The Time of Jacob's Trouble, Tribulation is Twenty Years

Blemished Sheep Marked For Market (Slaughter)

Here's a sermon from the archives I posted in October 2006. I 've improved it some additional scriptural quotes but the basic message is the same. How long do you think the tribulation will be and what is your scriptural evidence ? I believe tribulation will be 20 years and we are right now in the eleventh year, or 4th year of Rachel portion, rapture estimated around 2012, according to the 70 year prophecy. Here is my scriptural evidence for the Twenty Year Tribulation prophecy. This sermon is a work in progress. Tribulation is a Twenty Year Period--Not Seven Years

The Time Of Jacob's Trouble Is A Twenty Year Period Not Seven Years The Time of Jacob's Trouble, Jeremiah 30:7, is thought of by many as a time of tribulation and great distress of the world. Most think of this as a time in which we may escape by the rapture and then a seven year judgment of mankind. But scriptural prophecy does not support this. For the time of Jacob's trouble was a twenty year period, not a seven year period. I know I know, I can just hear you all sitting there, shaking your heads with your arms folded on your chest saying, "But Pastor, everyone knows that tribulation is a seven year period." Babel Tower by www.PDImages.com "Yes and no," I am telling you. "God reveals the end from the beginning," Isaiah 46:10. He speaks through those he chooses, prophets, in unexpected ways,unexpected typecasts, unexpected repeats, unexpected shadows and many many instances others do not even consider prophecy. Only in rare circumstances does G-d speak through the ones church leaders, man's selected qualified men, spiritually educated that men think are qualified enough." G-d always speaks through those things & people unexpected by men, Abraham unexpected by Sarah and his nephew Lot, Isaac's blessing of Jacob unexpected by Essau, Jacob's visit unexpected by Laban and sons, Joseph and his coat of colors unexpected by the eleven others & Egypt, burning bush & G-d's presence unexpected by Moses, Moses & G-d's judgment unexpected by Pharaoh and the Egyptian he killed, plagues and Judgements unexpected by the Egyptians, parting and closing of the Red Sea unexpected by the Israelites & Egyptian army, Aaron & a stuttering redeemer named Moses unexpected by the Israelites, Joshua and the anger struck rock unexpected by Moses, Joshua and the parted Jordan river unexpected by Israel, Jericho & Canaanites, Goliath unexpected by king Saul, David unexpected by David's brothers--Prophet Samuel and father, David's courage unexpected by Goliath and the Philistines, David's underwear dance before the Ark of Covenant unexpected by the Jerusalem upperclass, Nathan and Bathsheba unexpected by king David, Solomon's kingship unexpected by David's other sons, Solomon's arrogance and 1000 wives unexpected by Israel, EliJah and Elisha unexpected by Israel & Jezebel, Jonah and storm unexpected by the ship merchants, whale and Ninevah, Prophet Joel unexpected by Israel and Judah, Prophet Amos unexpected because he was only a shepherd and fig tree caretaker, Prophet Hosea was unexpected because he had an adulterous wife and children that didn't believe, Assyria unexpected by Samaria, Isaiah unexpected by Judah, Jerusalem and King Manasseh , King Josiah's death unexpected by Judah, Jeremiah unexpected by Judah & Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar unexpected by Jerusalem & Judah, Daniel and friends unexpected by Nebuchadnezzar & Babylon's wise men, Ezekiel unexpected by Daniel, Cyrus, king of Persia unexpected by Babylon and her slaves, king Cyrus's decree unexpected by Ezra and exiles, Esther unexpected by Persia and Media, John the Baptist unexpected by king Herod, Birth of Chr-st the Messiah expected by King Herod and all mankind, As a prophet of G-d I can tell you this seven year tribulation is not exactly correct, and I can back it up with scripture. We know G-d speaks to all the G-d followers through typecasts and repeats and shadows. "What does this mean?", Some may ask. Well for one thing look at all the hints of the coming M-ssiah, the Chr-st from the beginning of time. G-d is the Alpha and Omega. Scripture says that God reveals the end in the beginning ,Isaiah 46:10. So to understand tribulation there must be something in the beginning of the Old Testament that will help us understand prophecy on tribulation. The actual time of Jacob's trouble is a twenty year period that came right after Jacob tricked his father and brother by gluing some fur on his arm so his blind old father Isaac would bless him instead of his ungodly brother Esau. Jacob's mother then told him to leave and go to her brother Laban so Esau would not get angry and kill him. This was in the middle of the night. She hurried him off. When Jacob arrived to Bethel which used to be called Luz, the land just before where Laban dwelled he slept with his head on a rock. It was at this place Jacob had a dream of a staircase that went from the earth all the way to heaven with angels going up and down and the L-rd standing at the top. Jacob called this place the house of G-d with the gate to heaven. Jacob goes and labors as a shepherd for Laban, seven years for Rachel but received virgin Leah instead, Seven years again for Rachel the chosen one. Jacob wants Laban's virgin daughter Rachel as wife and agrees to an oral contract to stay there and work for seven years to marry Rachel. He was already being paid by blemished sheep he was allowed to keep. After seven years he marries her late at night waking up in the morning to her older sister. Laban says that he had to marry his older daughter first because that was the custom, but, graciously offering Jacob he could marry Rachel after agreeing to contract for an additional seven years with the pay of getting all the blemished sheep. Jacob agrees and another seven years pass and then he marries Rachel. Then they leave in the middle of the night, Rachel stealing her father's idols, being caught by Laban and his other children. They threaten them, make up. If this story is a typecast or shadow of things to come I can conclude many future prophetic events that God's people can use as wisdom of how to live. 1.) The time of Jacob's trouble is for twenty years and not seven. This Time of Jacob's Trouble is used synonymously in the bible with: Day of the Lord, Day of Wrath, Day of Judgment, Second Coming and Tribulation, Day of redemption of creation, Day of Redemption of Mankind, Day of Great Harvest, Day of Thrashing Floor Harvest, Separation of Wheat from Chaff. We can also call this the day Chr-st redeems his Gentile and Jewish virgin brides through the Time of Jacob's trouble. Well this period called the Time of Jacob's Trouble is a twenty year period of trouble Jacob had redeeming his two lovely brides from slavery, the first that became last and the last that was first, Jeremiah 30:7, Genesis 28:16--31:55; 31:41; For Jacob paid for these two lovely brides a heavy price like Chr-st, to redeem them from slavery, Genesis 31:14-16. This is actually very logical if you think about it. For Jacob tricks his evil uncle Laban into getting most of the flock during the great harvest, taking only those with defects, speckled, spotted. striped and discolored sheep, Genesis 30:32-35. If the last twenty years is the time of Jacob's Trouble or Tribulation period for G-d's followers and all creation, how can we break this period up into understandable terms we may use to discuss theologically? So there are three periods of tribulation, not one. They are as follows; Three Periods of Tribulation that started in 1998 1st) The 7 year Leah tribulation period, first seven years. 2nd) The 7 year Rachel tribulation period, second seven years ends with rapture. 3rd) The 6 year spotted striped & blemished sheep great harvest period. It appears we are toward the end of the 7 year Rachel period but that is for another sermon. This seven year period just before the rapture, before spotted , speckled and striped sheep and goats portion of tribulation, would be the most evil time the church has ever seen, ever will see, right before the five virgins with jars of oil rapture. More on this prophecy later, . This seven year period would also be a tribulation period and time of great temptation for the raptured Saints before they are raptured, five virgins with jars of oil. This will the greatest harvest awakening on earth for the five virgins without jars of oil. Upon realization they just missed the rapture they will immediately go to their bibles and read the prophetic books and prophecy they rejected when they refused to wake up and put on their garments for the coming Bridegroom, J-sus Chr-st. The virgins without jars of oil are the ones that refused to come to the party in the parable before the message was taken to the streets. They are also the ones that lived in the rich countries refusing to help their brothers and sisters all over the world being martyred in the Islamic and Communistic countries. According to the Ten Virgin Prophecy only 50% of the world's Christians will be counted worthy to escape the last six year tribulation period. This 50% will mostly be the 3rd world countries where the real Christians are, where martyrs are, not the legalistic back biting back stabbing denominational building Christians of mostly protestant origins. For they are missing something that can only be fixed in the fire of tribulation, G-d's furnace of purification, they are missing G-d's true love, they are missing G-d's words in their heart, they are missing the oil that keeps their hearts soft and malleable, they only have man's words in their hearts. There was also a six year period when Jacob wanted to leave but Laban begged Jacob to stay because Jacob had made Laban so wealthy, so, Jacob agreed and made a deal with Laban to work for spotted, striped and brown colored sheep, blemished sheep, as pay during this six year period. Laban allowed this deal because he did not consider these blemished sheep and herds valuable or common. But all are blemished and in a fallen state and G-d knows this. Jacob could keep as payment All spotted, striped and blemished sheep & goats from Laban to shepherd for Laban. Laban & sons later complained that Jacob tricked them and took the whole flock, Genesis 31:1-3. All three periods require great patients on the part of the Saints, that they won't have their rewards stolen by those that steal. So there are three, (really they are just one twenty year period), tribulation periods, one of the pre-tribulational church, the other for the tribulation saints, and the first six year period of great prosperity for the Saints, all followers of G-d. 2.) Rachel is a typecast of the Jewish bride, her older sister a typecast of the Gentile bride. So the bride God picked first became last, and the one picked last became first. 3.) Jacob is a typecast of Jesus Christ. To understand what G-d will do during tribulation and how long tribulation will be we must study the Time of Jacob's Trouble, a twenty year period, this is the key to Time of the End Prophecy. Jacob redeemed Rachel and Leah from slavery to Laban just as Chr-st will redeem his two brides, the originally intended one, Israel, and the other bride, Christianity from slavery to Lucifer. The family of Laban were a family of idol worshippers. Jacob selected them just like G-d selected the Jewish people, by default because someone had to be first and rejected, and later the Gentile people, Christianity, by default so no one could say they were better then the other and brag. For it was in about the seventeenth year that Rachel's womb was finally opened up by the Lord and this is the time. Chr-st spoke of as a time of great distress like no other like a woman in labor. Rachel died giving birth to her second kid, Benjamin, it appears in around the twenteeith year of the Time of Jacob's Trouble when they were still on their way back. We are all undeserving, blemished with stripes and spots and dirty colored brown souls. During the last six years Jacob becomes wealthy by receiving many sheep and goats blemished with speckles & spots, Genesis 31:1-3. 4.) Laban is a typecast of Satan. Laban thinks he is crafty by tricking Jacob for fourteen years, but, in the end Jacob leaves with great wealth. Laban keeps all the sheep considered good by the world's standards. Laban tries to stop Jacob from leaving in the middle of the night. This means that during both tribulations God's people will have trouble cutting their ties with the world, just like Jacob struggled leaving the world behind, leaving uncle Laban and sons behind. So do you think we are in tribulation right now? How long can the world survive Nuclear Proliferment? How long do you think tribulation will be? What is your scriptural evidence for what you believe?

The Fig Tree Prophecy, The Last Generation

Luke 21:5-36 NIV

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The Fig Tree Prophecy

According to the fig tree prophecy there are five things a person must understand to comprehend this important prophecy. My commentary is in blue, I hope you enjoy this. Please comment after you read it, thankyou. Here's Luke 21:6-36, NIV.

Signs of the End of the Age

5Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, 6"As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down."

7"Teacher," they asked, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"

8He replied: "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them. 9When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away."

10Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

Verse 9-10-The end will not come right away. Chr-st is teaching us that there will be some time before these things he is speaking of, before the time of the end, specifically thousands of years. Christ is prophesying about Communism, Lenin & Stalin, WW1, WW2 and the many wars since including when the Locust like Islamic radicalism re-awakened right after the Yom Kipper war in 1974.

12"But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. 13This will result in your being witnesses to them. 14But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. 15For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. 16You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. 17All men will hate you because of me. 18But not a hair of your head will perish. 19By standing firm you will gain life.

Verses -12-19- But before all this, These verses prophesy about those first millions of Christians starting with the disciples first, that will be thrown to the lions, tortured, tied up and taken where they do not wish to go. They will be given new derogatory name repeated by many of that time, Nero himself, a great false witness blaming them of all the fires of Rome breaking the 9th commandment, he being emperor of Rome, quoted by Josephus the historian, as calling them that scourge of a name, "Those Christians!"-literal translation--"Those Chr-st followers!"

20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Jerusalem will be trampled on till the time of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Jerusalem in G-d's eyes is the same as Israel. This prophecy was fulfilled in 1948 when Israel became a nation. From 1948 on half of Jerusalem was controlled by Israel. This began fulfillment of this prophecy. Israel took all of Jerusalem in the 1967 six day war.

25"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

All these extreme weather patterns, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes and roaring of the seas all over the world. We are to look up for our redemption is near! We are to get dressed and put on our wedding garments for judgment is near!

29He told them this parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

To understand this we are to look at all the trees when they are sprouting leaves and fruit. We never know exactly what day spring starts. But a day will come when the great angels harvest the fruit of the earth separating it from the chaff throwing the chaff in the lake of fire, eternal damnation. This day for simplicity sake we will call Judgment day, Lord's Day, Day of Wrath, Second Coming, Rapture, The Time of Jacob's Trouble, Millennial day of rest for some, others a second death in the lake of fire. The calendars tell us a day, but it might be a late spring or an early spring, each year is different. But we have a feeling when spring is near and this is all we know. Something is coming, something very big, something very overwhelming. No one can stop this time from coming, not the president of the United States, the greatest book author or the most famous Hollywood movie star.

32"I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

J-sus Chr-st telling the truth. We had better listen. The generation that sees Israel become a nation again will not pass away and will actually see the Day of the Lord, Second Coming, Rapture, Judgment of Mankind. Chr-st's words will never pass away. This last generation will live seventy years, according to Moses, Psalms 90:10.

34"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

We are to watch and pray always about the Second Coming, Rapture, and when it will occur. We are to always pray we are counted worthy. This insinuates many will think they are worthy but will not be counted worthy. A G-dly man will watch for the end and be ready!

Five Things To Understand The Fig Tree Prophecy

A.) Jerusalem will be trampled on by the gentiles until the time of the gentiles are fulfilled, Luke 21:24.

B.) This generation will not pass away until the Day of the Lord has occurred, Luke 21:32.

C.) The length of time this last generation will live will be seventy years, eighty if lucky before flying away being raptured, taken away, Moses, Psalms 90:10.

D.) Be always watching, always praying that you are able to escape these things, Luke 21:36.

E.) When you see these things happening you will know the kingdom of God is

near, Luke 21:31.

Okay now here's additional comments to understand this section prophetically. Verse 12 -halfway through verse 24, starts with "But before all this", Christ is prophesying about the immediate future of the disciples. Verse 24 ends with "They will be taken to all the nations." , They are the nation of Israel and the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by the Romans. This is the same thing Christ is talking about in verse six when he says not one stone will be left on a stone, every one of them will be thrown down. Verse 8-10 is general information on false prophets and also WW1,2 &3 and all the wars in the last 100 years involving the United Nations. The second half of verse 24 all the way to verse 36 are the key verses to understand the Fig Tree Prophecy.

Are there any comments? Anything someone would like to add?

American Prophecies, Her Fall & The Fig Tree Prophecy

(Revelation 17:1-18:24)

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This post is only for those of you who believe in the fig tree prophecy. I am interested in your interpretation of scripture. Do you realize that according to G-d each person who owns a bible has been given the ability to illuminate scripture with the assistance of H-ly Sp-rit? Not only does G-d state this he requires you to hold those you place above you in your churches accountable that they do not add to or take away from G-d's words in the holy bible he has given you according to Revelation 22:18-19.

Your interpretation must be backed up with scriptural quotes and you cannot quote other theologians. I am not interested in what this theologian or that teacher taught or said. Please allow H-ly Sp-rit to flow in you. I am only interested in what you led by the Holy Spirit concluded and why. No dogma here. Only real world interpretations. So here it is.

Fig Tree Prophecy Believers Only Please

Read chapter 17 and chapter 18 completely in the book of Revelation. These two chapters speak of the richest nation on earth that falls in one day, one hour, burned by plagues of fire, sulfur and smoke, death, mourning and famine, Revelation 18:8;17:16-17;Isaiah 47:14; sent from G-d through the Beastly Antichrist nations she rides, steers, and bucked off like a steer, a wild Beast, Revelation 18:8;17:16-17; Isaiah 47:14; bucked off in the vast desert of the earth, Revelation 17:3. This nation makes all nations of the earth wealthy because she buys their cargoes of luxurious goods, being the wealthiest nation, Revelation chapter 18:11-13. For Babylon's kingdom never ends till judgment day, Daniel 2:38, which is why we still see a greater Babylon in Revelation 17:5. For G-d reveals the end from the beginning, Isaiah 46:10, so to understand who Babylon the Great is we must go back to the beginning and study the Tower of Babel, Genesis chapter 11. Have you studied the beginning instead of men's words? This nation Revelation is not only the richest nation but is surrounded by more bodies of water then any nation on earth, Revelation 17:1; 17:15, but a different kind of Babylon without a king, Isaiah 47:1, also being a long coming descendant of Babylon called the daughter of Babylon, Isaiah 47:1, for she will not cover the earth with her cities because her nakedness will be exposed, Isaiah 47:3, and because of the heavy yoke she lays on the elderly, Isaiah 47:7, a calamity will fall on her she cannot ward off by paying a ransom Isaiah 47:11, and she will be a nation that takes many drugs, (sorceries), Isaiah 47:9. Many of G-d's followers including Apostle John will not believe this so the angel scolds John to wake up, Revelation 17:7, because John was very astonished. As Mama Sia Mother Prostitute she teaches other nations how to become wealthy like her so one of the seven angels calls her , "Mother Of Prostitutes And Of The Abominations Of The Earth." She is also called the Mother of abominations of the earth. After she falls the bridegroom and bride will never be heard in her again, Revelation 18:23. She will be defeated by a group of nations like her, Jeremiah 50:44-45. These nations are Iran, Russia and Islamic nations, Jeremiah 51:27-28. G-d brings judgment in one day one hour, Revelation 18:8 because he cannot save her because G-d would have healed her but they cannot, Jeremiah 51:8-9, so G-d sends plagues to her to fall in one day one hour, plagues of fire, sulfur and smoke, sent by the four angels released just east of the great river Euphrates, which today is Iraq and Iran, Revelation 9:14-15; Isaiah 47:14; also the same place where the Antichrist and False prophet come from, 16:12-16. This judgment upon this richest country will cause all her cities and towers to fall and G-d will send the greatest earthquake the world has ever seen to her, so great will this earthquake be that this great rich nation will dived into three parts Revelation 16:19, and all her islands of the earth will disappear when all her mountains fall in the sea, Revelation 16:20. She will receive a plague of 100 pound hailstones but her people will still curse G-d because the plague was so terrible. For she will not cover the earth with her cities since G-d has a different plan, Isaiah 14:21. This nation will be around during the last generation according to a large portion of the book of Revelation.

Since you believe we are the last generation what nation is this?

I'll give you a hint. The beast she is riding is not her. Here's both chapters 17 & 18 NIV.

Revelation 17:1-18 NIV

The Woman and the Beast

The name of this chapter by the NIV translators is not considered translation, but commentary. This name really is not accurate to the chapter so I have come up with a more appropriate name.

The Richest Country on Earth

Riding the Antichrist Beast

1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. 2With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries."

3Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. 5This title was written on her forehead:
MYSTERY
BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. 7Then the angel said to me: "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns. 8The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come.

9"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. 10They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while. 11The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

12"The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers."

15Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. 16The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are fulfilled. 18The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."

Revelation 18:1-24 NIV

1After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2With a mighty voice he shouted:
"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home for demons
and a haunt for every evil spirit,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
3For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."

4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
"Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Mix her a double portion from her own cup.
7Give her as much torture and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
'I sit as queen; I am not a widow,
and I will never mourn.'
8Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

9"When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:
" 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
O Babylon, city of power!
In one hour your doom has come!'

11"The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more— 12cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.

14"They will say, 'The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.' 15The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn 16and cry out:
" 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
17In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!'

"Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. 18When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?' 19They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:
" 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
where all who had ships on the sea
became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!
20Rejoice over her, O heaven!
Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets!
God has judged her for the way she treated you.' "

21Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:
"With such violence
the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,
never to be found again.
22The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters,
will never be heard in you again.
No workman of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again.
23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
Your merchants were the world's great men.
By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
24In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints,
and of all who have been killed on the earth."

So here are my questions for you.

1.) What nation or city on earth is Babylon the Great and what is your scriptural support?

You can only quote scripture for supporting evidence. No quotes of theologians, or past theologians, scriptures only please. No hate speech please and no accusing of the different sects in Christianity in the body of Chr-st. Only nations or cities that fulfill being Babylon the great with the scriptural evidence.

2.) Revelation 17:1 says this Mother of prostitutes sits on many waters. What nation or city sits on more waters than any city or nation on earth?

3.) Who are the beast nations having seven heads and ten horns the woman sits on and why? What is your scriptural evidence?

4.) How does she fall in one day and one hour & what is your scriptural evidence?

5.) Revelation 18:23 states the voice of the bridegroom and bride will never be heard in her again. Who is this voice and bridegroom and why will they never be heard in her again?

6.) Read Genesis chapter 11 on the fall of the Tower of Babel. The last time God judged the earth was with Noah and his family. Then the next thing that happened after judgment by water was the tower of Babel. What mirror image do you see in the tower of Babel in what happened there versus the characteristics of the end of Revelation when it talks about the fall of Babylon the Great? In other words opposite. I cannot say anything more or I will be giving it away.

7.) Why do the merchants & ship captains of the earth weep and who are they?

8.) Read Revelation 16:18-19. What do the scriptures say happens to this great city nation? Why does G-d do this to this nation and what is your scriptural support?

9.) Read Revelation chapter 21. What great city does God bring out of heaven to replace the great city God just judged? What is the size of this great city and how many nations on earth are bigger than the city God built?

I am interested in your comments and interpretations. Please people stay focused on things we are talking about only. Please do not deviate off the issue.

only interested in what you and the Holy Spirit concluded and why. No dogma here. Only real world interpretations. So here it is.

The Race To Christ

The Race to Christ

The Race Won By Staying In the Race
The Race of Endurance
Get Back up And Get In the Race, Proverbs 24:16
Jesse Owens Visual by www.PDImages.com
A friend of mine once stated he had a dream in which he was running from his past and couldn't get away from it.

We are all are running from our past as sinners. I am, you are if you are saved, and, so were all the great men & women of the bible.

Some people have sins in a secret past no one knows about and some have sins on the outside where everyone can see, but all people have sin, no one is righteous, not one more then another.

Many Christians have a past they're running away from, and G-d says "That is okay." It is okay to run from our former selves after repenting. Moses did this after he killed the Egyptian for beating a former slave, he ran until he met G-d, Exodus 2:11-12,3:1-6. Moses was counted righteous for it and G-d forgot his sin forever and ever. For in G-d's eyes all sin is the same. A former killer like Moses or an aduterer like the Samaritan woman at the well whom had five husbands and living not married to the sixth man, John 4:1-26, these sins are the same as a liar that breaks the smallest point of the law, all people sin and have broken the law needing salvation after repentance by pure grace, Romans 3:10, and our righteous acts are like filthy rags, Isaiah 64:6, and through one man many will be made righteous, Romans 5:19, this one man is also J-sus Chr-st and G-d in the flesh, the word, John 3:16, John 1:1-18, and the righteous shall be righteous not by church rules, regulations, but the pure grace of faith, Galations 3:11, and they overcome sin by the hearing & reading of the word of G-d for this is where faith comes from, Romans 10:17, for faith is how we are saved, Romans 10:9, but faith is also built by prayer, Ephesians 8:16, 1:18-19, and getting up after falling down, Proverbs 24:16, for this race of running to G-d away from sin never ends until the day we die or the day we are raptured, Ecc 9:11, Acts 20:24, 1st Col 9:24, Galations 2:2;5:7, 2nd Titus 4:7, Hebrews 12:1.



Have you stayed in the race or have you fallen and not gotten up yet? How do you overcome sin when you fall? Or do you feel you do not fall? When Peter denied Chr-st two times but not yet the 3rd time, thus hadn't repented yet, hadn't turned yet, do you believe he would have gone to heaven or hell and what is your scriptural support for this? What have been your greatest struggles? Some Christians think they never fall once they are saved. Is this scriptural according to the Pauline Epstles? Why or why not? Some Christians think they never fall once they are saved. They point at their brothers and sisters of different denominations accusing them of not being saved, not following their rules. Is this accusing from G-d or Satan? Have you ever met someone like this? They spend all their effort accusing their brothers and sisters and no effort witnessing to the lost. G-d says we are to pray, repent and get back in the race of pure grace and forgiveness and the following of Him. We are to get up, overcome sin letting Holy regeneration take place becoming metemorphsized into the rightousness G-d intends for each and every one of us. We are to become new creatures. What are your views with scriptural support on regeneration?

How To Awaken Your Soul in Fifteen Weeks

How to awaken your soul for God

We all wish to awaken our souls to God. The question is how. Before we can explore how we must first ask ourselves if we really wish to be awoken. When God’s people become awoken during the last generation they become prophets of God.

There are two main characteristics that prophets of God exhibit by the studying of the scriptures, one being that a prophet interprets the current times to the church or God’s people according to what God is doing to that generation at that time. Another characteristic is telling the future through visions given by angels or God.
These visions must not contradict the word of God or they’re from a dark angel, or, the prophet’s imagination. Most of god’s prophets do both of these at the same time, here they are.
God’s Prophets

1) Absorb word thoroughly, fast, prayer then tell future &

2) Interpret current times according to what God is doing

This is the most current accepted definition by most current and past theologians. In order to understand this properly we must also define false prophets. Here it is.

False Prophets

1) Tell people what they think is the future (but is really their imagination), never going to God’s word or testing God’s word with what some past theologian’s claim.

2) Interpret current times according to what man thinks God is doing.

3) One thing they all seem to have in common is their unwillingness to open the
bible and read whether alone or with someone else.

It is important to note that many times a false prophet could have a lot of correct information.

For example: During the pre-birth days of the Messiah Jesus Christ there were many false prophets who knew and spoke of the coming birth of the Messiah, King Herod for one, that wanted to kill him. So these false prophets also had a lot of truth mixed with false hoods. They knew of the birth of the coming Christ and knew more than what I would call the fence-sitters who had no desire to know of the spiritual matters. So these fence-sitters were the ones in the middle. They were not hot for God, neither cold, but in the middle area of lukewarm/cold.

It is only God’s prophets and false prophets that have some truth, or mixed truth with what they say.

God’s prophets have 100% truth and false prophets have less than 100% truth. It is important to know that although the false prophets have less than 100% truth they still have more insight than someone who is not a prophet at all. These false prophets could appear to someone who doesn’t know the truth as a prophet from God. So what is it that we as God followers are to do?

Read the Instruction Manual

I’m not trying to sound coy or cutesy. I am dead serious. There are certain parts of the bible I would start with first for those of you with limited understanding of God’s Word. I would start reading God’s word in this order. These are weekly assignments, and here’s fifteen weeks worth. This is like spiritual boot camp. You get through these fifteen you will be blessed of God! May your soul awaken!
1) Adam and Eve and the fall of man, chapters1-3 Proverbs.

2) Romans all have sinned, Jacob and his twelve sons.

3) Romans salvation by faith, John 3:16, Sinners prayer.

4) Read whole book of Galatians.

5) Read gospel of John, 22 &23rd Psalm.

6) Read story of Noah and Noah’s ark, and book of Matthew.

7) Read Thessolonians 1& 2, Jude, and the Nephilim before Noah’s ark and mist from ground and vegetarianism.

8) Read Abraham and Isaac, nephew Lot and Sodom and Gommorah.

9) Read whole book of Jonah.

10) Read Revelations and seven angels and seven lamps (churches).

11) Read book of Job, Psalm 47&48, 110 & 111.

12) Read Book of Acts three times.

13) Moses and the promised land and the ten commandments and 40 years in wilderness.

14) Book of Luke three times.

15) Read entire Book of Revelation.

Now for the more advanced students who wish to be used as prophets for God!

Everything is there for you to be awakened from God. You see God’s comparison to the church in the time right before he comes constantly typecasts the church as sleeping or not awake. What does this mean to those of you who desire to follow God and know what God is doing in your life today? It means you no longer need a preacher to interpret scripture or show you the way to God, unless you can’t read or something like that. Let’s explore the scriptures that say the church is not awake or sleeping right before God comes to mankind again. They are as follows:

The Parable of the Ten Virgins, Matthew 25:1-13.


Garden of Gethsemane, Matthew 26:36-46


Psalm 17:15


Proverbs 7:22


Ephesians 5:14

The Judaisers oppose Paul and Peter

Assignment
Who are the Judaisers?
Read Book Galations
Read Book Acts
Peter's vision of blanket
Colossians Chapter 2
1st Cor 9:20
The Resurrection Body

The Coming Rapture

The Coming Rapture Beautiful artwork by MeeLee Lee
who has two Masters degrees in textile art
Wool hand dyed and weaved on an five foot loom
This work of art a huge is a huge 49" x 50" and took
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Calvary
Miniture of fabrics
3" x 3 "
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The Coming Rapture


assignment
Read 1st Thessalonians (only three pages)
Psalm 90
2 Peter
Jude 14-16
Revelation Chapter 4
1st Corinthians 15:35-58

The Parents and Brothers of Christ

Who were the parents and brothers of Christ? What do the scriptures tell us of them? Were they aware this Jesus of theirs was to be crucified? Did they understand the full implication of his role as God in the flesh?
Read Matthew chapter 12 first.
In the book of Matthew chapter 12 it starts out with those famous foes of Christ the Pharisees complaining to Christ about his decipiles picking heads of grain and eating them on the Sabbath since they were hungry. In the next scene we see that the Pharisees are upset that he is healing a man's shrivelled hand on the Sabbath, so upset they are plotting to kill him already. Next they are seen accusing Christ of being related to the demon Beelzebub because he was able to drive out demons. This all leads up to the last two paragraphs in chapter 12 titled Jesus' Mother and Brothers.

Here's the NIV Matthew 12:46-50
46 While Jesus was still talkin to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak with you."

48 He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" 49 Pointing to his decipiles, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 13:53-58 illuminates Christ's family more.

13:53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.54 Coming to his hometown, he began teaching people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked.55 "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brother's James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?56 Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"
57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor."

Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles in cognito
John 7:1-52 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.2 But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near,3 Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles that you do.4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

6 Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not come; for you any time is right.7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.8 You go to the feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not het come."9 Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.11 Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for him and asking, "Where is that man?"12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good man."

Others replied, "No, he decieves the people."13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

14 Not until half way through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.15 The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"

16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; There is nothing false about him.19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

20 "You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"

21 Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all astonished.22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath.23 Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry at me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?24 Stop judging by mere appearance, and make a right judgement."

Assignment
This article coming soon
Read John Chapter 7 , 19:25
Find out who wrote the books of
James an Jude
Mark 2:23-3:35, 6:3
Galations 2:11-13
Psalm 69:8
Acts 1:14

Phariseeism and The Fall of Adam and Eve

When we study what the scriptures tell us about what happenned in the beginning with Adam & Eve, God & Satan, we can learn about ourselves. When we study what the scriptures tell us it is almost like mankind is looking into a mirror that God is holding up so we may see our reflection of who we are, and it is sad.

Man is told in Genesis 2:16 as follows. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." 18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Genesis 3:1-2 tells us what Satan and Eve tell us right before the fall in the Garden of Eden. Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" 2The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat from the trees in the garden, 3but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

3"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and eat it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

In order to properly analize these scriptures, first, we must take note of some basic facts and list them.

1.) Verse 6 says Adam and Eve were both together when Satan was talking to Eve.

2.) Adam never spoke up and corrected Eve, he was passive.

3.) Adam never correctly taught Eve word for word what God said in 2:16 for Eve had not been created until afterwards when God caused man to fall into a deep sleep in 2:21
(compare 2:16 with 3:2).

4.) The woman said that God said you may not touch the fruit or you will die, God never said that.

5.) 3:13 The woman says the serpent decieved her before she ate it.

The man lied when he blamed the woman, for he was standing right there listening to Satan not speaking up to prevent Eve from eating the fruit, he was passive because he also wanted to eat it to. They fell in sin at the same time together, not seperate incidences where she took it, ate it, then took it somewhere else to him where he was. He was with her and they fell in sin together.

Verse 3:6 appears to say Eve and Adam inspected the fruit first possibly touching it and holding it allowing Satan to call God a lier saying it was good for wisdom and good to eat.

What can we learn from all this?

God's words are holy, and, we must cling to them with our very life. One word out of place and Satan can use God's words against us.

Mankind always wants to add rules and regulation to God's words. We are no different than legislature and congressmen. We keep wanting to add man's words to God's words. Eve told Satan in 3:2 "and you must not touch it, or you will die."

God never said this. Look closely at 2:17 again. God only said you cannot eat it. I believe Satan did decieve them into eating it by throwing the fruit at them and they accidenly caught it, maybe. It appears they were decieved like Eve said in 3:13.

So they were decieved because they did'nt cling to every word God spoke like their life depended on it. They were also decieved because they were adding their own words to God's words from the very beginning. Jesus Christ called this Phariseeism and even compared it to yeast in bread. For Christ warned to beware of the yeast of the pharisees, (Matthew 16:5-12) for it puffs up the bread with nothing.

For God's people have had this problem since the beginning of time. Man always want to help God, but cannot. We can only follow God for God has no equel and we are like nothing.

Selah (meditate on this).

Christ, teller of riddles and parables

Why did Christ speak parables or riddles everywhere he went? Because this is what God does and has done from the beginning of time, (Matthew 13:34).

Christ was a teller of riddles or parables. If you were able to solve his riddles or parables you were able to get closer to God, to receive a special insight that no one else could understand because they were unwilling to put the effort forth required to get closer to God, to understand God, to solve the riddle.

So God speaks to us in riddles so that we may know the secrets of the Kingdom of God if we solve them, (Luke 8:9-10). So to be a good disciple you must follow God and be a good solver of God's puzzles, riddles and parables.

For the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven is for the disciples and the unsolved parables are for the ones who are spiritually blind and deaf. This means if we are a follower of God we will take these parables serious and solve them. This also means if we are a follower of God we will be able to explain the meaning of the parables to others
(Luke 8:9-10).

For many, some of Christ's last words on the cross was a riddle, here it is in Matthew 27:46 as follows: About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"

Christ's Last Sermon
Even when our savior was on the cross he was ministering to his lost sheep and trying to show us how to come to God the Father, through him.
This is first and foremost a question we must ask ourselves and solve as a parable for everywhere Christ went he spoke parables -go to my blog by clicking on the link above and go to my sermon called Christ, teller of riddles and parables. So, we ask ourselves why did Christ say this on the cross.

I've heard some preachers say he questioned himself, his very mission. I believe this is ignorance of our preachers at the highest levels. Christ was God in the flesh, the Son. How can he question God the father, who is part of him, the trinity of God.

So, the only other solution is that Christ was saying it because he knew there were some disciples listening (reporters) that were going to eventually write this down in one of the gospels, for mankind to read later. In other words Christ was preaching by telling a parable that if we were to solve it we would be blessed.

So, back to the original question, why? We must all ask why, why did God the father forsake God the son?

Because God loves us so much he gave his only begotten son, that's why. God loves us so, that's why. God could have sent legions of angels down to protect his only son, Jesus, to rescue Jesus, because Jesus was innocent of all charges, Christ had no blemishes, no sins, he was a perfect offering as first fruits of the wave offering to rise again for all of us who follow him. That's the first reason why.

The second reason why, is Christ was fulfilling prophesy. Psalm 22:1 prophesied the Messiah would say this. Here's how it reads:
Psalm22:1 NIV 1 My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?


For once the riddle is solved it no longer is a riddle but a precious gem, like, after being found the owner thought it was an old rock, but after extensive work dusting, cleaning and chipping it, rounding off sharp edges here and there, then polishing it on a wheel for many hours he discovers suprisingly a huge valuable gemstone was underneath all the dirt and granite. So valuable was this gemstone the owner sold it immediately allowing him to retire and spend everyday with his family having fun.

For everyone who does evil hates to riddles staying in darkness, since, it takes so much time to come into the light and those who do solve the riddles do only good deeds with hard work so they come into the light showing God the deeds they are doing, (John :3:19-21).

Selah (meditate on this).

The land Of Moses

Have you ever wondered how the stories of God were passed down from generation to generation before Moses was writing them down? The first five books of the old testament were by tradition written by Moses. We know Moses only wrote what God breathed through him but my point is that a lot before moses were accurated stories passed from generation to generation ultimately from Adam and Eve.

My point is that people lived much longer back then. This was because there was less disease and people lived long, I mean real long. Theologian theorise that there was no rain before Noah and the earth was enveloped in a canopy of water and mist that came up from the ground. because people were more protected from the sun by this canopy and that it didn't rain as much people lived much longer. Also because man was closer to when God had created them, perfect in the Garden of Eden and all, a place where there were no colds or disease or sin, people, naturally lived longer. We know this by scripture. Here are some facts you might find interesting. Anybody can look up this information themselves, it's all in the book of Genesis.


Adam lived 930 years.

Seth, Adam's son was born 130 years after the "fall" and lived 912 years.

Noah was born 126 years after Adam died and only 14 years after Seth died.

Enosh, Adam's grandson lived 815 years and died only 6 years before Noah was born.

Seth, Adam's son died only 14 years before Noah was born.

Methuselah lived 969 years and lived during the last 56 years of Adam's life. He also lived during the first six hundred years of Noah's life. Methhuselah may have seen judgement of the flood even though he probably knew Adam for 56 years.

Methuselah also watched his father Enoch walk with God the first 300 years of his life, then get
raptured to God. This Enoch was also Noahs great grandfather.

Noah was born when Methuselah was 369 years old.

Noah was around 500 years old when he began building the ark.

Noah was around 600 years old when the floods came.

Noah's father Lamech died 5 years before the flood.

Genesis chapter 5:30 says Noah's father Lamech had many other sons and daughters other than Noah.

This means Noah most likely had brothers and sisters lost in the flood!

When Noah's sons covered his nakedness from the wine they were over one hundred years old.

Noah lived 58 years after Abram (Abraham) was born.

Shem, Noah's son lived 402 years after the flood or 210 years after Abram was born or 35 years after Abraham's death.

Shem, Noah's son lived for 135 years after Issaic was born.

So this is how the trdition of passing God's word from generation to generation was so accurate, finally getting to Moses.

I hope you have enjoyed this!

Perhaps You Will Succeed President Bush, Perhaps You Will Cause Terror

Mystery, Babylon The Great, Mother of Prostitutes, and of the Abominations of The Earth, (Revelation 17:5) is prophesied by all the prophets of God to fall in one hour, (Revelation 18:17) one day from the prophesied enemies of Persia, (according to the CIA book of facts Iran was called by the world until 1938), Medes, ( Bible dictionary says the land of NW tip of Iran, also above that area in the Caucasus mountains NE of oil rich Caspian Sea area where Islamic chechneans are fighting for independence), Ararat, Minni, Ashkenaz, (Armenians, SE Turkey, NE Syria, Northern Iraq & NW Iran, (Jeremiah 51:27). I believe Russia, (Jeremiah 50:9) can also be put into this category of the Medes since Noah's ark, it is only logical that these Medes, (Jeremiah 51:11) and the Russians were immigrating back and forth over the last four thousand years. It is only logical the Medes probably migrated northward to what is called modern day Moscow which is only 250 miles north. Also, when you look at old old archeological busts of the Medes and their facial features they look exactly like the modern day Russians. This is why the Russians are so close to those in Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria. Their close cousins.

So the current situation in the American political scene is bickering. The republicans complain about the democrats. The republicans say "we will succeed, we have a plan, our plan is to set up a free government". Perhaps you will president Bush, perhaps you will.

The democrats complain also, they complain about the republicans. "Their just creating more terrorists" shout the democrats in their high shrill squeeky tone.

And both sides keep showing us the same tired old commercials over and over, never resolving anything. Our borders are wide open, our leaders indifferent to the plights that all of us work day in and day out paying taxes for there overly inflated salaries on both sides of the isles in congress. No one seems to be consulting God's prophets for advice. I'm afraid it doesn't make much sense to have borders so wide open and unprotected.

God spoke thru the prophet Isaiah 47:12 about Babylon the Great which is America. God says Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.

Iv'e got news for everyone. Look up, for your savior is coming. Look down if unfortunately your king/tyrant is there. God's atonement and redemption is near and the judgement of mankind is coming.

Now here's the strange thing. These seem to be about the same enemies that attack both Israel and Babylon the Great, America. But if you think about it, it is very logical. America would never standby and let a nation like Russia and other Islamic armies attack Israel. We are too close of nations. America is the only nation that has consistantly voted with Israel since at the United Nations since UN recognized nationhood status in 1948. So Russia and these other nations attack both Babylon the Great (America) and Israel with in the same seven year period from the north. It appears scripture says America will be nuked somehow. God will not fight the battle for America for her judgement has already been written and the prophesies already are there. We already know what God does for Israel in this war.
(Ezekiel 38:4-6). Search the scriptures and you will clearly see it is there. First America will fall around 2012 after the rapture. In both attacks it is from the north and in both instances God describes the armies the same way, as a swarming dark cloud of locusts that eat and devoure everything. God stirs up Persia (Iran) from the east, (Isaiah 41:2), notice it also says they use a sword, this sword is Islam.

Seventy Years and then comes judgment

We are surrounded by false preachers, false teachers and false prophets. If this is not the case like many church-goers say, than why don't the preachers read from the bibles when they are teaching? Ohhh you might see them read one sentence or two, if lucky, in a 1 1/2 hour typical church service, but, no real teaching. God has given us a real thick bible of his words to mankind. Why did God give the bible to us? Because man can never be trusted. Any time you have to have someone tell you what certain passages mean and when you look you still don't understand, this is not from God. Why? Because the preacher and teacher is now out of sinc with God's plan for mankind's spiritual growth.

Prophesy is not to be interpreted in symbolic terms. Many times man interprets God's word symbolicly to make the bible say what he wants it to say. Don't you know preachers have been twisting God's word to mean what the preachers want it to say. God is gently teaching man how to become responsable for his own spiritual growth. I can prove it. Why did God give us the bible? Because this was God's intention from the very beginning of time, to have his word impressed upon our hearts. It was God's intention from the beginning for each individual to be responsable to God individually. God gave us the bible even though preachers and teachers in high places tried to prevent us from having them.

Pastors and teachers will be held accountable for what is written in it. Most Christians will also. How many books are there in the bible that you haven't read? Did you know that God tells us the future if we carefully read the scriptures with guidance from the Holy Spirit?

Do you or have you ever heard the fig tree prophesy? This prophesy was given by Christ on the sermon on the mount in the book of Matthew. This prophesy says that once Israel becomes a nation all things will be accomplished in that generation. Israel became a nation in 1948.

According to God in the book of Psalms 90:10 prophesied by Moses the last generation will live seventy years and eighty if lucky. Do you know scientists say mankind has lived this long only the last thirty years? This same psalm says the "a day is like a thousand years in the eyes of God" at the beginning, (Psalm 90:4). This prophesy says that God's people will rise on the third day just like Christ did, (2nd Peter 3:8). Well I've got news for all you Christians that believe all of your false prophet preachers that tickle your ears by stories they make up and tell during church service.

Christ is coming, for all the old testament prophets teach that Israel's desolation would be for seventy years,(Jeremiah 24:11),(Daniel 9:2), (Zechariah 1:12). A peculiar thing is God also says seventy years for Israel's arch enemy Lebenon or Tyre
(Isaiah 23:15). Seventy years God says, seemingly everywhere here and there. What a coincidence there's that seventy years again. Why does God use certain numbers over and over? Some theologians would have you believe that certain numbers are holy to God. This is not true. One number to God is the same as any other. God speaks to those that hear his voice in repetition. Don't you know that seventy years pops up here and there throughout all the prophets in the old testament. Even Daniel talks about seventy years and at the end of chapter nine the angel tells him that Daniels people (Israel) are decreed to finish transgression and atonement for wickedness which leads to everlasting righteousness seventy sevens the angel says. Could it be that God is saying something to us thru this number seventy?

The correct interpretation of Daniel 9:24 is the celebration of the feast of Tabernacles, seventy years of celebrating the yearly feast that lasts for one week.

All current preachers say this means weeks of years or 490 years. Then they pull out this calculater and tell you how this matches Christ's coming as Messiah but you have to subtract this for this reason and add that for that reason, stop, think, do you really thing God speaks to mankind thru mathematical analysis and equations?

No, the Papal system is not part of the antichrist system, for apostle John desribes the antichrist in 1st John 2:22 saying the antichrist will deny that christ is the begotten son or that he's the son of God, God in the flesh. See this link of the Dome of the Rock and the images in the tiles that have been there since it was built. Click here. http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/dome_images/
And here are the references and translations of the inner and outer inscriptions.
Click here. http://www.rippin.ca/history455/dome.htm
The antichrist will say that christ is just a prophet. So the antichrist will deny what the son says or deny the witnesses (apostles) of what Christ said. Does the Papal system do that? No, sure the Papal system has gotten a little off the road with their relics and statues of virgin mary and other saints but they still claim that Christ is the messiah, God in the flesh. They are part of the body of Christ just like all others who profess faith in repentence of Jesus and call on Jesus to save them. Just like any church though those that attend church without procaiming the sinner's creed are not saved by the fact they attend church. (Daniel 11:36-37), says antichrist will show no regard for the God of his fathers, or for the one desired by woman. Christianity and Cathlocism have done only good things for women. It's Islam that has abused women historicly by raping them, marrying them at unheard of young ages like ten years old. This means the religous system he represents will abuse and oppress women. It also says he will honor a God of fortresses. This means he'll believe in having a superior military strength. End of verse 39 says he will distribute land at a price. This means he'll be a conqueror and will devide land at a profit. Islam has done this historicly for thousands of years. They immigrate to a country and when there is enough of a majority they suicide bomb for a while or lob grenades into public areas and churchs. After doing that for a while then they elect leaders, and put pressure politcly to ask for an Islamic country within a country. Kind of like the nation of Islam in America that wants it's own state in America for their people. Another good example would be Pakistan and India. The majority Islam caused a civil war because they wanted their own Islamic country, so Idia rolled over and gave them territory of Pakistan. Now they're doing the same thing again in Kashmir. Muslim kashmir keep bringing suicide bombers in from other islamic countries fighting for Islamic Kashmir wich is really India. The whole process starts all over again. God describes the Islamic religion & people as locusts in the bible. Locusts always show up when the weather has already caused weaknesses in the crops, like too much rain, or too much sun. The locusts always run in packs, they never go away from the group,(Read book of Joel). They always show up all at once almost seemingly overnight , then they feed on everything, someone else has already made or produced. Ever wonder why the Pakistan and India people sound the same? It's because they are the same people. They devide land at a profit. The book of daniel says in the end the antichrist was deviding Israel for a profit. God speaks to us clearly, with no confusion. It's funny these same theologians then conclude that this pope is the antichrist or the false prophet. And the antichrist will be driving some shiny limosene and leader of the European Union, blah blah blah blagh. No, Look in Leviticus chapter 23 and read the feasts of Israel. Notice the feast of tabernacles says Israel once a year is to live in booths for a week to celebrate God taking them out of Egypt to live and dwell with God in booths. This dwelling with beings of heaven signifies living with Christ for the day of rest or 1000 year millineum. This day of rest is for both God and man, to rest and dwell together. For both God and man have been working for the last six thousand years concerning this mankind/sin/satan problem.

Also Christ never went to the feast of Tabernacles in Judea in public for the he was not to be crucified until the passover and the Feast of Tabernacles is five months before. His own brothers (probably James the less and Jude who both wrote books in the bible) reccomended him to go so the Pharisees could see Christ's miracles in Judea where Christ was crucified, (John 7:1-13). Verse 6, Christ tells us that the right time has not yet come.

Christ seems to insinuate a double meaning. One, that Christ's crucifiction must occur on the passover to fulfill the firstfruits wave offering, (1st Corinthians 15:20-23), when He's raised from dead. Second, that the time isn't right to come celebrate the Feast of Taberacles, even though he later attends without the knowledge of his brothers incognito.

The feast of Tabernacles is a yearly celebration required by God to remind Israel that after they were taken out of slavery in Egypt God and Israel dwelled in tents together. (This is for one week per year to live in a booths made of palm branches). Seventy years of this could be described as seventy weeks, or seventy years of weeks. Don't you get it? 70 years plus 1948 equels the year around 2018. 2018 minus a 7 year tribulation is an around 2012 or 2011 rapture date.

Remember Christ said the second coming would be just like the days of Noah. People would be eating and drinking and marrying. In otherwords life would have them distracted from the really important things. How about you brothers and sisters, does life have you distracted from God?

Selah, (meditate on this).