By
Pastor Mike Taylor
20 “Daniel
answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for
wisdom and might are his:
21 And
he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth
up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding:
22 He
revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.” (Daniel 2:20-22)
Our
world is being turned upside down, as the political landscape shapes
what and how we feel about events that come to pass. This message is
not so much a political one, as a spiritual one that every person on
this planet will be affected by what transpires in the political
arena, as God uses mortal men to enact His will and bring this age to
a close.
We
live in a very political world that is shaped according to the deeds
of men upon other men. We call it politics, but it effects the very
moral fiber of the nation, as the leaders are the ones who direct the
moral compass of the nation who elected them. Many people think we
should not be concerned with the political arena when speaking of
Biblical prophecy, but what goes on in the political arena is
mirrored in our spiritual world and the morality of a nation. The
mouth of the pastors of this nation were muzzled because of the tax
exempt status of not speaking about politics, less they loose this
tax ememption, but it is high time that the pastors, evangelist, and
the mouth piece that God's Holy Spirit uses to preach God's Word to
openly express themselves in the political arena with respect to
God's Laws and His ways.
Politics
and spiritual events have been intertwined and going on for all of
mankind's history down through the ages. When we read of the prophet
Daniel and what was revealed to him for his political time frame, we
can take lessons on what was revealed in this time period for our own
time period.
At
the time of Daniel, the ruling monarch was King Nebuchadnezzar who
ruled over Babylon when the city was the center of commerce for the
known world. In it was the home of one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world, the hanging gardens and this pagan King was master of
all the world around him.
The
book of Daniel speaks of a real person who really lived. We read
about the Biblical account of how Nebuchadnezzar captured the city of
Jerusalem and historically we know this happened in 597 BC, when the
invading forces destroyed both the city and the Temple of God and
deported most of the prominent citizens to Babylon.
Historically,
we know that untold thousands of Jewish people died in the siege,
with those who survived even resorting to cannibalism in their
efforts to survive. When they were finally defeated, the Temple was
defiled, the Holy of Holies was desecrated and the Temple treasures
looted and carried away to Babylon. But the Temple in Jerusalem was
“God's House”. So where was God in all this?. Why did He allow
the temple to be destroyed and not prevent this from happening? Why
didn't God interfere with Nebuchadnezzar's plans on conquest of
Jerusalem and razing of God's Temple?
GOD'S
APPOINTED
We
read in the Old Testament that during the time of the transportation
of the “ark of the covenant” to Jerusalem that the oxen used for
transport stumbled and an Israelite named Uzzah put out his hand to
steady it. What happened to the man?
6
“And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put
forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen
shook it.
7 And
the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God
smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”
(2nd Samuel 6:6-7)
The
man was struck dead just for the cause of touching God's Ark to
steady it. So how can a Gentile pagan king and his invading hordes
manage to sack the Temple without having to worry about Divine
retribution? Repeating the opening scripture and adding one more, we
might be able to see why.
“Daniel
answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for
wisdom and might are His: And He changeth the times and the
seasons: He
removeth kings, and setteth up kings:
He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know
understanding:” (Daniel
2:20-21)
“Thou,
O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children
of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven
hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them
all. Thou art this head of gold.(Daniel
2:37-38)
Can
you see that this pagan king was able to do all these things, to sack
the temple, to remove the treasures of the Temple to Babylon, and to
defile the Holy of Holies and even “steal from God” in essence,
because God appointed this pagan King to do so.
It
goes back to the premise that God sets up kings and removes them when
His purpose is completed. God made Nebuchadnezzar ruler over them,
according to His purpose. The prophet Daniel understood quite well,
that this was the will of God to allow Jerusalem to be taken by this
pagan King.
Nebuchadnezzar
was king because God wanted him to be king and he would
only stay king
as long
as God wanted him to.
The
same can be said for future monarchs and dictators, such as Cyrus the
Persian, Alexander the Great, Caligula, Pilate, Kaiser Wilhelm, King
Leopold II, Czar Nicholas, Emperor Hirohito, Kim il Sung, Mao Tze
Tung, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot and every
other murderous dictator in history.
Bible
prophecy is telling us in advance, of how these tyrants, dictators
and murdering pagan rulers were but mere pawns in the overall Big
Picture of history.
GOD
SETS UP KINGS AND HE BRINGS DOWN KINGS ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
I
want you to let that sink in for a moment, and think about why this
is so. No tyrant got to where he was in history on his own effort.
And while Satan is very capable of corrupting them, he has not any
power on the ability to appoint them. That is God's realm, as every
tyrant, every dictator down through history was appointed by God for
that particular time period or the Bible is not true. But since we
know it is true, we know God is engineering every event that promotes
and fulfills His Divine plan. Do we understand it? No, because for
me, since I'm not God, I just trust His Divine plan.
Take
another example when the apostle Paul wrote his epistle to the
Romans. During that time, the emperor of Rome was Nero. We know that
it was this tyrant that was eventually the one who ordered the
beheading of Paul. It is especially important to keep that in mind
when contemplating Paul's admonition to the Romans as recorded in
chapter 13 of this epistle:
“Let
every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever
therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and
they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For
rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou
then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou
shalt have praise of the same:
4 For
he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which
is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is
the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth
evil.
5 Wherefore
ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience
sake.” (Romans 13:1-5)
Understand,
that Paul was speaking of Nero, who historically we know was probably
mad and mentally deranged, but God put the man in this position for a
purpose and was ordained by God.
When
speaking of King Nebuchadnezzar, and how he could lay seige to
Jerusalem is because God permitted it...Nero beheaded Paul the
Apostle, because God allowed it. It was from Babylon that Daniel the
prophet say the outline of future history from the order by King
Cyrus to rebuild the Temple, to the time of the coming Anti-Christ in
the last days that we are living in.
If
we learn anything from Bible prophecy is that nothing is left to
chance. Everything is interconnected with the events that came before
it, and the events that came afterwards. Remove any of these events
from happening and the whole thing collapses upon itself.
FAST
FORWARD TO OUR TIME
Now
taking what we just discussed, let us give a reason for the two last
men who have been the leaders of the free world. Since the last one
is gone (and good riddance) I will speak his name. What does Obama,
Donald Trump and American politics have in common with Bible
Prophecy?
Let us
look at what we know, opposed to what we think. The past POTUS,
Barack Hussein Obama would not have been POTUS had not God wanted him
there. Based on God's Word, we know that to be a certainty. So by
observing the agenda of this “worst” president this nation has
ever elected, (my personal opinion) it should provide insights into
God's agenda for the last days, which are articulated by God's Word.
As I
have mentioned in the past, right or wrong, America has been
perceived as the world's last standing Christian nation and it is
that perception that is relevant to our time period that God is using
to bring this age to a close.
The
Bible tells us that in the end of this age, perilous times would
come:
“This
know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without
natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors,
heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having
a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away.” (2nd Timothy 3:1-5)
This
describes this world we live in perfectly, as it conveys the moral
deficiency of this generation, that speaks what Jesus said would be
as the time in Noah's day, and the time of Lot residing in Sodom and
Gomarrah. This describes the moral state of the whole world, apart
from Christ, and has remained unchanged since Adam and Eve
As
mentioned, the President of the nation sets the moral agenda for the
nation. It is just the way it is, whether he be Democrat, Republican,
liberal or conservative. It was the way it was under POTUS Reagan who
was more moral that Clinton, as Monica Lewinsky proved and was more
moral under GW Bush than it was under Obama.
That
isn’t to say the presidents were moral, but rather their agendas –
since their agenda reflects that of the people that elected
them, of each POTUS, twice.
This
nation elected Barack Obama twice which speaks of the moral fiber of
this nation and reflected Obama's morals. What were they?
Obama
marked every Muslim holiday with a speech of recognition and
idolizing Islam as a religion of peace. In a statement the man said
“there is not prettier sound than an Islamic call to prayer”.
When he mentioned Passover, he likened it to the uprisings of the
Arab Spring.
It is
hard to imagine more disrespect for Judaism than to link Passover
with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political agenda to
take over the Middle East and destroy Israel.
But
the man was totally silent on Passover, and those who observe the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, save have an Easter Egg hunt on the
White House grounds.
If you
take a unbiased position on the presidency of Barack Obama, the man
accelerated the moral decline of this country exponentially. We
could speak and enumerate the many un-biblical positions this man
took concerning homosexuality, the institution of marriage, same sex
marriage, immigration, and even abortion of the unborn.
But in
the final analysis, Obama was president because God wanted Obama in
the Oval Office at this exact moment in history.
Comparing
Obama’s agenda with the agenda of the antichrist --a global
government, centralized global economy and a global religious system
and a global religious system hostile to Christians and Jews –
American presidential politics takes on extreme relevance to Bible
prophecy.
When
it came time for the end of this failed presidency, in its moral
decline leading this nation to apostasy and lawlessness, in this last
election we faced two possibilities. We could have elected the
continuation of the Obama era policies or break away from this
anti-Biblical slide of this nation by changing course. After 8 years
of the decline of the nation who only symbolized the last Christian
nation, but fell to the lowest standards of Biblical morality in
several generations, we decided as a Christian nation to rise up and
stop the slide into oblivion. The nation elected a total outsider to
Washington politics who pledged to “drain the swamp” of
corruption found in Washington D.C and those who are in that city
for one reason and that is to enrich themselves, not to do the will
of the people.
I've
likened the election of Donald J. Trump as a reprieve from our
downward spiral of lawlessness and moral bankruptcy. No doubt the man
is the best friend of Israel for a long time, and may be the type of
man that God put into place for one reason, to bring about the
prophecies concerning Israel. God used King Cyrus the Persian who was
a pagan king, to do His will concerning rebuilding the Temple in
Jerusalem and rebuilding the walls that surrounded the city. Is Trump
a modern day King Cyrus, although not a perfect man, I believe he is
God's man of the hour to do His will. I've said so in the past in
this message found on my blog:
http://pastormiketaylor.blogspot.com/2016/11/has-god-raised-up-king-cyrus.html
GOD
PUT TRUMP IN CHARGE FOR A REASON
In all
this is not to say that Trump is a completely moral person, as there
are many things that has come to light that I would not have believed
he was capable of (be they true or untrue), BUT in the same breath,
how many of you who read this message have no skeletons in your
closest that you don't want anyone to find out about? “Let him who
is without sin, cast the first stone”, as I read what Jesus said
about the adulterous woman brought before Him by the Jewish
authorities. The man is obviously under a microscope by the liberal
left leaning Lame Stream media, and the elite of this world try to
disgrace him for one reason. The man stands in the way of the coming
New World Order and the abolition of the United States sovereignty
and bowing to the United Nations.
Why do
you think that the man, Donald Trump is hated so much by the liberal
left? He is hated more than GW Bush ever thought about being hated by
the likes of the news media in this country. When you speak of the
news coverage of the present POTUS the news coverage is 95% negative
and they just pounce on anything against the man, even if it
contrived and fake news.
.
It has
become that most of America don't trust the reporting of the “lame
stream media” anymore. A report by the “Sinclair Broadcast Group”
took a poll of the confidence that Americans have in the media. In it
was this quote:
“While
many mainstream media outlets have cried foul over Donald Trump
targeting outlets as "failing" or peddling "fake
news," that sentiment is largely shared by a majority of
Americans.
In
its annual confidence poll, Gallup found that Americans' trust in the
mass media "to report the news fully, accurately and fairly"
reached its lowest level in polling history, with only 32 percent
saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media.
Trust in the establishment media did not begin with the contentious
2016 election and Donald Trump taking the stage, but after a steady
decline over the past 20 years,it took it's deepest dive yet, led by
Republicans deep distrust of mass media.”
Whenever
God is through with the like of Donald Trump, and you won't be able
to depose the man unless God allows it, then we may end up with a
leader that will finish this country off. That is what I believe the
lame stream media on directives from the likes of the elite, such as
George Soros and the Rothchilds to destroy the last bastion for
freedom in this world and bring all countries into the umbrella of a
One World Government and followed closely by a coming One World
Religion.
I
had a member of my congregation ask me a pointed question that when
Paul spoke of the last Trump...was he referring to this POTUS?? What
is that verse again?
“In
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
“trump”: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
(1st
Corinthians 15:52) my emphasis on quotation marks.
Interesting
thought, but if God was giving Paul a prophecy about the last POTUS
before the rapture of the church, is not something I can attest to,
but it is an interesting concept, since both Paul spoke of and the
name of our present POTUS is called “the last Trump”.
Since
we are so very close to the time of the Lord's return, and definitely
in the season of a generation that saw Israel become a nation will
indeed see the end of all things:
32 “Now
learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and
putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So
likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is
near, even at the doors.
34 Verily
I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things
be fulfilled.” (Matthew 24:32-34)
ISRAEL
CELEBRATES 70 YEARS AS AGAIN A NATION
In May
of this year on the 14th, will be the 70th
anniversary of the restoration of Israel as a nation in one day, and
the moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. This doubles down on the
belief that Israel as a nation has laid claim to the historical land
that God gave to them back in the Old Testament when God promised the
land as far as Abraham could see in the four directions of the wind
for an inheritance forever.
We
see that the generation is being fulfilled since the restoration of
Israel this year in May. Will the things that this administration be
doing set the stage for the covenant with the many that Trump is now
trying to broker a deal with the Israeli/Palestinian question? Will
this proposed covenant be confirmed by the appearing of the coming
Anti-Christ, who is obviously alive and in power somewhere in the
world today and will come to the forefront of this world's history to
broker a deal with Israel for 7 years?
The
coming of the Anti-Christ may very well be ready to be revealed, but
he will be the supreme politician that will effect the whole world.
He will preside over a political system that has a form of godliness
but denies the power thereof. He will give lip service to the god of
forces, but will eventually lift himself up to be above any god,
proclaiming himself to be God. This the bible calls the “abomination
that causeth desolation”...and desolation he will inflict on the
whole world.
Right
now, American is leading the world as the world's only and most
prominent Christian country with an economy that is right now,
booming. Many believe that when the rapture comes, we will be in the
middle of an economic boom, but that boom will implode when millions
of the world's citizens suddenly disappear.
We
who look for the coming of our Lord see the shaping up of this world
for the revealing of the Anti-Christ, with reports of an Islamic army
proposed by the President of Turkey, Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan
set out to destroy Israel which can only be the Gog-Magog coalition,
or the coming Psalm 83 War, both shaping up to begin, as Israel even
right now, is preparing for another war with its neighbors.
HOW
LONG WILL TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY LAST?
The
question is, will President Trump weather the left leaning onslaught
of fake news and calls for his impeachment, even though they can find
nothing to hang on him, save the contrived Russian collusion of the
past election? It will be only if God allows it to happen, and God is
done with POTUS Trump and allows the next page of this end of the age
drama to proceed. Will Trump be re-elected? Only if it is in God's
plan to withhold judgment on this nation for a few more years. I
believe God is using Trump for His purpose, and no matter how much
vitriol is spewed by the media, nothing will touch the POTUS until
God says so. So do I worry about what is coming upon the earth at
this stage of the end of the Age we called the “church Age”? Not
in the slightest, as God is in control and it will progress according
to His Supreme Plan for mankind. It just lets me know that we are but
a heartbeat and a breath away from the coming of the Lord. Remember,
God raised up kings, and He takes down Kings according to His Divine
plan. No one can usurp the will of Almighty God.
Donald
J. Trump is the president of the United States right now because God
put him there. If he gets a second term, is that relevant to
Bible prophecy?
When
it comes to interpreting unfolding Bible prophecy, it will even
be relevant if he doesn't. As the rapture could interrupt the USA
being the sole Superpower of nations on this earth. That is how close
I believe we are to the coming HARPAZO or the “forceful removal of
the Church from this planet at any moment in time”. The USA will
virtually implode economically, militarily, and spiritually, as the
Restrainer will be removed from this earth and Satan will have full
sway over the kings of the earth and his demonic force will be
displayed in one man who God will let rise to power. God will allow
the Anti-Christ to come to power for a very short window of
time...almost two terms of any USA POTUS....not to say that the AC is
the POTUS, but I rule out no one from being the “man of
lawlessness”...as he hasn't been revealed just yet and not while
the Church is on earth.
6 “And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And
then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
9 Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.” (2nd Thessalonians 2:6-10)
Notice
in verse 8, that when the “HE, the Holy Spirit” is pulled back
from His mission on earth to Pre-Pentecostal times, THEN the AC will
be revealed, “even him, whose coming is after the workings of
Satan”. We won't see him, but we may have a good idea of who he is,
but he has not been revealed until he signs that peace treaty that
confirms a covenant with the many nations. It could happen anytime
after this coming May 14th and the anniversary of 70 years
of the birth of Israel as a nation. Could it happen this year? Don't
know, won't make any predictions, but I know it is soon. The world
feels it, I feel it, and those around me feel something big is about
to happen. Most of the world can't put their finger on the dread they
feel, but we who in the light and not in darkness know what is
coming. We just don't know the day or the hour, but we know we are in
the season.
HAVE
YOU GOT YOUR TICKET ON THE ARK OF SAFETY, JESUS CHRIST?
It
is the only “ticket' that anyone needs as they witness the chaos
that is developing around the world and something in their spirit
tells them, something evil this way comes. Will you be on this
departing ark called Jesus, or be left behind to weather what is
coming? If you have read any of my messages on the blog at the
address in this message, then you know what I believe is coming. The
Tribulation and the Great Tribulation is right around the
corner....will you be caught flat footed and unprepared? How do you
get prepared to be found “worthy”....
“Watch
ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before
the Son of man.” (Luke 21:36)
How
does one become “worthy”...one way, Jesus Christ...and be clothed
with His righteousness and that not of our own.
16 “For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
18 He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18)
8 “But
what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
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.
10 For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
11 For
the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed.” (Romans 10:8-11)
Remember,
the next King that God allows to come to power could be the
Anti-Christ that will rule the whole world. Get on board the ark of
safety now, before time runs out...
This
is pastor Mike Taylor, praying you find Jesus as personal
Savior....if you need counseling, prayer, or just a listening ear,
email me at realteam1999@sbcglobal.net,
God bless you all,
TILL
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