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Thank you letter from Pastor Anil Jasper for the donations of those who have contributed to the publishing and distribution of the books as he ministers to the lost in Pakistan
Dear Esteemed Donors and Contributors,
Grace and peace to you in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We are deeply thankful to God for each one of you who faithfully sowed their financial seed toward the publication of Heaven Vision and the reprinting of Prophecy Power in the Urdu language. Your generosity has made it possible for these books to be printed and distributed among lost souls, Bible-believing congregations, and new converts from other religions across Pakistan.
These copies will be distributed in needy areas and various cities of Pakistan through our ministry distribution vehicles, reaching places where access to sound biblical and prophetic teaching is limited. We believe the Lord Himself has opened this door so that His Word may go forth with power and truth.
From 2004 to 2005, Jamila and I preached and taught the Lord’s prophetic Word among countless souls, especially among people living near the Indian border areas. We have seen hunger for the truth of God’s Word, and we continue to witness lives being touched and transformed through the message of Jesus Christ.
We express our heartfelt gratitude to our very dear, loving, and long-time friend Terry James and his family, as well as to all faithful donors and their families who have invested their financial seeds for the coming Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Your partnership is an eternal investment, and its fruit will be revealed in lives changed for eternity.
We truly believe that the time is at hand and that the Lord Jesus Christ is about to intervene in the affairs of mankind. Until that day, we remain committed to proclaiming His truth with faithfulness and urgency.
May God richly bless all contributors and their families abundantly, strengthen you in every good work, and reward you according to His promises.
With sincere thanks and love in Christ,
Rev. Anil Jasper
Servant of the Lord
Iran’s Prophesied Disaster, Regime Change and Dispersion :: By Bill Salus
About 2600 years ago, in a prediction that has been vastly overlooked by most of today’s top Bible prophecy experts, the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah predicted Iran would undergo a massive, possibly nuclear, disaster! Jeremiah declared that this epic event would be caused by the Lord and occur in the latter days.
Additionally, the foretelling predicts a regime change and the worldwide dispersion of many Iranian refugees. Jeremiah 49:38 declares, “I will establish my sovereignty over Elam. I will destroy their king and their leaders,” says the Lord.” Some translations say, “I will set My throne in Elam.” Jeremiah 49:36 states that “there will not be a nation where Elam’s exiles do not go.”
THE PROPHECY OF ELAM: (Jeremiah 49:34-39)
“The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their (military) might. Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven, And scatter them toward all those winds; There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger,’ says the Lord; ‘And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them. I will set My throne in Elam, And will destroy from there the king and the princes, (leaders or officials),’ says the Lord.” (Jeremiah 49:34-39, NKJV; emphasis added)
THE PROPHECY OF ELAM SUMMARIZED AND EXPLAINED
Bible prophecy predicts that Iran faces double trouble in the end times. These foretellings are found in Jeremiah 49:34-39 addressing ancient Elam and Ezekiel 38:5 concerning Persia. In my book entitled, Nuclear Showdown in Iran, Revealing the Ancient Prophecy of Elam, I point out that these are two distinctly different prophecies.
(Read this article) –Are Jeremiah 49:34-39 and Ezekiel 38 the same event? What about Psalm 83?
(In the short video above, Dr. Bill Salus and Tom Hughes discuss the Elam prophecy)
Jeremiah issued his prophecy of Elam around 596 BC and about a decade or two later, Ezekiel penned his predictions about Persia. The map of Iran in this article identifies the location of these former territories, which have always been geographically isolated from each other by the Zagros Mountains.
There once was a time around the 6th century BC, when Elam and Persia, renamed Iran in 1935 AD, were in good standing with the Lord. This former period was when King Cyrus the Great ruled over the dominant Persian Empire. Ezra 1:3 informs that King Cyrus recognized that, “The Lord God of Israel (He is God).” Thus, Cyrus was apparantly a believer, but according to Jeremiah the leaders presiding over Iran in the latter years will not be of the same spiritual mindset. Therefore, the Lord destroys the regime and subsequently sets His throne or somehow positions His authority over the territory.
Below is a summary of the details of the Jeremiah 49:34-39 prophecy. Jeremiah 49:34-37 presents bad news for Iranians, but Jeremiah 49:38-39 offers them good news. The Lord says that He will perform the nine following events.
1. He will bring disaster upon Iranians because of His fierce anger. (Jer. 49:37)
2. He will destroy from there the king and the princes apparently causing a regime change. (Jer. 49:38)
3. He will break the bow of Iran at the foremost of its might. (Jer. 49:35)
4. He will bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. (Jer. 49:36)
5. He will scatter Iranians toward all those winds, (worldwide). (Jer. 49:36)
6. He will cause dismay in Iran before its enemies who seek Iranian lives. (Jer. 49:37)
7. He will send the sword after them until He has consumed them. (Jer. 49:37)
8. He will establish His throne in Iran. (Jer. 49:38)
9. He will, (in the latter days), bring back the captives of Iran. (Jer. 49:39)
In a nutshell, Jeremiah predicts that in the end times, the leadership of Iran will fiercely anger the Lord. Since these are the latter days, then that likely alludes to the present rogue Islamic regime. The Lord is apparently fiercely angry because these leaders want to launch something lethal somewhere.
The Lord prevents this from happening by somehow incapacitating Iran’s missile launching capabilities and He specifically aims to destroy the chief place of Iran’s military might, which likely alludes to its nuclear program.
Iran launched many missiles into Iraq between 1980-1988 and the Lord did not prevent this, so it must be a different country that the Lord is attempting to protect, presumably Israel. The present leaders of Iran have publicly stated their intentions to wipe Israel off of the map, which is an event that the Lord will absolutely not allow!
This destruction upon Iran occurs in the ancient territory of Elam as shown on the map and it causes a catastrophe! This is the location of most of Iran’s missiles and launchers as well as the following nuclear and missile development sites:
Isfahan: Iran’s largest nuclear research facility.
Natanz: Iran’s primary enrichment facility.
Shiraz: Iran’s special weapons and missile development facility.
Bushehr: One of Iran’s nuclear reactors.
The predicted disaster in Iran occurs at a time during the latter days when Iran has an assortment of enemies, which is the case today, namely Israel, America.
All of the above, results in an apparent humanitarian crisis, because Iranian exiles are forced to flee worldwide.
(Read this article) – Does the Bible Predict Iranians Will Soon Flee to America?
Some Bible prophecy experts teach that this prophecy has been historically fulfilled, but no such historical records prove this.
(Read this article) – Has the Prophecy of Elam in Jeremiah 49:34-39 Been Historically Fulfilled?
For more information about Jeremiah’s prophecy of Elam, pick up the book and DVD entitled, Nuclear Showdown in Iran, Revealing the Ancient Prophecy of Elam. In addition to exploring and explaining the details of the Elam prophecy in great depth, the book addresses the following important topics.
1. Why has Jeremiah’s Iran prophecy been vastly overlooked?
2. Was the Elam prophecy fulfilled, or partially fulfilled, in the past?
3. What are the clear evidences that this prophecy is related to Iran’s present nuclear program?
4. Are Jeremiah 49:34-39and Ezekiel 38the same prophecy? (Click HERE to read a related article).
5. Will the Elam prophecy precede Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38?
6. When in the future will Jeremiah’s Elam prophecy find fulfillment?
7. What will Iran’s military stature be when it joins Turkey and Russia in Ezekiel 38?
8. How will America and the world be adversely affected when the prophecy happens?
9. Why is Iran experiencing the fastest growing evangelical population in the world?
These are just a few of the timely topics presented in this book and DVD.
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Footnotes
(1) Statistics taken from 2016 census at this website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_diaspora
(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_diaspora
(4) http://www.operationworld.org/hidden/evangelical-growth
The Spirit of the Antichrist :: By Jan Markell
Minneapolis saw it in 2020 with George Floyd, and low and behold, that same spirit reigns again in my home town. This time the accused are ICE agents doing their job. And well.
In 2020 I wrote in an E-newsletter like this one, stating, “In the Twin Cities, 1,000 properties have been vandalized, looted, burned, or totally destroyed along with apartments above these businesses and homes.
“Our media shows business owners staring in stunned disbelief as many were reeling from Cornavirus destruction but now they face the result of rampant anarchy due to George Floyd fall-out. The media adds insult to injury by calling the destruction ‘peaceful protests.’”
Mogadishu on the Mississippi – Can You Imagine?
I said back then that Minneapolis looks like Somalia and I began calling us “Mogadishu on the Mississippi.” Rep. Ilhan Omar should finally be happy but she still wails and curses America. She needs to go.
Here We Go Again? How Is This Possible?
Then a few weeks ago it started all over again. Most Minnesotans are very normal people. They are hard working. Many have Scandinavian roots and although their homelands were comfortable with Socialism, many of them are not!
Yes, too many vote Democrat, and Minnesota—whose state bird is the loon—produces Democrat politicians who are equal loons. You’ve seen their distorted, weeping faces on the media for weeks. They all cry crocodile tears and they all love the criminal and hate the poor victims.
One of them almost became Vice President of the United States—Tim Walz. If that doesn’t keep you awake at night, nothing will.
Somalis Love America. Oh, Really?
But the lunacy of the Minnesota Left goes back to strong delusion of thirty years ago when these same foolish Democrats thought that importing 100,000 East Africans with no education or skills, would benefit this state. All they cared about was that these immigrants would vote for every corrupt leftist on the ballot.
The Coming Man of Lawlessness
Two relevant Bible verses read, “Let no one deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.” (II Thessalonians 2:3-4)
Again, this occurs during the Tribulation from which the Church is absent. Yet, what we have seen playing out on the streets of Minneapolis, is a dress rehearsal, though subdued compared to the lawlessness and turmoil in the Tribulation. It is still setting the stage for the Antichrist.
The Antichrist won’t have to rent-a-mob—and be assured, many rioters are hired guns making good wages. When he reigns, much of the world will be lawless, godless, tumultuous, and confused. Antifa will be the normal! Anti-ICE demonstrations will be mild in comparison.
When People Glory in Chaos
With the restrainer gone, there will be absolutely nothing to hold back the evil, selfishness, and out-of-control behavior! The world can go crazy and will. They will glory in utter chaos. What we have now is a trial run that is a weak fire cracker in comparison. Multiply it by ten or a hundred or a thousand! I’m still embarrassed that my home town is the petri dish!
The good news is that God will consume the Antichrist and his minions at the end of the Tribulation with the brightness of His coming!
Paving the Way for the Coming Regime
Author Terry James writes, “The rage makes clear the existence of the Antichrist spirit in high places that continues to do everything to bring America and the world into the configuration Satan wants to establish for his soon-coming Antichrist platform. At the heart of the minions’ (both human and supernatural) effort, is destruction of moral values and norms based on Judeo-Christian precepts/concepts.”
He concludes, “Cultures and societies throughout the world—especially in America—must be altered drastically to pave the way for the coming Antichrist regime.”
Terry James sums it up saying, “Just as we witness the Antichrist spirit surging, we, as born-again believers, should have a surging sense of excitement and comfort. Redemption is near” (Titus 2:13).
Pakistan Ministry Mission Appeal From Terry James
To my Rapture Ready and ProphecyLine family: I again solicit your support in spreading God’s Word in Pakistan.
Your generosity in past Missionary efforts has just been wonderful beyond measure. I again prayerfully ask that you open your Spiritual Heart in helping fund the distribution of the books I have given to our Pastor in Pakistan to use while he preaches and teaches about our Lord Jesus Christ.
Pastor Anil Jasper translated my little book “Prophecy Power: Strength From God To Face Your Future”.
He has now also translated into the Urdu language my small book: “HeavenVision: Glimpses Into Glory”.
This is the book of testimony to my Widow Maker heart attack on Good Friday of April 22, 2011. In this book, I tell of my being somewhere in the Heavenly Sphere each time my heart stopped. The voluminous medical documentation of that medical emergency shows why my survival was so unusual that the cardio logical association gave me the Cardio logical Patient of the Year Award and asked me to speak to their convention.
Of course, at the heart of this Testimony is the Salvation Message that Jesus Alone can Save the soul from an eternity apart from God the Father.
The first book Pastor Anil translated then distributed and continues to distribute to the people of his country, Prophecy Power: Strength From God To Face Your Future, remains great Witness of Christ’s Saving Power.
HeavenVision: Glimpses Into Glory will now add a second Witnessing Tool that will Help Pastor Anil Win souls for God’s Eternal Family.
I have gotten special permission from my publishers to volunteer these books in this ministry. I receive no compensation in royalty whatsoever from their distribution in Pakistan.
Your donations are essential to carry out this all-important Mission. I believe that your contributions will result in great Heavenly Rewards some Eternal Day when we all come before our Lord at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
We need funding to print and distribute these 2 books beginning this month.
May the Lord Bless you Mightily for helping in this Mission to the people of Pakistan.
Again, I haven’t the means of accepting credit cards or Pay Pal-type contributions. I ask that you send checks to the address below.
Please put in the line at the bottom of your check For: our Pakistani Mission.
Also: Please put in your envelope your email address, so that I can properly thank you individually. Being blind now since age 51, postage and preparing envelopes, etc., in sending out letters of thanks is beyond my ability. But emails of thanks are easily within my capability, and I certainly want to thank each of you.
Please Note carefully the following P.O. Box address.
Please make the check out to my name –Terry James– and send to:
Terry James Prophecy Line
P.O. Box 38
Benton, AR 72018
Thanks and God’s Blessings.
Top Prophecy Stories of 2025
By Jan Markell
As I reflect on the events of the year from a prophetic perspective, I am stirred, awed, and even alarmed. So much has happened. Let me site ten stories that stand out in a prominent way!
1) President Trump is forming a “Board of Peace” made up of ten international leaders from Arab and Western nations–leaders who will collectively oversee the next phase of governance, security, and reconstruction in Gaza and the broader Middle East peace framework. Ten leaders. Not nine or twelve. Does this not prick the curious mind of the average Bible prophecy student?
2) Last days mockery and scoffing is front-and-center. It is from within–that is what is so heartbreaking. We all have loved ones who call us–in a deriding manner–“End-Times Eddie” or “Gloom and Doom June.” We are warning that time is running out.
In 2025, some claiming to be Christians predicted a specific date for the rapture. Many sold all possessions and awaited the rapture of believers. In a sense, those folks deserved some scolding but it hit all believers in end-time eschatology and weakened our last days’ witness. And, there was more mocking and scoffing from believers and unbelievers.
3) There was much cheering for evil in 2025. Yes, the Bible says that in the last days, evil will wax worse and worse (II Timothy 3:13) so why are we surprised? Hamas was cheered. So was Zohran Mamdani. How nutty is this? Mamdani is preparing the world for the Antichrist! Somalis financially raided my home state of Minnesota and the Left celebrated their evil accomplishments and lies. Leftists thought Charlie Kirk’s murder was just fine. Some celebrated. Luigi Mangioni, who killed a healthcare executive in cold blood, is a modern-day hero to some. Jews were set on fire in Colorado. OK by some.
4) There was much destruction of “people of the book”–Jews and Christians. Zohran Mamdani was elected because he hated Jews. It is cool. This is the new normal but it will drive Jews to Israel, so God is causing good out of evil. It is clear that the Jews are the “burdensome stone” to the world (Zechariah 12:3). Australia’s Prime Minister blames guns, not people, for the slaughter of Jews on Bondi Beach recently. The cancellation of New Year’s Eve activities worldwide is a reminder that “globalize the Intifadeh” is real.
At the same time, Christians are being persecuted and slaughtered more than any time in history. But here’s the twist of this story–you will be hard pressed to find details in today’s media.
5) It was made clear in 2025 that we are the “convergence generation.” We are on the cusp of digital money and an Antichrist system. Wars and rumors of wars cause us weariness and sorrow. The spirit of the Antichrist seems to reign. Natural disasters crush our spirit as we watch on various media platforms. The Middle East is a powder keg. The decline of society is staggering. Love is growing cold. People are without natural affection. It’s all coming together.
6) The rise of the predicted strong delusion (2 Thess. 2:11). When intelligent people promote delusional lies, you know the thinking is skewed and even demonic. We saw it over and over in 2025 with Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, Nick Fuentes, and many more. Carlson rejected Israel and God’s people and embraced the terror capital of the world — Qatar. Delusion!
7) While most weren’t looking, artificial intelligence (AI) advanced to the degree that it can rule the world! Most Christians have no idea what this is leading to. Along with Israel’s re-birth, it may be THE most stunning end-time development. It is the game-changer. But most pay far more attention to the latest football game and pretend this is just a fantasy of last days’ watchers. AI will be Antichrist’s primary tool.
8) The Charlie Kirk assassination was meant for evil but God used it for good! Since that September tragedy, younger people are opening the Bible in record numbers, downloading Scripture apps, buying physical Bibles, and–most unexpectedly–walking back into churches. I’m cautious with the word “revival”, but one cannot ignore the spiritual fire that was lit in a final days’ outpouring of interest in the gospel in the Western world. This may be the biggest faith story of 2025.
9) The rise of aberrant prophetic theology is staggering. I am told Dispensationalism is in decline. The message of a literal Antichrist, Tribulation,
Millennial Kingdom, special end-time role for Israel, pre-Tribulation Rapture, all are diminishing. Few care that the King is coming!
Theologies rising are Preterism (all prophecy happened in 70 AD), Kingdom Now/Dominionism, Amillennialism, Replacement Theology, and Postmillennialism. Simple “left behind” theology is in derision. Instead, the CHURCH will make the world better and better. Can you imagine???
10) My last point is to stress the supreme frustration that I must limit my observations to ten markers! There are hundreds! The world is rushing towards globalism. Violence and lawlessness are the order of the day. God’s timepiece, Israel, has enemies on seven sides! All creation groans! Islam is gaining ground.
So, the fact that things are all coming together—all falling into place—excites only a tiny remnant who will never grow weary of keeping their eyes on the sky! If you are among them, hang in there. He is coming soon. As things continue to deteriorate, we may be left with only one hope—the blessed hope.
We are the convergence generation. Someone get excited about it. Hang on for an even wilder ride in 2026!
It’s better to sound the warnings and be mocked than have multitudes come to us and ask us, “Why didn’t you warn us of all of this and of all of the things to come?”
The Final War in Heaven: (Revelation 12:7-12) :: By Bill Salus
(Article taken from The FUTURE WAR Prophecies book by Dr. Bill Salus)
“So it will happen on that day, That the Lord will punish the rebellious angels of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth. (Isaiah 24:21 NASB)
The prophet Isaiah informs that a time is coming when the LORD will punish Satan and his army of fallen angels. This article explains when, why and how this punishment will happen. Let’s start by exploring the details of this war in heaven prophecy.
The Details of the War in Heaven: (Revelation 12:7–12)
“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”” (Rev. 12:7-12)
This is the war that serves as a punishing blow to Satan and the rebellious angels. As a result of this war, Satan and his fallen angelic followers are cast down to earth. This future event relocates Satan into his fourth of seven abodes.
The Seven Abodes of Satan
The Bible tells us that Satan, at various points of his career, occupies seven separate addresses.
The First Abode: The Throne of God.
The Second Abode: The Mineral Garden of Eden.
(The first two abodes are to be found in Ezekiel 28:11-15).
The Third Abode: The Atmospheric Heavens – (Ephesians 2:2 and 6:12, 1 John 5:19). Presently, the Devil and his rebellious angels share dual citizenship between earth and heaven.
The Fourth Abode: The Earth – (Rev. 12:7-12). This results from the war in heaven at the midpoint of the Tribulation period.
The Fifth Abode: The Abyss (a.k.a. the Bottomless Pit) – (Rev. 20:1-3). This happens at the beginning of the Millennium.
The Sixth Abode: The Earth Revisited – (Rev. 20:3). This happens at the end of the Millennium and only lasts until the final Gog of Magog battle ends in Rev. 20:7-9.
The Seventh Abode: The Lake of Fire – (Rev. 20:10). Satan gets cast here after losing the battle in #6 above. According to the Bible, this is his final abode.
The Lake of Fire: Satan’s Seventh and Final Abode
“The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Rev. 20:10)
The War in Heaven Happens at the Midpoint of the Tribulation Period
The biblical support for this prophecy finding fulfillment at the midpoint of the Tribulation Period is found in the fact that the event is sandwiched in-between two key timing verses.
“Then the woman, (Representing a believing remnant within Israel), fled into the wilderness, (In order to avoid persecution outsourced from Satan), where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.” (Rev. 12:6, NKJV; emphasis added)
“Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, (At the midpoint of the Tribulation Period), he persecuted the woman, (Israel), who gave birth to the male Child, (Jesus Christ). But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, (Time = 1 year + Times = 2 years and half a time = ½ year totals 3 ½ years), from the presence of the serpent.” (Rev. 12:13-14, NKJV; emphasis added)
The fleeing of the woman above, who represents the faithful Jewish remnant, into the wilderness happens during the second 3 ½ years of the Tribulation period. After losing the war in heaven at the midpoint of the Tribulation period, Satan immediately begins his persecution of the woman identified in these above verses.
The timeline below sequences the events in the middle of the Tribulation period in the order that I believe they could happen. As the timeline depicts, in the aftermath of the war in heaven a flurry of powerful prophetic events happen in rapid succession.
1. Satan loses the war in heaven and he and the fallen angels are cast down to earth, (Rev. 12:7-12).
2. The Ten Kings desolate the Harlot World Religion, (Revelation 17:16).
3. The Antichrist dies and gets resurrected, (Rev. 13:3).
4. The Two Witnesses get killed, resurrect and then ascend to heaven, (Rev. 11:7-13).
5. The Abomination of Desolation gets set up in the Third Jewish Temple, (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15).
6. False Covenant gets annulled, (Isaiah 28:18, Daniel 9:27).
7. The Antichrist declares and shows himself as god, in the temple, (2 Thessalonians 2:4).
8. The Antichrist begins genocidal campaign against the Jews, (Zechariah 13:8).
9. The False Prophet emerges, (Rev. 13:11-15).
10. The Mark of the Beast gets implemented, (Rev. 13:16-17).
Satan Loses the War and the Divine Debate
Revelation 12:10b says that Satan, “is the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”
Revelation 12:9 acknowledges that the Devil deceives the whole world, but the brethren in Rev. 12:10 are not falling for his lies. These brethren realize that as per John 14:6, “Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.” Rev. 12:11 says they overcome the great dragon’s deceit “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
These details narrow the identity of the “brethren” down to believers. Unbelievers are not covered by the blood of the Lamb, which was shed by Christ at the time of His crucifixion. More specifically, we can zoom closer in on this subset group of believers by understanding that historically, when Satan accuses someone before God, he is addressing a specific individual, someone relevant to the time of the accusation. Some of the examples of this are found in Job 1:6-12, 2:1-6 and Zechariah 3:1-5.
We can also eliminate the believers from the Church Age since those Christians have already been caught up to heaven in the Rapture and, as such it would serve no purpose for Satan to accuse them. The Apostle John states, “the accuser of our brethren,” inferring “our” is the Church and the “brethren” are the believers who get saved after the Church Age ends.
Thus, the brethren of Rev. 12:10 are people who get saved after the Rapture. These overcomers serve as God’s rebuttal to Satan’s campaign of deception. Satan had likely claimed during the Church Age that if he were fully freed from any restraint, he could dupe all of humanity through powerful signs and lying wonders into believing what 2 Thess. 2:11 calls, “The Lie.” The Lie is a designed delusion that overtakes people who deny the truth, alluding to Jesus Christ.
These overcomers serve as a monkey wrench in the Devil’s campaign and they provoke him to become an “accuser of our brethren.” These accusations persist “before our God day and night.” Thus, these brethren are Post-Rapture believers who receive Christ after the restraint upon Satan gets removed.
However, these Post-Rapture believers do not include those who get saved in the final 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period because they come to faith after Satan has already been cast out of heaven at the midpoint of the Tribulation. Satan won’t be able to accuse the believers of the second 3 ½ years of the Tribulation before God in heaven because the Devil is gravity bound on earth.
So, it appears that the brethren being accused are those who get saved after the Rapture, but before the second 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period. They, receiving Christ amidst Satan’s unrestrained deception on earth, conclude the divine debate in heaven. These brethren saw through all the supernatural satanic deception and chose to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior even at the cost of severe persecution and possible martyrdom. Thus, the LORD can rest His case as Satan accusations are all proven baseless.
With the conclusion of the divine debate, Satan’s attempts to overstep God fail.
“For you (Satan) have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’” (Isaiah 14:13-14; emphasis added)
Isaiah points out in the next verse that NONE of the five I wills above will happen. Satan will not ascend above the heights of the clouds like the Most High, but he will be sent to the lowest depths of the Bottomless Pit, which is his fifth abode.
“Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.” (Isaiah 14:15)
Having lost the divine debate, there is no longer a point for Satan to be lurking around in heaven and so he needs to leave. Apparently, the Devil doesn’t want to depart voluntarily, but wages a war against Michael the Archangel in a final coup to overthrow God and maintain his residence in his third abode of the atmospheric heavens. Just like Satan loses the Divine Debate in Heaven he also loses the War in Heaven.
Conclusion
The war in heaven begins the rapid downfall of the Devil. He gets temporarily confined in his fourth abode, the earth. Realizing that his time in the fourth abode is short, he unleashes his rage against humanity.
“Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”” (Rev. 12:12)
Then, only 3 ½ years later at the end of the Tribulation Period he gets chained up in his fifth abode, the Bottomless Pit.
“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.” (Rev. 20:1-3)
When Satan gets cast out of heaven in Rev. 12:9, he’s not alone, but is accompanied by his rebellious angelic comrades. However, he soon loses his strength and the support of his follower angels. The above passage points out that a single no-name angel single-handedly, apparently without much of a fight, lays hold of the Devil and binds him up with a great chain for 1000 years.
The sequence of events that lead to Satan’s rapid decline are as follows:
1. The restraint upon the Devil gets removed, (2 Thessalonians 2:7).
2. Satan employs supernatural deception to deceive mankind into believing “The Lie,” (2 Thess. 2:9-12).
3. The Brethren, those who get saved after the Rapture, but before the second 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period, don’t fall for “The Lie,” (Rev. 12:10).
4. Satan has them martyred, (Rev. 6:9-11), through the Harlot World Religion, (Rev. 17:6).
5. Satan is forced to find fault with these brethren in order to justify their martyrdoms.
6. Satan presents his accusations of these murdered Brethren before God and all the angels, good and bad, in the heavenly court, (Rev. 12:10).
7. The Devil’s defense for causing their deaths does not win over God and Satan’s accusations are thereby overruled.
8. Satan wages war against Michael and the good angels to avoid getting permanently evicted from heaven, (Rev. 12:7-8).
9. Michael wins and Satan and his fallen angels get cast down to earth and the doors to heaven are permanently locked to them, preventing their return, (Rev. 12:9).
10. Satan creates woeful conditions for the inhabitants of the earth during the last 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period, (Rev. 12:12).
11. Jesus Christ returns in His Second Coming and along with His good angels, (Matthew 16:27).
12. One of these good angels, apparently an ordinary angel, binds Satan with a great chain and casts that Devil into the Bottomless Pit for 1000 years, (Rev. 20:1-3).
13. Then, Isaiah 24:21, which was quoted at the start of this chapter and again below, finds final fulfillment.
“So it will happen on that day, That the Lord will punish the rebellious angels of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth.” (Isaiah 24:21, NASB)
An Unexpected Journey :: By Jan Markell
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Be Like Noah – By Jeffrey Hauck
As a believer I understand that the ‘last days’ would be like the days of Noah and of Lot (Luke 17:26-29). It seems that it’s becoming more apparent for Christians today. On the surface, this warning has always provided proof that Jesus will return in the clouds for his church at a time that is not expected by the unbelieving world. The flood had come after 100 years of warning and faithful building by Noah and his family. Sodom and Gomorrah were reduced to ashes and ruin in 1 day, following an attack on Lot’s home. People were going about their normal lives with eating, drinking, marrying, buying, selling, planting and building. Then suddenly, they were destroyed.
But now, I believe we can see more clearly the underlying culture that Jesus warned about that would be present at the time of his return. Looking at the times of Noah and Lot (remember, they lived over 500 years apart from each other) we can see much evidence of overt wickedness throughout the chapters of Genesis 6,18, and 19. In Noah’s time, we learn that the daughters of men had ‘relations’ with the Sons of God. People’s hearts were always full of evil, and the earth was filled with violence.
With the case of Lot, homosexual men surrounded his house, demanding he give the ‘men’ in his house. Before this time, Lot had to be rescued by Abraham after the battle of 5 vs 4 kings over possessions and food supplies. What becomes clear is that cultures that have every need satisfied, yet they wipe their mouths, look around and try to fill their insatiable appetite for evil, while despising authority. Those generations met their sudden destruction, as will ours.
Let’s compare our generation. There are many aspects of our culture that have been captured wonderfully by many writers for Rapture Ready. I will just mention a couple. In our own nation we’ve seen the drastic decline of Christianity since the 1960s, following the removal of the Bible from public schools. Since then we’ve seen the proliferation of false religions, sexual deviancy, violence and broken families. It’s heart breaking for believers to watch our nation fall, to see gleeful celebration of martyred Christians, attempted murder and murder of righteous leaders. It’s so sad to watch lawlessness overcome our cities and others. Recently, Australia passed the Conversion Practices Ban Act that bans prayers aimed at changing or suppressing someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. 2 Timothy 3:13b comes to mind, concerning the last days. “..while evil people and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.”
What we are witnessing today is only going to get worse. Birth pains are increasing as we were warned by our Savior in Matthew 24.
How should we be?
We understand that Jesus will come and rescue our generation, not Abraham nor angels. But how should we be in the meantime? Let’s look again at the generations of Noah and Lot and how they acted. I suspect there will be a better role model between the two.
Let’s start with Lot. When Abraham and Lot were going their separate ways, Abraham told Lot to choose first. He chose the plains of the Jordan because they were watered and apparently bustling with business. We see him sitting at the gate of Sodom when the 2 angels come to investigate. He has some authority. And with his authority he offers his daughters to appease the vicious mob that want the 2 new ‘men’ (angels) in town. When warned to leave the city immediately, Lot hits the snooze alarm in the morning and negotiates with the angels about how far he must go to protect himself and his family. And let’s not forget Lot’s wife who aimed to preserve her own life and lost it. (Luke 17:32,33). I won’t even mention what happened with Lot and his daughters, afterward. Lot did not make the Hall of the Faithfull in Hebrews 11. But he is still declared a righteous man because he was distressed by the debauchery of those unprincipled people. (2 Peter 2:7,8). The fact of the matter is if God choses you and you respond, there is nothing that can separate you from the love of Jesus. Romans 8:35. Praise God! I can not give God enough thanks for his tender mercies.
Let’s look at Noah’s example. He was immersed in a severely, unholy culture. Looking through Genesis 6,7,8 and 9, we see a man who walked with God despite the earth filled with corruption and violence. God asked him to complete a task that was devoid of common sense and would take about 100 years to complete. He would have been mocked and possibly attacked by his peers. But he led his family faithfully. Not one of his peers befriended or trusted him.
Due to Noah’s faithfulness, he and his family were delivered while the rest of the world was destroyed. God blessed Noah following the flood and he had domain over all the creatures of the earth. Was Noah perfect? No. But he did make the Hall of the Faithful in Hebrews 11.
What can we take from these two righteous examples submerged in a culture that has outright disgust for all things ethical, honorable or decent? Let’s not use our authority to appease the wicked or put ourselves in situations where we need a rescue. Let’s stand our ground but not try to preserve our own lives. We go and do as the Spirit leads us. It won’t be violent. Noah did not use violence in his violent culture. But we can be sure he did not back down from his mission.
Ecclesiastes 8:12, 13 says “a sinner can do evil a hundred times and still live a long life; although I know that in the end things will go well with those who fear God because they fear him. But things will not go well with the wicked..”
We’ve seen this scenario play out many times throughout the Bible. And it’s playing out right now. Let’s keep our noses to the grindstone not giving ground to the enemy but giving a reason for our hope at each opportunity. A flood is coming soon.
Maranatha!
Jeff Hauck
jeffreyjhauck@yahoo.com
Weary Watchmen With PTSD – By Jan Markell
Have you had enough yet? Violence and lawlessness seem out of control. Senseless violence. Snipers unleashing bullets carved with evil messages on them! Who thinks this way?
The line-up of atrocities never ends. An innocent Ukrainian woman coming home from her pizza job, casually scrolling on her phone on a train in North Carolina, is stabbed to death by a demonized thug. She had left war-torn Ukraine for the supposed safety of America. Yet a monster lurked in the shadows and ended her young life. And it was all captured on camera.
Beyond Our Imagination
My hometown made notoriety again in a horrific manner—a school massacre. Children in a Catholic school five miles from where I grew up in south Minneapolis, were mowed down by a lunatic. The shooter blocked the church doors so that the children could not escape before he began shooting through the church windows. Can you imagine? I can’t.
Sure, the Bible says that evil is to get worse in the end-times (II Timothy 3:13), but who can comprehend such barbarism?
They said that about 9/11, which we recently observed and remembered as well. Even our national leaders admitted they didn’t have the imagination to anticipate the evil of Islam flying planes into buildings. More PTSD as we reflected back on that fateful day a week ago.
Don’t forget earlier this year, two Jewish believers were gunned down in Washington, D.C., and in June, an Egyptian terrorist set Jews on fire in Colorado a few days later. If we dared look, the Colorado event was also filmed and aired.
Good-Bye Charlie
Then on September 10, we had a flashback to July 13, 2024 when there was an assassination attempt on President Trump. This time, the target was Charlie Kirk, and this time, the shooter was successful.
What adds to the PTSD trauma is that 21st Century communications allow us to watch these horrors in real time—as it happens. Or, minutes later. We are viewing true horror show dramas that are unimaginable.
The assassination of conservative Christian Charlie Kirk was another shot heard around the world. But the bullet that killed Charlie didn’t kill a movement. It ignited many people to press on with truth-telling, love of country, and honoring God.
As one observer suggested, it is a reminder that speaking truth, particularly Biblical truth, is inherently dangerous in a world where truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth.
When leftists rejoice at the death of godly people, as they are doing with Kirk’s death, it is a foreshadowing of the Two Witnesses of Revelation 11. The world will rejoice over their demise as well.
Very often, the perpetrators of the carnage are deeply involved in alternative lifestyles, and so they view conservatives, Christians, and the biblical worldview as the enemy. We become their prime target just as the early martyrs of the church. Constantly accusing righteous or conservative people of being fascists and Nazis has deadly consequences.
Charlie has now finished his race, his earthly course, and we celebrate his graduation into the presence of Jesus Christ and the glories of eternity.
Demonic!
The New York Post, not known as a spiritual publication, had an appropriate one-word headline—“Demonic.” That accurately summarized the end-time fight we are in. Satan is making his last stand before the church is taken in the rapture, which removes believers from this sin-wracked, violent world.
But this is today’s progressive movement: twisted and evil. What a reminder that the last days will be as the days of Noah!
Romans One On Display
And to add to the lunacy, and what should convince us we are in a Romans one society, is that the deranged Left celebrates some of this. Again, this stretches credulity and is beyond our imagination. It is last days delusion. The prophet Isaiah told us that evil would be called good by some (Isaiah 5:20). So, watchmen suffering from PTSD is a pretty normal reaction!
Take these daily evil reminders with the assurance that they are a sign that Jesus is coming again. Our rescue is coming. Soon. Perhaps today.
Promise of His Coming
Author’s note: The article for this week was first posted Monday, September 20, 2010. My reason for reposting it this week might seem rather unusual–perhaps even odd.
Let me explain.
Upon awakening early the other day, as is my usual way, the first moments of clarity came to me out of nowhere and wouldn’t leave.
The thought was that I had been saved at the age of six. Since I was born in 1942, that made the year I was born again 1948.
The thought wouldn’t leave. I was “born again” the same year–1948—Israel was “reborn” as a nation into modernity.
Somehow that all congealed into the need to write or find an article I had written on the importance of the rebirth of God’s chosen people, Israel, to the nearness of the Rapture.
Researching my personal article archives led me to the following.
Promise of His Coming
A biblically prophetic reality that perfectly fits our present day, and that has been looked at a number of times, is the warning given by the Apostle Peter especially to the generation alive at the end of the Church Age:
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. (2 Peter 3:3–4)
In almost every case of looking at this prophecy, the point has been exclusively dwelt upon that both the religious and nonreligious of the world mockingly chide those of us who believe Jesus Christ will return to the earth. This prophecy has observably come to pass in our time.
However, it is the phrase “promise of his coming” I would like to consider here.
Like the 2 Peter 3:3–4 prophecy, so many other things developing in these troubling although exciting times testify mightily to the evidence that God absolutely keeps His Word. Scripture promises, for example, that ultimately, no matter how scattered and oppressed the Jewish people have been throughout history, Israel will be a nation forever.
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking my covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 26:44–45)
Israel was restored to the land after centuries of the people being removed from their own land and being persecuted unmercifully in the nations to which they were scattered. They were regathered and established again as a nation in a single day, just as foretold.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. “Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?” saith the LORD: “shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?” saith thy God. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her. (Isaiah 66:8–10)
That miracle rebirth took place May 14, 1948, following perhaps the house of Israel’s most horrendous persecution—that suffered under the Nazis. No other nation has been so torn apart and scattered to the winds of history, then regathered, having its original language restored. The Lord proved He alone is God. His promise to Israel goes into the future for His chosen people:
“Also I will restore the captivity of my people Israel, and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, and make gardens and eat their fruit. I will also plant them on their land, and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given them,” says the Lord your God. (Amos 9:14–15)
Israel’s God is God! There is no other God. He continues to prove who He is through Israel. This, doubtless, is one extremely important reason He chose that people: to demonstrate the absolute veracity of His Holy Word. That same Word—who is the very Person of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1: 1)—has made a promise of staggering importance to His other chosen people.
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. (John 14:1–3)
His coming again for God’s other chosen people–the Church (every born-again member of Christ’s body during this Age of Grace)—is assured. It is 100 percent certain, because He continues to prove His faithfulness through the nation Israel and by keeping every prophetic promise He has made.
Jesus tells us who constitutes His chosen Bride:
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)
He promises:
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:28)
Jesus is coming. It could be the very next moment!
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