European Sovereignty Falling Away

     More than 500 years before Christ’s birth, God warned through the Prophet Daniel that there would only be four empires to reign over the Jewish People until Jesus Christ sets up His Kingdom on earth. Daniel wrote during the time that the Babylonian Empire was in power. The remaining empires were the Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman Empires.

     These empires were revealed to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia in a dream, and this is how Daniel interpreted the king’s dream:

     You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:31—35 (NKJV).

     The gold portion of the statue was Babylonia, the silver was Medo-Persia, the bronze was Greece, and the iron and iron-clay mixture portions are both representative of Rome. We know this is the interpretation because it is revealed throughout the rest of Daniel as well is in Revelation. See Daniel 7—9, Revelation 17. The final kingdom that destroys the last form of the Roman Empire is when Jesus Christ Himself returns to the earth and begins what is called the Millennial Kingdom, where He reigns as King of the Earth, physically on the earth, for 1,000 years. See Revelation 19—20.

     What is so interesting about King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream is that the Roman Empire was never ruled by the ten co-leaders signified by the ten toes of the statue. The Apostle John’s prophecy in Revelation confirms for us that there will be ten leaders of a revived Roman Empire. See Revelation 17. Therefore, we can confidently conclude that if the Bible is true, and I stake my eternity on the fact that it is indeed true, then the Roman Empire must return in some revived form that is ruled by ten leaders.

     What is even more interesting to me is that as we watch the European Union, and it’s creation of Euromed, the Union for the Mediterranean, I believe we are actually watching Rome return. In fact, the Union for the Mediterranean countries form the borders of ancient Rome. See Europa: Euromed, The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, http://eeas.europa.eu/euromed/index_en.htm; Centre for Research on Globalization, The Mediterranean Union: Dividing the Middle East and North Africa, http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6879.

     I know that many people discount what I’m saying, but I would point out that it is crystal clear that the European Union is beginning to take shape as one single nation, rather than merely a union of many nations. In November 2009, a constitution of sorts called the Lisbon Treaty was entered into by the nations of the European Union. That document legally formed the European Union nations into an association that could technically be called the United States of Europe. Now that the world is trying to deal with this current financial crisis, we are beginning to see the individual decision making ability of the European Union nations disappear.

     Watch the video that follows and listen to the speech given by Nigel Farage. Mr. Farage is a member of the European Parliament, and in the video he rails against the tragedy of the European Union member states losing their individual freedoms to the supreme rule of the European Union.

     I don’t know what form this current financial crisis will cause the European Union to take, but I do know that eventually it will be led by ten co-leaders. Then one individual will rise up to power among them, and he will eventually be indwelt by Satan himself. See Revelation 13, 17.

     These things are coming, one day. The end might be very far into the future, but then again, it could begin tomorrow. I implore you today to make sure you are “right” with God. Repent from sin and rebellion, and then put your faith in Christ alone, who offers His death to be your substitute for the debt you owe God due to your sins/rebellion. The Apostle Peter described Christ’s sacrifice like this, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.” If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

The Big Bang Finally Figured Out! Well, Maybe Not Exactly.





     It simply amazes me every time there is fresh breaking news that someone has figured out how the big bang or some other evolutionary myth happened. Shockingly, proponents of these stories feel they have finally figured out what occurred billions of years ago. By the way, I should add as a disclaimer that I do not believe the world was created anywhere near billions of years ago. Read this recent article from Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/09/scientists-create-worlds-mini-big-bang/?test=faces.

     I would like to see the scientific community first remove all the tools they used to simulate this experiment. Then remove everything else they used. Then remove all the air that is in the experimental zone. Then remove every force that might influence the experiment. Additionally, they could not use anything in the experiment. If they can simulate the big bang after that, then we would have some breaking news.

     The Apostle Paul warned that the day would come when people would believe in myths rather than God’s truth, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3, 4 (NKJV). I believe we are living in the day that Paul was talking about.

     Because not one of us were eye witnesses to our world’s creation, the only way we could ever know what occurred in the beginning is if someone who was there tells us. Fortunately for us, the One who created our world told us, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NKJV). And speaking specifically of the second member of our Triune God, Jesus Christ, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” John 1:1—3 (NKJV).

     Don't allow science to create a false god in your mind through the myth of evolution and the big bang. Consider the Apostle Paul’s sermon to the Athenians, who worshipped many gods that they created in their minds:

     Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

          TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.

     Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

     And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.” So Paul departed from among them. However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Acts 17:22—34 (NKJV) (underlined emphasis added).

     Don’t keep groping in the dark for the unknown god who evolved the big bang. The only true God is the God of the Bible, and He is not far from you. The scientists of this world will come up with newer and newer theories on how our world was created. Forget them! Listen to the One who was there!

     If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

What's Going On With All The Alien Talk?

     Over the past few years, I have heard a lot of talk from “Pre-Trib” Rapture circles theorizing that Antichrist will use alien abduction as an explanation for the Rapture. Up until very recently I pretty much dismissed that concept as totally unrealistic. I have to say though, with all the very unrealistic commenting on aliens from rational media sources, I am starting to consider that there might be some truth to this. Let me make real clear from the outset, I do not in any way believe that aliens are real. However, I do believe in the possibility that all this alien talk might be a demonically inspired sign and lying wonder as described by the Apostle Paul. See 2 Thessalonians 2:9—12. These signs and lying wonders might actually be part of a conditioning process, laying the groundwork for the lie that will be used by Antichrist to explain the Rapture.

     For those who have no idea what or who the “Pre-Trib” Rapture folks are, let me give a quick description. The Rapture of the Church is a Biblical doctrine regarding the removal of true born again believers in Christ from the earth. As much as the thought of millions of Christians suddenly disappearing from the world sounds like it comes out of science fiction, the Rapture event is very Biblical. The only matter really up for discussion is the timing and the purpose.

     Although there are several passages that I believe discuss the Rapture doctrine, it primarily comes from the Apostle Paul’s epistles to the Thessalonians and the Corinthians. The believers at Thessalonica feared that their Christian loved ones who had died would miss the return of Christ, and the believers at Corinth had a wrong understanding of the resurrection.

     The Thessalonians firmly believed that the Second Coming of Christ was imminent, just as our Lord instructed us to believe:

Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:42—44 (NKJV).

     However, they feared what would happen to their loved ones who died before Christ comes. So to correct their misunderstanding Paul explained to the Thessalonians:

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:15—18 (NKJV). By the way, the term “rapture,” though not in Scripture in that form, comes from a form of the Greek word harpazō, which the Greek to English translators interpreted as “caught up” and the Greek to Latin translator interpreted as rapiemur, which is where we get the term “rapture.”

     As for the Corinthian Church, Paul needed to teach them that the resurrection was indeed a necessary part of the believer’s future in Heaven. In his explanation, Paul described how it will occur for those of us who are alive at the time this event comes to pass, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 (NKJV).

     Those are the two clearest verses in Scripture that teach the Rapture doctrine. Based on the Bible then, it is unequivocal that at some point in the future, all true born again believers in Christ will in a split second (the twinkling of an eye) be caught up (raptured) into the clouds to meet the Lord Jesus Christ in the air. Many Christians don’t believe it will happen, but there it is in Scripture as plain as can be. The Rapture is a real future event. The only thing that is left for discussion is the timing, which is a much more complex issue to explain that exceeds the point of this article.

     The “Pre-Trib” Rapture position is that the Rapture will occur before the seven year period of tribulation, also known as Daniel’s 70th Week, when God pours out His wrath on the unbelieving world in a final opportunity for people to repent and put their faith in Christ alone, “such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21b (NKJV); see also Daniel 9:20—27; see also Revelation 6—18 (providing details of God’s wrath, as well as the extreme evangelism that occurs during the tribulation period). This position also holds that Antichrist will provide a deceptive explanation for the disappearance of all the Christians, which will be embraced by all those who understood and rejected the Gospel before the Rapture occurred. Paul described this in his second epistle to the Thessalonian believers:

The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2:9—12 (NKJV).

     Many “Pre-Trib” believers have expressed the belief that this lie will have something to do with aliens abducting those “intolerant” “Israel-loving” “exclusive” “overly religious” Christians, who were obstructing peace in the Middle East with their blind support of Israel, and were obstructing true harmony throughout the world with all their sinner accusations, and claims that Heaven was only for Christians. Each of those twisted descriptions of Christianity come from a misunderstanding of the Gospel message. There is some truth in each of those claims, but not in the way they are used to demonize Bible believing Christians.

     As I mentioned in the beginning of this article, I originally did not believe that alien abduction would or ever could have anything to do with the deception Antichrist will use. I felt that aliens were just way too out there, pun intended, for the entire world to embrace as truth. The fact is though that many, many people all around the world are in fact embracing that aliens are visiting and watching over us. Just look at the following articles from rational media sources, which shows that “faith” in aliens is definitely on the rise. Then watch the video that follows of The Hal Lindsey Report from October 8, 2010. The whole show is really good, but to see the portion on this topic, fast forward to just after twenty minutes into the program.

Don’t Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/25/dont-talk-aliens-warns-stephen-hawking/?test=faces

Dozens Report UFO Over New York City
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/14/dozens-report-ufo-new-york-city/

Mystery Objects Over Chelsea Leave City Agape
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/chelsea_ufo_d27xhhmBwUABMwvFYS2GYP#ixzz12LmcKEV7

Mystery UFO Hovers Over Richmond VA For ‘Four Hours’
http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2010/10/mystery-ufo-hovers-over-richmond-va-for-four-hours/
(Make sure you click on “Skip This Ad” to go to the article.)

UFOs Visited Nuclear Weapons Sites, Former Air Force Officers Say
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/ufos-visited-nuclear-weapons-sites-former-air-force-officers-sa/19642199

Former NORAD Officer Reports Alien Disclosure Date: October 13, 2010
http://www.examiner.com/ufo-in-national/former-norad-officer-reports-alien-disclosure-date-october-13-2010

Chinese Airport Closed After Fiery UFO Is Spotted Flying Over City
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1293395/UFO-China-closes-Xiaoshan-Airport-spotted-flying-city.html

500th Alien Planet Could Be Discovered This Month
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/alien-planet-number-500-101012.html

(Fast forward to just after 20 minutes into the program.)

     It simply blows me away that so many people totally disregard the Gospel message, but will believe in little green men watching over us. For those of you who don’t know it, the core of the Gospel message is as follows. The Bible teaches we are ineligible of inheriting Heaven because none of us are good enough to deserve it. See Romans 3:10—18. However, we suppress that truth to believe instead that we are good enough to deserve Heaven on our own, despite our consciences convicting us of our sin. See Romans 1:18—23, 2:1—16. Because we ignore the truth, most people totally dismiss the greatest news we could ever hope for. Two thousand years ago, God became a Man in the person of Jesus Christ for the purpose of redeeming us from the punishment we actually deserve and giving us His righteousness that we do not deserve. Colossians 1:13—22. Most people reject this even though His coming was predicted hundreds and even thousands of years before He came, not to mention all the eyewitnesses of the resurrection. See 1 Corinthians 15:1—8.

     People totally dismiss the Biblical truth of Christ and the atonement for our sins, but they will totally embrace that aliens are visiting us, and are likely the ones that somehow created us. I just can't understand it, except that the Bible warned us this day was coming. The Apostle Peter warned, “knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to 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 creation.’” 2 Peter 3:3, 4 (NKJV). The Apostle Paul also warned, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3, 4.

     We are living in the time that Peter and Paul were writing about. Very few people in this world believe that Jesus will return to be King on this earth. Very few “intellectual” people even believe that God created us, preferring rather to believe the fable that we evolved out of nothing. There are so many signs that the time of tribulation is coming upon the unbelieving world soon. I believe that before this horrific time comes, Jesus Christ will return to this world for His Bride, the Church. The Apostle John recorded for us that Jesus promised He would return and take us to a special place, an event that is descriptively separate from the time in which He returns after the tribulation period to set up His kingdom on earth:

Let not your heart be troubled; you 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 to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.

John 14:1—4 (NKJV); compare with Revelation 19:11—16 (describing Jesus returning to earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, with the glorified Church following Him as Paul described in Colossians 3:4).

     Please disregard the fables of aliens and other nonsense. I don’t know if Antichrist will actually use alien abduction as an explanation for the Rapture. It certainly seems to make sense, but for now it’s really just an interesting theory. The only truth you can confidently trust is Jesus, your Creator and Savior who declared, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6b (NKJV). Don’t believe our enemy’s lie that Jesus was just a man and that you can get to Heaven any way you wish. There is only one way, through repenting from your rebellion and surrendering to God through putting your faith in His Son alone! If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

Peace in the Middle East & The Revived Roman Empire

     Below is an excellent commentary of both peace in the Middle East and the Revived Roman Empire from a Biblical perspective, as well as how we see it shaping up through the Union for the Mediterranean.

     I have to say once again, the things written in the pages of our Bible are coming to life. Please pay attention to this stuff. It should cause you to want to know who this God is who can write history before it occurs. His name is Jesus, and He commands today for you to repent from your rebellion, your sins, and trust Him for your salvation. He died for you 2,000 years ago, your own Creator taking upon Himself the penalty your sins require. But His atoning sacrificial death will not be applied to your account before God the Father unless you repent and put your trust in Jesus alone. If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

Can There Be Peace In The Middle East?

     Please take a look at the video below so you will know more about what is really happening in the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The video is produced by the Messianic Jewish ministry Maoz Israel, whose ministry is preaching the Gospel to Israel. Then I would like you to read the articles I have linked below the video, which show the hypocrisy of Israel’s opponents in the peace process.

     Also understand this as you are considering these things, Israel is not going anywhere. However, their existence is for the purpose of bringing glory to God, and salvation to the world, both of which are the Biblical purpose for their creation. As God told Abraham, “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 22:18 (NKJV). And as God said through the Prophet Jeremiah, “Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.”  Jeremiah 33:9 (NKJV). 

     All through the Old Testament, the prophets warned that Israel would be scattered throughout the nations due to their turning away from God, but that one day God Himself would bring Israel back. Even before Israel was scattered throughout the Babylonian Empire around the sixth century B.C., and way before Rome scattered Israel beginning in 70 A.D., Jeremiah wrote:

     “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.”

Jeremiah 23:7, 8 (NKJV).

     God promised through Jeremiah, and in fact all of the prophets, that Israel will one day dwell safely in their own land. That peace, however, will only come when the Prince of Peace arrives for the second time, the God-Man Jesus Christ, Yeshua Moshiach, both the Son of David and the Son of God. Jeremiah also wrote of this saying:

          “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,

     “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;

A King shall reign and prosper,

And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

     In His days Judah will be saved,

And Israel will dwell safely;

Now this is His name by which He will be called:

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

Jeremiah 23:5, 6 (NKJV).

     Isaiah called this same Branch of David “the Branch of the LORD.” Isaiah 4:2b (NKJV). Because Jesus was fully man, a descendant of King David, and fully God, the second member of the Trinity, He was thus a Branch of both!  Because He was both fully man and fully God, He is the One who paid our debt to God on the cross, and gave us His Righteousness!

     The Prophet Zechariah spoke of the Messiah using the same title the “Branch,” and even foretold the words used by Pontius Pilot, “Behold the Man!” (John 19:5b (NKJV)):

     Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH!
From His place He shall branch out,
And He shall build the temple of the LORD;
     Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD.
He shall bear the glory,
And shall sit and rule on His throne;
So He shall be a priest on His throne,
And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Zechariah 6:12b, 13 (NKJV).

     Isaiah described His reign as the Prince of Peace like this:

          For unto us a Child is born,

     Unto us a Son is given;

     And the government will be upon His shoulder.

     And His name will be called

     Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,

     Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

          Of the increase of His government and peace

     There will be no end,

     Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,

     To order it and establish it with judgment and justice

     From that time forward, even forever.

     The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 9:6, 7 (NKJV).

Can There Be Peace In The Middle East? from maozisrael on Vimeo.


IAF Gaza Air Strikes Wound 4 Terrorists
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139943

Palestinian Official: No Chance Of Serious Peace Talks With Netanyahu Government
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-official-no-chance-of-serious-peace-talks-with-netanyahu-government-1.317681

September A Record Month For Missiles From Gaza
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139931

PA Continues To Teach Denial Of Israel's Existence 
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=3351

Lebanon Transformed: A Hizbullah Nation, Iranian Proxy
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139945

     King David warned us to repent and put our faith in the Lord Jesus while we can when he wrote:

Now therefore, be wise, O kings;

     Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Serve the LORD with fear,

     And rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,

     And you perish in the way,

     When His wrath is kindled but a little.

     Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

Psalm 2: (NKJV).

     Jesus is coming back. By the look of how the world is hurtling towards the latter days events foretold by the prophets, He might be coming back very, very soon. If you have never repented from your own personal rebellion against God, and put your faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation, that His death on the cross 2,000 years ago paid your personal debt to God, do it now! If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

Global Governance Update

     I really want to get away from writing about a one world government, but I’m having trouble doing it. Every time I turn around, something pops up regarding this issue.

     Below is the October 1, 2010 Glenn Beck show. I encourage you to watch it. Please understand, I fully recognize that Glenn is not a Bible-believing Christian, but I respect his understanding of history (aside from Biblical history) and his perception of where our world is heading. Moreover, the things he and his guests on this show talk about will astound you.

     I would expect this conversation to take place at a conspiracy theory crazy people convention. No matter whether you like Glenn or not, his guests (former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, Fox Business host Stuart Varney and European Union Parliament member Daniel Hannan) are very rational and successful people, not conspiracy theory crazies. Leaving his unbiblical views of Christianity aside, I think Glenn is pretty rational and successful too.

     Watch the videos below, paying particular attention to the second section. Also, there is a document they refer to, which I linked to in my last post. It’s a report on the coming global governance that was created by the United States of America and the European Union. That document is so clearly telling us that the governments of the world are indeed coming together. Please read this report so that you see with your own eyes what the US and the EU are saying about global governance: http://www.foia.cia.gov/2025/2025_Global_Governance.pdf.

     The things written about in the Bible are coming to pass one day. We’re watching it happen. Make sure that you are ready. The only way that you can be, however, is to “get right” with God. You must make sure that you have put down your rebellion against the Creator by repenting from your sins, and surrender to Him through putting all of your faith for salvation in God the Son, Jesus Christ. If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

10/6/2010 UPDATE:

President Seeks Salvation In His New World Order http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/president-seeks-salvation-in-his-new-world-order/story-e6frg6so-1225933524128 

Global Government?! Really?

     I recently wrote a commentary on the future reality of a one world government from a Biblical perspective. See Lambs Law, Why Does It Seem Everyone Is Talking About Global Governance?, http://lambslaw.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-does-it-seem-everyone-is-talking.html. I started my comment with the disclaimer that I fully recognize that this whole notion seems like some crazy claim by the conspiracy theory nuts.

     Well, read my article and you will see that it’s really not the stuff of delusionists, it is in fact grounded in Biblical truth. Nevertheless, it’s still very hard to fully comprehend the reality of such a thing. Let me draw your attention to something though that I think may help settle your mind that this is not crazy talk, but actually at least one superpower’s goal.

     Just take a look at the photos above. The image on the left of each pair is a painting of the artist Pieter Brueghel’s rendition of the Biblical Tower of Babel. The image on the upper right side is the European Union Parliament building, which was built to resemble the unfinished construction of the Tower of Babel. The lower right image is a promotional poster marketing the European Union’s mission as finishing the work that was begun at the Tower of Babel – the unification of all nations. More on this comparison can be seen here: http://biblelight.net/Tower-of-Babel.htm.

     For those of you who don’t know the significance of the Tower of Babel, you can read about it in Chapter 11 of Genesis. God wanted the descendants of Noah to fulfill Adam’s duty to spread throughout the entire world and subdue it, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.” Genesis 9:1b (NKJV); compare Genesis 1:28. Under the first world leader, Nimrod, mankind rebelled against God at the Tower of Babel by building an anti-God idolatrous kingdom and refused to fulfill their duty. See Genesis 11:1—9; see also Genesis 10:8—10. God judged that rebellion by changing the languages, thus forcing people to spread throughout the earth as they congregated into groups who shared the same languages.

     It should be clear from these images that the promoted theme of the European Union is an effort to finish what was begun at the first Tower of Babel. The significance of this is not only the connection to that infamous first one world government, but also to the purpose behind it – rebellion against God. I believe this push for world government is rebellion for many reasons, but the clearest can be seen in the way these powers are consumed with regulating and “saving” the environment. We should all be good stewards of God’s gift to us, but we can never elevate the creation over the Creator. The Apostle Paul wrote of this saying, “Professing to be wise, they became fools ... who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” Romans 1:22, 25 (NKJV).

     Read the articles that follow, and you will see that the European Union and the United States appear very interested in reforming the one world government begun at Babel. The last of the three sites describes the prophetic move towards a one world religion as well.

The Interdependence of Countries Is Inescapable
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=385160&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26

National Intelligence Council
http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_home.html, and their report entitled Global Governance 2025 at: http://www.foia.cia.gov/2025/2025_Global_Governance.pdf

The President Of The EU Says Religion Must Play A Role In The Operation Of The European Political Structure
http://news.prophecytoday.com/2010/09/president-of-eu-says-religion-must-play.html

     Please take these things seriously. Though most people used to simply dismiss these thoughts as crazy talk, you can see that both the United States of America and the European Union are very involved at pushing the world’s governing bodies closer together. The Bible has been telling mankind of this day for thousands of years. That evidence should cause you to seek the God who wrote history before it happened. His name is Jesus, God the Son, the second member of a triune God. He died on a cross 2,000 years ago, taking upon Himself God the Father’s wrath, so that all who would repent from their rebellion against God and turn to Him through faith, would escape the wrath they deserve. If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).



Shai Linne Proclaiming the Gospel

     I just cannot think of a better way to say it:

     The writer of Hebrews, echoing the words of King David, implored, “Today, if you will hear His voice, [d]o not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” Hebrews 3:15, 4:7b (NKJV) (see also Psalm 95:7—8). If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

Who Really Wants Peace?

Photo Found At:  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09/14/israeli-palestinian-leaders-prepare-meet-clinton-says-time-ripe-peace/

     I find it very interesting that our world is so intent on forcing peace upon people who really want nothing to do with it. Granted, the biggest antagonist, Iran, is not part of nor will be bound by any peace negotiation. However, even Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority’s leader, who is directly involved with the peace negotiations, clearly doesn’t really want peace.

     They want to have their way, and that’s it! No true compromise is being sought after. This false sense of seeking peace is reminiscent of the way the false prophets in the days of Jeremiah were deceiving the people immediately before the Babylonians obliterated Judah:

     They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly,

Saying, “Peace, peace!”

When there is no peace.

Jeremiah 6:14 (NKJV).

     Those false prophets made people feel better by saying peace was coming, but that was deception. God told the people through Jeremiah that because they ignored the prophets and refused to repent, God would punish them through the Babylonians.

     Very interestingly, Jeremiah spoke of another time in the future when Israel would go through the worst time of trouble the world has ever seen, but that it would be for their good, to bring them to faith in the Messiah:

     We have heard a voice of trembling,

Of fear, and not of peace.
…

     Alas! For that day is great,

So that none is like it;

And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,

But he shall be saved out of it.

…

     But they shall serve the LORD their God,

And David their king,

Whom I will raise up for them.

Jeremiah 30:5b, 7, 9 (NKJV).

     The Prophet Zechariah also spoke of this time, describing it as a time when the world’s focus will be on Jerusalem with drunken-like madness:

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

Zechariah 12:2, 3 (NKJV).

     I believe we are entering that time, which both Jeremiah and Zechariah spoke of. I believe it because the Bible says multiple times that the regathering of Israel and the time of Jacob’s trouble would occur in the latter days, “In the latter days you will consider it.” Jeremiah 30:24b (NKJV).

     Read the articles that follow and consider whether you believe peace is possible:

With Compromise Elusive, Mideast Talks Threatened By End Of Settlement Slowdown At Midnight

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09/25/jewish-settlers-west-bank-prepare-end-building-freeze-races-rescue-talks/

Kassam On Negev; Leftists, Arabs Riot In Jerusalem

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139766

Mahmoud Abbas: Israel Must Choose Between Peace And Settlement Construction

http://www.hamsayeh.net/hamsayehnet_iran-international%20news1707.htm

High Alert In Jerusalem As Arab Riots Continue

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139760

Sha’ath: Only Netanyahu Can Save Talks By Extending Freeze

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=189293

     All of these things should cause you to recognize that the Bible is indeed real. Israel’s existence after 2,000 years of dispersion should be enough on its own, since the Bible repeatedly said they would be scattered and regathered in the latter days. If we are approaching the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, then Jesus Christ is soon to return, and He is the only One who will bring true peace.

     Moreover, if you have never repented of your sin and put your faith in Christ alone for salvation, do it today, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2b (NKJV). There is no time to delay. If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

9/27/2010 UPDATE:

Lieberman: PA Refused To Accept Freeze For 9 Months
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=189438

What is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, All About?

     It’s about Jesus!  Check out this video from the Messianic Jewish Ministry Maoz Israel:

Yeshua Our Kippur from maozisrael on Vimeo.

     If you have not repented from sin and put your trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation, please understand that Jesus said you will not have your sins atoned for when you die, “for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” John 8:24b (NKJV). If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

Are We Living In Biblical Times? No Doubt About It!

     Did you know that you could read about things happening today that were written in the Bible thousands of years ago? It seems like newspapers are practically plagiarizing Scripture.

     Don’t take my word for it, read the Old Testament Prophets for yourself. God warned that there would be a time when the world’s focus is on Israel:

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.  And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

Zechariah 12:2, 3 (NKJV).  Now that the Jews have been back in their land after being banished for nearly 2,000 years, we are seeing these Scriptures come into fulfillment.

     Consider the Scriptures that follow, and know that the conflict described in Psalm 83 has been raging with these precise enemies ever since Israel came back into existence, nearly 3,000 years after this prophecy was written. Also, the alliance predicted in Ezekiel 38 has never before existed. Do a simple Internet search of these countries and you will see that they are very much aligned with each other today.

     Prophecy involving Arabs (Ishmaelites & Hagrites), Jordan (Edom, Moab & Ammon), Lebanon (Gebal & Tyre), Syria (Assyria), Gaza (Philistia) and the rest of the Palestinians as well as all those who hate Israel (Amalek):

(Image From: http:/prophecydepot.blogspot.com/2010/05/twin-prophecies-of-israeli-palestinian.html)

Do not keep silent, O God!

     Do not hold Your peace,

     And do not be still, O God!

For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;

     And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,

     And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,

     That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one consent;

     They form a confederacy against You:

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

     Moab and the Hagrites;

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;

     Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Assyria also has joined with them;

     They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

Psalm 83:1—8 (NKJV) (underlined emphasis added).

     Prophesy of an invasion of a reassembled and restored Israel led by the leader of Russia (Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech & Tubal), and followed by Iran (Persia), Sudan (Cush), Libya (Put) and Turkey (Gomer & Beth-togarmah):

(Image From: http:/isralestine-blog.blogspot.com/2010/05/trouble-on-seas-gogs-2-pronged-evil.html)

     The word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

     “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.’”

Ezekiel 38:1—9 (NIV) (underlined emphasis added).

     You may have noticed that Syria, a primary ally of this horde of nations described by Ezekiel, is oddly missing. Interestingly, Isaiah made a prediction concerning Damascus, the capital city of Syria that claims to be the oldest continually inhabited city on earth, which has not yet come into fulfillment:

     Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,

And it will be a ruinous heap.

Isaiah 17:1b (NKJV).

     Now watch the video below, which is produced by a Messianic Jewish ministry in Tel Aviv. Keep in mind that as we go about our daily lives, largely unaware of the on goings of the Middle East, Jews in Israel live with a constant threat of war. By the grace of God alone we have been spared this. But know very well that we have the same enemies as Israel does.

Israel Prepares For War from maozisrael on Vimeo.

     These things are not meant to scare us. They are given to us so that we will know God is real and in control. How else could you explain the detailed prophetic scenarios written so long ago? I have only given you a few small snippets of the prophecies concerning the “latter days.” Read them yourself, and decide for yourself whether the Prophets were writing about today.

     Know this too, if these prophecies are happening, the return of Jesus Christ is very, very soon! Will it be within the next 100 years? I don’t know, but it could be within the hour. About the timing of His return, Jesus said of other “latter days” events, “when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!” Matthew 24:33b (NKJV). If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).

Israel, the True Oppressor in the Middle East, Really?

     The world seems to be turning against Israel more and more every day.  I keep seeing different statistics regarding anti-Semitism being on the rise all over the world.  Even in America, the recent outrageousness that came from long time White House reporter Helen Thomas, proves that people are becoming more bold in their opinions that Israel is the true oppressor in the Middle East.

     Watch the ridiculous statements from Helen Thomas here:

     What these opinions reveal to me is that the world is not only rejecting Israel, but God Himself.  I'm not saying that we need to bow down and obey to everything Israel wishes, but we do need to bow down before our God and give Him our love and respect.  One of the ways in which we honor God is simply by believing His word.

     Here are just a couple of passages that deal with who really owns the land, and how we are to treat Israel:

I will make you a great nation;

     I will bless you
     And make your name great;
     And you shall be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you,
     And I will curse him who curses you;
     And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

Genesis 12:2, 3 (NKJV).

On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying:

“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates.”

Genesis 15:18 (NKJV).

     Therefore say to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.’”  

Ezekiel 36:22—26 (NKJV).

Thus says the LORD of hosts:

          “Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east
     And from the land of the west;
          I will bring them back,
     And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
     They shall be My people
     And I will be their God,
     In truth and righteousness.”

Zechariah 8:7, 8 (NKJV).

     The bottom line is that from the very beginning of human history, we rejected God. God then created the nation of Israel so that His word and plan for salvation would be known to the entire world. However, because that nation rejected God and His Messiah, who Himself was God in human flesh, God turned His back on Israel for a time.  

     Regardless of Israel’s disobedience, the above passages from Ezekiel and Zechariah guaranteed that God would one day bring the Jews back into their land. They also guarantee that God will one day restore Israel as a Holy nation. See also Zechariah 12:10.

     This brings us back to the question of who owns the land of Israel. God made it clear to Abraham in the passage from Genesis 15 above. It belongs to Israel. Israel’s neighbors however, hate Israel. Our nation in fact seems to be joining them. We can’t do much about what our nation’s policies are, but we can control what our individual beliefs are.

     Let me urge you to bless the nation of Israel, and pray for their salvation. The fact of what God had said to the Prophet Ezekiel over 2,500 years ago should make you speechless! This is the only nation in the history of the world that has been completely dispersed and destroyed, partially regathered almost 100 hundred years later, dispersed and completely destroyed again 400 more years later, and then regathered again nearly 2,000 years after that!

     It just doesn't happen! But the fact that a man named Ezekiel said this would happen, and that God Himself had told him, we have no choice but to recognize that God’s hand is at work in Israel.

     Take a look at the following video, and if you really believe that Israel is the oppressor, please be open to the fact that you just might be wrong.

     Heed the warning that God gave to Abraham in Genesis 12 above. God keeps His promises. Do not doubt that He will in fact curse those who curse Israel. Know also that the day is coming when much of the world will be cursing Israel to the point of seeking another Holocaust of the Jews, and all those who have rejected God will join in, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.” Zechariah 12:2 (NKJV).

     The existence of Israel, and the hatred of Israel should convince you that the Bible is true. There is no other explanation for their continued existence. Believe that God is real and is actively at work in our world. Moreover, believe that He sent His Messiah, Jesus Christ, to save all those who would repent from sin and put their trust for salvation in Him alone. So most importantly, heed the command Jesus gave when He said, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV). 

Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

Chicken-and-Egg Mystery Finally Cracked
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/14/chicken-egg-mystery-finally-cracked/?test=latestnews

     Why this is even something to discuss is beyond my comprehension. Once again, science proves what the Bible has been saying all along. Someone had to make the chicken first! 

     To a rational mind, this finding would beg the question, who then made the chicken? I mean, if the egg didn’t make itself, then someone or something had to make it, right? However, the above article indicates (last line in the article) that the big question arising from this discovery is, “It is hoped the discovery leads to the invention of new materials.” 

     The Bible made it very clear who created the first chicken:

So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 1:21, 22 (NKJV).

     The Bible also made it very clear that one day people would give up rational thought in favor of whatever their minds would prefer over God:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

2 Timothy 4:3, 4 (NKJV).

     Do you believe that the chickens, and even you, were made through a cosmic collision of space particles? Do you believe that you are an accident, a freak of nature? I personally don’t have enough faith to be an atheist. There is way too much evidence that a Holy and Awesome God made all these creatures and all this stuff around us.

     If you believe there is no God, and that as complex as you are, you were made through the fable of evolution, please reconsider. You don’t  believe that the watch on your wrist came into being all by itself, why would you believe that you did?

     Genesis is not a fable, evolution is.  Here are two excellent websites if you are interested in learning more on the folly of evolution:

Answers In Genesis

http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Institute for Creation Research

http://www.icr.org/    

     Know this too, there will come a day when you will stand before your Creator. His word promises that in this life, you can receive the reward of eternal life by repenting from your sins and trusting that Jesus Christ took the penalty you deserve because of your sins. If you do not, the Bible promises that the day is coming when “the dead [will be] judged according to their works.” Revelation 20:12b (NKJV).

     Before you dismiss this silly article about who came first, consider what works you will be judged for. Have you ever lied? Taken anything that didn’t belong to you, regardless of it’s value? Looked with lust at someone not your spouse? Jesus calls that adultery of the heart. See Matthew 5:27, 28. Have you ever been unrighteously angry? Road rage maybe? Or foolishly angry at your brother or sister? Jesus calls that murder in the heart. See Matthew 5:21, 22.

     Those are just four of the Ten Commandments. The good that you have done might mitigate your sentence on Judgment Day, but it will not erase your guilt for breaking the Law of God. The reason you feel guilty when you do these things is that God put a conscience in your heart to alert you to His law, for the purpose of driving you towards repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

     You are guilty, and you will still be guilty on Judgment Day, no matter how much good you do before you die. But you don't have to be guilty, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV). Reject the foolishness of this world. Repent from your foolish way and believe in the One who died in your place, then your sins and your guilt will be removed, “As far as the east is from the west.” Psalm 103:12a (NKJV).

Were the Gaza Flotilla Members Really Innocent Peace Activists?

     Judge for yourself:



     For more on this event, read the below listed articles: 

Gaza flotilla participants created war atmosphere before confronting Israel Participants chanted Islamic battle cry invoking killing of Jews and called for Martyrdom
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=2323

IDF Photos of Knives Contradict Turkish Claims of ’No Weapons’
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137803

Will This Become the Mark of the Beast?

     The Apostle John warned us that during the last seven years of our world’s history, when Satan rules on earth through the Antichrist and the False Prophet, every single person alive will be forced to choose between God and Satan. Those who love their own life more than God will choose Satan by accepting the Mark of the Beast. Those who truly love Christ will refuse the Mark, but then will become criminals over that choice because the Beast will “cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” Revelation 13:15b (NKJV).

     Those who escape death will be forced to live on the outskirts of society, not being able to buy or sell anything. John tells us that the Beast will control every facet of commerce, including who can participate, which will only be those who have worshiped his image:

He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Revelation 13:16, 17 (NKJV).

     I always thought that the Mark was something that even if technology made it possible, it would never be tolerated by our society. I assumed that at least in the US, the protections of our country would prevent such a thing. Well, check out the article linked below. It shows us that the foundation for the Mark to become a reality is here, and it certainly seems to be tolerated.

     The world leaders are already talking about creating a global currency. We definitely have the technology and the practice to move towards a completely digital economy. That makes the implant discussed in this article all the more practical. No more wallets for men, and women can fill their purses with more important things than their credit cards. Already hardly anyone even carries cash anymore. Think about having your IDs, money, and medical history stored in a tiny chip implanted in your hand that can sync up with any computer through radio frequency technology. No doubt about it, the future is here!

     I want to point out though, the implant itself, and the cashless society that I think we will likely see in the very near future is not what is evil, nor is this implant device the Mark of the Beast. Those who choose allegiance to Satan during what is Biblically called Daniel’s Seventieth Week, or also commonly referred to as the Tribulation, will know they are rejecting the true Messiah, Jesus Christ, and choosing to follow Satan masked as a false messiah.

     You may not believe that any of this will come to pass. But you have to admit, it sure is interesting that such a system was predicted by a poor preacher exiled on the Roman prison island of Patmos nearly 2,000 years ago!

Where’s Jimmy? Just Google His Bar Code
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/14/radio-frequency-rfid-implant/?test=faces