A Layman's View

National Blindness Prophesied

2010-04-17T12:34:00.000-07:00

Chart shows the increase of UK Prime Minister Gordan Brown selling off all his countries gold reserves a decade ago. Just this year, gold rose to over $1100.00 per ounce.

Britain’s leaders, in their attempts to pull their nation into the European Union, have traded away much of the British gold reserve to Europe, have given up sovereignty over British fishing waters, and have agreed to allow EU laws and courts to override British laws.

Douglas S. Winnail, Tomorrow's World Magazine

What happens to nations when their leaders pursue disastrous policies against their own national interest? Popular historian Barbara Tuchman wrote about this phenomenon in her classic 1984 treatise, The March of Folly. Today, we see that the United States, Great Britain, France and other nations descended from the tribes of ancient Israel are marching down the dangerous path noted by Tuchman. A few perceptive critics recognize the impending consequences of their nations’ blunders, but without the insight of Bible prophecy they fail to understand why their nations are blundering.

God prophesied long ago in the Bible that the modern Israelite nations would blindly pursue wrong paths as we approach the end of the age. The Bible also reveals why this is happening, through prophecies that are coming alive today.

Short-Sighted, Misguided Policies

Tuchman wrote about what she identified as America’s self-defeating policies that led up to its mismanagement of the Vietnam War. Since then, the U.S. (often along with Britain and other largely Anglo-Saxon allies) has initiated a series of military actions that have robbed the nation of financial, military and human resources. Wars in the Middle East and Central Asia have caused the U.S. to run up huge trade deficits, and to become financially indebted to nations like China that are potential adversaries. Ironically, money the West sends to China and the Arab nations is often then used by those nations to buy up real estate and other resources in the West. In effect, the Western nations are selling off their assets to foreign owners.

Britain’s leaders, in their attempts to pull their nation into the European Union, have traded away much of the British gold reserve to Europe, have given up sovereignty over British fishing waters, and have agreed to allow EU laws and courts to override British laws.

The nations descended from ancient Israel—including the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Holland and Scandinavia—have opened their borders to allow a massive influx of immigration that has begun to threaten national health care and welfare systems. Unlike earlier generations of immigrants that generally sought to assimilate into their host nations, these more recent immigrants have tended to hold on to their native languages, customs, values and religions—leading to social strain as they assert their “rights” in their new homes, and as they seek to change the very nature of the countries they have entered.

One observer perceptively noted, “In ten years, England will no longer be England.” Similarly, immigrants to the U.S. border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas often speak openly of a reconquista (re-conquest), as they seek to reshape the culture of these states to resemble their native Mexico. Some immigrants even hope for a political realignment. In Europe, violence involving immigrants has already disrupted once-peaceful communities in England, France and Holland—and will surely continue as long as both immigrants and their hosts feel threatened. Even though “multiculturalism” is visibly failing in these nations, misguided politicians continue to promote this self-defeating policy, turning a blind eye to its destructive effects.

For decades, secular social scientists in the Western world have been preaching that religion is irrelevant, and that people need to be “liberated” from the shackles and oppressive restraints of biblical moral values. So-called “progressive” teachers commonly assert that sexual pleasures are to be sought and enjoyed by anyone, anytime, anywhere, with little or no restraint. “Enlightened” thinkers seek to redefine “marriage” as any arrangement acceptable to the parties who seek to be involved.

What is the consequence of such “liberation”? The sobering statistics of broken homes, drug abuse, juvenile crime, sexually transmitted diseases, youth suicide and poverty in single-parent households tell the sad story. Rather than liberate society, a society that has cast off all biblical restraints finds itself undermining its own stability—yet countless modern Western leaders continue to promote these society-destroying ideas. At a time when our nations would benefit from a return to biblical values, the best-seller lists feature books by aggressive atheists who ridicule belief in God and the Bible.

Thankfully, there are a handful of thoughtful people who do realize that certain moral values—which happen to be the Bible-based moral values long embraced by those who practice true biblical religion—can provide a sound foundation for any society that embraces them. But the majority, even in the so-called “Christian” nations, reject those values—and fail to understand that God Himself predicted that this rejection would occur, just before the end of the age!

Ancient Prophetic Warnings

The God of the Bible says He can predict the future and bring it to pass (Isaiah 46:9–10). In dual prophecies, fulfilled initially by ancient Israel but ultimately to be fulfilled by the modern descendants of the twelve ancient tribes of Israel, God warns that “those who lead you cause you to err” (Isaiah 3:12; 9:16).

Regarding Israel’s leaders, God said, “His watchman are blind, they are all ignorant.… they are shepherds who cannot understand” (Isaiah 56:10–11). These prophecies are addressed to a sick and sinful nation, where “strangers devour your land in your presence” (Isaiah 1:3–4, 7)—just as is happening today. God also warned the Israelites of a time when “the alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail” (Deuteronomy 28:43–44)—just as is happening today. God warned that a time would come when the leaders of Israelite nations would “call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20), when the prophets would prophesy falsely “and My people love to have it so” (Jeremiah 5:31); Scripture describes a time when leaders would speak of “‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14). The world’s political leaders today do not know the way to peace (Isaiah 59:8), because they do not see and do not understand that the Bible reveals the way to peace (Psalm 119:165).

God foresaw a time of difficulties and declining influence for the descendants of ancient Israel, when people would be blinded to the consequences of their own actions (Hosea 7:8–10). They would pursue folly, engaging in policies against their own national interest, much as Tuchman described. But why are the modern Israelite nations—their leaders and their people—blinded, unable to see their own problems?

The Cause of Blindness

The Scriptures reveal that, “the Lord has poured out on you [Israelite nations] the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; and He has covered your heads, namely, the seers… for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden” (Isaiah 29:10, 14). The reason why God has allowed this spirit of blindness to descend on the leaders and people of Israelite nations is “because they have ceased obeying the Lord” (Hosea 4:10), “because they have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law” (Hosea 8:1). God lamented, “I have written for him [Israel] the great things of My law, but they were considered a strange thing… for Israel has forgotten his Maker” (Hosea 8:12–14). The Apostle Paul warned the Israelites of his day that because they refused to believe God and His word, “God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see” (Romans 11:8). Paul cautions that when people reject God and His ways, He will give them over to a “debased mind”—a mind that does not reason correctly and does not see its error (Romans 1:18–28). Throughout the Bible, prophecies reveal that the modern Israelite nations will need to learn some hard lessons because they have closed their eyes to God and His ways. But even if your nation remains blinded, you individually can open your eyes to act on the truths you are learning. Will you do so?

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I would like to add a thought - God inspired Moses to give several prophecy's that directly reference the age we live in now. The book of Revelation prophecy for the end-time, however, it was not the first book to do so. Deuteronomy 4:30-31 warns, 'When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you IN THE LATTER DAYS, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.'

The word 'distress' in this passage is the same word used by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:21 to describe the 'Great Tribulation' soon coming on this unsuspecting world! Moses was describing the exact same event that Christ was describing over 2,000 years before Christ was a human man.

A prophecy about the 'fish of the sea' is given in Hosea 4:3 that ties in to Deuteronomy 4:30-31. I recently read a news story on the last sardine factory in the U.S. being closed. This is a tragedy - a prophetic tragedy - and shows without a doubt that God lives up to His prophetic Word.

Severe judgment and punishment will come upon all of us unless we turn away (repent) and begin to obey the higher court of Heaven and the way of life revealed in your Bible.

This is a warning from God - WAKE UP GREAT BRITAIN!

WAKE UP UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Repent - turn NOW from what God calls evil and gain back the blessings of God.

Its very simple - continue on the same path - and reap the whirlwind of God (Jeremiah 23:19-21)!

Would Jesus Keep Easter?

2010-03-20T13:49:00.000-07:00

Since the pagan symbols of eggs and rabbits were adopted by the Catholic Church centuries after Christ's ascension, should Christians keep this holiday or encourage others to observe it?

Let's answer this, with another question, 'Would Jesus Keep Easter?' He certainly could have told us, right? The Apostles could have done so as well. Their teachings and doctrines given to them by Christ are preserved for us in the book of Acts and the epistles written by Paul, Peter, James, Jude and John. But nowhere do we find a hint of support for Easter or anything remotely resembling it. What we do find is clear instruction from Jesus and Paul to keep the Passover and other Biblical Christian observances.

Holy Scripture does not support this pre-Christian holiday and in fact condemns such celebrations. Because Scripture condemns pagan practices and the worship of false gods, we know that God the Father and Jesus His Son have no interest in Easter and do not approve of it. We are specifically commanded 'to be careful' in following what God has commanded in respect to what days we are to observe and 'to be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it (Deuteronomy 12:29-32). Notice what I emphasized. We are not to follow a pagan holiday that practice the giving of chocolate Easter bunnies or the locating of any lost colored eggs.

Jesus, in fact, is diametrically opposed to religious rituals that supposedly honor Him but in reality are rooted in worship of false gods. He makes clear the difference between pleasing God and pleasing men: 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men ... All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition' (Mark 7:6-9).

Easter is a tradition of men, not a commandment of God. But it's more than that.

It is a pagan tradition of men that, like other traditions involved in the worship of false gods, is an abomination to the true God. Jesus and His Apostles would never sanction its observance because it mingles paganism with supposedly Christian symbolism and ritual. It is rooted in ancient pre-Christian fertility rites that have nothing to do with Jesus. Zero, Zilch, Nada!

It's not that difficult to trace the surprising origins of Easter and what it really represents. Many scholarly works show that Easter is a pre-Christian religious holiday, one that was created and developed long before Jesus' time and carried forward to the modern era through such empires as Babylon, Persia, Greece and finally Rome - including the Catholic Church!

'Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words' notes: 'The term 'Easter' is not of Christian origin. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the Chaldean [Babylonian] goddess, the queen of heaven. The festival of Pasch [Passover] held by Christians in post-apostolic times was a continuation of the Jewish feast ... From this Pasch the pagan festival of 'Easter' was quite distinct and was introduced into the apostate Western religion, as part of the attempt to adapt pagan festivals to Christianity'. In other words it was a compromise made by the Catholic Church enabling those pagans they were trying to convert to better swallow the Catholic version of 'Christianity'.

Alexander Hislop in his book 'The Two Babylons' explores the origins of Easter. He discovered that a form of Easter was kept in many nations, not necessarily only those that professed Christianity. 'What means the term Easter itself? ... It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the people of Nineveh, was ... Ishtar [just like Easter].

Look in any good Bible concordance under 'Ashtaroth' (or Ashteroth, Astoreth) and you will discover the same 'Astarte' worshiped by the ancient Babylonians were also worshiped by the ancient Tribes of Israel. Why do you think God sent the northern Tribes of Israel into captivity (Judges 2:13)? God didn't send Israel to slavery for watching 'Late Night with King David'!

Easter, and the practices associated with it, can be traced back to various pagan rituals. Hislop explains that 'the forty days' abstinence of Lent was directly borrowed from the worshipers of the Babylonian goddess'. In Egypt a similar 40-day period of abstinence 'was held expressly in commemoration of Adonis or Osiris, the great mediatorial god'. In fact, some Bible margin notes, indicate this.

In reality, most of the trappings associated with Easter reveal that this holiday is actually a fraud pawned off on unsuspecting and well-intentioned people. God wants us to worship in spirit and truth (John 4:23-24), not to recycle ancient customs used to worship other gods.

Even the timing of the events used to justify celebrating Jesus' resurrection on a Sunday morning- that He was crucified on the afternoon of Good Friday and resurrected before dawn on Sunday morning-are demonstrably false, as an examination of the Scriptures shows (see my blog entry, Changing Times).

For those who want concrete proof that He was indeed the Messiah and Savior of mankind, Jesus made a promise: 'An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth' (Matthew 12:39-40).

Try as some might, there is no way to calculate three days and three nights from a late 'Good Friday' afternoon to an 'Easter Sunday' morning before daylight. At most this amounts to barely more than a day and a half. Either Jesus was mistaken, or those who say He was crucified on a Friday and resurrected on a Sunday are mistaken. You can't have it both ways.

The questions remains - if Jesus walked the dusty roads of Galilee today, would He keep Easter? Certainly not!

But He would be consistent because He does not change (Hebrews 13:8). For instance, He would keep the annual Passover (coming up in just a few days) in the same manner as He instructed His followers to keep it (1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:15-17). And Jesus would observe the Days of Unleavened Bread in the way He inspired Paul to instruct early Christians (1 Corinthians 5:6-8).

Anyone who wants to be right with God, who wants to be a true disciple of Christ, the Master Teacher, will carefully examine their beliefs and practices to see whether they agree with the Bible. I'm here to tell ya, if your beliefs don't match up to God's, you will end up in a really bad place - even worse than one of Oprah's audiences. It's called the Lake of Fire (Revelation Revelation 21:8). Doesn't matter if your intentions are good are not. That's not what gains entrance into the Kingdom of God (John 13:15, John 14:15, Acts 2:28).

Claiming we somehow 'honor' Jesus by practicing a pagan tradition simply defies common sense and sound reason. Analogies are not always adequate, but consider the following:

If you knew that your human father enjoyed spaghetti and meatballs as a special dinner and that he hated knockwurst sandwiches, would you refuse to make him his favorite special meal of spaghetti and meatballs and instead make his most hated meal of knockwurst sandwiches? Couldn't a rational person argue that you would be dishonoring your father by serving him his least favorite meal?

The same holds true for what you 'serve' the one true God. God has shown how He wants to be worshiped through His weekly Sabbath and annual Biblical Holy Days. Yet while perhaps well-intended, many 'professing Christians' and supposed Christian ministers and priests reject God's Holy Days and claim to show their love to their Lord and their Heavenly Father by continually trying to serve Him 'knockwurst sandwiches' so to speak. God calls the man-made traditional holidays revolting, pagan and abominable! Jesus asks these people, 'Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not the things which I say?' (Luke 6:46).

True Christians will not try to honor God with ancient idolatrous practices, violating His explicit commands (Deuteronomy 12:29-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; 7:1). Easter, as we have seen, is filled with idolatrous trappings.

Simply claiming that something is Christian or is done to honor God doesn't make it acceptable to God. A billion people following something that is wrong, in the end, it's still wrong.

Easter doesn't represent a resurrected Jesus Christ. Rather, difficult as it may be to admit, it merely continues the practices pagans followed thousands of years ago to honor their nonexistent gods. If we are to escape the calamities prophesied to come on those who place the ways of this world ahead of God (Jeremiah 30:7, Matthew 24:21), then we must repent (turn away from) of following traditions that dishonor Him (Revelation 18:1-5).

God would much rather have us honor and obey Him according to His clear instructions in His Word. Then God can use us to represent His holy Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and the Messiah, who will return to earth. No greater calling can be extended to human beings.

God does not allow fallible human reasoning to inject false teachings like honoring Jesus with a Sunrise Easter service (which by the way is an abomination to God, Ezekiel 8:14-16) or an Easter egg that parallels Christ and how this egg supposedly represents renewing life through His sacrifice. Last time I checked, the Bible doesn't say anything about finding Easter eggs or candied bunnies in Christ's burial tomb!

Bottom-line, if you worship a Messiah on a day called 'Easter Sunday' (or any other Sunday for that matter), you are not worshiping the true Jesus Christ of the Bible, but rather a counterfeit, 'another Jesus' (2 Corinthians 11:4) invented by men who want to draw attention away from God and His Truth.

'And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9)'

Devil in the Vatican

2010-03-11T08:30:00.003-07:00

'Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour' (1 John 2:18).

(Giulio Napolitan/AFP/Getty Images)

Pictured left- Don Gabriele Amorth is the chief exorcist
at the Vatican

TimesOnLine
Richard Owens in Rome

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist.

Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican's chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as "cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon".

He added: "When one speaks of 'the smoke of Satan' [a phrase coined by Pope Paul VI in 1972] in the holy rooms, it is all true – including these latest stories of violence and paedophilia."

He claimed that another example of satanic behaviour was the Vatican "cover-up" over the deaths in 1998 of Alois Estermann, the then commander of the Swiss Guard, his wife and Corporal Cedric Tornay, a Swiss Guard, who were all found shot dead. "They covered up everything immediately," he said. "Here one sees the rot".

A remarkably swift Vatican investigation concluded that Corporal Tornay had shot the commander and his wife and then turned his gun on himself after being passed over for a medal. However Tornay's relatives have challenged this. There have been unconfirmed reports of a homosexual background to the tragedy and the involvement of a fourth person who was never identfied.

Father Amorth, who has just published Memoirs of an Exorcist, a series of interviews with the Vatican journalist Marco Tosatti, said that the attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II in 1981 had been the work of the Devil, as had an incident last Christmas when a mentally disturbed woman threw herself at Pope Benedict XVI at the start of Midnight Mass, pulling him to the ground.

Father José Antonio Fortea Cucurull, a Rome-based exorcist, said that Father Amorth had "gone well beyond the evidence" in claiming that Satan had infiltrated the Vatican corridors.

"Cardinals might be better or worse, but all have upright intentions and seek the glory of God," he said. Some Vatican officials were more pious than others, "but from there to affirm that some cardinals are members of satanic sects is an unacceptable distance."

Father Amorth told La Repubblica that the devil was "pure spirit, invisible. But he manifests himself with blasphemies and afflictions in the person he possesses. He can remain hidden, or speak in different languages, transform himself or appear to be agreeable. At times he makes fun of me."

He said it sometimes took six or seven of his assistants to to hold down a possessed person. Those possessed often yelled and screamed and spat out nails or pieces of glass, which he kept in a bag. "Anything can come out of their mouths – finger-length pieces of iron, but also rose petals."

He said that hoped every diocese would eventually have a resident exorcist. Under Church Canon Law any priest can perform exorcisms, but in practice they are carried out by a chosen few trained in the rites.

Father Amorth was ordained in 1954 and became an official exorcist in 1986. In the past he has suggested that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were possessed by the Devil. He was among Vatican officials who warned that J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels made a "false distinction between black and white magic".

He approves, however, of the 1973 film The Exorcist, which although "exaggerated" offered a "substantially exact" picture of possession.

In 2001 he objected to the introduction of a new version of the exorcism rite, complaining that it dropped centuries-old prayers and was "a blunt sword" about which exorcists themselves had not been consulted. The Vatican said later that he and other exorcists could continue to use the old ritual.

He is the president of honour of the Association of Exorcists.

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Note the emphasized text above. The 'man of sin' (2 Thessalonians 2:4) or what the Apostle John calls 'the Antichrist' is about to be revealed in the very near future. The definition of 'antichrist' is 'an opponent to the Messiah' - one who does not believe in Jesus Christ. According to Father Amorth, his comment of cardinals and bishops not believing in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, describes perfectly what the Bible says about this final 'Antichrist'.

We are in the end-time. Can you feel it?

Europe: The Missing Key to Middle East Peace

2010-02-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

An Israeli soldier and Palestinian students at a checkpoint in Hebron. Photo: NAYEF HASHLAMOUN

The below news report agrees with Bible prophecy and the time when Israel will be under an international ruling body. It seems that this ruling body will be the European Union.

GHASSAN RUBEIZ 17.02.2010 @ 17:32 CET - EUOBSERVER

The latest American Middle East peace initiative has been launched in the absence of change in the attitudes of the protagonists or in the political landscape. Is America gambling with a new round of dead-end diplomacy by packaging old wine in new bottles?

The United States urgently needs Europe if it wants to break the deadlocked peace negotiations and Europe needs to take additional responsibility for resolving the conflict. Indeed, Israel may also need to reassess Europe's relevance for its future.

The problem is that the White House has been working with the wrong assumption. The current deadlock does not stem from a dispute over the order of topics to negotiate, for example the place of a settlement freeze in relation to other controversial subjects. Rather, it lies in the predisposition of the stakeholders in the conflict: America has too close a relationship to Israel to be able to twist its partner's arm to take a risk for peace. Israel is too comfortable with the occupation and the Palestinians are divided. Moreover, Arab rulers do not convey credibility.

Strong international pressure is needed to break the deadlock. But Washington alone is losing political muscle. Close co-ordination between the United States and Europe could both strengthen the power of mediation and provide international security to enforce a peace agreement.

To better understand Europe's credentials for peace promotion, consider some historical facts: Europe played a major role in the formation of the state of Israel. The British government authorised the "Homeland for the Jews." The apocalyptic tragedy of the Holocaust, a central factor that in the promotion of a Jewish state, was a Nazi German undertaking. Indeed, Jews who fled from Europe formed the essential backbone of the early state of Israel. And the first peace mission to the region after the 1967 occupation was undertaken by a European - Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish envoy to the United Nations.

Over the years, Europe's role as a mediator receded, giving way to an expanding US role in the region. But in more recent decades, European states have achieved excellence in policing peace in many places: in the Middle East, the Balkans, West Africa and elsewhere. Given the opportunity, Europe could provide the Israelis and Palestinians with the necessary international security that is crucial for enforcing a two-state solution.

This international security is necessary, as most Palestinians strongly feel that a future Palestine would require a national army (albeit, possibly a symbolic one). Palestinian skies and borders must be free. But Israel considers an armed, independent Palestinian state, including armed movements such as Hamas within it, a threat to its current and future security.

Stationing international forces of peace on the borders of Israel and an envisioned Palestine state, backed by Europe would simultaneously give Palestinians the independence they need and Israel the security it yearns for.

Despite its limitations, a peace-keeping model is already on the ground in the region in the shape of Unifil, the UN force in southern Lebanon, which largely consists of and has been led by European states. This force could be modified, strengthened and broadened to cover the West Bank, Gaza, and possibly the Syrian Golan borders.

Currently, the EU itself has a police mission along the border with Egypt, and despite its observer status, it could further contribute through an expansion to the 1967 borders. Indeed, Palestinians are more likely to be tolerant of a European force, bearing in mind Europe's perceived balance in Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Europe, or rather, the EU can further contribute to a future agreement by offering, as an incentive to Israel and future Palestine, a "special status," similar to the EU's recent offer to Morocco. Also, Europe is urging the two factions of Cyprus to make peace in order to qualify as a united country for EU membership. Why not link the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict to the prospects of securing Israel and establishing a viable Palestinian state within a protective, suitable regional framework? If Cyprus is a candidate for the EU why not Israel and Palestine?

The long-term future of Israel could depend more on Europe than on the United States. Hopefully, one day, should Israel decide to withdraw from the 1967 territories, it might discover that Europe could be its bridge to the Arab world.

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It is interesting that this secular news report asks questions about Israel's future disposition that are already answered in Bible prophecy.

Note the emphasized text above mentioning the 'international security force' that will be initiated to keep peace in this region of the world.

Revelation 11 prophesies a time in the very near future upon which there will be an international peace keeping force in Jerusalem for 42 months (3.5 years). This event will occur directly ahead of Jesus Christ returning to this earth to set up His own government. A government that will last for all eternity (Daniel 2:44, Daniel 7:13-14).

Daniel 11:41 also tells us that the King of the North (the same charismatic leader mentioned in Revelation 13:5) will take up residence in Jerusalem as a result of some type of military strike coming from the King of the South (Daniel 11:40) and a confederation of countries supporting the King of the South (Psalm 83).

The initial military action made by the King of the South will probably be sparked by a political disagreement made between the King of the North and the King of the South. This political disagreement could even have something to do with what this news reporter eludes to - possible EU membership. The King of the South and its predominant Islamic followers, however, will be virtually wiped out by the King of the North (Daniel 11:41-43).

Do you remember the old Gene Wilder movie, 'Silver Streak'? Remember that train barreling into Chicago with nothing but the terminal to stop it? That's how one should look at the end-time events prophesied in a Bible that's probably collecting dust right now on your shelf. These end-time events are lining up, even as I write this blog entry and they WILL blast right on into your life whether you are ready or not and whether you believe them or not. The final three and one half year 'Great Tribulation' spoken of by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24 is coming whether you see it or whether you don't.

It's time to sit up and pay attention. That's right - you! The same person slouching in your nice, comfortable leather recliner watching news reports on your 60 inch plasma TV, hoping they end quickly so you can get to the latest drama on 'American Idol'.

If you are being called by God (John 6:44), don't put Him on hold! If you wait to long to answer His call, there may not be anyone on the other end.

Italian PM Wants Israel in EU

2010-02-02T10:01:00.012-07:00

Will Jerusalem be part of the EU in the Future?

Now that the European Union has its constitution in place - the Lisbon Treaty - definite steps are being made by its member nations to reestablish the Roman Empire. It looks as if one of the steps is to bring back Israel 'into the fold' of the Roman Empire as it was during Christ's ministry.

2-3-10 09:16 CET

ANDREW RETTMAN EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi began a three-day tour of Israel on Monday (1 February) by saying he wants the Jewish state to join the EU.

The Italian leader brought seven cabinet ministers along on the trip to underline the importance of bilateral ties.

"This shows that we consider Israel one of the European countries, and you, Benjamin, you know - because I told you years ago and reiterated in our meeting in Cernobbio near Lake Como - that as long as I am one of the shapers of politics, my greatest dream is to include Israel among the European Union countries," Mr Berlusconi said at a welcoming ceremony with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Italian premier said Italy and Israel have an affinity because of their place in history: 'We are here to show our recognition and our pride in the fact that we are part of a Judeo-Christian culture that is the basis for European culture.'

The same point was made by Mr Netanyahu: 'I can think of few peoples who have contributed more to Western civilisation than our two peoples. In both Rome and in Jerusalem, the foundations of Western culture were laid.'

Later in the day, the pair visited the Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust and lashed out against Iran, a fierce critic of Israel which is accused of building nuclear weapons.

Mr Berlusconi compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Hitler, while Mr Netanyahu called Iran a 'bloodthirsty regime.'

The Italian leader also nodded toward Palestinian interests. He told Israeli left-wing daily Haaretz that Israel should stop building settlements on occupied land and he plans to meet the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday.

Mr Berlusconi's remarks about enlargement do not reflect EU policy.

EU ministers in 2008 agreed that the two sides should have a special relationship with regular summits and foreign ministers' meetings. But the diplomatic upgrade was frozen following Israel's assault on Gaza in early 2009 and a bloc of EU states remains opposed to reviving the plan.

The Israeli authorities have never said they want to join the EU. But a poll by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in April last year said 75 percent of Israeli Jews and 40 percent of Israeli Arabs would like to become part of the union.

The European Commission at the time told EUobserver that any "European state" can join the EU in line with Article 49 of the EU treaty.

'The term 'European' combines geographical, historical and cultural elements which all contribute to European identity ...[which] is subject to review by each succeeding generation,' it explained in a statement.

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Daniel 11:40-41 gives a prophecy that states the King of the South (a Middle Eastern confederation of Islamic nations against Israel listed in Psalm 83) will 'thrust at' the King of the North, the now formed European Union. Notice in this prophecy that the King of the North comes 'into the glorious land' and sets up shop, so to speak. The glorious land is, of course, the current nation of Israel. Also note that Daniel speaks of no retaliation by Israel at the time the King of the North . Could this be because, by this time, Israel is under the international control of the European Union, a.k.a., the revived Roman Empire of Revelation 13?

Daniel 12:42-43 prophesies that the King of the South (Islam) will be destroyed, thus strengthening the one world religion also prophesied in Revelation 13.

It's time to wake up! It's time to remove the rose colored glasses of Satan's deceit and realize the Kingdom of God and its establishment by Jesus Christ and His elect is approaching and approaching fast.

Take note - many professing Christians are not ready to enter the government Christ will rule over forever and will not be admitted into the Kingdom of God (Matthew 7:21-23). Are you one of those who say they know Christ but won't gain entrance to His Kingdom? The main purpose of Christ's ministry was to announce His soon coming government (Mark 1:15). You need to know if you qualify as this will directly effect your eternity! If you have any questions on this or any other Biblical subject, send and email to support@theHumanStain.net.

Hamas Accepts Israel's Right to Exist

2010-01-22T14:36:00.048-07:00

PLC Speaker Aziz Dwaik (right) meets UK millionaire David Martin Abrahams in Hebron, Wednesday.
Report: Jerusalem Post
Photo: Khaled Abu Toameh

There are some days where world news looks to be the same no matter what news agency you look at. This is NOT one of those days! World news taken right out of Bible prophecy!

Hamas has accepted Israel's right to exist and would be prepared to nullify its charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel, Aziz Dwaik, Hamas's most senior representative in the West Bank, said on Wednesday.

Dwaik's remarks are seen in the context of Hamas's attempts to win recognition from the international community.

Dwaik is the elected speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He was released a few months ago after spending nearly three years in an Israeli prison.

Dwaik was among dozens of Hamas officials and members who were rounded up by Israel following the abduction of IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit near the Gaza Strip in June 2006.

His latest remarks were made during a meeting he held in Hebron with British millionaire David Martin Abrahams, who maintains close ties with senior Israeli and British government officials.

Abrahams is scheduled to brief British Foreign Secretary David Milliband this weekend on the outcome of his meeting with Dwaik and other top Hamas officials in theWest Bank.

Abrahams, a major donor to Britain's Labor Party, told The Jerusalem Post he would urge Milliband to 'consider the implications of Hamas's positive overtures.'

During the meeting in Hebron, Dwaik stressed that other Hamas leaders, including Damascus-based leader Khaled Mashaal and Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, have voiced support for the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state within the pre-1967 boundaries.

'The [Hamas] charter was drafted more than 20 years ago', Dwaik noted, adding that his movement would even be prepared to 'nullify' the document.

'No one wants to throw anyone into the sea', he said.

Dwaik also expressed Hamas's desire to engage in dialogue with the international community, first and foremost the European Union. He confirmed that Hamas was receiving financial aid from Iran, but said that this was the direct result of the boycott and sanctions against the movement.

Abrahams said that he would be happy to facilitate a dialogue between Hamas on the one hand, and Israel and the international community on the other. He said he was "very excited" to hear from the most prominent leader of Hamas in theWest Bank that the movement would be prepared to nullify its charter and accept Israel.

'The fact that there is a possibility for recognition of Israel is a symbolic gesture', Abrahams added. 'We can all look for good in people and we can all look for bad in people. I always look for the good.'

Asked whether he might be condemned as naïve for believing Hamas, Abrahams said, 'People might say that I'm naïve, so let them. But I'm prepared to give them [Hamas] a chance because I've got faith and confidence in Dwaik and Haniyeh. We can't allow 1.5 million to be festering in the Gaza Strip while the majority of them are good and well-educated.'

Abrahams said that his decision to engage Hamas was aimed at 'preventing bloodshed on both sides.' He said he was encouraged by the massive support he found among the Jewish community in Britain for the idea of talking to Hamas.

'I recently published an article in the Jewish Chronicle to test the temperature of the water within the Jewish community about Hamas', he said. 'I found a lot of support among Jews for dealing with Hamas and I was pleasantly surprised.'

Denying that he had delivered any message from the British government or the EU leadership to Hamas, Abrahams said he was convinced more than ever that the movement posed no threat to the US. 'Hamas is different from al-Qaida', he said. 'Hamas is no threat to Western interests.'

Some consider Dwaik, as speaker of the PLC, to be the acting president of the Palestinian Authority, since Mahmoud Abbas's term officially expired on January 9 2010. Dwaik himself has said that he is content to let Abbas continue in office until the election that is now scheduled for June 28, 2010.

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Daniel 9:26-27 prophesies of a time when a covenant will be confirmed by the King of the North (the European Union). There will never be any type of covenant confirmation without the surrounding countries recognizing the right for Israel to exist. This would include Hamas and the other Islamic factions in the Middle East to also recognize Israel's right to exist.

Notice who Hamas is looking towards to negotiate this process. None other then the European Union, a.k.a. the government headed by the King of the North (Daniel 11:36-45). The European Union currently has its own expert in dealing with Iran and it's fundamentalist offspring - Germany's current Defense Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.

Looks like Hamas is setting the pace for others to follow. It is highly likely that before the end of 2010, there will be some major developments promoting the Daniel 9 prophecy. These developments will be the results of an EU brokered deal - not U.S.

If you are reading this and you are not watching for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled, I'd start now!

China floats idea of first overseas naval base

2010-01-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

China has a force of three ships patrolling the Gulf of Aden

Below, this BBC News report brings to light a stark reality of how close this world is to the sixth bowl plague prophesied in Daniel 11:44 and Revelation 16:12-14.

A senior Chinese naval officer has suggested that China establish a permanent base in the Gulf of Aden to support its anti-piracy operations.

Rear Admiral Yin Zhou's proposal was posted on the defence ministry website.

Mr Yin said supplying and maintaining the fleet off Somalia was challenging without such a base, and said other nations were unlikely to object.

China's navy currently has no overseas bases, but there are calls in the media and web forums for this to change.

The proposal comes after a Chinese cargo ship and its crew of 25 were rescued from Somali pirates on Monday, amid reports that a $4m (£2.5m) ransom had been paid to their kidnappers.

'Appropriate'

The Chinese navy has already been patrolling the Gulf of Aden for more than a year, protecting cargo vessels that are increasingly threatened by pirates based in Somalia.

Yin Zhuo, a prominent spokesman on naval matters, made his suggestion to establish a permanent base in the area during a state radio interview on Tuesday. A transcript was later published on the defence ministry's website.

The Chinese navy currently has no overseas bases

"I believe that a relatively stable, relatively solid base for resupply and repair would be appropriate," he said.

Such a base would provide a steady source of fresh food, along with facilities for communications, ship repair and recreation, Mr Yin added.

He offered no suggestion on where such a base should be located.

Any definite decision to establish such a base would have to be decided by the Communist Party, Mr Yin said.

Allaying foreign concern

Other countries have been closely monitoring China's international deployments for signs of increasing assertiveness in its foreign defence policy.

Beijing's leaders are sensitive to these concerns - and the first ships deployed in the Gulf spent more than four months at sea without docking.

"We didn't want to arouse unnecessary suspicion from some Western countries," Mr Yin explained.

"Gradually, everyone saw we are there to carry out legitimate international duties and we are helping ships from other countries as well," he said, adding that when his vessel finally docked at a French base, his crew were warmly welcomed.

Recently China has been working closely with the European Union, Nato and US anti-piracy coalitions, sharing information and now offering protection to ships from other countries.

According to BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross, naval officials say they are pleased with what is an unusual show of international military cooperation.

Mr Yin said he believed other nations in the region would understand China's need for a naval supply base so that it could meet its international commitments.

The US and France already have bases in the region.

The Chinese navy has not been in this part if the world since the Ming Dynasty.

During the 15th Century, Chinese naval explorers reached the East African coast, visiting Mogadishu and Malindi, even taking back a giraffe and a zebra as souvenirs.

These days China is sending a lot more back home - such as African oil and minerals, which are vital for the country's economy.

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Daniel 11:44 reads, 'But news from the east and the north shall alarm him [King of the North] and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction.'

Now notice Revelation 16:12-14, 'The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God the Almighty.'

It is important to realize that both of these Bible prophesies depict the same event. That is, the King of the North (European Union) invading the Middle East region, which includes Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

The news report above indicates that the 'kings of the east' (China and other southeast Asian countries) will, by this time, have naval ports in this area and will not take kindly to the EU moving to take over this region of the world. Because of these military installations, these 'kings of the east' will feel threatened and move to counter the King of the North's offensive attack. This will, of course, begin the gathering of nations for the final 'battle on the great day of God the Almighty' which many people call the Battle of Armageddon.

Keep an eye on these types of military actions by China. They will only increase in the next few years and is just continued proof of Bible prophecy and its active fulfillment in these end-times.

It's time for the world to listen to the cautionary advice of Jesus Christ in Luke 21:36, 'But STAY AWAKE at all times praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

What's In A Name?

2010-01-11T16:58:00.001-07:00

Shakespeare wrote in his classic 'Romeo and Juliet',

'What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.'

What does God Almighty think of names? Does He count them as being important, with any meaning at all?

In Genesis 5:3:32, the Bible (God's inspired word) gives a genealogy starting with Adam and going through Noah. Below is that list of names along with the Hebrew meaning of each respective name. Read this list and then you be the judge on the importance God gives to each of these names.

Adam - Mankind
Seth - is appointed to
Enos (Enosh) - a feeble, frail, mortality
Cainan (Kenan) - in a fixed dwelling place
Mahalalel - God who is praised
Jared - comes down
Enoch - to instruct
Methuselah - as a man sent forth
Lamech - to be beaten, smitten and tortured
Noah - bringing rest, quiet place.

Placing all these Hebrew name definitions into one flowing sentence, it would read:

'Mankind is appointed to a feeble, frail, mortality in a fixed dwelling place in which God, who is praised, comes down to instruct as a man sent forth to be beaten, smitten and tortured, bringing rest in a quite place.'

After reading this, do you think that God regards Shakespeare's opinion that a name isn't really that important? If you can't see that, you need to ditch those rose colored glasses and get some divine lasik surgery!

This is a clear prophecy of Jesus Christ - one of the oldest prophecies of the Bible and it's found in the very first book!

Shine on and Be Blessed!

Where Should You Send God's Tithe's

2009-12-29T08:27:00.000-07:00

It is vitally important that you send God’s tithe to His true representatives! As the end of this age approaches, they will be carrying out Christ’s commission with increasing power. They will make plain the Good News of the soon-coming Kingdom or Government of God.

Without fear or favor they will explain the laws of that Kingdom. They will make plain and clear the hundreds of prophecies referring to this end-time. Through God’s Spirit, they alone can be definite and specific about the tremendous events soon to occur on this earth!

Jesus spoke prophetically of the great worldwide Work His true ministers would carry out in this last age: 'And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come' (Matthew 24:14).

You need to check up and prove to yourself that the Tomorrow’s World broadcast and magazine is fulfilling Christ’s commission! If this is not yet clear to you, then just keep an open mind and let the fruits prove to you where Almighty God is really working!

Somewhere on earth today are true ministers of God. Frankly, they will be part of the true Church of God—named the 'Church of God' twelve times in the New Testament (see Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 15:9; 1 Timothy 3:15, etc.). These faithful ministers will be obeying God’s command to His true servants: 'Cry aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet; tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins' (Isaiah 58:1).

Specifically, they will be warning the American and British-descended peoples—the direct descendants of the 'Ten Lost Tribes of Israel'—that the coming Great Tribulation will be directed primarily at them unless they repent (Ezekiel 33:1–7). In what is essentially both a commission and a dual prophecy—partially fulfilled but not completely fulfilled until the end-time, Jesus Christ told His servants: 'And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake: but he who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes' (Matthew 10:22–23).

Therefore, though small in number (the 'little flock', Luke 12:32), God’s true church at the very end will be preaching a powerful message which will bring about severe persecution. God’s people will be small in number but will be increasingly recognized because of the powerful message they are preaching. They will definitely not be among the 'mainstream' churches—carefully blending in with this world’s society. And they will be going over the 'cities of Israel' (Matthew 10:23) with God’s warning message—proclaiming the soon-coming Kingdom of God by way of radio, television, the Internet and through publications to the peoples of America, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and to all the world!

Where is that electrifying message being preached with increasing power today? Who has both the understanding and the courage to challenge our modern society and its organized “churchianity” with the full and undiluted message of the Bible?

Check up and see where the Truth of the Bible is being made plain and clear. Determine positively for yourself (Acts 17:11) where the real Good News of the Kingdom of God (Tomorrow’s World) is being preached (Matthew 24:14)! Find out who is warning the world of the specific, major prophesied events now beginning to affect your life! And most important for you personally, find that Work which shows how you can escape being destroyed during those same prophesied events. Look for the Work God is using today to bring the answers for your tomorrow!

For this is your life—your only life! If you will take the trouble to prove it with an open mind, you can know where God is working!

Many of you—as I did—have grown up in a 'mainstream' church. Of course, there are 'nice' people there. And their highly educated ministers are often good speakers with rich, mellifluous voices. The music is pretty and the pageantry is impressive.

But is the real understanding of God’s supreme purpose for our lives made clear in these churches? Are the specific laws of God and the way of life Jesus and the Apostles proclaimed being taught and practiced? And is that vital fourth of God’s Word—biblical prophecy—being made clear and proclaimed as a 'witness'?

God’s true ministers are carrying on His Work. They represent Him and, as God’s representatives, it is to them that you should pay your tithes and cheerfully give your offerings. God then directs them to use His money for His Work. Come help humanity! This dying world desperately needs to be reached with God’s full Truth. It needs the understanding of the purpose for human existence, the great living laws of life, the definite prophesied events soon to occur in our time and the meanings of all these things! That is exactly what this Work of God is all about!

theHumanStain.net as well as the Church of God (the author of the above column) are witnesses to these end times. Please consider tithing to theHumanStain.net or to the Church of God.

New 'Priestly' EU President

2009-11-19T18:13:00.003-07:00

Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy kisses Lady Ashton after his appointment as EU president Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images

Is this the Biblically prophesied 'King of the North'? Read this fascinating profile on Herman Van Rompuy from the British newspaper, Guardian and then you decide.

Profile: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's Mr Fixit

Ian Traynor in Brussels
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 November 2009 22.38 GMT

Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's centre-right prime minister, pulled off the coup of a long political career tonight by ascending to the post of president of the European Council, the new summiteering role established by the Lisbon treaty.

Known as Belgium's Mr Fixit for his low-key, patient work behind the scenes struggling to hold a fractious country together, Van Rompuy won the bad-tempered contest for the role by making friends and influencing people.

He has been a fixture in Roman Catholic and Christian Democratic politics for decades, but he shuns the limelight, appears ascetic and austere, and prefers to conduct his politics away from public gaze. Derided by British Europhobes as "Rumpypumpy", the obscure embodiment of an elitist EU mafia bent on demolishing the nation state, Van Rompuy owed his extraordinary triumph to strong support from Berlin and Paris and to the fact that he has not been around EU summits long enough to make any enemies.

A classicist and economist by education and an alumnus of Belgium's ancient Catholic University of Leuven, Van Rompuy is a committed European federalist, a position that suits the core and oldest EU member states, but raises many eyebrows among east Europeans, Scandinavians, and, of course, the British.

"Europe has no use for iconoclasts, the old continent is crying out for calm steadfastness," De Standaard, the leading Flemish newspaper, writes tomorrow of the unlikely victory for Van Rompuy. "He will soon be the first president of Europe. Never in his wildest dreams could the Christian Democrat have thought the best was yet to come."

Van Rompuy has been prime minister of Belgium for less than a year, summoned last December by King Albert II, to try to salvage a country plagued by tensions between Dutch-speaking Flanders to the north and Francophone Wallonia to the south.

Previously, the king had employed Van Rompuy as the key intermediary cajoling the two alienated halves of the country into shortlived coalitions.

In an EU that prizes consensus, compromise and operates as a supranational coalition of different countries, interests, and political forces, Van Rompuy's talents for persuasion and conciliation look to be his prime qualifications for the job of chairing EU summits and trying to harmonise the EU agenda. His appointment frustrated those eager to show greater European muscle abroad by giving the job to a household name like Tony Blair. The criticism is that in an international crisis, Van Rompuy does not have the stature to stand alongside Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, or Hu Jintao and that Europe will be relegated to the second division of international powers.

Van Rompuy enjoys a reputation for self-deprecating wit. The appearance of modesty is said to mask steely determination, sharp intelligence, and strongly held views which he seldom reveals. He does not suffer fools and can be withering in private about political opponents, say Belgian sources.

Van Rompuy writes haiku in his native Dutch, and speaks French, English, and German. He is said to take himself off to a monastic retreat once a month. He is credited with easing the tensions which were threatening to tear Belgium apart last year, although he has accomplished that simply by putting off some of the biggest decisions which are the sources of the rancour.

In his prime role as chair of EU summits, he is likely to be more the servant of European national leaders rather than their master, another factor in his success.

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Did you notice the few words I gave emphasis to? Below is the definition of each of these words along with a bit of Bible prophecy:

Austere: Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; priestly (Revelation 17 is devoted entirely to warning the world about a 'beast' power that has a religious element guiding it, i.e., Catholicism).

Iconoclasts: A person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles or laws. One who destroys sacred religious images. (Daniel 7:25 prophesies a time where the King of the North will speak directly against Almighty God and His saints AND change laws that are sacred to God and His true followers).

Cajoling:To persuade by flattery (Daniel 11:32-34 indicates this is how the final 'beast' power will convince millions to go against Apostolic Christianity).

Monastic: Resembling life in a monastery in style, structure, or manner (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 reveals a prophecy when the leader of the 'beast' power proclaims that he is God from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem).

Although not found in a dictionary, I found this reporters comments describing Van Rompuy's style of politics intriguing - that is Van Rompuy manages EU business 'behind the scenes' as well as he 'prefers to conduct his politics away from public gaze'. This style of business is how those who are involved with creating the peace treaty between Israel and the international community are depicted in Daniel 9:27 - a 'behind the scenes' agreement that will be made 'between many'.

Daniel 11:40-45 also tells of a time in the very near future where the King of the North (EU President) and the King of the South (a consortium of Islamic nations) will have a major disagreement and it will escalate to a war. Newly appointed EU President Van Rompuy has been quoted as saying 'The universal values which are in force in Europe, and which are fundamental values of Christianity, will lose vigor with the entry of a large Islamic country such as Turkey'.

The CIA World Factbook states that Turkey is 99.8% Muslim. What do you think the Turkish government is thinking right about now? I'm here to tell ya, they don't have visions of 'sugar plumbs' dancing in their heads! I'll take an educated, layman's guess that 'jihad' is foremost on their minds right about now.

If all this isn't enough, Van Rompuy is also a 'fixture in Roman Catholic and Christian Democratic politics for decades'. Frequent readers of this website will remember that in Revelation 17, the woman riding on the back of the seven headed, ten horned beast is the Roman Catholic Church.

Keep your eyes on news coming out of the Vatican on this new EU Presidential appointment. My thinking is the Vatican will fully support Van Rompuy's agenda and begin the ride of the harlot!

Whew! Can you feel the importance of this moment? Do you understand that Jesus Christ's second coming is only a few short years away? If you can't feel it, then get a spoon and start digging the sand out of your ears because you've had your head in the same for too long!

Its time to wake up. Its time to realize that only those whose names are written in the Book of Life will enter the 'Government of God' (Revelation 22:19).

Am I flat out saying that this Van Rompuy is the King of the North? Nope, just pointing out some interesting facts about what type of political leader the King of the North will be. Because the EU presidential term is 2.5 years in length, this could be or it could be the next appointed EU president. Either way, the 'beast' is formed and ready to rock and roll!

Do you want to 'ride the beast' into the Lake of Fire or do you want your name written in the Book of Life? This is a choice that is yours and only yours to decide. But I wouldn't wait long - the Book won't be open forever.

EU Busy Forging Ahead

2009-11-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

Union for the Mediterranean
Blue: Members of the European Union in the Union for the Mediterranean States
Green: Other members (primarily from the African Union & Arab League)

The newly formed Union for the Mediterranean States has a special prophetic interest. This union is of keenly 'kingly' interest. Wow, try to say that three times fast!

EU Parliament to Host Seminar for the Union for the Mediterranean States

Union for the Mediterranean: what can we expect?

Edited by Ahmed Gamal Tuesday, 17 November 2009

On 19 November in Brussels, a high level seminar will give the opportunity to experts and decision makers to debate on the future developments of the UfM, a few weeks before the negotiations on the statutes of its Secretariat. Former French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine will conclude the debates with some personal reflections.

The event is organized by the European Studies Institutes of the academic faculties of Saint Louis Brussels, with the support of the European Commission, the European Parliament and with the participation of the Council.

The seminar takes place at the European Parliament from 9am-6pm on 19 November.

The ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’‚ was launched in Paris on 13 July 2008 in a bid to give a new impulse to the Barcelona Process, according to the Joint Declaration adopted at the heads of state or government meeting.

A few months later, on November 3-4, the Foreign Ministers from the EU and the Mediterranean states came together and agreed on the institutional structures, the work program for 2009, the fields of cooperation to be pursued and the state of progress in the implementation of projects decided.

One of the decisions taken at the Marseille meeting was to re-name the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ to ‘Union for the Mediterranean’. They also decided that the League of Arab States would participate in all meetings at all levels.

On the structure of the Union for the Mediterranean, one of the decisions was that the co-presidency shall apply to summits and meetings and that one of the co-presidents will be from the EU and the other from the Mediterranean partner countries. Barcelona was chosen as the seat of the Secretariat, according to the Declaration agreed by the Foreign Ministers.

According to the Paris Declaration, a new impulse would be achieved “in at least three very important ways: by upgrading the political level of the EU’s relationship with its Mediterranean partners; by providing for further co-ownership to our multilateral relations; and by making these relations more concrete and visible through additional regional and subregional projects, relevant for the citizens of the region.”

The Paris Summit, co-chaired by French President and rotating President of the European Council, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, had brought together 43 European and Mediterranean States, the Community institutions and regional organizations.

This union is of special prophetic interest as it includes a 'King of the North' (French President Nicolas Sarkozy) and a 'King of the South' (currently Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak).

My 'Biblical Radar' tells me that this Union for the Mediterranean States could be the political structure that is prophesied in Daniel 11:27 and Psalm 83 that give clues on the identity of both the King of the North and the King of the South.

'And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed' (Daniel 11:27, ESV).

'They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. They say "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant - the tents of Edom and the Ismaelites, Moab [Central Jordan] and the Hagrites [Egypt], Gebal [North Lebanon, i.e., Hezbollah] and Ammon [North Jordan] and Amalek [Sinai Arabs], Philstia [Gaza] with the inhabitants of Tyre [South Lebanon]. Asshur [Former Assyrian's, i.e., most of Anglo descended nations of EU] also has joined them; they are strong arm of the children of Lot' (Psalm 83:3-8, ESV).

These conspirators are being lined up, just as Bible prophecy predicts. Both Israel and those northern descendants of Assyria need to wake up and understand what is being formed right under their very snozzle!

Sarkozy and the King of the North

2009-11-18T12:27:00.000-07:00

Continuing to aggressively pursue French and EU interests in the Middle East, French President, Nicolas Sarkozy makes a special trip to visit King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on issues of 'personal' interest. It is intriguing to note that the EU is currently holding a conference with the 'Mediterranean Union' and how ties between the EU could be made stronger.

Mr Sarkozy discussed Middle East

peace and trade with the Saudi King

and his cabinet.

(BBC News) French President Nicolas Sarkozy is attending a second day of talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Riyadh.

Mr Sarkozy met the king and discussed the Middle East peace process and trade ties in talks on Tuesday described by Saudi sources as "long and in-depth".

He spent the night at King Abdullah's desert ranch in Al-Janadriya.

Officials say the trip is aimed at strengthening ties between the two men, but they are also set to discuss French bids for major Saudi arms contracts.

Before leaving France, Mr Sarkozy called for the urgent resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Earlier this month he held meetings at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, with the leaders of Iraq, Israel and Syria.

He has also spoken by telephone with the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, who will attend talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner later in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

'Personal nature'

A Saudi government adviser told the AFP news agency Mr Sarkozy's visit would be "personal in nature" and that its purpose would be to "invigorate ties" and "widen the scope of relations" between the two countries.

Mr Sarkozy's meeting with King Abdullah and his cabinet and advisers was "long and in-depth", the state owned Saudi Press Agency said.

No official announcements are expected from either side during the visit, but the two leaders are expected to discuss French efforts to sell Saudi Arabia military helicopters, naval frigates and high-speed trains.

An agreement on peaceful nuclear co-operation is also on the agenda, as well as Iran's nuclear programme and the Middle East peace process.

Riyadh was hoping Mr Sarkozy could help get peace talks going after a "disappointing" effort by Washington, the Saudi adviser said.

Deadlock

In an interview with the Saudi newspaper al-Riyadh, the French leader said it was a priority to restart talks as soon as possible.

"It is urgent because the current deadlock plays into the hands of extremists and each day the chance of peace is slipping away a little," he said.

Mr Sarkozy said he had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt settlement construction and Mr Abbas to remain "committed" to holding presidential and legislative elections in 2010.

"Sometimes in these moments of great tensions solutions arise, because they give the actors the courage and strength to move forward. It is for us to help them," Mr Sarkozy added.

This will be the third trip to Saudi Arabia in two years for Mr Sarkozy, who in recent years has put less emphasis on building relations with France's allies in Africa and more on Gulf and Indian Ocean states.

In 2007, shortly after taking office, he declared that in addition to being sources of oil and potential markets for French technology, the two areas were key to France's security and that of the world.

France opened its first military facilities in the Gulf at Abu Dhabi two years later, including a dedicated quay at Zayed Port, an air force installation at the Dhafra Air Base, and a barracks.

The French President, ironically enough, just happens to be the 'President of the North' in the Union for the Mediterranean States, an organization that may help lead to the prophesied agreement between the King of the North and the King of the South in Daniel 11:27 and Psalm 83.

While the co-presidents of the Mediterranean Union are not yet in position to be the final King of the North nor the final King of the South, events seem to be lining up in such a way whereas the top EU leaders and the top Mediterranean Union leaders will be in a position of authority, as the Bible prophesies.

Daniel 9:27 also lays out a time when an agreement or 'covenant' will be made between Israel and the international community that will be confirmed by the European leader who ultimately will be the final 'King of the North' as well as the final 'Beast' of Daniel and Revelation. Since the French President seems to be pushing for such an agreement, it seems that we could be witnessing the formation and ultimate fulfilling of the most important prophecy in the last 2,000 years!

I'm here to tell ya, you better be watching!

EU Unity Will Be Tested

2009-11-15T12:25:00.001-07:00

Interesting Associated Press analysis of who might the first EU President be. Although these AP reporters elude to Tony Blair not being a valid contender, I personally believe he remains a strong contender. I'll explain below what may occur if Tony Blair is chosen first EU President.

Before that explanation, read this report and also note the very interesting photo of Tony Blair the AP chooses to include in this report. Is that a halo or just a bad omen?

A president of Europe? Continent's unity is tested

November 14, 2009 By The Associated Press ANGELA CHARLTON (Associated Press Writer)

Photo credit: AP | FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair attends a reception in London.

Very soon, Europeans from Denmark to Bulgaria will wake up to the reality of having their very first president, one person world leaders can call when they want to talk to. It's taken a lot of history to get here. (AP Photo/Pool, File)

PARIS - PARIS (AP) — The European Union has battled long and hard for this moment: the imminent choice of its first president.

To get there, the EU strong-armed Irish voters, brushed aside hostile French and Dutch ballots, and pressured the Czech president into agreeing to a single leader to give Europe a strong voice on the world stage.

Yet after all that, EU leaders meeting Thursday may end up picking someone from a small country with little international power instead of a charismatic heavyweight to head this continental bloc of 27 nations, half a billion people and huge economic heft.

To pick a boss they can all live with, they must strike the right balance between big countries and small, east and west, socialists and conservatives, perhaps male and female. They must maneuver between proponents of a strong Europe and those who fear it — eurocentrics and euroskeptics, in the local parlance.

It's a diplomatic minefield.

The decision will help define Europe's future, the climax of a decade of agonized contortions and oft-thwarted efforts to make the EU about more than money and markets and common rules about what bananas Europeans can buy.

"The time has come to have a personality who will make an imprint ... a European mark" on world affairs from Iran's nuclear program to relations with Russia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said last week.

"We should have weight in the world; we are 500 million people," he said. "We should participate in world events and not just finance them."

The early favorite was Britain's former prime minister, Tony Blair, but his candidacy has run into trouble. He cuts a big figure on the world stage — perhaps too big for the liking of other powerful figures such as French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Now the talk among diplomats is that the EU president won't be that globally powerful after all and that the role will primarily be to liaise internally among EU governments. That would leave room for a low-profile president and a more eye-catching figure in the No. 2 slot of EU foreign minister, which carry the real international oomph.

There's talk of grudges: Will Britain block Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as punishment for Belgian objections to Blair? Will Poland nix Italy's Massimo d'Alema because of his communist past?

The path toward giving Europe a public face has been a tortured one. First, there was the EU constitution, which was meant to streamline decision-making and stipulated creating a president and a commissioner of defense and foreign affairs. But French and Dutch voters rejected the constitution in referendums in 2005, fearing a threat to their sovereignty.

Then a toned-down reform treaty was born. That made it past most governments — but then Irish voters said no.

They were talked into a second vote, said yes — and then the euroskeptic Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, resisted. Under heavy pressure, the Czechs also signed on last week.

There are no declared candidates and no public campaigns. President Barack Obama's future European counterpart will be determined not by elections but over a closed-door dinner.

Blair's most visible handicap is his enthusiasm for the Iraq war, which many Europeans opposed. He is especially resented among European leaders who bucked resistance at home to join the euro, the bloc's common currency, only for Britain to stay out of it.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is often mentioned for the job of foreign minister, but he insists he's not in the running.

Being on the left and coming from a big country, Miliband could have been nicely balanced against a conservative from a small country holding the presidency, such as Dutch Premier Jan Peter Balkenende, Belgium's Van Rompuy or former Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel.

At the last EU summit two weeks ago, calls mounted to give the presidency to a woman. That boosted the long-shot chances of Latvian former President Vaira Vike-Freiberga.

The logic of choices is often mysterious or counterintuitive. Balkenende is vaunted as a good candidate because his country's voters rejected the EU constitution, "which should comfort the euroskeptics," the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad surmised.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is known internationally for his U.N. role in the Balkans, but says he's not running. He says only that Europe's president should be "a good person."

The European Union that rose from the ashes of World War II has torn down its borders, adopted common standards in everything from the death penalty to the weight of cargo trucks. It has dug a tunnel to link Britain to the Continent and its haves have poured billions into its have-not member states — 10 from the former communist bloc — raising their living standards beyond recognition.

And that's where it should stop, say the euroskeptics, before national governments lose their sovereignty to a faceless superstate.

A face, say the europhiles, is exactly what Europe needs in order to take its proper place on the world stage. They have a stock phrase: When America needs to talk to Europe, it doesn't know whom to call.

Now, said France's Kouchner, "Europe will have a telephone number."

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As the Bible clearly prophesies, once the EU President is chosen, the world will know who to call; and it won't be the 'ghostbusters'. More like the 'globe-busters'!

So, what's with Tony Blair? Because Mr. Blair is the current lead for the 'Middle East Quartet' (and has been two years now), I'm quite sure he has negotiated much of what is required to get a peace deal signed between Israel and the international community. And Blair has done this behind closed doors, away from snoopy news reporters. To the former British Prime Minister, this is a game - a Global 'Power Game' in which he is looking to set himself up, politically, for a long time; or at least he thinks it will be for a long time.

If Tony Blair is chosen as the first EU President, look for a major announcement from him within a six month time period in which he and his team will have brokered a peace deal in the middle east. Reason being, the Bible clearly states in the prophecy given to us in Revelation 17:8 that the 'dwellers on earth whose names have been not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.' If Tony Blair is picked as the first EU president, what better news could there be then the signing of a peace treaty in the war inflicted middle east? What better cause could Blair claim to propel his 'beast' power into global domination?

This 'beast' power is the EU, a.k.a., the King of the North (Daniel 11:40-45) and the harlot riding the back of this 'beast' is the Roman Catholic Church (Revelation 17:1-6), which, coincidentally, has added a powerful new member to its 'flock'; Tony Blair.

The EU/King of the North will ultimately decide to betray and destroy the woman riding it (Revelation 17:15-17) and eventually this leads to the final culminating battle against Jesus Christ Himself at the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16, 17:14).

The world is fast approaching the time of 'Jacobs Trouble' (Jeremiah 30:7, Matthew 24:21). A time of unprecedented wrath from Almighty God. Is there an opportunity to escape this 'Wrath of God'? I'm here to tell you there is. 'Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and YOU WILL receive the gift of the Holy Spirit' (Acts 2:38).

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Vatican and Russian Orthodox Church To End Frostiness

2009-11-15T10:50:00.000-07:00

The British newspaper, The Telegraph, seems to agree with Revelation 13 and 17 that the current atmosphere of religious ecumenism is fast approaching, just as the Bible prophesies.

Russian Orthodox and Catholic church may end 950-year rift

The Catholic and Russian Orthodox Church have held high-level talks to lay the groundwork for a historic meeting of their two leaders after centuries of frostiness.

By Rachel Cooper
Published: 9:35AM GMT 13 Nov 2009

Talks have been held to discuss a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox ChurchPhoto: AP

Relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church have been tense for centuries, but in a sign that relations are finally thawing, Archbishop Ilarion, who heads the Russian Orthodox Church’s foreign relations department, said that both sides wanted a meeting, although he emphasised that problems remained.
Ilarion spoke of a rapprochement under Pope Benedict XVI that would allow for a meeting with the new Russian Orthodox Patriarch, Kiril, who took up his office in February after the death of the previous patriarch.
“There have been visits at a high level,” said Illarion. “We are moving towards the moment when it will become possible to prepare a meeting between the Pope and the Moscow patriarch.”
He added that in recent years there had been “noticeable improvements” in relations between the two churches.
“The progress in relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church began after Benedict XVI became pope. He is…a person who does not aim to grow the Catholic Church in traditional Orthodox regions.”
Some observers had hinted a meeting between the two Church leaders was forthcoming, but many issues still stand in the way of bridging the split, which dates from 1054 when Patriarch of Constantinople was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
The breach heralded the Great Schism that finally divided the Christian churches of East and West – which had long had political and theological differences, including the wording of the Nicene Creed – and led to the creation of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
Relations have been tense ever since, and were strained again in recent years by Orthodox accusations of Catholics proselytising in Russia - although historians have cast doubt on such claims.
Mark Nash of the Agency for Evangelisation, who has studied the relationship between the Russian Orthodox and Catholic Church, said a "a lot of the instances of 'proselytising' were in orphanages and children's programmes.
"The chancellor of the Russian Bishops' Conference, Father Igor Kovalevsky, who was on the joint committee tasked with investigating the allegations, said they were 'misunderstandings'."
Dr Jeremy Smith, senior lecturer in Russian history at the University of Birmingham, added that his impression was that the Catholic Church "had not really engaged in proselytising".
"Consequently, [the Catholic church] has remained on relatively good terms with the Orthodox clergy, especially at a local level," he said.
He added that the Russian authorities aimed anti-proselytising laws "more strongly against organisations like the Moonies".
Such legislation, he added, marked an attempt by the government to establish the Russian Orthodox Church as "a centrepiece of Russian identity, albeit as a pillar of the state, after the fall of Communism".

Below are two additional video news reports on how the Vatican is moving towards one world religion.

Pope Moves Closer to One World Religion
Pope Says EU Can't Survive Without Vatican

Changing Times

2009-10-18T12:58:00.008-07:00

The annual fall 'changing of the time', i.e., Daylight Saving Time, is fast approaching. On the first Sunday in November, we all get to break out the instruction manual for our watches to set them back an hour or aimlessly wander around your home and/or offices resetting all the clocks.

This 'changing of the times' reminds me of an obscure Bible prophecy in Daniel 7:25 which prophesies a time in which the antichrist 'shall think to change the times and the law'. No, the ancient Babylonians did not observe any type of Daylight Saving Time, This is a changing of another time and another law. Let me explain.

In the fourth century AD, the Roman emperor, Constantine, was growing weary of all the conflict arising between those who believed in the pagan sun god and those professing to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Constantine devised a plan that he thought would solve the problem. In 325 AD, under the direct guidance of Constantine, the Council of Nicea was held. The end result of these discussions was a direct transfer of the Old and New Testament observed seventh day Sabbath (Saturday) to the Sunday worship day of this pagan following.

Respected historian Paul Johnson has observed the following regarding the religious views of Constantine and the ultimate motive in changing the 'Sabbath':

"There is some doubt about the magnitude of Constantine’s change of ideas.... He himself appears to have been a sun-worshipper, one of a number of late-pagan cults which had observances in common with the Christians. Thus the followers of Isis adored a madonna nursing her holy child; the cult of Attis and Cybele celebrated a day of blood and fasting, followed by the Hilaria resurrection-feast, a day of joy, on 25 March; the elitist Mithraics, many of whom were senior army officers, ate a sacred meal. Constantine was almost certainly a Mithraic, and his triumphal arch, built after his ‘conversion,’ testifies to the Sun-god, or ‘unconquered sun.’ Many Christians did not make a clear distinction between this sun-cult and their own. They referred to Christ ‘driving his chariot across the sky,’ they held their services on Sunday, knelt towards the East and had their nativity-feast on 25 December, the birthday of the sun at the winter solstice. During the later pagan revival under the Emperor Julian many Christians found it easy to apostatize because of this confusion; the Bishop of Troy told Julian he had always prayed secretly to the sun. Constantine never abandoned sun-worship and kept the sun on his coins. He made Sunday into a day of rest...." (A History of Christianity, Johnson, 1976, pp. 67–69; emphasis ours).

As Jesse Lyman Hurlbut states in The Story of the Christian Church: "As long as the church was mainly Jewish, the Hebrew sabbath was kept; but as it became increasingly Gentile the first day gradually took the place of the seventh day".

This diabolical action taken by Constantine and the Council of Nicea was obviously created to make it easier for the surrounding pagans to become "Christian". Yet, by abandoning God’s true Sabbath and His law, it resulted in a "Christianity" that was not really Christianity at all! As Hurlbut acknowledges: 'The services of worship increased in splendor, but were less spiritual and hearty than those of former times. The forms of ceremonies of paganism gradually crept into the worship. Some of the old heathen feasts became church festivals with change of name and of worship. About 405AD, images of saints and martyrs began to appear in the churches, at first as memorials, then in succession revered, adored, and worshiped'.

The ultimate reason men changed the day of worship from God’s Sabbath to the pagan Sunday is that the Prince of Darkness, Satan the Devil, will do anything and everything he can to deceive mankind and to cut man off from the knowledge and worship of the true God. Worship on the seventh day, which God "sanctified"—the day that Christ and the original Apostles always observed—had to be "stamped out" because of Satan’s desire to confuse this world and to cut mankind off from the Creator God.

What a plan, huh? Satan is an evil, twisted, knot head, but he is not stupid. The Devil himself used Constantine and fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 7:25; to change the very day God set aside as a sign of His people. Notice the special covenant God made with Israel concerning the Sabbath. God said in Exodus 31:13, 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you' Herein lies the fact that we 'know' the true God who sets us apart if we keep the 'sign' of His Sabbath, which points directly to Him as the Creator of the Universe!

God tells us in Exodus 16-17, 'Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a PERPETUAL covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel FOREVER, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and on the seventh day, He rested and was refreshed'. There is nothing in the commands from Almighty God that says this 'sign' is to be moved or removed. PERPETUAL and FOREVER are unquestionable time frames; time frames that never end.

The Sabbaths are not only to be kept by Israel, but all Gentiles that follow the teachings of the Bible. These Gentiles have been 'grafted' into the cultivated olive tree (Romans 11:24).

Sadly, many point to Sunday as the true Sabbath as that is the day Jesus Christ rose alive after His brutal crucifixion. But how well does this idea hold up under close scrutiny? Let's take a look at the only document that can prove this; the Bible!

Notice what Christ told the Pharisees in Matthew 12:39-40 concerning what sign would be given to signify the coming of the Messiah: 'An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth'. Understand the magnitude of this single sign. If Christ fails to come through on this sign, it equates Him to being a fake, a 'false prophet' and the Pharisees knew that.

The only sign Jesus gave to prove He was the Messiah was that the grave could only hold Him for a limited amount of time - exactly 'three days and three nights, i.e., 72 hours. But hold on there Kimosabe; Easter Sunday tradition maintains that Christ was buried just before sunset on the what is called 'Good Friday' afternoon and resurrected early Sunday morning - only two nights and one day, i.e., 36 hours. How can that be correct?

Some will argue the definition of 'day'. But Christ clearly stated that there are 12 hours in a 'day', not including the night (John 11:9-10). Therefore, when Easter Sunday proponents take His remark and conclude that Christ was in the grave three days x 12 hours = 36 hours, we can see that they are leaving out the three nights.' There are approximately 12 hours of daytime and 12 hours of night time in one 24 hour day. So three days and three nights is definitely 72 hours. But was it exactly 72 hours? Jesus said He would rise 'after three days' (Mark 8:31), i.e., no less then 72 hours. But He also said He would rise 'in three days' (John 2:19-21), i.e., no more then 72 hours. This is absolutely clear; 72 hours exactly! And God is always right on schedule.

Also, consider this; when the women came to His tomb Sunday morning, 'it was still dark' (John 20:1) and He had already risen. How could this be? The Sunday resurrection proponents argue that He had risen just moments before. If they are correct, then 'three days and three nights' earlier would be just before sunrise on Thursday morning. Yet no one believes Christ was buried on Thursday MORNING or any other morning for that matter. This is with good reason. When Joseph of Arimathea laid Christ's body in the tomb, 'the Sabbath drew near' (Luke 23:50-54). Biblical days, including Sabbaths, begin at sunset and end the following sunset (Genesis 1:5-31; Leviticus 23:32) - a night time period followed by a daytime period.

Christ, then, was buried in late afternoon - BEFORE a particular Sabbath began at sunset. Three days and three nights later would be the same time of day, i.e., late afternoon!

Now we have another problem. If we assume that Christ was buried on Friday afternoon, as the Good Friday tradition asserts, then His resurrection would be on a Monday afternoon - 72 hours later. yet no one believes this either and again, with good reason. For remember that Christ had already risen before the women came ot His tomb prior to daybreak Sunday morning. What then is the answer?

Why have so many thought that Christ was put in the grave on Friday afternoon? Mark 15:42 states that 'it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath.' Since the weekly Sabbath always occurred on the seventh day of the week, what is now called Saturday, the 'Preparation Day' was normally on Friday. However, it has already been proven that Friday is not the day Christ was buried. The answer to the apparent dilemma is that the weekly Sabbath is not the only Sabbath mentioned in the Bible. Leviticus 23 lists seven annual Holy Days that occur in God's Festivals. Each of these days was considered a Sabbath (or a 'rest' from normal labor). All annual Sabbaths or 'High Days', with the exception of Pentecost, fell on a particular calendar date rather then a set day of the week.

Now the mystery can be solved by reading John 19:31. The Jews wanted to remove the crucifixion victims 'because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on Sabbath, for the Sabbath was a high day'. Christ kept the Passover with His disciples the night before His death (Luke 22:15). He died on the cros the next afternoon, which was still Passover (Nisan 14 according ot the Hebrew calendar; Leviticus 23:5). Leviticus 23:6-7 reports that the next day, beginning the evening after His crucifixion, was not a weekly Sabbath, but an annual Sabbath; the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Now put together the facts. It is clear from the Bible that Christ died and was buried on Passover afternoon and that the following day was an annual Sabbath. It is also clear that he was resurrected at the same time of day; late afternoon. But which afternoon? Since the women found Him already gone on Sunday morning (1st day of the week), it would be sensible to conclude that He had been resurrected the previous afternoon on Saturday! This would mean He had been buried three days and three nights earlier; Wednesday afternoon. It would also mean that Passover, Nisan 14, fell on a Wednesday that year. And, in fact, that is exactly what happened in 31AD, a year that perfectly fits the time frame the Bible demands!

Scripture also provides further proof that there were TWO Sabbaths that week; an annual and a weekly Sabbath. In Mark 15:47, Mary Magdalene and her companion watched Joseph of Arimathea lay Jesus in the tomb near the end of the Passover. The next verse, Mark 16:1, tells us that AFTER the 'Sabbath', Mary Magdalene and her companions bought spices with which to anoint Christ's dead body. However, Luke 23:56 shows that they prepared the spices BEFORE the Sabbath. Naturally, they could not have prepared spices before they were even purchased! The only explanation that makes sense is that they bought the spices on Friday and prepared them the same day AFTER the annual Sabbath on Thursday and BEFORE the weekly Sabbath on Saturday! Then they rested on the weekly Sabbath in which Jesus was resurrected. The next morning, Sunday, they came to the tomb before sunrise and found him already gone.

Some will point out Mark 16:9, which says, 'Now when He rose early on the first day of the week . . . . ' Yet how can this be? To understand we should read the verse in the original King James Version and continue further in the sentence: 'Now when Jesus WAS RISEN [past tense] early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene.' He was not 'rising' on Sunday morning. As we have seen, He rose Saturday afternoon. So early Sunday morning, He was already 'risen' Also realize that in the original Greek, there was no punctuation. Had the King James Version translators simply put a comma after the word 'risen' and not after 'week' this would make complete sense. Note the Contemporary English Version's translation: 'Very early on the first day of the week, AFTER Jesus had risen to life, He appeared to Mary Magdalene.'

Bottom-line, a Sunday morning resurrection could not be the reason for changing the weekly day of worship from Saturday to Sunday. Even if Jesus Christ was resurrected on Sunday, why would His disciples, who had kept the seventh day Sabbath with Him, have abandoned His example of keeping the Ten Commandments and switched to Sunday keeping? And why would they have picked Sunday, a day already associated with pagan sun worship? The answer, they would not because Sunday was NOT the day Christ rose!

So what's the point of all this? Who cares if the Sabbath is on a Sunday or a Saturday and what does all this have to do with Bible prophecy? Simple answer - Satan hates anything that God loves and God defines love as faithfully following His teachings (1 John 5:3). So if you were Satan, what God given sign would you try to change to deceive those who desire to follow God and His only Son, Jesus Christ?

Satan, very wisely, has chosen 'the least of these commandments' (Matthew 5:19:20), the fourth commandment - Remembering the Sabbath day to keep it Holy. Satan has literally deceived billions over the centuries on this one single act perpetrated by the Roman Emperor, Constantine.

He will continue to deceive billions more all the way to the end. It is interesting to note that Revelation 13:17 mentions a 'mark' that will be required for anyone wanting to buy or sell during the Great Tribulation. So what is this 'mark' and what happens to those who decide to accept this 'mark'?

Revelation 14:10 answers that very question. God's wrath will be 'poured full strength into the cup of His anger.' This does not sound like a good thing.

Notice in Colossians 3:6 who Paul says will receive God's wrath: 'On account of these the wrath of God is coming to the sons of disobedience.' The mark of the beast could, therefore, be a brand of disobedience to God. It marks those who refuse to keep God’s commandments in spite of both the preaching of the two witnesses and even the final warning delivered by an angel of God (Revelation 14:9).

Does the Bible reveal a contrasting sign of obedience that identifies God’s true people? Hint - the answer to this has already been given to you earlier in this blog post. Exodus 31:13–17. Here God declared to ancient Israel that His Sabbaths were a sign between Him and His people forever! The Sabbath is the test commandment to identify the true God of creation and the people who are obedient to His commands and laws.

Revelation 13 explains that the mark of the beast, a brand of disobedience to God, is taken upon the hand and the forehead. Just as disobedience is described as worn upon the hand and forehead, so also is obedience to God’s law. Notice Deuteronomy 6:1-8. 'Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and commandments… And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes'. The hand is symbolic of actions, while the forehead is the seat of intellect. Obedience to God involves both actions (hand) and will (forehead).

The mark of the beast then seems to be a brand of disobedience to God. Not only must this involve rejection of God’s sign of obedience, the Sabbath, but also the acceptance of a counterfeit sign or mark, i.e., the observance of what Daniel 7:25 calls a 'change to times and the law'.

So there you have it. Something to think about when you are adjusting your clocks for the upcoming Daylight Savings time. Will you take the step to not only change your clocks back, but accept God's sign so that you can receive His free gift of eternal life? The Good News is that if you do accept this free gift - no more changing clocks!

Be Blessed!

Top 7 Signs of a True Prophet

2009-08-03T17:52:00.010-07:00

I had a discussion today with a devout Mormon. I discovered some interesting things about the teachings of Mormon. One of the things I discovered was that the founder of the Mormon church, Joseph Smith, is considered a prophet to their 'denomination'.

I found that puzzling in light of the name 'Joseph Smith' is no where to be found in the Bible. I checked Strong's Concordance for Joseph Smith. The only thing this self proclaimed prophet had in common with the Bible was his first name matched one of the Old Testament patriarch's, Joseph, the son of Jacob (or Israel as his name was changed by God).

As I concluded this discussion with the Mormon 'cleric', I thought that it would be a good idea to compile a list of the top seven signs of a true, God assigned prophet. So here they are:

1. Deuteronomy 18:21-22 - "And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

The true Prophet of the Lord predicts that which does come to pass. If the Prophet's predictions fail, they are exposed as NOT of God.

2. Jeremiah 28:9 - "The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him."

A true Prophet will be 100% accurate. there is absolutely no margin for error.

3. 2 Peter 1:20-21 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

A true Prophet NEVER gives his private interpretation and always in the name of the Lord. He only shares what the Lord reveals to the glory of the Lord, never seeking glory to himself. Scripture defines Scripture, not man.

4. 1 Corinthians 14:3-4 - "But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church."

A true Prophet will look to edify, comfort, and uplift the Church body by his testimony as well as exhort them.

5. Isaiah 8:20 - "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."

A true Prophet keeps God's Law, and abides by the testimony of the Bible Prophets as well. If a Prophet does not agree with the Bible Prophet's or does not keep God's Ten Commandments, he is a false Prophet.

6. 1 John 4:1-3 - "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."

A true Prophet believes and preaches the incarnation of Jesus Christ. He will preach Jesus as God who came to Earth and put on humanity in order to redeem us all.

7. Matthew 7:15-20 - "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."

Matthew 24:24-25, "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before."

A true Prophet will show good works, and have identifiable fruits of a Christian. He/she will have abundant BIBLICAL fruits. Performing miracles proves nothing.

Another critical point to remember and a very high priority of a true prophet of God is to show people the true way to enter the Kingdom of God, through Jesus Christ and His atonement for our sins. Psychic's, mediums, fortune tellers even Catholic priests do not care about your eternity. These false prophets only worship one god, money and how much they accumulate.

One closing point - Verify those that claim to be prophets. Yeah, most of these yahoos will, no doubt, be false prophets (e.g. Joseph Smith), however, verify anyway! The true prophet is a valuable source of information, encouragement, as well as warnings from God Almighty. They are used by the Lord to help prepare the people for His coming - two of which will appear very soon, a.k.a. The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11. Test everything and find the truth (1 Thessalonians 5:21). If you do discover that someone is a true prophet of God, don't mock them for you may be forsaking a blessing as well, for it is plainly written in 2 Chronicles 20:20, "... Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper."

Be Blessed in the name of Jesus Christ!

The Revealing of Obama

2009-07-23T11:01:00.009-07:00

Did you realize that Barack Obama may be the last president of the United States, or as some believe (like myself), alleged president?

Although the Bible does not specifically name Obama in its many prophesies, the Bible does indicate that circumstances currently surrounding Obama's administration are clearly prophesied. I've listed the top 6 Bible prophesies that directly come out of or are influenced by this current Obama reign.

The timing of his election. It may be that there is but a single presidential term left before the Great Tribulation or the 6,000 year plan God (Mathematical Evidence - The End of This Age) has for man and the fulfillment of related prophecies in the Book of Revelation. Barack Obama’s very presence (as well as his planned and unplanned actions) should be enough to enable the fulfillment of various end-time prophecies including the King of the North and the King of the South prophesied in Daniel 11:36-45 and the one world governmental and religious system prophesied in Revelation 13 and 17.
Barack Obama may be part of the fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28:43. This prophesy speaks about the end-time where a 'stranger' or 'sojourner' will rule over an end-time superpower and will create such debt within his nation that this superpower will completely lose its international leadership status and other nations will destroy its national sovereignty. Since the Roe vs. Wade pro-abortion decision, the United States has became the greatest debtor nation in the history of humankind. Since the USA owes alien nations trillions of dollars, it appears that the curse in Deuteronomy 28:44 of having to borrow from aliens is happening to it now. Obama has put forth economic policies, the latest being Nationalized Health Care, that will increase that debt, yet, the Bible specifically warns that increasing national debt like this will lead to destruction at the appointed time of the end in Habakkuk 2:3,6-8. One of the first actual changes that Barack Obama implemented was reversing one or more executive orders that will likely lead to more abortions. The Bible clearly teaches that abortion is wrong (Exodus 20:13, Exodus 21:22-25, Psalms 139:13-16, Jeremiah 1:4-5, Jeremiah 22:3) and a terrible national sin, yet, on March 9, 2009, Obama lifted a ban on embryonic stem cell research.
To a great degree, women put Obama in power. The Bible specifically warns about women ruling over a nation (Isaiah 3:12). The highest cabinet post in Barack Obama’s administration went to Hillary Clinton. Two of his top economic advisers are also women. Barack Obama has also received advice from Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives (who has been criticized for her pro-abortion stance and now is seeking Sonia Sotomayor as a replacement to another retiring Federal Supreme Court justice. Coincidently, Sotomayor is an alleged pro abortionist. The only person in the Bible named "Barak" relied to heavily upon women (Judges 4:4-9).
In a policy shift from past administrations, Barack Obama has pledged increased cooperation with the Europeans, including strengthening their defense systems. This cooperation is likely to lead to the rise of the prophesied King of the North (probably the European Union), who is to be the final 'Beast' leader prophesied in Revelation 13 and 17.
Barack Obama has called for increased dialog with those considered as enemies of the USA. Even some Shiite Muslims believe that his presidency may lead to the rise of their Mahdi, who seems to be the same person that the Bible calls the King of the South (Daniel 11:40).
An increase of military action in Afghanistan, which Obama has ordered, may stretch USA military commitments. Because of domestic economic concerns and international pressures, Barack Obama is likely to shift priorities away from defense spending and encourage the Europeans to increase their military might. This will help lead to the destruction of the United States, when the Europeans are ready and the USA is not.

Although Barack Obama may be well meaning and is encouraging Americans to back him as he works on his economic agenda, the majority of Americans are completely oblivious and unconcerned with what Bible prophecy teaches will occur in the latter days or the end-time. Obama is implementing dangerous policies for the United States that will result in more abortions and other sins in this nation.

Believe it or not, the Bible teaches us to pray for our leaders. Yes, even Obama, who desperately needs our prayers. The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 2:1-4:

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Without national repentance, the United States is in for big time trouble. The focus of these United States of America needs to be on turning to the God of the Bible and His 10 Commandments and not simply on the hope that President Obama will somehow stave off economic disaster while ignoring the nation’s sins. Our only hope is Jesus Christ.

Regardless of what Obama does or does not do during his term, because of the timing of his presidency and what the Bible teaches will occur during this time, it appears that Barack Obama will play a major role in setting the stage for the ecumenical and political King of the North and the Muslim King of the South prophesied in Daniel 11:36-45 and Revelation 13/17.

Are you ready for what Obama has in store for this country? If you are not sure, consider visiting theHumanStain.net to find out how you can prepare for the final one world government and the return of Jesus Christ as the final king of this world! I'm here to tell ya, we are not approaching the end-time. We are in it right now!

Be Blessed!

Email From the Edge - Post Tribulation and How to Prepare

2009-06-15T11:11:00.006-07:00

I received an email today from a visitor to theHumanStain.net web site with a question that seems to be asked more often in the last year or so. It is an important question for all to ask and even more to consider.

Sheila C asks 'After going through your website and reading various blogs, I am beginning to see why there won’t be a pre-tribulation rapture. Here is my concern. Suppose the RFID chip or something similar to it is, in fact, the “mark” which we should not take. How would I go about providing for my children the basic necessities without the “mark?” '

Jesus Christ gives the answer to your question and it isn't complicated either.

Check out Luke 21:34-36 'But watch yourself lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. But staying awake at all times PRAYING THAT YOU MAY HAVE STRENGTH TO ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN.'

Luke 21:34-36 is also another good arguing point against a pre-tribulation rapture. Why would Jesus Christ Himself tell His people to pray if they are going to be raptured before the Great Tribulation? If there is a pre-tribulation rapture and all of Jesus Christ's followers will escape the Great Tribulation, then what be the purpose of praying 'to escape all these things'?

In other words, Jesus Christ was saying to the BORN AGAIN, POST TRIBULATIONAL DISCIPLE to pray that it would be in His will that He will protect His disciples.

The Old Testament also gives direction on how to conduct yourself at all times, not just in a crisis.

Psalm 91:9-10: 'Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place, the Most High, who is my refuge, no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.'

Zephaniah 2:3: 'Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do His just commands, seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.'

The Bible is clear on what our conduct should be, pray, seek God's righteousness and constantly grow your relationship with our advocate, Jesus Christ.

It is also wise to use common sense. Stockpile food that has a lengthly shelf life, i.e., freeze dried soups that are inexpensive such as the Nisan ramon noodle soups that one can purchase at Wal-mart for .30 cents per container. I have personally researched the shelf life of these soups and it seems to be three to five years. Buy has many of these as you can afford and have storage for. These kinds of soups are extremely light in case an escape out of your current city is warranted. Being as light as they are, they can be carried easily and take up little room in a van or SUV.

Is stockpiling Biblical? Check out Proverbs 6:6-11 and read about the tiny ant and what God thinks of its common sense talents.

Also it would be wise to get you and your family the type of water filter bottles that hikers carry with them that can filter out just about any 'nasty' imaginable. They are expensive, even in the Walmart camping section, however, it is a wise investment.

I also recommend some kind of fishing gear, i.e., Ron Popeil's pocket fisherman and a small .22 or similar rifle for hunting and protection. I firmly believe that ammunition could become something as valuable as silver and/or gold in the very near future.

And most importantly, ban together with other disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ so that all talents can be 'pooled' together so that others that did not plan well can receive assistance, fellowship and maybe even the receipt of Jesus Christ's good news of salvation (Romans 12:5-6, Hebrews 10:24-25)!

It is also notable that Joseph of the Old Testament, prophesied to Pharaoh of Egypt seven years of hard times. Because of Joseph's wisdom and listening to the Lord, all of Egypt was spared the seven year drought and came out the other side unscathed. God is the same yesterday, today and forever, therefore the wisdom He gave to Joesph is even more relevant in the End Time; that is store and minister to those who need salvation (Matthew 28:19-20)!

Be watchful, Be Blessed.

Time-line to Armageddon . . .

2009-05-22T13:06:00.023-07:00

The Middle East Peace Treaty or what the Bible calls the Confirmation of the Covenant, will be the world event that triggers the final seven years to Armageddon.

It's only a matter of time . . . . . . .

The Middle East Peace Treaty is being formulated and written as you read this text. Once the Confirmation of the Covenant is signed and recognized by the world leaders, the final seven year time clock begins to tick.

Do you know what events occur during the final seven years?

If you don't or are not sure, theHumanStain.net has created this time-line so that you can watch for the signs as Jesus Christ commands us to do (Revelation 3:3).

A downloadable .PDF is also available on theHumanStain.net web site under the 'Resources' tab.

If you click on the time-line itself, a new window will be opened with an enlarged view.

And, for 'better hall way vision', here's an 'End Time Glossary' for your edification!

3rd Temple – The first two temples were destroyed. The first temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. and the second temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. The third temple WILL BE rebuilt as prophesied in Revelation 11:1-2.

6th Trumpet War – War prophesied in Revelation 9:13 that will kill 1/3 of mankind. This war will originate from the Euphrates River, seventy percent of which lies within the borders of Iraq.

Abomination of Desolation - The event that will mark the beginning of the second half of the final seven years in which the Antichrist enters the rebuilt Temple and proclaims himself to be the Messiah (2 Thessalonians 1:3-4).

Antichrist - Before Christ returns to set up His kingdom of peace, Satan will enter a man's body and present his counterfeit, the Antichrist, as the Messiah. The Antichrist will come out of the European Union and rule during the Great Tribulation (Daniel 9:26).

Battle of Armageddon – The final war where the Antichrist and his world army attacks Israel. Jesus Christ ends this battle at his second coming (Revelation 19:11-16) and throws the Antichrist and the False Prophet into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:19-20).

Confirmation of the Covenant - Promise given to Abraham by God that Israel will always have a land with specific borders (Genesis 15:18) and that Jerusalem will be the Holy City of the Lord. This covenant will be reestablished by the Antichrist (Daniel 9:27).

Great Tribulation – The last half of the final seven years. The Antichrist will solidify his one world government and the False Prophet will rule over the one world religion during this period (Matthew 24:15-21, Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:11-17).

Mark of the Beast – Some type of mark on the forehead or right hand that the False Prophet initiates (Revelation 13:11-18). Will have to have this mark to buy or to sell.

Two Witnesses – Two powerful prophets anointed by God to counter the Antichrist and False Prophet. They appear during the Great Tribulation from Jerusalem preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Revelation 11:3-12).

War in Heaven – Satan tries to take control of Heaven and is defeated and thrown out by the archangel Michael. This event triggers the Great Tribulation (Revelation 12:7-11).

Wrath of Satan – Satan punishes world inhabitants through the Antichrist for being kicked out of heaven. This will last for 3 1/2 years right up to the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 12:12).

Are You Ready?

There is only one thing you need to do to be ready for the EndTime and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. You must be born again (John 3:3). Being born again is Jesus Christ’s plan of salvation for the entire world. Jesus Christ specifically said if a person is not born again, entrance into the Kingdom of God is not possible. Three steps to being born again:

Step 1: A person must truly and honestly believe that Jesus Christ is the only true God (no such thing as ‘Allah’ or ‘Buddah’) and that HE died on a cross for everyone’s sins, was buried and rose again and is in heaven now preparing a place for all believers (John 3:16-21).

Step 2: A person must believe that they are a sinner and repent (Luke 13:3, Acts 2:38, Acts 17:30). Not only must a person repent, he/she MUST have such a change in heart and belief that the sin you once loved you now hate and the righteousness you once ignored you now seek with a burning desire (1 John 1:5-10). In other words, you must have a burning desire to seek the path of Jesus Christ. When you put your faith in Jesus Christ, receiving Him into your life and allowing His Holy Spirit to guide you (Psalm 139:23-24), His righteousness becomes yours and you are then saved and can enter the Kingdom of God. As a human being, it is impossible to be perfect as Jesus was perfect (Romans 3:23), however, if a person truly believes in Jesus Christ and his Gospel, that person will have a burning desire to repent of any sin that does not allow a closer walk with Jesus Christ. Repentance is a journey NOT a destination! Repentance an ongoing process and part of the journey to walking every day closer and closer with the Lord Jesus Christ (1 John 2:1-6). The Bible is your ‘Instruction Manual’. If you don’t have one, get one. TheHumanStain.net recommends the English Standard Version.

Step 3: Be Baptized in water and Spirit symbolizing that you are burying your old ways and are now living for Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit guiding you. (John 3:5, Acts 2:38)

If you have any questions, PLEASE send an email to support@theHumanStain.net. TheHumanStain.net is here to serve and will answer all questions.

So, Are you ready? If your not, then get it done! As you can see, there is very little time remaining.

Be Blessed!

Mathematical Evidence - The End of this Age

2009-04-15T09:09:00.010-07:00

If I told you that I could prove the final seven years of this man-made world is poised to begin, would you believe?

Well, buckle up boys and girls. You are about to take a 6000 year old ride and it might shake you up a little!

Almighty God has a 7,000 year plan for humanity and for this hunk of rock we currently call 'earth'. As Genesis 1:1-31 shows, God refashioned the earth and created all life forms, including Adam (Hebrew for 'man') and then rested on the seventh day or the Sabbath (Genesis 2:1-3).

God also gave man six days to work followed by a day of rest (Exodus 20:8-11). The Sabbath is such an important day to God that He even took the time to include this in His Ten Commandments. On the Sabbath, man is to set aside his normal routine to worship the only true God (Isaiah 58:13-14) and study His instruction manual, the Bible.

The Apostle, Peter, clearly understood the seven day week as a pattern that applies to man on a much grander time scale. In 2 Peter 3:8-9, Peter writes 'But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness but is patient toward you not wishing that any should perish but that all should reach repentance.'

The Apostle, Paul, also understood this concept where he explains in Hebrew 4:3-11 the seventh day of the week and how this will be a peaceful time of rest after this age of human activity.

So the two questions to ask are:

When does the rest period begin?
And
When does the 'work week' or this age end?

The Apostle John clearly prophesies when the 'day of rest' begins in Revelation 20:1-4. This prophecy tells us at the Second Coming of Christ, when Christ preempts current world governments that nearly destroy every living creature on earth, begins the 1,000 year rest period for this earth. This period is commonly called the 'Millennium'.

Since the seventh day of the week symbolizes 1,000 years of peace under the direct rule of Jesus Christ and His perfect government, the previous six days of the week represents 6,000 years in which man was allowed to work out his own ideas and plans. In other words, each day represents 1,000 years of human existence. I'm here to tell ya, we have done a really lousy job with the six thousand years God has given man!

Now we know when the day of rest begins; directly after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. You are undoubtedly asking right about now when the first 6,000 years will end. Ah, here's where you better cinch it up!

So, get your Bible, a pen and a piece of paper and get ready to do some math. If your like me, a little slim on the math skills, get a calculator instead of paper and a pen!

Just by looking at a few passages in the Bible, we can accurately calculate when the 6,000 years are up. Take a look at Genesis 5:1-31. A complete lineage from Adam to Noah is given. Betcha skipped over that when reading Genesis? Too boring, huh? I'm here to tell ya, read the entire Bible. You just never know what valuable lessons might be learned.

Back to the math. To determine how much time elapsed from Adam to Noah, simply add the ages of each patriarch at the birth of his son, plus the age of Noah at the time of the Flood (Genesis 7:6). What number did you get? It should be 1,656 years passed from Adam to the time of the flood.

Now we are ready for the next set of numbers to add to the 1,656 years. We need to locate a future date that links the 1,656 years passed. That date is found in Genesis 11:10 when we are informed that two years have passed since the flood. So we need to add two years (time that passed since Shem fathered Arpachshad) plus the age of each successive patriarch at the time of his son's birth to the death of Terah, father of Abraham (Genesis 11:32). This sum is 427 years. So add 427 + 1,656 and we get the total of 2,083 years that passed since the Adam's creation.

Using the same 'event linking methodology', we need to link the death of Terah to another future event in order to continue the 6,000 year time-line. This event occurs just a few verses later in Genesis 12:4 when we are told how old Abraham was when he left Haran, where his father had settled.

You ask, 'well, how does that help, we don't know how old Abraham was when Terah died?' Knowing how old Abraham was at the time he left Haran will help IF we can link this event to another future event and then subtract the elapsed time from Abraham's age.

Guess what, we can link this event with with the Covenant of Circumcision God made with Abraham. In Genesis 17:1-10, we are informed that Abraham had a name change and was 99 years old. So now we need to subtract Abraham's age when he departed Haran from what we now know was Abraham's current age, i.e., 99 - 75 = 24. So now we need to add 24 to 2,083 which equals 2,107 years elapsed since the creation of Adam.

Let's keep going. We're on a roll! Again, we are looking for a future date that links God's covenant with Abraham. Jump to Galatians 3:16-17. In these two verses, we find that 430 years passed between God's covenant with Abraham and the time God gave 'the law' or the 10 commandments to Moses (Exodus 12:40). Now you see why I use a calculator! 2,107 + 430 = 2,537 years since Adam's creation.

Just a couple more calculations and the total will be known. We find the next link in 1 Kings 6:1 where we learn that 480 years passed between Israel being miraculously delivered by God out of the land of Egypt and the fourth year of Solomon's 40 year reign as King and when the building of the first temple began. So now we have 2,537 + 480 = 3,017 years since God breathed life into Adam.

It's time for secular historical records to chime in on this calculation. The most secular record I can think of, at least on the internet, is Wikipedia. Not my favorite source but secular none-the-less. Wikipedia records that Solomon's temple was completed in 960 BC. We know that the first temple took approximately six or seven years to build (1 Kings 6:38) which puts the beginning of building at 966 BC. Knowing this, we add 3,017 + 966 (which would bring us to year 1) = 3,983 years.

Almost done, so cinch it up some more because you will be rocked right out of your chair when you add 3,983 + 2,009 (number of years between year 1 and the time this blog was written). What number do you get? I have a total of 5,992 years since the creation of Adam.

O.K., now that you have picked your self up off the floor (I told you to cinch it up), that's only eight years away from God's plan of 6,000 years for man's government to rule! That means time is almost up and the final seven years before Armageddon are right before us as prophesied in Daniel 9:27 and the Great Tribulation prophesied by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:15-21.

Are ya hearing me people?

Do you realize that the final seven year period directly before the Second Coming of Christ could begin yet this year?

Are you ready?

Do you now believe? If you don't, then you weren't paying attention! You either have peanut butter in your ears or you have a faulty calculator so you better read this blog entry again.

I have just proven, using a little math and common sense, that you should be ready. If you are ready, you should not fear but rejoice that your Master, Jesus Christ is almost ready to begin His style of government. And His style of government doesn't need any crazy bail-outs or expensive economic stimulus plans. His style of government doesn't need money. It's based on His law that has proven to be the only thing that really works.

If you are not ready, you should be scared out of your mind! But there is a way for you to have peace in your heart and know you are protected. It's called being 'born again' and is the only way (John 3:3) to enter into the Kingdom of God, i.e., the government of Jesus Christ. Not sure how to become born again, then visit theHumanStain.net and find out.

O.K., time to unbuckle, take a big breath and read the other blog entries at theHumanStain.net to learn more about God's prophecy plan for you.

Be Blessed!

The Day the Earth Stood Still

2009-01-14T09:56:00.008-07:00

Remember the old movie, 'The Day the Earth Stood Still?' An interesting Sci-Fi movie in which the entire earth is threatened by an outer space alien and his trusty indestructible robot. The movie explains how there are only a few places in the entire universe capable of sustaining life. Because man-kind on the planet earth is so violent, it is decided by the the collective intelligent life throughout the universe that a sample of every living form on earth, except man, was to be collected and kept safe on a 'Galactical ark'. After this collection process, earth is to be destroyed along with all human beings.

It's ironic how movies depict actual prophetic events. Jesus Christ talks of a time in Matthew 24:22 where humanity would destroy itself if it were not for the Grace of God and the second coming of Jesus Christ.

The late General Douglas MacArthur was quoted saying after World War II, 'If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.' General MacArthur must have read Revelation 16:16 where all the armies of the world congregate to wipe out Israel. The stage for that very prophecy is being set right now in the middle east. Israel moving against Gaza is stripped right from the prophecy of Psalm 83 where an Arab confederacy is being formed at this very moment you are reading this blog entry. Psalm 83:4 prophesies 'They say, Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!'

The result of the prophecy of Psalm 83 will be Israel expanding its current borders and eventually Iran and Russia moving against Israel to wipe out what they feel is a direct threat to their own existence (Ezekiel 38:1-6). Guess who are best buddies right now? Putin and Ahmadinejad; the leaders of Russia and Iran respectfully. The bad news is this will be the Battle of Armageddon spoken of by General MacArthur. The good news is, this event will also trigger the second coming of Jesus Christ (Revelation 19:11-21) and His 1,000 year reign of peace; something mankind has not been able to achieve for almost 6,000 years. in other words, without the intervention of Jesus Christ in the last minute, man-kind would actually accomplish the unthinkable; the complete extinction of every living creature on this earth.

Do you think we are close to this event? Instead of giving you the answer outright, here are some facts to ponder:

The final seven years will begin when the Antichrist (who will appear out of the Revived Holy Roman Empire prophesied in Daniel 2:32, Daniel 7:8) and the international community give their support to Israel's right to exist in the land promised to Abraham by God Almighty (Genesis 15:18). This is called the 'confirmation of the covenant (Daniel 9:27). This peace treaty between Israel and it's hostile neighbors have been in the news almost on a daily basis for the past year. This peace treaty will be a result of the failure of the Arab Confederacy going against Israel (Psalm 83, Isaiah 17:1-3, Amos 1:2-5, Jeremiah 49:23-27, Zephaniah 2:4-15).
The Jewish temple will be built on the Temple Mount (Revelation 11:1-2 & 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). All the furniture for Israel's Third Temple is now complete; Israel has her long sought for red heifer which is needed before the reestablishment of temple worship; and in June of 2005, the newly reborn Sanhedrin announced they were proceeding with building the temple which also coincides with the Psalm 83 prophecy.
A world government will dominate for three and one half years prior to Armageddon (Daniel 7:23 & Revelation 13:7). The nations of the world are increasingly recognizing the authority of international law. We now have the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World court just to name a few. We have a World Court to adjudicate the international laws of the emerging world government.
Each person on earth will be required to have a mark or a number in order to buy or sell (Revelation 13:16-18). On May 11, 2005, President Bush signed the Real ID Act. This law requires that every American must have a national ID card. Without this card, a person will not be able to hold a job or open a bank account. Without a job or a bank account, how much buying and selling will an individual be able to perform? Oh yeah, almost forgot; you will not get this card without giving your number which will be none other then your Social Security Number.

So what do you think? Are we close? I'm not saying we are approaching the end time. I'm saying, it is evident, we are in the end time right now!

Many people thought that the world would be a safer place when the Soviet Union collapsed. Guess what? It's now even more dangerous. Many people throughout the world would celebrate at the fall of the United States. Who would fill the void if that happened? China, KGB led Russia? Not much of choice.

There is a choice you can make, however, that would secure your eternal soul and allow you to enter a place where there will be no war, no disease, no sadness, no death. That choice is Jesus Christ and His Kingdom!

If you are not ready, get ready now. You don't have to worry about the 'Earth Standing Still'.

Not sure how to get ready? Visit theHumanStain.net and find out how to get ready. Don't wait. It will soon be too late.

Dr. Joe's Top 100 Reasons For Post Tribulation - 7th Installment

2008-12-25T15:28:00.002-07:00

A Christmas present from theHumanStain.net to those interested in Dr. Joe's 100 reasons for a Post Tribulation. Enjoy!

61. DANIEL 7:21-22 “ANTICHRIST MAKES WAR WITH THE SAINTS UNTIL JESUS COMES….REV 13:7,10…14:12…..AND HE COMES IN JUDGMENT (V21) NOT A SECRET RAPTURE….REV 20:4 & REV 11:15-18.

62. COMPARE ISAIAH 26:20-21 TO MATTHEW 24:15-18 TO REV 6:15-17 TO ISAIAH 27:13 TO MATTHEW 24:29-31 & PSALM 50:3-5 = NO SECRET RAPTURE “HE SHALL NOT KEEP SILENT = THIS WOULD BE A CONTRADICTION!!

63. IN DANIEL 8:23-25 ANTICHRIST RISES UP AGAINST THE MIGHTY AND HOLY PEOPLE (US). WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE COME FROM IF IT IS NOT US? ALL THESE SUPER CHRISTIANS IN 42 MONTHS?

64. WHY DIDN’T GOD RAPTURE US 20-40 YRS. AGO WHEN THINGS WEREN’T SO BAD? SO WE CAN WITNESS TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD. SO WE CAN WARN PEOPLE ABOUT THE MARK, HELL, AND FALSE CHRISTS.

65. MATTHEW 13:49-51 SPEAKS OF“GATHERING TOGETHER” = JUDGMENT….THE HARVEST IS AFTER THE TRIBULATION. MATTHEW 13:39-41

66. MATTHEW 13:30 “LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL (NOT BEFORE) THE HARVEST…NOTICE THE TARES (NON-CHRISTIANS)(DECEIVED PRE-TRIBBERS)TAKEN FIRST…SAME AS LUKE 17:34-37…THE DISCIPLES ASKED WHERE THE ONE WAS TAKEN….”DEAD BODY/EAGLES/VULTURES/ (NON-CHRISTIANS)…..IF JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN, HE WOULD HAVE REPLIED, “HEAVEN, PARADISE, IN MY FATHERS HOUSE, GLORY, ETERNAL LIFE,ETC.

67. 1 JOHNN 2:28 – ABIDE IN HIM, THAT WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE, AND NOT BE ASHAMED AT HIS COMING! IF SATAN COMES FIRST, AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT, ARE YOU GOING TO EMBRACE HIM AS CHRIST? REMEMBER, HE IS COMING WITH “ALL POWER AND SIGNS AND LYING WONDERS"….MESMERIZING AND CONVINCING AN ENTIRE GENERATION THAT HE IS GOD! WITH PRE-TRIB, PRE-PROGRAMMING THE DECEPTION WILL BE COMPLETE…AS THE TRUE CHRIST WARNED….”IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, HE SHALL DECEIVE EVEN THE VERY ELECT!"

68. NO TRIBULATION, NO DISTRESS, NO WORRIES, NO DEATH? SEE: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:11…ACTS 14:22…JOHN 16:33…ACTS 5:40.

69. REV 6:9-11…V11 SAYS THE DEAD IN CHRIST MUST WAIT A LITTLE SEASON BEFORE CHRIST COMES WITH THEM TO GET US…..1 THESSALONIANS 4:14-15..DEAD IN CHRIST MUST RISE 1ST…..WHERE IS THIS SECRET RAPTURE MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE?

70. THE FALSE TEACHING ON “IMMINENT RETURN” OF CHRIST, TAKES THE FOCUS OFF OF THE SIGNS JESUS TOLD US TO LOOK FOR BEFORE HIS RETURN.

Way to go, Dr. Joe! Good batch of reasons why the rapture is after the Great Tribulation.

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Dr. Joe's Top 100 Reasons For Post Tribulation - Sixth Installment

2008-10-27T09:44:00.002-07:00

51. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52 SAYS “LAST TRUMPET”….NOT FIRST TRUMPET? THE TIMING OF OUR RAPTURE IS SHOWN IN THIS VERSE.

52. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:4. ANTICHRIST COMES AS GOD HIMSELF, DECEIVING ALL PRE-TRIBBERS….HE WANTS TO KNOCK THE CHURCH OUT IN ONE PUNCH! AND HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT JESUS IS COMING AT A DIFFERENT TIME THAN HE PREDICTED. SATAN WANTS TO TAKE AS MANY TO HELL WITH HIM BEFORE THE REAL RETURN OF CHRIST!

53. IN 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 SOME SAY THE “FALLING AWAY” IS THE RAPTURE? THE GREEK WORD IS STRONGS #646….WHICH IS “APOSTASIA” = DEFECTION FROM THE TRUTH, TO FORSAKE…..SOME ROOT DERIVATIVES # 647, DIVORCEMENT, #868, REMOVE, REVOLT, REFRAIN, DEPART, WITHDRAW SELF, DESERT THE TRUTH…# 575 DENOTES SEPARATION (OPPOSITE OF GATHERING TOGETHER) DEPARTURE OR CESSATION FROM THE TRUTH (NOT FROM THE EARTH)…OF COURSE THE ONLY CORRECT INTERPRETATION IS #646…..WITH A LITTLE PRE-TRIB ESCATOLOGY MIND SET, AND SOME SATANIC INFLUENCE, THEY DECIDED TO DO SOME WORD PLAY…..LET’S TAKE # 646, AND CALL APOSTASIA “SPIRITUAL DEPARTURE” “RAPTURE”…..SO, WHAT THEIR SAYING IS “ THE RAPTURE CANNOT TAKE PLACE, UNTIL THE RAPTURE TAKES PLACE….ENLIGHTENING, UH?

54. SO, PAUL EXPECTED US TO LOOK UP “FALLING AWAY” IN THE GREEK, RANDOMLY CHOOSE A ROOT WORD “DEPARTURE” AND THEN COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT “FALLING AWAY” REALLY MEANS “RAPTURE”

55) PAUL WAS RE-ASSURING THEM THAT THEY HADN’T MISSED THE RAPTURE (SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS BECAUSE PAUL WAS STILL WITH THEM) OR WAS HE HOPING THEY WOULD PUT ON THEIR PRE-TRIB GOGGLES AND FIGURE OUT THE HIDDEN MEANING OF “FALLING AWAY”….WHAT KIND OF RE-ASSURANCE IS DECEPTION?

56. FALLING AWAY SEEMS THE OPPOSITE OF RAPTURED UP NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT!

57. DAN 9:27 IS SPEAKING ABOUT CHRIST, NOT ANTICHRIST…..MAJOR SET-UP VERSE TO DECEIVE CHRISTIANS!

58. SOME SAY ENOCH AND ELIJAH WERE RAPTURED…..OK, GREAT, SO WILL WE……BUT WHEN?? ENOCH AND ELIJAH HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH A SECRET, INVISIBLE, 7 YR. PRIOR NON-BIBLICAL RAPTURE! THE RAPTURE IS NOT THE QUESTION….IT’S THE “TIMING” THAT IS IN QUESTION!

59. MANY CHRISTIANS WILL EVEN SUPPORT ANTICHRIST BECAUSE THEY’LL THINK HE COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE ANTICHRIST, THEY HAVEN’T BEEN RAPTURED YET! THEY WILL TAKE THE MARK, THINKING IT IS NOT THE MARK, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE RAPTURED BEFORE THE MARK. SATAN WILL TAKE THE CHURCH BY TOTAL SURPRISE, SHOCK, AND CONFUSION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS SON’T TURN OUT THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.

60. LONG AGO SATAN KNEW HE HAD TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO DECIEVE GOD’S PEOPLE, AND PUT THE CHURCH TO SLEEP. IN 1830, SATAN'S PLAN CAME TRUE. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MARGARET MACDONALD, JOHN DARBY, AND C.I. SCOFIELD ( 3 STOOGES) HIS PLAN SWEPT THE PLANET! PRE-TRIB IS TAUGHT IN PULPITS, MOVIES, BOOKS, ETC. (ALL WITHOUT ANY SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE) GOD HAS SENT THEM STRONG DELUSION!

Another excellent installment of why there is no such thing as a pre-tribulation rapture. Keep in mind that just because there is not a pre-tribulation rapture that does not mean there will not be a post tribulation rapture, as Dr. Joe amply illustrates.

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Booming End Time Economy

2008-10-16T13:52:00.006-07:00

Did you know that the Bible prophesies that the end time will not be a failing economy but a booming market? Don't believe anyone, including Christians, that tell you otherwise because it just ain't true.

Bible scripture gives several clear prophecies that indicate what the end time economy will be like. In Luke 17:26-30 Jesus Christ prophesies 'Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all. So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.'

Jesus Christ gives an extremely accurate picture of what the end time will be like. Very little of day to day living will change from what current day to day living is like. Notice that 'buying and selling, planting and building' will be taking place right up to the Second Coming of Christ. I imagine there being quite of bit of laughter right up to the Second Coming of Christ as well. Notice what Jesus says about the days of Noah; 'they were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage.' I've never heard of many parties and weddings that were doom and gloom with no laughter and no fun being had.

The idea that the world must suffer an economic collapse prior to the tribulation period, is, as far as I can see, not Biblical. Yet, amid Christians, there is a notion being circulated in which a collapse is said to be necessary for ushering in the 'mark of the beast'. In fact, would not the contrary be more logical, if logic is the only basis upon which we may debate?

A thriving economy would best open the doors for the mark of the beast, which is prophesied in Revelation 13:16-18. As the plastic cards are evolving to take the place of cash without a collapse, where they are thriving because the markets/corporations are confident, could the mark of the beast not evolve from the plastic cards without a collapse, and precisely because the economy is stable/promising? Indeed, a faltering economy would dampen the hopes of the banks to usher in the mark of the beast.

Another great example that proves the world economy will be booming is an often overlooked Bible passage located in Revelation 11:10. The economy will be so good in the final 1,260 days, people will rejoice when the Two Witnesses are killed and people all over the world rejoice in the fact that these two radicals are dead. All people of the world rejoice by sending each other gifts, which means the post offices and gift shops of the world are operating without any problems. If the world economy was in the dumper, I kinda doubt if anyone would find the time to even care about watching two preacher men blasting away about Jesus Christ let alone sending gifts to each other.

Even the TV stations will be pumping out the news all the way up to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Picture this scenario; All the worlds TV news stations will suddenly go blank. Wolf Blitzer Barbara Walters fading to television snow for ever! Wow, I can't wait until that day!

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Dr. Joe's Top 100 Reasons For Post Tribulation - Fifth Installment

2008-10-16T10:05:00.002-07:00

Following is the fifth installment, directly from Dr. Joe, of why the Bible teaches a post tribulation rapture.

41. IF JESUS HAD AN IMMINENT RETURN, HE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN SEVERAL CONTRADICTIONS, AND HIS 2ND COMING IN MATTHEW 24:29-31 WOULD ACTUALLY BE HIS THIRD COMING! HE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO EXPLAIN…ACTS 3:20-21. AND MARK 13:30.

42. THE RAPTURE WILL OCCUR ON GOD’S TIME, AND NOT WHAT WE THINK IS CONVENIENT FOR US. GOD’S WRATH (ARMEGGEDON, OR HELL ITSELF) IS GOD’S WRATH….NOT TRIBULATION! WE, BELIEVERS, WILL BE DELIVERED FROM GOD’S WRATH, BUT NOT TRIBULATION (ACTS 14:22). GOD PROMISES THOSE WHO KEEP HIS WORD, THAT HE WILL KEEP US DURING THE TRIBULATION…REVELATION 3:10 “KEEP THEE FROM” IS STRONGS #5078. THIS SPEAKS OF PROTECTION = KEEP AN EYE ON = PREVENT ESCAPING…..NOT A SECRET PRE-TRIB RAPTURE! SAME WORD “KEEP” USED BY JESUS IN JOHN 17:15.

43. IF ANTICHRIST HAS POWER FOR 3.5 YRS (42 MONTHS) REVELATION 13:5-10 ( AND ALL CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSEDLY GONE, UH,WHO ARE THE MULTITUDE, TOO MANY TO COUNT (REVELATION 7:9) NO SPIRIT, NO CHRISTIANS, YET IN 42 MONTHS ALL THESE SAVED PEOPLE? DID THEY GET SAVED IN THE ONE WORLD CHURCH?

44. HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST TODAY IN 42 MONTHS WITH THE SPIRIT HERE, AND THE CHRISTIANS?

45. JESUS SAID, I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, OR FORSAKE YOU! OH, EXCEPT FOR THE 42 MONTHS….YOUR ON YOUR OWN!

46. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:3 “PEACE, SAFETY…..PRE-TRIB RAPTURE = SUDDEN DESTRUCTION = REALITY!

47. PRE-TRIB RAPTURE TEACHER JACK VAN IMPE, USES ALL OF MATTHEW 24 TO CLAIM A PRE-TRIB RAPTURE, BUT WILL NEVER QUOTE V29-31….STRANGE?

48. PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY MISSED THE RAPTURE, THIS IS THE VERY REASON PAUL WROTE 2 THESSALONIANS 2. HE WAS ASSURING THEM “THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME = RAPTURE, UNTIL 1) THE FALLING AWAY OCCURS, 2) ANTICHRIST COMES 1ST. IF PRE-TRIB WERE TRUE, PAUL WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE TEXT TO READ, “THAT DAY SHALL COME “BEFORE”…….BUT, NO, HE SAID, “THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME!!!”

49. IF GOD DIDN’T SPARE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON…..WHY ARE WE SO SPECIAL?

50. DO YOU BELIEVE JESUS, OR POPULAR (FALSE) TEACHERS?

There are some extremely compelling reasons in this grouping that a true born again believer must know that the Second Coming of Christ AND the Rapture are singular events and WILL occur after the Abomination of Desolation prophesied by Daniel in 9:27.

Good show, Dr. Joe. I always enjoy your perspective on post tribulation rapture.

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Dr. Joe's Top 100 Reasons For Post Tribulation - Fourth Installment

2008-09-26T11:58:00.004-07:00

Here is the fourth installment from Dr. Joe's perspective on Post Tribulation. It's actually a perspective that is taught in Bible prophecy.

31. WAS JESUS, NOAH, OR MOSES RAPTURED?

32. IF THE SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH LEAVE, WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE THROUGHOUT REVELATION, AND MENTIONED ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE BIBLE? REV. 22: 16-17

33. IF THE SPIRIT IS GONE, EXPLAIN HOW ONE CAN HAVE TESTIMONY IN CHRIST? REV. 19:10…REV 12:11,17…REV. 19:9

34. IN MATT 24, JESUS CLEARLY TOLD US HE WAS COMING “AFTER” THE TRIBULATION, AFTER THE SIGNS IN HEAVEN, AFTER THE LAST TRUMPET, AND OVER AND OVER WARNED US OF FALSE CHRISTS THAT ARE COMING “BEFORE” THE TRIBULATION SAYING THEY ARE HIM! PRE-TRIBBERS ARE GOING TO BE IN TOTAL CONFUSION, AND THE WHOLE TIME IT IS CLEARLY WRITTEN IN SCRIPTURE!

35. THE BIBLE CLEARLY STATES THAT WE ARE TO LOOK FOR THE SINGLE, VISIBLE, COMING OF OUR BLESSED HOPE AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION - - NOT A PRIOR, INVISIBLE, 7 YR. PRIOR PRE-TRIB RAPTURE….TITUS 2:13..COLL 3:4…2 TIM 4:1…1JN 3:2…REV. 1:7

36. WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, THE JEWS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT GODS WORD SAID CONCERNING THE COMING MESSIAH….SO TOO, PRE-TRIBBERS FAIL TO SEE THE CLEAR DETAILS IN MATT 24… MARK 13..LUKE 21……2 THES 2…..ALL OF REVELATION!

37. PRE-TRIB RAPTURE TEMPTS US TO LOOK AT THE EASY WAY OUT, AND THEREFORE LEAVES US UNPREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE REALITY OF TESTING. TESTING PURIFIES OUR FAITH. WITH FAITH COMES PERSECUTION, TRIBULATION, EVEN MARTYRDOM.

38. WHY DID JESUS GIVE US (CHRISTIANS) WARNINGS OVER AND OVER IF HIS REAL GOAL WAS TO RAPTURE US OUT OF HIS WARNINGS? IN MATT 24……V4 “TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU” V5 “FALSE CHRISTS COMING” V6 “WARS” V7 “FAMINE = CAN’T BUY,SELL, OR EAT, WITHOUT THE MARK V8 “JUST THE BEGINNING” V9 “TEST OF FAITH” V10 “BETRAYAL” V11 “DECEPTION = PRE-TRIB FALSE CHRISTS V12 “FALLING AWAY” V13 “HE THAT SHALL ENDURE TO THE END, THE SAME SHALL BE SAVED” V14 “NO IMMINENT RETURN…ALSO V29-31 V15-21 “YOU’LL SEE AND KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON…”WHOSOEVER READETH, LET HIM UNDERSTAND” “PRAY” “THIS IS THE GREAT TRIBULATION!! V22 LUCKY THE TRIBULATION IS SHORTENED TO 3.5 YRS….REV 13:5-10 V23 ANOTHER WARNING OF PRE-TRIB CHRISTS V24 YET ANOTHER WARNING, GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS, EVEN THE ELECT CAN BE MIS-LEAD V25 “DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU!” V26 ANOTHER WARNING!! HOW MANY DO YOU WANT? V29-31 “IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION….NOT BEFORE….NO MENTION OF AN ESCAPE HERE…..PRE-TRIBBERS INVENT THEIR OWN ESCAPE HERE, AND SAY THAT JESUS WAS TALKING TO THE JEWS IN MATT 24, AND NOT TO US (CHRISTIANS.) THE DISCIPLES ASKED JESUS WHAT WAS THE SIGN OF HIS SECOND COMING…..THEY DIDN’T ASK “WHAT IS THE END-TIME PLAN FOR THE JEWS?” IN JOHN CH3, NICODEMUS WAS “A RULER OF THE JEWS..V1, AND THE TEACHER OF ISRAEL V10….SO WAS JESUS TALKING JUST TO THE JEWS WHEN HE SAID, “YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN?????”

39. HOW CAN PRE-TRIB BELIEFS EXPLAIN MATT 24? V29 FULFILLS REV 6:12 (6TH SEAL)- V31 THE LAST TRUMPET (2ND COMING) – FULFILLS REV 11:15-18 ALSO SEE REV. 10:7 – THE END, JUDGMENT, REWARDS, AND YES, NOW OUR RAPTURE! CAN HE RETURN ANY OTHER TIME THAN WHEN HE TOLD US HE WOULD?

40. IF JESUS WARNS US AN IMPOSTOR IS COMING FIRST, AND PAUL WARNS US ANTICHRIST COMES FIRST, 2 THESS 2:3….WOULDN’T JESUS BE THE ULTIMATE LIAR IF HE SHOWED UP BEFORE….EVEN TO HELP US OUT OF SEVERE TRIBULATION? HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF!

I will repeat myself, if someone believes that there is a pre-tribulation rapture, it is not a salvation issue unless you are dead set against seeing events with your own eyes, deny the revealing of the antichrist and then take the mark of the beast because you 'have not been raptured yet and you tell yourself that the antichrist that has been reveled is not the antichrist because you have not been raptured yet. Those who take the mark of the beast, regardless of what you believed before that point, are destined for the lake of fire (Revelation 14:9-11).

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Dr. Joe's Top 100 Reasons For Post Tribulation - Third Installment

2008-09-12T11:23:00.002-07:00

Summer's over. School is started back up so it's time for me to get back at it as well. Here is the third installment of 'Dr. Joe's 100 Reasons for Post Tribulation.

21. GOD’S DELIVERANCE BRINGS US THROUGH THE FIRE,RATHER THAN DELIVERING US FROM HAVING TO FACE IT AT ALL.
22. WAS JOB RAPTURED AT HIS TIME OF TRIBULATION?
23. WAS JOSEPH RAPTURED OUT OF THE PIT, OR PRISON?
24. WAS DANIEL RAPTURED OUT OF THE LIONS DEN?
25. WAS KING DAVID RAPTURED OUT OF ALL HIS TRIBULATION?
26. THE ISRAELITES WENT THROUGH ALL 10 PLAGUES OF GOD’S WRATH…EXODUS 7:18 THROUGH 12:30
27. WERE SHADRACH, MESHACH, ABEDNEGO RAPTURED OUT OF THE FIREY FURNACE?
29. WERE ANY APOSTLES RAPTURED?
30. WAS PAUL RAPTURED OUT OF ALL HIS TRIBULATIONS?

Be watching in the coming days for the rest of Dr. Joe's 100 Reasons For Post Tribulation. Every single point he makes just points to the fact that born again believers will go through and endure the Great Tribulation.

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More of the Top 100 Reasons for Post Tribulation

2008-08-01T06:50:00.002-07:00

Here is the second installment of the Top 100 reasons why the Bible teaches post tribulation versus pre-tribulation. This Top 100 list is courtesy of a new found friend, 'Dr. Joe'.

11. According to 2 Thessalonians 2:3, who comes first, Jesus or Anti-Christ?

12. What verse in the Bible says we should be watching for a pre-tribulation, seven years prior to rapture before the Anti-Christ?

13. In Revelation 7:9-17, John speaks about an innumerable multitude who came out of the Great Tribulation. Where do these believers come from if seven years prior, every believer was raptured up along with the Holy Spirit? Revelation does not record a single conversion. Only faithful believers that endure to the end.

14. Will people call God a liar when He is a pre-tribulation no show (the 'Great Falling Away')? Post tribulation believers will be scoffing, saying where is the promise of His coming? If pre-tribulation beliefs were true, this verse would not make sense.

15. Revelation 12:17 - To have testimony of Christ would require the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 19:9-10).

16. At the appointed time, pre-tribulation believers will be looking for 'another Christ'. One whom they have been taught is coming for them. It's an obvious set up for acceptance of Anti-Christ at his appointed time. Deceiving all pre-tribulation believers who will be overtaken as a 'thief in the night', who were warned over and over by Jesus not to believe in pre-tribulaiton rapture (Matthew 24).

17. Pre-tribulation believers call the unsaved who get saved during the tribulation the 'tribulation saints'. What does God call them? Why does God not differentiate between them?

18. In Revelation Chapter 4, the 24 elders are supposed to represent the entire raptured Christian church? Why did not God just say 'The entire raptured Christian church'? John mentions he saw these elders sitting on 24 thrones. In contrast, the Church is not prepared to rule until Revelation 19:7-8.

19. If a non believer sees Christians disappear and now says, 'I believe God', is this faith in Christ? Is this 'faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God'? A non believer would probably get a Bible, start in Genesis and quit somewhere in Numbers, frustrated.

20. Pre-tribulation author John Walvoord states the possibility of a believer escaping the tribulation is mentioned in Luke 21:36. Sounds great, but here is an example taking a verse completely out of context. In verse 36, 'Escape all these things', is in reference to the 'things' mentioned in the previous two verses , not a pre-tribulation escape at all.

Have you been watching/listening to the news? Almost every bit of news coming out these days are full of the prophecies of the Bible. Everyday that goes by gets us closer to the final seven years before the Battle of Armageddon. Are ya ready? If you are not sure you are ready, then may i invite you to visit our web site at theHumanStain.net and take a look at what you need to do to be ready and know that you will be one that Jesus Christ calls His own child.

Hey and don't forget, Dr. Joe has another 80 reasons why you should know that there is no such thing as a 'pre-tribulation' rapture. So be watching for another Layman's post real soon.

Email from the Edge - 100 Reasons Why You Should Not Believe Pre Tribulation Rapture

2008-07-24T05:42:00.007-07:00

I'm here to tell ya, the world is really, really close to witnessing an unbelievable event that will change the world. And no, I'm not talking about Oprah Winfrey loosing ANOTHER 100 pounds. As much weight as she's lost over the years, she should weigh about 76 pounds, don't cha know.

Never-the-less, I'm speaking about a much more profound and supernatural event that, believe it or not, many people will miss. And that supernatural event is . . . . Drum roll please . . . tttllltltlttttttltlllttttttllllllllllltltlttttlllllltltltltllttt (my rendition of what a drum roll would sound like if you could actually write it in words; yeah, I know. Not very good. That's probably why my parents never let me take drum lessons. All joking aside, the event I'm speaking of is the signing of the middle east peace treaty. And this could very well be signed before the end of 2008.

The reason I bring this up is I received a very interesting email from 'Dr. Joe' asking what my viewpoint is on when the rapture occurs, i.e., pre-tribulation versus post tribulation. I quickly responded to his inquiry with two Bible verses that specifically teach that the rapture is post tribulation. By the way, there are many people that believe there will be a rapture before the Great Tribulation begins (Matthew 24:21). Thus the term, 'pre-tribulation'. The word rapture is that time when all born again believers (including those that have died over the past several thousands years) will be transformed into new beings and live AND rule with Jesus Christ for eternity.

There are many scriptures in the Bible on when the rapture occurs (as you will soon find out from Dr Joe), however, my two favorite passages are 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and Revelation 20:4-6.

The first, 1 Corinthians 15-51-52, reads 'Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.' Notice the phrase 'at the last trumpet'. This refers to the seventh and last trumpet in Revelation 11:15-19. the seventh trumpet of Revelation describes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom replacing man-made governments. The seventh and final trumpet sounds right at the time of the Battle of Armageddon; which falls right at the very end of the final seven years.

So what's that got to do with the middle east peace treaty? Hold on to your Four Horseman, I'll get to that in a second, but first, I want to give the second verse that specifically tells a true believer when the rapture will occur. This Bible passage is located in Revelation 20:4-6 and reads like this 'Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the world of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection!'. Again, notice the specific phrase 'this is the first resurrection'.

Now let's talk middle east peace treaty and how it applies to this discussion. The middle east peace treaty occurs when all core issues of Israel are confirmed by a peace treaty between Israel (of course) and Israel's Arab neighbors. The two main core issues are:

International community confirms Israel's right to exist in the Holy Land with recognized borders for Israel.
Settle status of Jerusalem; specifically, building the third temple on the Temple Mount (Dome of the Rock).

So what have we learned so far? Well, we now know what the peace treaty really is AND, with further explanation, when the rapture occurs. This is important to understand because the Bible does clearly teach the final seven years will be triggered by the signing or 'Confirmation' of the middle east peace treaty (Confirmation of the Covenant, Daniel 9:27) and the Bible teaches the rapture will occur upon the sounding of the 'last trumpet' (1 Corinthians 15:51-52), which is the second coming of Jesus Christ AND this sounding of the last trumpet is the 'first resurrection' (Revelation 20:5).

As a pre-tribulation believer, how can there be a resurrection seven years prior to 'last trumpet' (1 Corinthians 15:52) and the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21) and another resurrection before the 'first resurrection' of Revelation 20:5? Bottom line, there can't be two 'first resurrections'. If there was a resurrection seven years prior to the 'last trumpet', then Revelation 20:5 would have read 'this is the second resurrection'.

These two Bible passages make it quite clear when the rapture will occur. However, if you are not convinced, 'Dr. Joe' has one hundred reasons why a pre-tribulation believer is incorrect in their belief that the rapture occurs before the Great Tribulation.

Now, instead of giving all 100 reasons in this blog posting, I'm going to split them up and give ten of them at a time over the next week or two. This is an extensive list, so be prepared.

1. What happens to the unsaved young children whose parents were secretly raptured? Are they to fend for themselves and how can they survive without taking the mark?

2. The rewards for the saints are mentioned after the 7th Trumpet; which is after the tribulation. Why would we be raptured seven years prior, missing these rewards?

3. Find one scripture that mentions an invisible secret rapture (sounds like Jehovah's Witness Second Coming of Jesus in 1914) Remember Revelation 1:7?

4. Find just one scripture that clearly mentions Jesus returning 'before' the tribulation. Remember, Jesus clearly told us he is coming after the tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31).

5. Find one scripture (not a 'Left Behind' movie) that shows non Christians are in awe of this secret rapture?

6. Find one scripture that says what we are doing in Heaven for these seven years. Are we still stuck in the clouds? Where are we? 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 'Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.'

7. If the Holy Spirit leaves and the church leaves too, how can anyone get saved? Won't Antichrist overcome everyone with ease. No resistance. Satan already has the 'Left Behind'. He wants the Christians (Acts 14:22, Revelation 13:5-10, 14:12).

8. In 2 Thessalonians 2:7, pre tribulationists say the Holy Spirit supposedly leaves! Wouldn't you be adding to scripture by saying the church leaves too. Especially when the text does not say that at all!

9. If there were people left behind, the only thing on their minds will be to either take the mark or survival! Staying alive will be their priority. Getting saved (Biblically) will be the farthest thing from their mind and absolutely no Christians here to guide them. No Holy Spirit to comfort them.

10. If pre tribulationists say people will get saved like they did in the Old Testament, you obviously have a scripture for that right?

There you have it. The first installment out of the 100 reasons how the Bible teaches the rapture will occur AFTER the Great Tribulation.

A special note: Belief in the timing of the rapture is not a salvation issue. In other words, if an individual has been born again (See our Mission Statement on what being born again is) AND you are in a constant mode of improving your relationship with Jesus Christ, then you will be part of the rapture upon Jesus Christ's Second Coming. The only time believing in a pre tribulation rapture becomes a salvation issue is when an individual is so set in their belief of a-pre tribulation rapture and start telling themselves things that contradict prophecies of the Bible. For example, if an individual decided to take the mark of the beast because they tell themselves that 'this can't be the mark of the beast, because I haven't been raptured yet'. This attitude would be a terrible mistake and their soul would be lost forever to the Lake of Fire (Revelation 14:9-10).

I always remember a letter I once read from Ruth Graham (late wife of evangelist Billy Graham) to Dave Macpherson (author of 'Late, Great Pre-Tribulation Rapture'). I won't paraphrase what she said. I'll directly quote Mrs. Graham as her statement is right on target. '. . . I would rather prepare myself to go through the tribulation and be happily surprised by an unexpected rapture, then expect to be raptured only to find myself going through tribulation.' A very wise woman, indeed.

As the title of this email implies, we are on the edge of eternity. Are you ready? Is your soul ready to spend eternity with the King of kings and the Lord of lords, Jesus Christ? If you are unsure, visit theHumanStain.net and read how you can know you are ready.

It's all around us in the form of world news. Jesus Christ is coming very soon! I can't wait!

When is the End-Time?

2008-06-10T11:00:00.009-07:00

Would you believe me if I told you that Jesus Christ will be returning to earth in your lifetime?

How many fulfilled Bible prophecies would it take before you believed? Three? How about Five? Well, how about ten?

Read on and allow me to explain why I am convinced that Jesus Christ will return to this earth during our generation!

In fact, I believe that the final seven years that lead up to the Battle of Armageddon and the return of Jesus Christ could very well begin yet this year - In 2008!

I am about to give you 10 prophecies that WILL be fulfilled in the final seven years that lead into the Battle of Armageddon. You read that right - they WILL be fulfilled. Not 'maybe' or 'a good chance'. The Bible says they WILL be fulfilled. And the news is popping every day on some, if not all 10 of these prophesies.

1. The final seven years will begin when the Antichrist and the international community give their support to Israel’s right to exist in the land promised to Abraham by God. This is called the ‘Confirmation of the Covenant’ (Genesis 15:18 & Daniel 9:27). President Bush has made it very clear that there will be a signed peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of 2008. This peace treaty will have all core issues resolved including internationally recognized borders of Israel and the allowance of Jews to worship on the Temple Mount.

2. A war will begin from the vicinity of the Euphrates River (Revelation 9:13-16) that will cause the death of 2 billion! Most of the Euphrates River (about 70 percent) lies within the borders of Iraq. The U.S. has 170,000 troops stationed along the Euphrates at this time. The conflict between the U.S. and Islamic Fundamentalism is not diminishing but increasing around the world.

3. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem will be placed under a sharing arrangement between Jew & Gentile (Revelation 11:1-2). President Clinton suggested the sharing arrangement in July 2000. It is generally believed this is the only possible solution to the Temple Mount dispute whenever the issue is finally resolved.

4. The third Jewish Temple will be built on the Temple Mount (Revelation 11:1-2 & 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). All the furniture of Israel’s Third Temple is now complete; Israel has her long sought for red heifer, which is needed before the reestablishment of temple worship and sacrifice and in June of 2005, the newly reborn Sanhendrin announced they were proceeding with building the temple. They intend to prefabricate it off-site and move it to the Temple Mount when the peace treaty is signed.

5. The Temple Mount will be placed under the supervision of the world community and the leader of the world community, the Antichrist, will stand on the Temple Mount claiming to be God (Abomination of Desolation spoken of in Daniel 11:31, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). Ehud Barak, Israeli Minister of Defense, has suggested placing the Temple Mount under United Nations control in order to make a sharing of the Temple Mount possible. When the U.N. takes control of the Temple Mount, the leader of the world government (the Antichrist spoken of in Daniel 9:26, Revelation 19:20) will have justification in claiming authority over the Temple Mount.

6. A Government will dominate the world for three and one-half years prior to Armageddon (Daniel 7:23 & Revelation 13:5). It looks as if this ‘One World Government’ will be the United Nations. All nations of the world, including the U.S., are increasingly recognizing the authority of International Law. We now have the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Court just to name a few. We have a World Court to adjudicate the international laws of this emerging One World Government.

7. The Revived Holy Roman Empire which is the European Union that exists today (Daniel 2:31-45). The Bible prophesies that the Holy Roman Empire will be reborn just before the battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (Revelation 17:12-14). The European Union will be ratifying its constitution, which is called the Lisbon Treaty, by the end of 2008 and electing its first president in January 2009. Furthermore, the Antichrist and the False Prophet will come out of this reborn Holy Roman Empire and will rule the world for three and one half years (Revelation 13:5). The Holy Roman Empire has always consisted of two leaders; a political leader and a spiritual leader. The political leader (Antichrist) is alive today and governing in some capacity within the European Union. The spiritual leader (False Prophet/Second Beast of Revelation 13:1) is prophesied in Revelation Chapter 17 as the woman riding the back of the beast or Antichrist. This false prophet will be the Catholic Pope. In fact, current Catholicism teaches that the final pope will be an ‘evil pope’!

8. Each Person on earth will be required to have a mark or a number in order to buy or sell (Revelation 13:16-18). Did you know that on May 11, 2005, President Bush signed the ‘Real ID Act’? This law required that every American must have a national ID card by May 11, 2008. Currently all states have been given a waiver to comply until December 31, 2009. Without this card, a person will not be able to hold a job or open a bank account.

9. The West Bank (Judea) in Israel will become a place of ‘Great Tribulation’ (Matthew 24:15-21). The Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert has openly stated that Israel will withdraw from the West Bank (Judea) by the end of 2008.

10. The World Community, led by Russia and Iran will invade the nation of Israel (Zechariah 14:2-4 & Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39). Iran (Persia) and Russia (Meshech, which is the root word for Moscovi or Moscow) are now in alliance. Iran and its radical President, Mamoud Amadinejad, is the leading advocate of “wiping Israel off the map.” It’s interesting to note that Russia is quickly becoming a world wide force in today’s military and economical standing. Many people ‘wrote off’ Russia in the early 1990’s, however, this is no longer true. Ezekiel 38 prophecies that Russia will be powerful enough to rally nations against Israel. Could the current Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, be the prophesied Antichrist of Revelation 13?

My ears are burning! I can imagine that some reading this post are asking 'So, I thought Jesus said that he would come as a thief in the night?' That is a valid question. And, I got an answer 'fer ya'.

Jesus said in Revelation 3:3 that he would come as a thief. This implies that we would not know when His second coming will occur. Does this mean that we should not watch and know the general time frame when Jesus Christ will return? No. In fact, Jesus specifically says ‘If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.’ This is crystal clear. Jesus is saying to those that are not following His plan and not watching for the signs of His second coming, they will be locked out for all eternity.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 Paul writes to the church of Thessalonia 'Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.' A reference to the second coming of Jesus Christ is made symbolically as 'a thief in the night'. Paul continues in verse 4 'But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.' Again, this is crystal clear. Paul is saying that if a church is not a 'dead church' but a church that knows how to watch and a church that knows the Biblically prophetic signs, they will not be surprised like a thief but will know the time of the second coming of Jesus Christ.

It is obvious that the Lord Jesus Christ wants us and even commands us to know and watch for the prophecies of the Bible.

How about a blessing for spreading the Bible prophecies? Revelation 22:7 says ‘And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.’

There is only one thing you need to do to be ready for the end-time and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. You must be born again (John 3:3). Being born again is Jesus Christ’s plan of salvation for the entire world. Jesus Christ specifically said if a person is not born again, entrance into the Kingdom of God is not possible. Three steps to being born again:

Step 1: A person must truly and honestly believe that Jesus Christ is the only true God (no such thing as ‘Allah’ or ‘Buddha’) and that HE died on a cross for everyone’s sins, was buried and rose again and is in heaven now preparing a place for all believers (John 3:16-21).

Step 2: A person must believe that they are a sinner and repent. Ask Jesus to forgive them of all their sins and live like Jesus Christ would live every day. Repentance of sins is an ongoing process (Luke 13:3, Acts 17:30). The Bible is your ‘Instruction Manual’. If you don’t have one, get one. I personally like the English Standard Version.

Step 3: Be Baptized in water and Spirit symbolizing that you are burying your old ways and are now living for Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit guiding you. (John 3:5)

Are you ready? Have you turned your life over to Jesus Christ? Are you following His righteous example?

If you haven't, then what the blazes are ya waiting for? Do you know that if you are not ready what you have in store for all of eternity? I'm here to tell ya, it ain't gonna be just a picnic that was full of ants and was rained out! It's going to be more pain, anguish and regret then a human brain can ever imagine.

If you have some questions, send me an email to support@thehumanstain.net. I'll answer them for ya and then you can get off your duff and follow the three steps above. I want to look over my shoulder at the rapture and say 'Hey, I know you!'

Don't wait - the Lord Jesus Christ is on his way!

Antichrist is Alive in the European Union

2008-05-21T11:51:00.006-07:00

Tony Blair, former prime minister of Great Britain, says that he will be the president of Europe if they give him the power.

As the European Union (EU) prepares to name the first permanent president of the member states, 27 of them now and sure to include additional states in the future, one name keeps surfacing as the very first European president, Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain. French President Sarkozy, German Chancellor Merkel, Gordon Brown (current Prime Minister Great Britain), and even US President George W. Bush have suggested Tony Blair would make a great president of Europe. In response to these suggestions, Tony Blair has said that he is increasingly willing to put himself forward for the job if it comes with real power to make a difference.

Tony Blair's current job is the Middle East Peace Envoy for the Quartet. The Quartet is a national consortium consisting of the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia. Blair has an office in Jerusalem where he has been playing a major role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. This European leader has been holding discussions with some of his oldest allies on how he could mount a campaign to become the first full-time president of the European Union. The President of the European Union is a post created under the Lisbon Treaty and he would chair Europe's chief decision making body.

So what does all this European mumbo jumbo have to do with Bible prophecy? Keep reading and find out!

The European Union's Lisbon Treaty is to be fully implemented by January 2009 and would set in place a perfect prototype of the political power and position that is called for in Bible prophecy. The European Union is the Holy Roman Empire prophesied in the Bible. Daniel, an ancient Jewish prophet, revealed 2,500 years ago a scenario (Daniel 9:7-24) that calls for the revival of the old Roman Empire (the Holy Roman Empire). The Holy Roman Empire is also prophesied in Revelation Chapter 17. It will have a leader known as the Antichrist, a very powerful political leader. The spiritual leader (false prophet) of the Holy Roman Empire is prophesied in Revelation 13:11.

I believe, as do many other clergy and Bible scholars, that the European Union, coupled with the Roman Catholic Church, is the Holy Roman Empire prophesied in Daniel and Revelation. In fact I have written a post that proves, undeniably, that the Roman Catholic Church will produce the False Prophet written about in the Book of Revelation (Revelation 13:11). The post title is 'The Pope and Bible Prophecy'. Check it out. It will open your eyes on what God's plan is during the final seven years.

Another piece of news I noticed was that Tony Blair has converted from England's Anglican church to Catholicism. This news coupled with the news that Blair will be teaching at Yale University about 'one world religion' leads me to believe that this could be the beginning of the relationship between the 'one world government' and the 'one world religion' prophesied in Revelation Chapter 13.

I also find it extremely interesting that if you take Tony Blair's name and plug it into a formula that calculates whether a name computes to the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:18), Tony Blair calculates to the number 666! Now, is this proof alone that Tony Blair is the Antichrist revealed in Daniel 9:27 and Revelation 13? No, that's not proof enough, however, keep watching theHumanStain.net Blog because I will be monitoring this on a daily basis and making a post when there is no doubt in my mind that the Antichrist has been revealed. And how will I know for sure? Daniel 9:27 tells us that the Antichrist will negotiate a seven year peace treaty between Israel and Palestine. This peace treaty will settle the borders of Israel and the status of the temple mount. Then the Antichrist will go back on his word half way through the seven year treaty (which will be 3.5 years). At that point, the Great Tribulation period begins that Jesus Himself prophesied and spoke to his disciples about in Matthew 24:29.

Hey listen up and pay attention to the news headlines and I'm not talking about whether or not Britney Spears shaved her head or Lindsay Lohan is back in rehab. I'm talking about news that really matters. I'm here to tell ya, we are not approaching the end time - WE HAVE ENTERED AND ARE NOW IN THE END TIME ZONE!

Are you ready? Are you ready to endure the last seven years? If you are not sure, find out how you can be ready by visiting theHumanStain.net. Got questions - send them to me at support@thehumanstain.net.

Jesus is coming and he will be revealing himself very soon!

Dead Sea is Prophesied to Become Fresh Water

2008-05-21T10:46:00.005-07:00

Over the next few weeks and over this coming summer of 2008, I will be looking at news stripped right out of the headlines and how it relates to Bible prophecy. It is so apparent that the final seven years prophesied in Daniel 9:27 are about to begin, its 'spooky' (as a good friends son aptly phrased it). Jesus Christ says in Matthew 24:8 'All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.' That literally means that world events will be happening faster and faster with fewer times where there is a break or lull in the action. Case in point: The Red / Dead Sea Canal Project. If you've been asleep or on vacation, just look at the natural disasters. In the past 60 days alone there has been a killer cyclone in Myanmar that has taken over 100,000 lives and an earthquake in China that, right now, has a body count over 25,000!

The dramatic Valley of Peace Red / Dead Seas Canal Project was unveiled on May 15, 2008 which so happens to be the 60th Anniversary of Israel's independence by Israeli President Shimon Peres who said that a group of Israeli and foreign businessmen and banks are ready to build a 3 billion dollar canal between the Red and Dead Seas.

During the Israeli presidential conference, 'Facing Tomorrow', hosted by Israeli President Shimon Peres, a very wealthy Israeli businessman revealed that there was regional support for the 3 billion dollar Red / Dead Peace Canal Project. The Middle East political leaders hope the Red / Dead Peace Canal will also bring about a stability to the region and peace between the Israelis and their neighbors. There are a number of prophetic passages that come to mind as I report this news to you.

The Red / Dead Project will produce hydro-electric power, clean water, jobs and potentially unprecedented regional cooperation between the Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and Saudis and the project has already been funded without any state assistance. The completion of the Red / Dead Peace Canal would quadruple tourism, produce desalinated water to make the Jordan Valley into a Garden of Eden atmosphere and bring one million jobs to the area as they would also be looking for an end to the cycle of violence and death in the area.

Here's the kicker; the Red / Dead Peace Canal Project from Middle East leaders and wealthy businessmen is straight out of the Bible. This project is prophesied in Ezekiel 47 and it is very detailed in its description. This passage of Ezekiel says the Dead Sea area will become a fresh water lake and the area will look like the Garden of Eden with the beauty of the well-watered desert area. Ezekiel 47:8 reads 'And he said to me, This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah and enters the sea, when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh.' Footnotes for the English Standard Version state that 'the sea' mention in Ezekiel 47:8 is referring to the Dead Sea. There is also a footnote of special interest for Ezekiel 47:8. When Ezekiel refers to the sea becoming 'fresh' this is translated from Hebrew into being 'healed'.

In fact, Isaiah 51:3, Ezekiel 36:35 and Joel 2:3 all reveal that God will return the entire area to the Garden of Eden.

Here is something else that is totally amazing. Bible prophecy is so cool and much better then any fantasy book or Hollywood movie. There are additional side projects to the Red / Dead Sea plan that may well provide gold and silver once it is revitalized, Ezekiel 38:13 says 'Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?'. Generally speaking, Tarshish is thought to be located at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba leading into the Red Sea. This is most likely where the canal project will come from on the Red Sea side of this project.

Wake up people! We are not approaching the end time. We are in it right now! Are you ready? If you are not sure, find out how to get yourself ready by going to theHumanStain.net. If you have more questions on this news even or any other news even, send me an email to support@theHumanStain.net. But don't wait to much longer. I'm here to tell ya, Jesus is coming very, very soon.

God's Endtime Day Timer

2008-05-07T08:34:00.006-07:00

There is one thing I've learned about Bible prophecy. Take it literal until proven otherwise. What do I mean by this open ended statement? Let me explain.

The Book of Revelation tells us about some very unusual things that will happen to our moon and sun in the end-time. Revelation 6:12 reads 'When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth and the full moon become like blood . . . ' I've always read Bible passages that say the moon will turn red and the sun will be darkened with symbolism in mind, however, I have recently discovered that this may not be true. N.A.S.A. (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has a database of all solar and lunar eclipses for the past 5000 years as well as a database of the solar and lunar eclipses for the next 2000 years.

Almighty God is a scientist. Yep, you read that right. God is not only a scientist, He is a master mathematician and was very precise when he laid out the heavenly bodies (Genesis 1:14). Because of this fact, NASA is capable of going through thousands of years of 'Heavenly Happenings' and extrapolating this information and placing this information in a database, recording when solar and lunar eclipses occurred in the past and when they will occur in the future.

Genesis 1:14 reads 'And God said, let there be light in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years . . . ' The Hebrew word 'signs' in this Bible passage is translated from the word 'oth' and means 'a signal' for God's coming or appearing. This is amazing because this Bible verse is in the very first book of the Bible which means God began His end-time prophecy just as he was creating the world!

The word 'seasons' in Genesis 1:14 also has some interesting facts attached to it. Typically, when we read the word seasons, we think about Spring, Summer, Fall Winter. This is not what Genesis 1:14 is referring to, however. The 'seasons' of Genesis 1:14 refer directly to the Feasts of the Messiah or in a literal translation, 'a Divine Appointment'.

This Divine Appointment is like God's Day Timer. Genesis 1:14 really is saying that God is marking his Day Timer for different heavenly occurrences that announce or signal His appearance. And what is a signal? A signal is some kind of action that must be watched for. This is very cool. And that's not all. Keep reading. It gets even better!

Because God was so precise with his own Day Timer, historians have been able to use solar and lunar eclipses to accurately determine when a particular historical event occurred based on that historical event occurring at the same time as a solar eclipse or a blood red lunar eclipse.

Futurists can also look forward in time and predict when a solar and lunar eclipse will occur based on God's Holy Day Timer. For example, there will be a solar and lunar eclipse in the year 2014 and 2015. And, believe it or not, these eclipses occur on Jewish Holy Days AND in a Jewish Holy Sabbatical Year of 2014 and 2015 (Jewish calendar year begins and ends in September). In the Sabbatical Year of 2014 - 1015, there will be four blood red lunar eclipses;

Feast of Passover, April 15, 2014
Feast of Tabernacles, October 8, 2014
Feast of Passover April 4, 2015
Feast of Tabernacles, September 28, 2015

Looking at these dates on a Gregorian calendar reveals no pattern, however, looking at the Jewish calendar (God's Holy Day Timer), you do see a pattern. On each one of these Jewish Holy Days, a blood red lunar eclipse occurs. This is a hint from God that He wants us to look at his Biblical calendar to watch for these 'signs and seasons'. He does not want us using a 'man made calendar'. It is imperative that we not only know 'when' to be watching but 'what' to be watching as well.

So there are four blood red lunar eclipses in the years 2014 and 2015. Big Whopdi Do. Ah, but check this out. Astronomers call four back to back, blood red lunar eclipses a 'Tetrad'. These 'Tetrad's'. don't happen every year. In fact, in this 21st century, these four blood red moons only occur on the above referenced holy Jewish holidays. No more blood red moons are to occur after the year 2015.

In the 20th century, the most recent time blood red moons occurred was in 1967 - 1968. The year 1967 is when Israel recaptured Jerusalem, i.e., Israel's Six Day War! AND these blood red moons occurred on Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles.

So far, it is apparent that the Lord is marking His Day Timer with dates that He feels are special. So what are these special dates? Let's take a look.

In 1949 - 1950, the Feast of Passover and Tabernacles both experienced these blood red lunar eclipses. These dates directly follow one of the most important Bible Prophecies, the reconstitution of the nation of Israel.

Prior to 1949, there were no blood red lunar eclipses until the 1500's, however, none of these eclipses in the 1500s fell on a Jewish holy day. The next blood red lunar eclipse was right after Columbus sailed to the new world in 1492. In 1493 - 1494 when the Jews were booted from Spain, again, the blood red lunar eclipses occurred on the Feast of Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles.

It is significant to note that Passover is the first of the seven Feasts and the Feast of Tabernacles is the seventh and final feast. So what God is doing is placing a symbolic 'parenthesis' around this time frame pointing directly at something in his Day Timer that everyone should know about and be watching for.

Now, if all these blood red moon eclipses occurred on Jewish holy days and marked by God as being significant events in his Day Timer, then what can we expect in the future for solar eclipses also prophesied in Revelation 6:12? Hold on to your coffee cups! It's just as amazing!

On Adar 29 leading into Nisan 1 on March 20, 2014, there will be a full solar eclipse. The reason why Nisan 1 is significant is that Nisan 1 marks the beginning of the Jewish festival cycle.

Six months after Nisan 1 on September 13, 2015, a solar eclipse will occur on Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. This date in God's Day Timer is important not only for Jews but the rest of the Gentile world as it is said to be the anniversary of the creation of Adam. Think about this for a moment. If there isn't going to be any more of these eclipses for the remainder of the century, a solar eclipse on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) could precede the Second Coming of Christ in power and great glory, and fulfill the Biblical prophecy.

So this is what we will see in 2014 - 2015:

A blood red lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014 (Feast of Passover)
A blood red lunar eclipse on October 8, 2014 (Feast of Tabernacles)
A solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 (Adar 29/Nisan 1)
A blood red lunar eclipse on April 4, 2015 (Feast of Passover)
Solar eclipse on September 13, 2015 (Feast of Trumpets)
A blood red lunar eclipse on September 28, 2015 (Feast of Tabernacles)

Take a look at all the eclipses occurring in 2015. This is significant, especially looking at the past occurrences and knowing that there will not be anything like this the remainder of this century. What are the odds of all these ecliptic happenings occurring on Jewish holy days? I never did well in any kind of math but I've got enough common sense to know the odds would go against anything like chance. These eclipses have to be divinely scheduled.

So if there are all these eclipses in 2015 and the year 2015 is a Sabbatical year (final year in a Jewish seven year cycle), and we know that the Bible teaches of a seven year period in which world events really start popping directly before the Battle of Armageddon, then lets take a look at the eclipses seven years prior to 2015. Holy Buckets, that's this year; 2008!

Coming up this summer, there will be the first of three solar eclipses on the day that introduces the first of Av (August 1, 2008). That’s right, all three solar eclipses will be on the biblical date of Av 1, for the next three years -- 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Gregorian calendar dates for these solar eclipses are:

August 1, 2008
July 22, 2009
July 11, 2010

In the Jewish calendar, these solar eclipses are all on the first of Av, the day when Jews lament the destruction of their temples. As the story goes, Moses caught the people worshiping the Golden Calf on Tammuz 17. Therefore, the three weeks from Tammuz 17 to Av 9 are called “the dark time” and “between the straits.” It is the most sorrowful time of the year for Jews. From Av 1-9, no bathing is allowed; no comforts; no clean clothes; the Jew takes his shoes off; sits on an overturned chair and reads the book of Lamentations. No Disney World vacation during this time!

Another important note is that Jewish tradition dictates that a solar eclipse was designed by God for the Gentile world and lunar eclipses were designed by God for the people of Israel. Knowing this, August 1st of 2008, which falls in 'the dark time' doesn't look like it will be a banner day for the Gentiles. Look for a major world event to happen on or right around August 1st, 2008.

The solar and lunar eclipses in 2015 are especially significant when taking into account Bible prophecy. Ezekiel Chapter 40 and Zechariah Chapter 14 both prophecy that the Day of the Lord will be between September 13 and September 28, 2015!

O.K. A direct correlation between God's Day Timer and eclipses have been made and they all point to Jesus Christ and His second coming. So what? So what if all these eclipses are occurring on Jewish holy days. Remember, these eclipses are signals to what is in God's Day Timer; past AND Future dates. We are talking prophecy here!

Some may argue that Bible prophecy is a waste of time because Jesus says in Matthew 24:36 says that 'no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.' Before explaining this passage, let's take a look at several other Bible scriptures that say something very similar to what Jesus is speaking about in Matthew. Then I'll come back and explain Matthew 24:36 and how it relates to the Jewish mindset.

In Revelation Chapter 3, the Apostle John is recording a letter addressed to the Church in Sardis which was dictated to him from Jesus. Jesus tells the Church in Sardis that they HAD the 'reputation of being alive, but you are dead'. Then Jesus clearly tells the Church in Sardis in Revelation 3:3 to WAKE UP!. 'Remember then, what you received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.' In other words, Jesus only comes as a thief to a 'dead church'. If a church and its members are watching and doing what was taught, the coming of Jesus will not be as a thief trying to sneak up on and stealing away what was previously earned.

Later on when Jesus is writing the Church in Laodicea, which is the luke warm church, Christ tells the Laodicean Church in Revelation 3:18 'I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.' The garments are the white garments that priests wore in the Temple of Jerusalem. Jesus speaks in Revelation 16:15 and warns 'Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!' What exactly does this walking around in your birthday suit have to do with thieves running around trying to take your stuff? Herein lies a fact that not many know.

In Biblical times past, the High Priest and the Captain of the Guard were known as 'a thief in the night'. In the temple, there were several different posts that priests were to stand and watch to ensure that the altar fires did not go out. As commanded by God, they were to stay lit. So the priests on duty at these designated posts were to be watching and making sure that these 'holy altar fires' did not go out. Now here's the interesting part. If the Captain of the Guard came upon a priest at his post and that priest was sleeping on duty, the Captain of the Guard would take a torch (lit from the altar fire) and set the priestly garments on fire. The priest would suddenly awake and realize that he was on fire and run through the temple stripping his priestly garments off so that he would not be burned alive! Here's another way to look at this; if you are not watching, you will get burned.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 Paul writes to the church of Thessalonia 'Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.' a reference to the second coming of Jesus Christ is made symbolically as 'a thief in the night'. Paul continues in verse 4 'But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.' Meaning that the church is not a 'dead church' but a church that knows how to watch and a church that knows the Biblical Calendar which is God's Day Timer.

Another example that Jesus gives to be watchful of his coming is in Matthew Chapter 25. In this parable, Jesus talks about 10 virgins. Five wise and five foolish. When it comes time for the 10 virgins to light their lamps, the five foolish virgins did not bring any extra oil so they try to bum some off the five wise virgins. The five wise virgins say 'Forget it. Go find some of your own.' At the conclusion of this parable, the five foolish virgins come before the Lord and the Lord speaks in Matthew 25:12 'Truly, I say to you I do not know you. Watch therefore for you know neither the day nor the hour.' Jesus is speaking to the foolish virgins, NOT the wise virgins. Jesus commands the foolish to WATCH! Pay Attention! Get the fog out of your eyeballs, the peanut butter out of your ears and WATCH!

Want some more proof that Jesus commands us to pay attention AND if we do pay attention, we will not miss out on the prophetic news happening every day? Go to Luke 12:35-48 and read about the Good Servants and the Evil Servants. In Luke 12:39, Jesus says 'But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.' Jesus is speaking to the servants that were NOT watching. He gave a blessing to those servants that WERE watching (Luke 12:38).

Then Peter asks Jesus ' are you telling this parable for just us or for all?' Jesus then explains to Peter in Luke 12:43 'Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes'. In other words a blessing for those good servants that are watching. Then Jesus says of those servants that decide that the master has been delayed and begin mistreating other members of the masters house, 'the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.' Jesus is very clear here on what's going to happen to those servants that are not watching. The unwatchful servants get their own beating!

Now that we have ruled out these other Bible verses and how they don't really apply to no one knowing the hour of the second coming, I can say with confidence that Matthew 25:36 is referencing a Jewish wedding. In a Jewish wedding, a father would ensure that his son had everything prepared and ready for the wedding. If anyone were to ask the 'bridegroom' when is the wedding day, the bridegroom would always reply, 'Ask my father. Only my father knows.' This has always been a traditional, Jewish response.

Also the Jewish holy day of the Feast of Trumpets was known as the feast where no one knew the day or the hour because this holy day was based on the new moon. Because no one knows the day or the hour, the Feast of Trumpets was (and still is) kept as a two day Feast. Reason being, the Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. If the Jewish holy day is observed from sundown to sundown of the next day, then everyone was asleep when the new moon appeared and the knowledge of the new moon would not be known until the next morning. So the Feast of Trumpets was kept as one long day until the following sundown and the ending of this Feast.

So here's how to look at this. Let's say I told you I was coming to see you, however, I did not tell you on what day. I did, however, give you a little clue on what day that would be. That clue was three words; 'Gobble, Gobble, Gobble'. What day do you suppose I would be coming to visit you? Bingo, Thanksgiving!. This is exactly what Jesus was doing when he tells us in Matthew 25:36 that no one knows what hour. He was giving us a clue. He will be returning on the Feast of Trumpets of a said year.

Now read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 again. Paul is saying here that the Thessalonians have been given all the information they need to diligently watch for the 'Day of the Lord' and because they have all this information, the return of Jesus will not sneak up on them as a thief would. If the Thessalonians had all the information they needed to watch, then it would be logical that all of us today also have the information to be on a constant, faithful, unforgetting watch, never giving in to the worlds time clock (Thessalonians 5:3) but always watching God's Day Timer (Thessalonians 5:4-7). If we do that, we will know the approximate time of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 says that the Day of the Lord will not overtake the watching church like a thief in the night. Only the dead church or those not watching will be overtaken by the second coming of Jesus Christ. What a blessed hope given directly to us by the Lord Jesus Christ!

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Keep watching! He's coming soon!

The Pope and Bible Prophecy

2008-04-24T09:20:00.011-07:00

Did you know that the Pope, the head honcho of the Catholic church, is in Bible prophecy? The same guy that wears the big, white robe is in the Book of Revelation. Specifically, Revelation Chapter 17 prophesies about the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. Here's how it goes:

John, the apostle God chose to record the end-time, is viewing the events of the future and an angel comes to John and tells him that he is about to witness one of God's judgments. Revelation 17:1-4 reads 'Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk." And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness and I saw a woman siting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.'

So who is this prostitute dressed in purple and scarlet, sitting on water getting drunk on the back of some gnarley beast? It does sound like something out of a John Carpenter horror movie, however, this creature and its rider are much worse.

We get a clue on who these two characters are later on in Revelation. Specifically, Revelation 17:7-18. Below is a list of clues the angelic guide gives to the Apostle John on who the beast is:

The beast that John saw was, and is not, and is about to rise again.
The seven heads are seven mountains.
The seven heads are also seven rulers; five of them have bit the dust, one is currently ruling and the other has not yet entered on the scene but as soon as he does show his face, he doesn't last long.
The beast that was and then wasn't, is really two empires in one. One of the empires existed in past history, disappeared and then hopped back in the story again.
The ten horns are ten rulers that partner with the beast in the end-time to dominate world politics.

The woman is:

A city that sits on seven hills.
Rules over a bunch of countries.

Doesn't look like much, however, John's angelic tour guide has given us quite a bit of information. And, with a little research, we can specifically determine the identity of each of these clues.

We know from Revelation 17 that the woman is a city that sits on seven hills or mountains. Opening any encyclopedia to Rome would reveal that there is only one international city in the world that is consistently referred to as 'the city of seven hills.' That being Rome.

We also know that the woman rules over many countries. In the Bible, the church, generally speaking, is symbolized using a woman (2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 19:6-8). So what religious organization has its headquarters in Rome? Bingo! The Catholic Church. That fact alone may not be enough to convince you that the prostitute of Revelation 17 is the Roman Catholic Church so here is another clue. The fashionable harlot was wearing purple and scarlet. I'll give you one guess on what religious group's clergy wears purple and scarlet. Bulls-eye! The Catholic Church; specifically bishops wear purple and Cardinals (and the Pope) wear scarlet.

Still not convinced that the woman in Revelation 17 is the Catholic Church? Revelation 17:18 says 'And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.' What global religious group boasts they have control over a billion of their members? Correctamundo! The Catholic Church. Here's another little fact. When Pope Benedict XVI visited the U.S. in April 2008, President Bush did something that no other President of the United States has ever done. President Bush actually drove out to the Pope-Mo-Jet and greeted the Pope as he disembarked. In the past, U.S. Presidents have always waited for guests to show up at the White House; even if its the Pope!

At this point, there is not much argument against the woman of Revelation 17 being the Catholic Church. But exactly what is the beast she is riding the back of? With simple deductive reasoning, we can determine that the beast of Revelation 17 is the same as the beast of Revelation Chapter 13. Lets take a look.

Revelation 13:1 and Revelation 17:3 both describe a beast that has seven heads, ten horns and blasphemous names written all over the beast. All the major parts of each beast match up perfectly. So if the beast of Revelation 17 and Revelation 13 are the same beast then who/what is the beast. A quick read over Revelation 13 reveals that the beast is the one world political system the Antichrist arises out of. So that means the beast in Revelation 17 is also referring to the one world political system with the Roman Catholic Church along for the ride. In fact, that has been the case historically for the Roman Catholic Church. Since Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne in 800 AD as the first king of the Holy Roman Empire, the Roman Catholic church has had it's finger in the world political system.

It is also worth mentioning that the woman in Revelation 17 has some evil daughters as well. Revelation 17:5 reads 'And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations." ' So if the woman is a mother of prostitutes, then she has daughters running around doing all kinds of wicked stuff. These daughters are clearly the apostate denominations split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th and 17th centuries. In fact, Popes of the recent past have made blanket statements to their 'prodigal daughters' to return to the Roman Catholic Church and all will be forgiven. Many of these 'daughters' are just now returning to their 'Mother'. It's amazing how the Roman Catholic Church does not hesitate to become a confidant to godless men of global government to achieve their own godless agenda.

Here is a question that may be asked by the readers of this post. Why does God want to punish the prostitute, which we have determined to be the Roman Catholic Church. Below is a historical list of evil done over the past few centuries in which the Roman Catholic Church has committed. I would like to point out that these are major acts of evil; it's not like they got caught jaywalking.

Pope John XII (955-963) was described in the Catholic Encyclopedia as 'a course, immoral man, whose life was such that the Lateran palace was spoken of as a brothel.'
Pope Benedict IX (1032-1045) was described as a murderer and an adulterer by the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484) erected a house of prostitution in Rome. Is this a direct reference found in Revelation 17 describing the Roman Catholic Church as a prostitute?
Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) had at least four illegitimate children and he made them rich through appointments. he made his son, Caesar Borgia, a cardinal when he was only 18 years old. Caesar was an immoral and violent man who had his brother put to death as well as his sister Lucrezia's husband. Alexander held unspeakable orgies in his palace and kept mistresses who were married women. He eventually died of syphilis.
Even to this very day, the Catholic Church has an immoral testimony. Throughout the world, the Roman Catholic priests are renowned for homosexuality and child abuse. In recent years, the Catholic Church has paid more then one billion dollars to settle court cases brought against homosexual, child molesting priests. A 2004 study in the U.S. found 11,757 cases of sexual abuse involving 5,148 priests. The study also found that the Catholic Church has spent at least a billion bucks in lawsuits and treatment for priests and these studies only include reporting for about half of the priests in the U.S.
By October 2006, four U.S. dioceses had filed for bankruptcy.
The Roman Catholic Church is busy extending her influence by combining with pagan religions of the world.
In 1302, Pope Boniface VIII issued a papal bull entitled 'Unam Sanctam' in which he claimed that no one can be saved who does not submit to the pope as the supreme head of the church and demanded that kings and all earthly authority be subject to him. Say what? The only way to be saved is through Christ himself. There is no other (John 14:6).
Priests take on the blasphemous title of 'father'. A title that Jesus Christ forbade (Matthew 23:9).
Pope Innocent III humbled King John of England (1199-1216). When his highness the pope became displeased with the king, he excommunicated him and issued a decree declaring that he was no longer king and releasing the people of England from any obligation to him. The haughty Pope ordered King Philip of France to organize an army and navy to overthrow John, which he began to do with great zeal, eager to conquer England for himself. The Pope called for a crusade against John, promising the participants remission of sins and a share of the spoils of war. In the meantime, King John yielded to the pressure and submitted to the Pope, pledging complete allegiance to him in all things and resigning England and Ireland into the Pope’s hands.
The Roman Catholic Church has also adopted many idolatrous practices, such as the worship of the Queen of Heaven (Mary, mother of Jesus) not to mention praying to a plethora of saints. We are NOT commanded to pray to saints. Jesus Christ taught us to pray to the Father in Heaven (Matthew 6:9-15).
It has been carefully estimated and recorded by historians of the Catholic Inquisition that 50 million people were slaughtered for the crime of 'heresy' between 606 AD and the middle of the 19th century (History of Romanism, John Dowling).

These evil acts are a small sampling of what the Roman Catholic Church and its clergy have committed. That's enough for me to gather up this church and boot them into the Lake of Fire right now! It's no wonder that God, at this point, will be so fed up with the millions of people the Roman Catholic Church as caused to go to hell, He will bring his wrath down on the Catholic Church. And it will be a punishment that will be like no other, I'm here to tell ya.

So here's the bottom line.

Whomever the Pope is at the time the Antichrist takes over the one world government system will also be the Antichrists false prophet (Revelation 13:11). We know this because we have proven, with little or no doubt, that the Roman Catholic Church is the woman riding the back of the beast in Revelation 17.
The beast of Revelation Chapter 17 is the same as the beast in Revelation Chapter 13; the Antichrist.

How close are we to seeing this beast and harlot actually joining forces? We don't have to wait. That symbolic act of evil immorality has already happened. Don't believe me? Check out these recent news headlines:

As evidenced with the news headlines listed above, current world events are quickly culminating to the one world governmental system, the one world economical system and the one world religious system spoken about in Revelation Chapter 13. And of special note is President Bush's obsession to get a peace treaty signed by the end of 2008. This middle east peace treaty WILL trigger the final seven years to the Battle of Armageddon (Daniel 9:27). It WILL because the Bible says it WILL happen.

Israel is also pushing for a peace treaty. Just look at some of the headlines coming right out of our own news reader:

Are you ready? Are you ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ? If you are not sure, I invite you to visit our web site, www.theHumanStain.net and find out what you need to do to get ready. If you are not ready, you will be following the harlot and the beast of Revelation Chapter 17 right into the Lake of Fire.

If you are ready and you are like me; can't wait until the day of Jesus Christ's second coming, then rejoice with me and look up. Jesus is coming very, very soon!

Lesser of Three Evils

2008-04-15T11:36:00.011-07:00

I have looked at all three of the major candidates that will be running this fall in the 2008 Presidential Election and I've determined that none of them are worthy of packing my lunch let alone being President of the United States.

Am I being disrespectful to these three yahoo's, uh, urrrr, public servants? I don't think I am. Let's look at what each of the three candidates has to offer and what they say they will do once elected.

Hillary Clinton, according to a campaign video narrated by her husband and former President Bill Clinton, is the second holiest women ever to walk this earth; right behind Mother Teresa. My first question, after hearing Bill Clinton make warm and fuzzy on his wife, is why should we believe you, former afternoon rendezvous behind the desk Mr. X-President? Did you think we all would forget about your shenanigans in the oval office? Why would we even consider your wife as President? How is a person to sort through what Hillary is for and what she is against? Let's take a look at some facts.

There have been dozens of insinuations made against both Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton in some very shady incidents including Whitewater, the Peter Paul/Stan Lee political contributions scandal and the Vincent Foster 'suicide'. Here's the thing about scandals; although some of them may not be true, you can be assured that some of them are true. That's a scary proposition.

Let's say that none of these scandals are true. There's still the thing about Hillary Clinton's promise to make same sex marriages legal in these United States. According to an interview by Ellen Degeneres (posted on YouTube), Hillary is for same sex marriages and civil unions. Ladies and Gentlemen, homosexuality is an abomination to God. Don't believe me? Read your Bible. The Bible clearly teaches that God hates this sin. Do you want to vote for someone that is doing something that God hates?

Barack Obama is a smooth talker and knows how to manipulate peoples desire for wanting a big change in the White House. Obama actually made a statement in a recent speech that Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount justifies his support for legal recognition of same-sex unions. Uh? Jesus Christ said that same-sex marriages were good in the eyes of God? Hold on there Kimosabe. I don't think Jesus said that but let me check my Bible . . . . Well, I just checked. There is no reference in the Sermon on the Mount that says 'Blessed are those who are the same sex and get married'. In fact, there are two references in the Sermon on the Mount that contradict Obama's ludicrous statements. Matthew 5:17 says 'Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.' Jesus is saying here that He did not come to change the law that God already put into action. That means Leviticus 18:22 remains in effect. Just because its a 3,500 year old commandment, didn't mean that Jesus superseded the command of his Father. There is no such thing as a statute of limitations on God's commands.

And then there is Jesus' statement in his Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:31-32, that there is only one reason for a man to divorce his wife. Notice this passage refers to a divorce of husband and wife. Doesn't say lovers or the 'other husband'. Jesus clearly is referring to a 'husband' and a 'wife' in holy matrimony.

Obama then makes another blunderous comment. Is blunderous a word? My spell checker says 'No' but I'm going to keep it in this post. It is the perfect word for describing someone that sounds like they know what the Bible says but really doesn't have a clue. The 'blunderous' comment I am referring to is Obama actually calling a verse in Gods Holy Word 'obscure'. To be more specific, Obama was referring to Romans 1:26 which explicitly describes the unrighteous act of homosexuality. These comments by Obama really got my clock ticking faster. The Bible has obscure verses in it? Obama, what are you thinking about?

So if the Bible has obscure passages, how are we to determine what is obscure and what is important? Are you, Mr. Barak Obama, going to inform everyone on what Bible scripture is important and the other passages we can just forget about? I've got an idea. Why don't you create a new Bible translation. The BATBO version of the Bible; Bible According To Barak Obama. In your BATBO version, John 3:16 would say 'For God so loved the world, and all that other stuff.' Hey, that sounds pretty good, and it would save a lot of paper and ink due to all the things that could be cut out. That kind of Bible translation would work if it wasn't for two things. First, Paul teaches us in Galatians 1:8 that if the Gospel of Christ is taught in any other way other then what has been presented in the the Gospel, that person will be severely punished by God. Here's something interesting. Paul thinks that this fact is so important, he repeats the same thing in the next verse (Galatians 1:9). Paul says it twice, it must be pretty important.

And Second, in Revelation 22:18-19, John tells us 'I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of his prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.' That is about as clear as you can get it. You take out, I'll take it out on you. You add to, I'll add a whole lot of hurtin' to ya.

Here's a word of advice, Obama. Sit down, concentrate on something other then what Hillary is going to do next and actually read the Bible. Then understand the Bible. After that, then try to make foolish comments that reference the Bible's obscure passages or that Christ condoned homosexuality. You won't be able to because if you know and understand the Bible, God's Holy Spirit would not allow such stupid comments to come flowing out of your pie hole. Wow, did I just write that! Schnikers, I must really be wound up today!

And, for a second time, another candidate that is telling his potential voting comrades that it's alright to sin AND its alright to vote for me too.

John McCain is a war hero but so was David and look what that got him. David ended up falling away from God and God hammered him for it. God informed David that he would not witness the building of the new temple due to his sin (1 Chronicles 28:3). And that's exactly what John McCain should get as well. No living in the temple at the White House due to his believe in Civil Unions.

Here's the thing; John McCain doesn't believe in same sex marriages but he believes in Civil Unions and the legal rights that Civil Unions would give two homosexual individuals. Uh, get off the fence McCain and quit doing the politician's two step. You can't be against same sex marriages and for Civil Unions. They both promote the same end result and the same abomination that the Old and New Testaments speak against. Jesus tells us about the Church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22 and the problem that this congregation was having with fence post riding. Jesus gives this church 'the business' by telling them that they are neither hot nor cold and because they are neither hot nor cold, He will spit them out of his mouth. I don't know about you, but if Jesus sent me an email that said he was going to spit me out of his mouth, I'd rather be at the final round of a tobacco chewing contest then be the one that Christ spits out of his mouth. That can't be a good thing.

Yumpin Yimminies! That's all we got to choose from? I ask you this question - Who are you going to vote for? The lesser of three evils? I don't see any good from doing that so here's my recommendation. Don't vote for any of them! Don't vote or better yet, write in your choice on your ballot. Even if you write in Santa Claus and is eight tiny reindeer, it's better then any of these three nimrods.

It's sad that I've had to take time on a topic that is so negative, however, this homosexual thing is tearing our nation apart and if we continue to elect political representatives that commit abominations to God, the United States will be nothing more then another Babylon of the Bible. If you don't know what happened to Babylon, just read the Book of Daniel and Revelation Chapter 18. It's not a Walt Disney, Tinker Bell happy ending I'm here to tell ya!

Are you riding the fence, not knowing if you are hot or cold or even if your soul is safe on the other side of Armageddon? If you are not sure, I invite you to go to theHumanStain.net and find out how easy it is to be a worker for the best leader and boss anyone could ever have, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Closer to Armageddon?

2008-04-04T21:42:00.009-07:00

Even if you are not a believer in the Book of Revelation and the 'end-times', you must admit, there is a different 'feel' about today's world. There is never enough time to get everything done and there is a sense of urgency but you are not sure what the urgency is for or about. This feeling you are experiencing are all the current world events culminating into one singular topic; the end-time.

One of the major events in the end-time prophesied in the Book of Daniel and Revelation (as well as Ezekiel, Zechariah and a few others as well) is the Battle of Armageddon. Are current events hurling us closer to this epic 'war of the worlds'? I think so and I'll give you what I feel are the top seven Bible prophesies that WILL occur within the final seven years prior to the Battle of Armageddon. Some of these prophesies are unfolding AS I'M WRITING THIS POST! God is so cool!

Here are, what I would call, the top seven end-time prophesies listed in the order in which I feel they will be fulfilled:

Prophecy 1: The 'Mark of the Beast' may sound like a phrase you would hear from one of the Omen movies, however, I assure you, it's real. And speaking of real, The Real ID Act that was passed into law by the current President Bush on May 11, 2005 is a precursor to the Mark of the Beast described in Revelation 13:16-18. Here is something really scary; out of the 192 nations that now exist in our world, 186 of them already have or will be using a 'national ID' by the year 2010. Will the United States be one of the final 192 nations? Learn more about the Real ID act by reading my post, National ID - Prototype to the Mark or get a FREE DVD explaining the Real ID Act.

Prophecy 2: The final seven years before the second coming of Jesus Christ will begin when the international community does three things:

Confirm Israel's right to live within the Holy Land and establish agreeable Israeli borders.
Settle the status of Jerusalem, i.e., West Bank.
Dispensation of the Temple Mount will be solved.

Guys and Gals, high level discussions are being held as I'm writing this post that will solve all three of these criteria. Finding a solution to these three issues will fulfill what is called the 'Confirmation of the Covenant'. This Confirmation of the Covenant was promised by God to Abraham (Genesis 15:18).

Just a few days ago, Condoleezza Rice made a trip to Jordan and had a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader and the Israeli representative. The country of Jordan is the official 'keeper of the Temple Mount'. I propose a question; why would the Secretary of State have a meeting with Abbas, the 'Keeper of the Temple Mount' and Israeli representatives if they were not discussing how to 'share' the temple mount without knocking each others teeth out?

The Israeli Prime Minister and President Bush have openly stated that the number one goal of both administrations is to settle these three issues by the end of 2008. This 'peace treaty' is prophesied in Daniel 9:27.

Prophecy 3: The Temple Mount in Jerusalem will be placed under a sharing arrangement between Jew and Gentile (Muslim) which is prophesied in Revelation 11:1-2. The Jewish temple will then be rebuilt (Revelation 11:1-2, Thessalonians 2:3-4) and the Temple Mount will be placed under the supervision of the United Nations (already suggested by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak) and the leader of the world community, the Antichrist. When the U.N. takes control of the Temple Mount, the leader of the world government (which will come from the Holy Roman Empire;European Union) will feel justified in claiming that he is God (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). How about some news that will absolutely blow you away? The Temple Institute, a Jewish, non-profit organization, is dedicated to the rebuilding of the Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. The Temple Institute announced on April 4, that they will be conducting a symposium on keeping the Jewish Passover and will be sacrificing a lamb during this ceremony. This is very big news! This means that when the temple is rebuilt, the law is already on the side of these ceremonies.

Prophecy 4: A one world government, lead by the United Nations, will dominate the world for 3.5 years prior to the Battle of Armageddon (Daniel 7:23; Revelation 13:7). Nations of the world are increasingly recognizing the authority of the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Court. In fact, a few courts in the U.S. have already considered judicial precedence in several cases across the country based on what had already been ruled and judged on in the World Court. The U.S. is also being sued by several countries throughout the world including Nicaragua.

Prophecy 5: World War III will begin from the area of the Euphrates River (Revelation 9:13-16). Guess what country has 70% of the Euphrates River flowing through it? BINGO - Iraq. Right now, the U.S. has over 140,000 troops all along the Euphrates River. The current conflict between the U.S. and Islamic Fundamentalism, mainly Iran, is not decreasing in any way. It is increasing on a daily basis. The leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is totally blowing off the U.N's push for them to halt their nuclear advancement. Vice President Cheney has recently returned from a Middle East trip hitting all the major allies in the area to discuss 'issues of mutual interest' and to solidify support in the area. This sounds to me like some 'schmoozing' with the major middle eastern muckity mucks to get them on the side of the U.S. in case the U.S. decides to take Iran out back for a whipping.

Prophecy 6: The West Bank (Judea) in Israel will become a place of Jewish persecution and 'Great Tribulation' (Matthew 24:15-21). Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, has already stated that he will withdraw from the West Bank by the end of 2008 and already is removing most of the road blocks into the West Bank from Jerusalem. When Israel withdraws from the region, the Hamas terrorist state will take control. This will result in a time that makes the 1940's Holocaust look like a Shrine Circus parade.

Prophecy 7: The international community, led by Russia and Iran, will invade the nation of Israel (Zechariah 14:2-4; Ezekiel Chapters 38-39). Iran, which until 1935 was named Persia, and Russia (Meshech; root world for Moscovi or Moscow) have been long time allies. In fact, Russia is currently holding discussions with Iran on supplying them with nuclear technology. Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is in the news almost on a daily basis spouting off on how he would like to completely annihilate Israel.

So there you have it - my Top 7 Prophecies that foretell and prove this world is headed straight for the Battle of Armageddon. And, it's not 100 years, 50 years or even 20 years away. We are living in the end-times RIGHT NOW!

Are you listening to me? Even more important ARE YOU READY to be one of the warriors to fight on the side of Jesus Christ at his Second Coming (Revelation 19:14)? My fellow blogsters, this is a time to get right with Jesus. This is a time to get rid of your prideful and worldly ways and follow what Jesus preached in the Bible's New Testament. It is a time to realize that the days of this world, as we know it, are numbered.

It is theHumanStain.net's primary mission to let as many people as we can know, in the short time remaining, that Jesus Christ is the only way to escape the coming world heartache and tragedy. If you are not sure you are ready, please click here and find out how easy Jesus made it for you to be prepared for his second coming or send me an email with your questions. I am in your service to ensure you are ready for the Lord Jesus Christ!

In the mean time, keep looking up. I'm here to tell you, Jesus is coming very, very soon.

Email from the Edge - Pre or Post Tribulation

2008-03-27T15:38:00.010-07:00

I thought it would be a good idea to include some email from visitors to theHumanStain.net website. The title 'Email from the Edge' corresponds to the world as we now know it being on 'the Edge of Eternity', meaning that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming very soon. That is quite evident by all the middle east hoop-di-do between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hezbollah, Israel and Palestine. There is no doubt that Israel is right smack dab in the middle of Bible prophecy. That's the way God likes it.

Moving on from my rantings (I absolutely get cranked up on Bible prophecy), I received an email from 'Katie' (I won't use her real name for privacy reasons). She was concerned about several issues. One of them was regarding final judgment, Pre and Post Tribulation.

In Matthew 25, Jesus explains to his disciples the final judgment, which by the way, is the Great White Throne that appears in Revelation 20:11. It is very important to understand that those standing on Jesus Christ's right side are those that have their name written in the Lamb's Book of Life (Revelation 20:1). Those on the left, the goats of Matthew 25:33, 41 will have eternal life, however, it will be what I like to call 'the wrong side of warm'. Put another way, these 'goat people' will live out eternity in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:1).

Think about that for a moment. It is very difficult for a human being to wrap their head around this eternity thing. What would it be like to be eternally in Hell (that's what the Lake of Fire is)? Think of the absolute worst experience you have had in your life and how you felt at that particular moment. This feeling will be multiplied by an astronomical figure if you are unfortunate enough to be cast in the Lake of Fire. That's what it will be like. I'm hear to tell ya, that is reason enough alone for me to be on the 'right side of warm' and submit my ways and my life totally to Jesus Christ. Submitting your life to Jesus Christ is inherently good because Jesus is righteous. We won't feel like we are a servant to Jesus. Jesus Christ is and should be our best friend (John 15:14,1). When was the last time you had a friend that made you feel like you were their servant? If you did have a friend that made you feel that way, I've got news for you; they weren't your friend!

Another issue that 'Katie' was concerned about is the tribulation. There are many, many devout, Jesus worshiping Christians that believe the 'Church' will NOT experience the tribulation. I'm NOT one of those people. I believe that the 'Church' WILL experience the tribulation, which in technical terms is called 'Post Tribulation'. I was raised and taught to be a Pre-Tribulation believer. This means that there will be a rapture for the Church before the Tribulation period begins. Then I realized, after doing some studying on current world events and how this correlates to Bible prophecy, that the Bible really does not say anything about a 'rapture' before the Tribulation. This is a sobering experience. Going 40 plus years believing that there will be a rapture and suddenly having God tell you, through Bible study, that there is no such thing as a rapture of the church BEFORE the tribulation period begins is a real kick in the pants epiphany. I have, subsequently, changed my belief.

As I said, I discovered this little 'hitch' in my belief system while studying Bible prophecy on the end-time, so my change of mind was not unfounded. It is based on solid Biblical scripture. My favorite is 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. I'll be quoting from a CEV (Contemporary English Version) translation of the Bible (which is my favorite because it is easy to understand and is the closest to KJV). Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 5 "Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, 'There is peace and security,' then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. [The next part is the proof that the Church will experience the tribulation.] But you are not in the darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. for those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing."

The Pre-Tribulation believers like to quote scripture that states Jesus Christ will come 'like a thief in the night' which to these Pre-Tribulation believers means that prophecy can not be known and that the Church will not be present during the Tribulation period. But that is not what 1 Thessalonians 5:4 says. It clearly reads that 'you are not in the darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief'. This statement from Paul to the church of the Thessalonians clearly is reminding the reader that the 'day of the Lord', i.e. 'Second Coming of Jesus Christ', will come like a thief in the night' and believers will not be surprised because they 'are all children of light', meaning that they are up to date and very knowledgeable on what God is doing in the end-time. They will not be deceived. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ occurs at the end of the Great Tribulation (the Great Tribulation is the three and a half years before the Battle of Armageddon prophesied in Daniel Chapter 12 and Revelation 13:5); more specifically right as the Battle of Armageddon is about to begin (Revelation 14:19, 11:15) . If Paul is reminding the reader that the believer is 'in the light' and to encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11), and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will not be a surprise to a true believer that is obeying God's word and holy prophecy, then that means these believers are mortal, i.e., have not been raptured before the tribulation and therefore they were part of the Tribulation period.

What an awesome promise by our Lord Jesus Christ. Even though the Church will go through the Tribulation, there is no need to worry or be anxious about the events to occur during the final seven year period; our Salvation has been purchased by Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. We will endure by putting on our 'breastplate of faith' and our 'helmet of hope'

It is also worth mentioning that although the belief of whether there will be a rapture before the Tribulation period OR directly after the Great Tribulation (last 3.5 years of the 7 year Tribulation period), believing in either scenario is not a salvation issue. Believing in one Tribulation theory and not the other will not send you to the 'wrong side of warm'. The only time where this could be a salvation issue is if an individual is so dead set against a Post Tribulation belief that the mark of the beast is taken by an individual thinking that 'oh, this can't be the mark of the beast because the rapture has not happened yet; I'm still here'. If that were to occur, that individual has migrated from the 'right side of warm' to the 'wrong side of warm', i.e. that individual will be thrown in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:1). Trust me, not a good thing.

I recall a while back, I read a letter from Ruth Graham (late wife of evangelist Billy Graham) to Dave Macpherson (author of 'Late, Great Pre-Tribulation Rapture'). I won't paraphrase what she said. I'll directly quote Mrs. Graham as her statement is right on target. '. . . I would rather prepare myself to go through the tribulation and be happily surprised by an unexpected rapture, then expect to be raptured only to find myself going through tribulation.' A very wise woman, indeed.

If your not sure of your salvation, check this out. You can read an easy to understand explanation on what Jesus called 'being born again' (John 3:3). If you have any questions for me or are interested in submitting something for me to put in the next 'Email from the Edge', send me an email. I would be thrilled to hear from you!

In the meantime, keep looking up, look out and look around. The Lord is coming very soon!

Ark of the Covenant - Preamble to World War III

2008-03-07T12:01:00.008-07:00

Imagine peace between Israel and all other middle eastern nations. A charismatic, intelligent and persuasive man assigned by the European Union to assist in the middle eastern peace negotiations has inspired an entire region with his diplomatic and political savvy. This man was even able to negotiate a new temple in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount. This specific act alone will be unprecedented in all of world history. The Jewish Sanhedrin are ecstatic. They began construction of the new Temple on the Mount and complete this incredible structure in minimum time. The entire world is entranced with this man's oratorical and business skills which has inspired the entire globe. He gains more and more followers which equates to more and more power.

Then something happens. This same man that coordinated the peace efforts of an entire world has some disagreements with the leaders that initially assigned him to the peace initiative. The disagreements become the catalyst for mutiny. This orator of nations has three of the European Union's leaders assassinated. No one dared to interfere with this man's agenda. His power was too great.

His power completely enveloped his entire being. So much so, he came to the conclusion that no one had more power then he. Not even God himself. In fact, he announced to the, now global community, that he WAS god. And because he was god he needed a place for all world inhabitants to worship him. That place was the Temple Mount.

He entered the new, recently completed Temple Mount. Went in to the one room that would prove his worthiness to be worshiped by all; the room where the Sanhedrin rabbis placed the Ark of the Covenant. The most prized possession, past and present, for the Jewish people.

Once this 'man of the people' announces his deity, a new age begins. For the next 3 and a half years, this starts World War III by gathering all nations of the region. There is only one goal. To completely annihilate and kill every Jew alive.

What a story, huh? Here's the thing - it's a true story. Well not quite yet, but the Bible prophesies of this exact man, the Antichrist, taking over the world; and not by force. At least not at first.

Did I hear someone say, 'but wait a minute. How can the Temple Mount be rebuilt when the Ark of the Covenant hasn't been seen for over 3000 years? It was destroyed by the Babylonians or the Romans wasn't it?' Although that was a good catch, the Ark of the Covenant was not destroyed nor was it lost. You thought the story above was good, wait until you hear this one! And its a true story. None of that bogus 'based on a true story' hocus pocus. This is the real deal.

Here's how it went. As you may already know, God commanded Moses and his people to construct an Ark (a container) to house the Ten Commandments that would eventually be given to Moses. The Ark of the Covenant traveled with the Israelites during the 40 years in the desert directly after escaping Egyptian slavery.

King Solomon eventually built the first Jewish temple using a set of 'blue prints' given to him by his father, King David (1 Chronicles 28:11-12). The main purpose of the temple has always been to be a permanent place for the Ark of the Covenant.

King Solomon completed the temple, however, because Solomon was a womanizer (just like ole Pop), God allowed the temple to be destroyed.

It is written in historical documents that Solomon took Queen of Sheba (a land south of Arabia and/or Ethiopia) as one of his many wives. The Queen of Sheba eventually bore a son by King Solomon. His name was Menelek.

According to these same historical documents, King Solomon had a perfect replica of the Ark made for Menelek as a gift. Later on, the high priest of the temple saw that King Solomon's sins of bringing idols into the temple (which was specifically prohibited by God) was desecrating the temple so a plan was devised by the high priest and Menelek (who by now was a young man) to switch the Arks so that Menelek could return to Ethiopia with the original Ark of the Covenant. Twelve representatives of the Levite tribe (the only people God allowed to touch and transport the Ark) also returned to Sheba with Menelek and the original Ark.

This act was not carried out to 'steal' the Ark, but to protect it against the abominations being made in the Jewish temple by King Solomon. What is really interesting is from that point on, the Bible reads that Israel split up and was eventually conquered.

Another interesting fact is the Jewish presence in Ethiopia which came directly from Menelek and the 12 Levite representatives that accompanied Menelek back to Ethiopia.

Once Menelek returned to his empire in Ethiopia, he placed the Ark of the Covenant in an underground tabernacle of a church located in the city of Axum. That is where it was protected for centuries until 1991, which was the end of the Ethiopian civil war. Israel flew several commercial jets to Ethiopia to bring back thousands of Jews back to Israel; direct descendants of Menelek, son of Solomon. This return of all Jews to Israel is prophesied in Zephania Chapter 3.

Israeli officials and the Ethiopian high priest agreed it was time to move the Ark of the Covenant back to Israel. The Communist Ethiopian leaders responsible for starting the Ethiopian civil war discovered this agreement with Israel and the high priest and demanded 42 million dollar ransom before the Ark would be allowed to leave Ethiopia.

The Israeli government quickly raised the 42 million dollar ransom and gave it to the rogue Ethiopian leaders in several suit cases.

Once this 42 million dollar ransom was turned over, the Communist Ethiopian leaders left Ethiopia for Switzerland to deposit the ransom in a swiss bank. As these commie dirty dogs (sorry, couldn't help it) were flying to Switzerland, Israeli officials contacted the Swiss bank to inform them that the 42 million bucks was 'funny money' (counterfeit). The actual 42 million raised by Israel was then given to the new Ethiopian government to assist them in their new start.

Wow! What a story. And as I said earlier it is a true, documented event.

The Ark of the Covenant was transported and hidden in Israel until the 'third temple' is built. Daniel 9:27 eludes to the third temple already built because the Antichrist has entered the temple (Abomination of Desolation) where the Ark of the Covenant has been placed. The Abomination of Desolation is also prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24:15.

Bottom line, in order for this 'Abomination of Desolation' to occur there must be an Ark of the Covenant in the temple. Which means that the Ark of the Covenant has not been destroyed. It is being hidden by the Sanhedrin until such time authority has been given to begin rebuilding the temple.

As you can see the Ark of the Covenant is an integral part of Bible prophecy. There can't be a temple until the Antichrist takes over and their can't be a temple if there is no Ark of the Covenant. And there can not be a world War III without the Antichrist or the Ark of the Covenant.

What happens after the Abomination of Desolation is another awesome story. Check it out - its fully documented starting in Revelation, chapters 13 through 22.

People, people, people! We are so close to the time where the prophecy of the Bible meets the current events of today. That is a fact. Just pick up any paper or visit any news web site. Both of these media vehicles are chalker block full of what's going on right now in Israel and the surrounding area. And none of this can happen without the Ark of the Covenant.

I am so excited! Are you ready for the return of Jesus? If you are not sure, find out what you need to know by going to theHumanStain.net or if you have questions, feel free to email me. I always get a big kick from hearing from you guys out there.

Hey, one more thing, look up because I'm here to tell you, Jesus is coming soon!

The Islamic States of America

2008-03-02T08:08:00.007-07:00

Did you know that, according to a 2007 Pew Survey and figures from the Encyclopedia Britannica, there are between four and five million practicing Muslims in the United States today? The Islamic Society of North America records that there are between six and eight million Muslims in America today and predict this number to more than double in the next ten years. These figures include prior Americans converted AND immigrants.

Did you also know that Islam is the second largest religious body in the world? Second only to Christianity. There are more then 1.5 billion Muslims. That's a 'b' in front of the 'illion' and not an 'm'!

OK. So what. What does all this stuff have to do with Bible Prophecy? Hold on there, Kimosabe! I'll get to that but first a few more facts and personal statements before the really, really good stuff.

Considering that the University of Michigan has been accused of using tax payer money for constructing foot-baths for Islamic prayer and that San Diego public elementary schools special accommodations to Muslims for adding Arabic language support and giving breaks for Muslim prayer, it's no wonder law makers are questioning this exception and a blatant violation of constitutional provision separating church and state. Christians don't even get that kind of treatment and it's the religion that originally came to this country from our founding forefathers!

Yeah, yeah, I can hear you. What's with all the Muslim bad mouthing. I'm not bad mouthing Muslims. I'm just stating facts. Facts about Islam, the religion is what I have a problem with, not the people. The Muslim people are sinners; just like the rest of us.

The reason why I give you all the facts described above about Islam in relation to the United States is to give Americans a 'kick in the pants'. It seems that Americans get complacent and start forming 'tunnel vision'. We only see what we want to or better yet, what we have 'time' to see. It seems that things only get busier and busier until 'POW' something really bad happens, like the world trade center tragedy in New York.

Now, time for Bible prophecy stuff.

In general, Bible prophecy and the Bible in general tend to center on Israel and what God has promised to give Israel. This is a critical point to remember when studying Bible prophecy. That's why much of the news today comes directly from that area of the world; the Middle East.

I would like to make another general statement. It is best to take what the Bible says literally and then go from there with interpretation of symbolism, etc. With that said, I will be discussing a well known prophecy in Ezekiel Chapter 38. This chapter prophesies and lists the nations involved in the last days when the Antichrist has come to power.

To save space, I will not retype this passage of the scripture, however, I urge you to get your Bible, break it open to Ezekiel 38 and check it out while I get to the list of nations Ezekiel predicts will be part of Antichrists final empire. They are Magog, Meschech, Tubal, Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer and Beth Togormah. Yikes! Some of these names look like something you would name your cat or pet hamster. Seriously though, of the eight nations mentioned above, seven of them are descendants of Noah's three sons; Magog being the exception.

Well, since these are people's names, how are we going to find out where these places are on a map? Answer - Bible scholars are able to trace these names to 'people groups' and regions and ultimately tie this into its modern day nation. I have listed below the Bible name and then the modern country name.

Magog - Syria and southern Turkey
Meshek and Tubal - Ancient Moschi/Mushki and Tubalu/Tibareni peoples of southern Turkey and northern Iran.
Persia - Iran
Cush - Sudan
Put - Libya
Gomer - Central Turkey
Togarmah - Southeastern Turkey near Syrian border

So looking at this list above, Ezekiel is saying that the Antichrist will involve Turkey (and the surrounding area including Iran, down to Sudan and over to Libya) in warring against Israel. You can see that Israel will be completely surrounded.

Now, lets jump into the Prophecy Time Machine and fast forward several hundred years to Revelation 17:3, 'With the help of the Spirit, the angel took me into the desert, where I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. The beast was covered with names that were an insult to God and it had seven heads and ten horns.'

Revelation 17:9-11 goes on to say 'This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They 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. The beast, who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.'

John's Angel guide explains in Revelation 17:9-11 what Revelation 17:3 means. The seven heads are seven mountains. Many times, the Bible uses mountains as a symbolic representation for a kingdom or empire. The key is to understand that this passage of Revelation is giving us insight into the fact that before Jesus returns, there will actually have been a total of eight empires. The eighth empire will be ruled by the Antichrist. How can this assist us in our quest to find the final Antichrist Empire? A closer look reveals that at the time Revelation was given to John, five of the empires had already fallen. This is seen in the phrase 'five have been.' Bible scholars have a generally accepted list of these five empires to be:

The Egyptian Empire
The Assyrian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Persian Empire
The Greek Empire

The sixth empire can be determined by the angel telling John that one empire 'is'. Which points to the empire ruling during John's time; the Roman Empire (which ruled the Middle East, Northern Africa and much of Europe - all Islamic areas of the world today).

Now the seventh empire is a little tricky and if we can determine what that empire is, then we can determine the empire the Antichrist will rule in the end-times because the eighth empire, according to the verse above, will be a resurrected or revived version of the seventh empire. That's what 'the beast who once was and is not' means. In other words, the seventh beast [empire] that was ruling, and then did not rule, will come back as the eighth empire.

So, big whoop. We understand that the eighth empire is the same as the seventh. We still don't know what the seventh empire is. Ahhhh, are you sure 'bout that? I think we do.

We know that the sixth empire was the Roman Empire. Many people today feel that the Antichrists empire will be the 'Revived Roman Empire'. I have come to a more logical solution (with the help of a recent book discovery, which I will give later). If the Antichrist Empire is to be The Roman Empire and the Roman Empire was number six, then what happened to number seven empire? That would mean the final three empires were the same? That, to me, does not make sense.

Remember, earlier I wrote that the Bible centers around Israel. Anything that doesn't center around Israel is, immaterial as far as Bible prophecy goes. So that means the Roman Empire is really 'out' as far as the biblical mind-set goes.

That leaves us with what? That, believe it or not, leaves us with some really hard facts. It is a historical fact that each empire listed above was absorbed or assimilated by its successor. The Assyrian Empire defeated the Egyptian Empire, the Babylonian Empire defeated the Assyrian Empire, etc. We get to the Roman Empire and discover that in 395 AD, the Roman Empire was divided into two portions; the eastern and western portions. The eastern portion became known as the Byzantine Empire. In 410 AD the western capital city of Rome fell to to the Visigoths which did not end the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire simply moved its capital and throne east to Constantinople and continued on for nearly another 1000 years. The Roman Empire did not actually completely fall until the eastern portion of the Empire finally was conquered by the Turkish/Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. The Turkish Empire existed right up until 1909.

Now you can see why the Turkish/Ottoman empire is the only empire that fits the necessary pattern of the seventh empire prophesied in Revelation 17:10. This empire is also the only one that fits Ezekiel's list and of the Antichrist's Empire of the end-times.

I can feel my ears burning now! I can hear all kinds of questions; one of them is 'so what's with the title of this post - 'The Islamic States of America'? Here's where I tie it all together.

It is a well known truth that the Islamic faith hates Jews and Israel in general. In fact, the hatred and desire for killing all Jews is specifically written into the Quran. The Quran and its Islamic traditions support and cultivate this hate for the Jewish people.

The only one that hates Jews more then the Islamic religion is Satan himself. Since the time when God showed his favor for the Jewish people, Satan has done all he could to put a hurtin' on them. Satan himself masterminded the Islamic religion using its founder, Muhammad by possessing and controlling his every action.

From the killing of every Hebrew male child (Exodus 1:22) through Hitlers killing campaign that exterminated 6 million Jews, Satan has made it known he hates no other people more. That is why Satan will possess the Antichrist and use the revived Turkish/Ottoman Empire, which is made up entirely of Islamic nations.

Since the time of his exzile from heaven, Satan has relished the idea of all of mankind worshiping him rather then God. Satan has been scheming a plan to procreate this desire to encompass the entire world. World domination.

Revelation 13:2-8 describes a religious movement that will literally be known by 'every tribe, people, language and nation'. Satan will use the Antichrist and his 'beast kingdom' (Islamic nations) to culminate this movement of worship to him. This Antichrist Empire will have a significant military power as well indicated by Daniel 7:7, 23.

Whoever does not give in to this savage worldwide ambassador will become a primo target. That includes the United States. Since the time of Muhammad, world domination has been a clear goal of Islam. Muhammad's commission to Muslim believers was to fight against the unbelievers until all submitted to Islam and worshiped Allah. This is done through a commonly heard term today 'jihad' (to strive). All forms of jihad are mandatory for all Muslims.

Mawlana Sayid Abul Ala Mawdudi, viewed throughout the Islamic world as one of Islam's greatest scholars, wrote 'Islam is not a normal religion like the other religions in the world and Muslim nations are not like normal nations. Muslim nations are very special because they have a command from Allah to rule the entire world and to be over every nation in the world.'

Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of the Council on American Islamic Relations has said 'Thanks to your democratic laws, we will invade you. Thanks to our religious laws, we will dominate you. Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith but to become dominant. The Quran should be the highest authority in America and Islam the only accepted religion on earth.' And this guy is in America saying these things - Double Yikes!

I could waste more space quoting these high ranking Islam muckity mucks but I don't think I need to. It's clear on what their objective is; dominate the world at any cost. The Bible predicts that there will be a man, an Antichrist, in the future (not so distant future) that will rise to power with a single goal in mind; achieve total global domination using his political, military and religious empire. There can be little doubt that Islam is his tool to get this done. After all, Islam has a ready made (by Satan himself) credo that proclaims world domination to every Muslim.

Now that we have Barack Obama running for president, whose father was a Muslim, what would happen if he was elected? Although Obama claims to be a member of the United Church of Christ, his past gives a different impression. In his youth, he was registered as a Muslim. This, in itself, is not the fault of Obama, however, what will become evident if Obama is elected president is the Islamic leaders will stand up and say 'Look, Barack Obama was raised a Muslim. He is the first president that can truly understand the Islamic point of view.' He will be allowed by the Islamic faith to intervene and smooth over the differences between the Islamic world and the west, i.e., the United States. Obama will be touted as 'the only presidential candidate who can end the war on terror.'

If Obama is elected President of the United States, this will be the first step for Islam to take over and dominate the United States.

It could be possible to hear our US Customs Agents saying as thousands of Muslims enter this country 'Welcome to the new 'Islamic States of America'.

What's that your saying? You think I'm overreacting? Maybe - but I don't think so. The facts above tell it like it is. What we need to be doing is not only taking political action BUT even more important we need to be diligently praying to God that He guide this country so that we are not part of the Antichrist's coalition of countries prophesied in the Bible that go to war against Israel.

We also need to be praying for the Muslim people to soften their hearts to the salvation of Jesus Christ. After all, we should not hate the Muslim people. As mentioned above, they are people just like us. And even more, they are sinners just like the rest of the world (Romans 3:23). The Islamic religion is what we should be concentrating our distaste for. It is and has been created for the detrimate of all mankind, by Satan himself.

So if you are reading this post and have not made a choice to join Jesus Christ, may I invite you to do so now. Please click here and find out how easy it is to become a believer in Jesus.

Oh yea, before I forget, the book I mentioned above that gave me my 'kick in the pants' is a book by Joel Richardson, 'Antichrist: Islam's Awaited Messiah'. This, without a doubt, is the best book I've read in the last 20 years (with the exception of the Bible of course). I've made the title of the book directly linkable to the books description. Check this out - it is well worth the 10 bucks.

Until next time, keep your faith in Jesus Christ strong by praying every day and of course keep looking up. He is coming very soon!

Why Did God Create the Devil?

2008-02-21T11:14:00.009-07:00

You may recall a couple of posts back, I wrote about some questions my daughter jotted down in the back of an old Bible I discovered while doing some organizing.

Here are those questions:

When you are thinking in your mind, can Satan hear it or know what you saying or thinking about?
Why is he so evil?
Why does there have to be a stupid devil?

The first question I answered in another post (Can Satan Read Your Mind?). In that post, I promised to take care of the other two questions. It's time to tackle these next two questions.

I'll combine the second two questions into one for simplicity, that is 'Why does there have to be a stupid EVIL Devil'.

God created everything, including all the angels (Isaiah 44:24; Romans 11:36). Satan or Lucifer (as he was known in the beginning), was in all probability the highest ranking angel God created (Ezekiel 28:12-17). By the way, Lucifer means 'light bearer' or 'morning star'. Lucifer's job was to tend to the throne room of God. And because he had such an important job, God made Lucifer to be unlike any other angel; incredibly beautiful.

Here's the kicker. God being the omnipotent (all powerful) creator he is, gave all angels a wonderful gift; free will. If God didn't create this 'free will' thing, it would be impossible for a true unconditional love to exist; a love that you and I OR the angels can chose.

So here's Lucifer tending to the throne room of God and he realizes, 'Hey, I'm awesome looking. I think I should have my own throne room and be worshiped just like God (Isaiah 14).' Lucifer's pride began to corrupt His very being. Evil took over and God gave Lucifer and about a third of all the other angels the big toe right out of Heaven (Revelation 12:4, 7).

As soon as Lucifer was ousted, his name changed to Satan which in Hebrew means 'adversary'. That is adversary to the Almighty God and his angels.

From that point on, Satan has done everything in his power (which is considerable) to put a hurtin' on God's plan for mankind (Isaiah 13:12-14). Satan has caused pandemonium and confusion, hate and destruction since his getting the big heave ho.

Good news is, Jesus Christ predicts Satan to have a really, really bad hair day in the not to distant future (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 25:10).

I'm thinking that I really don't want to be in the same place as Satan. A burning lake of sulfur is not my idea of fun. I'd rather be living in a city of gold with Jesus himself. If you would like to be my neighbor, check out this page and find out how. It's really easy, I promise!

Anyway, the answer to the question, 'Why Did God Create the Devil' is because God created the gift of free will so that everyone would have a choice to love Him instead of being forced into being a robot or drone.

Drone or Free Will Angel to God for eternity? That's easy choice for me. Free Will Angel!

So now I've got all my daughters questions answered and while I was doing that I hope these answers help you as well.

Until next time - keep looking up - I'm telling ya, He is coming soon!

Democracy - The Antichrist's Religion

2008-02-20T12:46:00.007-07:00

'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall .'

One of the most moving and inspirational speeches from a United States President contained these words. President Reagan spoke these words to a large Berlin crowd, June 12, 1987. I recall hearing this speech on the news and felt relief that there was progress for democracy.

Then, in 1989, the wall did fall and I knew then that democracy was in and communism was out. However, what I didn't realize at the time was that democracy, not communism, was Satan's true religion. Let me explain further.

There is no doubt that communism and the nations using a communist government took millions of lives. It suppressed millions more. However, democracy will usher in a dictator that will make communism look like a clown at a child's birthday party.

The United States of America was founded on the philosophy of 'United we stand, divided we fall'. The real power of this philosophy comes directly from 'the people'. Look at what Hitler did. He didn't just bully his way into Germany's leader. He was democratically elected. When Hitler saw that the German people were behind him 100%, he abolished all other political parties.

When the Antichrist comes into power, he will learn from history and do likewise. As a result, all people will be as one. The politically correct statement of 'unity in diversity' will become common doctrine.

The Antichrist will also know how to form the entire world into one world government. He has a perfect example of how it can work with our own U.S. of A. Here is an interesting statistic. There were approximately 38 million newcomers to the US from 1820 and 1940. Holy gucamole! 38 million? Yepper, 38 million. That included 6 million Germans, 4.7 million Italians, 4.5 million Irish 4.2 million Brits, 3.5 million Russians, 2.5 million Austrians and 1.5 million Swedish. That is a lot of stuff for the 'melting pot' of America.

But here's the thing. It worked. This great experiment of democracy worked. By the late 1800's, the US was second to none. There was no other country even close to having the complete political and economical power the U.S held at this time. And that undisputed global champion status was held for 70 or 80 years. Then something happened.

Europe became tired of all the wars. Grew tired of the multitude of monetary exchange problems. In 1957, the Common Market (In 1994 the name was changed to European Union) was formed. Belgium, German, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands and of course the old Roman empire designate, Italy.

Europe had found the magic formula to match and ultimately exceed the United States. Just look at the Euro compared to the U.S. Dollar. For the first time in history, the U.S. Dollar is not the 'big man on campus'. It takes a back seat to the Euro. Reports from New York City have been received stating many businesses are now taking the Euro over the Dollar!

It has to happen. The U.S. must become second to the European Union both politically and economically. The Bible prophesies in Revelation 13:7 that the Antichrist will be given political power; 'he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.' The 'he' is of course referring to the Antichrist.

Revelation 13:16-18 also prophesies that the Antichrist will be given complete control of the global economy: '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.' The 'beast' mentioned is none other than the Antichrist.

So you can now see why, even though what President Reagan said to Gorbachev was inspirational, it was also absolutely necessary to help form the 'Antichrist's Religion' into what it has to be to enable Jesus Christ to return and fulfill Bible prophecy. And Jesus will return with 'hurtin' on his mind. He will completely take Satan, the Antichrist and his gumba schmuck, the False Prophet out of the picture (Revelation 19:20; 20:1-3).

But don't hassle it - you don't have to go through any of that bad stuff. To get a free ticket out, all you have to do is

Admit you are a sinner.
Believe, with everything in you, that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and that he died for you (and everyone else) on a cross and then came back to life.
Through a prayer, invite Jesus into your life asking his direct assistance in guiding your life.
Make a daily effort in living like Jesus.
Confess your sins daily to Jesus through prayer.

You can have this free gift of eternal life given to you by Jesus by saying this simple prayer:

Dear Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness.
I believe that You died for my sins on a cross and lived again and then went to heaven to prepare a place just for me.
I want to turn from my sins.
I now ask you to come into my life.
I will trust and follow You as the only true Lord and Savior.
In Your name. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you are now safe from any of that hocus pocus the Antichrist brews up. Mostly because you will not even be around to witness it. You will be in Heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:17). It's guaranteed by Jesus Christ himself (John 3:16).

But don't wait because no one knows when Christ will return for his Church (Matthew 24:36).

Welcome to the family of God!

Check ya later!

Can Satan Read Your Mind?

2008-02-15T13:37:00.009-07:00

A few days ago, I was organizing some books and found an old Bible that I used when I was in elementary school and subsequently given to my, then, ten year old daughter. I was looking through it and noticed some handwriting that was not mine. I realized after reading the scribbles (unfortunately, my daughter definitely gets her handwriting skills from me) that it was my daughter's writing. On the very back page, she wrote:

Question to God Someday

1. When you are thinking in your mind, can Satan hear it or know what you saying or thinking about?

2. Why is he so evil?

3. Why does there have to be a stupid devil?

I laughed and then showed it to my, now, 15 year old daughter. We both got a big kick out of what my daughter was thinking about when she was ten.

I later started to think about those questions to myself and realized, 'Ya know, those are some very insightful questions for a ten year old to ask.' Then I realized, 'Ya know, those are great questions for an adult to ask.'

So I have decided to tackle the first of these three intriguing questions. I'll save the other two for another Layman's View post. I promise!

Now, lets establish some facts.

Satan is not omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) or omnipresent (can be in more then one place at a time).
Satan is an Angel, albeit, a fallen Angel. (Isaiah 14:12-14)
Satan (Prince of Tyre) was booted from Heaven when he got too big for his britches. (Ezekiel 28:12-17)
Satan took with him one third of all angels in Heaven. (Revelation 12:7-9)
Satan has been around for a long, long time; 6000 years plus. He had to be, he tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1)

The Bible does not specifically state Satan can or can not read minds or know anyones thoughts, however, knowing the above listed facts can help us determine the truth with a little investigative work.

Here are some facts about Jesus related to this subject:

Jesus IS omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. (Matthew 19:26)
Jesus CAN read minds and thoughts. (Matthew 9:4, 12:25; Luke 9:47, 11:17)
All angels fall under God's rule. (Colossians 1:15)

Notice I only gave three facts above related to Jesus Christ. In reality, the first fact in the list above should be enough to determine if Satan can read minds, however a little overkill is in order to make double sure.

Satan has over 6000 years experience in human behavior. He knows exactly how to influence mankind.

We have established that Satan is not omnipotent, omniscient or omnipresent. He can't be. It's impossible because he was defeated by the archangel Michael (with the help of God) and removed from Heaven. Because he is not omnipotent, omniscient or omnipresent (O.K., I'm done typing those words for a while), Satan dispatches his demons to do his evil work and they, in-turn, report back to him because he can not be in more then one place at one time (omnipresent. Hey, I only typed one of the three omni's. Give me a break). If he was one of the three O's, he would not need his demons to report back to him, therefore if he must have his demons report back to him, he can not read peoples minds. If he could, then he would not need the millions of demons (formerly angels) he took with him to do his dirty work.

In Matthew 2:13-18, Satan did everything he could using King Herod to find the Baby Jesus and kill Him. Satan obviously failed because he could not read minds to determine where the Baby Jesus was located.

So let's huddle up here and finalize what we have discovered about Satan's ability to read minds.

Satan can NOT read minds because he is NOT omnipotent, omniscient or omnipresent.
Satan has buku experience in human behavior. Thus, he knows what it takes to tempt us.
Satan uses his demon flunkies, those who he took with him when God gave him the big boot out of Heaven, to tempt mankind in doing his evil work and deeds.
Only God and his Son Jesus Christ can read minds and the hearts of mankind.

Now that I've done the research about Satan NOT being able to read minds, I better get with my daughter and answer her question. It took me over five years to answer the first question! I'll hop on the other two pronto. Be watching for another post about the remaining two questions. Until then, keep looking up - Christ is coming soon!!

No Second Chances for Terrorists?

2008-02-15T11:58:00.004-07:00

I must admit, my initial reaction to the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York was to eliminate those terrorist responsible. Make them hurt. Make them dead, annihilate, blow away, rub out, knock off . . . . Well you get the basic idea. I would think to myself how liberating it would feel if I could go out into the world and systematically 'whack' all the terrorists who planned and executed this atrocity.

Now it has been over six years and although I would like to pay-back the nimrods who have yet to be brought to justice for 9-11, I would like to do it in a way that would actually do some good. Here's how:

God's Holy Word says in Proverbs 24:17 - 20 (ESV) 'Do not rejoice when your enemy falls and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased and turn away his anger from him. Fret not yourself because of evildoers and be not envious of the wicked for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.'

God ordered all of mankind to not hate their enemies; which includes terrorists. We are not to be happy when one of these evil meatheads is killed. If we do, God will redirect his anger at you. A supposed Christian who should know better. God also makes a promise. Solomon goes on to say not to let these evil people worry you or make you jealous. '. . . the wicked WILL be put out.' They will receive their cumuppins in due time.

So when will terrorists get what they deserve? How long must we wait until God doles out his punishment? Peter writes 'The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should reach repentance.' 2 Peter 3:9 (ESV).

God does not have a Seiko. Meaning, God's definition of time is not the same as mankind's idea of time. He is a patient, loving, 'second, third, fourth chance God. He gives everyone ample opportunity to repent and change their lifestyle. In other words, get right with Jesus Christ.

God may not have a Seiko, but He will not lose track of time either. John prophecies to all of us in Revelation 16:17 (CEV) that there will be a time when 'enough is enough'. 'As soon as the seventh angel emptied his bowl in the air, a loud voice from the throne in the temple shouted, "It's done!" ' Then later on, Revelation 20:15 (CEV) proclaims 'Anyone whose name wasn't written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.' This is when God's clock stops. Anyone who did not accept Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and believe that he is the only true God, is put into a place where even Satan will be in constant pain and agony, FOREVER.

Yeah, we have to wait until this all happens before we get our 'pound of flesh' but I'm here to tell ya, it ain't going to be much longer.

Keep coming back to this site, theHumanStain.net and I'll keep you up to date on what is happening around the world and how it relates to the prophesied end of times.

Kabbalah is Satan

2008-02-13T19:07:00.014-07:00

I have just watched History Channel's DVD, Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Kabbalah. I am convinced that Satan has created this religion (or should I say 'cult') to deliberately mislead and confuse people into thinking they are searching for God. The believers in this movement feel that they can place themselves on the same level as God by chanting prayers and being 'pure'. God's word, the Bible, clearly states that 'all have sinned and come short of God's glory' (Romans 3:23).

We can never be on the same level as God, even those faithful who accompany Jesus Christ into Heaven upon Christ's second coming. The Bible says 'God's curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones and its people will worship God.' (Revelation 22:3). If mankind is to be equal to God, then why is it stated that 'its people will worship God.' We will clearly be transformed into a holy being, but we still won't be equal to God.

Shortly after John recorded this, the angel accompanying John on his 'Revelation journey' said that all the things John witnessed are true and can be trusted, John knelt down and began to worship at the feet of his angel guide. The angel immediately ordered John not to do that. The angel stated that 'I am a servant, just like you.' Even the angels are not equal to the Almighty Father and his holy Son, Jesus Christ.

Please pray for the followers of this evil, religious cult. If they are not saved and do not accept Jesus Christ as the only true Saviour of this world, they will spend eternity with Satan; wishing that they were not so equal to God.