Well, one of the nice things about talking about the Bible and the prophetic items listed in it — is — that it’s *timeless* — in that it doesn’t change, it never gets old, and as long as we haven’t been taken off this earth yet — we can still talk about it a month from now, a year from now, or twenty years from now — and it’s always the same Word of God that we’re talking about.
The Word of God is timeless, and He knows the end from the beginning.
So, that means we can also “revisit” threads on the Rapture and the Word of God and be just as “timeless” in talking about it.
On that note, I bring another comment in on this RAPTURE CAUCUS thread, and hope that we can generate some comments on the never-changing Word of God and what’s going on with Israel these days and how it may pertain to the Rapture.
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And by the way, if anyone knows of someone else to invite here, please do so, or if someone reading would like to be alerted once-in-a-while to some things on the RAPTURE CAUCUS thread (and other future threads of the same), then please let me know so I can put you on the list to alert you. We don’t want to “lose” our thread in the background chatter of all that goes on, here on Free Republic.
This is Psalm 83, which many prophecy teachers of the Bible (of the Pre-millennial, Pre-Tribulational, Dispensational position) are saying is the next item on the prophecy calendar for Israel.
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Psalm 83
1 A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!
2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
5 For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
9 Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
10 Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession.”
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.
Bill Salus is the author of Isralestine, which is a book about this subject of Israel and Psalm 83.
http://www.isralestine.org/
http://www.isralestine.net/
Some articles written on the RaptureReady website
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus2.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus3.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus4.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus5.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus6.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus7.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus8.html
http://www.raptureready.com/soap/salus9.html
The book on Amazon -
Isralestine: The Ancient Blueprints of the Future Middle East
http://www.amazon.com/dp/098149577X
PROPHECY UPDATE RADIO Hosted by Bill Salus
http://prophecyupdateradio.blogspot.com/
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These things pertaining to Israel weren’t things in the hands of our former President Bush, and they’re not in the hands of Obama, either. They’re in the hands of God, and He’s told us about them, in inerrant and infallible Word, the Bible.
As we see in Psalm 121, God says...
— Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. —
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1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
And then, we should also take note of Psalm 2...
1 Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
3 ”Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure:
6 ”Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.”
7 ”I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ “
10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.
Isaiah 9:6-7
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
There are many who say they wish they were here for the First Coming of Jesus, the Messiah of Israel — but *you are here* for the Second Coming of Jesus the Messiaah of Israel, of which many prophecies in the Bible are yet unfulfilled, and are due to be fulfilled at any moment, now.
Excellent prophetic Psalms and other verses.
The excitement builds.
LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED.
OUR DADDY’S BIGGER THAN ALL THE OTHER DADDIES AND PRETENDERS COMBINED TIMES INFINITY.
BLESSED BE THE LORD AND THE WORD OF THE LORD.
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In February of 2008 Dr Arnold Fruchtenbaum visited Austin Bible Church and blessed us with a study on Prophecy and the Jew. The notes and audio files from these classes are available for download here.
outline
Also check out his website at ariel.org
Wonderful Scripture references.
If you check out the religious threads under the religious forum, there are many regular posters that I feel would be interested in threads of this type, as I am. Since I do not know who is on the present list you have ... it is redundant to suggest names. Phillip Marlowe, topcat54, hospipe, Alamo Girl, Betty Boop, Dr. Eckleburg,gamecock, etc. There are many that consistently blog in the religious forum. Good luck.