History
This is an important thought. We easily forget history. Right before our eyes something profound is happening. You have heard many people warning of trouble coming in very vague ways. I want to tell you, the Bible is actually not vague. You don't need a prophet to know exactly what trouble is coming.
Let me simply explain to you what trouble is coming: when a man promises to protect Israel like she is his own...specifically for 7 years...he is claiming to be her God...This is the choice that makes him what the Bible calls the antichrist...the alternative to Jesus, who wants to "put His arms around" Jerusalem.
When the antichrist makes this agreement public, the earth will descend into what is called "the 7 year tribulation" for a very plain and simple reason: half the world will say the "peacemaker" is brilliant, and the other half will say he is the antichrist. This will cause instant divisions all over the earth...wherever Bible believing Christians are many, the trouble will be greatest, because the division will be most severe there. The first half of the tribulation is directed entirely at Christians...the rest of the world is saying "peace and safety."
Right now, the US government...(look, I know that this sounds like conspiracy theory talk, but that doesn't make it any less true. Someone has got to articulate what is happening in plain sight)...is setup to deal with massive civil unrest. It is easy to find the photographs of Homeland Security Humvees and the articles about Homeland Security procuring a billion...billion...rounds of amunition in the last 18 months. Google it...it is easy to find in regular news sources.
Most people have no idea that this instant division between Bible believing Christians and everyone else will come "like a flood"...it will happen almost overnight. Justice Scalia, not speaking prophetically, just from a common sense knowledge of history in the USA is saying, look at what has happened numerous times in the past, and look around...it will happen again.
The Bible says it will happen relative to a peace treaty being "confirmed" by a man for 7 years involving God's land...Israel...specifically Jerusalem, the city of Jesus throne. No one is supposed to be God to Israel but God....He takes it seriously.
Daniel 9:26-27 The end (last 7 years of this specific prophecy) will come with a flood (suddenly and with force), and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end. The ruler (the last global "Nimrod") will make a treaty with the people (Israel, the object of the prophecy) for a period of one set of seven (7 years), but after half this time (3.5 years), he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
Jesus said the tribulation would be directed at Christians, and the Great Tribulation would pull in Israel:
Matthew 24:9-22 “Then you (disciples of Jesus...he is addressing them privately) will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. (Because of this peace treaty in Daniel) And many will turn away from me (the pressure will be too great for those without roots...wholehearted understanding and love for Jesus) and betray (turn each other in to the authorities) and hate each other. And many false prophets (those who will take advantage of the trouble for their own gain) will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere (as people abandon Jesus and say "when in Rome"), and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures (prepared with understanding) to the end will be saved. And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.
Next comes the breaking of the treaty and the great tribulation:
“The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him. Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us. Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God (Christians quitting because of the peace treaty pressure) and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction (antichrist breaking the treaty...this is Him being revealed. He will go from Nobel Peace guy, to dictator overnight). He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.
Believers are supposed to know all this!
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night (for people that don't know what to watch and be ready for). For when they say, “Peace and safety!” (from the Daniel peace treaty) then sudden destruction (from the breaking of the treaty) comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
There is a clear answer to "being ready." The antichrist army is the "northern army" in this next passage. This is the prescription for this hour. It is the building of night and day prayer...the solemn assemblies...places that do this will feel way less trouble:
Joel 2:11-20, 25-27 The Lord is at the head of the column. He leads them with a shout. This is his mighty army, and they follow his orders. The day of the Lord is an awesome, terrible thing. Who can possibly survive? That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse. Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine to the Lord your God as before. Blow the ram’s horn in Jerusalem! Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Gather all the people— the elders, the children, and even the babies. Call the bridegroom from his quarters and the bride from her private room. Let the priests, who minister in the Lord ’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, “Spare your people, Lord ! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, ‘Has the God of Israel left them?’” Then the Lord will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land. The Lord will reply, “Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy your needs. You will no longer be an object of mockery among the surrounding nations. I will drive away these armies from the north. I will send them into the parched wastelands. Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea, and those at the rear into the Mediterranean. The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.” Surely the Lord has done great things!
This whole thing is a "divine setup" to draw anyone with a heart for it, to God!
The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the Lord your God, who does these miracles for you. Never again will my people be disgraced. Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.
This has always been his plan: to shake the nations and put every true kernel in the Houses of Prayer...the tabernacles of David...this is the only plan He has ever had:
Amos 9:9-12 “For I will give the command and will shake Israel along with the other nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost. But all the sinners will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’ “In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine. ” The Lord has spoken, and he will do these things
http://m.washingtontimes.com/…/justice-scalia-to-lecture-a…/
Let me simply explain to you what trouble is coming: when a man promises to protect Israel like she is his own...specifically for 7 years...he is claiming to be her God...This is the choice that makes him what the Bible calls the antichrist...the alternative to Jesus, who wants to "put His arms around" Jerusalem.
When the antichrist makes this agreement public, the earth will descend into what is called "the 7 year tribulation" for a very plain and simple reason: half the world will say the "peacemaker" is brilliant, and the other half will say he is the antichrist. This will cause instant divisions all over the earth...wherever Bible believing Christians are many, the trouble will be greatest, because the division will be most severe there. The first half of the tribulation is directed entirely at Christians...the rest of the world is saying "peace and safety."
Right now, the US government...(look, I know that this sounds like conspiracy theory talk, but that doesn't make it any less true. Someone has got to articulate what is happening in plain sight)...is setup to deal with massive civil unrest. It is easy to find the photographs of Homeland Security Humvees and the articles about Homeland Security procuring a billion...billion...rounds of amunition in the last 18 months. Google it...it is easy to find in regular news sources.
Most people have no idea that this instant division between Bible believing Christians and everyone else will come "like a flood"...it will happen almost overnight. Justice Scalia, not speaking prophetically, just from a common sense knowledge of history in the USA is saying, look at what has happened numerous times in the past, and look around...it will happen again.
The Bible says it will happen relative to a peace treaty being "confirmed" by a man for 7 years involving God's land...Israel...specifically Jerusalem, the city of Jesus throne. No one is supposed to be God to Israel but God....He takes it seriously.
Daniel 9:26-27 The end (last 7 years of this specific prophecy) will come with a flood (suddenly and with force), and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end. The ruler (the last global "Nimrod") will make a treaty with the people (Israel, the object of the prophecy) for a period of one set of seven (7 years), but after half this time (3.5 years), he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
Jesus said the tribulation would be directed at Christians, and the Great Tribulation would pull in Israel:
Matthew 24:9-22 “Then you (disciples of Jesus...he is addressing them privately) will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. (Because of this peace treaty in Daniel) And many will turn away from me (the pressure will be too great for those without roots...wholehearted understanding and love for Jesus) and betray (turn each other in to the authorities) and hate each other. And many false prophets (those who will take advantage of the trouble for their own gain) will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere (as people abandon Jesus and say "when in Rome"), and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures (prepared with understanding) to the end will be saved. And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.
Next comes the breaking of the treaty and the great tribulation:
“The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him. Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us. Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God (Christians quitting because of the peace treaty pressure) and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction (antichrist breaking the treaty...this is Him being revealed. He will go from Nobel Peace guy, to dictator overnight). He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.
Believers are supposed to know all this!
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night (for people that don't know what to watch and be ready for). For when they say, “Peace and safety!” (from the Daniel peace treaty) then sudden destruction (from the breaking of the treaty) comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
There is a clear answer to "being ready." The antichrist army is the "northern army" in this next passage. This is the prescription for this hour. It is the building of night and day prayer...the solemn assemblies...places that do this will feel way less trouble:
Joel 2:11-20, 25-27 The Lord is at the head of the column. He leads them with a shout. This is his mighty army, and they follow his orders. The day of the Lord is an awesome, terrible thing. Who can possibly survive? That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse. Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine to the Lord your God as before. Blow the ram’s horn in Jerusalem! Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Gather all the people— the elders, the children, and even the babies. Call the bridegroom from his quarters and the bride from her private room. Let the priests, who minister in the Lord ’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, “Spare your people, Lord ! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, ‘Has the God of Israel left them?’” Then the Lord will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land. The Lord will reply, “Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy your needs. You will no longer be an object of mockery among the surrounding nations. I will drive away these armies from the north. I will send them into the parched wastelands. Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea, and those at the rear into the Mediterranean. The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.” Surely the Lord has done great things!
This whole thing is a "divine setup" to draw anyone with a heart for it, to God!
The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the Lord your God, who does these miracles for you. Never again will my people be disgraced. Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.
This has always been his plan: to shake the nations and put every true kernel in the Houses of Prayer...the tabernacles of David...this is the only plan He has ever had:
Amos 9:9-12 “For I will give the command and will shake Israel along with the other nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost. But all the sinners will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’ “In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine. ” The Lord has spoken, and he will do these things
http://m.washingtontimes.com/…/justice-scalia-to-lecture-a…/
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