WHADDA YA THINK

(20) ISRAEL, GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE
Tevya, in the movie ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ asked God, “Couldn’t you choose someone else sometime”. God has punished His Chosen people many times in many harsh ways through history. What Tevya said is understandable, but God Chastises those whom He loves -(Heb.12:7-8) If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not. But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then you are bastards, and not sons./ The Arabs are descendants of Abraham, by the Egyptian handmaid of Sara. Isaac was the son of Abraham and Sara. (Gen.21:12b)- God said to Abraham, “In Isaac shall thy seed be called”.(Gal.3:16)- Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, and to seeds as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ./ Islam teaches that the Jews changed the Bible to read Isaac, and it was supposed to read Ishmael. This, of course is not true. The Bible traces the descendants of Isaac all the way toJesus. The Covenant of Circumcision God made with Abraham -(Gen.17:8-14)(See Blog #18). Isaac was the child promised and the Covenant to receive the Promised Land would be to his descendants. To this day the Covenant holds true, although interrupted until the church age is over. Moses led them to the Promised Land, but Joshua led them into it. There was a 40 year delay as they wandered in the wilderness because they didn’t trust God to help them take it from the ungodly inhabitants. As they later took the Promised land, God assigned an area for each Tribe. Only the tribe of Dan was not taken, because of their idolatry. God wouldn’t help them defeat the Philistines. The tribe of Dan migrated to northern Israel where they entered the small town of Laish and slaughtered all 600 inhabitants, took the town and renamed it Dan. The 144,000 sealed witnesses (Rev. 7) did not include 12,000 from the tribe of Dan.(See Post #17, TWO WITNESSES) Instead, to make up the 12 tribes, both of the 1/2tribes of Joseph were counted. Solomon was the 3rd King of Israel. God gave him wisdom, but he became very unwise to have 700 wives & 300 concubines (mistresses). They came bringing their idols with them. God divided the kingdom because of this, but waited until Solomon was dead for his father David’s sake. There were many of God’s prophets warning Israel of punishment unless they repented, but instead they followed False prophets. (False prophets attract the biggest following today also, as they lead people astray.) God finally punished the northern tribes (Israel) by bringing in Assyria to defeat them (721 BC). Many were dispersed while foreigners were brought in. They became 1/2 breeds (Samaritans) and were despised by the southern kingdom, Judah. Prophets continued to warn Judah, but God finally used Babylon to punish them and carry captives to Babylon. The southern tribes (Judah, Simeon and a small portion of Benjamin) were now called Jews. This didn’t apply to the dispersed northern tribes. For 490 years the Israelites didn’t let the land rest every 7th year as God commanded, so they were in captivity for 70 years to allow the land to get the rest that had been denied. The Jews rebuilt the Temple and Jerusalem. The Temple and Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman General Titus in 70 AD. According to Daniel’s ’70 weeks of yrs’ prophecy -(Dan.9:20-27), it would be 483 yrs from the end of the Babylonian captivity until the Messiah (Jesus) would die on the cross. This brought in the Church age and put the last 7 years of Daniel’s prophecy on hold until the church is raptured out. The Tribulation period is during this last 7 years. Then, the focus will be back on the Jews and the Holy City (Jerusalem). There will be Jews and Gentiles saved under the preaching of the 144,000 witnesses and then raptured at the end of this period. The first 3 1/2 years will be a time of peace as the Antichrist reigns. (1 Thess.5:3)- Peace and safety, then sudden destruction./Destruction begins with the Antichrist demanding to be worshipped as God and ends with the ‘Battle Of Armageddon’. During WW 2, there 18 million Jews and 1/3 were killed in the Holocaust (6 million). During armageddon there will be about 12 million Jews (today’s population) and 2/3 of them will be killed (8 million). Theses Jews didn’t become christians, but they also didn’t accept the ‘Mark of the Beast’ (666). 4 million Jews, in their fleshly body will survive Armageddon and live on into Jesus millennial reign on earth. We, in our eternal bodies will help Jesus reign over the earth as it is being repopulated. These Jews and their descendants will obey Jesus or be punished. The saved and the lost will be separated when Satan is turned loose for a short time at the end of Jesus 1,000 yr reign. After the White Throne judgement, we will go back to heaven leaving the lost to have their bodies consumed in the lake of fire on earth, as Jesus remodels the earth. The spirits of the lost go back into the fire in the earth and Jesus remodels the earth into a garden of Eden for us when we come back down to earth in the ‘New Jerusalem’. The meek shall inherit the earth. -(Matt.5:5) Con

(19) TRANSLATED / RESURRECTED
Translate: To change from one place, state or form to another. To convey to heaven without death. To change from one language to another./ RESURRECT: To raise from the dead to life./ (Heb.11:5)-By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death./ He was translated. (2 Kings 2:11)- Suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two (Elijah & Elisha) of them and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven./ (Deut.34:1-7)- It is not generally believed, but I believe that Moses was translated so that he did not die physically. (Dict.: Died- To cease existing) He did cease existing in his physical body. God buried him. (Buried- Dict.: Conceal, Hide). Since Moses appeared with Elijah at the Transfiguration and both of them had their eternal bodies (There is no intermediate body), and Moses could not have died and been resurrected because Jesus is the firstfruits of the resurrection, not Moses. So, Moses was translated and did not die. There were several people that had died and brought back to life by Jesus and the apostles, but they were restored to their same physical body and would die again. (Col.1:18)- Jesus is the firstborn from the dead./ (This is when Jesus became God’s only begotten Son. Spiritually He always was, but now physically too.) When we become christians, we are translated into the kingdom of His dear Son, spiritually. We are then sons of God spiritually and at our resurrection we will be sons of God physically too. Those who are living at the resurrection will be translated so that they don’t see death. When Jesus died on the cross (Matt.27:50-53), there was an earthquake and the graves were opened and many saints arose, but came out of their graves after Jesus resurrection, went into the city and appeared to many./ Since they arose before Jesus did, they had their bodies of flesh and would die again. We who die and then are raised at the Rapture will be raised in our eternal body and so won’t need to be translated. (1 Cor,15:42)- We are sown in corruption and raised in incorruption. There will be a resurrection of the martyrs at the end of the 7 years Tribulation, and if there are saved that weren’t martyred, they will be translated. There will be a remnant who are saved out of the Tribulation, in their bodies of flesh to repopulate the earth; when we help Jesus to reign. -(Zech. 14:3-21), (Isiah 11:4-13). During Jesus millennial reign, people will live longer. Some will obey the Lord because they love Him, others because of fear of the consequences. At the White Throne Judgement the dead will be raised from Hell. The living and resurrected will be separated right and left. The saved will get their eternal bodies. The lost will be left on earth while Jesus takes the saved, with us, to heaven. Jesus will remodel the earth, first making it a ‘Lake of Fire’. -(2 Pet.3:10) This will be the end of people being resurrected and translated. No more people. WHADDA YA THINK ? Con

(18) CIRCUMCISION
(GEN.17:1-14)- (Excerpts) When Abram was 99 yrs old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect (upright, sincere). I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham and thou shalt be a father of many nations. I shall establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee for an everlasting covenant. I will give thee and thy seed all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession.This is my covenant. Every man child among you shall be circumcised. You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a token of the covenant. He that is 8 days old shall be circumcised. The uncircumcised man child shall be cut off from his people./ Abraham was circumcised and Isaac was circumcised the 8th day. Abraham’s son by the Egyption maid, Ishmael, the eventual father of the Arabs who adopted Islam, was circumcised at13 yrs old. I understand that today they circumcise boys at 13 yrs old. Others circumcise for Hygiene to prevent disease. This was the establishment of the Old Testament (Old Covenant). The Law was introduced later to guide God’s people in righteous living until the Messiah came. When the Church began in (ACTS 2), the Covenant of Circumcision of the flesh was suspended. Now God’s people are not identified by the ‘Circumcision of the flesh’, but by the ‘Circumcision made without hands’, the ‘Circumcision of Christ’. the 1st is a Type & the 2nd is the Antitype. The 1st was prophetic and the 2nd the fullfilment of that prophecy. Under the 1st, God’s laws were written on stone; under the 2nd God’s laws are written on the heart. (COL.2:11-13)- In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherin also you are risen with him through the faith of theoperation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses./ Circumcision of the flesh is symbolic of cutting off sins of the flesh. (OT believers emphasized the ceremony, but failed to apply the spiritual meaning) We actually put off the sins of the flesh. (Forgiveness) And, we put off the body (sinful nature) of the sins of the flesh. Notice the ‘colon’ after ‘circumcision of Christ:’ in (COL.2:11). What follows the colon, explains what was before the colon. ‘Buried with him in baptism’ (Water Baptism) is the symbol of the circumcision of Christ and this is when Jesus spiritually cuts off our sinful nature from our spirit.(ROM.6:4-8)- We are buried with him by baptism unto death (Water Baptism) and we are raised up to walk in newness of life. If we have been planted in a likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.He that is symbolically buried with jesus in this manner will also be in the likeness of his resurrection. We are symbollically dead with Jesus. He that is dead is freed from sin. (ACTS 2:38)- We are baptized for the forgiveness of sin. (When we are symbolically cleansed, then Jesus does the real cleansing./ We still have our sinful nature, but with the Holy Spirit now dwelling in our spirit, our sinful nature is now in our soul (the life of our body) and now there is continual conflict between our soul & our spirit.(1 THESS. 5:23) We are body, soul & spirit. (HEB.4:12)- The Word of God (Jesus) is sharper than a two edged sword piercing even to the dividing of soul & spirit. Jesus does this when He saves us. There is a more complete explanation in Blog (7) BORN OF THE SPIRIT (SEE BELOW). Con

(17) THE TWO WITNESSES OF REVELATION
(REV.11:3-4)- I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth./ (REV.11:7,9)- When they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. The people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves./ (REV.11:11-12)- After 3 1/2 days the spirit of life from God entered into them , and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. They heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, come up hither. and they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them./ The two witnesses are not Moses & Elijah. They aren’t two individuals. The two witnesses are two olive trees and theyare two candlesticks/lampstands. The two witnesses are two groups of people. (REV.1:20)- a candlestick represents a church. The word church is derived the Greek word ‘Ekklesia’ which means ‘called out’, or assembly of called out ones. The two olive trees represent both Jews & Gentiles- (ROM.11:17-25).The Jews in general rejected their Messiah, Jesus. They were cut off and a wild olive branch grafted in, the gentiles. The 144,000 sealed believers in (REV.7:1-8) are made up of Jews & Gentiles. They are all Israelites, but not all Jews. In 722 BC before Assyria defeated the Northern Kingdom (Israel), only them in the tribe of Judah were known as Jews. 120 years later only the southern Kingdom (Judah, Simeon and a small part of Benjamin) existed intact. This was Judea and they were all referred to as Jews. Anyone who isn’t a Jew is a Gentile. In (REV.7:1-8) all tribes are represented except the tribe of Dan (because of idolatry), but the two 1/2 tribes of Joseph, Ephraim &Manassas are each called a tribe . Ephraim, a 1/2 tribe of Joseph took the name of Joseph. The two southern tribes are Jews. The northern tribes are not Jews, so they are Gentiles. The two Witnesses are 24,000 Jews and 120,000 Gentiles, but they are all Israelites. They will be sealed with the Holy Spirit, as born-again christians are now. They are protected from God’s plagues during the first 1,260 days (3 1/2 years), but after ‘The Abomination of Desolation’, when Antichrist claims to be God, they will be martyred and denied burial. They will lie dead in the streets for 3 1/2 days (3 1/2 years). At the end of the second 3 1/2 years they will stand on their feet and Jesus will say,”come up here”. (The Trib. Rapture of the saints). (REV.6:9-11)- The ‘souls under the altar’ are among the first of the martyred saints. God gives them their robes of righteousness and tells them to wait until their fellow servants (fellow witnesses) and brethern (converts) should be killed as they wereshould be fulfilled. Con

(16) THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
(MATT. 12:31-32)- All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. (1 John 1:9)- If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness./ Confession must be accompanied with repentance. We may sin again in the same manner, but we had better not plan on sinning again. (Gal. 6:7-8)- We can’t mock God. We’ll reap what we sow. (1 John 5:16)- There is a sin unto death and there is a sin not unto death./ One sin unto death, of course, is that a person never becomes a christian. If we are a born-again christian, we arent charged with sin. (Rom. 4:8)- Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute sin./ But, we are still responsible for repentance, confession and forsaking sin. (Rom. 6:23)- The wages of sin is death./ For an unsaved person, it’s eternal death. For a saved person it can mean physical death. (1 Cor. 11:30)-For this cause many areweak and sickly among you and many sleep./ Paul is correcting the church at Corinth for abusing the Lord’s Supper. If a christian continues in sin, the Lord can’t use him and may just take him home. A sin not unto death is sin that we commit and repent, or sin by failing to do what we know God wants us to do, the sin of omission. There is a sin that is unpardonable, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In (Matt. 12:31-32), the pharisees attributed Jesus miracles to Satan instead of the Holy Spirit. The general opinion is that the pharisees did commit the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. (Acts 3:14-17)- Peter preached on Pentecost, saying he realized that they and their rulers killed Jesus in ignorance. In which case they could be forgiven. In my lifetime I’ve heard much blasphemy against God and Jesus, but never against the Holy Spirit. I believe that God forbids Satan to tempt anyone to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. If a person does this, they must decide and do it because they havethought about it and willed to do it. Con

15) THE GREAT APOSTASY (Falling Away)
(2 THESS.2:3-4)- 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: who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God./ Apostasy means to abandon a former loyalty. It means unfaithfulness, rebellion, or backsliding; a turning away from truth to a form that appeals more to the flesh. Most congregations have a Traditional Service & a Contemporary Service. The contemporary service is the fastest growing and appeals to younger people. It brings more new members. I like some of the music myself, if it’s not like a Rock Concert. But, what does the Bible teach about the Assembly. The justification for an entertaining Worship Service, with music that encourages a dance step is OT scripture concerning the secular life of the Israelites. They never did this in theirsolemn assemblies, in the Tabernacle, or the Temple. The apostles sang hymns & prayed. I know of no scripture where musical instruments are used in the assembly. Our word church is translated from the Greek word ‘Ekklesia’ which means an assembly of ‘called out’ ones. In the assembly we can scripturally sing, pray, teach, give of our means and take the Lord’s Supper. If that’s all we did now, we might lose 1/2 the congregation. In the early church, they could speak in Tongues, one at a time with an interpreter. This ended with the completion of the New Testament. (See Post (2)- DISCONTINUED GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT) We have long used a piano & organ, taking the position that it aids worship. Where do you draw the line? It has been said that, “what brings them there is what they come for”; but, if you get them there, then you can preach to them. Would the Lord be pleased if we make the church more like the world in order to get the world to come. In the early church, anyone who cameto church invited persecution for themselves. The fastest growing churches today are the ones that are the most entertaining, without talking about Hell. This country’s laws are based on Christianity, but now christianity is the only Faith that our Government persecutes. Satan and his people know that christians are God’s people. This is part of the Apostasy. This apostasy must take place before ‘That Day’, the Day of the Lord. That day begins when Jesus takes the Church to heaven. We are in the great Apostasy now. The percentage of Born-Again christians in a congregation is diminishing. The church is becoming more worldly. The Rapture is fast approaching. Con

(14) OUR SINFUL NATURE
God created animals with a body and a soul. They had no spirit whereby they could commune, or even be conscious of God’s existence. The soul is the life of the body and God gave them a nature to satisfy their needs. God gave them Instinct to cope with environment. They don’t know that they will die. Man is body, soul and spirit -(1 Thess. 5:23). With a spirit, we have a higher intellect and a God conciousness. God gave Adam and Eve instructions of what not to do. To rebel against God is sin. With sin comes consequences. There are consequences for sin and consequences for doing good. Good is better. God gave man the ability to choose. God is Spirit and Satan is spirit. (1 John 4:1)- Test the spirits whether they be of God. If we are misled by a false teacher, or preacher/priest, it’s our own fault for not checking it out in God’s word, and the Bible is the only word of God. Jesus is the Word of God and through the Holy Spirit He inspired men to write. No man takes precedence overthe Bible. It’s a sin to not study the Bible -(2 Tim. 2:15). In our spirit, God gave us a conscience. If we haven’t hardened our heart (spirit), our conscience can be our guide to discern between right and wrong, but the Bible is our roadmap to heaven. (Rom. 7:8-10)- Without the Law, sin was dead -(Not nonexistent, but not fully understood). With the commandments came death, because now they had no cloke for their sin. -(John 15:22)(Rom.3:20)-By the Law is the knowledge of sin. But, the Lord provided a way, until Jesus paid the penalty for them. (John 9:41)-If you were blind (To the truth) you would have no sin, but you say, you see, therefore your sin remains. A child does things that would be a sin for us, but the child isn’t accountable, because he doesn’t know any better. This could apply to the retarded, the heathen and the ignorant. But, those with the intelligence to do so, would need to be a seeker of God, our creator. The Holy Spirit would lead them. (Heb.4:12)- Jesus, theWord of God, divides our soul from our spirit when He saves us, and then indwells our spirit with the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 7:19-25)- The good that I would, I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do./ Our spirit wants to do good, but our carnal, sinful carnal nature, doesn’t. Our mind is our soul & our spirit. When the Lord divides our mind and indwells our spirit, That leaves our soul to be our sinful, animal nature. There will be a continual war in our mind, between soul & spirit, all of our life, from the time that we are saved and indwelled by the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 4:8)-It’s good that God does not impute sin to us. But, The Lord still commands us to confess and repent from sin. -(1 John 1:9) Them who confess their sins without repenting are mocking God. -(Gal. 6:7-8) It won’t work. Con

(13) SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS
(REV. 13:1-2)- I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having 7 heads and 10 horns, and upon his horns 10 crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. The beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority./ This is an illustration of the world kingdoms past and the last one that is now in the making. The seven heads symbolize seven kingdoms. The 10 horns represent 10 kings (Nations) that combine to make up the final world kingdom. The 7 heads represent Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Media/Persia, Greece, Roman Empire and the future Roman Empire. The future Roman Empire is now under construction as the European Union. (DAN. 2:31-35)- God used Daniel to explain Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a great image. The head of gold was Babylon, the shoulders of silver was Media/Persia, the thighs of brass was Greece, the legsof iron was Rome. The ten toes was the revived Roman Empire (10 toes/10 horns). The toes were a mixture of clay and iron, an empire loosely held together. The stone that struck the toes was Christ. Jesus will destroy this final world empire at his 2nd coming and will fill the earth. (REV. 13:2)- The lion was the symbol of Babylon, the bear was Media/Persia and the leopard was Greece -(DAN.7:4-6). The dragon (Satan) will give the antichrist his power. Satan copies after God at times. The evil trinity is Satan, Antichrist & False Prophet. I believe that the antichrist & false prophet are the same person. In his political capacity he is antichrist & in his religious capacity he is the false prophet. (REV.13:11-12)- I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. He exercises all the powerof the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly woundis healed./ This beast out of the earth will be the 2nd person of the evil trinity and with two horns as a lamb copies the 2nd person of God, Jesus, the lamb of God. He speaks as a dragon (Satan). (REV. 13:14)- The false prophet tells the world to make an image of the first beast, which had a wound by the sword and did live. This is a reference to the 1st beast, the original Roman Empire that was wounded, and ceased to exist (406AD) as a unified empire. It was never conquered, but like the present day United States that is collapsing from within, from multiculturism. We have lost our christian compass that made us great. The Roman Empire was wounded, but now is living again; not strong as iron but weak like iron mixed with clay. Using this image, as required by the False Prophet, the people will worship the Antichrist who claims to be God. (REV. 16:13-18)- The Beast causes everyone to receive a Mark, or the name, or the number of his name in the right hand, or in their forehead. Ibelieve this will be an identification required to stop identity theft and to give details of the person. It may be an embedded chip or bar code. Without it, a person couldn’t buy groceries or have a job, but with it you choose eternal damnation. There will be some in Israel, and probably other places, that refuse the mark and recognize the Messiah at His 2nd appearance and consequently survive Armageddon and live into the millenial reign of Jesus, but in their fleshly bodies. This remnant will repopulate the world with families. We, in our eternal bodies will be like the angels, Sons of God, physically and spititually. We will help Jesus rule the world as Kings -(REV. 1:6). (Jesus will be King of Kings) (REV. 17:9-12)- The seven heads are also seven mountains, on which the woman sits. And there are seven kings, five are fallen, one is, and another is not yet come. The beast is the eighth, and is of the seven. The ten horns are 10 kings that serve with the beast a short time./ Theseven heads are the seven world kingdoms mentioned, but the heads also represent seven mountains where the woman sits. (REV. 17:1)- The whore is the unfaithful Bride of Christ (The church that exists around the world, that is unfaithful) She has had intercourse with the world. She sits on seven mountains, the seven hills of Rome. And, She rides the beast with seven heads and 10 horns -(REV. 17:3) The ‘ Treaty of Rome’ brought about the establishment of the European Economic Community in Capitoline Palace on Capitoline Hill. In this Palace room was a statue of Pope Innocent. (NOTE:- Please correct me if I get my facts wrong.) Capitoline Hill is one of the seven hills of the original Rome. The woman sits on seven mountains (Hills). This is the seat of the unfaithfull church. And, in Rome where the revived Roman Empire gets its beginning. (In 1947 at the Treaty of London was the beginning of the Community of Nations. It had 10 nations sign, and advanced then to Rome in 1954 for the EEC)(REV. 17:10)-There are seven kings (Before described as seven World Kingdoms). Five (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Media/Persia and Greece) are fallen, one is (Rome) and one is not yet come (Revived Roman Empire). The king of the revived Roman Empire will be Antichrist. After he, as a little horn (Little King) roots out 3 of the 10 horns -(DAN. 7:7-8) , (takes the leadership of 3 of the ten Kings) (Probably Italy, Germany and France) and then leadership of the other seven kings also, making him the eighth king, and as becoming leader of the 7th world kingdom. He then is the eighth king and one of the seven heads. (Go ahead tell me, “It’s plain as mud”) Con

(12) ANTICHRIST REVEALED AFTER RAPTURE
(MARK 13:32)- But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father./ (LUKE 21:20)- When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh./ This verse is speaking of what will happen when it’s near to the ‘Battle of Armageddon’. The Rapture will precede this by 7 years. Jerusalem is now surrounded by enemies. It has had few allies that would support it politically. The United States is now deserting the Jews. This is a big mistake for us, because of the consequences. The Lord told Abram (Abraham) in (GEN. 12:2-3)- I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shall be a blessing: and I shall bless them that bless thee and curse him that curses thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed./ The United States has been blessed from it’s beginning; but as a nation, we have not only deserted God, we are also desertingIsrael. The beginning of our downfall is when we allowed the atheists to take the Bible out of our schools. Exerpts from (MATT. 24:5-14)- Many shall come in my name and deceive many. You shall hear of wars and rumors of wars — but the end is not yet. Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. They shall deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations for my namesake. Many false prophets shall rise and deceive many. Iniquity shall abound and the love of many shall turn cold. The Gospel will be preached in all the world and then the end shall come./ Most of this is already happening. Many churches are compromising with the world. When a church takes in worldly entertainment and waters down the Gospel message, the membership grows faster, but the church is losing its first love. Even Mother Teresa didn’tevangelize as she helped the poor. She seemed to believe that all religious roads lead to heaven. Many of our church members are inactive witnesses. They can talk about anything but Jesus. If you’re ashamed of Jesus, you may not have a saviour. We are now in a great ‘Apostasy’. The Ecumenical movement is designed to bring all churches under a common leadership and, more than likely, finally under the leadership of the Pope and catholicism. Jesus said, “Strait (Difficult) is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life eternal and few there be that find it. -(MATT. 7:14) (2 THESS. 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 (Antichrist) be revealed, the son of perdition./ This prophecy is being fulfilled now. Before Antichrist is revealed, the church will be taken out. (Rapture-caught up, 1 THESS, 4:17) (DAN. 9:27a)- He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week./ At the beginning of theTribulation period of 7 yrs., the Antichrist will make a covenant with the Jews; then, they will be able to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem. I think that three events will take place before the Rapture so that the Antichrist can do this legally. The European Union, which is fast becoming the ‘Revived Roman Empire’. NOTE:- What I am about to say may offend some of you. We must keep in mind that all christians will be taken out at the rapture of the saints. There will be many church members, Protestant, Catholic, and all the others, who aren’t Born-Again believers, that won’t go. / The Antichrist will be Italian. (DAN. 9:26) The people of the prince that will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary./ The Roman general Titus did this in 70AD. The Antichrist will be a little king. (DAN. 7:8)- A little horn rooted up three of the horns. Horns symbolize Kings. The Trib. will begin with 10 nations (10 Horns) of the EU in control along with other associate members. A little king(Little Horn) will take leadership of 3 of these controlling nations. The Pope is a little King. He has no army, but much influence. The number of the Antichrist will be 666. The official title of the pope is ‘Vicar Of The Son Of God’. It is used only when a new Pope is crowned. (Latin:- Vicarius Filii Dei ) Using Roman Numerals= 666. The 3 nations that I think will follow the Pope is Italy, Germany and France. These 3 nations are 3 of the 10 horns on the Beast out of the sea (Rev. ch 13). the other 7 horns are U.K., Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain & Greece. These 10 nations have full voting rights. The other 17 nations of the EU are associate or observer members. The Pope now is German. Maybe the next one will be Italian, and then, only maybe, he will be Antichrist. For several years the recent Popes have wanted Jerusalem to be an International city. This will be necessary so the antichrist can legally allow the Jews to build their Temple. To summerize, I thinkthat (1)- There must be an Italian Pope. (2)- Jerusalem must be an International city. (3)- The new European Treaty needs to be ratified. It is a rework of the EU Constitution that failed to be Ratified by member nations. This treaty will require member nations to give up their sovereignty, allowing the EU to control all the armies. The Antichrist will need this power. The time is near and at 82 yrs., I think I may one of them who are changed when Jesus comes for us, without going by way of the grave. Beautiful thought, but it’s also comforting to have no fear of death. Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Con

(11) CREATION – THE GAP THEORY
(Gen. 1:1-2)- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters./ Satan had already been created, rebelled and been judged and cast out of heaven to the earth, along with all the angels that followed him.. (Luke 10:18)- Jesus said, “I saw Satan, like lightening, fall from heaven”. 6000 yrs ago the earth was already there, but was without form. God recreated or renewed what was already there. God always created things good, not in a destroyed form. When was the beginning? No one knows but God. This is the ‘GAP’, between Gen. 1:1 & Gen. 1:2. It may have been millions or even billions of yrs. If a star is 100,000 light yrs. away, the light we see today from that particular star left that star 100,000 yrs. ago; so creation of that star was before then. (Matt. 22:30)- In the resurrection we will be like the angels. Do you think thatperhaps at one time they were similar to us? Someone or something occupied the earth after it’s original creation. Satan had been cast out of heaven to the earth and more than likely brought the earth and it’s occupants to corruption and destruction. We know that even now Satan is corrupting the earth and bringing it to destruction, again. This will be the last time because at the white Throne Judgement he goes permanently into the ‘Lake of Fire’.-(Rev. 20:10) (Rev. 12:9)-Satan and his angels are cast out of heaven again. He has great wrath, knowing his time is short. This begins the ‘Abomination of Desolation’ and the 2nd half of the Trib. period, called the ‘Great Tribulation’. After Satan was originally cast out of heaven, he still came back to report to God. But, God limited Satan’s torments of Job. Satan must obey God. Then, why does God allow Satan to bring such misery on innocent people? The ungodly like to blame God. Why don’t they blame Satan? The reason is that Satan isspeaking through them. The Gap Theory would explain Dinosaur bones in the earth. After the last resurrection, there will not be any bones of people left in the earth, but there may be animal bones. There will be ashes of the people that burned in the Lake of Fire that consumes the surface of the earth (2 Pet.3:10) as Jesus begins remodeling the earth in preparation for the ‘New Jerusalem’. -(Rev. 21:10) (Mal.4:1, 3)- For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud yes, all the wicked will be stubble. You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet. The ‘Lake of Fire’ is in the center of the earth. Jesus brings it out to destroy the bodies of the ungodly and prepare the earth for remodeling. The spirits of the ungodly will go into the earth’s center, as the fire recedes, to where Antichrist & the False Prophet have been for 1,000 yrs., for their eternal separation and torment.(Actually, I think that Antichrist & FalseProphet are the same person. Politically he is Antichrist & as a religious leader he is the False Prophet) There will be no seas (salt water). The earth will again be a paradise, like the garden of Eden was. We will walk in and out the gates of the New Jerusalem, where our mansions are, and tread on the ashes of the unrighteous.-(Mal. 4:3) (Matt. 5:5)-Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. We will have a body like the one Jesus has.-(Phil. 3:21) After Jesus’ resurrection, He could disappear and reappear miles away. Using my imagination, I think that we’ll be able to travel with the speed of thought. Who needs a jet plane? What will our bodies be like? (Heb. 4:12)- The Word of God (Jesus) is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart./ When we get saved, Jesus divides our soul from our spirit and thenindwells our spirit with the presence of the Holy Spirit. But, what about the joints and marrow. Jesus told His disciples, (Luke 24:39)- He was flesh & bone. No mention of blood. It is generally believed that we will have flesh & bone without blood. Marrow is in the bone and it makes blood; joints are bone. Our bones then will have no blood making marrow. We will have no digestive system. We will still enjoy eating. Jesus ate fish. No outhouses in heaven. WHADDA YA THINK ? Con