APOCALYPSE
NOW
"The
angel said to me, 'These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of
the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that
must soon take place.'" (Revelation 22:6)
“Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this
book,” (Revelation 1:3) "Be vigilant, watch and pray: for
you do no know when that time is," (Mark13:33)
The
time of the end is drawing near. The Apostles believed that they were living in
the last days. How must more are we? We have seen more prophetic fulfillment of
the end times in our time that in any other time. As every
moment passes the end is that much closer. The bible says that there will be a
tribulation like no one has ever heard that will last for seven whole years, the
first three and a half are pretty mild however the last three and a half will be
painful. This is the time of the abomination of desolation, the time of Jacobs
sorrows, when the wrath of God is poured out upon the devil, the anti-Christ,
the beast and all those who choose to take the mark of the beast and follow him.
The question that I have heard from many does the person that fills the shoes of
the anti-Christ get a reward for fulfilling his purpose. No, that is the sickest
thing I heard. The bible says that Gods fiery wrath will be poured out upon the
wicked soul that has so soled out himself that he is totally the devils. We as
the church must arise in righteousness and let the Lord come with healing in His
wings to prepare us and awaken us, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Matthew
tells us that when we see the signs of the times that we know the end is near
and that we must prepare for the coming of Christ.
"And when these things begin to
come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draws near," (Luke 21:28)
The Signs of the times
- 1948 Israel restored as a Nation, (Jeremiah 16:15;
30:1-3;Joel 1:7)
- Wars and Rumors of Wars, (Matthew 24;1-13)
- The Rise of the Soviet Union, (Ezekiel 38:39)
- The Rise of the European Union, (Dan 2; 7; 8; 11; Rev
12-13)
- The Rise of China/The Power From The East
- Desert Storm/Saddam Hussein/Babylon The Great
- Finding a Red Heifer & Plans to Restore the
Temple, (2 Thes 2:4)
- The United Nations, (Daniel 7:23)
- Ecumenicalism, (Rev 13:14-15)
- The World Bank, (Rev 13:17)
- The Rise of Democracy/The Iron and Clay Feet
- The Increase of Natural Disasters - Earth Quakes,
Pestilence, Famines & Fearful Sights from Heaven
- Perilous Times - the Rising
Tide of Senseless Violence, (1 Tim 4:1)
- False Christ's, False Prophets & False Doctrines
- Gospel Preached & Published Globally, (Matt
24:14; Acts 3:24)
- The Love of Many Waxing Cold
The Great Tribulation
"For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall
be," (Matthew 24:21-22). "There
shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time," (Daniel 12:1).
"The time of Jacobs trouble,"
(Jeremiah 30:7). "The day of calamity," (Deuteronomy
32:35). "The day of vengeance," (Isaiah 61:2). "A time of
trouble," (Daniel12:1). "The day of wrath," (Zephaniah 1:15). The
Tribulation Unraveled
Here is a
chronological time line of the events that will occur during the great tribulation.
- The Church is Rapture/Gathered to the marriage feast of
the lamb and the Bema judgment for seven years, (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; Revelation
4:1-2)
- The anti-Christ then signs a seven year peace
treaty with Israel, (Daniel 9:27)
- The First Four Seals are opened up,
the anti-Christ is revealed, a terrible global war breaks out, famine and
inflation occur as a result. One forth of all living things die whether by nuclear fall
out, pollution or simply the massive casualties of this world war, (Revelation
6:1-8)
- We see the saints who are getting saved
under the ministry of the 144,000 saved Jews, martyred. An
unfathomable amount of people who receive Christ are martyred by the government
leader and the harlot, the false religious system, (Revelation 6:9-11)
- The wrath of God is shown through
mighty earth quakes and the seven trumpet judgments. During this time, the seventh trumpet
is blown causing one third of all vegetation to be destroyed by hail, fire and blood,
a third of the seas and rivers ruined, one
third less light from the sun, stars and moon causing an increase of darkness upon
the earth. At this point there is a release of horrific creatures of
destruction and demonic horsemen will kill one third of the people. By
this point of the tribulation 50%
of the world population is destroyed by this point, (Revelation 6:12-11:15)
- The two prophets who prophesy 1,260
days they have tremendous authority and power to bring about judgment, (Revelation
11:3-14)
- We see the destruction
of the great harlot, the Babylon's false religious system. This false
religion will merge
all the religions of the world into one religion during the first part of
the tribulation after the church is raptured at the beginning of the
tribulation. This system is so powerful that it will rule over both the
anti-Christ (the beast) and the ten rulers at that time. At the mid point of
the Tribulation they will turn on her and kill her. During this battle the
anti-Christ receives a deadly wound the devil is thrown out of heaven and
literally enters the anti-Christ's body and resurrects him to a new and even
more vicious life. The anti-Christ, the devil incarnate will literally force
everyone to worship him except those whose names are in the lambs book of
life. Then the False Prophet will replace the slain religious system and
demand that the people to worship the anti-Christ and his image or be killed. Everyone
will be compelled to display the mark of the beast, 666, in order to work,
eat, buy and sell, (Revelation 13:1-18; 17:1-18)
- In response to this we see the wrath of God
poured out on those who accept the mark of the beast through giant sores
breaking out, all the water turns to blood, the sun becomes excessively hot
then darkness will engulf the earth, lying spirits will go out and deceive
the leaders of the world, enormous hailstones kill many and ends with
the destruction of the commercial and governmental Babylon, the New World
Order for which man has yearned for since his rebellion at Babylon, (Revelations 16:1-
18:24)
- The Great Tribulation ends with
the final judgment and the wrath of God cleansing the earth during the
Glorious Appearing of Christ with the pre-tribulation saints and angels in Power and Great Glory as King of Kings and
Lord of Lord to establish His millennial reign, (Revelation 19:11-21)
The One World Government/The U.N.
"The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole
earth, trampling it down and crushing it." (Daniel 7:23)
"And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and
nation." (Revelation 13:7)
The One World Monetary System/The World
Bank
"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that
no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name" (Revelation 13:16-17).
The One World religion
"...he deceived the inhabitants of the earth.
He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet
lived. He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed." (Revelation 13:14-15)
The Abomination of Desolation
"Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come
until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is
worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God" (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
During the
tribulations the anti-Christ will stand up in the temple of God and try to get
all of creation to worship God proclaiming himself to be God. He will demand
that everyone worship him and his image and if they do not worship him, those
who refuse to worship Him will be beheaded.
European Super-State/The Revived Roman Empire
"Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron--for iron breaks and smashes everything--and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom" (Daniel
2:40-41).
The Nations Of The World Will Attack Israel
"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 38:8-9)
The Temple Shall Be Rebuilt
"Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's
temple, proclaiming himself to be God" (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
The
Mark Of The Beast
"And he causeth
all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred and
Sixty Six," (Revelation 13:16-18) "And
the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with
brimstone." (Revelation 19:20) "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand
years." (Revelation 20:4)
Many have heard of the dreaded mark of the beast and the number Six Six Six.
However fictional they may sound they are real events that will take place in
real life. Right now the technology is being developed to be able to track
anyone anywhere with there cell phones, smart cards, identification chips,
etcetera... All over the world governments involved in the United Nations are
testing out such technology. This may sound like fodder for a Sci-Fi novel but
it is real. Personal Id and Tracking research is being done all over the world.
Here are a few smart card projects from around the world:
- Europe is trying the international e-purse card by
Euro-Pay International called Clip. They plan to create a smart card
that will include an e-purse, debit and credit functions, loyalty programs, electronic ticketing and access control to computer networks.
France has already has 37 million smart bank cards in use.
- In the USA, American Express' Blue credit card is the first nationwide
attempt to use a smart card in the United States. The magnetic stripe on the card stores the credit application and the chip stores the cardholder's digital identification.
Alien Invasion
"And as it was in the days of
Noah, so
shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man," (Luke 17:26).
Genesis 6:4 "The Nephilim were in the
earth in those days, and also after that, when the
sons of God (Beno Elohim) came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children
to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown."
There are
aliens among us. We Christians are aliens and sojourners in this land, our home
is heaven and we are just passing through this life to the next. God the Father, Jesus, Angels and
Demons are the only kind of extraterrestrial beings out there. God created man
as a special, central work of is attention and creation and God has given him
the blue print for life. The word of God talks about life, creation, salvation
and the universe. Scripture speaks of beings of light coming from another realm
to visit people; the angels coming down from heaven to speak the words of God or
fallen angels trying to mislead by deceptive words. It is interesting that there
is an intensification of interest with extraterrestrial beings and the supernatural
in the times we live in. That is why Jesus said in the last days it will be like
the days of Noah, their will be a manifestation of the Sons of God, the Beno
Elohim. It is important to understand what the Hebrew words Beno Elohim which
translates Sons of God was used to denote in the Old Testament. In the Old
Testament, Beno Elohim was used to denote the angels of God. If you notice the
passage in Genesis 6:4 that is says that the "sons of God"
came unto the "daughters of men." There are some
that believe that the anti-Christ will actually be a Beno Elohim, a fallen angel
taking a body form. Angels through out scripture have taken a physical form.
Scripture tells us that all of creation groans in travail waiting for the
manifestation of the sons of God. Now this is not the same as the manifestation
of the anti-Christ but the manifestation of the angels of God and the risen
church, with Jesus in power, to bring and end to all wickedness. "When
Christ... shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
him..." (Colossians 3:4)
Is
There HOPE?
Luke 21:36," Watch therefore,
and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man."
"Behold, I show 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 trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed,"
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52).
What
is The Rapture?
End Times Links
According to Prophecy Ministries
Bible Prophecy Central
Birth Pains of the End Time
Dr. Jack Van Impe
End Time Ministries
End Time Prophetic Insights
Rapture Ready
The Harpazo Network
The End Times And The Apocalypse
The Truth About The Rapture
The Rapture Solution
Tribulation Information
This Week in Bible Prophecy
Visions Of The Apocalypse
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