Posted on 10/15/2024 6:54:37 AM PDT by Cronos
On Oct. 2, 2024, a reader sent me the following that was written by Christine Drag (author and Co-Founder of jerusalemchannel.tv):
Some of the signs that caused Darg to say this are:
Here are just a few more that I keep writing about:
Here are recent events that seem to indicate that the end of the age is close:
One, concerning a possible economic collapse and the decline of America: on Oct. 2, 2024, Gary Bauer (author, political activist, served in Reagan White House, and much more) said:
Have you got that: $1 billion on illegal aliens, $1 billion on the Palestinians, $336 million on victims of Helene, and sent a lot of our reserve emergency electrical equipment to Ukraine.
(More: On Oct. 3, 2024, it was reported that FEMA has put several long-term recovery projects on hold for lack of funds.)
(More: On Oct. 3, 2024, it was reported that Kamala Harris told Helene victims in North Carolina that have lost everything – their homes, vehicles, everything – FEMA will be sending them a check for $750. One victim told her, “You can take that $750 and wipe you’re a__ with it!”)
(More: On Oct. 3, 2024, FEMA said it does not have enough money to get through the hurricane season.)
(More: On Oct. 4, 2024, the U.S. announced that it will provide $157 million in humanitarian aid to help people who have been driven out of their homes in Lebanon.)
(More: On Oct. 6, 2024, it was reported that many of the Helene victims have not seen anyone from FEMA helping anyone, and they are having to fend for themselves.)
(More: On Oct. 7, 2024, Hurricane Milton became a Category 5 Hurricane, the most powerful hurricane to hit Tampa Bay in over 100 years. Gov. DeSantis ordered mandatory evacuations in the areas to be the hardest hit along the West Coast.)
(My opinion: I am guessing – and hoping – that Congress will budget some money to help the victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton, but all this makes me want to scream: PUT AMERICA FIRST.)
(More: On Oct. 7, 2024, it was reported that Kamala Harris was recently asked if she considers Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu a close ally of the U.S., and she dodged the question.)
Two, concerning the coming world government and world religion: on Oct. 2, 2024, it was reported that during a recent penitential vigil (a confession of sin with a request for forgiveness), Pope Francis declared that borders are a sin against migrants.
According to the article, “This falls perfectly in line with his long-standing advocacy for mass migration, reflecting the globalist ‘great replacement’ agenda that some believe seeks to erase national borders and traditional European identities.”
God created nations at the Tower of Babel, but Francis views borders as “paths to death” and opposition to open borders as a sin.
He ignored the fact that some illegal immigrants are drug dealers, terrorists, hardened criminals, etc.
He pushes the New World Order (world government) because he wants to establish a world religion that will clearly be satanic and persecute true believers.
(My opinion: It makes me want to scream: PUT LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS FIRST.)
(More: A recent Congressional report says jihadist terrorist attacks are increasing in the U.S., and officials cannot verify that terrorists are not crossing America’s open borders.)
(More: On Oct. 6, 2024, the Anti-Defamation League reported that there have been more than 10,000 anti-Semitic incidents – 8,015 instances of verbal or written harassment, 1,840 cases of vandalism, and 150 physical assaults targeting Jews – in the U.S. since Oct. 7, 2023.)
Three, concerning a possible economic collapse of the U.S. and perhaps the global economy: on Oct. 2, 2024, Moody’s, a highly-regarded credit rating agency, said the U.S. economy is declining, and America’s ability to turn it around is also declining.
According to Moody’s, the next President of the U.S. must address this issue.
The problem is that the Congressional Budget Office, Congress, and the Biden administration have known this for a long time, and they have not acted.
(My opinion: It is enough to make a person scream: WHY DON’T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE?)
Four, concerning wars and rumors of wars: on Sept. 30, 2024, Turkey’s President Erdogan urged the UN General Assembly to call for force against Israel if the UN Security Council cannot convince the Israelis to stop attacking Iranian-backed Hamas and Hezbollah targets in Gaza and Lebanon.
Five, concerning wars and rumors of wars: on Oct. 1, 2024, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel.
Israel said Iran will pay a steep price for the attack.
The next day, on Oct. 2, 2024, Iran said it will launch a stronger attack on Israel if Israel retaliates for the Oct. 1, 2024 attack.
(More: When asked if he supports an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Pres. Biden said no. He said Israel has a right to respond to Iran’s missile attack, but Israel’s response should be proportional.)
(More: Israel’s ambassador to the UN asked, “What do you want to do, to wait for Iran to have a nuclear capability, and then they can put that on ballistic missiles and launch nuclear ballistic missiles into Israel?”)
(More: Joel Rosenberg, author and editor-in-chief of All Israel News, said, “Iran is the existential threat to Israel. Biden knows it, but Biden is weak’ and not providing essential support.)
(More: On Oct. 7, 2024, an Israeli news station said the U.S. is offering Israel extensive diplomatic backing and a large, additional package of military assistance if Israel will agree not to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities or oil wells. Israel responded that all targets are still on the table. Israel’s Defense Min. will visit the U.S. tomorrow to discuss the situation.)
(My opinion: The attitude of Western leaders like Biden is prolonging the war and making the world more dangerous.)
(More: On Oct. 9, 2024, it was reported that Israel is refusing to tell the Biden administration how it plans to retaliate against Iran for firing missiles at Israel.)
Six, concerning the destruction of Damascus in one night, on Oct. 2, 2024, Israeli jets killed the son-in-law of Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus.
(More: On Oct. 8, 2024, Israeli jets struck a residential building in Damascus. 7 people died, 11 were injured, and the property damage was significant.)
Seven, concerning the Days of Lot and the moral rot in America: on Oct. 8, 2024, it was reported that a first-grade teacher in Pennsylvania was telling her students their parents were guessing if they were boys or girls at birth and their parents could be wrong.
Three moms sued, and a judge ruled that the teacher was breaking the law.
Here is my daily update on the Israel-Hamas war:
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 (Day 362): The three hundred and seventh day of the resumed war. Day 140 of the attack on Rafah.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 (Day 363) The three hundred and eighth day of the resumed war. Day 141 of the attack on Rafah.
Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 (Day 364) The three hundred and ninth day of the resumed war. Day 142 of the attack on Rafah.
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 (Day 365): The three hundred and tenth day of the resumed war. Day 143 of the attack on Rafah.
Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 (Day 366) The three hundred and eleventh day of the resumed war. Day 144 of the attack on Rafah.
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 (Day 367) The three hundred and twelfth day of the resumed war. Day 145 of the attack on Rafah.
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 (Day 368) The three hundred and thirteenth day of the resumed war. Day 146 of the attack on Rafah.
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 (Day 369): The three hundred and fourteenth day of the resumed war. Day 147 of the attack on Rafah.
FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).
Finally,
are you Wapture Weady?
In 1830 Darby met fifteen-year-old Mararet MacDonald, who claimed to have had a private revelation of a secret rapture that would occur shortly
flash alert -- the "secret rapture" didn't occur in 1830 nor in 1870 nor in 1914 nor in 2012 -- but the gullible who persist in believing in the 19thc century creation of secret pre-Trib rapture keep falling for itLet's go through all of the hilarious rapture fails
Dr John Walvoord, President of the Dallas Theological Seminary in the 1950s and pre-Trib rapturist wrote in his 1957 book The Rapture question
The Rapture question is determined more by ecclesiology than eschatology. Neither postrtibulationalism nor pretribulationalism is an explicity teaching of Scripture. The bible does not in so many words state itThe 19th century Darby philosophy of rapturism fails each time
Premillenialism is a fail - the Millenium is mentioned only once - in the book of the Apocalypse that is filled with symbolism. Its mention immediately follows Rev 19 Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
and then rev 20: 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
This is clearly figurative.
Premils misunderstand the message of Isaiah, Jeremiah and the entire New Testament by claiming the Kingdom is purely corporeal
Both Pre and post are soundly wrong
The Millenium is a spiritual reign of Christ that has been present in the community of Christ since Pentecost.
The Bible continually uses the terms Kingdom of God, Kingdom of heaven, Messianic Kingdom and Church interchangeably
Ah, yes. “Rapture ready.” I have clothes laid out just for that. Always wear your Rapture best!
you and your hatefull wide brush.
i never even heard of this book.
i read the bible for my theology
oh,,and you suck.
Pray for the Grace to endure the Tribulation....cuz there ain’t no Rapture....only the Second Coming of Christ.
not even a sentence
but you knew that didnt
ya tare.
None of what you typed out is true. There are many who have proved that.
1978 Chuck Smith, Evangelical pastor wrote “The Lord is coming before the end of 1981” — errr.. another fail
*/ cite your source
or i WILL approach my CC pastor and lawyer
I have that book. It’s a double, the flip side is
On Borrowed Time
The Bible Dates of
• The 70th week of Daniel
• Armageddon
• The Millennium
Make sure you wear clean underwear?
Of course!
Can you do a wash in Heaven?
I assume you may have also read the "Left behind books"?
That way you know that there is no pre-tribulation rapture, but that we need to be prepared for tribulations and suffering for following Jesus?
Of course he didn't :) -- Darby created the pre-tribulation rapture philosophy in the 1800s!
I'm glad you agree that it is not in the Bible.
That was in response to post #2, so then which points do you dispute from that post?
--In 1830 Darby met fifteen-year-old Mararet MacDonald, who claimed to have had a private revelation of a secret rapture that would occur shortly --> do you dispute that?
Or do you think that the pre-tribulation rapture has anything biblical?
Please do!!!
But before you do, please read Chuck Smith's book -- Future Survival, ©1978.
Page 20. “From my understanding of Biblical prophesies, I’m convinced that The Lord is coming for His Church before 1981."
Can you take that to your Calvary Club paster ?
Please do!!!
But before you do, please read Chuck Smith's book -- Future Survival, ©1978.
here is another quote from that book - on page 17 “We’re the generation that saw the fig tree bud forth, as Israel became a nation again in 1948. As a rule, a generation in the Bible lasts 40 years. The children of Israel journeyed in the wilderness for 40 years until that generation died. Forty years after 1948 would bring us to 1988.”
Can you take that to your Calvary Club paster ?
As a member of the Calvary Club, I would point out that besides subscribing to the 19th century modernist philosophy of dispensationalism, it also has numerous errors - which we can talk about on separate threads.
But for now, let’s focus on the point of this thread, to review the claims of the pre-tribulation rapture and how it falls short of biblical, linguistic and historical facts
Edgar Whisenat?
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oh
so NOT chuck smith
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