PROPHETIC SIGNS THAT WE ARE IN THE END TIMES [A good summary of SOME key evidences--QX]

CONTENDER MINISTRIES ^ | 11 JUL 2004 | JENNIFER RAST

[Quix]

Prophetic Signs that we are in the End Times

Contender Ministries

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The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus, two characteristics are given by Paul, and eleven other occurrences are given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the End, God obviously wanted us to know when that time was getting closer. As the Christian church is increasingly drawn into the interfaith movement, and as more and more churches go into isolation, preparing to sleep through the growing attacks on their faith, perhaps God knew it would take a few signs to wake us up and remind us that we have work to do.

Unfortunately, many Christians take the verses that tell us we won't know the time of His coming to mean they should ignore any and all scripture that might warn us of this time of tribulation. Others have fallen into the trap of fearing being labeled a "conspiracy theorist" should they display an interest in the Biblical prophecies about our future on Earth. My philosophy is simple. God included it in the Bible and, since God is all knowing, we should trust that it is something we should know and study along with the rest of His Word.

It is increasingly obvious that the time of our Lord's coming is drawing near. Prophecy is being fulfilled daily, and at a faster pace than ever before. Whether you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, or believe Christians will be witness to the full tribulation, wrath, and final judgments, matters not. The beginning of birth pains and the signs of the times should have the same effect on all of us. It should motivate us to save as many souls as we can in the time that we have left. The Great Commission tells us to be disciples to all nations, bringing the message of salvation through Christ to all people. If the Church is raptured before the tribulation, it is important that we leave behind an explanation for the trials and judgments those left behind will face. How else will they recognize the deception of the anti-Christ and seek instead the truth of the Bible? If we are to endure the tribulation along side them, we will need to be prepared to not only share the message of salvation, but share with them the reasons for God's judgment and hold it up as further proof of their need to be saved.

Below is a study of the prophetic signs God gave us as a warning of the approaching end of the age. Many of them are being fulfilled now and many will be fulfilled in the near future. I would encourage you to study prophecy, know what is coming and be prepared to share it with others.

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SIX SIGNS GIVEN BY JESUS TO INDICATE HIS COMING AND THE END OF THE AGE

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In Matthew24:3 Jesus was asked, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" Jesus told his apostles to look for the following signs prior to his second coming and the end of the age.

1. FALSE PROPHETS AND CHRISTS

Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will mislead many."

Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many."

In the last several years many have claimed to be the Messiah. Jim Jones and David Koresh are examples of these false christs as well as countless others who are not as newsworthy. These false prophets are a prelude to the ultimate false christ, the antichrist. Many New Age groups, some even NGO's working for the United Nations, are anxiously awaiting the antichrist, preparing the way for his acceptance as the head of the hierarchy of gods and the one who will usher in world peace.

2. WARS

Matthew 24:6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end."

Rumors of wars in all areas of the world now occur frequently thanks to instant media coverage and the availability of a multitude of 24-hour news sources.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

More people have been killed in warfare in this century than at any other time in history. As the death toll rises in the Middle East, more and more countries work feverishly to develop devastating weapons of mass destruction. Add to that the expanding threat of terrorism and unpredictable dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and the potential for the outbreak of war exists in nations, kingdoms and places across the globe.

3. FAMINES

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

As white, Christian farmers are driven out of Africa in increasing numbers, and foreigners move in to replace life-sustaining crops with poppies that now supply 25% of the worlds drugs, famine spreads across the African continent. The undernourished are not limited to Africa, however. A large portion of the worlds 5 billion people suffers from a shortage of food.

4. EARTHQUAKES

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

The number and intensity of earthquakes this century is at a level higher than any other time in history. A staggering number of seismic events occur around the world daily. The earthquake seismic monitor IRIS shows all major earthquakes for the last year. Indicated by yellow and red circles, the seismic events of the last 15 days provides strong evidence of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:7 in our day. By contrast, in the years from 1890 to 1900 there was only one major earthquake in the world.

5. TRIBULATIONS

Matthew 24:8-9 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name."

Christians are under attack throughout the world today. In the United States Christians still enjoy freedom to worship God without suffering much more than ridicule, hatred, or discrimination at work and school. However in many other countries such as China, Sudan, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Russia, and many Muslim nations, Christian suffer much greater persecution and often times death for their faith. During the tribulation this suffering will be worldwide and will continue even to the point of martyrdom. These first 5 signs will increase in intensity and severity as the tribulation approaches, much like the birth pangs or contractions of a pregnant woman worsen as the delivery time approaches.

6. THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."

This prophecy has already been fulfilled through television, radio, missionaries, the translation of the Bible into many languages, and the internet. People all over the world now hear the message of Christ from missionaries who have the means to travel the globe, and via technology that allows us to communicate with people on the other side of the world right from our own homes, churches and offices.

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TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE END OF THE AGE FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL

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1. GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS

II Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

For anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper, lost a retirement to corporate greed and corruption, or just walked outside their front door, it is obvious this prophecy has been fulfilled by our generation. Our leaders are often corrupt; our cities are filled with crime, brutality, and neon signs proclaiming our sinful, godless nature. The New Age Movement brings in increasing numbers of mystics who claim to be the enlightened ones. They are some of the most educated and influential people in our societies, and yet the most lacking in real truth.

2. APOSTASY (FALLING AWAY FROM THE FAITH)

I Timothy 4:1-3 "But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. By means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."

Churches today are becoming more and more ecumenical, embracing the New Age interfaith agenda, and denying Christ as the only way to salvation. Giving in to the politically correct media and a corrupt society, they have embrace homosexuality as an acceptable alternate lifestyle and preach tolerance and compromise in place of God's truth for the salvation of the world. The environmentalist movement within the New Age movement lures them into a worship of mother earth, belief in past lives, reincarnation, and Karma while demonizing all those who would eat the meat God gave us as nourishment for our bodies.

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ELEVEN FULFILLMENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY REQUIRED FOR THE END OF THE AGE

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1. EXISTENCE OF A 200,000,000 MAN ARMY IN THE EAST

Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them."

An army of that size had never existed until China's army reached that number in the 1960's.

2. REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY)

Daniel 2:32-33 "The head of the statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay."

Daniel 2:40-43 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have the toughness of iron, and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery."

The fourth kingdom of iron is the Roman empire according to Daniel's interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The two legs are the division of the Roman empire into an eastern portion called the Byzantine empire which ended in the 1400's and a western portion based in Rome which ended in the 400's. The nations of Europe since the Roman empire dissolved have never adhered or formed one empire but continue as separate nations, however, the European Union now has 15 Member States and is preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and southern European countries.

3. RETURN OF THE ONE PURE LANGUAGE, HEBREW, TO ISRAEL

Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I will return to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent."

Prior to the restoration of Israel in 1948, Hebrew was a dead language. Now Hebrew is spoken throughout Israel.

4. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE, RESTORATION OF TEMPLE WORSHIP AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN JERUSALEM

For several end time prophecies to be fulfilled, the temple will have to be rebuilt.

Revelation 11:2 "Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the oly city for forty-two months."

Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolation, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."

Daniel 9:26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary."

Some archeologists believe that the temple mount is actually 340 feet south of the Dome of the Rock site, putting the Dome of the Rock within the Court of the Gentiles. This may be the court outside the temple that is left out.

There are many groups already working on preparations for the new temple. The blueprints are already done, the temple garments have been made, and there have already been attempts to lay the cornerstone of the temple. The only thing standing in the way of the construction of the new temple is Islam's third holiest site, the Dome of the Rock and government support for such an undertaking. Some possible scenarios for the rebuilding of the temple are as follows:

1. The persuasion and performing of miracles by the Antichrist and False Prophet convinces the Islamic world to approve the rebuilding.

2. The United Nations will negotiate the rebuilding of the temple following a war with the armies from the North (Russia and Islamic forces). This assumes that the war with the armies from the North is not the battle of Armageddon as some feel and that this attack occurs before the rapture or tribulation period begins. The supernatural destruction of the Russian army and Islamic forces will cause an outpouring of Christian worship and zeal amongst the Jewish people who will reconstruct the temple.

3. It is determined that the site of the first two temples is actually south of the Dome of the Rock, and the court of the gentiles (Dome of the Rock) will be left out of the 3rd temple.

A group in Israel called the Temple Mount Faithful have obtained most of the clothing, instruments and other equipment required for temple worship and are actively preparing for the laying of the third temple's cornerstone.

5. APPEARANCE OF THE RED HEIFER AFTER 2000 YEARS

Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. "You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. "Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. "The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening."

A red heifer will be required to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.

6. INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE AND TRAVEL

Daniel 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."

Billy Graham was quoted as saying, "ninety percent of all the engineers and scientists who have ever lived are alive today." Air travel, space travel, DNA research and human cloning are all examples of the rapid increase in knowledge in our generation.

7. RETURN OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL

Zephaniah 3:10-11 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, will bring My offerings. In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain."

In 1984, Operation Moses saw the airlift of 15,000 Jews who had already fled to refugee camps in Sudan to escape starvation. In 1991, Operation Solomon flew 20,000 Jews to Israel from Ethiopia itself. A further airlift began in June of 1999, aimed at transporting the last 3,000 members of the Quara Jewish community from northeastern Ethiopia to Israel.

8. THE RISE OF RUSSIA

Ezekiel 38:2,4,8 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords. After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them."

In order for some end time events to occur Russia will have to be a strong nation with a strong military.

9. RETURN OF RUSSIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL

Jeremiah 23:7-8 "Therefore behold, the days are coming declares the Lord, when they will no longer say, as the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, but as the Lord lives, who brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I have driven them. Then they will live on their own soil."

In the 1970's and 1980's there was a mass exodus of Russian Jews out of Communist Russia. In 1999 the Associated Press reported a dramatic increase in the number of Jewish immigrants from Russia, bringing the largest number of Russian Jews to Israel since the early 1990's.

10. TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MARK OF THE BEAST

Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."

On May 10, three members of a family in Florida became the first people to receive the biochip implant. Each device, made of silicon and called a VeriChip, is a small radio transmitter about the size of a piece of rice that is injected under a person's skin. It transmits a unique personal ID number whenever it is within a few feet of a special receiver unit. VeriChip's maker describes it as "a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of security, emergency and healthcare applications."

Is the biochip the mark of the beast to be used by the antichrist? We can't really know. What is significant is that people are being softened to the idea of a mark or an implant as a means of maintaining security, providing medical information, and regulating a more interdependent world. As attitudes change, fears subside, and people are convinced of the need for such a mark, the true mark of the beast will be easily introduced to the world by the antichrist.

11. PLANS FOR THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT

The United Nations, World Trade Organization, International Criminal Court, UN peacekeeping/police force, numerous UN NGO's, and other agencies are preliminary steps to the formation of a one world government. We now have the communications technology, transportation, and the pro-globalization media necessary to usher in the one world government headed by the antichrist. The increasing terrorist threat and the middle east conflict will only speed up the formation of this governing body as fear and promises of better security make more people willing to give up their national sovereignty for global governance.

12. INSTANT COMMUNICATION AROUND THE WORLD

Revelation 11:3, 7-10 "And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophecy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth."

Television and the 24-hour news networks make it possible for people around the world to see the dead prophets and rejoice at their deaths.

Luke 21:28 "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

Luke 21:32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place."

[Safrguns]

I'm trying. My heart wants to trust in faith My mind can't comprehend it all It's hard for me to believe blindly in something of such maginitude You are trying to do something you are not capable of. You cannot see the un-seeable without the Holy Spirit. You cannot have the Holy Spirit without Jesus as your Savior. You don't have to be able to comprehend to see the Light. You only need to recognize your own insufficience and call upon the name of Jesus. You have nothing to lose but your own pride.

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In this issue:

A few weeks ago, we published the astonishing story of a Buddhist monk in Myanmar, who rose from the dead during his own funeral, three days after his death. The report was distributed on cassette. We have now obtained a translation of the report, of which this Friday Fax is a summary.

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Myanmar

Buddhist monk raised from the dead

"We first heard of the events from a number of Burmese church leaders, who investigated the reports and have no doubt as to their authenticity. The monk, Athet Pyan Shintaw Paulu, has turned his life around, and suffers and risks much to tell his story. Nobody would undergo such hardship for nothing. He has already led hundreds of monks to Jesus, has been imprisoned, despised by his relatives, friends and colleagues, and been threatened with death if he does not tone down the reports. His current whereabouts are not certain: one Burmese source claims that he is in prison and may have been murdered, another that he is free and preaching." (Asian Minorities Outreach)


Monk's personal account

My name is Athet Pyan Shintaw Paulu I was born in 1958 in Bogale in the Irrawaddy Delta, Southern Myanmar (Burma). When I became 18 years of age, my Buddhist parents sent me as a novice to a monastery. At 19, I became a monk, entering the Mandalay Kyaikasan Kyaing monastery, where I was instructed by probably the most famous Buddhist teacher of the time, U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw, who was killed in a car crash in 1983. I was given a new name when I entered the monastery: U Nata Pannita Ashinthuriya. I tried to deny my own selfish thoughts and desires; even when mosquitoes landed on my arm, I would let them bite me instead of brushing them away.


Doctors give up

I became very ill, and the doctors diagnosed a combination of Malaria and Yellow Fever. After a month in hospital, they told me that they could do no more for me, and discharged me so that I could prepare myself for my death. Back in the monastery, I became ever weaker, and finally lost consciousness. I only discovered that I had died later: my body started to decay and smelled of death, my heart had ceased beating. My body was put through the Buddhist cleansing rites.


Lake of fire

But my spirit was wide awake I found myself in a powerful storm which blew everything away. Not a single tree, nothing was left standing. I was in an empty plain. After some time, I crossed a river, and saw a terrible lake of fire. I was confused, because Buddhism knows no such thing. I did not know that it was Hell until I met Yama, the King of Hell. His face was that of a lion, his feet like snakes, and he had many horns on his head. When I asked his name, he said 'I am the King of Hell, the Destroyer'. I then saw the saffron-coloured robes of Myanmar's monks in the fire, and upon looking closer, saw U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw's shaven head. 'Why is he in the lake of fire?' I asked. 'He was a very good teacher; his cassette "Are you a human or a dog?" helped thousands of people recognise that they are worth more than a dog.' 'Yes, he was a good teacher,' said Yama, 'but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in Hell.'


Buddha in Hell

I was then shown another man, with long hair bound in a ball on the left side of his head. He also wore a robe, and when I asked who he was, I was told 'Gautama, who you worship (Buddha).' I was distraught. Buddha in Hell, with all of his ethics and moral character?' 'It is not important how good he was. He did not believe in the eternal God, so he is in Hell,' answered the King of Hell. I also saw Aung San, the revolutionary leader. 'He is here because he persecuted and killed Christians, but mainly because he did not believe in Jesus Christ,' I was told. Another man was very tall, wearing armour and carrying a sword and shield. He had a wound on his forehead. He was larger than anyone else I could see, around eight feet tall. The King of Hell said 'That is Goliath, who is in Hell because he mocked the eternal God and his servant David.' I had never heard of either Goliath or David. Another 'King of Hell' approached me and asked 'Are you also going into the lake of fire?'. 'No,' I said, 'I am just here to look.' 'You are right,' the creature said. 'You only came to look. I can't find your name. You'll have to go back to where you came from.'

Two paths

On the way back, I saw two paths, one wide, one narrow. The narrow path, which I followed for about an hour, was soon made of pure gold. I could see my own reflection perfectly! A man calling himself Peter told me 'Now go back to tell the people who worship Buddha and other gods that they will end up in Hell if they do not change. They should believe in Jesus. He then gave me a new name: Athet Pyan Shintaw Paulu (Paul, who returned to life). The next thing I heard was my mother crying. 'Son, why are you leaving us now?!' I realised that I was lying in a coffin. When I moved, my parents cried out 'He's alive!', but the others around them did not believe them. When they saw me, they were frozen with fear, and started shouting 'It's a ghost!'. I noticed that I was sitting in about 3½ cups of an odorous liquid, which must have come from my body as I lay in the coffin. I was told that they were about to cremate me. When a monk dies, his name, age and the number of years of his service as a monk are inscribed in the coffin. I had already been registered as dead, but as you can see, I'm alive!"

Source: Asian Minorities Outreach, P.O. Box 901,

Palestine, TX 75802, U.S.A.; e-mail: monkstory@yahoo.com

internet: www.antioch.com.sg/mission/asianmo/bmonk.html

From this link:

http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2000/dawn0015.html

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Is anyone familiar with Herbert Lockyer and have any comments about his books? I have been reading "All the Messianic Prophecies" and find it so far amazing in it's common sense approach.

About Dr. Herbert Lockyer
When Herbert Lockyer, Sr. was first deciding on a career, he considered becoming an actor. At 6'3" with a resonant voice and a commanding presence, he seemed a natural for the theater. But the Lord had something better in mind. Instead of the stage, God called Herbert to the pulpit, where as a pastor, Bible teacher, and author of more than 50 books, he touched the hearts and lives of millions of people.

Herbert was born in 1886 in a small town just outside of London. His father was employed at the Woolwich Arsenal, where arms and weapons were manufactured for the British military. His parents were non-Christians, so Herbert had little religious training. Although Herbert also worked at the Arsenal and was an aspiring thespian, the course of his life changed when he fell in love with Lily Flory. She was a committed Christian, and invited him to attend a lecture and slide presentation to be held in a small church near his home. The speaker showed a slide of a cartoon depicting a man on a bicycle who had reached a fork in the road. Two signs indicated the destinations of the diverging paths. One said "Heaven" and the other "Hell." In a flash of insight, Herbert realized that he was on the road to hell and at that moment he surrendered his life to Christ.

After his conversion, Herbert attended the Glasgow Bible Institute and graduated at the top of his class. He subsequently earned doctoral degrees from Northwestern Evangelical Seminary and the International Academy in London. He married Lily in 1912 and began his ministry as a member of the Lanarkshire Evangelical Association. During World War I, he ministered to the troops at Perth, Scotland, and then returned to Glasgow after the war to work as an evangelist. In subsequent years, he pastored churches in Dundee and Hawick, Scotland. He was then called to be pastor of Leeds Road Baptist Church in Bradford, England, and while there became a leader in the Keswick Higher Life Movement. Begun in 1875, the movement emphasized the importance of living in the fullness of the Spirit, and drew the attention of D. L. Moody and other American evangelists. At a conference, Dr. Lockyer met Dr. W. Mitchell and Dr. Stuart Holden, fellow Keswick leaders who were instrumental in bringing him to speak at the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Moody Bible Institute held in 1936. His address was so well received that he embarked on an extensive Bible lecturing ministry in the United States .

While speaking at a conference in Montrose, Pennsylvania, Dr. Lockyer met Pat and Bernie Zondervan, owners of Zondervan Publishing. The brothers were so impressed with Dr. Lockyer’s sermons that they asked his permission to print and sell his messages for 25 cents each. The sermons were an instant success. Later, after Dr. Lockyer had returned to England, Bernie visited him and asked him to write a book entitled All the Men in the Bible. This new venture was the beginning of the now famous All Bible Study Series. Praised by leading Bible scholars, the series is comprised of 21 volumes, including All the Miracles of the Bible, All the Promises of the Bible, and All the Women of the Bible. Dr. Lockyer’s gifts for clearly explaining the profound truths of Scripture and helping readers apply these precepts to their everyday lives have made these inspiring books international bestsellers.

During the last seven years of his life, Dr. Lockyer lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his son Rev. Herbert Lockyer, Jr., a Presbyterian minister who became his editor. Dr. Lockyer passed away on December 3, 1984 .

List of his books...

All the Apostles of the Bible

All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible

All the Doctrines in the Bible

All the Men of the Bible

All the Messianic Prophecies of the Bible

All the Miracles of the Bible

All the Parables of the Bible

All the Prayers of the Bible

All the Promises of the Bible

All the Women of the Bible

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DEAR ONES,

The following is from some FREEPERS who've largely given up . . . wrestling with . . . such issues on FR. They tend to have . . . special . . . insights not often found everywhere. I rarely agree with everything they say. But that's true for virtually everyone I read/dialogue with. So, read prayerfully and consider with Scripture as the standard and plumb line. They have given me permission to post this [FYI]:

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OK. You can post this. You can say "2sheep wrote this." However we aren't posting on this board and won't.

I study earthquakes and seismology in my spare time. Quake effects don't just end in a few days. They go on for weeks and there are many factors involved. This one was pretty well centered in Indonesia. I can guarantee you that it won't stay there. In my opinion, the USA is the next big target either directly or indirectly as quakes bounce. Some who study quakes know this and if they live on the West Coast, they are very nervous. It is an argument of mammoth proportions.

The SAF [San Andres Fault] in California is in bad shape, the Cascadia subduction zone is worse, and the two together could hit the diagonal line from BC to SC through the New Madrid Seismic Zone causing the fulfillment of dreams and visions like this one:

Sabretooth said here. #118 here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/735776/posts?page=118#118

I don't know when, I just know it will be really really really bad.

Further the solar flares cause geomagnetic storms which can excite quakes, and now there is this Comet coming and a meteor storm which can cause problems too.

We have just had the biggest quake in over 40 years which has killed some say up to 400K and displaced millions, and cast pedophiles and child rapists into the sea JUST LIKE HE PROMISED and many have repented not of their deeds and want to handhold the dead God hated enough to destroy. It is really foolish to think America and the rest of the world is immune to judgment. The whole world lieth in wickedness.

Read Amos 9!

There are only 5 verses in the NT containing "millstone". Look where they are found:

Mt 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a *millstone* were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mr 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a *millstone* were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Lu 17:2 It were better for him that a *millstone* were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Re 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great *millstone* , and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Re 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;


***These 2 pics of Banda Aceh being UTTERLY DESTROYED (read those 2 words in Jer 50&51) show the SHAPE OF THE UNITED STATES. That is a prophetic warning to America which [?is?] Mystery Babylon. ***

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/banda_aceh_shoreline_before1a.jpg

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/banda_aceh_shoreline_after1a.jpg

Also note that comets, bolides and meteors are warnings of impending judgment and the penalty for being a HARLOT is stoning.

There was a meteor over Jakarta just *before* this event to warn them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4108697.stm

Comet Machholz is over the Northern Hemisphere now! What is in its wake????????? Does it have companions? Lots of dreams and visions about this and green meteors or boulders falling from the sky.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/1060.html

I just heard from someone who heard from the Lord that it will cause distress and she has to move. She is packing and praying awaiting further instructions.

Just before 9/11/01, there was a fireball/comet over the NE U.S. shaped like a TRUMPET which even burnt the rock (destroyed foundation).

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b5f09b93a0a.htm

Joel 2:1 Blow ye the *trumpet* in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

Ps 11:3 If the *foundations* be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

And so it goes.

Grace doesn't mean you don't have to Repent and Repent doesn't just mean saying you're sorry. It means going to God, preferring Him above all others (including false church doctrines such as Pre-trib, Antinomianism and OSAS) and preferring him above apostles and prophets (most of whom are apostates and profits) and TV preachers who are in it for the money or to have their name made great. It means getting your sins reproved by Him, making restitution wherever possible for all sin, CEASING FROM SINNING and living a holy life. It means take an axe to sin in your own life and clean up your act. It means seeking His will and doing it and not insisting on your own way.

Because of the multiplicity of sin over many generations, the definition of what it means to be saved has been diluted down to where now there is little difference between the ungodly and those who are supposed to be holy. Salvation is not complete with a Sinner's Prayer. That is the starting point and requires continuing in holiness and purifying oneself by obeying the truth through the Spirit. 1Pe 1:22. That is not "works" it is your reasonable service.

Too much of what is called the gospel merely innoculates people against a true life of holiness. We minister outside the church. The heathen see the hypocrisy, but the church does not because it **does not exalt highly enough Jesus and the Word. That means they despise Him.**

Therefore too many are "doing ought presumptuously," which is a sin unto death because it blasphemes the Holy Spirit.

Nu 15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath *despised [bazah] the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment,* that soul shall utterly be *cut off;* his iniquity shall be upon him.

Despise: 959. bazah
bazah baw-zaw'

a primitive root; to disesteem:--despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.

Well, that's a start anyway...Keep looking up, Comet Machholz is coming...it means "cut wood"...

Take an axe to the deadwood and cut it down.

9/11/2001, 2002, 2003, 2004...

Lu 13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these *three years* I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: *cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?*

8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and *if not,* then after that thou shalt *cut it down.*

Mt 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: *for the tree is known by his fruit.*

Mt 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10 And now also *the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:* therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is *hewn down, and cast into the fire.*

Lu 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and *ye would not!*

O America, America, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and *ye would not!*

My notes in brackets.

Ro 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

21 For if God spared not the natural branches [the Jews], take heed lest he also spare not thee.[the Christians]

22 Behold therefore *the goodness and severity* of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, *if thou continue* in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be *cut off.*

23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive *tree* which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive *tree:* how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive *tree?*

25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, *until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.*

26 *And so all Israel shall be saved:* as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

~2sheep

[Quix]

Thanks.

Have come across the name but never really studied his stuff.

Thanks.

[PleaseNoMore]

Actually it's not "doom and gloom". Not for believers. We understand that these things must come to pass and that some of us may even suffer for the kingdom. But, we have a blessed promise from one who is True and Just that we will be overcomers and the present sufferings of this world pale in comparison to the glory in the next. This is something that Buddha can't promise. Hinduism can't guarantee it. Only Jesus the Christ can.

[PleaseNoMore]

Sometimes I get lost in the way you say things but that was well said.

[PleaseNoMore]

My grandfather (82 yo) told me on Christmas eve that this would be his last Christmas here. He has been getting glimpses of those who have gone on before him (he is the last of his family having survived all 12 brothers and sisters and his parents) and he has been seeing visions of heaven.

He has always been a faithful pastor. If ever there was a living example of Jesus living through someone it is in him. However, he has said that he has asked the Lord to search his heart and reveal anything in him that is not pleasing to Him. He said that the knowledge of standing before a Holy God is an awesome thought for him and he desires to be ready as best he can to do so.

Your post made me think of that. I want to do everything I can to be obedient and pleasing to Him because I never know when I will be standing before Him.

[Quix]

Gwarsh. Thanks!

Yeah, my fingers, vocabulary and sentence structure can sure get all bound up in my . . . convoluted Pauline-ish thought processes! LOL.

[Quix]

I sure feel the same way!

Am soooooo inadequate at even beginning to perfect myself. Often enough all I can do to cooperate with Jesus WHO IS the author and finisher of my faith and of me.

Love the story of your grandfather.

[Quix]

Well said. Did you catch the post about the Buddhist monk who died and was brought back after being dead for days?

[PleaseNoMore]

No I didn't catch that story.

[Quix]

Will try and track down the post number later.

Computer giving me fits currently. GRRR.

[Quix]

Will try and track down the post number later.

Computer giving me fits currently. GRRR.

[Jeremiah Jr]

Daniel 9: 25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.

The end will come like a flood, some versions say… with a flood.

Flood, #7858 sheteph {sheh'-tef} or sheteph {shay'-tef}
1) flood, downpour
AV - flood 4, overflowing of waters 1, outrageous 1; 6

from 07857 (same letters)
1) to wash, rinse, overflow, engulf, rinse or wash off
a) (Qal)
1) to overflow
2) to flow, run
3) to rinse or wash off
b) (Niphal) to be swept away, be rinsed out
c) (Pual) to be rinsed, be scoured and rinsed

War will continue until the end.

Deuteronomy 20:19 When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees of the field people, that you should besiege them? 20 However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.

Fruit (bearing) trees are not to be cut down during war!

[Thinkin' Gal]

Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luke 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Oy vey!

[Quix]

informative post. thx

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach...Ay Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay...

Lines from a very popular Hassidic Hebrew song. Generally sung at festivals, parties by people who are also dancing around in glee.

[Quix]

THX.

[oceanperch]

We were talking on another thread last night about this after the Palm Springs earthquake:

I just woke up from a dream which I am sure is do to what is MY fears BUT I did have a sign in the dream when I yelled out for GOD and he DID reveal a something, it may be my mind or it may be revelant.

My dream stopped and everything went White and on this blank white canvas (everywhere I looked was white)
A horn of plenty was filled with fruits and vegetables as you would esee at Thanksgiving.

While looking at this colored horn of plenty the Lord said "there will be MANY different events" and showing me each fruit and vegetable in the horn of plenty representing a flood,earthquake ect....

Then the white all around with the one graphic of the horn of plenty left and my dreamed resumed of the tide rising around my home and in each swell I was running to King Vanity through wet sand and my heart ached with pain as I tried to rescue him.

The pain of losing him was SO REAL.

The dream or should I say of rising water around my home I could see as fear with all the flooding in the news and us living on the bay.
BUT when I cried out to the Lord why and everything went white then the colored horn of plenty appearing with his words spoken. THAT may have been a sign as it was so out of context to the rest of the dream and he actually answered me.

Last night you told me to close my eyes and pray then to wait for a reply and I heard nothing but the dream that I just woke up from I thought I would add it here.