Posted on 06/03/2023 2:40:00 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Leanna Crawford’s story behind her latest song immediately captured my attention. She related a time from her childhood when she saw fireflies light up her yard at night. Her dad responded to her amazement by asking, “How can you not see the Creator in all this?”
The song that came as a result of her father’s question, “How Can You Not See God?” has become a favorite of mine. How can people not see God in the beauty and wonders of creation?
You might guess where my mind goes when I hear this question; I wonder, “How can you not see the fulfilling of biblical prophecy everywhere you look?” I am, no doubt, taking liberties with her title.
I realize that the majority of saints reading this article agree with me regarding Bible prophecy. For you, the question is a confirmation of what you believe rather than that of expressing doubt in your convictions. It’s a matter of pointing out the obvious just as Crawford’s father did with his question to his daughter.
For those that place their hope in the church rather than in Jesus’ imminent appearing, I have much for them to consider.
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE GOD’S HAND IN THE MIRACULOUS REAPPEARANCE OF ISRAEL AS A NATION?
Dr. William Watson wrote an article called “The Rise of Philo-Semitism and Premillennialism During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.” In it, he lists forty-five writers who, from 1585 to 1800, expressed beliefs in Jesus’ millennial reign over the nations of the earth. Although the Reformers didn’t go there, it was their Bible interpretation principles of sola scripture and Scripture interprets Scripture that led to the revival of premillennialism (the belief in a literal thousand-year reign of Jesus as the Apostle John reveals in Revelation 20:1-10) in the centuries that followed the Reformation.
Perhaps the most well-known premillennialist of this era was Isaac Newton. His study of the books of Daniel and Revelation led him to conclude in 1706 that God would again restore Israel as a nation.
Early in the twentieth century, the continued prediction by premillennialists that Israel would become a nation again was met with considerable ridicule by the amillennialists (those that equate the words of Revelation 20:1-10 with either the church age or the eternal state).
Dr. David Reagan, founder of the Lion and the Lamb Ministries, wrote the following about this:
The Christian leaders of the mainline denominations laughed at these literal interpretations and boldly asserted that Israel would never exist again. Once the state of Israel became a reality in 1948, these same Christian leaders began to argue that it was just an “accident of history” and not a fulfillment of prophecy!
This is spiritual blindness, and it is very sad since it has resulted in the average Christian knowing nothing about the significance of the re-establishment of Israel as a miraculous fulfillment of Bible prophecy and a sure sign of the Lord’s soon return.
How people not see God’s hand in the fulfilment of prophecy in what happened in May of 1948? There’s no other account of a people scattered and persecuted for two thousand years suddenly becoming a nation again with their same language. Isaiah 66:8 predicted that Israel would become a nation again in exactly the way it happened:
Isaiah 66:8 KJV – “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”
Sadly, those who regard the emergence of Israel as an “accident of history” are the very ones that ridicule those of us who see biblical prophecies coming to life in our day.
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THE MULTITUDE OF SIGNS POINTING TO THE SOON ARRIVAL OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD?
The “spiritual blindness” to which Dr. Reagan refers extends beyond an ignorance of the significance of Israel becoming a nation to the multitude of signs telling us we live in the last days.
How can believers today miss the multitude of warnings that the seven-year Tribulation is coming at this world like speeding diesel locomotive? It must either be ignorance of biblical prophecy or spiritual blindness that stems from a love of the things this world has to offer.
I listed all the reasons for lateness of the day in which live in a post from last year, 12 Signs the World is Running Out of Normal. I also explored the lateness of the hour in The Bubble of Normalcy.
Below is a list of the twelve signs pointing to the nearness of Jesus’ appearing:
The rebirth of Israel. Third temple fever in Israel. The four horses of Revelation 6:1-8. The emergence of Digital currencies. Digital health passports. Mark of the Beast technology. Transhumanism. The soon arrival of One-World governance. Worship of creation rather than the Creator. Pole shift concerns that match prophecies in Revelation 6:12-17 and Isaiah 24:19-20. Scoffing. Perilous times on steroids. All twelve of the above tell us that the Tribulation is ever so close and with it the Rapture of the church, which the Bible says will happen before it.
Concerning the soon arrival of the one-world government, author and speaker Pete Garcia aptly writes:
Finally, we can see the final beast system starting to take form. It is using the crisis of health and money to steer the world into a biometric digital currency that will one day be used to control all buying and selling on the planet. At this point, it’s becoming violently obvious as to where this is all heading. In fact, one would have to be intentionally ignorant of Bible prophecy to purposefully ignore what is happening and where it is headed (see Revelation 13:16-18). Even non-Christians are starting to identify much of this stuff as having prophetic importance.
Twenty-five years ago, it would’ve been impossible for the antichrist to control commerce in the world in the way that we read in Revelation 13:16-18. He would’ve needed a massive army of devotees to do so. Today, with the advances in Artificial Intelligence, gigantic databases, and 5G technology, it will soon be possible for one person to set the parameters of buying and selling for everyone in the world. By the midpoint of the Tribulation, he will be able to control buying and selling worldwide with the flip of a switch.
How can any believer not see the fulfillment of prophecy in this? The words of the book of Revelation are coming to life before our eyes.
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THE DECEPTION THAT JESUS SAID WOULD MARK THE LAST DAYS?
When asked about the signs of the last days, Jesus’ first words were, “Take heed that no man deceive you” (Matthew 24:4). In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, we again see lawlessness and deception as signs that would mark the appearance of the antichrist who can’t appear on the world scene before the Rapture.
How can we not recognize the deception of our day as the fulfillment of what Jesus warned about both directly and through the Apostle Paul? For those in the U.S. Biden administration, lying comes as easy as breathing.
The mainstream media anesthetizes people, and Christians, to the truth making them unable to recognize the dangers that lie at their doorstep. Despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary, the media still proclaims the deadly lie that the COVID vaccines are safe and effective. They are neither!
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THE SOON ARRIVAL OF GOD’S WRATH UPON AMERICA?
We are living on borrowed time.
God is sovereign, but from our perspective we see His patience with a nation gone mad. He’s holding back the full explosion of evil and destruction that will happen at the beginning of the Day of the Lord.
Many expected the worldwide shortage of food to be much more severe by now. It seems strange to me that the war in Ukraine has not yet exploded into a much wider conflict with disastrous results. Years ago, many predicted that the U.S. economy was on the verge of a total collapse, but despite efforts to force such a scenario, it hasn’t yet happened.
God’s sovereign power and restraining hand is the only reason all these things haven’t occurred.
So yes, we are living on borrowed time in respect to God pouring out His wrath on the United States.
Pete Garcia, a former Major in the U.S. Army, conveys my thoughts a bit more directly:
It should be obvious to anyone with half a brain that the cracks in the American pillars are so profound by now that something (or Someone) has been supernaturally sustaining the integrity of them.
How can people not recognize that the end of America is ever so close? Why is it that many of those sounding the alarm don’t believe the Bible or have any faith whatsoever in God? Some from this group see the dangers that a great many church leaders refuse to recognize.
The start of June signals a time of lewd displays of wickedness, which become viler and more disgusting each year. When one also considers the blood of innocents that flows from the abortion mills in America, one has to wonder how much longer before God says “enough!”
I know that the majority of those reading this article agree with me and the intent of my question is to reinforce your valid beliefs.
For the others, I agree with Pete. It takes a purposeful ignorance of biblical prophecy not to recognize that the world, and especially the U.S., rests on the edge of a cliff.
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THE NEARNESS OF JESUS’ APPEARING?
I believe Jesus is coming soon for His church. The wildcard in the timing of the Lord’s appearing consists of both His sovereignty and restraining power.
I am also convinced that God will severely judge America, but He is exceedingly patient waiting for more people to turn to Him before He pours out His great wrath.
If you look at world events and think the Lord should have come for us by now, it shows you understand Bible prophecy as well as the role of Holy Spirit restraining the full force of destruction and deception that will come with the unveiling of the antichrist.
Don’t be discouraged, the Lord will reward your confidence in His promises.
I don’t know what Leanna Crawford believes about the end times, but I love her song and it sparked the writing of this article. For those that look at the beauty and wonders of nature and not see the creator, her words ring with truth, “How Can You Not See God?”
For me, I can’t get past a similar question as I look at the world around me: “How can I not see that I live in the very last moments before Jesus’ appearing?”
How can pastors not see the signs of the times and as a result provide those in their charge with the hope they desperately need in these perilous times?
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Maranatha!!!
Because those who cannot see the Bible being full filled are blind and are deceived. They have made their decision and Almighty God has honored that decision.
I for one believe that we are living in the end times!
Lately, I’ve been trying to not see it.
70 years was up in May 2017 or November 2019, depending on when you consider the birth date of the Nation of Eretz Israel.
I get sick of these prophetic interpretations that just really don’t need too much scholarship to figure out is crap.
Lots of people are ‘sick’. You’re still stuck here unfortunately.
You must be referring to this verse?
Psalm 90:10
Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Maybe it’s “80 years”?
Not long ago I dreamed that Jesus was down at the corral giving His horse a workout and getting ready to ride.
Not saying that means anything but it is later now than it has ever been before.
Are you right with the Lord? There is still time today ... no one has ever been promised tomorrow.
Matthew 24:36
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”
Dr.David Jeremiah in one book (World of the End) and a tv series said he has no idea if these are the end days but these are the days of the end. Tricky phrase but he gave ways to fortify ourselves following scripture to be ready for the end even though we are not supposed to delve into trying to predict it.
Daniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
From Why the Bible Still Prohibits Date Setting By Thomas D. Ice
Liberty University
• Matthew 24:42 “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day
your Lord is coming.
• Matthew 24:44 “For this reason you be ready too; for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
• Matthew 25:13 “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the
hour. Mark 13:33-37 is a parallel passage.
• Acts 1:7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the
Father has fixed by His own authority;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you
have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full
well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
These passages are absolute prohibitions against date-setting.
Hey RWC, hope you don’t mind my sharing my seven-part overview of where we’re headed for readers edification, exhortation, and comfort. (The blessing is worth the adversity.)
Here goes...
Soon I’ll be writing a book, “The End Times”. Good stuff, and very encouraging for believers. Many will be saved from the terror to come but many will not. There’s a train that will take us outta here. My job is to help as many as I can to get on that train that’s still waiting at the station.
Here’s a brief summary/overview of what is about to happen IMO:
1) Getting Ready for the Inevitable: The continued gradual coalition of forces and events leading to the beginning of Daniel’s 70th Week AKA the even-year tribulation.
2) Final Countdown to the Great and Terrible Day: Before it all comes down, a shocking and surprising worldwide revival and incoming of souls to Jesus as God mercifully saves as many as he can from the unimaginable, horrific, and terrifying wrath to come fulfilling Luke 14:23 (Rev. 3:28).
2) The Great Catching Up AKA The Rapture of the Church: IMO, sometime in the last third or quarter of this century, the rapture of ALL who have received Jesus along with the exit of the Holy Spirit thus removing the power that withholds unbridled evil that will at this point be unleashed upon the those on the earth who have refused so great a salvation in Christ (Rev. 4/1; 2 Thess. 2:6-7). We are saved from the wrath to come (1 Thess. 5:9). We’ll be watching the 7-year tribulation from the Heavenly mezzanine as the greatest party ever begins: the seven-year Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
3) Daniel’s 70th Week AKA the Seven-Year Tribulation: The horror and utter devastation of Daniel’s 70th Week AKA the seven-year tribulation begins (Rev. 6:1), the first 3.5 years called “The Beginning of Sorrows” & “the Wrath of the Lamb”(Matt. 24:8; Rev. 6:16) and the second 3.5 years called “The End” and “The Wrath of God without Mixture” (Matt. 24:14; Rev. 14:10 - in the last 3.5 years, no one on earth is saved as God’s wrath is no longer mixed with his mercy).
4) The Second Coming of Christ: Seven years after the Rapture and sometime before the end of this century IMO, the tribulation will end with Armageddon which is Jesus’ return WITH us his saints, all on white horses, to utterly destroy the beast and his allies - all that’s left of the world except for Israel’s saved remnant hiding in the mountains of Jordan (Rev. 19:11-21, 12:6,14).
5) The Coronation and 1000-Year Rule of Christ on Earth: Jesus is crowned King (Him) of kings (us) and Lord (Him) of lords (us) and we will rule the earth with him for 1000 years, our position of rule depending on the surrender we had to Jesus while here on earth (Matt. 25:14-30 - don’t be afraid of verse 30 - those in Christ who have lived by the flesh are still saved (we are saved forever Heb. 10:14,17) but their place in Heaven is a place much further away from the Throne and God’s Light - a place of relative darkness and they will be very sad they failed. Nevertheless, later, God will wipe away all their tears (Rev. 21:4).
6) Satan Permanently Destroyed Forever: After 1000 years, looks like the devil is let loose to show forth and marshal those who have not revived Jesus as Savoir. Satan is finally done and joins his buddies the beast and the false prophet in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:7-10).
7) The Great White Throne and the New Jerusalem: Finally, the Great White Thone, eternal death in the lake of fire for those who refused the great salvation in Christ, and an eternity in the New Jerusalem for those in Christ.
Whew. A lot of stuff for a short overview.
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Well, it was supposed to be “this generation” would see the Return after Israel was reformed. My whole Christian life, I have been reading of pastors practically slobbering over reports of red heifers, cornerstones, and other tribulation nonsense.
Hey, they gotta few years left to sell some books and put some butts in seats at conferences... yay god.
Been watching it coming since 1972
In the gospel of Luke we see this story of Simeon who was told by the holy spirit, promised that he would not die before he saw the savior messiah. We have seen the promise fulfilled that Israel would gather together “I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before” back in 1948.
So if you put those two stories together...
If Simeon is the last of his generation then that generation will not pass until they’ve seen the messiah. In our time, that generation will not pass till they’ve seen his return.
That’s the way I see it anyway.
Great post!
I like the phrase “In the fullness of time”.
Like in Galatians 4:4-7
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
We’re in that last generation mentioned by Paul in the book of 2 Timothy 3:1-7
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
It has been here since January 20th, 2021.
Amen!
Yeah! He is allowing us to follow our own perverted lusts and desires. And increase our descent into Hell at express train speed. And soon it increase to the speed of light.
Even so come quickly, Lord Jesus.
It really started in January of 2009 when Mr. Lightning from Heaven was “immaculated.”
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