San Davis
Sermon Message for Monday April 16, 2012.
WILL YOU NOT TARRY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THE TIME IS SHORT AND JESUS IS SOON TO RETURN…
Precious brothers and sisters, thank you for another opportunity to minister the word of God to you. I know as the the coming of the Lord draws near, we will be inundated with much opinions, new revelations and various scripture references concerning Jesus's soon return. I along with many others are very excited about the times we now live in. I'm sure many of the apostles of old wish they were alive today to see what we have been priviledged to experience. My prayer for you comes from Luke 21:36 " Keep alert at all times, be 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" in Jesus Name, Amen....
"WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR." LUKE 21:31
No one can tell us with certainty what tomorrow’s weather will be except the one who causes it, Father God, but by listening to the weather report or looking at the sky, people use their eyes and their brains to at least make an educated guess about tomorrow’s weather. Likewise, no one can tell us with certainly when the exact timing of Jesus’ return will be except the one who will cause it to happen, but by listening to the right world news sources, people can use their eyes and their brains to at least make an educated guess about how close we are to the return of Jesus Christ. Jesus said that when you see certain things begin to happen, "look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near," and "when you see them happen the kingdom of God is near" (Luke 21:28,31). Jesus and Paul both taught that the proper way to wait for His return is to therefore be watchful, ready and sober (Matthew 24:42-44,25:13; 1 Thessalonian 5:6).
The apostle John wrote that when Jesus appears we who believe in Him shall become like him, and everyone having this hope in Him purifies himself (1 John 3:2,3). He also wrote that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10). Two benefits of studying Bible prophecy and comparing it to world events are personal purification and a better understanding of Jesus. Besides, in First Thessalonians 4:18, Christians are commanded to encourage each other with words about the return of Christ. Hebrews 10:24-25 says that as we should regularly meet to encourage one another, especially as we see the Day of Jesus’ return approaching.
I hear it every day, when is Jesus coming back? I am so tired of waiting, I am ready to go now. “Maranatha, Maranatha, Maranatha” Many of us are groaning, waiting for the return of the Lord. I have to admit, myself included is among those who cry daily, “ABBA FATHER, COME” Waiting is not always easy. We get impatient, but the Lord said through a parable in Luke 19:13 Occupy till I come, meaning to be busy, to be occupied doing something, while being watchful and alert at all times, do business, work hard, witness and share your testimony, give Gods Kingdom and His gospel full attention until He comes.
The word says in James 5:13-16 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
As the time of Jesus return draws closer, many are becoming weary in well doing. This kind of weariness is a spiritual weariness that tempts one to say, “I quit, I’ve done all that I can to wait on the Lord. I can’t do it any longer.” The image of one who has left the church, a marriage, a family, a job, a friendship is all too common. We’ve heard many who have tasted of Christ and the gospel, “I’ve tried that obeying and following Christ thing and it didn’t work” And with those words they spew the Lord from their lives, and walk away, weary of doing good and waxing cold.
How can we not be weary? How do you continue to love when it is unreturned? How do you continue to forgive when it is abused? How do you continue to give and provide when recipients take advantage of generosity? How do you continue serving in ministry when you feel as lonely as Elijah? Well Romans 8;18 says 18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. In other words whatever we may have to go through now is less than nothing compared with the magnificent future God has planned for us. Brethren, this means, we reap rewards for our patience and perseverance. The end result is Heaven if we wait.
THIS IS HOW THE LORD ADMONISHES US TO HANDLE IMPATIENCE IN JAMES 5:7-16
Be Patient and Persevering: 7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! 10 My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. 12 But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.
The Lord says In Jeremiah 33;3 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou not knowest”. Ask the Lord, He will reveal it to you.
2 Peter 3:1-7 starts off with people scoffing at the Christian claim that Jesus will return and this was two thousand years ago! People were saying, “Where is your Lord? Where is Jesus? If Jesus is reigning, why can’t we see him?”
Try to proclaim the Gospel today. Just tell people that “Jesus is Lord,” and people are going to say, “Well it sure doesn’t look like it.” After all, there are wars, earthquakes, hurricanes, child abuse, murders, divorce… our world is falling apart, so it seems. If Jesus were truly Lord, why wouldn’t He intervene and stop the mess sooner?
Peter compares the End Times with The Flood. He reminds us of the Old Testament account of the world being deluged with water, before a new creation could emerge. Old creation was swept away. New creation came once the waters receded. Peter says that at the end of time, a similar event will take place, but this time with fire. So why hasn’t this happened yet? Why hasn’t God purged the world with fire like he promised?
The reason Jesus hasn’t come back yet is that he is giving people more time to repent, so more souls will come into the Kingdom before judgment comes. In the meantime, many will continue to scoff and mock us for our belief in the Rapture. Yes brethren, they will continue to say where is the promise of His coming? Peter says, “God’s wrath is coming. God is going to judge this world. Jesus is King and one day, He will be revealed and the evidence of His soon return, along with the things preceding His return are noted in the scriptures below.
II Peter 3:8-18, Acts 20:29-31 and Matthew 24:7-11.
II Peter 3:8-18
8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
Acts 20:29-31
29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Matthews 24:7-11
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
DR. BILLY GRAHAM, HAS COMMENTED THAT IF GOD DID NOT RETURN SOON, HE WOULDHAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
Though we are told by Jesus that we will not know the day or hour in Matthew 24:36, nowhere in Scripture does it indicate that we will not know when it is close. In fact, in Hebrews 10:25 we are admonished to be looking for the Day of the Lord when God will pour out His wrath on the world. Jesus told Israel to look for signs of His return to earth and they will know that it is near, even at the door. They will know and God wants us to know.
Matthew 24:33-36 No One Knows the Day or Hour: (NKJV) 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it[a] is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,[b] but My Father only.
Hebrews 10:25 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
SIGNS TO WATCH FOR - AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE:
Luke 17:26-30: "And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man." 27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
As it says in Luke 17:27 they were eating and drinking and giving in marriage; however I do not believe the emphasis was on the eating and drinking as that has been going on for decades. I believe however the revelation given in this scripture is as in the days of Noah they were gene splicing, fallen angels, having relations with human women, giving birth to giants and deceiving the people, so it is today… I believe there is a connection or relationship to the prediction of our Lord coming in the emergence of the fallen angels, otherwise known as "Nephilims, Aliens or Demons". This is what brought about the Flood of Noah.
It was the infusion of these strange beings into the human predicament that brought on the Flood of Noah. The Flood was preceded by four generations of prophets/preachers warning of the coming judgment: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. It seems that this was part of Satan's stratagem to corrupt the line of Adam to prevent the fulfillment of the Messianic redemption. Noah was apparently unique in that his genealogy was still uncorrupted.
WHO OR WHAT ARE THE NEPHILIM OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ALIENS,FALLEN ANGELS AND HYBRID HEROES.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. The were the heroes of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 6,7
The Nephilim are most likely the fallen angels, since Nephilim comes from the Hebrew word naphal, which means 'to fall'. Some have mated with human women to produce hybrid offspring, and they were giants who had the ability to lead millions of people away from the true God. Heroes of old comes from the Hebrew word gibbowr, which means a 'mighty man'. Before the flood they corrupted the whole earth. After the flood, they were perhaps not as large, but still powerful. The Bible mentions some of their tribal names: the Rephaim, the Emim, the Anakim, the Horim, and Zamsummim. (See Num 13:33; Deuteronomy 3:11, 12:10-12; Joshua 4:15, 13:12, 1 Samuel 17:4-7; 2 Samuel 17:16-22.) Ancient texts and pictures from Egyptian, Greek and other cultures also talk of giants or men who were offspring of supernatural beings. When these hybrid beings died, their spirits probably became demons, or the evil or unclean spirits that inhabit men. These are probably what Jesus and His followers are commanded to cast out or exercise (Matthew 10:1; Mark 16:17; Luke 10:17-24). (Note: the Bible is a bit ambiguous on whether the Nephilim were the fallen angels or their hybrid offspring and whether demons are fallen angels or the spirits of their hybrid offspring, but history and modern eyewitness accounts testify to the reality of both, so semantics should not be an excuse for unbelief.)
Genesis 6 indicates that the "sons of God" took wives of the "daughters of men," which gave birth to the "Nephilim." The bible calls these fallen angels B'nai Elohim - Hebrew, meaning “sons of the mighty”, often rendered in translation “the sons of God”. The B'nai Elohim is a term that refers to angels. It occurs four times in the Old Testament and is rendered "Angels of God" in the ancient Septuagin translation. The intrusion of certain angels into the human family resulted in unnatural offspring termed Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to fall), or the Fallen Ones. (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes, which actually means "earth-born." This is often misunderstood to mean "giants" which they also happen to have been, incidentally. As it was in the days of Noah so they are showing up again in flying saucers and attempting to interact with the human race.
Jesus said, "as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man" (Luke 17:26). Thus, we can also expect the Nephilim as well as hybrid mighty beings to here before Jesus' return. In fact, they are already here, but they are not publicly disclosed through most official channels. However, a number of Christians have researched them, and eyewitnesses have testified of seeing them. The various types of sighted aliens are actually materialized fallen angels, and some men and women with great physical and/or persuasive powers are hybrid offspring. God has not changed His attitude toward them and time has not mitigated the seriousness of their sin.
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.” (Matthew 24:6,7a) Since World War II, many countries have been building up massive arsenals of conventional and nuclear weapons. The potential for war grows day by day. In addition to potential nuclear war, we have war on terror, water wars, weather wars, angel wars, and transhuman wars.
FAMINES, PESTILENCE, EARTHQUAKES
“And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” (Matthew 24:7-8). Due to flooding and droughts, world food supplies are running very low. Many people are expecting a global food shortage and famines in many places.
In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that infectious diseases are emerging more quickly and spreading faster around the globe than ever before, and they are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. The UN said in its 2007 annual world health report that an outbreak or epidemic in one part of the world can easily threaten billions of people in other parts due to large numbers of modern day air travelers.
Regarding earthquakes, scientific data does show that we have been seeing a large increase in seismic activity. Even as recent as 11 April 2012, earthquakes increased globally according to ABC News, distressing the populaces throughout the region. Powerful magnitude 8.6 earthquake triggers tsunami, magnitude 7.4 earthquake shakes Mexico City, and magnitude 5.9 quake hits Oregon’s coast, to name a few including Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Singapore. It was frightening.
LUKE 21:26 Says "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken"
According to a number of scientists, another star or large planet is affecting the sun's magnetic field, which is also affecting the earth's magnetic field - both the core and the ionosphere. The north pole is shifting at an accelerated pace, and the earth seems to be expanding. Thus, we should see a continual increase in earthquakes and volcanic activity in coming years. Stan Deyo follows earth changes very closely. He's a scientist and has written a lot on the subject. His web site covers numerous topics related to changes in the world today.
DECEIVERS WHO CLAIM TO FOLLOW JESUS
And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name saying that I am the Christ and will deceive many.”
Matt. 24:4,5
At the end of the Church Age many people will be claiming that Jesus is the Christ, yet their teaching will deceive many. They will teach ideas that are contrary to the Bible. Perhaps the majority of professing Christian teachers in the world today fall into this camp, as most have fallen away from sound Biblical teachings and instead place traditions of men and/or the goal of increasing church attendance figures above the authority of the Bible. Some are subtle, and some are blatant. Sincere followers of Jesus should come out of these wayward institutional churches and seek to fellowship with people who follow and teach what Jesus and His apostles did.
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL RETURN TO THEIR LAND
“Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.’ ” (Ezekiel 37:21,22).
•During the last 126 years Jews from 108 nations have migrated to the land of Israel.
•In 1882 the first wave of modern immigration to Israel started as Jews fled persecution, or followed the Socialist Zionist ideas of Moses Hess. From 1882 to 1919 around 75,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, mostly from Russia. They bought land from Ottoman and individual Arab landholders and established agricultural settlements. During this period the Hebrews language was revived, newspapers and literature were published in Hebrew and political parties and workers organizations were established.
•In 1917 during World War I, the British government in its Balfour Declaration supported plans for a ‘national home’ for the Jews in their promised land. Later, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) lost control of the Middle East. This made it possible for hundreds of thousands more immigrants to arrive from Europe. Anti-Semitism drove most there. Many more would have come had it not been for Arab protest and resulting British restrictions on immigration.
•During World War II, the Nazis killed around 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, so it became clear to the Jews that they needed a homeland. Many Holocaust survivors immigrated illegally to Palestine. When the British pulled out of Palestine in May 1948, the state of Israel formally declared its independence. It was immediately recognized by the USA, followed by Guatemala, Nicaragua & Uruguay. A few days later, the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and South Africa did the same. No Arab states have ever recognized Israel, but several have attacked them. However, Israel has successfully defended itself against numerous Arab attacks. As a result, Jews throughout the Middle East have also been forced to immigrate to Israel, and the nation has grown strong. It has turned a desert into an agricultural success, and it’s technology industry exports cutting edge innovations.
•Today, Israel's population is over 7 million, including around 267,000 who live in Judea and Samaria (sometimes called the West Bank) and 180,000 in East Jerusalem. In 2008, Israel will celebrate it’s 60 anniversary in the face of Arabs who hate it and want to ‘wipe it off the map’. It is still mostly a secular state, but it has a growing percentage of Orthodox Jews.• Today, the Aliyah immigration movement continues to embrace Jewish newcomers, help them become a part of communities and help them learn Hebrew.
INCREASED WICKEDNESS & LOSS OF LOVE
“And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:12) Today, more and more people are living primarily for themselves and their own happiness. The idea of denying themselves, taking up their crosses daily and following Jesus (Luke 9:23) is a foreign concept. What TV and movies show as 'normal' has affected the values of those who indulge in them. At the same time, couples are divorcing, and children are growing up with deep unmet needs as a result. Many couples are not even marrying but living together in fornication (any form of sex not sanctioned by God). The result has been the blood sacrifice (murder) of hundreds of millions of innocent, helpless children through abortion and the birthing of even more children who lack a healthy home where they can receive love and training from their own father and mother.
STRONG DELUSIONS
And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie. (2 Thessalonian 2:11 NKJV)
The primary focus of the deception is use of the media by the Prince of the Power of the Air. TV, radio, Internet, cell phones, PDAs, etc. keep people completely preoccupied and oblivious to the fate that awaits unbelievers. The goal is also to prevent people from hearing the Gospel of Jesus, and if they do hear it to forget about it and be entertained constantly. Most people in developed countries are now in a fog due to the impact of these mediums that lull them into a false sense of security and into a false sense of right and wrong. This delusion can be seen in three areas:
•Spiritually, the Emerging Church has become so pervasive that most churches in developed countries will tolerate abortion (murder), fornication (premarital sex, adultery, homosexuality) and almost any other violation of God's law. Just think: how many churches will excommunicate a person for involvement in these sins?
•Financially, many people are unaware that government / banking cartel partnership is stealing their wealth and using the funds to control the world. The stealing is done through the printing of fiat money (money not based on gold or silver but on debt), through interest on money that does not exist (due to fractional reserve banking laws) and through the saw tooth effect of markets that draws people into bad investments over a long period of time and then makes them lose large portions of their life savings when the markets drop.
•Politically, most people are also unaware that the international banking cartel has taken over all governments and is quietly re-organizing borders and power centers throughout the world. Evidence of this can be seen in the 911 deception. Most Americans and those sympathetic to the US government think that airplanes caused three steel-frame buildings to fall down into their footprints at almost freefall speed, when this has never happened in all of known history. People who study the facts realize it was a very successful psyop, since jet fuel is not hot enough to do the job. It had to be done by controlled demolitions. This was probably part of a plan to cause a second Pearl Harbor and justify the US military getting a foothold in the Middle East and justify the US government in taking away many constitutional rights of the US people.
ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT
"And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything: and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others." Daniel 2:40 NKJV. See also Revelation 13.
ONE WORLD RULER AND AN ASSISTANT EMERGE
I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon [Satan, or the devil] gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:1-4)
It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:7,8)
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4,9-12)
And after the sixty-two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate. (Daniel 9:26-27)
There are many who believe that the recent "alien" involvements are also demonic and are just another precursor to the end-time. Some also believe that the Coming World Leader may boast of an "alien connection." It would be consistent from what else we can infer from Scripture. Waiting in the wings of the forthcoming global turmoil is the Man with a Plan, the son of perdition, otherwise known as the Anti-Christ, the one whom the world will welcome to resolve its many problems. The Bible gives us many provocative clues to his identity, and from many prophetic glimpses his genealogical line may prove to be traceable.
The Restrainer as is referenced in II Thessalonians 2 may be restraining far more than we have any suspicion of! When He is removed, the world is in for some astonishing surprises! Yea the Coming World Leader, commonly known as the Antichrist, has 33 titles in the Old Testament and 13 in the New Testament. One of these, The Prince That Shall Come, comes from Daniel 9:26-27 in which the people of the Prince that shall come would destroy the city and the sanctuary.
Most religions expect a savior or a man who will bring world peace, justice and unity. Here are three examples:
•Muslims are waiting for the Mahdi or the 12th Imam. Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that his mandate is to pave the way for the coming of this Islamic messiah. A new Islamic film is out about this: The Coming Is Upon Us. An interview with Ken Timmerman about this was done in April 2011 revealing their current hope.
•Buddhists are waiting for the Buddha of compassion, Maitreya, or a world teacher and unifier, the 5th and coming Buddha of the present era.
•Hindus are waiting for their completer and savior, Kalki, the name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar. According to the Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions, "The tenth and last avatar has not yet appeared. It is said that at the end of the present age, Vishnu will come to Earth as Kalki, riding a white horse, to destroy the wicked and re-establish order." Have you seen the cartoon about the last avatar called Avatar: The Last Airbender? In this show, a boy named Aang shows how he is good and "can save the world." See also, Maitreya Rising
A false prophet emerges to assist the world ruler and savior. “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” (Revelation 13:11-15)
Muslims are waiting for Isa Bin Jesus to appear with the Mahdi, praying behind him …Jews are still waiting for their Messiah, Emmanuel. Christians are waiting for the second coming of Jesus, but most no longer believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible, so many will be deceived
TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL THE WORLD - 666
“He [the second beast] causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” (Revelation 13:16-18)
Today, smart cards are popular, but they can be lost or stolen. It is likely that the eventual solution will be an implantable RFID chip or some form of high tech tatoo on the right hand or forehead. Already, 99% of commercial transactions in many countries are done without cash. Most paper money is not even backed by gold or silver anymore, so it’s value is purely psychological. When the current monetary system crashes, technology is available to redefine currency and commerce in a seamless way that people will want as a solution to their need for quick spending.
Precious saints of God, I realize this entire sermon was a lot to take in, so I will conclude with this: What are our weapons of protection against such things? We indeed, "wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Yes our armor is well defined in Ephesians 6:10-17. "And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Gal.6:9) And when you see these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Luke 21:36.
Heavenly Father, help us Lord, to remember that it is You Who has begun a good work in us, and You shall complete it till the end! (Phillipians1:6)
Shalom, Shalom
I love you with the love of the Lord, be blessed
Love Sis San.... :)
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