"What I Say To You, I Say To All: Watch!" - Jesus
We like to use this simple analogy as we describe the method we employ in watching events unfold in the direction predicted by the Scriptures. Consider two people, Joe and Jolene, board a train in New York City and only Joe knows the destination is San Francisco while neither know the route they will take. The closer they draw to San Fransisco, the more accurately Joe can predict the route because he knows the end point. If the train rolls through Reno, Nevada then Joe predicts that the most logical path is through the Donner Pass to Sacramento, Oakland and San Fransisco while Jolene is left guessing routes to anywhere from Seattle to San Diego. In a similar fashion, the student of Biblical prophecy will be able to sort through the daily news and pick out the important trends towards prophetic fulfillment while ignoring the distractions. This Prophecy Update page will be used to post big picture trends towards Biblical fulfillment and not daily news or weekly updates. For daily news or weekly updates, please go to our Resources and Links page.
Update (May 2020) - COVID-19 And The Sudden Destruction
The intent of this update is to describe why we believe that the global COVID-19 pandemic is a preplanned event with the aim of rapidly transforming the world into the scenario described in the eschatological scriptures. We will attempt to connect the dots, so to speak, from our current situation in May of 2020 to the Biblically predicted framework in a number of areas, including economics, geopolitics, military conflict and technology. We will NOT seek to make any timeline predictions but only endeavor to show how the events that are currently unfolding have the potential to rapidly set the stage for the start of the tribulation. In 1st Thessalonians 5, Paul describes the world’s ignominious approach to the tribulation with the words “sudden destruction”. It is our view that the “drama” we are watching unfold is partially a Hegelian Dialectic (problem - reaction - solution) and partially a psychological operation (PSYOP) on the global population that is intended to bring a rapid transformation to a new global paradigm, requiring the “sudden destruction” of the old. This is why we’ve seen the unprecedented and coordinated global economic shutdowns, the unusual decision to quarantine the healthy, and the extraordinary censorship of medical personnel proposing alternative data or opinions to those advanced by the World Health Organization (WHO). In the Gospel of Luke, after describing the signs that would precede His second coming, Jesus said, “But when these things BEGIN to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (Luke 21:28). As believers, our redemption will come at the rapture of the Church, prior to the seven year tribulation. If we are currently observing the development of events that will find their future fulfillment in the tribulation, then, figuratively, it’s time to stand and look up, as we were told.
As we know from the scriptures, when the curtain is lifted on the Tribulation period, we see a dramatically different global construct consisting of a global government and single monetary system. Prior to the 2008 financial crisis, it was not clear to me how we would arrive at a single monetary system. The argument could have been made that the transition would be slow and gradual as currencies merged much like Europe’s transition to the Euro. After studying the 2008 crisis, it became clear to us that the unbacked (fiat) monetary system was being set up for collapse and that it would not be an evolutionary transition but a global hyper-inflationary monetary collapse requiring the implementation of a new currency system. We have watched for more than 10 years as the central banks have manipulated interest rates and “printed” currencies to re-inflate the bubbles that burst in 2008. To be honest, We’ve been very surprised and impressed at their ability keep the house of cards from collapsing for so long. For the past 18 months there have been indications that the underlying economy was softening while the central bank supported stock markets pushed higher. On September 16th, 2019 the Federal Reserve quietly began bailing out the US banking system with tens of billions of dollars nightly in the overnight repo lending markets while we were being told we had the best economy in US history. There is an obvious contradiction between a strong economy and a banking system in crisis. At the time, we said, “They can’t let it collapse under its own weight. They’ll need an excuse for the collapse”. Within about two months the COVID-19 outbreak started in China. Considering the virus has up to a 14 day incubation period and that it would take some time for the outbreak to spike to the point that Chinese health officials realized they had a “novel” problem, it’s not unreasonable to conclude that the first exposure to the virus could have been within weeks of the start of the banking crisis in the US. There are currently scientific debates over the origin of the virus, whether natural or bioengineered. We have not seen a conclusive argument either way but, to us, the timing of the outbreak is very suspicious. Are we trying to imply that some evil genius may have done this intentionally? Yes. Who would do such a thing? Ultimately, Satan but we will not speculate on who his minions are at this point because it will not change where we are headed.
If our assertion is correct that, prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the global economy was intentionally, through central bank monetary policy, inflated into an everything bubble (stocks, bonds and real estate) and looking for a pin, then there will be no V-shaped or rapid recovery for the global economy. We will be told that the collapse is the result of the virus. It is not true. The collapse was coming either way. It is true that the collapse was accelerated by the overreaction of governments, shutting down national economies in an unprecedented fashion, however, the shutdowns did not cause, but only accelerated, the collapse. So, how do we get from our current situation, monetarily, to that which is predicted in the scriptures? It will be a three step process that leads to the collapse of the global monetary system. The first step is a flood of bankruptcies followed by a banking crisis leading to a currency collapse. Bankruptcies are about to explode for individuals, small businesses, corporations, restaurants, retail, travel industry, oil and gas producers leading to defaults and a deflationary collapse in prices of automobiles, commercial and residential real estate. When the fantasy of a V- shaped recovery evaporates, stock markets will again turn down. All of this will find its focus in the banking system which already required bailouts, prior to the virus, in the fall of 2019. We suspect that the banking crisis will begin in Europe as the European banks are reportedly the least solvent globally. The global banking system is intertwined through complex derivative contracts, so the failure of any systemically critical bank will lead to a cascade of dominoes in the banking sector. Central banks will continue to “print” an exponentially increasing quantity of currency to try to prevent the banking system from collapsing. When it becomes clear that the central banks are trapped with no options but currency destruction, the bond markets will also turn down and interest rates will rise. This monetary debasement will ultimately lead to a loss of confidence in the currencies and the resulting hyper-inflationary collapse. How long will this process take? We don’t know but suspect that when it begins, it will be measured in months and not years. Historically, our current monetary situation most resembles that of France in 1720. In that case the currency collapsed very rapidly, going to zero within about six months from the start of the hyper-inflation. To further complicate matters, while we are beginning to open the economy, the COVID-19 issue has not been resolved and we will likely see additional attempts at economic shutdowns as subsequent waves of the virus spike around the globe. The monetary reset will ultimately lead to a cashless system that will likely implement the technologies developed in the commercial cryptocurrency space as a government backed, centrally controlled, global currency. This is a classic Hegelian Dialectic, meaning that “they” already know the solution that “they” will impose in order to solve the future monetary collapse, a problem “they” caused, in order to become the heroes that “saved” the world from a circumstance that no one could have foreseen.
COVID-19 could have an equally disruptive impact on the current global geopolitical order leading to a global government. Governments around the world, including the US, have assumed unprecedented powers in shutting down the economy and quarantining heathy individuals. Populations are understandably starting to push back against that overreach. This resistance is based on three facts. First, the models used to justify the shutdown proposed a wildly exaggerated mortality rate due to flawed assumptions. It has been reported, coincidentally, that the two universities that developed these models relied on funding from the Gates Foundation. Second, the antibody tests show a substantial number of people have had the virus without realizing it, yielding a much lower mortality rate, comparable to Influenza. Lastly, when it became obvious that the models were seriously flawed, the government and media narrative changed from stay at home to flatten the curve, in order to protect the healthcare system, to stay at home to protect the vulnerable, as if, we could end death altogether. What will happen when governments again attempt to quarantine the healthy or close down the economy in the face of a future wave of COVID-19? We predict widespread civil unrest. What if the justification for the resumption of the lockdown is a change or mutation in the virus? What if the mortality rate increases substantially or it starts killing kids? We only raise this issue because it’s our view that this is a PLANdemic, ultimately designed by Satan, to bring about his global empire led by the antichrist. If this was an intentional release of a bioengineered virus then it would only make sense that game theory would have been applied to predict the population’s response to various steps taken by governments. A mild first wave with government overreach would cause a predictable pushback from the population followed by a devastating second wave, resulting from a slight intentional modification of the virus, to teach those who would question the omniscience and omnipotence of the government. This would be consistent with our view that this scenario is part psychological operation (PSYOP). The population seems evenly divided on the severity of the health crisis. Should everyone wear a mask in public? Some say yes and some believe it’s more government overreach. At some point, those who refuse to submit to the government and “their” scientific experts will need to be brought in line. More on this later. What if the devastating second wave were to come in conjunction with a severe banking crisis or currency failure? Can you imagine the desperation and fear as more and more people succumb to the virus and slip into poverty? Do you see the potential for the destabilization of national governments as a result of the combination of pandemic, monetary collapse and government overreach or martial law? Out of the ashes of this unprecedented global crisis will emerge the solution - global government. I suspect the structure and governing documents of this global government have already been determined and produced, awaiting ratification, again, in a classic Hegelian Dialectic (problem - reaction - solution).
Economic collapses typically lead to military conflict. From a Biblical perspective it is critical to keep your eyes on the Middle-East. There are two major attacks on the nation of Israel that we believe will take place prior to the commencement of the seven year tribulation. The first is the culmination of the Arab-Israeli wars predicted in Psalm 83 and, the second, is an attack led by Russia and predicted in Ezekiel 38 and 39. The global economic shutdown as a result of COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented collapse in the price of oil. There was likely significant damage done to the banking system when oil, the largest commodity market, dropped to negative $40 in April. The sustained low prices will almost certainly bankrupt most US shale oil producers leaving the Wall Street banks that provided their financing holding the bag. The only way to save these producers and their banks is a dramatically higher oil price. There is nothing like a regional war in the Middle-East to push up oil prices. Please forgive us if it sounds cynical but wars have been started for much less. In addition, the latest Middle-East peace “deal of the century” is leading Israel, within months, to annex Jewish settlements in the “West Bank”. It would be unwise to underestimate the destabilizing effect this will have in the region. Interestingly, the US seems eerily absent from the global stage when Russia attacks Israel and, God alone, comes to her defense. Parenthetically, this is likely the result of the US backed peace plan that advocates the division of Jerusalem, as promised in Zechariah 12:3, “And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.” The nations that attempt to move Jerusalem’s boundary stone will themselves be cut to pieces, or divided. Do you notice any division in the United States?
The most disturbing aspect of the COVID-19 response is the medical tyranny clearly proposing the technology and control that will ultimately find its fulfillment in the mark of the beast system described in Revelation 13. Numerous governments and individuals have proposed mandatory vaccinations for the entire population. Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard constitutional law professor, in a recent interview, has argued that it would be constitutional for the government to forcibly “plunge” a needle into your arm and that you have no constitutional right to refuse. Think about that. What if you have legitimate concerns about the rushed vaccine’s safety or efficacy? Bill gates, who, coincidentally, participated in Event 201, a simulation of a coronavirus pandemic in October 2019, argues that those who refuse vaccines may not be permitted to leave their homes or participate in the economy. Gates also proposes a digital quantum dot technology (mark) to verify and track vaccination. Additionally, one of the vaccines he is backing is a mRNA vaccine that, when injected, has the potential to edit in your DNA in order to help your body recognize and fight the virus. That is correct. It may change your DNA. We believe there will be a trend towards DNA modification as this system evolves. Let me explain why. The only sin that Jesus said was unforgivable is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. In essence, the Holy Spirit convicts us of our need for the salvation that Jesus offers. If we reject that conviction then we are basically calling the Holy Spirit a liar, which is blasphemy. If we die in that condition then there is no forgiveness for our sins. There seems to be one other action that appears to be unforgivable in the Book of Revelation. There is no repentance or forgiveness for anyone who takes the mark of the beast. Briefly, consistent with kinsman redeemer laws in the Old Testament, Jesus was able to redeem humanity because he was fully human, in addition to being fully divine. In ancient Israel, a family’s wealth was tied to the family’s land. If a man incurred a debt that he could not repay then he could lose his family’s land and risk debt slavery. In that case, a relative could act as a redeemer by paying the debt in order to redeem the land and free the man from slavery. We all owe a sin debt that we can never repay. Jesus paid our sin debt when he died on the cross in our place. Redemption is only extended to humans because Jesus was human and, as our relative, he took the penalty, or, paid the debt for the sins of all humanity. If a person accepts a modification to their DNA that results in them becoming non-human then they no longer have Christ as a redeemer. It’s our opinion that this is why the choice to take the mark is irrevocable and unforgivable. We believe that DNA modification will be a critical component of Satan’s purpose with the mark of the beast system, however, we need to make an important point. We do not believe that some hypothetical future mRNA vaccine that causes a DNA modification will make a person non-human or disqualify them from salvation. We simply believe it will be used to acclimate the population to the concept and process of DNA modification so that they will readily accept it as part of the mark of the beast system during the tribulation period. Let’s go back to the mask issue. If the entire population can be “forced” to wear a mask in order to protect the vulnerable then why not forced vaccinations or isolations? In another development, the House of Representatives recently passed HR 6666. No, that’s not a typo. It’s the TRACE Act. This is the funding for the medical gestapo that will track you down and enforce compliance with the government’s medical tyranny. Lastly, Microsoft recently applied for a patent (WO2020 060606 - again that’s 666) on a system that will use human biometric data to provide proof of work resulting in an award of cryptocurrency. In the tribulation, those who refuse the mark will be unable to buy or sell. While we don’t believe that these technological developments are the final form of the mark of the beast system, we do believe they are rapidly working towards its fulfillment. We also believe that the tyranny represented by forced vaccinations, DNA modifications, digital tracking systems and a government compliance force are a psychological operation (PSYOP) to prepare the global population for acceptance of the mark of the beast system in its final form.
In conclusion, We've attempted to explain why we believe that the COVID-19 crisis is preplanned and scripted event that could lead to the rapid global transformation, setting the stage for the start of the seven year tribulation, consistent with Paul’s description of “sudden destruction”. We do realize this exercise requires some speculation about future events and will concede that, where we speculate, we have no special insight other than that provided by the scriptures and, perhaps, the leading of the Holy Spirit. Our goal, as always, is to warn, believer and unbeliever, that we are accelerating towards the seven year tribulation. We will simply continue watching these events as they unfold and warning anyone who will listen. For the Christian that is thinking, “No man knows the day or the hour”, we agree, with this caveat, “But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the Day of the Lord comes like a thief.” (1 Thessalonians 5:4) We are in no way trying to predict a specific timeline or date but only saying, to the believer, “Don’t be surprised.” If you are a Christian then be comforted by Paul, “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore COMFORT one another with these words.” (1 Thessalonians 4:15-18) If you have not yet accepted the salvation that Jesus offers then please consider His offer today. It’s as easy as A,B,C.
A- Admit you’re a sinner.
“As the Scriptures say,“No one is righteous—not even one.” (Romans 3:10)
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” (Romans 3:23)
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
B- Believe Jesus died for your sins.
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
“For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.” (Romans 3:25a)
C- Confess Jesus is Lord.
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)
For “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” (Romans 10:13)
Update - May 2023: Gradually and Then Suddenly
In the first update on our website, from May of 2020, we looked forward to the possible implications of the policies being enacted to combat the Covid-19 pandemic with respect to Biblical prophecy. As of May 11th, 2023, the US government officially declared an end the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency. In this update, we will look backwards at what national governments have accomplished, with obvious supranational control, to move the world closer to the scenario described in the eschatological scriptures. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, the question is asked, “How did you go bankrupt?” The answer was, “Two ways, gradually and then suddenly.” It is our contention that the approach to the tribulation will be similar, in that the global stage is currently being set, gradually, as the props are moved into place without much notice until we reach the suddenly phase where very dramatic events will unfold in order to quickly and radically “reset” the globe militarily, geopolitically, economically and monetarily. We believe that we are very close to the suddenly phase, consistent with the Apostle Paul’s warning in 1 Thessalonians 5:3 “For when they say ‘Peace and Safety!’ Then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman woman. And they shall not escape.” Fortunately, for the Christian, Paul continued in verses 4-11. “But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” As believers, when we see the storm clouds rising and darkness engulfing, our hope is in Jesus’ rapture of the church, described, in context, in the preceding verses (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Additionally, in Luke chapter 21, Jesus’ Apostles ask Him, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?” Jesus lists many signs that would precede His coming, and in conclusion He says, “Now, when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Our redemption happens in the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. Can you see that the implication of Jesus’ command is that we would be hanging our heads as we see the “apparent success” of evil? He wants us to, in faith, look for Him and not at our deteriorating world. This is not our home.
In our first update, we postulated that the Covid-19 coordinated global response was used to manage a financial crisis rather than a health crisis. Shortly after that update, Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), released his book, Covid-19: The Great Reset. Not surprisingly, the vision advanced by the book looks eerily similar to the system described in the eschatological scriptures. It proposes a fascist “stakeholder” economy controlled through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) relying on Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) metrics. Basically, a political entity will exert global control of the population through policies adopted by their network of large multinational corporations. Combine this economic structure with digital Identification, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and a social credit score system and it becomes obvious that they are building a digital prison with the ability to track every human and financial transaction. This system will ultimately require the mark of the beast technology that will enable the government to block individuals from the economy who refuse to worship the anti-christ.
The WEF Great Reset slogan is “Build Back Better”. They claim that, “In 2030, you’ll own nothing and be happy!” The obvious implication is that they’ll own everything. If you look carefully at the actions taken by governments around the world to “combat the virus” then it becomes obvious that supranational organizations, like the WEF, were driving national policies to achieve their own goals. The lockdowns “justified” tens of trillions in monetary stimulus which, in turn, resolved the ongoing crisis in the overnight repo lending markets. Additionally, the Covid-19 bailouts were funneled to large corporations as governments began buying corporate debt to prevent bankruptcies while closing small businesses to “protect” the public from infection, as large corporations continued operations. These actions disproportionately harmed small business resulting in the consolidation of the economy into large multinational corporations. Historically, the transition from a free market economy to a communist system, where the government owns the means of production, happens through a revolution. We are watching a new paradigm as governments acquire the means of production through corporate bond purchases. If this is the case, then government policies are deliberately eliminating the small business competition to their future economic monopoly.
As of May 2023, four midsized US banks have failed, within three months, as a result of aggressive Federal Reserve monetary tightening, ostensibly, to combat inflation. The narrative is that these banks were mismanaged and that the problem is not systemic. This will prove to be a false narrative as the banking crisis accelerates. The problems in the banking system are systemic and most US banks have extensive unrealized losses on their balance sheets as a result of rapidly rising interest rates causing significant losses in bond portfolios. This situation is not unique to the US banking system as European and Japanese banks are more highly leveraged and at risk than their US counterparts as a result of negative interest rates after the 2008 financial crisis. Additionally, the commercial real estate market is rolling over while leading indicators are signaling that a global economic recession is ahead. These factors will multiply the bank failures. It is our view that the banking crisis will be “managed” in a way that causes a consolidation of the banking system into a handful of “too big to fail” banks. This consolidation will put further pressure on small businesses, including farms, as credit becomes unavailable, further consolidating the economy into large multinational corporations. Once the regional banks are absorbed, we expect a derivative market meltdown within the Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIB’s). This crisis will finally get the central banks to reverse course to Quantitative Easing (QE), lowering interest rates and printing “whatever it takes”. This will lead to a hyper inflationary collapse of the currencies and the planned rollout of CBDC’s. There are currently 119 countries testing CBDC’s, representing more than 95% of global GDP. Do you believe that governments have confidence in the current monetary system?
Another factor that will accelerate the demise of the current global monetary regime is the decline in international trade settlement using the US dollar as a result of its weaponization. The US and its western allies have used sanctions to target Russia by banning their energy exports, usage of the SWIFT system for international trade settlement and confiscating 300 billion of their foreign reserve assets. Some would call that theft. Many nations are justifiably concerned that a geopolitical decision that conflicts with US foreign policy may have devastating economic repercussions and are moving to lower their dependency on the US dollar for international trade settlement. The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), plus a rapidly growing list of nations that are applying to join the union, are discussing a joint currency project to challenge the US dollar reserve status. While there is currently no viable challenger to the US dollar as a world reserve currency, many nations are looking for alternatives. As global trade settlement in the US dollar is reduced through bilateral trade agreements, the excess dollars will return to the US, further exacerbating the price inflation for US consumers. If you use your currency as a weapon then don’t be surprised when other nations reject it.
Previously, we warned about the Biblical implications of vaccines, so called, that are genetic in nature and have the potential to alter human DNA. A study from Sweden has concluded that the Pfizer Covid-19 mRNA vaccine causes reverse transcription in human liver cells. Reverse transcription is a method of DNA modification. Additionally, the vaccines have harmed or killed countless millions globally with no media coverage whatsoever. It’s appalling. We have experienced the most pervasive psychological operation in history as much of the global population was convinced that the vaccine was created for the virus, while the opposite was true. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working to ratify, in 2024, a Pandemic Treaty that has the potential to supersede national sovereignty in the event of a health crisis. This treaty, if ratified, could mandate future WHO global health responses including vaccine mandates and passports. Think about it. Inject billions of people with a Covid-19 vaccine, so called, that harms their immune systems, making them vulnerable, and then release another man made virus in order to murder more and gain a stranglehold on power through the WHO Pandemic Treaty. How convenient. It may be difficult for some of you to imagine that this level of evil exists in the world but please remember the nature of our adversary: John 10:10a. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.”; and, Ephesians 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
One of the tenets of Klaus Schwab’s Great Reset is the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). For humans, the 4IR envisions the combination of biology, digital technology and genetic engineering in order to “change what it means to be human”. This 4IR doctrine is driven by the philosophical principle of transhumanism. Transhumanism is a “technoprogressive” socio-political and intellectual movement that advocates for the use of technology in order to transform the human organism radically, with the ultimate goal of becoming “post-human”. To this end, transhumanists focus on and encourage the use of new and emerging technologies, such as genetic engineering and brain-machine interfaces. If you share the transhumanist's foundational belief that humans have evolved from a “pre-human” ancestor then it’s only logical to conclude that the process will continue, resulting in a “post-human” successor. The transhumanists simply believe that they can direct the process of evolution. We, obviously, do not share the belief that humans have evolved from a pre-human ancestor. We believe that the 4IR will find its ultimate future fulfillment in the mark of the beast technology system as the anti-christ forces it on those left behind after the rapture of the church. Incidentally, is this why there is such an emphasis on trans’ rights? Just to reiterate and emphasize, those who accept the mark of the beast will have no hope of salvation and will spend eternity in hell. This was addressed in our first update but it is worth repeating this point. Jesus, being fully human and fully divine, was able to receive the penalty for the sins of all humanity. The Bible gives no such assurance for the "post-human".
It is our strong contention that there are two lines of prophetic events that will converge, gradually and then suddenly, to set the stage for the seven year tribulation. The first is the previously discussed, and currently unfolding, global financial and monetary crisis. The second is the regional nuclear conflict in the Middle-East involving Israel. Iran continues to arm Israel’s enemies while the world has given up on preventing a nuclear armed Iran. Israel has reelected Benjamin Netanyahu and a right leaning government coalition making a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear sites more likely. Again, the puzzle pieces of prophecy are not completely clear from our perspective looking forward, however, in retrospect, prophetic events will be fulfilled precisely. Here is what we see from our perspective looking forward. We expect, at some point, a preemptive strike by Israel, and potentially allies, against Iranian nuclear facilities (Jeremiah 49:35-39) followed by an attack on Israel, by all her border nations, described in Psalm 83, resulting in a blistering Israeli nuclear response (Isaiah 17, Jeremiah 49), in close proximity to the rapture of the church (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58), followed by an overwhelming Russian lead attack, including Turkey, Iran, Libya and Ethiopia (likely Sudan) on Israel (Ezekiel 38,39) that results in a devastating supernatural defense of Israel by God. Imagine the consequences of this sequence of events for the failing global financial system. Oil flow from the Middle-East is cut off while the global economy is sinking into recession. Energy prices skyrocket exaggerating the inflation caused by central bank monetary policy of QE to combat the global banking crisis. This conflict may be overshadowed by a larger conflict involving NATO and Russia or China, Taiwan and the US. As a result, food prices likely soar, consistent with Revelation 6:5-6, impoverishing the vast majority of the global population. This dramatic and sudden convergence of events will set the stage for the Middle-East peace (Daniel 9:27) marking the commencement of the seven year tribulation. Parenthetically, a little research will reveal that global food production is being targeted using environmental concerns (see Dutch farmer protests) in order to control the population. Henry Kissinger has been quoted as saying, “Control food and you control the people, control oil and you control nations, control money and you control the world.” This is the game plan. They are working to control food, energy and money in order to enslave humanity by implementing a fascist neofeudal system that will ultimately be controlled by the anti-christ.
If our belief, that the prophetic stage is being set for the tribulation, is correct, then the short term future for this planet is grim. We must remember that, while we see the storm clouds rising and the darkness engulfing, our hope is in Jesus. We like to use this analogy. We are all on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. We’ve struck the iceberg and we have one of five options from which to choose. First, we can hide in our stateroom and hope for the best. This is the largest group and they’re hoping that everything will go back to normal. It will not. Second, we can storm the bridge and take control of the ship. This view is somewhat prevalent in the US church. It’s rooted in a doctrine called kingdom or dominion theology that holds the church will rise and take control of the levers of power on this planet (seven mountain mandate) prior to the second coming, resulting in a great end time revival. Here’s the problem. It’s not in the scriptures. The ship will still sink. Third, we can live our best life now! In this approach, we grab the best deck chairs, a fruity drink and listen to the band play. You only live once! (YOLO). Paul addressed this approach sarcastically in 1 Corinthians 15:52b “If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die.” Fourth, we can prepare for the tribulation. There are those who believe the church will go through the tribulation and it is not our intention to engage in that debate here because events (the rapture) will settle the debate. In the Titanic analogy, it would be akin to the couple that brings two pool noodles in their luggage in order to survive, in the unlikely event, that the ship sinks in the North Atlantic. To be clear, we do believe that some level of preparation is appropriate in light of the obvious risks that lie ahead. According to Proverbs 22:3 “A prudent person foresees danger and takes precaution. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.” Nonetheless, Jesus said, “For there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” (Matthew 24:21-22) Consequently, believing you can survive the worst time in human history, by prepping, when, according to the book of Revelation, there will be a 50% global mortality rate, is cavalier, to put it mildly. Lastly, we can get in the lifeboat. Jesus is the only lifeboat! He is our only hope! If we trust in the salvation that Jesus offers then we will not be here when God’s wrath is poured out on a Christ rejecting world. For the Christian, our job is to get as many people into the lifeboat as possible before the rapture. We do this by sharing the Gospel, or good news, that Jesus paid for our sins on the cross. For the believer, fulfilling the Great Commission should be our primary aspiration. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
If you have not accepted His offer of salvation then please consider it today. The time is short and His return is imminent. Again, it’s as easy as A,B,C.
A- Admit you’re a sinner.
“As the Scriptures say,“No one is righteous—not even one.” (Romans 3:10)
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” (Romans 3:23)
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
B- Believe Jesus died for your sins.
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
“For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.” (Romans 3:25a)
C- Confess Jesus is Lord.
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)
For “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” (Romans 10:13)
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