PROPHECY UPDATE...........7/22/2022

 

Will You be... – Pete Garcia - https://www.rev310.net/post/will-you-be-marked-safe-from-the-rapture   Mere moments after the Rapture of the Church, people will turn to social media to see what just happened. People who, just moments before, lived their lives up until that moment caught somewhere between full-blown normalcy bias and varying shades of laissez-faire, to outright contempt of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, will have just had their worlds turned upside down.   From the sheer volume of motor vehicle accidents that choke every road and highway in the seconds following to the jarring discovery of the disappearances of children, family, friends, and co-workers, this day will be marked and remembered even down to the hour and the minute. To those left behind, there will be the way life was before it happened, and the way life changed forever because of it. The Rapture of the Church will no longer be mocked as a joke or a punchline because it will become a life-changing reality for billions of people who are left on the planet.   Initially, people will flock to local churches seeking answers, only to find them either closed or abandoned. The churches that are still open and functioning, will either be mourning in a state of disbelief, or they will be in shock trying to rationalize what just happened. Either way, the Rapture of the Church will no longer be mocked as false or escapist doctrine, because it will become a life-changing reality for billions of people who are left on the planet.   City and state officials will attempt to impose curfews and lockdowns but will be unable to enforce them. Cities of all shapes and sizes around the world will begin to collapse, but how fast they do, will largely depend on how fragile they were prior to the Rapture itself. Here in the US, cities like Chicago, San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, and Washington D.C. will likely fall apart within hours of the event (if not sooner). The ensuing destruction and chaos will make the looting and rioting of the summer of 2020, look like a walk in the park. People will flee the cities only to find the highways out of town gridlocked. The Rapture of the Church will no longer be a fringe lunatic theory because it will become a life-changing crisis for billions of people who are left on the planet.   Adding insult to injury, when this collapse begins, there won't be anyone left to stop the chaos. Law enforcement and emergency services (what's left of them) will either be in no shape to respond to incidents (undermanned) or will be physically unable to respond, given the blockages through every major thoroughfare and the fact they are already overwhelmed. The sheer volume of random rapes, murders, violent attacks, and robberies, will either go unreported, or unanswered. The uncontrollable mayhem that follows will become the 'new normal.' The lack of justice, will cause any remaining communities to band together, or go tribal (i.e., aligning by race, culture, religion, or ethnicity), and turn to vigilantism to attempt to thwart the roving gangs and criminals taking advantage of the ensuing crisis. The Rapture of the Church will no longer be imaginary or irrelevant because it will become a life-changing crisis for billions of people who are left on the planet.   Those professionals who held critical jobs in their communities will be gone. People will no longer show up to work, or pay bills. The local power grids, utility, and internet services will like to start to falter within days, causing massive blackouts. Supply chains around the world will become severely disrupted causing immediate shortages of basic supplies everywhere. Looting and pillaging will have shuttered gas stations and hospitals, rendering them virtually unusable. Patients who are left behind in prisons, nursing homes, hospice care, and hospitals, will likely be abandoned if not killed outright. The Rapture of the Church will no longer be inconsequential to everyday life because it will become a life-changing crisis for billions of people who are left on the planet.   As cities around the nation began to collapse, the federal government and governments around the world will declare Martial Law, in hopes to get a handle on what just happened. But without functioning agencies and militaries, their hopes will turn to AI, autonomous weapon systems, and automation to help stave off total collapse. Nations began to propagandize common-themed messages of (pick an excuse) as a means to calm the nerves of their panicked citizenry. FEMA camps and military bases are converted into temporary housing for compliant citizens, but the remaining and vast portion of the nation lay in a hype-state of lawlessness. The Rapture of the Church will no longer be a wacky religious conspiracy theory because it will become a life-changing crisis for billions of people who are left on the planet.   WATCH: https://youtu.be/CDUhaRbOMCM   Conclusion   "Michele Bachmann predicted I would bring about the biblical end of days. Now that's big. ... Lincoln, Washington — they didn't do that." Barak Hussein Obama, mocking God at the White House Correspondents Dinner, April 25th, 2015   The Rapture of the Church is one of the most reviled, mocked, and dismissed doctrines in the entire Bible, despite its numerous explanations throughout the New Testament. But it's not just the godless pagans like BHO above who mock our Blessed Hope, but those within Christendom professing to be men and women of God. I won't waste any more precious literary real estate listing the countless quotes of all those who ignorantly mock the Biblical view of the last days, but I did find an interesting correlation between two fairly recent studies.   2016: Out of the 1,000 senior Protestant pastors surveyed, only a third (36 percent) believed in a pre-tribulation rapture where Christians disappear at the start of the apocalypse and those left behind suffer tribulation. Thirty-six percent of pastors say the rapture is not literal, while almost 1 in 5 believe the rapture happens after the tribulation (18 percent).   2022: The nationwide study of about 1,000 Christian pastors found that just slightly more than a third (37%) of the U.S. pastors hold a biblical worldview. The majority (62%) possess a hybrid worldview known as Syncretism. (Source)   I don't know if there is some underlying correlation between the similar percentages, other than to say, when you don't take the end times seriously, the rest of your doctrinal positions grow flimsy. I can't think of a single, solitary Pre-Millennial, Pre-Tribulational Dispensational pastor or theologian who I've followed over the past 15 years who drifted away (theologically speaking). It's not to say that you must believe in the Rapture to not apostatize, but when you dismiss the Rapture, you're not just dismissing the Rapture of the Church. Since Bible prophecy makes up over a quarter of your Bible, even those prophetic passages are interwoven throughout almost every book of the Bible (save Ezra, Esther, 3 John, Philemon). So when you dismiss the Rapture, you end up dismissing other critical doctrines like the nature of the Church (Ecclesiology), the nature of both spiritual and national Israel (Israelology), and the rest of Eschatology (the study of last things).   According to “The Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy” by J. Barton Payne, there are 1,239 prophecies in the Old Testament and 578 prophecies in the New Testament for a total of 1,817. These prophecies are contained in 8,352 of the Bible’s verses. Since there are 31,124 verses in the Bible, the 8,352 verses that contain prophecy constitute 26.8 percent of the Bible’s volume.   We are in the last days. Moreover, we are in the last seconds of the last days. Like Noah, we have moved past the construction of the ark. While we are currently preaching and pleading for those to come to salvation, we are now starting to the supernatural signs of the times coming in like the pairs of animals uniformly marching toward the ark.   The rebirth of Israel and the retaking of Jerusalem Rise of globalism and the effort to build a united European Empire The rise of invasive and surveillance technologies The destruction of fiat money and the rise of a digital currency The rise of deception and the war on truth The increase of both physical and spiritual corruption The effort to rebuild the third temple and the rise of the global ecumenical church (the whore)   Jesus said that the days just before His return would be like the days of Noah. And if this is true, then the signs Jesus gave us are signs designed to point watching believers to the nearness of His soon return. But what were the signs given in Noah’s day pointing toward the soon coming of the flood?   First, you had the warnings by Enoch Second, you had the warnings by Noah Lastly, you had the signs of the animals marching towards the ark in pairs   The last thing that happened before the Flood came, was that God shut the door to the ark Himself. Folks, the window of time to come salvation is quickly closing. You do not want to go through the Tribulation. It will be a horrifying time of death, wickedness, and misery. In fact, Jesus said it would be the worst time in all of human history (including the Flood). From the Rapture to the end of the seven-year Tribulation, nearly the entire world's population will die from war, famine, pestilence, demonic attacks, criminal violence, martyrdom, or divine punishment. That means yes, nearly eight billion people will be dead before the end of this short period of time. If you don't know Jesus Christ, you need to:   A- Admit you're a sinner, acknowledge your inability to pay for your own sins (Romans 3:9-12, 23, 6:23, 5:8) B- Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation. Place your faith in His finished work- that being His sinless death, burial, and resurrection (John 3:16-18, 1 Cor. 15:1-5) C- Call upon the name of the Lord, professing Him with your lips, and believing in your heart...and you SHALL be saved (Romans 10:9-13)   If you are a Christian, you need to get serious about your faith. Recognize that this generation is blessed beyond measure to be the only generation since Christ ascended into glory to meet all the prophetic requirements. Israel's back in her land and in control. The convergence of all the prophetic technological, geopolitical, economic, and spiritual signs. Don't be like the dead church at Sardis, who is taken by surprise at that coming of our Lord. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you (Rev. 3:3). Brothers and sisters, you're quickly losing your ability to store up your treasure in heaven. The door which is open now is only open because no one can shut it. But God is getting ready to shut that door just as He did with the ark.   “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,   ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”: “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown...Revelation 3:8-11   So will you be marked safe from the Rapture, only to endure the most horrifying hour of trial that will come upon the whole earth? Or will you be caught up to that open door in heaven to experience eternal bliss, peace, joy, love, and glory forever with your Creator?   After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. Rev. 4:1-2

Mideast Review: Straight Out Of The Pages Of Ezekiel - Amir Tsarfati - https://harbingersdaily.com/mideast-review-w-amir-tsarfati-straight-out-of-the-pages-of-ezekiel/   For those of you who watched my Breaking News on Monday, you know that Iran has finally announced that they are nuclear weapons ready. I have been warning about this over and over these past months, but the time has now arrived. Kamal Kharazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and an aide to Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei, announced Sunday that “we have the technical capabilities to manufacture a nuclear bomb…. We can easily produce 90% enriched uranium.” They have the technology for a bomb and they can easily manufacture weapons-grade uranium. The only thing that’s stopping its creation is their decision to do so.   Both the US and Israel have pledged that Iran will never build that nuclear weapon. During President Biden’s visit to Israel last week (more on that below), he vowed that the US will “use all elements of its national power” to stop Iran from going nuclear. Israel’s army chief Aviv Kohavi was even more straight-forward, saying, “Preparing a military option against the Iranian nuclear program is a moral obligation and a national security order.” The IDF is carrying out this order through its focused preparations and development of attack plans. The fact that he declared it to be an order means that it will be carried out at some point.   Not everyone is against Iran and their aspirations. A trilateral summit was held this week in Tehran with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joining the president of the host country, Ebrahim Raisi. Together this Ezekiel 38 trio were quite the sight as they smiled and held hands. Actually, everyone smiled except Erdogan, who gazed off to the side looking a bit like he was trying to remember if he had left the curling iron plugged in back at the hotel.   Everyone gained big from the meetings. Iran agreed to purchase all their wheat needs from Russia, now that Turkey appears to be ready to let stolen Ukrainian wheat pass out of the Black Sea. Iran committed to buying gas and oil from Russia. In return, Tehran committed to continuing their sale of weapons-grade UAVs to Moscow. In a press conference US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley sternly warned Iran to stop the UAV sales, admonishing them to “not do that”. Iran’s Raisi was heard to respond, “Austin and Milley? Aren’t they that new country duo I heard on iTunes?”   Turkey got the other two countries to reiterate their hatred for the Kurds, a disdain that led to them striking a mountain resort in Zakho, Dohuk Province, Iraq, killing eight Kurdish tourists and wounding 23 more. This situation is heating up as the Iraqi National Security Council has ordered their envoy to Ankara to return home. By this morning, all Arab nations have strongly condemned this attack. This situation will be interesting to watch develop. Erdogan also repeated his threat to block Sweden and Finland joining NATO unless they fulfill their obligations in the “war on terror”, which to him means dealing with Turkish opposition activists in their own countries.   This summit in Tehran has incredible biblical significance. The world has shifted significantly since these three last met. The war in Ukraine has far-reaching significance. There is a search for energy sources other than Russia, since so many nations are punitively abandoning them. This has opened the door for Israel to become “the darling of Europe” with its massive gas fields. In the midst of these monumental shifts, we see these three leaders of collapsing economies – Putin, Erdogan, and Raisi – coming together once again to join their interests. To these countries, Israel will look more and more like the answer to their monetary woes. This is exactly the situation that Scripture spells out! Ezekiel 38 is a war of financial gains and economic interests, and to these nations Israel looks ripe for the picking. We best keep our eyes to the skies; Jesus is coming soon!   One more story breaking this morning to possibly add into the above Ezekiel 38 mix. In a move that smacks of the Iron Curtain days, the Russian Ministry of Justice has asked that the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel be dissolved. This non-profit organization is the world’s largest agency for assisting Jews emigrating to Israel. This is just another way that Putin seems to be picking a fight with Israel. You can learn all about this on my Breaking News Update from this morning.   In the shadow of the above signing of a billion-dollar oil and gas agreement with Gazprom by Iran, the Russian energy company has announced that it may not be able to meet its commitments due to force majeure or an act of God. Supplies have significantly dropped resulting from Russia’s actions in Ukraine. However, invoking the force majeure clause in this case is reminiscent to intentionally poking yourself in the eye then calling your blindness an act of God.   Israel is also out building deeper relationships. This past week the country approved the outline of an agreement with the US, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt to allow the removal of international peace keeping forces from the two strategic Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, giving control of the isles to Saudi Arabia. Soon after, Saudi Arabia announced they would open their airspace to all airlines, including Israel. Flights from Tel Aviv to Jeddah have already begun to appear on departure signs in Ben Gurion airport.   US President Joe Biden visited Israel last week. While there, he spent time at Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem which caters primarily to the Arab population. Unfortunately, offers by Israeli officials to accompany his visit were rebuffed, an unusual and telling move indicating his administration’s position that the eastern portion of the city does not belong to Israel. While there the president announced $100 million for Palestinian hospitals. The money, however, will be sent through the Palestinian system, which means it will mostly stay in the pockets of the leadership. When he did find time to spend with his host country’s leaders, Biden met with Israeli prime minister du jour Yair Lapid. They talked about Iran’s nuclear aspirations, Saudi Arabia, and how to run a country when nobody likes you.   From Israel, Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia, where he enjoyed a fist bump with the man that he has intimated is guilty of ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This friendly gesture with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman led to an absolute meltdown by the liberal media, calling out the president for hypocrisy and a disregard for human rights. I admit that I probably enjoyed it a little too much. In contrast to the pageantry surrounding the previous president’s visit to the Saudi kingdom, this president received no welcome nor farewell at the airport by either the king or the crown prince. However, when President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed departed Jeddah after also meeting with President Biden, he was seen off at the airport by MBS.   Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, continues to challenge Jerusalem in his bid to shift the maritime border between Israel and Lebanon. Now he is demanding that Israel hand over a long-closed railroad tunnel that crosses the border between the two countries. Israel refuses, saying that handing the tunnel over would put at risk of attack the nearby Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra. Most observers, even opponents of Hezbollah in Beirut, see this as just another attempt to complicate the maritime border talks.   It is very possible that this issue will continue to heat up. Nasrallah seems determined to draw Lebanon and Israel into a war over the Karish gas field. Just Monday, the IDF downed another drone after it crossed into Israeli airspace. The previous week, three other Hezbollah drones were shot out of the sky.   Moving to the opposite end of Israel, four rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel late Saturday night. The Iron Dome missile defense system neutralized the threat. In response, Israel’s air force struck a major rocket production site in Gaza.   Finally, a heat wave descended last week over Europe sending temperatures soaring. Record temperatures were seen in many countries, including the British Isles, and more than 1,900 people in Spain and Portugal alone have lost their lives from heat-related causes. Resultant wildfires have forced thousands of people from their homes in France, Portugal, Spain, and Greece. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is China Attacking US? - by Bill Perkins - https://compass.org/is-china-attacking-us/   With all the lies coming from our government, from the news and from the Internet, we have to be careful what information we trust.   I had a politically well-connected good friend once tell me not to pay attention too much to the news because that's what they want you to think about.   Instead, he said it was more important what they don't talk about. He told me this 20 years ago and I'm just now understanding what he meant.   Today we see the big media networks all talking about elections. They poll different things and talk about the Democrats or Republicans losing or gaining house seats.   They talk about the Supreme Court rulings like Roe vs. Wade and the protests at their personal homes... and now even their neighbors' homes.   They'll talk about ridiculous things like men having babies or the push to change men into women or vice-versa. Or other issues like inflation, the border, or the inability of Biden to read his teleprompter.   But no one is talking about the "elephant in the room"—that va((inated people are dropping dead all over the place. Not unva((inated people, they're doing fine. It's the va((inated who are dying.   The more va((ine shots they've had, the more likely they'll drop dead. Now we're getting the proof that this is by design—the va((ines were created to kill people. That sounds almost unbelievable but keep reading.   We get little bits of info here and there on this from alternate media. But if you talk about va((ines on social media, it's immediately scrubbed.   Well-credentialed doctors are losing their licenses to practice medicine because they point out the obvious fact that va((ines are responsible for most of the unexpected deaths happening every day.   So how long can they keep this charade going? Certainly not forever. The deaths are beginning to escalate. So the Globalists/Satanists continue to lie to cover it up as long as possible.   WEF   We showed in the past that the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its global leader wanna-bes are trying to take over the world.   But realistically, that just doesn't pass the sniff test. They have no army, no money and at the moment they actually control zero. All they do is talk. Does the king have no clothes? Or who is really behind them?   There is a country, a quite powerful country, that IS trying to conquer us. And the facts are beginning to emerge.   Naomi Wolf, a Clinton policy-lover and liberal feminist blogger who voted for Biden, has been researching the Pfizer document dumps and has assembled an astonishing picture. And she's found that China is in the middle of all of this—their fingerprints are on everything.   Wolf is telling everyone who will listen that from her research she believes we are in a war for our country against China...and that we're in the last of ten phases of being conquered.   Her research shows China is controlling Brandon, pulling the strings of our government, disrupting the food and energy distribution, and even messing with our weather. They're well on their way to accomplishing our demise.   You can listen to the first 3 or 4 minutes of this video for a recap of what she thinks is going on. It's fascinating. Scroll down to find the video interview with Dr. Mercola.   CLICK HERE (Just watch the first four minutes for an overview/recap)   Wolf is apparently not a born-again Believer, but you get the impression the Lord may be working in her heart because she makes little references here and there to the Messiah. So first and foremost, do pray for her salvation.   But continuing with her researching the document dump by Pfizer, she's dumbfounded by what she's finding. In a recent blog titled "Facing the Beast" she wrote:   "The enemy is within our very bodies.   "Since I first started reading the reports produced by the 3,000 medical and scientific experts of the WarRoom/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Research Volunteers team, based on the 55,000 Pfizer documents released under court order, I knew I was seeing not just medicine gone wrong, not just a greedy pharmaceutical company and a regulatory agency that was fully corrupted, but rather, or additionally, I was seeing a massive act of war.(1)   "When I saw the eighteen months’ worth of sudden deaths, slow deaths, encephalies, strokes, heart attacks, pericarditis, myocarditis, Guillain Barre, Bell’s palsy, MS, blood clots, lung clots, leg clots, blue-green breast milk, spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, neonatal seizures, neonatal multi-organ system failure, liver damage, kidney damage, suppressed lactation, suppressed sperm count, disrupted menses, all detailed in the Pfizer documents;   "When I saw the fact that 34,000 plus of the 42,000 plus adverse events 'cases' itemized in the worldwide rollout of the Pfizer injections, were sustained in the US — with the next largest group being sustained in Western Europe — and that the 56 countries around the world that also had Pfizer injections rolled out amounted for only a bit over 7,000 adverse events total — I knew I was seeing not just medicine gone wrong on a massive scale, but rather that I was seeing an act of war.   "When I saw the doubling of neonatal deaths in country after country, the rise of 34% above normal in stillbirths and spontaneous abortions for vaccinated versus unvaccinated mothers; when I saw that 3,816 vaccinated women in the VAERS database lost their babies — 57% of all the neonatal deaths in all the time that VAERS records had been kept;(2)   "When I saw that of 36 pregnancies followed in the Pfizer documents, 28 of the babies died(3); when I saw the rise of 40 per cent in death rates and the shocking rise in cases of disability in the West(4) I knew I was not seeing just medicine gone wrong on a massive scale, but that I was witnessing an act of war."   The article goes on to show details that factually tie the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into the va((ines. It's an eye-opener to say the least--and if she is correct, somehow the WEF is in bed with China. You can read the whole article CLICK HERE.   Naomi also believes that in late October a gigantic problem will be foisted on America... just in time for mail-in ballots to be necessary.   Hey, ballot stuffing worked in the past, why not use it again!   That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. Eccl. 1:9   “Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?" Jer. 13:23   CQLJ!   BP   1) https://campaigns.dailyclout.io/campaign/brand/cc3b3e5a-6536-4738-8ed6-5ee368c67240   2) https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/cdc-database-shows-death-risk-for-babies-of-vaccinated-mothers/   3) https://www.drpaulalexander.com/blogs/news/etana-hecht-israeli-scientist-researcher-vaccinated-women-fertility-signals-are-coming-through-the-fda-pfizer-actively-worked-to-keep-this-data-hidden-from-sight-for-our-lifetimes   4) https://journal.rajeshtaylor.com/further-disturbing-rates-of-disability-mortality-in-life-insurance-data-since-covid-vaccine-rollout/ Does It Not Seem as Though We Live in a Twilight Zone? – Jonathan Brentner - https://www.jonathanbrentner.com/https/jonathan-brentner-g8fgsquarespacecom/config/2022/7/16/living-in-a-twilight-zone   I often feel as though I have ventured into an episode of The Twilight Zone. Rod Serling began his television series in 1959 and those familiar with the show remember Serling's sense of dystopian fiction that stretched the limits of our imaginations. Who can forget the iconic scenes, plot twists, and bizarre endings?   Life today seems like something that even goes beyond what Rod Serling envisioned for his broadcasts. There's a vast disconnect between reality and the popular truth that confronts us daily on the mainstream news and social media (via the fact checkers). It makes my head spin!   It's dystopian fiction at its best, but this time it's not a TV show depicting a make-believe world; the lies are portrayed as reality and readily believed by mainstream media addicts.   Janet Yellen, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, recently bragged about the health of America's economy. This is gaslighting at its best. Soaring food, fuel, and natural gas prices have stretched many people, especially those on fixed incomes, well beyond their breaking point. And the current crisis in America is just the beginning of the turmoil that many predict will grow steadily worse.   JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recently warned about a coming “economic hurricane” for later this year. He is just one of many voices warning of the coming economic storm for the United States.   I could cite many other examples of where today’s messages on the mainstream and social media do not line up with reality. Some call it “gaslighting” and it’s surely all that. I like the term “dystopian fiction” as a description of the wide gulf between the “popular line” and reality that’s become the fog of living in this Twilight Zone.   THE FOG OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE INVADES THE CHURCH   Walking into many churches today is also like entering a Twilight Zone. There we hear a message that life is all good and we can experience our “best life now.” Five-year plans are made without even a fleeting thought of Jesus’ imminent appearing or the dark threatening clouds on the horizon.   It’s like a church shrouded in fog so that it’s unaware of the outside world and the many prophetic signs telling us that we live in the last days.   I am reminded again of Kari Jobe’s song: Amen (Simple Gospel). It begins with wonderful words affirming the Gospel, but ends with a false message of hope, which exemplifies the disconnect with reality that we find in far too many churches today.   The words below come from the last stanza of her song:   The church will arise With power and love Our cities will know The glory of God The future is bright There's nothing to fear Revival is now The Kingdom is here   Such sentiment sounds great, but it’s not what the Bible teaches.   First, the song makes the church the object of our hope rather than Jesus. Many today believe that the church will so change the world that it, not Jesus, will initiate the millennium. The Lord thus returns afterward rather than before this time of peace.   Even pastors that reject such teaching communicate a message exalting the church as our refuge during perilous times.   Second, the words quoted above from the song do not agree with what the Bible says about the day in which we live. Biblical prophecy pictures the last days as being awash in lawlessness, deception, extreme wickedness, corruption, and violence. This is today, and it’s all leading to the rule of the antichrist.   The words to the song tell us that “the future is bright.” However, I live in a country that’s screaming for God’s judgment. A nation led by fanatical advocates of abortion up to birth and all that the LBGTQ stands for surely invites a stern response from God.   Adding fuel to the fire, Biden recently advocated the dividing of Jerusalem and a radical two-state solution for Israel with 1969 boundaries that will leave the nation defenseless against its foes.   So far, the Lord has been remarkably patient with the U.S.   JESUS’ IMMINENT APPEARING IS THE REASON FOR OUR GLORIOUSLY BRIGHT FUTURE   Our future is glorious and bright, however, solely because of Jesus’ imminent appearing.   The myriad of signs pointing to the approaching seven-year Tribulation tell us that Jesus is coming for us soon. We live on the cusp of the Lord fulfilling His promises to us in passages such as John 14:1-3, Philippians 3:20-21, and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.   The Rapture signifies a bright future for us; it marks the beginning of an eternal and amazing adventure for us.   Sadly, many saints today never hear any mention of the over-the-top joy and excitement ahead for them. It's a truly glorious message!   A sound biblical outlook on what lies ahead yields unexplainable and wonderful peace within us. I cannot imagine getting up each morning to face this world without the eternal perspective we see throughout Scripture. The world is a scary place, but an understanding of biblical prophecy yields the fruit of peace deep within us.   We live in the season of Jesus' appearing to take us home to heaven. It's not about date-setting, but about understanding the multitude of signs God gave us in His Word that reveal the nearness of the Rapture.   Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and Sadducees who did not recognize the signs that their Messiah stood in their presence (Matthew 16:1-4). Would not the Lord have a similar reprimand for church leaders today who remain oblivious to all the indications that the Tribulation period is rapidly approaching?   We will certainly not endure the wrath of God that the apostle John describes for us in Revelation 6-18. However, because of the day in which we live, we must be ready for perilous times ahead before Jesus whisks us up to the place that He’s preparing for us.   Or then again, the Lord could come for us today!   Maranatha!!   My book, The Triumph of the Redeemed, lays a solid biblical foundation for why we can approach the perilous times in which we live with joyous hope. The book explains the basis for our amazing and wonderful expectation of meeting Jesus in the air before the time of wrath that's coming upon the world (1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11).   If you have not yet ordered my book, please consider doing so. It’s available on Amazon.   Note: Please consider signing up for my newsletter on the home page of my website at https://www.jonathanbrentner.com/ . It will greatly help me in reaching more people. Thanks!  Daily Jot: The Farm Chronicles: Time in a box - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com   When I was a young pup, maybe six or seven, I became quite curious about the stuff in the house. On the second floor at the top of the steps was a latched door leading into a half story room we called the second floor attic (because there were creepy steps from my bedroom behind another latched door leading to the third floor attic, which was less than a half a story). Behind the second floor door, there were many mysteries and not a lot of clues. An old library table, circa 1870, several old trunks, lamp tables, candlestick makers, tools and more. It was like a family museum. When nobody was home, I used to sneak into the attic to see what I could find and kind of dream about those who came before me.   In the linen cupboards at the top of the steps, my explorations uncovered at small, rectangle wooden box with a poinsettia design on the lid and sides. It contained lots of odds and ends. Old cuff links with my great grandfather’s initials, old tin makeup cases, a delicate hand fan with butterfly patterns in lace and several old pocket watches were jammed into this curious box. One of the gold plated watches was engraved with “CEW” in script. It was my great grandfather’s, Charles Edwin Wilson, born in 1856. After checking around, I found that this watch was made around 1890 by the Hampden Watch Company, a major employer of Canton, Ohio.   Many years go by and I was home from my first full time job as a broadcast journalist in Kansas City, Mo. And I got to poking around again and found that old poinsettia box. One of the watches had a horsehead engraved on it, and it gave me an idea. I would search for another pocket watch like it, but I would get one with three horseheads on it—one each representing my Dad’s three sons—and give it to Dad for his Christmas/Birthday gift. He absolutely loved it. When he passed on, I wanted to keep the watch, but couldn’t find it. We looked everywhere. No deal. I even prayed to find that watch. Another 13 years go by. My mother passed on and Chris and I were left to clear out the farm and set things in order.   Still, no sign of that watch. My mom had an extensive wardrobe and probably more shoes than Imelda Marcos. So we packed those up and many of my Dad’s clothes with which Mom could never bring herself to part. Put them in the back of the pickup truck because there were so many and took them to our friend Lucille Linton, mother of my horse showing colleague Lorraine. Lucille volunteered to take them to their church clothing ministry. A few days later, Lucille called. She had went through the pockets of the clothes, and found a watch that I might want. Indeed, she did! It gave new meaning to Luke 8:17, “For nothing is hidden that will not become known.” I still keep those watches in the poinsettia box and I think about how they kept time over the last 130 years of my family’s history. It’s not time in a bottle, but time in a box. Daily Devotion: Live It and Share It - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org   Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe —1 Corinthians 1:21   https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/live-it-and-share-it/ - Listen   When it comes to evangelism, some Christians say, “I’ll just be a good example. I’ll be a model of what it means to be a Christian, and that will be my form of evangelism.”   By all means, be a model. Be a good example because that, in effect, earns you the right to articulate your faith. (And if you can’t be a good example, then I would prefer that you don’t preach the gospel.)   However, the primary way God brings people into the kingdom is through others verbally sharing the gospel with them. Paul wrote, “Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe” (1 Corinthians 1:21 NLT).   God’s primary way of reaching people is through people, and the primary way we do that is through the verbal articulation of the gospel. The Bible tells us, “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:2 NKJV).   I remember a time when God called me to share the gospel at a very unusual moment. I was in a department store restroom when someone in the next stall thought I was his drug dealer. It turns out that at one time he had accepted Christ and attended Harvest Christian Fellowship.   “God must really love you,” I told him. “He sent your pastor into the bathroom where you were trying to make a drug buy.” Then I asked him to meet me in the department store so we could continue our conversation. I prayed with him, and he recommitted his life to Jesus Christ.   Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15 NKJV). Go into all your world and preach the gospel. Go into your sphere of influence with the message of Jesus Christ.

THE COMING REVEALING OF THE ANTI-CHRIST

 

by Pastor Mike Taylor

1”And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2And 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.”(Revelation 13:1-2)

In one of my messages, I explored what could be the destruction of America. Now I take another approach that during the Tribulation, or preceding the time of Jacob's trouble, that Socialism will overtake this nation, and the freedoms we have enjoyed our whole lives are suddenly stripped away and America becomes a police state to the likes of Communist Russia. I now explore the possible revealing of the Beast power and the Anti-Christ. Hence this is exploration and based on conjecture of how the Bible is interpreted and what it means...I may be right and I may be wrong, but we are to stay watchful at all times and not get carried away with the problems or pleasures of this life...but await the next, our eternal life.

RISE OF THE BEAST POWER

For centuries what comprises the True Church of the Living God, mankind has wondered who and what would be the beast found in Revelation chapter 13. Many have hypothesized the identity of the dreadful beast that rises out of the sea. I have myself, explored possible scenarios and possible candidates apart from the popular views of evangelical Christianity, as it is shrouded in mystery, but as we draw closer to the time of the end of days of man's rule upon this earth, the details draw more and more clear.

In the past, I have made references to three possible candidates, that being the pope in Rome, the 12th Imam of Islam, and the President of the USA, as we just finally got rid of the apostate Obama and replaced him with someone that is attempting to remove the attempt to overthrow this country and has brought us out of the debauchery that the USA was drowning in. But now we are back into the Biden/Obama era and the planned destruction of this country into "build back better" a plan for NEW WORLD ORDER.

But let us take a journey in exploring this chapter and make some statements that may come to pass, or may not, as only God knows the end result. We just stay focused on God's Word and keep our hearts and minds in tune with His Holy Spirit.

In the first verses, noted above we see a beast rise out of the sea. This beast is similar to the dragon that was mentioned in Revelation chapter 12. They both have “seven heads and ten horns” as noted again in Revelation chapter 17. The bible identifies seven consecutive world powers, or earthly governments that Satan used to persecute God's Church, His faithful church not necessarily the ruling church of the Middle Ages. The dragon is Satan working through pagan religions, the occult and spiritualism, while the beast symbolizes Satan working in disguise, using the corrupted Christian church to do his work. In verse 5 we see that the beast continues “forty and two months” . This is the exact number of years if you convert those months into years of 1260 years that Papal Rome had dominion over the whole known world. In verse 7, it makes “war with the saints” persecuting Christ's true followers who struggled to maintain the truth of God's Word. This beast is none other than the Papal Church system that ruled with terror for all those years. It arose as predicted among the populated European nations, symbolized by “the sea” and the “ten horns”. But note that Papal authority has since diminished from the time of her dominance, but she will rise again. Prophecy has an inerrant ability to repeat itself in a duality of events during these last days. Papal Rome ruled with an iron fist from 538 AD-1798 as noted in Verse 2 of this chapter.

WHO IS THE BEAST?

This beast has the characteristics of a leopard, a bear and a lion, the same beast powers mentioned in Daniel chp. 7 being the leopard of Greece, the bear of Medo-Persia and the lion for Babylon. This beast represents the Papacy, the same religious-political power portrayed by the little horn of Daniel 7 that had power over the whole continent of Europe.

The dragon gave the beast “his power, and his seats, and great authority”. Pagan Rome gave all these things to Papal Rome, and a pagan “christian” institution of the time, had the means to persecute and destroy God's faithful people for hundreds of years to over a thousand years, destroying millions of lives.

3 “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 17:3-4)

PAPAL ROME RECEIVES A DEADLY WOUND

In 1798, the French General Berthier under the commands of Napoleon took the Pope prisoner and attempted to completely eliminate the Papacy as an institution. It seems to the world that the Papacy was “wounded to death, as that pope Pius VI was thrown into prison and lost his life” 

Pope Pius defeated

"Pope Pius VI sued for peace, which was granted at Tolentino on February 19, 1797; but on December 28 of that year, in a riot blamed by Papal forces on Italian and French revolutionaries, the popular brigadier-general Mathurin-Léonard Duphot, who had gone to Rome with Joseph Bonaparte as part of the French embassy, was killed and a new pretext was furnished for invasion. General Berthier marched to Rome, entered it unopposed on February 10, 1798, and, proclaiming a Roman Republic, demanded of the Pope the renunciation of his temporal power.

Upon his refusal he was taken prisoner, and on February 20 was escorted from the Vatican to Siena, and thence to the Certosa near Florence. The French declaration of war against Tuscany led to his removal (he was escorted by the Spaniard Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador) by way of Parma, Piacenza, Turin and Grenoble to the citadel of Valence, the chief town of Drôme where he died six weeks after his arrival, on August 29, 1799, having then reigned longer than any Pope.

Pius VI's body was embalmed, but was not buried until January 30, 1800 after Napoleon saw political advantage to burying the deceased Pope in efforts to bring the Catholic Church back into France." (Wikipedia)

However, the prophecy says that the wound “was healed.” In 1929 the Papacy regained its civil power with the creation of the Vatican State, and the wound began to heal. At some point in the near future the Roman Catholic Church system will completely recover her former glory and will have more power and prominence than ever before. “And the entire world wondered after the beast.” See also vs. 8.

Note that even as I type this message, the Roman Pope Francis wields much political power, that even leaders, prime ministers, and presidents give this man great audience to influence their decisions on what we call the “New World Order” He started it in the United Nations with Sustainable Development and Agenda 2030, which will govern and control every man, woman and child on this planet to do their bidding. It will be total control and even population management that will be genocide of useless people who do not contribute in their mind to the New World Order. That is the focus of the NWO, to depopulate the earth to a “sustainable level” and if millions, or even billions die, then it for the “good of the planet”.

Only recently, had our USA President had the courage to go against this nefarious scheme to the outrage of the NWO proponents. For how long did it last? It seems the world is against putting America first, but our past POTUS was trying to change what was nearly destroyed by the last Dictator in Chief, who can't stand that his legacy is in peril. The liberal “lame stream media” and the liberal democrats in Washington DC are in survival mode and may resort to acts of treason and violence to preserve their dream of a One World Government.

5”And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” (Revelation 13:5-7)

Note that the characteristics of this beast parallel very closely the ones in Daniel 7:20-21, 25 and 8:10-12. Have we ever seen a time in our recent history where a leader of a religious-political institution has been blatant with changing or contradicting the clear Words found in our Bibles? Pope “Francis” has been about political shenanigans and using his office to draw all religions into a One World Religion and changing even the moral and spiritual definitions of being a Christian as has never been done before in our modern era. Clearly his goal is a New World Order with the Roman Catholic Church at its center for power and control. Pope Francis is actively courting all religions of Protestantism, Islam, or any other “-ism” and trying to bring them “Home to the Mother Church”.

8 “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9If any man have an ear, let him hear.” (Revelation 13:8-9)

In the last days, nearly the whole world, those “whose names are not written in the book of life,” will “worship” this beast. The day is coming soon when the majority of humankind will obey a few supporting the authority of the Papacy above the commands of God, and will thus worship the beast.

15 “And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Revelation 13:15-17)

Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s “Book of Life” will stay true to God. This book records the names of all the saved from every generation of Earth’s history. (Revelation 20:12, 15). It will be a daily test of their faith and endurance to stay true to their calling by God's Holy Spirit. It will not be like it was in the Church Age, when those who embraced Jesus as Lord and Savior were given a deposit, a sealing of God's Holy Spirit of their future glorification. No, they must guard it daily and not be deceived, as the delusions that God will send them to cause them to be damned will be strong because of their lust of the flesh and demonic powers will have full sway over most of humanity left after the Church is “snatched” (raptured) from this earth.

10 “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” (Revelation 13:10)

This verse prophecy was fulfilled when the Pope was taken into captivity and received a deadly wound, as Napolean sought to destroy the Papacy.

How did this happen? If you look at history and note what I just told you that in 1929, the deadly wound that was inflicted by Napolean's army in 1798 began to heal. The Roman Catholic Church has had to change her image from a wolf, to a a lamb that wouldn't hurt anyone. But I submit, she is a wolf in sheep's clothing and when the time is right, she will expose herself and reveal her true nature. Since we don't know the identity of the coming Anti-Christ, it is conjecture to label the pope in Rome with that title, but I do believe he will be the false prophet that will push for the worship of this “false messiah”.

THE POSSIBLE IDENTITY OF THE SECOND BEAST.

11 “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”(Revelation 13:11-15) This was never possible in the past until the development of "artificial intelligence (AI)

Thus begins the part of the chapter that gives me the most distress, as this describes another beast coming up out of the earth. She begins as a lamb, but is transformed into speaking as a dragon. The identity of this beast, could be, and I emphasize, COULD BE, what I described above being the leader of the free world. Many wonder who this false prophet will support and cause all to worship this “imposter”. What superpower on earth and its leader could cause Israel to confirm a peace treaty and the ability to rebuild her temple? Who does she trust NOW or has in the past?

REASONS TO BELIEVE SHE IS THE USA

First off, the USA came to power about 1798, just as the Papacy is going into captivity and receives her deadly wound. The USA declared her independence in July 4^th, 1776, and by 1790 has ratified her Constitution, with it's Bill of Rights, and was coming up as a “youthful nation” and was quickly drawn into the political arena and today is the lone Superpower on earth. Many are challenging her, and the forces to depose her are all around, but she remains a power to be reckoned with.

Second, The “sea” represents “multitudes and nations.” Revelation 17:15. The beasts that arise from the sea usually do so amid the strife of war. By contrast, this one comes “out of the earth," representing a relatively peaceful emergence in a comparatively unpopulated area. This is exactly the manner in which The United States came to power. We are called a great melting pot, that has nearly every nationality and race represented within her borders. So we abound in “multitudes and nations” that are represented in our states.

Third, this beast that depicts and represents a nation of youth, innocence, and gentleness, which is based on our God given principles of liberty in religious and civil affairs. (“For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”). At its beginnings, the USA had the strength to form a government based on the principles found within the Ten Commandments.

Republicanism and Protestantism were the fundamental principles of the nation. These principles are the secret of its power and prosperity. It is strong because the government and the church are separate, without one controlling the other. She has put her faith in Almighty God in the past, but that is eroding with each passing day, as the nation is in upheaval, as she is being stressed from within. We see the continued riots and push for a New World Order in our Congress and those elite who finance the downfall of our Republic to be transformed into their goal of a One World Government. Only she stands in the way of their plans, and she must be brought to her knees in their warped thinking.

Fourth, it is noteworthy to note that this beast does not have any crowns. She has been a servant of the people, and has not ruled over them, but they control her. Hence our democratic principles of voting those to represent your interest. The USA has never had a king to rule over government, or a pope to rule over the religious freedoms of its citizens, which allowed freedom of worship and expression. To this point we have kept religion and the state separate, as we disdained a religious theocracy, as was found in Papal Europe.

Fifth, in order to rule the world, the Papacy had to have sway over a standing army. To influence and order a national army to do it's bidding, on pain of excommunication in the past, so she must have a superpower to enforce her edicts of religious authority even today, as she did in Medieval's Dark days of apostasy. To force anyone to worship the beast or its image, it must be a power that would enforce, on pain of death, the desires of the Papacy.

This beast will speak “as a dragon” and exercise “all the power of the first beast before him.” The “first beast,” as an agent of the dragon, used its “power” in state affairs to enforce religious laws, resulting in the persecution of the “heretics” who would not submit. For America to do this and “give life unto the image of the beast” it would have to abandon the principles of religious freedom, repudiate the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and discard the fundamental beliefs that have made this great nation what it is. When America uses its power to enforce religious laws and persuades other governments to do the same, it creates an “image of the beast” and it gives life, reflecting the intolerance and persecutions of the medieval Papal Church.

Almighty God gave us another chance

Right now, Christians in American prayed for a reprieve from the debauchery from the “idiot in chief” that left office in January of 2017, but how long did that reprieve holdup? The forces of darkness are rearing their heads and doing all in their power to thwart any “draining of the swamp” which is the liberal base in Washington DC. What will be their attempt to hasten the NWO they so desperately want and envision? Only God knows what lengths they will go to, to realize their “utopian” idea of man's rule on earth. They had tried numerous attempts to remove the man, who I believe God placed in the office of POTUS at that time, as the friend of Israel, much like ancient King Cyrus did. I fear, in the near future, that the next administration will speak like a dragon and impose religious laws enforcing the worship of the first beast, Papal Rome and attempt to destroy Israel. WE have confirmation from this mentally challenged "POTUS" who does the elites desires for a one world govenment. Him being a puppet of the NWO.

Luke warm “Christians” that populate the "church of Laodecia" in America that represent part of the apostate church system will reject God’s law, and His power will be withdrawn from the churches and His protection from the nation. Society will become increasingly evil and violent (as we are seeing in the news that covers most of the large cities run by Democrats), and at the same time the judgments of God will descend on the United States and on the world. Instead of embracing repentance and inward heart change, the church of Laodecia in America will demand that the government enforce religious laws to “bring this nation back to God.” or at least the deceived idea of what “returning to God” is even about. There will be some type of religious edict that will force all who worship the “beast” of Papal Rome to take a mark of loyalty, either in their right hand or their forehead.

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,” (2^nd Thessalonians 2:6-9)

The apostasy that will be evident in the fallen from grace, USA will deceive the world into making “an image of the first beast” through the use of “great wonders” and “miracles.” In Revelation 19:20 this beast is called “the false prophet,” and in Revelation 16:13, 14 he is said to work these miracles through “the spirits of devils.”

13 “And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”(Revelation 16:13-14)

 Matthew 14:23-27 indicates that false Christ will add such strength to those deceptions as to make them very nearly overpowering;

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.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2^nd Thessalonians 2:8-12)

 2^nd Corinthians 11:14 adds that Satan himself is capable of masquerading as “an angel of light.”

16 “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” (Revelation 13:16-18)

Now the identity of the coming Anti-Christ has not been revealed. But where has the coming RFID chip that is placed in the right hand, or the vaccine with its tattoo and mark in either the hand, or later even in the forehead? It is conjecture, even on my part to name the man, as I believe we will never know for sure, as the church, the True Church of the Living God, will not be on earth when he is revealed, but let me share something with you that many of you may or may not know that gives “hint” of who the man is.

The mark of the coming Beast power and its dictator, the Anti-Christ, will require a mark as mentioned on each person's body, either in the forehead and in their right hand. It's not so much as a economic sign, as it is sure that, for without it, you can't participate in the economy, whatever form it is in that sad time called the Tribulation. But what it is more importantly, its a sign of worship, of allegiance to the supreme ruler of your lives. The man will reveal himself by confirming a covenant with Israel that will start the Tribulation and at the mid-point of the Tribulation, this Satan's son will make desolate the temple in Jerusalem or the abomination that causeth desolation, and the nation of Israel will know that the treaty they signed with him 3.5 years ago, was a pact with the devil.

But the mark of YHWH, a mark of worship...God’s seal is His name, character and law written in His people’s hearts and minds and is seen in His laws which are found in your Bible. Those laws, and the sacrifice of His only Son, identifies who our God is, and who created each of us. Those who resist the mark of the beast are those who “keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” and will not bow the knee or worship at the first church of the Anti-Christ, or the church of Satan.

But what is the significance of the number 666? I believe we know that the beast, whose number this is, may symbolize the Roman Papacy, and that it’s “the number of a man.” One of the pope’s titles is said to be Vicarius Filii Dei, “Vicar of the Son of God.” In Latin, the language of Catholicism, some of the letters double as numbers, and the numerical value of Vicarius Filii Dei adds up to 666, and a great many Bible scholars believe that this is how 666 is to be interpreted.

Am I saying the Pope is the Anti-Christ? He very well may be and he may not. As I said, we won't know for sure. But believe you me, the RCC will be at the table of power in the last days and she will reclaim her position of power to even a greater degree than what she had in the Middle Ages of her 1260 years of ruling over mankind. Problem for her is, it will be a small, temporary rule that will find her either destroyed by the Anti-Christ if she be only the False Prophet, or be destroyed by Jesus Christ, our Living God when He comes to set up His reign and rule for a 1000 years.

16, “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17, For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:16-18)

These verses would identify the False Prophet along with its Harlot Church as being destroyed by the Anti-Christ. But what if the Pope is the AC himself?

He will destroy all religions, including the Roman Catholic Church in favor of worship of himself. Remember what Paul wrote in 2^nd Thessalonians?

4 “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” (2^nd Thessalonians 2:4)

IF THE POPE is the AC, then he will destroy all religions in favor of worship of himself, as Satan desires worship, as he has entered the man.

“ 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 ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High." (Isaiah 14:13-14)

CONCLUSION AND FINAL THOUGHTS

So there you have it, my reader. My hypothesis of what may happen in the last days coming very soon. I pray those found in Jesus Christ will not witness one iota of the coming carnage that will transpire on this earth when the lawless one is revealed. I am believing that the Roman Catholic Pope will either be the false prophet promoting a false religion to worship of the RCC with the USA as the state army to enforce his will. OR be the Anti-Christ himself and will destroy the Roman church in favor of worship of himself. And this man will be destroyed by Jesus Christ, our King and Savior, at His coming to rule and reign for a 1000 years by the brightness of His coming.

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.” (2^nd Thessalonians 2:8-10)

It could be highly possible will we see an unholy “trinity” of the Pope in Rome, the leader of the USA at that time, and Satan entering both.

The analogy of the coming One World Church with the RCC as receiving all worship towards her, and the USA as its enforcer, will be on the scale of when Charlemagne was enforcer of Papal Rome in the Middle Ages. It will be as it was then. To have this even take place, one other event must happen first.

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.” (2^nd Thessalonians 2:6-10)

Understand, my reader, this could happen at any given moment. As I've mentioned in the past, I will be acutely aware of that call and as I was listening for a trumpet this last Feast of Trumpets that did not happen YET, or it may be the next fall, or the next, as that is the Feast of Trumpets which is the next chronological order of the Feast of God that He has fulfilled to the letter in the past...I have covered this extensively in the past, so if you missed it, then it's on my blog for the interested reader.

As you should know, if you read any of my past messages, the personal pronoun in the verses directly above points to a only ONE power that has the ability to withhold evil in this world, and that is God's Holy Spirit. And since God told us He would never leave us or forsake us, when God's Holy Spirit is removed, so shall His church and all who dwell in Her....in an instant.

51 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 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.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1^st Corinthians 15:51-55)

Time is fast running out for those who receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to the “ark of safety” when the Tribulation comes upon the earth. As many can see, the USA is in the biggest upheaval that will either bring her down, or make her the Superpower that enforces the worship of the Anti-Christ and his image. Those who miss receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior, will be thrust headlong into a time that words cannot justify the horror that will be experienced by those who miss the greatest event this side of Jesus resurrection. Some call it the “Rapture'...called harpazo in the Epistles of Paul, and identified as a snatching away, by force of those who are taken. It will happen in a flash. Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell upon the earth during that time, as they will see tribulation so great that no flesh would be saved, as Jesus told us plainly:

21 “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.” (Matthew 24:21-22)

It will be that that much destruction and carnage of all life on this planet. Don't make that mistake and think you have all the time in the world. Your time could run out in the next few seconds.

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, God sent not His Son 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)

And as it is written, if you desire to be with Jesus Christ, the above verses and the ones below will lead you to a prayer of repentance.

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.

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:8-13)

Receive Jesus our Lord, today and be filled with God's Holy Spirit and a guarantee you will not see what I have just described...

This is Pastor Mike Taylor, praying you make that decision for Jesus Christ right now... if you need prayer, counseling, or just a friendly, listening ear, email me at pastormiketaylor@yahoo.com, .So come Lord Jesus..God bless you all.

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