Posted on 09/27/2020 12:15:02 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Several people have asked for my opinion on Israel’s recent peace treaties with the UAE and Bahrain, so this is my effort to put it into writing.
At the Sept. 15, 2020, signing ceremony, Israel’s Prime Min. Netanyahu said, “This peace will eventually expand to include other Arab states, and ultimately, it can end the Arab-Israel conflict once and for all.”
These treaties have been called historic, a profound geopolitical shift, stunning, a fundamental reordering of the Middle East, etc.
These treaties are not the 7-year covenant with many that will be confirmed by the Antichrist (Dan. 9:27) and triggers the Tribulation Period, but they are a very significant step in that direction and will eventually lead to people declaring “peace and safety” in the world (I Thess. 5:3).
A Foreign Policy statement released by the White House on Sept. 15, 2020, even says, “The Parties shall be guided in their relations by the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law governing relations among States. In particular, they shall recognize and respect each other’s sovereignty and right to live in peace and security (the same thing as “peace and safety”), develop friendly relations of cooperation between them and their peoples, and settle all disputes between them by peaceful means.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/abraham-accords-peace-agreement-treaty-of-peace-diplomatic-relations-and-full-normalization-between-the-united-arab-emirates-and-the-state-of-israel/
A second Foreign Policy statement released by the White House on the same date reads, (The UAE and Israel are) “Determined to ensure lasting peace, stability, security and prosperity (the same thing as “peace and safety”) for both their States and to develop and enhance their dynamic and innovative economies.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/abraham-accords-peace-agreement-treaty-of-peace-diplomatic-relations-and-full-normalization-between-the-united-arab-emirates-and-the-state-of-israel/
A third Foreign Policy statement released by the White House on the same date reads, “The parties discussed their shared commitment to advancing peace and security (the same thing as “peace and safety”) in the Middle East stressing the importance of embracing the vision of the Abraham Accords, widening the circle of peace; recognizing each State’s right to sovereignty and to live in peace and security, and continuing the efforts to achieve a just, comprehensive, and enduring resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/abraham-accords-declaration-peace-cooperation-constructive-diplomatic-friendly-relations/
Two more nations have now acknowledged Israel’s right to exist, and more nations will follow suit, but the fact that some nations are willing to make peace with Israel doesn’t mean that there are not other nations and groups that want to destroy Israel (peace and safety with many doesn’t mean peace and safety with everybody). Many nations have noticed Israel’s wealth (silver and gold; cattle and goods, etc.). The Arabs want to increase their wealth by negotiating and trading with Israel. Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others want to increase their wealth by plundering Israel (Ezek. 38:11-12). Netanyahu said the peace deals will bring billions of dollars into Israel’s economy, making the plunder more enticing. The peace treaties (called the “Abraham Accords because Arabs and Jews are both descendants of Abraham) suggest that Israel is now safer (as in dwelling safely; Ezek. 38:11). They make an attack by Saudi Arabia less likely; and they make an attack by Russia, Turkey, and Iran more likely, etc. (Ezek. 38:13). The U.S. will sell the UAE and Bahrain more powerful weapons (F-35 jets, high-tech equipment, etc.) that will strengthen the Arab alliance against Iran; be used against Iran’s allies in Libya, Yemen and other places; and put a greater strain on Iran’s economy (increasing Iran’s need for plunder). The peace treaties have caused the PA to feel abandoned and increased the pressure on Israel’s terrorist enemies (Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, etc.). The PA can now be expected to do one of two things: 1) Step up their war against Israel (which will fulfill Bible prophecy), or 2) Sit down at the negotiating table (which will result in the 7-year covenant). They will likely go to war first and sit down at the negotiating table later (after their defeat). On Sept. 16, 2020, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman said, “The peace treaties between Israel, Bahrain and the UAE mark the beginning of the end of the Israeli-Arab conflict.” On Sept. 16, 2020, Jared Kushner, Trump’s Advisor and Son-in-Law, said he is very confident that the peace treaties will make an ultimate resolution with the Palestinians more likely. According to the Bible, a worthless treaty with many will be signed by the Antichrist after the Rapture. According to Pres. Trump, the peace treaties allow Muslims to visit the holy sites in Israel (the Temple Mount and more), including the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Israel and the U.S. believe this opens the door for the Temple to be rebuilt. Many prophecy teachers believe the 7-year covenant with many will give Israel permission to rebuild the Temple, and they will quickly do it after the Tribulation Period begins. So, 72 years (about one generation; Matt. 24:32-35) after Israel has become a nation in one day (Isa. 66:7-9) before the Tribulation Period, the nation is rich, possibly on the verge of many peace treaties that are expected to lead to peace and safety in the Middle East, the door to rebuilding the Temple could be starting to open, and Israel’s enemies (Russia, Turkey, Iran, etc.) are amassing north of Israel just like the Bible says (Ezek. 38:15). We cannot know the day or the hour (Matt. 24:36), but we can see the day approaching (Heb. 10:25) and know when our redemption is near (Luke 21:28). Here are some other things that recently caught my attention:
One, a friend sent this link to me of prophecy teacher Don Stewart’s fascinating interview of Dennis Swick, the owner and founder of His Channel TV:
https://hischannel.com/WorldNewsBriefing/1050A5
On Sept. 17, 2020, Swick was interviewed on Stewart’s “World News Briefing” TV program.
About 30 min. into the program, Stewart and Swick started talking about the fact that Elon Musk has been authorized to put up 12,000 satellites into orbit (he wants to increase it to 40,000) to make high-speed Internet and TV service available everywhere on earth.
Many Bible prophecy teachers know that this will literally make it possible for the gospel to go all over the world, for the Antichrist and False Prophet to track all buying and selling, for everyone on earth to see the Antichrist kill the Two Witnesses, to see the bodies of the Two Witnesses laying in the street in Jerusalem, and for everyone on earth to see the Two Witnesses raised from the dead and Raptured into heaven at the middle of the Tribulation Period (Rev. 11).
Stewart wanted to know when this system (called Starlink) will be complete, “in five years”?
Swick, who receives technical notes from Musk, replied “less than that. Some people will go online this year, and the system will be operational in a few years” (it just needs to be operational 3 ½ years after the Tribulation Period begins).
Two, a second thing that caught my attention in the Stewart-Swick interview concerns social distancing.
Bill Gates wants to force everyone on earth to be numbered, tattooed with a quantum dot tattoo, and vaccinated for the Coronavirus.
He wants to deny those that refuse the right to hold a job, buy and sell, etc.
The enzyme that activates the quantum dots in Gates’ vaccine is called Luciferase (Lucifer was Satan’s name when he fell; Isa. 14:12).
Swick talked about why officials want 7 feet of social distancing (He probably misspoke because it is 6 feet), and he said scanners may misread people’s numbers if the people and their numbers are too close together, but if the people are at least 7 feet (he means 6 feet) apart, the scanners will accurately read the numbers.
I don’t know if this is right, but Swick has excellent knowledge of technology, and the media is now reporting that 6 feet of social distancing may not be enough.
Three, on Sept. 17, 2020, Rev. Franklin Graham was talking about what God said will happen, and I think it is important to hear Dr. Graham’s opinion.
He was talking about his upcoming Prayer March in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26, 2020, and he told the Christian Post, “I just sense there is something moving in our country. I don’t believe that our country is going to be spared from God’s judgment. We are not a Christian nation. We are a secular nation, and the secularists are wanting to strip God out of everything.
“Maybe this election could possibly slow that down, but we know there’s going to be a one-world system one day. We know that people aren’t going to be able to buy, sell, or trade unless they have the mark of the Antichrist. We know that there will be a great war.
“We see God’s judgment coming against this earth for the rejection of His Son, and we see the Lord Jesus Christ coming back triumphant to establish a new Heaven and a new Earth. We know how the last chapters of history are written.
“I think we’re kind of in that period of time on God’s clock where some of these things might just be beginning to unfold. To say that we’re not going to be able to reset God’s clock, in the sense where He’s going to change His mind, no, it’s written. But He might delay just a little bit.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/franklin-graham-ahead-of-national-prayer-march-us-is-crumbling-god-is-only-hope.html
I agree with everything Dr. Graham said: God is still on the throne, and prayer changes things.
By the time this article is posted, the Prayer March will be history, but Christians need to keep praying.
We are in a spiritual battle for the heart and soul of America.
Four, concerning Syria, Russia’s economy is hurting, Putin is moving more equipment and weapons to Syria, and Russia is becoming more aggressive. This has prompted the U.S. to send 100 troops with vehicles, helicopters and jets back to Syria to protect the oil fields that are under Kurdish control. A U.S. company has just inked a deal with the Kurds to develop the oilfields and sell the crude, and the Russians are very unhappy. Five, concerning natural disasters, several wildfires have now merged, creating the largest California wildfire on record since record-keeping started in 1932, and 83% of the state of Utah is now experiencing an “extreme” drought emergency.
Six, concerning wickedness, in Chicago, IL, homicides are up 52% over 2019, and the vast majority of those killed are people of color.
Black Lives Matter and defunding the police are about overthrowing the U.S. government, not about protecting or bettering the lives of people of color.
In New York City, homicides are up 27% over 2019; murder, robbery, domestic violence, and other crimes are also up, and the story is similar in other cities.
Now, even before we know who the nominee will be, left-wing activists are threatening violent riots if Pres. Trump and Mitch McConnell try to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump and McConnell have not caved, and they have said there will be a nomination and vote.
These things are setting the stage for what God said will happen.
God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin born, sinless Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, was buried and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.
You mean it is worse now than in 1453 when Constantinople fell to the Muslim hordes?
And worse than 640 when the Moslems took over Jerusalem?
He’s a complete loser!
Most folks see through the veneer.
See you in the clouds Bro!
That in and of itself is a very powerful testimony.
God Bless you! And may many more have the scales removed from their eyes!
**In Jesus’s Holy Name I pray**
The pre-Trib rapture was created in the 1800s by Darby.
It is thoroughly false biblically and historically.
See you in the clouds, Brother, in the Pre Tribulation Rapture Departure. We the redeemed are in His Presence, with crowns, when He opens the first seal of the seven sealed scroll (Rev 5)
You got an itch that needs scratched?
We were told that not even the Son of Man knew when He would return again (but I’d wager He knows since He ascended back into heaven) but that there would be increasing signs - and on a far more global scale than back in 1453 and/or 640, that is happening.
If you have another belief that you are holding up your sleeve, why not just state it?
Any thoughts on who the whore of Babylon referred to in Rev 17 is?
I escaped the Catholic Church at 21. It was a beautiful thing. 😁 I was active duty Air Force, at the time. 👍 The spiritual blindness, just melted away. 🙏 See you in the clouds, at the pre trib rapture.
Same here, but I was 22.
Sorry no sale on your tripe.
Whore of Babylon, Antichrist, Man of Sin, Little Horn: Here’s what the bible says:
It will rise to be a great power after the fall of the pagan Roman Empire (after 476 AD)
It would uproot three of the ten kingdoms the Roman Empire collapsed into
It will be a geographically small nation (a little horn)
It will rule over many people, nations and tongues (it will be universal)
It will be headquartered in the city of seven hills, Rome
It will be a religio-political entity - a political city-state ruled by a priest-king
Its priest-king will make great and blasphemous claims
It will claim authority over all kings
It will claim its power to change the holy times and laws of God as its mark of authority
It will be an apostate Church that makes the nations drink her cup of apostate doctrine
It will be a “mother” Church, with apostate daughters coming from her
It will be a persecuting power, killing the faithful saints of Jesus Christ as heretics
It will hold power and authority for 1260 years following the fall of pagan Rome
It will suffer a deadly wound that will end 1260 years of dominance and persecution
It will be revived after the deadly wound, and all the world would wonder at its revival
All these guys who got a chance to finally read a bible figured it out real quick, and many of them were tortured and murdered because they wouldn’t keep quiet with the truth.
http://www.redeemerfw.org/resources/reformers_antichrist.pdf
ἀποκάλυψις (apokalypsis), which means "unveiling" or "revelation" - so you are correct that it should be revelation, singular.
I prefer the title "the Apocalypse as envisioned by St. John" or just the Apocalypse -- and the reason for that preference is that this immediately identifies the tone of the text, which is an Apocalyptic work - like Daniel, parts of Jermiasz, chapter 23/24 of Matthew and of course The Apocalypse
Apocalyptic literature uses vivid, symbolic imagery; it is prophecy; it uses numbers as symbols (e.g. Jer.29.10 says Thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place" - yet the exact number of years was between 67 to 71 years. However the 70 has a symbolic significance and is close enough in our chronological calculation.
Now you would ask "why would God reveal to Jeremiah the nice, round number 70 when the actual time period is roughly, not exactly 70
The reason is the numbers in apocalyptic texts have a SYMBOLIC meaning.
The number 3 symbolizes God even in the Kabballah
4 = symbolizes earth
7 = 3+4 is God working in the world and a sign of completeness
10 is the symbol of completION
Even multiples of these numbers were important to 2nd temple Jews -- for instance the 7th month was the most sacred, being the month of the feast of trumpets, yom kippur and the feast of Tabernacles.
Remember also that the Bible uses TWO greek words for TIME - for two types of time:
1. Chronological time = kronos
2. symbolic time = kairos
So 7 in Jeremiah = 10 x 7 = the completion of God's working in the world.
Metmom, remember the millennium? 1000 or 10x10x10?
The symbolic importance of the number one thousand is immense as it is the superlative of completed
Remember that
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AND Apocalyptic writers use imagery of catacylsmic disruptions to describe changes within the human political sphere
Let's look at Isaiah 13:9-13 which is a FULFILLED prophecy
9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Now, I ask you, Dartoid or metmom - was Isaiah speaking of the end of the world? Did the world end in 539 BC?
No, it didn't -- the prophecy was fulfilled when the Medes destroyed Babylon in 539 BC and there is no record of any heavenly disturbances such as a darkened sun, moon or stars
SIMILARLY, IS 34:4-10 All the host of heaven shall rot away, And the skies roll up like a scroll -- note "roll up like a scroll" - that's to you, MAAG
This prophecy WAS fulfilled when Edom was destroyed in the 6th century BC., but the stars were not rolled up like a scroll
or let's take Ezekiel 32:7-8 ,p>This prophecy was fulfilled, but there was no literal heavenly disruptions as Ezekiel described, rather these were indicating the political eclipse of Pharoanic egypt
Similarly the language in the book of the apocalypse is FIGURATIVE language signifying the political change God ordained as judgement.
So although the prophecies describe massive disturbances in the stars and moon, this si actually apocalyptic imagery that symbolizes the overthrow of political powers on earth - the imagery in the book of Revelation is about the destruction of Jerusalem and the destruction of Sanhedrin's political power
But the hills didn't melt in a nuclear blast, rather the political power of Assyria was destroyed forever
So note that the book of Revelation is filled with symbolism describing the destruction of 2nd temple Jerusalem in 70 AD and in its place the NEW Jerusalem - the Church with the temple, Jesus Christ Himself. The Kingdom of Heaven was inaugurated with the victory at the Pentecost and has been growing steadily - a mountain ordained by God to cover the earth
NOTICE the number 7 as a sign of completeness?
Note the light of the moon as the light of the sun? Political completeness as in the book of Maccabees
Dude, if you really believed in Jesus, you would believe His words that the destruction of the temple happened in the time of the generation He spoke to.
Follow Jesus and leave aside the 19th century Darbyisms of the pre-Trib rapture
in 67 AD the Christians were still meeting in synagogues - remember Mark 13:9 "You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
The Sanhedrin (Sadducees), the Pharisees were against the Christians
And then in 64 AD the Roman authorities turned on the Christians
This nearly destroyed the fledgling church
So yes, this period until 70 AD was far worse than today's USA, far worse than 1453, far worse than 640
And the Antichrist was Nero?
That doesn’t fit bible prophecy.
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