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Terror, Terror, Terror (Part II)

19 Saturday Dec 2015

Posted by garybowers in Prophecy in General

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Terror and Truth

Perhaps you’re wondering why a sequel article on terror and terrorism is being posted instead of a more seasonal theme about Christmas. Or even why the first article (Part I published last week) couldn’t wait until this wonderful time of the year had run its cheerful course … what with the lovely lights, delightful decorations, marvelous meals, and gracious gifts given and received. Why dwell on such a seriously somber subject at such a festive time in the lives of billions the world over?

Well, for the record, there was a timely Eye of Prophecy article posted last Holiday season entitled Merry Christmas, What’s It All About? Published 12-20-14. And the year before that, The Wonder of It All, posted 12-21-13. If you’d rather read those articles, then by all means do so. I think both are quite good, but then I’m a little bit partial! So, why focus on the repulsive reality of today’s terror-filled world anytime, let alone this joyous time of year when we celebrate the birth of the Christ-child? Isn’t there enough media bombardment of gloom and doom before and after Christmas?

There is an answer, which is the same reason for the season that we celebrate Christmas in the first place, none other than Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach). As meaningful as it is to revere the miraculous arrival of Messiah Jesus through his Virgin Birth, we also need to remember the real reason that he came to this earth. We revel in his glorious arrival as fully God and fully Man, but we also need to grasp God’s ultimate providential purpose for this child born, this son given (Isaiah 9:6) to the human race. It is a plan that determines our very destiny, individually and collectively as human beings. It is above all else:

TRUTH! (Including the truth about the terror experienced just before and during the Great Tribulation).

Jesus, himself, spoke often about such truth. Right up to the time of his crucifixion, which began with an unlawful, unjust trial devised by the Jewish religious leaders to falsely condemn him to death. Listen to the words of Jesus in response to the interrogation by the Roman Governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate:

“…Actually I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true” (John 18:37).

Angels announced this magnificent birth: “The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!” (Luke 2:11).

Jesus not only proclaimed truth, he claimed that he is Truth (John 14:6). That he is the only way to God, the only means of redemption and deliverance from the coming judgment of God on a wicked world. That this salvation would bring life … everlasting life with God in heaven.

Repeatedly during his ministry on this earth, Jesus said that he spoke the words of truth given to him by his Father, the true and living God. And that his miracles confirmed that he was not only the Son of God, but God the Son. Of himself, Jesus used the awesome, holy name of God … I AM (Yahweh). With the greatest miracle of all: His resurrection from the dead!

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Said Jesus to the Jewish Pharisees: “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am!” (John 8:58).

To those who believed in him, Jesus said, “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).

Free from what? Scripture is abundantly clear in many passages: The truth of redemption purchased by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus’s death on the cross will set us free from the penalty of our sins, which is eternal separation from God in hell. It will protect us from believing and following the lies of Satan and those who embrace those lies, including many religions and religious leaders. And in these last days, our redemptive position in Christ will spare us from the soon to come apocalyptic terror of man-made carnage and of God’s wrath on the earth.

“For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever” (I Thessalonians 5:9-10). Yet, this assurance is only for believers in Messiah Jesus.

Of the Jewish religious leaders, Jesus said: “…for if you were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his example. Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing. No, you are imitating your real father … If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God … For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him … for he is a liar and the father of lies. So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me! Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God” (John 8:39-47).

If these words from Messiah are applicable even to religious leaders, they certainly are true for all peoples.

Later the Apostle John gives us a companion reason why Jesus came into this world. By declaring the truth of Biblical salvation which is only available in and through Christ Jesus, and with Jesus being the very essence of that truth, John states: “But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil” (I John 3:8, italics for emphasis).

Satan’s Strategy

From the very beginning, Satan declared war on God and the human race. Satan hates the truth of God’s salvation through Messiah Jesus, and his strategy is summed up in Jesus’s description of him as, “a murderer from the beginning” and “a liar and the father of lies.”

Satan’s tactics are twofold:

  1. Covertly, through lies that distort, degrade, and deny the truth of God’s sovereignty in creating the world and of God’s magnificent plan of redemption to deliver mankind from the penalty of rebellion (sin) against God. This salvation is frequently spoken of in Scripture, and can be summarized by the following passage:

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Ironically, the greatest deception is through religion, i.e. man-made religions like Islam that erroneously teach good works as a means of pleasing God or somehow earning their way to heaven. Which in reality and practice entails all religions and cults (including Roman Catholicism), except Christianity which is not a religion. Not a religion because the truth of the Good News tells us that God, through Christ, did for us what we could not do for ourselves … redemption and forgiveness of sins. No one has done enough or can do enough to merit a divine pardon for any and all transgressions against God. Moreover, we sin because we’re born with a sin nature … a built in propensity to do what is wrong, inherited from our original ancestors, Adam and Eve.

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Think of GEICO. They sell insurance and make commercials. That’s what they do! Now think of the Energizer Bunny. Until we are changed by the spiritual rebirth in Christ, we keep on sinning and sinning and… That’s what we do.

As believers who have been redeemed by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ: “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone, a new life has begun!” (II Corinthians 5:17).

2. Overtly, through violence (the ultimate of which is murder) to eliminate some; and to suppress, oppress, and terrorize others into complete submission to whatever or whoever is terrorizing them. Hence, the anti-Semitic subjugation of and genocidal attacks against Jews from the birth of the Jewish people to this very day; and the equally diabolical persecution and killings of reborn (spiritually) Christians from all nations, including Israel, since the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Satan—and the tyrants, religions, nations, and ethnic groups of people who deliberately or unwittingly align themselves with Satan’s agenda—employs terrorism to forcefully coerce submission and loyalty. Thus, the terror of terrorism has a purpose. It’s clearly evident that today’s terrorists are systematically dispensing fear and horror through brutal persecution and ruthless killing of innocent people. This terror is utilized for, “a cause.” It is to establish a Muslim kingdom over the entire earth. Or with non-religious governments, such as Nazi Germany or Communist Russia, to deify the State as supreme over the lives of its people. But it’s also terror for the sake of terror … an end unto itself. Because, if their gruesome goals are achieved, they will continue terrorizing people to solidify submission and to discourage dissent.

Who Are The Guilty?

The characteristics and attributes of God as conveyed in the Bible are extraordinary and explicit.

Such as: Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Immutable, Perfect, Alpha, Omega, Life, Light, Truth, Holy, Righteous, Patient, Just, Fair, Faithful, Merciful, and Savior.

Because of who he is, the Lord freely offers: Grace, Forgiveness, Redemption, and Everlasting Life. Man was created in his image. In that regard, God displays the same emotions as we do. But his character and emotions are pure; flawlessly expressed and perfectly relevant to every situation in which he proactively or reactively responds to people and events. Feelings such as: love, hate, compassion, and anger.

When God first revealed himself to Moses from the burning bush, he identified himself by name … I AM. A name that contained and conveyed his very essence or glory … the Timeless, Everlasting God. Subsequently, God granted Moses’ request to look upon God’s glory, but with conditions. Moses could not look directly at God’s face or Moses would die. Instead, he gazed upon the afterglow of God’s glory. Here’s what happened:

“Then the Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh. The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, ‘Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty…’” (Exodus 34:5-7, italics for emphasis).

Who are the guilty and why (when) cannot God excuse their guilt? That question will be answered, but not until we expand on the first part of this awesome announcement by God to Moses: “I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.”

Well over a thousand years later, the Jewish Apostle John wrote about the incomparable love of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; who was also the God of Moses, King David, the prophets, and subsequently of all those who believed and received the Son of God (Messiah Jesus) as their personal Savior and Lord.

“God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (I John 4:9-10).

Moreover, the Son of God, Messiah Jesus, is the picture-perfect, “visible image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). “For God in all his fullness (attributes, essence) was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself” (Colossians 1:19-20).

John goes on to say in his epistle: “And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love” (I John 4:13-16).

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Then the Apostle John simply but profoundly states: “…God is love…” (Verse 16).

Those (believers) who have placed their trust in God’s gracious provision for redemption and forgiveness of sin through God’s Son, Jesus Christ, will have everlasting life. Furthermore, they need not fear the, “great and terrible day of the Lord” (Joel 2:31).

John goes on to say:

“And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the Day of Judgment, but we can face him with confidence….” (I John 4:17).

Holy Terror

Said God through his prophet to Israel and about the Gentile nations: “Yes, says the Lord, I will do mighty miracles for you, like those I did when I rescued you from slavery in Egypt. All the nations of the world will stand amazed at what the Lord will do for you. They will be embarrassed at their feeble power. They will cover their mouths in silent awe, deaf to everything around them. Like snakes crawling from their holes, they will come out to meet the Lord our God. They will fear him greatly, trembling in terror at his presence” (Micah 7:15-17).

Listen now to the remarkable similarity between the prophet Micah’s end time prophecy and what those left behind will experience, just a short time after the soon to come Rapture and Great Tribulation:

“Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb (Messiah Jesus). For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?” (Revelation 6:15-17).

The terror that comes from God is truly a Holy Terror. Although God’s judgment is meant to destroy all that is wicked and perverse, the actual terror is intended by God to demonstrate that he is the Sovereign God. This terror (fear and awe) comes from the very presence of God, from the very thought of God’s holiness and righteousness. From the very idea that he is true and just and fair in all that he is and does. Most of all that God’s salvation is available to all who willingly believe and receive Christ as Savior and Lord. But for those who reject so great a salvation, only judgment remains. Thus, God’s Wrath serves a dual purpose: to judge evil, but also to traumatically and dramatically get the attention of many. For those left behind after the Rapture, that is (unfortunately) what it will take.

Even Moses experienced this terror. Once again, referring to Moses encounter with the Most High God at the burning bush: “When Moses saw it he was amazed at the sight. As he went take a closer look, the voice of the Lord called out to him, ‘I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses shook with terror and did not dare to look” (Acts 7:31-32).

Yet this was not the terror of impending judgment, rather of obvious respect for and awe of God’s holiness. The result of such an awesome encounter with God was that Moses would devote the rest of his life to serving a holy, but loving and merciful God.

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But for those who reject God in general and God’s Son, Messiah Jesus, in particular, a Bible passage quoted in last week’s article bears repeating:

“Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to God. Terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel? When God restores his people, Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice” (Psalm 53:4-6).

Terror from Divine Justice and Judgement

God is Love, but he is also Just … Justice. Both of these attributes exist equally in and with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Many people emphasize one of these attributes above the other, but they must be kept in balance. However, most people prefer not to talk or even think about God’s (perfect) justice, which by very definition and expression must include judgment and retribution.

On this earth, we expect and endorse justice for those among us who refuse to abide by the law of the land. To overlook or capriciously excuse those who rob, defraud, falsely testify, assault, persecute, and murder is to create anarchy and injustice—the likes of which would cause society and government to collapse. No less and even more so with the Lord. “…Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right” (Genesis 18:25).

“…For the Lord is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with fairness” (Psalm 98:9).

God is perfectly loving, but he also is perfectly just.

“For I, the Lord, love justice…” (Isaiah 61:8).

And, “The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring with plants springing up everywhere” (Verse 11).

One more: “The Lord is king! Let the nations tremble!” (Psalm 99:1). Then, “Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel” (Verse 4). And, by obvious implication … the whole world.

Furthermore, God’s justice administered through judgment is perfectly pure and profoundly proportionate. It’s from the Law of Moses that Roman law and now Western law derives the standard that: Punishment must fit the crime.

During the last days (the Great Tribulation soon to come), we read many times of the righteousness, holiness, truth, and justice exemplified through the judgments administered by God and by Messiah on an unrighteous, unholy, lying, and unjust world.

Such as:

“…You are just, O Holy One, who is and who always was, because you have sent these judgments. Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward … “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just” (Revelation 16:5-7).

And, “…Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways O King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed” (Revelation 15:3-4).

Against the rulers of this earth (both secular and religious), those whose actions deceive and terrorize their enemies but also their own people, Scripture declares through King David:

“Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans? The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one. ‘Let us break their chains,’ they cry, ‘and free ourselves from slavery to God.’ But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them. Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury” (Psalm 2:1-5).

Later, King David warns: “Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth! Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling. Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!” (Psalm 2:10-12).

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According to Scripture, God’s judgment is exceptionally harsh against those in illegitimate or legitimate authority—rulers, leaders, judges, religious factions (like ISIS) who mislead, suppress, oppress, and otherwise terrorize others into submission. Those who are perniciously proud of their wickedness and audaciously arrogant toward God and others.

“Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly? No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land” (Psalm 58:1-2).

King David continues in this passage: “Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord! May they disappear like water into thirsty ground. Make their weapons useless in their hands” (Verses 6-7).

David concludes with: “Then at last everyone will say, ‘There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth’” (Verse 11).

Listen to the Psalmist speak of God’s justice: “O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth! Arise, O judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve. How long, O Lord? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat? How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast? They crush your people, Lord, hurting those you claim as your own. They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans. ‘The Lord isn’t looking,’ they say, ‘and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.’

“Think again you fools! When will you finally catch on? Is he deaf—the one who made your ears? Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes? He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?” (Psalm 94:1-10).

(*Note: Recently, it was discovered that ISIS has begun to murder children who are disabled or deformed, much as Nazi Germany did during World War II. How hideous is that? But what about government sponsored abortion in the United States? Is that any different?)

In the context of God restoring and protecting Israel in the last days by means of divine judgment (including the justified terror that it brings) on those who seek to destroy God’s people, both Jew and Gentile, contrasted to the terrorism dispensed by wicked people, Scripture states: “The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession. Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it” (Psalm 94:14-15, italics for emphasis).

Then, a rhetorical question: “Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side—leaders whose decrees permit injustice?” (Verse 20).

It is a foregone conclusion, a certainty that God will judge evil and wickedness, most assuredly those who terrorize and murder innocent men, woman, and children. His anger will be most intense against those who seek to destroy Israel and the Jews. But also those who persecute and kill believers in God’s Anointed One, Messiah Jesus.

Summary

Returning to our question: Who then are the guilty? Whose guilt will not be excused by God? Who are they that will suffer the wrath of God poured out on the earth as foretold by the prophets and as depicted graphically in the book of Revelation? Who are those among the masses of people already passed from this earth who will rise to perpetual separation from God in the Lake of Fire, instead of everlasting life in heaven? Is it only the brutal sadistic terrorists or every-day murderers … the most wicked among us? Is it only evil tyrants like Adolph Hitler and Osama bin Laden, and their deplorable culprits in crime?

Does anyone on earth have the right to determine who is guilty of breaking God’s laws and falling short of his standards? Or judging whose sins are greater, or who should deserve more punishment, or no punishment at all? Will anyone be able to stand before God and declare they are innocent because of all the good things they’ve done. Or demand (or even request) leniency because the wrong things they’ve done aren’t nearly as bad as other people’s transgressions? Or plead ignorance because they didn’t fully realize the gravity of and consequences for their actions? Or argue that they shouldn’t be so severely penalized just because they didn’t make a decision to accept God’s gracious offer of pardon through what his Son did for them?

The true and living God says, no.

Scripture says: “But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, with underserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood…” (Romans 3:21-25, italics for emphasis).

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For you see, we are all guilty. We are all born into sin, and the wages of that sin is death (Romans 6:23). That’s right … we actually earn death. That’s one wage that we all wish we weren’t paid. But we earned it, we deserve it. Scripture also tells us there are two deaths; one that we can’t escape (physical), but one that we can be rescued from … spiritual death or eternal separation from God. In the Bible, death does not mean annihilation; rather, it means separation. That’s what happens when we die, the spirit is separated from the body.

The spirit of every person ever birthed, is born dead … unable to fellowship, love, serve, understand, or even communicate with God. Furthermore, the moment we commit our first sin, we are subject to God’s justice and judgment. Essentially then, we are born under judgment.

Most people don’t think that way or grasp its significance, because we contemplate in terms of innocent (even if we’re not) until judged guilty. But because God needs no court or jury or judge (he is all of those), and because he is timeless, he has already passed judgment on all human beings. Thus, we are all guilty from the very beginning of our lives. How do we know that to be true?

“And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.” (John 3:36, italics for emphasis). Obedience in this passage refers to believing in/on the Son of God and his sacrificial death on the cross. Previously, the Apostle John records that Jesus had said that the (only) ultimate thing God really requires of anyone is that they believe and receive his Son.

Did you catch the italicized words? The only way to remain in or under anything (in this case God’s judgment) is to already be in that condition in the first place.

BUT, God has provided a way out. He will pardon our sins and set aside the guilty verdict for, “anyone who believes in God’s Son.”

The moment we accept Christ as our personal Savior, God declares us not guilty. The charges are dropped. The sentence is commuted. The prison doors are flung open and we can run out, then keep on running right to the gates of heaven, where we will spend a glorious eternity!

Things to Ponder

“Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air, ‘Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets’” (Revelation 8:13).

The ultimate terror is that described by Jesus when speaking to the Jewish religious leaders:

“You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not. That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM who I claim to be, you will die in your sins” (John 8:23-24).

There is nothing as tragic as dying without acknowledging and accepting Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. That is what Christ meant by “dying in your sins.” That is the terrifying fate of the extraordinarily wicked on this earth; but also for those who prefer to do it their way. Those who insist on clinging to self-righteousness, to self-merit, to working their way to heaven; to being their own judge of how good they are, especially by comparison to others.

Scripture tells us often that God’s justice is absolutely true and unequivocally equitable. There’s no doubt that there will be different levels of punishment throughout eternity, for those who have rejected Jesus Christ.

Confirmation of this came from Jesus, himself, when he (again) chastised the Jewish religious leaders: “Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be more severely punished” (Mark 12:40). And that was one of the less serious things Jesus said about the Pharisees.

But that’s little consolation when the fact also remains: All who have not made a decision for Jesus Christ will end up in the same God-forsaken (literally) place … the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:13-15).

You don’t want to go there!

(We’re going to need a third article to finish. Please tune in to next week’s Part III of Terror, Terror, Terror!)

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  • Cunning Makeover of the Great City (Revelation 17)
  • Daniel’s 70 Prophetic Weeks & The Number Seventy!
  • Day of Infamy
  • Did God Really Appear to People? When & How?
  • Diplomacy With Israel Despite Anti-Semitism / A Puzzling Paradox
  • Divine Consequences of Iran’s Arrogance (Part I)
  • Divine Consequences of Iran’s Arrogance (Part II)
  • Does Christmas Really Need Christ?
  • Does God Really Have a Son? … Part I
  • Does God Really Have a Son? … Part II
  • Does Israel Belong To The State of Israel?
  • Does The Holy Spirit Restrain (the Man of) Lawlessness?
  • Don’t Seal The Book of Revelation!
  • Double Israel’s Trouble & Double Her Blessings!
  • End of the World Events … In Chronological Order!
  • Ethnic Cleansing of Jews … The Real Palestinian Agenda
  • Exposing Antichrist’s Identity … More Compelling Evidence (Part I)
  • Exposing Antichrist’s Identity … More Compelling Evidence (Part II)
  • Extraordinary Biblical Prophecies w/Predicted Times of Fulfillment (Part I)
  • Extraordinary Biblical Prophecies w/Predicted Times of Fulfillment (Part II)
  • Festival of Tabernacles … Part I
  • First Century Existence of Christ and Antichrist & Their 21st Century Return
  • Five Life-Changing Meals in the Bible
  • For or Against Israel?
  • For Such A Time As This
  • Fountain of Youth & Fountain of Life … Is There a Difference?
  • Four Locust Kingdoms!
  • Freedom … What Does It Really Mean?
  • Fulfilled Prophecy Proves We Can Trust The Bible
  • Gateway to the World
  • Giving Thanks … What is it all about
  • Global Obsession with Jerusalem … In Biblical Proportions!
  • Globalism or Populism … Which Will Antichrist Prefer?
  • God Is Great & Yet He’s So Good!
  • God Is in Control
  • God’s New Covenant with Israel … Minus the Temple (Part I)
  • God’s New Covenant with Israel … Minus the Temple (Part II)
  • Gog, Magog and Leviathan
  • Gog/Magog’s Prophetic Clock Is Ticking, Ticking….
  • Grace and Law … A Biblical Balance
  • Great Expectations for Messiah
  • Hanukkah & Christmas / Do They Have Anything in Common?
  • Hanukkah … The Festival Born of a Prophecy!
  • Happy New Year … Jerusalem Style!
  • Has Antichrist Already Died … How, When & Why
  • How and When Does The World End?
  • How the Rapture
  • Humiliating End of the Great City (Revelation 17)
  • Hurricane Harvey & A Year of Prophetic Milestones (2017)
  • Intriguing Comparisons Between Antiochus IV & Antichrist (Nero)
  • Israel Is Again The Head, Not the Tail (The Deal of the Century)
  • Is President Trump Wavering On “The Waiver”?
  • ISIS, Nero, and Rome
  • Israel Is Here To Stay … Forever!
  • Israel’s Annexation of Occupied Territory? We Must Define The Terms
  • Israel’s Controversial Nation-State Law
  • Israel’s Government in Limbo … Unprecedented!
  • Israeli Occupation … Fact or Myth?
  • Italy’s New Government / A Thorn in the EU’s Side
  • Jerusalem … A Capital Without a Country?
  • Jerusalem … City of Peace?
  • Jerusalem / City Above All Cities
  • Jerusalem’s Mysterious Eastern Gate … Making Headlines
  • Jesus’s Stunning Statements While on the Cross… A Summary of Salvation!
  • Jesus Is The Very Essence of Prophecy
  • Jewish Christian / Christian Jew … An Oxymoron?
  • Jewish Settlements in Judea/Samaria … Are They Illegal?
  • Jewish Sovereignty on Temple Mount (Part I)
  • Jewish Sovereignty on Temple Mount (Part II)
  • Jubilee and Messiah … They Go Together!
  • Judea/Samaria & Gaza Strip / Who Has Sovereignty?
  • Just How Imminent is Messiah’s Imminent Return?
  • King David’s Tomb
  • Kingdom of God
  • Las Vegas Massacre … A Broader Perspective
  • Lazarus and Lazarus & The Sign of Jonah
  • Let’s Celebrate … Forever!
  • Let’s Make a Deal
  • Light of The World (Sequel To: The Incomparable Power & Authority of Jesus Christ)
  • Look Up, Redemption Is Near … Part I
  • Look Up, Redemption Is Near … Part II
  • Major Earthquake in Israel … When & Where It Will Strike
  • Melchizedek … A Man of Mystery!
  • Merry Christmas … What’s It All About?
  • Messiah and the Jewish Festivals … An Extraordinary Connection!
  • Messiah’s Amazing Appearances Before He Was Born
  • Messiah’s Arrival … On Whose Authority?
  • Messiah’s Ascension & Coronation … Seen Long Before It Happened!
  • Messiah’s Millennial Reign … Incredible Changes on Earth
  • Messiah’s Number & Its Prophetic Value
  • Messiah’s Return & The Rapture (Same or Separate Events?)
  • Messianic Jews … Who Are They?
  • Modern Day Antichrist?
  • Moral Equivalency
  • More Palestinian Lies
  • More Than One Messiah?
  • Moses & Elijah vs. Antichrist & The False Prophet
  • Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem … A Broken Promise?
  • NERO & The Remarkable Revival of His Name
  • O Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
  • Old & New Testament Saints … Is There a Difference?
  • One Global Language … Coming Soon! (Part I)
  • One Global Language … Coming Soon! (Part II)
  • One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Messianic Jews … Part I
  • One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Messianic Jews … Part II
  • One Nation Under (the wrath of) God
  • One World Government?
  • One World Religion?
  • Palestine or Israel? Which Is It? / Your Answer May Be In Jeopardy!
  • Palestinian Propaganda Is Pure Poison
  • Palestinian Refugees… Are They Really Refugees?
  • Palestinian Terrorism & UN Resolutions … Neither Will Defeat Israel
  • Palestinian Terror Tunnels & Poetic Justice
  • Passover & Messiah Are Inseparable!
  • Passover … an Enduring Legacy
  • Peace Between Israel and Judah … Then World Peace!
  • Peace on Earth … Is It Really Possible?
  • Peace or a Palestinian State … Which Will It Be?
  • Powerful Proof of Messiah’s Identity & Arrival in The First Century!
  • Preach the Gospel … But Not to the Jews!
  • Prince of Peace
  • Prophecy & A Jewish Holiday
  • Prophetic Fate of Israel’s Friends and Foes
  • Prophetic Implications of the Fires in Israel (Part I)
  • Prophetic Implications of the Fires in Israel (Part II)
  • Proportional Warfare
  • Reappearance of Satan, a Roman Emperor & Two Ancient Prophets … Bodily!
  • Reappearance of the Beast (Antichrist)
  • Reexamination of Messiah’s Imminent Return & The Omega Generation
  • Remember December (Kislev) … A Hidden Gem of Prophecy!
  • Removing Christ From Christmas … What Are The Consequences?
  • Replacement Theology (Part I)
  • Replacement Theology (Part II)
  • Resurrections / How Many Will There Be? One, Two, Or Could There Be Three?
  • Rome and Jerusalem … friends or foes?
  • Russia & Iran versus Israel
  • Russia’s Shocking Invasion of Ukraine … A Preview of Gog/Magog’s Attack on Israel?
  • Salvation … “To The Jew First!”
  • Satan in Bodily Form … When & Why (Part I)
  • Satan in Bodily Form … When & Why (Part II)
  • Scripture Says Everyone Will Die / But What About the Rapture?
  • Separation of Church and State … For or Against? (Part I)
  • Separation of Church and State … For or Against? (Part II)
  • Sequel to Stunning Catastrophes & Shocking Statistics of the Great Tribulation
  • Seven Essentials of The Rapture (Part I)
  • Seven Essentials of the Rapture (Part II)
  • Seven Times Seven (to the 4th power)! Part I
  • Seven Times Seven (to the 4th power)! Part II
  • Seven Times Seven (to the 4th power)! Part III
  • Seven Wonders of The Millennium
  • Seven Wonders of The Millennium (Part II)
  • Shameful Saga of the Great City (Revelation 17)
  • Shocking Statistics of the Great Tribulation
  • Significant Sets of Twos in the Bible
  • Six Million Reasons … To Trust the Bible
  • Soon Comes the Antichrist … Straight From the Abyss (Part I)
  • Soon Comes the Antichrist … Straight From the Abyss (Part II)
  • Spiritual Bodies … A Contradiction of Terms? (Part I)
  • Spiritual Bodies … A Contradiction of Terms? (Part II)
  • Stand Still & Watch God Fight for Israel!
  • Stunning Catastrophes of the Tribulation / Their Timing & Purpose
  • Sudden Appearance of Antichrist … Why So Different?
  • Sukkot … The Forever Festival!
  • Superhuman Bodies for Believers / How & Why?
  • Tell a Big Lie Long Enough….
  • Terror, Terror, Terror (Part II)
  • Terror, Terror, Terror! (Part I)
  • The “Right of Return” … For Palestinians or Jews?
  • The Ark of the Covenant … Part I
  • The Ark of the Covenant … Part II
  • The Balfour Declaration … Beginning of the Omega Generation (Part I)
  • The Balfour Declaration … Beginning of the Omega Generation (Part II)
  • The Beast and His Name
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • The Child of Promise (Part I)
  • The Child of Promise (Part II)
  • The Cross and the Torn Curtain (Part I)
  • The Cross and the Torn Curtain (Part II)
  • The End of the Age … how close are we?
  • The False Prophet (Part I)
  • The False Prophet (Part II)
  • The Final Treaty of Rome … Part I
  • The Final Treaty of Rome … Part II
  • The Gog/Magog Countdown Has Begun!
  • The Heart & Soul of Israel
  • The Incomparable Power and Authority of Jesus Christ
  • The Jewish Dichotomy In & Outside Israel
  • The Legacy of Temple Mount
  • The Legendary Return of Nero
  • The Liberation of Jerusalem
  • The Magnificent Millennial Reign of Believers with Messiah
  • The Most Panoramic Prophecy in the Bible (Part I)
  • The Most Panoramic Prophecy in the Bible (Part II)
  • The Most Significant End-Times Sign Of All
  • The Myth of Al Aqsa Mosque
  • The Number of the Beast
  • The Omega Generation
  • The Peace Treaty That Will Guarantee War
  • The Phenomenal Thousand Years/One Day Parallel
  • The Prince and the People That Destroyed the Jewish Temple / Who Were They?
  • The Prophetic Endgame of Gog/Magog
  • The Rapture / Before or After The Great Tribulation?
  • The Real Reason for Palestinian Terrorism
  • The Reign of Terror
  • The Remarkable Rebirth of a Nation
  • The Rest of the Story … Bibi’s Speech to the United Nations
  • The Right to Life?
  • The Russians Are Coming!
  • The Seal of Approval
  • The Second Exodus
  • The Seven Year Treaty
  • The Shout Heard Around the World
  • The Shroud of Turin … Real or Fake? / A Decisive Answer
  • The Shroud of Turin … Real or Fake? / A Decisive Answer (Part II)
  • The Terrible Trio of Gog and Magog
  • The Three Greatest Trials of All Time
  • The Tremendous Transfiguration of Believers!
  • The Two Witnesses (Part I)
  • The Two Witnesses (Part II)
  • The Two Witnesses (Part III)
  • The Vatican and Islam … A Perfect Match for Antichrist
  • The Virgin Birth of Messiah … How and Why?
  • The Whole Truth
  • The Woman and the Beast
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part II)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part III)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part IV)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part V)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part VI)
  • The Wonder Of It All … Birth of the Child!
  • The World Wants a Messiah … But It Needs (The) Messiah
  • There’s No Place Like Homs
  • There’s Resurrection; And There’s Resurrection!
  • Three … A Divine Number of God!
  • Times of & Fullness of the Gentiles … What Do They Mean?
  • To Be or Not To Be … in Heaven?
  • To Be Or Not To Be … In Heaven? (A Revisit)
  • Trump, Cyrus, and the Jewish Temple
  • Turmoil, Tragedy, & Terror in Israel (Part I … Turmoil)
  • Turmoil, Tragedy, & Terror in Israel (Part II … Tragedy)
  • Turmoil, Tragedy, & Terror in Israel (Part III … Terror)
  • Two-State Solution & The Seven-Year Treaty … Impossible?
  • Two Thirds of the Jews Killed … Past or Future?
  • U.S. President Agrees with God … Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital!
  • Under the Radar
  • UNESCO / “Theatre of the Absurd” Against Israel
  • United Nations Downsizing of Israel (Resolution 2334)
  • Value of Prophecy
  • West Bank or Judea/Samaria? What’s In A Name?
  • What Is A Saint?
  • What Is Done To Israel Will Be Done In Return / The Iran Nuclear Deal
  • What Is Done to Israel Will Be Done in Return / Dangers of a Divided Jerusalem
  • What is Palestine & Who Is A Palestinian?
  • What is the Rapture?
  • What Is The Unpardonable Sin?
  • When the Rapture?
  • Where is Messiah … Is He Already Here?
  • Where Is The Temple? Part I
  • Where Is The Temple? Part II
  • Where is the Temple? Part III
  • Who is Messiah?
  • Who Is the Antichrist & How Will He Appear (Part I)
  • Who Is The Antichrist & How Will He Appear? (Part II)
  • Who the Rapture?
  • Whom Do You Most Want To See In Heaven?
  • Why the Rapture?
  • Why the Rapture? (A Revisit)
  • Why The World Idolizes Antichrist & How It Reacts To The Tribulation
  • Wiles of the Woman
  • Will All Children Be Taken in The Rapture?
  • Will Believers Go Through the Great Tribulation? (Part I)
  • Will Believers Go Through The Great Tribulation? (Part II)
  • Will There Still Be Unbelievers Throughout Eternity?
  • Yom Kippur / With Or Without Atonement?
  • Zechariah’s Dramatic Description of Antichrist’s Fatal Wounds

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