30 October 2014: On the calendar that we use the last two months of the year 2014 and the start of the year 2015 have taken on the appearance of being quite critical in the prophetic scheme of things. The Lord has many appointed times as one reads through the many 'last days' prophecies, and as has been discussed here over the past few years these prophetic appointments are stacked up and ordered in such a way that our world will become more and more unrecognizable from what we have known in the past few decades as each event comes to pass.
I have gotten the sense that the proverbial can has been kicked in complete darkness just about as far down the road as is possible. And it is now its hard to see where it will be kicked next because, as the image above so brilliantly illustrates, the sun has risen and is directly in our eyes. Just as the sun is low in the sky this time of year, it's glare making it that more difficult to see where one is going on foot or in a vehicle, that is the sense I am getting that what is about to occur around the world, but especially in the Middle East, will change all manner of things in ways that no one has anticipated with any accuracy.
That said, I am going to repeat what I have posted here before, and have recently reiterated privately to one of the readers here who had some significant questions about the sudden quietness that has come about in September and October after a very tumultuous spring and summer (Crimea, Ukraine and Gaza). I reminded this reader of the over-arching prophetic scenario that is occurring and we are eyewitnesses of; that we must constantly remind and reassure ourselves that these last days events are like the female's birth pangs exactly as Jesus foretold to us they would be in the Olivet Discourse.
There are finite spaces of time between
each pang, but they are always increasing in severity and the space of
time between the pangs gets narrower as we move forward. Then, just as in real childbirth, the amniotic sac bursts and a flood of water occurs as the travails of labor give way to the actual birth. This is precisely how the angel Gabriel described the coming event in Daniel 9:26c, and I quote, "The end of it shall be with a flood." I think we all understand the use of these "birth pangs" and "flood" metaphors very well indeed.
Here comes the kicker, and I have also stated this before as well, but probably not as clearly as I am going to say it this time. And for heaven's sake, this is not date setting, it is rather the stating of the understanding I have and am convicted of regarding the season were are in, and I'm using the inspired prophetic words of the Bible to do so as unambiguously as possible.
Three Times I Say "I Believe"
I believe that the start of this
generation commenced in 1948 with Israel's rebirth in a single day, as
stated in the magnificent and critically important prophecy of
Isaiah 66:8.
I believe we are living in the last generation, and this last generation is a generation of strength, the precise number of which is 80 literal years as stated in
Psalm 90:10.
I believe the Harpazo will occur in a completely unknown microsecond prior to
the start of the 70th Week as promised by our Lord Jesus Messiah in
Revelation 3:10 to the faithful church.
Therefore, based upon these Scripture-specific beliefs, the 'last days' number crunching is a very basic matter in order to determine what portion remains of the season that Jesus told us to be watching for at all times. What I am talking about is the
number of years left during which the sudden catching away of the Bride of Christ will occur.
According to the ancient Jewish betrothal custom, which is our template and our teaching tool for a greater understanding of the Harpazo of the Bride of Christ, did the bride know the very moment when her groom was coming for her? Even though it was a surprise for the Jewish bride, she and her bridal party were always - always - at the ready in anticipation of the shout of the messenger whose task it was to loudly announce the coming of the groom. Then the groom arrived and away the all went!
The math that the Lord's word has provided:
1948 + 80 years of strength = 2028
2028 - the 7 years of the 70th Week = 2021
2021 - 2015 = 6 years
So,
unless I really don't know His word as well as I think He has taught
me... I believe the time to be listening for the shout of the voice of the archangel is between right now this instant and at some unknown and still surprising point during the next 6
years.
Now there will undoubtedly be some who will say this is all just some numerical mumbo jumbo which has no context with anything in particular, or that it's just a straw man for (insert your straw man purpose ____here____.) How can we be sure this is the season? By paying even closer attention to the signs that point to this being the season of which Bible prophecy is speaking, that's how. Here's where a couple of very specific events become signposts if not billboards along the road to The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
In
Luke 21:25 Jesus tells us "
And there shall be signs
in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth
distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring..." I know this is an oft cited sign, but lately the sun, our solar system's massive ball of blistering hot ionized gases held together by an immense magnetic field, has been displaying signs that mankind has never before seen. Signs such as massive voids, holes, linear tears and other very weird activity which astrophysicists have no reference point in order to explain these phenomena. For example, at the present time there is a massive sunspot of super intense magnetic energy which is producing lots of really, really big solar flares, as is normal, but not a single coronal mass ejection (CME), which is absolutely not normal. Normally, when a solar flare erupts and reaches its maximum height above the surface it then snaps back into the sun due to the overwhelming magnetic forces pulling on it and that's the event which creates a full-blown coronal mass ejection. This is, by definition, is what a sign is, something very much out of the ordinary. And these type of out of the ordinary events of our sun are happening a whole lot these days in the explicit context of what this post is about, Bible prophecy. Here below is a NASA image of a flare that occurred this morning. Click on it; look at it closely. Have you ever seen anything like this image of our sun. i know I haven't and I am a passionate observer of this kind of technological imagery. This is truly the real deal.
Here's another prophetic sign straight out of the Book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 38:7 prophesies, "Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them." Have we been paying attention to the way Russia is a primary cog in the wheel that is the long-running Iranian nuclear weapons program? Are we not fully aware of how Russia has been running active interference for Iran at the U.N. and as a participant member state in the E3/EU+3 nuclear talks with Iran? Without question the Russian Federation is actively guarding the foremost of the Islamic Republic of Iran's nascent nuclear weapons program, precisely as the Lord spoke it to the prophet Ezekiel thousands of years ago. And here the Bride of Christ are witnesses to this very specific fulfillment of a very specific verse within the Ezekiel prophecy; it is occurring right before our eyes - if we take note of it and not allow it to pass us by unnoticed. Russian Federation expertise built the primary Iranian reactor as Bushehr and provided the enriched uranium hexafloride fuel to power its nuclear core. Last December, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin (a/k/a to myself as 'Gog of Magog') told the world that the Iranian nuclear program was going to be dismantled through the terms of the agreement being negotiated at the E3/EU+3 talks. Lest December he said this. Gog of Magog also said there would therefore be no need for a Western missile defense system to shield us from Iranian nuclear-armed missiles.
Gog of Magog would try to sell ice cubes to Eskimos. So, how many more specific signs do we really need to know what season it is and how through the literal fulfillment of Bible prophecy the world that will exist in the very near future will have only a passing resemblance to the one we see right now. And if you are one who has not yet decided that Jesus is the Son of God, the one and only Lamb of God whose shed blood covers and removes from the sight of God all sins and trespasses and guarantees you eternal life, then the time for a decision for Him is right now. Tomorrow may be too late, for who knows the future but Him who provides us with prophecies such as these being fulfilled before our eyes?
Marana'tha!
Addendum: One final historical and forward-looking observation regarding these United States of America. I
also believe there are sweeping political changes that are coming to this country of the course of the next six years. The
obvious preponderance of political power wielded by the radically leftist Obama
Administration has all but run its course. From the mid-term election day of
this coming Tuesday through to the November 2016 general election I believe we will witness a massive
return to grass-roots Conservatism sweep into power at nearly every level of civil governance (federal, state, local) across this nation. The
changes this political power shift will bring about are nothing short of
massive in virtually any category imaginable. These changes will not occur without significant opposition from the Left which may not yet be ready to surrender their gains, real or perceived, of the previous 7 years.
As an aside, some Christian brethren are
fond of saying that the election of Barack Hussein Obama II in November 2008
and again in 2012 was God’s way of bringing judgment upon this nation for its
sins. Well, bringing national leaders to prominence is definitely within the Lord’s control, and Obama's time in power was to serve some purpose which may not yet be fully apparent to us all.
However, I am all but convinced that political commentary maven Rush Limbaugh
has gotten the basic reason for the political changes that have occurred
between 2008 and the present spot-on correct.
Simply put, the seven years of the “Obamination of America” was the direct result
of both conservative Republican and Independent voters wanting to put to bed to
the most pressing and divisive political issue this country has ever faced –
race relations and everything that comes with that entire political "race card" paradigm. This bloc of America's enfranchised voted
for Obama twice with the very best of intentions. The conservative and independent
electorate cast their ballots along with a solid base of Democrat voters in
believing that the election of the first 'black man' (actually, Obama is of mixed race parentage) to the highest office would bring
the divisiveness of race relations in this constitutional republic to an abrupt
end.
The unforeseen problem was that
this electorate cast their ballots without one iota of consideration of the
political and ideological baggage that Obama and his ilk would bring with them
and then bring about through overwhelming political power. Perhaps they believed that America's strength lie in its ability to absorb or shrug off any detrimental effects brought to fruition through his leftist ideology? Whatever the case may be, Republicans,
Independents and Democrats alike were aghast when they realized that Obama and
his appointed administration's leadership was as anti-Israel as were his closest pre-election
Chicago associates (i.e. the Palestinian terrorists Edward Said and Rashid
Khalidi).
These Americans were aghast when they realized the full-scope of the
socialist agenda being brought to bear on healthcare, defense (OEF/OIF,
Benghazi and the severe degradation of US military capabilities), foreign policy (pro-Islamist revolution designed to destroy Israel), and a plethora of Constitutional (Fast and
Furious), states’ rights and economic (Keystone Pipeline) issues. The
grassroots, non-partisan counter-revolution that began almost immediately in 2009 gave birth to
the non-politically affiliated Tea Party which has been the tip of the spear in the changes that have
been manifest in the last mid-term election and in the one we’re about to have. The American electorate has now seen seen and felt the pain associated with the costs of electing a
president whose ideology and utter rejection of our checks and balances political system
began to effect changes like a wrecking ball on the edifice of a basically
sound structure.
Now, Obama is a liability to his political party like no
political party has faced since Nixon and Watergate, and which pales in comparison to what Obama has wrought. In the coming several
months after this mid-term election Obama’s penchant for ignoring the rule of Constitutional law could very
well land him in the midst of an impeachment during his final year of office. Obama’s
final months are likely to re-define what an American “lame duck” president is. A
pendulum swing back to the right is already in progress, yet there are also
indications that the violence-loving reactionary core of Obama’s
Marxist-Socialist-Islamist base is still a threat to civil law and order,
especially in places such as Ferguson, Missouri. This encapsulates my view that the struggle to control the world's preeminent power is just beginning against enemies both foreign and domestic and spiritual. For us there is much work to do and much more to endure for America and for Israel until He comes to take us home.
