Posted on 01/01/2021 5:45:18 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Why are we surprised? What did you expect? Yes, our days get more bizarre almost every hour, but these are the predicted last days. Did you think they would be a piece of cake? A walk in the park? Just like a sunny day at the beach? Think again.
Frankly, I think we’re in the calm before the storm!
So here’s my new list of things I never thought I would live to see:
I never thought I would see the day when…
*Israeli media would say that folks in that country could not buy or sell without a vaccine. Is that coming to a city near me?
*There would be cries from the Godless Left promoting a 28-page document calling for a secular America. When presenting it to the Biden team, they demanded first amendment rights be ripped from American Christians.
*Beth Moore—whom I am no fan of as she lacks discernment—denounced Christians who claimed to be nationalist patriots and scolded pro-Trump Christians. I guess she is looking forward to a baby-killing administration.
*The world would long for a vaccine to “get life back to normal.” One proposed vaccine promises a mark that goes along with the shot—a mark under the skin. This all sounds more apocalyptic each day.
*There would be “digital passports” and “immune passports” that would reveal our compliance with the Covid vaccine. This is more Orwellian talk and leaps out of the pages of the book of Revelation.
*The world would so willingly give up their rights and bow to almost every government demand as long as they felt the demands would make them safe and well. Many corporations are starting to say, “No vaccine, no work.”
*In 2020, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas came under attack! People who made holiday and family plans were scorned, mocked and scolded. Friends and neighbors turned people in if they were observed entertaining too many people! Canada fined people celebrating some holidays—thousands of dollars.
*Keith Olbermann stated that Trump hotels should be turned into prisons for “Trump enablers.”
*President Trump would select three “conservative” Supreme Court justices who would turn against him in the election contention.
*There would be a cacophonous cry for a digital currency also called cryptocurrency. After all, it is so much safer and germ-free. Are these movers and shakers following a script in the Bible?
*A great “Reset” would be announced by the World Economic Forum that would allow us to “build back better” and that stated we “would own nothing but be happy.” Did John Lennon’s song “Imagine” foretell this? No heaven and no hell and the world “would be as one.”
*The swamp, nearly drained thanks to President Trump, would make a giant comeback and be filled with threatening monsters more dangerous than the pre-Trump era.
*So many of these bullet points remind us that the Lord’s return is imminent, and yet most of the pulpits remain silent to this fact! How is this possible? The most significant time in history with the least amount of interest ever!
That’s my short list for now. God always warns His own before He lowers the boom and judges. This list is made up of warning signs! It tells the Church to get ready and be ready.
There is no time to waste. Tell everyone you know. What we are watching is not science fiction. It is fact!
The King is coming very soon! And as I said, we’re in the calm before the storm.
Awaiting His return,
Jan Markell
End Times Ping
PM me if you wish to be added/removed from the list.
Happy New Year & Maranatha!
I agree with her points. It could be these are the end times...then again it may not be.
Jan believes in a pre-tribulation rapture, that we will get snatched out before things get really bad. I can’t find that in the scriptures and I have looked. I believe we will go thru persecution before Jesus returns.
No matter, I think that hard times are ahead whether it is the end of days or not. Persecution of Christians historically has been the norm. The early church and disciples suffered. Puritans and Pilgrims came here for that very reason.
I don’t think we realized just how blessed we have been in America. We kind of took a lot for granted. And we ignored a lot of evil that has been growing such as abortion.
Brace yourself and trust in the Lord.
Many cling to the creation; few to the Creator.
‘Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.’ Romans 1:25
My spouse and I were just talking about the Rapture last night.
We do not think there is scripture backing for it, although we both grew up hearing about it and believing it to be so. Also, it is 19th century, North American construct. There is no “left behind.” Certainly believe in the Second Coming, though.
Adding: IMO, the Rapture is the wishful thinking of people who do not want to go through persecution.
Xenia, Evidence of the “rapture” is definitely in the Bible, though the English word rapture was not used. One of the best studies I have ever read on the subject was by Dr. Chuck Missler. He was an internationally known author, is among the best-known Bible expositors in the world, and was a prominent speaker on the subject of Bible prophecy and is featured on many Christian radio and television stations worldwide. He passed away in 2018.
If you are really interested in hearing the evidence, here is a recording of Missler’s presentation (divided into 2 sessions).
Session 1 https://youtu.be/-lVcN9vsCbQ
Session 2. https://youtu.be/wdufyUUfRmk
Let me know what you think after listening. If you are still interested, I can point you to several other excellent books on the subject.
The pre-trib rapture does not say we’ll get snatched before things get really bad.
We don’t know how bad it’s going to be before the Tribulation period kicks in and THAT is what we are raptured from, not tribulation and troubles in general.
However, considering how bad things look to be now, the Tribulation is going to be horrific beyond belief.
The tribulation won’t began until the seven year peace treaty with Israel is signed is my belief. Things will get progressively worse until the Lord comes for us who are in Him probably. Not only will people grow more sinful but nature will be in uproar. Storms, earthquakes and fires were all in this years news, and will be more so as the time approaches for His return.
19th century na construct?
You can think whatever hogwash you like.
Interesting article.
Thanks4 posting it.
It’s kind of eye opening to see the mark of the beast to be possibly connected to a vaccine.
19 Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
20 Come, my people, enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little while
Until indignation runs its course.
21 For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
John 14
1 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be.
Defending The Pre-Trib Rapture By Jack Kelley Monday September 4th, 2017 About 18 Minutes to Read
Liberals and idolators do.
There’s plenty of Scripture to back up the Rapture.
The word Rapture is in the Bible (the Latin version).
If you really believe that it’s a 19th century invention by Darby and others than you need to research what early Church teachers wrote about. Namely Irenaeus, Polycarp, Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Cyprian, Hippolytus, and Lactantius.
What I find remarkable is in this day and age, people will read a few verses of Scripture and never really get down to the meat and bones of it.
I won’t argue your points other than to say the 19th century ‘invention’ of the rapture can easily be debunked by a 10 second google search of the names above.
Those who long for Christ’s Return in a Rapture will get a Crown of Righteousness. Can’t wait for mine!
Dr. James Stitzinger research destroys any doubt that Darby ‘invented’ this Harpazo.
Whenever the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.
It’s getting harder and harder to even get people to think about Jesus and Salvation anymore. They don’t care and they believe nonsense about Him (Love is Love etc.).
They want their drugs, their sex, their money, their ‘stuff’ and to repeat it all - constantly.
I’d say that in and of itself is an indicator of how close we are to the departure.
I will do that, Google that is. There are several modern scholars trying to debunk the Rapture. Intend to do my own timeline/study.
Thank you.
My question is: why is this not one event? Christ’s return to judge AND taking the Church. Isaiah 26 looks like that
. . .we’re in the calm before the storm.
It's like the dam is about to break!
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