Revealing Eschatology.

The Power and Glory of God's Creation.

Matt. 24-36-39, "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of man be."

What characteristics marked the "days of Noah? Genesis tells us that man's wickedness on the earth was very great and that "every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually"( Gen. 6-5). Each day we see in our newspapers, murders, rapes, kidnapping, assault, child abuse, spouse abuse, parental abuse, and etc. And these are daily common headlines even in small-town newspapers. Men are thinking evil all the time. Not just here in America, but throughout the world.

As long as we believe the word of God and are loyal to the Kingdom of God, we represent a government within a government. But we are strangers here, for we worship another King and have another citizenship, therefore, we are a hindrance to Satan's world order. When our government condones what God condemns, those who trust in him become the enemy of Satan's world order. So the Bible-believing Christians in America ( and in the world) are labeled dangerous, "intolerant," and enemies of the state.

Christian intolerance is seen throughout the media. Christians are the only group in America that its politically correct to hate, discriminate against, and openly laughed and scoffed at. We are attacked through the law, through the media, through Hollywood, through educational institutions that take away the word of God and traditional  family values. To day, in most public schools you can distribute condoms, teach evolution, but not creationism, and that its normal for Jane to have "two mommies", but you can't pray or read the Bible. The Supreme court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the Ten Commandments to be posted on a classroom wall. Why? Because students might read them and the words might effect their moral character. Though we are in a generation of drive-by shootings, murder, rape, teen-age suicides, drug abuse, homosexuality, pornography, etc., we certainly wouldn't want to affect moral character development.

In chapter 18 of Revelation, Satan's new world order is called Babylon. She is seen there as being both a religious and commercial system. She is also seen at that time as the greatest kingdom in the world. As a religious system, Babylon will dominate the spiritual life of the people on earth; as a commercial system, it will determine the prosperity of the merchants and governments on earth. It would become the most powerful force on earth, and be the central figure in the religion, economy and government of the earth. Sound familiar? The process that began by the activist judges in the 1960's has become an avalanche. America is now a sick society. Children have been deluded daily with messages of "safe sex," which only encouraged promiscuity. This nation has over a million teen-age pregnancies each year. Fifty percent of teen age females are sexually active by the age of fifteen. Sixty percent of black children are born out of wedlock. Abortion has accelerated the idea that life means little or nothing. Daily we read of drive-by shootings and senseless murders, Women are being raped at a rate of every 48 seconds. Prime time television glorifies profanity and nudity.

Homosexuality in the church. In many denominations, traditional Christian doctrine has collapsed in the face of the popular immorality of our day. The Bible refers to this kind of deception. "Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptable God---. Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves---. For even their woman exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another. America is living in deception. Our government pretends to be democratic, but it has been replaced and led by willful, antichristian bigots bent on discrediting God's word and God's people, just to justify their own immorality. Some are bureaucrats, most are judges ruling America. Think for a moment, when one branch of the federal government makes the laws, enforces the laws, and interprets the laws, you have a dictatorship. The vote of the people no longer matters. Politicians wonder why more American people don't vote. The simple answer is, if the will of the people differs with a federal judge, the will of the people means nothing.

The story of Israel is the story of America. Our Pilgrim fathers prayed for God's blessing. They declared a day of thanksgiving so the coming generations would know what God had done for them. Universities were built by Puritans to educate ministers to preach the gospel. Every school day began with a moment of prayer. Every session of Congress began with a prayer. God blessed America with great prosperity and freedom. American medicine became the greatest in the world. It became the greatest in industry, technology, and in every area conceivable. But in our power and strength we grew proud and godless. In our habits and tastes, we chose pornography and promiscuity. Materialism, greed and selfishness leading to abortion and incest. In our permissiveness we created an aggressive man-hating, lesbian run, feminist movement. We wanted our children to like us so we abandoned God's rules on proper child up-bringing, and gave them what they wanted. What resulted is an out of control teenage violence. We used God's word to justify our compromises with a large secular society. For after all, the Bible says live in peace. We showed the world that we weren't intolerent Christians, we could be "liberal". We voted in the governments that appointed anti-god judges, and anti-god school boards. We fed the beast, and now we are its prisoner!

For years preachers have warned from their pulpits that America was heading toward the judgment of God, and now it is here. Isa. 14-12-14 exposes Satan's sinister motives, saying; "How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart; "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, on the farthest sides of the north; I will descend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High." Satan's messengers are now inviting the world to worship the prince of darkness through deception and moral rebellion against God. Looking to Isaiah we see his plan is to "sit on the mount of the congregation, on the farthest sides of the north." The Christian body of Christ as a whole is a large assembly, also called a congregation. We also represent that "mount" or mountain. (Dan. 2-35, "the rock," Christ, that became a huge mountain. Here is where Satan plans to sit, rule and be worshiped. Not only here but in the secular world as well. This is the "falling away" or apostasy that Paul speaks of in 2 Thess. 2-3-4. "He will exalt himself---, so that he sets himself up in God's temple." Isaiah tells us where he shall accomplish this, "on the farthest sides of the north." Revelation chapter 12 tells us that he was hurled to the earth, and allowed to fulfill the Lord's word in the end time. Where lies the farthest sides of the north on the earth excluding the North Pole. In North America, where it is inhabited. With a kingdom, a nation of people, where also exists the "mount of the congregation." There is where Satan will rule from in the end time. "He will sit on the mount of the congregation (in the body of Christ), on the farthest sides of the north " (the kingdom of north America).

In John 16-13-14 Jesus explains to us the Holy Spirit's ministry and activity; "However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come. He will glorify me, for he will take of what is mine and declare it to you." Believers in every generation have naturally longed for the return of Jesus Christ. Skeptics point out that these hopes have never yet been realized. These skeptics ask, "Why should we believe that our generation is the one that will witness the return of Christ when other generations were disappointed in their also sincere hopes?" This is a legitimate question and one that should be answered. The truth is that no previous generation has ever witnessed the fulfillment of even a fraction of the prophecies that we have seen since the mid-twentieth century.

As we analyze the evidence about these prophecies, we note that there are two types of predictions. There are a number of broad prophecies that indicate general conditions that will exist when Christ will return. These general prophecies include such predictions as false christs, false prophets, wars and rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes, and pestilence (Matt. 24-5-8). There is ample evidence to demonstrate that these conditions now exist, that the number of wars, famine, pestilence and etc. has clearly increased in recent years. Yet someone could legally argue that the number of wars, famines, pestilences and etc. may continue to increase even more rapidly in future generations. Therefore, while these general prophetic signs provide confirmation that the times we live in, may or may not be the "last days," we must carefully examine the evidence that reveals scriptural predictions that are "unique" to discover compelling evidence that we are truely living in the end times. Unique scriptural evidence besides these general prophetic signs given in these pages. These significant prophecies are "unique" in that history reveals that none of these predictions was ever fulfilled in any previous generation. The unusual nature of these unique predictions suggests that it is almost impossible that they could be fulfilled again in a following generation.

No other ancient people has lost its historic homeland for many centuries and then recovered its territory to resume its national existance once again. Yet Israel defied astronomical odds to take its place as a Jewish nation in 1948, after almost 2000 years of persecution and exile among the Gentile nations. Without a doubt, the rebirth of the nation of Israel on May 14, 1948, is one of the most "unique" of all the prophecies in the ancient scriptures. It is not only historically unprecedented, but the prophecy of the rebirth of Israel is also unique in that it could not easily be fulfilled again in any generation. The prophet Isaiah also predicted that Israel would become fertile in the last days. "He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit" (Isa. 27-6). In the light of the history of utter desolation in agriculture and deforestation throughout Palestine for almost 2000 years since the time of Christ, it is hard to imagine that the Bible prophecies that the land of ancient Canaan will again become fertile and abundant in the last days. However, the returning Jews have transformed the Promised Land, previously deserted and desolate, into the most agriculturally efficient land on earth. The returning Jewish exiles planted two hundred million trees, transforming the complete environment of the land. The Jews developed remarkable irrigation techniques so that every drop of water is delivered to the plant's roots.

Another most unique end-time prophecy is the 2500 year old prediction given by the prophet Jeremiah that the city of Jerusalem will be precisely rebuilt for the Lord in the last days, and in a very particular sequence. "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord, it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever."(Jer. 31-38-40). This unusual and unique prophecy has been fulfilled with exact precision in this generation. The generation of the Jewish exiles that returned throughout the globe to rebuild their ancient capital Jerusalem, after being reborn as a nation in 1948. The book, "Fulfilled prophecy that proves the Bible" by George T.B. Davis, detailed how the expansion of the modern city has precisely followed the ancient prophecy. Also, after a very careful analysis of Jeremiah's prophecy and a detailed examination of the precise stages of the expansion of the modern city of Jerusalem, Professor Peter Stoner concluded in his book "Science speaks; an Evaluation of certain Christian evidences" that the odds against the rebuilding of the holy city fulfilling this "precise prediction" by random chance were only one in 80 billion.

The prophet Ezekiel predicted an invasion by Gentile and Arab nations in the last days that would concern Israel. "And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates" (Ezek. 38-11). Thousands of years ago the ancient biblical prophets received a vision regarding the deep hatred that the surrounding Arab nations had toward the rebirth of Israel in the last days. The Lord inspired King David to foretell that the Jews' return to the Promised Land would trigger a bitter interracial blood feud. David prophesied that the surrounding nations of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt would gather their military forces in a final attempt to illiminate the Jewish state of Israel from the Middle East forever. From the moment of her birth on May 14, 1948, the Arab nations immediately gathered their forces and attacked her in an attempt to illiminate her from her land, but they failed. Since that time the Arab nations had made war against her several more times, but each time they failed. But in so doing, it began to fulfill what the prophets foretold concerning the last days. The prophecy's fulfillment continues to this very day concerning the Israeli-Arab conflict. Recently what came to be called "the Oslo Accord" or "Land for peace Covenant."

The Bible makes it very clear that warnings of the end times are meant to give God's people encouragement to rejoice in God, in his protection, and in his salvation plan for mankind. So "Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near."

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