Signs of the End Times As 2002 Draws to a Close

Sierra Times ^ | Oct 27 2002 | Anthony C. LoBaido

[hattend]

FYI, believer or non-believer

[Skooz]

I cannot vouch for anything in this (interesting) article. Maybe a little, some, or most of it is legit.

But, I know our instructions:

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Mark 13:35-37

[seeker41]

The Americans in Texas will NEVER give up their guns.

This caught my eye being a Texan and all. ROTFLMBO!

[txhurl]

* A Tsunami will hit off of the coast of Japan -- a filthy nation addicted to pornography.

LOL! Plus they eat bugs for money.

[MadIvan]

I believe I am right in saying that Jesus said we would not know the hour when the end of the world would come. So I guess we can draw comfort from the idea that so long as people are second guessing Him, that hour won't come. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[hattend]

As he points out, you guys in Texas will be the last line of self defense. Will you guard Californians? LOL!!!

[hattend]

So I guess we can draw comfort from the idea that so long as people are second guessing Him, that hour won't come. ;)

Or, he'll show up tomorrow and make all the second guessing moot.

[Aliska]

I recall reading Ruth Montgomery's book, "When Your Money Fails," which speaks about the Universal Product Code, (or "bar code") and a coming " 666 computer chip-system."

I think Mary Stewart Relfe and not Ruth Montgomery wrote that book. Ruth Montgomery was into the occult.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Eze 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you?

Amo 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.

Mat 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luk 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Luk 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luk 11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time

[Fiddlstix]

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[Bobby777]

you are correct ... but He commands us to know the season of His Coming ... and that's the important part in talking about the "Signs of the Times" ... now there are general "signs" but no exact day given ...

Matthew 16 KJV
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Daniel 12 KJV
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.

[Brad’s Gramma]

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[hattend]

You're right, A quick Yahoo search confirms it

WHEN YOUR MONEY FAILS (666), by Mary Stewart Relfe, Ph.D. - Relfe gives a detailed review of the number 666, as prophesied in the Holy Bible, and ...

[Aliska]

Thanks! I didn't feel like doing the homework.

[dheretic]

Such rubbish is always amusing. Why not go further into the future? Mars, having gained a self-sufficient population violently declares its independence from Earth/the UN. Following the Martians' lead, several other former UN colonies do the same. Within years the former colonies amass their militaries in orbit over the Earth and launch an invasion of Earth that successfully kills 80% of all human life on Earth because the colonists control space. The "ideal" of humanity being united under one flag ceases to exist after this war as Mars and several other nations move toward a bottom-up system of government where the individual is the very foundation of governent.

[bulldogs]

I'm moving to Texas!!!!!!!!!!

[sauropod]

Ping for study.

[LiteKeeper]

YEC bump for later

[lsee]

This website came to my attention a few years ago and showed just how many different ideas there are about the end of the world. Some people believe "the end" has already come...Preterist archive

For myself, I believe the destruction of Jerusalem occurred just as Jesus said it would and I believe the end of the world will also occur just as Jesus said.

Swiftly, completely, and unexpectedly.

2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives."

[ihatemyalarmclock]

I believe I am right in saying that Jesus said we would not know the hour when the end of the world would come. So I guess we can draw comfort from the idea that so long as people are second guessing Him, that hour won't come. ;)

Good one, Ivan! Hope you don't mind if I use your post as a springboard to expound on your excellent point (I'm just in that kind of mood today.)

Well, y’know, this is another one of those “position papers” (for lack of a better phrase) that gets foisted on a nervous public every few months.

It has all the (now classic) elements:

--The end is near because terrible things are happening in the world. When was this not the case?

--A whole laundry-list of “abominations” to make the author’s point.

--Cherry-picked Bible-verses offered as “proof.” (Every quoted Bible verse is taken out of the larger context, because the Bible is a very big book.)

--Hal Lindsey is trotted out again, ostensibly in the hopes that those old enough will have forgotten that we were supposed to have suffered Armageddon years ago.

--The “ancient astronauts” will return.

--Terrorist atrocities will continue (DUH!)

Notice how we capitalize the world "Earth" these days, as the environmental movement and its Mother Earth Gaia worship permeates every aspect of our lives. (We also capitalize “Jupiter.” So what? And “Gaia” gets its greatest publicity from the cartoon “Captain Planet,” brainchild of Ted Turner, a recognized nut-job that even Jane Fonda can’t abide anymore.

Modern Israel has been in a state of perpetual war since its founding in 1948. An earlier doomsayer generation predicted its destruction 30 years later. Hmm. 1978?

Depending on your age, you’ve seen, heard or read again and again of various cultist groups claiming to predict – to the day – when the world will end.

As each predictive group has been proven wrong by the continuous ticking of the clock, they tend to retreat into vapor. (Lindsey now needs the Internet to keep preaching: his 1970’s book-sales are way down.)

Faith is important in this ephemeral world, but until we reach the afterlife (whatever that may be) all we have at our disposal is the human spirit. Personally, I’m a little tired of “spiritual experts” who have been – their noses in the air – haranguing me since childhood to just give it up and believe in them (books now available at Amazon-dot-com.)

The world will end when God decides it should. Not when Hal Lindsey or Anthony C. LoBaido says it should. We can each read a hundred or a thousand books about it, but none of us will be any better able to speak for the Creator than we are right now.

But that’s part of the allure of this stuff, isn’t it? It would feel really good to truly believe that you are privy to divine information that the average schmuck will never be, because he hasn’t read the same books.

“But he can’t be a man

‘Cause he don’t smoke

“The same cigarettes as me.”

Mick Jagger

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