1Ti 6:8  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 
1Ti 6:9  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 
1Ti 6:10  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 
 
We read in the Bible that people have been buying and selling merchandise with gold and silver since ancient times. The Bible first mentions “gold” almost at the very beginning of the Book of Genesis.
 
Gen 2:11  The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is GOLD; 
Gen 2:12  And the gold of that land is GOOD: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 
 
The Book of Genesis states categorically that gold is GOOD!
 
GOOD: H2896, ṭôb
BDB Definition:
1) good, pleasant, agreeable (adjective)
 
The Bible also often remarks about the wealth, in silver and gold, of various patriarchs and kings from antiquity.
 
Gen 13:2  And Abram was very rich in cattle, in SILVER, and in GOLD. 
 
All through the Bible, everything of eternal value, most especially virtue and wisdom, is compared to gold and silver.
 
Job 23:10  But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as GOLD. 
 
Pro 8:10  Receive my instruction, and not SILVER; and knowledge rather than choice GOLD, 
Pro 8:11  For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
 
Pro 17:3  The fining pot is for SILVER, and the furnace for GOLD: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
 
Isn’t it odd that in recent times, silver and gold has been so denigrated and maligned by modern economists, intellectuals, and business leaders?
 
In truth, the GOLD standard is already a barbarous relic. John Maynard Keynes, A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923).
 
I am confident that those who believe in belief are wrong. That is, we no more need to preserve the myth of God in order to preserve a just and stable society than we needed to cling to the Gold Standard to keep our currency sound. Daniel Dennett.
 
"GOLD gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head." Warren Buffett.
 
What Warren Buffet ought to know, and what I believe he does actually know, is that GOLD provides a fundamental “utility” that is the foundation of global commerce, trade, economic growth, and most important of all…FREEDOM!  Let’s read what Warren Buffet’s father wrote about GOLD in a famous essay:
 
But when you recall that one of the first moves by Lenin, Mussolini and Hitler was to outlaw individual ownership of gold, you begin to sense that there may be some connection between money, redeemable in gold, and the rare prize known as human liberty.
- Rep. Howard Buffett, 1948
 
We do not have to be geniuses to figure out why tyrants, con men, and bankers would rather not use GOLD as money…the use of FIAT money makes it exceedingly simple for people in positions of power, and other scam artists, to steal money from the general public!
 
FIAT MONEY is a currency without intrinsic value that has been established as money by government regulation.
 
With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people. – Friedrich August von Hayek
 
Historians tell us that the Chinese invented silk cloth, the compass, gun powder, paper, moveable type printing, and an invention more destructive and dangerous than gun powder… paper money.
 
Soon after the Mongol took over China and established Yuan (1264-1368) dynasty, it followed the example of its predecessors, Tang, Song and Chin, in using paper currency. The first paper currency issued in Yuan dynasty was in 1260. Various denominations were printed, ranging from a face value of two standard coins to the highest denomination of two strings. Excessive printing year after year soon flooded the market with depreciated paper money until the face value of each certificate bore no relation whatsoever to its counterpart in silver. In 1272 a series of new issues was put in circulation and the old issues were converted into the new ones at the ratio of five to one. The new issues were printed with copper plates instead of wood blocks, as had been the case before. In 1309 another conversion became necessary. In fifty years from 1260 to 1309 Yuan's paper money was depreciated by 1000 percent. http://www.silk-road.com/artl/papermoney.shtml
 
When European leaders learned about paper money from the Mongols, there was no stopping them from forcing the general public to take worthless fiat paper money in place of valuable gold and silver. History also tells us that invariably whenever a government has experimented with the use of paper fiat money, the end results were always the same: inflation, war, economic collapse, and finally the destruction of the government.
 
Gold is not necessary. I have no interest in gold. We will build a solid state, without an ounce of gold behind it. Anyone who sells above the set prices, let him be marched off to a concentration camp. That's the bastion of money.  Adolf Hitler
 
Like Nazi Germany and the Mongol Empire before them, the United States began its experiment with fiat money in 1971, after President Nixon closed the gold window and stopped redeeming the dollar for gold. I believe that the United States, and the whole world, will soon witness the end result of that historically doomed experiment one final time.
 
The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation. The whole grim apparatus of oppression and coercion — policemen, customs guards, penal courts, prisons, in some countries even executioners — had to be put into action in order to destroy the gold standard. Solemn pledges were broken, retroactive laws were promulgated, provisions of constitutions and bills of rights were openly defied. And hosts of servile writers praised what the governments had done and hailed the dawn of the fiat-money millennium. Ludwig von Mises
 
I am sorry if I have gone on too long with a history of paper money. I believe GOLD and SILVER is God’s ONLY real money, and everything else, including cryptocurrency, is a Ponzi scheme created to fleece the general public. I also believe that a brief history lesson of fiat money is necessary in order for us to foresee the most likely consequences of using CRYPTOCURRENCY as money. I believe that cryptocurrency will be the last money to be used before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
 
CRYPTOCURRENCY: a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency
 
Rev 13:16  And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 
Rev 13:17  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 
 
We see in the Book of Revelation that the “beast” and his “beast system” will have a mechanism in place that will actually prevent people from engaging in commerce if they refuse to receive a MARK in their right hand, or in their foreheads. What possibly can it be?
 
MARK: G5480, charagma, khar'-ag-mah
From the same as G5482; a scratch or etching, that is, stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): - graven, mark.
 
A lot of people have speculated about the identity of the “mark of the beast”, including me, but we have to ask another more pertinent question. “How would a mark prevent, or allow, somebody from engaging in trade and commerce?” The answer is, it wouldn’t stop anybody from buying or selling…not unless EVERY TRANSACTION CAN BE TRACKED!
 
If you are familiar with the history of cryptocurrency you might say to yourself, “BITCOIN is a decentralized currency and was specifically created to give people anonymity and privacy!”
 
BITCOIN is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions take place between users directly, without an intermediary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
 
I know that advocates of bitcoin always proclaim the benefits of cryptocurrency as safe, uncomplicated, and private. However, if you want to do a transaction with anybody, the transaction MUST take place on the cryptocurrency’s peer-to-peer network, and the transaction MUST take place on the internet. Also, advanced cryptocurrencies can pinpoint the time, place, and identity of every financial transaction. Therefore, EVERY TRANSACTION CAN BE TRACKED!
 
I can hear some cryptocurrency advocates protests already, “You can do transactions over the TOR network and do everything in secret!” Can you really? I believe the TOR network is only secret if the government does not care what you are doing on the TOR network. If you do a large amount of transactions using cryptocurrency on the TOR network…no doubt certain people in the government will definitely care!
 
TOR is free software for enabling anonymous communication. The name is derived from an acronym for the original software project name "The Onion Router".
 
TOR aims to conceal its users' identities and their online activity from surveillance and traffic analysis by separating identification and routing. It is an implementation of onion routing, which encrypts and then randomly bounces communications through a network of relays run by volunteers around the globe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)
 
Let me tell you the story about the “Silk Road”, NOT the ancient trading route between Europe and China, but a more modern version.
 
SILK ROAD was an online black market and the first modern darknet market, best known as a platform for selling illegal drugs. As part of the dark web,[7] it was operated as a Tor hidden service, such that online users were able to browse it anonymously and securely without potential traffic monitoring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)
 
In 2011, a down on his luck former Eagle Scout named Ross Ulbricht came up with the almost brilliant idea of creating an online black market site called “Silk Road”. His idea was to allow people to do any transaction (legal or illegal) in complete anonymity using the TOR network, while also using “bitcoin” instead of dollars to make payments…brilliant!!! Maybe not so brilliant because although the advocates of “TOR” and “bitcoin” claim that they are anonymous… neither TOR nor bitcoin are private if the government wants to know what you are doing.
 
The project (TOR) was originally developed on behalf of the U.S. intelligence community and continues to receive U.S. government funding, and has been criticized as "more resembl[ing] a spook project than a tool designed by a culture that values accountability or transparency".[19] As of 2012, 80% of The Tor Project's $2M annual budget came from the United States government, with the U.S. State Department, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the National Science Foundation as major contributors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)
 
Ross Ulbricht was arrested in 2013, he was convicted of money laundering, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics in 2015. His black market site “Silk Road” was shut down, over 144,000 bitcoins were seized (today worth approximately 1.5 billion dollars), and he is currently serving a life sentence in a Federal penitentiary…If Ross really believed that he could do something “anonymously” over the internet, Ross Ulbricht was not very brilliant after all.
 
The origins of “bitcoin” also resemble a spook project. According to cryptocurrency legend, bitcoin was created by a mysterious person, or person(s), named “Satoshi Nakamoto”.
 
SATOSHI NAKAMOTO is the name used by the unknown person or people who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation.[1] As part of the implementation, they also devised the first blockchain database.[2] In the process they were the first to solve the double-spending problem for digital currency using a peer-to-peer network. They were active in the development of bitcoin up until December 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto
 
Satoshi Nakamoto claimed that he lived in Japan and was born on April 5, 1975. All attempts to identify or verify Satoshi Nakamoto’s true identity have proven fruitless. If he/she is a real live person, not only would they be ranked as one of the top coders in the world, but they possess clandestine and covert abilities that make James Bond look like a rank amateur.
 
And yet Nakamoto himself was a cipher. Before the début of bitcoin, there was no record of any coder with that name. He used an e-mail address and a Web site that were untraceable. In 2009 and 2010, he wrote hundreds of posts in flawless English, and though he invited other software developers to help him improve the code, and corresponded with them, he never revealed a personal detail. Then, in April, 2011, he sent a note to a developer saying that he had “moved on to other things.” He has not been heard from since. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/the-crypto-currency
 
If Satoshi Nakamoto is a real person(s), then he/she/they could be sitting on many billions of dollars worth of bitcoin today. However, what if Satoshi Nakamoto isn’t a “person”?
 
There are some people who have speculated that Satoshi Nakamoto is an ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is applied when a machine mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as "learning" and "problem solving".
 
There has been much debate about whether Satoshi Nakamoto could be an artificial intelligence. Many people claim that the science of artificial intelligence is nowhere near advanced enough to produce the bitcoin code. However, I do not think even the most knowledgeable people involved in the field of artificial intelligence can possibly keep track of all the advances in the industry.
 
First, there are just too many people and governments working on artificial intelligence to keep track of everything. Second, many advances in artificial intelligence are top, top secret. Third, what if there was an actual sentient intelligence active today and it wanted to keep its own presence secret? According to artificial intelligence researchers, when AI reaches a point to where it can begin to learn and then program its own code, it will then be able to learn and improve itself at an exponential rate, and it will thereby rapidly surpass all human intelligence combined. http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/the-artificial-intelligence-ai-god
 
 
Eph 6:11  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 
Eph 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 
 
I believe there are sentient “intelligences” much higher than ours that have been present and active in the world since long before the computer age. The Bible gives us brief glimpses into their activity, and their involvement in the affairs of mankind. I do not doubt that these higher intelligences are capable of mimicking the identity of an artificial intelligence. It seems to me that the sudden appearance of cryptocurrency and its capabilities at this point in human history is not a coincidence. I am firmly convinced that Satan and his minions are hard at work trying to prepare for the arrival of the final world leader called the beast, the son of perdition, and the antichrist. I also believe that cryptocurrency will be an integral part of the "beast system".
 
Rev 13:7  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 
Rev 13:8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 
 

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Gal 1:11  But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 
Gal 1:12  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 
 
There is a very valuable principal that can be applied to nearly everything…CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMEN.
 
Food is a good example, the more times that food is handled and processed by other people, the more tasteless and unhealthy it generally is for you. Whereas, if you grow you own food, and eat it directly from your own garden, when it is ripe and ready to harvest, generally it will provide you with optimal freshness, taste, and nutrition.
 
This principal of “cutting out the middlemen” is doubly important for your spiritual health.
 
1Co 11:3  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 
1Co 11:4  Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 
1Co 11:5  But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 
 
The Church has become horribly abnormal and corrupt through the historical machinations of various people seeking to gain wealth and power (the Nicolaitans).
 
When the Apostle Paul discussed marriage, he often brought the discussion right back to the very beginning of creation, to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. His argument was simple, yet very powerful…the husband should ALWAYS represent Jesus Christ, and the wife should ALWAYS represent the Church.
 
Did you notice that Paul said that the head of EVERY man is Christ…NOT the apostles, NOT the prophets, NOT the pastors, NOT the popes, NOT the bishops, NOT the priests, NOT the ministers, NOT the elders, NOT the church board of directors, etc., etc. Let that sink in for a while, “the head of EVERY man is CHRIST!
 
Col 2:18  Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of ANGELS, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 
 
We see where these false teachers were coming from by the words “vainly (eike – without success or effort)” and “puffed up (phusioo – proud)”. It brings to mind false prophets like Muhammad or Joseph Smith, who both claimed they received visits from angelic beings, which somehow gave them license to totally corrupt the gospel of Jesus Christ and start whole new religions.
 
The word (HUMILITY), occurring elsewhere always in a good sense, in this chapter (comp. Col_2:23) seems to point to something blameworthy: ‘a false and perverted lowliness, which deemed God was so inaccessible that He could only be approached through the mediation of inferior beings’ (Ellicott). A Popular Commentary on the New Testament.
 
ANGELS: G32, aggelos, ang'-el-os
From ἀγγέλλω aggellō (probably derived from G71; compare G34; to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication a pastor: - angel, messenger.
 
Although the world “angel” is often used to describe “heavenly messengers”, it was also often used to describe “people”. SEE Matt. 11:10, Luke 7:24, James 2:25.
 
Read the 2nd Chapter of Colossians closely, you will see that false teachers were attempting to substitute “philosophy” and the “traditions of men” for the perfect gospel of Jesus Christ. I like Ellicott’s commentary: ‘a FALSE and PERVERTED lowliness.’
 
Whenever we place frail and flawed people on a pedestal, they are destined to disappoint and fail us. We should never confuse a mere human with God. It is like comparing a drop of water with the ocean!
 
All through the Bible we notice that people seem to want a human intermediary between them and God. When God came down on Mount Sinai to meet with the children of Israel, the people wanted Moses to be their intermediary.
 
Exo 20:19  And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 
 
During the time of the Judges of Israel, the people wanted God to make a king to rule over them.
 
1Sa 8:4  Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 
1Sa 8:5  And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 
1Sa 8:6  But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 
1Sa 8:7  And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 
 
When we determine in our heart that we want to serve a flawed human being, in reality we are rejecting God’s reign over us. I suspect that most people are convinced that a person is much easier to serve than God. If there is one thing the Bible makes perfectly clear… people are much, much harder to serve than God! This applies both to the secular and to the religious world.
 
If you look hard enough for somebody to serve, you will usually find them, and the people who insist on being served all the time are not the type of people you actually want to serve.
 
Dan 4:17  This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. 
 
Think about it for a second, Who actually NEEDS to be served all of the time? I think I can break it down into three categories: 1) Very YOUNG children NEED to be served. 2) Very SICK people NEED to be served. 3) Very OLD people NEED to be served.
 
Everybody else should serve ONLY God!
 
Mat 4:10  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him ONLY shalt thou SERVE. 
 
ONLY: G3441, monos, mon'-os
Probably from G3306; remaining, that is, sole or single; by implication mere: - alone, only, by themselves.
 
SERVE: G3000, latreuō, lat-ryoo'-o
From λάτρις latris (a hired menial); to minister (to God), that is, render religious homage: - serve, do the service, worship (-per).
 
We observe that the words “service”, “homage”, and “worship” are all related. Service and worship are what Satan craves and demands from people. Therefore, when people crave to be in positions of power, we know exactly where they are coming from…don’t we?
 
I should interject that there is nothing wrong with lending people a helping hand occasionally, or when we enter into short term contractor situations, the problems begin to magnify and get out of control when we enter into permanent employee/employer relationships with other people…especially when we cultivate religious relationships based on money!
 
Act 20:29  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 
Act 20:30  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 
 
This description is in stark contrast to Paul’s description of himself as a true Apostle:
 
Act 20:33  I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 
Act 20:34  Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 
Act 20:35  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. 
 
Now let us read how the Apostle Peter described the conduct of a true elder of the Church.
 
1Pe 5:2  Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 
1Pe 5:3  Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 
 
Now let us read how the Apostle Peter described false prophets and teachers that would infiltrate the Church in the last days.
 
2Pe 2:3  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 
 
You do not need to possess the wisdom of Solomon to know the difference between a true disciple of Jesus Christ and a false shepherd.
 
Rev 2:15  So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 
Rev 2:16  Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 
 
The LORD commends the Church of Ephesus because they hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans and He condemns the Church of Pergamos because they tolerated the Nicolaitans.

We see that the Nicolaitans have been in the church from nearly the beginning and now they are so much part of the church that people don’t even recognize that Jesus “hates” their deeds and their doctrine.

The word nicolaitan comes from the combination of two Greek words:

G3532, Nikolaos, nik-ol'-ah-os
From G3534 and G2004; victorious over the people; Nicolaus, a heretic: - Nicolaus.
Let’s dig a little deeper, shall we?
G3534, nikos, nee'-kos
From G3529; a conquest (concretely), that is, (by implication) triumph: - victory.
G2004, epitassō, ep-ee-tas'-so
From G1909 and G5021; to arrange upon, that is, order: - charge, command, injoin.

The Strong’s concordance says that Nicolaitans were adherents of a heretic named Nicolaus. I believe this is just a deception the Nicolaitans came up with to hide their presence in the Church.

We can understand who they really are and what they believe by the Greek meaning of the name: VICTORIUS OVER THE PEOPLE. The Nicolaitans believe that somebody should be in charge, and that the people needed to be under a command structure or hierarchy.

If you have not recognized who the Nicolaitans are then all you need to do is look into the infrastructure of nearly any modern organization. Most modern organizations are set up under the Nicolaitan system of hierarchy, a system of command and control, whether the organization is government, corporate, or religious. Another name for the Nicolaitan system in the Bible is BABYLON! The Nicolaitans will tell you about Jesus all day long and every day of the week but they will never introduce you to Jesus.

The True Church is just the opposite. The saints hear directly from God, they serve ONLY God, and ALL the saints are Kings and Priests of the Most High. The saints have a family relationship with ONE Father, and ONE High Priest, and ONE another.

Zec 11:15  And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 
Zec 11:16  For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 
 

Mat 24:21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 
Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 
 
In 1956, an American petroleum geologist and geophysicist named M. King Hubbert proposed a theory called “PEAK OIL”. M. King Hubbert theorized that after a particular oil field was discovered, the oil field would produce oil at an ever increasing rate over a specific period of time until it reached its PEAK amount of oil production. Then after the production of peak oil, the oil that could be extracted from the field would continue to decrease at an ever increasing rate until the field was no longer a financial viable source of oil.
 
This theory appears to be fairly obvious because non-renewable resources must always eventually be depleted over a certain period of time. M. King Hubbert’s theory is extremely fascinating because he was able to make some fairly accurate predictions about when different countries would reach PEAK OIL, and he was also able to forecast accurately when these countries would begin to use more oil than they could produce domestically.
 
Why is this important?
 
Today approximately 90% of all industrially manufactured products depend on the
availability of oil. Oil is not only the source material for producing fuels and lubricants but is also used as hydrocarbon for most organic polymers (plastic materials). It is therefore one of the most important raw materials in the production of many different products such as pharmaceuticals, dyes and textiles. Peak Oil Study, Armed Forces, Capabilities and Technologies in the 21st Century, Environmental Dimensions of Security.
 
Did you get that? 90% of ALL industrially manufactured products depend on the availability of oil! Our modern world's industrial and high-technology based economies are totally dependent on cheap and abundant oil.
 
In 1956, M. King Hubbert accurately predicted that the United States would reach PEAK OIL production in the continental Unites States from conventional oil sources between 1965 and 1970. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak_theory
 
What M. King Hubbert could not predict, is how the decline of oil production would affect the economy of the United States. We can almost pinpoint the long list of economic difficulties that the U.S. is currently facing to this specific period of time (1965 – 1970)…The U.S. began to rapidly lose its huge gold reserves to foreign nations and finally had to leave the gold standard in 1971. Not coincidentally, the U.S. probably acquired its huge gold reserves because it was the world’s main supplier of petroleum from between 1859 through to the 1950’s. Also, not coincidentally, those gold reserves began to drain away from our treasury after we began to import ever increasing amounts of oil from foreign countries.
 
The U.S. dollar became a purely fiat currency, and high rates of inflation began to plague the economy after we reached PEAK OIL in 1970. Both public and private debts began to sky-rocket and the country began to run higher and higher deficits with other countries, especially with OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
 
Fortunately for the United States there was still a vast amount of oil located around the world, specifically in the North slope of Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea of  Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Also, the administration of President Nixon came up with the brilliant strategy of convincing, or coercing, the OPEC countries to accept only the U.S. dollar as payment for their oil. This forced most of the nations of the world to stock pile U.S. “petro”dollars as a “reserve currency” and thereby allowed the U.S. to maintain its high standard of living on an ever growing mountain of credit and debt.
 
The question that a lot of scientists, politicians, and military experts are asking themselves and each other is… What are the consequences when the WHOLE WORLD REACHES PEAK OIL? It appears from the latest oil production data that the OPEC countries production has flattened out over the last few years, and the United States and Russia have become the new “swing” producers of oil…not because the U.S. and Russia are producing so much more oil, but because we are consuming moderately less oil then in the past. http://peakoilbarrel.com/opec-december-oil-production/
 
There will come a time, in the not too distant future, when OPEC, the U.S., and Russia will no longer be able to supply the world’s growing demand for petroleum…what happens then?
 
We may be able to reach some accurate conclusions about the consequences of WORLD PEAK OIL from studying the history of the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R) and its satellite nations starting around 1987, when the U.S.S.R. reached PEAK OIL.
 
The Soviet Union's collapse offers a preview. We can expect a great stagflation, where you simultaneously see a declining economy and hyperinflation. We can expect to see high unemployment and a collapse in the world economy. We can expect to see governments without any money to pay for things like health care, pensions, environmental problems, prisons, education or defense. We can expect to see infrastructure decay. We can even expect to see a decline in population. Finally, similar to the post Soviet Union, we can expect to see protests, political turmoil and revolution. http://www.businessinsider.com/peak-oil-and-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union-lessons-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-collapse-2011-5
 
Many western historians and politicians try to explain the rapid crash of the Soviet Union by extolling the virtues of western democracy and praising the benefits of capitalism over communism. Although I do not doubt that democracy and capitalism is a far better system than totalitarianism and communism, I believe a far better explanation for the collapse of the Soviet Union is simply PEAK OIL. There is almost a direct correlation between a nation’s standard of living and its consumption of energy, when the nation’s energy supplies decline, the nation’s standard of living will also decline proportionally.
 
The main difference between the United States (U.S.) PEAK OIL and the Soviet Unions (U.S.S.R) PEAK OIL was the fact that the U.S. had an open economy, while the U.S.S.R. had a closed economy. The U.S.S.R., and its satellite countries, simply did not have the trade networks with OPEC countries that could deal with the rapid onset of their petroleum shortages. Therefore, first the U.S.S.R.’s satellite countries, than the countries under its direct political control, rapidly began to revolt against its authority. The U.S.S.R., and its satellite countries, suffered an economic collapse that is more likely to resemble the economic collapse that will arrive with the onset of WORLD PEAK OIL. A prime example of the consequences of PEAK OIL is the nation of Cuba during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s during what it calls its “Special Period”.
 
The early stages of the Special Period were defined by a general breakdown in transportation and agricultural sectors, fertilizer and pesticide stocks (both of those being manufactured primarily from petroleum derivatives), and widespread food shortages. Australian and other permaculturists arriving in Cuba at the time began to distribute aid and taught their techniques to locals, who soon implemented them in Cuban fields, raised beds, and urban rooftops across the nation. Organic agriculture was soon after mandated by the Cuban government, supplanting the old industrialized form of agriculture Cubans had grown accustomed to. Relocalization, permaculture, and innovative modes of mass transit had to be rapidly developed. For a time, waiting for a bus could take three hours, power outages could last up to sixteen hours, food consumption was cut back to one-fifth of its previous level and the average Cuban lost about nine kilograms (twenty pounds).[5] Although starvation was avoided, persistent hunger, something not seen since before the Cuban Revolution, suddenly became a daily experience, and initially, malnutrition in children under five was evident after just a few weeks of these food shortages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Period
 
Fortunately for Russia, Cuba, and most of the U.S.S.R.’s former satellite countries, they would receive outside aid and then eventually form trade networks with OPEC nations and the rest of the world economies. When the world reaches WORLD PEAK OIL, there will be no extra petroleum or outside aid organizations to save the world. Cuba was very fortunate because Venezuela’s leader, Hugo Chavez, was a big fan of Fidel Castro and helped to supplement Cuba’s basic oil requirements at below market prices…Venezuela itself was not so lucky.
 
In early 2005, Venezuela reached PEAK OIL, not too long afterwards, its economy began to suffer the consequences. When its production of petroleum began to collapse in 2015, Venezuela’s currency began to hyper-inflate. Some economist estimate that Venezuela’s hyperinflation may now be over 4000% annually.
 
2017-2-27 ASPO Peak Oil Review: A new survey shows that 75% of Venezuelans may have lost an average of 19 pounds in the last year as widespread food shortages continue. Nearly a third of the population are now eating two meals a day or less. The survey also shows that the average shopper spends 35 hours a month waiting in line to buy food and other necessities. A sense of hopelessness has engulfed the country, and most no longer have an incentive or the strength to protest against the government and its policies as was happening two years ago. Government roundups of opposition politicians continue. Venezuela is clearly well on its way to becoming a failed state. http://energyskeptic.com/2016/looting-on-the-rise-as-venezuela-runs-out-of-food-electricity/
 
So why am I writing about PEAK OIL? If you will examine the chart at the top of this article, you will notice that the world’s population was fairly steady at between 300,000,000 and 500,000,000 people for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Then with the discovery and large scale use of fossil fuel, first coal and then petroleum, the world’s population began to explode upwards towards the present world population of well over seven billion (7,000,000,000) people. What happens when we reach WORLD PEAK OIL?
 
We can conclude that the increase in human carrying capacity has been made possible by a steady increase in energy from fossil fuels, especially oil. Such energy increase continues to make possible the rise in carrying capacity against an increasing environmental degradation, loss of fertile soil and resource depletion. Since fossil fuels and other resources are finite and are subject to increased exploitation due to population growth, mankind is in a situation of temporarily elevated carrying capacity. When this situation comes to an end the decrease in carrying capacity will inevitably lead to a human population in a state of overshoot that will undergo a proportional reduction. http://peakoilbarrel.com/the-problem-of-the-human-population/
 
The growth in the world’s population is directly correlated with the availability of the world’s energy production. What happens when the world’s petroleum production can no longer satisfy the world’s demand for oil? Why do you think the United States and the other industrially advanced nations are positioning troops and military equipment in the Middle East and Central Asia? Do you really believe it is because we want to make the world “safe for Democracy”? I dare say that the U.S. military is scrambling to secure any world oil reserves that might still remain because whichever nation, or nations, controls the world’s oil will control the world.
 
I suspect that the world’s population explosion will come to a screeching halt, and it will begin to dramatically decline right along with the decline in the world’s production of petroleum. Remember that 90% of ALL industrially manufactured products depend on the availability of oil! Of course most people are not going to go peacefully into the night, I suspect that most people will put up quite a struggle before they and their children die. This brings me to the four horsemen of the apocalypse:
 
Rev 6:8  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 
 
What is the catalyst that causes the Four Horsemen to suddenly appear in the Book of Revelation, and then kill off a fourth of the world’s population? When we read about the potential consequences of PEAK OIL, we see: civil unrest, mass starvation, crime, economic turmoil, and death…doesn’t it remind you of anything? If it doesn’t…READ THE LAST BOOK IN THE BIBLE! Frankly, if you believe that in the future, we will all be riding in electric cars, hyperloops, and spaceships, you have far more faith than I have. In the end, each person must choose whether they are going to believe the prophetic books of the Bible, or the star trek fantasies promoted by Hollywood and Silicon Valley… I’m going with the Bible!
 
If Jesus is proven right, I believe that the world is going to experience the most horrific tribulation ever experienced by any generation.
 
Mat 24:21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 
Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 
 
As far as I am concerned, ALL THE EVIDENCE indicates that Jesus Christ knew exactly how the world was going to end, and I believe that the end is approaching extremely fast. Now I am going to give you some free advice, whatever that is worth.
 
First, if you have not done it already, REPENT AND BE SAVED! There is absolutely nothing in this world (wealth, fame, or power) compared to an eternal relationship with Jesus Christ!
 
Mar 8:35  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 
Mar 8:36  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 
 
Salvation is simple and it is FREE!
 
Rom 10:9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
Rom 10:10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
 
Second, set your sights on heavenly things and forget about chasing all the false promises, fables, and fantasies so often promoted by the world.
 
1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 
1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 
1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 
 
Third, separate yourself from the world and try to be as self-sufficient as possible.
 
Isa 26:20  Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 
Isa 26:21  For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. 
 
Finally, study the inspired scriptures and be ready to lead the lost to salvation when they begin to understand that science and human wisdom does not have the answers to mankind’s most pressing and eternal questions.
 
2Ti 2:24  And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 
2Ti 2:25  In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 
 
 
Dan 12:2  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 
Dan 12:3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
 
“The world we know is like the Titanic. It is grand, chic, high-powered, and it slips effortless through a frigid sea of icebergs. It does not have enough lifeboats, and those that it has will be poorly employed.
If we do not change course, disaster, perhaps catastrophe, is almost inevitable. There is a reason why interest in the Titanic has been revived; it’s the
perfect metaphor for our planet. On some level we know:
we are on the Titanic. We just don’t know we’ve been hit.”
-John Brandenburg, Dead Mars, Dying Earth
 
 
 

1Co 10:25  Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for CONSCIENCE sake: 
1Co 10:26  For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 
1Co 10:27  If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 
1Co 10:28  But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 
1Co 10:29  CONSCIENCE, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? 
 
CONSCIENCE: G4893, suneidēsis, soon-i'-day-sis
Thayer Definition:
1) the consciousness of anything
2) the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good and bad, prompting to do the former and shun the latter, commending one, condemning the other
2a) the conscience
 
As Christians grow and mature into a perfect knowledge of the LORD, we will begin to receive “revelation” concerning our perfect liberty in Jesus Christ. However, at the same exact time, we also begin to receive revelation of our responsibility towards God, and of our responsibility towards other people. This direct revelation to our spirit is called CONSCIENCE.
 
I am going to write about a delicate subject. Depending upon many assorted factors, different Christians will have a wide variety of beliefs concerning their own and other peoples conduct.
 
I am going to try and encourage you to be gracious towards other people and their beliefs…as far as it is possible.
 
In his first epistle to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul asks a very important question: “WHY IS MY LIBERTY JUDGED OF ANOTHER MAN’S CONSCIENCE?”
 
LIBERTY: G1657, eleutheria, el-yoo-ther-ee'-ah
Thayer Definition:
1) liberty to do or to omit things having no relationship to salvation
2) fancied liberty
2a) licence, the liberty to do as one pleases
3) true liberty is living as we should, not as we please
 
 
First, I want to say something plainly: CHRISTIANS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE LAW OF MOSES!!! We are required to follow our CONSCIENCE.
 
This question was plainly addressed by the Apostles:
 
Act 15:24  Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom WE GAVE NO SUCH COMMANDMENT: 
 
There will be people who claim that “keep the law” does not mean the Ten Commandments, but “the law” means the “ceremonial law”. This argument is plainly disingenuous if we read the context of the original argument in the book of Acts, chapter 15, and all the rest of the New Testament.
 
Some people will then attempt to trap you by asking, “What is wrong with the ten commandments”?  The answer of course is “NOTHING”… as far as it goes!
 
Rom 7:12  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 
 
The Apostle Paul explains the deficiency of the law much better than I ever can in the book of Romans and in the book of Galatians. However, let me make a more modern analogy:
 
“What is wrong with riding in a covered wagon”? The answer of course is “NOTHING” …as long as you do not mind traveling short distances, at low speeds, and without any modern conveniences or comfort. You can travel from St. Louis, Missouri, to California in a covered wagon for the unique experience, but do not insist everybody else should forsake flying in jet airplanes! When we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, our CONSCIENCE is in direct communication with GOD.
 
Many CULTS will insist that you keep the Sabbath, or worship only on Saturdays…YES I SAID CULTS!!!
 
CULT: A group, often times though not always religious or spiritual in nature, that is led by a single or small group of leader(s). Members are often recruited or by some means persuaded to join, rarely if ever knowing how destructive and harmful a cult can be -- rarely knowing that it IS a cult. Though they usual come off as being generous, caring and in the best interests of their members, cults are inherently based on furthering the desires of cult leaders. Urban Dictionary.
 
Gosh, this definition of a CULT appears to fit every organization on planet earth!
 
It really does not matter which day you worship as long as you worship… but probably the more days we worship the better! FOLLOW YOUR CONSCIENCE!
 
Rom 14:5  One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 
 
DON’T let other people “guilt” you into esteeming one day above another…especially if they have a financial interest in propagating their special day and their special denomination.
 
Col 2:16  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 
 
JESUS SAID IT BEST… Mar 2:27  And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 
 
Let me say something else that you may think is probably pretty radical. NEARLY ALL CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS ARE CULTS! Do you need proof?

1. The original Christian Church did not have a priestly class (like the pagans). The original Church considered ALL saints to be priests. Rev. 1:6
2. The original Christian Church did not have temples (like the pagans). The original Church met in homes. Acts 20:20
3. The original Christian Church did not use coercion to force people to be members, or to force people to financially support their religious denomination (like the pagans). 2 Cor. 9:7

 
Another big legalistic drum beat is from religious people (priests, pastors, ministers, clergy) insisting that everybody must go to a certain church BUILDING. Jesus made it plain that “church” is NOT about a building or a certain location…Church is about the PEOPLE of God!
 
Mat 18:19  Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 
Mat 18:20  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 
 
You do not have to attend the crystal cathedral or St. Peter’s Basilica in order to be at church. If two saints are reading the Bible together, or praying together, or talking about Jesus together, they are at CHURCH!
 
Joh 4:21  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 
Joh 4:22  Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 
Joh 4:23  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 
 
Frankly, all the grand church buildings and cathedrals are a big waste of time, money, and effort. I would much rather meet in a living room or out on the back patio to pray and talk about Jesus.
 
Jesus told a parable that illustrated the vast difference between the law and grace.
 
Luk 10:25  And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 
Luk 10:26  He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 
Luk 10:27  And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 
Luk 10:28  And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 
Luk 10:29  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 
Luk 10:30  And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 
Luk 10:31  And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 
Luk 10:32  And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 
Luk 10:33  But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 
Luk 10:34  And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 
Luk 10:35  And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. 
Luk 10:36  Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? 
Luk 10:37  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 
 
If we study this story from the perspective of the Ten Commandments, we cannot find any fault with either the priest or the Levite. They could not be held guilty or accountable under the law of Moses for simply passing by the man after he was wounded and robbed by the thieves…After all, it wasn’t they who robbed and beat him.
 
However, the love and compassion shown by the Samaritan is glaringly obvious, even to the most obtuse follower of the law. The Samaritan had a CONSCIENCE. The scribes and Pharisees outwardly followed the law of Moses to the letter, even tithing mint and rue, but Jesus said their righteousness was NOT good enough.
 
Mat 5:20  For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
 
Listen to what the ex-Pharisee Paul had to say about the law.
 
Php 3:4  Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 
Php 3:5  Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 
Php 3:6  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 
Php 3:7  But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 
Php 3:8  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 
Php 3:9  And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 
 
The Apostle Paul said that touching the righteousness which was by the law, he was BLAMELESS.
 
BLAMELESS: G273, amemptos, am'-emp-tos
From G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3201; irreproachable: - blameless, faultless, unblamable.
 
As far as the law was concerned, the Apostle Paul said that he was faultless. However, he said that the righteousness of the law was dung (SHIT) compared to the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
 
DUNG: G4657, skubalon
Thayer Definition:
1) any refuse, as the excrement of animals, offscourings, rubbish, dregs
1a) of things worthless and detestable
 
Do we really want to put our confidence in keeping the law of Moses when we stand before Jesus on the Day of Judgment? If we possess the righteousness of Jesus Christ by faith, why would we want to play around in the dung?
 
The law of Moses is all about OUTWARD conformity, but our CONSCIENCE is about direct communication between God and our spirit. We can outwardly conform to the law of Moses, and yet be desperately wicked on the inside.
 
Mat 23:27  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 
Mat 23:28  Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 
 
That is why religious leaders, who want to make merchandise out of us, always want to follow the law…they can APPEAR to be righteous, while they make a nice living coercing people into paying for private jets, and mansions, and palaces, and universities, and cathedrals, and businesses, and private armies, etc., etc., etc.
 
Gal 3:1  O foolish Galatians, who hath BEWITCHED you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 
Gal 3:2  This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 
Gal 3:3  Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 
 

Mat 22:1  And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 
Mat 22:2  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 
Mat 22:3  And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 
 
I believe there will be a Christian Exodus from the world after the Jewish Passover of 2026 A.D.
 
In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a parable of a wedding feast that most commentators describe as an event that takes place AFTER the rapture/resurrection of the Church. However, I believe that Jesus was describing a wedding feast that takes place BEFORE the rapture/resurrection of the Church. This parable is told with a slightly different variation in the gospel of Luke. In the gospel of Luke, the invitation is simply to a “SUPPER”:
 
Luk 14:16  Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great (megas) SUPPER, and bade many: 
Luk 14:17  And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 
 
SUPPER: G1173, deipnon, dipe'-non
From the same as G1160; dinner, that is, the chief meal (usually in the evening): - feast, supper.
 
In these sophisticated and modern times, we tend to forget that according to ancient tradition, there was usually a celebration of a wedding BEFORE the marriage was consummated!
 
Gen 2:23  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 
Gen 2:24  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one FLESH (BODY).
 
Now we are getting somewhere, the man and the woman will be ONE BODY! Isn’t that what the Apostle Paul tried to explain to the Church in his epistle to the Ephesians?
 
Eph 5:29  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 
Eph 5:30  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 
Eph 5:31  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 
Eph 5:32  This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 
 
AFTER the wedding feast, Jesus Christ will be joined to His Church, and we will both have “celestial” bodies. Living people cannot interact with dead people because our terrestrial bodies cannot “physically” interact with the spirit world. Once we have celestial bodies, we will be able to interact just as easily with the spirit world as we can interact with the physical world. WE WILL BE JUST LIKE THE RESURRECTED JESUS CHRIST! However, I believe we first must ACCEPT the invitation to the wedding feast AND be prepared for the wedding.
 
Mat 22:4  Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 
Mat 22:5  But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 
Mat 22:6  And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 
 
Wow! There will actually be people who are invited to the biggest event in history…and they will be TOO BUSY!!! I am going to say something that you may think is very radical right now, but I believe what I am saying is Biblical…Christians should not be making any long term commitments, especially in these last days. We should not be signing any long-term employment contracts. We should not be purchasing real-estate with long term mortgages…(***However, a small get-away property in the wilderness might be a wise investment.*** At least until we receive our invitation to the last SUPPER.)
 
This world is NOT our home. BELIEVERS should be ready AND able to leave when God tells us to leave, and go where God tells us to go…at the drop of a hat. I believe we should be like our father Abraham. The only real estate Abraham ever bought was a graveyard:
 
Gen 23:19  And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 
Gen 23:20  And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. 
 
We should not even think about getting married if we are currently single:
 
1Co 7:29  But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 
1Co 7:30  And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 
1Co 7:31  And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. 
1Co 7:32  But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 
 
According to the Bible, there is a very real danger that people will become TOO attached to their homes here on earth. Listen to what Jesus has to say:
 
Luk 17:29  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 
Luk 17:30  Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 
Luk 17:31  In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 
Luk 17:32  REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE. 
 
This warning from the LORD tells me that people will have a choice…God is not going to rapture every Christian on earth, especially if they are NOT PREPARED AND NOT WILLING!
 
I hope and pray that nobody reading this article will get so busy with their own property, or with their own business, or with their own worldly affairs, that they miss the biggest event in history.
 
Luk 14:18  And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 
Luk 14:19  And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 
Luk 14:20  And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 
 
Again, most commentators interpret the parable as the King representing God the Father, and the Son representing Jesus…so far so good. However, they interpret the King’s servants as being the prophets in the Old Testament or maybe the Apostles. I believe the context of the parable makes it clear that the parable is describing a marriage feast that will take place upon the EARTH, and the event will take place just before the return of Jesus Christ.
 
I believe the servants, that are treated spitefully are specifically the two witnesses mentioned in Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation…and probably the servants sent out to invite people to the wedding will also include the 144,000 sealed “servants” mentioned in Chapter 7 of the Book of Revelation.
 
Rev 7:3  Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 
Rev 7:4  And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 
 
I believe that God’s wedding feast is the “Christian Exodus”, and it will occur HERE ON EARTH, in the not too distant future!!!
 
Mat 22:7  But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 
 
Did God send forth His armies and burn the cities of Judah when they killed the prophets, or did He burn the cities of the Roman Empire when they killed His Apostles? I don’t think so, Jerusalem is still standing and Rome is still standing. Will God burn the cities of the world after they reject His two witnesses and His 144,000 sealed servants? What did Jesus say?
 
Mat 13:41  The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 
Mat 13:42  And shall cast them into a furnace of FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 
 
What did the Apostle Paul say?
 
2Th 1:6  Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 
2Th 1:7  And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 
2Th 1:8  In flaming FIRE taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 
2Th 1:9  Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 
 
What did the Apostle Peter say?
 
2Pe 3:7  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto FIRE against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 
 
God calls the people who refuse His invitation to the wedding feast NOT WORTHY!
 
Mat 22:8  Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were NOT WORTHY. 
 
WORTHY: G514, axios, ax'-ee-os
Probably from G71; deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise): - due reward, meet, [un-] worthy.
 
Why were the invited guests not worthy?
 
Luk 14:24  For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 
 
Obviously, despite all of their expressions of love or friendship for the KING, their relationship to Jesus is actually quite shallow, or non-existent. Jesus does not simply ask us to make Him the number one priority above everything and above everybody else, Jesus demands it!
 
Mat 10:37  He that loveth father or mother more than me is NOT WORTHY of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is NOT WORTHY of me. 
Mat 10:38  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is NOT WORTHY of me. 
 
I believe a lot of wealthy nominal Christians are going to miss out on the greatest event in human history, but many, many other people are going to experience something that only the Israelites during the Exodus from Egypt have ever experienced.
 
Mat 22:9  Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 
Mat 22:10  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 
 
Now we come to a part in Jesus’ story, which makes it obvious that the wedding feast is NOT in heaven!
 
Mat 22:11  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 
Mat 22:12  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 
Mat 22:13  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen. 
 
Will there be unsaved people in heaven? I don’t think so! Will there be unsaved people at the wedding feast? Apparently there will be unsaved wedding crashers!
 
What is the wedding garment that the guest is not wearing? The wedding garment is clothing that God gives us when we are SAVED.
 
Isa 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of SALVATION, he hath covered me with the robe of RIGHTEOUSNESS, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 
 
When we are saved, we are given a robe of RIGHTEOUSNESS to clothe us for the wedding feast! How do we know whether we are clothed in righteousness?
 
Rom 1:17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by FAITH. 
 
FAITH: G4102, pistis, pis'-tis
From G3982; persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
 
Here are the questions that we all should be asking ourselves…”Do we really BELIEVE that Jesus is LORD? Do we really BELIEVE that Jesus is coming back?”
 
Now for the really good news, faith is a FRUIT of the SPIRIT!
 
Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, FAITH, 
Gal 5:23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 
 
The FRUIT of the Spirit is always compared to the OLIVE, and more specifically to OLIVE OIL!
 
Psa 45:6  Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 
Psa 45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the OIL of gladness above thy fellows. 
Psa 45:8  All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 
 
TIME is the coin of the spiritual realm.
 
Psa 55:16  As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 
Psa 55:17  Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 
 
Here are more questions we should be asking ourselves, “Am I spending enough TIME with the LORD?” “Am I spending enough TIME praying?” Am I spending enough TIME reading and meditating on the WORD of God?’ Am I spending enough time LISTENING?
 
Rom 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the WORD of God.
 
One of these days…TIME is going to run out!
 
Mat 25:6  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 
Mat 25:7  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 
Mat 25:8  And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your OIL; for our lamps are gone out. 
Mat 25:9  But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 
 
I believe that Jesus makes it pretty clear that some “Christians” (virgins) are going to MISS the wedding feast. Christians must “GO OUT TO MEET HIM”! This parable of the ten virgins IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RAPTURE OR THE RESURRECTION!
 
However, for those who are READY and WILLING, this will be the greatest time to be alive in history.
 
Rev 12:6  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 
 
I believe that the BELIEVING Church is the woman that flees into the wilderness, and like the nation of Israel during the Exodus, God will feed us MANNA from heaven.
 
2 Baruk 29:8 And it shall come to pass at that self-same time that the treasury of MANNA shall again descend from on high, and they will eat of it in those years, because these are they who have come to the consummation of time. Eth CEPHER Bible. : http://www.cepher.net/
 
Have you ever wondered what MANNA taste like? If you attend God’s last days wedding feast, you will find out.
 
2 Baruk 30:1 And it shall come to pass after these things, when the time of the advent of HAMASHIACH (the Messiah) is fulfilled, that he shall return in glory. 2 Then all who have fallen asleep in hope of him shall rise again. Eth CEPHER Bible.
 
The wedding feast is not only a time of SAFETY, but it is a time of PREPARATION. We see in the Book of Esther that there was a long time of preparation before the bride was ready to meet and marry the King. SEE http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/god-knows-the-end-from-the-beginning
 
Est 2:12  Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of PURIFICATION fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with OIL of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications. 
Est 2:13  And then the lady goes in to the king. The officer that he commands to do so will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber. 
 
PURIFICATION: H4795, mârûq, maw-rook'
From H4838; properly rubbed; but used abstractly, a rubbing (with perfumery): - purification.
 
Notice the similarities of the description of Esther’s “purification” and the description of the LORD in Psalm, Chapter 45.
 
Psa 45:8  All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 
 
The bride is being transformed into the image of the bridegroom in preparation for the consummation of the marriage, AFTER the wedding feast.
 
Eph 5:25  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 
Eph 5:26  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 
Eph 5:27  That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 
 
I believe the Church MUST experience a time of preparation BEFORE we are ready to meet Jesus.
 
 
Now, I want to address all the Christians who claim they want to be martyrs for Jesus. First, if you are not obedient to the call of God, you will definitely have your chance to be a martyr. Second, if you miss the wedding feast, I believe you will be bitterly disappointed.
 
Mat 22:13  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
 
We do not want to be a PROFANE person like Esau!
 
Heb 12:15  Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 
Heb 12:16  Lest there be any fornicator, or PROFANE person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 
Heb 12:17  For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 
 
PROFANE: G952
βέβηλος
bebēlos
Thayer Definition:
1) accessible, lawful to be trodden
1a) of places
2) profane
2a) unhallowed, common, public place
2b) of men, ungodly
 
Christians are not common folk, we are not ungodly, we are not unholy, we have a higher vision, we have set our sights on eternity…our hopes and dreams are NOT OF THIS WORLD! Our lives are wrapped up in the supernatural. We believe in miracles. When we read the great mighty promises of God for His people, we KNOW they will surely come to pass!
 
Isa 35:1  The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 
Isa 35:2  It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. 
Isa 35:3  Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 
Isa 35:4  Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. 
Isa 35:5  Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 
Isa 35:6  Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 
Isa 35:7  And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 
Isa 35:8  And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 
Isa 35:9  No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 
Isa 35:10  And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 
 

2 Baruk 29:3 And it shall come to pass when all is accomplished that was to come to pass in those parts, that HAMASHIACH shall then begin to be revealed. Eth CEPHER Bible. http://www.cepher.net/

It is interesting that 2 Baruk says that HAMASHIACH (the Messiah) shall BEGIN TO BE “REVEALED”. The wording makes one think of the Book of “REVELATION”. I know that when I was a young Christian, I could not help but focus on the many horrors that the Book of Revelation “revealed” would occur during the tribulation period (i.e. wars, famine, disease, the antichrist, etc.). However, in actuality the MOST important “revelation” in the Book of Revelation is the revelation of our LORD Jesus Christ…in HIS CHURCH!

First, the Apostle John describes Jesus as He appears in his glorious celestial body.

Rev 1:10  I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 
Rev 1:11  Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 
Rev 1:12  And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 
Rev 1:13  And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 
Rev 1:14  His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 
Rev 1:15  And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 
Rev 1:16  And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 
Rev 1:17  And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, FEAR NOT; I am the first and the last: 
Rev 1:18  I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 
 
This personage that greets John is no doubt the risen Jesus Christ. Nobody else was dead and resurrected, and also holds the keys of hell and of death. When John is paralyzed by fear and falls at His feet as dead, how characteristic of Jesus that he tells John to “FEAR NOT”! I wonder how many times John had heard those exact words before from Jesus, while he lived and traveled with the LORD during His ministry on earth?
 
The description hearkens back to the “transfiguration” when John, as well as his brother James and Peter, also fell on their faces afraid.
 
Mat 17:5  While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. 
Mat 17:6  And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 
Mat 17:7  And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and BE NOT AFRAID. 
 
Despite all the trials and tribulations that we might go through, we have a protector and a savior, Jesus will not allow us to be tested beyond our limitations. Also, I am confident that there will be a vast difference between the saved and unsaved during the tribulation period. We see the allegory of Israel in the land of Egypt during the Exodus period:

Exo 8:22  And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 
Exo 8:23  And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
 
When I tell people that the Church is going through the tribulation period, I invariably hear that “Christians are not appointed to wrath”! I agree, but does that mean God MUST take us to heaven to protect us?

God protected Noah and his family in the flood, God protected Daniel in the lion’s den, God protected the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, and God protected the children of Israel living in Egypt during the ten plagues. However, for some reason people do not think God can protect His people during the great tribulation?
 
Rev 12:14  And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
 
Not only can God protect us, but I foresee that the tribulation period might be the greatest times of our lives…if we LISTEN to God. I believe that during the great tribulation there will be more (and greater) miracles than at any time in history, including the time of Moses and even during the time of Jesus’ ministry!
 
Most important of all…God wants to transform His Church into the image of Jesus Christ!!!
 
More important than our glorious celestial body, which we will receive at the resurrection, is the transformation of our INNER MAN! OUR INNER MAN MUST BE TRANFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST! Unfortunately, this “metamorphosis” of our inner man requires SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD. Most of us, me included, know that we should be praying more, and meditating on the WORD more, and fasting more, but the cares of this world always seem to get in the way. The spiritual growth that we should be experiencing in just a few years takes most of us a lifetime.
 
God has a solution for our “love of the world problem”, I will call it God’s “accelerated growth program”. God is going to separate His Church from the world and give us all His personal attention during the 1260 day “Christian Exodus”. Just like Jesus spent three and one-half years of intimacy with His disciples, God will spend three and one-half years with His people during the “Christian Exodus”.
 
However, I believe a lot of the Church will simply refuse to leave the world…they will either die a martyr’s death or they will take the mark of the beast (in which case they were actually false Christians, “tares” hiding in the wheat).
 
Let me clear up a serious misconception that most people have about the Book of Revelation, and evil in general…God does not cause evil or all the horrors listed in the Book of Revelation, He is simply reporting the natural consequences of our rebellion against Him before they happen. Listen to what the Apostle Paul tells the Church in Corinth about how to deal with a fornicator in the Church:
 
1Co 5:2  And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 
1Co 5:3  For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 
1Co 5:4  In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
1Co 5:5  To DELIVER such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 
 
DELIVER: G3860, paradidōmi
Thayer Definition:
1) to give into the hands (of another)
2) to give over into (one’s) power or use
2a) to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage
2b) to deliver up one to custody, to be judged, condemned, punished, scourged, tormented, put to death
2c) to deliver up treacherously
2c1) by betrayal to cause one to be taken
2c2) to deliver one to be taught, moulded
 
If we read the first part of the sentence, we would think to ourselves that the Apostle Paul is being overly harsh…but when we finish the sentence, we see that there is a purpose behind allowing Satan to have “custody” of an apostate Christian… THAT THE SPIRIT MAY BE SAVED IN THE DAY OF THE LORD JESUS.
 
It is similar to the story of the prodigal son…the son asks his father for his inheritance early, so that he can live a reprobate and hedonistic lifestyle away from the constraints of his father. At the end of the story the son comes to his senses and realizes that the freedom from his father that he so desired was leading to his own destruction.
 
Luk 15:16  And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 
Luk 15:17  And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 
 
What a common occurrence it is for children to think that their parents are overly harsh and restrictive, when in truth the parents are simply trying to protect their children from the dangers of the world. However, eventually there comes a time when every parent must allow their children to learn about the world first hand…the LORD willing, they will all eventually “come to their self” and return to the FATHER!
 
Therefore, there is a reason that God will allow Satan to have “custody” of the world for a season. Eventually, the people of the world will either return to the FATHER, or they will be destroyed.
 
IF EVERYTHING WAS GREAT, THE ISRAELITES WOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT EGYPT!!!
 
If you think about it, you will realize that God must allow the tribulation to come to pass or the Church will continue in a perpetual state of constant “luke warmness”, always having one foot in the “spirit” and one foot in the “world”.
 
I was baptized when I was thirteen years old, and I have been a confessing Christian for over forty (40) years, but I will confess that my spiritual growth has been moving at a snail’s pace at best…and more growth is needed! However, God has only appointed a certain amount of time for Satan to have jurisdiction over this earth, and that time is running out.
 
Rev 12:12  Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 
 
The world does not have forty (40), or thirty (30), or even twenty (20) years left, in order for all Christians that are alive now to grow into mature saints of God. The Church MUST go through an accelerated growth program! If you study the Bible to determine how many years there have been since the fall of Adam and Eve, you will realize that we are very, very close to six-thousand (6,000) year mark.
 
2Pe 3:8  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY IS WITH THE LORD AS A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY. 
2Pe 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 
 
The epistle of Barnabas lays out God’s general timeline of redemption:
 
Barnabas 15:4
Give heed, children, what this meaneth; He ended in six days. He
meaneth this, that in six thousand years the Lord shall bring all
things to an end; for the day with Him signifyeth a thousand years;
and this He himself beareth me witness, saying; Behold, the day of
the Lord shall be as a thousand years. Therefore, children, in six
days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end.
Barnabas 15:5
And He rested on the seventh day. this He meaneth; when His Son
shall come, and shall abolish the time of the Lawless One, and shall
judge the ungodly, and shall change the sun and the moon and the
stars, then shall he truly rest on the seventh day.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/barnabas-lightfoot.html

I will be the first to admit that my calculations might be off by a handful of years, but there is no way that my calculations are off by another one-hundred or one-thousand years…JESUS IS COMING BACK VERY SOON!!!

I have written previously, that the two witnesses mentioned in the Book of Revelation will probably appear around Passover, 2026.

Rev 11:4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 
Rev 11:5  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 
 
These two men will be very hard to miss. First of all, they will be witnessing AGAINST the beast system. The beast and the false prophet, spoken of in the Book of Revelation, will nourish a violent hatred towards them. However, the beast system will not be able to harm them for 1260 days, until they have finished their testimony.
 
Rev 11:7  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 
 
I suspect their testimony will concern mainly three things: First, they will be pronouncing God’s judgments upon the earth.
 
Rev 11:6  These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
 
Second, I believe they will be announcing the RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST!
 
Isa 40:3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 
 
Finally, they will be warning the Church to separate from the world in order to avoid God’s judgment.
 
Rev 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 
Rev 18:5  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 
 
It will be very important to listen to what these two witnesses will tell the Church, and to flee when they say flee. It may not only be the difference between life and death, but it may be the difference between eternal life and eternal damnation.
 
God’s WORD is established forever, it is true whether we believe it or not. However, our faith in God will save us, and it will condemn the world.
 
Heb 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 
 
*** I believe there will be one more part to this article and then it will be done…THE LORD WILLING!

Rev 18:7  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 
Rev 18:8  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 
 
There is another analogy that makes me believe that the tribulation period may be twelve (12) years and not seven (7) years as some believe. During the ministry of Jesus Christ, a certain ruler named Jairus asked Jesus to come heal his daughter, who was near death.

Luk 8:41  And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 
Luk 8:42  For he had one only daughter, about TWELVE years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 
 
I mentioned in the “TRIBULATION TIMELINE PART 2” that I do not believe that anything is in the Bible is a coincidence or an accident. The above story is told in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke, and both gospels mention that the daughter was about TWELVE years old.
 
What is extremely interesting is that while Jesus was going to see the daughter of Jairus, He had a strange encounter with another woman.
 
Luk 8:43  And a woman having an issue of blood TWELVE years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 
Luk 8:44  Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 
 
When we see something in the Bible that happens twice in quick succession, it should makes us pause and ponder what God might be trying to tell us.
 
Gen 41:32  `And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it. 1898 Young’s Literal Translation.
 
I believe that the young girl and the woman are analogous to the Church and to the tribe of Judah. Listen to what Jesus says to the Church of Laodicea:
 
Rev 3:17  because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,
 
In the physical perspective, the Laodicean Church is wealthy, but spiritually the LORD calls them “WRETCHED”…like the daughter of the rich ruler Jairus???
 
WRETCHED: G5005, talaipōros, tal-ah'ee-po-ros
From the base of G5007 and a derivative of the base of G3984; enduring trial, that is, miserable: - wretched.
 
If we look at the last days Church, from the physical perspective we are wealthy and in need of nothing, but from God’s point of view we are wretched, miserable and near death, like the daughter of the wealthy ruler Jairus.
 
Next, I believe the woman with the issue of blood represents the Jewish people. They are too confident in their own ability to keep the Law of Moses and therefore they believe they can satisfy God’s demand for righteousness. However, listen to what God tells Isaiah about our own righteousness:
 
Isa 64:6  But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a MENSTRUATION cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Modern King James Version.
 
Lev 15:19  And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 
 
Isn’t it wonderful? Isn’t it marvelous? We cannot make Jesus unclean, but He can surely make us clean, whole, and perfectly righteous.
 
Luk 8:46  And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 
Luk 8:47  And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 
 
Could it be that after TWELVE years of tribulation, the Jewish people will recognize that their own righteousness is like a filthy rag, and that they need Jesus? Could it be that after TWELVE years of tribulation, Jesus will resurrect His dead Church?
 
Luk 8:52  And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 
Luk 8:53  And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 
Luk 8:54  And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. 
Luk 8:55  And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. 
 
FALL 2025 – FALL 2026 (Part 9)

2 Baruk 27:10 And in the ninth part the fall of fire. Eth CEPHER Bible. http://www.cepher.net/

I believe that the Fall of 2026 will be the beginning of what Jesus called “THE GREAT TRIBULATION”. I wrote a previous blog article about a nuclear attack on the United States called: TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.

http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/two-or-three-witnesses

Mat 24:21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 
Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 
 
GREAT TRIBULATION literally means “mega persecution” or “mega trouble”.
 
In one of my previous blog articles: “Two or Three Witnesses”, I estimated that a nuclear war might start between the Fall of 2022 and the Spring of 2023; however, different scripture verses, including these verses in 2 Baruk, have now convinced me that a nuclear war will probably occur between the Fall of 2025 and the Spring of 2026.

Between late 1984 and early 1986, three men (Dmitru Duduman, David Wilkerson, and Henry Gruver) all had visions of a nuclear attack on the United States of America. I noticed that in the Bible, the number forty (40) is usually a period of trial and testing…(Moses was 40 days on Mount Sinai, the children of Israel were 40 years in the wilderness, Jonah warned of judgment on the Assyrian capital city of Nineveh for 40 days, and Jesus was 40 days in the wilderness).

Jesus made a startling prophecy to His disciples in 30 A.D., just before His crucifixion and resurrection.

Mat 24:1  And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 
Mat 24:2  And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 
 
Forty (40) years later in 70 A.D., the armies of the Roman general Titus Flavius Vespasianus, burned and destroyed the Second Temple, then they sacked and the City of Jerusalem.
 
I am now convinced that the United States, like the Jews before us, has been given a forty (40) year warning and grace period, which we are also currently ignoring. The judgment will occur approximately eighty (80) years after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. The nuclear war will also be the catalyst for a mass exodus out of the large population centers into wilderness areas.

Specifically, this will be the time that the two witnesses mentioned in the Book of Revelation will appear, and it will also be the time that a large portion of the Church will flee into the wilderness, just after the Jewish Passover of 2026. You can read more about this subject in my free e-book: CHRISTIAN EXODUS, OUT OF BABYLON.

https://www.free-ebooks.net/search/christian+exodus+out+of+babylon

Gen 19:27  And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: 
Gen 19:28  And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 
 
FALL 2026 – FALL 2027 (Part 10)

2 Baruk 27:11 And in the tenth part rapine and much oppression (violence). Eth CEPHER Bible.

In the Fall of 2026, the antichrist will reveal himself to the world as the world’s savior and the god of this world:

2Th 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 
 
The leaders of the world will accept the antichrist as god and will reject the LORD Jesus Christ, and the world will suffer the consequences during the great tribulation:

If you are interested in how I arrived at the date for the abomination desolation, you can read my free e-book: Christian Exodus, Out of Babylon.

Psa 2:2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 
Psa 2:3  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 
Psa 2:4  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 
Psa 2:5  Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
 
If you DO NOT LISTEN to God, you will experience some horrific trials… From what I have read, the trials and tribulations in the Book of 2 Baruk and the Book of Revelation appear to bear a strong resemblance to the curses prophecied by Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy onto people who DO NOT LISTEN to God:

Curses For People Who Do Not Listen To God
 
Deu 28:15  But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken (LISTEN) unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 
Deu 28:16  Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 
Deu 28:17  Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 
Deu 28:18  Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 
Deu 28:19  Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 
 
Deu 28:20  The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 
Deu 28:21  The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 
Deu 28:22  The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 
Deu 28:23  And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 
Deu 28:24  The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 
 
Deu 28:25  The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 
Deu 28:26  And thy carcase (body) shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 
Deu 28:27  The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 
Deu 28:28  The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 
Deu 28:29  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 
 
Deu 28:30  Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 
Deu 28:31  Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 
Deu 28:32  Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. 
Deu 28:33  The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: 
Deu 28:34  So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 
 
Deu 28:35  The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 
Deu 28:36  The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 
Deu 28:37  And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. 
 
Deu 28:38  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 
Deu 28:39  Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 
Deu 28:40  Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 
Deu 28:41  Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 
Deu 28:42  All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 
 
Deu 28:43  The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 
Deu 28:44  He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 
Deu 28:45  Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 
Deu 28:46  And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 
 
Deu 28:47  Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 
Deu 28:48  Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 
Deu 28:49  The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 
Deu 28:50  A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 

Deu 28:51  And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 
Deu 28:52  And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 
 
Deu 28:53  And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 
Deu 28:54  So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 

Deu 28:55  So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 
Deu 28:56  The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 
Deu 28:57  And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 
 
Deu 28:58  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 
Deu 28:59  Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 
Deu 28:60  Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 
Deu 28:61  Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 
 
Deu 28:62  And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. 
Deu 28:63  And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 
Deu 28:64  And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 
Deu 28:65  And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 
 
Deu 28:66  And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 
Deu 28:67  In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 
Deu 28:68  And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 
 
Wow…that is a very long list of curses! Many people live with great abundance, with great wealth, and with great prosperity. These same people extol the virtues of science, and the virtues of democracy, and the virtues of capitalism, but they never bother to thank God!!! I am afraid many of us will soon find out that when God is gone…all that is good in our life will also go with Him. DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION, THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE UNDER A CURSE!!!
 
FALL 2027 – FALL 2028 (Part 11)

2 Baruk 27:12 And in the eleventh part wickedness (injustice) and unchastity. Eth CEPHER Bible.

Most leaders will at least pretend that they are “servants of the people”, but the antichrist and his government will not bother to hide the fact that they are predatory, brutal, and SAVAGE! The antichrist is the “BEAST” and God help you if you should fall under his power and authority. The beast is also the man of “LAWLESSNESS”; therefore, even the semblance of law and justice will be absent from his government.

2Th 2:3  Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, Lexham English Bible.
 
The antichrist will demand that everyone be his abject slaves and worshippers, or they will die. This “beast” world ruler will be like Hitler and Caligula on steroids.
 
Rev 13:15  And it was given to him to put breath into the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast both spoke and caused that all those, unless they worshiped the image of the beast, should be killed.
 
There are many antichrist type figures in the Bible: Nimrod, the Pharaoh of Moses, King Ahab of Israel, Nebuchadnezzar II, Antiochus IV, Herod the Great. However, I believe they will all pale in comparison to the “last antichrist”, who will be arising on the world stage shortly. I believe that as the United States decreases in power and prestige around the world, the man of sin will become more and more prominent in world affairs.
 
Dan 8:23  And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressions are completed, a king will arise, fierce in countenance and skilled in riddles.
Dan 8:24  And his power will grow, but not by his own power, and he will cause fearful destruction, and he will succeed and he will act, and he will destroy the mighty and the people of the holy ones.
Dan 8:25  And by his planning he will make a success of deceit by his hand, and in his mind he will boast, and in their ease he will destroy many, and even against the prince of princes he will rise up, and he will be broken, but not by human hands.
 
Just like the poor and lowly flocked around Jesus, the rich and powerful will flock around the antichrist. Jesus is patient and kind, the antichrist will be rash and cruel. Jesus is meek and gentle, but the antichrist will be arrogant and violent. Everywhere Jesus went there was healing and resurrection power, everywhere the antichrist goes there will be destruction and death. Jesus was indwelt by the Holy Spirit, the antichrist will be indwelt by Satan’s spirit.
 
Rev 13:3  And one of its heads appeared as though slaughtered to death, and its fatal wound had been healed. And the whole earth was astonished and followed after the beast.
Rev 13:4  And they worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him?
Rev 13:5  And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemies, and authority to act was given to him for forty-two months.
Rev 13:6  And he opened his mouth for blasphemies toward God, to blaspheme his name and his dwelling, those who live in heaven.
Rev 13:7  And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and people and language and nation.
Rev 13:8  And all those who live on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name is not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.
 
FALL 2028 – FALL 2029 (Part 12)

2 Baruk 27:13 And in the twelfth part confusion from the MINGLING together of all those things aforesaid. Eth CEPHER Bible.

Dan 2:40  And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 
Dan 2:41  And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron MIXED with miry clay. 
Dan 2:42  And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 
Dan 2:43  And whereas thou sawest iron MIXED with miry clay, they shall MINGLE themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 
 
MIXED/MINGLED: H6151, ‛ărab, ar-ab', ARAB
(Chaldee); corresponding to H6148; to commingle: - mingle (self), mix.
 
I remember studying these particular verses in the Book of Daniel over thirty (30) years ago, and the word “ARAB” jumped out at me. The Book of Daniel is highly unusual because it was written partly in the Hebrew language and partly in Aramaic.

It is not unusual for an author to throw in a few verses of a foreign language in a book, but the Book of Daniel has whole chapters in Hebrew and whole chapters in Aramaic…it would be like writing a few chapters in English, then switching to Spanish for a few chapters, and then switching back to English for the last chapters. The main question of course is WHY?

Chapter 1, the introduction, is written in Hebrew. Chapters 2 – 7, the main body of the book is written in Aramaic. Chapters 8 – 12, the conclusion of the book is written in Hebrew again.
Aramaic was the language spoken by the Babylonians and other ancient Semitic language groups, and it is related to Hebrew and Arabic.
 
Dan 2:43  And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall MINGLE themselves with the SEED of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not MIXED with clay. 
 
SEED: H2234, zera‛, zer-ah'
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2233; posterity: - seed.
 
If you have read my past blog articles, you will know that I believe the last “beast kingdom” will be a Muslim kingdom…mainly because of this verse in the Book of Daniel 2:43.
 
I suspect that ARAB Muslims will deny that they are racist and misogynistic, but you do not have to be a scholar in sociology to notice that there is a marked increase in rape and violence towards non-Muslim women when Arab men associate with any non-Arab culture. It appears that they associate sex with dominance and violence, but definitely not love…at least where non-Arab women are concerned.
 
Norah Vincent (link via Instapundit) has already suggested that sexual inadequacy is rampant (perhaps not the mot juste) in the Muslim world. It seems to me that many men in today's Islamic world suffer from an unusually virulent strain of the so-called 'Madonna-whore complex', dividing all women into the virtuous asexual Madonnas and the hopelessly depraved majority. That would be bad enough, but they combine this with an equally virulent ethnic and religious bigotry. It appears that all Madonnas are Muslims and all Muslims are Madonnas: any exceptions to the latter rule are promptly stoned. At the same time, all the (unstoned) whores are infidels, and just about all the infidels are whores, the whoriest of all being Jews and Americans. Whether this is wishful thinking or actual opinion, who can tell? In their hearts they must suspect it is, shall we say, oversimplified. http://www.drweevil.org/archives/000112.html
 
You might say that I am a racist, or intolerant of other religions, but I do not believe I am reaching a conclusion with no evidence. The stories are practically endless about the rape of women in the Sudan, in the Kurdish areas of Syria and Iraq, and in European cities with large Arab populations. The modus operandi of Muslim radicals is not to rape their victim and then leave them alone, Muslim jihadist enslave women and continually rape their victims as long as they are under their power (or until the women die). They appear to be following Muhammad’s lead in their treatment of captive women.
 
The apostle (Muhammad) had chosen one of their women for himself, Ray1.Jana d.
'Amr b. Khunafa, one of the women of B. 'Amr b. Qurayza, and she
remained with him until she DIED, in his power. Guillaume, Alfred, The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Oxford University Press, 1955.
 
I understand that Christian men, or people claiming to be Christian men, have raped and brutalized women; however, I also know there is nowhere in the New Testament that endorses brutalizing women…but the Quran on the other hand:
 
4:34 Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great. Shakir.
 
The point I am try to make is directed mainly toward WOMEN. The great tribulation is going to be horrific, but it will be especially bad for women. If there is even a hint of a chance that Muslims/Islam might dominate your town or your country…FLEE!!! YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE UNDER THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF ISLAM OR OF MUSLIM MEN!!!
 
Rev 12:6  And the WOMAN  fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 
 
*** I originally planned to make this a three (3) part article, but I am going to write a fourth part that hopefully will be more up lifting than the first three parts.
 

Luk 2:42  And when he was TWELVE years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 
 
Are there any other indications that the tribulation might be twelve (12) years long?
 
There is a fascinating story about when Jesus was a boy in the Book of Luke:
 
The Boy Jesus in the Temple

Luk 2:41  Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 
Luk 2:42  And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 
Luk 2:43  And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 
Luk 2:44  But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 
Luk 2:45  And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 
Luk 2:46  And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 
Luk 2:47  And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 
 
Do you believe in coincidence? I don’t, especially when it deals with stories about Jesus in the Bible. We often see that Biblical stories are allegorical, meaning they foreshadow future events. First, if you read this blog, you know that I believe three (3) days signifies that Jesus Christ will return on the third day.
 
2Pe 3:8  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 
 
Therefore, the beginning of the third millennia (the third day) from the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ also signals His second coming. We read in the story of Luke that Jesus’ parents celebrated the Passover every year in Jerusalem. Why did Jesus tarry in the temple when He was twelve (12) years old? Why not when He was seven (7) years? Why not when He was thirteen (13) years? Why not when He was twenty (20) years?
 
In the Bible, we see that the number twelve (12) is extremely significant. There are twelve months (moons) in a year. Jacob had twelves sons and consequently there were twelve tribes of Israel. There were twelve disciples. In the Book of Revelation, the New Jerusalem has twelve gates made out of twelve pearls. The tree of life bears twelve kinds of fruits.
 
I believe twelve (12) years signifies “SPIRITUAL” maturity. It also represents God’s divine government.
 
Mat 19:28  And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
It is my contention that the tribulation period is not primarily meant as a time to punish the world, but it is primarily meant as a time for the Church to reach maturation. Should the saints of God be tried and tested for twelve years in order to prepare them to govern during the millennium and during Christ’s reign on earth for the last thousand years, or during God’s last thousand year “day” (God’s Sabbath)?
 
Rom 5:1  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 
Rom 5:2  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 
Rom 5:3  And not only so, but we glory in TRIBULATIONS also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 
Rom 5:4  And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 
Rom 5:5  And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 
 
We see that tribulation is a process that eventually allows GOD’S love to be shed abroad in our hearts. Isn’t love the most important attribute of a King and Priest of God?
 
2Th 1:3  We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 
2Th 1:4  So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 
 
 
FALL 2021 – FALL 2022 (Part 5)

2 Baruk 27:7 And in the fifth part famine and the withholding of rain. Eth CEPHER Bible. http://www.cepher.net/
 
Usually, war and starvation go hand in hand because the normal cycles of planting and reaping are radically disrupted.
 
Rev 6:5  And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 
Rev 6:6  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 
 
I hope that you have read my blog article: BEHOLD A BLACK HORSE and have been making the appropriate preparations.
 
http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/behold-a-black-horse
 
There will be drought conditions all over the world, and food production will be greatly reduced. A “penny” in the New Testament was a Roman denarius and was about equal to a day’s wages. Therefore, people will be reduced to a bare survival level of existence. It will probably be wise to be mostly, or entirely, self-sufficient by this time. You might want to have a small piece of property away from large population centers. You also might want to look into “aquaponics” or some other type of intensive food production method.
 
http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/friendly-aquaponics-book
 
Pro 22:3  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 
 
This may be the beginning of a great seven (7) year world-wide drought similar to the drought experienced by Egypt during the reign of Joseph. I believe there are people, like Joseph, who God will give resources in the natural realm to prepare for these severe famine conditions.
 
Gen 41:30  And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 
Gen 41:31  And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. 
 
I also believe that the seven (7) year famine during the time of the prophet Elisha is an allegory of the last days. I believe there will be people, like Elisha, who God will give “supernatural” resources to allow them to endure the seven years of famine.
 
2Ki 8:1  Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 
 
FALL 2022 – FALL 2023 (Part 6)

2 Baruk 27:8 And in the sixth part earthquakes and terrors. Eth CEPHER Bible.

Apparently there is a crescendo of terror, both natural and man made. If a person is not killed in war, he or she faces the terror of death in an earthquake, or by starvation, or by disease. There will probably be major earthquakes in the usual places, but there might also be earthquakes in places that have historically never experienced earthquakes.

Luk 21:11  And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 
 
The Book of Revelation says that the four horsemen of the apocalypse will effect or kill fully one quarter of the world’s population…over one and a half billion (1,750,000,000) people!
 
Rev 6:8  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 
 
http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/behold-a-pale-horse
 
It appears that the saints of God will be specifically targeted during this massive war that engulfs the planet. Satan must take great delight in pitting Christians against Christians. During World War 1 millions of Christians died, then during World War 2 tens of millions of Christians died, I suspect that during World War 3 hundreds of millions of Christians will be killed. People who are constantly stirring up trouble between Christian people are obviously motivated by Satan. Therefore, I believe the two main participants in the third world war will be the nominally “Christian” nations of Russia and the United States of America.
 
Rev 6:9  And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 
 
This may also be the year when a “temporary” world peace is negotiated.
 
Dan 9:27  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. 
 
FALL 2023 – FALL 2024? (Part 7)

The Book of 2 Baruk strangely skips the seventh part of the tribulation period. However, I would like to hypothesize that two international figures will arise during this period of time, the antichrist and the false prophet, and they may even have a prominent role in the peace process.

Mat 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 
Mat 24:10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 
Mat 24:11  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 
 
I believe that somehow, and some way, Christians will be blamed for all the trouble that the world is experiencing…that is how the story usually goes in the Bible.
 
1Ki 18:17  And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 
1Ki 18:18  And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 
 
Elijah had told King Ahab that God would punish Israel with a famine because of Ahab’s sins, but of course Ahab turned the tables and blamed Elijah for the drought. We see over and over again in the Bible that the wicked always refuse to take responsibility for the consequence of their sins.
 
Rev 16:10  And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 
Rev 16:11  And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 
 
FALL 2024 – 2025 (Part 8)

2 Baruk 27:9 And in the eighth part a multitude of spectres (ghosts/portents) and attacks of the Shediym (Devils/Demons). Eth CEPHER Bible.

It looks like demonic entities will be released upon the world in a spectacular fashion. When we see people committing mass murder in unprecedented numbers, we can only think they are demented or demon possessed. The antichrist is described as the BEAST.

BEAST: G2342, thērion
Thayer Definition:
1) an animal
2) a wild animal, wild beast, beast
3) metaphorically a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious
 
I believe the antichrist’s followers will also be “bestial” and “savage”. They will transform themselves more and more into the image of the one they worship. Similar to how the followers of Jesus should be transformed more and more into His image. I think the transformation of the antichrist’s worshippers is probably due to the fact that they have opened themselves up to dark and demonic influences.
 
The Apostle Paul gives a disturbing description of those who have turned their backs on God:
 
Rom 1:26  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 
Rom 1:27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 
Rom 1:28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 
Rom 1:29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 
Rom 1:30  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 
Rom 1:31  Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 
Rom 1:32  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 
 
We do not need an overactive imagination to visualize these reprobate and lost people. We simply need to watch the evening news and we can see people doing things that would have been unimaginable a few years ago. If you live in a large city, you simply need to explore the downtown areas and you can see these “beast people” up close…don’t go after dark! There are places in many major metropolitan areas where even the police do not want to go.
 
2Pe 2:10  But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 
2Pe 2:11  Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. 
2Pe 2:12  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 
 
As lawlessness increases and starts to become “normal” behavior, Christians will begin to leave and search for smaller population areas to live. However, when the antichrist consolidates his power, even rural populations will probably become less and less safe.

2 Baruk 25:4 And it will come to pass when they say in their thoughts by reason of their much tribulation: EL ELOHIYM no longer remembers the earth yea, it will come to pass when they abandon hope, that the time will then awake. Eth CEPHER Bible.
 
I recently purchased an Eth CEPHER Bible, and to say that I am excited is an understatement. It includes several apocalyptic books that have been excluded from the King James Bible. I am especially excited about “2 Baruk (2 Baruch)” because it includes a timeline of the tribulation period. If anybody is interested in purchasing this unique bible, it can be found at the following website: http://www.cepher.net/
 
According to the Book of Jeremiah, Baruk was a scribe that was given the task of writing down all the words of Jeremiah when he prophesied directly from the LORD.
 
Jer 36:4  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 
 
In the eth CEPHER Bible Preface there are short histories of the various Books including the history of 2 Baruk:
 
(T)he Apocalypse of Baruk, also known as Baruk Sheniy (2 Baruk) stands out as vital. A.F.J. Klijn writes: “Until recently the Apocalypse of Baruk was only known from a Syriac manuscript dating from the sixth or seventh century AD. Since the beginning of this century two fragments have come to light in Greek (12:1-13:2 and 13:11-14:3) from the fourth or fifth century. Small fragments of the text, again in Syriac, have been discovered in lectionaries of the Jacobite Church. However, no fewer than thirty-six manuscripts are known because it once belonged to the canon of Scriptures in the Syriac-speaking church. Eth CEPHER, 3rd Edition, Cepher Publishing Group, LLC, 2017.
 
First, I want to mention that 2 Baruk is doubly hard to study and understand because it is mainly being translated from Syriac, a language related to Aramaic and only spoken by a small ethnic minority of Assyrians/Syriacs in the Middle East. Therefore, at best it is a translation of the original Hebrew, and it is probably the translation of a Greek translation of the original Hebrew…or a translation of a translation.
 
Fortunately, I would also like to mention that this tribulation “timeline” of Baruk appears to track closely with the sequence of end-time events outlined by Jesus in the Book of Matthew Chapter 24, when Jesus talks about the events preceding His second coming, it is also similar to events outlined in the Book of Revelation. Therefore, we might be able to “fill in” the gaps, or clear up any confusion about the “meaning” of the sequence of end-time events.
 
I find the Apocalypse of Baruk (2 Baruk) extremely fascinating because Baruk specifically asks the LORD how many “years” will the tribulation continue???and the LORD seems to tells him TWELVE!
 
2 Baruk 26:1 And I answered and said: Will that tribulation which is to be continue a long time, and will that necessity embrace many years? Eth CEPHER Bible.
 
The LORD tells Baruk that the time of tribulation is divided into twelve (12) parts. Baruk had asked God how many “years” that the tribulation would last and God tells him it is divided into twelve “parts”…Could the tribulation actually last twelve (12) years from the start to the finish?
 
2 Baruk 27:1 And he answered and said unto me: 2) into twelve parts is that time divided, and each one of them is reserved for that which is appointed for it. Eth CEPHER Bible.

If my calculations are correct, and Jesus Christ returns to resurrect/rapture His saints on the Feast of Tabernacles, September 24, 2029, then the beginning of Baruk’s twelve (12) year tribulation would have begun sometime during the Fall of 2017 A.D…LAST YEAR! If you want to see my calculations for the Second Coming of Jesus read my FREE book “Christian Exodus: Out of Babylon”. I have taken the liberty to break down Baruk’s tribulation timeline into twelve (12) years… beginning with the Fall of last year.
 
FALL 2017 – FALL 2018 (Part 1)

2 Baruk 27:3 In the first part there shall be the beginning of commotions. Eth CEPHER Bible.

I was looking up the word “commotion” in the King James Bible and coincidentally the only place I found it was in the Book of Jeremiah.

Jer 10:22  Behold, the noise of the bruit (news, tidings) is come, and a great COMMOTION out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. 
 
COMMOTION: H7494, ra‛ash, rah'-ash
From H7493; vibration, bounding, uproar: - commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.

The word “ra’ash” is found seventeen times in the Old Testament and is also translated as an uproar, earthquake, and shaking. It is difficult to know what it will mean for the tribulation period, but the LORD tells Baruk that the whole world will experience the tribulation.
 
2 Baruk 28:6 Is it in one place or in one of the parts of the earth that those things are come to pass, or will the whole earth experience them?
2 Baruk 29:1 And he answered and said unto me: Whatsoever will then befall will befall the whole earth; therefore all who live will experience them. Eth CEPHER Bible.
 
I do not know exactly what the “commotion” is, but I suspect that the first “commotion” will “shake” the whole world to its core…and the “commotion” will not disappear after a few news cycles…just use your imagination, it is going to be BAD!
 
Heb 12:26  Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 
Heb 12:27  And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 
 
The world may experience a world-wide economic collapse or the start of a great world-wide depression some time during 2018.
 
FALL 2018 – FALL 2019 (Part 2)

2 Baruk 27:4 And in the second part there shall be slayings of the great ones. Eth CEPHER Bible.

The “great ones” can only be the saints of God, Jesus said Christians would be hated by ALL nations in the last days… this may also signal the arrival of the last great outpouring of the Holy Spirit prophesied by the Prophet Joel.

Joe 2:28  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 
Joe 2:29  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
 
Perhaps you have noticed that Jesus did not face persecution until AFTER He was filled with the Holy Spirit. Also, the Apostles did not suffer much persecution until AFTER Pentecost. The Holy Spirit used the Apostles to perform many mighty miracles, but afterwards they were cast into prison, martyred and force to flee from town to town. I suspect that the saints in the last days will also face similar persecution after God pours out His Holy Spirit one last time just prior to the return of Jesus Christ.
 
Mat 24:8  All these are the beginning of sorrows. 
Mat 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 
Mat 24:10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 
 
FALL 2019 – FALL 2020 (Part 3)

2 Baruk 27:5 And in the third part the fall of many by death. Eth CEPHER Bible.

I believe that the “slaying of the great ones” will begin to increase more and more. We already see the persecution, murder, and enslavement of Christians in Muslim countries, but I believe the murder of Christians will begin to increase noticeably in nominally Christian nations.

Joh 16:2  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 
Joh 16:3  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 
 
We have already seen demonically inspired mass murderers specifically targeting Christians in Churches around the world… including the United States. I suspect that this will become such a common occurrence that the national news will probably stop covering it, and you will only hear of the murders if they actually happen in your own home town or neighborhood.
 
However, the murder of Christians will NOT go un-noticed by God! As the murder of Christians increases…I suspect that God will unleash Satan on the world with natural disasters, and the death toll will begin to increase.
 
Consequently, law and order will begin to break down causing a snowball effect, criminals and crime will increase dramatically. 
 
2Ti 3:1  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 
2Ti 3:2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 
2Ti 3:3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 
2Ti 3:4  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
 
FALL 2020 – FALL 2021 (Part 4)

2 Baruk 27:6 And in the fourth part the sending of the sword. Eth CEPHER Bible.

I mentioned in my last blog article that the United States has been in perpetual war since the beginning of the George W. Bush presidency. However, the years 2020 - 2021 may be the beginning of something much, much bigger…perhaps the start of World War 3.

Rev 6:3  And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 
Rev 6:4  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 
 
http://www.motsog.com/fundamentals/behold-a-red-horse
 
It appears that around this time period, the four horsemen of the apocalypse will be released upon the world.
 
Interestingly, two secular authors predicted another great war on, or about, 2020 AD. In 1997, William Strauss and Neil Howe, wrote a book called “The Fourth Turning” based on generational cycles, the two authors made several predictions that appear to have come true. They predicted a rise in terrorism and an economic downturn in the world economy.

They looked back at United States History and noticed that the country has been engulfed in major wars about every eighty (80) years…i.e. the revolutionary war (1775 – 1783), the civil war (1861 -1865), and World War 2 (1941-1945). Therefore, they predicted that the U.S. could be involved in another major conflict around the year 2020.
 
When this final world war begins, I believe it will descend rapidly into TOTAL WAR!
 
Total war is warfare that includes any and all civilian-associated resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets, mobilizes all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war
 
Due to the modern “high-tech” nature of war these days, I suspect that both men and women, plus anybody with “special skills”, will be required to register with the Selective Service, regardless of their age or their willingness to serve. A civilian and military draft will probably be reinstated in countries around the world.
 
Jer 14:15  Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

* THIS ARTICLE IS SO LONG I HAVE DECIDED TO DIVIDE IT INTO THREE PARTS.