” he liked to say.

Lindsey gave his personal testimony at a prophecy conference in 2013. He said that after a riverboat accident, he picked up a Bible and began to read. The book of Acts particularly caught his attention and he yearned for fellowship with believers. He was invited to a gathering at Rice University in the 1950s.

“There are turning points in every life and you are blessed if you don’t miss them,” he said.

After the Rice event—which, incredibly, dealt with Bible prophecy—Lindsey went back home and began studying his “copious” notes, along with his Bible.

“I stayed up all night. Being a draftsman, I drew a map and looked at the power blocs [in the international community]. I became consumed studying prophecy.” He said that after work each day, he’d go home and study the Bible for up to eight hours. His eyes were then opened to the great battle between good and evil. Lindsey saw that Marxism was becoming popular at Berkeley by 1960, when he started with Campus Crusade for Christ. His passion for the remainder of his life was evangelizing the lost.

This week, he heard the sublime words, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

See you soon, brother!

The Isaiah Matrix, by Dustin Blystone – Book Review by Terry James

November 23, 2024 8:31 am / Leave a comment

The Isaiah Matrix

With a Verse by Verse Commentary on the Book of Isaiah

By Dustin Blystone

Book review by Terry James

Dustin Blystone is a Brother in Christ I met in Colorado Springs at the Prophecy Watchers Conference earlier this year. I was immediately struck by his scholarly acumen yet humble manner of expressing his consideration of the prophetic topics he and I discussed. After having a chance to go through some of his writing on end times matters, I determined it would be good to present his work to our Rapture Ready family.

The most amazing feature of The Isaiah Matrix is how it demonstrates a very strong support for the Pre-Millennial, Pre-Tribulation Rapture of The Church, the 7-Year Tribulation, The Second Coming of Christ to setup His Kingdom, The Millennial Reign itself, the final Satanic Rebellion, The Great White Throne Judgment and saved humanity Tabernacling directly with God in The New Jerusalem for Eternity, all seen as prophetic prefigures in the Bible Book Order mirrored in the same thematic progression of each Isaiah Chapter.

While this work leads the reader/student ever more deeply into an understanding of prophetic progression laid out in God’s Love Letter to mankind, it does so with orderly movement that instills a sense of worthwhile time and effort spent. I.e., its design, I believe, is a fertile digest that incubates in the reader enhanced ability to be sensitive to Holy Spirit Impression.

The Isaiah Matrix takes a sweeping overview of the Book of Isaiah and the Bible itself with a comprehensive approach to studying the Divine Structure and Order of the Bible. It does this by proposing that the Book of Isaiah, as simply one of its many purposes, acts as the Bible’s self-authenticating outline, where each of the Bible’s 66 Books find their Canonical placement within the Bible. It thoroughly demonstrates an internal correspondence between each Isaiah Chapter and its correlating Bible Book, for example, Isaiah Chapter 1 with Genesis (Book 1), Isaiah Chapter 2 with Exodus (Book 2), all the way through to Isaiah Chapter 66 with Revelation (Book 66). The parallels are astonishing, especially for the astute Bible student.

I highly recommend The Isaiah Matrix for the serious Bible student as well as for the Christian who might want to reread the Bible or the Book of Isaiah itself from a new dimension of perspective.

Also, I suggest those wanting a deep look into things to come from Heaven’s Perspective, to search out Dustin’s books by searching his name at the following: Lulu.com

You can also find Dustin on YouTube here: River Rock Restoration

To order:

The Isaiah Matrix

The Case for Children Raptured

November 11, 2024 10:07 am / 1 Comment on The Case for Children Raptured

Since my time in the Seventh Street Bible Tabernacle in Pekin, Illinois, where I was saved at age 6, I’ve known that all children who haven’t reached the “age of accountability” will go to be with Jesus at the Rapture.

Yes. I was taught that from the time of the flannel-board productions presented by my teachers. Some would criticize that I and others in my little classrooms in the basement of that church were “indoctrinated”—in effect, brainwashed into believing all children will go to Christ at some point that would never eventuate (the Rapture).

I can understand the criticism. However, I am no longer a child; rather, I’ve come to be governed and taught by the Holy Spirit about the Rapture and the very character of the Heavenly Father.

That inculcation has welded into my spirit the iron-clad assurance that: 1) there is coming that “twinkling of an eye” moment Paul the apostle prophesied in1 Corinthians 15:51–55 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, and 2) all children who haven’t reached the age of accountability will go to Jesus in that great event.

The age of accountability, of course, is the time in a person’s life when they’ve reached the cognitive and spiritual ability to understand God’s salvation message. The individual, having reached that ability, must, after being prompted by the Holy Spirit to come to Christ, either accept Christ and His sacrifice on Calvary’s cross or choose to reject that grace gift of redemption from sin.

This age is different among individuals, and only God knows what it is and at that time prompts them through His Holy Spirit to make that decision. This prompting often takes place many times throughout a person’s life. But that, too, is God’s grace and mercy at work in calling people to salvation. It is imperative that the person receiving the prompting accepts Christ at the earliest possible time. This is because longevity of life is not promised. The only thing we’re promised is that God wants all people to accept His grace gift of salvation:

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

At the Rapture, Christ will take all who are saved through belief in His sacrifice into the clouds of Glory. All children, before they’ve reached the age of accountability, will go to the Lord in the Rapture because they’re considered innocent in God’s eyes, in terms of not being mature enough to make the decision necessary for redemption from sin.

With that groundwork laid, we turn now to the reason for the title of the commentary. The character, the heart, of God makes it clear that all who are without sin (because they’ve accepted Christ and His sacrifice on the cross) will escape the terrors of the Tribulation, the last seven years of judgment leading to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (Revelation 19:11). This grace, as stated, covers all children not yet mature enough to accept Christ. But it also becomes clear, when examining these God-rejecting times on this fallen planet, that treatment of children by the evil, wicked purveyors of child abuse through abortion and molestation will be a major reason all children will be taken to Christ at that stunning moment of Rapture.

We’ve read report after report of the most egregious such abuse. The millions upon millions of babies murdered in their mothers’ wombs or murdered right after birth must be considered by Heaven’s justice system among the most heinous activity perpetrated by the God-rejecting world. The sex trafficking, transsexual mutilations, and other satanic treatment of the most innocent among us will doubtless be a major reason for the wrath of God to fall upon rebellious earth dwellers, as the KJV terms people of that era.

The following is mild in comparison to things that have been inflicted on the children as mentioned above. But it is a report that nonetheless frames the case for children and the Rapture.

Two Christian families have filed a lawsuit against two teachers, a principal and the Encinitas Union School Board in California for requiring their fifth-grade sons to participate in classroom instruction aimed at kindergarteners on the topic of gender ideology.

Having already encountered gender ideology material back in May as part of the fifth-grade health class program at La Costa Heights Elementary School, both families were notified in advance of the lesson and were able to opt their children out. However, when almost identical instruction was incorporated into the “Kinderbuddy” program—a mentorship program intended to foster healthy relationships between fifth-graders and kindergartners—no advance notification was offered, and parents had no chance to opt out their children.

As part of the Kinderbuddy program, the fifth-graders were instructed to meet with their kindergarten “buddy” and watch a video based on the book titled My Shadow Is Pink, in which a young boy questions his gender. In the story, the boy’s father says his son’s gender identity is just a phase, but eventually he abandons his prior beliefs and encourages his son to wear a dress. Following the video, the students were compelled to go outside and make the kindergartener choose a color for his shadow, representing his gender identity.

When the families voiced their objections, the school’s principal and the district superintendent said the curriculum would not be changed unless the state legislature were to require it, and the school would not offer opt-outs for the curriculum. The families’ lawsuit points out that under California law, families with religious objections to gender identity instruction should receive notice and have an opportunity to opt out of it.

The families are represented by First Liberty Institute and the National Center for Law & Policy, organizations that specialize in protecting both religious liberty and the parental right to transparency from schools. (“Lawsuit Filed after School Forces Fifth Graders to Recruit Kindergarteners into Gender Ideology,” Decision Magazine, October 30, 2024)

While all children of this Age of Grace will be removed at the time of Rapture, other children will be born during the Tribulation. Most will die, and none of those born during that horrendous time will reach the age of accountability. They will go to Heaven at their death or will go into the Millennium as citizens of Christ’s Kingdom.

God’s unassailable righteous character in receiving all children into His presence for eternity is assured!

Post-Rapture Readying

November 11, 2024 10:03 am / 10 Comments on Post-Rapture Readying

Deniers and mockers who come against the pre-Trib Rapture as biblical Truth haven’t seemed to be as vociferous lately as in the relatively recent past. Or perhaps it’s just that I’ve tuned out such invective. That’s more likely the case as I’ve been intensely attuned to the stage being set for the Tribulation.

But it is also perhaps the case that the deniers and mockers of the pre-Trib Rapture are themselves now seeing so much of the same stage-setting as myself that they are certain they’re right. They don’t think it’s worth their while to rail against an event they consider now relegated to insignificance because of the torrent of Tribulation-like developments.

And indeed these developments constitute strong evidence that Daniel’s seventieth week looms ominously.

I’ve written that the pre-Trib deniers and mockers don’t believe in the coming Rapture of all believers from the planet, but that Satan harbors no such denial in his iniquitous mind. He knows the Rapture is on the verge of happening. He just doesn’t know when, thus has been furiously getting his minions and all they will need to carry out his world-rending wickedness prepared for that unknown moment God has set for Christ to call the Church.

The devil has prepared the minds of fallen humanity for things to come in ways the diligent student of Bible prophecy from the pre-Trib view can discern.

For examples:

In the area of society and culture, the corruption in America and the world cannot be missed.

Practitioners of homosexuality, although a very small percentage of the populations of the U.S. and the world, now command entire governments. The heterosexuals of the nation and world must accept the Sodom-like coarsening of the cultures—and to resist brings the censure of all, including non-homosexuals. And laws have been constructed to provide punitive actions against anti-gay activism equal to those imposed upon those who violate civil rights laws.

The Luciferian imprint can be discerned in the area of religion as the devil prepares the left-behind populations of the earth for the false religious system that will be headed by his False Prophet.

The Catholic pope declares at every opportunity, for instance, that there are many ways to God and Heaven. Therefore, he, in effect, is calling the Lord Jesus Christ a liar, because Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the father except by me” (John 14:6).

Satan has governments in ferment and turmoil and the populations boiling with ethnic hatreds. And the globalist cabal of Ephesians 6:12 is becoming fully staffed and is in the process of implementing their plans for Antichrist to rule once believers disappear from the planet.

The evil one has been at work, in my view, preparing answers to the billions who will be asking what just happened when millions suddenly vanish from around them. The disappearances, including every child from conception to the age of accountability, will cause untold chaos. The world will suffer a nervous breakdown. But Satan’s man, Antichrist, will have answers to bring the peace they seek.

I write, of course, of the UFO (UAP) sightings that have become ubiquitous in these times so near the end of this Age of Grace.

I believe, as written a number of times, that all of these sightings and related phenomena are part of Satan’s stage-setting for when the Rapture occurs. “We’ve been visited by space brothers”—or something similar—will likely be the mantra to explain where the people have gone.

When the False Prophet calls down fire from Heaven in the sight of the image of Antichrist (Revelation chapter 13), it will not be these “space brothers” as claimed, but Satan and his hordes of fallen angels when they lose the battle with Michael and his angels and are thrown out of the heavenly realm for the final time.

And in the area of technology and the amazing progress being made in development of such things as artificial intelligence (AI), the devil is indeed showing his masterful planning for when the Rapture occurs.

A specific such technology is preparing the means for Antichrist and his regime of terror to keep up with every person left behind when believers are in Heaven with their Lord.

The following somewhat gives an idea of that post-Rapture readying now in process.

Cities across the United States are installing hidden surveillance cameras that track everyone, everywhere, and nobody, not even Donald Trump, is talking about this. What are the Top 10 most surveilled cities in the U.S.? We’ve got the list!

My old colleagues at World Net Daily have an interesting story up today about the city of Norfolk, Virginia. City officials have transformed Norfolk into a virtual lock-down surveillance society with more than 172 high-resolution, internet-connected cameras monitoring practically all human movement…

Multitudes of cities of all sizes across the U.S. are jumping on the technocracy bandwagon and setting up hidden surveillance cameras on every corner. They’re on light poles, bridges and overpasses, stoplights, buildings, you name it. Some are equipped with speakers so they can also listen in on what’s being said.

They claim it’s for our “safety.”…

Some abuses have already been documented, the [Institute For Fairness] said, noting just a couple of examples:

In Kansas, the Institute reports that officials were caught using Flock to stalk their exes, including one police chief who used Flock 228 times over four months to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend’s vehicles.
In California, several police departments violated California law by sharing data from their license-plate reader database with other departments across the country. And as is the case with other databases, these can be susceptible to hacking, which can reveal private data.

[Here’s a look at] a variety of camera types that have become ubiquitous in U.S. cities of all sizes.

Fixed CCTV cameras.
Cameras accessed through real-time crime centers.
Private cameras within the police force’s network.
Cameras on public transport facilities.
Traffic cameras.
Streetlight cameras.

Not to mention, FedEx and Amazon are also spying on you each time they make a delivery to your home…

The top 10 most surveilled cities in the US as of October 2022

Based on the number of cameras per 1,000 people, these are the 10 most surveilled cities in the U.S.:

Atlanta, Georgia– 24,800 cameras for 506,811 people = 48.93 cameras per 1,000 people.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania– 28,064 cameras for 1,584,064 people = 17.72 cameras per 1,000 people.
Denver, Colorado– 12,273 cameras for 727,211 people = 16.88 cameras per 1,000 people.
Washington, District of Columbia– 11,441 cameras for 705,749 people = 16.21 cameras per 1,000 people.
San Francisco, California– 14,266 cameras for 881,549 people = 16.18 cameras per 1,000 people.
Las Vegas, Nevada– 10,208 cameras for 651,319 people = 15.67 cameras per 1,000 people.
Detroit, Michigan– 8,836 cameras for 670,031 people = 13.19 cameras per 1,000 people.
Chicago, Illinois– 32,000 cameras for 2,693,976 people = 11.88 cameras per 1,000 people.
Portland, Oregon– 6,411 cameras for 654,741 people = 9.79 cameras per 1,000 people.
Fresno, California– 4,706 cameras for 531,576 people = 8.85 cameras per 1,000 people.

(“The Surveillance State Has Arrived…And It’s Being Implemented by Our Cities and Towns,” The Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, Guest Post Leo Hohman, October 28, 2024)

All we see developing lends proof to the soon call of Christ to all believers. Satan is well aware that it’s about to happen. He knows God cannot lie. He believes in the pre-Trib Rapture.

How much more should we who name the Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ believe God when He tells us plainly that He will take us out of this soon-to-be-judged world?

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. (Revelation 3:10)

You want to be one of those who God keeps from the terrible time of judgement that’s about to befall this God-rejecting world. Here, once again, is how to go to Christ when He calls in the Rapture:

That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9–10)

Paving Antichrist’s Pathway to False Peace

October 7, 2024 8:42 am / 4 Comments on Paving Antichrist’s Pathway to False Peace

Jesus said in His Olivet Discourse, as recorded in the Gospel according to Luke: “And there shall be…upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity” (Luke 21:25b). Now, deep into 2024, it becomes increasingly obvious that peace in the Middle East is foremost on the minds of the leaders of the major world powers. Distress over the possibility, even the probability, that nuclear conflict might eventuate in the region causes perplexity of the most crucial sort.

Absence of peace in the world, and particularly in the region surrounding modern Israel, creates at this late moment in the fleeting age a vacuum into which the prophesied end-of-days leader will one day vault to power. Antichrist will climb onto a platform of peace from which to launch his most terrible campaign of conquest. We get some idea of this supernaturally imbued man’s spectacular rise and reign through the Old Testament prophet Daniel:

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. (Daniel 8:23–25b)

A strange, deadly peace is prophesied to serve as launching pad for the Beast, as he is termed in Revelation chapter 13.

Paul, the apostle and prophet, gave dire warning about that esoteric peace that will pervade in the days approaching the time of the end:

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

Paul said this murderous peace will come immediately following the “thief in the night” break-in upon an unsuspecting world of earth’s inhabitants. (Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1–7.) This refers to the resurrection and translation of the saints of the Age of Grace—the Rapture. The apostle, as he did in speaking of the Rapture in 1 Corinthians 15:51–55 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, used personal pronouns to indicate exactly whom he was prophesying about. Concerning those alive at that future time, Paul used “we,” “us,” and “our” to indicate Church Age saints and “they,” “them,” and “those” to indicate the lost—the unbelievers—who will be left behind when the Rapture takes place.

There will be a cry for peace and safety leading up to this time of world-rending intervention by Christ, and an even more urgent demand for peace and safety following that calamitous event. I infer from my study that the left-behind people who “say peace and safety” seem to be saying also that “now we have peace and safety.” I’m convinced this is the peace of Daniel 8:25 perpetrated upon the earth by the “king of fierce countenance,” who will “by peace destroy many.”

Today, leaders of the planet’s most powerful governments consistently fret over the boiling pot the so-called Holy Land presents in threatening to again bring the nations into world war. Other potential conflicts—like the increasing military actions between Russia and Ukraine and the nuclear threats coming from Vladimir Putin—add to the fears.

But it is the building potential for all-out war between Israel and its Islamic antagonists that has the premiere diplomatic powers that be in “distress” and “perplexity.”

Particularly, it is the building potential violence between the Jewish state and a soon-to-be nuclear Iran that brings forth the cry for peace and safety. Globalist leaders meeting a week ago at the UN voted on a “Pact for the Future” that lays the foundation of a “new global order” at the center of which is the declared intention to establish world peace. It was adopted by consensus, but reluctantly so.

Like in so much going on these days, God’s hand of derision and restraint was manifest within that anti-God geopolitical body.

“No one is happy with this pact,” said Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Vershinin.

Seven countries voted against adopting the Pact: Russia, Nicaragua, Iran, Sudan, Belarus, North Korea and Syria. Additionally, 15 countries abstained from voting, including China, Cuba, Iraq, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. (“UN’s Pact for the Future is adopted; it will serve the same authoritarian and profitable aims as COVID,” Rhoda Wilson, Expose, September 23, 2024)

Heaven’s hand of restraint seemed to take from the attendees’ thoughts of working together to throttle Israel’s ongoing military action in defending itself. The leaders of that globalist get-together are frustrated over the peace that eludes all efforts, finding, in particular, Israel’s leadership exasperating—even though it is Israel’s enemies such as Iran that incessantly seek to destroy the Jewish state.

But instead of pursuing their collective hate-filled goals against God’s chosen nation, their thoughts turned to self-centered individual interests for the most part.

Nonetheless, the globalist would-be masters of the world have solid ground for concern that the volatility could boil over at any time and ignite conflagration in the region surrounding Israel. During the UN summit, Iran’s president raved in a speech against Israel and lauded Israel’s enemies, but without overwhelming agreement from those listening.

But Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, continues to declare that Islamic nations will one day watch the destruction of its most-hated enemy, Israel. He is quoted on his website numerous times as saying: “Surely, the day will come when the nations of the region will witness the destruction of the Zionist regime…when the destruction happens will depend on how the Islamic nations approach the issue.”

Concerns about Israel’s objection to Iran’s nuclear development and those diplomatic elites’ frustration over not knowing what to do about the threat to regional and world peace might remind the student of Bible prophecy of another predicted situation. The current angst over Iran’s threat evokes thoughts of an apparent note of diplomatic protest that will be issued during a future Iranian (Persian) military action against Israel.

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? (Ezekiel 38:13)

The powers of the West, and even Saudi and others in the Middle East, will send a weak note of diplomatic protest. There will still, apparently, be an inability to deal with the Iranian (and the accompanying coalition of nations’) threat to world peace. The indecisiveness and the cry for peace and safety will ultimately bring the Beast to power. He will have the answers to foment the deadly peace people want. It will be such peace that will serve as Antichrist’s launching pad to absolute power.

God’s Word Trumps Trump

October 6, 2024 6:39 am / 22 Comments on God’s Word Trumps Trump

It appears we are, in a sense, at the end of the cosmic end game. If compared to cards, the winning hand is about to be revealed. And the outcome is not a gamble in any sense.

The One who holds that winning hand cannot lose. He knows every card held by every opponent, and they are all losers. This is because they choose to not accept the hand originally given them, but rather continue determined to play by rules contrary to the One who deals only in truth.

Truth is all that matters in this game, and when deliberately denying the truth, either on purpose or in ignorance, the player suffers loss to one degree or another.

And now I get to the point of this metaphor. I will aim it at the presidential candidate I support in the upcoming presidential election. It is not a gentle comparison I make, because I want Mr. Trump to realize that when it comes to God’s Word, we are not in the hallway of our junior high years. It is a deadly serious matter to deny the truth—and God’s Word is the only truth there is.

In this eternal high-stakes end game, your word, Mr. President, is trumped by the inerrant Word of the one who holds the hand that cannot be overridden.

Your declaration recently is a most egregious misunderstanding of earthly geopolitics from God’s inerrant view.

In his characteristically outspoken manner, Trump has been critical of Jews who support his opponent. At a speech addressing antisemitism Thursday night in Washington D.C., he warned that if Harris enters the White House as president, Israel would be “eradicated.”

“If I don’t win this election, Israel in my opinion will cease to exist within two years, and I believe I’m 100% right,” Trump said. “If I do win, Israel will be safe and secured.”…

Dr. Miriam Adelson, the widow of late casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, [Who leads the way in a large Jews-for-Trump group] spoke in favor of the candidate, saying that Jews have a “sacred duty” to vote for Trump, “in gratitude for everything he has done and trust in everything he will yet do.”…

She has written that Trump “should enjoy sweeping support” among U.S. Jews and Israelis and that Trump deserves a “Book of Trump” in the Bible due to his support for Israel…

She did, however, chide Trump after the event. While noting that his claims had some merit, she added, “Our people have one more secret.”

Adelson quoted from the Passover Haggadah to explain what that secret is, “And this [promise] is what has stood by our ancestors and us; for it was not only one man who rose up to destroy us: in every single generation people rise up to destroy us—but the Holy One, Blessed Be He, saves us from their hands.” (“Trump warns President Harris would “eradicate” Israel but Megadonor corrects him: ‘Jews have a secret’”—Israel365 News)

Donald Trump as president did much to support Israel. He has taken strong and definitive stands against anti-Semitism. For this he no doubt was at least in part brought to that high office by the Lord. But it is obvious from his rhetoric that he is woefully ignorant of the truth in this cosmic end game we’re in the midst of.

This Jewish influencer/supporter has corrected him, although I’ve not seen or heard any evidence of Mr. Trump acknowledging that he was wrong by saying that if he doesn’t win this November, Israel will cease to exist within two years.

Mr. President, I hope someone will pass this along to you. You can’t play junior-high word games when it comes to God’s chosen nation. And I say that as one who is praying that if we reach Election Day, you will be the victor. I pray for your safety, and for ours as a nation.

That God will assure our continued traversing upon this planet is something we can’t know for certain. But the continued existence of the nation Israel is a God-guaranteed matter.

God’s Holy Word trumps your words, Mr. President. Here is that Word, issued from the Holy Spirit-inspired prophet Jeremiah thousands of years ago:

This is what the Lord says, “He who appoints the sun to shine by day, Who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord Almighty is His Name; Only if these ordinances vanish from My sight,” declares the Lord, “will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before Me.” (Jeremiah 31:35–36)

The date of posting this article is most poignant as we remember October 7, 2023. Israel’s blood-vowed enemies inflicted the most heinous atrocities against the Jewish people since the time of Hitler’s Holocaust.

This is but one more reminder of just how near the world is to entering the time known as Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30: 7). But even during the time Jesus, Himself, said would be the worst in all of human history, Israel and the Jewish people will, as a chosen remnant, be preserved to go into the millennial reign of the Messiah they rejected two millennia ago.

It will not be Donald J. Trump, or anyone or anything other that will bring them to that glorious head of all nations of history. It will be done by the very Word of the Living God!

If his sons forsake My law, and do not walk in My judgments, if they violate My statues, and do not keep My commandments, then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. But I will not break off My loving kindness from him, nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. My covenant I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. His descendants shall endure forever like the moon, and the witness in the sky is faithful. (Psalm 89:30–37)

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